Chapter Summaries

Fang Yun copied the Illusory Tower Pearl’s mechanisms and blueprints for the Craftsmen Realm scholars, then organized repairs to Dragon City. After seeing his place atop the Military Nobility Ranking, he became interested in a stone-carving fragment of Ao Pang that could help him earn a spot on the Extraordinary Talent Ranking.

• Fang Yun told Ao Tu he would stay in the logistics camp to repair mechanisms and cultivate, while Ao Bo offered to serve as his assistant.
• Fang Yun recorded the Illusory Tower Pearl’s vast collection of tools, mechanisms, and blueprints, then shared the information with the Craftsmen Realm Great Scholars.
• Fang Yun organized an assembly-line effort to repair Dragon City’s mechanisms, secured a large shipment of materials, and joined the scholars in their work.
• Fang Yun checked the Dragon Shadow Four Rankings, saw Demon Emperor Gu Xu at the top of the Emperor-Slaying Ranking, and found himself alone atop the Military Nobility Ranking as a seventh-rank military noble.
• Fang Yun heard that a stone-carving fragment of Ao Pang could earn its buyer a place on the Extraordinary Talent Ranking and decided to investigate Ao Pang’s history.

Fang Yun bought an Ao Pang Stone Inscription from Shark Zhuo King and learned that Water Race factions planned to make trouble for him. Shark Zhuo King led him to the inscription’s source, an ancient city whose ruins he had recklessly damaged, leaving Fang Yun furious.

• Fang Yun bought the Ao Pang Stone Inscription from Shark Zhuo King and bargained for the location where it had been found.
• Shark Zhuo King warned Fang Yun that the Edict Hall Remnant Lineage, the Western Sea Dragon Race, and other Water Race members intended to make trouble for him.
• Fang Yun followed Shark Zhuo King west through the waterways and learned about distant Ancient Lands and the growing number of enemies allied with the Ancient Demons.
• After five hours, Shark Zhuo King led Fang Yun to an abandoned city and admitted he had found it by chance and searched it for only a day.
• Fang Yun saw that Shark Zhuo King's excavation had damaged many ruins and threatened to pull out his teeth if he acted so recklessly again.

Fang Yun excavated an undersea city and preserved its relics before studying Dragon Race records in Candle Dragon City. Ao Wufeng then arrived with orders to summon him before Candle Dragon Hall, backed by the fearsome Slaughter Star Dragon Noble Ao Yuan.

• Fang Yun summoned three hundred thousand War-Poem Soldiers and used them to excavate the undersea city, collecting its carvings, records, and other valuable relics.
• Fang Yun spent three days searching the city before returning to Candle Dragon City with Shark Zhuo King.
• Fang Yun borrowed the Illusory Tower Pearls and spent five days reading their Dragon Race records through the Strange Book World.
• Ao Wufeng led more than a hundred Water Race members to Repository No. 1 and demanded that Fang Yun answer Ao Zhen's investigation.
• Ao Yuan introduced himself as the Slaughter Star Dragon Noble and ordered Fang Yun to settle the matter before discussing the Myriad Worlds.
• Ao Wufeng revealed that Ao Yuan carried Ao Zhen's bloodline and left laughing.

Fang Yun faced a conspiracy by Ao Wufeng and Western Sea Water Race members, who accused him of hoarding mechanisms and being an Ancient Demon spy. He remained calm as Ao Zhen summoned him to Candle Dragon Hall, where the accusation was made before a hostile crowd.

• Ao Bo warned Fang Yun that Ao Wufeng had turned others against him and that Ao Zhen had summoned him to answer their complaints.
• Fang Yun learned that Ao Huang and Yu Wei had appeared in the rankings, while the Slaughter Star Dragon Noble ranked highly on the Emperor-Slaying and Military Merit rankings.
• On the way to Candle Dragon Hall, Fang Yun saw Water Race members mocking him, while Shark Zhuo King offered quiet encouragement and Zhang Yuan avoided his gaze.
• Ao Zhen explained that he had called Fang Yun in because the Water Race members kept complaining, then told them to state their accusations.
• Ao Wufeng accused Fang Yun of monopolizing Storage Vault One, refusing to repair its mechanisms, and possibly being an Ancient Demons spy, provoking an uproar.

