Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

• Chen An subdues the Six-Winged Golden Cicada: Under pressure from an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon, the cicada gives up its resistance. Chen An uses a beast-enslaving rune to imprint its Primordial Spirit, binding it to him. The cicada introduces itself as San Zang, explaining that its name means it is destined to devour and bury all creation. Chen An brings it out of the Dao Crystal.
• A crisis unfolds during a Saint King Tribulation: Chen An sees Feng Xiaotian struggling to survive his tribulation while a Three-Legged Golden Crow attacks him with Solar True Fire. San Zang explains that the Golden Crow bears a Heaven-Deceiving Divine Pattern, an ancient divine technique that conceals its presence from the Heavenly Dao. This lets it enter the lightning sea without being targeted by the tribulation.
• Feng Xiaotian faces death: The Peak Saint is battered by the lightning and the Golden Crow’s assault. Unwilling to die without a fight, he prepares to take his enemy down with him. Before he can act, a sharp cry rings out and a streak of golden light shoots toward the Golden Crow, leaving the outcome unresolved.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen An demonstrates his authority and pragmatism by binding San Zang, while his curiosity about the Heaven-Deceiving Divine Pattern signals that he recognizes its potential significance.
• San Zang shifts from a terrified captive to Chen An’s obedient subordinate, while revealing its ancient knowledge and ruthless clan legacy.
• Feng Xiaotian moves from desperation toward defiance, choosing to retaliate rather than accept a helpless death.
• Yang Ao, the Three-Legged Golden Crow, acts as a calculating ambusher, exploiting the tribulation to attack Feng Xiaotian when he is weakened. The chapter ends as an unknown intervention targets it.

Significant themes

The chapter explores power and submission, as Chen An’s overwhelming weapon forces San Zang to surrender; deception and the limits of cosmic law, through the Golden Crow’s ability to evade the Heavenly Dao; and defiance in the face of death, embodied by Feng Xiaotian’s final resolve.

Plot points and events

• As Yang Ao prepares to burn the badly wounded Feng Xiaotian with Solar True Fire, a golden streak interrupts him and splits the flames apart.
• The newcomer is San Zang, a Six-Winged Divine Cicada recently subdued by Chen An. His arrival reveals him as a legendary being born with the power to devour all things—even Dao laws.
• Recognizing the cicada’s ancient enmity with the Golden Crow Clan, Yang Ao is seized by fear. San Zang, furious at the clan’s role in his people’s destruction, attacks him.
• San Zang’s devouring power swallows Yang Ao’s Solar True Fire and draws in the surrounding tribulation lightning. Their clash destabilizes the Heaven-Deceiving Divine Pattern concealing Yang Ao, allowing the Saint King Tribulation to target him.
• San Zang pins Yang Ao in place while the lightning ravages his body. Yang Ao’s plan to consume Feng Xiaotian and break through to Great Saint is ruined.
• Cornered and wounded, Yang Ao declares that he and San Zang will die together and unleashes a powerful, sunlike aura of Supreme Emperor Might. The chapter ends before the outcome is revealed.

Character developments and interactions

• San Zang awakens furious and resentful after being placed under a restriction on his Primordial Spirit. Meeting a Golden Crow gives him a target for that anger, and he attacks with overwhelming confidence.
• Yang Ao shifts from apparent predator to desperate victim. His concealed strength and ambush plan fail once San Zang disrupts his disguise and the tribulation turns against him.
• Their encounter is shaped by inherited hostility: San Zang’s clan was annihilated by the Golden Crows, while Yang Ao sees the Divine Cicada as both a mortal threat and an ancestral enemy.
• Feng Xiaotian remains gravely wounded and is the intended target of Yang Ao’s scheme, but San Zang’s intervention prevents the attack.

Significant themes

• Ancient grudges and inherited conflict: A long-ago massacre drives San Zang’s attack on Yang Ao.
• Predation turned against the predator: Yang Ao intends to devour Feng Xiaotian but is nearly consumed by a being whose defining power is devouring.
• Power and exposure: Yang Ao’s concealed advantage depends on the Heaven-Deceiving Divine Pattern; once it falters, the tribulation becomes a decisive threat.
• Escalating danger: San Zang’s intervention saves Feng Xiaotian from immediate attack but sparks a confrontation that may end in mutual destruction.

