Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen repaired the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin arrangement and received another Heavenly Book, though taking it knocked him unconscious. The death Qi within the coffin receded as Yang Zhen lay breathing on its surface, surrounded by azure light.

• Yang Zhen grabbed the dragon fish's bronze chain, and a surge of power shattered his extraordinary meridians before he lost consciousness.
• Yang Zhen woke with his meridians restored and strengthened, then discovered that the nine dragons had become skeletons and their chains had joined.
• Yang Zhen studied the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin arrangement and altered the land's feng shui to restore its vitality.
• A Heavenly Book appeared above the coffin, and Yang Zhen took it before another violent power knocked him unconscious.
• Patterns of heaven and earth formed as the coffin's death Qi receded, while azure light circled the breathing Yang Zhen.

After waking with a greatly strengthened bloodline, Yang Zhen discovered the Heavenly Book: Life Assault Chapter and rode the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin out of the black water. Meanwhile, Han Yan'er and Shameless Cat faced a Great You Dynasty Half-Step Great Saint and three Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts in the Abyss, until a rumble from the black water interrupted them.

• Yang Zhen woke on the third day and found his bloodline surging with newly strengthened power.
• Yang Zhen discovered the Heavenly Book: Life Assault Chapter among the three Heavenly Books in his Divine Sense space and learned it described bloodline life assault.
• The nine skeletal dragons roared and lifted the bronze coffin, carrying Yang Zhen through the black water as he made a dramatic entrance.
• In the Abyss, Han Yan'er refused to surrender to the Great You Dynasty Half-Step Great Saint, while Shameless Cat challenged him and mocked a Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert who had cut off one of his hairs.
• The Half-Step Great Saint pointed out that Yang Zhen was absent, but a terrifying rumble from the black water startled everyone.

Yang Zhen returned atop Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin and confronted the Half-Step Great Saint surnamed Lu after discovering Han Yan'er was injured. He overpowered Lu and a Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert, then revealed his strange advantage as “anticipation.”

• Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin burst from Blackwater Pool, and Shameless Cat urged Han Yan'er to flee before Yang Zhen appeared atop the coffin.
• Yang Zhen saw Han Yan'er was hurt and challenged the Half-Step Great Saint surnamed Lu, who demanded the inheritance Yang Zhen had obtained.
• Yang Zhen shattered Lu's sword with his strength and struck him heavily, then charged at him again.
• A Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert attacked Yang Zhen with extreme speed, but Yang Zhen sent him flying and broke his limbs with one sword strike.
• Lu asked how Yang Zhen could predict his movements, and Yang Zhen answered by striking him and naming the ability “anticipation.”

Yang Zhen unleashed a Great Saint-level sword strike against the Half-Step Great Saint, forcing him to flee and abandon the Dust-Repelling Saint Sword. After Yang Zhen revealed that he had obtained the Life Assault Chapter of the Heavenly Book, Shameless Cat recognized it and wondered aloud whether a certain person had finally acquired it.

• Yang Zhen pursued the Half-Step Great Saint and unleashed a powerful sword strike that shocked the three Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts.
• The Half-Step Great Saint countered with the Dust-Repelling Saint Sword, but Yang Zhen nearly severed his arm and forced him to abandon the Saint Sword as he escaped.
• The three Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts fled, and Yang Zhen took control of the Dust-Repelling Saint Sword.
• Yang Zhen checked on Han Yan'er, who questioned his claim that she was his woman, and Shameless Cat explained that Yang Zhen's sword strike was power only a Great Saint could master.
• Yang Zhen told Shameless Cat that he had found a Heavenly Book beneath the black water, and Shameless Cat realized it was the Life Assault Chapter.
• Shameless Cat muttered that a certain fellow had finally obtained the Life Assault Chapter, while Yang Zhen looked for the vanished Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin.

Yang Zhen, Han Yan'er, and Shameless Cat left the Abyss after discussing the mysterious Nine Dragons Great Saint and Yuan Xiuzhu. While traveling west, they heard a rumor that Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin had landed near White Cloud Mountain, giving Yang Zhen a bad feeling.

• Shameless Cat said the coffin might contain Yuan Xiuzhu, a Great Saint who had stood beside a mysterious swordsman during his battle against three hundred and sixty Heavenly Tribulations.
• Yang Zhen reassured Han Yan'er that she was his family and promised to raise her and the sect master's cultivation to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm after they rescued them.
• Yang Zhen, Han Yan'er, and Shameless Cat traveled west and heard conflicting rumors about where Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin came from and where it had gone.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat joined a crowd listening to a cultivator claim that his master's third cousin had witnessed the coffin's arrival.
• The cultivator said Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin had landed in a Land of Nine Dragons halfway up White Cloud Mountain, and Yang Zhen realized something was wrong.

