Chapter Summaries

Chu Jiang turned the battle around with Divine Prohibition Power, defeated Mother of Everlasting Heaven’s ancient divine ability, and forced her to flee after she revealed her Divine Path Foundation. He remained in control of King Wuling, while Mingde Great Confucian broke down over the defeat.

• Chu Jiang used Divine Prohibition Power to overwhelm Mother of Everlasting Heaven and drive her back, reversing the battle’s momentum.
• Mother of Everlasting Heaven summoned Heaven and Earth Manifestation, but Chu Jiang shattered its divine aspect and struck her with a punch guided by the Sky Splitting Spear.
• Mother of Everlasting Heaven revealed eleven Cave Heavens and a nascent twelfth, exposing her pursuit of a Divine Path Foundation, then fled rather than continue fighting.
• Chu Jiang chose not to pursue Mother of Everlasting Heaven and kept King Wuling in his grasp.
• Mingde Great Confucian could not accept Mother of Everlasting Heaven’s defeat, while Wanfa Great Confucian collapsed nearly unconscious.

After Chu Jiang defeated Mother of Everlasting Heaven and destroyed the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array, he confronted King Wuling’s supporters and uncovered their failed hostage scheme. He ordered everyone in King Wuling’s Estate involved in the crimes, along with their direct relatives, executed without mercy.

• Fu Yunxuan reported that Martial Province’s Blood Sacrifice Grand Array had been destroyed, while Chu Jiang continued refining King Wuling inside the World in Palm.
• The Blood Guards’ leader urged the Martial County King to use Mingde Great Confucian and Wanfa Great Confucian’s captive civilians to bargain for King Wuling’s release.
• Chu Jiang crushed the Martial County King, the Blood Guards’ leader, and the two Great Confucians with overwhelming gravity, then ordered Zhao Hu to slap them.
• King Songdi revealed that King Wuling’s Estate’s hostages had already been released, stripping the Martial County King of his last bargaining chip.
• Chu Jiang accused King Wuling’s Estate of conspiring with demons, causing disasters, and trafficking people, then ordered the extermination of everyone involved and their direct relatives.

Chu Jiang’s forces crushed King Wuling’s Estate and purged its allies across Martial Province City. After seizing a second Divine Jade key from King Wuling, Chu Jiang learned that the keys brought misfortune to their holders and left the chapter examining the treasures in King Wuling’s spatial ring.

• Wang Chao led the Demon Suppressing Guards into King Wuling’s Estate, where they killed its defenders while the Huben Army attacked allied clans and forces across Martial Province City.
• Chu Jiang froze King Wuling with Ice-Sealing Finger and seized an Iron Box and a deep-blue spatial ring from him.
• Chu Jiang scanned the Iron Box and learned that it held the second of the Eight Divine Jades, a key to the Divine Tomb.
• King Wuling revealed that Mother of Everlasting Heaven had entrusted him with the Divine Jade and warned that its holders eventually suffered terrible misfortune.
• Chu Jiang stored the Iron Box, erased King Wuling’s imprint from the spatial ring, and discovered that it contained many treasures.

Chu Jiang united the four mysterious turtle shell fragments and learned arts that could let him control King Wuling as a puppet. After King Songdi warned him that Great Chu's Ninth Ancestor, Corpse Ancestor, was approaching, the chapter ended with Corpse Ancestor's golden coffin racing toward Martial Province City.

• Chu Jiang found the Resentful Dragon Pill, a Top-grade Spirit Stone, and the final turtle shell fragment among King Wuling's belongings, then discarded the Blood Sacrifice Spirit Ascension Method.
• The four turtle shell fragments merged into a complete shell, which revealed the Blood Fiend Puppet Heart Art and Blood Eye Soul Seizing Art to Chu Jiang.
• Chu Jiang sent King Wuling into the Purple Gold Gourd, intending to refine him into a Blood Puppet.
• King Songdi learned from King Qinguang that Corpse Ancestor was already on his way, and warned Chu Jiang that the Ninth Ancestor needed enemy blood to sustain his life.
• Corpse Ancestor's golden coffin sped through the sky toward Martial Province City, guarded by seven corpse puppets.

