Chapter Summaries

After taking the throne, Bai He created an Inner Cabinet and Supervisory Platform to manage the government while he focused on strengthening himself and reorganizing the Nine Provinces. He began training the imperial army, asking its soldiers whether they wanted the power to become martial artists, and they eagerly accepted.

• The Great Liang Emperor abdicated to Bai He, who made him the Carefree King and kept him in Qian Capital.
• News of Bai He's accession spread through the Nine Provinces, prompting many secluded righteous figures to travel to Qian Capital while major powers waited to see what would happen.
• Bai He established an Inner Cabinet to handle memorials and appointed the Carefree King chief inspector of a Supervisory Platform to oversee officials.
• Bai He planned to eliminate the leading Martial World Forces and have his armies absorb the smaller ones rather than destroy them all himself.
• At the outskirts of Qian Capital, Bai He told his generals and soldiers that he wanted to train them in martial arts, and the soldiers shouted for him to grant them power.

Bai He selected 306 Imperial Guards to form the Divine Martial Army, granting them Spirit Seeds and Blood Bodhi to begin their martial cultivation. That night, he sensed an intruder outside his bedchamber and went out to confront the figure.

• Bai He offered the Imperial Guards Spirit Seeds, explaining the power they would grant and that accepting them placed their lives in his hands.
• The soldiers volunteered, and Bai He chose 306 of them according to their family circumstances to join the Divine Martial Army.
• Bai He implanted Spirit Seeds in the selected soldiers, gave each a Blood Bodhi, and used the Bewitching God Seal to guide their first visualization cultivation.
• Bai He placed General Gao in charge of forming and equipping the Divine Martial Army, then flew away.
• That night, the Fire Kirin woke as Bai He cultivated; he found the maid outside his bedchamber unconscious and a mysterious figure waiting nearby.

Bai He met Wu Ming and explained that the Dragon Vein was weakening because martial factions were harming the people. Wu Ming agreed to support Bai He’s effort to reorganize the Nine Provinces, though he would not join his campaigns.

• Bai He recognized the swordsman waiting outside the bedchamber as Wu Ming, and Wu Ming judged Bai He to be Xuanyuan Huangdi’s successor.
• Wu Ming thanked Bai He for sparing the Great Liang imperial family’s bloodline.
• Bai He told Wu Ming that he saw the Human Emperor as a leader responsible for improving people’s lives.
• Bai He explained that martial factions’ abuses were polluting the Dragon Vein and asked Wu Ming to help reorganize the Nine Provinces.
• Wu Ming agreed to support Bai He but said his vow of seclusion prevented him from fighting in the campaigns.

Bai He traveled to Dominance City with Huo Lie, Nie Renwang, and Duan Shuai, intending to defeat Xiong Ba and recruit Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, and Duan Lang. After entering the inner city to watch the Under Heaven Society’s Branch Competition, he headed with his companions toward its headquarters on Heaven Mountain.

• Bai He agreed to help Huo Lie avenge Huo Butian and announced an expedition against Xiong Ba and the Under Heaven Society.
• Bai He identified the current point in the Wind and Cloud World's timeline and planned to recruit Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, and Duan Lang.
• Bai He traveled to Dominance City with Huo Lie, Nie Renwang, and Duan Shuai, hoping to persuade the three young men to join him.
• Nie Renwang asked whether his son Nie Feng was in Dominance City, and Bai He explained that Nie Feng was Xiong Ba’s favored disciple while Duan Lang had been demoted to menial labor.
• Bai He paid for four identity tokens and led his companions into the inner city to watch the Under Heaven Society’s Branch Competition.

Bai He and his disguised companions watched the Under Heaven Society’s Branch Competition, where Qin Shuang and Nie Feng won their matches and Duan Lang was forced to lose to Bu Jingyun. Bai He explained Xiong Ba’s role in Duan Lang’s defeat and promised Duan Shuai that he would make Xiong Ba pay, then planned to visit Duan Lang that night.

