Chapter Summaries

Lu Lulu took control of Lu Changzhi’s body and overwhelmed the Longwang clansman, forcing him to nuzzle his hand and then taking his dragon egg. The Longwang clansman remained unable to retaliate and asked which side Lu Lulu supported in the conflict between the Beast Race and the Human Race.

• Bai Po greeted Lu Changzhi, while Xuan Ze and Wu Kan realized they could not see through him.
• Lu Lulu’s power spread through Lu Changzhi, and the Longwang clansman recognized his presence.
• Lu Lulu used Dog Head Rubbing Palm to make the Longwang clansman rub his head against his hand and bark like a dog.
• Lu Lulu summoned a dragon egg bearing the character “Lu” and took it from the Longwang clansman, who could not resist.
• Lu Lulu told the Longwang clansman to prepare the egg as food, and the Longwang clansman asked which side he supported: the Beast Race or the Human Race.

Lu Changzhi used his strength and Lu Lulu’s presence to force Longwang Clan toward negotiations between the Dragon Race and the Bai Po clan. Longwang Clan agreed to complete the Ten Thousand Scale Armor first, while Lu Changzhi left without declaring allegiance to either race.

• Lu Lulu told Longwang Clan he sided with whichever side his son was on, then briefly returned to unsettle him before finally leaving Lu Changzhi’s body.
• Lu Changzhi learned the Dog Head Rubbing Palm was not a special technique and that brute strength had let him suppress Longwang Clan.
• Bai Po asked whether they should resume negotiations, and Lu Changzhi asked Longwang Clan about the earlier conditions.
• Longwang Clan said the Dragon Race needed time to accept the change, and Lu Changzhi agreed as long as the Ten Thousand Scale Armor was completed first.
• Longwang Clan promised to arrange the armor immediately, while Lu Changzhi declined to choose between the Human Race and the Beast Race and departed with the dragon egg.

Bai Po persuaded the Beast Races to keep the day’s events secret to avoid provoking the Human Race or destabilizing the Dragon Race. After Longwang Clan revealed that he had learned the key to Atavism, Long Xiao told him about a rumor mocking his past defeat by Lu Lulu.

• Bai Po asked the White Tigers and Wu Kan to keep what happened secret, and Wu Kan agreed to consider the wider relationship with the Human Race.
• Bai Po, Wu Kan, and Xuan Ze returned to the scene, where Wu Kan explained that Longwang Clan was now caught between winning over the human expert and maintaining his standing among the dragons.
• Longwang Clan told the Dragon Race that the White Tiger Clan had achieved Atavism and explained that the powerful presence had tried to stop it, while the dragons had helped protect Bai Po from the Human Race.
• Longwang Clan said he had learned the key to Atavism and would test it after returning, exciting the Dragon Race experts.
• Long Xiao told Longwang Clan that humans were spreading a rumor that Lu Lulu had defeated him and carved the character 'Lu' on his balls, then asked whether they should silence those who repeated it.

Long Xiao suspected that the Dragon Emperor’s response to rumors about his past revealed the rumors might be true, while the Dragon Race prepared to forge the Ten Thousand Scale Armor for its Atavism descendant. Meanwhile, Mu Fan collected more than a dozen Vermilion Bird eggs and reassured his host that they had a cook.

• Long Xiao advised the Dragon Emperor not to publicly defend himself against the rumors and was tasked with deciding how to respond to them.
• The Dragon Emperor announced that the Dragon Race would forge the Ten Thousand Scale Armor to protect its Atavism descendant, and Long Xiao suspected the rumors about the Dragon Emperor were true.
• Mu Fan asked a Vermilion Bird Race expert for unhatched eggs and was taken to the race’s egg storage.
• Mu Fan selected more than a dozen eggs, and the Vermilion Bird Race expert worried aloud that he might eat them.
• Mu Fan told the expert they had a dedicated cook, shocking the Vermilion Bird.

Lu Changzhi mutated a Vermilion Bird egg, which hatched into an extraordinary male chick, and returned it to the Vermilion Bird Race. After Zhu Li pledged the race’s support, Lu Changzhi gathered Mu Fan and the others on Hidden Origin Peak to share some food.

• Lu Changzhi arrived at the Vermilion Bird Race, took the most mature egg, and told Mu Fan to stay there and cultivate.
• On Hidden Origin Peak, Lu Changzhi buried the egg among fire-related resources and mutated it by investing two hundred years of lifespan.
• Xiao Ming called the egg a child bride, but after it hatched into a male Vermilion Bird, he rejected it and fled.
• Lu Changzhi returned the extraordinary chick to Zhu Li, who pledged the Vermilion Bird Race’s support.
• Lu Changzhi took Mu Fan and the others to Hidden Origin Peak to share something good he had obtained.

