Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen subdued Song Hao by manifesting King Yama’s power, then received a City Lord’s Token from Yu Feng. The chapter left Lu Chen heading off as Yu Feng wagered a rare treasure that he would succeed in the S-rank Dragon-Tiger County mission.

• Lu Chen withdrew his divine power after Song Hao fainted, and Principal Zhang sent the medical team to take him for treatment.
• Yu Feng praised Lu Chen for worshipping King Yama and asked whether he had caused the Netherworld phenomenon at the Zhao Clan Temple; Lu Chen admitted that he had.
• Yu Feng gave Lu Chen a City Lord’s Token, and Lu Chen accepted it before returning to the students below the stage.
• Principal Zhang announced that missions took priority and reminded the students that the Special Class had only twenty spots.
• Yu Feng wagered a section of Thousand-Year Flame Sun Bamboo that Lu Chen would complete the Dragon-Tiger County S-rank mission, while his subordinates bet against him.

Lu Chen accepted an S-rank assignment to investigate the drought in Dragon-Tiger County, and Sun Yourong joined him after revealing that she knew the hidden cause. As they headed there, Sun Yourong told Lu Chen that someone had slain a dragon.

• Lu Chen reassured Li Ruoyi about his transformation into King Yama, but told her their gap would only grow wider, leaving her crying and laughing in frustration.
• Lu Chen went home, packed for the assignment, and told his mother he would be away in Dragon-Tiger County.
• Sun Yourong met Lu Chen outside his home and persuaded him to let her accompany him by offering to explain the county’s real history.
• Sun Yourong told Lu Chen that the drought had lasted three years and that the truth had been concealed by the authorities.
• As they drove toward Dragon-Tiger County, Sun Yourong revealed that someone had slain a dragon.

Sun Yourong told Lu Chen how the Four Seas Dragon Kings destroyed the River Dragon Kings and how a Spirit Cultivator avenged them by slaying the East Sea Dragon King's thirteenth son, leaving Dragon-Tiger County cursed with thirty years without rain. The S-class mission was deliberately understated and seemed nearly impossible, but Lu Chen confidently declared he would find another way to make it rain.

• Sun Yourong explained that the Four Seas Dragon Kings expanded their power by subjugating and slaughtering River Dragon Kings, while the Heavenly Court did little to protect them.
• Sun Yourong said a Spirit Cultivator descended from River Dragon King worshippers killed the East Sea Dragon King's thirteenth son at Great Dragon Pool three years earlier, then died from his wounds.
• Sun Yourong recounted how the East Sea Dragon King demanded the culprit, received only the Dragon-Slaying Sword, and ultimately swore to withhold rain from Dragon-Tiger County for thirty years after a Great Sage intervened.
• Sun Yourong explained that officials rated the mission S-class and concealed its full story to preserve hope for Dragon-Tiger County and prevent wider conflict.
• Lu Chen said he was frustrated that the mission's low rating meant a smaller reward, then claimed he could solve the drought by having the Western Depot do what the Eastern Depot would not.

Lu Chen and Sun Yourong arrived in drought-stricken Dragon-Tiger County, where Sun explained why other water gods could not bring rain and why the county’s divine-statue industry depended on ending the drought. At the government office, Lu Chen met rival rain-prayer specialists and declared that worshipping the God of Wealth could help him pray for water, then challenged one who mocked him.

• Sun Yourong told Lu Chen that the Dragon King’s formation prevented anyone without dragon blood from summoning rain, and explained Dragon-Tiger County’s expertise in making divine statues.
• Lu Chen realized that the county’s drought threatened his future plans to establish a shrine, while Sun said her family hoped the divine-statue trade would recover.
• Lu Chen and Sun arrived at the county government office, where Director Tian introduced them to Secretary Wang, Clan Chief Chen, and two outsiders known as Master Ling Shui.
• Lu Chen said he worshipped the God of Wealth and argued that wealth was water, so he could pray for rain; Master Ling Shui laughed at him.
• Lu Chen confronted Master Ling Shui and asked what he was laughing at.

Master Ling Shui demonstrated his rain-summoning art to persuade Wang Shuji and Chief Chen to trade the Chen clan’s treasures for his help with Dragon-Tiger County’s drought. Lu Chen and Sun Yourong recognized that the rain was poisoned dead water, exposing Master Ling Shui as an evil cultivator.

