Chapter Summaries

Fang Yun received the Starfire Armillary Mirror after the Flood Dragon Sage fled, then discussed the Sage’s escape and the danger of the Ten Cold Ancient Land with Yan Ningxiao. The chapter ended with Mountain Bearer spying on three Demon Race Half-Sages near a sun.

• Fang Yun stopped the group and caught the Starfire Armillary Mirror, which the Flood Dragon Sage had sent hurtling toward him.
• Fang Yun kept the mirror, saying the Dragon Palaces could consider it compensation for their efforts to pressure him.
• Fang Yun estimated that the Flood Dragon Sage had escaped as a drop of blood and discussed how he had found a Star Path to the Ten Cold Ancient Land.
• Fang Yun and Yan Ningxiao concluded that the Ten Cold Ancient Land would likely remain safe for a year or two and continued to First Cold City.
• Mountain Bearer hid near a sun and used the Heaven-Watching Edict to observe the Wolf Sage, the Elephant Sage, and the Snake Sage.

The Wolf Sage, Snake Sage, and Elephant Sage discussed the Fox Sage’s disappearance and planned to find the Bloodmang Realm, then destroy it to earn rewards. Mountain Bearer ambushed them, swallowed the Elephant Sage, and began fighting the remaining two Demon Sages.

• The three Demon Sages concluded that the Fox Sage’s power had vanished and debated whether to seek the Bloodmang Realm or return to the Demon Realm.
• The Wolf Sage urged the others to avoid confronting unknown dangers and proposed earning credit by destroying the Bloodmang Realm, which was linked to Fang Yun’s soul.
• A solar prominence swept toward the Demon Sages, and Mountain Bearer emerged from the flames and swallowed the Elephant Sage.
• The Wolf Sage and Snake Sage fled, then returned and confronted Mountain Bearer after realizing he was a recently enfeoffed Half-Sage.
• Mountain Bearer revealed that he opposed their plan to destroy the Bloodmang Realm because Fang Yun was his little brother, then charged at the Wolf Sage.

Fang Yun left the Ten Cold Ancient Land and met Wei Huangan, who reported how the Bloodmang Realm survived an attack by six Demon Half-Sages. The realm had gained immense potential but faced a period of slumber, and Fang Yun planned to ask the Devouring Dragon Vine to guard it for twenty years.

• Fang Yun met Western Sage's incarnation outside the Sacred Academy's Star Gate and asked him to keep quiet before entering the Ten Cold Ancient Land.
• Fang Yun discovered that Wei Huangan had become a Great Scholar and brought him into Sage Kong's Literary World to talk privately.
• Wei Huangan told Fang Yun that the Devouring Dragon Vine had appeared during the Demon Realm's attack and killed all six invading Half-Sages, including Fox Sage.
• Wei Huangan reported that the Bloodmang Will had spent its potential to defend the realm and was now entering a period of slumber, while nine newly revealed spirit grounds had been sealed off.
• Fang Yun said he would visit the Devouring Dragon Vine and ask it to stay awake for twenty years, deterring further attacks on the Bloodmang Realm.
• Wei Huangan explained that the realm's rebirth had greatly strengthened its people and could produce thousands of Grand Academicians within fifty years.

Fang Yun returned to the Bloodmang Realm and learned how its people, Water Race, and resources had changed after its transformation. After Wang Jinglong gave him a secret, dangerous task to undertake before becoming a Great Scholar, Fang Yun hinted at the risk and looked toward the Demon Realm’s Burial Saint Valley.

• Wei Huangan told Fang Yun that the Bloodmang Realm’s Water Race had grown stronger and that its transformed crops and livestock would be used to improve humanity’s food and breeding stock.
• Fang Yun recounted how the Bloodmang Will had nearly pulled his soul from his body in the Ten Cold Ancient Land, and Wei Huangan said Mr. Astonishing Dragon would leave an avatar to guard the realm.
• Fang Yun and Wei Huangan returned to the Bloodmang Realm and arrived at the Blood Radiance Palace in Gathering Cloud City.
• Yun Zhaochен arrived and bowed to Fang Yun, then waited with Wei Huangan while Fang Yun communicated with the Bloodmang Will or Wang Jinglong.
• Fang Yun told the gathered scholars that if he died in a foreign land before becoming a Great Scholar, they should cover the entrance to the Wang Sage Lineage’s estate with dung for ten years.
• Fang Yun said Wang Jinglong had assigned him a task too dangerous to discuss, then gazed toward Mount Ten Thousand Deaths in the Demon Realm’s Burial Saint Valley.