• Huo Lie presented Bai He’s plaque at the Under Heaven Society headquarters, and the group was led to the viewing area.
• Qin Shuang defeated Tie Mu with Frost Heaven Palm, freezing him until he could no longer fight.
• Nie Feng defeated Lu Mo with Wind God Leg and caught him before he fell from the arena; Nie Renwang recognized his son, but Bai He told him not to reveal himself.
• Duan Lang’s Eclipse of the Sun Swordplay overwhelmed Bu Jingyun’s Cloud Dispelling Palm, but Duan Lang remembered Xiong Ba’s warning and deliberately let Bu Jingyun defeat him.
• Bai He told Duan Shuai that Xiong Ba had forced Duan Lang to lose and promised to make Xiong Ba pay; he said he would visit Duan Lang that night.

After the Branch Competition, Bai He infiltrated the Under Heaven Society to approach Kong Ci while Duan Lang brooded over his defeat and his place in the society. Dugu Yifang arrived at the headquarters with Dugu Ming, where Xiong Ba welcomed them alongside his three disciples.

• Xiong Ba named Qin Shuang, Bu Jingyun, and Nie Feng leaders of the society’s three great halls, and the members praised him.
• Bai He slipped back into the headquarters disguised as a society member, then used Great Luo Cave Insight to conceal himself as he explored.
• Several red-clad members mocked Duan Lang, who knocked them down before leaving the stable.
• Nie Feng asked Duan Lang about his disappointment, but Duan Lang kept his criticism of Xiong Ba to himself and told Nie Feng to attend the celebration banquet.
• Bai He followed Nie Feng, intending to get close to Kong Ci, then watched Xiong Ba welcome Dugu Yifang and Dugu Ming to the headquarters.

Dugu Yifang visited Xiong Ba to discuss an alliance, but neither man reached an agreement. After Duan Lang accidentally spilled wine on Xiong Ba, Nie Feng and Dugu Yifang saved him from execution, but Wen Chou Chou forced him to roll out of the hall.

• Dugu Yifang declined to commit to an alliance with Xiong Ba, who warned him about the Imperial Court and the danger of their enemies growing stronger.
• Xiong Ba invited Dugu Yifang to share wine, and Wen Chou Chou ordered Duan Lang to serve it.
• Dugu Yifang recognized Duan Lang as Duan Shuai's son, while Wen Chou Chou belittled Duan Lang and insulted his father.
• Duan Lang accidentally spilled wine on Xiong Ba, and Wen Chou Chou ordered his execution.
• Nie Feng pleaded for Duan Lang, and Dugu Yifang helped persuade Xiong Ba to spare his life.
• Duan Lang mistakenly thanked Dugu Yifang instead of Xiong Ba, then rolled out of the hall after Wen Chou Chou demanded it.

Dugu Yifang rejected Xiong Ba’s proposed alliance and decided to recruit Duan Lang for Peerless City instead. He visited Duan Lang at night and urged him to leave the Under Heaven Society, leaving Duan Lang to consider his appeal.

• Xiong Ba showed Dugu Yifang the prophecy about wind and cloud, and Wen Chou Chou linked it to Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun as Dugu Yifang praised Xiong Ba’s prospects.
• Dugu Yifang declined to agree to an alliance and asked for one night to consider it before leaving with Dugu Ming.
• Dugu Yifang and Dugu Ming discussed the Imperial Court’s threat and concluded that Xiong Ba wanted to draw Peerless City into the coming war.
• Dugu Yifang decided to recruit Duan Lang, whose martial arts and knowledge of the Under Heaven Society could benefit Peerless City.
• Dugu Yifang and Dugu Ming secretly went to Duan Lang’s stable, where Dugu Yifang urged him to recognize Xiong Ba’s mistreatment and change sides.

