Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing explored an ancient Dragon Clan burial hall and discovered that a force had annihilated even its Quasi-Sage dragons. As he tried to leave after paying his respects, the dragon skeletons awakened and the largest confronted him.

• Lin Changqing entered a hall filled with dragon skeletons and resisted the pressure of a Quasi-Sage dragon using the Divine Demon image in his sea of consciousness.
• He studied the hall's carvings and saw hundreds of dragons with Quasi-Sage auras, then thought of the Interception Sect's coming tribulation and renewed his resolve to change its fate.
• Lin Changqing found purple-black cracks across the hall and inferred that an overwhelming force had killed the dragons and destroyed their treasures.
• He refused to take the dragons' remains, apologized to the Quasi-Sage dragon, and turned to leave.
• All ten thousand dragon skeletons trembled, and the giant Quasi-Sage skeleton rose and accused Lin Changqing of trespassing and disrespect.

Lin Changqing met the Dragon Clan elder’s surviving remnant soul, learned how the ancient calamity destroyed the clan, and reported on the Dragon Clan’s present state. The elder offered Lin Changqing a treasure in hopes of gaining an ally and easing the Dragon Clan’s karmic burdens.

• The Bone Dragon demanded Ao Ying’s blood essence, then explained that the Heavenly Dao’s Purple Firmament Divine Lightning had destroyed the secret realm and killed its dragons.
• The Bone Dragon examined Ao Ying’s blood essence, recognized her as a nine-patterned true dragon descended from Elder Azure Dragon, and asked Lin Changqing about the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans.
• Lin Changqing said the Dragon Clan survived as the Four Seas Dragon Clans, with Ao Ying as the East Sea Dragon King’s daughter, while the Phoenix Clan had few descendants and the Qilin Clan had vanished.
• The Bone Dragon noticed Lin Changqing’s unusual strength, hidden power, and abundant merit, then offered him an opportunity after Ao Ying found one in the Ancestral Dragon Pool.
• Lin Changqing promised to help the Dragon Clan if it faced danger, and the Bone Dragon gave him the treasure that had protected its remnant soul.

The Bone Dragon gave Lin Changqing a Quasi-Sage Dragon Pearl containing the Dragon Clan’s legacy, and the System appeared with a quest to bestow that legacy for a hundredfold reward. Lin Changqing rushed to the Ancestral Dragon Pool to give it to Ao Ying, but found her wounded and fighting a black Flood Dragon.

• The Bone Dragon gave Lin Changqing its Dragon Pearl and Ao Ying’s blood essence, then remained in the hall to face anyone who came seeking Dragon Clan treasures.
• The System appeared and offered Lin Changqing a hundredfold reward for bestowing the Dragon Clan’s legacy.
• Lin Changqing decided to give the Dragon Pearl to Ao Ying and flew toward the Ancestral Dragon Pool.
• Lin Changqing used the Spirit Pearl to part the golden clouds and enter the pool’s hidden depths.
• Lin Changqing found Ao Ying wounded in her Azure Dragon form as a black Flood Dragon attacked the Dragon Transformation Pool, claiming it as its opportunity.

Lin Changqing stayed hidden as Ao Ying entered the Ancestral Dragon Pool to heal and strengthen her bloodline, while the Ink Flood Dragon tried to break through the formation. The Ink Flood Dragon revealed a Dragon Pearl, intent on using it after killing Ao Ying.

• Lin Changqing recognized the Ink Flood Dragon as a late-stage Golden Immortal and realized a damaged true dragon reverse scale had let him enter the Ancestral Dragon Pool.
• Lin Changqing secretly urged the wounded Ao Ying to absorb the pool’s power and break through before they confronted the Ink Flood Dragon together.
• Ao Ying sank into the pool, where the Ancestral Dragon bloodline rapidly healed and tore her body apart as her cultivation and dragon form grew stronger.
• The Ink Flood Dragon grew enraged at Ao Ying’s progress and used his reverse scale to batter the pool’s formation, but he could not reach her.
• The Ink Flood Dragon threatened to kill Ao Ying and revealed a Dragon Pearl, saying he would use it to make up for his losses.

