Chapter Summaries

Li Yuanba fought Xiong Kuohai at Daxing’s city gate, killed Huang Gongcuo, and was taken into custody for breaking the city’s ban on fighting. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling then reached the martial examination registration square, where Hou Xibai explained the stone-stele carving test.

• Xiong Kuohai struck Li Yuanba with his iron staff, but Li Yuanba blocked the blow with his hammer and stood unharmed.
• Ning Daoqi stopped Li Yuanba from continuing the fight by reminding him that his parents were in the city, then asked Xiong Kuohai to spare him.
• When Xiong Kuohai insisted on arresting him, Li Yuanba attacked Huang Gongcuo and smashed him to death with a hammer.
• Xiong Kuohai ordered the soldiers to chain Li Yuanba and take him into Daxing, while Ning Daoqi carried away his hammers.
• Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling entered Daxing and found the martial examination registration square, where Hou Xibai announced that candidates would be judged by how deeply and high they carved words into a stone stele.

At the martial examination, Ba Fenghan and other fighters carved their names into the stele while Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling kept a low profile. Yuwen Tuo brought Li Yuanba from prison to meet Gu Shaoshang, who stopped Yuanba’s furious attack with a single finger and left him unable to move.

• Ba Fenghan carved his name into the stele, and other martial examination candidates tried to leave their names as the crowd watched.
• Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling discussed the many experts at the examination, and Xu Ziling warned Kou Zhong not to draw attention to them.
• Yuwen Tuo visited Li Yuanba in the heavenly prison and told him that the person who gave him the Myriad Heavens Dragon-Elephant Art wanted to see him.
• Yuwen Tuo and Ning Daoqi brought Li Yuanba to Gu Shaoshang, who confirmed that the Myriad Heavens Dragon-Elephant Art belonged to him.
• Li Yuanba demanded the art’s latter half and attacked Gu Shaoshang with his twin hammers, but Gu Shaoshang tapped the ground with one finger and flung Yuanba down, immobilizing him.

Gu Shaoshang subdued Li Yuanba by implanting a second personality, then prepared the court for the imminent arrival of the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. The chapter ended as Shi Zhixuan sensed the Heavenly Demons.

• Gu Shaoshang restrained Li Yuanba and explained his Martial Path to Ning Daoqi, who left to consult his senior brother.
• After Li Yuanba attacked again, Gu Shaoshang implanted god's personality and memories into his consciousness, making Li Yuanba kneel and pledge loyalty.
• Gu Shaoshang and Yuwen Tuo left Li Yuanba behind, and Gu Shaoshang explained that the new personality would eventually fade.
• Shi Zhixuan presented Gu Shaoshang with a list of martial examination participants, including Bian Bufu and Yuwen Chengdu under an assumed name.
• Gu Shaoshang ordered Rootless Camp guards to protect court officials and revealed that he had placed the nation on alert for the approaching Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.
• Shi Zhixuan suddenly sensed the Heavenly Demons.

Gu Shaoshang and the realm’s Grandmasters sensed the World Will’s command to kill the arriving Heavenly Demons, then watched a flaming meteor descend. The God-Ghost Team emerged from its crash site, received its mission to destroy Great Sui and kill its leading experts, and prepared to act.

• Gu Shaoshang repelled the World Will’s influence while Shi Zhixuan, Yang Su, and other Grandmasters felt its urge to kill the Heavenly Demons.
• Gu Shaoshang led the experts of Daxing to the city wall, where they saw a blazing meteor streak toward the southwest.
• Gu Shaoshang ordered Yuwen Tuo to gather intelligence, placed Great Sui on war footing, and rallied the experts to fight.
• The meteor crashed into a distant forest, and Guizhen, the team captain, the Swordsman, and the Giant Man emerged from the crater.
• The Giant Man revealed the Main God Hall’s missions, including destroying Great Sui and killing Xiang Yutian, Ziyang True Person, Yuwen Tuo, Shi Zhixuan, Song Que, and Yang Guang.

