Chapter Summaries

As the secret realm’s overlapping space-times merged, Jiang Qiu realized it might be a True Dragon’s inner world. The Dragon Spirit Fish emerged amid the True Dragon’s lingering aura, and Jiang Qiu felt compelled to seize it.

• The Two-Life Fish stopped attacking as the sky and sea shifted, revealing that cultivators had been trapped in separate space-times.
• Jiang Qiu reasoned that the vast secret realm might be a True Dragon’s inner world and that a crucial piece of its body must lie within.
• The Yin Network’s cultivators sensed a faint Dragon Clan aura as more water regions overlapped and became real.
• Jiang Qiu and Snow recognized the aura as resembling the True Dragon’s presence at North Realm Mountain.
• A vast Dragon Spirit Fish appeared in the golden sky, drawing Path-Integration Realm experts upward as Jiang Qiu felt his Dragon Bloodline urge him to claim it.

As the Dragon Spirit Fish’s power crushed more than a thousand Path-Integration Realm experts, Jiang Qiu and Snow struggled to withstand the deadly pressure. With Snow’s soul nearing its limit, she chose to fuse with Jiang Qiu despite the cost to her consciousness and their future growth, and her transformation began.

• The Dragon Spirit Fish emerged, and its power crushed the Path-Integration Realm experts swarming toward it, sending waves of destructive spiritual essence down upon Jiang Qiu and Snow.
• Snow could no longer withstand the pressure, while the Yin Network’s surviving population fell below five thousand.
• Jiang Qiu considered a grand fusion to survive but hesitated because it would end Snow’s independent consciousness and cap the Hundred Ghosts Grand Dao’s growth.
• Snow told Jiang Qiu she accepted fusion and wanted them to live longer.
• Snow transformed into azure light and entered Jiang Qiu, flooding him with unprecedented power as a distant figure appeared in his golden eyes.

Dream Demon survived the death of thousands of Path-Integration Realm cultivators as their souls revived the Dragon Spirit Fish. When the fish’s seal began to break, [Underworld] and eight other Dao Conjoining Realm experts arrived, leaving Dream Demon fearing he could not complete [Chen] Emperor’s mission.

• Dream Demon endured the soul-power impact that killed thousands of Path-Integration Realm cultivators, and the Dragon Spirit Fish absorbed their souls.
• The Dragon Spirit Fish grew solid as its ancient seal weakened, and Dream Demon expected to claim it for [Chen] Emperor.
• [Underworld] appeared through a spatial vortex, and his aura overwhelmed Dream Demon and the other surviving soul bodies.
• Eight more Dao Conjoining Realm experts arrived, including Red Demon of the Hollow Demon Race, and Dream Demon doubted [Chen] Emperor’s methods could save him.
• The nine experts planned to divide the Dragon Spirit Fish and accelerated the seal’s release, until the fish broke free in its complete form.

Dream Demon used an ancient secret art to evade the secret realm’s destruction and waited for a chance to steal the Dragon Spirit Fish and the True Dragon’s remains. He discovered a masked Dragon-Blooded cultivator who survived the catastrophe and mobilized the secret realm’s unique laws, startling the nine Dao Conjoining Realm experts.

• Dream Demon transformed his soul into colorful butterflies, escaping detection as the secret realm’s laws swallowed the surviving cultivators and their souls nourished the Dragon Spirit Fish.
• Dream Demon spotted a masked cultivator with a tail, dark-golden dragon scales, and a powerful Dragon Bloodline aura standing above the water.
• Underworld attacked the masked cultivator with a forceful strike that sent a towering tsunami crashing over him.
• Dream Demon sensed the Dragon Bloodline respond as the masked cultivator mobilized the secret realm’s unique power of laws, drawing the attention of all nine Dao Conjoining Realm experts.

Jiang Qiu completed his fusion with [Snow], affirmed his human identity, and inherited the True Dragon Soul Will. As he took control of the Dragon Spirit Secret Realm, Underworld’s plan collapsed into a deadly chain of explosions, leaving Red Demon facing Jiang Qiu’s power.

• Jiang Qiu resisted the questions about his identity by recalling his human origins and the people who had helped him.
• Jiang Qiu completed his transformation, gained control of the secret realm, and claimed the Dragon Spirit Fish.
• Underworld tried to seize the True Dragon remnants and, when his plan failed, triggered a self-destruction that set off explosions among the Dao Conjoining Realm experts.
• Jiang Qiu used the secret realm’s laws and a soul-level dragon roar to kill Red Demon.
• The True Dragon Soul Will was inherited.

