Chapter Summaries

Zhuge Xiang used the power infused by Liao Wufa, Bai Qi, and Golden Body Bodhisattva to begin cultivating the fourth level of the Great Strength Bull Demon Technique. As the Blood-haired Man realized their plan and attacked, Zhuge Xiang’s progress reached 95%, leaving him dependent on the others to keep channeling their power.

• Liao Wufa, Bai Qi, and Golden Body Bodhisattva infused their power into Zhuge Xiang so he could suppress the Blood-haired Man with the Heavenly Dragon Town Evil Pagoda.
• The infusion fulfilled the conditions for Zhuge Xiang to cultivate the fourth level of the Great Strength Bull Demon Technique, so he used the borrowed power to temper his body.
• Zhuge Xiang told the others to delay suppressing the Blood-haired Man while he completed the technique, and Liao Wufa and Bai Qi distracted their enemy by discussing Great Qin’s conquest of the six nations.
• As Zhuge Xiang’s body strengthened and his cultivation progress reached 95%, the Blood-haired Man realized the infusion was a scheme and slashed a palm-blade at him.
• Zhuge Xiang told Liao Wufa not to withdraw his hand as the Blood-haired Man’s attack came toward him.

Zhuge Xiang endured the Blood-haired Man’s attacks until the fourth level of the Great Strength Bull Demon Technique succeeded, transforming his physical body and allowing him to wield the power of Divine Buddha Realm cultivators. He summoned the Heavenly Dragon Town Evil Pagoda and used its nine chains to bind the Blood-haired Man, leaving his enemy restrained before the pagoda.

• Zhuge Xiang sent his Demon Incarnation to block the Blood-haired Man’s palm strikes, and it used the Decoy Straw Man to survive one blow before being destroyed by another.
• The Blood-haired Man struck Zhuge Xiang in the chest, but the fourth level of the Great Strength Bull Demon Technique completed at that moment, letting Zhuge Xiang withstand the attack.
• Zhuge Xiang drew on the cultivation bases of Liao Wufa, Bai Qi, and the Golden Body Bodhisattva, reaching the Divine Buddha Realm and surprising the Blood-haired Man with his newfound physical strength.
• Zhuge Xiang summoned the Heavenly Dragon Town Evil Pagoda and poured their combined power into it, enlarging it to ten thousand zhang.
• The pagoda’s nine dragon-shaped chains bound the Blood-haired Man and led into the tower.

Zhuge Xiang and his allies sealed the Blood-haired Man, causing the Undying Great Roc and the Hundred Emperors Tomb to disappear. As Zhuge Xiang returned toward the Great Tang Dynasty, Ying Qianshan warned the Great Tang Emperor that Zhuge Xiang had discovered the emperor’s secret, prompting the emperor to prepare to protect his usurped throne.

• Zhuge Xiang, Liao Wufa, Golden Body Bodhisattva, and Bai Qi used the Heavenly Dragon Town Evil Pagoda to seal the Blood-haired Man, and Zhuge Xiang gained 500 million EXP and advanced to the fourth layer of the Dao Seeking Realm.
• The Blood-haired Man’s suppression ended the Six Nations’ soldiers’ obsession, causing the Undying Great Roc to dissipate and the Hundred Emperors Tomb to vanish.
• Zhuge Xiang, Liao Wufa, Golden Body Bodhisattva, and Bai Qi agreed to seek evidence that the Great Tang Emperor had been switched and to secure support from the Great Tang army.
• Zhuge Xiang headed for the Great Tang Dynasty, stopped at the East Sea Dragon Palace, and examined his improved cultivation and the Shattering Strike skill he had gained.
• Ying Qianshan visited the Great Tang Emperor and warned him that Zhuge Xiang had discovered the true emperor’s corpse and would uncover the throne’s secret.
• The Great Tang Emperor recalled that Ying Qianshan had preserved his life so he could take his dead twin brother’s place, and resolved that the truth must not be exposed.

Zhuge Xiang returned to Great Tang and prepared to investigate the Emperor’s identity, learning that the Emperor had a twin brother who died at birth. After reuniting with Wu Zhao and Mo Lingna, he went to the Imperial Clan Court to search for the twin’s records.

