Chapter Summaries

Zhang Xuezhou flew across the lake to the shore, where the Golden Crow Great Emperor and Divine Lord Zhenyuan were roasting a golden dragonfish. After learning that Zhang Xuezhou had eaten the Myriad Dharma Lotus seeds without their pod and was suffering from a hard, swollen belly, Divine Lord Zhenyuan recognized him as the Imperial Lord’s newest student and prepared to help.

• Zhang Xuezhou flew after Sha Li across the lake surrounding the Wondrous Dharma Palace.
• The Golden Crow Great Emperor startled Sha Li, whose transformed body reverted to its original form, and tossed him back into the water.
• The Golden Crow Great Emperor invited Zhang Xuezhou to eat a golden dragonfish caught by Divine Lord Zhenyuan.
• Zhang Xuezhou showed the Golden Crow Great Emperor his swollen, rock-hard belly and explained that he had eaten Myriad Dharma Lotus seeds.
• The Golden Crow Great Emperor and Divine Lord Zhenyuan explained that Zhang Xuezhou had eaten the seeds without the pod, causing their Grain Avoidance effect to take hold too quickly.
• Zhang Xuezhou asked Divine Lord Zhenyuan to help him, and the Golden Crow Great Emperor revealed that Zhang Xuezhou was the Imperial Lord’s newest student.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan removed the Myriad Dharma Lotus fragments from Zhang Xuezhou’s belly, then the group shared a rare Golden Dragon Fish. Eating it gave Zhang Xuezhou a vision of the fish’s failed attempt to become a dragon and left him with its grateful lingering thoughts.

• Divine Lord Zhenyuan used Wondrous Invisible Hand to remove the Myriad Dharma Lotus fragments from Zhang Xuezhou’s belly and gave Sha Li permission to eat fish trimmings.
• Divine Lord Zhenyuan and the Golden Crow Great Emperor explained the Golden Dragon Fish’s rarity and benefits before sharing it with Zhang Xuezhou and Sha Li.
• Zhang Xuezhou ate the fish and saw a memory of Golden Dragon Fish leaping toward moonlight, with one transforming into a black dragon and another failing to become one.
• Divine Lord Zhenyuan said Zhang Xuezhou had received the fish’s lingering gratitude, while the Golden Crow Great Emperor dismissed its thanks and showed new black feathers.
• The Golden Dragon Fish changed the diners: the Golden Crow Great Emperor grew black plumage, Divine Lord Zhenyuan looked younger, and Sha Li’s face became rosier.

After eating Golden Dragon Fish, Zhang Xuezhou naturally advanced into the True Spirit Realm and learned to extend Law Power from anywhere on his body. He resolved to grow stronger in the secret place, where he remained vulnerable to its people and its strange treasures.

• Zhang Xuezhou, Divine Lord Zhenyuan, and the Golden Crow Great Emperor discussed the Golden Dragon Fish’s effects on their youth and appearance.
• Zhang Xuezhou unexpectedly entered the True Spirit Realm and realized the treasures he had consumed had enabled his recent advances.
• Divine Lord Zhenyuan explained the True Spirit Realm and described how he had used the Yellow Emperor's Yin Talisman Scripture to temper his True Spirit.
• Zhang Xuezhou combined that teaching with the Yin Yang Great Compassion Nine Heavens Incantation and learned to extend Law Power from any part of his body.
• Zhang Xuezhou decided he needed to strengthen himself before he could safely live among the secret place’s powerful inhabitants.

Zhang Xuezhou reached the True Spirit Realm and sought ranged techniques, while the Emperor explained his past defeat by Daoist Hongjun to the Empress and showed her a Divine Sense strengthening method. The Empress recognized its unusual potential, and the Emperor concluded that Hongjun had created it.

• Zhang Xuezhou’s Law Power gained spirituality and ranged reach, prompting him to seek suitable techniques from the Golden Crow Great Emperor.
• The Emperor told the Empress that Daoist Hongjun had decisively defeated him and that he had refrained from intervening in the past to protect his family and the Heavenly Court.
• The Emperor presented the Empress with a jumbled incantation, and she deciphered hidden characters that revealed a cultivation method.
• The Emperor explained that his student’s Divine Sense rivaled that of a Fourth Realm cultivator despite his lower realm and undeveloped True Spirit.
• The Empress proposed that the text was a method for strengthening Divine Sense, and the Emperor said Hongjun was likely its creator.

