Chapter Summaries

A hidden figure planned to use his system to manipulate a future system-user, while Lin Xie witnessed an inheritance announcement and the escape of a powerful intruder from the emperor’s tomb. As Lin Xie considered how to leave the altered secret realm, someone appeared behind him and immobilized him, claiming they could track him through karma.

• The figure told his system to grow stronger so it could manipulate another system-user, whom he called a leek.
• Xu Tiancheng announced that someone had found his inheritance and supreme treasure, and golden light marked the ground near Lin Xie and the others.
• Mystic Yang Realm experts broke through the obstruction, prompting the hidden figure beneath the earth to use Leek Substitution and escape through the secret-realm entrance.
• Most experts from the three factions pursued the escapee, while Lin Xie weighed whether to search for a way out or leave with the others.
• An unknown figure appeared behind Lin Xie, froze his body and soul, and said they had tracked him through karma after he used Senior Xu's inheritance.

After returning from the emperor’s tomb, Lu Changzhi discussed the Resurrection Coin and the power of time with Qin Li and Zhong Ming, while Zhong Ming began considering how to stir up conflict around the Liu Clan. Lu Changzhi then discovered the Black Tortoise egg was close to hatching and planned to provide eggshell for Gu Chen’s legacy.

• Lin Xie was sent into the emperor’s tomb, and the old man planned to make him surrender the legacy he believed Lin Xie had obtained.
• Back at Hidden Origin Peak, Gu Chen promised Lu Changzhi he would cultivate diligently, and Qin Li asked whether time could flow backward.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system about returning to a save point and learned that the Resurrection Coin could not do so; Zhong Ming then asked how to master the power of time.
• Zhong Ming resolved to increase his strength and considered stirring up trouble involving the Liu Clan and the forces of the Mystic Yang Realm.
• Xiao Ming told Lu Changzhi that the Black Tortoise egg was about to hatch, and Lu Changzhi summoned Gu Chen to ask how much eggshell his legacy required.
• Gu Chen said the legacy needed at least a palm-sized piece of eggshell, and Lu Changzhi decided to provide it.

Lu Changzhi learned that the Black Tortoise egg was undergoing rare ancestral reversion and moved it near the Liu Clan to keep its hatching from attracting trouble. At the edge of the Misty Clear Realm, wounded Long Yang sensed the egg’s presence coming from the Liu Clan and wondered what secrets the clan held.

• Xiao Ming insisted that he was the big brother as the Black Tortoise egg’s shell cracked and its ancient presence grew stronger.
• The Dao-Severing Sword Spirit identified the egg as a Black Tortoise undergoing ancestral reversion, a rare event that could usher in an age of glory for the Beast Race.
• Lu Changzhi buried the Dao-Severing Sword, then learned that ancestral reversion could alert beasts across a wide area.
• Lu Changzhi took the Black Tortoise egg and Gu Chen through the teleportation array to the Withering and Flourishing Sect, leaving Xiao Ming behind.
• Lu Changzhi traveled near the Liu Clan, intending to share the Black Tortoise’s good fortune and retrieve the Emperor Conferment Chair after it hatched.
• Wounded Long Yang sensed a powerful presence from the Liu Clan and wondered what secrets it was hiding.

Long Yang and his third uncle fled after noticing someone nearby, while the Liu Clan investigated the widespread reaction among demonic beasts. At the source, the Black Tortoise hatched before Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen, revealing two heads and the ability to speak.

• Long Yang questioned his third uncle about arriving late, but the man warned him that their actions were reckless and led him away when he sensed someone nearby.
• Liu Xun learned that a nearby supreme existence was affecting demonic beasts and sent people to investigate cautiously.
• The Black Tortoise egg cracked as its influence spread through the Beast Race in the Misty Clear Realm and toward the Mystic Yang Realm.
• Lu Changzhi gathered the fallen eggshells and gave them to Gu Chen as two heads emerged from the egg.
• The snake head demanded the shells, but the turtle-like head told it to obey Mother and let Gu Chen keep them.

