Chapter Summaries

Gu Shaoshang allowed the reincarnators to transfer their mission to a Myriad Heavens Traveler and sent his avatar back to the Main God Hall. In the Shrouding the Heavens World, Emperor Qitian emerged from a rift, and Gu Shaoshang and the gathered Great Emperors attacked him.

• Gu Shaoshang told his inner demon to send the Shrouding the Heavens World into the River of Time and Space if the Main God Hall posed a threat.
• Gu Shaoshang reassured Nan Tianba and the other reincarnators that he did not object to their request for assistance, then returned to the Main God Hall after the mission transferred to an arriving Myriad Heavens Traveler.
• Amitabha Buddha left to confront Nan Tianba, while Gu Shaoshang assured Daoyan that the Immortal Ascension Cauldron would protect the Eternal Ancient Star.
• Emperor Qitian emerged from a vast rift in the starry sky, and Gu Shaoshang, Ye Fan, Wushi, the Azure Emperor, the Grand Emperor, Nine Li Great Emperor, and the other Great Emperors launched attacks.

Gu Shaoshang defeated Emperor Qitian’s clone, then moved the Shrouding the Heavens World through the Boundary Sea while cultivating for several thousand years. After awakening and meeting Ye Fan, he left the world after uncovering Fatty Duan’s tomb and stripping him bare.

• Gu Shaoshang and the Great Emperors overwhelmed Emperor Qitian’s clone, while Nan Tianba, Xuan Zhenzong, and Kuayue watched in alarm.
• A young monk calling himself Amitabha Buddha approached Nan Tianba and the others as Gu Shaoshang destroyed the clone and kept a drop of its power.
• Gu Shaoshang warned the Inner Demon Avatar that a Seven-Star powerhouse might come, and the avatar moved the Shrouding the Heavens World into the River of Time and Space.
• Over the following several thousand years, the Immortal Domain appeared, Ye Fan remained in the mortal world to study the Mortal Immortal realm, and Gu Shaoshang advanced his understanding of the Divine Demon Realm.
• Gu Shaoshang awoke from seclusion, met the aging Ye Fan, and took him to the Northern Plains, where he opened Fatty Duan’s tomb and stripped him bare before leaving the Shrouding the Heavens World.

After returning from the Shrouding the Heavens World, Gu Shaoshang examined the Myriad Heavens Mirror’s gains and learned what it would take to bring others through the Vast Continent. He considered the continent’s looming danger and the Myriad Races Grand Competition before leaving the Mirror World and returning to the competition grounds.

• Ye Fan realized that his father had watched over him and known about Fatty Duan’s attempt to rob his tomb.
• Gu Shaoshang saw an immense shadow advancing over the Vast Continent, then returned to the Mirror World as the Myriad Heavens Mirror recorded his journey through Shrouding the Heavens.
• Gu Shaoshang learned that repairing the mirror to seven stars required the formed World Will of a seven-star Great World, so he set aside the repair for now.
• Gu Shaoshang reviewed his cultivation and reflected on the dangers of war and the demon race’s advantage in the Myriad Races Grand Competition.
• Gu Shaoshang left the Mirror World, emerged from the mountain, and looked across the competition grounds.

Gu Shaoshang joined Man Gang’s alliance against Tianren Di Shi and reached a fifth-level minor world, where he encountered Chen Zi'ang and a wary member of the Heavenly Soldier Race. Tianren Di Shi then appeared, pursuing Wang Yuanshi, and the gathered competitors prepared for a confrontation.

• Gu Shaoshang considered his progress through the Myriad Demon Tower and chose not to reveal his full strength yet.
• Man Gang found Gu Shaoshang and persuaded him to join forces against Tianren Di Shi, explaining that Wang Yuanshi could contend with the Heavenly Human expert.
• Man Gang brought Gu Shaoshang to a fifth-level minor world, where Chen Zi'ang threatened him and a Heavenly Soldier Race girl guarded her Fang Tian Hua Ji.
• Tianren Di Shi arrived in the minor world and declared that Wang Yuanshi could not escape, startling everyone on the mountain.

Tianren Di Shi attacked Wang Yuanshi as he began his breakthrough, overwhelming the defenders and destroying the small world. As she approached Wang Yuanshi, applause rang out from an unknown source.

