Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan defeated the three commanders, refined their Authority Bodies, and brought the Explore the Sea Dragon Soul to its ultimate form. Still blocked by a Health limit and seeking the Dragon Ancestral Land, he flew toward Minglong City’s City Lord’s Mansion to investigate.

• Lin Yuan used the Explore the Sea Dragon Soul and his own attacks to defeat the three commanders.
• He converted the final Authority Body into A-rank Cores, raising his energy capacity to one billion before his maximum Health stopped him from refining more.
• Lin Yuan worried that Little Black was not progressing quickly enough on the level-seven ship hull, but decided against asking Senior Moge to help.
• The Explore the Sea Dragon Soul devoured the final commander’s Dragon Qi and reached its ultimate form, though Lin Yuan sensed it needed another power to evolve further.
• Lin Yuan recalled the Dragon Soul and flew toward the City Lord’s Mansion to investigate the Dragon Ancestral Land and the Deputy City Lord’s silence.

Lin Yuan entered the City Lord's Mansion searching for the Deputy City Lord and discovered Lao Jiu had infiltrated it. After Lao Jiu fought the Deputy City Lord, his Blood Wine awakened a power the Explore the Sea Dragon Soul needed for Perfect Evolution, drawing the Deputy City Lord's attention to Lin Yuan's dragon.

• Lin Yuan entered the City Lord's Mansion and found Special Guards dead in pools of blood mixed with Lao Jiu's Blood Wine.
• Lao Jiu and the Deputy City Lord burst out of the Main Castle and fought, with the Deputy City Lord seemingly tearing off Lao Jiu's limbs.
• Lao Jiu's blood gathered toward Lin Yuan, who tried to flee and refused to fight the Deputy City Lord.
• Blood Wine struck Lin Yuan, and its power caused the Explore the Sea Dragon Soul to manifest and roar.
• The Deputy City Lord looked from Lao Jiu's severed limbs to the Golden Giant Dragon and finally fixed his gaze on the dragon.

Lin Yuan fought the Deputy City Lord, whose potent Slaughter power injured him and hindered his recovery, while hoping Lao Jiu would find the Dragon Ancestral Land. When the Deputy City Lord killed the rebel Chaos Monsters, their corpses merged into a massive genuine Chaos Monster.

• Lin Yuan clashed with the Deputy City Lord and realized his Slaughter power followed a path other than Destruction.
• Lin Yuan retreated through Minglong City, hoping the Deputy City Lord would be drawn away from Lao Jiu, who was searching the City Lord's Mansion for the Dragon Ancestral Land.
• Lin Yuan ran into a battle between the Rebel Army and the City Defense Army, and the Deputy City Lord caught up with him.
• The rebel Chaos Monsters attacked the Deputy City Lord, but his killing intent sliced them into fragments.
• Pollution surged from the rebels' corpses, which fused into black mud and formed an enormous genuine Chaos Monster.

Lin Yuan witnessed genuine Chaos Monsters emerge and realized their spread would doom Minglong City, so he escaped while the Deputy City Lord stayed behind. He then deduced that Lao Jiu had only recently learned the Dragon Ancestral Land was in the city, and suspected City Lord Minglong was using its dragon qi to strengthen the Commanders and his Slaughter Authority.

• Lin Yuan saw a Great Chaos Monster transform nearby Rebel Army Chaos Monsters into genuine Chaos Monsters and judged Minglong City beyond saving.
• Lin Yuan fled as the Deputy City Lord battled the Great Chaos Monster, then hid until the Deputy City Lord left without finding him.
• Lin Yuan wondered why Lao Jiu had not found the Dragon Ancestral Land and deduced that Lao Jiu had discovered its presence only recently.
• Lin Yuan connected Lao Jiu’s discovery to the Commanders’ interest in the Explore the Sea Dragon Soul during the Slaughter Arena upheaval.
• Lin Yuan concluded that City Lord Minglong had likely supplied dragon qi from the Dragon Ancestral Land to strengthen the Commanders and had gone into seclusion there to raise his Slaughter Authority.

Lin Yuan deduced that the Deputy City Lord might be the key to opening the Dragon Ancestral Land and returned to the City Lord's Mansion to test his theory. He and Lao Jiu teamed up against the Deputy City Lord, though both remained wary of each other.

• Lin Yuan reasoned that the Explore the Sea Dragon Soul could open the Dragon Ancestral Land and that its hidden entrance might be inside the Deputy City Lord.
• Lin Yuan flew through Minglong City, where Chaos Monsters battled the City Defense Army, locals, and arena experts, and returned to the City Lord's Mansion.
• Lin Yuan found Lao Jiu held by the Deputy City Lord and charged in, declaring that the key to the Dragon Ancestral Land was inside their enemy.
• Lao Jiu agreed to cooperate, sprayed Blood Wine over the Deputy City Lord, and gave Lin Yuan an opening to punch him away.
• Lao Jiu chose to stay and fight beside Lin Yuan, while both kept their distance and watched for betrayal.

