Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Liu Jianchuan realizes that Chen Mu’s Shadow Puppets have Great Emperor-level strength. He tries to retreat and report back to the Zhao Family, but the puppets block him and kill him before he can draw his sword.
• A mine worker witnesses the killing and becomes terrified of Chen Mu, deciding to keep quiet and focus on surviving.
• Chen Mu arrives through a Teleportation Gate with Ye Qingcheng after the fighting is over. Ye Chengtian credits Chen Mu’s three puppets with making it easy to defeat the rebels.
• Chen Mu asks for the mine’s register, which records the workers’ names and details. He passes it to King Yama, a supernatural servant who arrives through another gate, and orders him to resurrect everyone listed.
• Ye Chengtian and Ye Qingcheng are stunned by Chen Mu’s plan. Chen Mu assures them King Yama can carry it out.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mu remains calm and matter-of-fact, treating both the puppets’ power and resurrection as routine. He intends to restore the workers so the Ye Family can resume its plans without having to replace them.
• Liu Jianchuan shifts from confidence to alarm when he recognizes the puppets’ strength, but his attempted escape fails.
• The young mine worker is deeply intimidated by Chen Mu and the conflict’s powerful figures. He cooperates immediately, bringing the register without asking questions.
• Ye Chengtian is grateful to Chen Mu but increasingly unnerved by the scale of his power, especially King Yama’s chilling presence.
• Ye Qingcheng learns that Chen Mu’s abilities extend beyond killing: he may also be able to restore the dead.
• King Yama is introduced as Chen Mu’s servant, equipped with the Book of Life and Death and a brush, and tasked with the resurrection.

Significant themes

• Overwhelming power and fear: Chen Mu’s effortless command of formidable servants makes even powerful opponents—and allies—fear him.
• The vulnerability of the weak: The mine worker believes ordinary people can be killed without anyone seeking justice, so survival means staying silent and obedient.
• Life, death, and moral order: Chen Mu’s plan to resurrect hundreds challenges the usual limits of death and the natural order.
• Practical compassion and strategy: Restoring the workers is presented both as an extraordinary act and as a way to protect the Ye Family’s progress.

Key plot points and events

• King Yama uses the Book of Life and Death to restore the names of the slain miners, bringing them back to life. They awaken unharmed and thank Chen Mu, promising to repay him.
• Chen Mu and Ye Chengtian return toward the Ye Residence. Chen predicts the Zhao Family will not back down: they will view the failed attack as their retainer’s weakness and use the deaths of their men as a pretext to confront the Ye Family.
• Chen proposes striking first—forcing the Zhao Family into submission or destroying it.
• The pair arrive at the Zhao Residence. When a guard threatens Chen with a spear, King Yama erases the guard’s name; the man promptly collapses and dies.
• Inside, Zhao Family head Zhao Chungang is preparing to assault a drugged young woman. He is interrupted by news that Ye Chengtian has arrived with someone. He dismisses the warning that the family is under attack, asking only how many opponents there are. The answer: two.

Character developments

• Chen Mu remains calm and decisive, treating supernatural power and preemptive violence as practical solutions. His confidence and dominance impress Ye Chengtian.
• Ye Chengtian is repeatedly astonished by Chen Mu and King Yama’s abilities, but accepts that some things need not be understood. His faith in Chen—and belief in his future greatness—deepens.
• King Yama demonstrates that his authority extends both ways: he can restore the dead and cause a living person to die instantly.
• Zhao Chungang is portrayed as arrogant and callous: he regards his dead retainers as replaceable and shows predatory intent toward the drugged woman.

Significant themes

• Power over life and death: King Yama’s supernatural authority overturns ordinary assumptions about death.
• Loyalty and gratitude: The revived miners respond to Chen’s rescue with sincere devotion.
• Pragmatism and preemption: Chen believes the Zhao Family will escalate the conflict, so he favors acting before they can.
• Arrogance and misjudgment: Zhao Chungang underestimates the danger because he assumes two intruders cannot threaten his family.

Character interactions

• The miners kneel before Chen to thank him; he responds casually and tells them to clear the bodies.
• Chen and Ye Chengtian agree on the likely Zhao response, though Ye asks how to handle it and Chen bluntly advocates subduing or eliminating them.
• The entrance guard’s threat to Chen triggers King Yama’s lethal intervention, leaving Ye Chengtian shocked.
• Zhao Chungang rebukes his frightened servant, setting up the impending confrontation.

Key plot points and events

• Zhao Chungang learns that Ye Chengtian has come with only one apparent companion and assumes the Ye Family is making a foolish challenge.
• He leaves to confront them, only to find his courtyard littered with corpses. Chen Mu and Ye Chengtian have already overwhelmed the Zhao retainers; three survivors are too terrified to fight.
• Zhao Chungang kills those three with a short sword when they try to advise him, showing his impatience with anyone who challenges or directs him.
• He discovers that the “extra” presence is King Yama, floating beside Chen Mu. Zhao Chungang tries to buy Chen Mu’s loyalty and persuade him to kill Ye Chengtian, but Chen Mu rejects him with a blunt insult.
• Zhao Chungang summons his elite guardians, the Black and White Fiends. As they unleash their Great Emperor power against Chen Mu and Ye Chengtian, Chen Mu counters that he has Black and White Impermanence.

