Chapter Summaries

Wenlong focused on raising the children and studying immortal alchemy before entering seclusion, while Dragon City continued to prosper. Yuan Jing broke through to the Immortal Stage, and the Marquis House arrived with powerful allies seeking revenge, prompting Monkey Sun to face their Primordial Unity Realm expert.

• Wenlong trained Wen Wen and the other children in cultivation and combat, then entered seclusion at the Spiritfire's former location to study his Ancient Battlefield treasures and immortal alchemy books.
• Dragon City's markets flourished, and settlers moved into its surrounding territory under the city's protection.
• Yuan Jing emerged from seclusion having reached the Immortal Stage, astonishing Chen Li and Long Zhang.
• Powerful visitors approached Dragon City, and Long Zhang activated the City-Protecting Grand Array as Wenlong and Golden Monkey went to the gate tower.
• Wenlong recognized the Marquis House's allies as seeking revenge for the young master he had crippled, then sent Monkey Sun to fight their Primordial Unity Realm expert.
• Monkey Sun knocked a Golden Immortal Stage interceptor away with one blow, prompting the Primordial Unity Realm elder to step forward and fight him.

Wenlong and Monkey Sun drove off a primordial unity expert and helped Dragon City secure itself with a new defensive formation. Afterward, Wenlong told the others a simplified story of Sun Wukong, leaving Monkey Sun wondering whether the legendary figure on Mount Emei was truly his ancestor.

• Monkey Sun attacked the Marquis House elder while Wenlong supported him with spiritfire and Ice Spikes, forcing the elder to flee and leaving dozens of Marquis Family members behind.
• Wenlong and Monkey Sun crippled the remaining Marquis Family members’ cultivation and made them slaves as Dragon City celebrated its victory.
• Wenlong brought Wen Wen, his younger siblings, and Yang Bingxue to help build a new City-Guarding Formation that extended ten li and included attack mechanisms.
• After the formation was completed, Wenlong began telling Monkey Sun and the others a simplified version of Journey to the West, and answered Wen Hao’s questions about monsters and Monkey Sun’s origins.
• Wenlong said Sun Wukong had been betrayed after becoming a god and that the identity of the Sun Wukong on Mount Emei remained unverified.

Wenlong returned to secluded cultivation determined to reach the Golden Immortal Stage, but failed to break through and rejoined his family. Meanwhile, Guangli Bodhisattva urged Little White Dragon and Little Black Dragon to recruit Wenlong for the coming contest over the East Sea throne.

• Wenlong reflected on the conflict between Taoism and Buddhism and entered seclusion at the Spiritfire's original location to attempt a breakthrough.
• Guangli Bodhisattva told Little White Dragon and Little Black Dragon that the contest for the East Sea throne was approaching and advised them to seek help from Little Monkey and Wenlong.
• Little White Dragon and Little Black Dragon learned that Wenlong owned the Dragon-Taming Long Jian, then prepared to find him at the Outer Battlefield.
• Wenlong failed to break through to the Golden Immortal Stage and returned home to his family.
• Wenlong greeted Yuan Lai and rewarded his children and disciples with divine artifacts, including an ice-and-snow sword for Yang Bingxue.

Wenlong gave Yuan Lai a divine sword and Monkey Sun a spiritually aware staff, then agreed to travel with him to the dangerous Outer Battlefield in search of a breakthrough. After preparing for several days and traveling for more than three months, they entered the battlefield on foot and encountered its deadly lingering powers.

• Wenlong chose a divine sword for Yuan Lai and gave Monkey Sun a golden divine staff that could change its weight and size, which they named the Heaven-Breaking Divine Staff.
• Monkey Sun told Wenlong about the Outer Battlefield, and Wenlong agreed to go there with him in hopes of finding a path to a breakthrough.
• Wenlong spent time with his family, prepared pills and equipment, and checked Dragon City's defensive formation before departing with Monkey Sun.
• Wenlong and Monkey Sun traveled for more than three months in the Flying Saucer and reached the blood-soaked edge of the Outer Battlefield.
• Wenlong put away the Flying Saucer and advanced on foot with Monkey Sun, carefully navigating lingering auras, sword qi, blade radiance, spells, and magic.

