Chapter Summaries

Zhou Feng backed Qing Wu as they entered the Dragon King Palace, defeating the guard who had humiliated him and leaving him poisoned. Inside, the two were greeted by maidservants, while Qing Wu eagerly admired them.

• Qing Wu taunted the Aquatic Race, and Zhou Feng released his oppressive aura, prompting the crowd to clear a path to the Dragon King Palace.
• Qing Wu identified the Lobster Man guard who had humiliated him, and Zhou Feng struck him down with a single punch.
• Qing Wu poisoned the wounded guard with Sea Green Poison, and Zhou Feng led him into the palace.
• The Aquatic Race discussed Zhou Feng's strength and Qing Wu's powerful backer as the guards carried away the poisoned Lobster Man.
• Zhou Feng and Qing Wu entered the lavish Dragon King Palace and were greeted by maidservants, whom Qing Wu admired eagerly.

Zhou Feng went to the Dragon King Palace’s exhibition hall to inspect human stone steles that might relate to his cultivation method. Before he could reach them, Giant Scale challenged him, and the Fifth Princess’s arrival interrupted the confrontation.

• Zhou Feng asked a palace maid where the human stone steles were and learned that they were in the exhibition hall.
• Zhou Feng told Qing Wu that the steles might be connected to one of his cultivation methods, and Qing Wu stopped questioning him.
• Giant Scale blocked Zhou Feng and Qing Wu, mocked Qing Wu, and wondered how Zhou Feng had entered the palace despite being unable to see through him.
• Qing Wu defended Zhou Feng while Zhou Feng considered using a method to disguise his cultivation and deter challengers.
• A commotion announced the Fifth Princess, and Zhou Feng saw her distinctive rainbow-colored dragon horns.

Zhou Feng confirmed the Human Emperor Legacy Ground was inside the Dragon King Palace and tried to keep a low profile while Ao Shan chose potential husbands. Ao Shan selected him, drawing jealous attention from the surrounding Aquatic Race members.

• Zhou Feng sensed the Human Emperor Ring and confirmed the Human Emperor's Place of Legacy was inside the Dragon King Palace, then considered escape routes in case his identity was exposed.
• Ao Shan inspected the Aquatic Race members under the Old Dragon King's orders and selected several who pleased her.
• Zhou Feng stayed quiet and inconspicuous, but Ao Shan noticed his calm manner and handsome appearance.
• Ao Shan pointed at Zhou Feng, making the surrounding Aquatic Race members turn their attention toward him.
• Qing Wu loudly announced that the Fifth Princess had taken a liking to Zhou Feng, intensifying the jealous stares around them.

Zhou Feng confronted Giant Scale in a physical clash inside the Dragon King Palace, surprising the gathered Aquatic Races with his strength despite his Sea Green Snake identity. Giant Scale withdrew and promised to face him again at the Leap Over the Dragon Gate Assembly.

• Ao Shan left to stroll around the Dragon King Palace and look for someone she liked.
• Qing Wu provoked Giant Scale while promoting Zhou Feng as a contender for the Fifth Princess, and Giant Scale erupted in anger.
• Zhou Feng exchanged blows with Giant Scale, and their colliding blood and qi churned the seawater.
• Giant Scale recognized Zhou Feng’s strength and left, challenging him to meet again at the Dragon Gate Leap.
• The onlooking Aquatic Races marveled at Zhou Feng’s strength, and Qing Wu proudly urged them to clear a path.

After inspecting the Human Emperor stone tablets, Zhou Feng found only crude ancient body-tempering methods and no continuation of the Human Emperor Scripture. He abandoned the risky search for the Dragon King Palace inheritance and set out to find Earth Fiend Qi, while the Aquatic Race began investigating his identity and unusual blood qi.

• Zhou Feng used the Treasure Appraisal Eye to identify the stone tablets and decipher their incomplete instructions about tempering the body with demon blood.
• Zhou Feng concluded that the tablets offered him no useful methods and that the Human Emperor Scripture’s continuation was likely hidden in the secret realm’s core.
• Zhou Feng left the tablets with Qing Wu and decided not to risk entering the Human Emperor Legacy Ground for now.
• Zhou Feng made finding Earth Fiend Qi his next objective and considered staying in the sea to cultivate amid its pressure and dense spiritual qi.
• Members of the Aquatic Race investigated Zhou Feng’s origins, suspected a bloodline mutation, and considered him a possible competitor in the Dragon King's Son-in-Law Selection.

