Chapter Summaries

Qin Jiuge fled Long Qidao and tried to draw him toward the other Human Race Supreme Realm experts, but they urged him to keep running so they could first defeat Long Wuqing. He ignored their pressure and arrived beside them anyway, provoking their disappointment and Chris's resentment.

• Qin Jiuge conceded the argument to Long Qidao and turned to leave, but Long Qidao continued pursuing him with intent to kill.
• Qin Jiuge ran toward Lei Wuchang and Monk Danggui, while Monk Danggui joined Lei Wuchang and Chris in attacking Long Wuqing.
• Long Wuqing cursed Long Qidao and begged him to help as the three Supreme Realm experts pressed their attack.
• Lei Wuchang, Monk Danggui, and Chris told Qin Jiuge not to approach and urged him to hold Long Qidao off while they dealt with Long Wuqing.
• Qin Jiuge ignored their pleas and appeared beside them, drawing criticism from Lei Wuchang and Monk Danggui and a resentful glare from Chris.

Chris and the Human Race Supreme Realm experts fought to hold back Long Qidao and Long Wuqing while Long Shilin attacked the Dragon Palace’s northwest hall. True Person Long revealed that the Dragon Clan had reinforced its defenses, but Qin Jiuge and Monk Danggui urged Long Shilin not to give up, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Chris argued that the four Human Race experts should not fear Long Qidao and Long Wuqing, and the two sides clashed.
• Long Qidao told Long Wuqing that their task was to stall the Human Race while Long Weile broke through to the Supreme Realm.
• Long Shilin struck the Dragon Palace’s northwest hall with a Dragon Clan divine weapon, but its defensive formation held.
• True Person Long revealed that the Dragon Clan had prepared new contingencies to protect its foundation, leaving Long Shilin discouraged.
• Qin Jiuge told Long Shilin that the Human Race also had contingencies, and Monk Danggui urged him to trust Qin Jiuge and continue pursuing his lifelong goal.

Long Shilin recovered his resolve after the Human Race's Supreme Realm experts urged him to keep fighting, while the Dragon Clan's hidden plan came to fruition as Long Weile emerged from the Dragon Clan Grotto-Heaven on the verge of a breakthrough. The Dragon Clan's returning forces celebrated their apparent victory as the battle's balance began to shift.

• Lei Wuchang and Chris urged Long Shilin to rise and continue fighting, and Long Shilin regained his confidence and attacked True Person Long.
• Long Wuqing warned Long Qidao that Qin Jiuge was the Dragon Clan's nemesis and that they had to kill him.
• Long Weile emerged from the nearby Dragon Clan Grotto-Heaven, having passed the hardest stages of his breakthrough to the Supreme Realm.
• The Dragon Clan's returning forces saw Long Weile nearing success and taunted the Human Race, while their excitement bolstered the Dragon Clan's morale.

Qin Jiuge assured the Human Race Supreme Realm experts that he had a plan and summoned Monk Danggui, Lei Wuchang, and Chris to hold off the Dragon Clan while he pursued his fifty-percent chance of success. Long Weile then successfully broke through to the Supreme Realm, leaving the Human Race experts staring at Qin Jiuge for answers.

• Long Qidao and True Person Long urged the Human Race to surrender, while Lei Wuchang, Monk Danggui, Chris, and the others continued to look to Qin Jiuge for hope.
• Qin Jiuge claimed he had preparations in place, unsettling the Dragon Clan experts despite Long Qidao's confidence that Long Weile's breakthrough was secure.
• As Long Qidao, Long Wuqing, and True Person Long attacked, Qin Jiuge summoned Monk Danggui, Lei Wuchang, and Chris to block them.
• The summoned experts questioned Qin Jiuge, who said his plan had a fifty-percent chance of success, and they chose to gamble on it.
• Long Weile successfully broke through to the Supreme Realm, and the Human Race experts turned toward Qin Jiuge with questioning looks.

