Chapter Summaries

Yan and Bai He traveled to Freyja to hunt the demon terrorizing its northern lands, and learned it was Aatrox, Morgana’s resurrected general. After Yan located Aatrox with an Angel satellite, she and Bai He flew toward him, followed by Shi Nai Fu.

• Bai He and Yan met Shi Nai Fu at a graveyard, where he explained that a demon had destroyed his tribe and killed his people.
• Shi Nai Fu described the demon’s appearance, and Yan identified it as Aatrox, Morgana’s powerful general who had been resurrected through demon reincarnation technology.
• Yan warned Bai He that Aatrox had regained strength by draining the blood of his victims, and Shi Nai Fu said he did not know where the demon had gone.
• Yan deployed an Angel satellite and used its scan to locate Aatrox to the southwest.
• Yan and Bai He flew toward Aatrox, while Shi Nai Fu mounted his warhorse and followed them.

Yan and Bai He rescued a family fleeing demons on their search for Aatrox, then continued across the devastated region. Near dawn, they found Aatrox in a forest of stone pillars.

• Yan changed course after Bai He heard cries for help, and they found three demons chasing a family of five.
• The father and grandfather tried to hold off two demons while the remaining demon caught up to the women and girl.
• Yan killed the demon threatening the women, and Bai He killed the other two before bringing the men to them.
• The family told Bai He and Yan that demons had destroyed their tribe while they were away herding livestock.
• Yan and Bai He searched the nearby grasslands and Gobi Desert for demons, then continued toward Aatrox.
• After traveling through the night and passing a recently destroyed village, Bai He and Yan saw Aatrox in a forest of stone pillars.

Angel Yan and Bai He confronted Aatrox, but Aatrox revealed his divine body, defeated Yan, and shattered her Flame Sword. As Yan prepared to unleash Heavenly Blade Judgment at the cost of her life, Bai He insisted on facing Aatrox himself and announced that he would use his trump card.

• Yan accused Aatrox of slaughtering humans and attacked him, but Aatrox evaded her lightning strike and fought her in the air.
• Yan kicked Aatrox into a stone pillar, but her strike failed to pierce his neck, and he seized her Flame Sword.
• Aatrox revealed that Morgana's Darkin Devil Sword had helped him regain his peak and reach the divine body level, then broke Yan's Flame Sword.
• Bai He helped the injured Yan, but she refused to retreat and planned to use herself as the blade for Heavenly Blade Judgment.
• Bai He stopped Yan from sacrificing herself and said he would use his trump card against Aatrox.

Bai He fought A Tuo, but his attacks could not overcome A Tuo’s divine body and Dark Energy Field, while the Darkin Devil Sword steadily wounded him. After falling behind, Bai He prepared to use his final trump card, the Defying Heaven Seven Demonic Blades.

• Bai He attacked A Tuo with the God-Slaying Scimitar, but the blade could not cut A Tuo’s skin.
• Bai He transformed into his Emperor Dragon Body and used lightning and hurricanes to pressure A Tuo, then failed to seize the Darkin Devil Sword with the Seven-Colored Divine Light.
• Yan warned Bai He that A Tuo’s divine body generated a Dark Energy Field that repelled most energy attacks.
• A Tuo’s Darkin Devil Sword wounded Bai He as their fight continued, leaving Bai He at a disadvantage.
• Bai He returned to human form, told Yan not to interfere, and began using the Defying Heaven Seven Demonic Blades.

Bai He transformed his energy into demonic qi and used the Defying Heaven Seven Devil Blades to batter A Tuo. He unleashed the final blade at Sixth Order power, shattering the God-Slaying Scimitar as its broken edge flew toward the wounded Sword Demon A Tuo.

• Bai He summoned seven Demonic Shadows that merged into him, covering him in demonic qi and turning his eyes pitch-black.
• Bai He struck A Tuo with the first two blades, blasting him through stone pillars.
• Bai He unleashed the third through sixth blades, damaging A Tuo’s Demon Armor and Darkin Devil Sword while his power rose to the peak of the Fifth Order.
• Bai He used vitality stored in his seven Deified Acupoints to withstand the blades’ life-draining cost and briefly reached the Sixth Order with the seventh blade.
• Bai He’s final strike broke the God-Slaying Scimitar, and its broken edge flew toward the heavily wounded A Tuo.

