Chapter Summaries

Lirui'en returned to the Holy City carrying the Platinum Divine Sword, and the people gathered there prayed for their god’s protection. The sword released Jiang Yang’s power, driving back winter and restoring warmth across three thousand li around the city.

• Lirui'en and his companions reached the frozen outskirts and saw that the nearby village had been encased in ice.
• Lirui'en led the group to the Holy City, where High Priest Vivian reassured the refugees and recognized the divine radiance around them.
• The citizens welcomed Lirui'en and the Platinum Divine Sword with hymns as he carried it to the altar.
• Pope Yuanhua, Lirui'en, Vivian, and Leides knelt and prayed with the people for Haotian Shangdi to protect the Holy City.
• The Platinum Divine Sword released Jiang Yang’s will and power, melting the ice and driving winter back across three thousand li.

As the survivors gathered in the Holy City’s Saint Domain, the southern kingdoms hunted dragons for protection from the Winter Calamity. After the Morningstar Kingdom killed a true Yinglong and used its crystal to shield its capital, the enraged Dragon Clan attacked the south, beginning the Dragon War.

• The Holy City gathered just over a million Bronze People in the Saint Domain, where survivors founded villages and began building a sacred kingdom.
• The southern races learned that dragon blood, flesh, and crystals could help them withstand the Winter Calamity, and began hunting dragons in large numbers.
• The Morningstar Kingdom’s king and more than a dozen Third Step Magic Potion powerhouses killed a Third Step Yinglong and brought its crystal to the capital.
• The Morningstar Kingdom hung the dragon crystal above the city, shielding it from Winter and provoking the Dragon Clan.
• The Dragon Clan attacked the southern Mortal Realm and slaughtered an entire city, declaring war on the living beings of the world.
• The southern kingdoms and myriad races united against the Dragon Clan, beginning the conflict later called the Dragon War.

The Southern Nations Alliance used Rune Technology and Steam Technology to defeat the true dragons, killing or capturing hundreds and driving the survivors back to Dragon Island and the Crystal Palace. As the alliance considered attacking Dragon Island, Ao Tian investigated the dragons’ defeat and found a way to turn their fortunes around.

• Mortals armed with Rune Technology and Steam Technology killed a true dragon on the battlefield, shocking the continent’s powerhouses.
• The Southern Nations Alliance pushed the true dragons out of the myriad races’ territories and killed or captured five hundred dragons in a major battle.
• Dragon knights emerged, and cities displayed true dragon crystals to provide protection from the Winter Calamity.
• The surviving true dragons retreated to Dragon Island and the Crystal Palace as the Southern Nations Alliance considered a campaign against them.
• Ao Tian set aside the Dragon Clan’s pride, studied the reasons for their defeat, and found an opportunity to reverse their disadvantage.

Jiang Yang comprehended the fifth step of the Flame Law and realized that it was present wherever fire existed. On the Great Wilderness Snowfield, Azure Dragon Aotian demonstrated the early form of Dragon Might before a gathering of draconic creatures, intending to bring them under his sway.

• Jiang Yang opened his eyes in the Flame World and declared that he understood what made the fifth step special.
• Jiang Yang realized that the Flame Law extended through endless worlds wherever fire existed.
• Azure Dragon Aotian struck an imposing pose on the snowfield, displaying the qualities he had developed into his self-named ultimate technique.
• Azure Dragon Aotian revealed the embryonic Dragon Might that later dragons would possess instinctively.
• Azure Dragon Aotian faced the gathered draconic creatures, intending to make them submit.

Azure Dragon Aotian used a potion and dragon blood to awaken the intelligence of Dragon Beasts, then organized them into forces under his command. The Dragon Clan honored him as its first Honorary Dragon King, and months later the Dragon Beasts marched toward the Southern Nations Alliance as a new war began.

• Azure Dragon Aotian gathered Dragon Beasts across the Northern Continent and tried to recruit them as his army.
• Aotian used his potion to awaken the Dragon Beasts’ ancestral intelligence and bound the cleverest ones to him with dragon blood.
• Aotian’s intelligent Dragon Beasts spread across the Northern Continent, drawing attention from the Holy City and the Dragon Clan elders.
• The Dragon Clan named Aotian its first Honorary Dragon King, with the title King Who Bestowed Fire in the Bronze Age.
• Months later, true dragons herded endless Dragon Beast herds out of Winter and toward the Southern Nations Alliance.