Lin Yuan and Lao Jiu fought the Deputy City Lord while trading guarded information about Minglong and the Dragon Ancestral Land. Lao Jiu explained Minglong’s mysterious origins and history, while Lin Yuan questioned the Deputy City Lord’s strange, puppet-like condition.

• Lin Yuan and Lao Jiu held back some of their strength as they battled the Deputy City Lord, and Lao Jiu urged Lin Yuan to use the Explore the Sea Dragon Soul.
• Lin Yuan reasoned that they needed to force something hidden inside the Deputy City Lord out before using the Dragon Soul to open the true Dragon Ancestral Land.
• Lao Jiu described Minglong as a First Generation from the Holy Land World who condensed Slaughter Authority, founded Minglong City, and pursued the Dragon Ancestral Land.
• Lao Jiu asked how Lin Yuan obtained the Explore the Sea Dragon Soul, and Lin Yuan said it had been passed down directly by the Three Saints.
• Lin Yuan asked Lao Jiu who the Deputy City Lord was and wondered why the man had lost his reason despite seeming less polluted than Minglong and the Commanders.

Lin Yuan learned that the Deputy City Lord was likely Minglong's clone and used the Explore the Sea Dragon Soul to unlock the truth of the Dragon Ancestral Land. The chapter ended with Minglong City transforming into a battlefield and revealing itself as the Dragon Ancestral Land.

• Lao Jiu told Lin Yuan that he believed the Deputy City Lord was Minglong's clone, and Lin Yuan agreed the theory explained the man's origins and condition.
• Lin Yuan said he could open the Dragon Ancestral Land but needed the Deputy City Lord suppressed, so Lao Jiu used his hidden wine barrel to throw strange wines over him.
• The Deputy City Lord's powers became chaotic, allowing the Explore the Sea Dragon Soul to sense and enter the hidden lock inside him.
• Dragon Qi erupted from the Deputy City Lord and spread throughout Minglong City, growing stronger as it absorbed energy from the fighting.
• Phantom battlefields appeared across Minglong City, and Lin Yuan realized the city itself was the Dragon Ancestral Land transformed into a battlefield.

Lin Yuan realized the Dragon Ancestral Land was formed from war aura and evolved Explore the Sea into a Gold Dragon, but the dragon lacked enough Dragon Qi to become an Ancestral Dragon. He concluded that a new battle in Minglong City might provide the war aura needed to complete the evolution.

• Lin Yuan recognized that the Dragon Ancestral Land appeared when war aura was released, then escaped into the mist and recalled the Explore the Sea Dragon Soul.
• Lin Yuan discovered that he and the others in the mist were phantoms to the people and Chaos Monsters in Minglong City.
• Lin Yuan used the Dragon Ancestral Land to evolve Explore the Sea, which became a Gold Dragon as illusory dragons gathered around it.
• The Gold Dragon’s evolution slowed when the Ancestral Land ran short of Dragon Qi and dragon’s will, which Minglong had already consumed to sublimate his slaughter authority.
• Lin Yuan rejected the idea that fate had stopped the evolution and realized Dragon Qi could be generated through battle; he looked toward the fighting between humans and Chaos Monsters in Minglong City.

Lin Yuan returned from the Dragon Ancestral Land to Minglong City and rallied the scattered survivors against the Chaos Monsters. As the survivors fought together, the Power of War strengthened them, while dragon phantoms gathered and some vanished into the mist.

• Little Gold opened a doorway between the Dragon Ancestral Land and Minglong City, and Lin Yuan passed through to help generate Dragon Qi.
• Lin Yuan flew to the Slaughter Arena and used the Holy Hall Light Blade to weaken the Chaos Monsters surrounding it.
• Lin Yuan organized the arena survivors and rushed across the city to help other groups reach safety.
• Several hundred thousand survivors gathered in the Slaughter Arena, and Lin Yuan led them out to clear the city because their supplies were insufficient.
• The survivors' fighting strength grew as dragon phantoms formed from the Power of War, with some returning to strengthen them and others disappearing into the mist.

Lin Yuan discovered that the power of war drove rapid evolution, battled a Great Chaos Monster, and helped the survivors secure Minglong City while Little Gold completed its evolution. After returning to the Dragon Ancestral Land, Lin Yuan learned Little Gold had excess, unusually potent Dragon Qi and began considering how to use it.

