Chapter Summaries

Bai Yang concealed the island with the Mountain Protection Formation after returning the people who had entered it, whose memories he had erased. The island vanished from the world's sight, leaving governments confused and Su Xishui and the others preparing to leave by speedboat.

• Qiu Guorong told Huaxia's leader that the missing groups had vanished on the island, and they agreed to wait half a day before using a weapon to protect Little Yang.
• People emerged from the island in large numbers, prompting countries to send rescue forces and hold an emergency conference to prevent armed clashes.
• The island disappeared before the watching world, and the people who had left it denied ever visiting it because Bai Yang had erased their memories.
• Bai Yang activated the Mountain Protection Formation's concealment function and made the island invisible to everyone without his abilities.
• Bai Yang flew to Su Xishui and the others, who watched the island vanish as they waited to leave in a speedboat.

Bai Yang returned from the vanished island with Huaxia’s survivors and explained to Qiu Guorong that he had sealed the island away because it contained a creature capable of causing an apocalypse. He offered Huaxia ten thousand tons of gold to make up for its losses, then left as countries continued searching for the island in vain.

• Bai Yang and Su Xishui escaped the island’s chaotic waters with the Huaxia group, while Bai Yang confirmed that the others would forget what had happened there.
• Qiu Guorong met the returning group, ordered everyone brought back safely, and collapsed from exhaustion after days without sleep.
• After waking, Qiu Guorong privately asked Bai Yang about the island, and Bai Yang admitted that he had made it disappear and erased the memories of those who left it.
• Bai Yang warned Qiu Guorong that the island held a creature that could bring about an apocalypse, and urged Huaxia not to approach it.
• Bai Yang offered Huaxia ten thousand tons of gold to make up for its losses, then left while countries around the world continued their fruitless searches.

Bai Yang prepared to recruit more than a thousand world-class experts after reviewing Fox’s intelligence, while the mountain villa’s hidden underground city neared completion. Su Xishui told him that countries had jointly signed a confidentiality agreement to conceal the island and the earthquake and tsunami from history.

• Yang Biao delivered construction materials to the mountain villa, while project head Liu Jiang kept its underground-city construction secret.
• Fox received Bai Yang’s call during a gathering with Xiong Da and the other guards, then sent him encrypted profiles of over a thousand leading experts.
• Bai Yang memorized and deleted the expert list, planning to recruit its specialists and gather equipment for future research.
• Bai Yang considered traveling the world to recruit talent and taking his wife along, but Su Xishui called before he could contact her.
• Su Xishui told Bai Yang that the countries had agreed to seal the truth about the island and the initial earthquake and tsunami into history.

After half a month of gathering top researchers from around the world, Bai Yang returned to Qian Province and inspected the completed underground base. He put Fox in charge of the sealed facility and laid out ambitious research plans for its thousands of inhabitants.

• Bai Yang read reports about more than a thousand prominent researchers leaving companies and national laboratories, unaware that they had all been gathered at his hidden base.
• On the flight home, Wang Qingyu told Bai Yang that the museum and Qian Province project were finished, then decided to start a technology company focused on mobile phones and smart devices.
• After landing in Magic City, Wang Qingyu went to prepare her company while Bai Yang flew to Qian Province and inspected the underground base built inside the dragon's tomb.
• Bai Yang paid the construction crew and sent them away, leaving more than five thousand of his gathered researchers, specialists, and security personnel at the site.
• Bai Yang appointed Fox to manage the sealed base, authorized him to buy weapons and laboratory equipment, and offered ten thousand tons of gold to fund the operation.
• Bai Yang told Fox to organize research into powered exoskeleton armor, artificial intelligence, genetic warriors, spaceships, and high-powered weapons.

Bai Yang left his research base in Fox’s hands and returned to the ruined Taoshan County, where he reunited with Dan Qiulin. After Dan showed him a faint trace of life beneath the palm print, Bai Yang uncovered a surviving peach pit and decided to take it home.

• Bai Yang promised Fox funding and authority to manage the research base, while warning him to keep all findings secret and assist Bai Yang’s wife if needed.
• Bai Yang returned to Taoshan County with Red Ball and found Dan Qiulin waiting near the ruined settlement.
• Dan Qiulin led Bai Yang to the center of the enormous palm print and told him he had sensed life beneath the ground.
• Bai Yang used the Blood-Patterned Sword to dig up a jade-like peach pit that had begun to recover after its life force was nearly extinguished.
• Red Ball tried but failed to bite through the peach pit, and Bai Yang took it, planning to plant it in the valley.

Bai Yang and Dan Qiulin flew back toward Gourd Valley, racing through the sky and stopping near the ruined Taoshan County. There, Bai Yang encountered Peach Blossom True Lord’s last surviving disciple, who sought revenge but died before Bai Yang could act.