Jiang Qiu inherited the True Dragon’s right eye and awakened the Day-Night Reversal divine ability, while Emperor Chen learned that the inheritance had gone to someone else. Jiang Qiu returned to Kyoto after finding Snow’s soul being nurtured in a cyan embryo and resolved to help her be born anew.

• The True Dragon’s awakened will destroyed Dream Demon and his hidden soul fragments, while Emperor Chen suffered a backlash through their connection.
• Emperor Chen realized the True Dragon’s right eye had been inherited by someone else and wondered whether another dragon existed besides him and Jiang Qiu.
• Jiang Qiu regained consciousness in the Dragon Spirit Secret Realm, where his right eye revealed every soul fragment and the secret realm’s true nature.
• Jiang Qiu saw Snow’s soul being nurtured in a cyan embryo by the souls of more than two hundred thousand cultivators and resolved to forge her a proper body.
• Jiang Qiu recognized that Day-Night Reversal had given him insight into space-time laws, then used an anchor point to return to Kyoto of the Underworld Imperial Dynasty.

The Two Poles Heavenly Pride List removed Underworld and added [Baimo], a Half-step Path-Integration Realm cultivator, shocking the entire world. Lingyu realized her personal disciple had achieved the impossible, while cultivators and major powers descended on the Hundred Ghosts Sect to learn about him.

• The Two Poles Heavenly Pride List updated, replacing Underworld with [Baimo], whose cultivation was only at the Half-step Path-Integration Realm.
• Cultivators across the Two Poles Great World reacted with disbelief, and the Underworld Imperial Dynasty began searching for information on [Baimo].
• Lingyu recognized [Baimo] as the cultivator she had confirmed was bound to Snow and had learned the Hundred Ghosts Universal Method.
• Elders, Holy Sons, and a supposedly deceased Path-Integration Realm ancestor arrived at the Hundred Ghosts Sect to visit.
• Lingyu wiped away tears as she realized [Baimo] would likely leave the sect, while powerful figures across the world turned their attention to Sunset City.

Jiang Qiu fled the Two Poles Great World after the Dragon Spirit Secret Realm made him a new successor on the Two Poles Heavenly Pride List, avoiding the consequences of the cultivators’ deaths. He crossed the void using Day-Night Reversal and reached a prosperous small world where strange aircraft traveled through space.

• Jiang Qiu returned briefly to the Kyoto of the Two Poles Great World, then used Great World Traversal to escape before anyone could question him about the cultivators who had died.
• Radiant clouds appeared over the Kyoto of the Underworld Imperial Dynasty, and Jiang Qiu crossed into the city before quickly vanishing again.
• Onlookers realized that Jiang Qiu had traversed between great worlds despite being only at the Half-step Path-Integration Realm.
• Jiang Qiu endured the crushing gale and bleak stillness of the void as he flew away from the Two Poles Great World.
• Jiang Qiu spotted a small world with signs of civilization and saw several cuboid teleportation aircraft flying out of it.

On the Great Barren World, Nier and her grandfather watched a falling star crash into the desert, where a mysterious human emerged from the sandstorm. The stranger approached them, leaving them unsure who—or what—had arrived.

• Nier wished for an oasis where she and her grandfather could live without serving the Foreign Races.
• When the shooting star appeared to be falling toward them, Grandpa grabbed Nier and hid with her beneath a slanted rock wall.
• The object crashed nearby, shaking the desert and raising a fierce sandstorm.
• Nier spotted a human-shaped figure walking steadily through the storm, pushing the sand back with each step.
• Grandpa saw that the stranger was heading toward them.

Jiang Qiu arrived in the Great Barren World and stopped Nier and her grandfather in the desert to ask for directions and information. He chose to travel with them to a nearby small oasis first, leaving them worried about their food and supplies.

• Jiang Qiu landed in the desert and caught Nier and her grandfather as they tried to flee.
• Nier's grandfather begged Jiang Qiu not to take them to the Great Barren Arena or eat them.
• Jiang Qiu asked about nearby factions and ways to contact the outside world, and Nier's grandfather suggested Celestial Star Oasis City.
• Jiang Qiu decided to visit a smaller oasis first, and Nier and her grandfather turned back to guide him.
• Nier worried that returning would leave them short of Sand Ore and unable to buy Oasis Fruit, while her grandfather said they had to prioritize Jiang Qiu's needs.

