Chapter Summaries

Fat Whale Golden Core swallowed white dumplings formed from the power of time, and Merit Snake Beauty squeezed them back out of Song Shuhang’s Dantian. After eight dumplings appeared, Black-Skinned Soft Feather noticed that Su Clan's Sixteen also had time energy inside her.

• Fat Whale Golden Core leaped from Song Shuhang’s Life-Bound Spirit Lake and swallowed a tiny white dumpling.
• Merit Snake Beauty reached into Song Shuhang’s Natal Dantian and squeezed a large white dumpling out of Fat Whale Golden Core.
• Merit Snake Beauty touched the dumpling and sensed the power of time, which Black-Skinned Soft Feather linked to Song Shuhang’s Time Reversal spell.
• Fat Whale Golden Core swallowed seven more white dumplings as they appeared, and Merit Snake Beauty squeezed each one back out.
• Black-Skinned Soft Feather noticed time-energy fluctuations from a small white dumpling inside Su Clan's Sixteen.

Song Shuhang completed his bodily rebirth, gained a Crystal-Clear Glazed Body, and lost the lingering aftereffects and curse from previous events. The chapter ended as a Nascent Soul embryo in his first Small Dantian opened its eyes.

• Black-Skinned Soft Feather observed that Song Shuhang and Su Clan's Sixteen had gained benefits from the Time Reversal spell, while white time-power dumplings appeared inside them.
• Song Shuhang's Natal Whale Core knocked seven small dumplings into his seven Small Dantians, where they began influencing his Nascent Soul embryos.
• Song Shuhang's feet finished regenerating, his cultivation techniques calmed, and the Sacred Ape Dragon Force Divine Art removed the negative effects of his previous cultivation and blood sacrifice.
• Song Shuhang's Spirit Ghost swallowed the last remnant of Fat Ball's curse, astonishing Fellow Daoist Stone Stele.
• Pavilion Master Chu examined Song Shuhang's crystal-clear Glazed Body and said his physical qualities might have reached the Eighth-Grade domain.
• The Nascent Soul embryo in Song Shuhang's first Small Dantian slowly opened its eyes.

Song Shuhang’s Nascent Souls opened their eyes while he was caught in a Time Reversal spell, putting a Heavenly Tribulation in motion, and Su Clan's Sixteen also neared a breakthrough. After the seven Nascent Souls appeared to settle inside their cocoon, their umbilical cords pierced through it.

• Black-Skinned Soft Feather noticed Song Shuhang’s Nascent Soul had opened its eyes, and Fellow Daoist Stone Stele prepared to watch for the Heavenly Tribulation.
• Pavilion Master Chu examined Su Clan's Sixteen and reported that her Phantom Core was being empowered as she neared the formation of her Natal Golden Core and a tribulation.
• Creation Fairy removed Song Shuhang’s eye and then returned the Confucian Sage’s Eye to prepare him for the coming tribulation.
• Song Shuhang’s other six small Nascent Souls opened their eyes, swam inside their Spirit Lake cocoon, and then lay still.
• When Pavilion Master Chu warned that the Nascent Souls’ birth could become a horror movie, their seven umbilical cords pierced through the cocoon.

Song Shuhang’s seven Minor Nascent Souls sent energy through their umbilical cords into his Natal Golden Core, causing it to swell and transform. The Fat Whale Golden Core became perfectly round, bloomed a black lotus beneath itself, and illuminated its Star Road Map with lifelike images of the Nine Provinces Number One Group.

• The seven Minor Nascent Souls’ umbilical cords reached Song Shuhang’s Natal Dantian and attached themselves to the Fat Whale Golden Core.
• The Fat Whale Golden Core struck the cords with its tail, but they clung to it and began transferring pure energy into it.
• Pavilion Master Chu and Stele Fellow Daoist realized Song Shuhang’s Natal Golden Core was nearing a transformation as his Minor Nascent Souls prepared to evolve.
• The Fat Whale Golden Core expanded into a perfect sphere, then bloomed a huge black lotus beneath itself.
• The Star Road Map on the Fat Whale Golden Core lit up, showing vivid figures of the Nine Provinces Number One Group and revealing an aura of the Dao.

