Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ying let Biqiong Sea Emperor inspect the Heaven-Earth Bell and the Sky-Supporting Tribe, while secretly worrying that he would uncover hidden treasures and people. Biqiong Sea Emperor found no sign of the sought-after targets, judged the bell to be an incomplete mid-grade Dao Artifact, and then learned that two more Heaven-and-Earth Treasures had yielded nothing.

• Biqiong Sea Emperor pledged an alliance with the Sky-Supporting Tribe and lent Immortal Emperor Jingyun his reverse scale to help guard the formation.
• Xiao Ying enclosed himself and Biqiong Sea Emperor within the Ten Directions Wonder Formation and presented the Heaven-Earth Bell for inspection.
• Biqiong Sea Emperor offered Xiao Ying a high position on Mysterious Emperor Island, but Xiao Ying politely declined and announced to the tribe that the senior was investigating their lingering troubles.
• Biqiong Sea Emperor searched the Heaven-Earth Bell and the Sky-Supporting Tribe for nearly a hundred breaths but failed to uncover the people and possessions Xiao Ying had hidden in his Heaven-Earth Ring.
• Biqiong Sea Emperor identified the Heaven-Earth Bell as an incomplete Dao Artifact equivalent to a mid-grade Dao Artifact and warned Xiao Ying to remain cautious.
• Torchlight Sea Emperor reported that two cultivators who tried to escape had been captured, while searches of their two Heaven-and-Earth Treasures had also found nothing.

After the Startled Cloud Sea Emperor accused Xiao Ying of concealing the treasure, he demanded another search, forcing Xiao Ying to choose between surrendering his secrets and resisting Mysterious Emperor Island. The chapter ended with Xiao Ying summoning his war machines and rallying the Witch Clan into battle.

• The Startled Cloud Sea Emperor claimed his intuition linked Xiao Ying to the missing treasure and demanded to search the Heaven-and-Earth Treasures himself.
• The Startled Cloud Sea Emperor staked his life on the search, and the Biqiong Sea Emperor agreed to begin with Xiao Ying.
• Xiao Ying protested, then reluctantly accepted on the condition that the Startled Cloud Sea Emperor swear to keep his secrets and never use the information for divination.
• The Howling Moon Sea Emperor threatened Xiao Ying, prompting the Witch Kings to block his pressure and the Myriad Wonders Immortal King to emerge from Xiao Ying's shadow.
• Xiao Ying summoned the Heaven-Grade Totem Pillar and 165 heavy war machines, transformed into a giant, and called the Witch Clan to fight.
• The Witch Clan revealed their witch bodies and formed a vast, intricate formation around Xiao Ying.

Xiao Ying deployed the Sky-Supporting Tribe’s vast formation and heavy war engines to force Mysterious Emperor Island to stop its proposed search. After negotiations briefly eased the standoff, Xiao Ying attacked the Howling Moon Sea Emperor, and the Myriad Wonders Immortal King struck from the shadows as the chapter ended.

• Xiao Ying arrayed the Sky-Supporting Tribe’s treasures, formations, and war engines around himself, prompting the Biqiong Sea Emperor to agree that Startled Cloud Sea Emperor would not search the Heaven-Earth Bell.
• Cultivators recognized formations bought at the Blackwater Auction among the Sky-Supporting Tribe’s forces and questioned how the tribe had acquired them.
• Xiao Ying suddenly attacked the Howling Moon Sea Emperor with the Dao-Splitting Golden Blade, and nearly sixty heavy war engines unleashed their strikes.
• The white-haired young man and the Biqiong Sea Emperor weakened the barrage, but the Howling Moon Sea Emperor’s wolf manifestation was destroyed and he suffered injuries.
• The Myriad Wonders Immortal King emerged from a shadow and stabbed the Howling Moon Sea Emperor through the back before escaping to Xiao Ying’s side.

Xiao Ying attacked the Howling Moon Sea Emperor with the Sky-Supporting Tribe’s war engines and the Myriad Wonders Immortal King’s poisoned strike, then taunted Mysterious Emperor Island and nearly provoked a wider battle. The Biqiong Sea Emperor refused to escalate matters, and the search was set to begin with Xiao Ying, who demanded that the Startled Cloud Sea Emperor swear an oath first.