Chapter Summary: “Suppressing the Quasi-Emperor Weapon!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Feng Xiaotian struggles to survive the Saint King Tribulation while severely wounded from his battle with the Three-Legged Golden Crow, Yang Ao. His body is nearly destroyed, and his Saint Weapon is on the verge of shattering.
• Yang Ao reveals a hidden Quasi-Emperor Weapon resembling a blazing sun. Its Supreme Emperor Might overwhelms the region, suppresses the surrounding void, and even disrupts the lightning tribulation.
• The appearance of the Quasi-Emperor Weapon provokes the Great Dao. The Saint King Tribulation intensifies dramatically, producing even more destructive purple-gold lightning and threatening all life across the Hidden Heaven Star Domain.
• Yang Ao uses the weapon’s power to break free from San Zang’s devouring force and believes he has regained control of the battle.
• Chen An intervenes, releasing an even more powerful and genuine Supreme Emperor aura. His divine radiance suppresses and seizes Yang Ao’s Quasi-Emperor Weapon, extinguishing its Solar True Fire and leaving Yang Ao gravely weakened.
• Taking advantage of Yang Ao’s vulnerability, San Zang enters the Three-Legged Golden Crow’s body and activates the Xiantian Devouring Dao Law. He devours Yang Ao’s source blood essence and the power of the Peak Demon Saint.
• Yang Ao’s enormous body rapidly withers before disintegrating. Although a remnant demonic body escapes, his main body and vital essence are destroyed. Before dying, he angrily threatens San Zang and hints that his clan will seek revenge.
• San Zang returns to Chen An, visibly strengthened and restored after consuming Yang Ao. Chen An then departs with him through the River of Origin Laws toward the Grand Sky Star Domain.

Character Developments

• Feng Xiaotian is pushed to the brink of death. His desperate hope of defeating Yang Ao collapses when the Quasi-Emperor Weapon appears, emphasizing his helplessness before higher-level power.
• Yang Ao shifts from confidence to panic. His hidden weapon initially gives him the advantage, but Chen An’s intervention strips him of it, leaving him exposed to San Zang’s devouring technique. His death marks the downfall of a powerful Peak Demon Saint.
• San Zang demonstrates overwhelming combat ability and loyalty to Chen An. He not only defeats Yang Ao but also absorbs his source energy, substantially recovering his strength and improving his physical form.
• Chen An remains calm and dominant throughout the crisis. His ability to suppress a Quasi-Emperor Weapon with a genuine Supreme Emperor aura confirms his vastly superior level of power. He acts decisively but gives San Zang the opportunity to finish the weakened Yang Ao.
• Yang Ao’s clan is introduced as a possible future threat through his final curse and the mysterious fluctuation that escapes before his death.

Significant Themes

• Power beyond conventional realms: The Quasi-Emperor Weapon represents a level beyond the Saint King Realm, but Chen An’s true Supreme Emperor power proves even greater.
• The danger of defying the Great Dao: The weapon’s presence within the tribulation causes Heaven and Earth to strengthen the lightning, showing that attempts to manipulate or overpower cosmic laws provoke retaliation.
• Predator and prey: San Zang’s transformation from a seemingly harmless insect into a terrifying devourer highlights the danger of underestimating appearances.
• Master and subordinate loyalty: San Zang immediately recognizes Chen An’s intervention, thanks him, and returns to his side after completing the kill.
• Foreshadowing of future conflict: Yang Ao’s dying threat suggests that destroying him may bring retaliation from the wider Solar Golden Crow clan.

Character Interactions

• Yang Ao and Feng Xiaotian: Yang Ao’s weapon leaves Feng Xiaotian convinced that escape and survival are impossible.
• Yang Ao and San Zang: Yang Ao briefly escapes San Zang’s devouring force, but once his weapon is removed, San Zang invades his body and consumes him from within.
• Chen An and Yang Ao: Chen An decisively suppresses and confiscates Yang Ao’s Quasi-Emperor Weapon, reversing the battle in an instant.
• Chen An and San Zang: Chen An praises San Zang after the victory, while San Zang returns to him obediently. Their coordinated actions demonstrate a strong master-disciple partnership.
• San Zang and Yang Ao’s clan: Yang Ao’s final words establish hostility between San Zang and the surviving members of the Golden Crow clan.

Chapter Summary: “Great Sun Soul-Tracing Seal!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen An leaves the Hidden Heaven Star Domain after ordering San Zang to kill the arrogant Three-Legged Golden Crow that had attempted to devour a Human Race cultivator during his Saint King Tribulation.
• He considers his karmic involvement resolved and hurries back toward the Grand Sky Star Domain, traveling across the River of Laws with the Divine Radiance Mirror above him.
• San Zang reveals that the Golden Crow may have transmitted news of its death to the Golden Crow Clan before dying.
• Suspicious that San Zang may have manipulated the situation to provoke conflict between Chen An and the Demon Court, Chen An activates the enslavement contract and severely tortures San Zang’s soul.
• After stopping the punishment, Chen An interrogates San Zang about what truly happened.
• San Zang explains that the Golden Crow used the Great Sun Soul-Tracing Seal, a bloodline secret art that uses the origin of its Primordial Spirit to transmit information across immense distances.
• The Golden Crow had entered Human Race territory after discovering records of a Great Emperor-level Demon Ancestor’s secret realm hidden in the Hidden Heaven Star Domain.
• After searching for over a century without success, it encountered Feng Xiaotian, a Peak Saint preparing to break through to the Saint King Realm.
• Unable to advance after nearly two thousand years at the Peak Saint Realm, the Golden Crow planned to ambush Feng Xiaotian during his tribulation, devour his origin, and use it to break through to the Demon Saint Realm.
• Its plan failed when Chen An happened to return and intervene.