Character developments

• Zhao Chungang is revealed as arrogant, domineering, and convinced that wealth can purchase loyalty. His confidence wavers when confronted with the slaughter, but he remains certain his guardians will win.
• Chen Mu stays calm and contemptuous under pressure, refusing both Zhao’s offer and his threats. His final remark suggests he has powerful supernatural allies.
• Ye Chengtian supports Chen Mu and warns him about the Black and White Fiends, showing concern for his son-in-law’s safety.
• The servant is frightened and subordinate, but points out that King Yama is not human.

Significant themes

• Arrogance and power: Zhao’s belief in his authority and cultivated fighters is challenged by the devastation in his own courtyard.
• Loyalty versus money: Zhao assumes everyone can be bought, while Chen Mu’s allegiance to the Ye Family cannot be purchased.
• Fear and control: Zhao uses intimidation to command others, even killing his own retainers when they displease him.
• Escalating supernatural conflict: The arrival of the Black and White Fiends—and Chen Mu’s mention of Black and White Impermanence—sets up a clash between rival forces.

Character interactions

• Zhao intimidates the servant, then later grabs him when he realizes the servant’s report omitted King Yama.
• He kills the three frightened retainers rather than listen to their warnings.
• Zhao attempts to recruit Chen Mu by offering wealth and status; Chen Mu answers with an insult.
• Ye Chengtian warns Chen Mu about Zhao’s guardians, while Zhao learns that Chen Mu is his son-in-law and treats that as another reason to target him.

Chapter Summary

• Zhao Chungang confronts Chen Mu, accusing him of practicing forbidden demonic techniques after seeing Chen’s unnerving new attendants, Black and White Impermanence. Zhao threatens to claim the Ye Family’s businesses, mines, and treasures, ordering Chen either to surrender everything and leave the capital or be killed.
• Chen dismisses Zhao’s threats with calm, mocking confidence. Zhao’s Black and White Fiends rush to attack, but Black and White Impermanence stop them with chains emerging from spatial rifts. They drag the Fiends’ golden souls from their bodies, killing them instantly.
• Zhao panics and denounces Chen, insisting the Female Emperor and Divine Court will punish him. Chen remains unconcerned, hinting at his powerful position and resilience.
• Zhao then deploys the Heavenly Source Bell, a Saint Rank treasure meant to trap Chen. Black Impermanence destroys it with a single blow, leaving Zhao terrified and convinced he is trapped with no way to win.
• The chapter ends on a cliffhanger: Divine Court Imperial Guards enter Zhao’s residence. Zhao believes they have arrived to save him.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Chen Mu remains composed and teasing throughout, treating Zhao’s demands and threats as inconsequential. His confidence reflects both his status as Crown Prince and his exceptional power.
• Zhao Chungang shifts from domineering and contemptuous to frightened and desperate as his strongest fighters are killed and his treasured weapon is shattered. He badly misjudges Chen and Black and White Impermanence.
• Black and White Impermanence demonstrate overwhelming strength and eerie, soul-targeting abilities. They act decisively, killing the Black and White Fiends without effort.
• The Black and White Fiends, initially confident in their attack, are abruptly helpless against the chains and die after their souls are pulled away.
• The confrontation is driven by Zhao’s threats and Chen’s calm taunts; Zhao’s final hope rests on the Imperial Guard’s arrival.

Significant Themes

• Arrogance and misjudgment: Zhao mistakes Chen’s confidence for empty bravado and pays for underestimating him.
• Power and impunity: Chen’s royal status and formidable abilities make Zhao’s threats of official punishment seem hollow.
• Fear and reversal of control: The man who begins by issuing ultimatums ends the chapter trapped and hoping for rescue.
• Supernatural force: The soul-snatching chains and shattered Saint Rank bell establish the frightening scale of Chen’s side’s power.

Key plot points and events

• Zhao Chungang assumes the Divine Court’s imperial guards have arrived to punish Chen Mu for practicing evil cultivation. He urges them to arrest Chen Mu and Ye Chengtian, hoping to seize control of the Ye Family.
• Instead, the guards’ general slaps and detains Zhao. He reveals that Chen Mu is the Divine Court’s Crown Prince.
• Zhao begs for mercy and offers the Zhao Family’s loyalty, but Chen orders his execution. The general beheads him.
• Chen gives the Zhao Family’s shops, mines, and property deeds to Ye Chengtian, enabling him to strengthen the Ye Family through his own efforts.
• Chen chooses to stay at the Ye estate with Ye Qingcheng rather than return to the palace. Before the guards leave, he rewards the general and the hundred soldiers with extraordinary weapons—one for each.
• The general and guards are stunned and initially fear accepting such valuable gifts. Chen’s casual attitude toward the weapons suggests they are readily available to him.

Character developments

• Zhao Chungang shifts from smug confidence to panic and abasement once he learns Chen’s identity; his attempts to save himself fail.
• Chen Mu demonstrates the authority and decisiveness of his hidden status, while also showing generosity toward the guards and support for the Ye Family.
• Ye Chengtian eagerly accepts the Zhao holdings, grateful for the chance to build his family’s standing through his own work rather than relying solely on Chen.
• The general and guards move from carrying out their duty to being astonished and uneasy recipients of Chen’s lavish reward.

Significant themes

• Status and power: Zhao’s confidence collapses when he discovers Chen is the Crown Prince, revealing how much authority shapes people’s behavior.
• Consequences of arrogance: Zhao’s attempt to exploit the arriving guards ends in his execution.
• Family ambition and self-reliance: Ye Chengtian welcomes help but wants to contribute personally to his family’s future.
• Abundance and generosity: Chen treats rare weapons as commonplace, using immense wealth to reward service.