• Zhuge Xiang told King Fenghe and Eunuch Lin that Great Qin held a corpse identical to the Emperor and proposed investigating the Emperor’s identity before making their move.
• King Fenghe revealed that the Emperor had a twin brother who died at birth and said the Imperial Clan Court should hold his burial records.
• Zhuge Xiang reunited with Wu Zhao, learned her cultivation had reached the Golden Core Stage, and told her he had slain an immortal god.
• Zhuge Xiang visited Mo Lingna, learned she was studying the Eagle Demon Claw, and then went to the Imperial Clan Court.
• Zhuge Xiang asked the Imperial Clan Court manager to let him investigate the records of the Emperor’s twin brother.

Zhuge Xiang uncovered evidence that the Great Tang Emperor had been substituted for his twin and joined King Fenghe in spreading the rumor to prepare the public. The emperor ordered the national teachers to seize Zhuge Xiang, then erupted in fury when told the rumor was sweeping the country.

• Zhuge Xiang pressured the Imperial Clan Court manager into letting him search the archives and found a record of the emperor’s twin brother, who had supposedly died at birth.
• Zhuge Xiang opened the twin’s tomb at Mati Slope and found the jade coffin empty, confirming his suspicion that the current emperor was the twin who had been switched.
• Zhuge Xiang returned to King Fenghe’s Mansion and advised King Fenghe and Eunuch Lin to spread the substitution rumor before presenting evidence.
• King Fenghe arranged for the rumor to spread across the Great Tang Dynasty, where it became a popular topic of discussion.
• The Great Tang Emperor ordered the three national teachers to capture Zhuge Xiang for deceiving him, then angrily demanded the rumor’s source and threatened punishment for those spreading it.

Zhuge Xiang rushed to the imperial palace to rescue Mo Lingna and faced Bone Sword Elder Liu Wugu, a Great Accomplishment Stage cultivator. The chapter ended with Zhuge Xiang overpowering Liu Wugu and extending the Sea Calming Divine Needle to a thousand zhang.

• The imperial family moved against Zhuge Xiang and seized Mo Lingna, while the Phoenix Tree Divine Wood and Illusionary Nether King defended her at the Hall of Honored Guests.
• Liu Wugu arrived and challenged the defenders, revealing that his sword-like soul resisted Illusionary Nether King's illusions and that he had reached the Great Accomplishment Stage.
• Zhuge Xiang arrived, stood between Liu Wugu and Mo Lingna, and exchanged taunts with the Bone Sword Elder.
• Liu Wugu attacked Zhuge Xiang with Piercing Bone Thorn, but Zhuge Xiang struck him back and cracked his Half-Immortal Artifact bone sword.
• Zhuge Xiang pressed his attack with the Sea Calming Divine Needle, sending Liu Wugu flying and extending the rod to a thousand zhang.

Zhuge Xiang defeated Liu Wugu in the Great Tang Imperial Palace and refused Daoist Master Wu Yazi’s offer to become Elder Pavilion Pavilion Master. Wu Yazi then moved to apprehend him on the emperor’s orders, leaving Zhuge Xiang facing a new opponent.

• Liu Wugu attacked Zhuge Xiang, but his sword barely pierced Zhuge Xiang’s chest before Zhuge Xiang crushed his wrist and threw him aside.
• Zhuge Xiang spared Liu Wugu, deciding the elder had not intended to kill him and had only been following an imperial command.
• Daoist Master Wu Yazi arrived, and the White National Teacher identified him as the Elder Pavilion Pavilion Master who had reached the limits of the Cultivation World.
• Wu Yazi invited Zhuge Xiang to join the Elder Pavilion and offered him the future position of Pavilion Master.
• Zhuge Xiang refused, saying he only wanted to take Mo Lingna away, so Wu Yazi declared he would apprehend him for the emperor.

Zhuge Xiang used his strength and the Great Belly Ghost King's aid to force Wu Yazi to let him leave the Great Tang Imperial Palace with Mo Lingna. Afterward, the Great Tang Emperor rebuked Wu Yazi for failing to capture Zhuge Xiang, prompting Wu Yazi to withdraw from imperial service and enter closed-door cultivation.

• The Great Belly Ghost King arrived to help Zhuge Xiang, explaining that it owed him a favor and had advanced to the ninth layer of the Great Accomplishment Stage.
• Zhuge Xiang and the Great Belly Ghost King revealed their enormous true forms and challenged Wu Yazi, who let them leave to prevent the imperial palace and Chang'an City from being damaged.
• Zhuge Xiang departed with Mo Lingna and the Great Belly Ghost King, shocking the Great Tang with his demonstrated strength.
• The Great Tang Emperor demanded that the three grand preceptors, Liu Wugu, and Wu Yazi explain why they had failed to capture Zhuge Xiang.
• Wu Yazi explained that Zhuge Xiang and the Great Belly Ghost King could destroy the palace in a fight, then declared he would enter closed-door cultivation and left without waiting for the emperor's reply.