• Lin Yuan realized the power of war accelerated evolution, explaining the survivors' rapid growth and Minglong's enhanced slaughter authority.
• When a Great Chaos Monster attacked and killed survivors, Lin Yuan fought it and held the upper hand, restoring the survivors' resolve.
• Lin Yuan studied the power of war during the battle, noticing that it slightly increased his strength and vitality but did not affect his energy.
• Lin Yuan killed the Great Chaos Monster as the survivors cleared most of the remaining monsters, and Little Gold completed its evolution.
• Little Gold opened a misty gateway, and Lin Yuan returned to the Dragon Ancestral Land, where he saw Little Gold's new white-gold form.
• Little Gold told Lin Yuan it had stored excess special Dragon Qi that could not be kept for long, and Lin Yuan thought of a way to use it.

Lin Yuan gave Little Black special Dragon Qi, enabling it to finish a level seven hull blueprint and upgrade the Lin Yuan. The upgrade succeeded without Lao Jiu or the Deputy City Lord appearing, leaving Lin Yuan stronger and still wary of their silence.

• Lin Yuan chose Little Black as the recipient of special Dragon Qi, and Little Gold used its Dragon Ancestor authority to infuse it.
• The Dragon Qi inspired Little Black to complete the level seven hull blueprint, while Lin Yuan wondered why Lao Jiu and the Deputy City Lord had not appeared.
• Lin Yuan ordered Little Black to upgrade the Lin Yuan using the prepared materials, and the work finished in less than a day.
• Lin Yuan examined the level seven vessel's improved durability, energy capacity, and special abilities, while remaining concerned that Lao Jiu might still cause trouble.

Lin Yuan gained True Dragon Armor and the Level 7 hull ability River of Blazing Flames, greatly increasing his ability to withstand attacks and fight for extended periods. He searched the Dragon Ancestral Land for its core and discovered that a lake in the illusory City Lord’s Mansion gardens was real.

• Lin Yuan gained True Dragon Armor, which ignored attacks below Authority Holder level and reduced stronger attacks by 90%.
• Lin Yuan examined River of Blazing Flames and realized its unlimited-energy effect could empower his equipment for an hour.
• Lin Yuan decided to find the History Secret Realm’s core and investigate Lao Jiu and the Deputy City Lord.
• Lin Yuan searched the Dragon Ancestral Land, suspected the City Lord’s Mansion held a clue, and returned to inspect its gardens.
• Lin Yuan compared the illusory gardens with those in Minglong City and found that one lake matched exactly.
• Lin Yuan touched the matching lake in the Dragon Ancestral Land and found that its water was real.

Lin Yuan found the History Secret Realm Core inside chaos sea water at the bottom of the lake and fought the Deputy City Lord to reach it. When the Deputy City Lord’s power changed and their fists collided, they formed an energy black hole, which Lin Yuan intended to use to his advantage.

• Lin Yuan descended through the lake’s increasingly contaminated waters and discovered the History Secret Realm Core inside a mass of chaos sea water.
• Lin Yuan confronted the Deputy City Lord, who guarded the chaos sea water, and Little Gold joined him in battle.
• Lin Yuan activated River of Blazing Flames and overpowered the Deputy City Lord enough to charge toward the core while Little Gold kept the guard occupied.
• The chaos sea water sent a ray of light into the Deputy City Lord, empowering him to knock Little Gold aside and catch up with Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan and the Deputy City Lord’s colliding fists created an energy black hole, and Lin Yuan resolved to use his abundant energy to control it.

Lin Yuan's energy black hole severely injured the Deputy City Lord and briefly restored Minglong's consciousness. Minglong revealed that he was a Lord of the Crown trapped under Chaos's control, and Lin Yuan asked what had led to his corruption.

• The Deputy City Lord withdrew his power, but the forming energy black hole tore a large, lingering wound through his authority body.
• The Deputy City Lord regained his senses, recognized Lin Yuan as a fellow disciple of the Second Lord, and confirmed that he was Minglong.
• Minglong praised Lin Yuan's authority and explained that Lin Yuan's power, the History Secret Realm's isolation, and his familiarity with his master's cultivation method had briefly cleared his mind.
• Minglong revealed that he was a Lord of the Crown whose true body remained under Chaos's control, and said he had advanced while being polluted but still failed to escape.
• Lin Yuan asked Minglong what had happened when he tried to turn slaughter power into the Destruction Crown.

Minglong explained why he pursued the Crown of Destruction despite the risks: he refused to accept that the world’s only option against Chaos was to flee. He acknowledged that his attempt had failed, while Lin Yuan understood and sympathized with his choice.

• Minglong explained that crowns had dim, bright, and supreme ranks, with supreme crowns able to influence the world's underlying workings.
• Minglong said he had sought the supreme Crown of Destruction because he wanted to help resist Chaos, despite his master's warning and refusal to reveal how to revive the Dragon Clan.
• Minglong revealed that his deeper motive was refusing to accept his master's plan for the Three Saints to die buying time for others to escape Chaos.
• Minglong said he had hoped to claim Chaos's ownerless crown and weaken or destroy Chaos before its full revival, but admitted that he had lost miserably.
• Lin Yuan told Minglong he did not blame him and that his failed attempt had still provided valuable experience.

