Chapter Summaries

Gu Shaoshang and Gao Jinyang set out from Great Yan for the Divine Desolate Dynasty, traveling through Great Zhou to reach a Void Passage. After presenting Chen Ang’s tokens for free passage, they entered the passage, beginning a journey expected to take several years.

• Gu Shaoshang pondered why humanity had fewer great powers than the demon race and hoped the Divine Desolate Dynasty might answer his questions.
• After half a month, Gao Jinyang arrived to depart with Gu Shaoshang, and Chen Ang warned them to be wary of the demon race before sending them to Great Zhou.
• Gu Shaoshang and Gao Jinyang crossed into Great Zhou and traveled to Hanhai City, where they approached the guarded Void Passage platform.
• Duan Zheng of the Holy Martial King’s Manor demanded ten thousand cubic measures of Origin Energy Liquid per person, but Gu Shaoshang presented Chen Ang’s tokens for free passage.
• Gu Shaoshang and Gao Jinyang entered the Void Passage toward the Divine Desolate Dynasty, beginning a journey that would take several years.

Gu Shaoshang and Gao Jinyang reached the Divine Desolate Dynasty and stayed in Wuma City while the Myriad Races Grand Competition approached. After the Myriad Heavens Mirror finished repairing itself, Gu Shaoshang inspected its new powers and prepared to seek demons and resources in another world.

• Gu Shaoshang and Gao Jinyang arrived in Wuma City, where they observed Duan Yu traveling to compete in the Myriad Races Grand Competition.
• Gao Jinyang explained that the competition would take place nearly one billion li away, but Gu Shaoshang chose to stay in Wuma City and wait.
• Demon Monkey led a group of demons over Wuma City and declared that they would avenge the forty-five Firmament demons killed by the governor of Yan Kingdom.
• After twenty-five years, the Myriad Heavens Mirror finished repairing itself to five stars and revealed new functions, including Source Power Manipulation.
• Gu Shaoshang learned that he could use Source Power to restore his body, traverse time and space, and alter the flow of time.
• Gu Shaoshang asked the Myriad Heavens Mirror to select a world with demons, abundant cultivation resources, and ample time so he could complete his acupoints and perfect his body.

Gu Shaoshang entered the Legend of the White Snake World, discovered it contained powerful Gods, Buddhas, and demons, and arrived in Jiangzhou to learn about the Great Chen Dynasty. He began investigating the world while keeping his strength concealed.

• Gu Shaoshang selected the Legend of the White Snake World and sent Source Power-protected blood beads into the chaotic currents of time and space.
• The Myriad Heavens Mirror brought Gu Shaoshang to a remote mountain in Nanzhanbuzhou, Great Chen Dynasty, during Lü Dongbin’s trials and Sun Wukong’s pilgrimage to the Western Heaven.
• Gu Shaoshang recognized a wounded white fox as a demon and snapped its neck before continuing south.
• Gu Shaoshang reached Jiangzhou, observed the city’s protective divine power, and entered to gather information.
• Gu Shaoshang learned that Pudu Cihang was the National Teacher, the Xuanxin Sect guarded the Great Chen Dynasty, and the Yin Yue Dynasty was their greatest enemy.

Gu Shaoshang punished a Daoist who had tricked a pear seller and studied the cultivation system of the White Snake World. The story then shifted to Sun Wukong and his companions, who discovered a pavilion dedicated to a Divine Monkey General and discussed the Arm-Reaching Ape.

• Gu Shaoshang watched a Daoist trick a pear seller, then captured him and transformed him into a donkey for the seller to take home.
• Gu Shaoshang examined the Daoist's memories and Lao Shan Mind Cultivation Method, considering how the world's Golden Immortals compared with other realms.
• Gu Shaoshang decided to seek ninety-nine demon clan members at the Spirit Condensation level and closed his eyes.
• Sun Wukong and his companions found a pavilion bearing a statue of the Divine Monkey General, while Zhu Bajie ate its offerings.
• Sun Wukong identified the statue as an Arm-Reaching Ape, and Zhu Bajie explained that it belonged to the four monkeys outside Heaven's categories.
• Sun Wukong recalled that an Arm-Reaching Ape seemed to be with Maitreya Old Buddha.

