Chapter Summaries

Zhao Hongming stalled Chu Country’s demand for half of Han Country and agreed with Prime Minister Li on a plan to draw Martial Warriors into Wei Country’s court and army. As news of Wei’s victory and military wealth spread, warriors began leaving their sects to join Wei, strengthening its position.

• Zhao Hongming entertained the Chu Country envoys and, with Zhang Yi’s help, delayed honoring the promise to cede half of Han Country for one to three years.
• Zhao Hongming told Zhang Yi to keep the Chu matter suppressed and resolved to stall until Wei Country and his own strength grew.
• Zhao Hongming asked Prime Minister Li how to consolidate Wei Country’s Martial Arts Forces, and Li proposed recruiting warriors directly while abolishing the privileges of independent groups.
• Zhao Hongming approved Li’s plan and ordered him to lead the reform permitting Martial Warriors to join the court.
• News of Wei Country’s conquest of Han Country and the Wei Army’s wealth spread, prompting skilled Martial Warriors to leave their sects and join Wei.

The Jian'an Emperor and Consort De arranged for Zhao Hongming to meet Chen Xuerong, his former martial arts teacher, as a possible consort. After they reunited at Clear Breeze Pavilion and discussed an ancient cultivation manual, Consort De summoned Chen Xuerong for a chat.

• The Jian'an Emperor urged Consort De to find a suitable wife for Zhao Hongming, and she proposed Minister Chen’s daughter, Chen Xuerong.
• Three months later, Zhao Hongming learned that Consort De and the Jian'an Emperor were considering Chen Xuerong and decided to see her at Clear Breeze Pavilion.
• Chen Xuerong received Zhao Hongming’s summons, traveled to the palace, and reunited with him after years apart.
• Zhao Hongming showed Chen Xuerong a manual from Han Country’s Royal Armory, and she identified it as an Ancient Immortal Method that required Divine Sense.
• Gao Yanshi told Zhao Hongming that Consort De had invited Chen Xuerong, and Chen Xuerong left Clear Breeze Pavilion to meet her.

Chen Xuerong agreed to marry Zhao Hongming as his consort while refusing the role of Empress, and she left her family to enter the palace. Zhao Hongming and Chen Xuerong completed their wedding rites, and the chapter ended as they retired together on their wedding night.

• Consort De persuaded Chen Xuerong that marrying Zhao Hongming could let her pursue Martial Arts alongside him, and Chen Xuerong agreed on the condition that she would not become Empress.
• Gao Yanshi informed Zhao Hongming of Chen Xuerong's agreement, and Zhao Hongming welcomed her choice and considered her a kindred spirit in Martial Arts.
• Chen Xuerong bid farewell to Chen Cheng'an and the Chen Clan, then calmed herself with the Mind Calming Mantra during the carriage ride to the Imperial Palace.
• Zhao Hongming welcomed Chen Xuerong, and they performed the wedding rites before Zhao Yongxu and were publicly joined as husband and wife.
• The court celebrated Zhao Hongming and Chen Xuerong's wedding, and they retired together to Chen Xuerong's chambers late that night.

After their wedding night, Zhao Hongming used the Martial Beginning Scripture to remove National Destiny suppression from Chen Xuerong and took her to pay respects to Retired Emperor Zhao Yongxu. He later questioned a captive whose account of the First Generation King of Han deepened his suspicions about the Six Kingdoms’ National Destiny.

• Zhao Hongming sensed National Destiny gathering around Chen Xuerong and used the Martial Beginning Scripture to retrieve it, restoring her cultivation.
• Zhao Hongming and Chen Xuerong paid their respects to Retired Emperor Zhao Yongxu, who praised them and ordered a Beauty Pill sent to Consort De.
• Zhao Hongming granted Appearance Noble Consort access to Great Wei's Martial Repository Pavilion after she asked to study the Divine Sense Technique.
• Zhao Hongming went to the Imperial City Division dungeon and questioned the imprisoned Brawny Man about his knowledge of National Destiny.
• The Brawny Man said he found records about National Destiny beside the preserved corpse of the First Generation King of Han in Han Country's Royal Mausoleum.
• Zhao Hongming suspected the First Generation Kings of all Six Kingdoms shared a hidden purpose and resolved to hasten his cultivation.

