Chapter Summaries

Zhao Li and Ye Yunsheng considered how fear had kept the villagers obedient to the River God and how Qingyang Prefecture had abandoned them. They went to confront the prefectural officials, while Batfish demanded more from Ouyang Feng, who refused to increase the offerings.

• Zhao Li told the villagers to stand, then recognized that they still lacked the courage to resist powerful cultivators.
• Ye Yunsheng concluded that Qingyang Prefecture had been derelict in its duty by trading villagers’ lives for a false peace.
• Zhao Li soothed Wang Sheng with soul force, and Ye Yunsheng questioned him about the prefecture’s failed attempts to seek help.
• Ye Yunsheng sent Wang Sheng away and headed with Zhao Li to Qingyang City.
• Batfish appeared in Ouyang Feng’s hall and demanded more offerings, but Ouyang Feng insisted that the existing tribute was already the limit.

Ouyang Feng refused Batfish’s demand for more offerings and, protected by Zhao Li and Ye Yunsheng, admitted that he had once yielded to the River Demon at the villagers’ expense. Ye Yunsheng spared him but removed him from Qingyang Prefecture, while Zhao Li resolved to strengthen the Great Li Government’s credibility.

• Batfish demanded more Spiritual Rice and twice as many people, but Ouyang Feng refused despite being pinned down by the Dou Zun’s pressure.
• Batfish wondered why Ouyang Feng was no longer afraid, then attacked him in anger; Zhao Li and Ye Yunsheng stopped the killing blow.
• Ouyang Feng mistook Zhao Li and Ye Yunsheng for visions before death, then recognized them and confessed that he had yielded seven years earlier to protect his own comfort while villagers were sacrificed.
• Wang Sheng questioned why Ouyang Feng had not stood firm seven years ago, while Shangguan Yan remained silent.
• Ye Yunsheng ordered Ouyang Feng to go to the villages and use his abilities there, removing him from Qingyang Prefecture.
• Zhao Li reflected that Ouyang Feng’s failure had undermined villagers’ trust in the Government Office and resolved that Great Li must work harder to maintain its credibility.

Zhao Li and Ye Yunsheng settled Qingyang Prefecture’s affairs and sent Ouyang Feng to regain the villagers’ trust. They then traveled with the Batfish toward the Overturning Sea Demon Saint, while the fish plunged into the sea.

• Zhao Li reflected on Great Li’s problems and decided to inspect its towns and villages with Ye Yunsheng.
• Zhao Li and Ye Yunsheng handled Qingyang Prefecture’s affairs in about an hour.
• Zhao Li opened a Spatial Channel and sent Wang Sheng back to Wang Family Village.
• Zhao Li told Ouyang Feng to win back the people’s trust, and Ouyang Feng set out to visit the villages.
• Zhao Li and Ye Yunsheng rode the Batfish toward the Overturning Sea Demon Saint.
• The Batfish plunged into the sea without warning.

Zhao Li and Ye Yunsheng traveled with Batfish to the Sea Clan’s grand stronghold in the East Sea, where Zhao Li found Overturning Sea Demon Saint. The Sea Dragon Tribe ruler insulted Ye Yunsheng by ordering her to dance, and Zhao Li struck him down.

• Zhao Li forced Batfish to stop misbehaving as it carried him and Ye Yunsheng through the deep sea.
• Batfish brought Zhao Li and Ye Yunsheng to the Sea Clan complex that served as Overturning Sea Demon Saint’s center of power.
• Zhao Li sensed a Dou Sheng within the central Crystal Palace and entered with Ye Yunsheng.
• Overturning Sea Demon Saint dismissed the dancers and ordered Ye Yunsheng to dance for him.
• Zhao Li attacked Overturning Sea Demon Saint, pinning the Sea Dragon beneath the shattered pieces of his chair.

Zhao Li suppressed the Overturning Sea Demon Saint after he roared at him, then confronted the Sea Clan men who rushed into the palace. The eldest of the Thirteen Protectors reported that the Dragon Emperor's Trial had opened early and King Cang demanded more Spiritual Rice.

• Batfish arrived and saw Zhao Li had beaten the Overturning Sea Demon Saint back to his original form.
• The Overturning Sea Demon Saint grew into a giant dragon and roared at Zhao Li, but Zhao Li seized control of the seawater and crushed him back to a small size.
• Zhao Li said he had suppressed the Overturning Sea Demon Saint for making his wife dance for him.
• The eldest of the Thirteen Protectors and several men burst into the palace and found the Overturning Sea Demon Saint buried in rubble.
• The eldest of the Thirteen Protectors told Zhao Li that King Cang's envoy had announced the Dragon Emperor's Trial had opened early and demanded that the Spiritual Rice supply be doubled.