Ao Wufeng accused Fang Yun of colluding with the Ancient Demons and sabotaging the Dragon Race, but Fang Yun countered with evidence of his sanctioned alliance and exposed Ao Zhou’s treachery. He then challenged Ao Wufeng to account for his accusations, leaving the dispute over the repaired mechanisms unresolved.

• Ao Wufeng accused Fang Yun of attacking the Flood Dragon Sage Palace with Mountain Bearer and colluding with the Ancient Demons, while Fang Yun insisted he had stormed the palace openly.
• Fang Yun reminded Ao Zhen that Ao Zhou had colluded with the Poison Flood Dragon Clan, and Ao Bo confirmed that the Eastern Sea Dragon Clan knew of the betrayal.
• Ao Zhen used his Five-Dragon Seal to verify the accusations and confirmed both Fang Yun’s attack on the Flood Dragon Palace and Ao Zhou’s collusion with the Poison Flood Dragons.
• Ao Wufeng claimed Fang Yun’s Mountain Bearer Inheritance proved he was an Ancient Demon, but Fang Yun argued that taking it had earned him merit against the Demon Barbarians.
• Ao Zhen confirmed that the Dragon Court and Grand Censorate had authorized Fang Yun’s secret alliance with the Ancient Demons, and warned the Water Race not to reveal it.
• Fang Yun accused Ao Wufeng and the others of insubordination, false accusation, and disrupting wartime morale, then wagered that Ao Wufeng would admit guilt if Fang Yun had repaired mechanisms.

Fang Yun proved to Ao Zhen that he had repaired more than a hundred mechanisms, exposing Ao Wufeng’s accusations as false. Ao Zhen sentenced Ao Wufeng to imprisonment in the Dragon Prison Branch Hall rather than execution.

• Ao Wufeng agreed to plead guilty if Fang Yun could prove he had repaired a large number of mechanisms.
• Fang Yun dropped a repaired Dragon-Suppressing Stone mechanism onto Ao Wufeng, crushing most of his body, then activated it.
• Fang Yun produced more than a hundred repaired mechanisms, and Ao Zhen recognized them as proof of Fang Yun’s work.
• Ao Wufeng accused Fang Yun of stealing credit, but Ao Zhen identified the repairs as unique Human Race methods.
• Ao Zhen found Ao Wufeng guilty of false accusation, disrespecting a superior, and disrupting military morale, then ordered him imprisoned in the Dragon Prison Branch Hall.

Ao Zhen punished Ao Wufeng, then spoke privately with Fang Yun about Dragon City’s history, its role in the Battle of Two Worlds Mountain, and the divine medicines Fang Yun had acquired. Fang Yun agreed to trade his medicines and other treasures for military merit or valuables, while Ao Zhen revealed that Ao Yuwei and Ao Huang had been brought into the Inner City after passing through the Dragon Gate.

• Ao Yuan suggested that Ao Wufeng redeem himself through military service, but Ao Zhen rebuked him and had Ao Wufeng taken away.
• Ao Zhen kept Fang Yun behind and asked about his research into Dragon City and Ao Pang’s history, offering to help him advance on the Extraordinary Talent Ranking if he restored Ao Pang’s history.
• Ao Zhen told Fang Yun that Dragon City received information from the outside world and had contributed to the Battle of Two Worlds Mountain by becoming the Dragon Soul World out of necessity.
• Fang Yun asked why records of the Cataclysmic War were missing, and Ao Zhen said he could consult them after entering the Dragon Court.
• Ao Zhen asked for Fang Yun’s divine medicines and Crime-Suppressing Hall items; Fang Yun insisted on compensation, and Ao Zhen agreed to trade military merit or treasures.
• Ao Zhen revealed that Ao Yuwei and Ao Huang had passed through the Dragon Gate and were living in the Inner City, while Ao Yuan and other experts had not passed.

Fang Yun negotiated with Ao Zhen to trade divine medicines, techniques, and rare fruit for Dragon City treasures and military merit. He learned Dragon City had Snow Sources but would need the Imperial Saint Ring to obtain one for the Snow Goddess.

