Chapter Summaries

Wenlong expanded the Huaxia Trading Company and then compelled the Sima, Situ, and Zhuge Lineages to help rebuild the Dragon Family Ruins. As the Dragon Family's return unsettled Central Province, Dragon City's workshops and shops flourished under growing demand.

• Wenlong instructed Liuliu, Elder Wang, and Elder Liu to expand the workshops, launch the Pill Workshop and an Escort Agency, and delegate management to new recruits.
• After mastering the Sword-Driving Technique and concealment arts, Wenlong received Ancestor Long Zhang's order to deal with the traitorous Lineages.
• Wenlong confronted the Sima, Situ, and Zhuge ancestors and made each Lineage accept terms requiring them to help rebuild the Dragon Race.
• Long Zhang sent the three ancestors to the Lineage Dungeon, while Wenlong arranged for Elder Wang to provide construction specialists to the rebuilding Lineages.
• The powers of Central Province warned their juniors to avoid provoking the Dragon Family, while Huaxia Workshops expanded and Dragon City filled with workers, customers, and new shops.

Wenlong met five returning Divine Realm ancestors and learned that Ancestor Long Zhang was gravely weakened after reaching the half-supreme divine realm. Long Zhang sent Wenlong to find rare spirit herbs, and Wenlong prepared to leave Dragon City after arranging for the Dragon Family and Huaxia Trading Company to carry on.

• Five Divine Realm experts arrived in Dragon City and went to meet Ancestor Long Zhang, where they identified themselves as guardians who had been away fighting the Otherworldly Race.
• Wenlong explained that three guardians were in the dungeon and two were likely dead, then brought Elder Wang and Elder Liu and their Black Saber and Black Sword so the ancestors could identify them as descendants of their brothers.
• Ancestor Long Zhang became overwhelmed by grief over his clan’s losses, unleashed a half-supreme divine realm aura, and collapsed into weakness after Wenlong gave him a Life-Extending Pill.
• Long Zhang gave Wenlong a map and ordered him to find the spirit herbs that could save him, while Wenlong arranged for the clansmen to move into the Ancestral Grounds and left the Thunder Eagle with Elder Wang and Elder Liu.
• Wenlong asked Liuliu to help keep the Huaxia Trading Company operating, and she tearfully gave him an embroidered pouch before he prepared to leave.

Wenlong returned to the Death Forest, broke through into the heaven realm, and challenged stronger demonic beasts. After escaping a golden monkey and exhausting himself chasing a seventh-rank Ground-running Chicken, he roasted his catch, but something unexpected happened as he reached for it.

• Liuliu watched Wenlong leave for the Death Forest, while her grandfather worried that Wenlong would soon outgrow the Azure Dragon Continent.
• Wenlong stopped at the inn on the forest's outskirts, then flew to the place where he had last parted from Liuliu and began hunting demonic beasts.
• Wenlong refined beast meat and broke through from the earth realm into the heaven realm.
• Wenlong released Little White and Little Black to guard him, but they scared away most of the nearby demonic beasts.
• A golden monkey chased Wenlong through the mountains, and he later caught a seventh-rank Ground-running Chicken after a long pursuit.
• Wenlong cleaned and roasted the chicken, then reached for it just as something unexpected happened.

Wenlong caught the golden monkey, forced him to reveal his hidden treasures, and took the monkey back to his cave. After Little White beat the monkey and made him prepare meat, Wenlong cooked for the group and tried to teach the dragons table manners.

• The golden monkey stole Wenlong's roast chicken, so Wenlong set another roast as bait and had Little White capture him.
• The monkey offered his treasures in exchange for his life, and Wenlong established soul communication with him before following him to his cave.
• The monkey revealed a cache of Spirit Stones and spirit-breaking stone, and Wenlong collected all the stones and claimed the monkey's cave comforts.
• Wenlong had Little White beat the monkey and ordered him to clean the demonic beasts Little Black had brought back.
• Wenlong roasted the meat, but when he tried to teach the dragons civilized manners, Little Black said demonic beasts did not need civilization.

Wenlong and his companions entered the Giant Demon Bear’s territory, beat the bear, and forced it to reveal its treasures. After collecting the loot and sending Red Butt to retrieve the monkey’s own hidden goods, Wenlong left the bear alive to avoid provoking the Old Azure Flood Dragon.

• Wenlong shared the roasted beast meat with Little Black, Little White, and the little monkey, then meditated and advanced toward the late Heaven Realm.
• The little monkey warned Wenlong that the Giant Demon Bear was nearby, but Wenlong provoked it into leading the way.
• Little White struck the Giant Demon Bear, Little Black battered it, and Wenlong and the little monkey joined in.
• Wenlong spared the bear but made it reveal demon honey and lingzhi mushrooms after threatening to take its paws.
• Wenlong suspected Red Butt had hidden treasures and ordered it to retrieve everything it had left behind.
• Wenlong left Bear Mountain without killing the bear, explaining that doing so could provoke the Old Azure Flood Dragon.

