Chapter Summaries

Mu Yang shattered Han Weng’s shell, killed the Clearwater Dragon Palace chancellor, and returned to the Dragon-Suppressing Camp with his other trophies. Jiang Chaosheng recognized the tortoise demon’s corpse as Han Weng and was left astonished by Mu Yang’s feat.

• Mu Yang interrupted Han Weng’s secret art by cracking his shell and knocking him unconscious.
• Hu Hui tried and failed to bewitch Han Weng into revealing information, so Mu Yang killed him and stored his corpse.
• Mu Yang met Jiang Chaosheng on the way back, and Jiang Chaosheng escorted him to the Dragon-Suppressing Camp.
• Jiang Chaosheng admired Mu Yang’s corpses, then recognized the shell-shattered tortoise as Han Weng and reacted with astonishment.

Jiang Chaosheng questioned the circumstances of Han Weng’s death and awarded Mu Yang twenty heaven-grade inferior merits for his deeds. Mu Yang spent the merits on martial arts, rented a secluded courtyard, and began equipping the Sea-Swallowing Black Whale demon corpse.

• Jiang Chaosheng heard Mu Yang’s account of finding Han Weng absorbing blood-baleful qi and suspected the Old Flood Dragon might be behind a scheme.
• Jiang Chaosheng consulted the Dark-Gold Token, valued Mu Yang’s kills and rescue efforts, and awarded him twenty heaven-grade inferior merits.
• Mu Yang went to the Dragon-Suppressing Camp Armory and bought ten seventh-rank martial arts with varied weapons and fighting styles.
• Mu Yang rented a secluded courtyard and examined the Sea-Swallowing Black Whale corpse’s equipment effects, including boosts to physique and blood qi.
• Mu Yang chose to equip the Sea-Swallowing Black Whale demon corpse.

Mu Yang equipped the Sea-Swallowing Black Whale, Phantom-Tide Jellyfish, and Venom Flood Dragon corpses, gaining immense strength and soul power. The Venom Flood Dragon’s blood qi fully formed his Azure Dragon True Spirit.

• Mu Yang equipped the Sea-Swallowing Black Whale corpse, raising his single-arm strength to 570 million jin.
• Mu Yang equipped the Phantom-Tide Jellyfish corpse, increasing his strength and soul power while testing its abilities.
• Mu Yang equipped Venom Flood Dragon Du Xun’s corpse, raising his single-arm strength to 7.1 oxen.
• Du Xun’s blood qi nourished Mu Yang’s Azure Dragon Spirit until it fully solidified into an Azure Dragon True Spirit.

Mu Yang condensed the Azure Dragon True Spirit, gaining a major boost to his physical strength and soul power. He equipped Han Weng’s corpse and a Soul-Calming Stone, strengthening his Black Tortoise Spirit and raising his soul power to 700 cupfuls, but still needed another high-rank Turtle Demon to complete the spirit.

• Mu Yang condensed the Azure Dragon True Spirit, gained 50 million jin of strength, and increased his soul power by 50 cupfuls.
• Mu Yang equipped Han Weng’s Water-Bearing Frost Tortoise Demon corpse, gaining 100 million jin of strength and strengthening the Black Tortoise Spirit to two-thirds solid at the seventh rank late stage.
• Mu Yang realized he needed another seventh-rank middle- or late-stage Turtle Demon to solidify the Black Tortoise Spirit, but finding one would be difficult after Han Weng’s death.
• Mu Yang decided that if no Turtle Demons were available, he would kill more Flood Dragons to activate the Azure Dragon Form trait.
• Mu Yang equipped the Soul-Calming Stone, increasing his soul power to 700 cupfuls and gaining immunity to seventh-rank-or-lower soul attacks.

Mu Yang learned that the Old Flood Dragon might be gathering blood-baleful qi to pursue a breakthrough, prompting Jiang Chaosheng to investigate the Clearwater Dragon Palace. Mu Yang agreed to join the dangerous investigation, and Jiang Chaosheng gave him five seventh-rank martial technique manuals.

