Chapter Summaries

Ao Dai and Ao Xin told four consecrated elders that Xiao Hua had killed the three Crown Princes and was pursuing the Metal-Wood Primordial Magnetism inside the Seven Star Hall. The elders sealed the hall with formations and left the matter for the South Sea Dragon King to decide.

• Ao Dai and Ao Xin reported the deaths of Ao Huan, Ao Zhen, and Ao Wu, accusing Xiao Hua of seeking the Metal-Wood Primordial Magnetism.
• Ao Dai confirmed Xiao Hua had injured him, and the elders debated whether Xiao Hua had broken through the trial formation or was still inside it.
• Ao Ji advised the elders to suppress the Seven Star Hall and wait for the Dragon King to return.
• Ao Yue ordered Ao Xin to deploy the Sea Covering Great Formation around the Seven Star Hall.
• Ao Liang and the other elders cast crystal plaques into the hall to activate the Heavenly Dragon Dragon Appearance Great Formation.
• Ao Dai realized the elders would leave judgment to the Dragon King and watched as the hall was sealed.

The South Sea Dragon Palace elders activated the Dragon Appearance Great Formation, while Xiao Hua discovered that Ao Dai had framed him for the deaths of the three Crown Princes. After collecting the princes’ corpses and searching for a way out, Xiao Hua faced three dragon apparitions charging down at him.

• Ao Liang, Ao Yue, Ao Xiao, and Ao Ji entered the dragon-shaped corridors and summoned a powerful vortex that sank into Seven Star Hall.
• Ao Xin and the surrounding sea tribes waited uneasily as tremors resumed beneath Seven Star Hall.
• Xiao Hua descended through the emptied formation space and realized it centered on the Metal-Wood Primordial Magnetism and was likely a South Sea Dragon race trial ground.
• Xiao Hua found the corpses of the First, Second, and Third Crown Princes and recognized that Ao Dai meant to make him the scapegoat for their deaths.
• Xiao Hua collected the Crown Princes’ corpses and examined the formation as the elders’ vortex transformed into three dragon apparitions that lunged at him.
• Xiao Hua raised his hand to bring out a magical treasure to resist the descending dragon apparitions.

Xiao Hua was trapped by the South Sea Dragon Palace’s Heaven and Earth Dragon Great Formation, which tried to crush him between a dragon-shaped heaven and earth. Celestial Man and Wen Qu helped resist the formation, while Xiao Hua opened a passage into the Metal-Wood Primordial Magnetism Space and entered it with the Kunlun Mirror.

• The four enshrined elders transformed the three dragon apparitions into a powerful formation that sealed Xiao Hua in and began closing heaven and earth around him.
• Xiao Hua summoned Celestial Man, who fought the attacking dragon apparition, then called Wen Qu to use the Heaven and Earth Pagoda to halt the crushing formation.
• Ao Yue and the other elders drove the formation harder, causing the Heaven and Earth Pagoda to shrink as Wen Qu and Celestial Man struggled to hold on.
• Xiao Hua used the Kunlun Mirror to open a void passage into the Metal-Wood Primordial Magnetism Space and entered it through the dragon patterns and primordial magnetism.
• Ao Ji insisted Xiao Hua could not escape because the primordial magnetism space was part of the great formation, while Ao Liang urged the elders to act quickly.

Xiao Hua and his allies broke the Dragon Appearance Great Formation by exploiting its weaknesses and overwhelming the Azure Dragon Appearance. With the Seven Star Hall exposed and its defenses disabled, they began attacking the hall itself.

• Xiao Hua summoned the Sea-Overturning Seal and Kunlun Mirror while Feng Wu attacked the Dragon Appearance that held Tianren.
• Feng Wu blasted through the Dragon Appearance's head, scattering the divine senses of Ao Ji and the other three old Dragons.
• Xiao Hua used the Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors to split the Dragon Appearance, and Feng Wu swallowed one half while Tianren blocked the other.
• Wen Qu struck the formation with his sword as Xiao Hua unleashed lightning, and the Kunlun Mirror held open the breach while the group shattered the Azure Dragon Appearance.
• Feng Wu, Wen Qu, and Tianren attacked the roof of the exposed Seven Star Hall as Xiao Hua declared they would leave nothing undone.

Xiao Hua and his allies shattered the South Sea Dragon Palace’s Seven Star Hall and defeated its four consecrated elders before South Sea Dragon King Ao Tong arrived. Ao Tong attacked to seize control of the confrontation, but Xiao Hua revealed that he was Dragon Master Xiao Hua, leaving Ao Tong astonished.