Wenlong brought Little White, Little Black, and the little monkey to the old Azure Flood Dragon’s lake island to obtain the Longevity Vine. After the dragons beat the old Azure Flood Dragon into surrendering, Wenlong began pressing him to settle an account.

• The little monkey joined Wenlong to escape the Giant Demon Bear’s future revenge, and Wenlong packed away its belongings before they headed to the central region.
• Wenlong confronted the old Azure Flood Dragon at its lake, but it refused to meet him on the island and attacked with a column of water.
• Wenlong ordered Little Black to fight, and Little White and Little Black relentlessly battered the old Azure Flood Dragon while Wenlong watched.
• The dragons dragged the battered Azure Flood Dragon onto the island, and it surrendered when Wenlong threatened to have them continue the beating.
• Wenlong claimed he had come to visit on behalf of an old acquaintance, then said they still had an account to settle.

Wenlong and the two dragons traveled to the Endless Abyss, where they hoped to find a Blood Lotus and recover their former master's remains. After arriving, they encountered a nourishing snake, and Wenlong began preparing to break through to the next realm.

• Wenlong took the spirit-breaking stones and the entire Longevity Vine from Old Azure Flood Dragon, then set out with Little White, Little Black, and the little monkey.
• Wenlong named the little monkey Little Sun, taught him staff techniques, and had a Water-Fire Staff forged for him.
• Wenlong and the dragons reached the Endless Abyss and descended toward the place where their former master had fallen.
• The group rested on a platform, where Little Black killed a Withered Yellow Snake that had attacked Wenlong.
• After eating the roasted snake, Wenlong felt a breakthrough approaching and prepared a Qi-Attracting Pill and Spirit Stones.

Wenlong reached the Immortal Realm and continued down the Abyss with Little White, Little Black, and Little Sun. They encountered the Devil Race, and a fierce battle began, with Little Black suffering repeated wounds.

• Wenlong absorbed Spirit Stones, reached the Immortal Realm, and gave Little Sun Qi-Attracting Pills to help him cultivate.
• At the second ledge, Wenlong and Little Sun killed Withered Yellow Snakes, roasted them, and Little Sun advanced to the eighth rank.
• Little White and Little Black brought Wenlong and Little Sun to the icy ledge where they had once fought the Devil Race Ancestor and saved Long Zhang.
• More than a dozen black-robed Devil Race figures arrived and attacked the two dragons, Wenlong, and Little Sun.
• Little White and Little Black fought the Devil Race while Wenlong used Shadowless Needles to launch sneak attacks, and Little Sun joined the battle despite his fear.
• The Devil Race leader held Little White off as the others attacked Little Black and the humans, and Little Black suffered repeated wounds.

Wenlong and his companions defeated the Black-Robed Men, then he treated Little Black’s injuries in a cave with pills he refined. After Little Black and Little White began recovering, Wenlong gave Little Sun a better staff and taught it how to control and ride it.

• Wenlong killed the leading Black-Robed Man with concealed needles, and he and his companions finished off the remaining attackers.
• Wenlong had Little Sun gather the spoils, treated Little Black’s wounds, and followed Little White to a secluded cave.
• Wenlong refined Life-Extending Spirit Pills and gave them to Little Black, whose injuries and old wounds improved.
• Wenlong examined the spoils and found a powerful staff that was better than Little Sun’s original one.
• Wenlong gave Little Sun the new staff and taught it the Object-Controlling Method, then asked Little White to help it practice riding the staff.

After the Black-and-White Twin Dragons recovered, Wenlong led the group deeper into the Abyss, where they fought off a Ghost Race ambush. Little Black then revealed that Long Zhang had found god-breaking stone in the Abyss, and Wenlong asked to be taken to the spot.

• The Black-and-White Twin Dragons healed completely and said their cultivation had neared Half-Transcendent God, so Wenlong continued the search for blood lotus with them.
• A group of Ghost Race members crawled over the cliff and attacked Wenlong and his companions.
• Wenlong, the little monkey, and the Black-and-White Twin Dragons fought together, killed every Ghost Race attacker, and sent their leader plunging into the Abyss.
• Wenlong had the little monkey collect the battlefield spoils, then stored the items despite finding little of value.
• Little Black told Wenlong that Long Zhang had found a piece of god-breaking stone in the Abyss, and Wenlong asked Little Black to take him to the location.