• Bai Yang stored the peach pit and flew with Dan Qiulin toward Gourd Valley.
• Dan Qiulin revealed that he had reached the Grandmaster realm and rode his wooden sword through the air, then raced Bai Yang toward Taoshan County.
• Bai Yang and Dan Qiulin stopped above the desolate land where tens of millions had died, and Red Ball alerted Bai Yang to someone nearby.
• Bai Yang found Peach Blossom True Lord’s disciple mourning at the graves of his master, Tao Yaoyao, Zhao Lin, and the others, and the disciple blamed Bai Yang for their deaths.
• The disciple attacked Bai Yang despite his injuries, but an old strand of Sword Qi tore him in two before he could reach Bai Yang.
• Bai Yang told Dan Qiulin that the heavens had killed the disciple for attacking him, but Dan Qiulin did not believe him.

As Gourd Valley languished in the winter while its young master was away, the scholar Jing Chen arrived and asked to meet him. Zhao Shi let Jing Chen stay in the outer valley and reported his arrival to Little Cat, while the valley’s people kept watch on the visitor.

• The people and creatures of Gourd Valley grew listless as they waited for the young master to return, while Little Wolf refused food and Little Cat worried about him.
• Jing Chen, a black-robed scholar traveling from the capital, heard a farmer praise Gourd Valley and decided to visit its master.
• At the gate, Jing Chen learned the young master was away; Zhao Shi invited him to stay in the outer valley and quietly ordered others to investigate him.
• Jing Chen admired the valley’s unfamiliar sights, asked about its satellite antenna, and then settled into his guest room to read.
• Zhao Shi told Little Cat about Jing Chen and said their reports confirmed he was a kind, learned scholar who had traveled widely.

Little Cat and Zhao Shi kept Jing Chen under surveillance in Gourd Valley while Bai Yang and Dan Qiulin returned from a journey through the troubled Chen Dynasty. Bai Yang sensed that something might happen when he reached the valley, and Little Wolf suddenly sprang into action as a mouse fled nearby.

• Little Cat ordered Zhao Shi to monitor Jing Chen and use explosives if he showed signs of trouble.
• Jing Chen overheard the maids discussing Bai Yang's riddles and became bewildered as he tried to solve them.
• Little Cat judged Jing Chen to seem harmless but kept him under surveillance before returning to her sword practice.
• Bai Yang told Dan Qiulin about the suffering and disorder he had witnessed across the Chen Dynasty.
• Bai Yang sensed an unexplained danger near Gourd Valley, but decided to return with Dan Qiulin anyway.
• Little Wolf perked up and charged after a fleeing mouse, which a guard kicked flying.

Bai Yang returned to the valley, reunited with Little Cat, and learned how it had fared during his absence. The chapter ended with Little Cat telling him that Jing Chen, a scholar staying in guest room Number Five, wanted to meet him.

• Bai Yang arrived at the valley with Dan Qiulin, where Little Wolf and the guards welcomed him; Little Wolf, the Red Ball, and Yaya chased one another in a cycle of fear until Bai Yang ordered them to settle down.
• Little Cat flew into Bai Yang's arms, and he comforted her before returning to his courtyard with her and the three creatures.
• Jing Chen heard that Bai Yang had returned and remarked that he had arrived at just the right time.
• Bai Yang gave Little Cat a pearl-and-diamond necklace, then asked her what had happened in the valley while he was away.
• Little Cat reported that Shui Mo was still building a protective Formation and that her forces had sent five hundred men to defeat the Blood Lotus Sect attackers threatening Deyang Town.
• Little Cat told Bai Yang that a scholar named Jing Chen was waiting in guest room Number Five to meet him.

Bai Yang received the mysterious scholar Jing Chen and grew suspicious when Jing Chen revealed hidden knowledge about the Dragon Vein beneath the valley. Jing Chen stopped Bai Yang’s sword effortlessly and hinted that he had come to borrow something, leaving Bai Yang worried about the valley’s residents.

• Bai Yang had Little Cat investigate Jing Chen and learned that he appeared to be an ordinary traveling scholar.
• Bai Yang invited Jing Chen to the reception hall, where they exchanged polite introductions and discussed questions Jing Chen had heard around the estate.
• Jing Chen asked about Bai Yang’s firearms, cannons, and satellite receiver, and Bai Yang gave him brief, evasive explanations.
• Jing Chen identified the Bibo River as a Dragon Vein and Bai Yang’s estate as its reverse scale, then noted the Dragon Yuan in the area.
• Bai Yang attacked Jing Chen with the Blood-Patterned Sword, but Jing Chen stopped it effortlessly and said he had come to ask to borrow something.