Bai He confronted Dugu Yifang as he tried to recruit Duan Lang, defeated him, and used the Bewitching God Seal to make Dugu Yifang and Dugu Ming his loyal subordinates. He told Duan Lang that his father and Nie Feng’s father were alive in Dominance City, but said they would reunite after the Under Heaven Society fell.

• Wen Chou Chou secretly followed Dugu Yifang and Duan Lang, then left after realizing they had noticed him.
• Dugu Yifang offered Duan Lang a place at his side, but Bai He appeared and said Duan Lang would follow him instead.
• Bai He defeated Dugu Yifang with the Fire Kirin Sword and Xuanyuan Nine Dragons Swordplay.
• Bai He used the Bewitching God Seal to make Dugu Yifang and Dugu Ming loyal to him, and told them to delay Peerless City’s pledge until he took down the Under Heaven Society.
• Bai He told Duan Lang that his father and Nie Feng’s father were alive in Dominance City and instructed him not to tell Nie Feng yet.

Bai He recruited Duan Lang as an informant inside Under Heaven Society and escaped after clashing with Xiong Ba. Seeking to resist the prophecy that Feng and Yun would bring his rise and fall, Xiong Ba decided to sow discord among his disciples by arranging Kong Ci’s marriage to Qin Shuang.

• Bai He asked Duan Lang to remain in Under Heaven Society as his informant and marked him with a Golden Armor Warrior Talisman that could summon help and contact Bai He.
• Bai He left Duan Lang when he sensed Xiong Ba attacking the seal around them, and Xiong Ba soon broke through with Nie Feng beside him.
• Bai He fought off Xiong Ba’s Three Points Unite as One with the Xuanyuan Sword, then escaped Under Heaven Society using his Undying Sky Wings.
• Xiong Ba found Ni Pusa and forced him to reveal a prophecy that Feng and Yun would bring Xiong Ba’s rise and fall.
• Xiong Ba decided to drive Feng and Yun apart by arranging for Kong Ci to marry Qin Shuang, expecting Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng to oppose each other.

Bai He led the Imperial Court army to Heaven Mountain to confront Xiong Ba, whose Under Heaven Society stood ready for war. After Xiong Ba’s sneak attack failed and Bai He revealed his formidable swordsmanship, Bai He brought forward a young man whose appearance shocked Nie Feng and Qin Shuang.

• Bai He marched toward Heaven Mountain with Duan Shuai, Nie Renwang, and Huo Lie, each seeking revenge on Xiong Ba.
• Xiong Ba met Bai He’s army and dismissed Huo Lie’s accusation that he had massacred Huo Family Village.
• Xiong Ba launched Three Points Unite as One at Bai He, but the Fire Kirin’s fireball stopped the attack.
• Bai He struck back with the Xuanyuan Sword, forcing Xiong Ba to dodge as his horse was pierced by sword energy.
• Bai He introduced a young man in black and a red cape, whom Nie Feng recognized as Senior Brother Yun.

Bu Jingyun confronted Xiong Ba over the destruction of his foster father’s family, but Xiong Ba defeated him and revealed that he had kept his true martial knowledge secret. As the battle escalated, Bai He faced Xiong Ba in the air while the Fire Kirin attacked the Under Heaven Society’s forces, and Xiong Ba prepared to unleash Three Points Unite as One.

• Bu Jingyun accused Xiong Ba of killing his foster father Huo Butian’s family and attacked him with Holy Spirit Swordplay, but Xiong Ba defeated him with Frost Heaven Palm.
• Xiong Ba revealed that Frost Heaven Palm, Wind God Leg, and Cloud Dispelling Palm could reinforce and counter one another, then called on the Under Heaven Society to charge.
• Xiong Ba unleashed the Tianchi Twelve Fiends to hold back Nie Renwang, Duan Shuai, and Huo Lie, then attacked Bai He with his saber.
• Bai He used the Undying Sky Wings to take to the sky and let the Fire Kirin rampage through Xiong Ba’s army, while Nie Feng and Qin Shuang moved to stop it.
• Duan Lang blocked Qin Shuang and challenged him with Eclipse of the Sun Swordplay, drawing their fight away from the battlefield.
• Bai He praised Xiong Ba’s rise but criticized his tyranny and suspicion, and Xiong Ba responded by activating Three Points Unite as One against him.