Jiang Qiu and his companions encountered Sand Sea Bandits riding a giant Sand Car Worm in the desert. He destroyed them with a single spear throw, then set off with Grandpa and Nier to inspect what they had carried.

• Grandpa warned Jiang Qiu that the approaching Sand Sea Bandits preyed on locals for Sand Ore and asked whether they should flee.
• Jiang Qiu examined the bandits and found no trace of Spiritual Essence among them.
• Jiang Qiu summoned his Out of the Abyss Spear and hurled it across the desert, destroying the Sand Car Worm and its riders.
• The returning spear knocked Nier and Grandpa into the sand, and Jiang Qiu told them to follow him to inspect the bandits' possessions.

Jiang Qiu rewarded Grandpa and Nier with Sand Ore for guiding him across the desert, then continued with them toward the nearest Oasis City. The group arrived at No. 777 Small Oasis City as Jiang Qiu continued his search for information about the Great Barren World and a route to the Nine Venerables Great World.

• Nier spotted Sand Ore buried beneath the wreckage of the Sand Sea Bandits, and Jiang Qiu retrieved it from the sand.
• Grandpa explained that Sand Ore served as currency and that ten jin could be exchanged for one jin of water.
• Jiang Qiu gave Grandpa and Nier the bandits' remaining Sand Ore and uncovered more as their reward for guiding him.
• Nier carried 3,072 jin of Sand Ore in her basket, surprising Jiang Qiu with her strength.
• Jiang Qiu traveled with Grandpa and Nier for roughly two hours and arrived at No. 777 Small Oasis City.

Jiang Qiu reached Tianxing Shop in Oasis City to buy a projection device that could provide maps and information about the Celestial Star Great Oasis, but he had no Great Barren Coin. Young Master A Si mocked him, mistaking him for a native pretending to be a noble.

• Old Earth Head and Nier left Jiang Qiu after guiding him to Oasis City and advising him to visit Central Plaza.
• Jiang Qiu surveyed Central Plaza and found that its strongest cultivator was the City Lord, who lived in the City Lord's Mansion.
• At Tianxing Shop, a blond, blue-eyed attendant showed Jiang Qiu a 10,000-Great-Barren-Coin projection device with communication and map functions.
• Jiang Qiu admitted that he had no Great Barren Coin and began asking about exchanging currency from other worlds.
• Young Master A Si entered the shop and mocked Jiang Qiu, calling him a fake noble and saying his presence was beneath the City Lord's Direct Grandson.

Jiang Qiu’s intimidating gaze left A Si demented after the City Lord’s grandson tried to bully him in Tianxing Shop. The Old City Lord began punishing servants while demanding an explanation for A Si’s condition.

• A Si boasted that he was the City Lord’s legitimate grandson and ordered Jiang Qiu to leave, but Jiang Qiu dismissed him and told him to get out of the way.
• Jiang Qiu’s gaze froze A Si in terror, and A Si’s companions hurried him home as he wet himself.
• Bystanders mocked A Si as the dog-headed beauties carried him back to the City Lord’s Mansion.
• The Old City Lord arrived, mistook the smell of A Si’s urine for a servant’s doing, and killed a maid who tried to explain.
• The Old City Lord learned that A Si had been glared at by a masked human in Tianxing Shop, rejected the account, and killed the two maids who reported it.

Jiang Qiu presented a Two Poles Coin at Tianxing Shop, and its overwhelming Spiritual Essence drew a crowd and stunned the city’s merchants and nobles. After the testing device exploded, Jiang Qiu tried to leave, but the shop’s branch owner hurried over, hoping to help him.

• Jiang Qiu took out a Two Poles Coin, and its eerie aura chilled the shop and darkened the sky outside.
• A waitress used a Spiritual Essence testing rod to appraise the coin as customers and passersby gathered to watch.
• A noble told the crowd that the coin was outside-world currency worth more than the highest-grade Great Barren Coins.
• The testing device reached its limit and exploded, leaving the onlookers stunned.
• Jiang Qiu apologized and turned to leave, but Tianxing Shop’s branch owner asked him to wait and offered to contact Great Oasis City.

Jiang Qiu bought a Projection Device and learned that he could exchange Two Poles Coins for currency and information in the Great Barren World. He decided to buy Oasis City No. 777 and clear out its unwanted inhabitants, while the branch manager eagerly offered to arrange the purchase and help him.