Bai Yang discovered that Jing Chen was the Blood Lotus Sect's leader, who had come to obtain Bai Yang's Imperial Dragon Qi to claim the Bibo River's Dragon Vein and overthrow the Chen Dynasty. Jing Chen pressed Bai Yang to cooperate, but Bai Yang refused and warned that harming anyone close to him would make the Blood Lotus Sect his enemy for life.

• Bai Yang realized Jing Chen was no ordinary traveling scholar, and Jing Chen revealed that he was the Blood Lotus Sect's leader.
• Bai Yang tried to contact Chen Yongfa, but Jing Chen said Chen Yongfa was in the Royal Capital and could not help.
• Jing Chen explained that he wanted Bai Yang's Imperial Dragon Qi so he could suppress the Bibo River's Dragon Vein and found a new nation.
• Jing Chen offered Bai Yang the position of deputy leader and ample compensation, but Bai Yang questioned why Jing Chen could not simply take the Dragon Qi by force.
• Jing Chen said he might keep Bai Yang with him or threaten people Bai Yang cared about, and Bai Yang vowed that any harm to them would make the Blood Lotus Sect his sworn enemy.

Jing Chen forced Bai Yang to accompany him to the Blood Lotus Sect because he wanted the Imperial Dragon Qi, while Bai Yang refused to surrender it. Before leaving, Bai Yang put Little Cat in charge of the valley and arranged for satellites to help him coordinate a response from afar.

• Jing Chen told Bai Yang that the Chen Dynasty was nearing collapse and demanded the Imperial Dragon Qi, offering him power in a future regime if he cooperated.
• Bai Yang agreed to go with Jing Chen after realizing Jing Chen could threaten the people in the valley, though he continued to refuse to give up the Imperial Dragon Qi.
• Bai Yang told Little Cat about Jing Chen and instructed her to manage the valley, deploy the satellites with Shui Mo, and gather their Dragon Yuan.
• Jing Chen secretly listened to Bai Yang and Little Cat but could not understand their Earth language.
• Bai Yang asked Jing Chen once more to leave him alone, but Jing Chen took him away instantly; Little Cat watched them go as Dan Qiulin unleashed swordlight and Shui Mo began setting up the Formation.

Jing Chen brought Bai Yang to the Blood Lotus Sect headquarters and gave him two months to decide whether to surrender the Imperial Dragon Qi. Bai Yang settled into quarters on Myriad Beast Hall’s mountain, where the sect assigned Wu Wu and Wu Lan to serve him.

• Jing Chen took Bai Yang from Gourd Valley to the Blood Lotus Sect headquarters in seconds and explained that he wanted the Imperial Dragon Qi to help create a pure land.
• Jing Chen offered to preserve Bai Yang’s cultivation and raise him to the Heavenly Master realm if he handed over the Imperial Dragon Qi, but Bai Yang did not agree.
• Jing Chen gave Bai Yang two months to reconsider, assigned him quarters on the main peak of Myriad Beast Hall, and warned him not to leave the sect’s territory.
• Bai Yang arrived at a courtyard on the mountain and met the sisters Wu Wu and Wu Lan, who had been assigned to serve him.
• Bai Yang provoked Wu Wu and recognized her as a Grandmaster, then identified Wu Lan as a Divine Path cultivator in the True Person realm.

Bai Yang learned about the Blood Lotus Sect from Wu Lan and went to inspect one of the Myriad Beast Hall’s breeding grounds. After Wu Lan killed a black wolf that attacked him, Bai Yang demanded the estate’s manager and questioned Wu Wu about where she had hidden her token.

• Bai Yang made Wu Wu serve him while Wu Lan explained the Blood Lotus Sect’s halls, vast membership, and powerful leadership.
• Bai Yang decided to visit a nearby beast-breeding ground, while Wu Wu told Wu Lan she could not bear the humiliation of serving him.
• At the estate gate, a gatekeeper challenged Bai Yang and ordered a black wolf to attack him.
• Wu Lan killed the black wolf at Bai Yang’s request, and Wu Wu showed her token to make the gatekeeper summon the manager.
• Bai Yang inspected Wu Wu’s outfit and asked where she had hidden the token.

Bai Yang toured the Myriad Beast Hall’s 135 Beast Courtyard and injected a genetic agent into a Black Scaled Wolf to see how the Strange Beast would react. The wolf went berserk, and Bai Yang moved to investigate as Wu Wu tried to protect him.

• Wu Wu showed Bai Yang how her Blood Crystal Armor concealed its token, and Bai Yang admired its design.
• The steward of the 135 Beast Courtyard described its wolf stock and the Myriad Beast Hall’s system for breeding and training Strange Beasts.
• Bai Yang asked the steward to bring him a Martial Master-level wolf covered in scales.
• Bai Yang injected the Black Scaled Wolf with a black bear genetic agent from Earth and watched for changes.
• The wolf began trembling, then howled and went berserk, prompting Wu Wu to step in front of Bai Yang.
• Bai Yang patted Wu Wu and told her to move aside so he could investigate the wolf.