Long Weile’s breakthrough into the Supreme Realm was interrupted, and the Dragon Clan blamed Qin Jiuge, who fled while the Human Race experts held them back. Long Weile discovered Rootless Water had caused the failure, leaving the Dragon Clan relieved that he was safe and hopeful about what came next.

• As Long Weile neared the Supreme Realm, blood-red lights appeared, his heavenly phenomenon vanished, and Dragon Clan bloodlines and treasures began to crack apart.
• The Human Race and Dragon Clan experts suspected Qin Jiuge had caused the disruption, and Long Qidao, Long Wuqing, and True Person Long moved to attack him.
• Qin Jiuge fled with the Human Race Supreme Realm experts holding off the Dragon Clan, while Chris urged him to escape and Qin Jiuge complained that he could not get away.
• Long Weile examined his body and divine soul, then realized Rootless Water had caused his failed breakthrough.
• Long Qidao, Long Wuqing, and True Person Long stopped pursuing Qin Jiuge when they heard Long Weile identify Rootless Water, and they felt relieved that Long Weile was safe.

Qin Jiuge’s Rootless Water temporarily put the Dragon Clan’s Supreme Immortal Embryo to sleep, giving the Human Race six hundred years to develop before it awakens stronger. The Human Race escaped through Qin Jiuge’s passage, and on the return journey Chris demanded to know who had used the water, but Qin Jiuge insisted he did not know.

• Long Qidao realized the Rootless Water had only suppressed the Supreme Immortal Embryo temporarily, and the Dragon Clan rejoiced that it would eventually become more perfect.
• The Human Race’s Supreme Realm experts praised Qin Jiuge, while Chris pinched him after he claimed he had already done well.
• Qin Jiuge opened a passage through the formation so the Human Race could leave, explaining that the Rootless Water would keep the Supreme Immortal Embryo asleep for six hundred years.
• Long Shilin warned that the Supreme Immortal Embryo’s immense potential required resources the Dragon Clan might not be able to provide, then left with the Human Race.
• On the return journey, Chris questioned Qin Jiuge about who had placed the Rootless Water, and Qin Jiuge said he genuinely did not know.

Long Qingran and Long Tianmiao left the East Sea Dragon Palace after their use of Rootless Water triggered a purge across the Dragon Clan. Qin Jiuge predicted that Long Shuangxue would fail her Supreme Realm breakthrough, then secretly followed the two men back into the Crystal Palace.

• Long Qingran and Long Tianmiao argued over using Rootless Water, then agreed to leave the Dragon Clan for the Human Race.
• The Dragon Clan’s Supreme Realm experts ordered a purge to find who supplied Long Weile with Rootless Water and prevent Long Shuangxue from facing the same danger.
• Long Qingran and Long Tianmiao asked Qin Jiuge what he planned to do next, and he predicted that the Dragon Clan’s Second Prodigy would fail her breakthrough.
• Qin Jiuge secretly followed Long Qingran and Long Tianmiao into the East Sea Dragon Clan and entered the Crystal Palace unnoticed.
• Long Xiling brought Qin Jiuge into a conversation about the Human Race’s conflict with the Dragon Clan, and Qin Jiuge agreed that the Human Race’s Supreme Realm expert had caused the Dragon Clan serious losses.

Qin Jiuge reunited with Long Shuangxue, who confessed her affection and asked him to protect her while she broke through to the Supreme Realm. He promised to try to advance as well, and Long Shuangxue left in embarrassment.

• Long Xiling praised the Dragon Clan's Supreme Realm prodigies and asked Qin Jiuge whether his younger sister was promised to anyone; Qin Jiuge told him she loved Feng Ming and that he had no chance.
• Qin Jiuge met Long Shuangxue, apologized for being unable to protect her during the battle of Supremes, and explained that he had been away with the Crystal Palace's people.
• Long Shuangxue reassured Qin Jiuge that she did not blame him and said his absence had kept him safe from the enemy's two Dragon Clan divine weapons.
• Long Shuangxue embraced Qin Jiuge, confessed her feelings, and asked him to protect her during her breakthrough to the Supreme Realm so they could be together openly afterward.
• Qin Jiuge promised to work hard toward the Supreme Realm, and Long Shuangxue tearfully accepted before noticing his reaction and hurrying away shyly.