Gu Shaoshang subdued Ox-Head and Horse-Face to learn about the underworld and the gods in the Legend of the White Snake world. A drop of his blood then took human form in a new world, where he suspected he had arrived in the Shrouding the Heavens World, while another drop fell into a distant sea of blood.

• Tang Sanzang and his disciples continued west after hearing the story of the Arm-Reaching Ape, and grateful villagers turned the Divine Monkey General Pavilion into the Great Sage Temple.
• Gu Shaoshang overwhelmed Ox-Head and Horse-Face with his blood energy, captured them, and questioned them about the underworld and the Three Realms.
• Gu Shaoshang erased Ox-Head and Horse-Face's memories of meeting him and headed toward the Hall of Miraculous Mist.
• A drop of Gu Shaoshang's blood formed a new body in a spiritual lake, where he overheard three Daoist youths mention the Western Empress establishing Yaochi.
• Gu Shaoshang emerged from the lake and wondered whether he had arrived in the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• Another drop of pale golden blood fell into a vast underground sea of blood in a distant Great World.

Gu Shaoshang discovered that his clones across countless worlds were accumulating Source Power and cultivation, then traveled through Nanzhanbuzhou to hunt demons. After killing a snake demon and wiping out a violent crowd in Nanguo City, he reached Lanruo Temple at the edge of Forgetfulness Forest.

• Gu Shaoshang sensed reports of Source Power and growing cultivation from his clones across many worlds, while reflecting that their different personalities could make reuniting them difficult.
• Gu Shaoshang killed a snake demon attacking Yan Hongye, recognized her as a member of the Xuanxin Sect, and learned from her thoughts that Yan Chixia was associated with Forgetfulness Forest.
• Gu Shaoshang reached Nanguo City and killed the fighters slaughtering one another over a wanted criminal, leaving only a scholar alive.
• Gu Shaoshang arrived at Forgetfulness Forest and found the ruined Lanruo Temple.

Gu Shaoshang met Yan Chixia at Lanruo Temple and urged him to help restore order to the Great Chen Dynasty, promising to guide him to immortality. He unleashed his overwhelming Blood Qi against the demons of Forgetfulness Forest and struck the Tree Demon Grandma with a punch, leaving Yan Chixia and Ning Caichen stunned.

• Gu Shaoshang introduced himself to Yan Chixia and asked what he thought of the troubled Great Chen Dynasty.
• Gu Shaoshang proposed that Yan Chixia serve as an imperial teacher and help a true dragon emperor restore order, then pointed out the arriving Ning Caichen as the candidate.
• Yan Chixia explained that he could not leave Forgetfulness Forest because of its nether spring and the dangerous Tree Demon Grandma, so Gu Shaoshang promised to clear away the demons himself and pass on knowledge to Yan Chixia.
• Gu Shaoshang erupted with golden Blood Qi, incinerated countless evil spirits, and called for the old demon to appear.
• The Tree Demon Grandma rose from the forest and questioned Gu Shaoshang, who answered by punching toward it across three thousand miles.

Gu Shaoshang destroyed Tree Demon Grandma, seized the utmost-yin spring, and fed its energy to the Divine Demon Embryo, which fully took form. After leaving Yan Chixia and Ning Caichen to carry out his plan, Gu Shaoshang returned to the spring’s gateway to the Netherworld Underworld and waited for the Black Mountain Old Demon.

• Gu Shaoshang punched Tree Demon Grandma to pieces, collected her tree core, and drew Gan Jiang from the utmost-yin spring.
• Gu Shaoshang pulled the spring from the earth and sent its water into his dantian, where the Divine Demon Embryo consumed it and fully took form.
• Gu Shaoshang returned to Lanruo Temple, warned Ning Caichen about the divide between humans and ghosts, and spent half a month teaching Yan Chixia.
• Gu Shaoshang left Yan Chixia and Ning Caichen to discuss overthrowing the Great Chen Dynasty, with Yan Chixia promising to help Nie Xiaoqian reincarnate as a human.
• Gu Shaoshang returned to the spring’s gateway to the underworld, and the Black Mountain Old Demon called out for Tree Demon Grandma to bring him an utmost-yin soul.