Character Developments

• Chen An is shown to be decisive, suspicious, and ruthlessly pragmatic. Although he acts to settle karmic debts and protect Human Race cultivators, he does not blindly trust San Zang and is willing to punish him without needing absolute proof.
• San Zang remains outwardly submissive but is revealed to be potentially dangerous and untrustworthy. His hatred of the Golden Crow Clan and desire to escape Chen An’s control make Chen An wary of him.
• The Three-Legged Golden Crow is revealed to have been motivated by desperation and ambition. Its centuries of failed cultivation led it to plot the murder and devouring of Feng Xiaotian during his breakthrough.
• Feng Xiaotian is established as a Peak Saint attempting the Saint King Tribulation and as the target of the Golden Crow’s scheme.

Significant Themes

• Suspicion and control: Chen An’s enslavement contract gives him overwhelming control over San Zang, but he still recognizes that coercion cannot guarantee genuine loyalty.
• Karmic responsibility: Chen An believes he intervened because the Golden Crow’s actions created a debt and violated the safety of Human Race territory; once that debt is settled, he refuses to involve himself further without reason.
• Ambition and moral corruption: The Golden Crow’s attempt to devour Feng Xiaotian reflects how stalled cultivation and desperation can drive powerful beings toward predatory and unethical methods.
• Hidden dangers and long-distance consequences: The Great Sun Soul-Tracing Seal suggests that even a minor battle in a distant region may alert powerful factions and trigger larger conflicts.
• Power and pragmatism: Chen An does not require certainty before acting against a possible threat, demonstrating the harsh logic of the cultivation world.

Character Interactions

• Chen An and San Zang’s master-servant relationship is defined by fear rather than trust. San Zang reports the Golden Crow’s transmission, but Chen An immediately suspects that he may be concealing a plot.
• Chen An punishes San Zang through the Primordial Spirit contract, then demands an explanation once San Zang is too weakened to resist.
• San Zang attempts to prove his loyalty by explaining the Golden Crow’s secret technique and its motives.
• The Golden Crow’s planned attack on Feng Xiaotian indirectly brings Chen An into conflict with it, leading to its destruction and the revelation of the Great Sun Soul-Tracing Seal.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• San Zang explains the Great Sun Soul-Tracing Seal, a Golden Crow Clan bloodline technique that sends the final memories and images of a dying Golden Crow back to the clan’s ancestral altar, regardless of distance within the Divine Mystic World.
• Chen An realizes that the technique transmitted not only Yang Ao’s final moments but also San Zang’s and his own identities.
• Under interrogation, San Zang’s deception is exposed. He admits that he deliberately allowed Yang Ao to activate the technique, using Chen An’s image to lure Golden Crow Clan experts into conflict with Chen An.
• San Zang intended to profit regardless of the outcome: he could escape if Chen An lost, or devour the Golden Crow experts and grow stronger if Chen An won.
• Chen An activates the enslavement restriction within San Zang’s Primordial Spirit, destroying both San Zang’s body and soul.
• After verifying that San Zang has left no remnant soul, Chen An preserves the Six-Winged Golden Cicada’s body. He considers refining it into a powerful external incarnation.
• Chen An acquires the Golden Crow’s Great Sun Divine Suppression Wheel, a Quasi-Emperor Weapon, but worries that its Golden Crow imprints could allow the clan to track him or the Azure Origin Continent.
• To eliminate that danger, Chen An prepares to destroy the weapon with the Supreme Emperor Might of the Divine Radiance Mirror.

Character Developments

• Chen An is shown to be highly perceptive and decisive. He quickly detects San Zang’s hidden betrayal and does not hesitate to kill him once his treachery is confirmed.
• Chen An also demonstrates caution and strategic thinking by checking San Zang’s corpse for remnants of life and sealing the demon body to preserve its value.
• San Zang, formerly appearing obedient and submissive, reveals himself as cunning, resentful, and deeply hostile toward Chen An. His apparent surrender was only a temporary survival strategy.
• San Zang’s hatred of the Golden Crow Clan and desire for freedom motivate his plan to manipulate both sides.
• The Six-Winged Golden Cicada is established as an ancient, extremely powerful aberrant beast whose body may become a valuable Saint King-level asset.

Significant Themes

• Trust and betrayal: San Zang’s false submission reinforces the danger of trusting enemies who have only surrendered under pressure.
• Racial and clan hostility: San Zang’s hatred of the Golden Crow Clan reflects the deep conflicts among ancient bloodlines and species.
• Pragmatism and survival: Both San Zang and Chen An act according to survival and advantage, but Chen An’s greater insight allows him to control the situation.
• Power and control: The enslavement restriction gives Chen An absolute authority over San Zang, while the Golden Crow bloodline technique demonstrates the far-reaching power of ancient clans.
• Risk management: Chen An refuses to keep a potentially traceable Quasi-Emperor Weapon, prioritizing the safety of the Azure Origin Continent over the value of the artifact.

Character Interactions

• Chen An and San Zang: Their interaction shifts from interrogation to open confrontation. San Zang admits his scheme and threatens Chen An, but Chen An kills him immediately through the enslavement restriction.
• San Zang and the Golden Crow Clan: San Zang manipulates the Golden Crow’s death-message technique to expose Chen An, hoping to provoke a battle that would benefit him.
• Chen An and the fallen Golden Crow: After defeating the Golden Crow, Chen An claims both its powerful corpse and its Quasi-Emperor Weapon, though he ultimately decides the weapon is too dangerous to retain.

