Chapter Summaries

After saving his family from the World Destruction Society, Wang Pan entered another simulation and was reborn as a blue ox in the Dugu Family’s household. He discovered that moonlight let him absorb moon essence and steadily strengthen his body.

• Wang Pan killed every World Destruction Society member, then left his father to handle the aftermath while he took his mother to a hotel.
• A week later, Wang Jun’s family moved into a new home, and the Jiang City Simulator Administration relocated Simulators’ families to a guarded residential complex.
• Wang Pan began a new simulation using his Identity Card and received the Mutation talent, but the simulation made him a blue ox destined to die at fourteen.
• Wang Pan rejected his feed, scavenged meat in the fields, and slept outside the cowshed on a courtyard stone.
• Wang Pan discovered that moonlight let him absorb moon essence and continuously grow stronger.

Wang Pan, a rapidly growing mutant calf, turned his attention toward the dangerous Tongtian Mountain Range as he sought to grow stronger. Nearby, the Dugu Family agreed to give the Old Daoist Priest ten percent of their Dragon Tooth Rice in exchange for his help restoring the fields’ soil strength, and his mysterious liquid drew Wang Pan closer.

• Wang Pan recalled seeing a giant bird carry off two oxen and spent six months growing stronger by hunting small animals and absorbing Moon Essence.
• Wang Pan learned that the Tongtian Mountain Range held demons and treasures, and considered risking a trip there to improve his strength.
• The Old Daoist Priest told Dugu Sheng and the Dugu Family that their fields lacked the soil strength needed to grow Dragon Tooth Rice.
• The Old Daoist Priest demanded ten percent of the harvest, and the Dugu Family accepted after learning he could provide seeds and keep the entire crop if another expert solved the problem.
• The Old Daoist Priest poured out a drop of fragrant yellow-brown liquid, and Wang Pan was drawn toward it, drooling.

The Old Daoist Priest used Earth Qilin blood and other materials to transform the Dugu Family’s fields into a Spirit Field, then recognized Wang Pan as a rare Azure Ox said to accompany a Sage’s descent. After learning its significance, the Dugu Family refused to trade Wang Pan, and the Old Daoist Priest left with only his promised share of Dragon Tooth Rice.

• The Old Daoist Priest exchanged a drop of Earth Qilin blood for a share of the Dugu Family’s Dragon Tooth Rice and used it to create a Spirit Field.
• The Old Daoist Priest spotted Wang Pan and offered ten percent of the Dragon Tooth Rice in exchange for the calf.
• The Old Daoist Priest identified Wang Pan as the fifth Azure Ox in history and explained that Azure Oxen were linked to the descent of a Sage.
• Wang Pan charged the Old Daoist Priest, but the priest stopped him with one hand and praised his strength.
• Dugu Sheng refused to trade Wang Pan after hearing about the Azure Ox’s value and auspicious nature.
• The Old Daoist Priest left, reminding the Dugu Family to give him his share when the Dragon Tooth Rice matured.

After the Dugu Family realized Wang Pan’s Azure Ox identity could attract the emperor’s attention, they decided to present him as a birthday gift and brought him to the imperial palace. Wang Pan resented being caged but resolved to keep his head down in the dangerous palace.

• Wang Pan headbutted Dugu Sheng, who laughed and ordered his men to take the Azure Ox back to the estate.
• A Dugu Family Clan Elder warned Dugu Sheng that keeping the Azure Ox could bring imperial suspicion, then proposed presenting it to the emperor for his three-hundredth birthday.
• Wang Pan reflected that bull instincts had made him dangerously reckless, then spent a month being lavishly fed by the Dugu Family.
• After checking ancient records, the Dugu Family put Wang Pan in an iron cage and escorted him to the Qian Capital, where he resented his confinement and grew stronger.
• As the emperor’s birthday neared, Dugu Family experts brought Wang Pan into the imperial palace, where he sensed the strength of its attendants and decided to behave quietly.

At the Great Qian Emperor’s three-hundredth birthday celebration in Qianyuan Hall, the White Lotus Sect and Mysterious Heaven Sect presented rare treasures while navigating the emperor’s intimidating power. The Mysterious Heaven Sect revealed an Earth Qilin Inner Core, whose phantom unleashed a bloodline-suppressing force.

