Chapter Summaries

Fang Yun led an assault on the Flood Dragon Sage Palace, using the Heaven-Viewing Mirror, the Li Family’s river-dividing power, and the Sea-Calming Poem to weaken its defenses. The Flood Dragon Sage’s Water Soul emerged, and Fang Yun sent Mountain Bearer to face it.

• The Dongting Flood Dragon King killed the Flood Dragons exposed by the Heaven-Viewing Mirror, while the palace’s mournful conch brought no rescuers.
• The Dongting Flood Dragon King described the Ancient Water Formation, and Ao Huang revealed that it could no longer draw on the Eastern Sea.
• Fang Yun summoned the Li Family’s Commentary on the Water Classic projection, which divided the river from the sea and caused the Ancient Water Formation to collapse.
• The Flood Dragon Sage’s Water Soul emerged from the palace and threatened to destroy everyone when its true body returned.
• Ao Huang deduced that the Flood Dragon Sage was trapped and could not respond, and Fang Yun ordered Mountain Bearer to confront the Water Soul.

Fang Yun and his companions defeated the Flood Dragon Sage Water Soul and approached the Flood Dragon Sage Palace, where the Ten-Thousand Waves Sea Realm rose to defend it. Fang Yun invoked the Flood Dragon Emperor’s plaque, which broke open to reveal that the palace had once been the ancient Patrol Sea Hall.

• Mountain Bearer repeatedly smashed through the Flood Dragon Sage Water Soul until it collapsed.
• Fang Yun’s group descended toward the Flood Dragon Sage Palace, and the Dongting Flood Dragon King warned them about the Ten-Thousand Waves Sea Realm.
• Fang Yun identified the plaque’s hidden Great Sage aura as a mark left by the Flood Dragon Emperor and explained the realm’s power.
• The Ten-Thousand Waves Sea Realm began rising from the riverbed and drew the Water Race toward it, but Fang Yun’s declaration halted it.
• The plaque cracked apart and revealed the words “Patrol Sea,” exposing the palace as the ancient Flood Dragon Emperor City’s Patrol Sea Hall.

Fang Yun confronted the Flood Dragon Sage Palace and rejected its offer of treasures and Yangtze River authority, declaring the river already belonged to him. After blocking the palace’s last-resort ancient formation, he condemned its Water Race members and weakened their power before him.

• Mountain Bearer agreed to face the seven Sainthood beings sealed in the Myriad Flood Dragons Map in exchange for the Annihilation Afterglow or compensation.
• Great Flood Dragon King Ao Bo greeted Fang Yun and offered the palace’s treasures and control of the Yangtze River in return for mercy.
• Fang Yun rejected the offer, saying the Yangtze River was already his possession.
• Ao Bo threatened to trigger an ancient formation that could pierce the Human Realm, but Fang Yun revealed that controlling the Patrol Sea Hall plaque had already suppressed it.
• Fang Yun declared the Flood Dragon Sage Palace’s Water Race guilty and caused its members below Sainthood to lose one Demon Rank when facing him.
• Ao Bo’s forces vowed to fight Fang Yun and summoned the Myriad Flood Dragons Map.

Fang Yun and his allies defeated the remaining forces in the Flood Dragon Sage Palace and took control of it. After the battle, Fang Yun kept the captured treasures for later and promised Mountain Bearer another treasure in place of the Annihilation Afterglow.

• Mountain Bearer drew away the Myriad Flood Dragons Map while Fang Yun led the Water Race forces through the palace and ordered them to spare young Water Race members when possible.
• Fang Yun used his control over the palace’s water and Dragon Language to defeat its defenders, including turning the Sea-Calming Separation Flame against the Water Race troops.
• Ao Huang infiltrated the Transformation Pool and took young Flood Dragons and eggs with the Heaven-and-Earth Shell.
• Fang Yun, Ao Huang, and Mountain Bearer withdrew from the palace after its hostile forces were defeated, and Fang Yun took the Heaven-and-Earth Shell.
• Fang Yun used the Dragon Emperor Sea Soul to erase the Flood Dragon Sage’s aura from the Myriad Flood Dragons Map and take control of the Flood Dragon Sage Palace.
• Fang Yun told Mountain Bearer that the Flood Dragon Sage might have taken the Annihilation Afterglow and promised him another Ancient Demon treasure later.

