Recaps

Li Xinge visited the remnant soul of Li Qingcang and asked him about the Rootless People. Li Qingcang revealed that they were Li Family traitors who betrayed the Sacred Emperor thirty thousand years ago, when the family ruled the world.

• Li Xinge, Li Xuantong, and Li Hao visited Li Qingcang in the forbidden valley, where the ancestor's remnant soul recognized Li Xinge's overwhelming presence.
• Li Xinge confirmed Li Qingcang's identity and asked him about the Rootless People.
• Li Qingcang explained that thirty thousand years ago the Li Family ruled the world and had several Heavenly Human Saints.
• Li Qingcang said the Rootless People were Li Family descendants who betrayed their distant ancestor at a crucial moment.
• Li Qingcang identified that distant ancestor as the Sacred Emperor.

Li Xinge learned that the Li Family’s progenitor was the Holy Emperor, betrayed by the Rootless People, and heard how Heavenly Humans became True Saints. Li Qingcang revealed that the Rootless People still sought to destroy the Main Branch because the Progenitor Relic could revive their progenitor.

• Li Xinge asked why the Rootless People betrayed the Holy Emperor, and Li Qingcang said records of the ancient conflict had been lost, though they had stolen the Main Branch’s fortune and part of the Holy Emperor’s legacy.
• Li Qingcang explained that the damaged world could no longer support Heavenly Humans, so the Rootless People’s Heavenly Human Saints had ascended, but one exceptionally gifted woman might have reached the Fourth or Fifth Tribulation and become a True Saint.
• Li Qingcang described how the first three Heavenly Human tribulations produced False Saints with dead inner worlds, while surviving the fourth created a living world and made one a True Saint.
• Li Qingcang praised Li Hao’s talent and privately believed Li Xinge could surpass their progenitor.
• Li Xinge asked why the Rootless People still wanted to wipe out the Li Family’s Main Branch, and Li Qingcang answered that they sought the Progenitor Relic, which held hope of reviving the progenitor.

Li Qingcang told Li Xinge how the Li Family sacrificed itself seven thousand years ago to save the Ancestor Sacred Coffin and Ancestor Sacred Weapon, then urged him to revive the Progenitor. Li Xinge revealed the coffin was beneath Green Maple Valley, questioned why revival had not happened before, and declared that he would surpass his distant ancestor himself.

• Li Qingcang explained that four Half-Saints and thirty Divine Mansion Realm experts from the Rootless People attacked the Li Family seven thousand years ago to destroy the sacred coffin and seize the sacred weapon.
• Li Qingcang recounted how Li Family elders and the Family Head sacrificed themselves so their descendants could escape with the two relics.
• Li Xinge told Li Qingcang that the sacred coffin was beneath Green Maple Valley, but said the Li Family had no sacred weapon.
• Li Qingcang despaired over the missing weapon, then proposed reviving the Progenitor using the sacred coffin.
• Li Qingcang urged Li Xinge to revive the Progenitor, but Li Xinge asked why the stronger Li Family of the past had failed to do so.
• Li Xinge declared that he did not need to revive his distant ancestor because he would surpass him himself.

Li Xinge refused Li Qingcang’s proposal to revive the distant ancestors, then appointed him Grand Elder of the Li Family. Li Qingcang accepted the post and was promised help finding a new physical body once his Divine Soul stabilized.

• Li Xinge declared that the Holy Emperor’s era had ended and warned Li Qingcang not to challenge his authority.
• Li Qingcang yielded and agreed not to bring up reviving the distant ancestors again.
• Li Xinge, Li Xuantong, and Li Hao saluted Li Qingcang as their ancestor.
• Li Xinge established the Grand Elder position for Li Qingcang, granting him the clan’s highest offerings while keeping him out of its mundane affairs.
• Li Xuantong was told to keep the appointment private, and Li Xinge promised to seek Li Qingcang a new physical body after his Divine Soul stabilized.

Li Zhenshan’s wife gave birth to a son amid a heaven-shaking golden dragon phenomenon, and Li Zhenshan recognized the newborn as a peerless prodigy. The chapter ended with Li Zhenshan and Li Changsheng looking down at the child Granny Wang had delivered.

