Chapter Summaries

Zhu Ying led the Grand Ming expedition through a Spatial Portal into the Jin Kingdom, where the arrival stirred powerful martial artists across the world. The Imperial Guards overwhelmed Jin’s defenses at Zhongdu, while Wanyan Honglie refused to retreat.

• Zhu Ying assigned Yu Xin to secure supplies, and Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the Grand Ming officials to support the expedition against the Multi-Martial World.
• Zhu Ying led the Wang Wei Pterosaur Army, Imperial Guards, and Dinosaur Legion through the Spatial Portal into the Jin Kingdom.
• Patriarch Bodhidharma, the Sweeping Monk, Dugu Qiubai, A Qing, and Shi Potian sensed the portal’s arrival and feared a coming upheaval.
• Wanyan Honglie summoned his officials after the earthquake, then ordered Jin’s forces to prepare when a guard reported a monster and an approaching army.
• Guo Zhen led the Imperial Guards’ assault on Zhongdu with guns and artillery, inflicting heavy casualties as Yang Kang urged Wanyan Honglie to retreat.
• Wanyan Honglie refused to abandon Zhongdu and ordered his soldiers to fight.

Zhu Ying’s Grand Ming forces captured Northern Capital and annihilated the Jin people in its inner city, while Yang Kang fled with Wanyan Honglie and the Jin court learned of the northern crisis. The chapter ended with Zhu Ying ordering the Han Chinese civilians to cut off their braids and restore their original appearance.

• Yang Kang immobilized Wanyan Honglie and escaped toward Dadu while the five Zhao Manor experts stayed behind to delay the Ming army.
• Ouyang Feng sensed a powerful disturbance near Northern Capital, and Ouyang Ke warned Jin Emperor Wanyan Shouxu that Wanyan Honglie might be under attack.
• Guo Zhen’s Imperial Guards killed Hou Tonghai and Sha Tongtian, then drove Peng Lianhu, Liang Ziweng, and Lingzhi Shangren into the inner city.
• Guo Zhen’s forces blasted through the inner city walls and killed the three remaining experts before massacring the Jin people inside.
• Zhu Ying watched the slaughter and ordered the corpses cleared and the Han Chinese civilians to cut off their braids.

Zhu Ying established the captured Northern Capital as the Grand Ming Empire’s base and ordered the people protected, while the Jin court prepared a massive counterattack against the mysterious Ming-bannered army. In the current world, Zhu Wushi learned of Northern Capital’s fall and was summoned by Zhu Houzhao, who saw Jin’s weakened state as an opportunity for the Ming Kingdom.

• Zhu Ying ordered Guo Zhen to reassure Northern Capital’s Han Chinese commoners and moved the Spatial Portal above the city to make it the Grand Ming Empire’s base.
• Wanyan Shouxu learned that Northern Capital had fallen to an army carrying Ming banners, and Wanyan Honglie argued that another force was impersonating the Ming Kingdom.
• Wanyan Shouxu ordered four hundred thousand troops and martial arts experts to march north, retake Northern Capital, and destroy the invading army.
• Duan Tianya told Zhu Wushi that Northern Capital had fallen and that Wanyan Shouxu was mobilizing troops; Zhu Wushi then received an urgent summons from the Ming emperor.
• Zhu Houzhao told Zhu Wushi that Jin’s defeat presented the Ming Kingdom with an opportunity.

Zhu Houzhao ordered an investigation after learning that the army that captured the Jin Kingdom’s North Capital City had flown the Ming Dynasty’s banner. Zhu Wushi and Cao Zhengchun separately sent agents to uncover the truth, while the Grand Ming Empire continued moving modern weapons into North Capital City and advancing through the Jin Kingdom’s north.

• Zhu Wushi urged caution about sending troops, and Zhu Houzhao ordered the Imperial Guard to investigate the army flying the Ming banner.
• Zhu Wushi sent the four great secret agents—Cheng Shifei, Duan Tianya, Shangguan Haitang, and the Yellow agent—to North Capital City despite the danger posed by Ouyang Feng.
• Cao Zhengchun ordered Thousand-Faced Gentleman to investigate the Jin Kingdom and warned him to avoid the four secret agents.
• The Grand Ming Empire used its Spatial Portal to transport modern weapons and supplies into North Capital City.
• Zhu Ying led the Grand Ming Empire’s army through the Jin Kingdom’s north, overpowering its cold-weapon forces.