Zhou Feng cultivated in the Nine Layers of Sea Prison while waiting for news about Earth Fiend Qi and planning to escape during the Leap Over the Dragon Gate Assembly. Ao Tong, the Fifth Princess’s elder brother, met him and hoped he would pass through the Dragon Gate.

• Zhou Feng learned that Aquatic Races prized Mutated Bloodlines, making him a valuable target, though he remained unaware of it.
• Zhou Feng trained on the fifth layer of the Nine Layers of Sea Prison, enduring severe injuries that his Heart of Tenacity healed.
• Ao Tong approached Zhou Feng and introduced himself as the Fifth Princess’s elder brother.
• Zhou Feng gave Ao Tong brief answers and continued cultivating, while keeping his plan to flee during the Leap Over the Dragon Gate Assembly.
• Ao Tong remarked that Zhou Feng’s temperament might keep the Fifth Princess in check, wished him luck at the Dragon Gate, and headed for the deeper layers.

Zhou Feng gained Spiritual Energy Resistance in the Nine Layers of Sea Prison and then left to meet Qing Wu, who had found several sources of Earth Fiend Qi. They headed to the Leap Over the Dragon Gate Assembly, where Zhou Feng was recognized as a snake with a Mutated Bloodline and suddenly attacked.

• Zhou Feng drew the Spiritual Energy Resistance passive, which reduced damage from spells and Daoist Arts by fifteen percent.
• Zhou Feng reviewed his defensive and recovery passives and decided that staying alive was safer than taking risks.
• Qing Wu gave Zhou Feng a map marking several locations with Earth Fiend Qi and urged him to attend the Leap Over the Dragon Gate Assembly.
• Zhou Feng went with Qing Wu to the Dragon Gate, planning to blend in and later change his identity.
• A member of the Aquatic Race recognized Zhou Feng as a little snake with a Mutated Bloodline and attacked him with a surge of seawater.

Zhou Feng was repeatedly tested by Aquatic Race factions, then unleashed his strength and appeared to die beneath Ju Kuo’s Primordial Heavy Water. He used Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell to fake his death and escape unnoticed, leaving Qing Wu mourning and the onlookers confused.

• Ju Kuo used the Water Control Banner to test Zhou Feng, and a Sea Green Snake poisoned him, but Zhou Feng remained unaffected.
• When a massive sea snake tried to test him, Zhou Feng struck it down with overwhelming blood qi and combat strength.
• Ju Kuo intervened with Primordial Heavy Water, crushing Zhou Feng into the seafloor and making his aura disappear.
• Zhou Feng used Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell, a prepared Sea Green Snake corpse, Bloodline Simulation, and the Spirit Turtle Breath Concealment Art to slip away among the Aquatic Race members.
• Qing Wu cried over Zhou Feng’s apparent death, while Ju Kuo and the other onlookers found two corpses and wondered what had happened.

Zhou Feng survived his apparent death by using Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell and hid among the contestants at the Leap Over the Dragon Gate Assembly. As the Dragon Gate drew him in and his Human Emperor Blood began gathering into golden bloodline, he feared the change would expose him.

• Zhou Feng's apparent death stunned the Aquatic Race, while Ju Kuo regretted striking so heavily and feared the Giant Demon Whale Clan would be blamed.
• Ao Lie arrived with Ao Shan and began the assembly by releasing Flood Dragon Qi, which formed the Dragon Gate.
• The Aquatic Race surged toward the gate, fighting for position, and Zhou Feng was pushed into the foremost ranks despite his ordinary sea fish bloodline.
• Ao Lie praised Zhou Feng as a possible talent, while Ao Shan searched for the little snake she had met earlier.
• As Zhou Feng neared the Dragon Gate, it pulled him forward without resistance, and his Human Emperor Blood began condensing into golden bloodline.

Zhou Feng leaped through the Dragon Gate, where its energy drove him to the ninth level of the Purple Mansion Realm and strengthened his Human Emperor Bloodline. Though his disguise held, Ao Lie recruited him as a future son-in-law, leaving Zhou Feng among the Aquatic Race under close scrutiny.

• Zhou Feng stopped resisting the surge in his bloodline and charged through the Dragon Gate without slowing down.
• The Dragon Gate's energy passed through the Human Emperor Ring and raised Zhou Feng's cultivation from the second to the ninth level of the Purple Mansion Realm.
• The Aquatic Race marveled that Zhou Feng's bloodline remained an exceptionally pure sea fish bloodline, while Bloodline Simulation concealed his humanity.
• Zhou Feng sensed Divine Ability Realm experts watching him, but he was relieved that his disguise had not been exposed.
• Ao Lie invited Zhou Feng to become his son-in-law, and Zhou Feng agreed before standing beside Ao Lie and Ao Shan.