Song Shuhang’s fat whale golden core began evolving toward his nascent soul, drawing energy from powerful figures connected to the Star Road Map. Stele Fellow Daoist realized the Dao-like aura came from those Longevity Immortals, not from the map itself, and resolved to keep a low profile.

• Stele Fellow Daoist examined Song Shuhang’s companions and found several concealed Longevity Dao auras, while judging Black-Skinned Soft Feather comparatively normal.
• Song Shuhang’s fat whale golden core combined its functions into a complete framework as everyone watched its transformation.
• The fat whale golden core named its QR-code formation “Cultivation” before its body and Star Road Map began to crack.
• The Heavenly Emperor, Fairy Cheng Lin, Little Spotty, Everything Can Be Sold, Lady Kuna, Pavilion Master Chu Two, and Senior White Two sent energy toward Song Shuhang.
• Stele Fellow Daoist recognized that the Dao-like auras belonged to the Longevity Immortals behind the Star Road Map and decided to keep a low profile.

Song Shuhang's Fat Whale Golden Core completed its transformation into a Nascent Soul, carrying the Star Road Map and Nine-Dragon Pattern onto its new body. The Nascent Soul remained asleep instead of summoning a Heavenly Tribulation, and the completed Dragon Talisman Rebirth rune activated and enveloped the Golden Core's old body.

• Pavilion Master Chu reassured Black-Skinned Soft Feather that the Star Road Map would transfer to Song Shuhang's Nascent Soul, while the Fat Whale Golden Core recovered under remotely transmitted energy.
• The Fat Whale Golden Core split open again, and its Nascent Soul emerged as the Star Road Map and Nine-Dragon Pattern transferred onto it.
• Stele Fellow Daoist warned that Song Shuhang's Heavenly Tribulation might approach the power of an Eighth-Grade Profound Sage Tribulation, and Pavilion Master Chu hoped his prediction would prove auspicious.
• Black-Skinned Soft Feather noticed that Song Shuhang's Nascent Soul had not opened its eyes, and the others wondered whether its advancement was incomplete or it could not summon the tribulation.
• The white dumpling scattered into fluff, the Golden Core's old body sank into the Spirit Lake, and the completed Dragon Talisman Rebirth rune activated and enveloped it.

Song Shuhang’s Dragon Rune Rebirth revived the shattered shell of his Fat Whale Golden Core, restoring its Star Road Map and leaving behind a rune imprint. Pavilion Master Chu suspected the rune activated because Song Shuhang’s consciousness and Golden Core were both in danger during the Time Reversal Spell.

• The Dragon Rune Rebirth rune disappeared from Song Shuhang’s brow and moved into the shell of his Natal Whale Core.
• The rune revived the Fat Whale Golden Core, restoring its whale body and Star Road Map in resonance with the Nascent Soul’s map.
• The Nascent Soul raised the revived Golden Core while seated on the Black Lotus, and the others compared the pose to a doll holding a carp in a New Year picture.
• Pavilion Master Chu said the rune might recharge for reuse, but that replenishing its energy could take eight or ten years.
• Black-Skinned Soft Feather proposed that Song Shuhang’s endangered consciousness and shattering Golden Core had activated the rune together, and Pavilion Master Chu agreed the explanation was likely.

Song Shuhang, Su Clan's Sixteen, White Dragon Sister, and the Scarlet Heaven Sword escaped the Time Reversal Spell by entering a state of death, then awoke in a familiar desert with their memories still gone. A white horse arrived and read information from the shattered Black Stele before making a strange pose.

• Song Shuhang used the Scarlet Heaven Sword to cut the attacking Black Stele in half, and the stele exploded as the Time Reversal Spell reached its endpoint.
• Song Shuhang, Su Clan's Sixteen, White Dragon Sister, and the Scarlet Heaven Sword entered a state of death and were extracted from the spell, briefly causing Song Shuhang and Su Clan's Sixteen's bodies in the Present World to die as well.
• The four emerged in a desert, where the Black Stele exploded again after the death and time-freeze effects faded, leaving them unharmed.
• Song Shuhang and Su Clan's Sixteen wondered where they were and why the horse bells seemed frightening to him.
• A white horse read information from the Black Stele's remains, then reared upright in a strange pose as Song Shuhang demanded to know who it was.

