Chapter Summaries

Qi Yuan discovered that the intelligent wedding-gown monster who had married him was Little Bride, and she could merge with him as powerful blood-red armor. Their temporary fusion raised him to Level 93 and granted him two new skills, leaving him eager to test his newfound strength.

• Qi Yuan questioned Little Bride about why she had married him, and she used a wooden plaque marked “husband” to answer.
• Little Bride produced eight wooden plaques that let Qi Yuan learn how she expressed herself, though she could not use any others.
• When Qi Yuan threatened to divorce her, Little Bride clung to his arm and indicated that she could help him.
• Little Bride merged with Qi Yuan, turning her wedding robes into blood-red armor and raising him five levels to Level 93.
• Qi Yuan gained the major skill With You in Arms and the minor skill Rending Clothes.

Qi Yuan used Little Bride’s authority to enter an Earth Palace and discovered that the Attire Division had once served the Divine Court before its Heavenly God vanished in an invasion by Enemies from Beyond the Territory. He believed the game’s true objective was to defeat those invaders and protect the world.

• Qi Yuan used With You in Arms to merge with Little Bride, gaining blood-red offensive armor, a five-level boost, and one-third control of the Attire Forbidden Area.
• Using Little Bride’s authority, Qi Yuan entered a grave’s Earth Palace, where he wondered why most Clothing Monsters were mindless and bloodthirsty.
• Qi Yuan found thousands of motionless armored soldiers and read a stele describing the Divine Court Four Divisions and the Attire Division’s history.
• Qi Yuan learned that Enemies from Beyond the Territory had invaded the Moon Gazing Continent and that the Heavenly God never returned, while the last Attire Division Imperial Guards awaited awakening.
• Qi Yuan concluded that he needed to defeat the invaders to earn Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment and resolved to give the task everything he had.

Qi Yuan told Jin Li about marrying the wedding dress and asked about her struggle against Sima Ting, while he considered taking control of the Attire Forbidden Area’s Imperial Guards. Sima Ting questioned Wen Zhongyong about Aunt Qin’s sudden rise to the Imperial rank and whether Jin Li had a hidden backer.

• Qi Yuan told Jin Li that he had married a wedding dress and said Little Bride would help him clear the Attire Forbidden Area.
• Jin Li explained that Sima Ting controlled most of Nanqian Kingdom’s power, leaving her with few forces and little chance to challenge him directly.
• Qi Yuan and Jin Li exchanged concerns about their missions, and Jin Li urged Qi Yuan to stay safe until they could meet in person.
• Qi Yuan looked over the buried Attire Division Imperial Guards and wondered whether taking control of the Attire Forbidden Area would make them his forces.
• Sima Ting sent Sima Riyue away, then asked Wen Zhongyong whether someone had helped Aunt Qin reach the Imperial rank or was targeting him and the Heavenly Fortune Holy Gate.

Wen Zhongyong and Sima Ting learned that Qi Yuan was helping Empress Jin Li and prepared to curse him to death with a treasure bestowed by the Heavenly Fortune Holy Master. The Holy Master’s secret plan to sacrifice humanity and the demons was revealed, and he grew fearful after killing a crow.

• Wen Zhongyong told Sima Ting that Empress Jin Li had used Exquisite Jade Tide to communicate with someone who may have helped Old Madam Qin reach the Emperor level.
• Wen Zhongyong identified the person as Qi Yuan and said he would use Exquisite Jade Tide and the Kingdom Stabilizing Ruler to curse him to death.
• The Heavenly Fortune Holy Master left a pleasure house and revealed that he was a land turtle who had gained power from a drop of longevity blood.
• The Heavenly Fortune Holy Master revealed that he had secretly stirred up war between humans and demons and planned to sacrifice both peoples’ fortune and lives to become a Black Tortoise.
• After killing a crow, the Heavenly Fortune Holy Master felt afraid and decided to stop visiting pleasure houses.

Wen Zhongyong and the Heavenly Fortune Holy Master died when their curse-killing attempt and a Life Swapping Technique backfired, allowing the Holy Master's stand-in to take control of the Heavenly Fortune Holy Gate. At the Attire Forbidden Area, Qi Yuan leveled up with Little Bride's help, fought the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor, and escaped after discovering how much stronger it was.