Lin Yuan learned from Minglong that the Power of War drew out a united species’ potential but could fail if overused, and he realized Minglong’s surviving will had helped keep Chaos from fully controlling the Crown of Destruction. As Minglong vanished, Lao Jiu slipped into the Chaos Sea Water to claim Minglong’s power, declaring himself the victor.

• Lin Yuan told Minglong that his surviving will showed Chaos had not completely devoured him, and Minglong said he could hold on a little longer.
• Lin Yuan asked about the Power of War, and Minglong explained its relation to evolution, its effects on an entire species, its need for unity, and the danger of exhausting its resources.
• Minglong bid Lin Yuan farewell and disappeared, while Lin Yuan prepared to retrieve the History Core and return to the Endless Sea.
• Lin Yuan spotted Lao Jiu sneaking toward the Chaos Sea Water and realized Lao Jiu had entered the Dragon Ancestral Land to claim the polluted power Minglong left behind.
• Lao Jiu transformed into Blood Wine, slipped into the Chaos Sea Water, and proclaimed himself the ultimate victor.

Lao Jiu seized the power Minglong had left in the Chaos Sea Water, but Lin Yuan used his A-rank energy to create an energy black hole and trap him in a contest of strength. Sustained by River of Blazing Flames, Lin Yuan overcame Lao Jiu and the black hole consumed him.

• Lao Jiu took control of the power Minglong had left in the Chaos Sea Water while Lin Yuan prepared to attack.
• Lin Yuan poured A-rank energy into the Chaos Sea Water, creating an energy black hole that locked both men in place.
• Lao Jiu tried to push the black hole toward Lin Yuan with Minglong's power, but Lin Yuan's energy remained endless under River of Blazing Flames.
• As Minglong's power dwindled, the black hole moved toward Lao Jiu, who abandoned the contest and tried to flee as Blood Wine.
• The black hole sucked Lao Jiu into itself, silencing him.

After defeating Lao Jiu, Lin Yuan discovered the Energy Black Hole had left behind a compressed Authority Body and used the Historical Hourglass to consume the History Secret Realm’s core. The realm vanished, returning Lin Yuan to the Endless Sea, while the hourglass remained only partly charged.

• The Energy Black Hole devoured Lao Jiu and disappeared, and Lin Yuan considered learning to recreate its deadly power.
• Lin Yuan found Lao Jiu’s compressed Authority Body and placed it in the Conversion Line to be converted slowly.
• Lin Yuan used the Historical Hourglass near the Secret Realm’s core, which shattered into Historical Sand that the hourglass absorbed.
• The Historical Sand lost its power, but less than half of the hourglass’s patterns lit up, leading Lin Yuan to conclude he needed more historical cores.
• The History Secret Realm and Panlong Island faded away, leaving Lin Yuan in the boundless ocean, where he announced his return to the Endless Sea.

After returning from Minglong City, Lin Yuan assessed his crew’s potential and grew concerned when Lilia and the others failed to answer his messages. Lilia eventually sent a garbled reply suggesting she was far away and busy, but before Lin Yuan could investigate further, the Lord of Storms appeared beside him.

• Lin Yuan reflected on his new strength and Little Gold’s War Authority, which he believed could help the Human Federation’s larger plans.
• Lin Yuan considered how Bai Ling, Little Black, and Never Skunked might grow stronger, while noting that Lilia was already beyond categorization.
• When Lilia and the others did not respond to his telepathic messages, Lin Yuan summoned Phantom Lin Yuan and headed toward East Pole Island to investigate.
• Lilia finally contacted Lin Yuan in a broken transmission, saying she and the others were far away and busy, and that she would contact him later.
• Lin Yuan concluded that Lilia, Bai Ling, and Never Skunked were probably safe, but then sensed the Lord of Storms appearing in a thundercloud nearby.

Lin Yuan faced the Lord of Storms, a top-fifty Authority Holder, while waiting for the East Pole Island Lord to arrive. He endured the Lord of Storms’ lightning attack with little harm, and the Lord of Storms prepared two more moves to test him.

• Lin Yuan realized the Lord of Storms had arrived, and the East Pole Island Lord told him to hold on until help came.
• The Lord of Storms trapped Lin Yuan in a lightning net, but Lin Yuan calmly waited for him to finish.
• The Lord of Storms struck Lin Yuan with Extreme Speed Lightning, which barely damaged him.
• The Lord of Storms acknowledged Lin Yuan’s strength and promised to make two more moves before leaving if Lin Yuan survived them.
• The Lord of Storms gathered boundless storms around himself.