• Xiao Ying’s assault left the Howling Moon Sea Emperor gravely wounded, and the Myriad Wonders Immortal King’s sword infected him with Dao-Disintegrating Shadow Poison.
• Xiao Ying insulted the wounded Howling Moon Sea Emperor and mocked Mysterious Emperor Island, whose Sea Kings and Sea Emperors attacked him.
• Heavenfall Island’s emperors intercepted some attacks, while the Sky-Supporting Tribe’s formation blocked the Sea Emperors’ strikes and kept Xiao Ying unharmed.
• Xiao Ying accused the Biqiong Sea Emperor of failing to control his subordinates, but the Biqiong Sea Emperor set the conflict aside and asked to begin the search.
• After the Startled Cloud Sea Emperor proposed searching Xiao Ying first, Xiao Ying agreed and demanded that he swear an oath before everyone.

Xiao Ying and the assembled cultivators were struck by a terrifying illusion of Heavenfall Island’s destruction, but the Blue Sky Empress appeared and broke the vision. Xiao Ying recognized her and realized that the people around him, including the emperors, remained entranced.

• Xiao Ying decided to remain on Heavenfall Island and wait for the Startled Cloud Sea Emperor to swear his oath rather than risk fleeing.
• A strange sound triggered an illusion in which the sky and earth collapsed, Heavenfall Island was consumed, and Xiao Ying faced death.
• Xiao Ying remembered his family and regrets as the apparent apocalypse swept over him and extinguished his consciousness.
• Xiao Ying awoke to find Heavenfall Island unchanged and saw a striking woman in blue standing in the sky.
• Xiao Ying guessed that the woman was the Blue Sky Empress and saw that the surrounding cultivators and emperors were still trapped in the illusion.

The Blue Sky Empress subdued most of Heavenfall Island’s cultivators, then revealed that she knew Xiao Ying’s hidden identities and that her daughters were with him. She praised his actions while advising him on the Imperial Dao and the Heaven-Earth Bell, leaving the Emperor Realm experts anxiously awaiting her judgment.

• The Blue Sky Empress’s apocalyptic illusion knocked out most of the cultivators on Heavenfall Island, while Xiao Ying and several Emperor Realm experts awakened.
• The Blue Sky Empress ignored the assembled emperors and identified Xiao Ying as the Barbarian Tribe’s Supreme Genius, the Sky-Supporting High Priest, and several other successors.
• The Blue Sky Empress told Xiao Ying to release Yan'er and Yu'er, and Xiao Ying removed the restrictions on their Primordial Spirits.
• The Blue Sky Empress warned Xiao Ying that hiding behind multiple identities would lead him astray from the Imperial Dao, and told him Qin Shi Huang had ascended but abandoned the true path.
• The Blue Sky Empress criticized Xiao Ying’s use of the Heaven-Earth Bell, took it from him, and explained that a damaged Supreme Dao Artifact might be restored with rare materials.

The Blue Sky Empress reunited with Lan Yan and Lan Yu, learned of their ordeal, and began repairing the Heaven-Earth Bell with her Great Arts. After completing its transformation, she punished the Mysterious Emperor Island Sea Emperors, killing the gravely wounded Howling Moon Sea Emperor.

• The Blue Sky Empress assessed the damaged Heaven-Earth Bell and reunited with Lan Yan and Lan Yu, then connected their recent reconstruction to Mysterious Emperor Island’s actions.
• Lan Yan told the Blue Sky Empress that the High Priest’s escort force had suffered heavy losses, and the Empress promised Xiao Ying compensation despite his protests.
• Lan Yu accused the Mysterious Emperor Island Sea Emperors of searching for them, while Xiao Ying interrupted her and urged her to treat the Biqiong Sea Emperor respectfully.
• The Blue Sky Empress rang the Heaven-Earth Bell and used the Great Heaven-Mystifying Art, Great Treasure-Refining Art, Great Fusion Art, and Great Restoration Art to transform it.
• The Blue Sky Empress used the Great Deprivation Art to strip cultivation from six Sea Emperors, and the gravely wounded Howling Moon Sea Emperor died.

The Blue Sky Empress punished Mysterious Emperor Island, declared that anyone opposing Xiao Ying would become her enemy, and left him the restored Heaven-Earth Bell. She departed after saying that all debts between Xiao Ying and Yan'er and Yu'er were settled, while two remaining Emperor Realm figures sensed numerous powerful auras nearby.

• Xiao Ying realized the Blue Sky Empress had secretly killed the Howling Moon Sea Emperor and gained insight into her Great Heaven-Mystifying Art.
• The Biqiong Sea Emperor accepted the loss of ten thousand years of cultivation and publicly agreed that Howling Moon had died from his wounds.
• The Blue Sky Empress declared an oath that anyone who became an enemy of Xiao Ying would become her enemy, identifying herself as Lan Nianlan.
• The Heaven-Earth Bell appeared in Xiao Ying's arms, and the Blue Sky Empress said she had placed her token of repayment inside it.
• The Blue Sky Empress left after telling Xiao Ying that all gratitude, grievances, and karmic ties between him and Yan'er and Yu'er were settled.
• Two remaining Emperor Realm figures sensed more than twenty Emperor Grade auras near the place where the Blue Sky Empress had vanished.

