Chapter Summaries

Gu Shaoshang revealed himself as Li Shimin’s master and offered him the chance to become Heavenly Emperor by unifying the Four Great Continents before Gu Shaoshang left the White Snake World. Gu Shaoshang entered seclusion as the Tang prepared for war, while Bai Suzhen began searching for her benefactor and the chapter briefly followed Zhang Bainin after his defeat in a martial examination.

• The Tang officials and martial disciples bowed to Gu Shaoshang, who praised Li Shimin and entered the Great Ming Palace with him.
• Gu Shaoshang explained that Heaven’s rule had flaws, then promised Li Shimin the Heavenly Emperor’s position if he unified the Four Great Continents within 190 years and said he would not intervene.
• After Gu Shaoshang departed for the Heavenly Court, Li Shimin ordered the Tang to mobilize its forces, gather intelligence, and recruit immortals and gods.
• Bai Suzhen and Fan Lihua began searching for Bai Suzhen’s benefactor, while Zhang Bainin resolved to join the army after Qiao Ling’er defeated him at the martial examination.
• Gu Shaoshang watched the great powers of the Four Great Continents withdraw or remain cautious, then entered deep seclusion as the Tang prepared for a turbulent two hundred years.

After centuries of cultivation and rule, Gu Shaoshang relinquished the Heavenly Emperor Position and prepared to leave the White Snake World. Before returning through the Myriad Heavens Mirror, he defeated Lu Ya and the Roc with one punch, while Li Shimin heard his final voice from afar.

• Ziwei the Great admitted he had failed to subdue the heavenly will, shared a farewell drink with Gu Shaoshang, and left to seek a chance at survival in seclusion.
• Gu Shaoshang reviewed his gains and the Great Tang’s rise, then shed the Heavenly Emperor Position as he decided to leave the world.
• The Queen Mother questioned Gu Shaoshang about his purpose, and he said he had come for cultivation and was now ready to depart.
• Gu Shaoshang crossed to the Northern Continent of Kuru and defeated Lu Ya and the Roc with Buzhou Break, collecting both into the Primordial World.
• Gu Shaoshang summoned the Myriad Heavens Mirror and returned through a black hole as several powerful wills welcomed his departure.
• In Chang'an City, Li Shimin heard Gu Shaoshang’s voice, though the words were left unfinished.

After returning from the White Snake World, Gu Shaoshang reviewed his gains, chose not to repair the Myriad Heavens Mirror, and assessed his cultivation and future plans. He left the Mirror World a year later and prepared to accompany Gao Jinyang to attend to the Grand Governor’s affairs before the Myriad Races Grand Competition.

• Li Shimin summoned Yan Chixia and told him that Gu Shaoshang had instructed him to formally accept Yan Chixia into the sect and pass on his martial path.
• Gu Shaoshang considered projecting into more worlds but decided his existing projections were sufficient and returned to the Mirror World.
• Gu Shaoshang examined the White Snake World’s Dao Diagram and learned that repairing the six-star Myriad Heavens Mirror would cost one billion Source Power Points and take sixty-five years.
• Gu Shaoshang checked his status, saw that his foundation had reached six-star perfection, and decided not to repair the mirror before the Myriad Races Grand Competition.
• After a year in seclusion, Gu Shaoshang left the Mirror World, and Gao Jinyang urged him to leave for the Grand Governor’s affairs.

After reaching Jinghai City for the Myriad Races Grand Competition, Gu Shaoshang and Gao Jinyang learned more about Marquis Jinghai and the city’s importance. At the registration office, the clerk recognized their remarkable cultivation and told them the Marquis’s Manor was already waiting for them.

• Gu Shaoshang and Gao Jinyang left Wuma City and traveled for more than ten days toward the Jinghai Kingdom Capital.
• Outside Jinghai City, they met Na Yanmola of the Sea Dragon Clan and learned that Marquis Jinghai was a Divine Demon Ninth Heaven powerhouse known as Divine Wasteland’s Number One Marquis.
• Gu Shaoshang and Gao Jinyang crossed the jade bridge to Jinghai City and headed for the Myriad Nations Myriad Races Registration Office.
• Gao Jinyang told the registration clerk that they came from Yan Kingdom because of their conflict with the Holy Dragon King of the Great Ming Mountain Demon Race.
• The clerk recognized Gu Shaoshang as a Divine Demon and Gao Jinyang as a Void Comprehension Realm expert, then invited them into the city and said the Marquis’s Manor was waiting for them.