Fang Yun inspected the Bloodmang Realm, disciplined its officials, and reorganized the Water Race before preparing to return to the Saint Origin Continent. An approaching Saint-level power turned out to be Mountain Bearer, who had protected the realm from three Demon Sages and arrived badly wounded.

• Fang Yun read the Bloodmang Realm's official records, criticized its inadequate administration, and promised to dismiss or punish incompetent officials.
• Fang Yun met with the arriving Grand Academicians, identified problems, and rewarded capable officials with treasures and dragon-pattern rice.
• Fang Yun ordered the Water Race to increase its population and treated its leaders as servants during their meeting.
• Fang Yun inspected the captive barbarians, instructed the Devouring Dragon Vine to avoid deep sleep, and prepared to leave the Bloodmang Realm.
• Wang Jinglong's incarnation warned Fang Yun that a Saint-level power was approaching, and Fang Yun recognized the injured newcomer as Mountain Bearer.
• Mountain Bearer told Fang Yun that he had killed three Demon Sages who planned to destroy the Bloodmang Realm and noticed the realm was also badly damaged.

Fang Yun reunited with Mountain Bearer and persuaded him to become his younger brother in exchange for teaching him the Ancient Demon Inheritance. The two set out to raid the Flood Dragon Sage Palace for its treasures.

• Fang Yun met the injured Mountain Bearer and explained that the other six Demon Realm Half-Sages had been dealt with.
• Mountain Bearer revealed he had left the Summit of Myriad Stars to find a star to carry, and Fang Yun proposed they cooperate by teaching him the Ancient Demon Inheritance.
• Fang Yun claimed seniority through their shared inheritance, and Mountain Bearer grudgingly accepted him as big brother to receive instruction.
• Fang Yun told Mountain Bearer that his formation had injured Flood Dragon Sage Ao Zhou and invited him to raid the Flood Dragon Sage Palace.
• Mountain Bearer eagerly agreed after Fang Yun mentioned the Annihilation Afterglow, then arrived outside the Bloodmang Realm.

Fang Yun taught Mountain Bearer a powerful healing inheritance, then cultivated in the Spirit Grounds and discovered that their aura could nurture and strengthen his Literary Palace. After draining five sites and part of a sixth, his Literary Palace reached great perfection and stopped absorbing the aura.

• Fang Yun promised to help Mountain Bearer find the annihilation afterglow and passed on a healing inheritance that reduced his recovery time to three days.
• Mountain Bearer grew to a hundred li, formed silver armor from starlight to heal his wounds, and agreed to recover before they went to the Saint Origin Continent.
• Fang Yun entered a Spirit Ground and absorbed its life-nurturing aura, which gave his Literary Palace a new connection to his body and let it absorb external power.
• Fang Yun drained five Spirit Grounds and began absorbing the sixth, but stopped after a quarter of an hour when his Literary Palace reached great perfection.

Fang Yun returned from the five Spirit Grounds and brought Mountain Bearer to the Saint Origin Continent, intending to seek justice at the Flood Dragon Sage Palace. Before they could leave the Sacred Academy, Fang Yun learned that the Six Second Saint Families had petitioned to grant him the Ten Cold Ancient Land as his fief.

• Fang Yun thanked the Bloodmang Will, returned to the Blood Radiance Palace, and asked Mountain Bearer to accompany him to the Flood Dragon Sage Palace.
• Fang Yun and Mountain Bearer traveled to the Saint Origin Continent, where the Sacred Academy briefly restrained Mountain Bearer before allowing him passage.
• Fang Yun learned from Wu Jiu that the Human Race had been arguing over the Ten Cold Ancient Land.
• Fang Yun read his urgent messages and discovered that the heads of the Six Second Saint Families had petitioned to grant him the Ten Cold Ancient Land as his fief.