At the Wondrous Dharma Palace, Zhang Xuezhou failed to persuade the Golden Crow Great Emperor to let him return to the Han Dynasty, and the Great Emperor decided to ask the sovereign to have Divine Lord Zhenyuan teach him instead. Zhenyuan dreaded the responsibility but finally began teaching Zhang Xuezhou, hoping his aptitude would make the task easy.

• Zhang Xuezhou tried to convince the Golden Crow Great Emperor to let him return to the Han Dynasty, but the Great Emperor refused to disobey the sovereign’s orders.
• The Golden Crow Great Emperor urged Divine Lord Zhenyuan to teach Zhang Xuezhou and claimed he could develop a Divine Ability by cultivating with the Great Emperor’s true blood.
• The Golden Crow Great Emperor burned a Divine Ability seed into Sha Li, then realized that his fire-based power might not suit a water demon and released him.
• The Golden Crow Great Emperor left to ask the sovereign to appoint Zhenyuan as Zhang Xuezhou’s teacher, while Zhenyuan worried about the responsibility and considered making the Ginseng Fruit tree ill to avoid it.
• Unable to escape the assignment, Divine Lord Zhenyuan tried to look on the bright side of Zhang Xuezhou’s aptitude and began reciting the teachings.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan's demonstration of the Discourse on Heaven and Earth sent Zhang Xuezhou's Divine Sense soaring through the world and into the Realm of the Void, where the Exalted One pulled him back. Meanwhile, Sha Li refined the Golden Crow Great Emperor's demon blood and gained a fortuitous opportunity, leaving Divine Lord Zhenyuan doubtful that Zhang Xuezhou was a worthy student.

• Divine Lord Zhenyuan demonstrated the Discourse on Heaven and Earth, causing Zhang Xuezhou to resonate with the sun and moon and experience a transformation in his Divine Sense.
• Zhang Xuezhou's vision swept across hidden lands, continents, and the Realm of the Void before he became lost in darkness.
• The Exalted One caught Zhang Xuezhou and pulled him back, warning him not to provoke the people he had encountered.
• Divine Lord Zhenyuan brought Zhang Xuezhou back to his body and explained that Sha Li had used the lecture to refine the Golden Crow Great Emperor's demon blood.
• Sha Li emerged from the lake with dark flames burning around his inner core, while Divine Lord Zhenyuan concluded that Zhang Xuezhou had shown no aptitude and considered leaving.

Zhang Xuezhou asked the Golden Crow Great Emperor to tell the Sovereign that his unstable sleep and crossing between worlds were disrupting his life, while the Sovereign and Empress arrived at the Wondrous Dharma Palace. After seeing Zhang Xuezhou’s youthful appearance, the Sovereign and Empress concluded that Hongjun might have chosen him as another unusually fortunate, seemingly unimpressive student like Jiang Shang.

• The Golden Crow Great Emperor arrived at the Wondrous Dharma Palace and learned from Zhang Xuezhou that Divine Lord Zhenyuan had gone home to water his trees.
• Zhang Xuezhou asked the Golden Crow Great Emperor to request the Sovereign's help restoring his unstable sleep schedule and body.
• The Golden Crow Great Emperor began to refuse, then told Zhang Xuezhou to wait when the Sovereign and Empress approached.
• The Sovereign lamented missing the golden dragon fish, and the Golden Crow Great Emperor defended himself by saying Zhenyuan had kept him busy roasting it.
• The Empress complained that the fish's rejuvenating effect had gone to waste, while the Sovereign privately told her Hongjun might have chosen Zhang Xuezhou as he had chosen Jiang Shang.

Zhang Xuezhou met the Golden Crow Great Emperor and Empress, who offered him a Heavenly Robe and instruction in nine avoidance formulas to help protect him while his sleep schedule remained disrupted. He eagerly welcomed the teachings, which also gave the Emperor a chance to learn more about Zhang Xuezhou’s Divine Sense Strengthening Incantation.