After the Blue Sky Empress's intervention exposed Xiao Ying's importance, the Biqiong Sea Emperor offered to put Mysterious Emperor Island's grievances aside and gave Xiao Ying a jade token. Worried that his identity would disrupt his plans and threaten the Sky-Supporting Tribe, Xiao Ying resolved to found his Immortal Kingdom publicly and invite every faction to witness it.

• The Biqiong Sea Emperor's party watched Xiao Ying as the awakened cultivators began to recover, then the other Immortal Emperors departed.
• Xiao Ying explained to the Biqiong Sea Emperor and the Sea Emperors that he had been caught in circumstances beyond his control and would accept the consequences of his choices.
• The Biqiong Sea Emperor said Mysterious Emperor Island would not make an enemy of Xiao Ying, renewed his offer to recruit him, and gave him a jade-green token.
• Xiao Ying told the Blood Xuan Witch King and the others to hurry to Heavenfall Prefecture and find a base before Mysterious Emperor Island or other factions could cause trouble.
• Alone, Xiao Ying worried that the Blue Sky Empress's actions had made his identity public and could cost him the Barbarian Tribe's recognition and the Heaven-Grade Totem Pillar.
• Xiao Ying decided to found his Immortal Kingdom openly and invite every faction to witness the ceremony.

After naming the Heaven-Earth Bell’s newly created artifact spirit Xiaotian, Xiao Ying explored the bell’s greatly expanded inner world and inspected the Blue Sky Empress’s gifts. He learned that the golden creature she had left him was a juvenile Golden Sea Dragon, an exceptionally rare Sea Emperor Beast that powerful Sea Clan factions might covet.

• Xiao Ying met the Heaven-Earth Bell’s artifact spirit, learned how it had been created, and named it Xiaotian.
• Xiao Ying discovered that the bell had become a Dao Artifact, gained a growing origin spirit vein, and expanded to nearly a thousand square kilometers.
• Xiao Ying found hundreds of towers and warships inside the bell, along with a gigantic golden dragon, but no other expected treasures.
• Xiaotian gave Xiao Ying the Blue Sky Empress’s detailed sea map and three one-use scales that could contact her.
• Xiaotian identified the golden creature as a juvenile Golden Sea Dragon and warned that Sea Clan powers would try to claim it if they learned of it.

Xiao Ying learned that the Golden Sea Dragon hatchling and its birthplace, Nine-Dragon Island, might be tied to a larger destiny involving Pangu, then set aside his suspicions when his leaders summoned him. He discovered that preparations to leave port were complete, but the elders also confronted him about rumors that he was a human ascender impersonating Black Tower’s High Priest.

• Xiaotian explained that the Golden Sea Dragon was a primordial Sea Emperor Beast and that the Blue Sky Empress had instructed Xiao Ying to found his nation at its birthplace.
• Xiaotian showed Xiao Ying a map locating the birthplace on Nine-Dragon Island, whose nine surrounding mountains reminded Xiao Ying of Nine-Dragon Pool and made him suspect a connection to Pangu and his own destiny.
• Xiao Ying put aside his unanswered questions and left the secret chamber after noticing people trying to reach him.
• Guihai Canglan told Xiao Ying that preparations were complete and the group could leave port at any time.
• Chief Cloudsplitter told Xiao Ying that rumors from Heavenfall Island’s dominant factions claimed he was a human ascender from a miniature world who had usurped the identity of Black Tower’s High Priest.

Xiao Ying addressed rumors about his identity, revealing that he carried Fang’s bloodline, memories, and will while affirming his place as High Priest. After Silver Wing accepted him as Fang, he confronted Iron Claw and Lihuo over Fang’s attempted murder, then planned the founding of a nation and set out for Nine-Dragon Island as a storm approached.

• Xiao Ying told the gathered priests that they could choose their High Priest and explained that the old priest’s Heaven-Stealing, Sun-Swapping ability had fused his essence with Fang’s.
• The Witch Kings recognized Xiao Ying as a true member of the Black Tower Clan, and Xiao Ying told Silver Wing that he carried Fang’s bloodline, will, and memories; she embraced him in tears.
• After Azure Wind brought Iron Claw and Lihuo, Xiao Ying ordered them to explain how they had plotted to murder Fang and left their fate to Silver Wing and Six Tails.
• Xiao Ying and the core priests chose the Golden Sea Dragon’s birthplace as their base, planned to use the Great Huan Celestial Dynasty’s institutions, and arranged invitations to the nation’s founding.
• Xiao Ying left port aboard the Galan Immortal Warship and prepared to travel to Nine-Dragon Island, welcoming the approaching storm.