Chapter Summary

• Key events: Chen An uses the Divine Radiance Mirror to destroy the Golden Crow Clan’s Great Sun Divine Suppression Wheel, a Quasi-Emperor Weapon. Its remains reveal a massive piece of Great Sun Immortal Gold, which Chen An collects as a potential material for forging an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon. He then erases traces of his energy before continuing toward the Grand Sky Star Domain.
• Chen An’s plans and concerns: Though he believes the Golden Crow Clan is unlikely to identify or reach him in Human territory, the possibility of retaliation makes him reconsider delaying his Quasi-Emperor Tribulation. He resolves that facing it sooner may be safer.
• Arrival at the Grand Sky Star Domain: After crossing two star domains, Chen An reaches a desolate region of shattered stars, spatial hazards, and black holes. He recalls that a battle tens of thousands of years ago between the Immortal Court’s Great Emperor and forbidden beings destroyed several star domains, inspiring awe at the scale of Great Emperor power.
• Tribulation preparations: Chen An considers the ruined Grand Sky Star Domain as a place to undergo his tribulation, since it is largely lifeless and would spare ordinary people from collateral damage. However, the Azure Origin Continent lies within it, so he may instead investigate the nearby Purple Sky or Balanced Heaven Star Domains.

Character Development and Interactions

Chen An remains cautious and calculating, carefully concealing his involvement in the weapon’s destruction while weighing the risks of delaying his tribulation. His encounter with San Zang is described retrospectively: Chen subdued the newly awakened Six-Winged Divine Cicada and sent him after the Three-Legged Golden Crow, leaving both without reliable knowledge of Chen’s identity. The chapter also emphasizes Chen’s growing strength, while making clear that he still regards Great Emperors as far beyond his reach.

Plot points and events

• The Golden Crow Clan’s bloodline art, the Great Sun Soul-Tracing Seal, activates after one of its descendants dies. It projects the deceased’s final memories onto the Great Sun Divine Altar atop the clan’s sacred Fusang Tree.
• The projection reveals Yang Ao, the clan’s Fifth Highness, fighting amid a vast lightning tribulation. A Six-Winged Divine Cicada appears, the Golden Crow clan’s quasi-divine weapon is taken, and a young man in white is shown.
• The clan’s Golden Crows gather, stunned that Yang Ao—a powerful Peak Demon Saint and potential future Dao-prover—has fallen. They debate the mysterious cicada and the white-clad human.
• Clan Chief Yang Baitian arrives. He orders an investigation and vows vengeance on whoever killed his son.

Character developments and interactions

• Yang Baitian is introduced as a formidable Demon Venerable and grieving, furious father. His cold authority silences the gathered clan, and he immediately turns their shock into a demand for action.
• The Golden Crow guards and clan members shift from routine cultivation to alarm and anger. They react together to the evidence, voicing disbelief and fear about the cicada, the lost weapon, and the human shown in the projection.
• Yang Ao appears only through the altar’s memories, but the clan’s response establishes his high status and promise.

Significant themes

• Bloodline, legacy, and clan loyalty: The altar preserves a descendant’s final vision, binding the clan to its fallen members.
• Power and vulnerability: Even a celebrated prodigy with a powerful weapon can be killed.
• Vengeance and consequence: Yang Baitian’s command signals that the death will trigger a wider conflict.
• Mystery and foreshadowing: The surviving Divine Cicada, the weapon’s seizure, and the white-clad youth raise questions about what happened and who is responsible.

Key plot points

• Protected by the damaged Divine Radiance Mirror, Chen An searches the vast Grand Sky Star Domain for the Azure Mystery Ancient Star. Its power lets him survey enormous stretches of space, and after four days he finally finds the star—and the Azure Origin Continent.
• The ancient star is ringed by dangerous astral winds and fragments of what appear to be Saint or Saint King weapons, suggesting it once hosted a thriving cultivation world.
• Chen An uses his divine sense to inspect the Heaven-Dominating Sect. The sect is safe and more prosperous than before.
• He checks on Shen Qinglan’s family: Shen Zongyue has advanced within the Grandmaster Realm, and Lin Xueyan has reached the Xiantian Realm.
• He finds Shen Qinglan alone, missing and worrying about him. As she mutters that she will do something if he does not return soon, Chen An’s voice suddenly answers: “You’ll just what?!”

Character developments and interactions

• Chen An reflects on how dramatically his life has changed in under two months: he left as a Dao Palace Realm cultivator, survived major conflicts, reached the Saint King Realm, obtained an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon, and returned across more than a million light-years. He is relieved to find the sect and Shen family unharmed.
• Shen Qinglan appears lonely and anxious despite trying to sound annoyed. She sits with Thunder Spirit, watching Thunderpeak and complaining about Chen An’s absence.
• Shen Zongyue and Lin Xueyan have benefited from the Heaven-Dominating Sect’s cultivation resources and made notable progress.
• Cang Wanli and Xue Changfeng, though not present, are credited with keeping the sect orderly and protecting the Shen family in Chen An’s absence.