Gu Shaoshang pursued Black Mountain Old Demon into the Netherworld and destroyed the demon and his City of Wrongful Deaths with overwhelming blood qi and a single fist. The chapter ended at Wheel-Turning Hall, where Black and White Impermanence led a bound Monkey through the underworld.

• Gu Shaoshang shattered Black Mountain Old Demon's avatar at the ruins of Forgetfulness Forest and followed the demon through Ghost Gate Pass.
• Gu Shaoshang tracked Black Mountain Old Demon to the City of Wrongful Deaths and faced his army of one hundred thousand Ghost Soldiers.
• Gu Shaoshang's blood qi swept away the Ghost Soldiers and drove back the Netherworld's yin qi.
• Black Mountain Old Demon summoned his true body by merging with a massive demonic mountain and attacked Gu Shaoshang.
• Gu Shaoshang used the Myriad Heavens Life and Death Wheel to destroy Black Mountain Old Demon and the City of Wrongful Deaths.
• Black and White Impermanence appeared at Wheel-Turning Hall, binding and escorting a Monkey.

The Arm-Reaching Ape broke free from Black and White Impermanence, fought the Ten Yama Kings, and burned the Book of Life and Death before escaping. Gu Shaoshang then encountered the Ape in the underworld, and their clash began with Gu Shaoshang launching a powerful fist.

• The Arm-Reaching Ape broke his soul-binding chains, drove off Black and White Impermanence, and confronted King Yama over his death sentence.
• The Arm-Reaching Ape fought the Ten Yama Kings, shattered the Judge, seized the Book of Life and Death, and burned it before escaping.
• Gu Shaoshang stored the Black Mountain Old Demon's core in the Sky Vault Diagram and sensed a powerful disturbance nearby.
• Gu Shaoshang mistook the approaching Arm-Reaching Ape for Sun Wukong, angering the Ape, who attacked him with a giant arm.
• Gu Shaoshang countered with a powerful fist that illuminated the underworld as it struck toward the Arm-Reaching Ape.

Gu Shaoshang defeated the Arm-Reaching Ape’s spirit body, then persuaded the Ten Yama Kings to let him observe the Six Paths of Reincarnation. He entered the reincarnation mist and began comprehending a new form of his fist technique.

• Gu Shaoshang’s fist shattered the Arm-Reaching Ape’s descending arm and struck his chest, but the ape transformed into a Kun Peng and escaped.
• The Ten Yama Kings thanked Gu Shaoshang, and King Qin Guang explained that the Arm-Reaching Ape served the Buddha of the East and had impersonated Venerable Tathagata with Yellow Brow.
• Gu Shaoshang said he sought to observe the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and the Kings Yama agreed after he warned them not to obstruct his path to the Dao.
• King Zhuanlun guided Gu Shaoshang past the Path of Life and Death, the River of Forgetfulness, the Bridge of Helplessness, and the Three Lives Stone.
• Gu Shaoshang entered the reincarnation mist, saw the six shifting abysses and the spirits passing through them, then sat down to comprehend the fourth form of his fist technique.

While Gu Shaoshang studied the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the Arm-Reaching Ape escaped the underworld, devastated the Bohai coast, and declared himself the Transcendent Great Sage. Gu Shaoshang completed his study and left the underworld to restore his physical body.

• Gu Shaoshang meditated before the Six Paths of Reincarnation as the Ten Yama Kings discussed his strength and went to report the Arm-Reaching Ape’s rampage.
• The Arm-Reaching Ape told Old Ancestor Yellow Brow what had happened, then headed for the Bohai Sea to claim the sea-calming divine iron and become the King of Ten Thousand Demons.
• King Zhuanlun reported the underworld’s destruction to the Jade Emperor, who ordered Li Jing to capture the Arm-Reaching Ape after learning he had devastated the Bohai coast.
• The Arm-Reaching Ape raised a banner and proclaimed himself the Transcendent Great Sage, prompting the Jade Emperor to question Maitreya’s intentions.
• Gu Shaoshang emerged from meditation having reached minor mastery in his fist path and gained a basic understanding of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, then left to restore his physical body.

