Chapter Summaries

Gu Shaoshang survived the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife, seized the crimson gourd, and escaped the Northern Continent of Julu. After spending three months suppressing the weapon’s killing aura, he prepared to return to the Heavenly Court, sensing malice from the Hall of Miraculous Mist.

• Gu Shaoshang evaded the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife’s attack by having his head severed and regrowing it, then seized the crimson gourd and fled.
• The golden-robed middle-aged man pursued Gu Shaoshang but stopped at the edge of the Northern Continent of Julu and eventually returned to the Myriad Demon King Court.
• Several months later, Gu Shaoshang entered Nanzhanbuzhou in disguise and hid in a thatched cottage to recover.
• Gu Shaoshang spent three months forcing the two beams of white light back into the gourd and suppressing their killing aura.
• Gu Shaoshang sensed malice from the Hall of Miraculous Mist and resolved to return to the Heavenly Court with the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife.

Gu Shaoshang took Yang Chan to Guangjiang Pass to witness Yang Jian’s impending breakthrough to Golden Immortal, while the Jade Emperor arranged to tie Gu Shaoshang’s fate to Yang Chan’s and summoned Yang Jian to Heaven. The chapter left Gu Shaoshang aware of the Jade Emperor’s scheme and having shattered the thread of fate around himself.

• Gu Shaoshang advanced to Manifestation Saint Second Level, and Yang Chan asked him to escort her to Guangjiang Pass because Yang Jian was about to break through to Golden Immortal.
• Yang Chan showed Gu Shaoshang the Lotus Lantern, and he praised its power before returning it to her.
• The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother argued over his attempt to tie Yang Chan’s fate to Gu Shaoshang, and the Queen Mother withdrew to the Jade Pool.
• The Old Man Under the Moon admitted that he could not control the fate of Gu Shaoshang and Yang Chan, while the Jade Emperor told him to let matters take their course.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Grand White Gold Star to summon Yang Jian to Heaven and appoint him Judicial God of Heaven.
• At Guangjiang Pass, Gu Shaoshang sensed the thread of fate placed around him and shattered it.

Yang Jian prepared to break through to Golden Immortal because he sensed Kinnara’s approaching emergence, while Gu Shaoshang’s fragment of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique unsettled him. Sun Wukong and Yang Jian attained Golden Immortal, and the Heavenly Court appointed Yang Jian Judicial God of Heaven.

• Yang Jian told Nezha that Kinnara’s impending emergence, more than Yang Chan’s punishment, had pushed him to break through.
• Yang Chan arrived at Erlang Temple and warned Yang Jian about the danger of breaking through before his foundation was complete, then Yang Jian welcomed Gu Shaoshang.
• Gu Shaoshang showed Yang Jian a fragment of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, and Yang Jian returned to his meditation chamber after the text disturbed his state of mind.
• Sun Wukong attained Golden Immortal on Flower-Fruit Mountain, and Yang Jian calmly continued preparing for his own breakthrough.
• Yang Jian attained Golden Immortal before dawn, and the Heavenly Court issued a decree appointing him Judicial God of Heaven.

Yang Jian accepted the Jade Emperor’s decree naming him Judicial God of Heaven, while Gu Shaoshang confronted the Jade Emperor over his origins and escaped the resulting attack. Gu Shaoshang continued toward a city in Nanzhanbuzhou, confident that his countless incarnations and Primordial World made him impossible to kill.

• Yang Jian accepted the decree naming him Judicial God of Heaven as Gu Shaoshang watched and then departed for the Heavenly Court.
• The Jade Emperor questioned Gu Shaoshang about being an outsider from beyond the realm, and Gu Shaoshang refused to describe what lay beyond it.
• The Jade Emperor attacked Gu Shaoshang, who vanished and revealed identical incarnations scattered throughout the Three Realms and Six Paths.
• Gu Shaoshang attacked the Jade Emperor with the Immortal Slaying Gourd, but the Jade Emperor blocked it with a bronze mirror and struck at an incarnation.
• Gu Shaoshang reappeared on an official road in Nanzhanbuzhou with the gourd, and continued toward a distant city while reflecting that even the Jade Emperor could not locate his true body.