• Zhang Xuezhou greeted the Golden Crow Great Emperor and Empress after they arrived at the Wondrous Dharma Palace.
• The Emperor explained that Zhang Xuezhou’s reversed sleep schedule would resolve over time, and the Empress gave him a Heavenly Robe that aided flight and could help him land safely.
• The Emperor offered to teach Zhang Xuezhou eight avoidance formulas, while the Empress added a Halt Warfare Formula to ward off blades and swords.
• The Emperor regarded the lessons as an exchange that would help him understand Zhang Xuezhou’s Divine Sense Strengthening Incantation and weaken the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon’s control.
• Zhang Xuezhou rejoiced at gaining nine defensive Techniques and considered testing the Grain Avoidance Instruction by going hungry.

At the Wondrous Dharma Palace, Zhang Xuezhou cultivated the Grain Avoidance Instruction while the emperor and empress studied how the Divine Sense Strengthening Incantation affected his progress. His powerful Divine Sense impressed them and led the empress to wonder whether the incantation could help them reach the Tenth Realm.

• The emperor and empress discussed using Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation of Instructions to study the Divine Sense Strengthening Incantation, while the empress asked whether it could help the Heavenly Court defeat the Immortal Court.
• Zhang Xuezhou began cultivating the Grain Avoidance Instruction by opening the body's apertures with Law Power, initially clearing 986.
• At the emperor's suggestion, Zhang Xuezhou used his Divine Sense to divide and guide his Law Power through the apertures, opening more with each round.
• The emperor sensed that Zhang Xuezhou's Divine Sense was approaching the Sixth Realm despite his recent entry into the Fourth Realm.
• The empress wondered whether the incantation could raise her and the emperor from the Ninth Realm into the Tenth Realm.

Zhang Xuezhou learned that he must master all nine great formulas before leaving the secret place, while the emperor and empress used his cultivation to investigate the Divine Sense Strengthening Incantation. He returned to the Wondrous Dharma Palace to rest, leaving the Golden Crow Great Emperor to wonder how much he had learned.

• Zhang Xuezhou asked the emperor about leaving the secret place and learned he needed to master all nine great formulas first.
• The emperor and empress encouraged Zhang Xuezhou, whose cultivation progress helped them research the Divine Sense Strengthening Incantation.
• Zhang Xuezhou cultivated his 2,143 opened acupoints and gained confidence from the emperor's praise.
• The Golden Crow Great Emperor complained about Zhang Xuezhou's slow progress, but the emperor warned him not to compare Zhang with Zhenyuan.
• The Golden Crow Great Emperor watched Sha Li cultivate and wondered how much Zhang Xuezhou had learned.

Zhang Xuezhou memorized the emperor and empress’s nine avoidance techniques, then continued cultivating the Technique Within the Clouds despite severe pain and itching from refining his wings. After waking in the Save the World Group’s medical room, he found Ren Yisheng arguing with an old man over whether he should be questioned about Wang Jiangtao’s suspicious death.

• Zhang Xuezhou recalled the emperor and empress’s demonstrations until he had memorized the nine avoidance techniques.
• Zhang Xuezhou refined his iron wings with golden solution and discovered that advancing the Technique Within the Clouds caused unbearable pain and itching.
• Zhang Xuezhou wondered whether the technique required a complementary method and whether he would have to ask Venerable Lei for help.
• Zhang Xuezhou lost consciousness from the agony and woke in the medical room with his heart racing.
• Ren Yisheng urged Chairman Changkong to spare Zhang Xuezhou further questioning, while the old man insisted Wang Jiangtao’s suspicious death needed investigation.

After Zhang Xuezhou woke at the medical center, he realized Chairman Changkong’s investigation into Wang Jiangtao’s death was also tied to the Ren Household’s secret medicine. Zhang Xuezhou bargained for an X446 body repair treatment, and Chairman Changkong agreed to provide it before continuing his inquiry.

• Zhang Xuezhou woke in pain, and Ren Yisheng soothed him while he inferred that Wang Jiangtao’s death and the secret medicine had drawn Chairman Changkong’s attention.
• Chairman Changkong questioned Ren Wuyang and Zhang Xuezhou about why Zhang had visited the Ren Household, while Ren Yisheng objected to the way the inquiry was conducted.
• Zhang Xuezhou asked for X446 Body Repair Technology, explaining that he had used it before and wanted the treatment again.
• A hale and hearty old man whispered to Chairman Changkong, who learned that Zhang was a survivor of Sinkhole No. 2 and stopped pressing him about his visit.
• Chairman Changkong ordered an X446 treatment for Zhang and said the Sequence Committee’s public account would cover the bill before questioning resumed.