Yang Zhen learned that Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin had landed on White Cloud Mountain, where Great You Dynasty experts were unable to break the Great Saint’s restrictions surrounding it. He rallied nearby cultivators to try their luck and headed toward the mountain with Shameless Cat, who questioned whether Yuan Xiuzhu had left more than one Heavenly Book behind.

• Yang Zhen worried that the Great You Dynasty’s Half-Step Great Saints might harm White Cloud Mountain after finding no inheritance inside Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin.
• A cultivator told Yang Zhen and the others that Great Saint restrictions had kept everyone, including the Half-Step Great Saints, away from the coffin for two days.
• Yang Zhen encouraged the cultivators to pursue their dreams and try to claim the inheritance, and Shameless Cat joined him.
• The inspired cultivators set off for White Cloud Mountain, vowing to compete with the Great You Dynasty for the inheritance.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat headed toward White Cloud Mountain by a detour, and Shameless Cat asked whether Yuan Xiuzhu had left more than one Heavenly Book as his inheritance.

Yang Zhen, Han Yan'er, and Shameless Cat left Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin to search for Lu Chenghui and the others, then found signs that someone had recently attacked Shangyuan Sect. At Shangyuan Hall, Great You Dynasty disciples confronted Liu Ruoning and invoked Yang Zhen's name, shocking the sect.

• Yang Zhen chose to search for Eldest Senior Sister and the others before investigating the inheritances inside Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin.
• Yang Zhen, Han Yan'er, and Shameless Cat traveled toward White Cloud Mountain, where Yang Zhen reflected on his memories of the once-barren Youzhou Continent.
• Yang Zhen found his formations on White Cloud Mountain deliberately damaged and feared that Shangyuan Sect had been attacked.
• Lu Chenghui and the Shangyuan Sect elders confronted a man and a woman from the Great You Dynasty in Shangyuan Hall.
• The woman identified Liu Ruoning as the sect master and said the name the sect must have heard was Yang Zhen, startling everyone present.

Yang Zhen arrived at Shangyuan Hall just as two Celestial Phenomenon Realm Eighth Heavenly Layer experts from the Great You Dynasty were about to attack the Shangyuan Sect. He sent the young man flying with a casual strike and challenged both intruders to fight him together.

• The young man and Senior Sister Fang threatened the Shangyuan Sect, and Lu Chenghui and Liu Ruoning prepared to defend it despite the odds.
• The young man unleashed his Dao Rhyme and drew his sword, but Yang Zhen arrived with Han Yan'er and the Shameless Cat.
• Yang Zhen comforted Liu Ruoning and offered to take her out to stir up trouble, then mocked the two Great You Dynasty experts.
• The young man attacked Yang Zhen, who moved in a flash and struck him flying into Senior Sister Fang's arms.
• Yang Zhen challenged both experts to fight him together and vowed to teach them a lesson.

Yang Zhen returned to White Cloud Mountain and easily overwhelmed two Celestial Phenomenon Realm Eighth Heavenly Layer cultivators from the Great You Dynasty. After one died and the other escaped, Yang Zhen reunited with his sect and proposed taking the Great You Dynasty’s inheritance before leaving.

• Yang Zhen forced the young man’s Dao Rhyme aside and challenged him and his companion to attack.
• The young woman and young man attacked together, but Yang Zhen countered with the Dust-Repelling Saint Sword and countless sword-wielding doubles.
• Fang Xialan abandoned her junior brother while he used the Dust-Repelling Heaven-Shaking Sword; after it backfired, he died, and Yang Zhen vowed neither attacker would leave White Cloud Mountain alive.
• Yang Zhen embraced Liu Ruoning and greeted Lu Chenghui and True Person Changyue, then asked why the Great You Dynasty had attacked White Cloud Mountain.
• Yang Zhen proposed seizing the Great You Dynasty’s inheritance and fleeing, and Lu Chenghui objected that the Shangyuan Sect was their ancestral home.
• Yang Zhen told Lu Chenghui that the Shangyuan Sect had more than one territory, leaving everyone astonished.

Yang Zhen convinced Lu Chenghui that the Shangyuan Sect could move to the other half of White Cloud Mountain, where its people would be safe. While preparing to leave, Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat discovered that writing on the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin might be the lost script of an ancient race, and decided to pursue its legacy.

• Yang Zhen told Lu Chenghui that the grand elder and disciples on the other half of White Cloud Mountain were safe and waiting for the Shangyuan Sect.
• Lu Chenghui agreed to move the sect in five days, and Yang Zhen offered to repair the restrictions on the mountain before they left.
• Yang Zhen told Shameless Cat he was making the restrictions look formidable to deter anyone who came after the woman who escaped.
• Shameless Cat reminded Yang Zhen that Nine Dragons had enjoyed poetry and matching verses, prompting Yang Zhen to recall writing patterns on the coffin.
• Yang Zhen sketched the patterns, and Shameless Cat recognized them as the lost script of a powerful ancient race.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat agreed to seek the legacy before the Great You Dynasty could claim it.