Gu Shaoshang and Gao Jinyang arrived in Jinghai City and learned about the Myriad Races Grand Competition, which settled conflicts between powerful figures of different races. At Marquis Jinghai’s Manor, Monkey and a group of demons confronted them, and Gu Shaoshang stepped forward to meet the challenge.

• Gu Shaoshang and Gao Jinyang entered Jinghai City and marveled at its dense vital energy and strong martial arts foundations.
• Wang Xiangxiang of Marquis Jinghai’s Manor greeted them and took them by carriage to the manor.
• Wang Xiangxiang explained that the Myriad Races Grand Competition settled conflicts involving Innate Divine Saints and that the Human Race usually lost.
• Gu Shaoshang decided to reveal some of his abilities at the competition to attract the attention of the Human Race’s higher-ups.
• Monkey confronted Gu Shaoshang and Gao Jinyang outside Marquis Jinghai’s Manor, and Gu Shaoshang stepped forward with his fist intent raised.

Gu Shaoshang faced Old Monkey outside Marquis Jinghai’s Manor, where Marquis Jinghai intervened and forced the demon to pay a vast sum of Origin Energy Liquid. Inside the manor, Wang Yuanshi sensed Shaoshang’s arrival and recognized him as an old friend.

• Old Monkey tried to provoke Gu Shaoshang into attacking, but Shaoshang held back and Marquis Jinghai’s chilling will suppressed everyone outside the manor.
• Marquis Jinghai demanded one billion cubic units of top-grade Origin Energy Liquid from Old Monkey, who paid and handed the Beast Skin pouch to Gu Shaoshang.
• Wang Xiangxiang told Gu Shaoshang that foreign powers who bullied the Human Race were expected to pay a price.
• Wang Yuanshi discussed his cultivation and the upcoming competition with Miao Xiaoxiao, dismissing the threat of the Heavenly Human Race.
• Wang Yuanshi sensed that an old friend had arrived and smiled as he recognized Shaoshang.

Gu Shaoshang learned about the Divine Desolate Dynasty and the history of the Myriad Races Grand Competition while waiting at Marquis Jinghai’s Manor. After hearing that the Demon Race had produced a powerful half-demon contender, he remained unconcerned, while Old Monkey secretly hired that contender to kill him and Gao Jinyang.

• Gu Shaoshang sensed a familiar aura upon entering Marquis Jinghai’s Manor, but Wang Xiangxiang warned him not to probe the manor.
• Wang Xiangxiang led Gu Shaoshang and Gao Jinyang to their guest courtyards, where they settled in and studied the manor’s books.
• Gu Shaoshang learned that Human Race prodigies who placed in the top ten of the Myriad Races Grand Competition could receive a great emperor’s inheritance and a marquis title.
• Gao Jinyang told Gu Shaoshang that Chen Zi’ang, a half-demon under five thousand years old who had reached the Divine Demon Third Layer, would compete.
• Old Monkey paid Chen Zi’ang fifty million measures of Origin Energy Liquid upfront and promised another fifty million to kill Gu Shaoshang and Gao Jinyang.

Gu Shaoshang investigated the mysterious phrase “Supreme Clarity” and used the Myriad Heavens Mirror to project powerful items and a character from other worlds. He stored the materialized treasures in the Myriad Heavens Warehouse and began studying the newly obtained manuals.