• The Holy Maiden of the White Lotus Sect and the Mysterious Heaven Sect's Sect Master traded barbs over their birthday gifts, the World Purifying White Lotus and the Earth Qilin Inner Core.
• An Old Eunuch announced the Great Qian Emperor’s arrival, and the hall’s factions knelt as the emperor and empress took their seats.
• The Holy Maiden of the White Lotus Sect presented the World Purifying White Lotus, whose radiance improved everyone’s bodies and innate talents.
• The Great Qian Emperor reminded the White Lotus Sect of its past rebellion and pardoned survivors, prompting the Holy Maiden to swear loyalty and kneel in fear.
• The Mysterious Heaven Sect's Sect Master presented the Earth Qilin Inner Core, and its phantom roared soundlessly as a force suppressed everyone’s bloodlines.

At the Great Qian Emperor’s birthday celebration, Dugu Sheng presented Wang Pan as an Azure Ox said to herald a sage, and the emperor fed him an Earth Qilin Inner Core. Wang Pan underwent a spectacular transformation in the palace, growing to a thousand zhang tall as the sun and moon tempered his body.

• The Great Qian Emperor received an Earth Qilin Inner Core from the Mysterious Heaven Sect, prompting the assembled aristocrats and sects to resent the gift that extended his life by five hundred years.
• After the other guests presented their gifts, Dugu Sheng asked permission to bring his offering inside and revealed Wang Pan in a cage, declaring that the Azure Ox’s appearance proved the emperor was a sage.
• Wang Pan left the cage and bowed to the emperor, who offered him the Earth Qilin Inner Core; Wang Pan waited for permission before swallowing it.
• The inner core released immense energy that Wang Pan refined, causing his body to grow as Demonic Qi filled the hall.
• The sun and a full moon appeared overhead and sent their power through Qianyuan Hall, tempering Wang Pan until he reached a height of a thousand zhang.

Wang Pan became the Great Qian Emperor’s mount and was taken to the Beast Taming Garden, where he resolved to build a foundation by learning about the world’s cultivation system. Three years passed, and his simulation rewarded him with 200,000 Simulation Points and the Advanced Talent Cicada Sense.

• The Great Qian Emperor calmed the formation threatening Wang Pan, rode him through the skies, and ordered him placed in the Beast Taming Garden.
• Wang Pan dropped his feigned reluctance after leaving Qianyuan Hall and learned from a Little Eunuch that he had not refined his Transverse Bone and could not speak.
• Wang Pan entered the Beast Taming Garden and decided to focus on gaining knowledge and stabilizing his strength rather than cultivating further.
• When Wang Pan reached three years old, his simulation awarded him 200,000 Simulation Points and the Advanced Talent Cicada Sense.

Wang Pan used his accumulated knowledge to create the Moon Devour divine ability, then refined his Transverse Bone and gained the ability to speak. Meanwhile, Empress Dugu visited the injured Seven-Colored Phoenix Bird and brought it Fire Spirit Fish to help it stay awake longer.

• Wang Pan gained two hundred thousand Simulation Points and an Advanced Talent, then settled into the Beast Taming Garden and memorized knowledge from the other demonic beasts.
• Wang Pan deduced the Moon Devour divine ability, which let him swallow the full moon and absorb its Moon Essence to strengthen his primordial spirit.
• Wang Pan refined his Transverse Bone overnight, spat it out, and excitedly realized he could finally speak human language.
• Empress Dugu visited the Seven-Colored Phoenix Bird in the Beast Taming Garden and brought it three Fire Spirit Fish.
• The Seven-Colored Phoenix Bird thanked Empress Dugu and said the fish would let it stay awake longer instead of sleeping in the volcano.

Wang Pan visited Empress Dugu in the Beast Taming Garden and flattered her to obtain permission to enter the Library Pavilion. After receiving a subsidiary seal that let him move freely through the imperial city, he set off for the pavilion but had to ask a Little Eunuch for directions.

• Wang Pan approached Empress Dugu and was allowed through the guards after identifying himself as the Emperor's Azure Ox mount.
• Wang Pan flattered Empress Dugu and asked to enter the Library Pavilion, then rested his head on her thigh while she stroked him.
• The Seven-Colored Phoenix Bird pecked Wang Pan for competing for Empress Dugu's attention, and he pleaded with her to intervene.
• Empress Dugu gave Wang Pan a subsidiary seal of her Phoenix Seal, allowing him to travel freely throughout the imperial city.
• Wang Pan left for the Library Pavilion, stopped after losing his way, and gave a Purple Qi Fruit to a Little Eunuch who agreed to lead him.

Wang Pan entered the Great Qian Imperial Scripture Repository and began reading its vast collection of ancient texts, taking breaks to visit Empress Dugu. He rejected the simulation’s offer to return and decided to study for as long as he could, while worrying that the Great Qian Emperor stood in the way of his ambitions.