Fang Yun prepared to leave for his childhood friend Ge Xiaomao’s wedding and returned to Baling City with Mountain Bearer. He reunited with Yang Yuhuan, while Mountain Bearer’s awkward greeting frightened her.

• Fang Yun learned that the Six Second Saint Families had asked the Sacred Academy to formally appoint him Lord of Ten Cold, while his treasures and troops from the Ten Cold Ancient Land had already been relocated.
• Fang Yun read Lu Zhan’s account of Ge Xiaomao’s failing fortunes and delayed wedding, then decided to visit the Flood Dragon Sage Palace before the wedding day.
• Fang Yun and Mountain Bearer used starlight to travel to Baling City, drawing the attention of powerful figures across the Saint Origin Continent.
• Mountain Bearer announced that anyone who bullied Fang Yun would be picking a fight with him, and Fang Yun led him to the Governor-General’s Office.
• Fang Yun reunited with Yang Yuhuan, but Mountain Bearer’s loud greeting startled her, prompting Little Fox to scold him.

Fang Yun brought Mountain Bearer home, where he and Ao Huang immediately clashed over their clans’ ancient feud. After punishing them for bickering, Fang Yun left with Ao Huang to pay respects to his friends, urging both rivals to compete against the demon barbarians instead.

• Fang Yun introduced Mountain Bearer to Yang Yuhuan and learned that Ao Huang had been drilling the water demons and studying military texts.
• Ao Huang and Mountain Bearer traded insults until Fang Yun ordered them to stand in the courtyard until dawn as punishment.
• Fang Yun handled official business and spent the evening with Yang Yuhuan while Ao Huang and Mountain Bearer kept watch over each other.
• The next morning, Fang Yun released the two after they promised not to argue, but they immediately squabbled over who was the elder brother.
• Fang Yun told Ao Huang to accompany him to pay respects to his friends and urged both rivals to compete by killing demon barbarians.

Fang Yun visited the graves of his fallen comrades from the Three Valleys Battle, avenged them, and continued his studies and duties. After forging his fifth Literary Platform and arranging the Longevity Jade Thrones, he prepared to visit the Flood Dragon Sage Palace while considering his next platform.

• Fang Yun visited Peng Zouzhao’s grave, offered wine, and imprisoned fourteen enemies’ souls beneath it to torment them in retribution for the Three Valleys Battle.
• Fang Yun vowed that his sword would serve as Peng Zouzhao’s arms, then visited the graves of his other fallen comrades with Mountain Bearer’s help.
• Fang Yun returned home, focused his studies on forging Literary Platforms, and completed his fifth, the Crime-Suppressing Literary Platform.
• Fang Yun lent Longevity Jade Thrones to Wang Jinglong, Chen Guanhai, and He Sanjue, then kept two for himself and Yang Yuhuan and stored the rest.
• Fang Yun considered his next Literary Platforms, deciding he would forge the School of War platform and wait until after witnessing Mountain Bearer carry the Bloodmang Realm before attempting the Blood Radiance platform.

Fang Yun prepared for a dangerous journey to the Flood Dragon Sage Palace and gathered a large Water Race force to accompany him. He left Baling City aboard the Raging Waves Battle Platform, with the Dongting Flood Dragon King placing his troops under Ao Huang’s command.

• Fang Yun strengthened his Poison-Attack Literary Platform with the Literary Platform Awl after recalling the possibilities of a One-World Literary Platform.
• News arrived that a talented Great Barbarian King had risen in the Nu Zhi Tribe and been appointed War Hall Director, making Fang Yun and his household happy.
• Fang Yun told Yang Yuhuan he would be away and reassured Nunu before leaving with Ao Huang and Mountain Bearer.
• Fang Yun arranged to borrow fifty thousand soldiers from the Dongting Lake Water Race to join his fifty thousand elite troops on the way to the Flood Dragon Sage Palace.
• The Dongting Flood Dragon King assembled one hundred thousand Water Race soldiers on the Raging Waves Battle Platform and handed command to Ao Huang when Fang Yun ordered them to set out.