Zhang Xuezhou woke in a medical tank and faced questions from Changkong Luo and Zhu Bufan about Wang Jiangtao and his visit to the Ren Household, while trying to avoid revealing the Ren Household’s secret medicine. He began explaining that he had visited because Ren Wuyang liked watching livestreams, leaving Changkong Luo downloading an app to check the claim.

• Ren Yisheng introduced Changkong Luo and Zhu Bufan to Zhang Xuezhou and avoided mentioning the Luofu Imperial Family’s secret medicine.
• Zhang Xuezhou stalled by asking Changkong Luo and Zhu Bufan for autographs and a photo, then agreed to answer questions once they granted his requests.
• Changkong Luo asked Zhang Xuezhou to explain why he had visited the Ren Household.
• Zhang Xuezhou said Ren Wuyang liked watching people under surveillance and that his mother’s livestreams had caught Ren Wuyang’s interest.
• Changkong Luo asked what livestreamers did, and Zhang Xuezhou explained the online performances and suggested an app or website.
• Changkong Luo ordered someone to download the livestreaming app while he continued listening to Zhang Xuezhou’s account.

Zhang Xuezhou gave Changkong Luo a carefully vague account of the events at the Ren Household, describing Wang Jiangtao’s attack and the fire without explaining the crucial details. Zhu Bufan remained suspicious, while Ren Yisheng said the Ren Household had taken the damage that could have fallen on the Zhu Household.

• Zhang Xuezhou explained to Changkong Luo that he had visited the Ren Household to discuss investing in Flying Entertainment Livestream with Ren Wuyang, then ran into Ren Anran.
• Zhang Xuezhou said Ren Anran’s explosion-proof glass coffin frightened him, and that Grandpa Wang appeared at the doorway shortly afterward.
• Zhang Xuezhou recounted that Grandpa Wang struck him and the siblings, then attacked the house until it caught fire; he suggested Wang Jiangtao entered the coffin while escaping the flames.
• Changkong Luo questioned how Wang Jiangtao entered and became trapped in the coffin, while Zhang Xuezhou offered uncertain guesses that Ren Wuyang’s voice commands had opened and closed it.
• Ren Yisheng said Wang Jiangtao had lost his senses and could have attacked the Zhu Household instead, and Zhu Bufan continued to suspect the witnesses.

Changkong Luo concluded that Wang Jiangtao had died in the fire, and Ren Yisheng demanded compensation from the Wang Household for the Ren Household’s losses. Ren Yisheng’s Seventh Sequence strength shifted the committee members’ approach, and he left seeking research institutes and medical facilities rather than a share of the Save the World Group.

• Changkong Luo accepted the testimonies that Wang Jiangtao had died accidentally in the fire, though he and Zhu Bufan remained disappointed that no one mentioned the Luofu Imperial Family.
• Ren Yisheng demanded forty percent of the Save the World Group’s shares as compensation, and Zhu Bufan backed down after realizing Ren Yisheng had reached the Seventh Sequence.
• Changkong Luo and Zhu Bufan suggested that Ren Yisheng take the Wang Household’s gold mines instead, but Ren Yisheng said he preferred research institutes and medical facilities he knew how to manage.
• Changkong Luo and Zhu Bufan suspected that Ren Yisheng might hold the Luofu Imperial Family’s Heavenly God General Immortality Research results in his memory.

Zhang Xuezhou observed how the Alliance States’ powerful Lineages balanced their interests and concluded that he would have to work honestly to advance. When Ren Anran visited him, her memory problems surfaced again, leaving her wondering what she had forgotten.

• Zhang Xuezhou watched Ren Yisheng and the leaders settle the price the Wang Household would pay, and reflected on how power was shared among Western Capital City’s major Lineages.
• Zhang Xuezhou decided he lacked the strength and connections to gain a Lineage’s backing, so he should work honestly and take small advantages only when opportunities arose.
• Ren Anran and Zuo Teng teased Zhang Xuezhou about dating her, while Zuo Teng urged him to pursue a relationship that could benefit him.
• Ren Wuyang joined them and explained that Ren Anran’s forgetfulness came from her brain’s memory capacity and her need to reinforce or discard memories.
• Ren Anran suddenly forgot why she had come to the hospital, then noticed she could not remember something important.

