Chapter Summaries

Ying Qianshan saved the Great Tang Emperor from Heavenly’s Punishment by spending his merit, then confronted Liao Wufa and the other powerheads as Zhuge Xiang received merit and unlocked the Merit Mall System. Ying Qianshan declared the conflict a Great Qin matter and asked Wu Yazi and Cheng Yaojin not to interfere.

• Ying Qianshan used his merit to stop Heavenly’s Punishment and save the Great Tang Emperor, prompting the Heavenly Dao to withdraw its punishment.
• The Heavenly Dao awarded merit to Liao Wufa, the Golden Body Bodhisattva, and Zhuge Xiang, who received 600 points and unlocked the Merit Mall System.
• Zhuge Xiang learned he could exchange merit for cultivation, equipment upgrades, and other premium items, but chose to save his merit for later.
• Ying Qianshan greeted Liao Wufa, while Liao Wufa and the Golden Body Bodhisattva recalled their grievances against him.
• Zhuge Xiang told Cheng Yaojin and Wu Yazi that Ying Qianshan had manipulated the Great Tang Emperor as a chess piece.
• Ying Qianshan told Wu Yazi and Cheng Yaojin not to meddle because the matter concerned Great Qin.

Zhuge Xiang completed the quest to investigate the Great Tang Emperor and gained ten levels, reaching the seventh layer of the Spirit Severing Realm. When Ying Qianshan tried to leave with the emperor, Wu Yazi and the others confronted him, but Ying summoned twelve golden figures and trapped them in the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Great Formation.

• Zhuge Xiang completed the investigation quest and advanced to the seventh layer of the Spirit Severing Realm.
• Ying Qianshan tried to take the Great Tang Emperor away, but Liao Wufa, the Golden Body Bodhisattva, Zhuge Xiang, and Wu Yazi blocked his escape.
• Wu Yazi accused Ying Qianshan of manipulating the Great Tang Emperor to usurp the throne, and Ying warned that the emperor would reclaim it in the future.
• Ying Qianshan tore open space and summoned twelve golden figures, then used them to form the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Great Formation around his opponents.
• Liao Wufa recognized the formation, and Ying Qianshan revealed that he intended to test its power on them as the Great Tang Emperor urged him to kill them all.

Zhuge Xiang and his companions struggled against the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Great Formation while Xiao Yue began its Great Heavenly Tribulation. After the formation shielded Xiao Yue from the first tribulation attacks, the Heavenly Dao gathered an even more terrifying strike, leaving everyone facing imminent danger.

• Zhuge Xiang, Wu Yazi, Liao Wufa, and the Golden Body Bodhisattva fought the twelve Golden Figures, with Zhuge Xiang alone retaining enough strength to counterattack.
• Ying Qianshan asked Chen Yaojin about the formation, and Chen Yaojin said its growing malignant qi would eventually exhaust and defeat the trapped cultivators.
• Zhuge Xiang used the Demon Luo Scripture but could not find a way to break the formation.
• Xiao Yue emerged from the pet interface and began its Great Heavenly Tribulation after reaching the yaoguai tier by devouring the Dragon Binding Rope.
• The Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Great Formation blocked Xiao Yue’s thundercloud storm and Thunder God’s Hammer tribulations, while Zhuge Xiang and the others attacked from within.
• The Heavenly Dao gathered ten thousand li of tribulation clouds into a needle-sized point, preparing a strike more terrifying than the Thunder God’s Hammer.

Zhuge Xiang and his allies shattered Ying Qianshan’s Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Great Formation by combining their attacks with the World-Destroying Lightning. Ying Qianshan then fused his twelve Golden Men into the Immortal God Realm Golden God, wounded Zhuge Xiang, and trapped the group with the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover.

• Zhuge Xiang, Liao Vufa, the Golden Body Bodhisattva, and Daoist Master Wu Yazi struck the formation’s weak point as the World-Destroying Lightning descended, destroying the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Great Formation.
• Liao Vufa charged Ying Qianshan, but the twelve Golden Men surrounded him and battled the group after the formation fell.
• Ying Qianshan disassembled the twelve Golden Men and fused their parts into the thousand-foot-tall Golden God, which he controlled by placing his soul inside it.
• The Golden God punched Zhuge Xiang, sending him into a mountain and making him spit blood for the first time since mastering the fourth layer of the Great Strength Bull Demon Technique.
• Liao Vufa urged the others to retreat, but Ying Qianshan trapped them beneath the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover.