Gu Shaoshang arrived in Chang'an to observe Golden Cicada’s Water-Land Dharma Assembly, which aimed to suppress the Demon Ancestor’s demonic aura. After witnessing a staged demon-slaying scandal involving Fahai’s junior, he went to Vermilion Bird Street as the ceremony preparations began.

• Gu Shaoshang entered Chang'an and sensed Golden Cicada’s Buddha Light suppressing a faint strand of Daoist power.
• A young monk named Faming killed a squirrel demon, but Old Cheng exposed the incident as a fraud and seized the monk and the young Daoist who had arranged it.
• Fahai arrived and took his unconscious junior brother from Old Cheng, while Gu Shaoshang recognized him and wondered about his connection to Golden Cicada.
• Gu Shaoshang left the tavern and headed for Vermilion Bird Street after Fahai.
• Monks prepared the Water-Land Dharma Assembly, which Golden Cicada intended to use to suppress the demonic aura of Nanzhanbuzhou.

Gu Shaoshang arrived in Chang'an and destroyed the Buddhist array and Tripitaka scriptures that had been suppressing the city under the Water-Land Dharma Assembly. After he departed, Li Shimin learned from Wei Zheng that the Buddha Light had threatened the Tang Empire, then received a streak of golden light.

• Fahai sensed Gu Shaoshang on Vermilion Bird Street, and Gu Shaoshang’s gaze overwhelmed him and the monks who came to confront him.
• The abbot recognized Gu Shaoshang as the True Warrior Emperor and explained that the Water-Land Dharma Assembly was meant to use the Tripitaka scriptures to suppress Demon Ancestor Wutian’s demonic energy.
• Gu Shaoshang declared that the monks could not bear the consequences and shattered the city’s Buddhist array and the scattered Tripitaka scriptures with a single finger.
• Gu Shaoshang left Chang’an as the monks mourned the destruction of the scriptures.
• Li Shimin discussed the danger of the Buddhist Light with Wei Zheng, who warned that it would bring about the Tang Empire’s decline.
• A streak of golden light descended and entered the center of Li Shimin’s brow.

Li Shimin received the Martial Scripture from Gu Shaoshang, while Gu Shaoshang confronted Golden Cicada over the Buddhist sect’s role in suppressing a great demon. After defeating Golden Cicada, Gu Shaoshang spared him in exchange for a secret about the world and the Bodhi Tree.

• Gu Shaoshang removed the Buddhist formation covering Great Tang and gave Li Shimin the Martial Scripture, which entered his mind.
• Gu Shaoshang went to Golden Mountain Temple and asked Golden Cicada about the great demon in Nanzhanbuzhou, learning that the demon had once been a Buddhist monk cast out by World-Honored One Upaladhara.
• Gu Shaoshang challenged Golden Cicada for involving Nanzhanbuzhou’s people in suppressing the demon, then attacked him as Golden Cicada fled through space.
• Gu Shaoshang overwhelmed Golden Cicada and seized him, but stopped when Golden Cicada revealed he had sensed the danger and offered a great secret in exchange for mercy.
• Golden Cicada said the world had existed for more than a billion years and that the Bodhi Tree was the first tree born after Creation, where the World-Honored One attained enlightenment.

Golden Cicada showed Gu Shaoshang a vision of the Daoist who created the world, giving him insight into his own path and the power of spreading his martial arts across worlds. In the Yang Shen World, Gu Shaoshang’s will reunited with Hong Yi and confronted a stranded outsider who claimed to be his disciple.

• Golden Cicada revealed a golden light from the Bodhi Tree, and Gu Shaoshang saw a Daoist suppressing chaos and creating the world.
• Gu Shaoshang dismissed Golden Cicada after forbidding him from harming the human race of Nanzhanbuzhou, then entered the Primordial World to reflect on what he had seen.
• Gu Shaoshang sensed his martial arts spreading across several worlds and arrived in the Yang Shen World, where Hong Yi questioned a bald outsider who claimed Hong Xuanji was his master.
• Gu Shaoshang’s will descended into the White Tiger child behind Hong Yi, and Hong Yi joyfully recognized his father.
• Gu Shaoshang told Hong Yi he was in another world and asked the bald man whether he was truly his disciple.