Chu Jiang slaughtered criminals and demons in Martial Province, then used the lifespan he gained to advance to Domain Realm Third Level. After King Qinguang arranged for Corpse Ancestor to attack Sun Moon Kingdom bases in Great Divine Moon Marsh, Chu Jiang eagerly sought to join the operation.

• Chu Jiang’s Demon Suppressing Guard publicly tortured and executed the Martial County King, two Great Confucians, and other nobles, while onlookers feared the political backlash.
• Chu Jiang descended into Martial Province’s Demon Suppression Prison and slaughtered its demons, gaining 470,000 years of lifespan.
• Chu Jiang spent lifespan to reach the peak of Domain Realm Third Level and gained a Divine Path Foundation, then learned the system recommended advancing through the Pure Yang Immortal Seed.
• King Qinguang announced that Corpse Ancestor would attack Sun Moon Kingdom bases and demons in Great Divine Moon Marsh, while the others stayed behind to handle the Three Prefectures.
• Chu Jiang welcomed the chance to hunt more demons and sent King Qinguang a friend request, which King Qinguang accepted.

Chu Jiang became a Yin Marshal and Ghost King of King of Hell Hall, then joined Corpse Ancestor in targeting the Sun Moon Kingdom’s outpost at Little Sunflower Island. Corpse Ancestor destroyed the island and consumed its people, while the escaped Fox Immortal Lady sought help in Ghost Domain and vowed revenge on Chu Jiang.

• King Qinguang made Chu Jiang the thirteenth official member of King of Hell Hall, promoted him to Yin Marshal with the title Ghost King, and awarded him seven million Contribution Points.
• Chu Jiang asked to accompany Corpse Ancestor to Great Divine Moon Marsh, received the location after Corpse Ancestor agreed, and ordered the armies of the three states to continue clearing remnants.
• Fox Immortal Lady escaped after surviving Chu Jiang’s attack with her innate ability, then set out to seek refuge with Ghost Domain’s Heavenly Ghost King and swore to kill Chu Jiang.
• Han Ya ordered Little Sunflower Island into emergency lockdown when sentries reported an approaching Golden Coffin, but the coffin arrived before the island’s concealment measures could help.
• Corpse Ancestor’s corpse puppet smashed Little Sunflower Island and seized hundreds of Sun Moon Kingdom members, who were drawn into the Golden Coffin and consumed; a streak of bloodlight then entered the terrified Han Ya.

Chu Jiang and Corpse Ancestor destroyed Sun Moon Kingdom transfer stations across the Great Divine Moon Marsh and arrived at Kui Star Island, a refuge under Mysterious Yin Flood Dragon King's protection. Chu Jiang instantly killed Golden Shark General, leaving the island’s inhabitants stunned.

• Corpse Ancestor told Han Ya that he had planted a blood curse that would kill him in three days, and Han Ya fled to seek help.
• Chu Jiang arrived and joined Corpse Ancestor in destroying transfer stations and targeting the trafficking and smuggling network across the marsh.
• On Kui Star Island, Golden Shark General killed a man pursuing Rose Demoness, while Han Ya sought Wen Cilang’s help and was told no tampering had been found in his body.
• Chu Jiang and Corpse Ancestor arrived on the island, alarming Han Ya and revealing themselves to Wu Chunqiu, who had been hiding there.
• Golden Shark General attacked Chu Jiang, but Chu Jiang crushed his soul with his Extreme Realm Divine Sense and killed him instantly.

Chu Jiang slaughtered the demons guarding Kui Star Island, while Corpse Ancestor trapped the fleeing criminals with Heaven Merging Realm Corpse Puppets. The Mysterious Yin Flood Dragon King arrived and knocked back three puppets, but Corpse Ancestor sent all seven to besiege him.

• Chu Jiang killed Golden Shark General and more than twenty Heaven Tier demons with his Divine Sense, then froze hundreds of demon reinforcements with nine ice arrows.
• Chu Jiang gained nearly a million years of lifespan from the demons he killed, while Wu Chunqiu and other criminals tried to flee Kui Star Island.
• Corpse Ancestor unleashed three Heaven Merging Realm Corpse Puppets to seal the airspace and stop the escapees.
• The Mysterious Yin Flood Dragon King appeared, struck the three puppets away, and demanded that Chu Jiang kneel and apologize.
• Chu Jiang used gravity to pin everyone to the ground, and Corpse Ancestor ordered his seven Heaven Merging Realm Corpse Puppets to attack the Mysterious Yin Flood Dragon King.