Lu Changzhi named the newly hatched Black Tortoise’s two heads Xiao Xuan and Xiao Wu, then fled with Gu Chen as Long Xiao and Long Yang arrived. Long Xiao mistook the Black Tortoise’s awakening for the Black Tortoise Clan’s successful atavism, while Long Yang identified Lu Changzhi as the Liu Clan’s imperial son and misnamed him Liu Tianming.

• Lu Changzhi told the Black Tortoise’s heads to call him Big Brother and named them Xiao Xuan and Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu declined to give Gu Chen any eggshell, and the Black Tortoise consumed the shell powder as its presence began to awaken.
• Long Xiao and Long Yang arrived, and Lu Changzhi escaped with Gu Chen and the Black Tortoise after the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit blocked Long Xiao’s pursuit.
• Long Xiao concluded that the Black Tortoise Clan had achieved atavism and decided to identify the human who had been present.
• Long Yang recognized Lu Changzhi’s image as the Liu Clan’s imperial son but mistakenly remembered his name as Liu Tianming.

Long Xiao and Long Yang suspected Liu Tianming had taken the Black Tortoise ancestral seed, and Long Xiao left to summon the Dragon Race. At Hidden Origin Peak, the newly ancestral-reverted Black Tortoise met the others, while Mu Fan received a dangerous Vermilion Bird mission and Lu Changzhi remembered the Emperor Conferment Chair.

• Long Yang told Long Xiao that Liu Tianming was the most likely person behind the Black Tortoise ancestral seed's disappearance, and Long Xiao left to summon the dragons.
• Long Yang stayed behind to watch the Liu Clan, then realized he needed to heal his injuries before taking action.
• Lu Changzhi returned to Hidden Origin Peak with the Black Tortoise, where Xiao Ming welcomed it and learned it could speak.
• Lu Changzhi told Qin Li that the Black Tortoise had undergone ancestral reversion, and Mu Fan received a mission to contract with and ride a Vermilion Bird while staying alive.
• Mu Fan noticed that his excavation mission had disappeared and left, followed by Gu Chen, while Lu Changzhi remembered the Emperor Conferment Chair.

Lu Changzhi returned to investigate the Black Tortoise’s birth while Liu Xun prepared for danger by urging Liu Tianming to leave the clan. Liu Tianming instead sent the Emperor Conferment Chair outside the Liu Clan’s grand array to conceal the clan, but as the chair vanished without any visible effect, Liu Xun began questioning the plan.

• Lu Changzhi decided to return and check whether the Black Tortoise’s birth had caused further changes.
• Liu Xun’s scouts reported that only a lingering presence remained near the Liu Clan, and Liu Xun warned Liu Tianming to leave the clan despite Liu Tianming’s insistence on standing with his family.
• The Emperor Conferment Chair told Liu Tianming it could conceal the entire Liu Clan by harnessing the power of heaven and earth, and Liu Tianming agreed to let it try.
• Liu Xun gave Liu Tianming a token to let the Emperor Conferment Chair pass through the clan’s grand arrays, and the chair grew larger before vanishing outside.
• As the sky remained quiet and the chair showed no further sign, Liu Xun asked Liu Tianming what he was waiting for.

The Liu Clan discovered that the Emperor Artifact and the artifacts inside it had vanished, while Long Yang mistook their search for caution over a secret Black Tortoise. Liu Tianming blamed himself for the loss, and the ancestors began suspecting Lu of playing a trick.

• Liu Tianming told Liu Xun he could no longer sense the Emperor Artifact, and Liu Xun rushed out to search for it.
• Liu Duanyuan and the Liu Clan’s ancestors joined Liu Xun in scanning the territory, but Long Yang slipped away unnoticed.
• Long Yang concluded that the Liu Clan was hiding a Black Tortoise and believed his Third Uncle would return with the dragons to expose the secret.
• Liu Tianming told Liu Xun and the ancestors that all the artifacts seemed to be gone, not just the chair.
• A Liu Clan ancestor suggested that Lu had tricked the artifact, and the others realized they might have found a clue.