Ying Qianshan used the Golden God’s Immortal God-level power to trap Zhuge Xiang and the others inside the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover, but Zhuge Xiang used Xiao Yue’s devouring ability to bite chunks from the Golden God. The battle continued as Zhuge Xiang saw the Golden God as a source of experience.

• Ying Qianshan sealed several hundred miles with the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover, trapping Zhuge Xiang and the others.
• Liao Wufa, the Golden Body Bodhisattva, and Daoist Master Wu Yazi joined forces against Ying Qianshan, but they could not match his Immortal God power.
• Zhuge Xiang merged with Xiao Yue and gained its ability to devour tools.
• Zhuge Xiang bit off and swallowed chunks of the Golden God, gaining millions of experience points.
• Ying Qianshan attacked Zhuge Xiang, who dodged with Instant Slash and bit the Golden God again.

Zhuge Xiang and his allies drove Ying Qianshan to retreat after Zhuge Xiang devoured parts of the Golden God, and the Great Tang began choosing a new emperor. Zhuge Xiang prepared to leave for the Great Qin with Wu Zhao and Mo Lingna, but an imperial messenger arrived to invite him to the Ascension Platform for the selection.

• The Golden Body Bodhisattva, Liao Wufa, and Wu Yazi held Ying Qianshan off while Zhuge Xiang devoured pieces of the Golden God and reached the eighth tier of the Spirit Severing Realm.
• Ying Qianshan recalled the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover, seized the Great Tang Emperor, and escaped through the void with the Golden God.
• Wu Yazi returned to the imperial palace as the Great Tang began selecting a new emperor through the Heavenly Dao, while Liao Wufa and the Golden Body Bodhisattva returned to the Great Qin.
• Zhuge Xiang planned to leave the Great Tang with Wu Zhao and Mo Lingna after saying farewell to his companions and King Fenghe.
• A servant announced that an imperial messenger had arrived to invite Zhuge Xiang to participate in the new emperor's selection on the Ascension Platform.

Li Zhi, Zhuge Xiang, Mo Lingna, and Wu Zhao traveled to the Ascension Platform, where Heaven's Will would select the next Great Tang emperor. Meanwhile, Ying Qianshan planned to restore the deposed emperor by killing every other candidate at the platform and leaving him as the sole choice.

• King Fenghe told Li Zhi to go to the Ascension Platform and take part in the succession under Great Tang's imperial rules.
• Li Zhi invited Zhuge Xiang to accompany him, and Zhuge Xiang brought Mo Lingna and Wu Zhao along to approach Heaven's Will.
• A palace guard allowed Zhuge Xiang and his companions to travel with Li Zhi after learning who he was.
• Ying Qianshan blamed the deposed emperor for the damage to the Golden God and for disrupting his plans.
• Ying Qianshan proposed killing all the other candidates at the Ascension Platform so Heaven's Will would have to choose the deposed emperor.
• The deposed emperor agreed to Ying Qianshan's plan to slaughter the candidates and reclaim the throne.

At the Great Tang Dynasty’s Ascension Platform, Li Zhi arrived with Zhuge Xiang, Wu Zhao, and Mo Lingna as the dynasty prepared to select a new emperor. The grand marshal offered Zhuge Xiang the sealed Bull Demon God Armor as a reward, and Zhuge Xiang learned that it weighed eighteen thousand eight hundred catties.

• Li Zhi arrived at the Ascension Platform and passed the hosts’ identity checks before asking to let three friends remain at its foot.
• Zhuge Xiang arrived with Wu Zhao and Mo Lingna, and the hosts welcomed him for his role in exposing the false emperor.
• The grand marshal announced that the dynasty would award Zhuge Xiang the Bull Demon God Armor after the new emperor was chosen.
• The grand marshal explained that the armor had gone unused for generations because it weighed eighteen thousand eight hundred catties.
• Zhuge Xiang revealed that his Sea Calming Divine Needle weighed thirteen thousand five hundred catties and wondered what it would be like to wear the armor.