Zhang Xuezhou learned that the Mental Strengthening Chapter magnified hidden mental problems and considered how to improve it while protecting his family. After Ren Anran failed to remember him, he resolved to advance faster and discovered the X446 medical tank greatly improved his cultivation of the Grain Avoidance Instruction.

• Ren Wuyang explained that the Mental Strengthening Chapter amplified hidden weaknesses, including Ren Anran's forgetfulness and Ren Yisheng's extremism, and warned Zhang Xuezhou against sharing it indiscriminately.
• Zhang Xuezhou considered seeking help from the Sovereign and the Empress to improve the cultivation method, while promising Ren Wuyang he would not casually spread it.
• Ren Anran told Zhang Xuezhou that he seemed familiar, but she could not remember their connection; Zhang Xuezhou reflected on his hopes for love and his precarious condition.
• Zhang Xuezhou resolved to make faster progress for himself and his family, then circulated the Grain Avoidance Instruction inside the X446 medical tank.
• Zhang Xuezhou sensed that the medical tank's fluids and hydraulic injections had opened nearly all his pores, allowing him to cultivate the Grain Avoidance Instruction with unusual efficiency.

Zhang Xuezhou used the Grain Avoidance Instruction during his X446 treatment to open 12,648 apertures and purge the lingering effects of his illness. While he recovered, the Ren Household took over a medical club amid a Wang family dispute, and Ren Wuyang was struck after signing the transfer contract.

• Zhang Xuezhou opened 12,648 apertures at the Body Control Realm and used them to accelerate his body's recovery during the X446 treatment.
• Zhang Xuezhou decided to focus on repairing his body and considered how cultivation in two bodies could strengthen him.
• The repair solution in Zhang Xuezhou's tank ran out, triggering the monitoring equipment's alarm.
• Ren Wuyang told Zhang Xuezhou that the Ren Household was taking over a medical club while Wang Haoran and the others disputed the Wang family property.
• Ren Wuyang said he had been hit after signing the contract, then stopped responding as the commotion continued.

Zhang Xuezhou left the medical tank and went to watch Wang Haoran and Wang Yi'an fight at the academy medical center. He reached the sixth floor just as Wang Haoran was knocked through a door, and a thrown chair pinned Zhang Xuezhou down as flying weapons struck it.

• Zhang Xuezhou heard Ren Wuyang describe the Wang Household's long-range fighting techniques and considered using the Halt Warfare Formula to defend against them.
• A nurse released Zhang Xuezhou from the medical tank and told him that Wang Haoran and Wang Yi'an were likely fighting in the sixth-floor conference hall.
• Wang Li sent Zhang Xuezhou a blurry video of the fight and then showed him that half his scalp had been shaved for a blood transfusion.
• Zhang Xuezhou rode the elevator to the sixth floor and searched the corridor for the conference hall.
• Wang Haoran crashed through a door, and a flying weapon streaked toward Zhang Xuezhou before Ren Wuyang warned him to shield himself.
• A wooden chair hit Zhang Xuezhou and kept him down as flying blades struck it, while someone declared that Wang Haoran had lost.

Wang Yi'an defeated Wang Haoran in their fight over the Lineage's assets, leaving Wang Haoran severely injured and conceding a nine-to-one division. Ren Yisheng sought help for his injuries, while Zhang Xuezhou said the Supreme Purity True Technique could not restore his tendons and bones with the needed precision.

• Wang Yi'an defeated Wang Haoran with a fighting technique tailored to counter him and offered him one share of the family assets to his nine.
• Wang Haoran admitted defeat after Wang Yi'an severed and removed sections of his tendons, leaving him facing a long recovery and possible loss of his Fifth Sequence status.
• Ren Yisheng comforted Wang Haoran and arranged for him to recover before they discussed dividing the assets.
• Ren Yisheng asked Zhang Xuezhou whether the Supreme Purity True Technique could regrow Wang Haoran's tendons, and Zhang Xuezhou said it could not provide such precise treatment.
• Wang Li emerged from the crowd injured and greeted Zhang Xuezhou warmly, while Ren Anran struggled to recall why the form of address seemed familiar.