• Fang Yun asked about exchanging divine medicines for a Sainthood Fruit, and Ao Zhen agreed to reserve one if Fang Yun earned first place in either ranking.
• Ao Zhen explained Dragon City's need for Star Shepherd's divine soil and asked Fang Yun to share Human Race techniques; Fang Yun agreed on the condition that the Dragon Race would not aid the Demon Barbarians.
• Fang Yun recorded the Human Race's Craftsmen School techniques in an Illusory Tower Pearl and offered Saint Body Fruits and a fruit tree in exchange for military merit and other rewards.
• Fang Yun asked Ao Zhen to kill the Demon Emperor, but Ao Zhen refused and explained Dragon City's plan to weaken the Ancient Demon Battle Souls.
• Fang Yun said he had promised to find a Snow Source for the Snow Goddess, and Ao Zhen said Dragon City could provide one in exchange for the Imperial Saint Ring.

Fang Yun obtained the snow source and learned how to use the Conquest Gate, then returned to Burial Saint Valley to strengthen his cultivation and inspect its changes. He found that both the enormous coffins and Stele Forest Valley had grown, with more ancient corpses than before.

• Fang Yun agreed to let the Snow Goddess wear the Imperial Saint Ring in Dragon City and received the snow source from Ao Zhen.
• Fang Yun gave Ao Zhen a complete Saint Body Fruit Tree, and Ao Zhen taught him how to use the Conquest Gate.
• Fang Yun used the Teleportation Gate to return to Hundred Coffin Island and found that the enormous coffins had grown larger.
• Fang Yun spent a month cultivating his divine sense, then used cleansed hellfire to intensify the flames tempering his Heavenly Principle Wheel.
• Fang Yun harvested plants and divine soil in the Medicine Garden, then discovered that Stele Forest Valley contained more Emperor Realm and Great Demon King ancient corpses.

Fang Yun used the Teleportation Conquest Gate to enslave the ancient corpses across Stele Forest Valley and discovered he could command even Emperor Realm corpses. After studying the Star Shepherd's cultivation method, he opened a previously inaccessible medicine garden on Hundred Coffin Island.

• Fang Yun found that the ancient corpses treated him with fear and respect, and he tested their obedience by ordering them around.
• Fang Yun infused the Conquest Gate with Withering Force and sacred might, marking the corpses with purple stars and enslaving them.
• Fang Yun fused the Conquest Gate with the Teleportation Gate, whose Yellow Springs Force revived the corpses after they detonated.
• Fang Yun used the Teleportation Conquest Gate to enslave ancient corpses throughout Stele Forest Valley, including Emperor Realm corpses.
• Fang Yun spent a month studying the Star Shepherd's cultivation method, then used a Star Script character to open a sealed medicine garden.

After collecting Ancient Native Soil, Fang Yun returned from seclusion and learned that Ao Yuan had seized the precious treasure Wang Jinglong sent him through Yu Wei. Fang Yun set out to reclaim it and sought out Zhang Yuan, who reluctantly agreed to hear him out.

• Fang Yun collected half of the Ancient Native Soil and returned to Warehouse Number One after more than two months away.
• Ao Bo told Fang Yun that Ao Yuan had seized the treasure Yu Wei had sent him and that Ao Yuan had left Candle Dragon City.
• Fang Yun learned that news of the theft had spread and that large numbers of other races, including Demon Barbarians and Humans, were entering Dragon City.
• Fang Yun found Zhang Yuan and secretly summoned him to a concealed lakebed.
• Zhang Yuan resisted being drawn into Fang Yun's dispute with Ao Yuan, but Fang Yun pressured him to listen.

Fang Yun pressured Zhang Yuan for information about Ao Yuan and learned that Ao Yuan had taken his treasure to the Starfall Sea, apparently after colluding with the Demon Barbarians. Fang Yun decided to pursue him there.

• Fang Yun offered Zhang Yuan a Saint Body Fruit and his friendship in exchange for information about Ao Yuan, but Zhang Yuan initially denied knowing anything.
• When Fang Yun started to leave and threatened to trade secret arts for the information, Zhang Yuan stopped him and claimed Ao Yuan had colluded with the Demon Barbarians.
• Zhang Yuan explained that Ao Yuan had seized Fang Yun's treasure but could not open it because it bore the Dragon Court's great seal and the power of the Sacred Way.
• Zhang Yuan said Ao Yuan had killed an Emperor Realm fish, then traveled to the Starfall Sea with two Great Demon Kings of the Water Race.
• Fang Yun described the Starfall Sea's history and dangers, then ordered the group to go there.