With their memories missing, Song Shuhang and his companions followed a mysterious white horse across a desert, and Song Shuhang agreed to help with its experiment on the Way of Time. The horse revealed that Song Shuhang and Su Clan's Sixteen were already involved in the experiment's danger, then said the destroyed Black Stele was only an imitation of its design.

• Song Shuhang, Su Clan's Sixteen, and White Dragon Sister backed away from the white horse after its hoof triggered Song Shuhang's instinctive fear, and the horse erased the Black Stele's remains.
• The white horse offered to accept Song Shuhang's body as payment for an experiment, called him Tyrant Song, and led the group across the desert.
• The white horse told Song Shuhang to leave the Heart-Demon Scarlet Heaven Sword behind, then swallowed it and promised to return it later.
• Song Shuhang, Su Clan's Sixteen, and White Dragon Sister closed their eyes at the horse's command and opened them to find themselves among floating white dumplings at its experimental site.
• The white horse explained that its experiment concerned the Way of Time and could be life-threatening, but said Song Shuhang and Su Clan's Sixteen were already caught up in it together.
• The white horse reconsidered and said the Black Stele was not its own treasure but an imitation made from its stolen design.

White Horse revealed that its experiment would move Song Shuhang’s Sixth-to-Seventh Advancement Heavenly Tribulation into the past, helping him avoid a dangerous collision with his future tribulation. As Song Shuhang and Su Clan’s Sixteen became physically connected to their future selves, their normal tribulation clouds appeared.

• Song Shuhang accused White Horse of tricking him, and White Horse promised him another payment with its body if he survived.
• White Horse explained to Heart-Demon Scarlet Heaven Sword that its experiment, originally prepared for White Rabbit, could move Song Shuhang’s advancement tribulation from the future into the past.
• In the present world, Stele Fellow Daoist launched Song Shuhang and Su Clan’s Sixteen in opposite directions to keep their tribulation spaces separate while their companions prepared to protect them.
• In the reversed-time desert, White Dumplings connected Song Shuhang and Su Clan’s Sixteen to their future bodies, and Song Shuhang mistook his eight Nascent Souls for unborn children.
• The normal Sixth-to-Seventh Advancement Heavenly Tribulation cloud appeared above Song Shuhang and Su Clan’s Sixteen.

Song Shuhang faced the opening warning bolt of his Heaven’s Tribulation, which the Merit Snake Beauty caught and fed to the Merit Fat Whale. As the five-elements tribulation gathered, Song Shuhang instinctively summoned his powers, while Su Clan’s Sixteen got White Dragon Sister to shrink into a scarf and wore her around her neck.

• The Merit Snake Beauty seized the weak warning bolt and fed it to the Merit Fat Whale, sealing it inside.
• White Dragon Sister warned Song Shuhang that the later Heaven’s Tribulation would be much more powerful, and he resolved to stay alert despite his missing memories.
• Song Shuhang drew out his power through sheer will and summoned 123 Sacred Apes, which formed the character “Offering.”
• Outside the mist, the White Horse laughed at the Sacred Apes’ formation and remarked that Su Clan’s Sixteen would soon face her own tribulation.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen asked White Dragon Sister to shrink into a scarf, then wrapped her around her neck; Song Shuhang asked White Dragon Sister to wrap around him too, and she refused.

Song Shuhang faced the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation, discovering that its attacks barely hurt him and provoking it to expend its power early. A sudden Saber Intent destroyed the tribulation and formed armor around him, leaving him wondering whether he specialized in defense.