• Tianren Di Shi arrived and unleashed a silver Higanbana Flower attack on Wang Yuanshi’s towering phantom.
• Miao Xiaoxiao, Shura Wusheng, Man Gang, and the others attacked Tianren Di Shi, but she shattered the small world and sent most of them flying.
• Heavenly Soldier Fang Tian held her ground against Tianren Di Shi, who immobilized her and the other defenders before walking toward Wang Yuanshi.
• Tianren Di Shi reached the cross-legged Wang Yuanshi as he absorbed spiritual energy, and several bursts of applause suddenly sounded through the silent void.

Gu Shaoshang intervened when Tianren Di Shi attacked Wang Yuanshi and overwhelmed her with a devastating punch. Tianren Di Shi invoked her strongest defensive ability and the Myriad Demon Tower to withstand it, leaving the tower and everyone nearby battered by the impact.

• Gu Shaoshang revealed himself in Tianren Di Shi's Heavenly Human Domain and explained that he would not stand by while Wang Chao's friend was in danger.
• Tianren Di Shi attacked Gu Shaoshang with her Heavenly Human Domain and the divine ability Mouth Contains Heavenly Decree.
• Gu Shaoshang unleashed a powerful punch that shattered the void and sent the watching martial artists flying.
• Tianren Di Shi retreated and used Heaven Replaces Me, drawing on the Myriad Demon Tower to defend herself.
• Gu Shaoshang's punch struck the Myriad Demon Tower, making it roar and bursting the eardrums of experts and contestants throughout the tower.

The Holy Martial King and other powerful figures discussed the threat of Cang and watched the Myriad Races Grand Competition as Gu Shaoshang defeated Tianren Di Shi. After Tianren Di Shi escaped, Gu Shaoshang recognized Wang Yuanshi as Wang Chao.

• Marquis Jinghai sensed that Gu Shaoshang’s punch had stirred the Myriad Demon Tower, but Holy Martial King allowed the competition to continue despite the danger to its participants.
• Holy Martial King explained that the history of the Cang Race and Xi’s victory over them had been concealed, while Holy Ox King and Divine Wind Supreme threatened one another over the competition’s outcome.
• Gu Shaoshang’s punch badly injured Tianren Di Shi, who asked who he was before Gu Shaoshang identified himself and prepared to strike again.
• Tianren Di Shi escaped using a protective divine ability left by eighteen Divine Saints, and the young man in purple told Gu Shaoshang that pursuing him would be futile.
• Miao Xiaoxiao thanked Gu Shaoshang for saving him, and Gu Shaoshang recognized the white-robed Wang Yuanshi as Wang Chao.

Gu Shaoshang reunited with Wang Yuanshi and tested their strength, discovering that Wang Yuanshi’s realm let him contend despite Gu Shaoshang’s much greater power. They discussed how Wang Yuanshi and Ba Liming had reached the Vast Continent, and the chapter ended with Wang Yuanshi proposing they win the title of marquis in the Myriad Races Grand Competition.

• Gu Shaoshang recognized Wang Yuanshi, and the two greeted each other with a test of hands that shook the void.
• Gu Shaoshang gained the upper hand in their exchange, while Wang Yuanshi impressed him with his extraordinary realm.
• Gu Shaoshang and Wang Yuanshi left the others and went to a snowy small world to talk.
• Wang Yuanshi explained that he and Ba Liming had helped defeat alien invaders, establish the Earth Federation, and eventually followed Gu Shaoshang’s trail to the Vast Continent.
• Wang Yuanshi said he had not found Ba Liming and proposed that he and Gu Shaoshang secure the marquis title in the Myriad Races Grand Competition.

Wang Yuanshi explained that the human race’s stolen authority over the Vast Continent underlay its fortune, and that a king or marquis’s status allowed its holder to resist the continent’s suppression and travel across the heavens. Gu Shaoshang and Wang Yuanshi resolved to seek a way to seize such status, then emerged after a year and agreed to end the Myriad Races Grand Competition.