• Wen Zhongyong's curse-killing technique backfired, causing him to explode and destroying the Kingdom Stabilizing Ruler.
• The Heavenly Fortune Holy Master died from the Life Swapping Technique, and his stand-in entered the Earth Palace with a man in golden robes and celebrated his chance to become the real Holy Master.
• Qi Yuan took Little Bride to hunt Clothing Monsters in the Attire Forbidden Area and reached level eighty-nine.
• Qi Yuan activated With You in Arms and struck the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor with his Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique, but its health barely dropped.
• Qi Yuan switched the Wedding Dress Armor to defensive form and escaped, resolving to level up before fighting the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor again.

Qi Yuan prepared to sleep in a grave with Little Bride, while Divine Domain powerhouses in the Yin Yang Forbidden Ground learned that he was nearing the Divine Domain and invited him to their Demon Subjugation Assembly. Qi Yuan rejected the invitation, declaring that his daughter would rule the ages within three hundred years.

• Qi Yuan dug a pit to sleep in, helped Little Bride after she tripped, and carried her into the pit.
• Dozens of powerful beings awoke in the Yin Yang Forbidden Ground, where Tong said a new fellow traveler from the Attire Forbidden Area was nearing the Divine Domain.
• The group discussed the Extraterrestrial Demons and their plan to attack Earth Severing during the Heavenly Dog's lunar devouring three hundred years later.
• The powerhouses debated whether Qi Yuan deserved an invitation and whether the Bride Attire Imperial Daughter should have chosen a stronger partner.
• Tong ordered Mo Li to invite Qi Yuan to the Demon Subjugation Assembly, and Qi Yuan rejected the invitation, saying his daughter would rule across all ages in three hundred years.

Qi Yuan spent his days studying techniques to create a Foundation Establishment technique and his nights leveling up in the Attire Forbidden Area. Meanwhile, Jin Li faced an impending crisis as Sima Ting agreed to help the Demon Race and Heavenly Fortune Holy Gate seize the Nanqian capital, leaving the city’s fate in danger.

• Qi Yuan read through books and Technique Jade Slips by day while leveling up in the Attire Forbidden Area with Little Bride at night.
• Qi Yuan reached level eighty-nine, then returned to the graveyard and chatted with Jin Li before going to sleep.
• Jin Li feared Sima Ting would move against the palace after an emperor-level expert died and Nanqian’s troop deployments increased.
• At the Prime Minister's Residence, Sima Ting met a Demon Race emperor and an emperor-level expert from the Heavenly Fortune Holy Gate, who ordered him to bring his army into the capital.
• The Demon Race and Heavenly Fortune Holy Gate planned to slaughter the capital and use its blood aura to forge the Bloodless Emperor Staff, while Sima Ting accepted the plan in exchange for a promised Hall Elder plaque.
• The Demon Race emperor demanded that the Empress’s head be given to him as a wine vessel, and Sima Ting reluctantly agreed.

Sima Ting sealed the capital under the pretense of hunting demons, while Jin Li learned that his plans involved powerful Demon Race figures. In the Attire Forbidden Area, Qi Yuan reached level ninety, gained Death Radiance, and charged into battle against the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor.

• Sima Ting told the court that three armies had entered the capital to eradicate demons, then imposed a ban allowing people to enter but not leave.
• Jin Li told Aunt Qin and Hua Xian to flee to the Xuanyuan Forbidden Area, but Aunt Qin warned that Sima Ting’s residence held Demon Race members and that at least three emperor-level experts were outside the city.
• Qi Yuan reached level ninety by killing clothing monsters and gained the Stabilize Spirit and Death Radiance skills.
• Qi Yuan used his new strength and Death Radiance to charge toward the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor, which rushed to meet him.
• Qi Yuan enlarged his Great Treasure Sword with crimson blood essence and attacked the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor while killing nearby clothing monsters for experience and life force.

Qi Yuan defeated the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor and cleared the Attire Forbidden Area, learning that its predecessor had been killed by a Heavenly Demon and that the area’s Heavenly Dao fragments were polluted. After telling Jin Li of his victory, he offered her a scheme to stabilize Southern Qian.