Bai He’s seventh strike of the Defying Heaven Seven Devil Blades grievously wounded A Tuo, but the resulting power surge left Bai He weakened. As Bai He moved in to finish A Tuo, A Tuo launched a hidden counterattack, and Angel Yan rushed in to protect Bai He.

• Bai He’s seventh strike tore through A Tuo and carved a ravine into the ground, while the returned life energy raised Bai He to the Fourth Order Nirvana Realm.
• Bai He’s strength fell from the Sixth Order to the Third Order as his Deified Acupoints remained depleted, but he sensed A Tuo was near death.
• A Tuo pulled a God-Slaying Scimitar fragment from his abdominal wound and asked how Bai He had gained the power of a True God.
• Bai He charged at A Tuo, aiming to exploit the wound in his abdomen and finish him.
• A Tuo fired a fragment of Yan’s Flame Sword at Bai He, and Angel Yan rushed in to block it.

Yan sacrificed herself to save Bai He, then revealed that Morgana had destroyed Queen Keisha and that Earth was under full-scale Taotie invasion before sending Bai He back. Bai He landed in a devastated forest, saw Taotie flagships in the distance, and used True Body Transmigration to leave Earth.

• Yan took the Flame Sword fragment meant for Bai He and was fatally wounded.
• Yan told Bai He that Morgana had used Sunlight Leina to destroy Queen Keisha and that the Taotie had invaded Earth, then sent him back to Earth.
• A Tuo confirmed Yan's death and reported to Morgana that Bai He had escaped, but Morgana dismissed Bai He as a minor character.
• Shi Nai Fu saw Yan's corpse among the ruins and feared that no one could stop the demons.
• Bai He arrived in a ruined forest on Earth, saw Taotie flagships in the distance, and activated True Body Transmigration.

Fisherman Zhou Chuanye and his daughter Zhou Xiaoyu hauled a silver-haired, armored young man from the Min River. Seeing the horns on his head, Zhou Chuanye feared they had caught the Min River Dragon King.

• Zhou Chuanye fished with Zhou Xiaoyu on the Min River, while thinking about her unmarried future.
• Zhou Chuanye struggled to haul in an unusually heavy fishing net as Zhou Xiaoyu watched.
• Zhou Xiaoyu spotted a person tangled in the net, and Zhou Chuanye pulled the young man aboard with her.
• Zhou Chuanye found silver horns on the silver-haired young man's head and concluded they might have caught the Dragon King.
• Zhou Xiaoyu blushed at the young man's handsome appearance and asked her father what was wrong.

Bai He awoke after being fished from the Min River and let Zhou Chuanye and Zhou Xiaoyu believe he was its Dragon King. He learned that the world was under the nominal rule of Great Liang and recognized it as the Wind and Cloud World.

• Zhou Chuanye identified Bai He as the Min River's Dragon King after seeing his silver horns, and he knelt to beg forgiveness for disturbing him.
• Bai He woke on Zhou Chuanye's boat and inferred that the fisherman had mistaken him for the river's Dragon King.
• Bai He asked Zhou Chuanye about the dynasty and notable figures to identify the world he had entered.
• Zhou Chuanye told Bai He that Great Liang existed in name only and named Xiong Ba of the Under Heaven Society and the lord of Peerless City as leading powers.
• Bai He recognized the names Xiong Ba, the Under Heaven Society, and Peerless City as signs that he had arrived in the Wind and Cloud World.

Bai He settled in the Min River, cultivated until his strength stabilized at Tier Four, and decided to seek treasures in Lingyun Cave to speed his recovery. The chapter left him preparing to pursue the Fire Bodhi and Dragon Vein beneath the Leshan Giant Buddha.

• Bai He revealed his Emperor Dragon form to Zhou Chuanye and Zhou Xiaoyu, warned them to keep his whereabouts secret, and drove schools of fish toward their boat.
• Zhou Chuanye caught a boatload of fish while the dragon shadow disappeared into the Min River.
• Bai He spent more than a month cultivating in the river, restored three Deified Acupoints, and became the subject of local Min River Divine Dragon legends.
• Bai He decided to seek the Fire Bodhi and Dragon Vein in Lingyun Cave, believing the treasures could speed his recovery and strengthen his Emperor Dragon Soul.

Bai He entered Lingyun Cave to find Fire Bodhi and the Dragon Vein, following the Fire Kirin’s tracks through its branching passages. He discovered a vine bearing Fire Bodhi, but the Fire Kirin appeared before he could pick one.