Significant themes

• Transformation and homecoming: Chen An’s return highlights the gulf between who he was when he left and the powerful Saint King he has become.
• Distance, absence, and concern: His journey spans immense space, while Shen Qinglan’s quiet worry shows the personal cost of his disappearance.
• Power and security: Chen An’s status, the sect’s rules, and its leaders’ authority help keep his family safe.
• Unexpected relief: Chen An briefly imagines a dramatic betrayal upon returning, only to find the people he cares about secure and flourishing.

Plot points and events

• Chen An unexpectedly returns to Cloudrest Courtyard after being gone for nearly two months. A mishap involving the Star Domain Teleportation Array had stranded him on the Heavenly Court Ancient Star, a million light-years away.
• Shen Qinglan initially struggles to believe he is really there. Once certain, she rushes into his arms, overwhelmed by relief and emotion.
• Chen An realizes how painful his unexplained disappearance must have been, especially after he had promised to marry her. He comforts her with an intense kiss, which she eagerly returns.
• The Thunder Spirit greets Chen An joyfully, then comically covers its eyes while peeking at the couple. When they vanish from the pavilion, it is left alone and indignantly complains before racing toward Thunderpeak.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Qinglan reveals how deeply she depends on Chen An: his prolonged absence made her increasingly anxious, and she sometimes thought she saw him. Her reunion with him releases the fear and hurt she had kept to herself.
• Chen An recognizes that his silence caused her considerable distress and responds with tenderness, though he does not explain the accident aloud in the reunion.
• The Thunder Spirit is exuberant at Chen An’s return and attached to him, but also reacts with humorous indignation when the couple disappears and leaves it behind.
• Chen An and Shen Qinglan’s embrace and kiss reaffirm their closeness and romantic commitment.

Significant themes

• Separation and reunion: A short absence for Chen An feels like an agonizingly long ordeal to Shen Qinglan.
• Love, worry, and reassurance: Her fear springs from their deep bond, while his return and affection ease her distress.
• Comic relief: The Thunder Spirit’s expressive jealousy and grievance lighten the emotional reunion.

Plot points and events

• Chen An wakes beside Shen Qinglan after their reunion and a passionate night together. They tease each other about how late it is and about their intimacy.
• Shen Qinglan jokes that Chen An may have been unfaithful while away in another star domain. He insists she is the only one in his heart, but continues to tease her until she reminds him she is exhausted.
• Chen An reveals that he has already contacted her parents through divine sense and arranged to meet them at the Cloud-Resting Courtyard.
• The couple dress, share affectionate banter, and travel there together by vanishing into the void.
• Shen Zongyue and Lin Xueyan have been anxiously awaiting them. Since Chen An disappeared, they have watched Shen Qinglan become withdrawn, sleepless, and thinner. They were relieved when Chen An told them she was safe and coming to see them.
• The chapter ends as Chen An and Shen Qinglan appear before her parents.

Character developments

• Shen Qinglan is relieved and affectionate now that Chen An has returned, though she remains bashful and playfully suspicious. Her recent loneliness has deeply worried her parents.
• Chen An is confident, warm, and teasing. He reassures Shen Qinglan of his devotion and takes the initiative to notify her parents.
• Shen Zongyue and Lin Xueyan are shown as attentive, worried parents whose anxiety gives way to hope and relief.

Significant themes

• Reunion and emotional recovery: Chen An’s return eases Shen Qinglan’s loneliness and restores joy to the couple’s relationship.
• Intimacy and trust: Their teasing reflects affection, while Shen Qinglan’s mock doubts invite Chen An to reassure her.
• Family concern: Her parents’ careful attention shows how grief and longing affect loved ones beyond the separated couple.

Character interactions

• Chen An and Shen Qinglan exchange playful accusations, flirtation, and affectionate gestures, balancing intimacy with genuine tenderness.
• Shen Qinglan warns Chen An to mind what he says to her parents, while he responds with easy confidence.
• Shen Zongyue and Lin Xueyan wait anxiously, their relief at hearing from Chen An reflecting their concern for their daughter.

Plot points and events

• Chen An returns to the Cloud-Resting Courtyard after nearly two months away. He tells Shen Zongyue and Lin Xueyan that an accidentally activated teleportation array sent him beyond the Azure Origin Continent to the Heavenly Court Ancient Star.
• He describes the other world’s powers and cultivation system, but says he did not find his father.
• Chen An gives Shen Zongyue and Lin Xueyan storage rings filled with pills, weapons, and manuals. Though they initially refuse, they accept after he explains the gifts could strengthen them and ease his and Shen Qinglan’s worries.
• The family agrees to resume wedding plans: Chen An and Shen Qinglan will marry on the sixth day of the eleventh month, three months later.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Xueyan greets Chen An with visible relief and affection, while Shen Zongyue warmly welcomes him home.
• Chen An remains emotionally detached from his absent father, Chen Yan, whom he believes may actually be Lu Qingxuan. Shen Zongyue recognizes his resentment but does not press him.
• Lin Xueyan gently shifts the conversation away from the painful subject, and the family’s shared meal restores a warm, cheerful mood.
• Chen An shows gratitude and care for his in-laws by sharing his wealth; Shen Qinglan supports his gesture.