Bai He defeated Xiong Ba and used the battle to establish the Imperial Court’s dominance over the martial world. Xiong Ba was left alive but stripped of his cultivation, while the Imperial Court’s unification of the Nine Provinces neared completion.

• Xiong Ba’s strongest attack vanished against Bai He’s Undying Sky Wings, and Bai He defeated him with the Heaven Destroying Hand.
• Bai He explained that he came from another world and revealed that Nie Renwang and Duan Shuai were among his subordinates seeking vengeance against Xiong Ba.
• Bai He used the Feng Hou Qimen to devastate the battlefield and scatter the Under Heaven Society; Nie Renwang rescued Nie Feng.
• Nie Feng pleaded with Bu Jingyun to spare Xiong Ba, and You Ruo also begged for her father’s life; Bu Jingyun crippled Xiong Ba’s cultivation instead of killing him.
• News of the defeat spread, the Peerless City submitted to the Imperial Court, and more than ninety-nine percent of the martial world’s forces followed within a month.

After unifying Jiuzhou, Bai He traveled across the ocean to the Americas to find crops that could improve the people’s food supply. He found sweet potatoes and corn, spread Huaxia language and body-tempering methods among the natives, and returned with seeds and plants for Jiuzhou.

• Bai He decided to seek American crops after concluding that technological development would take too long to improve living standards in Jiuzhou.
• Bai He left the government in the hands of the Inner Cabinet and swam down the Yangtze River and across the ocean in his Emperor Dragon Body.
• Bai He found a native tribe, obtained sweet potatoes, taught its people body-tempering methods, and used the Bewitching God Seal to teach the chief Huaxia Language.
• The tribe became powerful, adopted Bai He as its totem, and later renamed itself the Feathered Serpent God Tribe after modifying the totem to include wings.
• Bai He visited other tribes, acquired corn, potatoes, chili peppers, and other plants, stored them, and completed his journey to the Americas.

Bai He introduced high-yield crops to the Nine Provinces, became the Qian Heavenly Emperor, and strengthened his cultivation before reaching a bottleneck tied to his dual bloodlines. After forging new martial arts through months of reflection, he entered a desolate space and wondered whether he had awakened his Small World.

• Bai He presented corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes to his ministers, and the Imperial Court began promoting the crops after trial planting confirmed their high yields.
• The ministers urged Bai He to change the dynasty, and Great Qian named him the Qian Heavenly Emperor as the people’s prosperity increased his power of fortune.
• Bai He discovered he could not leave the Fourth Order Nirvana stage without severing one of his human or Emperor Dragon bloodlines, so he planned to preserve both by creating an Emperor Dragon Avatar.
• Bai He reflected on his martial arts and fused them into the Hand of Azure Heaven and the Illusory Star Divine Wings, while refining his other combat techniques.
• After condensing twenty-four Deified Acupoints, Bai He’s consciousness entered a barren space with an island and stream, leading him to suspect that he had awakened his Small World.

Bai He discovered that he had awakened a Small World and considered using his stored Source Energy to develop it. In the Qian Capital, Luo Xian saw the changes brought by the Holy Emperor, and Di Shitian decided to meet Bai He.

• Bai He realized his Small World was under his control but could not yet support life, and he considered investing Source Energy to help it grow.
• Bai He reflected that he no longer wanted to rely on the system to deduce cultivation techniques and had found a use for his unused Source Energy.
• Luo Xian bought roasted sweet potato and corn in the Qian Capital and learned that the sweet potatoes had been brought overseas by the Holy Emperor of Great Qian.
• Di Shitian met Luo Xian outside the Qian Capital and heard her describe the city's hopeful atmosphere.
• Di Shitian decided to meet Bai He and told Luo Xian to return to the Heavenly Gate.