The God-Ghost Squad entered the mutated Great Tang World to overthrow the Sui Dynasty and learned that Yang Guang was worth 200,000 Source Power. After slaughtering the staff at a tavern in Qinghe Town, they headed to confront Song Que, while the Heavenly Saber sensed danger.

• The God-Ghost Squad debated Yang Guang’s immense reward and their captain claimed he could defeat anyone below Four-star level.
• The squad reached Qinghe Town, learned that Song Que was nearby, and decided to confront him rather than pursue Song Que’s political ambitions.
• Yaoshi unleashed his Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu, which devoured the waiter, innkeeper, servants, and cooks after he suspected they were Yang Guang’s informants.
• The captain ordered the squad to kill Song Que, and Song Que sensed danger in the Blade Honing Hall and took up the Heavenly Saber.
• Guizhen arrived outside Song Family Fortress carrying the Heavenly Divine Weapon Tiger Soul and prepared to face Song Que.

Guizhen challenged Song Que at the gates of the Song Family Fortress, and their saber duel left Song Que badly wounded and his Heavenly Saber broken. Song Que awakened a higher saber realm and walked toward Guizhen unarmed as Guizhen unleashed Mountain Collapse.

• Guizhen confronted Song Que at the fortress, and their opening saber strikes shattered the ground and stone lions around them.
• Guizhen and Song Que exchanged a rapid series of blows, with Guizhen's superior strength gradually forcing Song Que back.
• Yaoshi sent a swarm of golden Gu insects toward the Song Clan residence while the swordsman and Giant Man watched the duel.
• Guizhen struck Song Que across the chest and broke his Heavenly Saber, leaving Song Que wounded and coughing blood.
• Song Que declared that his saber was in his heart, advanced into the realm of Shattering the Void, and walked toward Guizhen without a weapon.
• Guizhen answered Song Que's advance by unleashing the Seven Great Limits' Mountain Collapse.

Song Que killed Guizhen twice with his Heavenly Saber Slash but was defeated and died after the burly Giant Man blocked his final strike. As the God-Ghost Team turned on the Song Clan, a golden river descended before Song Que.

• Song Que used Heavenly Saber Slash to split Guizhen apart, but Guizhen revived through his Nine-Lives Cat Demon constitution until Yaoshi used the Yin-Yang Mirror to remove the lingering Blade Qi.
• Song Que challenged the God-Ghost Team with one last saber strike, and the burly Giant Man destroyed it with a punch.
• Song Que collapsed and turned to ash as Song Lu and the surviving Song Clan members watched in grief.
• A golden river rushed down from the heavens and appeared before Song Que.

Gu Shaoshang sent the dying Song Que through an Immortal Gate, then confronted the God-Ghost Team and fought its Hulk Bloodline powerhouse. Their clash tore open a massive Immortal Gate in the sky, leaving the outcome of their battle unresolved.

• Gu Shaoshang opened an Immortal Gate and sent the fading Song Que through it, telling him they might meet again if fate allowed.
• Gu Shaoshang challenged the four members of the God-Ghost Team and knocked their giant captain down with a single punch.
• The Hulk Bloodline captain stood back up, and Gu Shaoshang struck him again before he leaped high into the sky.
• The captain descended with a mighty palm strike, and Gu Shaoshang launched upward to meet it with his fist.
• Their collision formed a vast mushroom cloud and tore open a thirty-to-forty-foot Immortal Gate in the air.

Gu Shaoshang used the Immortal King Descends Upon the Nine Heavens phenomenon to kill the Hulk-like Giant Man, but the technique badly injured him. As the others pursued the fleeing God-Ghost Squad members, Yuwen Tuo and his allies intercepted them on the road.