Gu Shaoshang spent three years discussing cultivation with Hong Yi, who had become the Yang Shen World’s strongest being but was bound there until its evolution was complete. Back in the Primordial World, Gu Shaoshang used Source Power and demon essences to begin its first major evolution, strengthening both the world and himself.

• Gu Shaoshang sent the bald man out of Imperial Capital City and explained to Hong Yi that he had spared him because they had a connection.
• Hong Yi told Gu Shaoshang that mending the heavens had made him the Yang Shen World’s strongest being, but also bound him there for as many as twelve epochs.
• Gu Shaoshang spent three years discussing the Dao with Hong Yi before his will dissipated, and Hong Yi watched him go while reflecting on the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.
• Gu Shaoshang returned to the Primordial World and learned from the Future Lord that his Source Power and gathered demon essences were enough for only its first stage of evolution.
• Gu Shaoshang poured Source Power and demon essences into the Primordial World, accelerating its expansion and transforming the Chaos Qi between heaven and earth into pure innate primordial energy.
• After the evolution ended, Gu Shaoshang felt his will and the particles throughout his body grow stronger as they breathed together atop Buzhou Mountain.

Gu Shaoshang sensed the Primordial World's first Divine Demons beginning to gestate, then confronted the Black Robe Protector, who came on behalf of Demon Ancestor Wutian. Gu Shaoshang attacked without hearing his offer, and the battle ended with the Black Robe Protector wounded and retreating.

• The Future Lord told Gu Shaoshang that the Primordial World had completed its evolution and that Divine Demons were beginning to gestate.
• Gu Shaoshang told the Future Lord not to interfere with the gestating beings and to build a palace above the Ninth Heaven, then left the Primordial World.
• The Black Robe Protector introduced himself as Demon Ancestor Wutian’s subordinate and said he had come to discuss an important matter with Gu Shaoshang.
• Gu Shaoshang attacked the Black Robe Protector, who countered with demonic qi and his Asura Cross Demonic Sword.
• Gu Shaoshang’s punch crushed the Black Robe Protector’s sword qi and tore his black robe, prompting the protector to warn that Gu Shaoshang had offended every major force.

Gu Shaoshang destroyed the Black Robe Protector’s body and returned to the Heavenly Court, where he set Yan Chixia on a new path. The chapter left Gu Shaoshang arriving at Laojun of the Supreme’s Palace of the Golden Millet.

• Gu Shaoshang defeated the Black Robe Protector with one punch, leaving only his head, while Demon Ancestor Wutian restored him and became interested in Gu Shaoshang’s divine ability.
• Gu Shaoshang entered the Heavenly Court through the South Heaven Gate and returned to the True Warrior Emperor’s residence without being challenged.
• Gu Shaoshang summoned Yan Chixia and instructed him to cultivate near Mount Hua and take Liu Yanchang as a disciple if the scholar arrived.
• Gu Shaoshang gave Yan Chixia the Nine-Rank Heavenly Immortal Art and the Pure Yang Dao Canon, both capable of leading to Golden Immortal attainment.
• Gu Shaoshang considered whether Chenxiang would still be born after he severed the marriage thread between the Third Holy Mother and Liu Yanchang.
• Gu Shaoshang left his residence and arrived at Laojun of the Supreme’s Palace of the Golden Millet.

Gu Shaoshang met Laojun of the Supreme in Tushita Palace and received a golden pill said to have been given by the Supreme. After swallowing it by the Heavenly River, he felt its power spread through and awaken the countless particles in his body.

• Golden Horn led Gu Shaoshang into Tushita Palace, where he met Laojun of the Supreme beside the Eight Trigrams Furnace.
• Laojun told Gu Shaoshang that he was an incarnation rather than the Supreme himself, then gave him a gourd containing a golden pill.
• Outside Tushita Palace, Gu Shaoshang found Nezha lurking nearby and warned him to take care before departing.
• At the Heavenly River, Gu Shaoshang examined the pill, recognized its power as comparable to a Golden Immortal, and swallowed it.
• The pill's power erupted through Gu Shaoshang's body, and the countless particles within him began devouring it.

Gu Shaoshang went to Ziwei the Great’s celestial palace to use the Star Dou Great Array to absorb a powerful pill and break through. Ziwei agreed to activate the array without Star Lord assistance, asking Gu Shaoshang to do one thing for him if the cultivation succeeded.