Fang Yun took control of the Flood Dragon Sage Palace and restored the Yangtze River, then used its power to help people and relieve drought across Jiangzhou. The chapter left the local officials wondering why the palace was sending rain while the fight was still underway.

• Fang Yun entered the Patrol Sea Hall, sat on the golden wool carpet, and took control of the palace’s power.
• Fang Yun ended the separation between the Yangtze River and the Eastern Sea, and water flooded the palace again.
• Fang Yun’s power saved a baby who fell from a boat and sent a poor fisherman a boatload of fish.
• Fang Yun brought rain to drought-stricken areas of Jiangzhou, puzzling Magistrate Pan and his colleagues.
• Magistrate Pan and the other officials decided to visit the Flood Dragon Sage Temple to give thanks.

The Flood Dragon Sage Temple transformed into the Literary Star Dragon Noble Temple, signaling that Fang Yun had prevailed over the Flood Dragon Sage Palace. The Qing Lord’s plans to pressure Jing Kingdom were interrupted by the announcement that Fang Yun had become the master of the Yangtze’s waters.

• Magistrate Pan and the townsfolk watched the Flood Dragon Sage’s statue and the other water-demon statues shatter, then saw the temple plaque renamed the Literary Star Dragon Noble Temple.
• Across the Yangtze River basin, statues of the Flood Dragon Sage and other water demons broke apart, his name was replaced with the Literary Star Dragon Noble, and temples dedicated to Li Daoyuan collapsed.
• The Qing Lord dismissed Fang Yun’s chances of controlling the Flood Dragon Sage Palace and ordered a diplomatic letter demanding an explanation from Jing Kingdom.
• River Lord’s Conches appeared along the banks and announced that the Flood Dragon Sage Palace had ceased to exist and that only the Literary Star Dragon Noble Palace remained.
• The Yangtze’s demons knelt, Jade Sea City and Xiang Prefecture celebrated Fang Yun’s victory, and congratulatory posts flooded the Discourse Ranking.

Fang Yun reflected on the power and human spirit he gained by becoming Lord of the Yangtze, then set out for a walk with Ao Huang and Mountain Bearer. Meanwhile, the Lei Family discussed how to curb his growing influence, and the Qing Kingdom’s emperor fainted again.

• Members of the Lei Family condemned Fang Yun’s capture of the Flood Dragon Sage Palace and debated preventing him from becoming Lord of Ten Cold.
• The seal-bearing eunuch announced that the Qing Kingdom’s emperor had fainted again, then regretted saying so.
• Fang Yun savored his new authority over the Yangtze and felt the river’s human spirit strengthen his True Dragon Literary Platform and True Dragon Ancient Sword.
• Fang Yun decided to forge the Blood Radiance Literary Platform after Mountain Bearer took the Bloodmang Realm, and to postpone the School of War Literary Platform until he experienced a true war.
• Fang Yun invited Ao Huang and Mountain Bearer to walk with him, and Mountain Bearer agreed to visit the Bloodmang Realm while avoiding the Dragon City Ruins.

On the Jiang Lord Festival, Ge Xiaomao's wedding was shunned after the Ge Family's promised connection to Void Sage Fang failed to materialize. As the bride's mother berated the Ge Family, Lu Lin and other scholars arrived, leaving Ge Xiaomao startled by their appearance.

• Ji County celebrated the Jiang Lord Festival, but the Ge Family's wedding banquet remained nearly empty.
• The Sheng Family's guests accused the Ge Family of promising that Fang Yun would send gifts and bring honor to the wedding, then complained that the scholars had avoided the celebration.
• Ge Xiaomao's father pleaded with the bride's mother to stop blaming the families, while the bride quietly held Ge Xiaomao's hand to calm him.
• The bride's mother denounced Ge Xiaomao's failures and the Ge Family's claims about his ties to Fang Yun, while Ge Xiaomao struggled to contain his anger.
• Lu Lin arrived with Liang Yuan, Lu Zhan, and Fang Zhongyong, and Ge Xiaomao looked up in surprise.

Ge Xiaomao’s wedding feast drew his former classmates, whose generous gifts and support eased the Ge Family’s worries about the Sheng Family’s contempt. The arrival of Deputy Prefect Ying, alongside Jie Zhiwen and a Provincial Graduate, left the gathering facing an even more powerful show of status.

