Chapter Summaries

Zuo Xiaoduo coaxed Zuo Xiaonian into kissing and hugging, while she believed she had held her boundaries; Wu Yuting understood how he had maneuvered her but chose not to tell her. The next morning, Zuo Xiaoduo went to school, Zuo Xiaonian continued cultivating, and Wu Yuting picked a fight with Zuo Changlu after recalling how he had courted her.

• Zuo Xiaoduo persuaded Zuo Xiaonian to reward him with a kiss, and their kissing and hugging ended when she fled to the cultivation room.
• Zuo Xiaoduo left for school with Li Chenglong while Zuo Xiaonian stayed inside the Annihilation Sky Pagoda to cultivate.
• Zuo Xiaonian examined her swollen lips and felt proud that she had prevented Zuo Xiaoduo from crossing her forbidden line.
• Zuo Xiaonian told Wu Yuting that she had held firm, and Wu Yuting realized Zuo Xiaoduo had deliberately made her feel that way but kept the truth to herself.
• Wu Yuting remembered that Zuo Changlu had once courted her similarly, then picked a fight with him after breakfast.

Li Chenglong and Xiang Bing announced their engagement to their classmates, with Xiang Bing firmly warning off anyone who might pursue either of them. The class applauded their declaration and accepted their request for blessings.

• Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong arrived at school grinning after their happy night and engagement.
• Their classmates teased Li Chenglong, who tried to share his romantic experience at the lectern.
• Xiang Bing rushed forward and took over, saying Li Chenglong might reveal too much.
• Xiang Bing announced that she and Li Chenglong were engaged and warned potential suitors to look elsewhere.
• Xiang Bing asked the class to bless their happiness and threatened to use her fists against anyone who interfered.
• The class applauded Xiang Bing, and Wen Xingtian watched with appreciation.

Xiang Bing made clear that she was committed to Li Chenglong, and Wen Xingtian praised her and Zuo Xiaoduo for their loyalty. As Hidden Dragon High Martial prepared for its parents’ meeting, Ye Changqing discovered that officials had arranged a massive concert and an elaborate stadium renovation, whose strange spatial energy left him stunned.

• Xiang Bing’s declaration made clear that she would not tolerate anyone trying to come between her and Li Chenglong.
• Wen Xingtian praised Xiang Bing’s devotion and Zuo Xiaoduo’s loyalty, then jokingly threatened to beat Zuo Xiaoduo at the Martial Dao Arena.
• Eight days after Li Chenglong’s engagement, Minister Ding told Ye Changqing that officials had added observers and other arrangements to the parents’ meeting.
• The Martial Education Department arranged a live performance by the Star Soul Continent’s ten most popular singers and invited military families and families of the fallen.
• Ye Changqing found that officials had already prepared Fenghai City’s largest indoor stadium as an aerial concert hall, where he sensed spatial power.

The Three-Party Alliance struggled to unlock a powerful gate in the Star Radiance Mountain Range until an injured artisan’s blood activated it. The gate rejected Star Beast blood, leaving the leaders facing the grim possibility that opening it would require human or Witch Tribe blood.

• Ye Changqing and the others examined the immense concert venue at Hidden Dragon and suspected that a master of Spatial Methods had created it.
• The Three-Party Alliance’s artisans failed to find the mechanism controlling the Space Ruins’ gate, and You Dongtian’s sword chipped against the mountains beside it.
• A Witch Alliance artisan wounded himself with a chisel, and the gate drained all the blood from his body before turning pink.
• You Dongtian and the others realized the gate responded to human blood, while You Xingchen sent Yun Zhonghu to fetch Star Beasts.
• Yun Zhonghu tested Star Beast blood on the gate, but Flood Great Shaman explained that only blood from humans, the Witch Tribe, or similar peoples would work.

Flood Great Shaman agreed to collect blood without killing anyone, and the blood opened the gate after less than a full barrel. Great Shaman Bingming mocked Flood for misjudging the amount and was sent flying by another hammer blow.

• Bai Yunduo proposed drawing blood from many people instead of killing fifteen sacrifices, and Flood accepted her plan.
• Several hundred people gave blood, and the first barrel opened the gate after the vortex consumed more than half of it.
• Flood realized they had gathered far more blood than necessary, while Great Shaman Bingming mocked his estimate.
• Flood ordered Great Shaman Bingming onto a boulder and then struck him with his hammer, sending him flying across the mountain.

Flood Great Shaman punished Bingming and Dan Kong before choosing a team to investigate the dangerous gateway. The leaders of the Witch Alliance, Star Soul Continent, and Dao Alliance entered together, leaving Marshal Dongfang and the others waiting outside in alarm.