Character interactions

• Zhao tries to direct the imperial guards against Chen and Ye, but the general instead humiliates and restrains him.
• The general identifies Chen as Crown Prince and carries out Chen’s order to execute Zhao.
• Chen transfers the Zhao Family’s assets to Ye Chengtian, who warmly accepts them as his son-in-law.
• Chen rewards the guards; their gratitude is tempered by disbelief and fear that accepting the weapons might be a test.

Plot points

• Chen Mu displays an enormous collection of Super Emperor Weapons, convincing the general and his soldiers of his power. They swear allegiance to him.
• Chen Mu orders the general to destroy the Gongsun family, which had helped threaten the Ye Family. The general accepts and marches there with his troops.
• Chen Mu and Ye Chengtian return to the Ye estate by spatial teleportation, where the family reunites warmly.
• At the Gongsun estate, family head Gongsun Qing learns that the Zhao Family has been annihilated and the Ye Family reclaimed its ore vein. He initially dismisses these reports, then hears that Divine Court Guards acted on the Ye Family’s behalf.
• As Gongsun Qing orders the informant thrown out, Divine Court Guards arrive at his estate, confirming the threat is real.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mu uses his wealth and authority to win the soldiers’ loyalty, then delegates revenge against the Gongsun family rather than acting personally.
• The general firmly chooses Chen Mu’s side, cutting off his family’s old ties to the Gongsuns to prove his allegiance.
• Ye Chengtian is deeply grateful to Chen Mu, who reassures him that helping the Ye Family is simply a family duty. Their bond is strengthened.
• Gongsun Qing shifts from confident celebration to disbelief and fear as the news reveals the Ye Family’s unexpected connection to the Divine Court.

Significant themes

• Power and loyalty: Chen Mu’s overwhelming resources inspire allegiance and obedience.
• Family and obligation: Chen Mu frames his actions as a natural responsibility toward his wife’s family.
• Underestimation and consequences: Gongsun Qing cannot accept that the declining Ye Family has gained powerful allies, leaving him unprepared for the consequences of his actions.
• Borrowed power and deterrence: Chen Mu turns the Divine Court’s forces against his enemies, using their intervention to punish the Gongsuns and warn others.

Plot points and events

• Gongsun Qing sees the Divine Court Guards arrive and assumes Wei Fu has come to discuss a marriage alliance between their families. He hopes the connection will help the Gongsun Family gain influence and protection.
• Wei Fu refuses his hospitality and announces his mission: to kill Gongsun Qing and destroy the Gongsun Family.
• Gongsun Qing first assumes the order came from the Female Emperor, then accuses Wei Fu of abusing his authority. Wei Fu reveals that the order came from the Crown Prince.
• Wei Fu explains that Ye Qingcheng, whom Gongsun Qing’s family had attacked, is the Crown Prince’s promised partner and future Crown Princess. Gongsun Qing realizes his mistake too late.
• Facing the Guards’ united demand for his death, Gongsun Qing offers money and valuables, then asks whether sacrificing himself could save his family. Wei Fu gives no assurance.
• Gongsun Qing raises a sword to his neck and pleads for his clansmen. Wei Fu asks whether Gongsun Qing would have spared the Ye Family if they had begged him. The chapter ends with the Guards repeating their demand.

Character developments

• Gongsun Qing shifts from arrogant schemer to frightened, desperate supplicant. He tries flattery, threats, bribery, and finally self-sacrifice, but his concern for his family comes only after he faces the consequences of his own actions.
• Wei Fu remains composed and resolute. He rejects their old family ties and Gongsun Qing’s bribes, carrying out his orders without hesitation.
• Ye Qingcheng does not appear, but her return and relationship with the Crown Prince transform the political stakes of the conflict.

Character interactions

• Gongsun Qing initially treats Wei Fu as a family friend and potential route to greater influence, but their relationship collapses when Wei Fu reveals his mission.
• Wei Fu counters Gongsun Qing’s appeals by confronting him with the cruelty he showed the Ye Family.
• The Divine Court Guards’ synchronized chant amplifies the threat and leaves Gongsun Qing increasingly isolated.

Significant themes

• Power and political miscalculation: Gongsun Qing’s ambition blinds him to the risks of attacking the Ye Family.
• Consequences and hypocrisy: His plea for mercy exposes the lack of mercy he would likely have shown the Ye Family.
• Loyalty versus personal ties: Wei Fu prioritizes military orders over longstanding family friendship.
• Regret without remedy: Gongsun Qing’s recognition of his mistake comes only after the outcome is set in motion.

Key plot points and events

• Gongsun Qing abandons any pretense of cooperation with Wei Fu and summons two or three hundred Gongsun Family Death Warriors, hoping their willingness to die will make the Divine Court Guards accept his offer to let the family flee.
• Wei Fu refuses. The Death Warriors attack, while Gongsun Qing uses the chaos and a smoke bomb to slip away—not to escape the city immediately, but to retrieve a weapon from his family’s hidden Treasure Vault.
• He takes the Dragon-Pattern Shield, a famed defensive Heavenly Dao Emperor Weapon, intending to use it to hold off Wei Fu and secure his own escape. He has already decided to save himself first and leave his clansmen behind, planning to rebuild the family later.
• Wei Fu finds him in the vault. Gongsun Qing attacks, confident the shield will give him the advantage, but Wei Fu’s sword—an extraordinarily powerful weapon given to him by Crown Prince Chen Mu—cuts the shield in half with one strike.
• Wei Fu explains that Gongsun Qing’s actions against the Ye Family’s mineral vein helped bring the guards into contact with Chen Mu. Their service earned them Super Emperor Weapons.
• The guards arrive after defeating the Death Warriors. Gongsun Qing realizes that they all appear to carry weapons of comparable power, leaving him shocked and trapped.

