Chapter Summaries

Gu Shaoshang left the Jade Pool and explored the Heavenly Court while Nezha visited Yang Jian and revealed his desperation to break through his cultivation bottleneck. Nezha later summoned Gu Shaoshang to the Hall of Miraculous Mist at the Great Celestial Venerable’s request, where Gu Shaoshang entered to continue his cultivation plans.

• Nezha explained that the Queen Mother forbade male immortals from entering the Jade Pool without permission, and Gu Shaoshang chose to leave rather than risk a confrontation.
• Nezha visited Yang Jian at Guangjiang Pass and lamented that he had been trapped at the early Heavenly Immortal realm for a thousand years.
• Nezha revealed his plan to steal a Golden Pill from Tushita Palace, but Yang Jian warned of the danger and urged him to wait for a turning point.
• Yang Chan arrived to invite Yang Jian to the Queen Mother’s upcoming Peach Banquet, but Yang Jian refused to return to the Heavenly Court.
• Gu Shaoshang studied the Heavenly River, and Nezha then told him that the Great Celestial Venerable had summoned him to the Hall of Miraculous Mist.
• Gu Shaoshang entered the Hall of Miraculous Mist, intending to study the Heavenly Court’s books and perfect the Sky Vault Diagram.

Gu Shaoshang was formally appointed True Warrior Emperor and gained the right to inspect the Heavenly Court’s library. He entered the library and encountered a light that revealed the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations.

• Gu Shaoshang endured the gods’ intimidating gazes and accepted the Jade Emperor’s appointment as True Warrior Emperor.
• The Jade Emperor tasked Gu Shaoshang with dealing with demons in Nanzhanbuzhou and the Northern Continent of Julu.
• Gu Shaoshang requested access to the Heavenly Court’s collection, and the Jade Emperor granted him one day to examine it.
• Wang Shan escorted Gu Shaoshang to the library and identified himself as a divine official.
• Gu Shaoshang entered the library, touched a cluster of light, and was shown Divine Beasts transforming into the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations.

Gu Shaoshang used his ability to divide himself into 1.296 billion incarnations and nearly emptied the Heavenly Court's Scripture Depository in twelve hours. The Jade Emperor noticed his feat and ordered Wang Lingguan to invite him to a meeting, while Gu Shaoshang left to sort through the knowledge he had absorbed.

• Gu Shaoshang comprehended the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations and used Source Power to create 1.296 billion incarnations of himself.
• The incarnations read the Heavenly Court's scriptures and absorbed its vast collection of divine arts, histories, and records.
• The Queen Mother warned the Jade Emperor about the unstable Three Realms and the dangers of Mount Spirit's scripture-fetching plan.
• The Jade Emperor revealed that the figure behind True Warrior's fall a thousand years earlier was an old demon, and the Queen Mother dismissed the threat.
• The Jade Emperor saw Gu Shaoshang's incarnations in the Scripture Depository and ordered Wang Lingguan to invite him to his study.
• Gu Shaoshang merged his incarnations, left the Scripture Depository after twelve hours, and began sorting through the knowledge he had gathered.

Gu Shaoshang learned more about the previous True Warrior Emperor’s mysterious death, then used the Heavenly Court’s knowledge and his accumulated Source Power to begin evolving his Sky Vault Diagram. The chapter ended as a colossal divine being rose within Chaos and cried out, “Hurt! Hurt! Hurt!”

• Gu Shaoshang met the Jade Emperor, agreed not to transmit the Dharma lightly, and returned to the True Warrior Manor.
• Turtle General and Snake General recounted how a mysterious, immense shadow had attacked the previous True Warrior Emperor and left him missing without a trace.
• Gu Shaoshang sent the Heavenly Court’s manuals and the Jade Emperor’s knowledge of the world’s evolution to the Future Lord for deduction.
• Gu Shaoshang spent all his Source Power to prepare the Sky Vault Diagram and entered the Divine Demon Embryo.
• A giant divine being rose amid Chaos and shouted, “Hurt! Hurt! Hurt!”

