Chapter Summaries

Lu Changzhi asked Longwang Clan to help Gu Chen stand on the Dragon Race’s Armor Forging Platform, only to learn it was the Dragon Ancestor’s horn. As Longwang Clan struggled to find a way to fulfill the request, the Atavistic young dragon stood upright like Lu Changzhi, making Longwang Clan fear his attempt to be clever had caused more trouble.

• Lu Changzhi asked Longwang Clan to arrange for Gu Chen to stand on the Dragon Race’s Armor Forging Platform while wearing the Ten Thousand Scale Armor.
• Longwang Clan revealed that the armor had been completed on the Dragon Ancestor’s horn, and Lu Changzhi asked how difficult it would be for Gu Chen to stand there.
• Longwang Clan tentatively suggested knocking the Dragon Ancestor unconscious, then promised to find another solution after Lu Changzhi called that troublesome.
• Longwang Clan worried that Gu Chen standing on the Dragon Ancestor’s horn would expose him and cause turmoil among the Dragon Race.
• Longwang Clan noticed the Atavistic young dragon standing upright like Lu Changzhi and realized his attempt to be clever had made matters worse.

Long Yi confronted Longwang about the young dragon’s origins and his dealings with the Human Race, then urged him to accept whatever would strengthen the Dragon Race. Long Yi sealed himself in his cave to sleep, leaving Longwang to reconsider how to finish his task; when Longwang returned, Long Yi asked if he had changed his mind.

• Long Yi summoned Longwang to his cave and questioned whether he had traded the Ten Thousand Scale Armor to the Human Race for the young dragon hatched from a stolen egg.
• Long Yi inferred that the young dragon regarded someone as her father and that the White Tiger Clan's tiger king had begun working for that person.
• Long Yi told Longwang that the Dragon Race needed to accept methods that could strengthen it, then blasted Longwang out of the cave and announced he was going to sleep.
• Longwang tried to make Long Yi listen by threatening to withhold his explanation, but Long Yi stayed silent, so Longwang left and waited.
• Longwang decided he could not delay his task and returned to the cave entrance, where Long Yi asked if he had changed his mind.

Longwang Clan told Long Yi that a second-generation powerful figure was behind the current events, and Long Yi discussed how the other Beast Races’ alliances affected the Dragon Race. Longwang Clan then asked permission for Elder Lu’s disciple to wear the Ten Thousand Scale Armor on Long Yi’s head, and Long Yi agreed as long as it happened in private.

• Long Yi teased Longwang Clan into explaining what he knew, and Longwang Clan confirmed that a second-generation powerful figure was behind the events.
• Long Yi inferred that Lu Lulu was the powerful first generation connected to the writing on the egg, then asked about the Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise Races’ positions.
• Longwang Clan described the other races’ alliances, and Long Yi concluded that the Dragon Race risked being caught between the Human and Beast Races if it stayed excluded.
• Long Yi asked whether Bai Po’s claim about more Atavism hatchlings was true, and Longwang Clan said Elder Lu had not promised more but could likely hatch them easily.
• Longwang Clan asked Long Yi to let Elder Lu’s disciple wear the Ten Thousand Scale Armor on Long Yi’s head, and Long Yi agreed if they kept it away from outsiders.

Longwang Clan agreed to help Lu Changzhi’s disciple Gu Chen reach the Dragon Race’s Armor Forging Platform. Long Yi appeared to escort Gu Chen, and the chapter ended with both dragons waiting patiently before setting off.

• Long Yi told Longwang Clan to find out when and where Elder Lu’s disciple would arrive, then reflected on his efforts to secure the Dragon Race’s future.
• Longwang Clan told Lu Changzhi that Long Yi had intended to pledge allegiance, and Lu Changzhi brought Gu Chen to meet him.
• Lu Changzhi asked Longwang Clan to guide Gu Chen to the Armor Forging Platform, and Longwang Clan carried him toward Dragon Race territory.
• Longwang Clan stopped in a deserted wilderness and explained that the Armor Forging Platform would come to them.
• Long Yi emerged from a split in the void, recognized Gu Chen’s ability to transform into a dragon, and invited him to stand between his horns.
• Long Yi and Longwang Clan waited without rushing Gu Chen, while Gu Chen waited for them to depart.

Gu Chen discovered that Long Yi’s horns were the Armor Forging Platform and completed his sign-in task, gaining complete mastery of Xu Tiancheng’s inheritance. As the inheritance strengthened his body and manifested the four sacred beasts in the sky, Long Yi and Longwang Clan watched in amazement.

