Chapter Summaries

Vincent convened the Hyde Clan’s leaders to decide how to choose a disciple for Zhao Nan, while the clan’s branches argued over who would get a chance. Resting in his guest room, Zhao Nan reflected on his plan to pursue the innate divine abilities of divine beasts with the system’s help.

• Vincent asked the Hyde Clan’s leaders to discuss how to present potential disciples to Zhao Nan.
• Some clan members argued that all suitable children should be considered, while the main branch insisted that the clan first select its most promising juniors.
• The Hyde Clan’s branches continued arguing because each wanted its own candidates to meet Zhao Nan.
• Zhao Nan ignored the debate and considered pursuing transcendence through divine beasts’ innate abilities rather than the Laws’ Profound Mysteries or Fusion Profound Mysteries.
• Zhao Nan decided to rely on the system instead of risking his life on the kind of unlikely path that had enabled Linley’s success.

Zhao Nan considered whether his system could share Linley's Soul Mutation, then visited the Hyde Clan's training grounds to find a disciple. He discovered that Ace Hyde had an unawakened Violet Flame Warrior bloodline and asked the boy to become his student.

• Zhao Nan reflected on the system's limits and decided to focus on the four elemental attributes while seeking a disciple from one of the Four Divine Beasts Clan.
• The Hyde Clan's branches rejected Vincent's plan to let the main branch dominate, and Zhao Nan declined the clan's banquet invitation so he could rest.
• The next day, Vincent took Zhao Nan to the training grounds, where more than two hundred young Hyde Clan members had gathered.
• Zhao Nan scanned the young clan members and found Ace Hyde, whose SSS talent and unawakened Violet Flame Warrior bloodline set him apart.
• Zhao Nan approached Ace Hyde, patted his head, and asked whether he wanted to take him as his teacher.

Zhao Nan chose four-year-old Ace Hyde as his disciple and decided to keep him close, suspecting the boy might otherwise die young. He took Ace back to his guest room and invited him to travel the continent together.

• Zhao Nan noticed Ace Hyde among the children and chose him as his disciple.
• Vincent introduced Ace as his fifth and youngest son, then urged him to pay his respects to Zhao Nan.
• Ace bowed to Zhao Nan, who wondered why the exceptionally talented boy had not appeared in the original story.
• Zhao Nan dismissed the children and carried Ace back to his guest room.
• Zhao Nan asked Ace whether he wanted to travel the continent with him, and Ace eagerly agreed, thinking they would go play.

Vincent asked Zhao Nan to stay with the Hyde Clan, then asked him to take four-year-old Ace away because Ace was unsafe amid the clan’s internal divisions. Zhao Nan agreed to take Ace when he left but refused to help Vincent manage the clan, leaving Vincent wondering whether Ace carried the Violet Flame Warrior bloodline.

• Vincent offered Zhao Nan a position as a Hyde Clan retainer, but Zhao Nan declined because he intended to focus on cultivation and travel.
• Vincent explained that only those with the Violet Flame Warrior bloodline were true Hyde Clan members and asked Zhao Nan to take Ace away because the boy was unsafe in the clan.
• Zhao Nan agreed to take Ace with him but made clear he would not intervene in the Hyde Clan’s affairs.
• Vincent left Ace with Zhao Nan, then went to the study with his eldest and second sons, who asked whether Zhao Nan would take either of them as a disciple.
• Vincent told his sons that Zhao Nan had refused, warned them not to antagonize him, and wondered whether Ace had the clan bloodline, which could not be tested until he was eight.

Zhao Nan took Ace Hyde away to train him, revealing his Saint-level power and deterring threats to the Hyde family. He then set out alone for the Eighteen Duchies of the Northern Territory to find the five brothers descended from the Undying Warrior Amanda family.

• Vincent told his eldest and second sons that he planned to send Ace away with Zhao Nan so Ace could grow strong and later help the Hyde family address its internal problems.
• Zhao Nan spent three days bonding with Ace before promising Vincent he would care for the boy and bring him back once he could stand on his own.
• Zhao Nan flew away with Ace, revealing himself as a Saint-level expert and causing the Hyde family's enemies to halt their plans.
• Zhao Nan decided to help the Hyde family for Ace's sake, then studied a map and chose to seek out the five Amanda brothers in the Eighteen Duchies of the Northern Territory.
• Zhao Nan bought a carriage and supplies and set off alone toward the Northern Territory, planning to cross the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Zhao Nan entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Ace Hyde to train and pursue the Profundity of Earth Laws. After traveling deep into the range, he began comparing Earth mysteries with the Wind mysteries he had already comprehended.