After the Dragon Gate Leap, Zhou Feng suspected his sudden breakthrough and Human Emperor Bloodline were tied to the Human Emperor Destiny, but chose to focus on gaining its benefits. Ao Shan became fascinated by his calmness around her and, having finally found someone she could speak with normally, eagerly pressed him for answers.

• Zhou Feng connected his breakthrough, Human Emperor Bloodline, and recent inheritances to the Human Emperor Destiny, while suspecting someone was guiding him toward the Human Emperor Legacy.
• Ao Shan asked Zhou Feng whether he thought she was beautiful, curious because he had not been affected by her True Dragon Bloodline.
• Zhou Feng awkwardly praised Ao Shan, then dropped the act when she said she did not believe his words.
• Ao Shan questioned how Zhou Feng had transformed so perfectly despite his ordinary sea-fish bloodline, while he checked his Skill Panel for new abilities.
• Ao Shan's desire to confide surged because Zhou Feng could converse with her normally, unlike the Aquatic Race members around her.

Zhou Feng reconsidered his cautious approach to cultivation as Ao Shan confronted him and the Aquatic Race geniuses turned against him. While they demanded a fight, he drew the Alien Killer Passive Skill, which increased his damage against nonhuman enemies.

• Ao Shan proactively spoke with Zhou Feng, surprising the Aquatic Race geniuses and drawing Ao Lie's approval.
• Zhou Feng decided that staying cautious and low-profile would not work, and his aura grew more confident.
• Ao Shan took offense at Zhou Feng's dismissive attitude and challenged him to fight.
• The Aquatic Race geniuses urged Zhou Feng to fight Ao Shan and crowded him with taunts.
• Zhou Feng checked his Skill Panel and drew the Alien Killer Passive Skill, which increased his damage against enemies other than humans by 20%.

Zhou Feng drew Blood Qi Recovery as Ao Lie forced him into a contest against aquatic prodigies, with the winner promised entry to the Dragon King Secret Realm and other rewards. Ao Shan chose Zhou Feng as her preferred husband and ordered him to survive until the end, while the item she gave him made his blood boil.

• Zhou Feng drew Blood Qi Recovery, which let him recover thirty percent of the blood qi dispersed during battle.
• Ao Lie formed a Water Prison and chose Giant Scale of the Giant Demon Whale clan to fight Zhou Feng first.
• Ao Lie promised the last person standing entry to the Dragon King Secret Realm, a spirit artifact forged by a master artisan, and the chance to become Ao Shan's husband.
• Ao Shan accepted that her father would not let her avoid marriage and decided Zhou Feng was more acceptable than the other Aquatic Race members.
• Ao Shan ordered Zhou Feng to remain standing until the end and gave him an item that made his blood boil.

Zhou Feng entered the Dragon King Palace Husband Competition with Ao Shan’s True Dragon Scale and faced Giant Scale in the Water Prison. He killed Giant Scale with a series of overwhelming punches, advancing in the melee.

• Ao Shan lent Zhou Feng her mother’s True Dragon Scale so he could survive the competition, while Ao Lie stayed silent.
• Zhou Feng and Giant Scale entered the Water Prison as the Dragon King Palace Husband Competition began.
• Giant Scale mocked Zhou Feng and attacked him, confident that his Divine Ability Realm breakthrough made him superior.
• Zhou Feng blocked Giant Scale’s punch and shattered his hand with a counterattack fueled by Human Emperor Blood.
• Zhou Feng followed with another punch that blasted Giant Scale apart and killed him.

Zhou Feng killed Giant Scale with one punch, then entered a state of enlightenment as the True Dragon Scale and Black Tortoise Scale Armor enveloped him. The Human Emperor Destiny gathered around him, and Ao Lie ordered Ao Yan to fight Zhou Feng.

• Zhou Feng killed Giant Scale with a single punch, and the Aquatic Race members rushed to seize the Divine Ability Realm expert's blood and remains.
• Soul Collection strengthened Zhou Feng's divine soul and control over himself.
• The True Dragon Scale and Black Tortoise Scale Armor transformed into mystical energies that drew Zhou Feng into a state of enlightenment.
• The remnant Human Emperor Destiny gathered around Zhou Feng, unknowingly binding him to the Human Emperor Lineage's karma.
• Ao Lie ordered Ao Yan to fight Zhou Feng, and Ao Yan prepared to comply despite his reluctance.