• Bai He arrived at the Leshan Giant Buddha and entered Lingyun Cave, confident that the Fire Kirin posed no threat to him.
• Bai He found the cave’s branching paths and decided to follow the Fire Kirin’s crystallized footprints to locate the Fire Bodhi and Dragon Vein.
• Bai He followed the tracks to a chamber filled with Flame Bodhi vines bearing dark-red fruit.
• As Bai He reached for a Fire Bodhi, the Fire Kirin roared from the cave opposite him.

Bai He entered Lingyun Cave to gather Fire Bodhis and encountered the Fire Kirin guarding them. After he ate one, the enraged beast attacked him, and he tried to keep it from destroying more of the Bodhis.

• Bai He dragonized when he heard the Fire Kirin approaching, then ate a Fire Bodhi and felt its Life Essence nourish his Deified Acupoints.
• The Fire Kirin emerged from the cave, and Bai He wondered whether it was a descendant with an impure bloodline because it seemed weaker than a Divine Dragon.
• The Fire Kirin crouched and growled at Bai He, apparently wary of his Imperial Dragon bloodline and Dragon Aura Pressure.
• Bai He ate another Fire Bodhi, prompting the Fire Kirin to rage and charge at him.
• Bai He dodged the charge, causing the Fire Kirin to smash dozens of Fire Bodhis against the cave wall, and he resolved to stop it from destroying more.

Bai He subdued the Fire Kirin in Lingyun Cave by draining its Kirin Fire and beating it until it surrendered. He claimed the exhausted beast as his own, restored a Deified Acupoint with Blood Bodhi, and won the Fire Kirin over with chocolate.

• Bai He clung to the Fire Kirin and refined its Kirin Fire until its energy dwindled.
• Bai He entered Emperor Dragon Transformation and beat the Fire Kirin until it collapsed and surrendered.
• Bai He declared the Fire Kirin his beast, but it refused to produce more flames for him to absorb.
• Bai He ate more than a dozen Blood Bodhi and restored his third Deified Acupoint, upsetting the Fire Kirin.
• Bai He gave the Fire Kirin chocolate, and the beast eagerly asked for more.

Bai He collected every Blood Bodhi by trading the Fire Kirin chocolate and potato chips, then had it carry him to the Nine Provinces Dragon Vein in Lingyun Cave. As the Dragon Vein seemed to call to him, Bai He entered the ruined palace, where someone suddenly challenged him from behind.

• Bai He persuaded the Fire Kirin to give him all the Blood Bodhi in exchange for more treats and stored the fruit in his Storage Space.
• Bai He asked the Fire Kirin to take him to the Nine Provinces Dragon Vein, and it agreed after sensing that the Dragon Vein welcomed him.
• The Fire Kirin carried Bai He through Lingyun Cave to a cavern with an underground river and a ruined palace.
• Bai He saw Xuanyuan Huangdi's Remains and recognized its extended tailbone as the Dragon Vein, which seemed to call to him.
• Bai He entered the palace to investigate the Dragon Vein's attraction, and an unseen person shouted at him from behind.

Bai He confronted Duan Shuai and Nie Renwang over the Dragon Vein, arguing that taking it was necessary despite the risks to the Nine Provinces. After defeating Duan Shuai and finding no further resistance, he approached Xuanyuan Huangdi’s remains, and the Dragon Vein entered his body.

• Duan Shuai and Nie Renwang challenged Bai He as he tried to take the Dragon Vein, and Nie warned that removing it could bring catastrophe.
• Bai He argued that the Dragon Vein preserved a stagnant and oppressive society, but Duan Shuai refused to risk the peace of the Nine Provinces.
• Duan Shuai attacked Bai He with Fire Kirin Eclipse of the Sun, but Bai He froze him in Seven-Colored Divine Light and slammed him to the ground.
• Nie Renwang declined to fight, and the Fire Kirin remained quiet as Bai He approached Xuanyuan Huangdi’s remains.
• Xuanyuan Huangdi’s Dragon Vein broke free from the skeleton, entered Bai He’s body, and released a silver divine dragon with a roar.

Bai He received the Dragon Vein’s memories and learned how Xuanyuan Huangdi joined forces with the Four Great Guardian Spirit Beasts to defeat the Primal Heavenly Devil. The Dragon Vein chose Bai He to save Huaxia as its power weakened and the Fire Kirin’s divinity faded.