Qin Jiuge joked that he would pursue Long Shuangxue despite his responsibilities to the Human Race, while Feng Ming and Feng Jiuqing plotted to make him uncomfortable. Feng Ming then acted like his devoted younger sister, drawing Long Xiling into defending her without realizing she was Qin Jiuge’s wife.

• Qin Jiuge told Feng Ming he would choose a beauty over restraint and claimed his duties to the Human Race made his romantic deception necessary.
• Feng Ming complained to Feng Jiuqing about Qin Jiuge, and Feng Jiuqing allowed her to pester him as a way to cause him trouble.
• Feng Ming clung to Qin Jiuge around the Crystal Palace, and he confronted her about her motives in private.
• Feng Ming pretended to be hurt and innocent, prompting Long Xiling to step in and accuse Qin Jiuge of mistreating her.
• Feng Ming thanked Long Xiling for defending her while Qin Jiuge recognized her performance as an act.

Qin Jiuge stopped Long Xiling from pursuing Feng Ming by revealing their supposed relationship, then traded flirtatious jabs with Feng Ming in the Crystal Palace. Their sparring spread as gossip and was mistaken for proof of devotion, while Long Xiling was left heartbroken and resentful.

• Qin Jiuge told Long Xiling that Feng Ming was his former concubine and that they shared deep feelings, causing Long Xiling to leave in despair.
• Feng Ming said he had only tried to spare Qin Jiuge trouble, and Qin Jiuge lectured him as they walked away together.
• Qin Jiuge asked whether Feng Jiuqing had sent Feng Ming, and Feng Ming praised her while mocking Qin Jiuge’s heartlessness.
• Qin Jiuge praised Feng Ming as a heroic woman, but Feng Ming dismissed his sweet talk and left before he could sway him.
• Qin Jiuge and Feng Ming continued their battle of wits in the Crystal Palace, where their exchanges were taken as proof of devotion.
• The Crystal Palace residents pitied Long Xiling and moved away from him as he brooded over his broken hopes.

Long Weile and the Dragon Clan elders set a trap for the Human Race spies, but the traitor they uncovered was Long Tianbao, the Dragon Clan’s strongest below the Supreme Realm. After Long Tianbao destroyed his body and soul to prevent interrogation, Long Weile checked on Long Shuangxue and confirmed her breakthrough opportunity remained safe.

• Long Xiling cheered up when Long Weile offered to introduce him to a young lady.
• Long Qidao, Long Wuqing, True Person Long, and Long Weile gathered at the Crystal Palace and discussed whether the Human Race would attack.
• Long Weile revealed that he and his younger sister had devised a plan to draw out the hidden infiltrator.
• Long Tianbao entered the Crystal Palace and was exposed as the traitor, then the elders and Long Weile captured him.
• Long Tianbao activated a prepared contingency that destroyed his body and soul before the Dragon Clan could question him.
• Long Weile checked on Long Shuangxue and found her blood, qi, soul, and breakthrough opportunity remained under control.

Qin Jiuge sabotaged Long Shuangxue’s breakthrough after revealing that he had killed the Dragon Clan junior whose identity he had assumed. Long Shuangxue collapsed in grief, leaving the Dragon Clan elders to confront the damage and her distress.

• Long Weile told the Dragon Clan elders that Long Shuangxue was safe, and they ordered treasures sent to the Crystal Palace to support her breakthrough.
• Long Shuangxue attempted her breakthrough again, but Qin Jiuge appeared and disrupted it.
• Qin Jiuge revealed his identity as a Human Race Supreme Realm expert of the Tian Xuan Faction and claimed he had killed the Dragon Clan junior.
• Qin Jiuge threw down the corpse of his external incarnation and escaped before the Dragon Clan elders could catch him.
• Long Weile and the elders arrived to find Long Shuangxue devastated over the corpse, and she fainted after sobbing that she and Qin Jiuge had planned to become Dao Companions.

