Recaps

Cao Ya killed Danzo, took control of Konoha, and later challenged Heavenly Gate City before sharing cultivation methods with the world. In another life, he joined Fatty, Wu Xie, and their companions on an expedition into Changbai Mountain, where a collapse revealed black claws beneath the snow.

• Cao Ya killed Danzo after exhausting his Izanagi and took command of Root, then captured Orochimaru and became Konoha’s Fifth Hokage.
• Cao Ya reformed Konoha, established research departments, and prepared for threats from rival nations and the Akatsuki.
• Cao Ya entered the Catacombs, declared his Eighth-Rank strength, and fought the Heaven Gate City Lord and Divine Tree before returning safely to Hope City.
• Cao Ya released cultivation methods to the public, drawing interest from Fang Ping, Li Changsheng, Zhang Tao, and factions across the world.
• The Cao Yas welcomed newcomers from Dragon Raja and The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, and the latter Cao Ya decided to investigate “It.”
• Cao Ya joined Fatty, Poker-Face, Wu Xie, and Chen Pi A Si’s expedition toward Changbai Mountain, where they encountered A Ning’s rival team.
• Cao Ya followed the group through blizzards and deep snow, and after the ground collapsed beneath them, he spotted long black claws protruding from a snowdrift.

Cao Ya led Wu Xie’s group through the Cloud Palace, destroyed the Bronze Gate and its contents, then turned to his other worlds and forced Cassell College to join his new university. The arc ended with Cao Ya preparing to kill Norton while saving Old Tang from the dragon king’s awakening.

• Cao Ya led Wu Xie’s group through the fissure, where they uncovered Eastern Xia’s history and reached the Bronze Gate and King Wannu’s coffin.
• Cao Ya killed the centipedes, strange birds, and Thousand-Hand Guanyin Corpse, then the group hid from the Yin Soldiers entering the Bronze Gate.
• After the procession vanished, Cao Ya shattered the gate, refined the Meteorite Jade, and destroyed King Mu of Zhou and the ghost soldiers inside it.
• Cao Ya’s counterparts exchanged news in System Space while he pursued his goals in several worlds, including studying ghosts and confronting Cassell College.
• Cao Ya demanded compensation from Cassell College and defeated Angers’s Time Zero, then proposed a martial arts university to train people to fight dragons.
• Angers accepted Cao Ya’s terms, and Cassell College prepared to become part of the First Martial Arts University as Cao Ya planned to capture Dragon Kings alive.
• Cao Ya arrived at Cassell College, ruined Frost Gattuso with an illusion, and forced the trustees to accept the merger and make him principal.
• Cao Ya ordered the Execution Department to bring Old Tang to Cassell College, revealing that he was Norton and that Cao Ya intended to kill Norton while saving Old Tang.