Gu Shaoshang left the underworld and headed toward Great Chen’s capital after sensing the Arm-Reaching Ape had escaped and grown stronger. There, Yan Chixia rescued Minister Fu Tianchou’s escort from a clash with Zuo Qiu Mingyue, then raced with Zuo and a young Daoist toward Cihang Great Hall after learning Pudu Cihang had nearly completed a dangerous breakthrough.

• Gu Shaoshang left Forgetfulness Forest, sensed the Arm-Reaching Ape far away in a great vortex, and decided to travel to Great Chen’s capital.
• Yan Chixia arrived at the mortuary where Zuo Qiu Mingyue was escorting Fu Tianchou and defeated Zuo in two strikes.
• Yan Chixia used lightning to knock down the thousand soldiers after Zuo refused to release Fu Tianchou.
• A young Daoist warned Yan Chixia that Pudu Cihang had achieved Divine Abilities Great Accomplishment, and Yan set off for Cihang Great Hall with him.
• Zuo Qiu Mingyue ordered his soldiers to guard Fu Tianchou, then followed Yan Chixia and the young Daoist to the temple.

Zuo Qiu Mingyue, Yan Chixia, and a young Kunlun disciple confronted Pudu Cihang after discovering he had devoured the court officials and Xuanxin Sect’s Four Generals. Gu Shaoshang arrived and destroyed the Centipede Demon with one punch, but heard the demon ask who Wutian was, leaving him wary of the name.

• Zuo Qiu Mingyue and Yan Chixia found the court officials reduced to husks and the Four Generals of Xuanxin Sect kneeling before Pudu Cihang.
• Pudu Cihang used the Life-Reaping Buddha Sound and a false Tathagata apparition to overwhelm Zuo Qiu Mingyue, Yan Chixia, and the young Kunlun disciple.
• Gu Shaoshang arrived, declared that the demon would not live, and struck him with Buzhou Break, destroying his centipede form.
• Gu Shaoshang collected the demon’s remaining traces with the Sky Vault Diagram and heard him ask who Wutian was.
• Gu Shaoshang suspected Wutian might be the ancestor Tree Demon Grandma had mentioned and grew wary.

Gu Shaoshang left Yan Chixia and Zhi Qiu Yi Ye after killing the old demon, then encountered Erlang Shen while investigating the demon’s hidden presence. He headed toward the Northern Continent of Julu, where he discovered a Demon Monkey’s actions had unleashed a catastrophic flood.

• Gu Shaoshang restored Zuo Qiu Mingyue’s vital energy, urged Yan Chixia to overcome the Gods and Buddhas in his heart, and departed.
• Gu Shaoshang met Erlang Shen and the Howling Celestial Dog in the sky, exchanged words with Yang Jian, and watched them leave.
• Gu Shaoshang suspected the old demon might be Wutian and decided to travel to the Northern Continent of Julu to find demons for his Scroll of Ten Thousand Demons.
• Gu Shaoshang came upon a massive flood and realized that a Demon Monkey had killed the Dragon King of the Bohai Sea, stolen the object suppressing the sea, and consumed its essence.
• The Demon Monkey’s tsunami devastated the surrounding lands as thunder sounded and black clouds darkened the sky.

Gu Shaoshang watched the Arm-Reaching Ape battle the Heavenly Court’s forces, then went to gather demons for his Myriad Demon Diagram. The clash continued to devastate the land as Gu Shaoshang summoned the Sky Vault Diagram among the lesser demons.

• Gu Shaoshang sensed the disaster victims’ sincere faith in the gods and vanished as the Heavenly Court descended to confront the Arm-Reaching Ape.
• Li Jing ordered Nezha and Giant Spirit God to attack, but the Arm-Reaching Ape sent Nezha flying and blasted Giant Spirit God apart.
• The Arm-Reaching Ape charged the Heavenly Court’s forces, and the gods attacked together as their battle shattered mountains and stirred the seas.
• Gu Shaoshang noticed the Arm-Reaching Ape’s extraordinary strength and decided to use the gathered demons to forge his Myriad Demon Diagram.
• Gu Shaoshang reached a mountain filled with lesser demons and summoned the Sky Vault Diagram.