Zhou Feng continued comprehending his Divine Ability Eternal Life while Ao Yan attacked him, eventually freezing the entire sea with his own Innate Divine Ability. Zhou Feng shattered the mystical ice, emerged from enlightenment with his blood qi concealed, and calmly asked whether Ao Yan’s attack had been a Divine Ability.

• Ao Yan warned Zhou Feng before raising his Divine Ability Realm aura and attacking him with freezing seawater.
• Zhou Feng evaded Ao Yan’s attacks through Combat Instinct while comprehending Eternal Life, a Divine Ability connected to the Great Dao of Life.
• Ao Yan used his Innate Divine Ability, Thousand Miles of Ice Seal, and froze the surrounding sea after his other attacks failed to harm Zhou Feng.
• Ao Shan objected to Ao Yan’s ruthless attack, but the frozen sea fell silent as Ao Yan completed the ice seal.
• A powerful heartbeat shattered the mystical ice, and Zhou Feng awakened with his blood qi concealed within his body.
• Zhou Feng calmly asked Ao Yan whether that had been a Divine Ability.

Zhou Feng used his newly created Longevity Breathing Technique to break Ao Yan’s divine ability without revealing his aura, astonishing the Aquatic Race. Ao Lie stopped the fight and favored Zhou Feng, while Zhou Feng remained focused on obtaining the Human Emperor Scripture’s next cultivation method and escaping.

• Zhou Feng revealed that the Longevity Breathing Technique concealed his vital essence and blood qi, allowing him to break Ao Yan’s Thousand Miles of Ice Seal with his physical body.
• Ao Lie recognized that Zhou Feng had nearly achieved a Leakless Realm body and praised his talent and unique method.
• Ao Lie ended the battle, promised Zhou Feng his reward, and considered him a potential Dragon King Palace son-in-law.
• Zhou Feng accepted the end of the fight but planned to obtain the next Human Emperor Scripture cultivation method and leave the South Sea before his identity was discovered.

After Ao Lie chose Zhou Feng as a prospective son-in-law, Zhou Feng learned about the stages of the Divine Ability Realm while Ao Shan questioned him and grew interested in him. The chapter left Zhou Feng tempted by Ao Shan’s offer to show him human treasures in her room.

• Ao Lie chose Zhou Feng as a prospective son-in-law, and Zhou Feng observed the remaining Aquatic Race members competing for the other places.
• Zhou Feng learned that the Divine Ability Realm had three stages and that veterans such as Ao Lie had mastered several Divine Abilities to perfection.
• Ao Shan asked Zhou Feng how he concealed his aura, and he explained that he had created a technique to lock vital essence inside his body.
• Ao Shan questioned Zhou Feng about his interests, and their conversation made the watching Aquatic Race members jealous.
• Ao Shan invited Zhou Feng to her room and mentioned human treasures from the Dragon King Secret Realm, catching his interest.

Zhou Feng followed Ao Shan into her private chamber, hoping to learn about human treasures that might contain the later cultivation methods of the Human Emperor Scripture. Ao Shan sealed the room and revealed she had lured him there to play and fight, while unseen Aquatic Race factions prepared a backup plan against the Dragon King Palace.

• Zhou Feng agreed to go with Ao Shan to learn about the human treasures, and their departure shocked the Aquatic Race onlookers.
• Several hidden members of ancient Aquatic Race clans changed their plans and prepared a backup scheme after Zhou Feng disrupted their effort to link their clans to Ao Shan.
• Ao Shan led Zhou Feng into the Dragon King Palace and then to her private chamber, where he identified Dragon Breath Wood in the room with his Treasure Appraisal Eye.
• Ao Shan activated the chamber's formation, turning it into a sealed cage, and Zhou Feng asked where the human treasures were.
• Ao Shan explained through her behavior that she wanted to play and fight, and she challenged Zhou Feng to make a move.

Zhou Feng fought Ao Shan to win access to her treasures and the Human Emperor Scripture's later cultivation methods. Ao Shan's true appearance was exposed, and their physical battle left Zhou Feng gaining the upper hand before she unleashed more of her true dragon power.

• Zhou Feng confirmed that defeating Ao Shan would let him see her treasures, then immediately punched her and sent her crashing into the room's door.
• Ao Shan's transformation failed, revealing her childlike true appearance, and she attacked Zhou Feng in anger.
• Zhou Feng met Ao Shan's punch head-on, breaking his right arm, then continued fighting her with only their physical strength.
• Zhou Feng's injuries healed as his battle passives stacked, allowing him to gradually overcome Ao Shan's physical advantage.
• Zhou Feng punched Ao Shan in the face again, and she revealed dragon scales and golden vertical pupils as her true dragon aura surged.