• Master Ling Shui revealed his Third Grade Spirit Cultivator strength, but Sun Yourong matched him and forced him to back down.
• Master Ling Shui demanded the Qilin Saber and the Profound God-Communion Canon, while Sun Yourong explained their power to enhance the Chen family’s divine statues.
• Wang Shuji persuaded Chief Chen to let Master Ling Shui demonstrate his abilities before deciding whether to bargain.
• Master Ling Shui used a blood-marked flag to summon clouds and drizzle over the county yamen, and the drought-stricken onlookers celebrated.
• Lu Chen and Sun Yourong realized the rain was dead water tainted with evil energy, and Wang Shuji confronted Master Ling Shui about his deception.

Master Ling Shui tried to pressure Dragon-Tiger County’s leaders into trading Chen Clan treasures for rain, but Lu Chen refused to give up on his mission and went to investigate the dried-up Great Dragon Pool. He considered asking the Star Lord of Water Virtue for help, then wondered whether to call his influential Big Brother for reinforcements.

• Master Ling Shui left after warning Secretary Wang and Chen Tiansheng that they could contact him about his conditions, while the townspeople urged the leaders to accept his rain.
• Wang Zhongmin and Chen Tiansheng discussed the dangers of Master Ling Shui’s rain and the public pressure they might face, then considered offering him the Profound God-Communion Canon instead of the Qilin Saber.
• Lu Chen told Wang Zhongmin he would keep trying to solve the drought and borrowed Sun Yourong’s car to investigate the county.
• Lu Chen drove through Dragon-Tiger County’s water-starved landscape and examined the dried Great Dragon Pool, where the Dragon King’s rain-banishing formation had been established.
• Lu Chen considered asking the Star Lord of Water Virtue to intervene, then thought about calling his Big Brother for help before deciding he might not want to do so.

Lu Chen summoned the local Land God to learn about the dragons once living in Dragon-Tiger County and find a way to end the drought. He learned that the East Sea Dragon King destroyed the Xu River Dragon King's clan, but another dragon—the Well Dragon King—still lived nearby.

• Lu Chen decided not to ask his brother to incur heavy favors and resolved to find another dragon who could summon rain.
• After stumbling near the dried-up Great Dragon Pool, Lu Chen spotted a buried Land God shrine and summoned its occupant with incense.
• Lu Chen showed the Land God Yama's Command Token and asked him about Dragon-Tiger County's history and surviving dragons.
• The Land God said the East Sea Dragon King had destroyed the Xu River Dragon King's aquatic clan and palace.
• The Land God revealed that a Well Dragon King lived in a deep well on a barren mountain about fifty li away and offered to lead Lu Chen there.

Lu Chen and Lord of the Land traveled underground to meet the reclusive Well Dragon King, whom Lu Chen persuaded to emerge by revealing his divine credentials and Yanluo form. After seeing the impoverished Dragon King, Lu Chen asked Lord of the Land to fetch his backpack, preparing to make use of it.

• Lord of the Land used Earth-Escape Technique to take Lu Chen to the Well Dragon King's hidden water manor and explained the dragon's fearful, impoverished circumstances.
• Lu Chen worried that his forces might not be able to defeat the true dragon, but decided to meet him anyway.
• Lord of the Land called the Well Dragon King out at a dry well, but the dragon doubted Lu Chen's importance because he had not reached Second Rank.
• Lu Chen showed the Well Dragon King the Fortune-Bringing Gold Ingot and assumed his Yanluo form, prompting the dragon to emerge and bow respectfully.
• After noticing the Well Dragon King's ragged clothes and bare feet, Lu Chen asked Lord of the Land to fetch the backpack from his car.

Lu Chen visited the Well Dragon King beneath a dried-up well to ask him to bring rain to Dragon-Tiger County, but the dragon feared the East Sea Dragon King and lacked the power to do so. Lu Chen offered to protect him, restore his cultivation and incense offerings, and make him the new Xu River Dragon King, and the Well Dragon King agreed to help if Lu Chen fulfilled those promises.