• The Little Eunuch guided Wang Pan to the Scripture Repository after receiving a Purple Qi Fruit.
• The Phoenix Seal Sub-Seal shielded Wang Pan from the Repository’s watchers, and an elderly guardian welcomed him inside and explained its rules.
• Wang Pan was overwhelmed by the Repository’s enormous collection, then began reading and memorizing its ancient texts.
• During his first year, Wang Pan struggled to concentrate, fought demons in the Beast Taming Garden, and visited Empress Dugu before returning to his studies.
• Wang Pan read hundreds of thousands of ancient texts, saw his state of mind improve, and refused the simulation’s offer to return.
• Wang Pan resolved to read every text in the Repository before forging a divine weapon, but worried about the powerful Great Qian Emperor.

Wang Pan considered using his Mutation talent to become human, then entered the Qilian Mountain Range to test the idea. A Golden Cicada ambushed him, and Wang Pan left it barely alive with his Divine Ability: Sunfall.

• Wang Pan realized demon beasts had no known records of shape-shifting and decided to try mutating into a human.
• Wang Pan traveled into the Qilian Mountain Range and sensed something watching him in the forest.
• A Golden Cicada burst from underground, seized Wang Pan, and tried to drag him beneath the earth.
• Wang Pan used Divine Ability: Moon Devour to wound the Golden Cicada and break free of its grip.
• The Golden Cicada sent mud copies to attack while it burrowed away, but Wang Pan used Divine Ability: Sunfall to devastate the area.
• Wang Pan found the Golden Cicada at the bottom of a vast crater, missing nearly half its body and barely alive.

Wang Pan refined nine great demons in the Qilian Mountain Range, grew stronger, and returned to the imperial palace hoping to see Empress Dugu. He tried to approach her while she bathed but sensed a powerful Female Official guarding Kun Pool and decided not to risk it.

• Wang Pan swallowed the Golden Cicada, then refined it for seven days in a black bear's cave and discovered a golden bead forming inside his body.
• Wang Pan spent three months hunting nine great demons in the Qilian Mountain Range, increasing his strength but avoiding the Demon Kings deep within.
• Wang Pan returned to the imperial palace and went to Empress Dugu's palace, where a palace maid told him she was bathing.
• Wang Pan stealthily approached Kun Pool, but his Cicada Sense detected a powerful expert watching him.
• Wang Pan stopped approaching and pretended to nap beneath a tree until the hidden Female Official withdrew her attention.

Wang Pan revealed to Empress Dugu that he could transform one hoof into a human hand, while trying to reassure her that he would never hide anything from her. After he fled her teasing threat to eat him, Empress Dugu was left alone with an unexpected sense of melancholy and loss.

• Empress Dugu reunited with Wang Pan and listened as he boasted about devouring several great demons in the Qilian Mountain Range.
• Wang Pan asked whether demon beasts could Shape-shift into human form and joked that he would make Empress Dugu his wife if he became human.
• Wang Pan showed Empress Dugu that half of one hoof could transform into a slender hand, shocking her.
• Wang Pan claimed he could only transform one hoof and said he had revealed the ability because Empress Dugu was closest to him.
• Empress Dugu threatened to eat Wang Pan, then dismissed him; he fled, and she laughed before feeling melancholy and loss alone.

Wang Pan spent thirty years in the Qilian Mountain Range devouring Great Demons and transforming toward human form, becoming nearly as strong as a Demon King. He set out to return to the imperial palace with gifts for Empress Dugu, including an Ephemeral Bloom guarded by a powerful Spider Great Demon.

• Wang Pan studied in the Scripture Repository, then devoured a Pig Demon and formed both hands by refining its flesh and blood.
• Over the next thirty years, Wang Pan devoured countless Great Demons, mastered the ancient texts he had read, and grew powerful enough to approach a Demon King's strength.
• Wang Pan's upper body transformed into human form, though he kept his dark red ox horns, and he decided it was time to return to the imperial palace.
• Wang Pan planned to bring the Empress Dowager an Ox Demon and find an Ephemeral Bloom for Empress Dugu.
• Wang Pan recalled that the Ephemeral Bloom grew in the territory of a Spider Great Demon who had nearly killed him, but he convinced himself he could ask for it peacefully.