Zhao Hongming cultivated Chen Xuerong’s refined technique into the Admonishment Art, then advanced to Martial Courage Ninth Grade after two years of governing Wei Country. The chapter ended with Wei Country rejecting Chu Country’s demand for former Han territory, prompting the Chu envoy to return home in anger.

• Zhao Hongming cultivated the Admonishment Art, advanced it to First Rank, and developed a thunderous rebuke that combined Divine Sense and True Intent.
• Over the next two years, Zhao Hongming governed Wei Country while cultivating until he broke through to Martial Courage Ninth Grade.
• Gao Yanshi reported that Chen Xuerong was well and six months pregnant, and told Zhao Hongming that Qi Country had begun a war against weakened Yan Country.
• Zhao Hongming left the demand for half of former Han’s land to Zhang Langzhong and continued absorbing martial forces into Wei Country’s court.
• Zhang Yi denied promising Chu Country eight hundred li of Han territory, provoking the Chu envoy to return home and report the deception to the Chu King.

King Lie of Chu allied with Hai Chaosheng and attacked Wei, where the Red River Palace Lord’s God-Demon Weapon helped Chu seize several cities. Zhao Hongming learned that Wei’s own God-Demon Weapon was complete, tested its power by cleaving a mountain, and received newly crafted Dragon Scale Armor before an urgent military dispatch arrived.

• King Lie of Chu ordered an attack on Wei and persuaded Hai Chaosheng to accompany Chu’s army.
• Chu’s army clashed with Wei’s forces at South Suppression Pass, then gained the upper hand as Hai Chaosheng and his God-Demon Weapon entered the war.
• Zhao Hongming learned that Wei’s God-Demon Weapon had been completed and traveled with guards to the mountain forge.
• Zhao Hongming tested the black saber by cleaving a mountain peak with one slash, and the weapon’s reduced energy consumption impressed him.
• Chen Mou presented Zhao Hongming with self-repairing Dragon Scale Armor made from True Dragon materials.
• Gao Yanshi returned with an urgent military dispatch from the Wei-Chu battlefield.

Hai Chaosheng routed the Wei Army with Chu Country’s God-Demon Weapon, trapping Cen Xiu’s retreating forces until Zhao Hongming arrived. Zhao Hongming’s rebuke shattered the Chu Army’s morale, and he began a decisive clash with Hai Chaosheng as his own God-Demon Weapon unleashed black blade-light across the battlefield.

• Hai Chaosheng used Chu Country’s God-Demon Weapon to kill a Wei general and rout the Wei Army, prompting Cen Xiu to order a retreat.
• Hai Chaosheng intercepted Cen Xiu’s forces, blocked their escape with a wall of fire, and prepared to destroy them.
• Zhao Hongming arrived on a Dragon Steed, broke Hai Chaosheng’s attack with a blade strike, and rallied the Wei Army.
• A Red River Palace Martial Warrior charged Zhao Hongming, but Zhao shouted “Get lost!” and killed him with a single slash.
• Hai Chaosheng attacked Zhao Hongming, and their God-Demon Weapons clashed before Zhao unleashed a sweeping black blade-light across the battlefield.

Zhao Hongming fought Hai Chaosheng, a Creation Realm Martial Warrior, and wounded him before Hai Chaosheng escaped. Zhao then struck the Chu Army, and Cen Xiu ordered the Wei Army to attack, ending in the Chu Army’s rout.

• Zhao Hongming revealed his Martial Courage Ninth Grade cultivation and used his God-Demon Weapon to clash with Hai Chaosheng, who broke through Zhao’s Dragon Scale Breastplate.
• Zhao Hongming formed an azure, eighteen-armed Dharma Form and fought Hai Chaosheng to a standstill, relying on his armor, weapon, and Eternal Life True Intent.
• Zhao Hongming used Divine Sense and Desolations Secret Travel to exploit a flaw in Hai Chaosheng’s defenses and wound his back with a heavy strike.
• Hai Chaosheng used vital blood to escape after his God-Demon Weapon weakened, leaving Zhao Hongming unable to pursue him.
• Zhao Hongming slashed into the Chu Army, killing more than ten thousand soldiers, and Cen Xiu ordered the Wei Army to attack.
• The demoralized Chu Army lost the battle, and the Wei Army slaughtered them all.

