Chapter Summaries

You Dongtian led the Left and Right Route Heavenly Kings and their companions through a brutal escape from the Witch Alliance army, then defused an imminent battle by insisting he had already made an agreement with Flood Great Shaman. The nine furious Great Shamans held back because war would benefit the Dao Alliance, while the chapter recalled Flood Great Shaman’s past destruction of the Dao Alliance’s sacred mountain.

• You Dongtian and the Left and Right Route Heavenly Kings fought their way past the Witch Alliance’s Great Shamans and more than a hundred million pursuing troops, then fled toward Sun Moon Pass.
• Marshal Dongfang activated Sun Moon Pass’s heavenly fortune formation and called for reinforcements as the Witch Alliance army approached, but an all-out battle did not begin.
• The nine Great Shamans cursed You Dongtian for three days while he accused them of overreacting and claimed he had reached an agreement with Flood Great Shaman.
• The Great Shamans refrained from starting a war because the weakened Witch Alliance and its rivals would leave the Dao Alliance able to seize advantage.
• The chapter recounted how Flood Great Shaman had once defeated Dao Alliance experts, destroyed the Three Pure Ones Hall and its sacred mountain, and declared himself the greatest under heaven.

The chapter recounts how Flood Great Shaman’s first appearance forced the Dao Alliance and Star Soul Continent to ally against the Witch Alliance, then describes the sacrifices that established the pact and completed Sun Moon Pass’s Unceasing Defense Line. It leaves the Witch Alliance’s leaders realizing that their enemies had turned a war of survival into a war of Fortune Qi.

• After Flood Great Shaman devastated the Three Continents, the Dao Alliance halted its war with Star Soul and joined its surviving experts against the Witch Alliance.
• At Witch God Mountain, Flood Great Shaman agreed to a pact that barred the upper echelons from ordinary battles if the two continents could force a draw.
• Seven hundred and thirty experts detonated themselves in the opening formation, leaving the Witch Alliance’s forces devastated and only ninety-three of the three thousand attackers alive to return.
• Twenty-eight experts and their two hundred and twenty-four companions sacrificed their lives to form the Four Spirits and Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions Grand Formation, completing the Unceasing Defense Line at Sun Moon Pass.
• The Witch Alliance’s Great Shamans realized the Dao Alliance and Star Soul had used their sacrifices to turn the conflict into a war of Fortune Qi.

The chapter recounted how the Star Soul Continent had won a more equal place among the allied powers and how the Demon Alliance’s possible return had driven the three continents to prepare for a crisis. The Witch Alliance’s Great Shamans withdrew after Flood Great Shaman ordered them back, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The Star Soul Continent’s Sky-Patrolling Imperial Seat and Star-Seizing Emperor challenged leaders of the other alliances and forced a revision of the unequal alliance arrangement.
• A bloody rain and visions of the Heavenly Court signaled the possible return of the Demon Alliance, prompting all three continents to prepare for war.
• Flood Great Shaman and the Sky-Patrolling Imperial Seat undertook mortal world incarnations amid fears that Flood’s breakthrough could upset the balance of power.
• The Dao Alliance’s Three Purities Seven Swords hurried to stop the confrontation but found the Witch Alliance’s Great Shamans already withdrawing.
• Flood Great Shaman told the Great Shamans to leave, reasoning that You Dongtian had wanted the items they had refused to give him and could take them if they failed to guard them.

You Dongtian obtained rare beauty-treatment ingredients from the Dao Alliance by claiming they were for Auntie Zuo, while the Three Purities Seven Swords left frustrated. After his battle and thefts provoked the Witch Alliance and injured the Left Route Heavenly King, You Dongtian tried to celebrate the victory, but the Left Route Heavenly King cut off contact.

• The Three Purities Seven Swords scolded You Dongtian, who admitted fault but asked them for cosmetics for Auntie Zuo.
• Daoist Lei ordered Daoist Yun to give You Dongtian the requested flowers, grasses, lotuses, and lotus roots.
• On the way back, Daoist Lei argued with Daoist Yun and Daoist Huo over an old debt for a Dao Enlightenment Fruit.
• You Dongtian worried that he had provoked the Witch Alliance and injured the Left Route Heavenly King, then invited the wounded Venerables to celebrate.
• You Dongtian found that the Left Route Heavenly King and his companions had departed, leaving a message telling him not to seek contact again.