Zhu Ying expanded the Grand Ming Empire’s invasion of the Jin Kingdom, ordering the capture and modernization of cities while imposing harsh policies on their inhabitants. As the empire’s weapons overwhelmed Jin defenses, rulers and factions across the world sent agents to investigate, and the chapter ended with the wider world bracing for upheaval.

• Zhu Ying received reports that Guo Zhen, Lan Yu, and Mu Ying had captured eight cities, and he ordered the generals to continue conquering Jin territory and promote Han rites among Han Chinese commoners.
• Zhu Ying planned to seize the cities around North Capital City before launching a full-scale attack on Dadu, and he ordered the use of modern weapons and the Dinosaur Legion.
• Guo Zhen led Imperial Guards, dinosaurs, artillery, and aircraft to capture a northeastern Jin city in under an hour, spreading news of the mysterious army.
• Yelü Hongji, Duan Zhengming, the Song Emperor, and rulers of other nations sent experts to investigate the Grand Ming Empire’s forces in North Capital City.
• Guo Jing welcomed Jin’s defeats as an opportunity for Song, while Huang Rong warned that the mysterious army might threaten the whole world and asked the Beggars' Sect to investigate.

The Grand Ming Empire captured much of the Jin Kingdom and transformed North Capital City into a modern metropolis, drawing spies from across the realm. The Ming Kingdom's Four Great Secret Agents entered the city under disguise and began investigating its strange defenses and technology.

• The Grand Ming Empire's armies seized dozens of Jin Kingdom cities in less than half a month, prompting other nations to send spies to North Capital City.
• Duan Tianya, Shangguan Haitang, Cheng Shifei, and Guihai Yidao disguised themselves as refugees and approached North Capital City's gates.
• The Four Great Secret Agents obtained identity documents after having their photographs taken, and they recognized Lu Youjiao among the refugees.
• The four entered North Capital City and were astonished by its cement roads, streetlights, and automobiles.
• Duan Tianya recognized Thousand-Faced Gentleman inside the city, then told the other three to investigate separately without alerting the enemy.

Zhu Ying broke through from the Grandmaster Realm to the Supernatural Realm in seclusion at the Marshal's Manor, gaining the power to command heaven and earth and form an Imperial Path Domain. His display of strength shocked North Capital City's residents and spies, who realized that a peerless expert stood behind the Grand Ming Empire's growing military victories.

• Zhu Ying absorbed the world's Spiritual Energy and endured visions and transformations as he advanced toward the Supernatural Realm.
• Zhu Ying completed his breakthrough as a five-colored divine dragon merged with him, and he tested his new ability to summon wind.
• Zhu Ying unleashed a martial arts domain across a thousand li, briefly controlling the movement and lives of those within it, then demonstrated that he could fly freely.
• Liu Lei congratulated Zhu Ying and praised his strength, while Zhu Ying told him the Grand Ming Empire should continue following its plan step by step.
• Lu Youjiao, Thousand-Faced Gentleman, and the Four Great Secret Agents sensed Zhu Ying's Imperial Path Domain and recognized that a Supernatural Realm expert was in North Capital City.

After breaking through to the Supernatural Realm, Zhu Ying learned that spies from several nations had infiltrated North Capital City. He used his Imperial Path Domain to find and drag them all before him, where he began questioning them.

• Duan Tianya and the other Dragon Guard Manor agents debated whether to withdraw, while Lu Youjiao and spies from the Tibetan and Jin kingdoms also considered retreating after sensing Zhu Ying’s Supernatural Realm aura.
• Liu Lei told Zhu Ying that surveillance cameras had recorded spies from virtually every nation gathering intelligence in North Capital City.
• Zhu Ying called on the spies to reveal themselves, but Duan Tianya ordered his agents to hide, and Lu Youjiao, Huo Du, Dalba, Ouyang Feng, and Ouyang Ke also went into hiding.
• Liu Lei reported that none of the spies had come forward and that they had all concealed themselves, so Zhu Ying decided to find them himself.
• Zhu Ying unleashed his Imperial Path Domain and used golden, invisible palms to locate and forcibly bring the spies from every nation before him.
• Zhu Ying demanded to know why the spies had come to North Capital City.

Zhu Ying exposed the foreign spies in North Capital City, killed Ouyang Ke and Ouyang Feng when they attacked him, then revealed the Grand Ming Empire’s plans for world conquest. He sent the spies away to spread the news and ordered the campaign against the Jin Kingdom to continue.