• Lu Lin, Fang Zhongyong, and the other scholars arrived at Ge Xiaomao’s wedding and presented the Ge Family with lavish gifts.
• Sheng Rong’s mother belittled Ge Xiaomao and his guests, while the Ge Family worried that she would humiliate them before Jie Zhiwen.
• Lu Lin and Liang Yuan confronted Sheng Rong’s mother after hearing her insults, and Ge Xiaomao tried to excuse her behavior as concern for his wife.
• Sheng Rong’s mother’s younger brother announced that the Sheng Family’s elder brother and Jie Zhiwen had arrived with a high-ranking official.
• Deputy Prefect Ying entered with a Provincial Graduate and Jie Zhiwen, prompting Ge Xiaomao, the scholars, and the Ge Family to bow in greeting.

At Ge Xiaomao and Sheng Rong’s wedding, Deputy Prefect Ying’s arrival made clear that he would remain neutral, but Sheng Rong’s mother and the Jie family continued to humiliate Ge Xiaomao. Jie Zhiwen spoke up for fairness before being made to apologize, and the chapter ended with Ge Xiaomao silently enduring the insults for Sheng Rong’s sake.

• Deputy Prefect Ying recognized Fang Yun’s former classmates and explained that he had come at the Jie family’s invitation, not to take sides against the Ge family.
• Liang Yuan spoke comfortably with Deputy Prefect Ying, while Ge Xiaomao regretted not having followed Liang Yuan and helped Fang Yun earlier.
• Deputy Prefect Ying introduced Jie Zhiwen as Sun Guannian’s student, and Ge Xiaomao’s classmates realized the Jie family held considerable influence.
• Sheng Rong’s mother warned Ge Xiaomao to obey the Sheng Family, and the Jie family head said Jie Zhiwen could guide him in his studies.
• Sheng Rong asked her mother to stop, and Jie Zhiwen argued that the two families should treat each other with respect.
• The Jie family head ordered Jie Zhiwen to apologize, and Ge Xiaomao stayed silent despite his anger because he did not want to hurt Sheng Rong.

At Ge Xiaomao and Sheng Rong’s wedding, Sheng Rong’s mother demanded an enormous bride price and a reduced dowry, humiliating the Ge Family. Fang Yun arrived and offered to pay, declaring that the Sheng and Ge Families would have nothing more to do with each other.

• Lu Lin urged everyone to let the wedding proceed, but Sheng Rong’s mother demanded three thousand taels, a large residence, and three shops as the bride price while cutting the dowry to two hundred taels.
• The head of the Jie Family backed Sheng Rong’s mother, and the Ge Family struggled to respond to the demand.
• Lu Lin defended Fang Yun’s absence, but Sheng Rong’s mother accused the Ge Family of using Fang Yun’s name to mislead the Sheng Family.
• Ge Xiaomao’s father broke down in grief as Sheng Rong’s mother pressured Ge Xiaomao to borrow the money or ruin Sheng Rong’s reputation.
• Fang Yun arrived and offered to pay the bride price, saying the Sheng and Ge Families would have nothing to do with each other from then on.
• Ge Xiaomao and his classmates recognized Fang Yun, and Ge Xiaomao burst into tears as Sheng Rong’s mother fell silent.

Fang Yun arrived at Ge Xiaomao’s wedding and stopped the Sheng Family from mistreating the Ge Family. He supported Ge Xiaomao’s choice to marry Sheng Rong, paid the bride price himself, and left the Sheng Family disgraced.

• Fang Yun arrived with Ao Huang and Mountain Bearer, and everyone bowed to him as Void Sage.
• Fang Yun scolded Ge Xiaomao for being spineless, then warmly greeted him, his family, and their former classmates.
• Fang Yun silenced Sheng Rong’s mother when she tried to plead with him and frightened the Sheng Family into kneeling.
• Fang Yun asked Ge Xiaomao what he wanted, and Ge Xiaomao said he still wanted to marry Sheng Rong.
• Fang Yun told Ge Xiaomao to treat Sheng Rong sincerely, offered to pay the bride price, and warned him to keep his distance from the Sheng Family.
• Fang Yun flung Sheng Rong’s mother away when she tried to grab his legs, and the Sheng Family’s youngest son wet himself in terror.