• Longwang Clan told Gu Chen that he was already standing on the Armor Forging Platform, and Gu Chen put on the Ten Thousand Scale Armor and signed in.
• Gu Chen learned that the Armor Forging Platform was between Long Yi’s horns and was drawn into Xu Tiancheng’s inheritance, where he rapidly mastered its knowledge.
• Long Yi and Longwang Clan sensed Gu Chen’s presence and physical strength growing, with a particularly noticeable change around his philtrum.
• Four increasingly vivid sacred-beast figures appeared above Gu Chen, and Longwang Clan asked whether they should conceal the disturbance.
• Long Yi chose to watch rather than intervene, then dismissed Longwang Clan’s suggestion that he try the Armor Forging Platform himself.

Gu Chen completed the wish sign-in and brought Chen Wangdao’s body-tempering method straight to its peak, gaining fine dragon-scale markings across his body. The chapter ended with Long Yi and Longwang Clan discussing Ten Thousand Scale Armor and the possibility of trading it to Elder Lu for Atavism young.

• Longwang Clan watched the four illusory sacred beasts gather around Gu Chen, while Long Yi said their power could improve even his own body.
• As Gu Chen’s clothes tore away layer by layer, Longwang Clan marveled at how many layers he wore.
• The sacred-beast vortex rushed into Gu Chen, and its eruption shredded his clothes while covering his body in dragon-scale markings.
• Long Yi told Longwang Clan that the Dragon Race needed to make more Ten Thousand Scale Armor to preserve and improve its craft.
• Gu Chen opened his eyes and realized the wish sign-in had raised Chen Wangdao’s body-tempering method to its peak.

After Gu Chen strengthened his body and transformed into a convincing dragon, Long Yi planned to present him to the Dragon Race as an Atavism hatchling so the clan could train him and show support for Elder Lu. Elsewhere, a mysterious figure sensed that someone had mastered their body-tempering method and rejoiced at the chance to complete their Emperor Body technique.

• Gu Chen tested his newly strengthened body and transformed into a dragon, with the Ten Thousand Scale Armor making him appear authentic.
• Long Yi praised Gu Chen’s dragon form, and Longwang challenged him to a fight so he could practice.
• As Gu Chen and Longwang fought, Long Yi decided to pass Gu Chen off as an Atavism hatchling and use the claim to secure the Dragon Race’s support for Elder Lu.
• A mysterious figure realized someone had succeeded with their body-tempering method and believed the result could help them complete their Emperor Body technique.

A Great Emperor discovered that someone had mastered an impossible body-tempering technique and decided to send two attendants to watch a person located by his compass. At the Human Emperor Inheritance, experts also sensed something and stared in the same direction, leaving the cause of their alarm unclear.

• The Great Emperor used blood and a compass to locate someone, then sensed a presence linked to his body-tempering technique.
• The Great Emperor realized someone had mastered the technique that could forge a true Emperor Body and decided not to go there himself.
• The Great Emperor gave two attendants gold coins and ordered them to find and watch the person, rescuing him if possible or bringing back his corpse if not.
• At the Human Emperor Inheritance, a group of experts suddenly fell silent and stared in one direction, alarming the onlookers.

Lu Changzhi mastered an Emperor Body technique, sending a domineering presence across the area and prompting Li Baimei to rally the Human Race against what he claimed was a bluff by the Beast Race. At the White Tiger Clan, Bai Po urged Lu Changzhi to pose as the Beast God, but Lu Changzhi instead asked him to test his physical defenses.

• Experts sensed a powerful presence, and Li Baimei asked whether it came from Lu Lulu before pointing out that it bore no sign of the Beast Race.
• The crowd feared the Beast Race might threaten their bid for the Human Emperor Inheritance, but Li Baimei called the presence a bluff and rallied them to continue.
• Chu Ping'an headed toward the source of the presence, hoping to disrupt Li Baimei's plans or encounter another protagonist.
• Lu Changzhi awakened after mastering an Emperor Body technique and realized that his Emperor Body was complete.
• Bai Po suggested claiming Lu Changzhi was the Beast God to deter the Human Race, but Lu Changzhi denied the title and asked Bai Po to attack him.

Bai Po tested Lu Changzhi’s newly strengthened defense, but even his fiercest White Tiger techniques could not leave a mark. After noticing Lu Changzhi’s torn clothes, Bai Po offered to have the White Tiger Clan make him a fur garment, and Lu Changzhi asked whether he meant a hoodie.

• Bai Po slashed Lu Changzhi’s chest and left a temporary white mark that quickly faded.
• Lu Changzhi deliberately strengthened his defense, and Bai Po’s subsequent attacks failed to harm him.
• Bai Po unleashed a barrage of defense-breaking techniques, then admitted that Lu Changzhi’s defense was outrageous.
• Bai Po proposed that the White Tiger Clan make Lu Changzhi a fur garment to replace his torn clothes.
• Lu Changzhi asked if Bai Po meant a hoodie, leaving Bai Po confused about the term.