• A purple sky and golden light appeared over Li County as Li Zhenshan waited anxiously for his wife to give birth.
• When the baby cried, a vast Five-Clawed Golden Dragon formed in the sky and plunged into the birthing room.
• Li Zhenshan realized the newborn had been accompanied by a heaven-born phenomenon and would likely possess divine wonders.
• Li Changsheng reassured Li Zhenshan that his younger brother’s arrival was a blessing and that slow cultivation did not prevent reaching the end.
• Granny Wang emerged with the newborn, and Li Zhenshan and Li Changsheng leaned in to look at him.

A newborn in Li Zhenshan’s family triggered a phenomenon that drew Li Xinge and Li Xuantong to Li County. Li Xinge discovered the child was the Destiny of the Middle Thousand World and wondered why the Heavenly Dao had placed such a figure in his Li Family.

• The newborn’s golden spiritual qi and dragon shadows rebounded against Li Zhenshan’s spiritual probe as a vast phenomenon appeared over Li County.
• Li Xinge and Li Xuantong traveled from Green Maple Valley to the county office courtyard to investigate the phenomenon.
• Li Xinge recognized that Li Changsheng had reached great completion in the Body Tempering Realm and encouraged him, strengthening Li Changsheng’s resolve.
• Li Xinge held the infant and used his system to scan the child, revealing an Innate Human Emperor Dao Body and the identity Destiny of the Middle Thousand World.
• Li Xinge recalled the Heavenly Dao’s past hostility toward him and questioned why it had caused the world’s Destiny to be born into his family.

Li Xinge named Li Zhenshan’s newborn son Li Chengji, recognizing his innate Human Emperor Dao Body and declaring that he would bear the realm. He ordered the Li Family to protect the child and left Li Zhenshan stunned by his encouragement to keep expanding the family line.

• Li Xinge declared the newborn destined for greatness and named him Li Chengji, meaning “to bear the realm.”
• Li Zhenshan and Li Changsheng feared the name would make the child a target, but Li Xinge insisted he could bear its weight.
• Li Xinge ordered the Grand Elder to assign experts and a guardian to protect Li Chengji.
• Li Xinge found no unusual traits in either parent and wondered if Li Zhenshan had a system that produced extraordinary sons.
• Li Xinge praised Li Zhenshan for expanding the family line and offered to supply resources to help him continue.
• Li Xinge and the Grand Elder departed, leaving Li Zhenshan standing alone in shock.

Li Xinge revealed that Li Chengji might be the Sacred Venerable reincarnated, but refused to let the Grand Elder kill him. Meanwhile, Li Changsheng received a time-manipulating artifact that could transform his cultivation prospects, and a hidden watcher observed him.

• Li Xinge told the Grand Elder that Li Chengji likely carried the Sacred Venerable’s reincarnated True Spirit, and rejected the suggestion to kill him.
• Li Xinge watched Imperial Dynasty Fortune gather around Li County and warned that the Sacred Venerable’s plans could backfire.
• Li Changsheng persisted with Body Tempering practice despite his poor aptitude and remembered his great-grandfather’s encouragement.
• A Chrono Sundial Disk appeared before Li Changsheng and offered a hundred days of cultivation inside for every outside day, at the cost of lifespan.
• A hidden figure watched Li Changsheng cautiously consider using the disk, while a refined middle-aged man arrived in Ascending Dragon Prefecture.

Li Xuanxian, eldest son of Great Zhou’s Duke of Zhenguo, arrived at Green Maple Valley to meet King of Chu and discuss an important matter. After making him wait, Li Xinge entered the reception hall, where Li Xuanxian bowed and paid his respects.

• Li Xuanxian approached Green Maple Valley and was stopped by Li Family disciples guarding the mountain gate.
• Li Xuanxian identified himself as the Duke of Zhenguo’s eldest son and asked the guards to report his visit to King of Chu.
• Li Xinge learned that Li Xuanxian had come and told Elder Jiang to bring him in and have him wait.
• Li Xinge spent time with Hua Qingyi before going to the reception hall.
• Li Xuanxian waited with First Elder Li Xuantong until Li Xinge entered, then stood and bowed to the King of Chu.