Significant themes

• Family and belonging: Chen An is welcomed home with affection, and the family meal reinforces their closeness.
• Filial ties and resentment: Chen An’s unresolved bitterness toward his father contrasts with the loving relationships he has built with the Shen family.
• Generosity and mutual care: Chen An uses his success to improve his in-laws’ future and reassure Shen Qinglan.
• Renewed commitment: Resuming the wedding plans marks a return to shared hopes after Chen An’s disappearance.

Plot points and events

• Chen An returns safely to Heaven-Dominating Peak with Shen Qinglan and meets Cang Wanli and Sect Master Xue Changfeng. He recounts his recent journey to the Extraterrestrial Ancient Star.
• Chen An announces that he and Shen Qinglan plan to marry on the sixth day of the eleventh month. Cang and Xue promise the sect will organize a grand wedding.
• He gives Cang Wanli an Immortal Ascension Pill, which offers a chance to establish an Immortal Platform and become a Half-Saint, and gives Xue Changfeng a Mystic Dao-Congealing Fruit to aid his breakthrough to the Martial Emperor Realm. After initially hesitating, both accept.
• Chen An and Shen Qinglan then visit Thunderpeak. The Thunder Spirit rushes to greet Chen An, showing how much it missed him. To make up for his absence, Chen An presents it with a powerful drop of Thunder Marrow Liquid.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen An is warmly welcomed as the sect’s supreme elder and demonstrates both his immense power and generosity. He treats the sect’s leaders as trusted companions, shares rare treasures with them, and takes responsibility for his relationship with Shen Qinglan.
• Cang Wanli and Xue Changfeng are overwhelmed by Chen An’s gifts. Their gratitude reflects their respect for him, while the treasures give each new hope for advancing in cultivation.
• Shen Qinglan accompanies Chen An throughout the visit and is publicly included in the wedding announcement.
• The Thunder Spirit expresses affection and mild hurt at Chen An’s absence, greeting him eagerly. Chen An responds with warmth and a treasured gift.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and mutual benefit: Chen An sees strengthening the Heaven-Dominating Sect as beneficial to himself as well as to the organization.
• Generosity and trust: He freely gives away rare resources, while the recipients’ reluctance and eventual acceptance underline the weight of his generosity.
• Affection and belonging: The planned wedding and the Thunder Spirit’s reunion emphasize Chen An’s personal bonds alongside his growing status and power.

Plot points and events

• Chen An shows Shen Qinglan a drop of Thunder Marrow Liquid, a treasure refined from Tribulation Origin. Its power draws lightning and stirs Thunderpeak’s storm clouds.
• The Thunder Spirit eagerly consumes it. Its strength surges, revealing a huge beastly phantom and unleashing pressure comparable to the Immortal Platform Realm. Chen An contains the force to protect the sect.
• Chen An explains that the Thunder Spirit is refining the treasure and may sleep through another breakthrough. Shen recalls that it previously slept for over a month and emerged around Martial Emperor strength.
• Shen Qinglan asks for a treasure to boost her own cultivation. Chen An warns that relying on such shortcuts could weaken her foundation; the Thunder Spirit can benefit because it is an ancient species with an exceptional bloodline.
• Shen resolves to advance through the Ninefold Bone-Molding Art and reach a heaven-grade Martial Bone, trusting her own efforts. Chen distracts her from her disappointment by telling a humorous story from his previous life.
• The Thunder Spirit finishes absorbing the liquid, returns to Chen An, and falls asleep. Chen and Shen settle it in a room, and Chen goes to cultivate.
• Checking his system, Chen notices he is now eighteen, then asks it to develop a dual cultivation technique.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen An demonstrates control by containing the Thunder Spirit’s immense aura. He is attentive to Shen’s feelings, teasing and comforting her, and turns to the system to develop a new technique.
• Shen Qinglan is amazed by the Thunder Spirit’s growth and briefly envies its easy advancement, but reaffirms her determination to cultivate steadily. She reacts enthusiastically to Chen’s story.
• The Thunder Spirit absorbs the treasure and appears poised for another major advancement, though it immediately falls asleep afterward.
• Chen and Shen share an affectionate, playful exchange: he explains the risks of shortcuts, ruffles her hair, and tells a story to lift her spirits.

Significant themes

• Steady cultivation versus shortcuts: Powerful treasures can accelerate growth but risk damaging a cultivator’s foundation.
• Different paths to strength: The Thunder Spirit’s rare bloodline lets it use resources that would be unsuitable for Shen.
• Care and companionship: Chen supports Shen while respecting her ambition, and the pair jointly look after the Thunder Spirit.
• Progress and transition: Chen’s eighteenth birthday and his request for a dual cultivation technique point toward a new stage in his cultivation.