Yang Zhen left White Cloud Mountain with Shameless Cat and Han Yan'er, revealing that he had created an unattended repair system to cover his absence. Shameless Cat warned that the system’s use of heaven and earth’s power could draw danger, but Yang Zhen dismissed his concerns and continued toward the Land of Nine Dragons.

• Yang Zhen explained that he had told the others not to disturb him and created a system to keep White Cloud Mountain’s formations repairing themselves while he was away.
• Shameless Cat warned Yang Zhen that his system might surpass Law Follows Speech and recalled a man punished by heaven for learning too much about its profound principles.
• Yang Zhen realized his system used heaven and earth’s power, then decided Shameless Cat had exaggerated the danger.
• Yang Zhen declared, “Man can conquer heaven!” and strode toward the Land of Nine Dragons, while Shameless Cat wondered whether Yang Zhen was suited to the Nine Dragons despite being born at the wrong time.

Yang Zhen brought Shameless Cat and Han Yan'er into the transformed Land of Nine Dragons, where the Great You Dynasty's elders planned to kill him and recover the Dust-Repelling Saint Sword. As they approached the Nine Dragons Sparrow Terrace, Yang Zhen sensed that the people there were plotting against him.

• Yang Zhen told Shameless Cat and Han Yan'er he knew the Land of Nine Dragons and led them toward the Nine Dragons Sparrow Terrace.
• Fang Xialan told Elder Huo Lian and the other two Half-Step Great Saints that Yang Zhen had killed Duan and taken the Dust-Repelling Saint Sword.
• Elder Huo Lian wanted to destroy the Shangyuan Sect and kill Yang Zhen, but the Second Elder urged him to focus on breaking the restrictions around Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin.
• Fang Xialan suggested using Yang Zhen's arrival as an opportunity to kill him and recover the sword, and the elders approved her analysis.
• Yang Zhen swaggered toward the terrace with Shameless Cat and Han Yan'er, then claimed his sixth sense told him the people there were plotting against him.

Yang Zhen openly confronted three Half-Step Great Saints at the Nine Dragons Sparrow Terrace and claimed he could break the restrictions on Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin. A trembling old woman challenged his claim by revealing that the restrictions were written in the ancient Ale Clan language, leaving Yang Zhen taken aback.

• Yang Zhen walked openly to the Nine Dragons Sparrow Terrace and greeted Fang Xialan and the three Half-Step Great Saints.
• Fang Xialan identified Yang Zhen and accused him of destroying the Great You Purgatory, stealing Elder Tie Chen's Dust-Repelling Saint Sword, and killing Duan.
• Yang Zhen hinted that Fang Xialan had a guilty conscience, but the second elder said the three Half-Step Great Saints would kill him without letting him explain his reliance.
• After Huo Lian asked what else he had to say, Yang Zhen claimed he could break the restrictions on Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin.
• A trembling old woman challenged Yang Zhen, saying the restrictions were written in the ancient Ale Clan language, and Yang Zhen asked what that was.

Yang Zhen faced four Half-Step Great Saints after Granny Gu identified the writing on the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, but her interest in his help delayed Huo Lian from attacking. Yang Zhen claimed he could control the coffin’s restriction and planned to use the situation to torment the Great You Dynasty.

• Granny Gu arrived and confirmed that the writing on the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin belonged to the Ancient Ale Tribe, alarming the cultivators who believed Yang Zhen was doomed.
• Huo Lian threatened Yang Zhen, who told Shameless Cat and Han Yan'er to stand together and then startled everyone with a loud shout before claiming he was only clearing his throat.
• Huo Lian prepared to attack, but Granny Gu stopped him and said she wanted Yang Zhen’s help with the restriction.
• Yang Zhen agreed to help and told Shameless Cat privately that he intended to torment the Great You Dynasty.
• Yang Zhen told Shameless Cat he could control the restriction rather than break it, shocking him.

Yang Zhen and the others approached Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin after the Nine Dragons Sparrow Terrace changed and summoned him. As its inheritance stirred in his mind, Yang Zhen realized it had chosen him, but he hid his understanding from Granny Gu and the other Half-Step Great Saints.

• Shameless Cat realized Yang Zhen might be able to control the restrictions on Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin and grew bold in front of the four Half-Step Great Saints.
• The Nine Dragons Sparrow Terrace changed, and Yang Zhen sensed a presence calling him toward Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin.
• Granny Gu led the group closer, where seven-colored characters spread across the mountainside and formed the dragon's head of the Land of Nine Dragons.
• Yang Zhen began deciphering the characters, but a powerful impact from the inheritance made him stagger and nearly fall.
• Yang Zhen learned that the inheritance had previously lacked the power to call him and secretly concluded that it had chosen him.