The Dragon Clan’s army arrived at Morningstar City, where the ten thousand races had gathered to stop its advance. As the two forces prepared for the Morning Star Battle, a group of black-clad observers watched from the battlements and agreed not to interfere.

• The Dragon Clan marched on Morningstar City with a vast army of dragon beasts and true dragons.
• Situ Ming commanded the allied forces of the ten thousand races as they prepared to defend the city.
• The allied soldiers and dragon army faced each other across the battlefield, poised to fight.
• A green-haired girl and her black-haired companion watched the armies from the battlements, unseen by nearby soldiers.
• The green-haired girl told her group to observe the battle without interfering, and they agreed.

Azure Dragon tried to make the Allied Forces surrender before the battle, but their commander answered with a taunt. The armies then clashed across the ground and sky in a bloody battle.

• Azure Dragon flew before the armies and demanded that the myriad races surrender and become his subjects.
• The Allied Forces commander sent a red-haired man to reject Azure Dragon and mock him over the Dragon Crystals.
• Azure Dragon returned to the Dragon Beast army and ordered the million Dragon Beasts to attack.
• The Allied Forces engaged the advancing horde with spear lines, Steam Rifles, cavalry, Runic Archers, and Runic Cannons.
• Flying Dragons and Steam Airships fought overhead as True Dragons and the myriad races' powerhouses joined the battle.

The Allied Forces of the myriad races were routed after a year and three months of fighting, and the true dragons captured Morningstar City. Over the next ten years, the Dragon Clan conquered the southern kingdoms and brought the southern races under its rule.

• Heroes and powerful dragons rose to prominence as the war around Morningstar City dragged on and both sides suffered heavy losses.
• The Allied Forces of the myriad races collapsed when desertions spread, and their warriors and leaders retreated south.
• The true dragons captured Morningstar City, took its Dragon Crystal, and slaughtered the Morningstar Kingdom's Royal Family, including its king.
• The Dragon Clan continued its conquest of the southern kingdoms, while many members of the myriad races surrendered and became its servants.
• Ten years later, the true dragons destroyed the last southern kingdom, and the age of the Dragon Clan began.

After the True Dragons conquered the world, they outlawed and destroyed the Potion System’s methods and Sacred Relics, while the Holy City developed its own Holy Qi Method and Yuhuazi later founded Qi Refining. As the Winter Calamity covered the world, an immense being awoke beneath the Far North ocean, and Jiang Yang began to stir from his long seclusion atop Mount Tai.

• The True Dragons conquered the myriad races, established their rule, and made the cities of the South Nations their territories.
• The True Dragons banned the Potion System, suppressed resistance, and gathered and destroyed its cultivation methods and Sacred Relics.
• A genius created the Dragon Transformation Technique, which the Dragon Clan spread throughout the world, while Yuhua later founded the Qi Refining lineage.
• The Holy City’s people created the Holy Qi Method to defend themselves against the True Dragons, and it became the origin of the Battle Qi Method.
• A thousand years into True Dragon rule, the Winter Calamity covered the world and an immense being awakened beneath the Far North ocean.
• Atop Mount Tai, Jiang Yang began stirring from his thousands of years of seclusion as the golden flames over the region dissipated.

Jiang Yang condensed his exclusive Flame Law imprint, reached the Fifth Step, and gained the ability to perceive countless worlds through the Flame Law Sea. As he prepared to consolidate his cultivation, a Giant Beast awakened beneath the Far North ocean on Earth and wondered how long it had slept.

• Jiang Yang’s golden flames transformed the region of the Flame Law Sea as he mastered his Flame Law over thousands of years.
• Jiang Yang condensed his exclusive Flame Law imprint, broke through the final barrier of the Fourth Step, and reached the Fifth Step.
• A golden flame mark appeared on Jiang Yang’s forehead, connecting him to the Flame Law Sea and allowing him to perceive countless worlds.
• Jiang Yang decided to explore the worlds he could sense later and began consolidating his Fifth Step cultivation.
• A Giant Beast awakened in the icy ocean of Earth’s Far North, felt a repulsive force from the world, and asked how long it had been asleep.

