Chapter Summaries

After hatching, Jiang Qiu learned from Xiong Batian about the First Heaven Layer and the dangers of the Primeval Forest, then tested his strength by throwing the bear demon into a tree. He discovered that he was comparable to a regional overlord and offered to help Xiong Batian get revenge.

• Xiong Batian told Jiang Qiu that the First Heaven Layer had no known settlements inside the Primeval Forest and that demons outside had killed the former regional overlord and driven other beings inward.
• Jiang Qiu asked Xiong Batian to help him test his strength, then grabbed the bear demon's ankle and hurled him into an ancient tree.
• Xiong Batian explained the local hierarchy, saying he was below average and that the area had no overlord after the previous one died.
• Jiang Qiu learned that his demonstrated strength matched the former overlord's and offered to help Xiong Batian get revenge for injuring him.
• Xiong Batian eagerly began explaining that he had once possessed a much larger territory.

Xiong Batian asked Jiang Qiu to help him awaken his spirit veins rather than take revenge, hoping to gain the strength to protect his territory. After learning how little the local demons knew about cultivation, Jiang Qiu discovered that refining one’s bloodline was required for Spirit Vein Awakening, though Xiong Batian did not know how to refine it.

• Xiong Batian explained that he wanted Spirit Vein Awakening so he could become strong enough to keep his territory, not revenge on the demon who took it.
• Jiang Qiu asked what Spirit Vein Awakening was, and Xiong Batian described it as the first step toward absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence and tempering the body.
• Jiang Qiu learned that Xiong Batian had never seen anyone infuse spiritual essence into an attack and inferred that the demons nearby relied on physical strength.
• Jiang Qiu asked what Spirit Vein Awakening required, and Xiong Batian recalled that it required refining the bloodline to prepare the body for awakening spirit veins.
• Xiong Batian admitted that each being seemed to need a different method of bloodline refinement and that he did not know the exact method.

Jiang Qiu agreed to help Xiong Batian awaken his spirit veins by testing whether demon blood and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence could temper him. After overpowering a Giant Wolf that had bullied Xiong Batian, Jiang Qiu began questioning it about the world beyond their territory.

• Jiang Qiu proposed bathing Xiong Batian in the blood of a powerful demon while tempering his body with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence, and Xiong Batian eagerly agreed.
• Xiong Batian led Jiang Qiu to the territory of the Giant Wolf, his strongest nearby enemy, which drew Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence toward itself.
• The Giant Wolf emerged and threatened Xiong Batian, but it sensed Jiang Qiu's superior bloodline and dropped to its knees in submission.
• Jiang Qiu asked the frightened Giant Wolf whether it had any nearby enemies it feared.

Jiang Qiu questioned the Giant Wolf about powerful creatures in the Primeval Forest, and the wolf described several regional overlords. Jiang Qiu became interested in the Taihu Great Python and its rumored heavenly treasures, but its true strength remained unknown.

• The Giant Wolf told Jiang Qiu that he feared the demons outside, but Jiang Qiu asked instead about stronger creatures within the Primeval Forest.
• The Giant Wolf cautiously shared rumors of regional overlords, including the powerful Taihu Great Python that ruled an enormous lake in the north.
• The Giant Wolf said heavenly treasures at the bottom of Tai Lake could grant sentience and awaken spirit veins, and that the Great Python consumed creatures who came to compete for them.
• The Giant Wolf described the Great Python as a hundreds-of-zhang-long creature whose movements stirred enormous waves, then told Jiang Qiu that no one knew whether it had ever been injured.

Jiang Qiu killed the Giant Wolf and used its essence blood to help Xiong Batian awaken his spirit veins and a speed-related Bloodline Talent. After Xiong Batian transformed, Jiang Qiu made him his mount and planned to ride him to Tai Lake to seek the Great Python and awaken his own spirit veins.

• Jiang Qiu killed the Giant Wolf with one punch after it told him about the Great Python of Tai Lake.
• Jiang Qiu gave the Giant Wolf's corpse to Xiong Batian and instructed him to temper his body with its essence blood.
• Xiong Batian endured the blood tempering as his body shrank and his spirit veins and Bloodline Talent began to awaken.
• Jiang Qiu sensed that Xiong Batian's new talent was related to speed and realized he could serve as a mount.
• Jiang Qiu declared that Xiong Batian would carry him to Tai Lake and promised to help him transform further.

Xiong Batian awakened the Giant Wolf's speed talent and learned to cultivate Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence under Jiang Qiu's guidance, discovering that the realm beyond Spirit Vein Awakening was called the Spirit Manipulation Realm. Jiang Qiu prepared to leave for the Second Heaven but offered to take Xiong Batian as his mount, and Xiong Batian eagerly accepted.