Lu Changzhi agreed to let Bai Po prepare the Beast Race to unite under the Beast God, then accepted the system’s offer to install the power of time. As the power gathered at the cost of his lifespan, powerful figures near the Human Emperor Inheritance froze again, leaving Li Baimei unable to explain what was happening.

• Lu Changzhi learned Bai Po had invented the name “sweater” for clothing made from White Tiger fur, then imagined Vermilion Bird down jackets called Leaping Through Fire and considered sending Xiao Ye to the Black Tortoise Race.
• Bai Po explained that the Beast Race needed the Beast God to unite its scattered factions against the Human Race, and Lu Changzhi agreed to leave the preparations to him.
• Lu Changzhi teased the system about Gu Chen’s more capable System Spirit, prompting the system to offer to install the power of time; Lu Changzhi accepted.
• The system gathered the power of time around and into Lu Changzhi, while his lifespan rapidly dwindled until he lost a year with every breath.
• Powerful figures near the Human Emperor Inheritance froze again, and when the Sword Hall expert asked whether Li Baimei had arranged it, Li Baimei denied his clan could do anything on that scale.

As heaven and earth changed around the Human Emperor Inheritance, the Wu Clan discovered that the Thousand-Year Mystery had vanished. Wu Fa suspected time had been interfered with and wondered whether Lu Changzhi was responsible, while two unnamed travelers hurried through the void to carry out the Great Emperor’s business.

• People near the Human Emperor Inheritance sensed an unfamiliar change in heaven and earth and speculated about its cause.
• Wu Xiao gathered the Wu Clan’s experts and linked the change to the Thousand-Year Mystery, recalling that the Liu Clan’s imperial son, Lu Changzhi, was a variable.
• The Wu Clan performed a ritual, after which its members discovered that the Thousand-Year Mystery had vanished.
• Wu Fa theorized that time itself had been interfered with and said he might find an answer if he saw Lu Changzhi again.
• Two people traveled through the void, and the one holding a compass urged the other to focus on carrying out the Great Emperor’s business.

Gold coins bestowed by the Great Emperor suddenly transformed into worthless-looking fragments, alarming both their recipients and the seated figure who had collected them. As he realized the change was unlike the resets he knew, he faced the possible ruin of his plans for the next life.

• Two men on the road watched their gold coins develop mysterious lines before both coins burst into fragments.
• The seated figure sensed that the world’s change had begun early and was different from the resets at the end of past lives.
• The Great Emperor summoned his followers and opened a bag of gold coins to reward them.
• The bag spilled only irregular gold fragments, and the Great Emperor ordered everyone out in a panic.
• Alone, the Great Emperor feared that the fragments had destroyed the foundation of his plans for the next life.

An unnamed figure resolved to pursue the Emperor Body despite losing the use of his gold coins, while Bai Po discovered that time moved faster around Lu Changzhi. Bai Po used the effect to accelerate the White Tiger Blood Soul Pill’s formation, hoping to strengthen the clan’s Atavism cub.

• The figure gathered the gold fragments to keep them and vowed to obtain the Emperor Body.
• Bai Po sensed an unfamiliar, powerful presence around Lu Changzhi and failed to comprehend it directly.
• Bai Po observed grass grow, seed, and wither rapidly around Lu Changzhi, then tested the effect on fruit and a wounded small beast.
• Bai Po concluded that time moved faster around Lu Changzhi and realized the effect could help the White Tiger Blood Soul Pill form sooner.
• Bai Po moved the Tiger Ancestor’s corpse beside Lu Changzhi and watched the pill change, anticipating that it would boost the clan’s Atavism cub.

A newcomer told someone that the power of time had disappeared and that Old Lu’s son had obtained it, prompting speculation about the boy’s ability and Old Lu’s secrecy. In the Human Emperor Hall, Li Baimei and the crowd connected the disturbance and the Beast Race’s atavistic cub to the Human Emperor’s legacy, leaving Li Baimei to ask the man who identified the cub’s ancestor to explain his reasoning.

• A newcomer said the power of time had disappeared and suggested Old Lu’s son had taken it, while the person in the room wondered whether the boy could handle it.
• Li Baimei urged the crowd in the Human Emperor Hall not to overreact, then admitted the Beast Race’s atavistic cub might be connected to the disturbance and the Human Emperor Inheritance.
• An expert from the Sword Hall asked whether the events involved the Human Race’s bloodline inheritance, and a man explained how the Beast Race had gained power by devouring the Human Emperor.
• The man argued that the atavistic cub had reverted to the Beast Race ancestors who devoured the Human Emperor, stirring an uproar among the crowd.
• Li Baimei praised the man’s insight and called him forward to repeat his explanation to everyone.