After the Great Tang Emperor put a Half-Immortal Artifact bounty on Zhuge Xiang, dozens of powerful cultivators attacked him, but he survived and grew stronger. As the manhunt faded, Die Wu wondered why the emperor was so determined to kill him, and a rumor spread that Zhuge Xiang knew the emperor was an impostor.

• The Great Tang Emperor declared Zhuge Xiang a wanted criminal and offered a choice of one of the dynasty’s three Half-Immortal Artifacts for his capture or death.
• Over the next month, Zhuge Xiang fought dozens of Tribulation Crossing Realm and stronger cultivators, sparing straightforward challengers but killing those who used poison, traps, or assassination.
• Zhuge Xiang gained enough experience from the attackers to advance from the fourth to the seventh layer of the Dao Seeking Realm, while remaining unharmed.
• After the attackers were injured or killed and none succeeded, many cultivators abandoned the hunt, strengthening Zhuge Xiang’s reputation.
• Die Wu questioned the emperor’s extreme response, and a rumor arose that Zhuge Xiang possessed evidence that the Great Tang Emperor was an impostor.

Liao Wufa and the Golden Body Bodhisattva revealed that Ying Qianshan used a Creation Furnace to replace the Great Tang Emperor’s identity, and that the Demon Mirror could expose the deception. Zhuge Xiang arranged to obtain the mirror through the emperor’s public bounty, and the Golden Body Bodhisattva brought him to the Great Tang Palace, where the emperor came out to meet them.

• Liao Wufa explained how Ying Qianshan had used a Creation Furnace to alter his Heavenly Dao imprint and take Ying Zheng’s identity and fortune.
• Liao Wufa said the Great Tang’s Demon Mirror could reveal the emperor’s true essence and expose the Creation Furnace’s disguise.
• Zhuge Xiang proposed claiming the Demon Mirror through the Great Tang Emperor’s public reward for capturing him.
• The Golden Body Bodhisattva placed Zhuge Xiang inside a divine lamp and carried him openly toward the Great Tang Imperial Palace.
• The Golden Body Bodhisattva requested an audience with the Great Tang Emperor, who came out with Void Returning Stage powerhouses and saw Zhuge Xiang imprisoned in the lamp.

Golden Body Bodhisattva captured Zhuge Xiang and demanded the Demon Mirror from the Great Tang Emperor in exchange. The emperor refused at first, but relented when Golden Body Bodhisattva prepared to leave with Zhuge Xiang.

• Golden Body Bodhisattva presented the captured Zhuge Xiang to the Great Tang Emperor and requested the promised reward.
• The Great Tang Emperor offered the Dragon Binding Rope, the Rainbow Skirt and Feather Robe, and the Eight Trigrams Furnace, but withheld the Demon Mirror.
• Golden Body Bodhisattva explained that he needed the Demon Mirror to protect his temple in the void, then refused to trade Zhuge Xiang for the other artifacts.
• When a Void Returning Stage powerhouse appeared to threaten him, Golden Body Bodhisattva challenged the Great Tang court and insisted on leaving with Zhuge Xiang.
• The Great Tang Emperor tried appealing to Golden Body Bodhisattva's concern for all living beings, but the Bodhisattva remained unmoved and turned to depart.
• The Great Tang Emperor asked Golden Body Bodhisattva to wait and said he would consider giving him the Demon Mirror.

Zhuge Xiang and his allies prepared to locate the Demon Mirror after the Great Tang Emperor asked for two days to decide whether to trade it. Meanwhile, the Emperor went to the Elder Pavilion and apologized to Daoist Master Wu Yazi, leaving their reconciliation underway.

• The Golden Body Bodhisattva departed after the Great Tang Emperor promised a decision within two days, and Zhuge Xiang, Liao Wufa, and the Bodhisattva discussed what to do if the Emperor refused.
• Zhuge Xiang visited King Fenghe's Mansion, explained the Creation Furnace and why he needed the Demon Mirror, and learned from Eunuch Lin that the Ancestral Temple might conceal it.
• The Great Tang Emperor visited the Elder Pavilion and apologized to Daoist Master Wu Yazi for their recent argument.
• The Great Tang Emperor bared his upper body and carried a thorny switch to ask Wu Yazi for punishment, but Wu Yazi turned the switch to ash and accepted his apology.