Wenlong and Monkey Sun ventured deeper into the dangerous battlefield, where they found the remains of many dead adventurers and a powerful cultivator. Wenlong claimed the cultivator’s Ten Thousand Souls Banner and a manual, then began studying how the banner worked.

• Wenlong protected Monkey Sun from attacks and used his experience to guide them through the battlefield’s fixed hazards.
• After reaching shelter beside a large rock, Wenlong noticed countless adventurers’ bones and collected their Storage Rings and abandoned equipment.
• Wenlong and Monkey Sun pushed through more attacks to reach a luminous skeleton, where they healed and examined the remains.
• Wenlong took the skeleton’s Storage Ring and small banner, then sensed terrifying demons and ghosts depicted on the banner.
• Wenlong identified the artifact as a Ten Thousand Souls Banner after finding a matching formation manual in the Storage Ring, and began reading it to learn why its inner space was empty.

Wenlong and Monkey Sun survived a ghost attack by using the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, then trained until Wenlong reached the Golden Immortal realm. When the Black-and-White Twin Dragons were struck down by a powerful enemy, Wenlong and Monkey Sun stood to protect them while Wenlong tried to complete a Teleportation Array, leaving their survival uncertain.

• Wenlong used the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to absorb the ghosts that surrounded him and Monkey Sun at night.
• Wenlong comprehended a sword technique, broke through to the Golden Immortal realm, and began challenging stronger attacks while Monkey Sun trained nearby.
• Little White Dragon and Little Black Dragon rushed past Wenlong, but an enemy's distant palm strike knocked them down.
• Wenlong gave the dragons Life-Extending Pills and protected them while he and Monkey Sun withstood the enemy's palm strikes rather than flee.
• Wenlong began constructing a Teleportation Array as the enemy's attack shattered their defenses and knocked Monkey Sun unconscious.

Wenlong and his companions were gravely wounded while escaping the burly man in black, and Yuan Jing and Dragon City's strongest forces guarded them as she treated their injuries. After seven days, Wenlong showed signs of waking, but he remained unconscious as Yuan Jing pleaded with him.

• The old man in green and the burly man in black both suffered injuries, but the burly man launched another devastating attack as Wenlong activated the Teleportation Array and fled with the Black-and-White Twin Dragons and Monkey Sun.
• Wenlong, Monkey Sun, and the two bloodied dragons appeared unconscious in the Wen Family Estate, where Yuan Jing gave them pills and ordered Wen Wen to keep their condition secret.
• Long Zhang arrived, confirmed that the dragons and the others had to be saved, and arranged for Dragon City's forces to guard the estate.
• Yuan Jing, Liuliu, and Ruan Qianqian treated the four wounded companions, while Yuan Jing gave them Life-Extending Pills and helped them absorb the medicine.
• After seven days, Wenlong's fingers twitched and his breathing strengthened, but he did not wake despite Yuan Jing's efforts to rouse him.

Wenlong recovered from his near-fatal injuries and saved the Black-and-White Twin Dragons and Monkey Sun, then learned the burly man in black had lost his souls to a Ten Thousand Souls Banner. After months of recovery and study, Wenlong agreed to help the Black-and-White Twin Dragons compete for lordship over the Eastern Sea, while considering whether to subdue the powerful man.