Wenlong and the dragons broke through a frigid rock wall into a hidden chamber, where a powerful unseen foe sealed the cave entrance behind them. Unable to detect their opponent, Wenlong kept the group from rushing into a likely ambush and considered whether another exit existed.

• Wenlong used his divine sense to discover a cold, empty space more than ten meters inside the cave’s rock wall.
• Wenlong, Little Black, Little White, and the little monkey agreed to dig through the rock, taking turns over many days as their progress slowed.
• After resting, Little White and Little Black shattered the final layer of rock, and the group entered the chamber as freezing air poured out.
• A series of crashes shook the cave, and Wenlong stopped Little White and Little Black from returning to the entrance because he suspected an ambush.
• Wenlong realized an unseen opponent had blocked the entrance and sealed them inside, so he kept the group from breaking out before they had explored the chamber.

Wenlong and his companions found fish and firewood in the underground passage, where eating the fish pushed his cultivation close to the divine realm. As they rested, Little White and Little Black explained their origins and the Heaven Realm’s true immortal hierarchy, leaving Wenlong to realize that his cultivation journey had barely begun.

• Wenlong used glowing stones and stored firewood to prepare a meal while the little monkey caught fish from Small Creek.
• Wenlong and his companions ate the grilled fish, and Wenlong’s cultivation surged to the peak of the immortal realm.
• Wenlong asked Little White and Little Black about their origins, and they explained that their parents had sent them from the Heaven Realm to protect them from Dragon Race rivalries.
• The little monkey said he had grown up alone in the Death Forest, and Wenlong suspected the monkey had been left there to preserve his bloodline.
• Little White and Little Black described the Heaven Realm’s immortal ranks, and Wenlong learned that reaching the divine realm meant only attaining human immortality.

Wenlong and his companions discovered a huge deposit of god-breaking stone and an ice pool containing ice marrow and blood lotuses, which Wenlong stored in his space. After cultivating in the pool, they advanced their realms and continued searching for an exit.

• Wenlong found a mound-sized piece of god-breaking stone and drew it into his storage space.
• Wenlong endured the extreme cold, collected the ice marrow and blood lotuses, and retreated to the others.
• After resting, Wenlong and his companions returned to the pool and cultivated in its dense spiritual energy.
• Wenlong reached the middle stage of the Divine Realm, the little monkey reached the middle stage of the ninth rank, and both dragons advanced to the late stage of Human Immortal.
• Wenlong gathered spirit herbs and resumed searching with his companions for a way out.

After escaping the Abyss, Wenlong and his companions returned to Dragon City during a siege and helped rout the invading army. The enemy fled, and Wenlong halted the pursuit so they could tend to the wounded before taking the fight to the enemy later.

• Wenlong discovered his space had expanded and gained spiritual energy, then planted herbs and spent more than a month devising and refining a pill to increase his mental power.
• Wenlong, Little Monkey, and the Black-and-White Twin Dragons completed their cultivation, with the dragons reaching the Earth Immortal Realm.
• White Dragon and Black Dragon broke through a stone wall, and the group escaped the cave and flew out of the Abyss toward Dragon City.
• Wenlong and his companions arrived to find Dragon City under siege as Long Zhang prepared to make a final stand and ordered Long Zhantian to preserve their lineage.
• Wenlong sent Little White to bring Long Zhang back to safety, while Little Monkey and Little Black attacked the besieging army and helped Dragon City's defenders drive the invaders into retreat.
• Wenlong stopped Long Zhantian from pursuing the fleeing enemy and told everyone to save the wounded first.

After Dragon City’s victory, Wenlong arranged care and compensation for the wounded, then obtained a Pill Furnace and promised Liuliu he would restore her youthful appearance. He refined pills for Ancestor Long Zhang, and ten days later an aura beyond the Divine Realm revealed that Dragon City had become a power others feared to provoke.

• Wenlong halted the pursuit, organized aid for the wounded and affected families, and went to check on Ancestor Long Zhang.
• Wenlong visited Liuliu in Central Province City, reassured her that he would not abandon her, and promised to restore her youthful appearance with a Beauty-Preserving Pill.
• Liuliu gave Wenlong the trading company’s finest Pill Furnace, and he returned to Dragon City with pills and the furnace.
• Wenlong refined Life-Extending Divine Pills for Ancestor Long Zhang and other pills before collapsing from exhaustion; Black Dragon delivered the pills to the ancestor.
• Ten days later, an aura surpassing the Divine Realm spread from Dragon City, prompting Divine Realm experts to warn their younger generations not to provoke its people.

After waking, Wenlong learned that Long Zhang had advanced to Human Immortal and proposed founding the Huaxia Nation to unite dragon descendants against outside races. He then visited Liuliu at the Liu Family estate, where her relatives mistook his arrival for a matchmaking meeting and left him embarrassed as he waited for her.

