Chapter Summaries

Shi Yongheng conquered the warlords, founded a flourishing Great Tang, and ruled for 150 years before dying naturally. He then awakened in Great Wilderness City, restored much of his strength, and encountered a strange altar and bronze pillar that summoned a demon god.

• Shi Yongheng conquered the tianxia warlords, moved the capital to Chang'an, and ascended the throne as emperor of Great Tang.
• He established civil and military administrations, restored the imperial examinations, appointed Shui Yunji empress, and ruled for 150 years before passing the throne to the crown prince and eventually dying of old age.
• Yuan Tiangang offered Shi Yongheng a refined longevity medicine, but Shi Yongheng refused it and urged him to accept that dynasties could not prosper forever.
• Shi Yongheng awakened in Great Wilderness City, absorbed his Innate blood essence, restored his Ren and Du meridians, and decided to explore the limits of the Blood Moving and Cave Heaven realms.
• After leaving the city to gain experience, Shi Yongheng reached a silent mountain valley and saw an ancient bronze pillar whose power tried to assimilate his consciousness.
• A demon god phantom emerged from the clouds above the valley and reached for Shi Yongheng after he resisted the pillar's influence.

Shi Yongheng defeated the demon god phantom, gained strength by absorbing golden blood from a totem pillar, and reached Godfall City. There, he learned about stones from the Mist Mountains and began trading for them.

• Shi Yongheng cut down the demon god phantom and recognized the altar's bronze pillar as a totem pillar containing the Sacrificial Spirit's power.
• Shi Yongheng endured the violent energy in the pool of golden blood, doubled his strength, and continued through the mountain range after dozens of battles.
• Shi Yongheng reached Godfall City and saw the ancient characters above its gates evoke a misty world and sealed gate.
• Shi Yongheng asked a stall owner about the stones from the Mist Mountains and learned that some held Divine Marrow Treasure Fluid.
• Shi Yongheng offered a broken treasure bone fragment for the stones, and the stall owner agreed it could be exchanged for three.

Shi Yongheng uncovered Divine Marrow Treasure Fluid, killed a Rain Clan disciple who tried to steal it, and then entered the Mist Mountains. He learned that the mountains held spatial dangers and baleful spirits, but pressed on in search of opportunity.

• Shi Yongheng crushed stones and uncovered a drop of Divine Marrow Treasure Fluid.
• A lavishly dressed Rain Clan disciple snatched the treasure, but Shi Yongheng killed him after demanding its return.
• Shi Yongheng and Su Ye left the city and headed toward the Mist Mountains.
• A youth in embroidered robes explained that the distant mountains were spatial projections and warned of the region’s dangers.
• Shi Yongheng entered the mist and disappeared from sight.

Shi Yongheng comprehended a Willow Tree carving in the Mist Mountains through six journeys of brutal tempering, raising his strength to 120,000 jin. After Little Dot and Qingfeng returned safely to Shi Village, Shi Yongheng emerged ready to approach the Cave Heaven Realm, where a golden vicious beast suddenly appeared.

• Shi Yongheng found a Willow Tree carving near the drained corpse of a richly dressed youth and began comprehending it.
• Shi Yongheng repeatedly entered another world for trials, eventually reaching 120,000 jin of strength in one arm after several hundred years of tempering.
• The Willow Deity sensed that someone had resonated with the true image it had left behind but could not discover who it was because chaotic laws severed Cause and Effect.
• Little Dot Shi Hao and Qingfeng returned to Shi Village after crossing the Great Wilderness, and the villagers welcomed them joyfully.
• Shi Yongheng emerged from the deep pit after six years, suppressed his imminent breakthrough to consolidate his unstable aura, and encountered a golden vicious beast emerging from a distant pit.

Shi Yongheng fought Big Golden Dog, a mixed-blood Qilin, to test his strength and a newly comprehended precious technique. After his willow branches devoured Big Golden Dog’s Qilin Flame, the beast transformed into a three-colored battle form and charged at him.

• Big Golden Dog demanded that Shi Yongheng kneel and serve as its mount, but Shi Yongheng challenged it to a fight.
• Big Golden Dog blasted away a hill with its golden beam, but Shi Yongheng tricked it with an illusion and struck it with a powerful punch.
• Big Golden Dog attacked with explosive Qilin heads and its incomplete Qilin Leg, while Shi Yongheng countered with willow branches from his newly comprehended precious technique.
• Big Golden Dog burned the willow branches with its Qilin Flame, but Shi Yongheng’s runes devoured the fire and turned the branches golden.
• Big Golden Dog assumed a half-human, half-dog form and took on gold, black, and red radiance before charging at Shi Yongheng.