Chu Jiang and the Corpse Ancestor subdued the Mysterious Yin Flood Dragon King and swept through more than twenty islands in Great Divine Moon Marsh. The Crimson Eyed Night Rakshasa prepared an ambush with the Sea Covering Ancient Formation as they continued their campaign.

• The Corpse Ancestor’s seven Corpse Puppets defeated the Mysterious Yin Flood Dragon King, and the Corpse Ancestor handed him to Chu Jiang as a sparring opponent.
• Chu Jiang sealed the Mysterious Yin Flood Dragon King in the Purple Gold Gourd, intending to use him as material for a Blood Puppet.
• The Corpse Puppets captured Kui Star Island’s inhabitants, and the Golden Coffin absorbed them as nourishment while the Corpse Ancestor refined the island.
• Chu Jiang and the Corpse Ancestor destroyed more than twenty islands in one day, killing demons and sweeping out criminals and Sun Moon Kingdom agents.
• The Crimson Eyed Night Rakshasa learned that the Sea Covering Ancient Formation was ready and stationed his demons in the marsh to ambush Chu Jiang and the Corpse Ancestor.

Chu Jiang and Corpse Ancestor devastated Great Divine Moon Marsh, with Chu Jiang’s Demon Lifespan surpassing two million years. After sweeping the marsh’s strongholds, they reached the Sun Moon Kingdom’s border defenses, where the Golden Coffin was met with a military attack.

• Crimson Eyed Night Rakshasa activated the Sea Covering Grand Formation and overwhelmed the seven corpse puppets, but Corpse Ancestor’s corpse rain wrecked the formation and Chu Jiang slaughtered most of the fleeing demons.
• Corpse Ancestor defeated Crimson Eyed Night Rakshasa and offered him a chance to serve, but Chu Jiang persuaded Corpse Ancestor to spare him for Blood Puppet refinement and sealed him in the Purple Gold Gourd.
• Chu Jiang’s Demon Lifespan rose to 2,400,000 years, while his own lifespan remained 35,000 years.
• Chu Jiang and Corpse Ancestor destroyed thirty-eight islands and wiped out the three overlords’ five strongholds, including Azure Dragon Lord’s Xiao Long Island, but Azure Dragon Lord was nowhere to be found.
• The Golden Coffin reached the Sun Moon Kingdom’s border, where a commander of a thousand activated the border killing formation and called for the General.

Corpse Ancestor attacked Black Stone Fortress after Sun Moon Kingdom refused to return the people it had trafficked from Great Chu, while Chu Jiang’s Human Emperor Banner absorbed the dead and advanced. The survivors reported the massacre to Mu Ze, who learned that Chu Jiang had already purged Great Chu’s border prefectures.

• Corpse Ancestor demanded that Sun Moon Kingdom return the Great Chu people it had forcibly sold, but Shanye denied the trafficking and refused.
• Corpse Ancestor destroyed Black Stone Fortress’s defenses and slaughtered five hundred thousand soldiers as Chu Jiang’s Human Emperor Banner devoured their souls.
• The Human Emperor Banner advanced to a High-grade Magic Treasure and gained new runes, including the Imprisonment Rune, Illusion Destruction Rune, and Resonance Rune.
• Corpse Ancestor warned the surviving soldiers not to let Sun Moon Kingdom interfere in Great Chu again, then vanished with Chu Jiang in the Golden Coffin.
• Mu Ze arrived at the ruined fortress, watched Shanye’s recording, identified Chu Jiang, and learned that he had purged the three prefectures and destroyed King Wuling’s Estate.

After the Corpse Ancestor destroyed Black Stone Fortress, Mu Ze ordered the Sun Moon Kingdom to mobilize troops and pressure Great Chu. A demon lord placed Chu Jiang and the Corpse Ancestor on the demon bounty list, while the Corpse Ancestor prepared to return to slumber and refused Chu Jiang’s offer to extend his life.