• Chen Zi'ang borrowed fifty million units of Origin Energy Liquid from Old Monkey, who urged him to preserve himself if things went wrong; Chen Zi'ang declared his ambition to leave his name on the Imperial Palace Immortal Tablet.
• Gu Shaoshang heard Chen Zi'ang recite a poetic title mentioning Supreme Clarity, questioned his maidservants about the demon race, and rewarded one maidservant with top-grade Origin Energy Liquid.
• Gu Shaoshang entered the Mirror World and projected the Queen Mother from the White Snake World, then sent her projection into the Primordial World despite Hong Shang's warning that it lacked an essence soul.
• Gu Shaoshang spent three hundred million points of Source Power on ten random projections, obtaining manuals, treasures, bloodlines, and the Fighting Saint Emperor from the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• Gu Shaoshang materialized the projected items, including the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, stored them in the Myriad Heavens Warehouse, and examined the new manuals from the Human Dao Supreme World.

Gu Shaoshang challenged the Fighting Saint Emperor’s projection to test himself against a peerless expert, but was defeated after their clash destroyed the projection world’s star. He reflected on the experience and decided to choose a different opponent for his next projection.

• Gu Shaoshang reviewed Fuxi cultivation methods and considered how their divine abilities could strengthen his own path.
• Gu Shaoshang summoned the Fighting Saint Emperor’s projection and faced his overwhelming imperial aura.
• The Fighting Saint Emperor attacked with his black divine iron staff, and Gu Shaoshang answered with his full strength as their blows shattered a star.
• The Myriad Heavens Mirror reported Gu Shaoshang’s defeat, awarded a Fighting Saint Ape Bloodline, and deducted Source Power to repair the destroyed challenge space.
• Gu Shaoshang healed, valued the battle’s lessons over its reward, and resolved to project an opponent other than Ye Fan.

Gu Shaoshang used the Myriad Heavens Mirror to project An Lan from Perfect World, interrupting an assault on humanity’s Imperial Pass and drawing the Immortal King away. The projection appeared in the Mirror World, where Gu Shaoshang inspected An Lan’s cultivation and combat power.

• Gu Shaoshang chose to project An Lan from Perfect World and spent Source Power to capture him.
• An Lan’s army approached humanity’s Imperial Pass, and the defenders prepared to fight as An Lan’s chariot arrived.
• A streak of purple energy entered An Lan’s chariot, prompting An Lan to leave the battlefield and pursue it.
• Gu Shaoshang caught the Myriad Heavens Mirror and concluded that An Lan could not track it beyond his world.
• The Mirror formed a projection of young An Lan, and Gu Shaoshang inspected his cultivation, weapons, and combat power.

Gu Shaoshang studied the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and discovered how to imitate one by controlling the particles in his body, though his body was not yet strong enough to sustain the transformation. When Gao Jinyang told him the Myriad Races Grand Competition had begun, Gu Shaoshang set out with him and Wang Xiangxiang for the Divine World where it would be held.

• Gu Shaoshang chose not to challenge An Lan and spent three days reflecting on the Fighting Saint Emperor's Dao of Battle.
• Gu Shaoshang examined an Immortal Slaying Sword and realized the swords themselves formed part of the formation diagram.
• Gu Shaoshang transformed his middle finger into an Immortal Slaying Sword, but it shattered into particles before he reformed it and concluded his body needed further advancement.
• Gao Jinyang visited Gu Shaoshang after stabilizing his Divine Demon First Layer cultivation and lamented the prospect of completing the Great Sun Tathagata True Scripture.
• Wang Xiangxiang escorted Gu Shaoshang and Gao Jinyang toward the Myriad Races Grand Competition, explaining that it would take place in a Divine World conquered by her family's ancestor.

Gu Shaoshang and Gao Jinyang arrived at the Myriad Races Grand Competition, where Marquis Jinghai sent hundreds of thousands of contestants into the sealed Myriad Demon Tower. As the contest began, the Holy Martial King and other powerful figures gathered to oversee it, and Divine Wind Supreme confronted Old Bull over the deaths of thirteen members of his race.

• Wang Xiangxiang explained that Marquis Jinghai possessed a Divine World where Jinghai City's young martial artists trained, then escorted Gu Shaoshang and Gao Jinyang to the martial arena.
• A descendant of Marquis Jinghai explained the competition's rules, and Marquis Jinghai announced that contestants would fight in the Myriad Demon Tower without outside observation.
• Marquis Jinghai opened a gate to the tower and sent the contestants inside, while Gu Shaoshang sensed the aura of the Middle Ancient Era.
• The Holy Martial King received Marquis Jinghai in the Holy Martial Great Hall and said the two of them would oversee the contest while the Divine Saints were away in Chaos Heaven.
• Divine Wind Supreme challenged Old Bull over his son's killing of thirteen Divine Wind members, and Old Bull threatened to kill thirteen more if his race won.