Zhao Hongming defeated Hai Chaosheng, drove Chu Country’s forces back, and secured South Suppression Pass, forcing King Lie of Chu to cede two cities and seek peace. He returned to Daliang in time for Chen Xuerong to give birth to a prince, celebrating the birth of his heir.

• Zhao Hongming and Cen Xiu annihilated the Chu contingent, and Zhao Hongming healed his injuries by erasing Hai Chaosheng’s Red Sun True Intent.
• Zhao Hongming led the Wei Army in a counteroffensive, reclaiming lost cities and capturing South Suppression Pass despite Chu reinforcements.
• King Lie of Chu failed to stop Wei’s advance and agreed to cede two cities and seek peace.
• Wei Country celebrated its victory as Zhao Hongming returned to Daliang, where Chen Xuerong was in labor.
• Chen Xuerong gave birth to a prince, and Zhao Hongming rushed to hold his newborn heir and announce the news to the palace.

After Zhao Hongming’s son Zhao Yinche was born with an Innate Martial Embryo, Zhao Hongming removed the shackles of National Destiny from him and paved the way for his cultivation. A year and a half later, Zhao Hongming stood on the verge of the Creation Realm and discussed the elusive phenomenon he was nurturing with Chen Xuerong.

• Zhao Hongming welcomed his newborn son, Zhao Yinche, and learned from Chen Xuerong that the child possessed an Innate Martial Embryo.
• Zhao Hongming used the ancient seal and Martial Beginning Scripture to sever Zhao Yinche’s connection to National Destiny and inscribe a protective formation in his body.
• Zhao Hongming issued a general amnesty to celebrate the prince’s birth and Great Wei’s victory, while Qi Country destroyed Yan Country with help from the Xiongnu People.
• Zhao Hongming suppressed rebellions by Martial Arts Forces, rejected calls to dismiss Li Li, and declared that those who defied him would perish.
• A year and a half later, Zhao Hongming had reached Martial Courage Ninth Grade and sensed the beginnings of a Creation phenomenon.
• Chen Xuerong asked Zhao Hongming what thoughts he had about the Creation phenomenon he was nurturing.

Zhao Hongming consulted Chen Xuerong about powerful Creation Realm phenomena and spent a year preparing before breaking through to the Creation Realm. He forged the Immortal King Suppresses Mountains and Rivers phenomenon, which let him shape its world and dominate everything within it.

• Chen Xuerong described several powerful phenomena to Zhao Hongming and explained the strengths and weakness of the Thousand Hands Buddha.
• Zhao Hongming spent another year cultivating the Eight Desolations Eternal Youth Technique to its limit, then used Heaven's Reward to break through.
• Zhao Hongming's Contemplation World changed as he entered the Creation Realm, and his lifespan reached four hundred years.
• Zhao Hongming's eighteen-armed Dharma Form collapsed as he began forging a phenomenon from azure chaotic qi.
• Zhao Hongming created the Immortal King Suppresses Mountains and Rivers, a world of mountains and rivers with a version of himself as its ruler.
• Zhao Hongming tested the phenomenon by raising a mountain and summoning thunder, then confirmed that he could trap opponents and control everything inside it.

After breaking through to the Creation Realm, Zhao Hongming retrieved the last Dragon Vein and freed himself from National Destiny’s suppression, then reunited with Chen Xuerong and their son. He later summoned his ministers to address the Taiping Sect’s rebellion in the north.

• Zhao Hongming broke through to the Creation Realm, drew the Silver Fish Dragon Vein from the ancient well, and refined it with the Mountain and River Diagram.
• National Destiny’s suppression lifted, and Zhao Hongming gained the ability to use Great Wei’s National Destiny at will.
• Zhao Hongming watched Chen Xuerong train their three-year-old son, Zhao Yinche, and told them about his breakthrough.
• Zhao Hongming instructed Zhao Yinche, spent time with Chen Xuerong, and then went to Qianqing Palace to handle state affairs.
• The ministers debated how to respond after the Taiping Sect seized a northern city, and Zhao Hongming summoned them to discuss countermeasures.