Lu Changzhi and his companions ate the Dragon Emperor's egg, while the Dragon Race left the White Tiger Clan's territory and the other factions continued waiting. Days later, Mu Fan discovered the feast had greatly strengthened him and received his task rewards, including a system upgrade and an Ancient Phoenix Bloodline.

• Qin Li recognized the character on the egg as belonging to the Dragon Emperor, and Lu Changzhi confirmed it before Luo Ling'er cooked it into many dishes.
• Lu Changzhi gave Gu Chen medicine and food to take to the sect master, Peak Master Xu, and others, then the group ate the feast and felt its powerful effects.
• The Longwang Clan decided to leave the White Tiger Clan's territory and return to pursue Atavism, while Bai Po kept the opportunity open.
• Li Baimei urged the Human Race experts to wait rather than fight amid the gathered people, and they agreed not to act yet.
• Several days later, Mu Fan found that the dragon egg had strengthened his body and cultivation, then checked his task reward with the System Spirit.
• The System Spirit revealed that Mu Fan had received a system upgrade, an Ancient Phoenix Bloodline, and the system ability Eager to Help Others.

Mu Fan learned that his upgraded system could automate mastered tasks and let its spirit appear in the real world to bear karma for him. He received an Ancient Phoenix Bloodline and planned to save it for later, while considering how to build his own influence by working with the Vermilion Bird Race.

• Mu Fan learned that idling earned Idle Points, which could fund random cultivation or automate tasks he had already mastered.
• Mu Fan spent Idle Points to make about a thousand talismans automatically, then learned the system could also produce firecrackers from prepared materials.
• The System Spirit explained that it could disguise itself as Mu Fan and appear in the real world to bear karma on his behalf.
• Mu Fan inspected the Ancient Phoenix Bloodline and learned it granted powerful fire, a strong soul, resistance to spiritual influence, and Phoenix Nirvana.
• Mu Fan decided to wait before using the bloodline and considered partnering with the Vermilion Bird Race to deliver bombs with Vermilion Birds and build his own influence.

Mu Fan learned that Eager to Help Others secretly drained another person's lifespan, then went looking for someone to test it on. He arrived at a village being terrorized by six Spirit Sea Realm men, who turned their attention to him.

• Mu Fan learned from the System Spirit that Eager to Help Others made its target age faster over a random duration without gaining anything.
• Mu Fan decided to find a guinea pig and set out to test the ability.
• Six Spirit Sea Realm men threatened the villagers and discussed abusing them while the villagers despaired.
• Mu Fan appeared and told the six men that their fun was over and his turn had begun.
• The six men drew their weapons and threatened Mu Fan.

Mu Fan used his system’s assistance ability on six men threatening a village, and one died after the system judged that he had insufficient lifespan to pay for the accelerated time. After turning the other five into test subjects, Mu Fan asked whether his own Multiplied-Speed Cultivation could reach the same multipliers.

• Mu Fan froze the six men and used the assistance ability on the man he had chosen as his first test subject.
• The system judged the man’s balance insufficient, and he rapidly aged to death as his lifespan was consumed.
• Mu Fan learned from the System Spirit that insufficient lifespan caused the assistance process to consume the remaining years all at once.
• The five surviving men begged for their lives, and Mu Fan used the ability on all of them.
• Mu Fan noticed one man had drawn a multiplier above four thousand and asked the System Spirit whether his own Multiplied-Speed Cultivation could reach similar speeds.

Mu Fan discovered that his new ability could spend Idle Points to consume others’ lifespans, while Lu Changzhi tested its reverse effect and planned to make Mu Fan earn more points. Meanwhile, Long Yang learned that the Dragon Race had an Atavism descendant and intended to use him to provide scales for the Ten Thousand Scale Armor.

• Mu Fan learned that helping powerful people idle required more Summoning Points, then used his ability on six people, leaving four dead of old age.
• Mu Fan erased the two survivors and the four corpses, departed from the village, and the villagers decided to build a statue of him.
• Lu Changzhi tested Reverse Idling on a broken mirror and restored it, then considered how the ability might affect the Emperor Road.
• Lu Changzhi decided Mu Fan would need to work harder to accumulate Idle Points and waited for the Dragon Race to deliver the Ten Thousand Scale Armor.
• Long Yang learned that the Dragon Race planned to use his scales for the armor because they considered him a disappointment, and Long Xiao revealed that the clan already had an Atavism descendant.

Long Xiao questioned the Dragon Emperor’s motives while Lu Changzhi arranged disciples to be present among all four Sacred Beast Races. Meanwhile, Human Race leaders discussed responding to the Beast Race’s apparent resurgence and considered forming the Human Emperor Hall.