• Wang Yuanshi told Gu Shaoshang that Emperor Xi had seized authority from the Vast Continent’s Heavens and divided it among the Three Great Dynasties, preserving the human race’s fortune.
• Wang Yuanshi explained that king and marquis status granted fortune and the ability to travel across the heavens beyond the Vast Continent’s suppression.
• Gu Shaoshang and Wang Yuanshi agreed that status could be seized, but decided they needed to plan carefully to avoid provoking the Three Emperors or the Ancestral Temple.
• Gu Shaoshang and Wang Yuanshi spent a year discussing martial arts and plotting while Miao Xiaoxiao waited outside the snowy mountain.
• Wang Yuanshi emerged with Gu Shaoshang and told Miao Xiaoxiao that Tianren Di Shi had been defeated and there was no reason to remain in the Myriad Demon Tower.
• Gu Shaoshang agreed with Wang Yuanshi to end the Myriad Races Grand Competition.

Gu Shaoshang discussed ending the Myriad Races Grand Competition and learned that Chen Zi'ang possessed a hidden connection to the Great Dao Azure Ox. He traced Chen Zi'ang’s memories, extracted the Azure Ox’s blood, and left Chen Zi'ang facing the revelation that his supposed fortuitous encounter had been bait for the Azure Ox to descend.

• Gu Shaoshang explained that searching the upper layers of the Myriad Demon Tower would let his allies find the remaining contestants and end the competition.
• Wang Yuanshi left with Miao Xiaoxiao to find Tianren Di Shi, while Gu Shaoshang stayed with Chen Zi'ang and asked about Tai Yanwu and the Great Dao Azure Ox bloodline.
• Gu Shaoshang warned Chen Zi'ang that the Great Dao Azure Ox Transformation would turn him into a vessel for the Azure Ox, but Chen Zi'ang refused to believe him.
• Gu Shaoshang struck Chen Zi'ang and sent his fist intent through Chen Zi'ang’s memories, revealing that an azure light had manipulated him into falling from a cliff as a child.
• Gu Shaoshang pulled the hidden drop of Great Dao Azure Ox blood from Chen Zi'ang’s memories and recognized it as genuine Innate Divine Demon blood.

Gu Shaoshang extracted the Great Dao Azure Ox blood from Chen Zi'ang, who chose to abandon the bloodline and return to his Yellow Ox form. Three years later, Gu Shaoshang entered the fifth level of the Myriad Demon Tower, where Wang Yuanshi was still pursuing the injured Tianren Di Shi.

• Chen Zi'ang discovered that his Great Dao Azure Ox bloodline had been used as bait and forcibly dispersed it, returning to his Yellow Ox form.
• Gu Shaoshang praised Chen Zi'ang's resolve, mounted him, and rode away as a Yellow Ox.
• Three years after Gu Shaoshang defeated Tianren Di Shi, Shura Wusheng chased a Giant Spirit man through the fifth level of the Myriad Demon Tower.
• The Giant Spirit man fled from Gu Shaoshang, only to realize he stood in Gu Shaoshang's palm; Gu Shaoshang threw him out of the tower.
• Shura Wusheng reported that only Wang Yuanshi remained in pursuit of Tianren Di Shi, and Gu Shaoshang rode into the void to join them.

Gu Shaoshang and Wang Yuanshi drove Tianren Di Shi from the Myriad Demon Tower, ending the competition after just over six years. As contestants began emerging into Jinghai City, the first elimination brought public shame and a lost wager, while Shenfeng Miedao finally appeared after the gate had been silent for two days.

• Gu Shaoshang confronted Tianren Di Shi, who withdrew into the Myriad Demon Tower after vowing to seek revenge, and Wang Yuanshi followed him out with Gu Shaoshang and Yellow Ox.
• Holy Martial King announced that the competition had ended after a little over six years and said that the records would be overseen by powerful figures to ensure fair results.
• The Divine World gate opened above Jinghai City, and Lin Zhengrong of the Wood King Tribe was the first contestant expelled, making him the competition’s last-place finisher so far.
• Lin Zhengrong’s loss triggered the wager: his ancestor left the hall with a rival to hand over ninety-six cities and a Wood King Pill.
• Over the following ten days, more contestants emerged from the Divine World, and Shenfeng Miedao finally landed on the training grounds after the gate had been silent for two days.