• Flood Great Shaman sent Dan Kong crashing into a boulder after Liehuo and Xue Luo stopped him from pursuing Bingming.
• Liehuo and Xue Luo gagged and blindfolded Bingming to keep him from making more taunting remarks.
• Flood Great Shaman chose Liehuo and the Wind Emperor to enter the opening with him, while You Xingchen selected Dongtian and Xiao Hu, and Daoist Lei selected Feng and Yun.
• Flood Great Shaman entered first, followed by Liehuo, the Wind Emperor, and the other six leaders.
• Demonic energy and white mist filled the gateway, cutting off the view of the nine leaders from Marshal Dongfang and the others outside.

Li Chenglong’s parents joined the Zuo family for dinner and celebrated his engagement to Xiang Bing. Xiang Bing and Li Chenglong recognized that Zuo Xiaoduo had stirred up their fights to bring them together, and Xiang Bing promised she would no longer take the bait.

• Li Chenglong welcomed his parents to Fenghai City, where both families gathered for dinner with Zuo Changlu, Zuo Xiaoduo, Zuo Xiaonian, Xiang Bing, and Grandma Shi.
• Li Chenglong’s mother privately wondered whether he had used tricks to win Xiang Bing, prompting Zuo Xiaoduo to joke that Xiang Bing’s poor eyesight made Li Chenglong look handsome.
• Xiang Bing tried to thank Zuo Xiaoduo for helping bring her and Li Chenglong together, but he deflected her thanks and suggested the two engaged couples toast together.
• Li Chenglong realized Zuo Xiaoduo had given Xiang Bing a reminder that sparked their relationship, then told her Zuo Xiaoduo had refused thanks so he could keep stirring up trouble.
• Xiang Bing admitted she had understood Zuo Xiaoduo’s scheme and had kept fighting Li Chenglong because it gave them time together, then vowed not to fall for the provocations again.

The two families shared a lively dinner as Li Chenglong and Xiang Bing awkwardly reconciled after nearly fighting in front of their parents. Zuo Xiaoduo failed to stir up suspicion between his parents and instead ended up under Zuo Xiaonian’s watchful eye.

• Li Chenglong and Xiang Bing stopped their mock fight when Grandma Shi coughed, and Xiang Bing apologized to the parents for losing her temper.
• Mama Li welcomed Xiang Bing and teased Li Chenglong about his stubbornness, while Zuo Xiaoduo joked about Li Chenglong’s reputation as the Steel Cult Leader.
• Mama Li warned Li Chenglong not to hit women, and the two families continued their meal in good spirits.
• Zuo Xiaoduo suggested that Zuo Changlu might be hiding a mistress, but Wu Yuting revealed that she had set the names on his phone herself and twisted Zuo Xiaoduo’s ear.
• Wu Yuting warned Zuo Xiaonian that Zuo Xiaoduo’s luck with women was flourishing, and Zuo Xiaonian promised to keep him under close watch.

Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian joined their parents at the parent meeting, where Zuo Xiaoduo noticed that his section’s seating arrangement was unusual and suspected a trap aimed at him. Outside, Ye Changqing, Xiang Kuangren, Liu Yichun, and Cheng Guying welcomed the powerful officials attending the event and a meeting afterward.

• Wu Yuting questioned Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian about what they had done while cultivating in the Annihilation Sky Pagoda.
• Zuo Xiaoduo brought his family to the stadium and found that his number one pass placed them in the second row, while Li Chenglong’s number two table was far away.
• Zuo Xiaoduo asked Li Chenglong to check other seating arrangements, and Gao Qiao'er sent information showing that their section alone was arranged differently.
• Zuo Xiaoduo warned Zuo Xiaonian and Li Chenglong to evacuate his parents and alert nearby classmates if trouble started.
• Ye Changqing, Xiang Kuangren, Liu Yichun, and Cheng Guying welcomed guests arriving for the parent meeting and the meeting afterward.

Ye Changqing prepared to welcome the Star Soul Continent’s most powerful figures to Hidden Dragon High Martial, but the arrival of Flood Great Shaman revived memories of the massacre he had survived. The chapter ended as ten Great Shamans appeared behind Flood Great Shaman.

• Ye Changqing anticipated that the gathering of prominent figures would raise Hidden Dragon High Martial’s reputation.
• Ye Changqing and the others waited as students, families, and performers assembled for the event.
• Flood Great Shaman emerged from a spatial rift, and his presence left Ye Changqing and the others stunned.
• Ye Changqing recognized Flood Great Shaman as the man whose casual hammer strike had killed thousands of his comrades years earlier.
• Ten Great Shamans appeared behind Flood Great Shaman.