• Mu Yang equipped three seventh-rank martial techniques, raising his damage boost to seventy percent, then fed Monster King blood to Little Black.
• Jiang Chaosheng told Mu Yang that blood-baleful qi could stimulate monsters' bloodlines, and suspected the Old Flood Dragon had arranged the River Demon Tide to collect it.
• Jiang Chaosheng explained that the Old Flood Dragon might be plotting a breakthrough and asked Mu Yang to oversee the Dragon-Suppressing Camp while he investigated the Clearwater Dragon Palace.
• Jiang Chaosheng offered Mu Yang five seventh-rank martial technique manuals, but Mu Yang declined to guard the camp and volunteered to join the investigation.
• Jiang Chaosheng accepted Mu Yang's offer, handed him the five manuals, and promised to lead the charge if danger came.

Jiang Chaosheng, Mu Yang, and Deputy General Old Li infiltrated the Clearwater Dragon Palace to investigate the aftermath of the River Demon Tide. As they split up, Yuan Qian learned that Han Weng had fallen and unleashed his fury.

• Jiang Chaosheng gave Mu Yang and Old Li Breath-Clearing Talismans, and the three descended into the water without Little Black.
• The group reached the Clearwater Dragon Palace and planned to search separate areas before regrouping in twelve hours.
• Jiang Chaosheng headed east, Mu Yang went west, and Old Li stayed in the middle to provide support.
• In the eastern grand hall, the Thick-Shelled Monster King reported the River Demon Tide losses to Yuan Qian, who asked when Han Weng would return.
• A Negative-Water Cold Tortoise reported that Han Weng had fallen, and Yuan Qian erupted with murderous fury.

After learning that Han Weng had died, Yuan Qian sealed Clearwater Dragon Palace and went to the hidden hall where his chained daughter was held. He revealed that he had been using blood-baleful qi to push her bloodline toward its limits, then declared that their combined power would raise the Clearwater Flood Dragon lineage.

• Yuan Qian learned from the Negative-Water Cold Tortoise that Han Weng's life lamp had gone out, then swallowed the messenger in a rage.
• Yuan Qian ordered every Monster King to seal Clearwater Dragon Palace and kill anyone who disobeyed.
• The Thick-Shelled Monster King relayed Yuan Qian's decree after Yuan Qian vanished from the Eastern Treasure Hall.
• Yuan Qian entered his hidden palace and passed a mountain of Flood Dragon remains to reach his chained daughter.
• Yuan Qian told his daughter that blood-baleful qi had brought her bloodline close to the limits of a Rare Bloodline, then declared that their lineage would rise.

The Negative-Water Cold Tortoise Clan sacrificed its elders to create a new Monster King, but Mu Yang killed him and the rest of the clan. Mu Yang then prepared to equip the rare-bloodline tortoises to strengthen himself.

• The Negative-Water Cold Tortoise Clan's Great Elder and Second Elder used the Harmonious Origin-Returning Art to raise a younger clan member to the seventh-rank middle stage.
• Mu Yang revealed himself in the hall and killed the newly created Monster King with a single blow.
• Mu Yang killed the six remaining sixth-rank Negative-Water Cold Tortoises.
• Mu Yang calculated that equipping the tortoises would grant him 160 million jin of strength and decided to do so before confronting the Old Flood Dragon.

Mu Yang solidified his Black Tortoise True Spirit and greatly increased his strength by equipping demon corpses and enhancing traits. Confident enough to challenge the Old Flood Dragon, he headed for the Black-Rock Giant-Claw Crab clan, where its Monster Kings were questioning their orders.

• Mu Yang equipped the Negative-Water Cold Tortoise Monster King and formed a fully solid Black Tortoise True Spirit, gaining strength and soul capacity.
• Mu Yang equipped six Water-Bearing Frost Tortoise Demons and a Water Scout Monkey demon, then enhanced traits to raise his physical strength to 1.267 billion jin.
• Mu Yang assessed his strength against warriors with different Martial Soul levels and decided to grow stronger by targeting the Black-Rock Giant-Claw Crab clan.
• The Black-Claw Monster King asked his uncle, the Black-Rock Monster King, whether they should refuse orders.
• The Black-Rock Monster King warned that their greatest danger was the ruler they called His Majesty.