Holy Martial King and the other powers discussed the competition’s promising geniuses and Marquis Jinghai’s Myriad Demon Tower. Gu Shaoshang entered the tower, resolved to win the competition, and easily defeated the first enemy he encountered.

• Holy Martial King asked Marquis Jinghai about the human race’s strongest competitors, and Marquis Jinghai named Wang Yuanshi and two geniuses from Yan Kingdom.
• Marquis Jinghai explained that the Myriad Demon Tower had been restored from an ancient Asura tower and contained manifestations of enemies he had fought.
• The competitors arrived at the tower, where Marquis Jinghai explained its nine levels and the requirement to survive for a year before advancing.
• Gu Shaoshang entered the first level, considered winning the competition so he could move Gu Family Village to the Divine Desolate Dynasty, and studied the Immortal Slaying Sword.
• A giant Barbarian Race warrior attacked Gu Shaoshang, who killed him with a single sword strike.

Gu Shaoshang refined his use of the Immortal-Slaying Sword and other treasures while fighting the Myriad Demon Tower’s growing waves of enemies. He rescued Zhuifengui Yue from thousands of phantoms, then vanished before she could say more.

• Gu Shaoshang studied the Fan Tian Seal and Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, finding that their particles and formations could strengthen his martial Dao.
• Gu Shaoshang spent months testing his techniques against increasingly numerous Illusory Realm enemies and learned to wield Immortal-Slaying Sword qi through his hair.
• Zhuifengui Yue fled toward Gu Shaoshang with thousands of phantoms behind her and grabbed his wrist to pull him along, but his weight made her stumble.
• Zhuifengui Yue explained that the phantoms kept multiplying because she had not killed them while running for more than four months.
• Gu Shaoshang swept away the pursuing phantoms with sword qi, heard Zhuifengui Yue’s apology, and then disappeared.

Gu Shaoshang explored the Myriad Demon Tower, checked on the Primordial World, and advanced to its second floor. There he encountered the half-demon Chen Zi'ang, who said someone had asked him to kill Gu Shaoshang.

• Gu Shaoshang decided against searching the void for a specific higher-floor world and spent the remaining time on the first floor cultivating and observing its barren landscape.
• Hong Shang told Gu Shaoshang that the White Snake World's baleful aura had been absorbed into the Primordial World, where Hong Shang expected to emerge in ten epochs.
• Gu Shaoshang tested pouring top-grade Origin Energy Liquid into the Primordial World, found it too weak to help its evolution, and asked Hong Shang to watch over an intelligent poplar tree.
• After the first year ended, Gu Shaoshang entered the second floor of the Myriad Demon Tower and arrived in an endless sea world.
• Gu Shaoshang recognized a poem recited by the half-demon Chen Zi'ang, who greeted him and said someone had asked him to send Gu Shaoshang on his way.

Gu Shaoshang recognized that Chen Zi'ang's Grand Pure Dao came from the Great Dao Azure Ox rather than Grand Pure Daoist, and the two fought with enough force to shatter their world. Chen Zi'ang learned that Gu Shaoshang knew of the Azure Ox, while Gu Shaoshang wondered whether the Supreme One had also come to this world.

• Gu Shaoshang explained Grand Pure to Chen Zi'ang and realized that his cultivation carried demonic influence because his inheritance came from the demon race.
• Chen Zi'ang demanded to know where Grand Pure Daoist was, but Gu Shaoshang refused to tell him.
• Chen Zi'ang attacked with the Great Dao Azure Ox Transformation, and Gu Shaoshang met his charge with a powerful Fist Seal.
• Their attacks shattered the world, and Gu Shaoshang and Chen Zi'ang each took two steps back in the void.
• Gu Shaoshang identified Chen Zi'ang's inheritance as the Great Dao Azure Ox's and wondered whether the Supreme One had come as well.