After learning that the Taiping Sect had rebelled in the north with backing from Yan Country’s remnants and Qi Country, Zhao Hongming revealed his breakthrough to the Creation Realm and went to suppress them himself. He shattered the rebels’ city defense array and confronted their forces, who recognized his overwhelming power.

• Gao Yanshi told Zhao Hongming that the Taiping Sect had rebelled in the north and joined forces with nobles and other dissatisfied factions.
• Zhao Hongming summoned the ministers, heard that Yan Country’s remnants and Qi Country supported the rebellion, and declared that he would go north himself.
• Zhao Hongming revealed his Creation Realm breakthrough before the court and flew north, followed by a streak of black blade light.
• In a northern city, Gongzi Shen and Taiping Sect leaders plotted to assassinate Zhao Hongming with help from Yan Country’s forces and a God-Demon Weapon.
• Zhao Hongming arrived at the secret chamber, broke the city defense array with one strike, and faced the rebels’ military formation.
• The rebels recognized Zhao Hongming’s Creation Realm power, and a stream of qi from his manifested phenomenon beheaded a Taiping Sect Martial Warrior.

Zhao Hongming defeated the Taiping Sect and Yan Country remnants, claimed and refined Yan Country’s Imperial Jade Seal, and fused it with the Four Directions Ancient Seal. He returned to Daliang after wiping out the rebel army and presented the rebels’ heads to the stunned ministers.

• Zhao Hongming used the Mountain and River Phenomenon to crush Gongzi Shen, the Taiping Sect elders, and the Yan Country remnants in the secret chamber.
• Zhao Hongming found Yan Country’s Imperial Jade Seal and a jade slip containing its refinement method, then mastered the seal.
• Zhao Hongming fused Yan Country’s Imperial Jade Seal with the Four Directions Ancient Seal, causing the character “Heaven” to light up and merging Yan Country’s National Destiny into Wei Country’s.
• Zhao Hongming emerged from the secret chamber and slaughtered more than ten thousand rebel troops gathered outside.
• Zhao Hongming returned to Daliang and dropped the rebels’ heads before the ministers, announcing that the northern rebellion had been pacified.

After crushing the Taiping Sect rebellion, Zhao Hongming ordered Wei Country to prepare for a campaign against Zhao Country before turning on Qi Country. Meanwhile, Hai Chaosheng emerged from seclusion, seized Chu Country’s God-Demon Weapon, and attacked South Suppression Pass, leaving the Wei garrison in chaos.

• Zhao Hongming stunned the court by announcing that he had swiftly quelled the Taiping Sect rebellion and warned that Qi Country posed an external threat.
• Zhao Hongming rejected calls to delay action against Qi Country and ordered Wei Country to prepare to destroy Zhao Country after spring.
• Hai Chaosheng completed his secluded cultivation, strengthened his Creation Realm power, and resolved to settle his old score with Zhao Hongming.
• Hai Chaosheng took Chu Country’s God-Demon Weapon from King Lie of Chu and set out to reclaim South Suppression Pass.
• Hai Chaosheng struck South Suppression Pass with his spear, shattered its defensive formation and city walls, and threw the Wei Army into chaos.

Hai Chaosheng destroyed South Suppression Pass and attacked Zhao Hongming in Great Liang, but Zhao revealed that he had also reached the Creation Realm. The chapter ended as Zhao’s anomaly spread to confront Hai Chaosheng.

• Hai Chaosheng shattered South Suppression Pass’s defensive formation with the Blazing Fire Spear and burned the pass and its fleeing soldiers.
• Zhao Hongming examined the dagger taken from Shen, refined it as a God-Demon Weapon, and discovered he could control it with Divine Sense, though it drained his mental energy.
• Hai Chaosheng arrived above Great Liang City and vowed to kill Zhao Hongming, then charged into the Imperial Palace.
• Zhao Hongming activated the Seven Stars Heaven Severing Grand Formation, but Hai Chaosheng battered it until it began to fail.
• Zhao Hongming rose to face Hai Chaosheng and revealed his Creation Realm cultivation as his Immortal King Suppresses Mountains and Rivers anomaly spread across the sky.