The gathered factions speculated that Atavistic sacred beasts might carry the Human Emperor’s bloodline and began considering how to seize them. Chen Mingxuan, secretly disguised as an old woman, hoped the beasts could cure his worsening condition, while Li Baimei and a Sword Hall expert discussed whether to confirm their existence.

• People speculated that Atavistic beasts could retain the Human Emperor’s bloodline and saw them as a source of prestige, power, and flesh and blood.
• Faction leaders weighed which Sacred Beast Race to target and discussed concentrating their forces on one region.
• Luo Zhen found the questioner familiar, not realizing that the old woman was Chen Mingxuan in disguise.
• Chen Mingxuan hoped that an Atavistic sacred beast could restore his masculine body and planned to pursue remedies from the Beast Race.
• A Sword Hall expert urged Li Baimei to claim that Atavistic young existed, but Li Baimei said they needed to learn the full story before acting.

Chu Ping'an plotted to exploit the Human Emperor Hall’s search for Atavism sacred beasts by planting a fake artifact and concealing Luo Zhen’s Qi. Luo Zhen received the plan and protection, while Chu Ping'an prepared to see whether Li Baimei would detect the deception.

• Li Bai proposed that anyone who helped verify the existence of Atavism sacred beasts could earn an important position in the Human Emperor Hall.
• Chu Ping'an considered sabotaging the effort from within and asked his system to help conceal Luo Zhen from Li Baimei’s system.
• Chu Ping'an shaped mud into a stele and had the system disguise it as the Desolate Ancient Emperor Stele, which could rate people, beasts, or objects bearing their Qi.
• Chu Ping'an sent a figure carrying the stele toward the Human Emperor Hall and arranged for it to deliver a storage ring to Luo Zhen.
• The figure gave Luo Zhen information about concealing his Qi and securing a chance to rise in the Human Emperor Hall before dissolving into his body.
• Luo Zhen rejoiced at Chu Ping'an’s help, then wondered whether Chu Ping'an knew the danger of helping him.

Luo Zhen offered to help test whether the Atavism sacred beast was real and secured the major factions’ agreement to honor Li Baimei’s promise if his method worked. He summoned the awe-inspiring Desolate Ancient Emperor Stele, leaving Li Baimei asking what it could do.

• Luo Zhen shouted for the experts’ attention and said he might have a way to test the Atavism sacred beast.
• Luo Zhen asked whether Li Baimei’s promise still stood, and Li Baimei and representatives of the major factions agreed to support it if his method proved useful.
• Luo Zhen gave his name, prompting Chen Mingxuan to recognize his old acquaintance and wonder how he had become so difficult to read.
• Luo Zhen took out the object Chu Ping'an had given him, which expanded into a towering stele radiating seven-colored light.
• The crowd read the words “Desolate Ancient Emperor Stele” and marveled at its presence, while Li Baimei asked Luo Zhen what it was used for.

Luo Zhen demonstrated that the Desolate Ancient Emperor Stele evaluated people by showing them different colored lights. After the crowd established a rough ranking of the colors, they turned their attention to the major powers and the four top powers.

• Luo Zhen explained that the Desolate Ancient Emperor Stele gave off different lights as a form of evaluation, then stood before it and received brilliant golden light.
• A young master named Li Tianwang received no light and accused the stele of being fake.
• A second young man received plain earth-colored light and mocked Li Tianwang for receiving none.
• More people tried the evaluation, and the crowd identified a sequence of lights from ash gray through gold.
• The crowd wondered whether gold was the highest rank and turned to watch the major powers and the four top powers try the stele.

Wu Qun, the ninth prince of Great Qian, and a young pavilion master of the Northern Nether Pavilion tested their talent before the Desolate Ancient Emperor Stele, receiving golden and purple-gold light. After the Sword Hall master challenged the Li Clan to show its talent, Li Baimei sent a junior to the stele, leaving the next evaluation unknown.

• Wu Qun received golden light from the Desolate Ancient Emperor Stele, drawing the crowd's attention to the four major factions.
• The ninth prince of Great Qian tested the stele and received purple-gold light, which appeared to exceed Wu Qun's evaluation.
• The young pavilion master of the Northern Nether Pavilion received the same purple-gold light, while the ninth prince remained calm.
• The Sword Hall master urged the Li Clan to reveal its talent, and Li Baimei sent a young junior to test the stele.