After more than three months at sea, Xiao Ying and the Sky-Supporting Tribe reached Nine-Dragon Island, the Golden Sea Dragon’s birthplace. Xiao Ying ordered the tribe to remain on full alert as they approached the island’s vast, beautiful, and perilous landscape.

• The Golden Sea Dragon continued to grow under Xiao Ying’s care and guarded the Galan Immortal Warship during its smooth voyage.
• The Sky-Supporting Tribe accepted Xiao Ying’s revealed identity as the Great Huan Celestial Lord, and its people grew more confident in their future.
• Guihai Canglan identified the approaching land as Nine-Dragon Island, and Xiao Ying warned the tribe that the destination could hold great dangers.
• Chieftain Cloudsplitter organized the tribe’s defenses while Silver Wing and Six Tails chose to punish Lihuo and spare Iron Claw.
• The Galan Immortal Warship neared Nine-Dragon Island, where nine vast dragon-shaped mountain ranges surrounded a rich but dangerous wilderness.

The Sky-Supporting Tribe reached Nine-Dragon Island and found its waters crowded with powerful demonic beasts, sea beasts, and natural hazards. After the Golden Sea Dragon failed to draw any creatures into submission, Xiao Ying ordered the tribe to prepare to force a path ashore, but a terrifying divine sense arrived before they could act.

• The Galan Immortal Warship stopped near Nine-Dragon Island, where a colossal dragon-headed sea python and countless other creatures watched it from the water.
• Witch King Jin Yan proposed bombarding the beasts, while Guihai Canglan and Tota Elder Li Jing urged caution about unknown powers and the island’s natural defenses.
• Xiao Ying reminded the tribe that the Golden Sea Dragon was Nine-Dragon Island’s rightful master and called him into the sky.
• Xiao Ying ordered the Heaven-Bombarding Sacred Towers to fire into the sky, and the Golden Sea Dragon swallowed their attacks while the dragon-headed sea python fled.
• When no creatures submitted to the Golden Sea Dragon, Xiao Ying ordered the tribe to wait half a day before blasting a path onto the island.
• Less than half an hour later, dark clouds and a terrifying divine sense swept over the sea, subduing the beasts and locking onto the Galan Immortal Warship.

Xiao Ying and the Sky-Supporting Tribe discovered that Nine-Dragon Island was guarded by the immense Dragon Mulberry Tree, who welcomed them and recognized Xiao Ying as the Dragon Lord chosen by the Golden Sea Dragon. The Dragon Mulberry Patriarch warned them that the island was unsuitable for ordinary people, leaving the tribe unsure whether they could settle there.

• Xiao Ying used the Eye of the Three Realms to see a vast dragon-scaled tree on Nine-Dragon Island, though the others could not see it.
• Guihai Canglan identified the tree as the sacred Dragon Mulberry Tree, and its voice invited the visitors onto the island.
• The Golden Sea Dragon returned carrying an old man, whom Xiao Ying and the others greeted as the Dragon Mulberry Patriarch.
• The Dragon Mulberry Patriarch called Xiao Ying the Dragon Lord chosen by the Blue Sky Empress and the Golden Sea Dragon, then revealed that his walking stick was the Heaven-Setting Wood.
• The Dragon Mulberry Patriarch warned Xiao Ying that Nine-Dragon Island was unsuitable for ordinary life, and the Sky-Supporting Tribe abandoned thoughts of taking it by force.

Xiao Ying declared himself the Lord of the Nine Dragons and sought to found a nation on Nine-Dragon Island, but the Dragon Mulberry Patriarch challenged his knowledge and strength. After Xiaotian relayed the Blue Sky Empress’s message, the patriarch agreed to let Xiao Ying try, leaving him to find the hidden patriarch across the vast island.

• Xiao Ying summoned five Divine Dragons and proclaimed himself the Lord of the Nine Dragons, intending to found a dynasty on Nine-Dragon Island.
• The Dragon Mulberry Patriarch recognized Xiao Ying as the Great Huan Celestial Lord and questioned whether he understood how to establish an Immortal Kingdom.
• Xiaotian told the Dragon Mulberry Patriarch that he needed Xiao Ying’s help to take form and leave Nine-Dragon Island before calamity struck.
• The Dragon Mulberry Patriarch instructed Xiao Ying to use Little Gold’s dragon soul as the primary national soul when founding his nation.
• The Dragon Mulberry Patriarch vanished and challenged Xiao Ying to find him, while the Golden Sea Dragon flew away and left the group facing the island’s vast wilderness.