Fang Yun refused to take Zhang Yuan to Starfall Sea, keeping him dependent on the promised secret art while rewarding Ao Bo for his help. After collecting repaired mechanisms and supplies in Candle Dragon City, Fang Yun traveled alone toward Starfall Sea and arrived at Tail-Horn City, where a crowd had gathered for the dangerous region.

• Fang Yun gave Zhang Yuan a Saint Body Fruit and tasked him with gathering information, but withheld the Deep-Dark Squid Secret Art until Zhang Yuan earned his friendship.
• Fang Yun explained to Ao Bo that he kept Zhang Yuan motivated with the secret art, then gave Ao Bo a River-Drinking Shell filled with valuable treasures.
• Fang Yun and Ao Bo returned to Candle Dragon City, where Fang Yun collected repaired mechanisms, took mechanisms from Warehouses Two through Five, and obtained repair resources.
• Fang Yun left Candle Dragon City alone and traveled underwater, evading attacks from wandering battle souls and ancient corpses with an Enemy-Blocking Poem.
• Fang Yun disguised himself and entered Tail-Horn City near Starfall Sea, where he saw many Dragon Race members and outsiders gathered.

Fang Yun explored Tail-Horn City and examined a Thunderclap Giant Eel Emperor’s stall, recognizing that its many powerful treasures had come from the same place. He began deducing the age and makers of the artifacts as nearby Water Race members gathered to listen.

• Fang Yun found Tail-Horn City crowded with Water Race stalls and shops, then noticed a stall whose treasures ranked among the most valuable.
• Fang Yun greeted the stall owner in pure Dragon Language and discovered that the resting eel was a Thunderclap Giant Eel Emperor.
• Fang Yun examined the treasures and was drawn to a strangely patterned metal fragment that might have come from a Half-Sage or Great Sage treasure.
• The Thunderclap Giant Eel asked Fang Yun to identify the race that had made the artifacts, and Fang Yun admitted he could not determine its identity.
• Fang Yun explained that the artifacts’ style suggested they dated no later than the early ancient era, and that their small size and tool marks pointed to a relatively small race.
• Nearby Water Race members gathered as Fang Yun continued presenting deductions about the artifacts’ makers.

Fang Yun joined Eel Thunder Emperor’s team after analyzing the team’s treasures and chose a modest jade artifact. While Fang Yun studied information about Ao Pang, rumors made him a target across Dragon City; three days later, Eel Thunder Emperor gathered the team and began introductions.

• Fang Yun analyzed the treasures and their makers, attracting offers from several Emperors before agreeing to join Eel Thunder Emperor’s team on the condition that he could leave after finding his enemy.
• Fang Yun chose the milky-white jade object, studied the team’s inscriptions, and bought more stone inscriptions and other records in Tail-Horn City.
• Fang Yun studied the Ao Pang Stone Inscription as Demon Barbarians, the Three Seas Dragon Clan, and Ancient Demons spread rumors that turned him into a common enemy in Dragon City.
• After three days, Eel Thunder Emperor gathered the team’s seven members in a secluded spot and introduced himself as the Eel King of the Thunderclap Giant Eel race.

Eel Thunder Emperor introduced the veteran members and new recruits of the team assembled under Dragon City, including Fang Yun, who concealed his identity as Jia Lao. The seven members swore an oath not to betray or abandon one another, then prepared to set out for the Starfall Sea.