Key plot points and events

• Concerned that the growing gap between his Saint King cultivation and Shen Qinglan’s Xiantian level might make her feel insecure, Chen An asks his system to derive a safe dual cultivation method that can improve her cultivation and aptitude.
• The system creates the Heaven-Earth Yin-Yang Union Ode, drawing on several existing manuals. Unlike methods that drain a partner or require both cultivators to share and deplete their sources, it channels Chen An’s power through the laws of Heaven and Earth to strengthen Shen Qinglan.
• Chen An explains the method to Shen Qinglan. Though wary of dual cultivation’s reputation for harming its weaker partner, she trusts his assurances and agrees to try it.

Character developments

• Chen An shows attentiveness to Shen Qinglan’s private insecurity and seeks a way to help her advance without sacrificing his own foundation.
• Shen Qinglan reveals her concern about exploitative cultivation practices and firmly rejects the idea of harming either herself or Chen An. Her trust in him ultimately overcomes her initial suspicion.

Significant themes

• Trust and care within a relationship: Chen An’s solution is motivated by concern for Shen Qinglan’s feelings and growth.
• Power imbalance and insecurity: Their widening cultivation gap raises the possibility of emotional distance.
• Ethical cultivation: The new method is presented as an alternative to exploitative techniques, benefiting Shen Qinglan without damaging either partner’s foundation.

Character interactions

• Chen An consults the system, derives and names the method, then approaches Shen Qinglan while she is preparing to cultivate.
• Shen Qinglan challenges his proposal, insisting that neither of them should practice a method that drains or harms a partner.
• Chen An reassures her, and she agrees to try the method; the chapter ends with them embracing.

Key plot points and events

• Shen Qinglan and Chen An repeatedly practice the Heaven-Earth Yin-Yang Union Ode. Her cultivation rapidly advances, eventually reaching the Martial King Realm, where she forms a golden core.
• Her aptitude improves as well: first to a heaven-grade martial bone, then to a sixth-grade mortal body. Chen An explains that the technique draws on the origins and laws of heaven and earth, but warns that it strains her mental energy and foundation. She agrees to rest until her gains stabilize.
• After teasing Chen An about “letting him off the hook,” Shen Qinglan is drawn into another intimate encounter.
• Chen An then turns to his own cultivation plans. With a Quasi-Emperor tribulation approaching, he decides to forge a life-bound saint weapon. He chooses a seal, which can attack, defend, and suppress, and begins refining the divine materials he has gathered with Dao fire.

Character development and interactions

• Shen Qinglan is exhilarated by her extraordinary progress and openly affectionate toward Chen An. Though reluctant to pause cultivation, she accepts his advice to protect her foundation.
• Chen An is affectionate and protective of Shen Qinglan, while also confident and playful in their relationship. He is increasingly focused on preparing for the major tribulation ahead.
• Their dynamic blends mutual affection, teasing, and Chen An’s role as both partner and cultivation guide.

Significant themes

• Cultivation through partnership: Their shared practice dramatically improves Shen Qinglan’s power and aptitude.
• Power and risk: Rapid advancement brings costs, making rest and a stable foundation essential.
• Preparation for greater trials: Chen An’s decision to forge a personal weapon reflects the need to prepare carefully for the Quasi-Emperor tribulation.

Key plot points and events

• Chen An spends nearly a month refining rare divine materials, including great sun immortal gold, into a new weapon. When the materials threaten to run wild, he uses an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon to suppress them and complete the forging.
• The finished weapon is a Saint King Weapon: a ten-foot seal bearing an archaic thunder lion and the Four Symbols—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Phoenix. Chen An names it the Peaceful Seal and can shrink it to palm size.
• The seal contains the origin patterns of the four divine beasts and Chen An’s lightning patterns, letting it summon their Dharma bodies. It also holds a small inner world for storing treasures or imprisoning enemies.
• Its completion triggers an artifact tribulation. The heavenly might spreads across the entire Azure Mystery Ancient Star, frightening its inhabitants. To keep the trial away from the planet, Chen An informs Shen Qinglan and the others that he is leaving, then heads into the starry void.

Character development

• Chen An’s skill, patience, and mastery of Dao principles are demonstrated through the complex forging. He also shows responsibility by recognizing the danger the tribulation poses to the world and moving away before facing it.
• His satisfaction with the Peaceful Seal reflects the close bond he feels with the weapon, which responds to him almost like an extension of his body.

Significant themes

• Creation and consequence: Forging a powerful weapon brings not only achievement but also a trial imposed by the Great Dao.
• Power and responsibility: Chen An’s strength is paired with concern for protecting others from its effects.
• Mastery and harmony: The weapon’s diverse materials and divine-beast patterns are united through Chen An’s understanding of Dao principles.

Character interactions

• Chen An’s interaction with the Peaceful Seal is one of command and connection: he names it, senses its bond with him, and prepares to face its tribulation.
• He briefly contacts Shen Qinglan and the others through divine sense to explain his departure.

Key plot points and events

• Chen An’s newly forged Peaceful Seal undergoes a three-day lightning tribulation in the desolate Grand Sky Star Domain. It survives and becomes a Supreme Saint King Weapon, a powerful bonded weapon that can grow with Chen An.
• Chen An returns to the Heaven-Dominating Sect after being away for three days. Shen Qinglan has been anxiously waiting for him.
• Shen Qinglan reveals that she is pregnant. Chen An senses her womb and discovers she is carrying twins.