The Great Tang Emperor recruited the Elder Pavilion and Cheng Yaojin to help him seize Zhuge Xiang from the Golden Body Bodhisattva, keeping the Demon Mirror hidden in the Ancestral Temple. Two days later, the Bodhisattva arrived in Chang'an with Zhuge Xiang imprisoned in his lamp, and the Great Tang Emperor confronted him.

• The Great Tang Emperor visited Cheng Yaojin, who agreed to honor an old promise and help defend the Great Tang against the Golden Body Bodhisattva.
• The Great Tang Emperor returned to the palace, resolved to seize Zhuge Xiang by force, and kept the Demon Mirror hidden in the Ancestral Temple.
• Two days later, cultivators gathered above Chang'an to await the Golden Body Bodhisattva, whose arrival filled the city with lotus petals, golden lotuses, and Buddhist power.
• The Golden Body Bodhisattva arrived on a lotus platform with Zhuge Xiang imprisoned inside his divine lamp, and his presence subdued the gathered cultivators.
• The Great Tang Emperor flew out to meet the Golden Body Bodhisattva and greeted him as he arrived.

The Great Tang Emperor lured Golden Body Bodhisattva to Mount Wagang under the pretense of trading the Demon Mirror for Zhuge Xiang, then revealed that he intended to take Zhuge Xiang by force with Daoist Master Wu Yazi and Cheng Yaojin. Golden Body Bodhisattva released Zhuge Xiang and fought to protect him, but Cheng Yaojin’s axe strike wounded him as the confrontation began.

• The Great Tang Emperor agreed to Golden Body Bodhisattva’s exchange but claimed the Demon Mirror was in a forbidden place and led him toward it alone.
• The Great Tang Emperor brought Golden Body Bodhisattva to Mount Wagang, where Daoist Master Wu Yazi and Cheng Yaojin emerged from the ruins.
• The Great Tang Emperor admitted he would not hand over the Demon Mirror and demanded Zhuge Xiang for the sake of Great Tang’s citizens.
• Golden Body Bodhisattva refused to surrender Zhuge Xiang, opened the divine lamp, and released him.
• Daoist Master Wu Yazi and Cheng Yaojin attacked Zhuge Xiang, but Golden Body Bodhisattva blocked their strikes with the Jade Bodhi Tree and Mount Fangzhang.
• Cheng Yaojin’s axe sent Mount Fangzhang crashing into Golden Body Bodhisattva, who spat blood and recognized the legendary force of Cheng Yaojin’s strikes.

Zhuge Xiang fought the Great Tang Emperor and repeatedly smashed him into subterranean lava with the Sea Calming Divine Needle, despite the Emperor’s protection from the nation’s fortune and his artifacts. Zhuge Xiang left the Little Fire Phoenix and Xiao Yue to deal with the Dragon Binding Rope and drove his staff into the Emperor’s body.

• The Great Tang Emperor attacked Zhuge Xiang with the Son of Heaven Sword, but Zhuge Xiang blocked the blow with the Sea Calming Divine Needle and struck him into a deep crater.
• The Great Tang Emperor emerged from the lava unharmed, then sent the Dragon Binding Rope after Zhuge Xiang.
• Zhuge Xiang dodged the rope and smashed the Great Tang Emperor back into the underground lava with another staff strike.
• Zhuge Xiang followed the Emperor into the lava and summoned the Little Fire Phoenix and Xiao Yue to deal with the Dragon Binding Rope.
• With the rope occupied, Zhuge Xiang extended the Sea Calming Divine Needle into the Great Tang Emperor and drove it deeper with his overwhelming strength.

Zhuge Xiang fought the Great Tang Emperor beneath Mount Wagang while his demonic avatar headed for Chang'an to seize the Demon Mirror from the Ancestral Temple. Backed by allies who arrived to help hold off the imperial forces, the avatar prepared to infiltrate the temple.

• Liao Wufa joined the Golden Body Bodhisattva against Wu Yazi and Cheng Yaojin on Mount Wagang.
• Zhuge Xiang drove the Great Tang Emperor deeper into the magma with the Sea Calming Divine Needle, knocking phoenix feathers from the Rainbow Skirt and Feather Robe.
• Zhuge Xiang's demonic avatar flew to Chang'an to seize the Demon Mirror while the Great Tang's strongest fighters were occupied elsewhere.
• More than a dozen Great Accomplishment Stage cultivators blocked the avatar above the imperial palace.
• King Fenghe's forces, the Illusionary Nether King, the Great Belly Ghost King, and Fire Control King Ming Yan arrived to assist the avatar.
• Zhuge Xiang asked his allies to hold off the imperial cultivators while he took an incense stick's time to reach the Ancestral Temple.