Li Xuanxian revealed that his northern branch and Li Xinge’s southern branch shared an ancestral line and had split during the Rootless People’s invasion. He explained that the Duke of Zhenguo’s branch had survived because it guarded the Ancestor Sacred Weapon, though activating it cost the wielder their life.

• Li Xinge questioned why Li Xuanxian had risked coming to Green Maple Valley, and Li Xuanxian said he had come to seek their roots.
• Li Xuanxian explained that the Li family branches had separated seven thousand years earlier, with Li Xinge’s ancestors taking the Ancestor Sacred Coffin south and his own ancestors carrying the Ancestor Sacred Weapon north.
• Li Xinge and Li Xuantong challenged why the Rootless People had relentlessly pursued their branch but left the Duke of Zhenguo’s branch alone.
• Li Xuanxian said the Rootless People feared the Sacred Weapon, which could kill anyone beneath the Heavenly Human realm in a single exchange once awakened.
• Li Xuanxian revealed that activating the Sacred Weapon required an awakened Heavenly Human Bloodline and killed the wielder, and that every generation of his branch had produced someone with that bloodline.

Li Xinge learned why the North Branch had been confined in Shenjing City and discovered that the Jiang Clan had monitored them for the Rootless People. He accepted the North Branch’s return to the Li Family Main Branch in exchange for its Ancestor Sacred Weapon, then announced that he would soon raise an army against Great Zhou.

• Li Xuanxian explained that the North Branch had awakened the Sacred Weapon to survive a pursuit, and the Rootless People confined them to Shenjing City while pursuing Li Xinge’s branch for the Sacred Coffin.
• Li Xinge deduced that the Jiang Clan had served as the Rootless People’s watchdog, and Li Xuanxian confirmed that Great Zhou’s founding had depended on their secret support.
• Li Xuanxian said the Duke of Zhenguo would hand over the Ancestor Sacred Weapon and submit the North Branch to Li Xinge if he accepted them.
• Li Xuanxian described the North Branch’s three Divine Mansion Realm experts and more than seventy Innate Cultivators, and Li Xinge agreed to reunite the branches.
• Li Xuanxian knelt and recognized Li Xinge as clan head, and Li Xinge welcomed the North Branch into the Main Branch under its clan rules.
• Li Xinge told Li Xuanxian that he would soon raise an army against Great Zhou.

Li Xuanxian warned Li Xinge that Great Zhou and the Jiang Clan possessed formidable hidden forces, including Half-Saints and a potentially powerful Emperor. Li Xinge revealed that the Jiang Clan was nearing completion of a ritual to transform a Heavenly Human Saint, then turned to securing the Sacred Weapon before moving against Great Zhou.

• Li Xuanxian cautioned Li Xinge that the Jiang Clan and Northern Aristocratic Coalition could field at least three Half-Saints and more than fifty Divine Mansion experts combined.
• Li Xuanxian and Li Xuantong explained that Great Zhou's emperors inherited Half-Saint strength and wielded a High-Rank Heavenly Weapon, though the inheritance cost them their lives before age three hundred.
• Li Xuanxian urged Li Xinge to wait until he grew stronger, but Li Xinge said time was short because the Jiang Clan was conducting a secret undertaking in the Imperial Mausoleum.
• Li Xinge revealed that the Jiang Clan was using the lives of imperial descendants to nourish a transforming Heavenly Human Saint and was close to succeeding.
• Li Xuanxian pledged the North Branch's obedience, and Li Xinge said their immediate priority was recovering the Sacred Weapon for the Main Branch.

Li Xinge ordered the North Branch to stay hidden, then learned from Li Qingcang that he could secure an ally for a campaign against Great Zhou. Li Xinge traveled with the Qinghe Dragon King to the East Sea Dragon Palace, where they were confronted by the Eldest Princess.