• Zhao Nan checked his status and saw that taking Ace Hyde as a disciple had raised his Earth Element aptitude to ultra-super, while Linley Baruch and Ace continued advancing in their training.
• Zhao Nan carried Ace into the Magical Beast Mountain Range and, once they were inside, taught him warrior training as they traveled deeper.
• Zhao Nan and Ace spent thirteen days crossing more than a hundred kilometers without encountering powerful magical beasts.
• Zhao Nan reviewed the six mysteries of the Earth Laws and compared them with his Wind Laws, considering which mysteries might share common ground.
• Zhao Nan wondered whether Vitality could connect to the Clone Technique through the life force that sustained living beings.

Zhao Nan trained in Earth Laws and swordsmanship while traveling through the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Ace. He comprehended the Pulse of the Earth and reached the range’s exit, where he checked his and his disciples’ status.

• Zhao Nan quickly comprehended the Earth Element profundity but failed to make progress on Gravity Space, so he began studying the Pulse of the Earth through warrior training.
• Zhao Nan set his system weapon as a heavy sword and practiced basic sword techniques, while teaching Ace the same moves.
• After perfecting his sword techniques, Zhao Nan increased the sword’s weight and repeated his training for three months.
• Near the exit of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Zhao Nan swung his sword and sent a shock wave through a mountain, confirming that his training had worked.
• Zhao Nan promised Ace a treat as they left the range, then checked the system panel, which showed his Pulse of the Earth progress and the status of Linley Baruch and Ace Hyde.

Zhao Nan refined six ultimate moves during his time in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, then traveled with Ace to the Eighteen Duchies of the Northern Territory to find the five Amanda brothers. He reached Muqiu Duchy, assessed the brothers’ potential, and introduced himself to them as a Saint-level mage.

• Zhao Nan named six moves based on his wind and earth proficiencies, including the fused attacks Extreme Space Rift and Dragon Startles a Hundred Miles.
• Zhao Nan left the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Ace and rested with him in a remote city before sending Ace’s letter to Vincent through the Dawson Chamber of Commerce.
• Zhao Nan gave a Dawson Chamber of Commerce representative a golden tree leaf engraved with “Nan” as a token they could use to call in a favor.
• Zhao Nan learned that the five Amanda brothers served in Muqiu Duchy under Barker, then traveled there by carriage.
• Zhao Nan discovered that Barker had S potential, Gates had SS potential, and the other brothers each had at least A potential before introducing himself as a Saint-level mage.

Zhao Nan revealed his Saint-level power to the Barker Five Brothers, then offered to take them as his disciples. He hinted that he knew the brothers’ hidden past and why they could not cultivate battle qi, leaving them eager for answers.

• Zhao Nan overwhelmed the Barker Five Brothers with his aura for ten minutes, then released them.
• Barker asked Zhao Nan why he had come, and Zhao Nan said he had good news before asking to be taken to their home.
• After Barker served tea, Zhao Nan announced that he wanted to take the five brothers as his disciples.
• Gates explained that the brothers were orphans who could not cultivate battle qi, and Zhao Nan recognized his potential and intelligence.
• Zhao Nan claimed to know the brothers’ past and why they could not cultivate battle qi, and Barker pleaded with him to explain.

Zhao Nan revealed that the five Barker brothers belonged to the Armand clan, one of the Four Ultimate Warrior Clans, and told them where they could find the manual needed to cultivate battle qi. The brothers accepted his offer and became his disciples.

• Zhao Nan told the five brothers that they were Undying Warriors from the Armand clan.
• The brothers questioned how they could belong to a famed warrior clan when they had always been orphans.
• Hazer recalled a story that each Ultimate Warrior clan had its own battle qi manual, surprising Zhao Nan.
• Zhao Nan said he knew who had the Undying Secret Manual, which would let the brothers cultivate battle qi.
• Barker, Ankh, Hazer, Boone, and Gates knelt and accepted Zhao Nan as their teacher.

Zhao Nan explained that the Undying Secret Manual might be with Cesar, the King of Assassins, and described his bond with the Undying Warrior ancestor Amanda. He assessed the Bark Five Brothers and assigned them disciple ranks, leaving them accepted as disciples under four-year-old Ace.