The Ink Flood Dragon used a Dragon Pearl to force a partial transformation and press against the barrier of the Ancestral Dragon Pool, where Ao Ying remained inside. Lin Changqing prepared to hold him off, and the chapter ended with the Ink Flood Dragon attacking Lin Changqing after dismissing him as a Mystic Immortal.

• The Ink Flood Dragon swallowed a Dragon Pearl and partially transformed, greatly increasing his strength as he attacked the Dragon Transformation Pool’s barrier.
• Ao Ying endured the purification inside the Ancestral Dragon Pool and trusted Lin Changqing to protect her.
• Lin Changqing chose to stay and defend Ao Ying, summoning his blood-red armor, Spear of Divine Demons, and Divine Demon Wings.
• The Ink Flood Dragon spotted Lin Changqing, attacked him, and mocked him as a mere Mystic Immortal after Lin Changqing shattered his claw energy and taunted him.
• The Ink Flood Dragon unleashed a devastating horn attack at Lin Changqing, who smiled and asked, “That’s it?”

Lin Changqing fought Ink Flood Dragon to stop him from breaking the barrier around the Dragon Transformation Pool while Ao Ying transformed inside. Ink Flood Dragon was forced to turn and face Lin Changqing, and their clash left his fang cracked and his horn dimmed.

• Ink Flood Dragon ignored Lin Changqing’s taunts and attacked the golden barrier, while Lin Changqing used the Divine Demon Wings to evade his strike and hit him from behind.
• Lin Changqing shattered Ink Flood Dragon’s true dragon power and sent him flying, but Ink Flood Dragon focused on the barrier as the Azure Dragon inside the pool neared the mid-stage Golden Immortal realm.
• Lin Changqing repeatedly interrupted Ink Flood Dragon’s attacks on the barrier and mocked him, then blocked a claw strike and charged again despite being hurt.
• Ink Flood Dragon finally turned on Lin Changqing, and the two collided in a direct clash that cracked one of Ink Flood Dragon’s fangs and dimmed his horn.

Lin Changqing fought Ink Flood Dragon in the Dragon Transformation Pool, badly injuring him despite their vast difference in cultivation. When Ink Flood Dragon threatened Lin Changqing’s sect and the human race, Lin Changqing revealed that he belonged to the Interception Sect, leaving the demon disbelieving.

• Ink Flood Dragon and Lin Changqing both suffered serious injuries in their clash, but Lin Changqing’s body and armor began to recover.
• Lin Changqing taunted Ink Flood Dragon and prepared to keep fighting, though his Divine Demon Power had fallen to forty percent.
• Ink Flood Dragon threatened to devour humans and destroy everything Lin Changqing held dear, while conserving his remaining True Dragon Power.
• Lin Changqing mocked Ink Flood Dragon’s threats and said his sect was the Interception Sect.
• Ink Flood Dragon refused to believe that a Mystic Immortal could be a disciple of a Saint.

Lin Changqing stalled Ink Flood Dragon while Ao Ying absorbed bloodline power in the Ancestral Dragon Pool. When Ink Flood Dragon pretended to make peace and then attacked, Lin Changqing fled and sent the Spear of Divine Demons toward him, leaving Ink Flood Dragon confident he could claim the treasure.

• Ink Flood Dragon suspected Lin Changqing might be a Sage's disciple, then decided to kill him despite the risk.
• Lin Changqing pretended to accept Ink Flood Dragon's offer of friendship while buying time for Ao Ying to absorb bloodline power.
• As Ao Ying neared the mid-stage of the Golden Immortal realm, Ink Flood Dragon lunged at Lin Changqing and revealed his intent to kill him.
• Lin Changqing fled in a streak of blood-red light and sent the Spear of Divine Demons toward Ink Flood Dragon's abdomen.
• Ink Flood Dragon failed to block the spear and believed his scales would stop it, then grew eager to claim the treasure.