• Qi Yuan fought the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor, using Rending Clothes and his strongest sword strike to kill it.
• Qi Yuan picked up the Faceless Mask and saw memories of the monster’s predecessor, who had concealed his identity before a fishing line from the heavens drained his life.
• Qi Yuan received ten Polluted Fragments of Heavenly Dao and control over the Attire Division Imperial Guards, then realized he would need to confront the Heavenly Demons at Land’s End to obtain complete fragments.
• Qi Yuan logged off to recover from mental exhaustion and lay down with Little Bride.
• Jin Li worried about her crisis in the imperial palace until Qi Yuan messaged that he had conquered the Attire Forbidden Area.
• Qi Yuan told Jin Li he had a brilliant scheme to help stabilize Southern Qian.

Qi Yuan told Jin Li how to summon the Attire Division Imperial Guards by building a God Sacrifice Platform, and Jin Li ordered its construction despite her officials urging her to flee the capital. Duke Yu pledged funds and craftsmen, then offered to stay behind as a decoy while Jin Li escaped.

• Qi Yuan offered to send the Attire Division Imperial Guards to help Jin Li and explained that building a God Sacrifice Platform would summon them in about three days.
• Jin Li summoned Kong Qi and Duke Yu, showed them the platform's blueprints, and ordered them to build it.
• Kong Qi warned Jin Li that Sima Ting controlled the Ministry of Rites and urged her to flee to Yanbei Pass to seek help from the Heavenly Revelation General.
• Jin Li insisted on building the platform, and Kong Qi offered three hundred and seventy taels of silver toward its construction.
• Duke Yu pledged eighty thousand taels of silver and eight hundred craftsmen, then offered to remain in the palace as a decoy while Jin Li escaped.

Jin Li ordered the construction of the God Sacrifice Platform while Duke Yu and Aunt Qin doubted it could summon help, and the Demon Race prepared to trap her and forge the Supreme Emperor Scepter. Meanwhile, Qi Yuan recovered from the mental strain of his game battle and returned to Seven Colors Peak, still curious about the extraordinary grass.

• Aunt Qin told Duke Yu that the blueprint showed the God Sacrifice Platform, but both doubted its legendary divine army could still be summoned.
• The Demon Race emperor and the emperor from the Heavenly Fortune Holy Gate dismissed Jin Li’s plan and focused on forging the Supreme Emperor Scepter, while Sima Ting assured them she could not escape the surrounded city.
• Qi Yuan woke drained after suppressing Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor and realized his game progress had greatly improved his cultivation, though the mental strain remained severe.
• Qi Yuan went down the mountain for a massage and spirit broth, then rested for a day to recover.
• Qi Yuan returned to Seven Colors Peak and wondered whether the extraordinary grass could detect his aura the next day.

Aunt Qin returned to the palace gravely wounded and reported that demons had surrounded the imperial city with a Soul Burial Banner Array. Jin Li continued with the God Sacrifice ceremony, unaware that the Demon Race Sovereign planned to use the gathering to unleash a slaughter and empower the Bloodless Emperor Staff.

• Aunt Qin told Jin Li, Duke Yu, and Kong Qi that demons had intercepted her outside the city and that the Soul Burial Banner Array encircled the imperial city.
• Jin Li ordered everyone to finish the God Sacrifice Platform despite the threat, then wondered what Qi Yuan would do in her place.
• At the Prime Minister's Residence, Sima Ting worried that the array might be exposed, while the Demon Race Sovereign revealed his plan to exploit the ceremony's fear and bloodshed to strengthen the Bloodless Emperor Staff.
• Sima Ting and the Demon Race Sovereign attended the God Sacrifice ceremony as the officials gathered and Jin Li arrived in imperial dress.
• Sima Riyue mocked Jin Li, and Kong Qi announced that the auspicious hour had arrived for the sacrifice to Heaven.

Jin Li performed the God Sacrifice Platform ritual and summoned the Divine Court’s Attire Division Imperial Guards, just as the Demon Race emperor attacked the officials and threatened Aunt Qin. The Guards appeared around Jin Li, and one brought messages from Qi Yuan as she looked toward the Ancient Qixun Camphor Tree.