You Dongtian left Sun Moon Pass after provoking the Twelve Great Witches, then watched them flood a group chat with insults. When the Star-Seizing Emperor tried to demand an explanation on his behalf, the Great Witches left the group, leaving Floodwaters Soar to the Sky frustrated.

• You Dongtian ignored Marshal Dongfang’s request to take future disputes elsewhere and vanished before Marshal Dongfang could finish speaking.
• You Dongtian joined a group chat with the Twelve Great Witches, the Dao Alliance Seven Swords, the Left Heavenly King, and his father, the Star-Seizing Emperor.
• The Twelve Great Witches and the Left Heavenly King sent thousands of insults about You Dongtian, while You Dongtian told the Heaven Venerables it was his fan group and left the chat.
• After rejoining, You Dongtian saw the Star-Seizing Emperor demand an explanation from whoever had insulted him, and Floodwaters Soar to the Sky ordered the offenders to leave the group.
• Eleven of the Twelve Great Witches left the group, frustrating Floodwaters Soar to the Sky.

The leaders of the Witch Alliance, Dao Alliance, and Star Soul agreed to gather in the Star Radiance Mountain Range to explore the Space Ruins, while Great Shaman Wudu was barred from joining. Meanwhile, Qin Fangyang reached Upper Capital and went to find Teacher Cui Shangyan after he could not reach Zuo Xiaonian.

• Flood Great Shaman and the other leaders agreed to bring their forces to the Star Radiance Mountain Range in one month to explore the Space Ruins.
• Great Shaman Wudu asked to join the gathering, but the Dao Alliance and Star Soul leaders refused and threatened to kill him if he came.
• The group chat dissolved after everyone else left, and Great Shaman Wudu roared in anguish about being left out.
• Qin Fangyang arrived in Upper Capital, failed to reach Zuo Xiaonian by phone, and went to Cloud High Martial to seek out Teacher Cui Shangyan.

Qin Fangyang delivered Zuo Xiaoduo’s gifts of King Beast meat to his former teachers, classmates, and Zuo Xiaonian. Their grateful and emotional reactions showed how much the gifts meant to them, while Zuo Xiaonian ended the chapter happily cherishing her presents and thinking about seeing Zuo Xiaoduo again.

• Cui Shangyan accepted three thousand jin of King Beast meat from Qin Fangyang on Zuo Xiaoduo’s behalf, and Cloud High Martial’s principal argued with him over how to distribute it.
• Qin Fangyang gave Long Yusheng and Wan Lixiu two hundred jin of meat, then left despite Wan Lixiu’s tearful reluctance to let him go.
• Qin Fangyang delivered meat to Ding Xiulan at Ancestral Dragon High Martial, where she gratefully accepted the gift and praised Zuo Xiaoduo.
• Zuo Xiaonian hurried to meet Qin Fangyang, received King Beast meat and a Centipede Bead, and returned to her quarters delighted by Zuo Xiaoduo’s presents.

Qin Fangyang brought Zuo Xiaoduo’s gift of King Beast spirit meat to Gu Qianfan, then realized Shuicheng First High School’s students could not safely consume it. Gu Qianfan eagerly claimed the meat and accused Qin of keeping two thousand jin for himself.

• Qin Fangyang realized Shuicheng First High School was an elementary martial school whose students could not withstand King Beast spirit meat.
• Gu Qianfan welcomed Qin Fangyang, and Qin explained that Zuo Xiaoduo had sent three thousand jin of spirit meat in gratitude for Gu’s support.
• Gu Qianfan snatched the meat, praised Zuo Xiaoduo, and said Shuicheng’s graduates could benefit from it even if the current students could not.
• Gu Qianfan claimed Qin had promised five thousand jin and accused him of pocketing the missing two thousand jin.

Qin Fangyang delivered King Beast Spirit Meat to schools, families of fallen martial artists, and Zuo Xiaoduo’s former mentors, while Gu Qianfan extorted a share for Shuicheng First High School. Qin Fangyang then continued his journey to the Kunlun and Zizai Dao Sects, where Mu Yanyan and Qiu Yunshang received Zuo Xiaoduo’s gift with gratitude.