Gu Shaoshang watched Pan Shang create heaven and earth in the Sky Painting Scroll, then used the incarnation’s form to strengthen his own body and stabilize his Manifestation Saint realm. After ordering the Future Lord to oversee the new world, Gu Shaoshang left for the Queen Mother’s Peach Banquet with the Turtle and Snake Generals.

• Pan Shang split the Chaos Sea with 108,000 strikes, forming heaven and earth and transforming his body into mountains, rivers, the sun, the moon, and stars.
• The Future Lord merged its will with the newly formed world and told Gu Shaoshang how its heavens and earth were arranged.
• Gu Shaoshang returned to the True Warrior Emperor’s residence and condensed billions of particles in Pan Shang’s form, stabilizing his Manifestation Saint realm and greatly increasing his strength.
• The Future Lord reported that Pan Shang’s divine soul and essence blood had transformed into divine demons, and Gu Shaoshang told it to focus on evolving the Sky Vault world.
• After several months had passed, Gu Shaoshang accepted the Queen Mother’s invitation to the Peach Banquet and set out with the Turtle and Snake Generals.

Gu Shaoshang attended the Queen Mother's Peach Banquet, promised the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother that he would descend to the mortal realm to slay demons, and discovered that the banquet's peaches could extend his lifespan by an epoch. The festivities were interrupted when the Queen Mother struck Yang Chan and a golden boy for flirting.

• Gu Shaoshang arrived at Yaochi and took his seat at the Peach Banquet beneath the Four Emperors.
• The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother welcomed Gu Shaoshang, and he promised to descend to the mortal realm and slay demons after the banquet.
• Guanyin arrived, and Gu Shaoshang asked whether Maitreya Buddha would attend, but the Queen Mother redirected the gathering to the music and dance.
• Gu Shaoshang ate a purple immortal peach and realized it had extended his lifespan by one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred years.
• The Queen Mother slapped Yang Chan and a golden boy after catching them flirting, interrupting the banquet's song and dance.

At the Jade Pool, the Queen Mother punished the Third Holy Mother and the Golden Boy before Gu Shaoshang left the Heavenly Court to inspect his newly formed Primordial World. He then heard the Buddha announce that Xuanzang and his companions had completed their pilgrimage and received their Buddhist titles.

• The Queen Mother banished the Third Holy Mother to Mount Hua for a hundred years and sentenced the Golden Boy to ten years of lightning punishment, ten lifetimes of reincarnation, and expulsion from the Heavenly Court.
• Gu Shaoshang descended from the Heavenly Court and learned that a peach tree had sprouted in his Sky Vault World after 9,100 planting attempts.
• Gu Shaoshang found the world still desolate, learned it would take twelve epochs to advance without more Source Power, and named it the Primordial World.
• Gu Shaoshang left the Primordial World and considered bringing great demons into it to populate the new realm.
• Eighty-one bell chimes announced the Buddha’s declarations that Xuanzang, Sun Wukong, Zhu Wuneng, Sha Wujing, and Ao Lie had received their Buddhist titles.
• Gu Shaoshang realized that the pilgrimage had taken decades on earth while he spent several months in heaven.

Gu Shaoshang learned that Han Zhongli and Lü Dongbin were in danger while fighting a powerful bear demon at Devil Cloud Mountain. He sent Grand White Gold Star to bring Yan Chixia to the Heavenly Court, then intervened as Lü Dongbin stood against the demon.

• Gu Shaoshang saw that Victorious Fighting Buddha and Sandalwood Merit Buddha were nearing the Golden Immortal realm, while the Jade Emperor ordered Grand White Gold Star to ask him to save Han Zhongli.
• Grand White Gold Star found Gu Shaoshang and delivered the Jade Emperor's request; Gu Shaoshang saw Han Zhongli and Lü Dongbin confronting a bear demon at Devil Cloud Mountain.
• Han Zhongli sent Lü Dongbin to challenge the demon, but the bear's strength overwhelmed him and forced Han Zhongli to join the battle.
• Gu Shaoshang asked Grand White Gold Star to bring Yan Chixia to the Heavenly Court and join the True Warrior lineage, then pointed toward the bear demon from afar.
• As Han Zhongli and Lü Dongbin were beaten back, Han Zhongli urged Lü Dongbin to seek help, but Lü Dongbin stepped forward to face the bear again.