• Jin Li climbed the God Sacrifice Platform and performed the ritual Qi Yuan had taught her, then questioned Sima Ting about the Soul Burial Banner Array outside the city.
• The Demon Race emperor confirmed that the array existed, and Sima Ting admitted it was real.
• The Demon Race emperor attacked and killed hundreds of officials, then moved to attack Aunt Qin beside the platform.
• Jin Li summoned the Attire Division Imperial Guards, who appeared in the sky around the God Sacrifice Platform.
• An Imperial Guard in Bridal Gown Red Armor delivered Qi Yuan’s messages to Jin Li, who looked toward the Ancient Qixun Camphor Tree.

Jin Li used the Attire Division Imperial Guards to defeat the Demon Race emperor and punish the traitors, then resolved to meet Qi Yuan. Qi Yuan and Little Bride entered the Five Elements Forbidden Ground, where an old man was waiting for him.

• Jin Li watched an Attire Division Grand Commander kill the fleeing Demon Race emperor with one arrow.
• Sima Ting revealed that the Heavenly Fortune Holy Gate had plotted against Jin Li, and a Grand Commander killed Sima Ting and the skinny emperor.
• Jin Li ordered the imperial guards to clear the enemies and decided to meet Qi Yuan beneath the Ancient Qixun Camphor Tree.
• Qi Yuan found Little Bride recovering, then took her by the hand and entered the Five Elements Forbidden Ground.
• An old man greeted Qi Yuan as the Attire Department Head and said he had been waiting for him.

Qi Yuan met Gold Ancestor in the Five Elements Forbidden Ground and secured a chance to enter its training ground, where he hoped to gain control of the entire forbidden ground. He learned that powerful figures were waiting for a Demon Subjugation Assembly three hundred years away, then was welcomed by a dormant cultivator who had burned his origin to open the training ground.

• Qi Yuan recognized Gold Ancestor as a human-skin vessel carrying metal-element rules, and Gold Ancestor invited him to train in the Five Elements Training Ground before the Demon Subjugation Assembly.
• Qi Yuan asked to take complete control of the Five Elements Forbidden Ground, and Gold Ancestor said it would depend on Qi Yuan displaying unparalleled talent.
• Gold Ancestor led Qi Yuan and the others through dangerous natural disasters to a valley containing more than seventy coffins, where the continent's powerful figures lay dormant.
• Gold Ancestor knocked on the wrong coffin, waking a rough-featured man who praised Qi Yuan and said he had burned his origin to open the Five Elements Training Ground for him.

Qi Yuan entered the Five Elements Training Ground to collect the five elemental powers needed to earn the Five Ancestors’ recognition and eventually control the forbidden ground. As he surveyed its monsters, he considered using their Five Elements Power to strengthen his cultivation foundation.

• The awakened inhabitants of the Five Elements Forbidden Ground discussed Qi Yuan’s Divine Domain realm and the green-clad girl warned them that he intended to take control of the forbidden ground.
• Yu forbade infighting, and the others dismissed the threat, believing Qi Yuan could not win the Five Ancestors’ recognition.
• Gold Ancestor explained that Qi Yuan needed to complete each element and earn all five ancestors’ recognition to become master of the forbidden ground.
• Qi Yuan entered the Five Elements Training Ground with Little Bride after Gold Ancestor advised him to look out for the other prodigies inside.
• Water Ancestor, Fire Ancestor, and Wood Ancestor joined Gold Ancestor and discussed their hopes that Qi Yuan would become powerful enough to improve their chances against the Extraterrestrial Demons.
• Qi Yuan inspected the monsters and wondered whether their Five Elements Power could reshape and strengthen his Qi Refinement foundation.

Qi Yuan slaughtered Five Elements Souls to gather essence qi, then emerged from the ground and confronted Tang Yan and two Divine Realm experts after overhearing them mock his ambition to control the Five Elements Forbidden Ground. He demanded that the Red-Clad Man answer a question as payment for disturbing his sleep.