• Wenlong woke after sleeping for two days and three nights, then barbecued demonic beasts with the little monkey, Thunder Eagle, and the Black-and-White Twin Dragons.
• Long Zhang revealed that he had advanced to Human Immortal, and Wenlong congratulated him on recovering his strength.
• Wenlong proposed establishing the Huaxia Nation, uniting dragon descendants, and later eliminating the Devil Race's allied lineages; Long Zhang approved the plan and ordered the preparations begun.
• Wenlong flew to the Liu Family estate to find Liuliu, who had returned to cultivate at her lineage.
• Liuliu's relatives gathered to scrutinize Wenlong as though he were attending a matchmaking meeting, and he waited awkwardly for Liuliu to finish washing up.

Wenlong and the Huaxia Allied Army advanced on Dark City, where the Devil Race had gathered reinforcements. After the battle began, Wenlong and the powerful dragons helped break the enemy experts’ resistance, leaving the Devil Race alliance defeated and its people facing pursuit.

• Little Monkey defeated its opponent and chased the devil soldiers until Wenlong sent Thunder Eagle after it.
• Devil soldiers ambushed Wenlong’s group with black mist, but the Black-and-White Twin Dragons and Wenlong fought back until the allied contingent arrived and drove them off.
• The Devil Race leader welcomed the gathered ancestors of several tribes in Dark City, expecting their reinforcements to defeat the Dragon Race-led army.
• The Huaxia Allied Army reached Dark City, and Black Dragon attacked the gates, drawing out the enemy’s transcendent divine realm experts.
• Wenlong used god-breaking Shadowless Needles while the twin dragons and Ancestor Long Zhang attacked, killing Devil Race experts and allowing Ancestor Zhantian’s troops to enter the city.
• Wenlong concluded that the Devil Race alliance was finished and that the Huaxia Alliance would offer bounties to hunt down the Otherworldly Race.

After avenging Dragon City's ancestral feud, Wenlong spared the Devil Race members who surrendered and helped guide Dragon City's growth while trying and failing to break through to human immortal. He planned to leave the continent for home with the Black-and-White Twin Dragons, while Little Monkey chose to return to the Death Forest.

• Wenlong asked Ancestor Long Zhang to spare those who did not resist, and Ancestor Long Zhang ordered Long Zhantian to take them back to Dragon City as slaves.
• Dragon City celebrated its victory, and Wenlong entered seclusion while Liuliu devoted herself to cultivation and the city expanded under Long Zhantian.
• Wenlong emerged without reaching human immortal, discovered only one fruit remained on the Longevity Vine, and refined pills for Dragon City.
• Wenlong advised Ancestor Long Zhang to establish academies, strengthen the army, and train talent under Dragon City's control, and the ancestor told Long Zhantian to carry out the plan.
• Wenlong asked the Black-and-White Twin Dragons to take him out of the Endless Sea, and Little Monkey chose to return to the Death Forest while Thunder Eagle stayed silent.

Wenlong said farewell to Liuliu, the elders, and Ancestor Long Zhang before setting out across the Endless Sea for the Azure Plains Continent. After Black Dragon defeated a powerful sea beast, Wenlong continued his journey aboard a Skyship and cultivated while the dragons rested.

• Wenlong met Liuliu in Central Province City, gave her a sword forged from god-breaking stone, and spent the day exploring with her.
• Wenlong told Liuliu he planned to return to his homeland, left her pills, and promised they would meet again in the Immortal World.
• Wenlong thanked Elder Wang and Elder Liu, then bid farewell to Ancestor Long Zhang, who gave him a Flying Artifact for crossing the Endless Sea.
• Wenlong departed at dawn aboard White Dragon, and Black Dragon defeated a late-stage Divine Realm sea beast that attacked them.
• After several days without sighting land, Wenlong brought out the Skyship, set its course, and cultivated while the Black-and-White Twin Dragons rested.

Wenlong returned to the Azure Plains Continent and found the tower built by his old friend Ruan Qianqian, who had grown old and was gravely ill while waiting for him. He reunited with her and used spiritual energy to help her regain consciousness.

• Black Dragon and White Dragon escorted Wenlong across the Inverted Realm, then said farewell as they returned to their homeland.
• Wenlong reached the coast and spotted a tall tower supported by enormous tree trunks.
• Two elderly women told Wenlong that a woman had built the tower and waited there for her beloved.
• Wenlong entered the tower and found the elderly, bedridden Ruan Qianqian waiting for Brother Long.
• Wenlong recognized Qianqian, infused her with spiritual energy, and told her he had returned.