Fang Yun brought a hundred thousand Water Demons to the Flood Dragon Sage Palace and confronted its defenders. He left Ao Gong humiliated but still stood outside the palace as its forces surrounded him.

• Mountain Bearer transported Fang Yun and the Water Demons to the Flood Dragon Sage Palace on the Raging Waves Battle Platform, shocking scholars across the Saint Origin Continent.
• Fang Yun surveyed the palace while Ao Huang offered its plans and Mountain Bearer urged him to loot it.
• Eighteen Raging Waves Battle Platforms emerged and surrounded Fang Yun, with three Flood Dragon Emperors leading the forces.
• Fang Yun dispersed Ao Gong's storm with a glance and ordered a water palm to slap him for addressing Fang Yun without respect.
• Ao Gong accepted the blow without resisting and vowed to repay Fang Yun, while the Flood Dragon Palace's forces watched.

Fang Yun punished the Flood Dragon Sage Palace for opposing him, killing ten million water demons and forcing its forces to retreat. He then announced that Flood Dragon Sage Ao Zhou had colluded with the demon race to murder him and declared that the palace estate would be confiscated, while Ao Gong demanded evidence.

• Fang Yun ordered every member of the water race below Demon Marquis on the Raging Waves Battle Platforms to atone, and Ao Gong pleaded with him to withdraw the command.
• After nine breaths, Fang Yun killed ten million water demons across the eighteen platforms, then executed a black carp Demon King who charged at him.
• Ao Gong ordered the remaining seventeen Raging Waves Battle Platforms to submerge and retreat to the Flood Dragon Sage Palace.
• Fang Yun told Ao Gong that he would confiscate the palace estate because Ao Zhou had colluded with the demon race to murder him.
• Ao Gong denied the accusation and demanded evidence, while Fang Yun insisted that he had conclusive proof.

Fang Yun confronted Ao Gong at the Flood Dragon Sage Palace and waited for the other Sea Dragon Palaces to arrive, while the Flood Dragons debated how to resist him. Ao Gong’s clan hoped to force Fang Yun to face the Heaven-Viewing Mirror, but they feared his evidence and Mountain Bearer’s suspected Half-Sage strength.

• Ao Gong summoned the Great Sage Flood Dragon Scale, which sent one stream of light into the heavens and four toward the Four Seas Dragon Palaces.
• Ao Huang offered to call Ao Yuwei, but Fang Yun chose to wait for the other Sea Dragon Palaces rather than give them a reason to accuse him of acting unjustly.
• The Flood Dragons considered fighting Fang Yun or paying him off, then learned that the turtle beside him was Mountain Bearer and might be a Half-Sage.
• Ao Gong warned the Flood Dragons not to underestimate Fang Yun and said he might have evidence against the absent Flood Dragon Sage.
• The Water Race decided to pressure Fang Yun into facing the Northern Sea Dragon Palace’s Heaven-Viewing Mirror.

Fang Yun faced accusations from the Three Seas Dragon Palace over his attack on the Flood Dragon Sage Palace, while Ao Huang warned that the Northern Sea Dragon Palace might bring a Heaven-Viewing Mirror Projection. Fang Yun defended his actions under Dragon Race rules, but Ao Jue demanded that Mountain Bearer be arrested as an Ancient Demon.

• Ao Huang warned that the Dragon Race might use a Heaven-Viewing Mirror Projection against Fang Yun, but Fang Yun remained unconcerned.
• The Western, Northern, and Southern Sea dragons arrived at the Raging Waves Battle Platform and bowed to Fang Yun as the Literary Star Dragon Noble.
• Ao Jue accused Fang Yun of killing ten million Water Race members and demanded evidence for his claims against the Flood Dragon Sage.
• Fang Yun said his evidence involved secrets of the Ancestor-Proclaiming Realm, beyond the Four Seas Dragon Palaces' authority to examine.
• Ao Jue invoked Dragon Race rules and demanded that Mountain Bearer be arrested until his allegiance was established.