Ye Changqing and the others welcomed the Star-Seizing Emperor, the Eleven Great Shamans, the Heavenly Kings, the Dao Alliance Seven Swords, and other powerful leaders into the school. After the guests entered, Ye Changqing feared that a major event was about to unfold.

• The Eleven Great Shamans' presence overwhelmed Ye Changqing, Xiang Kuangren, and the other two until the Star-Seizing Emperor arrived and dispelled the pressure.
• Liehuo recognized Xiang Kuangren as the brat who had once called him Red Hair, while Xiang Kuangren wondered why Liehuo seemed familiar.
• Ye Changqing and the others saluted the Star-Seizing Emperor, who introduced Flood Great Shaman as his guest.
• You Dongtian arrived with Yun Zhonghu and the Dao Alliance Seven Swords, and Minister Ding, six Cabinet Attendants, and the Four Directional Marshals arrived afterward.
• Ye Changqing escorted the guests inside, with the senior leaders proceeding to the second and third levels.
• After the guests entered, Xiang Kuangren reacted in alarm, and Ye Changqing said that something major was likely to happen.

Cheng Guying and the others tried to steady themselves after sensing the Flood Great Shaman’s overwhelming presence, while Zuo Xiaoduo struggled to reconcile his intuition of danger with his fortune-reading. The Flood Great Shaman arrived at the auditorium and took the seat directly in front of Zuo Xiaoduo, with eleven powerful men crowding around the same table.

• Cheng Guying said She Wang was still alive and vowed to keep him imprisoned, while he and the others also renewed their hatred of the Central Plains King.
• Ye Changqing said he had contacted old friends who would join them in settling old scores after the current matter was over.
• Zuo Xiaoduo saw peaceful fortunes around the auditorium but felt an increasingly intense sense of fatal danger.
• A powerful aura silenced the auditorium as the Flood Great Shaman and his companions entered.
• The Flood Great Shaman ignored Zuo Changlu, sat at the central table in front of Zuo Xiaoduo, and was joined there by eleven burly men.

At a gathering of powerful figures, Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian watched a strange white-robed man recognize Zuo Changlu and awkwardly try to avoid Wu Yuting’s invitation to a family banquet. The man was pulled aside by a fiery-haired fellow, and Zuo Xiaoduo noticed his appearance change as space twisted.

• Zuo Xiaonian explained that the spacious seating was created by the Power of Space, and Zuo Xiaoduo flirted with her.
• A cold, white-robed man suddenly laughed like a donkey, startling Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian.
• The white-robed man asked Zuo Changlu whether they had met before, making Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian suspect he was their father's enemy.
• Wu Yuting invited the white-robed man and his companions to the family's banquet, and he tried to decline after appearing to accept.
• A fiery-haired fellow hooked an arm around the white-robed man's neck and pulled him aside as space twisted and his appearance seemed to change.

Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting reminisced about their old friends while covertly pressuring the Flood Great Shaman to give gifts to their children. The Flood Great Shaman delivered a Space Ring, but the couple continued hinting that he should provide for both their son and daughter.

• Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting lamented that their old friends were absent and imagined how delighted they would be to meet their children.
• Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting insulted Big Guy as a stingy miser, and the Flood Great Shaman stiffened as he listened.
• The Flood Great Shaman warped space and delivered a Space Ring to Zuo Changlu as a first-meeting gift for his godson.
• Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting continued talking about their daughter, making the Flood Great Shaman realize they expected him to give her a gift too.

Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting used stories about their friends and godchildren to pressure Flood Great Shaman, Daoist Lei, and the Star-Seizing Emperor into handing over Space Rings. Zuo Changlu ended with more rings and hinted that he could expose other friends’ secrets next.

• Zuo Changlu mentioned Xiao Duo and Xiao Nian’s engagements, prompting Flood Great Shaman to give several gifts and leave his chair shattered.
• Zuo Changlu shifted his attention to Daoist Lei, calling him Big Scruffy and accusing him of stinginess and ingratitude.
• Daoist Lei sent Zuo Changlu five Space Rings to stop him from revealing the private story of his wife.
• Zuo Changlu called the Star-Seizing Emperor his best friend, and the Star-Seizing Emperor surrendered five more Space Rings.
• Zuo Changlu accepted the rings and hinted that he might name other friends and expose their shady pasts.

Zuo Changlu quietly extorted rare treasures from the gathered powers while Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian watched the performances and wondered about the strange pressure around them. The chapter ended with the leaders of the Witch Alliance, Star Soul, and Dao Alliance gathered in a spatial domain as Zuo Changlu introduced his family and Great Shaman Golden Scale bristled at an old humiliation.