• Song Shuhang ran away from ＠＃％×Fairy to draw the descending Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation away from her, then faced it alone as Merit Snake Beauty strengthened his defenses.
• Song Shuhang endured the tribulation and found its attacks so weak that he stood up and waved to Su Clan's Sixteen, who watched anxiously from afar.
• Song Shuhang provoked the Heavenly Tribulation into increasing its power so it would spend its energy on early attacks before its later methods grew more dangerous.
• A powerful Saber Intent burst from Song Shuhang and cleaved apart the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation and its cloud, while the cloud began gathering for another wave.
• Saber Intent wrapped around Song Shuhang and formed armor that concealed him, prompting him to wonder whether he was an MT who specialized in defense.

Song Shuhang used his defensive battle armor and awakened combat instincts to destroy the third wave of his Heavenly Tribulation, while Su Clan's Sixteen’s own tribulation appeared. White Horse told Sixteen that she and Tyrant Song had to join forces to seize an opportunity and promised to protect them before disappearing.

• Song Shuhang told White Horse that provoking the Heavenly Tribulation was part of his plan, and White Horse warned that he might be specially flagged in its database.
• The third tribulation descended as a Great Sun True Flame, so Song Shuhang leaped into the sky to keep its enormous blast radius from reaching the petite ＠＃％×Fairy.
• Song Shuhang’s muscle memory awakened the Vajra Foundation Fist, and his punches and True Dragons shattered the Great Sun True Flame into a rain of fire.
• Song Shuhang landed on two Black Lotuses as Su Clan's Sixteen watched him and felt her own Golden Core tribulation begin.
• White Horse told Sixteen that she and Tyrant Song had to join forces to activate an opportunity, and promised to protect them until they returned safely before its voice faded.

Song Shuhang and Su Clan's Sixteen were pulled into the Profound Sage Tribulation World when their tribulation clouds merged, where a sea of lightning surrounded them. Song Shuhang reassured Sixteen and prepared to test the lightning's power.

• Su Clan's Sixteen trusted White Dragon Sister's warning and fled away from Song Shuhang to keep her tribulation from affecting him.
• White Horse told Song Shuhang to improvise and said group tribulation might be the key to breaking their predicament.
• Song Shuhang's tribulation cloud swallowed Su Clan's Sixteen's cloud, and Song Shuhang, Sixteen, and White Dragon Sister vanished into the Profound Sage Tribulation World.
• A sea of lightning formed around Song Shuhang and Sixteen, and Sixteen grabbed his arm to stop him from charging in recklessly.
• Song Shuhang reassured Sixteen and prepared to test the sea of lightning.

Song Shuhang entered the Tribulation World’s sea of lightning on a tortoiseshell shield, aiming to test and destroy the powerful heavenly tribulation gathering in its depths before it could strike Su Clan's Sixteen. As he surfed through the lightning with his companions’ music and chants, White Dragon Sister wondered whether his abnormal strength could help them survive an eighth-grade tribulation.

• Scarf Sister warned Song Shuhang that the sea’s tribulation lightning could kill a Sixth-Grade cultivator, but he reassured Su Clan's Sixteen and set her aside before heading toward it.
• Song Shuhang tested the lightning, found that his armor protected him, and stepped into the sea to confront the stronger tribulation gathering in the distance.
• A tortoiseshell shield appeared, and Song Shuhang recognized it as his natal dharma artifact before riding it across the lightning.
• Song Shuhang dodged lightning attacks as the Merit Snake Beauty and another fairy played music, while the 123 Sacred Apes and True Dragons joined in.
• Su Clan's Sixteen asked White Dragon Sister about Song Shuhang’s goal and their chances of surviving; White Dragon Sister said she would help when needed and watched him head toward the tribulation.

Song Shuhang tested the Heavenly Tribulation in the sea of lightning, but it suddenly condensed into a law-level Death-and-Decay Tribulation. The black deathlight linked him to Su Clan's Sixteen, leaving their lives bound together.

• Song Shuhang entered the sea of lightning and faced a host of Giant Palm Thunders as his companions played funeral music.
• Song Shuhang used his enhanced Life Wheels to destroy all but one Giant Palm Thunder, then blocked the last one with his Tortoiseshell Greatshield.
• The sea of lightning abruptly condensed into the Final Tribulation, the law-level Death-and-Decay Tribulation.
• The deathlight struck Song Shuhang and connected him to Su Clan's Sixteen, making them live or die together.
• Outside the mist, White Horse began dispersing into particles, and Heart-Demon Scarlet Heaven Sword fell from its stomach.