• Gu Qianfan pressured Qin Fangyang into giving him a hundred jin of Spirit Meat, then ordered Shuicheng First High School’s teachers to summon five hundred graduates and have them eat the King Beast meat.
• Qin Fangyang fled Shuicheng First High School and went to Phoenix City, where he visited Second High School, Sun Fenghou, Jiang Changbin, the families of fallen martial artists, and He Yuanyue’s grave.
• Qin Fangyang stayed at He Yuanyue’s grave for a day and a night before leaving Phoenix City again.
• Qin Fangyang visited Mu Yanyan at the Kunlun Dao Sect and Qiu Yunshang at the Zizai Dao Sect, delivering Zuo Xiaoduo’s gift of King Beast Spirit Meat.
• Mu Yanyan thanked Zuo Xiaoduo and remarked that the Kunlun Dao Sect’s Dragon Gate Leg had become famous throughout Star Soul.

Qin Fangyang tried to give away his remaining King Beast meat, but his visit to Sun Moon Pass led to a beating and an embarrassing revelation about Shan Xiaoru and Tie Mengru. He returned to Shuicheng First High School and finally left the meat with Gu Qianfan after a heated bargaining match.

• The Kunlun Dao Sect elders concluded that the Dragon Gate Leg was especially effective and easy to perform when aimed below the waist, embarrassing Mu Yanyan and the others.
• Qin Fangyang traveled to Sun Moon Pass to offer Sun Baijiang King Beast meat, but Sun Baijiang refused because he had already eaten plenty.
• Qin Fangyang asked two veterans about Shan Xiaoru and Tie Mengru, and Shan Xiaoru beat all three men before explaining that Tie Mengru's memories of Chi Changsheng had returned as his cultivation grew.
• Qin Fangyang questioned how Shan Xiaoru had verified Tie Mengru's identity, so she kicked him out of camp and sent him flying thirteen hundred meters.
• Qin Fangyang brought his remaining meat to Gu Qianfan, who demanded more before accepting it and forcibly snatched it back when Qin Fangyang tried to leave.

Qin Fangyang left to train in the Vast Wasteland, while Zuo Xiaoduo broke through to the Dan Origin Realm at Hidden Dragon High Martial. Wen Xingtian adopted Qin Fangyang’s brutal teaching methods, leaving Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong to endure constant beatings as their cultivation rapidly improved.

• Gu Qianfan kept Qin Fangyang drinking all night, then saw him off the next morning as Qin Fangyang headed into the Vast Wasteland to train and prepare for a breakthrough to Guixuan.
• Zuo Xiaoduo broke through to the Dan Origin Realm after forty-two suppressions, falling short of his goal of fifty.
• Zuo Xiaoduo vented his frustration by beating Li Chenglong repeatedly, while Li Chenglong protested that both of them had endured beatings from their teachers.
• Ye Changqing suppressed his injuries with Top-Grade Star Soul Jade and beat Wen Xingtian, who then recalled Qin Fangyang’s advice to educate Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong through beatings.
• Wen Xingtian began beating Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong whenever he judged their cultivation too slow, and their rapid improvement convinced him to intensify the routine.

Wen Xingtian’s brutal training method spread through Hidden Dragon High Martial, accelerating the students’ growth and earning the school a hellish reputation. Zuo Xiaoduo collected his assignment rewards, saved a Pure Water Jade Lotus for Zuo Xiaonian, and gave Li Chenglong the Dragon-Sealing Sword in exchange for a ten-billion IOU—then worried that debt no longer bothered him.

• Wen Xingtian beat every student in Class One, and the other teachers adopted the method after seeing how quickly his students improved.
• Hidden Dragon High Martial filled with beatings as the school began its hellish teaching mode.
• Zuo Xiaoduo received his School Credits and redeemed large quantities of recovery resources for his Space Ring.
• Zuo Xiaoduo set aside the Pure Water Jade Lotus to give to Zuo Xiaonian when they met.
• Zuo Xiaoduo gave Li Chenglong the Dragon-Sealing Sword, and Li Chenglong gladly wrote a ten-billion IOU for it.
• Zuo Xiaoduo reflected that Li Chenglong’s ease with taking on debt made it harder to keep him under control.