• Lu Chen gave the Well Dragon King and the Earth God magically transformed robes and boots before entering the Spring Source Water Palace beneath the well.
• Lu Chen asked the Well Dragon King to bring rain to Dragon-Tiger County, but the dragon refused because he feared the East Sea Dragon King and had lost most of his magic power.
• Lu Chen offered to resolve the threat, restore the Well Dragon King's cultivation with merit, and secure him worshippers, a temple, and the title of Xu River Dragon King.
• The Well Dragon King accepted Lu Chen's offer and vowed to protect Dragon-Tiger County and provide rain if Lu Chen freed him from his troubles.

Lu Chen secured the Well Dragon King’s support to end Dragon-Tiger County’s drought, then returned to find a furious crowd pressuring the county to make a deal with Master Ling Shui. He offered a different way to bring real rain and asked Chen Tiansheng to make a statue of Lord God of Wealth, leaving the plan ready to proceed.

• Lu Chen left the Well Dragon King after securing his agreement, and the Lord of the Land gave him a token to summon him in Dragon-Tiger County.
• Lu Chen found a crowd protesting outside the county office and demanding that officials accept Master Ling Shui’s offer to pray for rain.
• Wang Zhongmin and Chen Tiansheng considered negotiating with Master Ling Shui, while Sun Yourong warned against giving him the Profound God-Communion Canon.
• Lu Chen announced that he could bring real rain by worshipping the Well Dragon King, though he said his plan was only forty percent certain.
• Chen Tiansheng said he could handcraft the needed Lord God of Wealth statue, and Lu Chen urged him to make it quickly.

Lu Chen prepared to pray for rain by having Chen Tiansheng carve a Lord God of Wealth statue, while Master Ling Shui plotted to steal the Qilin Saber and kill Lu Chen. In the Heavenly Court, Lu Chen’s promise rekindled Lord God of Wealth’s resolve to challenge Zhao Gongming, and a wisp of incense fire arrived that might have come from Lu Chen.

• Sun Yourong vouched for Lu Chen, and Chen Tiansheng agreed to bring the Qilin Saber and materials so he could make a Lord God of Wealth statue.
• Master Ling Shui told the Red-spotted Woman that he planned to use the Qilin Saber and Profound God-Communion Canon to revive the Blackwater Cult, then ordered her to deal with Lu Chen.
• Chen Tiansheng exhausted himself carving and empowering the statue, then handed it to Lu Chen, who went to pray to Lord God of Wealth.
• Lord God of Wealth remembered Lu Chen’s promise to build him a temple and resolved to compete with Zhao Gongming for control of the Wealth Department.
• A wisp of incense fire entered Lord God of Wealth Hall, and Lord God of Wealth suspected it had come from Lu Chen.

Lu Chen asked Lord God of Wealth to protect the Well Dragon King and help Dragon-Tiger County obtain rain, and Lord God of Wealth agreed to seek Star Lord of Water Virtue’s support. Lord God of Wealth proposed taking the Well Dragon King on as a Guardian Golden Dragon, then went to meet Star Lord of Water Virtue to discuss the matter.

• Lu Chen told Lord God of Wealth about Dragon-Tiger County’s drought, the Well Dragon King, and the East Sea Dragon King’s threat.
• Lu Chen asked Lord God of Wealth to persuade Star Lord of Water Virtue to restrain the East Sea Dragon King, and Lord God of Wealth agreed because Star Lord owed him a favor.
• Lord God of Wealth offered to take the Well Dragon King on as a Guardian Golden Dragon, protecting him while allowing him to remain in Dragon-Tiger County and bring rain.
• Lu Chen returned to Wang Zhongmin and Chen Tiansheng and told them there was a chance the plan would succeed; they went downstairs to reassure the people waiting there.
• Lord God of Wealth arrived at Star Lord of Water Virtue’s palace and began telling him about Dragon-Tiger County.

Lord God of Wealth persuaded Star Lord of Water Virtue to keep Ao Guang from obstructing rain in Dragon-Tiger County, using Heavenly Gold to secure his help. After Ao Guang was warned and furiously accepted the order, Lu Chen learned that the way was clear and prepared to perform a grand ritual as the county’s protests grew.