• Wenlong woke and asked Yuan Jing, Liuliu, and Ruan Qianqian to help him sit up so he could heal.
• Wenlong gave Long Zhang pills, and Long Zhang helped the Black-and-White Twin Dragons and Monkey Sun wake and begin recovering.
• Wenlong mended their broken bones and severed tendons, then refined Healing Pills for their internal injuries.
• Little Black and Little White explained that greed had led them to attack the burly man in black, who had lost his souls and spirits to a Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Wenlong showed them his own Ten Thousand Souls Banner, then studied its manual while everyone recovered over several months.
• Little Black invited Wenlong and Monkey Sun to help the Black-and-White Twin Dragons fight for lordship over the Eastern Sea, and Wenlong agreed.

Wenlong emerged from seclusion, mastered the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and traveled with Monkey Sun to the Outer Battlefield, where he brought Old Black under his command. As the Four Seas War began, Wenlong had not yet reached the central island, and the East Sea Contest opened with a sudden attack on a West Sea challenger.

• Wenlong left seclusion after spending more than two months unraveling the Ten Thousand Souls Banner’s workings.
• Wenlong departed Dragon City with Monkey Sun and released a wisp of Old Black’s Awakening Soul near the Outer Battlefield.
• Old Black appeared, agreed to serve Wenlong, and boarded the Flying Saucer after Wenlong named him Old Black.
• The Black-and-White Twin Dragons waited for Wenlong and Monkey Sun on the central island, while Little White doubted Wenlong would keep his promise to come.
• An old dragon announced the start of the East Sea Contest, and a golden staff struck at a monk representing the West Sea.

Wenlong joined the East Sea at the contest, where Monkey Sun won several arena bouts before the three-sea alliance attacked in a group battle. Wenlong unleashed Ten Thousand Miles of Ice, forcing the Dragon Race elder to stop the fight and award victory to the East Sea.

• Monkey Sun defeated the West Sea's bald monk, and the East Sea claimed the first arena victory.
• Wenlong arrived with Old Black and learned that the final group battle would likely pit the East Sea against an alliance of the other three seas.
• Monkey Sun won several more arena bouts while Wenlong waited for the group battle to begin.
• The three-sea alliance attacked the East Sea, and Wenlong fought alongside Monkey Sun and the others, blocking a fatal strike aimed at Monkey Sun.
• Wenlong asked Little White to withdraw the East Sea clansmen, then used Wall of Fire Technique and Ten Thousand Miles of Ice to freeze the opposing forces.
• The Dragon Race elder halted the battle and declared the East Sea the winner, preserving its place at the forefront of the four seas.

After helping the East Sea win the contest, Wenlong agreed to explore the dangerous Blackwater Domain with his companions in search of cultivation resources and treasures. They reached its outskirts, where Monkey Sun attacked a Black Python that had struck their Flying Saucer.

• Wenlong’s use of Ten Thousand Miles of Ice secured the East Sea’s victory, and the Dragon King rewarded the helpers with treasures at a feast.
• Little White and Little Black invited Wenlong and Monkey Sun to visit the Blackwater Domain, and Wenlong agreed because he wanted to grow stronger.
• The group set off the next morning in a Flying Saucer and traveled toward the Blackwater Domain.
• At the domain’s outskirts, a Black Python attacked the Flying Saucer, and Monkey Sun rushed out to batter it with the Heaven-Breaking Staff.

Wenlong and his companions survived an attack by silent insects, captured the Black-Robed Man who controlled them, and seized his Insect-Driving Manual. After Wenlong injured and expelled the Black-Robed Man, a powerful purple-robed elder arrived to avenge his disciple, and the fight began.

• Monkey Sun killed the black python, and Wenlong warned the group to watch for ambushes as they traveled through the unfamiliar region.
• Silent insects gnawed through Wenlong's defensive formation, but he woke the group and froze them with Ice Spirit while Old Black captured the Black-Robed Man.
• The Black-Robed Man confessed that he had bought information about the group and tried to rob them, then handed Wenlong his Insect-Driving Manual, flute, and ring.
• Wenlong ordered Monkey Sun to cripple the Black-Robed Man and throw him out, sparing his life, then began studying the manual.
• A purple-robed elder arrived and threatened the group for injuring his disciple, then attacked them with spiritual power.
• Wenlong and his companions scattered to resist the elder's attack, and Wenlong urged Old Black to fight back.