• Zhu Ying questioned the spies, and Huo Du, Lu Youjiao, Duan Tianya, Thousand-Faced Gentleman, and the others revealed who had sent them.
• Duan Tianya disputed Zhu Ying’s claim that he served the Grand Ming Empire, and Zhu Ying explained that more than one Ming Kingdom existed.
• Ouyang Ke attacked Zhu Ying and was killed by a blast of true qi, prompting Ouyang Feng to fight Zhu Ying in revenge.
• Zhu Ying effortlessly defeated Ouyang Feng, then ordered Liu Lei to burn Ouyang Feng and Ouyang Ke’s bodies.
• Zhu Ying spared the other spies, warned them that he intended to conquer their nations, and forced them beyond North Capital City’s walls.
• Zhu Ying told Liu Lei to order Lan Yu and Guo Zhen to press their attack on the Jin Kingdom.

The Four Great Secret Agents, an Eastern Depot spy, and Lu Youjiao reported that Zhu Ying had built a powerful army in North Capital City, reached the Supernatural Realm, and declared that he would unite the world. Zhu Wushi and Cao Zhengchun learned of the threat, while Huang Rong and Guo Jing were alarmed by Zhu Ying’s use of the Beggars’ Sect’s Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.

• Duan Tianya told Zhu Wushi that Zhu Ying claimed to be an Imperial Grandson of the Grand Ming, commanded cannons and a vast army, and possessed Supernatural Realm strength.
• Duan Tianya and Cheng Shifei reported that Zhu Ying killed Ouyang Feng with one strike of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, which produced a Golden Dragon.
• Guihai Yidao told Zhu Wushi that Zhu Ying had threatened to kill any spies who returned to North Capital City, and Zhu Wushi ordered the four Secret Agents to accompany him to inform His Majesty.
• Thousand-Faced Gentleman told Cao Zhengchun that Zhu Ying intended to unite the world, beginning with the Jin Kingdom, and Cao Zhengchun noted that Zhu Wushi also knew of the threat.
• Lu Youjiao told Guo Jing and Huang Rong that Zhu Ying had conquered much of the Jin Kingdom and intended to unify the Central Plains, then revealed that Zhu Ying had killed Ouyang Feng using the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
• Huang Rong questioned Lu Youjiao in shock about whether Zhu Ying had truly used the Beggars’ Sect’s Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.

Huang Rong and Guo Jing learned that Zhu Ying had killed Ouyang Feng and was leading a powerful Ming army, while Huo Du warned the Golden Wheel Dharma King of the threat. As the Ming army neared Dadu, Jin Emperor Wanyan Shouxu rejected retreat and ordered appeals to other kingdoms for aid.

• Lu Youjiao told Huang Rong and Guo Jing that Zhu Ying used the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and killed Ouyang Feng with ease, prompting Guo Jing to hurry to the capital and report to the emperor.
• Huo Du and Dalba informed the Golden Wheel Dharma King that Zhu Ying was a peak Supernatural Realm expert commanding a Ming army that had captured many Jin cities.
• A guard reported Ouyang Feng's death to Wanyan Honglie and the Jin court, and Wanyan Honglie recognized that Northern Capital had a Supernatural Realm expert.
• Wanyan Shouxu ordered the Jin Kingdom's forces to mobilize, but a wounded soldier reported that the Ming army was only about a hundred li from Dadu and had captured two-thirds of Jin territory.
• Jin officials urged Wanyan Shouxu to retreat, but Wanyan Kang persuaded him to seek aid from other nations, and Wanyan Shouxu sent Wanyan Kang to Song and Wanyan Honglie to Ming.

Wanyan Honglie and Wanyan Kang sought help from the Ming and Song Kingdoms against the army led by someone claiming to be the Great Ming Imperial Grandson, but both courts refused to intervene. Huang Rong learned from Hong Qigong that only Guo Jing had been taught the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, then told him that a Supernatural Realm expert had used the technique to kill Ouyang Feng.

• Wanyan Shouxu ordered the Jin Kingdom to mobilize its forces to defend Dadu and sent Wanyan Honglie and Wanyan Kang to seek help.
• Wanyan Honglie asked Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Wushi for aid, explaining that the Great Ming Imperial Grandson had killed Ouyang Feng and was advancing on Dadu, but they refused.
• Wanyan Kang argued with the Song Emperor, attacked him, and fled after Guo Jing blocked his strike with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
• Guo Jing told the Song Emperor that the Imperial Grandson had killed Ouyang Feng with one move and was preparing to march on Jin's capital, but the Song Emperor declined to help Jin.
• Huang Rong asked Hong Qigong whether he had taught the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms to anyone besides Guo Jing, and Hong Qigong said he had not.
• Huang Rong told Hong Qigong that a Supernatural Realm expert had killed Ouyang Feng with a single strike using the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.