• Li Xinge ordered Li Xuanxian to return and keep the North Branch inactive until summoned, while Li Xuanxian warned that moving the Sacred Weapon would alert the Jiang Clan and the Rootless People.
• Li Xinge asked the First Elder whether preparations were complete, and the First Elder said they awaited his command.
• Li Qingcang arrived and offered Li Xinge a powerful ally for his campaign against Great Zhou, then revealed the ally in four words that shocked Li Xinge.
• Li Xinge rode the Qinghe Dragon King to the East Sea Dragon Palace, where a crab general failed to recognize the Dragon King and ordered the soldiers to seize him.
• The Qinghe Dragon King released his draconic pressure, forcing the crab general and the soldiers to kneel and beg for mercy.
• The Eldest Princess arrived with the Four Demon Kings, rebuked the Qinghe Dragon King, and ordered him to leave.

Li Xinge visited the Underwater Dragon Palace and asked the Eldest Princess to send troops against Great Zhou, but she refused. He then called for the Dragon King to appear, leaving the audience with the palace ruler’s response still unknown.

• The Eldest Princess threatened the Qinghe Dragon King until Li Xinge effortlessly shattered her draconic might.
• The Eldest Princess and the Four Demon Kings recognized Li Xinge, paid their respects, and escorted him into the Dragon Palace.
• The Eldest Princess offered Li Xinge tea and promised to do her utmost to assist him.
• Li Xinge asked the Dragon Palace to send troops against Great Zhou, but the Eldest Princess refused and cited the Aquatic Race’s policy of noninterference.
• Li Xinge told the Eldest Princess that the decision was not hers alone, then called for the Dragon King to show himself.

Li Xinge pressured the Dragon Palace's rulers and invoked the Holy Emperor's kindness, prompting the Turtle Chancellor to take him to the forbidden grounds at the Dragon King's request. As they descended into the abyss, the chancellor learned that Li Qingcang had sent the message, and they reached a faint light ahead.

• Li Xinge's aura overwhelmed the Eldest Princess and the Four Demon Kings as he asked the Dragon King whether he had forgotten the Holy Emperor's kindness.
• The Turtle Chancellor emerged from the dark water, and Li Xinge recognized him as a half-saint he had met years earlier.
• The Turtle Chancellor agreed that the Holy Emperor's title was remembered and said the Dragon King wanted to see Li Xinge in the forbidden grounds.
• The Eldest Princess objected because her father cultivated there, but the Turtle Chancellor insisted that it was the Dragon King's wish and led Li Xinge away.
• On the descent, the Turtle Chancellor asked who had sent the message, and Li Xinge named Li Qingcang, whose soul remained as only a wisp.
• The Turtle Chancellor recognized Li Qingcang as an old acquaintance, and the two continued until a faint glimmer appeared ahead.

Li Xinge met the ailing Old Dragon King, who recognized him as the Holy Emperor’s descendant and pledged the Dragon Palace’s full support for his campaign to restore the Li Family’s realm. The Old Dragon King warned him about the Rootless People and offered him refuge before Li Xinge left.

• Turtle Chancellor brought Li Xinge to the abyss, where the chained and gravely injured Old Dragon King recognized him as the Holy Emperor’s descendant.
• Li Xinge asked the Dragon King to send troops against Great Zhou and help restore the Li Family’s realm.
• The Old Dragon King ordered everyone in the Underwater Dragon Palace to obey Li Xinge and placed the Aquatic Race at his disposal.
• Turtle Chancellor urged Li Xinge to leave so the Dragon King could recover, and Li Xinge thanked the Dragon King before departing.
• The Old Dragon King warned Li Xinge that the Rootless People were his true enemy and offered to shelter him in the Dragon Palace.

The Turtle Chancellor announced that the Dragon King had placed the Underwater Dragon Palace and the Aquatic Race under the King of Chu’s command, making Li Xinge the new regent. Ao Bai accepted the decree, and Li Xinge entrusted her and the Turtle Chancellor with jointly managing the Dragon Palace.

• The Eldest Princess waited outside the abyss for news of her father while the Four Demon Kings stood behind her.
• The Turtle Chancellor emerged with Li Xinge and ordered the Eldest Princess and the Four Demon Kings to kneel.
• The Turtle Chancellor declared that the Dragon Palace and the Aquatic Race would obey the King of Chu, and stripped the Eldest Princess of her regency when she objected.
• The Turtle Chancellor revealed the Dragon King’s Command, confirming the decree, and named the King of Chu the new regent.
• The Four Demon Kings, the Turtle Chancellor, and Ao Bai bowed to Li Xinge as Prince Regent.
• Li Xinge accepted the Dragon King’s Command and left the Dragon Palace’s affairs in the joint care of the Turtle Chancellor and Ao Bai.