Wenlong and his companions defeated the purple-robed elder, seized control of her and her disciple, and retreated to a secluded cave to recover. While searching her Storage Ring, Wenlong found a manual for the Spirit-Gathering Array Formation, adding a valuable prize to his new fighters.

• Wenlong, Old Black, the Black-and-White Twin Dragons, and Monkey Sun overwhelmed the purple-robed elder with their attacks and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Wenlong captured the purple-robed elder's Awakening Soul and Wisdom Soul, then imprisoned two of the Black-Robed Man's souls and forced both captives to obey him.
• Wenlong named the elder Purple Robe and her disciple Little Bug, and the group moved to a secluded cave to heal and avoid further attacks.
• Wenlong treated the injured group and searched Purple Robe's Storage Ring, finding many treasures and a manual for the Spirit-Gathering Array Formation.

After Little Black and Little White broke through and exposed their location, Wenlong’s group defeated a beast tamer and subdued her and her great lion. Learning of mysterious ruins in the Blackwater Domain, Wenlong led his companions toward them to seek treasures and cultivation methods.

• Wenlong had Old Seven brought to him, enslaved him with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and assigned him to gather intelligence.
• Little Black and Little White broke through, prompting Wenlong to set up defensive formations as a Boundless Realm woman arrived riding a great lion.
• Wenlong’s companions separated the beast tamer from her lion, defeated and subdued her, and Wenlong named her Little Three.
• Little Three told Wenlong about mysterious ruins said to hold powerful magic treasures and cultivation methods.
• Wenlong told Old Seven to monitor the area, made masks for his companions, and set out with them toward the ruins.

Wenlong discovered that the black stones in the Heaven-Opening Ruins concealed ancient secrets of spells, sword techniques, and formations, but he needed time and protection to study them. He founded the Huaxia People, captured Boundless Realm experts to strengthen the new force, and secured the ruins so his companions could cultivate in relative safety.

• Wenlong and his companions reached the Heaven-Opening Ruins, where he used Divine Sense to uncover mysteries inside the immovable black stones.
• Wenlong called Little White, Little Black, and Monkey Sun to discuss protecting the ruins, then decided to establish the Huaxia People.
• Wenlong ordered Old Seven to make the ruins their center of operations and set trapping formations to capture powerful newcomers.
• Wenlong's group captured Boundless Realm experts and turned them into obedient fighters, adding Old Four through Old Twelve to their ranks.
• Wenlong ordered his fighters to protect the ruins and told the Black-and-White Twin Dragons and Monkey Sun to cultivate and study the stones.

Wenlong strengthened his mental power by studying the great black stone and returned to Dragon City, where Lin Yueming and Lin San Dan came seeking him. Lin San Dan apologized and hinted that the Lin Family had run into serious trouble, and Wenlong agreed to hear him out while warning that it would be the last time.

• Wenlong repeatedly sent his divine sense into the great black stone, strengthening his mental power and beginning to discern its patterns.
• Wenlong built a teleportation array and a defensive formation in half his usual time, then ordered Old Black and the others to guard the ruins.
• Wenlong returned to Dragon City and learned from Wen Wen that Lin Yueming had come looking for him.
• Wenlong coolly greeted Lin Yueming, who was led inside by Yuan Jing, and went to chat with his parents.
• Lin San Dan apologized to Wenlong for failing to recognize his worth, and Wenlong demanded that he state the Lin Family's problem plainly and said this would be the last time.

Wenlong agreed to help the Lin Family against the Marquis House and traveled to the Blackwater Domain to gather his forces and allies. He set out for the Marquis House, while the Lin Family waited anxiously as its enemies closed in.