Gu Shaoshang completed the Sky Vault Diagram by sacrificing his dantian world, acupoints, body, and Future Lord, then used Source Power to remake himself. His rebirth shook heaven and earth, and the World-Honored One declared him True Warrior under an agreement with the Great Celestial Venerable.

• Gu Shaoshang absorbed the lesser demons into the Sky Vault Diagram and completed it.
• Gu Shaoshang collapsed his dantian world and shattered all 129,600 acupoints, pouring their Creation Qi into the Sky Painting Scroll.
• Gu Shaoshang merged the Future Lord and his Primordial Golden Scripture into the Sky Painting Scroll, then let his body dissolve into particles.
• Gu Shaoshang used Source Power to restore himself, announced his completion, and shook heaven and earth.
• The World-Honored One told the bodhisattvas that Gu Shaoshang had become True Warrior under his agreement with the Great Celestial Venerable.

Gu Shaoshang reached Manifestation Saint, equivalent to the Golden Immortal realm, as the Arm-Reaching Ape overwhelmed the Heavenly Court’s forces. He defeated and killed the Ape despite Maitreya Buddha’s plea to spare him, leaving the gods and Buddha silent.

• The Jade Emperor learned that a Golden Immortal had appeared and saw Gu Shaoshang through the Heaven-Viewing Mirror.
• The Arm-Reaching Ape defeated Li Jing, Nezha, and the Heavenly Court’s assembled forces, breaking their battle formation and forcing them to retreat.
• Gu Shaoshang completed his breakthrough to Manifestation Saint and exchanged looks with the Jade Emperor and Tathagata.
• The Arm-Reaching Ape attacked Gu Shaoshang, but Gu caught his staff, snapped it in two, and seized him by the head.
• Maitreya Buddha asked Gu Shaoshang to spare the Arm-Reaching Ape, but Gu crushed the Ape and destroyed his soul.

After killing Maitreya Buddha’s disciple, Gu Shaoshang faced the old Buddha and learned that the Jade Emperor had appointed him True Warrior Emperor of the Heavenly Court. Maitreya attacked with Buddha Palm Kingdom, and Gu Shaoshang countered with his fist techniques as their clash erased vast stretches of space.

• Maitreya Buddha confronted Gu Shaoshang over the death of his disciple, and Gu Shaoshang challenged him to a fight.
• The Jade Emperor arrived and declared that the slain Arm-Reaching Ape had rebelled against Heaven and that Gu Shaoshang was the True Warrior Emperor, responsible for demons and immortals within his jurisdiction.
• Maitreya accepted Gu Shaoshang’s challenge and unleashed Buddha Palm Kingdom, covering the marshlands and ocean in Buddha Light.
• Gu Shaoshang answered with a punch that caused the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas empowering Maitreya’s attack to decay, weakening Maitreya’s golden body and Buddha Light.
• Maitreya pressed forward to seize Gu Shaoshang, but Gu Shaoshang struck with the Myriad Heavens Life and Death Wheel, and their collision made the surrounding light and sound vanish.

Gu Shaoshang traveled with the Jade Emperor to the Ninth Heaven after fighting Maitreya’s incarnation, then explored the Heavenly Court with Nezha. The chapter ended when Nezha warned him not to stare at the Jade Pool, and Gu Shaoshang wondered whether the Queen Mother was the Queen Mother of the West.

• Gu Shaoshang broke Maitreya Buddha’s Palm Kingdom in their clash, and Maitreya destroyed his incarnation before the Jade Emperor.
• The Jade Emperor invited Gu Shaoshang to the Heavenly Court and said he would formally confer the True Martial Fruit Position in several days.
• Nezha met Gu Shaoshang and offered to show him around the Heavenly Realm.
• Gu Shaoshang asked Nezha about the Primordial Heavenly Venerable and Sect Master Tongtian, but Nezha could not hear or recognize their names.
• Nezha led Gu Shaoshang past the Imperial Horse Stable, then warned him that the nearby Jade Pool was where the Queen Mother resided.