Chapter Summaries

Zeng Anmin explained spatial coordinates to Dongfang Cang, then discovered traces of an enormous Instantaneous Array in the abyss and deduced that Shen Nian had linked it to the Han River to move Kunpeng. Realizing Qinghai Bay might face Kunpeng, Xu Huai, and the Dao Head of the Sword Sect, Zeng Anmin took Dongfang Cang there, where Xu Huai and the Dao Head were already hovering over Lingyun Mountain.

• Zeng Anmin used a folded sheet of paper to teach Dongfang Cang how spatial coordinates could control the destination of instant movement.
• Zeng Anmin and Dongfang Cang descended into the abyss and sensed traces of the Power of Space, leading them to suspect that Xu Huai had moved Kunpeng with an Instantaneous Array.
• Zeng Anmin connected the array’s light points and arc to Shen Nian’s earlier actions at the Han River and realized that the Han River was the other end of the coordinates.
• Zeng Anmin warned Dongfang Cang that Qinghai Bay might face Kunpeng, Xu Huai, and the Dao Head of the Sword Sect, then transported them both to the Han River.
• Zeng Anmin and Dongfang Cang arrived at Lingyun Mountain and saw Xu Huai and the Dao Head of the Sword Sect hovering in the sky.

Xu Huai and the Dao Head confronted the Illusory Demon Lord and Shen Nian over the Demon Race’s destiny, only for Shen Nian to die after revealing how he had helped Xu Huai and summoned Kunpeng. Kunpeng emerged from the Han River to face the two First Ranks, and their battle began as Zeng Anmin and Dongfang Cang moved to protect Lingyun City.

• Xu Huai and the Dao Head approached Lingyun City and discussed seizing the Demon Race’s destiny and Xu Huai’s plan to deal with Shen Nian.
• The Illusory Demon Lord and Shen Nian appeared across the Han River, and Xu Huai challenged them.
• The Illusory Demon Lord and Shen Nian called upon Old Ancestor Kunpeng, while Shen Nian exposed Xu Huai’s past betrayal and then died from the strain of operating a First Rank formation.
• Kunpeng emerged from the Han River, and the Dao Head threatened him while Xu Huai sealed the area with chains.
• The Dao Head attacked Kunpeng with an enormous sword, and the clash began cracking Lingyun City.
• Zeng Anmin and Dongfang Cang appeared above Lingyun City and prepared to protect it from the battle.

Zeng Anmin and Dongfang Cang watched as Kunpeng battled Xu Huai and the Sword Sect Dao Head, whose Sky-Slaying Sword threatened to overwhelm him. After surviving their first clash, Kunpeng launched another attack, and the Dao Head answered with a strike powered by generations of Dao Sect sages, leaving Kunpeng on the brink of death.

• Zeng Anmin and Dongfang Cang arrived at Lingyun Mountain and saw Xu Huai and the Dao Head trapping Kunpeng over the Han River.
• The Dao Head attacked with the Sky-Slaying Sword, but Kunpeng revealed its immense true form, broke Xu Huai’s whisk net, and summoned the waters of the South Sea and Han River into a colossal hammer.
• Kunpeng, Xu Huai, and the Dao Head collided in a devastating strike that erased seven mountains, while Zeng Anmin used the Power of Space to shield Lingyun City from the aftershock.
• After the clash, Kunpeng had lost five arms and one eye, while Xu Huai and the Dao Head were also wounded; the Dao Head proposed ending the fight, but Kunpeng refused and attacked again.
• The Dao Head unleashed a Sky-Slaying Sword strike containing the Divine Soul Power of successive Dao Sect sages, and Dongfang Cang realized that Kunpeng was about to die.

Zeng Anmin appeared before Kunpeng and shattered the Dao Head’s deadly Divine Soul attack, then joined Kunpeng and Dongfang Cang against Xu Huai and the Dao Head. As the battle turned in their favor, Zeng Anmin used the Primordial Dragon and Dongfang Cang’s restraint to stab Xu Huai through the heart.

• Zeng Anmin appeared before Kunpeng and shattered the gray Divine Soul attack with a gesture.
• Kunpeng shielded Zeng Anmin from the clash’s shockwave, and Zeng Anmin declared that he wanted Xu Huai dead.
• The Dao Head and Xu Huai tried to escape, but their spatial rift vanished as Dongfang Cang blocked their path.
• Kunpeng attacked the Dao Head while Dongfang Cang confronted Xu Huai, and Zeng Anmin prepared his Short Axe and laws for a strike.
• Zeng Anmin transformed into the Primordial Dragon as Dongfang Cang restrained Xu Huai, allowing Zeng Anmin to pierce Xu Huai’s heart.

Zeng Anmin killed Xu Huai and the Sword Sect's Dao Head, then the Confucian Sage arrived and brought him and Kunpeng to Xinyu. The Confucian Sage warned Zeng Anmin and Zeng Shilin that the Great Gluttonous Ancestor God might resurrect and told them to prepare for the upheaval.