Li Chenglong briefed Zuo Xiaoduo on the nationwide purge and the progress of the investigations into attacks on Hidden Dragon High Martial’s leaders. Most cases had been resolved or had suspects under surveillance, while Vice Principal Shi’s framing remained unexplained.

• Li Chenglong reported that the Four Great Lineages and Witch Alliance bases had been purged, with thousands arrested or executed.
• Li Chenglong said the four culprits who attacked Principal Ye had been caught, but the powerful figures behind them could not yet be confronted.
• Li Chenglong explained that Vice Principal Xiang’s attackers had been identified, Vice Principal Liu’s case was settled, and Vice Principal Cheng’s case was being investigated alongside Principal Ye’s.
• Li Chenglong said the culprit who framed Vice Principal Shi remained unknown and suggested the attack might have stemmed from a personal feud.
• Li Chenglong told Zuo Xiaoduo that Hidden Dragon High Martial had become more peaceful and that the Li Family in Fenghai had received only a warning for its role in the hunt.

Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong compared the Gao and Wu Lineages’ behavior after the Star Radiance Mountain Range incident and concluded the Gao Lineage might be turning toward them while the Wu Lineage likely remained an enemy. Just as they finished consolidating their cultivation, Gao Chengxiang and Gao Qiao'er arrived at Zuo Xiaoduo’s villa.

• Zuo Xiaoduo told Li Chenglong that members of the Gao Lineage had helped him while he was being hunted, while Li Chenglong cautioned that they should accept the lineage only tentatively and never trust it completely.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong noted that Wu Yunhai, Wu Qing, and Wu Yi had become awkward around them, unlike the Gao disciples, who remained warm and sincere.
• Li Chenglong reasoned that the Gao Lineage had helped Zuo Xiaoduo during the pursuit, while the Wu Lineage had failed to help, and concluded that the Gao Lineage was drawing closer as the Wu Lineage remained an enemy.
• After twenty days of consolidating their cultivation and breaking through the Dan Origin Realm, Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong saw Gao Chengxiang and Gao Qiao'er arrive at the villa.

Gao Qiao'er visited Zuo Xiaoduo to thank him for selling the Gao Lineage King Beast meat at a low price and to discuss their relationship. She praised his generosity and explained why her family had waited to meet him, leaving the purpose of her visit only gradually emerging.

• Li Chenglong suggested that Zuo Xiaoduo take Gao Qiao'er as a wife, and Zuo Xiaoduo reacted with alarm at the thought of Nian Nian Cat finding out.
• Gao Qiao'er arrived with Gao Chengxiang and thanked Zuo Xiaoduo for his efforts in the Star Radiance Mountain Range.
• Gao Qiao'er explained that the Gao Lineage youngsters had used the discounted King Beast meat to advance their cultivation.
• Zuo Xiaoduo said he had meant to thank the Gao Lineage for its help, while Gao Qiao'er insisted her relatives had not contributed enough to deserve his gratitude.
• Gao Qiao'er said the Gao Lineage had waited until Zuo Xiaoduo was less busy before coming to see him.

Gao Qiao'er presented Zuo Xiaoduo with Emperor-level Star Beast blood essence and explained that the Gao Lineage had chosen to support him as its current head stepped aside. She swore a blood oath pledging the Gao Lineage to follow Zuo Xiaoduo, leaving him shaken by the solemn commitment.

• Gao Qiao'er gave Zuo Xiaoduo three drops of Emperor-level Star Beast blood essence to improve the quality of treasures grown from ancient Demon Beast remains.
• Gao Qiao'er told Zuo Xiaoduo that the Gao Lineage's current head had decided to step aside and that the other branches were taking control.
• Gao Qiao'er said she might become the Gao Lineage's first female head and praised her grandfather for putting the Lineage first despite his family’s grievances.
• Gao Qiao'er declared that the Gao Lineage would follow Zuo Xiaoduo and sealed the pledge with a blood oath.
• Zuo Xiaoduo protested that the oath was too solemn, while Gao Qiao'er reaffirmed the Lineage's resolve to stake everything on him.