Shi Yongheng fought Big Golden Dog, subdued him, and entered a breakthrough into the Cave Heaven Realm. He opened four Cave Heavens at once, astonishing Big Golden Dog and revealing the depth of the foundation he had built in the Mist Mountains.

• Shi Yongheng defeated Big Golden Dog in a brutal fight, and Big Golden Dog acknowledged him as his boss.
• Tianyu sat down to break through into the Cave Heaven Realm while Shi Yongheng entered a state of deep cultivation.
• Shi Yongheng opened his first, second, and third Cave Heavens, shocking Big Golden Dog with his rapid progress.
• Shi Yongheng opened a fourth Cave Heaven, then stopped because four was the limit of his current foundation.

Little Dot entered the Void God Realm through the Willow Deity’s gateway and encountered Shi Yongheng and Big Golden Dog in the Initial Place. After Little Dot defeated Big Golden Dog, he demanded that Shi Yongheng compensate him with a precious bone.

• The Willow Deity guided Little Dot into the Void God Realm and explained that it might be a world entered after becoming a god or one constructed by ancient gods’ spiritual thoughts.
• Shi Yongheng and Big Golden Dog searched the abandoned ruins for a passage to the Initial Place, following a milk scent that led toward it.
• Shi Yongheng spotted Little Dot on the Bluestone Road and recognized him by his age, sly expression, and the milk scent.
• Little Dot beat Big Golden Dog and sat on his back, while Big Golden Dog called for Shi Yongheng to rescue him.
• Shi Yongheng punched Little Dot aside and identified Big Golden Dog as his underling and mount; Little Dot then demanded a precious bone as compensation.
• Little Dot pointed to the passage and claimed he had pried off a precious bone there, broken the Void God Realm’s record, and received the bone as a reward.

Shi Hao was beaten by the masked Shi Yongheng in the Void God Realm, then expelled after repeatedly destroying passages and shattering the record monument. Back in Shi Village, he told Willow Deity what had happened and vowed to take revenge.

• Shi Yongheng knocked Little Dot back and beat him, while Big Golden Dog begged Su Ye to rescue it.
• Little Dot later broke the Initial Place passage by accident, earned a record, and received a warning from Lord Bird.
• Little Dot asked spectators to vouch for his kindness, then punched apart the record monument and was expelled from the Void God Realm for two years.
• Shi Hao returned to Shi Village and asked Willow Deity to avenge him, explaining that the masked fighter had defeated him and that he had been expelled.
• Willow Deity questioned Shi Hao about the mysterious genius, and Shi Hao promised to get revenge after recounting his deeds in the Void God Realm.

Shi Yongheng witnessed Long Teng die protecting the Tong Clan, then followed the clan into its hidden refuge, Water Moon Cave Heaven. Three months later, Tong Hui became Patriarch, while Shi Yongheng lived among the clan as Tong Yongheng and studied the Dragon God Technique.

• Long Teng fought Yin Zhong to protect the Tong Clan, used the Spirit Mirror to defeat him, and died after entrusting the Dragon God Technique to the clan.
• Shi Yongheng read the Dragon God Technique manual as the Tong Clan relocated to its hidden realm and named it Water Moon Cave Heaven.
• The imperial court searched for the vanished Tong Clan and Long Clan but found no clues.
• Three months later, Tong Yuan stepped down as Patriarch and Tong Hui took his place.
• Tong Yongheng studied and played as a child in the hidden realm, while the clan's elders continued their refinement rituals.

Tong Xin perfected and advanced the Dragon God Technique, then awoke to find Water Moon Cave Heaven frozen and explained the Blood Jade’s significance to the young people trapped there. He went to Hell Rock and freed a girl from an ice coffin, where she woke and asked who he was.

• Tong Xin secretly studied the Tong Clan’s arts for over a decade and became its youngest elder while refining the Dragon God Technique.
• He perfected the technique, developed its five levels, and reached the Ten Cave Heavens realm.
• Tong Xin awoke to find Water Moon Cave Heaven frozen and told Yin Xiu, Tong Zhan, Tong Bo, and the others that they needed the second piece of Blood Jade to unseal it.
• He warned the group that they had likely provoked a dangerous man connected to the Tong Clan’s traitor and General Long Teng.
• Tong Xin went to Hell Rock, melted the ice around a girl in white, and waited as she woke and asked who he was.

Shi Yongheng brought Yin Feng back to Yin Zhong and used the Blood Ruyi to thaw Water Moon Cave Heaven. Yin Zhong reconciled with the Tong Clan, while Shi Yongheng healed him and set off to pursue his own Shendao.