• Wu Yuting and the other gift-givers urged Zuo Changlu to reveal his sordid past, while he continued collecting Space Rings filled with rare treasures.
• Zuo Xiaoduo noticed that the spatial seals and sense of danger had vanished, then flirted with Zuo Xiaonian during the performances and stole a kiss.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian wondered why Gu Luoyan had not appeared at the major show.
• Twenty-three leaders from the Witch Alliance, Star Soul, and Dao Alliance met inside a spatial domain, sour-faced after Zuo Changlu had extorted them.
• Zuo Changlu introduced Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian to the leaders and asked them to look after the young couple, prompting Great Shaman Golden Scale to resent the reminder of his past humiliation.

Flood Great Shaman silenced Great Shaman Bingming while Zuo Changlu explained that the urgent summons had forced him to end his mortal-world incarnation early. The others apologized and offered to make it up to him, while Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting privately saw an opportunity to get more help from them.

• Flood Great Shaman beat Great Shaman Bingming, stuffed his mouth with ice, and warned everyone not to untie him.
• Zuo Changlu explained that the urgent summons had forced him to end his mortal-world incarnation early, potentially damaging his state of mind and future cultivation.
• You Xingchen and the others expressed guilt over summoning Zuo Changlu, while the alliance experts privately took satisfaction in his misfortune.
• You Xingchen apologized, and Zuo Changlu asked him to help with more work in the future.
• Wu Yuting and Zuo Changlu privately welcomed You Xingchen's offer as another chance to get help from him.

Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting revealed that their Mortal World Incarnation was complete and secured an agreement protecting Zuo Xiaoduo from the upper echelons until he reached the Feitian Realm. They left his true parentage secret so he could continue cultivating without relying on their status.

• Zuo Changlu announced that his return was certain, and Flood Great Shaman vowed that anyone who harmed Zuo Xiaoduo would become his mortal enemy.
• Zuo Changlu thanked Flood Great Shaman and offered to make him Zuo Xiaoduo's godfather, leaving the other Great Shamans bewildered.
• Wu Yuting asked everyone to keep their identities secret from Zuo Xiaoduo, explaining that the truth could undermine his motivation to cultivate.
• Zuo Changlu set the Feitian Realm as the point until which the upper echelons could not target Zuo Xiaoduo with cultivators more than two realms above him.
• The chapter recalled how Star Soul Humans won the right to impose similar protections after the Sky-Patrolling Imperial Seat and Star-Seizing Emperor rose to prominence.

Zuo Changlu sought guarantees that senior Witch Alliance and Dao Alliance experts would not attack Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian before they reached Flying Heaven. The Flood Great Shaman agreed, while Wu Yuting pressured Daoist Lei to make his agreement explicit, leaving the meeting tense as Zuo Changlu warned him against targeting his family.

• Zuo Changlu asked the Flood Great Shaman to promise that Witch Alliance experts above Flying Heaven would not attack Zuo Xiaoduo or Zuo Xiaonian before they reached Flying Heaven, and Flood agreed.
• Zuo Changlu asked Daoist Lei for the same commitment, and Daoist Lei eventually said he agreed without specifying what he meant.
• Wu Yuting challenged Daoist Lei to state his agreement clearly and accused him of planning to harm her son.
• Wu Yuting threatened to abandon the alliance and attack the Dao Alliance if Daoist Lei refused to clarify his promise.
• Zuo Changlu pretended to reprimand Wu Yuting, then warned Daoist Lei not to target his children and their spouses.

Zuo Changlu secured a promise from Daoist Lei that the Dao Alliance would not target Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian before they reached the Feitian Realm, then learned that Kunpeng had preserved the Eastern Emperor Bell’s sound in the Space Ruins. The leaders compared how long their alliances took to follow the ruins’ coordinates, while Great Shaman Bingming’s blunders provoked the other shamans.

• Daoist Lei promised that Dao Alliance experts at or above the Feitian Realm would not attack Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian before they reached that realm.
• Zuo Changlu and Flood Great Shaman exchanged barbs before turning to discuss why the leaders had gathered.
• Daoist Lei revealed that the Space Ruins contained a preserved sound of the Eastern Emperor Bell, which Kunpeng had left behind.
• Flood Great Shaman said he had killed Kunpeng’s Primordial Spirit avatar inside the ruins with one hammer blow.
• Zuo Changlu asked how long the Witch Alliance and Dao Alliance had taken to follow the ruins’ coordinates, and Flood Great Shaman and Daoist Lei answered nine years and six years respectively.
• Great Shaman Bingming repeatedly insulted Flood Great Shaman while trying to defend himself, until Great Shaman Liehuo covered his mouth.