• Lin San explained that two boundless realm ancestors had returned to the Marquis House and threatened to destroy the Lin Family, so Wenlong agreed to help.
• Wenlong asked Ancestor Long Zhang to manage his forces in the Blackwater Domain and established rules and roles for the Wen household.
• Wenlong brought Little Three to protect Ruan Qianqian, introduced Long Zhang to his followers, and prepared to confront the Marquis House.
• Wenlong, Yue Ming, six others, and Little Bug departed aboard the Flying Saucer for the Marquis House.
• At the Immortal City Lin Family, Lin Chuanbang worried that Lin San and Lin Yueming had been gone for more than ten days as the Marquis House's experts surrounded them.

Wenlong rescued the Lin Family from the Marquis House and brought its two Boundless Realm ancestors under his control, bringing his subordinates to fourteen. As his Flying Saucer neared the Blackwater Domain, he found Long Zhang and the others facing a new threat whose leader had reached the second-tribulation Boundless Realm.

• The Lin Family Ancestor and Lin Liang led the Lin Family in a desperate defense against the Marquis House, but its Boundless Realm ancestor nearly killed them.
• Wenlong and five masked companions arrived aboard the Flying Saucer, forced the Marquis House to surrender, and took control of its members.
• Lin San killed several Marquis House experts, while Yue Ming healed the Lin Family Ancestor and Lin Liang before rejoining Wenlong.
• Wenlong imprisoned the Marquis House ancestors' souls and named them Thirteen and Fourteen, bringing his Boundless Realm subordinates to fourteen.
• Wenlong returned to the Blackwater Domain and found Long Zhang, the Black-and-White Twin Dragons, Monkey Sun, and four Boundless Realm experts facing an unfamiliar gang.
• Monkey Sun warned Wenlong that the gang leader was a second-tribulation Boundless Realm expert.

Wenlong’s group lured a second-tier Boundless Realm gang leader into an ambush and subdued him, but the battle left more than half their people severely wounded. Wenlong began torturing the leader’s souls to force his submission.

• Wenlong captured the gang’s remaining members, named its two Boundless Realm cultivators Fifteen and Sixteen, and planned to use them to lure their leader into a trapping array.
• Wenlong prepared an ambush with escape routes, sent the Ancestor and Yue Ming back to Dragon City, and told Little Bug to focus its bugs on the second-tier expert.
• Fifteen and Sixteen lured the gang leader into the ambush, where they and the hidden experts attacked him while Little Bug’s bugs covered his body and stopped him gathering spell power.
• Wenlong imprisoned two of the leader’s souls, ordered Little Bug to recall the bugs, and gave Healing Pills and Life-Extending Pills to the wounded.
• After learning that more than half their people had suffered injuries, Wenlong used the Fire Spirit to burn the gang leader’s souls until he begged for mercy.

Wenlong recovered, studied the Great Black Stone, and strengthened his control of the Blackwater Domain while preparing to confront its remaining northern forces. Yue Ming also mastered a devastating sword technique, and Wenlong discovered that she had reached the golden immortal realm.

• Wenlong subdued the gang leader, named him Number One, and left Long Zhang, Yue Ming, and Yuan Jing to manage the Blackwater Domain while he healed.
• Wenlong returned to study the Great Black Stone, invited Yue Ming to try its mysteries, and later broke through to the primordial unity realm while gaining insights into array formations.
• Long Zhang told Wenlong that he had brought Wen Wen, Yang Bingxue, and Yuanlai to cultivate, and Wenlong proposed securing the Blackwater Domain before bringing more people from Dragon City.
• Old Seven reported that only the northern forces and forbidden grounds remained beyond their reach, so Wenlong told Long Zhang to take everyone back to Dragon City while he dealt with the northern forces.
• Yue Ming emerged from her study of the Great Black Stone and demonstrated a sword strike with destructive force, revealing that she had reached the golden immortal realm.