• Xiao Hua’s force blasted apart the Seven Star Hall’s formation and sent the four consecrated elders flying as the South Sea sea clans watched.
• South Sea Dragon King Ao Tong arrived, restrained Ao Dai, and attacked the Seven Star Hall without letting him finish speaking.
• Xiao Hua countered Ao Tong’s first attack with a lightning hand, while Ao Tong’s next strike sealed Xiao Hua’s Daoist magic.
• Wen Qu cut through Ao Tong’s restraint, and Heavenly Man and Feng Wu emerged from the Seven Star Hall beside Xiao Hua.
• Xiao Hua identified himself to Ao Tong as Dragon Master Xiao Hua, and Ao Tong reacted with astonishment.

Xiao Hua produced the Dragon Pouch, which manifested the Crimson Dragon Crown and confirmed his Dragon Master authority in the South Sea Dragon Palace. Ao Tong countered with a dragon seal, set the crown aside to negotiate, and questioned Xiao Hua about the damaged trial formation and Seven Star Hall; the chapter ended as Ao Tong challenged Ao Dai to tell the truth about the deaths of his three elder brothers.

• Ao Tong doubted Xiao Hua’s claim to be Dragon Master and demanded proof.
• Xiao Hua presented the Dragon Pouch, which gathered dragon qi and formed the Crimson Dragon Crown on his head.
• Ao Tong produced a dragon seal that countered the crown’s authority and accused Xiao Hua of harming the South Sea Dragon Palace.
• Xiao Hua removed the crown and explained how he had entered the trial space, fought back against the dragons, and reached Seven Star Hall.
• Ao Tong freed Ao Dai and promised vengeance for the slain princes, while Ao Dai accused Xiao Hua of impersonating the Dragon Master and killing his brothers.
• Ao Tong asked Ao Dai whether his account was true.

Xiao Hua exposed Ao Dai’s lie about the missing South Sea Crown Princes, but Ao Tong and the other Dragon Kings turned the accusation into a political frame-up against him. Surrounded by the Four Seas Dragon Palace’s forces and formation, Xiao Hua confronted Ao Dou, Lord of the East Sea Dragon Palace.

• Ao Dai accused Xiao Hua of killing his three elder brothers, while Xiao Hua denied knowing them and challenged Ao Tong to search Ao Dai’s soul.
• Ao Tong summoned a million soldiers and invoked the Sea Covering Great Formation, while claiming Xiao Hua had hidden the princes’ corpses.
• Xiao Hua produced dragon corpses and seized Ao Dai, prompting Ao Dai to reveal that the princes’ heads had been cut off by Xiao Hua’s artifact, though he had not entered the Seven Star Hall.
• Ao Tong ignored Ao Dai’s slip and accused Xiao Hua of killing the princes, threatening the Fourth Crown Prince, and conspiring against the Four Seas Dragon Palace.
• Xiao Hua realized the Dragon Kings planned to use the accusation against Dragon Island and the Immortal Palace, then called out the other kings and identified Ao Dou as Lord of the East Sea Dragon Palace.

Ao Dui, Ao Hong, Ao Gou, and Ao Tong accused Xiao Hua of betraying the Four Seas Dragon Palace and surrounded him with their forces. They formed the Four Seas Great Formation and drew Xiao Hua and his companions into an immense sea domain, where countless dragon shadows concealed the Dragon Kings.

• Ao Hong and Ao Gou appeared and condemned Xiao Hua, while Xiao Hua defended his deeds and rebuked the Dragon Kings for their ingratitude and cruelty.
• Xiao Hua invoked his authority as Dragon Master and threatened to punish the Four Seas Dragon Kings, causing Five Qi True Thunder to fill the sea.
• Ao Dui rejected Xiao Hua’s title and demanded his surrender, then led the four Dragon Kings in an attack on Xiao Hua, Wen Qu, Tian Ren, and Feng Wu.
• Wen Qu countered the formation’s wind blades with sword qi, but the Four Seas Dragon Kings joined their auras and transformed the surrounding space into the Four Seas Great Formation.
• Xiao Hua and his companions were drawn into the formation’s vast sea domain, where dragon shadows filled the four-colored sky and waves concealed the true Dragon Kings.

The Four Seas Dragon Kings mistook Xiao Hua for True Person and tried to recruit him into a plot against Dragon Island, offering support for his rise in the Dragon Hall. When Xiao Hua refused, they attacked him and his companions inside the Four Seas Great Formation, leaving Heavenly Man ready to face Ao Gou.