Character developments and interactions

• Gongsun Qing shifts from bargaining to open resistance, then reveals his selfish priorities: despite claiming to preserve the Gongsun bloodline, he is willing to abandon his family to save himself. After learning about Chen Mu’s weapons, he begins plotting to use the information to turn the Empress against the Crown Prince.
• Wei Fu remains firm and untroubled by Gongsun Qing’s threats. His confidence is backed by his weapon and the guards’ strength, and he reacts fiercely when Gongsun Qing suggests Chen Mu stole it.
• Gongsun Qing and Wei Fu move from verbal threats to combat. Gongsun Qing badly underestimates Wei Fu, while Wei Fu makes clear that the Crown Prince’s support has transformed the guards’ power.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and reward: The guards’ devotion to Chen Mu is reinforced by the weapons they received for meritorious service.
• Self-preservation versus family duty: Gongsun Qing invokes the family’s survival, but his actions expose his willingness to sacrifice everyone else for his own escape.
• Arrogance and miscalculation: Gongsun Qing’s confidence in the Dragon-Pattern Shield collapses when confronted with a superior weapon and a stronger opponent.
• Power shifting through patronage: Chen Mu’s gifts have dramatically altered the balance of power, putting Gongsun Qing and his forces at a severe disadvantage.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Gongsun Qing realizes that the weapons carried by Wei Fu and his people are Super Emperor Weapons, gifts from Chen Mu for their service during the Zhao Family incident. His assumptions about Chen Mu’s theft and the Divine Court’s treasury collapse.
• Wei Fu kills Gongsun Qing completely, erasing his Divine Soul and ending the Gongsun Family’s presence in the capital.
• Silver-armored Shadow Puppets emerge from the survivors’ shadows, carrying reward boxes. Wei Fu explains that Chen Mu had promised additional rewards after the mission.
• The boxes contain top-grade pills, all bearing pill veins. The group marvels at the puppets’ cultivation and Dual Saint Bodies, but accepts them as another example of Chen Mu’s extraordinary abilities.
• Wei Fu delivers the Gongsun Family’s property deeds to Chen Mu. Chen Mu gives them to his father-in-law, Ye Chengtian, who plans to use the wealth to restore the Ye Family’s standing.
• Chen Mu returns to Ye Qingcheng. The next morning, he gives her a Dragon-and-Tiger Vitality Pill to restore her strength. After an affectionate conversation, they spend the morning together.
• When Chen Mu leaves their room and removes its protective barrier, the roars of ferocious beasts shake the surrounding land.

Character developments and interactions

• Wei Fu carries out Chen Mu’s orders decisively, then shows deep loyalty by resolving to train harder so he can protect Chen Mu in the future.
• Gongsun Qing dies after finally grasping the scale of the power and influence he has challenged.
• Chen Mu’s followers grow even more devoted after receiving rare weapons and pills, treating his seemingly impossible achievements as natural.
• Ye Chengtian accepts the Gongsun assets and sees them as an opportunity to rebuild the Ye Family.
• Chen Mu and Ye Qingcheng share a loving, playful exchange. Ye Qingcheng accepts that Chen Mu may someday take other wives or concubines, while Chen Mu says that, for now, she alone is enough for him.

Significant themes

• Overwhelming power and loyalty: Chen Mu’s gifts and resources inspire absolute devotion among his followers.
• Retribution and family fortunes: The Gongsun Family is destroyed, while its wealth may help restore the Ye Family.
• Affection and acceptance: Chen Mu and Ye Qingcheng’s relationship is marked by intimacy, trust, and candid discussion of their future.
• The extraordinary treated as ordinary: Those around Chen Mu have come to accept even unprecedented weapons, pills, and puppets as credible simply because they are his creations.

Key plot points and events

• Dragon roars draw Chen Mu and Ye Qingcheng to the Imperial Palace, where they find the Azure-Scaled Saint Dragon confronting a Black Saint Dragon.
• The Black Dragon demands that the Azure return to the Saint Dragons’ Ancestral Land. She refuses, explaining that she was expelled and has since chosen her own path.
• Lu Changqing defends the Azure and blocks the Black Dragon’s fire with his Forty-Meter Long Blade. He tries to calm the dispute by claiming they are family, but his teasing only enrages the Black Dragon.
• The Azure fights back with freezing breath. Their opposing powers create extreme heat and cold across the capital, alarming its residents. The Divine Court Guards are ordered not to intervene, leaving the Azure to handle the conflict herself.
• As the battle escalates, Ye Qingcheng offers to step in.

Character developments and interactions

• The Azure-Scaled Saint Dragon shows lingering concern for her former kin despite her estrangement from the Dragon Clan. She tries to avoid a fight, partly to prevent the Black Dragon from provoking Female Emperor Qin Xuanji, but ultimately battles him to protect the city.
• Lu Changqing demonstrates courage and fierce devotion to the Azure, while using shameless humor and flirtation even in the middle of a deadly confrontation. His words repeatedly aggravate the Black Dragon.
• The Black Dragon is driven by anger and a sense of betrayal. He blames Lu Changqing for the Azure’s departure and grows more violent as the exchange continues.
• Ye Qingcheng remains ready to protect Chen Mu and the Divine Court, while Chen Mu recognizes the danger and brings her to the scene.