• Mu Ze identified the Golden Coffin’s occupant as the ancient Corpse Ancestor and ordered repairs to Black Stone Fortress and the mobilization of one and a half million troops along Great Chu’s border.
• A dragon-like demon in the underwater palace vowed revenge for the demon descendants killed in the Great Divine Moon Marsh and ordered Chu Jiang and the Corpse Ancestor added to the Human Race Blood List’s kill-on-sight roster.
• At Great Chu’s border, the Corpse Ancestor told Chu Jiang that he had only thirty years left before his life ended and that he had to return to slumber.
• The system told Chu Jiang that Lifespan Transfer could extend the Corpse Ancestor’s life, but the conversion rate was one to two hundred.
• Chu Jiang offered to extend the Corpse Ancestor’s life, but the Corpse Ancestor refused because the process could damage Chu Jiang’s martial foundation.

Chu Jiang received rare materials and Corpse Ancestor’s token, then spent forty thousand years mastering the Blood Fiend Puppet Heart Art. He erased the Mysterious Yin Flood Dragon King’s consciousness and finished refining him into a Blood Puppet.

• Chu Jiang transferred a hundred years of lifespan to Corpse Ancestor, who gave him puppet-refining materials and a token to seek more from Yin Jiuying.
• Chu Jiang entered the system’s cultivation space and mastered the Blood Fiend Puppet Heart Art, unlocking techniques for controlling and refining powerful puppets.
• Chu Jiang released the Mysterious Yin Flood Dragon King and used the Human Emperor Banner to seal his body and soul.
• Chu Jiang ignored the Mysterious Yin Flood Dragon King’s pleas and erased his original soul imprint.
• Chu Jiang fused the core materials into the demon’s body, planted the Life and Death Seal in its heart, and completed the Blood Puppet.

Chu Jiang advanced his Blood Puppet to Heaven Fusion Sixth Level and named him Omen Star, No. 002. In Tianjing, the Rising Sun Heavenly King ordered troops to pressure Great Chu into handing over the Corpse Ancestor or Chu Jiang and paying three billion spirit stones.

• Chu Jiang used Heaven and Earth Strange Lightning to raise the Blood Puppet to Heaven Fusion Sixth Level.
• Chu Jiang named the Blood Puppet Omen Star, No. 002, and concealed him within the void.
• The Sun Moon Kingdom's officials argued over how to respond to Great Chu's destruction of Black Stone Fortress.
• Tie Zhen demanded war, while Qian Daoliu urged caution because of the Corpse Ancestor.
• The Rising Sun Heavenly King ordered a million troops and Tianjing's Three Guards to reinforce the border and surround Great Chu without attacking.
• The Rising Sun Heavenly King demanded Great Chu surrender either the Corpse Ancestor or Chu Jiang and pay three billion spirit stones.

Chu Jiang delivered the Soul Severing Mountain Range bandits and Liu Wuqing’s allies to Li Qingxue, who avenged the Danxia Sect and then gave up her life as the calamity dispersed. In the imperial capital, officials split into factions over the Sun Moon Kingdom’s threat and what to do about Chu Jiang.

• Chu Jiang arrived at the Yuezhou border with the captured bandit chiefs, Liu Wuqing’s corpse, Liu Qing, and others, and handed them over to Li Qingxue.
• Li Qingxue tortured the captives to death over three days, avenging her junior brother and the Danxia Sect.
• Li Qingxue burned away with the calamity, leaving a letter and black pearl that Wang Chao collected before vanishing.
• In Jing Tian Hall, Liang Long and other officials blamed Chu Jiang for provoking the Sun Moon Kingdom and called for him to be summoned or handed over.
• Sun Wu and Han Fei opposed surrendering Chu Jiang, while the court’s officials remained divided between peace, war, and neutral factions.

Zhu Gongliang argued that Great Chu had to rein in Chu Jiang to protect the court and its laws, then urged Prince Yan to summon him back and execute him. The court began to rally behind the proposal as urgent reports described Chu Jiang’s killings and the Sun Moon Kingdom’s threat.

• Zhu Gongliang entered Jing Tian Hall and challenged the officials’ claim that Great Chu relied on law, declaring that its true foundation was force governed by restraint.
• He displayed the Founding Great Ancestor’s Blood Edict and argued that Chu Jiang’s growing power and alleged lawlessness made him a threat to Great Chu.
• Zhu Gongliang interpreted a tortoise-shell divination as a warning of chaos in the east and proposed summoning Chu Jiang for public execution.
• A guard reported that Chu Jiang had killed thousands of officials in the three provinces, while a border letter threatened invasion unless the man was handed over and compensation paid.
• Zhu Gongliang promised to face the Sun Moon Kingdom himself and knelt before Prince Yan, persuading the Minister of Justice and several other officials to support executing Chu Jiang.