Zhao Li questioned the Dragon Clan about the Dragon Emperor’s Trial and learned that a powerful-blooded young dragon had drawn the Four Dragon Kings’ hopes. Seeing the trial as a possible Dou God inheritance, he pressed Overturning Sea for more information and learned how King Cang’s Spiritual Rice tribute began.

• A Dragon Clan leader realized Zhao Li had subdued Overturning Sea and nervously explained that the Dragon Emperor’s Trial sought someone with the Dragon Emperor Bloodline.
• The leader said the Dragon Emperor had fallen long ago, the Dragon Clan had split among independent Dragon Kings, and four powerful kings had opened a trial to find an heir.
• Zhao Li asked about the bloodline candidate, and Overturning Sea explained that a young dragon’s bloodline surpassed anyone recorded since the Dragon Emperor, prompting the trial’s sudden advancement.
• Zhao Li suspected the inheritance belonged to a Dou God and asked Overturning Sea about the Spiritual Rice tribute.
• Overturning Sea said his son Batfish had developed the rice, but King Cang had demanded an annual tribute of a hundred thousand catties, which had doubled that year.

Zhao Li settled the dispute over Batfish's theft and decided to attend the Dragon Emperor's Trial with Ye Yunsheng in disguise. At King Cang's palace, Overturning Sea arrived with Zhao Li and Ye Yunsheng concealed in his sleeve, as King Cang began laying out his plans for the trial.

• Zhao Li made Overturning Sea compensate him and hand Batfish over to Great Li, resolving the matter of the stolen Spiritual Rice.
• Zhao Li asked Overturning Sea to take him to the Dragon Emperor's Trial, and Ye Yunsheng agreed to go with him.
• Zhao Li and Ye Yunsheng changed their appearances to avoid drawing attention, while Overturning Sea concealed them in his sleeve.
• At King Cang's Crystal Palace, one of King Cang's subordinates criticized Overturning Sea for arriving late, but King Cang told them to focus on the Dragon Emperor's Trial.
• King Cang ordered that every move Ao Siyu made during the Dragon Emperor's Trial be kept under their control.

King Cang and Fu Hai discussed plans surrounding Ao Siyu and the Dragon Emperor inheritance as the clan prepared for the trial. A month later, the Dragon Emperor's Trial began at the Ancestral Land, with the younger generation competing for places on the Ascending Dragon Ranking.

• Fu Hai suggested that King Cang focus on the other Dragon Kings and deal with them if Ao Siyu obtained the inheritance, and King Cang praised his idea.
• Zhao Li urged Fu Hai to find out whether Ao Siyu had a Divine Grade Bloodline and whether it could be awakened.
• A month later, the Dragon Clan and its guests gathered at the Ancestral Land for the Dragon Emperor's Trial, while rumors circulated about Ao Siyu's decline and the Crown Prince's rising bloodline.
• The Dragon Kings arrived, and one of them announced the trial rules and declared the Dragon Clan trial officially begun.

At the Dragon Emperor's Trial, Ao Siyu entered the lot-drawn tournament despite losing her former bloodline and appearing weakened. She faced a six-star Dou Zun Demonic Shark, who attacked her with his ultimate move, but she calmly dodged his strikes.

• The Dragon King explained the trial's elimination rules and called the Sea Clan to draw lots.
• Zhao Li watched Ao Siyu and worried that she had not comprehended Break and Rebuild, Blood Exchange Rebirth, and might fail to obtain the Dragon Emperor Inheritance.
• Ao Siyu stepped forward and drew a bamboo slip as the watching Sea Clan discussed her weakened condition and resolve.
• The first round began across more than a thousand battle platforms, and Ao Siyu was matched against a six-star Dou Zun Demonic Shark.
• The Demonic Shark revealed his True Form and launched Dancing Shark Swarm, while Ao Siyu precisely avoided the attacks.

Ao Siyu reached the Top Hundred with ten victories and continued fighting in the points-based contest for the top ten, where she ranked in the second tier while Ao Mingwu led the standings. Exhausted after more than ten days of matches, she refused Ao Mingwu’s proposal to concede their next bout, and he prepared to challenge her.

• Ao Siyu bound the Demonic Sharks with her tassels, won her tenth match, and entered the Top Hundred.
• King Xuan announced the contest for the top ten, which would award points for wins and draws.
• Zhao Li worried that Ao Siyu had not understood the inheritance he left for her and considered investigating when the Dragon Gate appeared.
• After more than a hundred matches, Ao Mingwu ranked first, while Ao Siyu was among the second tier and struggled with exhaustion.
• Ao Mingwu asked Ao Siyu to drag out their next match and concede, but she refused and asked why he would not concede instead.
• Ao Mingwu declared that he would show Ao Siyu what a true proud talent was.