After learning that Zhu Ying had killed Ouyang Feng and was advancing to unify the realm, several martial arts masters refused to intervene, while Wang Chongyang prepared the Quanzhen Sect and Song court for the threat. The Ming Army reached Dadu City, where Wanyan Shouxu ordered Jin forces and palace masters to defend the capital.

• Huang Rong told Hong Qigong that Zhu Ying had killed Ouyang Feng and urged him to leave retirement, but Hong Qigong refused and vanished.
• Zhou Botong and the Seven Disciples of Quanzhen confirmed Ouyang Feng's death to Wang Chongyang, who ordered preparations and contact with the Song court.
• Huang Rong asked Huang Yaoshi to help confront Zhu Ying, but he refused and urged her to stay out of the world's affairs.
• Master Yideng discussed the danger of Zhu Ying's campaign and said the nations could resist him if they joined forces rather than fighting one another.
• Wanyan Honglie and Wanyan Kang reported that the Ming and Song kingdoms would not aid Jin, and Wanyan Shouxu ordered Dadu City defended when the Ming Army arrived.
• Wanyan Honglie and Wanyan Kang went to the city walls as the Imperial Guards, Dinosaur Legion, and Liu Lei's Wang Wei Legion assembled against the Ming Army.

Zhu Ying led the Ming assault that breached Dadu, killed Wanyan Honglie and Wanyan Kang, and ordered the pursuit of the fleeing Jin emperor, Wanyan Shouxu. Guo Zhen found Wanyan Shouxu, but a mysterious black shadow appeared in front of him as the Pterosaur Army closed in.

• Guo Zhen ordered the Imperial Guards to attack Dadu, and their cannons and Dinosaur Legion overwhelmed the Jin defenders.
• Wanyan Shouxu changed into commoner's clothes and fled the city while Wanyan Honglie and Wanyan Kang fought the Ming forces.
• Zhu Ying confronted Wanyan Kang, who refused to submit, and killed Wanyan Honglie when he intervened to protect his son.
• Wanyan Kang's fury briefly raised his strength, but Zhu Ying killed him with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
• Guo Zhen reported that Wanyan Shouxu had escaped the palace, and Zhu Ying ordered the Pterosaur Army to pursue him.
• Guo Zhen found Wanyan Shouxu, but a black shadow suddenly appeared before the emperor as the Pterosaur Army attacked.

Zhu Ying defeated Qiu Qianren, conquered the Jin Kingdom, and ordered its territory incorporated into Great Ming. After Guo Zhen reported the victory to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang became eager to learn more about the Multi-Martial-Arts World.

• Qiu Qianren arrived to protect Wanyan Shouxu, but Zhu Ying confronted him and killed him after Qiu Qianren's attacks failed.
• Guo Zhen reported that Wanyan Shouxu and Jin Kingdom's ministers had been captured, and Zhu Ying ordered them executed.
• Zhu Ying claimed Jin Kingdom's territory for Great Ming, ordered its people to follow Great Ming's laws, and sent craftsmen to develop the region.
• Guo Zhen arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion and told Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao that Zhu Ying's army had conquered Jin Kingdom.
• Guo Zhen explained that Zhu Ying had killed Jin Kingdom's martial arts experts with a single strike, and Zhu Yuanzhang grew excited to hear that the Multi-Martial-Arts World also contained a Ming Kingdom.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao traveled to the Multi-Martial-Arts World to visit Zhu Ying after his conquest of Jin Kingdom. They agreed to develop their new territory, strengthen the army through its abundant Spiritual Energy and advanced technology, and postpone deciding whether to attack the local Ming Kingdom.

• Zhu Yuanzhang decided to visit the Multi-Martial-Arts World with Zhu Biao and left Zhu Wenxi in charge of the Great Ming Main World.
• Zhu Ying welcomed Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao in Dadu and revealed that he had reached the peak of the Supernatural Realm.
• Zhu Ying ordered Guo Zhen to transport roughly two million Jin people through the Spatial Portal to the Great Ming Main World as slaves.
• Zhu Ying explained that the Multi-Martial-Arts World’s abundant Spiritual Energy could aid the cultivation of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, and Great Ming soldiers.
• Zhu Ying advocated developing Jin Kingdom’s technology to prepare for future wars, while postponing a decision about the local Ming Kingdom.