• Ao Duo and the other Dragon Kings identified Xiao Hua as the long-missing True Person, believing he had condensed a body with Dragon Cleansing Liquid.
• Ao Duo offered True Person a secret alliance against the Dragon Hall, hinting that the Four Seas Dragon Palace and the Immortal Palace could support his ambitions.
• Xiao Hua declined to change his name to Ao Jia or accept the Dragon Kings’ proposal.
• Ao Duo ordered the Dragon Kings to suppress Xiao Hua, and the four kings revealed their dragon bodies to strengthen the Four Seas Great Formation.
• Xiao Hua used Fa Tian Xiang Di to crack the formation’s spatial power, while Heavenly Man drew his Bone Dragon Demonic Spear and challenged Ao Gou.

Xiao Hua’s allies fought the Four Seas Dragon Kings, and Feng Wu badly wounded Ao Hong despite the West Sea Dragon King’s formation and ambushes. The Heavenly Man struggled against Ao Gou’s dragon qi and vines while wielding a demonic spear he could barely use.

• The Heavenly Man charged Ao Gou with the Bone Dragon Demonic Spear, while Wen Qu flew to confront Ao Tong.
• Feng Wu challenged Ao Hong, broke through the Four Seas Great Formation’s seal, and countered his flames with Innate Heavy Water and star-and-moon power.
• Ao Hong struck Feng Wu with his tail, but Feng Wu’s star-and-moon power shielded him and he counterattacked, tearing open Ao Hong’s scales and wounding him.
• Feng Wu exposed Ao Hong’s hidden dragon head, struck his dragon horn, and pecked him between the brows, swallowing a strand of dragon essence before Ao Hong escaped.
• Ao Gou’s dragon qi extinguished much of the demonic qi from the Heavenly Man’s spear, and Ao Gou summoned dragon patterns and rosy vines to attack him.
• The Heavenly Man continued fighting without using the dangerous Heavenly Human White Bone, which Xiao Hua had kept from him for safety.

The Heavenly Human and Wenqu fought Ao Gou and Ao Tong inside the Four Seas Great Formation, using their distinct powers to counter the Dragon Kings’ attacks. The Heavenly Human awakened the bone spear’s strength through Primordial Chaos aura, while Wenqu revealed the vast power of a true Wenqu Star and prepared to challenge Ao Tong’s Dragon Language Heavenly Art.

• The Heavenly Human used the bone spear’s dragon might and demonic qi to counter Ao Gou’s attacks, then fought him with spears across the sea and sky.
• Ao Gou transformed his golden spear into a dragon and drove it toward the Heavenly Human, who poured Primordial Chaos aura into the bone spear and unleashed its full power.
• Wenqu split his sword into nine blades and used Nine Stars Eclipse the Sun to cut apart Ao Tong’s dragon claw.
• Ao Tong offered to recommend Wenqu for an Immortal Palace position, but Wenqu rejected him and blocked Ao Tong’s surprise dragon-tail strike with Five-colored True Qi.
• Ao Tong invoked Dragon Language Heavenly Art to summon the power of mountains, earth, and stars, while Wenqu’s poetry produced Vast Righteous Qi that shook the Four Seas Great Formation.
• Ao Tong battered Wenqu’s literary realm with earthen-yellow flood dragons, and Wenqu began chanting a poem about defending his land.

Wen Qu and Xiao Hua fought the Four Seas Dragon Kings inside the Four Seas Great Formation, with Xiao Hua overcoming Ao Ze’s Four Seas Pearl using the Treasure Dropping Copper Coin. After Xiao Hua seized the pearl and challenged Ao Ze, Ao Ze recognized the Pingtian Rod and claimed he understood why Xiao Hua had come to the South Sea Dragon Palace.

• Wen Qu used armor inscriptions and Vast Righteous Qi to match Ao Tong’s Dragon Language Heavenly Art.
• Xiao Hua destroyed Ao Ze’s dragon-qi spears with lightning, but Ao Ze attacked him with the Four Seas Pearl.
• Xiao Hua used the Treasure Dropping Copper Coin to strip the Four Seas Pearl of its power and draw it in.
• Ao Ze tried to reclaim the pearl, but Xiao Hua suppressed the surrounding space and took in both the pearl and the copper coin.
• Xiao Hua attacked Ao Ze with the Pingtian Rod, but Ao Ze repelled it and declared that he understood Xiao Hua’s purpose in coming to the South Sea Dragon Palace.