After Qin Jiuge’s apparent death, the Dragon Clan mourned him while Long Shuangxue awoke and vowed revenge against him. Meanwhile, Feng Ming confronted the living Qin Jiuge, who defended his choices, and she left upset.

• Long Qidao ordered the Dragon Clan to heal Long Shuangxue’s damaged foundation and use Rootless Water to forge her a Supreme Immortal Embryo.
• Long Weile burned Qin Jiuge’s corpse, and the Crystal Palace mourned him with an empty tomb.
• Long Shuangxue woke and asked Long Weile whether Qin Jiuge was truly dead, then sobbed alone after he confirmed it.
• Long Shuangxue began cultivating obsessively and vowed to kill the Human Race Supreme of the Tian Xuan Faction, whom she believed was Qin Jiuge.
• Feng Ming reproached Qin Jiuge for the consequences of his actions, and he insisted he had been forced to choose a side; Feng Ming then hurried away upset.

Qin Jiuge reunited with Feng Jiuqing, found comfort in her arms, and returned to the Human Race. At the Three Lives Pool, Chris and Long Shilin cornered him, but a visitor interrupted them.

• Qin Jiuge stayed with Feng Jiuqing, who comforted him as he rested and recovered from the strain of the war.
• Qin Jiuge left Feng Jiuqing and returned to the Human Race, where he learned the Dragon Clan's Second Prodigy had also failed to break through and used Rootless Water.
• Chris confronted Qin Jiuge at the Three Lives Pool, and he retreated as she pressed closer.
• Long Shilin appeared behind Qin Jiuge and joined Chris in teasing and cornering him.
• An unidentified visitor called out to Qin Jiuge from beyond the Three Lives Pool, interrupting the sisters.

Qin Jiuge reunited with Sikong Changfeng, who had joined the Tian Xuan Faction and promised to reach the Supreme Realm within half a year. Meanwhile, the East Sea Dragon Clan shifted its hopes and resources to Long Qingran, Long Tianmiao, and its other young members.

• Lei Wuchang joined Qin Jiuge and complained that Qin had left him to deal with Chris and Long Shilin.
• Qin Jiuge agreed that the Thunderbolt Faction would repay its old debt by helping Lei Wuchang handle the matter.
• Qin Jiuge learned that Great Emperor Tianduo and the others had left to seek opportunities beyond Human Race territory.
• Qin Jiuge met Sikong Changfeng, who explained that he had joined the Tian Xuan Faction and advanced to the Half-step Supreme Realm.
• Sikong Changfeng promised Qin Jiuge that the Human Race would gain another Supreme Realm expert within half a year.
• The East Sea Dragon Clan invested its hopes and resources in Long Qingran, Long Tianmiao, and its other young members after its First Prodigy and Second Prodigy drank Rootless Water.

Long Qingran and Long Tianmiao celebrated the rewards their risky undercover work had secured and reflected on their shared hardships. Meanwhile, Sikong Changfeng began breaking through to the Supreme Realm, drawing attention and support from across the Tian Xuan Faction.

• Long Qingran and Long Tianmiao collected the treasures they had won and celebrated their successful plan.
• Long Qingran and Long Tianmiao discussed the pressure of posing as undercover agents and reaffirmed their deep bond.
• Monk Danggui and Lei Wuchang reacted to signs that another Tian Xuan Faction member was approaching a breakthrough.
• Chris and Long Shilin identified Sikong Changfeng as the one breaking through and discussed what another Supreme expert would mean for their factions.
• Qin Jiuge, the other Half-step Supreme experts, and the Heavenly Poison Great Emperor rushed to Sikong Changfeng's location to support and guard him.

Sikong Changfeng attempted to break through into the Supreme Realm while the Tian Xuan Faction watched and supported him. Qin Jiuge exposed and killed Dragon Clan agents targeting the breakthrough, then assured Sikong Changfeng that he would protect him as the others secured the area.