• Lord God of Wealth asked Star Lord of Water Virtue to restrain Ao Guang so Lu Chen could pray for rain in Dragon-Tiger County, and Star Lord agreed after receiving ten thousand taels of Heavenly Gold.
• Star Lord ordered Winnowing Basket Leopard to tell Ao Guang that Dragon-Tiger County would receive rain and that he must not interfere or seek revenge.
• Ao Guang learned that Lord God of Wealth had intervened on behalf of his mortal adopted brother, raged at being told to avoid Lu Chen’s edge, and roared until the Eastern Sea churned.
• Lu Chen thanked Lord God of Wealth after learning the matter was settled, then welcomed the growing protests and prepared to stage a spectacular ritual.

Lu Chen told Wang Zhongmin, Chen Tiansheng, and Sun Yourong that he had secured the Well Dragon King’s help and Lord God of Wealth’s support to end Dragon-Tiger County’s drought. After agreeing to restore the deities’ shrines and honor their contributions, Lu Chen laid out his next step: a grand prayer ceremony at Great Dragon Pool.

• Lu Chen returned to Wang Zhongmin’s office and confirmed that the crisis was settled, then explained how he had negotiated with the Well Dragon King and secured Lord God of Wealth’s help.
• Wang Zhongmin and Chen Tiansheng agreed to build the Well Dragon King a temple and ensure he received Incense Fire.
• Lu Chen asked that Dragon-Tiger County’s people offer more incense to Lord God of Wealth and that the county repair the Lord of the Land’s shrines; Wang Zhongmin and Chen Tiansheng agreed.
• Lu Chen asked Chen Tiansheng whether his family’s divine-statue crafting method could be taught outside the family, and Chen Tiansheng promised him a satisfactory answer after the crisis was resolved.
• Lu Chen announced that he would hold a grand prayer ceremony the next day at Great Dragon Pool, where the East Sea Dragon King’s thirteenth son had been slain.

Lu Chen arranged a mass rain-prayer ceremony at Great Dragon Pool, while the Well Dragon King prepared to entrust four Dragon Pearls to him. Master Ling Shui and the East Sea Dragon King, Ao Guang, both turned their attention to Lu Chen, leaving the county under the shadow of dragons circling overhead.

• Lu Chen set the ceremony for noon, and Sun Yourong used the Sun family's influence to summon Dragon-Tiger County's residents while Chen Tiansheng prepared the ritual supplies.
• Lu Chen sent Lord of the Land to tell the Well Dragon King to wait at Great Dragon Pool, and the Well Dragon King resolved to give Lu Chen four Dragon Pearls hidden in his cave.
• Master Ling Shui and the Red-spotted Woman decided to attend the ceremony and investigate Lu Chen, then glimpsed a dragon moving through the night clouds.
• Ao Guang and his three dragon brothers gathered above Dragon-Tiger County; Ao Guang forbade them from acting against Lu Chen but vowed to remember the humiliation.

Lu Chen and Sun Yourong went to Great Dragon Pool, where Lu Chen prepared to perform the Dragon-Invoking Rite before a huge crowd to bring rain to drought-stricken Dragon-Tiger County. As noon approached, the Four Seas Dragon Kings watched from the clouds while the Lord God of Wealth and Star Lord of Water Virtue observed from Mysterious Dipper Palace.

• Lu Chen explained that he had spent the night preparing ritual scriptures, memorials, and talismans for the Dragon-Invoking Rite.
• Sun Yourong worried that the East Sea Dragon King might interfere, but Lu Chen said he was ready to proceed.
• Lu Chen and Sun Yourong reached Great Dragon Pool, where Chen Tiansheng and Wang Zhongmin reported that tens of thousands had arrived and more were on their way.
• Lu Chen arranged his ritual items on the platform as the crowd gathered, while Master Ling Shui and the Red-spotted Woman pushed through to watch him.
• Ao Guang and the other Dragon Kings spied on Lu Chen from the clouds, then hid when Ao Guang thought Star Lord of Water Virtue was watching.
• Star Lord of Water Virtue and the Lord God of Wealth watched the Dragon Kings and Lu Chen through a Profound Light Mirror, deciding to wait and see what he would do.