After Zhu Ying defeated the Jin Kingdom, the Ming, Song, and Mongol Yuan courts reacted to the shifting balance of power and debated how to protect themselves. The Ming Kingdom sent troops to its border while trying to avoid provoking the Ming Imperial Grandson, and the other nations prepared for possible invasion.

• Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Ying to take him to the Ming Kingdom once Jin Kingdom's infrastructure was complete, and Zhu Ying agreed.
• Zhu Houzhao learned that the Jin Kingdom had fallen and that Wanyan Shouxu and the Jin imperial clan had been killed, then summoned his officials to discuss the threat.
• Zhu Wushi advised Zhu Houzhao to wait and observe while maintaining ties with other nations, but Cao Zhengchun urged him to reinforce the border against a possible attack.
• Zhu Houzhao ordered Yang Yuxuan to send one hundred thousand elite troops to the border and avoid conflict unless the Ming Imperial Grandson attacked.
• The Song Emperor agreed to send troops north after his officials warned that the Song Kingdom might be targeted next.
• Kublai Khan resolved to pursue dominance after Jin Kingdom's destruction, then gave Prince of Ruyang fifty thousand iron cavalry to guard the Mongol Yuan border.

Zhu Ying inspected the Grand Ming army and deployed its forces to the borders, prompting neighboring kingdoms to fear an invasion and plot against him. As rival nations sent assassins and envoys toward Dadu, Zhu Houzhao ordered Zhu Wushi to dispatch Dragon Guard Manor experts, and Zhu Wushi summoned the Four Secret Agents.

• Zhu Ying inspected the million-strong army outside Dadu and ordered its forces to the borders, assigning Lan Yu’s Cavalry Battalion to Mongol Yuan and Xu Huizu’s Infantry Battalion to the Song Kingdom.
• After Grand Ming troops reached its border, Zhao Gou approved Qin Hui’s plan to send Wang Chongyang and the Seven Disciples of Quanzhen to assassinate Zhu Ying, while Huang Rong persuaded him to send Qin Hui to negotiate as well.
• Kublai Khan learned that more than a hundred thousand Grand Ming cavalry had appeared at the border and ordered the Dark Nether Two Elders to kill Zhu Ying.
• Zhu Houzhao ordered Zhu Wushi and Cao Zhengchun to prepare Grand Ming martial arts experts for Dadu, and Zhu Wushi agreed to send suitable people.
• Zhu Wushi returned to Dragon Guard Manor and summoned the Four Secret Agents.

Zhu Wushi ordered Cheng Shifei to travel to Dadu to spy on Zhu Ying, while Zhu Ying prepared for foreign assassins and oversaw military and transport plans. In Dadu, Zhu Ying reassured Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao about the incoming experts, and Zhu Yuanzhang asked how he would fare against Grandmasters.

• Zhu Wushi told the Four Great Secret Agents that Ming Kingdom would send an expert to Dadu to assassinate Zhu Ying, and he forced Cheng Shifei to accept the mission.
• Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang urged Cheng Shifei to treat the trip as intelligence gathering, and Cheng Shifei finally agreed to go.
• Liu Lei reported that foreign armies had gathered at the borders and nations were sending assassins to Dadu, so Zhu Ying ordered the guards to let the experts approach him.
• Guo Zhen reported that only five hundred thousand Jin people had been transported through the [Spatial Portal], and Zhu Ying advised him to use aircraft, vehicles, and railways to speed up the process.
• Zhu Ying found Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao cultivating in Dadu and told them they could reach the Supernatural Realm through diligent training.
• Zhu Biao worried that foreign experts might be powerful, but Zhu Ying dismissed the threat, and Zhu Yuanzhang asked how he would fare against Grandmasters.

Wang Chongyang accepted the Song Kingdom emperor’s order to assassinate Zhu Ying and set out for Dadu City with the Seven Disciples of Quanzhen. There, Zhu Ying learned that martial arts experts had infiltrated the city and agreed to receive the Tibetan envoy, Huo Du.

• Zhu Ying refused to let Zhu Yuanzhang fight, and Zhu Biao assured him that Zhu Wenxi was governing the Great Ming Main World.
• Song Kingdom officials ordered Wang Chongyang to assassinate Zhu Ying, and Wang Chongyang accepted the decree despite his disciples’ warnings.
• Wang Chongyang told the Seven Disciples of Quanzhen to accompany him to Dadu City.
• Liu Lei reported that martial arts experts had infiltrated Dadu City, and Zhu Ying ordered them watched.
• Guo Zhen brought the Tibetan envoy before Zhu Ying, who recognized him as a likely threat; the envoy was Huo Du, disciple of the Golden Wheel Dharma King.