Lu Changzhi returned to Hidden Origin Peak with the Emperor Conferment Chair, which had secretly brought back many Dao Artifacts and an Emperor Artifact spear. He sent the spear to Gu Chen and distributed the other artifacts, while Gu Chen promised to help the spear cultivate independently and returned to studying the inheritance.

• Liu Duanyuan left to find the promising junior at the Withering and Flourishing Sect, while the Liu Clan discussed their missing artifacts and lack of options.
• Lu Changzhi brought out the Emperor Conferment Chair, and its Artifact Spirit revealed that it had collected many high-grade Dao Artifacts and an Emperor Artifact spear from the Liu Clan.
• Lu Changzhi decided the Emperor Artifact spear would suit Gu Chen, learned that the chair had tricked the spear into coming, and sent it into Gu Chen's room.
• Lu Changzhi let the others choose Dao Artifacts and told Zhong Ming to keep the Liu Clan connection in mind if anyone recognized them.
• Gu Chen discovered the Emperor Artifact spear and promised to help it grow stronger and cultivate independently, then returned to studying the inheritance.

Lin Xie faced the Shen Clan’s soul-searching threat by revealing that he knew of the Primordial Emperor Road, an ancient path tied to the first Human Emperor. The Shen Clan doubted his claims, but Lin Xie insisted that taking his memories without every detail could bring fatal consequences.

• The Shen Clan restrained Lin Xie and prepared to use a soul-searching method that would kill him.
• Lin Xie used a signal to regain his ability to speak, then offered the Shen Clan valuable information in exchange for his survival.
• Lin Xie identified the information as news of the Primordial Emperor Road, which the Shen Clan recognized as the legendary path walked by the first Human Emperor.
• Lin Xie explained that the road’s return was connected to a special place and changes in the power of time.
• The Shen Clan questioned Lin Xie’s claims and considered taking his memories, but he warned that missing any detail could have fatal consequences.
• Lin Xie remained silent and confident as the Shen Clan experts watched him, unconvinced but uncertain.

Lin Xie used claims about the Primordial Emperor Road and time power to make the Shen Clan experts hesitate to kill him. He offered predictions they could verify, and the blade at his brow vanished, though he privately wondered whether the lecherous dragon could mate with Liu Tianming.

• The Shen Clan experts debated whether Lin Xie was bluffing about the Primordial Emperor Road and time power, since the possibility was too important to dismiss.
• Lin Xie told them they could kill him or investigate his claims, and admitted that Xu Tiancheng's legacy was in his possession.
• A Shen Clan expert threatened Lin Xie with a blade, but Lin Xie offered to teach them Xu Tiancheng's legacy and gave predictions about the White Tiger Sacred Clan and Liu Tianming.
• The blade disappeared after Lin Xie explained that his predictions came from talent and intuition.
• Lin Xie privately reasoned that the Dragon Race had secretly pursued bloodline reversion through mating with humans and wondered whether the lecherous dragon's fragile tool would work.

Lin Xie agreed to teach the Shen Clan experts about the Primordial Emperor Road after they threatened him, while resolving to avoid giving away more of his knowledge. Meanwhile, Long Xiao informed the Dragon Emperor that the Black Tortoise Race may have found a path to ancestral reversion, and was ordered to investigate the Liu Clan emperor's son.

• The Shen Clan experts freed Lin Xie after deciding to test his sincerity by having him teach them about the inheritance.
• Lin Xie accepted their demand while privately resenting that he had once again shared valuable knowledge under pressure.
• Long Xiao told the Dragon Emperor that Long Yang's dragon root had been snapped and described signs that the Black Tortoise Race had made progress toward ancestral reversion.
• Long Xiao suggested that the Liu Clan emperor's son might be the key and proposed approaching him under the pretext of protecting the Black Tortoise.
• The Dragon Emperor gave Long Xiao authority to take dragons and investigate, warning him not to frighten the humans.
• Long Xiao left with the Dragon Emperor's scale, realizing he would bear the blame if the mission went wrong.