• Bai He’s Emperor Dragon Soul merged with a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon before returning to his body and unlocking the Dragon Vein’s memories.
• Bai He learned that Ji Xuanyuan created the Xuanyuan Art and merged with a dying divine dragon that warned him about the Primal Heavenly Devil.
• Ji Xuanyuan united humanity and defeated Chi You at Zhuolu, but the Primal Heavenly Devil survived and regained his strength from the war’s death and hatred.
• Xuanyuan Huangdi and the surviving Qi Refiners and guardian spirit beasts sacrificed their power to destroy the Primal Heavenly Devil, leaving Xuanyuan gravely injured.
• Xuanyuan Huangdi’s remains suppressed Huaxia’s fortune in Lingyun Cave, but accumulated resentment weakened the Dragon Vein and obscured the Fire Kirin’s divinity.
• The Dragon Vein revealed that it had chosen Bai He to save Huaxia, whose world had fallen from the sixth or seventh order to the fourth after the ancient battle.

After inheriting the Dragon Vein, Bai He resolved to become the Human Emperor and restore the Nine Provinces. He left Lingyun Cave with Nie Renwang and Duan Shuai, bound for the Great Liang Imperial Capital.

• Bai He absorbed the Dragon Vein, recovered his Deified Acupoints, and saw his Emperor Dragon Soul evolve.
• Xuanyuan Huangdi's remains crumbled after the Dragon Vein departed, so Bai He gathered and buried his ashes beneath the throne.
• Bai He comforted the grieving Fire Kirin after learning of its bond with Xuanyuan Huangdi.
• Bai He invited Nie Renwang and Duan Shuai to join him in reorganizing the Nine Provinces, and they agreed.
• Bai He set out with Nie Renwang, Duan Shuai, and the Fire Kirin for the Great Liang Imperial Capital.

The Great Liang Emperor lamented that Xiong Ba and the Under Heaven Society had left him powerless in Qian Capital. Near Shanhai Pass, Bai He prepared to claim the throne with the Xuanyuan Sword and announced that he would make a grand entrance.

• The Great Liang Emperor recalled how Xiong Ba had forced his father to let the martial world govern itself, leaving the Imperial Court unable to challenge him.
• The Great Liang Emperor feared that leaving Qian Capital would expose him to assassination and drank in frustration.
• Bai He and his companions approached Shanhai Pass, and Nie Renwang said the Xuanyuan Sword and Xuanyuan Huangdi's mandate should persuade the Emperor to abdicate.
• Duan Shuai privately expected them to seize the Emperor by force and kill anyone who resisted.
• Bai He invoked Laozi's journey through Hangu Pass and unleashed a change in the winds and clouds as he prepared to make his entrance.

Bai He created a rainbow bridge through the dark clouds and rode the Fire Kirin to the Qian Capital, where the people believed him to be a sage. He reached the Great Liang Emperor’s palace and asked whether the man before him was the emperor.

• Bai He changed the weather across the land and formed a rainbow bridge leading from Shanhai Pass to the imperial palace.
• Bai He rode the Fire Kirin across the bridge, while Nie Renwang and Duan Shuai followed on stairs formed from spiritual energy.
• The people of the Qian Capital saw Bai He arrive amid Seven-Colored Divine Light and knelt as he released the Emperor Dragon Soul.
• Xiao Dezi alerted the Great Liang Emperor, who saw Bai He riding the Fire Kirin into the palace courtyard.
• Palace guards gathered but did not dare attack, and Bai He asked the Great Liang Emperor whether he was the emperor.

Bai He demanded that the Great Liang Emperor surrender the throne, then demonstrated the Xuanyuan Sword’s overwhelming power when the Emperor’s guards and martial arts retainers could not stop him. He declared himself Human Emperor, and the gongfeng immediately acknowledged him while the Great Liang Emperor could only smile bitterly.

• Duan Shuai told the Great Liang Emperor that Bai He was Xuanyuan Huangdi’s chosen successor and demanded that he fulfill Bai He’s mission to reorganize the Nine Provinces.
• Xiao Dezi urged the guards to attack Bai He and led the Great Liang Emperor away, but the guards were quickly defeated by Bai He’s two subordinates.
• The Great Liang Emperor summoned his gongfeng, but they refused to fight after recognizing the Fire Kirin and admitting they could not defeat it.
• Bai He drew the Xuanyuan Sword and cut a massive ravine before the palace, stopping the Imperial Guards from advancing.
• Bai He declared himself Human Emperor, and the gongfeng knelt before him while the Great Liang Emperor looked on bitterly.