Gu Shaoshang killed the black bear demon from afar and learned that demonic qi had nearly turned the creature into a puppet, while the threat of Demonic Ancestor Wutian grew closer. As Gu Shaoshang headed for Northern Continent of Julu, Wutian sent Black Robe Protector to warn another demon, and Yan Chixia visited the dying Ning Caichen.

• The black bear demon overwhelmed Lü Dongbin and Han Zhongli, but Gu Shaoshang crushed him with a finger from three hundred thousand miles away.
• Lü Dongbin and Han Zhongli recognized the power of the True Warrior Emperor and returned to the Heavenly Court.
• Gu Shaoshang discovered that demonic qi had nearly destroyed the bear demon's mind, collected his essence soul, and left for Northern Continent of Julu.
• The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother discussed the hidden Kinnara and the mysterious demon in Northern Continent of Julu, while Demonic Ancestor Wutian ordered Black Robe Protector to warn that demon about Gu Shaoshang.
• Yan Chixia entered the imperial palace of Great Ning and found the aged Ning Caichen on his deathbed.

Ning Caichen regretted refusing immortality as he faced death, while Yan Chixia was summoned to the Heavenly Court for completing his merits. Gu Shaoshang traveled toward the demon-ruled Northern Continent of Julu to subdue demons.

• Ning Caichen lamented his approaching death and regretted choosing power and status over cultivation, while Yan Chixia reminded him that they had followed different paths.
• Grand White Gold Star descended into the Great Ning capital and summoned Yan Chixia to the Heavenly Palace by decree of the Nine Heavens Demon Quelling Celestial Venerable and the True Warrior Emperor.
• Ning Caichen impersonated Yan Chixia and begged to be taken to Heaven, but Grand White Gold Star rejected him and sent him flying.
• Yan Chixia caught Ning Caichen, then accepted Grand White Gold Star's invitation and ascended toward the Heavenly Palace as Ning Caichen died and Ox-Head and Horse-Face claimed his soul.
• Grand White Gold Star told Yan Chixia that Gu Shaoshang was away subduing demons in the Northern Continent of Julu and led him to meet the Jade Emperor.
• Gu Shaoshang traveled across the North Sea toward the Northern Continent of Julu, a land inhabited by demons and monsters rather than humans.

Gu Shaoshang confronted the Flood Dragon Demon King in the North Sea after killing a lesser black Flood Dragon. He destroyed much of the demon king’s crystal palace, and the enraged Flood Dragon Demon King emerged to face him.

• Gu Shaoshang sensed a powerful demonic aura beneath the North Sea and went to investigate.
• A black Flood Dragon tried to eat Gu Shaoshang, who killed it with a single finger and challenged the Flood Dragon Demon King.
• Flood Dragon Demon King’s followers urged him not to provoke Gu Shaoshang, but he defended the Land of Ten Thousand Demons’ orders and prepared for the confrontation.
• Gu Shaoshang’s voice shook the sea and shattered much of Flood Dragon Demon King’s crystal palace, killing or injuring many demons.
• Flood Dragon Demon King and his furious followers surged toward the surface as Gu Shaoshang waited above the sea.

Gu Shaoshang fought the Flood Dragon Demon King in a cataclysmic battle, overwhelming him with powerful punches. The Flood Dragon Demon King brought out a bronze bell to block Gu Shaoshang’s latest attack, and their collision unleashed a world-destroying tide across the sky.

• The Flood Dragon Demon King attacked Gu Shaoshang with his enormous tail, and Gu Shaoshang answered with a punch that blasted him ten thousand miles away and nearly severed his tail.
• Gu Shaoshang pursued the wounded Flood Dragon Demon King and struck him with the Life and Death Wheel Seal, which crushed the demon king’s black-light divine ability.
• The Flood Dragon Demon King transformed into human form and attacked Gu Shaoshang with countless spear lights, but Gu Shaoshang shattered them with his fist.
• The Flood Dragon Demon King summoned a bronze bell that enveloped him and released golden light and invisible fluctuations.
• Gu Shaoshang’s Life and Death Wheel Seal collided with the bronze bell, unleashing a violent tide that swept through tens of thousands of miles of sky.