• Gu Shaoshang overwhelmed the Giant Man with a devastating punch empowered by his Sacred Body phenomenon, killing him and earning 40,000 Source Power.
• Gu Shaoshang revealed that the attack had badly injured his body and nearly harmed his divine soul, then took Song Que’s broken Heavenly Saber and mourned his death.
• Gu Shaoshang told Song Lu that Song Que’s attempt to Shatter the Void might succeed, but he could not be certain.
• Yaoshi, the swordsman, and Guizhen stopped their escape and debated returning to attack Gu Shaoshang while he was injured.
• Yuwen Tuo arrived with Shi Zhixuan, Yang Su, Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, and other Grandmaster Realm experts, confronting the three fugitives.

Yuwen Tuo and the Great Sui experts clashed with three Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, who escaped after the swordsman unleashed the Myriad Sword Art. As the pursuers tracked them through a poisonous mist, Gu Shaoshang recovered from his injuries and considered the Main God Hall and its dimensional squads.

• Guizhen challenged Shi Zhixuan, but Yuwen Tuo stepped in with the Xuanyuan Sword and faced him.
• The swordsman unleashed the Myriad Sword Art, and Yuwen Tuo and Yang Su blocked the flying swords while the three Outer Realm Heavenly Demons escaped.
• The fugitives discussed their failed mission, Guizhen's injuries, and the need to hide, gather intelligence, and complete the Main Mission.
• Yaoshi spread poisonous green smoke through the forest to hinder pursuit, but Xiang Yutian and Shi Zhixuan continued after the fugitives.
• At Song Family Fortress, Gu Shaoshang treated his injuries and considered the Main God Hall, dimensional squads, Source Power, the Hulk, and Buddha's Palm.

After surviving a battle with the Main God Hall squad, Gu Shaoshang examined their spoils and found a partial Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique. Opening a mysterious notebook triggered a devastating explosion that destroyed the Song Family Fortress, leaving Gu Shaoshang to confront the danger posed by the Main God Hall and the deaths caused by its trap.

• Gu Shaoshang recovered from his injuries enough to speak with Yuwen Tuo, who reported that the three surviving enemies were powerful, and Gu Shaoshang ordered him to track them down.
• Gu Shaoshang searched the storage ring and found a three-level version of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, which he recognized as a powerful body-cultivation method.
• Gu Shaoshang opened a notebook among the squad’s belongings and sensed imminent danger, so he grabbed Yuwen Tuo and fled the courtyard.
• The notebook’s hidden contingency exploded, destroying the Song Family Fortress and the surrounding mountain forest, while Gu Shaoshang and Yuwen Tuo were blasted into the air and badly injured.
• Gu Shaoshang realized the Main God Hall trap had killed many Song Clan members, including Song Lu, and descended with Yuwen Tuo while reflecting on the Main God Hall, dimensional squads, and Source Power.

After recovering from a devastating blast, Gu Shaoshang and Yuwen Tuo sought a place to heal while a mysterious will swept through the Chaos Sea and retreated before four streams of Sword Qi. In Lingnan, Guizhen’s squad turned to fight Xiang Yutian, Shi Zhixuan, and Ning Daoqi, and the swordsman’s flying blades threatened Ning Daoqi as the battle continued.

• Gu Shaoshang and Yuwen Tuo took Heavenly Fragrance Cardamoms and headed into the mountains to heal.
• A cold will rose from the Chaos Sea, swept across time and space, and withdrew when four streams of Sword Qi confronted it.
• Guizhen demanded a fight, and Yaoshi and the swordsman agreed to attack the natives pursuing them.
• Guizhen attacked Xiang Yutian, who shattered his giant tiger of Blade Light and met his next strike in close combat.
• The swordsman unleashed his Myriad Sword Art against Shi Zhixuan and Ning Daoqi, who pressed forward through the flying swords.
• Ning Daoqi was wounded by the swords and formed a Bagua Dao diagram as several blades shot toward him.

A swordsman’s flying sword formation badly wounded Ning Daoqi and forced Shi Zhixuan and Xiang Yutian to retreat. After the God-Ghost Squad received a special mission to find whoever had spied on the Main God Hall, Yaoshi and the others suspected the secret might be tied to Yang Guang or an unknown being.