Lin Changqing detonated the Spear of Divine Demons against the Ink Flood Dragon, grievously wounding him but failing to kill him. When the Ink Flood Dragon charged again, Lin Changqing revealed an even more powerful Innate Spiritual Treasure and challenged him to come closer.

• The Ink Flood Dragon boasted that Lin Changqing could not pierce his defenses and tried to claim the Spear of Divine Demons.
• Lin Changqing drove the spear against the Ink Flood Dragon's abdomen and made it self-destruct.
• The explosion tore open the Ink Flood Dragon's abdomen, destroyed his claws, and embedded him in rubble, but he survived.
• The Ink Flood Dragon's wounds resisted healing as Lin Changqing mocked him and explained that he had anticipated the dragon's scheme.
• The enraged Ink Flood Dragon charged Lin Changqing, who revealed a silver lock that radiated even greater killing intent than the spear.

Lin Changqing drove off the wounded Ink Flood Dragon, then entered the Ancestral Dragon Pool and absorbed its true dragon power while Ao Ying cultivated. Ao Ying reached the mid-stage Golden Immortal realm, while Lin Changqing came close to a breakthrough but stopped just short.

• Lin Changqing threatened the Ink Flood Dragon with the Heart-Piercing Lock, and the injured dragon fled the Ancestral Dragon Pool.
• Lin Changqing used a Quasi-Sage dragon pearl to pass through the pool's golden barrier and began absorbing its true dragon power.
• Lin Changqing restored his Divine Demon Power and strengthened the divine demon phantoms in his apertures as he refined the Ancestral Dragon's power.
• Ao Ying absorbed the remaining power in the pool and broke through to the mid-stage Golden Immortal realm.
• Ao Ying excitedly told Lin Changqing about her breakthrough, and he realized he had fallen just short of his own.

Lin Changqing gave the Dragon Pearl to Ao Ying and received Chaos True Dragon Qi as his system reward. The Qi transformed his sea of consciousness into primordial chaos, where the True Dragon turned on him.

• Lin Changqing told Ao Ying he had not broken through and worried that the injured Ink Flood Dragon might have gathered enemies outside.
• Lin Changqing offered the Quasi-Sage Dragon King's Dragon Pearl to Ao Ying, who initially refused it.
• Lin Changqing persuaded Ao Ying to accept the Dragon Pearl, and she promised that her father would open the East Sea Dragon Palace treasury to repay him.
• The system rewarded Lin Changqing with Chaos True Dragon Qi after Ao Ying accepted the pearl.
• The Qi transformed Lin Changqing's sea of consciousness into a boundless expanse of chaos, and the True Dragon glared at him as a deadly foe.

Lin Changqing's Divine Demon image fought the Chaos True Dragon Qi inside his sea of consciousness, expanding it while keeping both forces intact. After the dragon submitted, Lin Changqing learned that the Chaos True Dragon was the reborn spirit of the Chaos True Dragon Demon God, who had become the Ancestral Dragon.

• Lin Changqing panicked when the Chaos True Dragon Qi and the Divine Demon image confronted each other inside his sea of consciousness, but the system assured him the rewards would not harm him.
• The Divine Demon image awakened and shattered the surrounding chaos, expanding Lin Changqing's sea of consciousness and strengthening his spiritual sense.
• The Chaos True Dragon Qi formed a dragon and attacked the Divine Demon image, which pierced it with its spear and forced it to retreat and submit.
• Lin Changqing found that his sea of consciousness had grown fivefold and that both the Chaos True Dragon Qi and the Divine Demon image remained unharmed.
• Lin Changqing sensed the Chaos True Dragon Qi and learned that the Chaos True Dragon Demon God had sided with Pangu, fallen during the world's creation, and been reborn as the Ancestral Dragon.