Ao Siyu faced Ao Mingwu in the first Peak Showdown of the top ten Ranking Match, despite having lost her Bloodline Power. Ao Mingwu gained the advantage with his icy Dou Qi and Seven-Star Dragon Claw Hand, while Ao Siyu struggled to defend herself.

• Ao Mingwu challenged Ao Siyu, confident that his strengthened Bloodline Power gave him a major advantage over her.
• Ao Mingwu and Ao Siyu entered the Trial Ground, where the three Dragon Kings raised a stronger barrier around them.
• Ao Mingwu urged Ao Siyu to show her strength, and she accepted his challenge without fear.
• Ao Mingwu vanished into his icy aura and struck at Ao Siyu, who countered with a fist but felt her wrist go numb from his Dou Qi.
• Ao Mingwu unleashed Seven-Star Dragon Claw Hand, forcing Ao Siyu to retreat before she used Heavenly Net and Earthly Web against his wave of attacks.

Ao Siyu used her newly mastered Blade Storm against Ao Mingwu after her Heavenly Net and Earthly Web were destroyed. Ao Mingwu emerged from profound ice and shattered the storm, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Ao Siyu bound Ao Mingwu’s dragon phantoms with her Heavenly Net and Earthly Web, but their explosions broke through and knocked her to the ground.
• Ao Siyu launched a wind blade, which Ao Mingwu tore apart while dismissing her as an untrained wild dragon.
• The torn wind blade’s energy formed a giant tornado, and Ao Siyu unleashed it as Blade Storm.
• Zhao Li revealed that Ao Siyu had learned to draw on the Power of Origin within the technique, while Sea Clan spectators watched in awe.
• Ao Mingwu froze the Blade Storm with profound ice and overwhelming Dou Qi, then shattered it into ice fragments against the Dou Qi Barrier.

Ao Mingwu unleashed Mystic Ice Annihilation against Ao Siyu, who defended herself with a cyan tornado despite the strain of fighting without her Bloodline Power. As her defense faltered, Ao Siyu regained her resolve and prepared to bring the battle to an end.

• Ao Mingwu froze Ao Siyu’s Blade Storm and summoned countless Mystic Ice spears to attack her.
• Ao Siyu formed a protective tornado that deflected most of the spears, leaving the two fighters locked in a fierce stalemate.
• The Dragon Kings praised Ao Siyu’s strength, while King Xuan said the loss of her Bloodline Power would limit her future achievements.
• Ao Siyu grew exhausted and questioned her worth without her bloodline, but then accepted that she had lost only a match and still had time to grow.
• Ao Siyu smiled and said they should end the battle.

Ao Siyu fought Ao Mingwu despite her depleted Bloodline Power, and his Annihilation Spear struck her. As a dragon gate appeared over the Trial Ground, the Dragon Clan Dou Sheng declared her the Dragon Emperor Successor.

• Ao Siyu transformed into her Dragon Form and steered her storm toward Ao Mingwu, turning its ice spears against him.
• Ao Mingwu used Return to the Source, Annihilate to condense the spear shadows into a massive spear that shattered the storm and pierced Ao Siyu.
• Ao Siyu's heart released a hidden bloodline, restoring her strength and loosening her Half-Saint bottleneck as the spear struck her.
• Ghost King prepared to remove the barrier, but a powerful force made the Dragon Kings hesitate.
• The four carved dragons released azure energy that formed a great gate, and the Dragon Clan Dou Sheng cried, "Dragon Gate Manifestation! Dragon Emperor Successor!"

The Dragon Gate manifested on its own and revealed Ao Siyu as the True Dragon Descendant, drawing her upward as her bloodline grew stronger. Ye Yunsheng also felt a mysterious force calling her into the gate, and she entered it after Zhao Li gave her a protective treasure and warned her to leave if danger arose.

• The Dragon Gate rose to ninety thousand miles and cast its radiance over the Sea Clan.
• The Dragon Gate's halo rejected Ao Mingwu but enveloped Ao Siyu, revealing her as the True Dragon Descendant.
• Ao Siyu rose through the Dragon Gate as her bloodline strengthened and a Primordial Dragon's Roar shook the Sea Clan.
• Zhao Li learned that Ye Yunsheng felt a force inside the gate pulling her toward it, then used his Soul Power to deduce what might happen.
• Zhao Li gave Ye Yunsheng a protective energy and urged her to prioritize her safety.
• Ye Yunsheng reassured Zhao Li and followed the force into the Dragon Gate.

Ye Yunsheng entered the Dragon Gate and climbed it with the help of Great Li’s young National Destiny Dragon Qi, while Zhao Li stopped the Sea Tribe’s Dragon Kings from interfering. After crossing the gate, Ye Yunsheng was pulled into the era of the ancient Dragon Emperor.