Gao Qiao'er pledged the Gao Lineage's allegiance to Zuo Xiaoduo, but Li Chenglong's interruptions kept Zuo from promising the lineage a place among his closest allies. The chapter ended as Zuo offered a token gift in response to Gao Qiao'er's pledge.

• Gao Qiao'er declared that the Gao Lineage would stake its future on following Zuo Xiaoduo and swore its allegiance.
• Li Chenglong questioned whether the Gao Lineage had acted too soon, prompting Gao Qiao'er to defend its bid to secure a place beside Zuo.
• Zuo Xiaoduo discreetly approved of Li Chenglong's intervention because it spared him from immediately defining the Gao Lineage's standing.
• Zuo said he welcomed the Gao Lineage's goodwill but considered any commitment about the future premature.
• Li Chenglong urged Zuo to return something for Gao Qiao'er's heartfelt pledge, and Zuo offered a few small trinkets as a token of regard.

Gao Qiao'er’s effort to secure the Gao Lineage’s place with Zuo Xiaoduo faltered when Li Chenglong undercut her plans, though Zuo Xiaoduo’s return gift and tentative agreement left her hopeful. On the way home, she lamented that an old feud had cost her lineage a better position and questioned Gao Chengxiang’s doubts about supporting Zuo Xiaoduo.

• Zuo Xiaoduo gave Gao Qiao'er a Demon King Pearl as a personal return gift, and she reluctantly accepted it.
• Li Chenglong argued that the Gao Lineage could help them maximize future gains, while Zuo Xiaoduo hesitated over profiting while still a student.
• Zuo Xiaoduo eventually nodded at Li Chenglong’s suggestion, brightening Gao Qiao'er's hopes.
• After Gao Qiao'er and Gao Chengxiang left, she reflected that Li Chenglong had disrupted most of her plans during their meeting.
• Gao Qiao'er told Gao Chengxiang that her lineage’s past feud with Gao Yan'er and Gao Ping'er had cost them a better position, then dismissed his doubts about supporting Zuo Xiaoduo.

Gao Qiao'er secured the Fenghai Gao Lineage's place under Zuo Xiaoduo's protection, and the lineage celebrated the Demon King Pearl's value. That night, she denied having feelings for Zuo Xiaoduo, while he and Li Chenglong rested together after she left.

• Gao Qiao'er told Gao Chengxiang that Zuo Xiaoduo's potential might exceed that of a Marshal, though Gao Chengxiang's interruption made her forget a crucial thought.
• After the Upper Capital Gao Lineage fell, Gao Qiao'er concluded that the Fenghai branch needed a powerful protector and considered its pledge to Zuo Xiaoduo a success.
• The Gao Lineage rejoiced over the Demon King Pearl, while the old lineage head praised Gao Qiao'er for obtaining it and Gao Chengxiang endured a venomous snake bite during a test of its effects.
• Gao Qiao'er's mother asked if she had feelings for Zuo Xiaoduo, and Gao Qiao'er denied it, saying she had no such intention.
• After Gao Qiao'er left, Zuo Xiaoduo sat beside Li Chenglong, who sprawled across a sofa.

Zuo Xiaoduo considered the Gao Lineage’s unexpected alliance and cultivated in the Annihilation Sky Pagoda, whose Earth Veins and plants were thriving. He decided not to let anyone else enter until he was stronger and certain the pagoda had acknowledged him as its master.

• Li Chenglong admired the Gao Lineage for making an early choice under a blood oath, while Zuo Xiaoduo accepted the chance to settle their old grudge but remained unsure of their motives.
• Zuo Xiaoduo asked about Li Chenglong’s cultivation and mocked his slow progress; Li Chenglong went off to cultivate alone.
• Zuo Xiaoduo entered the Annihilation Sky Pagoda, where Little Dragon had brought in three complete Earth Veins and the mountain range and transplanted plants were flourishing.
• Zuo Xiaoduo watered the Dragon Soul Ginseng and Snake King Fruit with diluted Emperor-level Demon Beast Blood Essence, causing the remaining Dragon Soul Ginseng to glow gold.
• Zuo Xiaoduo recalled Qin Fangyang’s warning about the pagoda’s danger and decided to wait before letting anyone cultivate inside with him.
• Zuo Xiaoduo saw that the light around the two Winged Sword Tigers had faded enough to reveal two tiny sleeping tigers.