Character developments

• Chen An celebrates the success of his weapon but is far more emotionally overwhelmed by the news that he will become a father. His confidence in battle contrasts with his initial uncertainty about parenthood.
• Shen Qinglan reveals a more vulnerable, tender side: she was frightened by Chen An’s unexplained absence, and she wants him to communicate rather than disappear. Her worry shifts to shy happiness when she shares the pregnancy news, then playful pride when she reveals it is twins.

Character interactions

• Shen Qinglan embraces Chen An upon his return and reproaches him for leaving without keeping her informed. She explains that someone else will now be waiting for him too.
• Chen An apologizes, reassures her, and responds with growing joy as he confirms the twins’ presence. Shen Qinglan seeks his approval with a teasing “aren’t I amazing?” and he warmly agrees.

Significant themes

• Love and responsibility: Chen An’s absence affects not only Shen Qinglan but now their coming family.
• New beginnings: The twins’ conception marks a major change in their relationship and future.
• Contrasting kinds of strength: Chen An can face a devastating tribulation without fear, yet the prospect of fatherhood leaves him speechless.

Chapter Summary: “Golden Cicada Incarnation!”

Key plot points and events

• Chen An brings the pregnant Shen Qinglan to the Cloud-Resting Courtyard, where her parents welcome the news and arrange for her to stay there. Chen remains with her.
• While Shen Qinglan sleeps, Chen returns to his secluded chamber and spends half a month refining the body of San Zang, a Six-Winged Golden Cicada, into an external incarnation.
• The incarnation possesses roughly the strength of an early Saint King cultivator. It contains a secondary primordial spirit derived from Chen’s, ensuring its loyalty, though its cultivation cannot advance and its lifespan is limited to about five thousand years.
• Chen assigns the incarnation to protect Shen Qinglan and their children. He also considers the Golden Crow Clan a potential threat and plans to advance to the Quasi-Emperor realm after the wedding.
• Chen joins a gathering at the Cloud-Resting Courtyard where Cang Wanli, Sect Master Xue Changfeng, and the Shen family discuss the wedding arrangements.
• Later, Chen introduces the golden cicada incarnation to Shen Qinglan and explains its origins and power. She is astonished that even his incarnation is Saint King-level.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen shows care for Shen Qinglan and their unborn children by creating a powerful guardian, while remaining mindful of threats that might keep him from protecting them personally.
• Shen Qinglan is cheerful and confident about her pregnancy, joking that her Martial King cultivation can handle it. Chen responds with affectionate indulgence.
• Chen remains courteous toward Cang Wanli, Xue Changfeng, and his future in-laws. They leave the couple alone after the wedding discussion.
• The incarnation immediately acknowledges Chen as its “original self” and accepts its protective role without hesitation.

Significant themes

• Protection and responsibility: Chen prepares for his family’s safety even when he cannot always be present.
• Power and its limits: The incarnation is formidable but cannot grow stronger and has a finite lifespan.
• Love amid looming danger: Domestic wedding and pregnancy preparations unfold alongside concerns about the Golden Crow Clan and future conflict.
• Absolute loyalty and control: The incarnation’s derived spirit and built-in restriction guarantee its obedience to Chen.

Chen An and Shen Qinglan held a grand wedding at the Heaven-Dominating Sect, where Chen An rewarded allies and announced that he would share the Three-Turn Bone-Shaping Art with all humans. As golden runes and lotuses descended across the Azure Mystery Ancient Star, the art began spreading to its people.

• The Heaven-Dominating Sect prepared an extravagant wedding and welcomed dignitaries and cultivators from across the Azure Origin Continent.
• Chen An gifted Luo Fentian, Xu Jingchen, Han Guya, Xuan Zhantian, and other veteran powerhouses cultivation arts and pills to help them advance.
• Chen An rewarded Beigong Mo, Lin Chenyuan, and his other acquaintances from Chengtian Prefecture, then gave Shen Canglan a pill to help him reach the Martial King Realm.
• Chen An and Shen Qinglan completed their wedding rites as auspicious light and manifestations of four divine beasts appeared in the sky.
• Chen An announced that the Three-Turn Bone-Shaping Art would be available to every human of Azure Mystery, then sent countless golden runes and lotuses descending toward the Azure Mystery Ancient Star.

Chen An bestowed the Three-Turn Bone-Shaping Art upon every human on the Azure Mystery Ancient Star, giving ordinary people a chance to improve their martial bone aptitude. The gratitude and wishes of the masses flowed to him, and he broke through the barrier between the Saint King Realm and the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

• Golden lotuses descended across the Azure Mystery Ancient Star and planted the complete Three-Turn Bone-Shaping Art in everyone's mind.
• People across the continent realized the art could improve their martial bones, and many wept, rejoiced, or renewed their hopes of pursuing martial cultivation.
• Hundreds of millions of people knelt and thanked Sage Chen for giving them the cultivation art.
• Chen An saw golden torrents of faith and wishes converge on him from across the star and enter his body.
• The power of wishes stirred Chen An's cultivation, and he shattered the barrier between the Saint King Realm and the Quasi-Emperor Realm.