Gu Shaoshang fought the Flood Dragon Demon King, overcame the Demon Emperor Bell’s reflected force, and captured the bell while leaving its owner gravely wounded. After Maitreya rescued two fleeing flood dragons, Gu Shaoshang recognized the Buddha Palm Kingdom technique and turned his attention to him.

• The Flood Dragon Demon King used the Demon Emperor Bell to withstand Gu Shaoshang’s attack, and Gu Shaoshang identified the bell as a legendary demon treasure.
• Gu Shaoshang struck the bell tens of millions of times, enduring its reflected force and releasing the accumulated vibrations to severely injure the Flood Dragon Demon King inside.
• Gu Shaoshang shrank the bell and sent it to the Future Lord to be refined, while the Flood Dragon Demon King refused to submit.
• Gu Shaoshang found the Flood Dragon Demon King’s remaining subordinates and pursued two fleeing Celestial Immortal flood dragons across the void.
• A massive golden hand seized the two flood dragons and clashed with Gu Shaoshang before vanishing; Gu Shaoshang recognized the Buddha Palm Kingdom technique and named Maitreya.

After defeating the Flood Dragon Demon King, Gu Shaoshang collected the demons and treasures and recovered in his developing Primordial World. When the Demon Emperor Bell connected him to the old demon known as the ancestor, Gu Shaoshang unleashed the full power of his world to suppress the intruding will.

• Gu Shaoshang crushed the remaining Earth Immortal demons and gathered them and the Crystal Palace’s treasures into the Sky Vault Diagram.
• Gu Shaoshang healed the damage to his particles, then entered the Primordial World and formed a vast palace atop Buzhou Mountain.
• The Future Lord told Gu Shaoshang that the Demon Emperor Bell was an innate treasure from the White Snake World, potentially a Seven-Star artifact if not limited by its world.
• Gu Shaoshang sensed a powerful will locating the Demon Emperor Bell and suppressed the Flood Dragon Demon King to read his memories.
• The ancestor’s will emerged from the Flood Dragon Demon King and threatened to devour Gu Shaoshang, who used the Primordial World’s power to freeze and suppress it.

Gu Shaoshang crushed the old demon’s will, took the Demon Emperor Bell, and fused it with his Golden Bell Shield. The old demon sent his golden-robed disciple to kill Gu Shaoshang in the Northern Continent of Julu, and Gu Shaoshang sensed the rising killing intent as he headed there.

• Gu Shaoshang suppressed the old demon’s will, which erased its memories before being ground away, and he destroyed the Flood Dragon Demon King’s vacant soul.
• Gu Shaoshang fused the Demon Emperor Bell with his Golden Bell Shield, creating a bell that could grow by absorbing other bell-shaped treasures.
• The old demon summoned his golden-robed disciple and ordered him to kill Gu Shaoshang when he reached the Northern Continent of Julu.
• The golden-robed man agreed, fearing the old demon’s enemies would destroy the demon clan’s plans if his teacher acted openly.
• Gu Shaoshang appeared above a desolate island, realized the old demon had refused to intervene, and sensed killing intent rising from the Northern Continent of Julu.

Gu Shaoshang entered Northern Julu Continent alone and demonstrated his overwhelming strength against its demons. After killing two Earth Immortal demons, he sent attacks toward the Myriad Demon King Court, where the guards sensed a cataclysmic sound.

• Gu Shaoshang traveled to Northern Julu Continent while the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother discussed his mission and the hidden old demon.
• Gu Shaoshang encountered a black tiger demon and a black bear demon fighting in the snow-covered mountains.
• The tiger and bear mocked Gu Shaoshang when he identified himself as the True Warrior Emperor, then attacked him together.
• Gu Shaoshang immobilized the demons with his will and killed them with two fingers.
• Gu Shaoshang's attacks tore across hundreds of thousands of miles toward the Myriad Demon King Court.
• The Ox Demon and a silver-armored guard at the Myriad Demon King Court heard an enormous sound like heaven collapsing.