Granny Gu studied the restrictions around Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, while Yang Zhen secretly learned to read the ancient characters. Yang Zhen recognized that the inscriptions formed a poem and urged Granny Gu to recite it, leaving the group puzzled by the poem’s meaning.

• Granny Gu approached the restrictions and began examining the Ancient Ale Tribe characters as the gathered cultivators watched.
• Yang Zhen absorbed the characters’ pronunciations and suggested that the restrictions were arranged like a mortal’s poem.
• Granny Gu agreed that Nine Dragons had used Literary Talent Qi and rhythm to form the restrictions, and said she would try reciting the inscriptions.
• Granny Gu began reading the poem, and Yang Zhen praised it as a poem about spring.
• Shameless Cat claimed the poem was full of insults and told Granny Gu to read it faster.

Yang Zhen secretly manipulated the restrictions on Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, tricking Granny Gu and Huo Lian into reciting ridiculous phrases that activated the formation. The Nine Dragons Coffin cracked open, and Yang Zhen prepared to make the second elder recite next.

• Shameless Cat urged Granny Gu to read the glowing characters faster, and the crowd realized the verses were insulting nonsense.
• Granny Gu recited the words again, triggering a surge of Qi around Nine Dragons Sparrow Terrace and making the coffin’s restrictions react.
• Yang Zhen told Huo Lian to recite a phrase at another formation core, then whispered the words to him.
• Huo Lian reluctantly called himself a stupid donkey, and the Nine Dragons Coffin shook as a crack appeared in its sealed surface.
• Han Yan'er realized Yang Zhen was behind the strange verses as he beckoned the second elder to take a position.

Yang Zhen guided the Second Elder through a series of humiliating actions that activated the Nine Dragons Coiling Formation around Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin. The restriction began to collapse after the Second Elder shouted Yang Zhen’s nonsensical incantation, leaving the crowd in hysterics.

• Granny Gu’s recitation stirred Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, and its lid opened slightly as dark golden light and an icy presence emerged.
• Yang Zhen told the Second Elder to enter the restriction and explained that he needed to activate the formation eye at the li-water position.
• The Second Elder entered the restriction, struck a pose at Yang Zhen’s direction, and was nearly finished by a bolt of lightning as the formation patterns lit up.
• Yang Zhen ordered the Second Elder to reverse the flow through his Dantian and hold a one-legged pose while embracing the moon, causing the clouds and surrounding air to surge with power.
• Yang Zhen transmitted an incantation, and the Second Elder shouted, “Pillow poetry, pile of sand sculptures!” as the gathered crowd erupted in laughter.

Yang Zhen secretly broke the restriction around Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, but the four Half-Step Great Saints of the Great You Dynasty stood ready to claim its inheritance. Huo Lian revealed that rival factions’ Half-Step Great Saints would not arrive, leaving Yang Zhen and his companions facing the four alone.

• The restriction continued to disintegrate despite the Second Elder’s shouted confession, and Yang Zhen realized no other Half-Step Great Saints had arrived.
• Yang Zhen secretly undid the restriction, unleashing violent surges of energy around Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin.
• Granny Gu, Huo Lian, the Second Elder, and the Third Elder rejoiced at the opening, while the Great You Dynasty’s disciples prepared to defend the inheritance.
• Yang Zhen, Shameless Cat, and Han Yan'er gathered and wondered how they could take the inheritance from the four Half-Step Great Saints.
• Huo Lian told the crowd that rival factions’ Half-Step Great Saints were occupied elsewhere and would not come to White Cloud Mountain, leaving Yang Zhen unsure what to do.

Yang Zhen moved to intervene in the Great You Dynasty’s attempt to claim the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin inheritance, hoping to secure it before Granny Gu could finish deciphering the restriction. When Granny Gu shouted for him to come help, Yang Zhen hurried toward the coffin.

• Yang Zhen decided he could no longer wait while Granny Gu studied the inheritance and told Han Yan'er and Shameless Cat to prepare to flee.
• Yang Zhen explained that he wanted to keep the Saint Realm inheritance from falling into the Great You Dynasty’s hands, then walked toward its guarding disciples.
• Shameless Cat told Han Yan'er that the Great You Dynasty’s growing conflict with other forces could bring a new opportunity for the Cultivation World, but the Shangyuan Sect’s prospects depended on Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen told the Great You Dynasty disciples he was there to help, and a middle-aged man went to consult the Half-Step Great Saints atop the coffin.
• A furious Granny Gu shouted, “I'm a big stupid donkey!” and then ordered Yang Zhen to get inside; Yang Zhen hurried to answer her call.