• The pill’s dispersed medicinal power strengthened Gu Shaoshang’s body, and he flew toward Ziwei the Great’s palace to cultivate with the stars.
• The palace guards attacked Gu Shaoshang, but Star Lord Tianshu intervened and identified him as the True Warrior Emperor.
• Gu Shaoshang met Ziwei the Great and Gouchen the Great and asked to use the Star Dou Great Array for his breakthrough.
• Ziwei warned Gu Shaoshang that the array was a powerful killing formation and said he would not have the Star Lords assist him.
• Ziwei asked Gu Shaoshang to do one thing for him if he gained anything from the array, and Gu Shaoshang agreed before following him into the depths of space.

Gu Shaoshang used the Star Dou Great Array to temper his body, advancing to the third level of Manifesting Sainthood while the array’s pressure continued to increase. Ziwei the Great and Gou Chen discussed Gu Shaoshang’s threat to the Jade Emperor and the struggle among powerful figures to break through first, leaving Ziwei uncertain whether he could reach that threshold in time.

• Ziwei the Great activated the Star Dou Great Array, and Gu Shaoshang endured its crushing pressure while refining his body.
• After thirteen days of cultivation, Gu Shaoshang advanced to the third level of Manifesting Sainthood and resumed tempering his particles under the array’s pressure.
• Gou Chen told Wuqu Star that he had agreed to help Gu Shaoshang because Gu Shaoshang had become the Jade Emperor’s enemy.
• Ziwei the Great and Gou Chen explained that the Jade Emperor had not appeared because he had no way to deal with Gu Shaoshang’s many incarnations.
• Ziwei the Great sent Star Lord Tianshu, Wenqu Star, and Wuqu Star to Mount Li, then discussed with Gou Chen the race among great powers to break through first.
• Gou Chen warned that Kinnara might suppress the Heavenly Heart with his Demonic Heart and seize the supreme position, leaving the others without hope.

The Jade Emperor told the Queen Mother that Gu Shaoshang came from beyond the realm and revealed his plan to use a curse-killing treasure against him. He had located Lu Ya, the presumed holder of the Nail Head Seven Arrows Book, and prepared to pursue that lead.

• Ziwei the Great and Gou Chen discussed Kinnara’s threat and dismissed the possibility that Gu Shaoshang’s breakthrough could soon rival the Jade Emperor.
• The Jade Emperor assigned Yang Jian to leave the Nanzhanbuzhou matter to the Eight Immortals, who departed to investigate suspected demons.
• At the Jasper Pool, the Jade Emperor told the Queen Mother that Gu Shaoshang came from beyond the realm and showed her the battle in which his attempt to seize Gu Shaoshang’s ability had failed.
• The Jade Emperor proposed using karmic curse-killing to destroy Gu Shaoshang’s incarnations, and the Queen Mother identified the Nail Head Seven Arrows Book as the likely weapon.
• The Jade Emperor revealed that his Heaven-Viewing Mirror had found Lu Ya’s trail.

Yan Chixia tried to protect Liu Yanchang after the scholar offended the Third Holy Mother, but Liu Yanchang died in an accident before Yan Chixia could intervene. His soul was taken to the Netherworld Underworld, leaving Yan Chixia to arrive too late.

• Lu Ya fled when the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother found him, then stopped after the Jade Emperor said he wanted to discuss a matter.
• Yan Chixia, cultivating at a ruined general temple, killed a tiger demon that was pursuing Liu Yanchang.
• Yan Chixia learned Liu Yanchang had mocked the Third Holy Mother after drawing three blank lots and asked Yang Chan to forgive him.
• Yang Chan warned Yan Chixia that Liu Yanchang's insult would cost him his lifespan, and Yan Chixia hurried back to the temple.
• Liu Yanchang slipped into a well and died, so Ox-Head and Horse-Face took his soul to the Netherworld Underworld before Yan Chixia arrived.

Yan Chixia tried to save Liu Yanchang from punishment in the Netherworld, but Wutian abducted him and revealed that he intended to use him because he was the manifestation of Heaven's Heart. The chapter ended as Wutian infused Liu Yanchang's cocoon with demonic qi.