Fang Yun claimed Mountain Bearer as his subordinate and insisted that they had fought eleven Half-Sages, prompting the Three Seas Dragon Palace to demand an investigation. Ao You summoned the Heaven-Viewing Mirror, before which the whole world bowed, but Fang Yun remained standing.

• Fang Yun used a Dragon Race decree to appoint Mountain Bearer as his subordinate, angering the dragons and Flood Dragon Race members.
• Fang Yun claimed he and Mountain Bearer had fought about eleven Half-Sages, and Mountain Bearer supported his account.
• Ao Jue demanded that Fang Yun reveal the battle's location and the Half-Sages' identities, but Fang Yun said the information was a Dragon Emperor-level secret.
• Ao You apologized for using the Heaven-Viewing Mirror without a Dragon Court decree, then summoned its projection.
• The Heaven-Viewing Mirror's radiance made living beings across the world bow, but Fang Yun stayed upright, and Ao Jue shouted at him to kneel.

Ao You activated the Heaven-Viewing Mirror Projection to test Fang Yun’s claims, while the Dragon Palaces and the human authorities left him to face it alone. The mirror failed to suppress Fang Yun, who took out a jade box and turned its light upon the Water Race, sending Ao Qu fleeing in terror.

• Fang Yun challenged Ao You and the Southern Sea Dragon Palace for violating Dragon Race Law by bringing the Heaven-Viewing Mirror Projection.
• Ao Huang and Mountain Bearer warned Fang Yun about the mirror’s power, then moved aside when he insisted he had a way to deal with it.
• Zong Ganyu prohibited humans from intervening, leaving scholars to watch helplessly as Ao Gong and Ao Jue urged Ao You to activate the mirror.
• Ao You summoned the Heaven-Viewing Mirror, whose light struck Fang Yun but did not change him after three breaths.
• Fang Yun took out a jade box while standing freely in the mirror’s light, and Ao Qu fled as the mirror shifted to shine on the Water Race.

Fang Yun used the Heaven-Viewing Mirror Projection against the Water Race, stripping its members of their ranks and bloodlines and turning the dragons into Sin Dragons. The defeated Water Race mourned and begged for their former identities back, while Fang Yun remained untouched by their curses.

• Fang Yun's Heaven-Viewing Mirror Projection swept across the Water Race, reducing their ranks and stripping them of their Dragon Race bloodlines.
• Ao Huang and Mountain Bearer recognized the transformation as Dragon Descent into Eel, a punishment that marked the dragons for expulsion from the Dragon Race.
• Ao Jue charged Fang Yun, then cursed him and died; the other Western Sea Sin Dragons followed with curses before dying as well.
• Ao Qu lamented losing the bloodline and future he had cultivated for, while the Southern Sea dragons grieved over his fate.
• Ao You begged Fang Yun to restore his Dragon Emperor rank or grant him even a lesser bloodline.

Fang Yun used the Heaven-Viewing Mirror Projection to defeat the Flood Dragon Sage Palace and strip the Water Race of its bloodline abilities. As the defeated Flood Dragons faced humiliation and threats of revenge, the Dongting Flood Dragon King offered to lead an attack on them, and Fang Yun gave him permission.

• The Northern and Southern Sea Dragon Palaces reclaimed their dragons, while the Northern Sea took the Flood Dragon Sage Palace's Half-Sage treasures in exchange for the Heaven-Viewing Mirror Projection.
• Ao Huang, Mountain Bearer, and the human Great Scholars realized Fang Yun had planned to make the Northern Sea use the mirror and capture its projection in advance.
• Fang Yun used a token to dissolve the Raging Waves Battle Platform, leaving the Water Race struggling in the water without their bloodline abilities.
• Ao Gong threatened revenge, and Fang Yun mocked the Clear River Flood Dragon King for again being stripped of his skin and horns.
• The Dongting Flood Dragon King volunteered to attack the Sin Clan, and Fang Yun told him to go.