Significant themes

• Freedom and belonging: The Azure insists that expulsion severed her obligations to the Dragon Clan and that her choices are her own.
• Loyalty and love: Lu Changqing’s willingness to face a Saint Dragon for the Azure reveals his devotion.
• Family conflict and resentment: The Black Dragon sees the Azure’s departure as a betrayal, while she rejects his controlling approach.
• Power and collateral damage: The dragons’ clash threatens ordinary citizens, showing how conflicts among the powerful endanger those unable to defend themselves.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Mu agrees to stop the two Saint Dragons’ battle, which threatens to devastate Capital City.
• Ye Qingcheng intervenes, cutting through their attacks with one sword stroke and asking them to settle their dispute peacefully.
• The Black Dragon refuses and attacks her. Ye Qingcheng redirects his flames back at him, proving his power cannot harm her.
• To end the fight without killing him, Ye Qingcheng uses Chen Mu’s artifact to seal the Black Dragon inside a photograph.
• Chen Mu opens a gate to Void Space and takes Ye Qingcheng inside, apparently to deal with the captured dragon.

Character developments

• Ye Qingcheng reveals formidable strength and composure, confidently protecting the city while restraining herself from killing the Black Dragon. She also shows affection and respect for Chen Mu by asking his guidance.
• The Black Dragon is revealed as powerful but arrogant and reckless; he ignores warnings and brings about his own capture.
• The Azure-Scaled Saint Dragon recognizes the danger of provoking Chen Mu and refuses to defend his hot-tempered brother if he continues to act foolishly.
• Lu Changqing expresses concern for Chen Mu’s safety and affirms his loyalty to the Divine Court.

Character interactions

• Ye Qingcheng tries diplomacy with the Black Dragon, but he threatens her and attacks instead.
• The Azure-Scaled Saint Dragon anxiously warns against harming the Crown Princess, while Ye Qingcheng handles the threat herself.
• After capturing the Black Dragon, Ye Qingcheng reports back to Chen Mu and asks what to do next.
• Lu Changqing and the Azure-Scaled Saint Dragon discuss whether to follow them; the latter trusts Chen Mu and accepts that the Black Dragon must face the consequences of his choices.

Significant themes

• Power and restraint: Ye Qingcheng can defeat the Black Dragon, but chooses containment over killing.
• Consequences of arrogance: The Black Dragon’s refusal to listen leads directly to his capture.
• Loyalty and political bonds: Characters’ concern for Chen Mu and Ye Qingcheng reflects the influence of their relationship and the Divine Court.
• Public reputation: Witnesses’ awe at Ye Qingcheng’s strength fuels speculation about the Crown Prince and Crown Princess as sources of stability and peace.

Chapter Summary: “Worthless Confidence”

Key plot points and events

• Outside the Teleportation Gate, Lu Changqing teases the Azure-Scaled Saint Dragon, claiming her hostility is really affection. She knocks him away with her Dragon Whisker Whip, but he takes the beating as proof of their bond.
• Inside the Void World, Ye Qingcheng finds herself able to move while a Black Dragon is frozen in place. Chen Mu explains that beings in the space are trapped in suspended time, and that he and Ye Qingcheng can move freely because he created it.
• Chen Mu releases the Black Dragon, which immediately tries to escape through the gate and summon the Saint Dragon Clan against the Human Race.
• Chen Mu blocks its escape with tens of thousands of Heavenly Dao Emperor Weapons. Overwhelmed by his power, the Black Dragon abandons its earlier confidence.
• Chen Mu offers to spare the Saint Dragons if their clan submits to the Divine Court and swears a Blood Oath, hoping to avert a destructive war and secure peace.
• The Black Dragon refuses, boasts that several elders have reached the demigod realm, and even offers to let Chen Mu and Ye Qingcheng serve it. Chen Mu remains calm, hinting that he has another solution: the system function Copy All Things.

Character developments and interactions

• Lu Changqing and the Azure-Scaled Saint Dragon: Their playful, combative dynamic continues. Lu Changqing interprets her blows as affection, while she is exasperated but stays nearby to ensure Chen Mu and Ye Qingcheng are safe.
• Chen Mu: He demonstrates overwhelming control over the Void World and its weapons, but prefers negotiation to war. His goal is to protect the Divine Court and its people while avoiding needless conflict.
• Ye Qingcheng: She trusts Chen Mu’s power and moves freely through his realm. She becomes furious at the Black Dragon’s arrogance but restrains herself to avoid complicating matters for her husband.
• The Black Dragon: It shifts from attempted escape to fear when confronted with Chen Mu’s arsenal, then tries to regain control through boasts and intimidation. Its confidence proves misplaced.

Significant themes

• Power and misplaced confidence: The Black Dragon’s belief that its clan’s strength guarantees victory collapses when faced with Chen Mu’s superior abilities.
• Peace over conquest: Chen Mu seeks submission and a Blood Oath rather than a bloody war, mindful of the ordinary people who would suffer.
• Power as political leverage: The Saint Dragons’ influence and the Azure-Scaled Saint Dragon’s value to both sides make them important to the Divine Court’s strategy, not merely a military threat.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Mu uses the unrestricted Copy All Things system to make a perfect copy of the Primordial Black Dragon, reproducing its abilities, attributes, lifespan, and even its behavior.
• He releases the copy in front of the original and removes the weapons that had been surrounding the dragon. The original attacks, but the two dragons’ identical flames cancel each other out.
• Chen Mu explains that he has created another version of the Black Dragon and points out that the copy could replace him so completely that no one might recognize the difference.
• The Black Dragon is shaken and furious, but remains trapped and outmatched. Chen Mu repeats his demand: submit, or be made to submit.
• When the dragon refuses, Chen Mu makes 999 additional copies. The Black Dragon, alarmed, offers concessions: he will let the incident go and try to discourage the Dragon Clan from attacking humanity.
• Chen Mu does not accept the offer, and the chapter ends as he prepares to act further, leaving the Black Dragon’s fate unresolved.