Fang Yun rebuked the Sheng and Xie Families over their mistreatment of Ge Xiaomao, prompting Deputy Prefect Ying to promise an investigation into the Xie Family head. He then gave Ge Xiaomao and his bride rare gifts before leaving the wedding.

• Fang Yun ordered Liang Yuan to transfer the Fang Household’s residence and shops to the Sheng Family, then rejected the Sheng patriarch’s attempt to refuse them.
• Fang Yun rejected the Xie Family head’s plea for mercy, warned Deputy Prefect Ying to keep his distance, and prompted him to report Clerk Xie for investigation and punishment.
• Fang Yun gave Ge Xiaomao shadowvoid divine liquid, Aperture-Opening Incense, and a handwritten copy of “Peach Blossom.”
• Ao Huang gave Ge Xiaomao true dragon saliva, while Mountain Bearer gave him a wolf fang and a damaged wolf eye.
• Fang Yun said he would not interfere further in Ge Xiaomao’s affairs, said farewell to the wedding guests, and left.

After Fang Yun left Ge Xiaomao’s wedding, scholars and dignitaries flooded the Ge Family’s courtyard with gifts. The neighbors learned that Fang Yun had come to support his former classmate and that Ge Xiaomao’s wedding gifts included priceless treasures, leaving the Ge Family poised to rise.

• Fang Yun, Mountain Bearer, and Ao Huang flew away from Ji County as onlookers discussed the Ge Family’s empty wedding banquet and Ge Xiaomao’s shabby gifts.
• Scholars carrying packages arrived at the Ge Family’s home, and Craftsmen School scholars and neighbors expanded the courtyard by removing walls and adding tables.
• The neighbors learned that Fang Yun had personally attended Ge Xiaomao’s wedding, and they speculated that he had come to stand up for the Ge Family against the Sheng Family.
• A purple-robed Great Scholar arrived with a gift, and the guests learned that Ge Xiaomao’s odds and ends included priceless treasures such as the Wolf Sage’s eyes and teeth.

Fang Yun returned to the Bloodmang Realm with Ao Huang and Mountain Bearer, and the three began dividing the Flood Dragon Sage Palace’s spoils. Mountain Bearer searched the vast collection but found little for himself, then asked Ao Huang where the Ancient Demon treasure was.

• Fang Yun brought Ao Huang and Mountain Bearer to Eastern City and handed Mountain Bearer Ao Huang’s Heaven-and-Earth Shell to inspect.
• Mountain Bearer and Ao Huang argued over their contributions before Mountain Bearer searched the Flood Dragon Sage Palace’s enormous stores of materials and treasures.
• Mountain Bearer noted that Ao Huang had taken the entire medicine garden, and Ao Huang agreed it should later be replanted in the Flood Dragon Sage Palace.
• Mountain Bearer examined the treasures, while Fang Yun explained the Nine Heavens qin’s potential and Ao Huang claimed the complete True Dragon remains.
• Mountain Bearer found several valuable items unsuited to him and asked Ao Huang where the promised Ancient Demon treasure was.

Fang Yun kept the Sacrificial Sphere from the Flood Dragon Sage Palace and revealed that clues from the Ten Cold Ancient Land had led him to make preparations for an undisclosed purpose. Mountain Bearer began carrying the Bloodmang Realm, leaving Fang Yun and Ao Huang behind as the Era of All Emperors approached.

• Mountain Bearer chose a Dragon City statue from the Heaven-and-Earth Shell, while Fang Yun selected the black Sacrificial Sphere and claimed it was a relic of the Ancient Demons’ grandest ritual.
• Fang Yun refused Mountain Bearer’s offer to trade for the sphere, gave him several divine objects, and promised to share any Annihilation Afterglow he found in Burial Saint Valley.
• Ao Huang asked Fang Yun about his secrets, and Fang Yun revealed that Ancient Demon inscriptions had given him part of Ancestral Emperor Tu Ting’s clan inheritance and extraordinary historical clues.
• Mountain Bearer warned Fang Yun to beware of Human Race elders, then began carrying the Bloodmang Realm eastward and told Fang Yun and Ao Huang to be careful in his absence.