Zhu Sheng’s group learned that the Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s false rumor about a reborn Human Emperor candidate had led its steward to commit suicide, while the Black Tortoise leaders discussed the Dragon Race’s plans and Gu Chen completed Xu Tiancheng’s body-tempering inheritance. The Sign-In System then announced that all tasks were complete and it was undergoing mutation.

• Zhu Sheng’s group learned the Human Emperor candidate rumor was false and that the responsible Myriad Treasures Pavilion steward had killed himself to atone.
• Zhu Sheng led the Zhu Clan experts toward the Misty Clear Realm to pursue the Emperor Artifacts held by the supposed candidate and the Shen Clan.
• The Mystic Emperor and Martial Emperor discussed Long Xiao’s report that the Dragon Race was pursuing a return to its ancestral origins, and the Martial Emperor ordered Wu Qing and the others to investigate Long Yang’s visit to the Misty Clear Realm.
• Gu Chen reviewed Xu Tiancheng’s body-tempering inheritance, found that his system task was complete, and hoped for a cultivation-enhancing reward.
• Gu Chen saw the system announce that all tasks were complete and the Sign-In System was undergoing mutation.

Gu Chen learned that the mutated Wishing Sign-In System could grant specific wishes alongside sign-in tasks, and he tested its limits by wishing to surpass his master and reach higher realms. The system dismissed his first wishes as lovely dreams, and his wish to enter the Dao Realm produced no response.

• The system mutated into the Wishing Sign-In System and introduced a new wishing function to Gu Chen.
• Gu Chen discovered he had one task-free wish and learned that wishes had to be specific and possible to fulfill.
• Gu Chen mistakenly tried the phrase about turning a bicycle into a motorcycle, then canceled the system's confirmation prompt.
• Gu Chen wished to surpass his master in realm, but the system showed him images and labeled the wish a lovely dream.
• Gu Chen wished to enter the Emperor Realm and received the same response, then wished to enter the Dao Realm, but the familiar images did not appear.

Gu Chen’s wish was granted, and the system began advancing his cultivation toward the Dao Realm. Lu Changzhi discovered that Gu Chen’s Seedling-Pulling Plan had helped him surge ahead, then started a plan for Luo Ling’er’s system and asked whether he could make a wish too.

• Gu Chen received confirmation that his wish for the Dao Realm had been granted and braced himself for the system’s advancement process.
• Lu Changzhi felt his cultivation surge, discovered Gu Chen had advanced to the second layer of the Saint Emperor Realm, and traced the boost to the completed Seedling-Pulling Plan.
• Lu Changzhi checked Mu Fan’s plan, saw it was about two-thirds complete, and concluded that Mu Fan still needed to finish another task.
• Lu Changzhi selected Luo Ling’er’s Mighty God of Cooking System for seedling-pulling after Gu Chen’s completed plan opened a slot.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system whether it was his turn to make a wish now that Gu Chen had done so.

Lu Changzhi tested his wishes with the system and chose to seek the power of time after learning that entering the Emperor Realm would interfere with the Emperor Road. The system agreed to grant him an opportunity but said it would need the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit’s help, leaving Lu Changzhi waiting to learn how the wish would be fulfilled.

• Lu Changzhi wished for his cultivation to be maxed out, but the system only showed him a sarcastic message and explained that wishes had restrictions.
• Lu Changzhi asked to enter the Emperor Realm, and the system warned that doing so would prevent him from sensing or entering the Emperor Road and would leave his Five Elements Sacred Physique undeveloped.
• The system told Lu Changzhi that his parents were making plans for him, and Lu Changzhi chose not to press for more details.
• Lu Changzhi wished for the power of time, and the system offered to provide some and open an opportunity, but said it needed the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit’s help and would take time.

Lu Changzhi considered the cultivation, physique, and time-power preparations needed before the Emperor Road, then decided to ask Lin Xie about the Resurrection Coin. He found Lin Xie was still in the Mystic Yang Realm and wondered what had kept him there.