• Yan Chixia reached the First Hall and asked Judge Lu to spare Liu Yanchang, citing True Warrior Emperor's command.
• Judge Lu spared Liu Yanchang from Tongue-Pulling Hell but sentenced him to wait twenty years before reincarnating.
• A black wind swept Liu Yanchang's soul away, killing the ghost officials escorting him, and Judge Lu hurried to inform King Qin Guang.
• Wutian told Liu Yanchang that he had been sentenced to five hundred years in Tongue-Pulling Hell and stirred his anger against the gods and Buddhas.
• Wutian drew Liu Yanchang's corpse from the General Temple and sealed his soul and body in a black cocoon.
• Wutian told Giant Scorpion that Heaven's Heart consciousness had descended into the world, then poured demonic qi into Liu Yanchang's cocoon.

Wutian advanced Liu Yanchang to Celestial Immortal while the Jade Emperor and Lu Ya prepared to use the Nail Head Seven Arrows Book against Gu Shaoshang. In the Star Dou Great Array, Gu Shaoshang reached the peak of Manifest Saint and continued refining countless divine arts into his martial arts.

• Wutian revealed that Liu Yanchang was not the thread of Heavenly Intent; Liu Yanchang's son was, then sent Liu Yanchang away with Giant Scorpion.
• The Jade Emperor accepted Lu Ya's cursed effigy bearing Gu Shaoshang's name and agreed to gather nine thousand peak Earthly Immortals to worship Heavenly Intent for twenty-one days.
• Gu Shaoshang sensed the Jade Emperor's malice from within the Star Dou Great Array but stayed focused on his cultivation.
• Gu Shaoshang absorbed divine arts gathered from the Heavenly Court's library and his incarnations, including knowledge derived from a trace of Pangu Primordial Spirit.
• Gu Shaoshang unified the divine arts practiced by his 1.2 billion particles into his martial arts and broke through to the peak of Manifest Saint.

After Gu Shaoshang’s cultivation surged, he returned to the Purple Star Palace with an aura that shook the Three Realms, alarming immortals and mortals alike. The Jade Emperor ordered Lu Ya to complete the curse against Gu Shaoshang, while Tathagata sensed that the Great Celestial Venerable was about to act.

• Gu Shaoshang sensed the powerful beings across the White Snake World and concluded that the world could accommodate only one Divine Demon Second Heaven existence.
• Gu Shaoshang stepped through the starry sky to the Purple Star Palace, and his immense aura shook the Three Realms.
• Erlang Shen Yang Jian, Li Shimin, Tathagata, and others witnessed Gu Shaoshang’s arrival; Li Shimin urged his ministers to pursue the Martial Path and ascend to the Ninth Heaven.
• Tathagata said Gu Shaoshang had not yet touched the Heart of Heaven, then noticed the Great Celestial Venerable’s presence at the Hall of Miraculous Mist.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Lu Ya to act, and Lu Ya led the nine thousand Earth Immortals in bowing three times to the blood-red doll bearing Gu Shaoshang’s name.

Gu Shaoshang countered the Jade Emperor’s attempt to kill him through the Heavenly Court gods’ ranks and karma, destroying the gods and grievously injuring Lu Ya. He exposed Lu Ya’s curse and seized the Immortal Slaying Gourd, then used it to pursue the fleeing Lu Ya.

• The Jade Emperor withdrew the formation over the floating island, sending its accumulated power toward Gu Shaoshang as he arrived at Ziwei’s palace.
• The Jade Emperor stripped Gu Shaoshang of the True Warrior Emperor rank and sent nine thousand gods to bow him to death through karma.
• Gu Shaoshang answered with his Spirits Worship Me stance, shattering the gods’ ranks and crushing nearly all of them, while Lu Ya survived with severe injuries.
• Lu Ya fired the Nail Head Seven Arrows Book at a straw figure, but Gu Shaoshang revealed the figure was a decoy and identified Lu Ya’s curse.
• Gu Shaoshang took the Immortal Slaying Gourd and revealed that Lu Ya was an incarnation of the King of Ten Thousand Demons.
• Lu Ya fled in his Golden Crow form, but the Immortal Slaying Gourd’s white rays caught up to him as Gu Shaoshang commanded it to turn around.