Zhao Hongming fought Hai Chaosheng inside the Mountain and River Diagram and killed him after surviving the detonation of his God-Demon Weapon. The people of Great Liang City hailed Zhao Hongming as the strongest martial warrior, while he resolved to keep investigating immortality.

• Zhao Hongming and Hai Chaosheng unleashed their phenomena, and Zhao Hongming's Mountain and River Diagram swallowed Hai Chaosheng's Heaven Burning Fire.
• Zhao Hongming and Hai Chaosheng clashed with their God-Demon Weapons, and Zhao Hongming wounded Hai Chaosheng with an invisible dagger.
• Hai Chaosheng detonated his God-Demon Weapon, but Zhao Hongming blocked the blast with the wall of National Destiny.
• Zhao Hongming killed Hai Chaosheng with his God-Demon dagger after Hai Chaosheng's weapon failed to defeat him.
• The people of Great Liang City cheered Zhao Hongming's victory, and he returned to the Imperial Palace determined to investigate immortality.

After killing Hai Chaosheng, Zhao Hongming secured Great Liang and ordered Wei Country to prepare for war after learning Chu Country might invade through the captured South Suppression Pass. King Lie of Chu marched into Wei, but learned too late that Hai Chaosheng was dead and saw his head carried toward him by Wei cavalry.

• Zhao Hongming reported Hai Chaosheng’s death to Zhao Yongxu, who praised him, while Chen Xuerong put away her sword after learning Zhao Hongming had won.
• King Lie of Chu celebrated news that Hai Chaosheng had captured South Suppression Pass and ordered an invasion of Wei Country.
• Reports of Zhao Hongming’s northern campaign and the fall of South Suppression Pass reached the court, and Zhao Hongming ordered the Wei Elite Soldiers to prepare to march south.
• King Lie of Chu led his army through South Suppression Pass, but a scout told him that Zhao Hongming had slain Hai Chaosheng; King Lie had the scout killed for delivering the news.
• Wei cavalry arrived carrying Hai Chaosheng’s head, confirming his death to King Lie of Chu.

Zhao Hongming arrived on the battlefield as the Wei Army struggled against Chu’s greater numbers and unleashed his Creation Realm Mountain and River Phenomenon, annihilating nearly one hundred thousand Chu Soldiers. King Lie of Chu recognized that the battle was lost and was urged to flee as the Wei Army counterattacked.

• After Hai Chaosheng’s death shook the Chu Army’s morale, King Lie of Chu ordered his soldiers to stand and fight, threatening to execute anyone who retreated.
• Le Yang and Ma Chuanping led forty thousand Wei soldiers into battle, but the Chu Army’s numerical advantage gradually surrounded them and pushed them toward defeat.
• Zhao Hongming arrived unharmed, reassured the Wei generals, and declared that those who violated Great Wei would be punished, no matter how far away they were.
• Zhao Hongming’s Mountain and River Phenomenon engulfed the Chu Army and killed nearly one hundred thousand soldiers with collapsing boulders, flooding waters, and lightning.
• The Wei Army counterattacked as King Lie of Chu realized he had lost and his men urged him to flee.

Zhao Hongming forced King Lie of Chu to cede ten cities, then secretly wounded him with an assassination weapon as he withdrew. King Lie died two days later, while Zhao Hongming’s victories over Hai Chaosheng and the Chu Army spread his fame across the world.

• Zhao Hongming overpowered King Lie of Chu’s guards and accused him of conspiring with Hai Chaosheng against Wei Country.
• King Lie of Chu denied responsibility, and Zhao Hongming demanded ten cities in exchange for letting him leave; King Lie signed the treaty.
• Zhao Hongming secretly followed King Lie’s retreat and wounded his spleen with a God-Demon Weapon, concealing the attack as an illness.
• Two days later, King Lie of Chu collapsed and died on the road, throwing the Chu Army camp into panic.
• News of Zhao Hongming’s defeat of Hai Chaosheng and slaughter of one hundred thousand Chu soldiers spread worldwide, alarming the courts of Zhao Country and Qi Country.