Xiao Ying and his companions explored Nine-Dragon Island, discovering abundant resources and considering how to keep outsiders from exploiting them. They reached the impassable Dragon Emperor Mountains, where Xiao Ying could see the Dragon Mulberry Tree beyond, and Li Jing questioned whether they needed to cross the range at all.

• Xiao Ying followed the Dragon Mulberry Tree’s location, visible to his Eye of the Three Realms, and led a select group onto Nine-Dragon Island.
• The group found the island rich in spiritual energy, minerals, and other treasures, prompting Xiao Ying to worry that opening a teleportation route would let outsiders claim them.
• Xiao Ying and his companions reached the Dragon Emperor Mountains after hours of flight and found their heights, beasts, and natural hazards blocked their way.
• Xiao Ying rejected Jin Yan’s proposal to use the Heaven-Earth Bell and Guihai Canglan’s suggestion to blast through the mountains.
• Li Jing asked Xiao Ying why they had to fly over the mountains when the patriarch had never required them to do so.

Xiao Ying and his companions reached the Dragon Mulberry Patriarch’s hidden flower sea and shared Hundred Flowers Brew, which helped many of them advance their cultivation. Xiao Ying explained that he wanted to settle on the island and found a nation, but the Patriarch pressed him to explain how he intended to make that plan succeed.

• Li Jing suggested taking a detour around the mountains, and Xiao Ying led the group along the range until they found a flower-filled canyon.
• Xiao Ying entered the hidden blessed land beneath the Dragon Mulberry Giant Tree, and his companions followed him into its boundless sea of flowers.
• The Dragon Mulberry Patriarch welcomed them and directed them through the flowers to a clearing beneath the giant tree.
• The Dragon Mulberry Patriarch served Hundred Flowers Brew, and Guihai Canglan, Li Jing, the Mountain Great Witch, and many others advanced their cultivation after drinking it.
• Xiao Ying proposed occupying the island’s center, founding a nation, and living peacefully with the Patriarch’s people, but the Patriarch asked him to explain his nation-building plans.

Dragon Mulberry Patriarch explained what Xiao Ying needed to establish an immortal kingdom, including an Imperial Seal capable of bearing its Great Dao and national fortune. Xiao Ying and the Sky-Supporting Tribe began building a fortified settlement on Nine-Dragon Island, leaving the island’s future development underway.

• Dragon Mulberry Patriarch warned Xiao Ying that occupying Nine-Dragon Island without founding a kingdom would leave the tribe isolated, and explained that the sea of flowers was essential to his imperial attainment.
• Dragon Mulberry Patriarch taught Xiao Ying and the others about immortal kingdoms, national fortune, laws, and the need for a supreme-treasure Imperial Seal.
• Xiao Ying placed the Heaven-Hiding Palace at an earth-vein convergence in the central region of Nine-Dragon Island as the settlement’s central hub.
• Witch King Jin Yan, Guihai Canglan, and their allies established formations around the planned city and across the island, while the Eight Separation Witch King, Li Jing, and others built a harbor and prepared teleportation bases.
• Dragon Mulberry Patriarch gave Xiao Ying scales that would keep the island’s demonic beasts from attacking their bearers, and the Sky-Supporting Tribe completed its first buildings, defenses, laws, and divisions of labor.

Xiao Ying inspected the Sky-Supporting Tribe’s elaborate palace complex and the costly reconstruction of its Totem Tower and Totem Pillar. Witch King Jin Yan then introduced a new heavy war machine called the Demonic Scales Fighter, leaving Xiao Ying worried about its price.

• Xiao Ying visited the underground Creation Palace workshop and watched the artisans forge the enormous Heaven-Supporting Totem Tower.
• Witch King Jin Yan explained that the rebuilt Totem Tower would cover three thousand six hundred li and boost the tribe’s capabilities by at least fifty percent.
• Jin Yan revealed that the Heaven-Grade Totem Pillar had already been reconstructed using rare materials, and Xiao Ying accepted it.
• Jin Yan told Xiao Ying that the artisans had invented the Demonic Scales Fighter to address the tribe’s weaknesses and led the group to see it.
• Xiao Ying grew curious about the new war machine but feared it had been forged at extravagant cost from demonic scales marrow.