At the Great Tang’s Ascension Platform, the royal descendants gathered to receive Heaven’s Will and choose a new emperor, but the usurper returned with Ying Qianshan. Ying Qianshan appeared in his thousand-zhang Golden God body and attacked Zhuge Xiang, leaving the succession ceremony interrupted by a deadly confrontation.

• Zhuge Xiang decided the Bull Demon God Armor would complement the Sea Calming Divine Needle and improve his combat strength.
• Wu Yazi prayed to Heaven at the hour of zi, causing Heaven’s Will to manifest and the royal descendants to kneel beneath its overwhelming presence.
• The former Great Tang emperor returned and taunted Wu Yazi, while Zhuge Xiang demanded to know how he had escaped and where Ying Qianshan was.
• Ying Qianshan arrived in his thousand-zhang Golden God body, terrifying the cultivators and residents of Chang’an City.
• Ying Qianshan declared Zhuge Xiang would not escape and brought the Golden God’s immense palm down to kill him.

Zhuge Xiang and Daoist Master Wu Yazi battled Ying Qianshan’s Golden God while the emperor-selection ritual continued on the Ascension Platform. Ying Qianshan turned his attack on the imperial family, and Wu Zhao broke through his suppression to reach Li Zhi.

• Zhuge Xiang met the Golden God’s palm with the Sea Calming Divine Needle and survived the clash with only minor injuries.
• Daoist Master Wu Yazi joined Zhuge Xiang, but Ying Qianshan’s Golden God kept them on the defensive.
• Ying Qianshan abandoned his duel with Zhuge Xiang and attacked the Ascension Platform to prevent the Heavenly Dao from selecting a new emperor.
• Zhuge Xiang and Wu Yazi tried to shield the Ascension Platform, but Ying Qianshan’s strikes demolished it and killed or wounded many imperial family members.
• The deposed emperor charged in with the Son of Heaven Sword and began slaughtering the imperial family members as Ying Qianshan suppressed their defenders.
• Wu Zhao rushed to protect Li Zhi and pierced through Ying Qianshan’s sword-qi suppression.

The deposed emperor slaughtered the imperial candidates at the Ascension Platform and killed Li Zhi despite Wu Zhao’s defense. As Zhuge Xiang and his demon avatar fought Ying Qianshan, the deposed emperor believed he had secured the Great Tang throne.

• The deposed emperor killed nearly all the imperial disciples while Ying Qianshan’s sword qi held back the other cultivators.
• Wu Zhao stood between the deposed emperor and Li Zhi, but he warned her that she could not save Li Zhi.
• Zhuge Xiang summoned his demon avatar and, with help from the Fire Phoenix and Xiao Yue, attacked the Golden God alongside the other cultivators.
• Ying Qianshan gave the deposed emperor ten breaths to finish the killing, prompting him to charge at Li Zhi.
• Wu Zhao wounded the deposed emperor, but he ignored her attack and cut Li Zhi in half with the Son of Heaven Sword.
• The deposed emperor laughed, convinced that killing the imperial candidates had secured his legitimate ascension to the Great Tang throne.

After Li Zhi was killed, the Heavenly Dao selected Wu Zhao rather than the deposed emperor to receive the National Destiny. The chapter left Wu Zhao stunned as the destiny entered her body, marking her as the chosen ruler of Great Tang.

• Wu Zhao mourned Li Zhi and swore on her Dao heart to avenge him by destroying Ying Qianshan.
• Zhuge Xiang revealed that the deposed emperor was the twin brother of the previous emperor and a member of the imperial family.
• The Imperial Golden Star shone, and the deposed emperor expected the descending National Destiny to make him emperor.
• The National Destiny repeatedly slipped past the deposed emperor, showing that the Heavenly Dao had chosen someone else.
• The National Destiny entered Wu Zhao, shocking her and everyone present.

Wu Zhao became the Great Tang’s first empress after the Heavenly Dao bestowed its National Destiny upon her, while the deposed emperor was captured and Ying Qianshan fled. As Wu Zhao restored order in the palace, Zhuge Xiang waited to speak with her, but Mo Lingna insisted he meet her alone.