Li Xinge returned the Dragon Palace’s day-to-day rule to Turtle Chancellor and Ao Bai while mobilizing the Aquatic Races to support his campaign against Great Zhou. As dragon heirs and powerful aquatic forces assembled at the Dragon Palace, Li Xinge realized the Aquatic Race’s strength exceeded his expectations.

• Li Xinge removed Ao Bai as regent but kept her assisting Turtle Chancellor, explaining that her past service and ability still made her useful.
• Li Xinge ordered the Aquatic Races to blockade Great Zhou’s coast, take control of its waterways, and send all Demon Lord-level experts and above to join his northern campaign.
• Turtle Chancellor borrowed the Dragon King’s Jin Order and summoned the Aquatic Races of the Nine Seas, awakening vast armies and ancient powers across the oceans.
• Ao Lan arrived, bowed to Li Xinge as Regent, and drew a wary glance from Ao Bai before the remaining dragon heirs gathered at the Dragon Palace.
• Nine dragon sons and daughters, all at the Demon King realm, arrived alongside powerful aquatic experts, surprising Li Xinge with the Aquatic Race’s foundations.

Li Xinge took his place as Dragon Palace Regent under the Dragon King's command, facing doubts from the Dragon Palace elders. After Li Xinge defeated the Black Whale King in a clash of pressure, the Black Whale King accepted his authority and pledged his support.

• The Turtle Chancellor announced that Li Xinge was the Dragon Palace Regent appointed by the Dragon King and ordered everyone to obey him.
• The Black Whale King arrived at the Dragon Palace and questioned why a human had replaced Ao Bai as Regent.
• The Turtle Chancellor showed the Black Whale King the Dragon King's Jin Order, and the Black Whale King bowed to Li Xinge.
• The Black Whale King warned that Li Xinge needed strength to win the Aquatic Race's submission and released his Half-Saint pressure.
• Li Xinge's Golden Crow divine pressure overwhelmed the Black Whale King's, forcing him back five steps.
• The Black Whale King accepted Li Xinge's strength and pledged to follow his commands.

Li Xinge secured the submission of the Dragon Palace’s Demon Kings and announced that his southern forces would campaign against Great Zhou. The assembled leaders backed his decision and prepared to march on Shenjing.

• The Black Whale King bowed to Li Xinge, and the Eldest Princess abandoned her last thoughts of challenging him.
• Forty-one Demon Kings gathered before Li Xinge, who accepted their submission and turned his attention toward Shenjing.
• Li Xinge arrived at the Chu King’s Palace Council Hall, where the southern region’s leaders had assembled.
• Li Xinge announced that he would campaign against Great Zhou, and Cui Yuan, the southern aristocratic families, Ming Tianchen, and the Demon Venerables supported him.
• Li Xinge declared that the forces would soon march against Great Zhou, and the assembly cried out in approval.

Li Xuanyong wrote an Anti-Zhou Proclamation denouncing the Jiang Clan and declaring Li Xinge’s campaign against Great Zhou. Li Xinge visited his grandfather Li Xuanfeng’s grave, honored his memory, and vowed that the Li Family would soon rule all under heaven.

• Li Xuanyong began writing the Anti-Zhou Proclamation, listing the Jiang Clan’s crimes and claiming Great Zhou’s fortune had ended by heaven’s decree.
• Li Xuanyong praised Li Xinge’s rule and called on northern soldiers and houses to surrender, while threatening those who continued to aid the Jiang Clan.
• Li Xinge visited Li Xuanfeng’s grave and poured out his grandfather’s favorite wine.
• Li Xinge remembered how Li Xuanfeng had raised and trained him, then vowed to return when the Li Family ruled all under heaven.
• Li Xinge kowtowed three times before the grave and disappeared into the breeze.