Bai He fought the mysterious intruder Di Shitian outside Qian Capital after luring him away from the Imperial Palace. Di Shitian revealed that he had attacked Bai He to test his strength and decide whether he could join him in slaying a dragon.

• Bai He sensed an intruder in the Imperial Palace, and Di Shitian burst into his bedchamber and attacked him with Snow Blood Claw.
• Bai He flew out of Qian Capital with Di Shitian to protect the palace and city from their battle, while the garrison sealed off the outskirts.
• Bai He trapped Di Shitian with Hand of Azure Heaven, but Di Shitian escaped using Seven No Extremes and struck back with his calamity techniques.
• Bai He feigned injury and counterattacked, badly injuring Di Shitian and making him wary of Bai He's strength.
• Di Shitian identified himself as the master of the Heavenly Gate and said he had tested Bai He to see whether he was qualified to help slay a dragon.

Bai He agreed to join Di Shitian’s hunt for the divine dragon in exchange for the Saint Heart Sutra, then sailed with the other weapon wielders toward the island where the dragon would appear. As the ship entered thickening fog, Bai He told Duan Lang, Jian Chen, and Bu Jingyun that the divine dragon was important to him and instructed them to follow his orders.

• Di Shitian promised Bai He the Saint Heart Sutra if he helped slay the divine dragon, and Bai He accepted after receiving half the text to inspect.
• Three years later, Di Shitian recruited Bai He, Duan Lang, Bu Jingyun, and Jian Chen for the dragon hunt, explaining that seven unparalleled weapons were needed to kill the dragon.
• Bai He and the others boarded Di Shitian’s ship, where Luo Xian introduced them to the other weapon wielders, including Po Jun, Huang Ying, and Huai Kong.
• Bai He told Duan Lang and Jian Chen that the Saint Heart Sutra could extend life and said the divine dragon was useful to him, then ordered them to follow his instructions.
• After sailing for a day and night, the ship entered thick fog and an island appeared ahead.

Bai He and his companions reached Divine Dragon Island, where the Sea Race People attacked their ship to keep outsiders away. As the Sea Race Chief's Divine Water Skill battered the ship with fierce winds and waves, Bai He and the others flew to the island while Di Shitian protected the vessel and ordered it forward.

• Di Shitian ordered the crew to ignore the Sea Race People's warning and continue toward Divine Dragon Island.
• The Sea Race Chief sent warriors to attack the ship with crossbows, killing several sailors.
• At Di Shitian's command, Po Jun struck the attackers beneath the water with the Greedy Wolf Sword and the Heaven Blade, blasting many of them onto the beach.
• The Sea Race Chief used the Divine Water Skill to surround the ship with raging winds and waves.
• Bai He, Jian Chen, Bu Jingyun, and Duan Lang used qinggong to escape the storm and reach the island.
• Di Shitian covered the ship with his true qi and ordered the crew to steer toward Divine Dragon Island.

Bai He arrived at Divine Dragon Island and forced the Sea Race to accept his authority while preparing to reveal the truth about the Divine Dragon. On the day of Awakening of Insects, the Divine Dragon rose from the sea, leaving its nature and the Sea Race’s fate to be revealed.

• Bai He confronted the Sea Race, declared Divine Dragon Island part of Huaxia, and ordered Duan Lang to demonstrate his strength.
• Duan Lang defeated the Sea Race Chief, and Bai He said the Divine Dragon was a savage beast that would appear the next day.
• The Sea Race Chief agreed to lead Bai He and his companions to the settlement, where Jian Chen treated his wounds and defended Bai He’s rule.
• On the day of Awakening of Insects, an earth-shaking roar sounded as the Divine Dragon emerged from the sea.