• The Heavenly Dao’s National Destiny merged with Wu Zhao’s, elevating her to the throne and empowering her to the Dharma Aspect Realm.
• Ying Qianshan abandoned the deposed emperor and left, while Wu Zhao ordered the fallen imperial family members’ bodies recovered and the palace repaired.
• Wu Zhao issued decrees to her officials, and Wu Yazi subdued the deposed emperor after he called in vain for Ying Qianshan.
• Mo Lingna worried that Wu Zhao’s new position would change her relationship with Zhuge Xiang, and Zhuge Xiang promised to speak with Wu Zhao.
• After the palace had been restored through the night, a maid invited Zhuge Xiang to meet Wu Zhao, but Mo Lingna broke away from his embrace and told him to go alone.

Zhuge Xiang met Wu Zhao, now empress of the Great Tang Dynasty, and learned that war between Great Tang and Great Qin was unavoidable, forcing him to face a future choice between her and the Asura Sect. Wu Zhao rewarded him with the Bull Demon Armor and asked to inspect his Sea Calming Divine Needle.

• Mo Lingna told Zhuge Xiang she would wait for him while he met Wu Zhao, and revealed she knew about his ten years of married life with Wu Zhao in an illusion.
• Zhuge Xiang embraced Mo Lingna and promised they would share a long future together before going to see Wu Zhao.
• Wu Zhao told Zhuge Xiang she could not abandon her duties as Great Tang's empress or return to their life in the illusion, and warned that Great Tang and Great Qin were destined to go to war.
• Wu Zhao asked how Zhuge Xiang would choose between Great Tang and the Asura Sect when war came, leaving him unable to answer.
• Wu Zhao gave Zhuge Xiang the Bull Demon Armor as a reward for exposing a disguised enemy and protecting Great Tang, then asked to see his Sea Calming Divine Needle.

Zhuge Xiang left Wu Zhao after she strengthened the Sea Calming Divine Needle with the Great Tang’s prayer force, promising to return and take her away. He brought Mo Lingna back to Futuo Mountain, freed his mount, and arrived just as Mo Lingna confronted Zi Xiang over who belonged there.

• Wu Zhao infused the Sea Calming Divine Needle with the Great Tang’s prayer force and told Zhuge Xiang that fate kept them apart, while revealing she was carrying a child.
• Zhuge Xiang promised Wu Zhao he would return with a definite answer and take her away, then flew toward the Great Qin Empire with Mo Lingna.
• Zhuge Xiang inspected the empowered Sea Calming Divine Needle and recognized that Wu Zhao’s gift showed her feelings for him remained unchanged.
• Zhuge Xiang returned to Futuo Mountain, freed the Phoenix Winged Black Tiger to cultivate there, and showed Mo Lingna their new home.
• Mo Lingna encountered Zi Xiang tending herbs and challenged her claim to be the master of Futuo Mountain; Zhuge Xiang arrived and greeted Zi Xiang warmly.

Zhuge Xiang learned that Myriad Poison Ancestor had taken Niu Geng and agreed to help Zi Xiang rescue him. He brought Zi Xiang and Mo Lingna to Myriad Poison Mountain and entered to confront the elder.

• Mo Lingna mistook Zi Xiang for a rival, but Zhuge Xiang explained that she was his fellow Asura Sect disciple and his childhood friend's wife.
• Zi Xiang told Zhuge Xiang that Myriad Poison Ancestor had taken Niu Geng after his senior disciple died trying to seize the poison formula she and Niu Geng had developed.
• Zhuge Xiang promised to retrieve Niu Geng and flew with Zi Xiang and Mo Lingna to Myriad Poison Mountain.
• Zhuge Xiang released his aura upon arriving, and Myriad Poison Ancestor parted the toxic miasma and invited him inside.
• Zhuge Xiang led the two women toward Myriad Poison Ancestor, eager to test the elder's poison against his cultivation.