• King Xuan recognized Ye Yunsheng as an outsider in the Dragon Gate and led the Dragon Kings to attack her.
• Zhao Li blocked King Xuan and subdued his Dragon Soul with his superior Soul Power.
• Zhao Li imprisoned King Xuan and the Two Ghost Kings by solidifying the space around them.
• Ye Yunsheng realized Great Li’s National Destiny Dragon Qi supplied the Emperor’s Qi needed for the Dragon Emperor Inheritance.
• Ye Yunsheng crossed the Dragon Gate and was pulled into the ancient Dragon Emperor’s era.

Ye Yunsheng crossed the Dragon Gate and received the True Dragon Blood, becoming Ao Xue and a Dragon Emperor Candidate. After exposing the Upper Realm’s sacrifice of innocent ascenders, she was imprisoned, but she emerged years later having broken through to the Emperor Realm, hailed by the masses as the Dragon God.

• Ye Yunsheng crossed the Dragon Gate, received the True Dragon Blood, and was named Ao Xue, a Dragon Emperor Candidate.
• A century later, Ao Xue reached Peak Dou Sheng and confronted the continent’s powerful rulers, exposing their deception about the Upper Realm and its sacrifice of ascenders to Outer Realm Demons.
• The major powers suppressed Ao Xue and imprisoned her in Blazing Flame Prison, where she refused to admit fault and continued digesting the inheritance within the True Dragon Blood.
• Three years later, Ao Xue erupted from Dragon Prison with a world-shaking aura and emerged as a True Dragon after breaking through to the Emperor Realm.
• The masses hailed Ao Xue as the Dragon God, and she turned toward the powerful figures gathered atop Dragon Imprisonment Mountain.

Ao Xue broke through to the Emperor Realm and condemned the continent’s rulers for appeasing the Outer Realm Demons before leaving to confront the threat herself. After the continent endured another war and won peace, Ye Yunsheng awakened from the inheritance trial and met the Dragon Emperor Ao Xue, who asked about her era’s ruler.

• The Eastern, Western, and Northern Emperors gathered at Dragon Imprisonment Mountain to confront Ao Xue, while the Southern Emperor questioned their hostility toward her.
• Ao Xue denounced the rulers for yielding to the demons, and the Northern Emperor called on the others to suppress her, but the Southern Emperor and Dragon Emperor stopped him.
• Ao Xue completed her Soul Power transformation, departed for the Chaos, and left a message urging the people of the continent to resist despair and compromise.
• The continent returned to war; the Eastern Emperor killed an Evil Demons envoy, the Northern Emperor fought him, and the continent won a truce after two hundred years.
• Ye Yunsheng awoke in a Crystal Palace, met the Dragon Emperor Ao Xue, and told her that the Evil Demons no longer threatened the continent.
• Ao Xue asked Ye Yunsheng who the Sovereign on the continent was now.

Ye Yunsheng learned from Ao Xue that Emperor’s Origin Qi came from Chaos Qi transformed by the continent’s World Origin, and that the First Emperor once controlled the World Origin and the Power of a Realm. Ao Xue began explaining how later Dou Di came to be, leaving Ye Yunsheng’s question unanswered.

• Ye Yunsheng told Ao Xue that the continent had gone ten thousand years without a Dou Di and explained that Origin Qi was missing.
• Ao Xue confirmed that Origin Qi could regenerate and asked Ye Yunsheng what she had sensed while fighting through the chaos in the previous trial.
• Ye Yunsheng recalled that the chaos contained dangerous energy that wore down even a Dou Di, and Ao Xue identified it as Chaos Qi.
• Ao Xue explained that the continent’s origin transformed Chaos Qi into Emperor’s Origin Qi and that the First Emperor had controlled the World Origin to wield the Power of a Realm.
• Ao Xue said later Dou Di discovered that controlling the World Origin prevented others from advancing, and Ye Yunsheng asked how they had become Dou Di.

Ao Xue revealed that advancing to Dou Di required World Origin and Emperor’s Origin Qi, then entrusted Ye Yunsheng with caring for a descendant of her clan as her imprint faded. Outside the Dragon Gate, Ao Siyu emerged at One-Star Dou Sheng Peak, and Ye Yunsheng appeared and offered to take her as a disciple.

• Ao Xue told Ye Yunsheng that a trace of Origin combined with Emperor’s Origin Qi was needed to advance to Dou Di.
• Ao Xue explained that she was only an imprint in the Dragon Gate and was about to dissipate, then entrusted Ye Yunsheng with looking after a little one carrying her clan’s bloodline.
• Ao Siyu emerged from the Dragon Gate after half a day and advanced to One-Star Dou Sheng Peak, while Zhao Li watched without intervening.
• Ye Yunsheng appeared atop the Dragon Gate and asked Ao Siyu if she was willing to become her disciple.