• Qi Yuan hunted Five Elements Souls with Little Bride, reached Level 92, and gathered essence qi while estimating how much more he needed for Five Elements Perfection.
• After logging out, Qi Yuan discovered that the Five Elements Qi had fed back into reality and allowed him to sense control over several elements.
• For three days, Qi Yuan trained and studied, but his essence qi collection advanced slowly and he found no other prodigies in the training ground.
• Tang Yan obtained a wisp of Water Essence Qi after a year of cultivation, while the Red-Clad Man and the Bun-Head Woman discussed Qi Yuan's boast that he would control the Five Elements Forbidden Ground.
• Qi Yuan emerged from the soil while holding Little Bride, caught the Red-Clad Man speaking ill of him, and demanded an answer to one question as compensation for the disturbance.

Qi Yuan discovered that killing Water Souls gave him Water Essence Qi with every strike, astonishing Tang Yan and the others as he headed for the Five Elements Training Ground’s Core Land. He arrived after the others had accidentally drawn more than ten thousand Five Souls away, and sensed a strange reaction in his body as something flickered deep in the abyss.

• Qi Yuan asked Tang Yan where he could find the most Five Souls, learned the route to the Core Land, and killed a trapped Water Soul to gain a wisp of Water Essence Qi.
• Qi Yuan killed three more Water Souls, gaining three more wisps, and left for the Core Land while Tang Yan, the Bun-Head Woman, and the red-robed man watched in disbelief.
• Tang Yan and the others followed Qi Yuan and transmitted news of his astonishing talent, but they arrived at the Core Land before him.
• The red-robed man attracted over ten thousand Five Souls, and he, Tang Yan, and the Bun-Head Woman fled as the creatures charged after them.
• Qi Yuan arrived at the now-empty Core Land, wondered where the Five Souls had gone, and entered the abyss as his body and Five Essences Qi began to grow hot and restless.

Qi Yuan explored the Five Elements Core Land, obtained the incomplete Daydream Fantasy Skill, and learned that it might help him pursue a technique compatible with the Qi Yuan Sutra. After returning to the game, he slaughtered the Five Souls and demonstrated that he could comprehend all five elements, leaving Tang Yan and the others hopeful that he could master the Five Elements Forbidden Ground and challenge the Extraterrestrial Demon.

• Qi Yuan entered the abyss in the Core Land, gathered Five Elements Quicksand, and received fragments of the Daydream Fantasy Skill from a wisp of Grand Sun Radiance.
• Qi Yuan left the game, decided to seek references to complete the technique, and asked Jiang Lingsu about similar cultivation arts; she mentioned the extinct Ju Jin race of the East Sea.
• Jiang Lingsu concealed the pain caused by wielding the Universe Mirror, while Qi Yuan offered to help her with any problems.
• Qi Yuan returned to the game, merged with Little Bride, and attacked the returned Five Souls, killing many and rapidly comprehending all five Essences.
• Li Qin lost his bet with the Red-Clad Man, while Tang Yan and the others realized Qi Yuan might achieve five-element perfection and give them hope against the Extraterrestrial Demon.

Tang Yan reported that the Attire Department Head had extraordinary talent in all five elements, prompting Yu and the Divine Domain experts to resolve to aid his growth. Dragon Arbiter secured the Yin Yang Forbidden Ground’s agreement to perform Shen Ying if Qi Yuan defeated Burying Flower, while Qi Yuan continued killing Five Souls to advance his Five Elements completion.

• Tang Yan reported to Yu that the Attire Department Head could comprehend Water Essence Qi with one Water Soul and had equally supreme talent in all five elements.
• Yu proposed that the Divine Domain experts use Shen Ying to share their cultivation insights with the Attire Department Head, and they agreed.
• Dragon Arbiter returned injured from the Yin Yang Forbidden Ground and said its experts would perform Shen Ying if the Attire Department Head defeated Burying Flower.
• Water Ancestor comforted a green-clad girl who feared that the Attire Department Head’s Five Elements completion would bring the Five Elements Forbidden Ground under his control.
• Qi Yuan killed the Five Souls that Tang Yan and the others had captured, then complained that reaching Five Elements completion would take half a month.
• Qi Yuan gave Tang Yan, the Bun-Head Woman, Li Qin, and the Red-Clad Man Five Elements Quicksand.