• Zhao Nan told the Bark Five Brothers that Cesar might possess the Undying Secret Manual and recounted Cesar and Amanda's history during the ancient era of upheaval.
• Black Shark asked about bloodline awakening, and Zhao Nan explained that Four Ultimate Warriors could not cultivate battle qi before their bloodlines awakened.
• Zhao Nan used the system's assessments to classify Barker and Gates as outer disciples and Anke, Black Shark, and Buen as nominal disciples.
• Zhao Nan introduced Linley Baruch and Ace Hyde as his personal disciples and named Ace the Bark Five Brothers' second senior brother.
• The Bark Five Brothers accepted their disciple ranks, bowed to Zhao Nan, and greeted Ace, who happily responded.

The Bark Five Brothers discussed why Zhao Nan had taken them as disciples and wondered how their ranks compared with Ace and Linley. Zhao Nan sent the brothers to resign from their posts, then visited the Saber Organization’s branch to ask its senior instructor to contact Cesar and mention Amanda.

• The Bark Five Brothers gathered in Barker’s room and concluded that Zhao Nan had chosen them because they were Undying Warriors.
• Barker wondered what potential Zhao Nan saw in them and how far Ace and Linley might advance, but the brothers reached no conclusions.
• Zhao Nan told the Bark Five Brothers to resign from their posts and said he would obtain the Undying Secret Manual before taking them to train.
• Zhao Nan asked the Dawson Chamber of Commerce for the location of the Saber Organization’s branch, then went to its bread shop headquarters.
• Zhao Nan told Simon Yate to ask the Saber Organization’s senior instructor to contact Cesar and find out whether he remembered Amanda.

Zhao Nan trained Ace and the Bark Five Brothers, gained their talents, and reached the level of a ninth-level warrior. After Cesar gave him the Undying Secret Manual, Zhao Nan studied it and began cultivating its battle-qi method, building up battle qi to the level of an eighth-level warrior.

• Zhao Nan trained the Bark Five Brothers with Gravity Spells, physical exercises, and his Visualization Technique.
• Zhao Nan assimilated the brothers’ talents, gaining the Undying Warrior bloodline and reaching a ninth-level warrior level.
• Cesar visited Zhao Nan, asked him to look after Amanda’s descendants, and gave him the Undying Secret Manual before disappearing.
• Zhao Nan read the manual and told Ace and the Bark Five Brothers to wait while he studied its method.
• Zhao Nan cultivated the Undying Secret Manual in his room, and after an hour his battle qi reached the level of an eighth-level warrior.

Zhao Nan reached the Kingdom of Fenlai with Ace and the Barker Five Brothers after a journey of more than half a year, and brought them to Wushan Town to meet Linley. He introduced the six as Linley’s junior disciples and then checked whether Linley had found the Coiling Dragon Ring.

• Zhao Nan recovered his Eighth-level Warrior battle-qi and taught the Barker Five Brothers the basics of the Undying Secret Manual.
• Zhao Nan led Ace and the Barker Five Brothers across the continent, training them in combat and teaching them Warrior cultivation along the way.
• After reaching the Kingdom of Fenlai, Zhao Nan rested with his group before traveling on to Wushan Town.
• Zhao Nan met Hillman, Hogg, and Linley, then introduced Ace and the Barker Five Brothers as Linley’s junior disciples.
• Zhao Nan learned that the weakest of the Barker Five Brothers had become a Sixth-level Warrior and checked whether Linley had found the Coiling Dragon Ring.

Zhao Nan recognized Linley's Coiling Dragon Ring and later used it to help Linley claim it as his master. The ring began glowing and trembling, signaling Doehring Cowart's awakening.

• Zhao Nan visited Hogg's home, spoke with the family, and examined Linley's cultivation in his old room.
• Zhao Nan asked Hogg for the Baruch Clan's Dragonblood Secret Codex, and Hogg gave it to him.
• Zhao Nan reviewed the story's upcoming events and decided to help Linley awaken the Coiling Dragon Ring and Doehring Cowart.
• Zhao Nan read the Dragonblood Secret Codex, then found Linley training with Ace, Barker, and the others and asked for his ring.
• Zhao Nan had Linley drip blood onto the Coiling Dragon Ring, which absorbed it and began glowing and trembling as Linley watched in amazement.