Character developments

• Chen Mu remains calm and confident, using the copying system not only as a weapon but as psychological leverage. He rejects the dragon’s attempts to negotiate as though the Black Dragon has no meaningful bargaining power.
• The Primordial Black Dragon shifts from certainty that Chen Mu will compromise to disbelief, humiliation, anger, and finally anxious bargaining. His resistance remains, but his confidence in his ability to control the situation is badly shaken.

Character interactions

• Chen Mu repeatedly challenges the Black Dragon’s assumptions, especially by asking whether anyone—including the dragon himself—could distinguish the original from the copy.
• The Black Dragon responds with skepticism, attacks the copy to test it, insults Chen Mu, and later tries to persuade him with promises of peace.
• Their exchange is a contest of wills: Chen Mu uses the copies to demonstrate overwhelming control, while the Black Dragon tries to preserve his dignity and secure his release.

Significant themes

• Identity and authenticity: A perfect copy raises the question of whether the original can be meaningfully distinguished from a duplicate.
• Power and coercion: Chen Mu’s technological advantage strips the Black Dragon of leverage and turns negotiation into an unequal struggle.
• Pride and humiliation: The dragon’s status and self-image clash with his growing helplessness, while Chen Mu treats the dragon’s anger as evidence that he has gained the upper hand.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Mu overwhelms the Black Dragon by surrounding him with hundreds of identical Primordial Black Dragons, each possessing the same genuine strength and cultivation as the original.
• Facing certain death, the Black Dragon surrenders. Chen Mu asks whether he can persuade the Saint Dragon Race to submit to the Divine Court; the Black Dragon admits the odds are below ten percent, citing the dragons’ pride.
• Chen Mu makes the Black Dragon sign a Blood Oath, binding him to obey and exposing him to heavenly punishment if he breaks it.
• Learning that only a Saint Dragon can open the Saint Dragon Ancestral Land, Chen Mu decides to go there and bring the Dragon Clan under the Divine Court. The Black Dragon tries repeatedly to talk him out of it and bargain his way out of the oath.
• Chen Mu rejects the Black Dragon’s proposals and heads for the Teleportation Gate with Ye Qingcheng. The Black Dragon follows, pleading, while witnesses stare at his humiliating behavior.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mu remains controlled and decisive. He uses overwhelming force to secure the Black Dragon’s surrender, then binds him with a Blood Oath rather than trusting him. He is determined to eliminate potential threats rather than leave them unresolved.
• The Black Dragon shifts from proud, threatening negotiator to frightened, submissive survivor. He admits he cannot win over his people, then proposes retreating, abandoning the clan, and even serving as a guardian beast in exchange for freedom. His priority is clearly self-preservation.
• Chen Mu and the Black Dragon trade dry, cutting remarks: Chen Mu mocks his surrender and calls him useless, while the Black Dragon swallows his anger and keeps bargaining.
• Ye Qingcheng accompanies Chen Mu but does not play a major active role in the exchange. The Azure-Scaled Saint Dragon is mentioned as a precedent for serving as a guardian beast.

Significant themes

• Power determines authority: The Black Dragon’s pride collapses once he confronts an opponent he cannot defeat.
• Survival over honor: The Black Dragon openly rejects lofty principles in favor of staying alive.
• Control and trust: Chen Mu uses the Blood Oath to guarantee obedience, underscoring his unwillingness to rely on the Black Dragon’s promises.
• Humor through reversal: The feared Saint Dragon becomes a groveling petitioner, creating comedy from the gap between his imposing appearance and his weak resolve.

Plot points and events

• The Primordial Black Dragon begs Chen Mu to spare his life, abandoning the pride he once claimed mattered more than serving the Human Race. Chen Mu silences him with a word, demonstrating his control over the dragon.
• The Azure-Scaled Saint Dragon, the Black Dragon’s younger sister, asks whether he has signed a blood contract. Chen Mu confirms it, meaning the Black Dragon is bound to serve him unless Chen Mu releases him or the dragon somehow gains power to defy the Heavenly Dao.
• The sister mocks her brother for breaking his old vows. Chen Mu then offers to show her what he did.
• Using his copying ability, Chen Mu creates hundreds of identical Frost Azure Dragons. The spectacle overwhelms everyone present and convinces the Azure-Scaled Saint Dragon of Chen Mu’s power.
• Her loyalty to the Divine Court becomes absolute. The guards, Lu Changqing, and the Black Dragon are left stunned by the display.

Character developments and interactions

• Black Dragon: His fear of death overrides his pride. Bound by the blood contract, he cannot even speak against Chen Mu when silenced, and his sister’s teasing deepens his humiliation.
• Azure-Scaled Saint Dragon: Initially amused by her brother’s submission, she becomes awestruck after seeing hundreds of copies of herself and commits fully to the Divine Court.
• Chen Mu: Calmly asserts his authority over the dragons and uses his extraordinary ability not only to impress them but to secure their loyalty.
• Others present: The guards and Lu Changqing are forced to reconsider how little they understand Chen Mu’s capabilities.

Significant themes

• Survival versus pride: The Black Dragon chooses life over the dignity he once defended.
• Power and loyalty: Chen Mu uses overwhelming power and the blood contract to ensure obedience, while the chapter questions whether compelled loyalty is genuine.
• Limits of understanding: The sudden appearance of hundreds of identical dragons leaves even experienced witnesses unable to make sense of Chen Mu’s abilities.