• Lu Changzhi agreed to the system’s plan to gather time power, but learned he needed to reach the Forged Dao Realm and strengthen his body before absorbing it safely.
• The system recruited Xiao Dao, the Dao-Severing Sword Spirit, and said it would take a vacation after finishing its arrangements.
• Lu Changzhi assessed his uneven strength and considered improving his physique to the Yin-Yang Dao Physique and obtaining an Emperor Body through Gu Chen’s connection to the four great sacred Beast Races.
• Lu Changzhi decided Zhong Ming could seek help from the Liu Clan ancestors to improve his cultivation, while he would ask Lin Xie about the Resurrection Coin and its connection to rebirth.
• Lu Changzhi searched for Lin Xie and discovered he was still in the Mystic Yang Realm.

After reaching the first level of the Enlightened Dao Realm, Gu Chen learned how the wish system’s charge bar worked and wished to fully master Senior Xu Tiancheng’s inheritance. The system assigned him a mission to check in at the Dragon Race’s Armor-Forging Platform while possessing the Ten Thousand Scale Armor, and Gu Chen then wished for a bigger physique.

• Gu Chen finished breaking through to the first level of the Enlightened Dao Realm and reflected on how his perception of the Dao had changed.
• Gu Chen discovered that ordinary check-in missions charged his wish bar, expanding the range of wishes he could make and allowing a free wish when the bar filled.
• Gu Chen wished to fully master Senior Xu Tiancheng’s inheritance, and the system assigned him a mission to check in at the Dragon Race’s Armor-Forging Platform while possessing the Ten Thousand Scale Armor.
• Gu Chen considered how difficult it would be to obtain the rare Ten Thousand Scale Armor, then told the system he wanted a bigger physique.

Gu Chen asked Lu Changzhi whether a human could obtain the Dragon Race's Ten Thousand Scale Armor, then took his master's encouragement as a reason to pursue the difficult wish mission. After Gu Chen left, Lu Changzhi received a message from Liu Duanyuan asking to meet at the Withering and Flourishing Sect, and wondered if it was a trap.

• Gu Chen found that he could not make another wish until he completed the Ten Thousand Scale Armor mission, so he went to ask Lu Changzhi about its difficulty.
• Lu Changzhi explained the armor's formidable defenses and said the First Human Emperor had once obtained it.
• Gu Chen was initially daunted by the precedent, but Lu Changzhi encouraged him to pursue the seemingly distant goal; Gu Chen regained his determination and left to reflect on his words.
• Lu Changzhi admitted to himself that he had used encouragement to motivate Gu Chen, then received Liu Duanyuan's invitation to the Withering and Flourishing Sect and wondered if it was a Hongmen Banquet.

Lu Changzhi’s External Avatar was seized by Du Niansheng and brought before Liu Duanyuan, who suspected him of being involved in the imperial tomb’s inheritance and the Liu Clan’s troubles. After Lu Changzhi planted doubts about Lin Xie and a traitor in the clan, Liu Duanyuan abruptly took him back to the Liu Clan, while Lu Changzhi watched from Hidden Origin Peak and prepared to observe the commotion.

• Lu Changzhi sent his External Avatar to the Withering and Flourishing Sect, where Du Niansheng sealed the teleportation formation and detained him on the Liu Clan’s orders.
• Du Niansheng transported Lu Changzhi to a hall, where Liu Duanyuan questioned him about the Emperor Artifact and the imperial tomb.
• Lu Changzhi suggested that Lin Xie and a traitor within the Liu Clan might explain the events, prompting Liu Duanyuan to question what he wanted.
• Liu Duanyuan bound Lu Changzhi with a purple-gold chain and took him away from the Withering and Flourishing Sect.
• From Hidden Origin Peak, Lu Changzhi watched Liu Duanyuan head toward the Liu Clan, considered whether the Shen Clan had arrived, and settled down for a nap before going to watch.