Xiao Hua and his companions fought the Four Seas Dragon Kings, who revealed that their true formation drew power from four dragon thrones and Dragon Race Will. Xiao Hua resisted that authority with his dragon crown and refused Ao Che’s demand to submit, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Xiao Hua used a Four-Colored Great Hand to break Ao Che’s dragon qi and briefly trap him, while Feng Wu wounded Ao Hong and forced him to flee.
• After Ao Hong escaped, the Four Seas Dragon Kings vanished into the void and summoned four golden dragon phantoms, whose overwhelming wills suppressed Xiao Hua, Wen Qu, and Feng Wu.
• Xiao Hua’s Mountain River Seal failed against the formation’s power, but Wen Qu urged him to wait, noting that Tianren seemed unaffected.
• Four golden dragon thrones rose from the sea with the Four Seas Dragon Kings seated upon them, and Xiao Hua identified the thrones as the formation’s source of authority.
• Xiao Hua wore his dragon crown to resist the thrones’ will, declared that the Dragon Kings’ imperial authority was not the will of Heaven and Earth, and refused to submit.
• Ao Che flew into a rage and threatened to kill Xiao Hua, insisting that Dragon Island’s protection would not save him.

Xiao Hua and his three avatars shattered the Four Seas Great Formation by exposing its weakness and overwhelming the Dragon Kings’ Imperial Power with their abilities. With Ao Hong defeated and his throne severed from the formation, the formation collapsed, leaving Xiao Hua free to act.

• Ao Dou, Ao Tong, Ao Gou, and Ao Hong placed their dragon seals on their thrones, strengthening the Four Seas Great Formation and forcing Xiao Hua to defend himself with sword intent.
• Tianren attacked Ao Gou while Wenqu summoned the Wenqu Star and shattered Ao Tong’s throne, seal, and crown.
• Feng Wu revealed the power of the Seven-Star Great Sage and battered Ao Hong’s throne and dragon body with the Big Dipper’s starlight.
• Xiao Hua explained that Ao Hong lacked the Fire Dragon Soul and had been the formation’s weakest link, then tried unsuccessfully to seize the West Sea Dragon King’s throne.
• Feng Wu blocked Ao Dou from reclaiming Ao Hong’s throne and severed it from the formation, causing the Four Seas Great Formation to collapse.

Xiao Hua summoned the True Person, who split the South Sea Dragon Palace and its formation with the Pangu Axe, then seized the West Sea Dragon King's Dragon Throne. Xiao Hua revealed his forces from Shenhua Continent and pressed the South Sea Dragon King and Ao Duo into negotiations.

• Ao Tong activated the Sea Covering Great Formation and used its Dragon Throne to crush Xiao Hua and his companions with its power.
• Xiao Hua summoned the True Person from the Kunlun Mirror, and the True Person split the formations, the Dragon Palace, and the surrounding sea with the Pangu Axe.
• The True Person seized Ao Hong's Dragon Throne and returned to the Kunlun Mirror.
• Xiao Hua pointed out that Fourth Crown Prince Ao Dai had died, then revealed Dragon Lady Jiang Hong, Liu Yi, and hundreds of thousands of Creation Sect disciples aboard two Thunder Boats.
• Ao Tong proposed fighting again, but Ao Duo invoked Dragon Island's edict and asked Xiao Hua to withdraw the Dongtian River Dragon race.
• Xiao Hua refused to simply send them back and began negotiating with Ao Duo.

Xiao Hua bargained with the Four Seas Dragon Kings for the return of the Dongtian River dragons and the West Sea Dragon Seat, demanding rare treasures and resources. After securing several concessions, he revealed his true price: the West Sea Dragon Palace's Treasury.

• Xiao Hua demanded Metal-Wood Primordial Magnetism in exchange for allowing the Dongtian River Dragon race to return, and True Person collected it from the South Sea Dragon Palace.
• Xiao Hua demanded Innate Wood Mother from Ao Gou, who handed it over after Xiao Hua threatened to send Feng Wu to the North Sea Dragon Palace.
• Ao Dou gave Xiao Hua a Dragon Pouch containing a high-level wind escape art as compensation for his fright.
• Xiao Hua asked for Water Origin, but Ao Dou and Ao Hong insisted that none existed in the Four Seas, so Xiao Hua dropped the demand.
• Xiao Hua announced that the earlier demands had only been appetizers and demanded the West Sea Dragon Palace's Treasury from Ao Hong.