Gu Shaoshang attacked the Myriad Demon King Court from afar, injuring Great Sage Who Moves Mountains and forcing the golden-robed ruler to consider using a sealed magic treasure against him. Afterward, Gu Shaoshang wondered why none of the other ancient demons had appeared to defend the court.

• Gu Shaoshang's two-finger attack broke through the sky above the Myriad Demon King Court and crushed the Earth Immortal demons' counterattack.
• Great Sage Who Moves Mountains intercepted the attack with two mountains, but the fingers struck him and left him badly injured.
• The golden-robed ruler learned that Gu Shaoshang's distant strike had nearly overwhelmed Great Sage Who Moves Mountains and considered using a sealed magic treasure to kill him.
• The golden-robed ruler privately addressed his father through the Myriad Demons Paying Homage Scroll and declared that others had underestimated what he had accomplished over hundreds of millions of years.
• Gu Shaoshang withdrew his fingers and questioned why only Great Sage Who Moves Mountains had emerged, despite the court's many ancient demons.

Gu Shaoshang continued his campaign across Northern Julu Continent, drawing the attention of the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother before confronting the Great Sage Who Moves Mountains and Peng Demon King. As he pressed his attack, the Great Sage Who Moves Mountains unleashed a vast mountain-moving technique to hinder him.

• Gu Shaoshang captured a tiger demon and a bear demon in the Sky Vault Diagram, then continued toward the Myriad Demon King Court, intending to draw demons out and temper his martial cultivation.
• The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother watched Gu Shaoshang and discussed their suspicions about his unusual cultivation and unclear origins.
• After killing thousands of demons across Northern Julu Continent, Gu Shaoshang encountered the Great Sage Who Moves Mountains, Peng Demon King, and hundreds of demons blocking his path.
• The Great Sage Who Moves Mountains tried to recruit Gu Shaoshang, while Peng Demon King demanded to know why he had attacked the royal court; Gu Shaoshang dismissed them and released his immense blood energy.
• Peng Demon King attacked Gu Shaoshang with his Fang Tian Hua Ji, but Gu Shaoshang struck him hard enough to force him to flee through space.
• As Gu Shaoshang pursued Peng Demon King, the Great Sage Who Moves Mountains transformed into a colossal lion and summoned thousands of mountains, shaking the land across hundreds of thousands of miles.

Peng Demon King trapped Gu Shaoshang in the Star Dou Great Array and attacked with help from Great Sage Who Moves Mountains, but the pressure only helped Gu Shaoshang’s strength advance. Gu Shaoshang shattered the array and pursued the fleeing Peng Demon King with a devastating punch, leaving the demon king on the brink of escape.

• Peng Demon King and several hundred demons formed the Star Dou Great Array around Gu Shaoshang.
• Peng Demon King attacked Gu Shaoshang while Great Sage Who Moves Mountains hurled empowered mountains into the array.
• Gu Shaoshang endured the array’s pressure as his particles neared a breakthrough, then unleashed ten thousand punches that shattered the array and its stars.
• Peng Demon King fled in his Golden Winged Great Peng form as Gu Shaoshang broke through the collapsing array and pursued him with another punch.
• Peng Demon King ignited his blood to flee at full speed while Gu Shaoshang’s punch intent swept toward him.

Gu Shaoshang killed Peng Demon King and collected his blood essence as the Heavenly Court’s forces confronted demons across the Northern Julu Continent. The chapter ended with Lu Ya revealing the Immortal Slaying Gourd and Gu Shaoshang recognizing the deadly weapon.

• Gu Shaoshang shattered Peng Demon King with a punch, collected his blood essence, and noticed a battle gathering in the west.
• Bull Demon King tried to avenge Peng Demon King, but Ziwei the Great blocked his path and fought him among the stars.
• Gouchen the Great confronted Nine Phoenixes in the far north, while the Vast Manifestation Thunder God and other generals intercepted two more demons.
• Great Sage Who Moves Mountains charged Gu Shaoshang in grief, but Gu Shaoshang sensed danger from the Myriad Demon King Court.
• Lu Ya appeared with the Immortal Slaying Gourd, and the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother recognized its threat as Gu Shaoshang identified the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife within.