• Xiong Batian tested his new speed and strength, then told Jiang Qiu that he could not sense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence.
• Jiang Qiu taught Xiong Batian a basic Cultivation Method, and Xiong Batian began absorbing and refining spiritual essence.
• Xiong Batian realized that the realm beyond Spirit Vein Awakening was the Spirit Manipulation Realm, and Jiang Qiu accepted the name.
• Xiong Batian worried that Jiang Qiu would leave after teaching him, and Jiang Qiu said he would return to the High Heaven after traveling to the Second Heaven.
• Jiang Qiu offered to take Xiong Batian as his mount, and Xiong Batian gladly agreed.

Jiang Qiu and Xiong Batian crossed the Primeval Forest toward Tai Lake and were stopped by a powerful tiger guarding its territory. After extracting the tiger’s knowledge of the route, Jiang Qiu killed it and prepared to eat before continuing their journey.

• Xiong Batian carried Jiang Qiu at great speed through the Primeval Forest, astonishing the creatures they passed.
• Xiong Batian stopped when a late-stage Spirit Vein Awakening tiger blocked their way and challenged them for entering its territory.
• Jiang Qiu frightened the tiger with his aura and demanded information about Tai Lake in exchange for sparing its life.
• The tiger described Tai Lake and hinted that it knew faster routes and dangerous areas to avoid.
• Jiang Qiu saw through the tiger’s intentions, killed it instantly, and roasted its body for a meal.

Jiang Qiu and Xiong Batian ate the Fierce Tiger demon, absorbing much of its stored Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence before setting off again. Behind them, nearby creatures fought over the remains, and a tiny ant found the corpse of a rat that had died after eating a scrap of the demon’s flesh.

• Jiang Qiu and Xiong Batian feasted on Fierce Tiger’s roasted body, with Xiong Batian gaining enough nourishment to approach the middle stage of Spirit Vein Awakening.
• Jiang Qiu devoured nearly the entire demon and absorbed most of its stored Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence, subtly strengthening his body.
• Jiang Qiu told Xiong Batian to move on, and Xiong Batian raced away with him as the power from the meal surged through his body.
• Nearby Sentience Awakening creatures gathered to fight over Fierce Tiger’s scraps, hoping to gain strength by eating them.
• A little rat took a scrap back to its burrow but died when the demon’s powerful energy overwhelmed its weak body.
• A little ant found the rat’s corpse and began to open its mandibles, instinctively sensing that eating it might change its fate.

Jiang Qiu and Xiong Batian traveled into a new great territory in the Primeval Forest, where they learned that the Wild Ape Overlord ruled. Jiang Qiu headed deeper into the territory to test the Spirit Manipulation Realm, but a sudden tremor and panicked flight among the creatures signaled that something powerful was approaching.

• Xiong Batian carried Jiang Qiu away from the territory they had known, and they searched their way through the Primeval Forest for information about Tai Lake.
• Jiang Qiu questioned a sentient rabbit and learned that the new territory's overlord was called the Wild Ape Overlord.
• Xiong Batian advanced rapidly toward the late stage of Spirit Vein Awakening while traveling with Jiang Qiu, who planned to confront the overlord.
• Jiang Qiu told Xiong Batian to head deeper into the territory so he could witness the power of the Spirit Manipulation Realm and learn more about the Taihu Great Python.
• The forest shook, and creatures across the area fled in panic as a terrifying presence drew near.

Jiang Qiu asked Wild Ape how to reach Tai Lake, and Wild Ape explained the danger posed by Great Python and the hierarchy of Overlords before directing him to True Overlord Golden Eagle. Jiang Qiu decided to investigate Golden Eagle and strengthen himself first, while Xiong Batian reeled from learning how powerful the region’s rulers were.

• Wild Ape confronted Jiang Qiu and Xiong Batian in his territory, sensing an unusual aura from Jiang Qiu.
• Jiang Qiu asked Wild Ape how to get to Tai Lake, and Wild Ape warned that Great Python had repelled powerful demons and made Tai Lake deadly even for Overlords.
• Wild Ape explained the ranks of Minor Overlords, Major Overlords, and True Overlords, then named Golden Eagle as the nearby ruler who knew about places beyond the Primeval Forest.
• Jiang Qiu asked where to visit Golden Eagle and decided to improve his strength before investigating the True Overlord.
• Xiong Batian was shaken by learning that Overlords feared beings far stronger than themselves.

After learning about the hierarchy of overlords, Jiang Qiu traveled with Xiong Batian to White Mist Forest to test himself against the Major Overlord Nine-Tailed Fox and seek its spiritual fruits. Xiong Batian reached Spirit Vein Awakening Peak during their journey, and they entered the misty forest where he sensed they were being watched.