Key plot points and events

• After witnessing Chen Mu summon and then dismiss hundreds of Frost Azure Dragons, Black Dragon concludes that Chen Mu must be a True God. His fear turns into ecstatic devotion: serving Chen Mu is now an honor, and he eagerly agrees to guide him to the Saint Dragon Ancestral Land.
• Chen Mu recalls the dragons, satisfied that his display has achieved its purpose. He expects news to spread and strengthen the Divine Court’s authority, while privately hoping Qin Xuanji will remain in power so he can eventually retire from responsibility.
• Azure-Scaled Saint Dragon realizes Chen Mu may have surpassed the Female Emperor in strength and decides that his succession to the throne would be far less controversial than she once feared.
• Chen Mu tells the Divine Court Guards that he intends to make the Saint Dragon Clan submit to the Divine Court. He refuses their pleas to reconsider and departs with Ye Qingcheng on Black Dragon, telling the guards to inform Qin Xuanji that they will visit later.
• The guards ask Azure-Scaled Saint Dragon to stop Chen Mu, fearing the dangers of the Ancestral Land and the consequences if he is harmed. She explains that the dragons Chen Mu produced were real, not illusions, and dismisses their fears. She leaves with Lu Changqing, while the guards decide to report events to the Empress.

Character developments and interactions

• Black Dragon changes from a potential obstacle into an eager, self-proclaimed servant, believing Chen Mu to be a supreme being.
• Azure-Scaled Saint Dragon moves from doubting Chen Mu’s suitability to rule to recognizing his overwhelming power and confidence in his mission.
• Chen Mu remains composed and decisive, using his display of strength both to secure Black Dragon’s loyalty and to bolster the Divine Court’s political standing.
• The Divine Court Guards are anxious and deferential. They try to protect Chen Mu, then turn to Azure-Scaled Saint Dragon for help; her certainty leaves them stunned.

Significant themes

• Power and legitimacy: Chen Mu’s strength appears capable of silencing resistance to his claim to rule.
• Loyalty through awe: Black Dragon’s faith and ambition are transformed by what he witnesses.
• Political authority and spectacle: Chen Mu’s supernatural display is also a calculated way to reinforce the Divine Court.
• Duty versus personal freedom: Chen Mu’s plans for eventual leisure contrast with the responsibilities and influence he is accumulating.

Plot points and events

• Zhou Haojie rushes to warn Empress Qin Xuanji that Chen Mu and Ye Qingcheng are heading to the Saint Dragon Ancestral Land. He fears they may be injured or provoke disaster.
• Qin Xuanji reveals she already knows about their journey and is unconcerned: both are stronger than she is, so the Saint Dragons pose no real threat. Zhou returns to the guard camp with her reassurance.
• The guards are astonished to learn the Crown Prince and Crown Princess surpass the Empress. They also discuss Chen Mu’s extraordinary abilities, including forging a powerful Emperor Weapon.
• Meanwhile, Chen Mu and Ye Qingcheng arrive with Black Dragon at the altar that opens the passage to the Saint Dragon Ancestral Land. Chen Mu instinctively understands how to activate it and realizes his dragon blood meets the requirement.
• Black Dragon warns him that, as someone outside the Dragon Clan, he could suffer backlash if he opens the passage.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Xuanji shows confidence in Chen Mu and Ye Qingcheng, and humility about their superior strength. She accepts her own limits rather than letting pride prevent growth.
• Zhou Haojie acts out of loyalty and concern, but accepts Qin Xuanji’s judgment and firmly rebukes a guard who speculates recklessly about her motives.
• Chen Mu remains calm and capable, quickly grasping the altar’s requirements. He prefers being called “Immortal Venerable” rather than “Master.”
• Black Dragon demonstrates absolute devotion to Chen Mu, addressing him respectfully and offering to call him Master, yet still warns him about the danger of the formation.

Significant themes

• The younger generation surpassing its elders: Chen Mu and Ye Qingcheng are stronger than Qin Xuanji, while Chen Mu’s talents extend beyond combat.
• Humility and self-knowledge: Qin Xuanji openly acknowledges her inferiority as a step toward improvement.
• Loyalty and authority: Zhou Haojie protects the Empress’s honor, and Black Dragon’s obedience shapes his relationship with Chen Mu.
• Confidence versus risk: Qin Xuanji trusts Chen Mu completely, while Black Dragon’s warning introduces a possible danger to their mission.

Plot points and events

• Chen Mu ignores Black Dragon’s warning, activates the Dragon Clan’s teleportation formation, and opens the passage to the Saint Dragon Ancestral Land using his own blood. Ye Qingcheng explains that Chen Mu possesses several bloodlines, including dragon blood.
• The trio enters the Ancestral Land, a vast pocket world where dragons regularly settle disputes and prove their strength through combat.
• Xiao He confronts Xiao Jian (Black Dragon), questioning why he brought humans there. Xiao Jian defends Chen Mu as an “Immortal Venerable” and demands that the elders be summoned to show respect.
• Xiao He mocks Xiao Jian, dismisses Chen Mu and Ye Qingcheng, and insists that only Qin Xuanji has earned his respect among humans.
• When Ye Qingcheng challenges Xiao He, he signals one of his followers to intimidate her. The subordinate transforms into a huge, flame-covered Saint Dragon and confronts her.