Lu Chen announced that Dragon-Tiger County’s rain-summoning ritual would invite the Well Dragon King, provoking widespread disbelief and mockery. He defended the choice by warning that rejecting the deity could cost the county its last chance to escape the drought.

• Wang Zhongmin introduced Lu Chen at the crowded prayer-for-rain ceremony and urged the people to cooperate.
• Lu Chen explained that the ritual’s second stage required everyone to invite the Well Dragon King, and the crowd erupted in disbelief and curses.
• Ling Shui mocked Lu Chen’s plan and threatened to raise his price to Chen Tiansheng.
• The Four Seas Dragon Kings were surprised that Lu Chen sought a Well Dragon King and plotted to kill it if it appeared.
• The Lord God of Wealth reassured the Star Lord of Water Virtue that Lu Chen never fought without confidence, though he privately doubted the Well Dragon King could bring rain.
• Lu Chen acknowledged the crowd’s doubts and argued that refusing to try might block Dragon-Tiger County’s final chance to survive.

Lu Chen won the crowd’s support and began the rain-prayer ritual at Great Dragon Pool, whose rites produced astonishing supernatural effects. As the incense ignited by itself and the power around the pool grew stronger, the Four Seas Dragon Kings grew uneasy while Ao Guang remained bound by the divine decree.

• Wang Zhongmin scolded the crowd for doubting Lu Chen, and Lu Chen promised he would obtain rain if they united behind him.
• The crowd agreed to trust Lu Chen and the Well Dragon King again, while Ling Shui dismissed them as fools.
• At noon, Lu Chen opened the altar with the Purification Incantation, and a gale swept through Great Dragon Pool, leaving the place visibly cleansed.
• The Four Seas Dragon Kings and the gods in Mysterious Dipper Palace discussed Lu Chen’s unusual power and his steps aligned with the Northern Dipper.
• Lu Chen opened the furnace and recited the Incantation of the Rising Smoke, causing the pure incense to ignite without fire.
• The Four Seas Dragon Kings sensed the power intensifying, and Ao Guang cursed Star Lord of Water Virtue, who learned of it from Lord God of Wealth.

Lu Chen used the Heavenly River Astral Step to lock onto the Well Dragon King and began opening a divine altar, while the Four Seas Dragon Kings plotted to make his rainmaking fail. Burning the scriptures unleashed a pillar of merit that split the clouds, and Lu Chen ordered Wang Zhongmin to climb the altar and invite the Sage.

• Star Lord of Water Virtue restrained his anger and watched Lu Chen’s ritual in the Profound Light Mirror.
• Lu Chen’s Heavenly River Astral Step touched the Four Seas Dragon Kings and the water deities, then he locked onto the Well Dragon King.
• Ao Guang stopped North Sea Dragon King from attacking and led his brothers in plotting to intimidate the Well Dragon King and sabotage Lu Chen’s rainmaking at a critical moment.
• Lord God of Wealth declined Star Lord of Water Virtue’s offer to intervene, choosing to let events take their course.
• Lu Chen burned the Three Scriptures and Nine Scrolls, sending golden merit characters into the clouds and opening a pillar of light above Great Dragon Pool.
• Lu Chen told Wang Zhongmin to climb the altar and invite the Sage.

Lu Chen’s ritual turned Wang Zhongmin and Chen Tiansheng’s offerings into powerful merit, shocking the heavenly gods and the Four Seas Dragon Kings. As the people prepared to offer incense for the Well Dragon King, the Four Dragon Kings attacked to stop the ceremony.

• Lu Chen guided Wang Zhongmin through a prayer, and his burning incense produced a pillar of light and five-colored divine radiance.
• The Star Lord of Water Virtue and Lord God of Wealth were shocked that incense could be refined directly into merit, while the people of Great Dragon Pool celebrated the signs of divine power.
• Chen Tiansheng vowed to build a temple and offer his clan’s incense to the Lord of Spring Source Water Palace, producing another surge of merit.
• The Four Seas Dragon Kings realized Lu Chen was gathering merit to empower the Well Dragon King and decided they had to stop the ceremony.
• As Lu Chen prepared for the people’s offering, the Four Seas Dragon Kings unleashed their combined dragon might, shaking the altar and making Lu Chen sense disaster.