Zhuge Xiang went to Myriad Poison Mountain to retrieve Niu Geng, and Myriad Poison Ancestor demanded a fight before releasing him. Zhuge Xiang entered the Five Poisons Grand Array while Mo Lingna fought the mountain’s disciples, leaving Niu Geng’s fate unresolved.

• Zhuge Xiang asked Myriad Poison Ancestor to release Niu Geng, while a disciple accused Niu Geng of poisoning Bi Qingzi to death.
• Myriad Poison Ancestor declared that strength decided disputes in the Asura Sect and challenged Zhuge Xiang to defeat him before taking Niu Geng.
• Zhuge Xiang summoned the Sea Calming Divine Needle, but Myriad Poison Ancestor trapped him inside the Five Poisons Grand Array with his banners and venomous horned dragon.
• Mo Lingna used the Nine Beast Forbidden Canon to attack Myriad Poison Mountain’s disciples while Zi Xiang watched anxiously.
• Mo Lingna fought off the disciples with ease, and Zi Xiang realized her strength approached the Void Returning Stage.

Zhuge Xiang tested his strength against Myriad Poison Ancestor inside the Five Poisons World, resisting the elder’s attacks with his formidable body and overwhelming force. Myriad Poison Ancestor escalated to mixed poisons and summoned Eight Thousand Weak Water, leaving Zhuge Xiang facing a corrosive threat even greater than the world’s toxins.

• Myriad Poison Ancestor brought Zhuge Xiang into the Five Poisons World and challenged him to demonstrate his abilities.
• Zhuge Xiang transformed into his Demon Body and struck Myriad Poison Ancestor with the Sea Calming Divine Needle while the venomous dragon failed to pierce his skin.
• Myriad Poison Ancestor poisoned Zhuge Xiang with Bone Corroding Poison, but Zhuge Xiang’s strike shook the Five Poisons World and forced the elder to reappear.
• Myriad Poison Ancestor unleashed mixed poisons from the world’s venomous creatures against Zhuge Xiang.
• Myriad Poison Ancestor tore open a rift and sent Eight Thousand Weak Water surging toward Zhuge Xiang, who recognized its overwhelming corrosive power.

Mo Lingna was trapped in Myriad Poison Mountain’s Hundred Poisons Formation, but she comprehended the Eagle Demon Claw, broke through to the Void Returning Stage, and tore the formation apart. As her Heavenly Tribulation began while she was poisoned, Zhuge Xiang faced Myriad Poison Ancestor’s Weak Water River and halted it with the Sea Calming Divine Needle.

• Myriad Poison Mountain disciples trapped Mo Lingna in the Hundred Poisons Formation, and Zi Xiang was captured when she tried to help.
• Mo Lingna’s Bull Demon Fist could not break the formation, so she focused her strength and comprehended the Eagle Demon Claw.
• Mo Lingna tore open the Hundred Poisons Formation with the Eagle Demon Claw and broke through to the Void Returning Stage.
• Thunderclouds gathered for Mo Lingna’s Heavenly Tribulation, and the fleeing disciples warned that the Great Tribulation was about to descend while she remained poisoned.
• Myriad Poison Ancestor’s Five Poisons World sent a Weak Water River at Zhuge Xiang, who used the Sea Calming Divine Needle to suppress it.

Zhuge Xiang used the Sea Calming Divine Needle to suppress Myriad Poison Ancestor’s Weak Water River, then donned the Bull Demon God Armor and endured the elder’s attacks unharmed. Myriad Poison Ancestor revealed that his Five Poisons World had a greater power, drawing the toxic creatures into his poisonous flood dragon.

• Zhuge Xiang enlarged the Sea Calming Divine Needle and pinned the Weak Water River in place.
• Zhuge Xiang put on the Bull Demon God Armor, whose defenses and Bull Demon Might compensated for the attack power he had lost by casting aside the needle.
• Myriad Poison Ancestor attacked Zhuge Xiang with Netherworld Poison Claws and other techniques, but Zhuge Xiang walked toward him without being injured.
• Zhuge Xiang summoned the God Slaying Spear and warned Myriad Poison Ancestor not to rely on those attacks alone.
• Myriad Poison Ancestor declared that the Five Poisons World had greater power and drew its venomous creatures into his poisonous flood dragon as azure smoke.