• Shi Yongheng led the amnesiac Yin Feng out of Hell Rock and told her that they were both born into the Tong Clan.
• Tong Bo, Tong Zhan, and the others returned to frozen Water Moon Cave Heaven, where they reunited with Tong Xin, Yin Xiu, and Dragon Granny.
• Yin Zhong arrived, took the Spirit Mirror from Tong Bo, and revealed that the Tong Clan needed the Heart of Blood Ruyi to restore the shattered Blood Ruyi.
• Shi Yongheng confronted Yin Zhong, revealed Yin Feng was alive, and explained that she had survived in Hell Rock with Grandpa Xuan.
• Yin Zhong reunited with Yin Feng and ended his grudges against the Tong Clan, while Shi Yongheng restored and merged the Blood Ruyi, thawing Water Moon Cave Heaven.
• Shi Yongheng used the Spirit Mirror to heal Yin Zhong and departed, saying he would pursue his own Shendao.

After five hundred years of cultivation in Water Moon Cave Heaven, Shi Yongheng returned and formed all ten Cave Heavens, then traveled with Big Golden Dog to Heaven Mending Pavilion. As the pavilion’s assessments began, Shi Yi arrived on an archaic remnant, and the elders allowed him through the mountain gate.

• Shi Yongheng completed five hundred years of accumulation, formed ten condensed Cave Heavens, and decided to visit Heaven Mending Pavilion with Big Golden Dog.
• Shi Yongheng and Big Golden Dog reached Heaven Mending Pavilion, where he warned the dog to keep their relationship secret and not cause trouble.
• The Heaven Mending Pavilion assessments began, and the elders led the candidates toward the mountain gate while rune-token holders entered directly.
• A giant archaic remnant arrived carrying Shi Yi and several others, and an elder ordered the gatekeepers to let them pass.

Shi Yongheng and the other candidates entered Heaven Mending Pavilion’s assessment, while Bear Boy dug up precious bones in the eighth region and unknowingly weakened its formations. Thousands of candidates poured out after passing, leaving the Pavilion elders stunned and the tribal elders insisting the results stand.

• Heaven Mending Pavilion explained the eight assessment regions and warned that breaking through into the second battlefield would be dangerous.
• Golden Dog swaggered into the trial, while Shi Yongheng calmly forced his way through the formations in his region.
• Bear Boy dug precious bones out of the eighth region, unintentionally weakening its pressure and allowing the candidates there to advance easily.
• Shi Yongheng emerged pretending to be exhausted, then suggested that Bear Boy’s digging might have affected the trial.
• The eighth region produced thousands of successful candidates, and the tribal elders argued that Heaven Mending Pavilion had to honor their results.

Heaven Mending Pavilion struggled to handle an unexpectedly large intake after thousands passed the assessment, while its elders debated who should enter the Ancient Saint Academy and investigated the mysterious Bear Boy. Shi Yongheng joined the ordinary disciples and continued hiding in plain sight as Little Dot, whose antics left Elder Xiong Fei frustrated.

• Xiong Fei and the other elders negotiated with the tribal elders and reduced the successful candidates from over ten thousand to more than three thousand.
• Heaven Mending Pavilion completed the initiation ceremony, and Shi Yongheng joined Elder Xiong Fei's group as an ordinary disciple.
• Heaven Mending Pavilion's ancestors debated opening the Ancient Saint Academy to additional talents and decided to investigate the Bear Boy's origins, starting with the Golden Dog.
• The ordinary disciples joked about Elder Xiong Fei's repeated failures, while Little Dot complained about his cooking.
• Little Dot pinched a bold little girl back after she pinched his face, then told a nearby boy they had been sparring.

Shi Yongheng traded the Original True Explanation to Little Dot for the Dragon God Technique, then revealed his ten Heavenly Passages and his past to Heaven Mending Pavilion’s leaders. The Pavilion Master granted him unrestricted access to the Library Pavilion and considered his potential for a Saint Academy quota.

• Little Dot found Shi Yongheng cultivating inside a huge light cocoon in a secluded valley and recognized his aura from the Void God Realm.
• Shi Yongheng offered Little Dot the Dragon God Technique in exchange for the Original True Explanation, and Little Dot handed over the precious bone to study.
• After half a month studying the Dragon God Technique, Shi Yongheng revealed his ten Heavenly Passages to Xiong Fei and asked for unrestricted access to the Library Pavilion.
• Shi Yongheng told the Pavilion Master that he had left Martial King Manor after seeing what happened to Shi Hao and declared his ambition to surpass those with special constitutions despite his ordinary body.
• The Pavilion Master gave Shi Yongheng a token permitting him to study freely in the Library Pavilion, then considered whether he might deserve a Saint Academy quota.

After spending over six months studying the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s techniques, Shi Yongheng cultivated the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye and received a place in the Ancient Saint Academy. Inside the academy, he entered a silent, mist-covered city where a blue-faced corpse and other saber-wielding puppets attacked him.