• Zeng Anmin killed Xu Huai, while the Dao Head fled after abandoning the Sky-Slaying Sword for Kunpeng.
• The Confucian Sage appeared, seized the Dao Head, and made him vanish with a flick before explaining that he had come to investigate the Barbarian God in the Eastern Domain.
• The Confucian Sage brought Zeng Anmin, Dongfang Cang, and Kunpeng to the Dao Palace in Xinyu, where Zeng Anmin reunited with Zeng Shilin and revealed that he had killed Xu Huai and the Dao Head.
• The Confucian Sage reunited with Zeng Shilin and warned him and Zeng Anmin that the Four Barbarian Gods had vanished and the Great Gluttonous Ancestor God might revive.
• The Confucian Sage told Zeng Anmin to reach the First Rank of the Confucian Path, alter the Heaven and Earth Rules, and turn the Dao Sect and Demon Race's fortune into national fortune after subduing them.

Zeng Anmin received the Confucian Sage’s instructions and prepared to stop Taotie, then spent months copying the Analects and broke through to Confucian Path First Rank. The chapter ended with a new Martial Arts Entry selection appearing as the Dao Palace celebrated his emergence from seclusion.

• The Confucian Sage gave Zeng Anmin the Confucian Outline and an incomplete Ancestral Dragon Dragon Pearl, explaining how he could use them to exile Taotie if the Sage failed to return.
• The Confucian Sage told Zeng Anmin and Zeng Shilin they had three years to prepare, and Zeng Shilin laid out a plan for Zeng Anmin to advance through the Confucian and Martial Paths.
• Zeng Anmin entered seclusion in the Dao Palace and, inspired by the Confucian Outline, began copying the Analects from his previous life.
• After months of writing, Zeng Anmin proclaimed the purpose of the Confucian Path and broke through to Confucian Path First Rank, shaking the Dao Palace and reaching people across the Nine Provinces Continent.
• During a ceremony marking the submission of the Demon Race and Dao Sect, Zeng Shilin and Gu Xiangnan realized Zeng Anmin had emerged from seclusion.
• A new Martial Arts Entry selection appeared before Zeng Anmin, offering Get Ready to Go, Silver Tyrant Body, or Fly Up.

Zeng Anmin changed the Heaven and Earth Rules after the three races returned to allegiance, then broke through to Second Rank Martial Arts and gained the Undying entry. The chapter ended with him sensing Taotie taking shape in the Savage Lands.

• Zeng Anmin chose the Silver Tyrant Body entry and discovered his Confucian Dharma Aspect had grown after reaching Confucian Path First Rank.
• Zeng Anmin joined Zeng Shilin in the Human Emperor Hall, where the gathered Daoist and Demon leaders acknowledged their allegiance and learned of his breakthrough.
• Zeng Anmin changed the Heaven and Earth Rules, transforming the world's Power of Destiny into Xinyu National Destiny and strengthening its people.
• Zeng Shilin warned Zeng Anmin that the Confucian Saint's aura was weakening and Taotie was likely close to awakening, while Zeng Anmin resolved to break through in Martial Arts.
• Zeng Anmin met his four newborn children, then returned to seclusion after three nights and absorbed the black qi from Dongfang Cang's black lotus.
• Zeng Anmin broke through from Third Rank to Second Rank Martial Arts, chose the Undying entry, and sensed Taotie forming in the Savage Lands.

Zeng Anmin used Xinyu’s national destiny to reach the peak of Second Rank and trigger the First Rank lightning tribulation. The final bolt struck after he transformed into a dragon, leaving no trace of him in the sky and his loved ones believing he was gone.

• Zeng Anmin returned from seclusion at Second Rank, and Zeng Shilin gave him the Xinyu Seal while revealing that Taotie had awakened and the Confucian Sage Master was holding it back.
• Zeng Shilin collapsed from age after using Xinyu’s national destiny to prepare Seven Emotions Power for Zeng Anmin’s breakthrough, and Dongfang Cang supported him into the Human Emperor Hall.
• Zeng Anmin absorbed the Seven Emotions Power but remained at the peak of Second Rank, so he used all of Xinyu’s national destiny to strengthen his Martial Arts Aura and call down the lightning tribulation.
• The lightning repeatedly destroyed Zeng Anmin, but his Undying trait restored him after each strike; as the final bolt gathered, he transformed into a thousand-zhang dragon.
• The final bolt struck and the dragon vanished, leaving Gu Xiangnan, Zeng Shilin, Qin Wanyue, Sai Chuxue, and the Princess staring at an empty sky.

Zeng Anmin confronted the awakening Taotie and tried to exile it through a spatial rift, but Taotie dragged him into the rift as well. The Nine Provinces mourned his disappearance as the Savage Lands became an ocean.

• Zeng Anmin reunited with Zeng Shilin after surviving the Lightning Tribulation and reaching the First Rank Realm with Martial God combat power.
• Zeng Shilin sent Zeng Anmin west to stop Taotie, whose awakening was swallowing the Savage Lands and threatening the Nine Provinces.
• Zeng Anmin fought Taotie, but their blows shattered space and damaged distant mountain ranges, so he opened a dark rift using a fragment of the Ancestral Dragon Ancestor God's Dragon Pearl.
• Zeng Anmin pushed Taotie toward the rift, but Taotie wrapped its tail around his waist and hurled itself inside with him before the rift vanished.
• Zeng Shilin and the people at Holy Son's Palace grieved Zeng Anmin's disappearance as water flooded the ruined Savage Lands.