The Anti-Zhou Proclamation exposed the Imperial Mausoleum’s use of Jiang Clan descendants as fuel, stirring rebellion across Great Zhou. Prime Minister Wen concluded that Great Zhou might lose and resolved that the Wen Clan would survive, whatever the cost to himself.

• The Third Elder’s Anti-Zhou Proclamation spread throughout the Southern Ten Provinces, and Night Owl Hall secretly circulated it in the north.
• Jiang Shouzhuo learned that his sons and grandsons had been used as fuel in the Imperial Mausoleum and broke down in grief.
• Jiang Huai'en convinced collateral branches in South Garden Ward to revolt against the monster in the Imperial Mausoleum.
• The proclamation’s terms for nobles, soldiers, and commoners made Prime Minister Wen consider whether Great Zhou could defeat Li Xinge.
• Prime Minister Wen told Wen Zhongyan that Great Zhou might lose, but the Wen Clan could not, and said that only one road remained for him.

The emperor read Li Xinge’s Anti-Zhou Proclamation and summoned Wen Zhong, Li Taiming, Jiang Yuandu, and the northern aristocratic clans to the palace. After confronting them with the proclamation and their fear of the south’s coming advance, he announced that he would hide nothing any longer.

• The emperor flew into a rage over Li Xinge’s Anti-Zhou Proclamation, then restored the torn scroll and considered its effect on his court.
• The emperor ordered Song Wuya to summon Wen Zhong, Li Taiming, the northern aristocratic clans in the capital, and the Clan Affairs Office.
• The emperor entered Tai Chi Hall displaying his Half-Saint Realm pressure and made the assembled nobles look at the proclamation.
• Jiang Yuandu denounced the proclamation and urged the emperor to crush the rebels, but the emperor accused him and the others of panicking and seeking a safe future.
• The emperor told the court he would give them an explanation, then declared, “I will hide it no longer!”

The emperor revealed that the Jiang Clan had endured through absolute strength, summoning Prince Wuning and Jiang Wuji to demonstrate its hidden power. The court learned that three Jiang Clan Half-Saints now stood together, but still doubted they could stop Li Xinge.

• The emperor rejected Wen Zhong’s explanation for the dynasty’s survival and declared that the Jiang Clan relied on absolute strength.
• Prince Wuning, Jiang Wuyang, emerged from the void and stood beside the emperor, shocking the court with his return.
• A gaunt swordsman carrying the Dragon-Slaying Sword took the Dragon Throne and identified himself as Jiang Wuji, the Progenitor Emperor’s youngest son.
• Jiang Wuji warned Li Taiming that the Li Family was being watched, and Li Taiming acknowledged the warning.
• Jiang Wuji said he had come to steady the Jiang Family’s position, revealing three Jiang Clan Half-Saints in the hall.
• The court remained unsure whether the three Half-Saints could stop Li Xinge, who was still only in his early forties.

The emperor revealed that the Progenitor Emperor remained alive beneath the Imperial Mausoleum, where generations of Jiang clansmen had been sacrificed to fuel his advance toward the Heavenly Human Sacred Realm. Confident that his ancestor would soon emerge and defeat Li Xinge, the emperor declared the Jiang Clan stood upon unbeaten ground and warned wavering nobles to consider the consequences of their choices.

• The emperor accused the gathered nobles of planning to abandon Great Zhou and said their doubts would remain until he revealed his final trump card.
• The emperor confirmed that the proclamation about the Imperial Mausoleum was true and that the Progenitor Emperor had consumed Jiang clansmen as nourishment.
• The emperor explained that the Progenitor Emperor had founded Great Zhou as a Half-Saint and sacrificed imperial descendants for more than six thousand years to pursue the Heavenly Human Sacred Realm.
• The emperor announced that the Progenitor Emperor had condensed a True Spirit and was close to breaking through, while Jiang Wuji voiced his reverence for his father.
• The emperor claimed that Li Xinge could not threaten the soon-to-emerge Heavenly Human Saint and declared that the Jiang Clan had stood upon unbeaten ground.
• The emperor offered to forgive nobles who had supported Bandit Li but warned those who remained defiant to bear the consequences.