Prince Jin arrived at court with the Chu Emperor’s decree, protecting Chu Jiang from execution and granting him a marquis title while rebuking Zhu Gongliang. He ordered Great Chu to mobilize against the Sun Moon Kingdom, leaving the realm on the brink of war.

• Prince Yan’s faction prepared an edict recalling Chu Jiang for public execution.
• Prince Jin presented the Chu Emperor’s decree, promoted Chu Jiang, granted him three Death Exemption Scrolls, and deducted one for his overreach.
• Prince Jin accused Zhu Gongliang of seeking private revenge and ordered him to retire, while declaring that he would personally guarantee Chu Jiang.
• Prince Jin ordered troops, supplies, and weapons sent to the border and demanded compensation from the Sun Moon Kingdom within ten days or war.
• The imperial edict was issued, and Great Chu’s armies began mobilizing across the realm.

Prince Qi explained how the Chu Emperor planned to use the Sun Moon Kingdom crisis to secure Blood Spirit Stones and test the eastern prefectures, while predicting the dispute would stop short of war. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion ranked Chu Jiang second after his recent victories, and the revised list spread across Great Chu.

• Prince Qi told Elder Jiang that Prince Yan’s attempt to target Chu Jiang was doomed and analyzed the Emperor’s demands for compensation from the Sun Moon Kingdom.
• Prince Qi deduced that the Emperor sought Blood Spirit Stones and was using the military deployment to test the eastern prefectures, then predicted the Sun Moon Kingdom would secretly pay while receiving a verbal apology.
• The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion confirmed Chu Jiang’s record of defeating more than ten Heavenly Ranking-level combatants and approved ranking him second, behind Mother of Everlasting Heaven.
• The revised Heavenly Ranking spread through Great Chu, shocking the Eight Great Clans and the righteous and demonic superpowers.

The Eight Great Clans, the Blood God Sect, and Great Chu’s generals reacted to Chu Jiang’s rapid rise and the looming Demon Ancient Road. In Martial Province City, Chu Jiang ordered rare treasures with his contribution points and received a letter and relics left by the vanished Heavenly Disaster.

• A red-robed youth in the Yuwen Family identified Chu Jiang as a major variable, while the Zhao Family feared his growing power and Zhao Qingshan went to consult the ancestor.
• The Blood God Sect ancestor ordered Xue Feng expelled to avoid giving Chu Jiang grounds for retaliation, and enforcement officers cast Xue Feng out of the sect.
• At Zhenggui Pass, the generals discussed Chu Jiang’s rise, the missing Destiny Observatory variable, and the possibility that the Demon Ancient Road would descend early.
• Chu Jiang used five million contribution points to order one Heart of Lava and two Heavenly Sun Crystals from the black mirror.
• Wang Chao told Chu Jiang that the Heavenly Disaster had dissipated and gave him her letter and relics, and Chu Jiang opened the letter.

After absorbing the Heaven Soul Pearl, Chu Jiang received Snow Phoenix, an overwhelmingly powerful puppet, as a reward for pacifying the three provinces. He then resolved Fu Yunxuan’s Calamity Poison Body sealing problem and spent the night with her.

• Chu Jiang absorbed the Heaven Soul Pearl and raised his soul power to the level of Heaven Fusion Second Level.
• After the three provinces were pacified, Chu Jiang claimed three drops of Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow and Snow Phoenix, a Heaven Fusion Ninth Level puppet with combat strength comparable to Heaven Fusion Tenth Level.
• Chu Jiang ordered Snow Phoenix to conceal her strength and suppress her aura to Qiankun Ninth Level.
• Fu Yunxuan reported the rebels’ defeat, the deaths among Chu Jiang’s forces, and the imperial court’s efforts to suppress him; Chu Jiang ordered compensation for the fallen soldiers.
• Chu Jiang used the Ninefold Jade Capital Seal to completely resolve Fu Yunxuan’s Calamity Poison Body sealing problem, and they spent the night together.