• Jiang Qiu learned from Wild Ape that the Eight Great Overlords guarded spiritual fruits for the True Overlord Golden Eagle, then left to challenge a Major Overlord.
• Jiang Qiu decided to test his strength and seek spiritual fruits in the territory of the Major Overlord Nine-Tailed Fox.
• Jiang Qiu and Xiong Batian traveled for a month, asking Minor Overlords for directions and eating three who resisted them.
• After eating the first Minor Overlord, Xiong Batian grew stronger, refined his bloodline, and awakened the Divine Speed talent.
• Eating the next two Minor Overlords brought Xiong Batian to Spirit Vein Awakening Peak and improved his control over Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence.
• Jiang Qiu rode Xiong Batian into White Mist Forest, where Xiong Batian sensed something watching them through the mist.

Jiang Qiu and Xiong Batian entered the White Mist Forest to seek spirit fruits from the Nine-Tailed Fox, a Major Overlord whose command of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence far exceeded Jiang Qiu’s expectations. The Nine-Tailed Fox revealed that its fruit took three centuries to mature and warned that obtaining it would come at a steep price.

• Jiang Qiu sensed the Nine-Tailed Fox approaching through the white mist and recognized its ability to manipulate Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence beyond its body.
• Xiong Batian felt overwhelmed by the Nine-Tailed Fox’s pressure but stayed beside Jiang Qiu as his mount.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox asked where Jiang Qiu had come from and why he had entered its territory, while showing no immediate killing intent.
• Jiang Qiu said they had come to exchange for spirit fruits and asked what the Nine-Tailed Fox required.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox explained that Lord Golden Eagle had planted eight rare plants and that its fruit bloomed, bore fruit, and matured in successive hundred-year cycles; it had tasted only one.

Jiang Qiu wagered with the Nine-Tailed Fox that he could help Xiong Batian reach the Spirit Manipulation Realm, offering a Cultivation Method in exchange for spirit fruits. The Nine-Tailed Fox estimated it would take three years, but Jiang Qiu claimed he could do it in three hours, leaving the fox furious and suspicious.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox doubted Jiang Qiu could help him and was reluctant to trade away his few remaining spirit fruits.
• Jiang Qiu offered to teach the Nine-Tailed Fox a Cultivation Method, but the fox questioned whether it could help someone at his level.
• Jiang Qiu proposed a wager and activated a Bloodline Contract, staking his bloodline potential against the Nine-Tailed Fox's.
• Jiang Qiu asked how long Xiong Batian would need to reach the Spirit Manipulation Realm, and the Nine-Tailed Fox estimated three years.
• Jiang Qiu declared that Xiong Batian would reach the Spirit Manipulation Realm in three hours, prompting the Nine-Tailed Fox to accuse him of picking a fight.

Jiang Qiu challenged the Nine-Tailed Fox to wager on Xiong Batian reaching the Spirit Manipulation Realm in three hours, offering his bloodline against the fox’s submission. After Jiang Qiu revealed the pressure of his pure Dragon Bloodline, the Nine-Tailed Fox abandoned the wager and offered to trade spirit fruits for the Cultivation Method instead.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox doubted Jiang Qiu’s claim that Xiong Batian could reach the Spirit Manipulation Realm in three hours and resented the idea that cultivation could become so easy.
• Jiang Qiu offered part of his bloodline as the stake and demanded that the Nine-Tailed Fox become his slave if the fox lost.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox dismissed Jiang Qiu’s bloodline wager, believing that even a powerful inherited bloodline did not justify risking everything he had.
• Jiang Qiu released some of his pure Dragon Bloodline pressure, darkening the sky and terrifying the Nine-Tailed Fox and Xiong Batian.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox refused to gamble and proposed exchanging spirit fruits for the Cultivation Method if Xiong Batian proved it worked, while promising one fruit even if Xiong Batian failed.

Jiang Qiu taught Xiong Batian and the Nine-Tailed Fox an adapted weapon-cultivation method, revealing a path toward profound cultivation and ascension beyond the First Heaven Layer. Xiong Batian broke through to the early Spirit Manipulation Realm, while the Nine-Tailed Fox began to enter an extraordinary state of enlightenment.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox agreed to a verbal wager with Jiang Qiu rather than risk making a bloodline oath.
• Jiang Qiu taught Xiong Batian a Cultivation Method and explained how demons could refine their own strengths into weapons.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox was shaken by Jiang Qiu’s teachings and recognized a possible path to escaping the First Heaven Layer’s coming calamity.
• Xiong Batian gathered Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence into his limbs, entered the early Spirit Manipulation Realm, and named his first move Storm Condensation.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox sank into a mysterious state as Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence gathered around her and a storm’s eye began to form.