• Long Xiao suspected the Dragon Emperor’s claims about the Ten Thousand Scale Armor and the atavistic descendant, and left Long Yang’s future conduct to determine what happened next.
• Mu Fan told Lu Changzhi he was returning to the Vermilion Bird Race, and Lu Changzhi decided Xiao Ye and Shen Wenxi could represent his disciples among the Black Tortoise Clan and Dragon Race.
• Human Race experts discussed reports of unusual activity among the Vermilion Bird Race and the departures of the Dragon Race, then debated whether to stop waiting and unite.
• Li Baimei urged the Human Race to investigate the Dragon Race and settle plans for joining forces before the Beast Race gained the initiative.
• Li Baimei proposed naming their faction the Human Emperor Hall, then asked whether anything connected to the Human Emperor had survived to the present.

Li Baimei’s group left after discussing the Human Emperor, prompting Bai Po to prepare the White Tiger Clan to defend the Vermilion Bird Race from the Human Race. Meanwhile, Mu Fan awoke his Ancient Phoenix bloodline and tested a mysterious cylinder with Zhu Li, ending by ordering it to explode.

• Li Baimei asked whether anything connected to the Human Emperor had been passed down, and the Human Race experts left to discuss elsewhere.
• Bai Po learned from Zhu Li’s warning that the Human Race was becoming restless and ordered the White Tiger Clan to prepare to aid the Vermilion Bird Race.
• Bai Po explained that Mu Fan and another of his master’s disciples were with the two Beast Races, so the White Tigers needed to handle any threat without waiting for the senior to intervene.
• Mu Fan awoke in the Vermilion Bird Race with an Ancient Phoenix bloodline and admired his changed appearance before Zhu Li appeared.
• Mu Fan asked Zhu Li to carry a mysterious cylinder into the air, then guided him to drop it into the ground, where it made a deep hole.
• As Zhu Li asked whether that was all, Mu Fan said, “Explode!”

Mu Fan demonstrated an explosive device to Zhu Li, who offered the Vermilion Bird Race’s help developing it and considered how it could change their fighting methods. Elsewhere, a man learned that events were unfolding early and decided he would have to adapt.

• Mu Fan detonated an explosive underground, and Zhu Li saw it blast a vast crater into the ground.
• Mu Fan explained that the device was meant to blow people up, and Zhu Li offered the Vermilion Bird Race’s full cooperation.
• Mu Fan urged the Vermilion Bird Race to develop peacefully rather than seek out a fight, while Zhu Li considered how the device could let them attack without risking close combat.
• Zhu Li reflected that the Beast Race’s prospects had improved since a powerful senior appeared, and hoped the Human Race would remain patient.
• A man in a palace heard reports about the four Sacred Beast Races’ Atavism and the Human Race’s response, examined a bag of Resurrection Coins, and resolved to keep up with events.

Li Baimei met with the Northern Nether Pavilion, the Sword Hall, and the Great Qian Ancient Kingdom to negotiate a united Human Race response to the Beast Races. He proposed inventing a history for the Human Emperor Hall and offered to bear the consequences, but ended by claiming that everyone already lived within a vast lie.

• Li Baimei told the four factions that he had no plan for dividing the benefits and asked what each wanted from the Human Emperor Pavilion.
• Pavilion Master Lin said the Northern Nether Pavilion would consider joining if the benefits were right, while the Sword Hall representative stressed the need for a workable strategy that avoided heavy losses.
• The Great Qian Ancient Kingdom representative accused the Li Clan of seeking an empty title without doing the work, prompting Li Baimei to unveil his proposal.
• Li Baimei suggested claiming that the four Sacred Beast Races had gained their power by devouring the Human Emperor, and said the Li Clan would support the fabricated history.
• Li Baimei promised to personally bear the consequences of invoking the Human Emperor's name, then admitted he did not believe a Human Emperor had existed and said everyone lived in a lie that covered the heavens.

Li Baimei proposed using fabricated Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves and a Human Emperor legend to rally the human forces against the Beast Race. The Northern Nether Pavilion elder argued that the plan should target the younger generation, whose deaths could provoke powerful humans and the Sacred Beast Races into conflict.

• Li Baimei suggested that his Li Clan and the other factions could create a great lie to help unite the human forces.
• He revealed ordinary green leaves as supposed Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves and explained how to make people believe they worked.
• The Northern Nether Pavilion elder challenged Li Baimei’s plan to recruit the strongest people, saying they would not risk themselves for empty promises.
• The elder proposed deceiving the younger generation and letting them fight the Beast Race so their deaths would spur powerful humans to retaliate.
• The elder concluded that hatred, unlike stories or benefits, could spread widely and draw both humans and beasts into the conflict.