Wang Pan confronted Lady Bai at Skull Mountain and demanded her Ephemeral Bloom, but she refused, forcing them into a fierce battle. Lady Bai was badly injured by Wang Pan’s Sunfall, though the fight’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Lady Bai emerged from Skull Mountain and challenged Wang Pan, then listened as he asked for the Ephemeral Bloom.
• Wang Pan offered to settle their past conflict and owe Lady Bai a favor, but she refused to give up the bloom.
• Lady Bai mocked Wang Pan and explained that she had cultivated the Ephemeral Bloom for her hoped-for transformation into a human.
• Wang Pan declared that Lady Bai should die, and the two Great Demons attacked one another.
• Wang Pan unleashed Sunfall, and Lady Bai countered with a Blood Sun before the suns erupted.
• The blast shattered Lady Bai’s spider legs and hurled her away, leaving nearly half of them annihilated.

Wang Pan defeated Lady Bai after a desperate battle, then killed her when she tried to protect the human she loved. He awoke three months later, resolved that he would keep fighting strong opponents rather than retreat.

• Lady Bai fused five of her spider legs into a spear and struck Wang Pan with an explosive attack, leaving both of them gravely injured.
• Lady Bai returned to her lair and shielded the cocooned Ayun from Wang Pan’s attack, but the ox horn pierced them both.
• Ayun struck Lady Bai before dying, and Wang Pan stomped Lady Bai’s head, swallowed her body, and passed out.
• Wang Pan awoke three months later and reflected that, despite the danger, he would still choose to fight Lady Bai rather than retreat.

After absorbing the spider, Wang Pan advanced to the edge of the Demon King Realm, transformed into human form, and gained rewards that let him synthesize the powerful Martial King title. He returned to Kun Palace with a captured Ox Demon, where Empress Dugu greeted him coolly.

• Wang Pan digested the great demon spider, advanced a realm, transformed into human form, and received World's Favor, the Demon Master title, and new Talents.
• Wang Pan used World's Favor and three million Simulation Points to synthesize the Peak Talent Title Martial King, which greatly increased his combat abilities.
• Wang Pan stored the Ephemeral Bloom, collected the spider silk, and refined it into stockings.
• Wang Pan left Skull Mountain and returned from the Qilian Mountain Range three days later, dragging a nearly dead Ox Demon in a spiderweb.
• Wang Pan entered Kun Palace and greeted Empress Dugu, who coolly asked whether he had remembered to come back.

Wang Pan reunited with Empress Dugu, shared a meal of spirit fish with her, and gave her an Ephemeral Bloom he had risked his life to obtain. Empress Dugu was delighted by the gift as Wang Pan continued to boldly declare his intentions toward her.

• Wang Pan flattered Empress Dugu and licked her palm while she reminded him of his promise to bring her an Ox Demon at the Great Demon realm.
• Wang Pan praised Empress Dugu’s spirit fish, seized one from the lake, and persuaded her to have the Palace Maids prepare a hot pot with it and the Ox Demon’s flesh.
• After the Palace Maids left, Wang Pan revealed that he could Shape-shift into a human, then declared that he would pursue Empress Dugu despite the Emperor.
• Wang Pan presented Empress Dugu with an Ephemeral Bloom and told her he had nearly lost his life obtaining it.

Wang Pan gave Empress Dugu the Ephemeral Bloom and flirted with her, but she revealed terrifying power by slaughtering every creature in the lake. He nervously embraced her again, leaving their encounter poised to continue.

• Wang Pan told Empress Dugu how much he had sacrificed to obtain the Ephemeral Bloom, but she doubted his claims of love.
• Wang Pan pulled Empress Dugu onto his lap and flirted with her until she began removing his clothes and the two became intimate.
• A Bighead Carp and other spirit fish surfaced, mocked the pair, and threatened to tell the Emperor.
• Empress Dugu declared, “Three thousand zhang of white hair; a woman decides the fate of the realm!” and transformed her black hair into white strands that killed every creature in the lake.
• Wang Pan saw the blood-filled lake, overcame his fear, and swept Empress Dugu up around the waist again.

Wang Pan spent several days with Empress Dugu in Kun Palace, then left for the Library Pavilion to study ancient texts and refine his divine abilities. Empress Dugu let him go despite wanting him to stay, and Wang Pan returned to his original form as he left the palace.

• Wang Pan and Empress Dugu stayed in Kun Palace together for three days, and he gave her stockings he had refined from spider silk.
• Wang Pan told Empress Dugu he planned to go to the Library Pavilion to improve his strength, but she begged him to stay and offered resources from her private treasury.
• Wang Pan explained that he wanted to develop each realm's potential rather than rely on resources to rise quickly, and Empress Dugu resisted his decision.
• Wang Pan left Kun Palace after Empress Dugu fell asleep, and she woke briefly before sinking back into a deep sleep.
• Wang Pan returned to his original form and headed toward the Library Pavilion to study ancient texts and refine his two divine abilities.