• The Tian Xuan Faction’s members declared that their faction should lead the Human Race as Sikong Changfeng’s breakthrough began, protected by treasures including an azure spear.
• Sikong Changfeng faced the Supreme tribulation, and Qin Jiuge judged that he was about to succeed.
• Chris, Long Shilin, and other Tian Xuan Faction members celebrated Sikong Changfeng’s imminent advancement, while Monk Danggui and Lei Wuchang considered their own factions’ potential candidates, Fahai and Lei Wuming.
• Qin Jiuge detected hidden Dragon Clan agents near Sikong Changfeng and killed them with the Heaven-Searching Hand.
• Qin Jiuge told Sikong Changfeng to continue his breakthrough while he protected him, and Chris, Long Shilin, and the others sealed off the area.

Sikong Changfeng broke through to the Supreme Realm and joined Qin Jiuge as a master of the Tian Xuan Faction, while the Buddhist and Thunderbolt Factions chose caution rather than challenge them. The Human Race remained unexpectedly peaceful, and Feng Jiuqing secretly became a Supreme Realm expert, strengthening the Dragon Clan.

• Sikong Changfeng successfully broke through, and Qin Jiuge granted him a share in the Tian Xuan Faction and made him another master.
• Monk Danggui advised Fahai to prepare thoroughly before attempting a breakthrough and affirmed that the Buddhist Faction would follow Qin Jiuge’s command.
• Lei Wuming’s father urged him not to oppose the Tian Xuan Faction, and Lei Wuming continued cultivating with a steadier mindset.
• Chaos Main City avoided the internal strife people had expected, and the Human Race’s factions coexisted peacefully.
• Feng Jiuqing secretly broke through to the Supreme Realm, surprising the Dragon Clan and its younger members.

Feng Jiuqing broke through to the Dragon Clan’s Supreme Realm and was appointed an elder, though she accepted that the clan had not fully trusted her. She sent Feng Ming back to the Human Race to focus on his neglected cultivation.

• Long Qingran congratulated Feng Jiuqing on breaking through, while he and Long Tianmiao privately reflected on the complications of her being Human Race rather than Dragon Clan.
• Long Weile and Long Shuangxue thanked Feng Jiuqing for strengthening the Dragon Clan’s present position, and she responded warmly to them.
• Long Qidao, Long Wuqing, and the other Great Elders declared Feng Jiuqing a Dragon Clan elder, and Long Weile, Long Shuangxue, Long Qingran, and Long Tianmiao raised no objection.
• The Great Elders assigned Feng Jiuqing authority over the surrounding subordinate races, prompting Feng Ming to complain that they had not truly accepted her.
• Feng Jiuqing told Feng Ming that the elders’ caution was understandable and sent him back to the Human Race to attend to his cultivation.

Feng Ming joined Qin Jiuge after Feng Jiuqing persuaded him to stay, but the arrival of two women from the Heavenly Evil Faction sent Qin Jiuge fleeing to the Thunderbolt Faction’s Heaven-Reaching Tower. He took refuge there despite Lei Wuming’s protests, leaving trouble brewing around the Tian Xuan Faction.

• Feng Jiuqing persuaded Feng Ming to stay with Qin Jiuge, and Feng Ming agreed while vowing to guard him.
• Feng Ming returned to Qin Jiuge and demanded to know what the Eldest Young Madam wanted, and Qin Jiuge promised to help.
• News of a Tian Xuan Faction mistress spread, and Qin Jiuge fled when two women from the Heavenly Evil Faction took an interest.
• Qin Jiuge went to Sikong Changfeng, but Sikong Changfeng ran away, so Qin Jiuge sought refuge in Lei Wuming’s Heaven-Reaching Tower.
• Lei Wuming called for his father, but Qin Jiuge revealed that the Thunderbolt Faction’s Supreme Realm expert was away and claimed the tower as his domain.
• Lei Wuming watched helplessly as Qin Jiuge climbed to the tower’s upper levels, while trouble continued to gather around Qin Jiuge.