Zhuge Xiang broke through the Great Tang defenders and entered the Ancestral Temple to find the Demon Mirror, while his allies held off the pursuing forces. He retrieved the mirror and stripped the guardian Gold-Devouring Flood Dragon of its prized teeth.

• Zhuge Xiang charged through the Great Accomplishment Stage cultivators, while the Illusionary Nether King trapped several pursuers and the Great Belly Ghost King confronted Liu Wugu.
• Zhuge Xiang reached the Ancestral Temple and recognized the dragon pearl carved into its pillar as the Demon Mirror.
• The Ancient Gold-Devouring Flood Dragon attacked Zhuge Xiang, but its bite could not pierce his skin.
• Zhuge Xiang broke the Demon Mirror free from the pillar and confirmed that it reflected his human essence.
• Zhuge Xiang seized the Gold-Devouring Flood Dragon and pulled out all thirty-six of its sharp teeth.

After securing the Demon Mirror, Zhuge Xiang crushed the Great Tang imperial palace’s defenders with a massive strike and escaped with his allies. Meanwhile, his true body destroyed two of the Great Tang Emperor’s Half-Immortal Artifacts and prepared to take the Eight Trigrams Furnace as the furious emperor vowed revenge.

• Zhuge Xiang announced that the Demon Mirror was secured, and Illusionary Nether King, Great Belly Ghost King, and the others began retreating from the imperial palace’s Great Accomplishment Stage cultivators.
• When the cultivators pursued, Zhuge Xiang used Heaven Collapsing Earth Shattering to smash most of them into the ground, leaving Liu Wugu and a few others outside the attack’s range.
• Zhuge Xiang and his allies fled as the strike left a vast sinkhole in the Great Tang imperial palace and shook Chang'an City and the surrounding region.
• Deep beneath Mount Wagang, Zhuge Xiang’s true body battered the Great Tang Emperor’s Rainbow Skirt and Feather Robe while Little Fire Phoenix and Xiao Yue devoured the Dragon Binding Rope.
• After his demon avatar arrived with the Demon Mirror, Zhuge Xiang destroyed the remaining feathers of the Rainbow Skirt and Feather Robe and turned his attention to the Great Tang Emperor’s Eight Trigrams Furnace.
• The Great Tang Emperor erupted in murderous rage over the loss of his artifacts and swore to kill Zhuge Xiang.

Zhuge Xiang fought the Great Tang Emperor in the magma and revealed that he knew the ruler’s identity was false and had conspired with the Golden Body Bodhisattva to obtain the Demon Mirror. After stopping the Emperor’s escape, Zhuge Xiang received the Demon Mirror from his Demonic Avatar, preparing to expose him.

• Zhuge Xiang taunted the Great Tang Emperor over the destruction and seizure of his Half-Immortal Artifacts, including the Demon Mirror.
• Zhuge Xiang revealed that the Golden Body Bodhisattva had conspired with him, and the Great Tang Emperor realized Zhuge Xiang knew about his stolen identity.
• The Great Tang Emperor tried to flee through the magma to check whether his allies were coming, but Zhuge Xiang merged with the Little Fire Phoenix and dragged him back.
• Zhuge Xiang pinned the Great Tang Emperor beneath the Sea Calming Divine Needle, preventing him from escaping.
• The Demonic Avatar delivered the Demon Mirror to Zhuge Xiang and vanished.

Zhuge Xiang used the Demon Mirror to strip the Great Tang Emperor of his imperial identity and national fortune, exposing his deception of the Heavenly Dao. Heaven's Punishment descended, and the chapter ended as a colossal execution blade fell toward the bound emperor.

• The Great Tang Emperor offered Zhuge Xiang half the Great Tang to keep his identity secret, but Zhuge Xiang refused and used the Demon Mirror to expose him.
• The Great Tang Emperor lost his national fortune and Emperor's Aura, and Zhuge Xiang struck him with the Sea Calming Divine Needle.
• The Heavenly Dao sensed the emperor's deception and summoned Heaven's Punishment, which Zhuge Xiang carried him above ground to face.
• Wu Yazi recognized that the figure was not the true emperor, while Cheng Yaojin questioned how he had deceived the Heavenly Dao.
• Heaven's Punishment bound the Great Tang Emperor beneath a giant guillotine, and its execution blade plunged toward him.