Xuanming awoke after sleeping for hundreds of millions of years and cautiously surveyed the transformed world through the Law of ice. She discovered that Dragons now ruled the world and recognized them as her kin.

• Xuanming awoke in the Far North Arctic Ocean after her cultivation reached a critical point and drew her soul into the sea of the Law of ice.
• Xuanming sensed that her aura lingered in the world's ice and snow and worried that she would be exposed.
• Xuanming followed the veins of ice and snow with her divine sense and found draconic beasts carrying traces of her aura.
• Xuanming detected an aura at her own realm on Mount Tai and carefully avoided probing it further.
• Xuanming reached the lands ruled by true dragons and realized that the Dragon Clan, her kin, ruled the world.

After Xuanming awakened, the worldwide winter ended, and the True Dragons and Northern Territory Holy City remained wary of the unknown power behind it. More than a decade later, the Dragon King Council gathered to decide whether to contact the powerful being in the icy ocean of the Far North.

• Xuanming's emergence ended the snow that had fallen for thousands of years, and the power sheltering the True Dragons disappeared.
• The world thawed, but the True Dragons and Northern Territory Holy City feared the powerful being they believed had stopped the winter; some southerners began worshipping it.
• The True Dragons and the myriad races reclaimed their former lands as the world slowly recovered.
• More than a decade passed without the unknown being appearing, while the True Dragons considered using contact with it to challenge the gods protecting Northern Territory Holy City.
• Torch Dragon, Kong Xuan, and the other leaders convened the Dragon King Council to decide whether to approach the powerful existence in the Far North's icy ocean.

The Dragon Clan’s True Dragons decided to send Ao Tian to contact the unknown powerhouse in the Far North’s icy ocean. After Ao Tian spent ten years calling out, Xuanming finally appeared.

• Kong Xuan, Torch Dragon, Bahamut, and the other True Dragons discussed the unknown powerhouse and chose Ao Tian to approach them as a Dragon King.
• Ao Tian led several True Dragons to the icy ocean and called for the senior, but received no answer.
• The other True Dragons left one by one, while Ao Tian stayed and continued calling out for ten years.
• Xuanming, irritated by Ao Tian’s daily calls but recognizing him as a fellow Dragon Clan member, finally showed herself.

Xuanming emerged from the icy ocean in her colossal dragon form, overwhelming Yinglong Ao Tian with her presence. After Ao Tian respectfully praised her, Xuanming asked why he had come, and he recognized her as a Dragon King like winter itself.

• Xuanming rose from the Far North ocean, stirring up enormous waves and freezing winds.
• Yinglong Ao Tian was overwhelmed by Xuanming’s size and aura, which reminded him of the divine sword’s pressure outside the northern Holy City.
• Ao Tian bowed and showered Xuanming with respectful praise, leaving out the title of Dragon King he usually prized.
• Xuanming interrupted Ao Tian and asked what he had come to find her for.
• Ao Tian looked up at Xuanming’s fearsome dragon form and recognized her as a Dragon King like winter itself.

Xuanming refused Ao Tian’s request to become Dragon King but agreed to join the Dragon Clan as an ordinary dragon and explore the modern world. After transforming into a blue-haired girl, she set off with Ao Tian and asked him to tell her about the God.

• Ao Tian explained that the Dragon Clan ruled most of the world and asked Xuanming to become its Dragon King.
• Xuanming refused the throne but asked about the present age and learned that the Dragon Clan had thousands of True Dragons and countless Dragon Beasts.
• Xuanming agreed to join the Dragon Clan as an ordinary dragon, gave Ao Tian the name Constana, and told him not to spread news about her.
• Xuanming returned to the sea, transformed into a blue-haired girl, and rejoined the astonished Ao Tian.
• Xuanming agreed to travel with Ao Tian, offered to teach him the Transformation Art, and asked him to explain the story of the God.