Lin Changqing discovered that his reward contained the Chaos True Dragon’s origin energy, which let him transform into the ancient Chaos Demon God and wield several powerful abilities. After he and Ao Ying emerged from their examination of the Dragon Pearl, they found a demon host led by a Grand Unity Golden Immortal waiting outside the Dragon Transformation Pool.

• Lin Changqing realized the Chaos True Dragon Qi was the Chaos True Dragon’s surviving origin energy and learned that it could let him transform into a dragon, control dragon bloodlines, and roam through chaos.
• Lin Changqing rejoiced over the reward’s power, while Ao Ying explained that the Dragon Pearl held ancient dragon abilities and inheritances.
• Ao Ying noticed that Lin Changqing’s earlier aura had shattered the Dragon Transformation Pool’s barrier and thinned the clouds above it.
• Lin Changqing and Ao Ying saw about a hundred demons gathered outside the pool, including the wounded Ink Flood Dragon that had returned with reinforcements.
• Lin Changqing identified the alluring man at the center of the demon host as a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

Lin Changqing and Ao Ying were trapped in the Ancestral Dragon Pool by a powerful Demon Clan force demanding his Innate Spiritual Treasure. As the Grand Unity Golden Immortal attacked the clouds protecting them, Lin Changqing prepared to unleash his Chaos True Dragon Qi.

• Lin Changqing recognized the Demon Clan's Grand Unity Golden Immortal and knew he and Ao Ying could not face the surrounding force directly.
• Ao Ying blamed herself for their predicament and offered to transform into her true form to hold off the demons, but Lin Changqing stopped her.
• Ink Flood Dragon claimed Lin Changqing had an Innate Spiritual Treasure and asked the Demon Clan to let him claim Ao Ying's dragon bloodline.
• The Grand Unity Golden Immortal struck the clouds shielding the Ancestral Dragon Pool, revealing Lin Changqing and Ao Ying and exposing that the Dragon Transformation Pool had dried up.
• The Grand Unity Golden Immortal demanded Lin Changqing hand over the treasure, and Lin Changqing told Ao Ying to hold on before calling out, "Chaos True Dragon, Emerge!!"

Lin Changqing transformed into a purple-black Chaos True Dragon in the Dragon Transformation Pool, revealing a bloodline that overwhelmed the surrounding demons. When a Grand Unity Golden Immortal ordered an attack, Lin Changqing struck back and unleashed Bloodline Command, awakening the dragon skeletons across the secret realm.

• Lin Changqing used the Chaos True Dragon Qi to transform into a twelve-hundred-zhang purple-black dragon, shocking Ao Ying and the demons outside the pool.
• Ink Flood Dragon recognized Lin Changqing's superior bloodline and urged the demons to seize the treasure, but none dared attack.
• A Grand Unity Golden Immortal ordered a late-stage Golden Immortal demon to kill Lin Changqing in exchange for his dragon body.
• Lin Changqing shattered the Heaven-Swallowing Crocodile's claw with one sweep and defied the Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Lin Changqing unleashed Bloodline Command, causing the dragon skeletons and palaces throughout the secret realm to answer with roars.

Lin Changqing awakened the ten thousand dragon skeletons in the Dragon Race secret land, turning the demons’ attack into a rout. The Bone Dragons slaughtered the invaders, and their leader destroyed the Grand Unity Golden Immortal toad.

• The dragon skeletons rose in response to Lin Changqing’s bloodline aura, and the demons outside panicked at their roars.
• The Grand Unity Golden Immortal transformed into a giant toad and attacked Lin Changqing, but Ao Ying moved to shield him.
• A ten-thousand-zhang Bone Dragon emerged, caught and severed the toad’s tongue, and sent it fleeing.
• Ten thousand Bone Dragons poured from the hall and hunted down the demons as Lin Changqing fled the battle.
• The ten-thousand-zhang Bone Dragon caught the toad and burned it to ash, destroying its soul.