Song Shuhang and Su Clan's Sixteen overcame the Death-and-Decay Tribulation using their vitality, merit, and luck, bringing the Heavenly Tribulation to an end. When Song Shuhang caught the wounded petite Fairy, a sinister bone throne appeared, and he sat on it with her in his arms.

• The Heart-Demon Scarlet Heaven Sword realized the White Horse had vanished while the Heavenly Tribulation was still ongoing.
• Song Shuhang and Su Clan's Sixteen were pierced and immobilized by the Death-and-Decay Tribulation's black death light.
• Song Shuhang used his Merit Power and awakened Tribulation Immortal Vitality to drive away the deathly aura.
• Su Clan's Sixteen, aided by White Dragon Sister, awakened her own vitality and resisted the tribulation alongside Song Shuhang.
• The black death light dissipated, ending the Heavenly Tribulation.
• Song Shuhang saw that the petite Fairy had a hole in her heart, caught her as she fell, and sat with her on a sinister bone throne.

Song Shuhang and Su Clan's Sixteen used a painful throne to stay alive after their severe injuries, then waited for the next stage of the Profound Sage Tribulation. While asleep, Song Shuhang entered a strange dream and met a three-eyed youth inviting him to gamble, but he refused and left.

• Song Shuhang summoned a bone-spiked throne that kept him and the heartless petite Fairy alive, though sitting on it inflicted intense pain.
• White Dragon Sister recalled that a harvest stage should follow the Eighth-Grade Profound Sage Tribulation, so they waited on the throne.
• Song Shuhang gradually adapted to the pain and began enjoying it, but hid that reaction from the petite Fairy and White Dragon Sister.
• Song Shuhang grew drowsy and fell asleep on the throne, resting his head against two black knives without being injured.
• Song Shuhang dreamed of a vortex and an inverted staircase, then met a three-eyed youth who invited him to a high-stakes gambling show.
• Song Shuhang declined the invitation, said farewell, and closed the wooden door.

Song Shuhang met the Three-Eyed Youth to learn about their past contract and the rank-six wagering opportunity he would lose upon advancing. He refused to wager his Sacred Ape projections, but Creation Fairy produced his spare eyes as a possible stake.

• Song Shuhang tried to leave when the Three-Eyed Youth proposed a huge wager, but returned after hearing that he had once wanted to work as the youth's warehouse cleaner.
• The Three-Eyed Youth explained that Song Shuhang could wager once at each of realms six through nine, and that advancing to rank seven would cost him his rank-six opportunity.
• Song Shuhang offered his Sacred Ape projections as a possible stake, then refused when he learned they could be stripped away in the Wagering Ritual.
• The Three-Eyed Youth expressed interest in the eye in Song Shuhang's left eye, and Creation Fairy presented Song Shuhang's spare eyes for consideration as a wager stake.

Song Shuhang chose an Online Quiz-Answering AI terminal and a Rebirth Pill from the treasures offered for his two left eyes. He proposed testing luck by jumping from ten thousand meters while weakened and accelerated, leaving the Three-Eyed Youth speechless.

• The Three-Eyed Youth offered Song Shuhang treasures equivalent to the value of his two eyes, and Song Shuhang asked about the Rebirth Pill's healing abilities.
• Song Shuhang chose the Online Quiz-Answering AI terminal after learning that its main unit was attached to one of the Three-Eyed Youth's clones and that the terminal went offline after each use.
• Song Shuhang chose the Rebirth Pill as his second treasure, and the Three-Eyed Youth proposed a fair gambling match with their attributes suppressed to equal levels.
• Song Shuhang suggested gambling over who could endure greater pain, but the Three-Eyed Youth rejected repeating their previous game.
• Song Shuhang proposed a pure-luck contest in which they would weaken themselves, apply Tenfold Acceleration, and jump from ten thousand meters to compare their injuries, leaving the Three-Eyed Youth speechless.