• The swordsman’s flying swords shattered Ning Daoqi’s defenses and tore him apart as Shi Zhixuan charged into the formation to attack.
• The swordsman trapped Shi Zhixuan inside a sphere of flying swords, but Shi Zhixuan broke free and struck back as Xiang Yutian charged in.
• Xiang Yutian and Shi Zhixuan escaped after exchanging blows with the swordsman and Guizhen, while Yaoshi warned that their opponents were too powerful to pursue.
• The Main God Hall issued the God-Ghost Squad a mission to find the person spying on it, offering a million Source Power and a six-star item while threatening erasure for failure.
• Yaoshi, the swordsman, and Guizhen recalled a rumor about special missions triggered by leaked Main God Hall secrets and considered seeking help without alerting the top-ranked squads.

After the destruction of Song Family Fortress, Gu Shaoshang treated his severe injuries and realized that the Main God Hall was tracking him because he had taken its Source Power. As the three Main God Hall agents returned to confront him, Yuwen Tuo and the others prepared for their arrival.

• Yaoshi and his two companions changed their mission and headed back toward Song Family Fortress to test Gu Shaoshang, planning to request help if they could not defeat him.
• Xiang Yutian treated Shi Zhixuan’s severe injuries while Ziyang kept watch on the returning agents.
• Gu Shaoshang discovered that a damaged eight-star aggregate will had searched for him, and suspected that taking the Main God Hall’s Source Power had drawn its attention.
• Gu Shaoshang used Creation Qi to heal his injuries as Yuwen Tuo told Kou Zhong and the others that a terrifying power had destroyed Song Family Fortress and badly wounded them.
• Kou Zhong reported that Ning Daoqi had died and that the three agents were heading back, prompting Yuwen Tuo to order everyone to stay alert.
• At sunrise, the three agents arrived at the sinkhole where Song Family Fortress had stood.

Yaoshi, Guizhen, and the swordsman tracked Gu Shaoshang after a devastating strike left him badly injured, while his allies gathered around him and prepared for the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. The three attackers found the forest and launched a torrent of flying swords at it, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Yaoshi sent his Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu across the region to find Gu Shaoshang, and he agreed with Guizhen and the swordsman to fight together and call for help if necessary.
• Kou Zhong and Yuwen Tuo watched over the wounded Gu Shaoshang as Xiang Yutian and Shi Zhixuan arrived, and Anger returned in his giant-eagle form before shrinking to a fledgling.
• Xiang Yutian reported that Yaoshi's Gu insects had discovered them and revealed that Xiong Kuohai had lost an arm after being bitten; Purple Sun Daoist and Li Yuanba joined the group after hearing that Ning Daoqi had been killed.
• Yaoshi found Gu Shaoshang's location, and he, Guizhen, and the swordsman advanced toward the forest while remaining wary of an ambush.
• The swordsman unleashed a sky-covering torrent of flying swords toward the forest where Gu Shaoshang and his allies waited.

Yuwen Tuo and the others defended Gu Shaoshang from a swordsman’s devastating flying-sword attack, breaking his weapon at the cost of Purple Sun Daoist’s injury and Xiang Yutian’s strain. As Yaoshi approached under the cover of invisibility, Guizhen launched his strongest saber technique at the group.

• The swordsman unleashed a torrent of flying swords, and Purple Sun Daoist formed a Bagua diagram to shield the group while Xiang Yutian reinforced the defense with a curtain of black Qi.
• Purple Sun Daoist’s diagram shattered, injuring him, and Xiang Yutian’s curtain was pierced before Yuwen Tuo cut the swordsman’s flying sword in two with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• The swordsman suffered a severe backlash from the destruction of his life-linked weapon, took pills to recover, and headed toward the forest carrying another sword.
• Yaoshi used his swarm of insects to observe the battlefield, saw that the swordsman was badly wounded, and entered the forest invisibly.
• Guizhen stepped before Yuwen Tuo and the others and attacked with Annihilate Earth, the strongest move among the Seven Great Limits he had mastered.