Lin Changqing and the Bone Dragons annihilated the demons, including the Ink Flood Dragon, and the Bone Dragon King thanked Lin Changqing for honoring their agreement. As Purple Firmament Divine Lightning gathered over the secret realm, the Bone Dragon King told Lin Changqing to take Ao Ying and leave while the dragons prepared to challenge Heaven.

• Lin Changqing and the Bone Dragons slaughtered the demons, and Lin Changqing tore the Ink Flood Dragon apart and destroyed its soul.
• The Bone Dragon King recognized Lin Changqing, thanked him for passing the Dragon Pearl to Ao Ying, and asked him to help the Dragon Clan; Lin Changqing agreed if it was within his power.
• Ao Ying reflected on how Lin Changqing had helped her and regarded him with growing tenderness.
• Cracks opened across the sky as Purple Firmament Divine Lightning gathered, and the Bone Dragon King warned Lin Changqing and Ao Ying to leave the secret realm.
• The Bone Dragon King declared that the dragons would challenge Heaven as the heavenly tribulation began to descend.

Lin Changqing and Ao Ying fled the dragon clan's secret realm as the Purple Firmament Divine Lightning began destroying the swamp. The realm shattered, and ten thousand dragon souls rose through the lightning to challenge Heaven, leaving their bones behind.

• Lin Changqing carried Ao Ying out of the vortex while the Purple Firmament Divine Lightning gathered over the secret realm.
• Lin Changqing and Ao Ying escaped across the swamp as the lightning struck, destroying mountains and annihilating countless beings.
• The hidden realm shattered, and ten thousand dragon souls surged skyward through the thunder.
• Ao Yun and the other dragon souls questioned Heaven for destroying their clan and recalled its deeds and merit.
• Ao Ying wept as beings across the Primordial World realized the figures challenging Heaven were ten thousand Bone Dragons.

Lin Changqing and Ao Ying witnessed the ten thousand dragons challenge Heaven, ending with Quasi-Sage Ao Yun’s destruction and the revelation of an ancient Dragon Clan ruin. They fled toward the East Sea with their gains as countless creatures rushed to investigate the ruins.

• Di Jun condemned the dragons’ challenge to Heaven, while Tongtian praised Lin Changqing’s bloodline and the other Saints ignored the spectacle.
• The Dragon Kings sealed the Four Seas and barred their clans from leaving as thunder gathered over their Dragon Palaces.
• The Bone Dragons were annihilated by purple-black lightning until Ao Yun roared through the storm, only to be engulfed and destroyed.
• Lin Changqing took the grieving Ao Ying away from the devastated marshlands, where the ancient Dragon Clan city emerged from the yellow sand.
• Countless creatures raced toward the ruins, while Lin Changqing and Ao Ying headed for the East Sea with Ao Ying’s Dragon Pearl and Lin Changqing’s Chaos True Dragon energy and chaotic body.

Lin Changqing and Ao Ying reached the East Sea, where Ao Ying revealed her strength and carried him through its wonders toward the Dragon Palace. They stopped before the Palace’s million-li ancient formation, and Ao Ying used a Quasi-Sage Dragon Pearl to protect them.

• After a thousand years of travel, Lin Changqing and Ao Ying reached the East Sea and met Jing Jiu, a Giant Whale Clan Sea Patrol General.
• Jing Jiu refused to take Lin Changqing to the Dragon Palace because the sea had been sealed, but Ao Ying transformed into her twelve-hundred-zhang Azure Dragon form.
• Jing Jiu realized Ao Ying was a middle-stage Golden Immortal and begged forgiveness, while Ao Ying carried Lin Changqing into the sea without taking him along.
• Ao Ying and Lin Changqing traveled through the East Sea, where sea beasts and clans bowed before her as they passed.
• They reached the Dragon Palace’s million-li ancient formation, and Ao Ying spat out a Quasi-Sage Dragon Pearl to shield them.