Bai Yang injected the Black Scaled Wolf with gene serum, triggering a violent transformation in the Blood Lotus Sect’s Beast Courtyard. The mutated beast rampaged through the courtyard and continued feeding as Bai Yang watched, leaving no one there able to stop it.

• Bai Yang watched the Black Scaled Wolf react to the gene serum while Wu Wu, Wu Lan, and the Beast Courtyard steward looked on.
• The Black Scaled Wolf grew larger, shed its scales, and sprouted black bone spikes as the serum transformed it.
• The mutated Black Scaled Wolf devoured five attendants, then killed or swallowed the people who rushed in to attack it.
• Wu Wu offered to kill the beast, but Bai Yang refused and kept it as a test subject.
• The Black Scaled Wolf fled from Bai Yang’s gaze, then tore through animal pens and devoured wolves and courtyard members to fuel its transformation.

After Bai Yang’s gene serum transformed the Black Scaled Wolf into a rampaging monster, it destroyed the 135 Beast Courtyard and freed nearly twenty thousand wolves. Bai Yang followed the pack to the 134 Beast Courtyard, where the Black Scaled Wolf broke through its defensive formation.

• The mutated Black Scaled Wolf slaughtered the 135 Beast Courtyard’s guards and devoured its wolf strains while Bai Yang watched from above.
• Wu Lan urged Bai Yang to leave, but he dismissed her concern because he believed the Black Scaled Wolf was weaker than its Grandmaster-level aura suggested.
• The Black Scaled Wolf roared, roused the courtyard’s wolves, and tore open their cages so they could follow it.
• The Black Scaled Wolf led nearly twenty thousand wolves through the shattered main gate of the 135 Beast Courtyard, and Bai Yang pursued them with Wu Lan and Wu Wu.
• The wolf pack reached the 134 Beast Courtyard, where the Black Scaled Wolf smashed through its defensive formation.

Bai Yang watched the mutated Black Scaled Wolf lead a growing wolf pack through the Myriad Beast Hall, destroying courtyards and killing thousands. The Hall Master offered the wolf to anyone who could subdue it, and one young Martial Master was killed by its first swipe.

• The Black Scaled Wolf and its pack destroyed the 134 Beast Courtyard, killed its defenders, and absorbed its wolves.
• The Black Scaled Wolf led the swelling pack through more than ten courtyards, growing its forces to over three hundred thousand wolves.
• The Hall Master halted the pack with his aura, thanked Bai Yang for the wolf, and offered it to whoever could subdue it.
• Fifteen young Myriad Beast Hall experts gathered around the Black Scaled Wolf to claim it.
• A young Martial Master attacked the Black Scaled Wolf and was smashed to pieces by one swipe.

Bai Yang watched as Blood Lotus Sect disciples competed for the Black Scaled Wolf and learned about the sect’s two exceptional young prodigies, Hu Lie and Jiang Yishui. The fight escalated among the Grandmaster experts, and Zhong Yue revealed eighth-layer Grandmaster strength as several rivals fled.

• The Black Scaled Wolf killed a top-tier Martial Master with one claw, frightening most of the young talents into retreating.
• Wu Wu told Bai Yang about Hu Lie and Jiang Yishui, and Wu Lan explained the Saint Son title.
• Six Grandmaster experts surrounded the Black Scaled Wolf, and a young man who practiced Wolf Path Killing Fist attacked it.
• The Black Scaled Wolf fought the young man to a standstill, though the battle devastated the surrounding area and left the wolf injured.
• A black-armored staff wielder and a black-robed swordsman fought over the wolf, then fled after a saber-wielding youth sent them flying with one strike.
• Zhong Yue demonstrated eighth-layer Grandmaster strength, prompting two more experts to retreat.

Zhong Yue subdued the Black Scaled Wolf and brought it to his residence, believing it could raise him to great heights. Hu Lie arrived and claimed the beast, then effortlessly defeated Zhong Yue, leaving its ownership unresolved.

• Zhong Yue killed the youth who challenged him and forced the Black Scaled Wolf to submit, then rode it away.
• Bai Yang returned to his courtyard with Wu Wu and Wu Lan, concealed his plans to use genetic potions on more beasts, and resolved to endure the Blood Lotus Sect’s control until he could contact his satellites.
• Zhong Yue brought the Black Scaled Wolf to his residence, ordered servants to feed and wash it, and imagined it could help him rise to Saint Son or Sect Master.
• Hu Lie entered Zhong Yue’s courtyard and claimed the Black Scaled Wolf for his beast fists.
• Zhong Yue attacked Hu Lie with his sword, but Hu Lie’s Exploding Ape qi shattered the blade light and sent Zhong Yue flying while coughing blood.