Li Baimei’s group finished planning their next steps as the White Tiger Fortuitous Opportunity ended and the Human Emperor Inheritance was announced. Lin Fan chose to focus on his gains, while Chu Ping'an suspected Li Baimei might claim the inheritance and realized Lin Fan could be involved.

• Li Baimei and the assembled representatives spent three days refining their plans against the Beast Race and then prepared to put them into practice.
• The White Tiger Fortuitous Opportunity ended, earning the White Tiger Clan widespread praise for sharing its resources.
• News spread that the Human Emperor Inheritance had appeared, prompting cultivators and major powers to set out toward its location.
• Lin Fan dismissed the inheritance as something he need not worry about and decided to absorb his recent gains.
• A voice in Lin Fan’s pendant suspected the inheritance announcement was a deliberate trap.
• Chu Ping'an wondered whether the inheritance could help him recruit Li Baimei and suddenly thought of Lin Fan.

The Human Emperor Inheritance drew the attention of Lin Xie, Zhong Ming, and Chu Ping'an, while Lu Changzhi watched their movements and wondered whether Lin Fan had abandoned his plans. The Dragon Race chose not to get involved, focusing instead on forging the Ten Thousand Scale Armor.

• Chu Ping'an headed toward Lin Fan, hoping to learn more about the opportunity and considering how he might profit from a clash between the White Tiger Clan and its opponents.
• Lin Xie told Bai Po he would investigate the Human Emperor Inheritance, intending to collect its golden Origin Coins and weaken the Human Race with the White Tiger Clan's help.
• Lu Changzhi sent Zhong Ming to investigate the inheritance, then noticed that Chu Ping'an was also heading there and speculated that Lu Lulu's intervention had changed Lin Fan's plans.
• Long Xiao questioned whether the Dragon Race should act against the Human Race, but Longwang Clan ordered the clan to focus on forging the Ten Thousand Scale Armor instead.
• Long Xiao agreed not to send dragons to the inheritance and privately suspected that someone had seized the Dragon Emperor's body.

Long Xiao sent Long Yang to pursue opportunities among the Human Race and gave him a scale that could summon help, while deciding the Dragon Race needed to return to the right path. At the Human Emperor’s inheritance site, golden light signaled the inheritance’s emergence as experts and spectators gathered, leaving Chu Ping’an frustrated that his system showed no opportunities.

• Long Xiao told Long Yang to seek opportunities among the Human Race, and Long Yang agreed to leave after realizing the clan treated him as a tool.
• Long Xiao gave Long Yang a scale containing a life-saving measure and said he would come to his aid if needed.
• Long Xiao reflected on the Dragon Emperor’s actions and declared that it was time for the Dragon Race to return to the right path.
• Luo Zhen pushed closer to the battle between experts, hoping to benefit if he was caught in the crossfire.
• Golden light erupted from cracks in the ground, and the Myriad Treasures Pavilion began livestreaming the apparent emergence of the Human Emperor’s inheritance.
• Zhong Ming rushed toward the golden light, while Chu Ping’an found no opportunities through his system and worried that the major powers would claim any inheritance.

Lu Changzhi watched golden images reveal scenes from the Human Emperor’s past, including his rise and a war between the Human Race and Beast Race. The images then shifted to a tense gathering that appeared to connect the Human Emperor with the ancestors of four Sacred Beast Races.

• Lu Changzhi descended to the gathering around the golden light and wondered whether the Human Emperor’s inheritance was a genuine opportunity or a smokescreen.
• Golden light formed images showing the Human Emperor as an infant and then depicting his extraordinary rise.
• The images showed the Beast Race attacking the Human Race, followed by a celebration after the Human Race’s apparent victory.
• The scene changed to the Human Emperor facing a group of people with five beasts in a manor, and an onlooker recognized four beasts’ outlines as resembling the four great Sacred Beast Races.

As the golden pictures reveal the Human Emperor’s death and the Beast Race’s dominance over humanity, the crowd concludes that the beasts betrayed him. Lin Xie realizes the old rumors and the ghosts’ pursuit of him may have been connected to the truth.

• Lin Xie asked Bai Po whether the pictures reflected the history between the Human Race and the Beast Race, but Bai Po said his clan’s records mentioned nothing of the Human Emperor or these events.
• A new picture showed the Human Emperor and a few humans surrounded by beasts, with small human figures among them, prompting the crowd to suspect the beasts were threatening him with his descendants.
• The picture abruptly showed the Human Emperor dead, with four great beasts devouring his body, shocking the crowd.
• Another picture showed the Beast Race ruling over the bowed Human Race, leading onlookers to blame the beasts for the Human Emperor’s fall and humanity’s subjugation.
• Lin Xie reconsidered earlier rumors and realized the ghosts that had once come for him might not have mistaken him for someone else.