Zhao Nan welcomed Doehring Cowart, learned that the Saint-level Magus had awakened after more than five thousand years, and asked him to help guide Linley and his other disciples. Zhao Nan explained the basics of Law Profundities and godhood to Doehring Cowart, leaving him with a new understanding of his Gravity Space ability.

• Doehring Cowart emerged from the Coiling Dragon Ring and was astonished to discover that Zhao Nan was a Saint-level powerhouse.
• Zhao Nan told Doehring Cowart that the Pu'ang Empire had fallen more than five thousand years earlier, and Doehring Cowart lamented how much time had passed.
• Zhao Nan asked Doehring Cowart to guide Linley, then introduced him to Ace and the Bark Five Brothers and entrusted their cultivation to him.
• Zhao Nan explained that Doehring Cowart's spatial pressure was the Law Profundity of Gravity Space and described how Saint-level powerhouses could become gods by fully comprehending a Law Profundity.

Zhao Nan encouraged Doehring Cowart to pursue godhood and taught him the six Profundities of the Laws of Earth. After months of cultivation, Zhao Nan heard a Velociraptor approaching, signaling that the story had begun and he could finally travel around the Yulan Continent.

• Doehring Cowart asked Zhao Nan whether he could become a god and escape the Coiling Dragon Ring, and Zhao Nan urged him to try despite the uncertainty.
• Zhao Nan explained the six Profundities of the Laws of Earth to Doehring Cowart before returning to his room.
• Over three months, Zhao Nan cultivated while Doehring Cowart helped oversee the disciples, and Zhao Nan advanced his Laws and reached the Saint level as a warrior.
• Zhao Nan reviewed his status and concluded that he needed to fuse his Gravity Space Profundity with his other Profundities.
• Half a month later, Zhao Nan heard a Velociraptor's footsteps and realized the story had begun, leaving him free to travel around the Yulan Continent.

Zhao Nan killed a purple-robed Magus who arrived in Wushan Town riding a Velociraptor, then subdued the beast and gave it to Barker as a mount. He told Linley he would wait to awaken his Dragonblood Warrior bloodline with a stronger Dragon, and looked ahead to the battle between two Saint-level powerhouses the next day.

• A purple-robed man arrived in Wushan Town on a Seventh-Level Velociraptor, and Zhao Nan warned him not to fight there.
• Zhao Nan demonstrated his Saint-level attack, Cage Dilemma, and killed the purple-robed Magus with spatial rifts.
• The Velociraptor submitted to Zhao Nan, who bound it and asked Hogg to reassure the townspeople.
• Zhao Nan told Linley to wait for a stronger Dragon to awaken his bloodline and gave the Velociraptor to Barker as a mount.
• Zhao Nan turned his attention to the battle between two Saint-level powerhouses scheduled for the next day.

Zhao Nan interrupted a confrontation between the Saint-level warrior Tyrone and the Saint-level mage Rudy above Wushan Town. He revealed that he practiced both magic and battle techniques, leaving Tyrone and Rudy to underestimate his strength.

• Zhao Nan watched Tyrone and Rudy face off above Wushan Town while Linley and the others recognized the danger of two Saint-level powerhouses.
• Hillman urged everyone to hide, but Zhao Nan reassured him that there was nothing to worry about.
• Rudy ordered his Black Dragon to attack Tyrone, and Tyrone prepared to counter with his sword and battle aura.
• Zhao Nan appeared between the two men and objected to their fighting on his territory.
• Zhao Nan introduced himself as both a mage and a warrior, and Tyrone and Rudy assumed he was a newly reached Saint who did not know his limits.

Zhao Nan confronted Tyrone and Rudy to prevent them from fighting in Wushan Town, then defeated Tyrone with one controlled strike. After seeing Zhao Nan’s strength, Rudy also backed down, and both men flew away from town.

• Zhao Nan asked Tyrone and Rudy to leave Wushan Town, but Rudy urged him to deal with Tyrone first.
• Tyrone mocked Zhao Nan and attacked him with a sword gleam.
• Zhao Nan countered with Fiftyfold Waves, overwhelmed Tyrone, and stopped short of killing him.
• Tyrone admitted defeat and agreed to leave after realizing Zhao Nan had held back.
• Rudy chose not to fight, and he and Tyrone flew out of Wushan Town as Zhao Nan descended to the ground.