Guizhen and Yuwen Tuo’s battle escalated as the other fighters were drawn into clashes with Guizhen, a wounded swordsman, and Yaoshi’s Gu insects. Yaoshi struck Gu Shaoshang with the Yin-Yang Mirror’s death light, but Gu Shaoshang reappeared behind him and killed him with a punch.

• Yuwen Tuo fought Guizhen, and Shi Zhixuan joined the battle as Guizhen challenged the surrounding experts.
• A wounded swordsman attacked Gu Shaoshang, but Li Yuanba intercepted him and forced him into a fierce fight.
• Yaoshi released a swarm of Gu insects that endangered Kou Zhong and the others, until Anger’s cry scattered the insects.
• Yaoshi used the Yin-Yang Mirror’s death light on Gu Shaoshang, whose apparent disappearance made Guizhen and Yaoshi believe he was dead.
• Gu Shaoshang appeared behind Yaoshi and smashed his head with a punch.

Gu Shaoshang revealed that he had secretly healed and killed the God-Ghost Squad members who had attacked him. A powerful bald man arrived through the swordsman’s call for assistance, but refused to kill Gu Shaoshang and clashed with him before vanishing, leaving Gu Shaoshang to suspect that factions within the Main God Hall opposed its will.

• Gu Shaoshang revealed his healed body and killed Yaoshi with a single punch.
• Guizhen and the swordsman attacked Gu Shaoshang while the swordsman tried to summon assistance, but Gu Shaoshang killed them both.
• A bald man emerged from the swordsman’s portal and complained that the Main God had summoned him away from his duel with Changmei.
• The bald man declared that he refused to kill Gu Shaoshang and attacked him, but his Fist Intent shattered against Gu Shaoshang’s punch and disappeared.
• Gu Shaoshang sensed a Wheel Seal in his mind and wondered whether dimensional squads within the Main God Hall were secretly opposing the Main God.

After defeating the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, Gu Shaoshang prepared to leave Great Sui and departed for another world. The chapter closes with Kou Zhong and later rulers carrying on his legacy, before hinting at a carefree swordsman arriving in Daxing.

• On the journey to Daxing, Gu Shaoshang studied the Wheel Seal left in his mind by the bald giant and glimpsed the outline of a second fist move.
• In the Imperial Study, Gu Shaoshang told his ministers that he would leave, while Kou Zhong reported that he had destroyed Japan.
• Gu Shaoshang urged Yang Su to keep pursuing the final step and entrusted Great Sui's future to the ministers and Kou Zhong.
• Gu Shaoshang rode Anger into the sky, summoned the Myriad Heavens Mirror, and vanished through a tear in space.
• After Gu Shaoshang left, Kou Zhong became emperor, renamed the nation Great Wu, and honored Gu Shaoshang as its founding Grand Progenitor; later Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling shattered the void, and Wu Zhao took the throne.
• Years later, a carefree young swordsman entered Daxing City, carrying a sword and wine while chanting his poetic title.

Gu Shaoshang uncovered Ning Qiudao’s plan to seize his body and used the Myriad Heavens Mirror to erase the old man’s will. After returning from the Great Tang World, he collected his gains and began repairing the mirror to three-star, leaving the Mirror World amid its transformation.

• Gu Shaoshang summoned the former Mirror Master Ning Qiudao, who explained how he had obtained the Myriad Heavens Mirror, risen to power in Journey to the West, and died in Old Lord’s furnace.
• Ning Qiudao admitted that he had imposed restrictions on the mirror and intended to seize Gu Shaoshang’s body once it reached three-star.
• Gu Shaoshang spent 200,000 Source Power to erase Ning Qiudao’s incomplete will, and the old man disappeared.
• Gu Shaoshang reviewed the Great Tang World journey and learned it had yielded 819,633 Source Power, with 610,000 remaining after the purge.
• Gu Shaoshang ordered the Myriad Heavens Mirror repaired to three-star, and its purple light enveloped the Mirror World and carried him away.