Character developments

• Chen Mu displays confidence and remarkable knowledge, activating a secret Dragon Clan formation without help. He remains composed amid the dragons’ hostility.
• Xiao Jian / Black Dragon shows strong loyalty to Chen Mu, openly placing the Immortal Venerable above his own clan’s elders, despite Xiao He’s ridicule.
• Ye Qingcheng takes a forceful stand against Xiao He’s contempt and prepares to defend herself.
• Xiao He is proud, combative, and dismissive of humans, trusting strength as the measure of worth. His past experience of Qin Xuanji’s power, however, shows he can respect humans who prove themselves.

Significant themes

• Strength and status: The Saint Dragons settle conflicts through combat and judge others by power.
• Loyalty and respect: Xiao Jian’s allegiance to Chen Mu outweighs his concern for his standing within the Dragon Clan.
• Prejudice and pride: Xiao He’s contempt for humans fuels the confrontation.
• Power across boundaries: Chen Mu’s mixed bloodlines allow him to access a Dragon Clan stronghold, while Qin Xuanji’s legacy shapes dragon-human relations.

Character interactions

• Chen Mu’s abilities puzzle Black Dragon until Ye Qingcheng explains his dragon blood.
• Xiao Jian defends Chen Mu to Xiao He, who responds with insults and challenges his judgment.
• Ye Qingcheng confronts Xiao He directly; Xiao He answers by ordering a subordinate to threaten her, escalating the tension.

Key plot points and events

• Ye Qingcheng ignores Xiao He’s appeal to an old pact with the Human Race and demands that the Saint Dragons submit or die.
• She instantly pins the Flame Saint Dragon to the ground with her sword. When the others transform and prepare to attack, she uses sword phantoms to immobilize more than a dozen of them at once.
• Ye Qingcheng activates the Heaven-Swallowing Art Chen Mu taught her, draining the dragons’ cultivation and shrinking them to hatchling size. Their confidence collapses into fear and pleas for mercy, but she does not relent.
• Xiao He denounces her as an “evil cultivator” and tries to flee, calling for an elder as Ye Qingcheng turns her attention to him.
• Chen Mu watches approvingly, while his sign-in system repeatedly grants him enormous amounts of Saint Dragon cultivation. Though powerful, the rewards barely affect his already-invincible strength.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Qingcheng shifts from negotiation to decisive force, showing overwhelming swordsmanship and mastery of Chen Mu’s technique. She remains calm under threat and refuses to accept the dragons’ belated apologies.
• Xiao He moves from arrogant confidence to alarm and desperation as his clan is subdued. His appeal to the pact fails, and he ultimately runs for help.
• The Saint Dragons begin as defiant opponents but become terrified once they realize Ye Qingcheng can overpower and drain them.
• Chen Mu stays out of the fight, trusting Ye Qingcheng to handle it and taking pride in her growth. Their partnership is portrayed as mutually supportive: she fights for him, while he has taught her the technique she uses.

Significant themes

• Strength as authority: The Saint Dragons respect power above argument, so Ye Qingcheng makes her case through force.
• Power and submission: The chapter reverses the dragons’ assumed dominance, turning them from feared rulers into helpless captives.
• Mentorship and devotion: Ye Qingcheng’s abilities reflect Chen Mu’s teaching, and his pride in her reinforces their affectionate, supportive bond.
• Mercy and consequences: Ye Qingcheng believes she offered the dragons a chance to yield; their refusal leaves her unwilling to spare them.

Plot points and events

• Xiao He tries to save his cultivation by calling for the Saint Dragon elders, but Ye Qingcheng’s Heaven-Devouring Art keeps draining his power while holding him helpless.
• Xiao Yuehua, a Saint Dragon elder, arrives and orders Ye Qingcheng to stop. Xiao Jian warns him to submit to the Immortal Venerable, but Xiao Yuehua ignores the warning and attacks.
• Ye Qingcheng’s sword force instantly pins Xiao Yuehua down. Even after using his full strength, he cannot resist it and is forced to his knees.
• Xiao He loses all his cultivation and is reduced to an ordinary dragon. Xiao Yuehua, still under the crushing sword force, prepares to use his trump card.
• Ye Qingcheng offers Xiao Yuehua’s cultivation to Chen Mu, who declines so she can gain more practice. Their polite exchange over who should devour him infuriates the defeated elder.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao He abandons his pride and begs for mercy, but his pleas do not stop Ye Qingcheng from taking his cultivation.
• Xiao Yuehua begins as an arrogant, domineering elder, confident he can defeat Ye Qingcheng. His helplessness gives way to shock and despair; he even considers learning her art if it would make him stronger.
• Ye Qingcheng remains firm and powerful, treating the confrontation as a chance to hone her technique while showing deference to Chen Mu.
• Chen Mu calmly assesses Xiao Yuehua as unremarkable and lets Ye Qingcheng decide whether to take his cultivation.
• Xiao Jian tries to prevent further conflict by warning Xiao Yuehua to submit, but his advice is ignored.
• Ye Qingcheng and Chen Mu’s affectionate, respectful deference contrasts sharply with Xiao Yuehua’s humiliation and anger.

Significant themes

• Power over pride: Xiao He and Xiao Yuehua discover that status and dignity mean little against overwhelming strength.
• The cost of helplessness: Losing cultivation is presented as a deeper punishment than death, leaving Xiao He powerless and resentful.
• Hierarchy and arrogance: Xiao Yuehua’s confidence in his rank and age collapses when confronted by Ye Qingcheng’s superior force.
• Partnership and mutual respect: Chen Mu and Ye Qingcheng’s courteous exchange underscores their close, trusting relationship.