• Jiang Qiu bound a Projection Device to himself and discovered its advanced functions, including access to information and marketplaces.
• The branch manager directed Jiang Qiu to Celestial Star Bank in Celestial Star Oasis City to exchange Two Poles Coins for Primal Beginning Basic Coins.
• The branch manager arranged a flying vehicle and promoted the attendant who had served Jiang Qiu, rewarding her ten thousand Great Barren Coins.
• Jiang Qiu asked whether he could buy Oasis City No. 777 and said he wanted to clear out some filth.
• The branch manager offered to arrange the purchase for six Two Poles Coins and help Jiang Qiu take control of the City Lord's Mansion.

Nier and Old Earth Head enjoyed the Oasis Fruits they had bought with Sand Ore given to them by a masked noble, but their meal was interrupted when Tianxing Shop nobles arrived and a crowd tried to steal their ore. The nobles stopped the first thief and accused the crowd of robbing the City Lord’s treasure.

• Nier and Old Earth Head exchanged three thousand jin of Sand Ore for Oasis Fruits and water, remembering the masked noble who had helped them.
• Old Earth Head recalled how outside nobles captured natives for arena fights and feared the arriving Tianxing Shop nobles.
• Tianxing Shop nobles rushed into the street, sending vendors and natives fleeing in panic.
• A passing native tugged Nier’s basket, spilling Sand Ore and drawing a crowd that grabbed the chunks and ran.
• A Tianxing Shop noble crippled the first fleeing thief and shouted that the crowd had dared rob the City Lord’s treasure.

Tianxing Shop’s nobles accused the natives of robbing the City Lord’s Sand Ore, and the crowd turned on Old Earth Head and Nier when a pickpocket blamed them. Nier despaired at how cruel people had become and wished she could purge the shameless from Oasis City.

• The noble leader beat a native who had taken Sand Ore, and the frightened crowd dropped to their knees and surrendered theirs.
• The first pickpocket claimed Old Earth Head and Nier had stolen the City Lord’s treasures, drawing the nobles’ attention toward them.
• The natives accused Old Earth Head and Nier of hiding their three tons of Sand Ore, while Old Earth Head tried to defend them.
• The pickpocket portrayed himself as a hero who had tried to recover the City Lord’s property, and the crowd embellished his story.
• Nier questioned whether humanity deserved its glorious past and wished she could make the vile disappear from Oasis City.

The nobles announced that Oasis City No. 777 had been bought by an extraordinary lord, who appointed Old Earth Head as City Lord and ordered punishment for those who had threatened him and Nier. Old Earth Head learned that the City Lord's Mansion had been cleared and that Tianxing Shop would help him govern.

• The noble leader slapped the pickpocket and ordered everyone who had spoken against Old Earth Head and Nier to step forward.
• The nobles sealed off the street while the leader announced that Oasis City No. 777 had changed hands and Old Earth Head was its new City Lord.
• The leader accused some natives of stealing the City Lord's treasure, insulting him and Nier, and making false accusations, then declared that they deserved death.
• Old Earth Head cautiously asked whether he had really become City Lord, and the leader confirmed the extraordinary lord had entrusted the city to him.
• The leader said the City Lord's Mansion had been cleansed, the former City Lord's family had been dealt with, and Tianxing Shop would assist Old Earth Head with governing and provide cultivation funding.

Old Earth Head and Nier inherited Jiang Qiu’s cultivation knowledge and were escorted to the City Lord’s Mansion after nobles killed hundreds of natives. Jiang Qiu reached Celestial Star Oasis City, bought information and a coordinate map to the Nine Venerables Great World, then recognized an old man in an arena advertisement and reacted with shock.

• Old Earth Head spared the pickpocket and left the nobles to handle the natives, who were killed under the nobles’ rules.
• Old Earth Head and Nier discussed Jiang Qiu’s inheritance and vowed to spread his name as Nier advanced in cultivation.
• Jiang Qiu arrived at Celestial Star Oasis City and exchanged a Two Poles Coin for one million Primal Beginning Basic Coins.
• Jiang Qiu bought information about the city, a regional void distribution map, and coordinates for the Nine Venerables Great World.
• Jiang Qiu found that teleportation was restricted in the city and opened an advertisement for a human versus Fire Lizard Race arena match.
• Jiang Qiu recognized the old man shown in the advertisement and struggled to contain his shock and Half-step Path-Integration Realm pressure.