• Ao Fen introduced himself as a descendant of a Dragon Emperor, while Eel Thunder Emperor identified the poisonous jellyfish Shui Ku and the powerful Rock Race Emperor Yan Wen.
• Cloud Root described his ability to become undetectable through void, and Emperor Xiangyi introduced himself as an Elephant Demon.
• Fang Yun called himself Jia Lao, a summoner skilled in ancient corpses, Ancient Demons, and dragons, and confirmed that his Sand Boat was a Half-Sage treasure.
• Ao Fen questioned Jia Lao's usefulness, but Shui Ku claimed Jia Lao was stronger than Ao Fen, prompting Ao Fen to flare up in anger.
• Eel Thunder Emperor explained that Jia Lao's Search for Antiquity had helped the team interpret their earlier finds, and the seven members sealed an oath before Dragon City.
• Eel Thunder Emperor announced that anyone who broke the oath would die, then led the team toward the Starfall Sea.

Eel Thunder Emperor led the party toward Emperor Land, an ancient site in the Starfall Sea, while warning them about dangerous bandits and explaining how the group would distribute treasure. The party accelerated through the water and named the treasures each member hoped to find.

• Eel Thunder Emperor revealed that a damaged stone carving had led him to Emperor Land, a place once inhabited by the mysterious Weapon Race.
• Eel Thunder Emperor and Ao Fen warned the group about bandit parties in the Starfall Sea and chose concealed routes to avoid them.
• Eel Thunder Emperor accelerated the party to near Second Resonance, and Fang Yun moved behind Yungen King to put distance between himself and Emperor Yanwen.
• Eel Thunder Emperor explained that combat treasures would be distributed according to suitability, while other items would be awarded by merit.
• Ao Fen requested fire-related treasures, Emperor Shui Ku requested water treasures, Yungen King sought treasures tied to nothingness, Emperor Xiangyi wanted items to strengthen his body, and Fang Yun asked for objects that recorded information.

Fang Yun joined the Eel Thunder Emperor’s team and learned the dangers and wonders of the Starfall Sea. After entering its starlit world, the group traveled deeper as the Eel Thunder Emperor explained its deadly regions.

• Fang Yun agreed to share deciphered stone-inscription contents with the team while reserving information that concerned his own goals.
• The Eel Thunder Emperor laid out team rules and warned the newcomers about the Starfall Sea’s hazards and treasure lands.
• Fang Yun and the others crossed into the Starfall Sea, where its pale blue waters and countless unreachable stars amazed them.
• Fang Yun used Literary Qi to see farther through the starlight, and the Eel Thunder Emperor taught the newcomers a technique for finding their direction.
• The Eel Thunder Emperor led the team onward at Three Resonances and explained the dangerous regions ahead, including the Star-Devouring Sword Tree.

Fang Yun and his team reached Emperor Land, where the Eel Thunder Emperor explained its deadly rules and warned them about its dangers. The group began traveling across the barren land, with Emperor Xiangyi increasingly worried about surviving.

• After seven days of travel, the Eel Thunder Emperor led the team through the seven-colored radiance and onto Emperor Land.
• The team rested, then the Eel Thunder Emperor warned them never to fly high and never to stop moving during Emperor Land's night.
• Emperor Shui Ku explained that people trapped during the night were killed, and the Eel Thunder Emperor stressed that being trapped meant certain death.
• The Eel Thunder Emperor warned the team not to climb even small hills, describing how one emperor was horribly destroyed after doing so.
• Emperor Xiangyi asked whether he could quit, but Fang Yun and the others laughed and told him it was too late.

Fang Yun spotted the Demon Realm Marauders approaching Emperor Land and warned the Eel Thunder Emperor, allowing the team to hide their trail and evade them. The team accepted Fang Yun’s contribution and continued toward their planned destination, while Emperor Xiangyi explained why he had no loyalty to the marauders.

• Fang Yun detected nearly five hundred Demon Realm Marauders, including over a hundred at the Emperor Realm, heading toward Emperor Land and secretly warned the Eel Thunder Emperor.
• The Eel Thunder Emperor sent Emperor Yanwen back to erase the team’s traces, then led everyone away while Emperor Yanwen covered their tracks.
• After two hours, the Eel Thunder Emperor said the marauders had reached Emperor Land and were regrouping; he revealed that Fang Yun had discovered them first.
• Ao Fen praised Fang Yun for saving the team, and the team agreed he would have first choice of their future treasures.
• Emperor Xiangyi explained that his Elephant Clan branch guarded Stonevoid Valley and had little connection to the Demon Realm’s major powers, and the Eel Thunder Emperor said they should continue toward their planned destination.