Fang Yun transformed the Bloodmang Realm by joining its power with Mountain Bearer and thirty-six thousand suns. He then took Ao Huang to the Crime-Suppressing Hall, where they encountered the Devouring Dragon Vine and discovered a rare plant, leaving its identity and significance newly revealed.

• Fang Yun passed an ancient demon inheritance to Mountain Bearer, which entered the Bloodmang Realm's core and invoked the Heaven-Watching Edict.
• Thirty-six thousand solar projections linked the Bloodmang Realm to nearby suns, merging their power and rapidly restoring the Bloodmang Will.
• Fang Yun brought Ao Huang into the Crime-Suppressing Hall to meet the Devouring Dragon Vine, whose drooling frightened Ao Huang.
• Fang Yun collected the Devouring Dragon Vine's saliva while Ao Huang begged him for protection.
• Ao Huang discovered a patch of Soaring Dragon Grass, a divine plant that could strengthen a dragon shedding.

Fang Yun traveled to the Ten Cold Ancient Land to retrieve something from the Soul-Suppressing Corridor, after assessing the Mist Pool and deciding it should be moved for greater use. He opened the corridor with the Heaven-Viewing Mirror and Starfire Armillary Mirror and reached a hall containing a woman asleep in an ice coffin.

• Ao Huang took one leaf of Soaring Dragon Grass and left the Bloodmang Realm with Fang Yun.
• Fang Yun went to the Sacred Academy, sent a letter to the heads of the Six Second Saint Families, and entered the Ten Cold Ancient Land.
• Fang Yun met Yan Ningxiao and the new First Frost Lord, learned how the human race and Ice Slave Clan now divided the land, and inspected the Mist Pool.
• Fang Yun decided to move the Cloud Cavern from the Mist Pool to the Flood Dragon Sage Palace on a future visit.
• Fang Yun used the Starfire Armillary Mirror and Heaven-Viewing Mirror Projection to melt through the ice wall and enter the Soul-Suppressing Corridor.
• After exploring for eight hours, Fang Yun reached a great hall and saw a flawless woman lying in a hundred-foot-long ice coffin.

Fang Yun awakened the Snow Goddess and persuaded her to reside within the Mist Butterfly, offering her a chance to recover while strengthening the butterfly. They sealed their agreement with an Ancient Demon Contract, and Fang Yun gained the Soul-Suppressing Corridor and a promise of a Tu Ting Secret Treasure if he helped find the secret treasures.

• The Snow Goddess awoke in her ice coffin and asked Fang Yun what had happened to her elder brother, the Ice Emperor.
• Fang Yun explained the Ice Emperor’s death and proposed that the Snow Goddess reside within the Mist Butterfly to preserve her strength and help her recover.
• The Snow Goddess learned how the world had changed and asked Fang Yun to find a snow source and gather information about several Demon Race Great Sages and Flood Dragon Half-Sages.
• The Snow Goddess offered Fang Yun a Tu Ting Secret Treasure, except for the Great Massacre Axe, if he found the Tu Ting Secret Treasures, and Fang Yun asked for the Soul-Suppressing Corridor.
• Fang Yun and the Snow Goddess formed an Ancient Demon Contract, and she joined the Mist Butterfly, turning her wings to ice.

Fang Yun acquired the Snow Goddess’s Ancient Demon Historical Inheritance and took control of Soul-Calming Mountain, then secured benefits for the Bloodmang Realm and confronted officials over the betrayal of a commoner informant. He ordered the arrest of every official and clerk in Deer County and Taihe Prefecture.

• Fang Yun received the Snow Goddess’s Ancient Demon Historical Inheritance, completed his study of the Tu Ting Clan’s history, and used the Heaven-Watching Edict to claim Soul-Calming Mountain.
• Fang Yun moved the Cloud Cave Mist Pool into his Literary Star Dragon Noble Palace and proposed its use to the Sage Aristocratic Clans, while the Zong Family tried unsuccessfully to stop him.
• Fang Yun invited most Great Scholars to cultivate in the Bloodmang Spirit Grounds, where many grew stronger and five prepared to advance to Literary Ancestors.
• Fang Yun discovered that officials in Taihe Prefecture had exposed and failed to protect a man who reported Spirit Beast traffickers.
• Fang Yun rebuked Dong Wencong and ordered Fang Shouye to arrest every official and clerk in Deer County and Taihe Prefecture.