• Shi Yongheng studied the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s precious techniques for more than six months and cultivated the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye.
• The Heaven Mending Pavilion Master told Shi Yongheng that he and Bear Boy would enter the Ancient Saint Academy, and Shi Yongheng gave the Pavilion Master the Dragon God Technique.
• Shi Yongheng entered the Ancient Saint Academy after Shi Yi had already passed the staircase trial, and he arrived in a pure land where he could not find Shi Yi or Shi Hao.
• Shi Yongheng discovered an empty city shrouded in mist that blocked his Divine Sense and walked inside.
• The mist vanished to reveal saber-wielding puppets, and a blue-faced corpse charged at Shi Yongheng.

Shi Yongheng survived the Saint Academy’s illusions, met the Double-Pupil Woman, and spent a month studying its inheritances. After she opened a portal for him, he returned to the Back Mountain of the Heaven Mending Pavilion, while Shi Yi and Shi Hao remained inside.

• Shi Yongheng realized the city and its approaching corpse fiends were illusions, then defeated the fiends and overcame a soul attack and a powerful White Tiger trial.
• After breaking through the illusions, Shi Yongheng found Shi Yi and Shi Hao trapped and kept watch beside them until the Double-Pupil Woman appeared.
• Shi Yongheng asked the Double-Pupil Woman for a Ten Fiends treasure technique and explained that he had come to seek opportunities and enter the ultimate realm and Spirit Transformation Realm.
• During the following month, Shi Yongheng cultivated in the Dao academy and memorized the Heaven Mending Technique, Shrinking Earth to an Inch, and the incomplete Qilin Treasure Technique.
• The Double-Pupil Woman opened a void passage for Shi Yongheng, who returned through a portal at the Back Mountain of the Heaven Mending Pavilion.

Shi Yongheng left Heaven Mending Pavilion to cultivate, then recovered memories as Xiao Tianyu, a surviving descendant of the destroyed Xiao Clan, and spent centuries advancing his power and researching blood acupoints. In the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode, he confronted Zhu Kun and suppressed him to obtain his essence blood.

• Shi Yongheng told the Heaven Mending Pavilion elders he had passed the trial and returned to the Library Pavilion to study its techniques, sharing the incomplete Qilin Step with Golden Dog.
• Shi Yongheng recovered memories as Xiao Tianyu, a peak Dou Zun and hidden survivor of the Xiao Clan, and traveled to the Black-Corner Region to cultivate in the Magma World.
• Over centuries, Shi Yongheng reached the half-step Dou Emperor realm, entered the Emperor Realm with his soul, and mapped 720 major blood acupoints in his Human Body Heaven Diagram.
• Shi Yongheng entered the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode and told Zhu Kun he had come to borrow essence blood for studying the Dragon God Technique.
• Shi Yongheng overcame Zhu Kun's restrictions, suppressed the Dragon Emperor, and collected the golden blood he spat out.

Shi Yongheng visited the Xiao Clan, witnessed Xiao Yan reject Nalan Yanran, and then returned to Jia Nan Academy with Su Qian and a young Ancient Void Dragon girl. He taught her the Dragon God Technique, and she soon became a powerful troublemaker who repeatedly clashed with him.

• Shi Yongheng left the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode, traveled to Wutan City, and saw Xiao Yan expel Nalan Yanran from the Xiao Clan.
• Shi Yongheng teased Nalan Yanran, encouraged Xiao Yan to live up to his words, and departed without revealing his identity.
• Shi Yongheng returned to Jia Nan Academy and learned that Su Qian had brought back a young Ancient Void Dragon.
• Shi Yongheng taught the girl the Dragon God Technique and invited her to cultivate at the academy.
• The girl grew familiar with the academy, using her Dou Ling strength to cause trouble and repeatedly getting caught by Shi Yongheng.

Eternal visited the Outer Academy, then returned to the Inner Academy and entered the Scripture Depository while the year's top students arrived. He showed them a movement technique he had created and claimed it could reach Heavenly Rank at its highest level.

• After beating Zi Yan, Eternal left his residence and headed to the Outer Academy, where he saw Hu Gan and the five winners of the Inner Academy Selection Tournament: Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Wu Hao, Hu Jia, and Bai Shan.
• Eternal spent a few days in Peace Town before returning to the Inner Academy and making his way to the Scripture Depository.
• Hu Gan brought the five students to the Scripture Depository, where Eternal and the two gray-robed guardians, Qian Mu and Bai Lie, discussed their Dou Zun cultivation.
• Eternal entered the Scripture Depository and left behind a booklet of acupuncture-point markings, which Xiao Yan secretly tucked into his robes.
• Eternal drew runes in the air to reveal a movement technique, and Qian Mu praised it before Eternal claimed it could become a Heavenly Rank technique in the hands of a Dou Saint.