Xiong Batian broke through to the Spirit Manipulation Realm during Jiang Qiu’s lecture, while the Nine-Tailed Fox gained insights that triggered her transformation into a humanoid woman. Convinced Jiang Qiu could lead her to greater power, she pledged herself to him and offered her spiritual fruits.

• Xiong Batian entered the Spirit Manipulation Realm after listening to Jiang Qiu’s lecture, then felt overwhelmed by the Nine-Tailed Fox’s immense aura.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox absorbed Jiang Qiu’s cultivation ideas and began merging them with her own path, reaching a new peak without fully breaking through.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox transformed into a beautiful humanoid woman, and Jiang Qiu sensed that she had taken inspiration from his appearance.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox knelt and declared that she was willing to follow Jiang Qiu, who told her to make clothes before discussing it.
• Jiang Qiu turned the discussion to spiritual fruits, and the Nine-Tailed Fox offered them all, asking him to guide her on the path of cultivation.

Jiang Qiu followed the newly transformed Nine-Tailed Fox to her hidden cave and found three spirit fruits. He accepted them in exchange for promising to create a Clone Secret Technique for her, then swallowed all three fruits.

• Jiang Qiu recognized that the Nine-Tailed Fox had become a powerful subordinate and decided to strengthen himself before relying on her.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox led Jiang Qiu and Xiong Batian through the white mist to her cave and stored spirit fruits.
• Jiang Qiu found three spirit fruits and learned that the Nine-Tailed Fox risked the Golden Eagle's punishment by giving them to him.
• Jiang Qiu promised to create a Clone Secret Technique for the Nine-Tailed Fox in return for the fruits.
• Jiang Qiu took the three spirit fruits and swallowed them one after another.

Jiang Qiu swallowed three spirit fruits, awakened a sliver of his spirit vein, and grew stronger as the Dragon Emperor's Legacy bound the Nine-Tailed Fox and Xiong Batian to him. He set his sights on the other seven Great Overlords' spirit fruits, while the Nine-Tailed Fox accepted him as her master.

• Jiang Qiu swallowed three spirit fruits, and the Dragon Emperor's phantom emerged from his bloodline, filling the Nine-Tailed Fox with terror and reverence.
• The Dragon Emperor's Legacy shackled the Nine-Tailed Fox's and Xiong Batian's bloodlines to Jiang Qiu, making them unable to betray him and giving him control over their advancement.
• Jiang Qiu awakened a sliver of a spirit vein, grew from an infant into a small child, and gained enough strength to believe he could defeat demons across a major realm.
• Jiang Qiu decided to take the spirit fruits held by the other seven Great Overlords and planned to teach the Nine-Tailed Fox more secret techniques to help him.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox called Jiang Qiu Master and pledged to obey him, while Jiang Qiu realized that her Bloodline Talent could subtly affect his thoughts.

Jiang Qiu examined the Nine-Tailed Fox’s spiritual pathways to create a compatible Clone Secret Technique, while her Bloodline Talent evolved under his influence. He recognized her talent’s power over consciousness and began teaching her the Nine-Tailed Body.

• Xiong Batian went hunting to test his strength, gain combat experience, stabilize his realm, and bring back food.
• Jiang Qiu guided the Nine-Tailed Fox’s Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence and developed a suitable Clone Secret Technique.
• Jiang Qiu examined the Nine-Tailed Fox’s body as she lowered her defenses, and the process stimulated her Bloodline Talent.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox told Jiang Qiu to continue, while her talent grew strong enough to affect his mind.
• Jiang Qiu realized the Nine-Tailed Fox’s talent could manipulate consciousness and began teaching her the complete Nine-Tailed Body.

Jiang Qiu guided the Nine-Tailed Fox through the Nine-Tailed Body, teaching her to circulate Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence from within. As she began cultivating independently and storing the refined essence in one tail, Jiang Qiu realized she might have created a new path to Form Transformation and made the Nine-Tailed Fox the ancestor of a race.

• Jiang Qiu guided the Nine-Tailed Fox through the cultivation pathways of the Nine-Tailed Body, explaining how her tails could serve as cores for future clones.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox sensed the circulation of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence, then began absorbing it after the guided practice left her depleted.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox independently cleared her meridians and completed a cultivation cycle, drawing in essence from within a hundred-meter radius.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox condensed the refined essence in one of her tails, and Jiang Qiu recognized her exceptional talent and comprehension.
• Jiang Qiu realized that the Nine-Tailed Fox had created a path to Form Transformation and could become the ancestor of a race if she passed the method on.