Constana and Ao Tian traveled south as Ao Tian told her about Jiang Yang and the Dragon Clan's view of his power. They reached the Northern Territory's Holy City, where Constana wanted to explore its distinct culture rather than conquer it.

• Aulisel watched Ao Tian and Constana leave the Far North on Heimdall's satellite feed and wondered what Constana's arrival would mean while Jiang Yang remained in seclusion.
• Constana and Ao Tian flew south over the land as life returned after winter.
• Ao Tian told Constana that Jiang Yang had been the world's supreme being since the Silver Age and might be Haotian Shangdi at Mount Tai.
• Constana resolved to avoid the god at Mount Tai and live as an ordinary dragon.
• Ao Tian explained that the Northern Territory's Holy City was outside Dragon Clan rule and its people worshiped Haotian Shangdi.
• Constana asked Ao Tian to show her around the Holy City, interested in its local customs and scenery.

Constana and Ao Tian entered the Holy City's domain and explored the bustling city before visiting the Haotian Divine Temple. Ao Tian's confidence faded when he stood before the statue of Haotian Shangdi.

• Constana and Ao Tian traveled through the Holy City's flourishing countryside toward the city walls.
• Ao Tian admired the Platinum Wall and imagined making the Holy City his royal capital, while Constana judged its defenses crude.
• The pair entered the city and saw its steam and rune technology, as well as powerful residents who cultivated the Battle Qi Method.
• Constana and Ao Tian reached the Haotian Divine Temple and joined the worshippers inside.
• Ao Tian approached the statue of Haotian Shangdi, but his courage suddenly deserted him.

Ao Tian and Constana visited the Divine Temple, where Constana’s devout worship caught the attention of Divine Court Guard Mishang. Mishang invited her to join the guards, and Ao Tian mistakenly believed she had planned to infiltrate the Divine Court.

• Ao Tian followed the Believers in worship, while Constana knelt and prayed with striking devotion.
• A Divine Court Guard noticed Constana and decided she might make a suitable guard.
• A young Priest led Ao Tian and Constana to meet Mishang in a garden pavilion.
• Mishang asked Constana about her name and family, and she said she came from Xiaoli Village and had no parents.
• Mishang invited Constana to join the Divine Court Guards, and Ao Tian admired her supposed scheme to infiltrate the Divine Court.

Constana declined Mishang’s invitation to join the Divine Court and chose to travel south with Ao Tian. After several thousand years in seclusion, Jiang Yang awoke at Mount Tai and asked Yusheng how the world had changed.

• Constana refused Mishang’s invitation, saying she wanted to remain in the mortal world, and Mishang told her she could seek him out at Mount Tai later.
• Constana and Ao Tian left the Divine Temple, and she explained that she did not know Haotian and wanted to be cautious.
• Constana and Ao Tian decided to head south to the Dragon Kingdom so Ao Tian could become an ordinary dragon.
• Jiang Yang awoke from thousands of years of secluded cultivation at the summit of Mount Tai, and his aura alerted the Divine Court Guards.
• Yusheng led the guards in greeting Jiang Yang, who thanked them and asked Yusheng to tell him how the world had changed.

Constana became the Dragon Clan’s first emperor, though she preferred to keep a low profile and pursue her own cultivation. Meanwhile, Jiang Yang sensed that the Sixth Epoch’s mandate of heaven rejected survivors of the Fifth Epoch, explaining their restraints and some of the Divine Clan’s decline.

• Constana reluctantly accepted the True Dragons’ honor of making her emperor, while insisting she wanted an ordinary life and that the title was merely a name.
• The True Dragons proclaimed Constana the Emperor of Winter and Ice and Snow, and later generations called her the Blue Emperor or Ice Emperor.
• Constana visited the palace built for her only once, then kept a low profile and opened Kangna’s Many Treasures Shop in True Dragon City’s western district.
• After reaching the Fifth Step, Constana felt heaven and earth’s restraints and understood that joining the Dragon Clan helped ease them.
• On Mount Tai, Jiang Yang sensed that the Sixth Epoch’s mandate of heaven rejected survivors of the Fifth Epoch and connected it to the Divine Clan’s declining fertility and the earlier departure of the Angels and the Devil.