Gu Shaoshang learned that Chen Zi'ang's Great Dao Azure Ox inheritance might transform him into the Azure Ox's incarnation, but he kept his suspicions to himself and fought Chen Zi'ang when the ox demon demanded answers. Their battle drew the attention of powerful competitors, including Tianren Di Shi, who challenged them to meet her on the sixth level.

• Chen Zi'ang told Gu Shaoshang that he gained the Great Dao Azure Ox Transformation from azure cowhide and a drop of blood.
• Gu Shaoshang suspected the inheritance was a trap that could make Chen Zi'ang the Great Dao Azure Ox's Other Self, but refused to explain unless Chen Zi'ang became his mount.
• Chen Zi'ang attacked Gu Shaoshang, and the two fought fiercely through the void, alarming experts in nearby minor worlds.
• A massive blue-black bear and other competitors gathered to watch the fight.
• Tianren Di Shi appeared in an avatar, prompting Chen Zi'ang and Gu Shaoshang to stop fighting.
• Tianren Di Shi said she would wait for them on the sixth level of the Myriad Demon Tower.

After entering a small world on the fourth floor of the Myriad Demon Tower, Gu Shaoshang defeated a demon phantom and confirmed that no mighty expert was watching him. He used the Myriad Heavens Mirror to obtain new projections and manifest treasures, then chose to cross into the Shrouding the Heavens World.

• Shenfeng Miedao challenged Chen Zi'ang to battle on the fifth floor, and Chen Zi'ang entered a small world without settling his dispute with Gu Shaoshang.
• Gu Shaoshang entered a small world on the fourth floor, where he planned to avoid the stronger prodigies and eventually face Chen Zi'ang again.
• Gu Shaoshang destroyed a Void Comprehension Realm demon phantom with one punch and found no humans or unusual features in the small world.
• Gu Shaoshang used the Myriad Heavens Mirror to confirm that no mighty expert was observing him, then entered the Mirror World.
• Gu Shaoshang projected several treasures and secret arts, manifested the Immortal Slaying Gourd and several techniques in the Myriad Heavens Warehouse, and could not manifest the Jade Dew Qiongqi Pill because he lacked enough Source Power.
• Gu Shaoshang chose True Body Crossing into the Shrouding the Heavens World.

Gu Shaoshang crossed into the Shrouding the Heavens World and descended into his incarnation, discovering that it had become a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body. He emerged in Yaochi as the future husband of Queen Mother of the West and resolved to prevent the sacred land’s prophesied destruction.

• Gu Shaoshang chose to cross into the Shrouding the Heavens World and set its time flow so one day on the Vast Continent equaled one hundred years there.
• Gu Shaoshang sensed and descended into his incarnation, finding that several thousand years had passed and it had achieved Great Accomplishment Sacred Body.
• Gu Shaoshang examined his incarnation’s cultivation and realized its path suited the Sacred Body better than transforming its whole body into particles.
• Gu Shaoshang left Tongming Hall in Yaochi, where the disciples welcomed him as the Great Emperor and future husband of Queen Mother of the West.
• Gu Shaoshang remembered that Yaochi would suffer destruction in the future and decided that it would not happen while he was there.

Gu Shaoshang visited Queen Mother of the West at Yaochi, where they discussed his path to the imperial realm, her limited lifespan, and the coming Dark Turmoil. After she revealed a vision of them both dying and Yaochi being destroyed, she proposed that they marry.

• Gu Shaoshang walked through Yaochi to the Immortal Pool and found Queen Mother of the West playing the zither beside the ancient peach tree and Immortal Tear Green Crystal Pagoda.
• Queen Mother of the West noticed Gu Shaoshang had grown stronger, and they discussed his struggle to reach the imperial realm as a Sacred Body.
• Gu Shaoshang told Queen Mother of the West that they could live far beyond a million years, while she explained that Great Emperors rarely lived more than tens of thousands of years without resorting to the forbidden zones.
• Queen Mother of the West revealed that she had foreseen Yaochi's destruction and both their deaths amid the coming Dark Turmoil.
• Gu Shaoshang said the future could change, but Queen Mother of the West insisted her vision was true and proposed that they marry.