Xiao Hua forced Ao Hong to trade half of West Sea Dragon Palace's Treasury for the West Sea Dragon Seat and demanded thirty percent of East Sea Dragon Palace's Treasury for returning the Four Seas Pearl. After sending Liu Yi and Jiang Hong to Dongtian River with their forces, Xiao Hua prepared to accompany the injured Ao Hong to West Sea Dragon Palace.

• Xiao Hua negotiated with Ao Hong for fifty percent of West Sea Dragon Palace's Treasury and promised to share what he knew about the West Sea Fire Dragon Soul for free.
• Xiao Hua demanded thirty percent of East Sea Dragon Palace's Treasury from Ao Gou for the Four Seas Pearl, then broke Ao Gou's restriction and rebuked the Dragon Kings.
• Xiao Hua gave Liu Yi the Spirit Binding Lock in exchange for borrowing the Treasure Dropping Copper Coin and ordered him to lead the forces away from South Sea Dragon Palace.
• Xiao Hua told Liu Yi to send Jiang Hong and the dragons to Dongtian River, reassuring Jiang Hong that he did not intend to take control of her home.
• Xiao Hua watched the Four Seas Dragon Kings grow wary of the forces under Liu Yi and Jiang Hong, then asked Ao Hong to take him to West Sea Dragon Palace.

Xiao Hua reached the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons after escorting Ao Hong, then tricked him into investigating Xuancheng over the missing Fire Dragon Soul. As Xiao Hua and Feng Wu flew onward, Xiao Hua revealed that he intended for Little White Dragon to eventually claim the West Sea Dragon Seat.

• Xiao Hua thanked Ao Hong for escorting him and pretended to leave without sharing the promised news about the Fire Dragon Soul.
• Xiao Hua told Ao Hong that Xuancheng knew about the Fire Dragon Soul, then escaped toward the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons.
• Ao Hong realized Xiao Hua had sent him after Xuancheng and plunged into the sea, furious.
• Xiao Hua explained to Feng Wu that Ao Hong would likely punish Xuancheng for failing to report the Fire Dragon Soul's disappearance.
• Xiao Hua said he had returned the West Sea Dragon Seat only temporarily and planned for Little White Dragon to obtain it after gaining the Fire Dragon Soul.
• Feng Wu admitted he knew nothing about the Heavenly Phoenix's mission, and Xiao Hua left the matter to fate.

Xiao Hua explained how he intended to use Dragon Island’s appointment and alliances to restrain the Four Seas Dragon Palace, while Feng Wu adjusted to his new Great Sage status. They traveled into the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons to investigate the deceased Great Demon’s ancestor, and Feng Wu sensed a summons from the great hall connected to his ascension.

• Xiao Hua outlined Dragon Island’s motives for making him Dragon Master and described how Ao Zhan, Little White Dragon, and Jiang Hong could shift power among the dragon palaces.
• Xiao Hua told Feng Wu that the True Person’s reputation could deter the Dragon Race, then teased him for still wanting to fight Old Demon Zhi Feng.
• Feng Wu sensed Demon Race cultivators training nearby, and Xiao Hua decided they should search the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons for the famous ancestor of the Great Demon who had attacked him.
• Xiao Hua and Feng Wu crossed a marsh where demon beasts froze in terror at their passing, and they discussed the Sacred Realm’s unusual nature and resemblance to the Primordial Continent.
• Feng Wu said the Sacred Realm felt like home and sensed a summons from the great hall that had appeared when he became a Great Sage.

Xiao Hua and Feng Wu questioned several great demons but learned that the Six Great Sages’ legendary domains and the Great Sacred Hall could not be located. Later, Xiao Hua gathered Wenqu and Wu Daoist to discuss the origins of the myriad Saints and monsters and the mysterious value of souls, leaving the second question unanswered.

• Feng Wu and Xiao Hua questioned several great demons, who could name the Six Great Sages and their legendary domains but could not say where those places were.
• Xiao Hua and Feng Wu debated whether to seek the Great Sacred Hall and decided to follow their earlier plan instead of rushing there.
• Xiao Hua summoned Wenqu and Wu Daoist beneath the stars and asked where the multitude of Saints and Myriad Monsters came from.
• Wenqu and Feng Wu reasoned that Saints and Great Sages from realms beyond the Three Great Continents and the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons could appear among the heavenly stars.
• Xiao Hua asked what souls were used for, and Wu Daoist admitted that even his study of soul cultivation and the inheritances of the Thirteen Great Gods had not given him an answer.