Shenfeng Miedao lost to Chen Zi'ang and nearly killed himself, provoking Divine Wind Supreme and the Holy Martial King into a tense confrontation. Meanwhile, Gu Shaoshang stunned the crowd by defeating Tianren Di Shi with one punch, and he finally emerged from the Divine World riding a Yellow Ox as the Holy Ox King watched.

• Shenfeng Miedao lost to Chen Zi'ang, lamented the consequences for his clan, and tried to kill himself.
• Divine Wind Supreme intervened in anger, but the Holy Martial King threatened retaliation; Divine Wind Supreme seized Shenfeng Miedao and left.
• The Holy Martial King warned the gathered rulers to obey the competition's rules, and the Holy Ox King invoked the Demon Emperor as a deterrent.
• Gu Shaoshang's one-punch victory over Tianren Di Shi became the talk of the arena, surprising the Holy Martial King and the other observers.
• Man Gang, Heavenly Soldier Fang Tian, Gao Jinyang, Shura Wusheng, and Miao Xiaoxiao emerged from the Divine World before Gu Shaoshang appeared riding a Yellow Ox, drawing the Holy Ox King's attention.

Gu Shaoshang’s arrival riding Chen Zi'ang as a Yellow Ox provoked Holy Ox King, who clashed with Holy Martial King in Jinghai City. Holy Martial King suppressed Holy Ox King’s will, while the clash alarmed the Divine Desolate Dynasty and left Gu Shaoshang reflecting on the power of divine saints.

• Holy Ox King recognized Chen Zi'ang beneath Gu Shaoshang and flew into a rage over Gu Shaoshang taking him as a mount.
• Holy Martial King confronted Holy Ox King and suppressed his will inside the Holy Martial Great Hall as their clash shook Jinghai City and alarmed the Divine Desolate Dynasty.
• Saint Heavenly King ordered the dynasty’s marquises and city lords to guard against the clash’s aftershocks.
• Gu Shaoshang watched the collision of wills and discussed with Wang Yuanshi why Holy Ox King had targeted him and why he had accepted Chen Zi'ang as his mount.
• Holy Martial King defeated and confined Holy Ox King’s will within the Holy Martial Great Hall.

After the Myriad Races Grand Competition, Gu Shaoshang and Wang Yuanshi met Marquis Jinghai, who offered them a choice of rewards. They chose to claim great cities and pursue the rank of marquis, then left Jinghai City with Miao Xiaoxiao.

• Holy Martial King suppressed the Holy Ox King's fragment of will for violating the Myriad Races Pact, and the Holy Martial Great Hall vanished before Gu Shaoshang could meet the Human Emperor.
• Marquis Jinghai summoned Gu Shaoshang and Wang Yuanshi to his manor, where they crossed his vast Spirit Medicine garden and lake of Origin Energy Liquid to meet him.
• Marquis Jinghai explained that the competition's rewards were either the opening section of a Great Emperor Scripture or the chance to claim a great city and seek the rank of marquis.
• Gu Shaoshang and Wang Yuanshi chose to pursue the rank of marquis, and Marquis Jinghai praised their resolve.
• Gu Shaoshang and Wang Yuanshi left Marquis Jinghai's manor, found Miao Xiaoxiao, and departed Jinghai City.

Chen Ang remained sealed beneath the Vast Great Sun Xi as the grand play approached, while Gu Shaoshang traveled toward the Holy Martial King's Capital with Wang Yuanshi and Duan Yu. After learning that Old Monkey was nearby, Gu Shaoshang left the chariot and confronted the demon leader, ending the chapter as he attacked.

• Chen Ang calmly observed the Vast Great Sun Xi's seal and remarked that the grand play was about to begin.
• Gu Shaoshang and Wang Yuanshi discussed Marquis Jinghai's inner world before Duan Yu invited them to travel with him to the Holy Martial King's Capital.
• Gu Shaoshang sensed that Gao Jinyang and Yellow Ox had tracked Old Monkey to a nearby location, then secretly left the chariot.
• Wang Yuanshi reflected on his hidden goal of breaking through the Vast Continent's restrictions and decided to keep his secrets concealed.
• Old Monkey rallied the demon race members after they lamented their humiliation at the Myriad Races Grand Competition.
• Gu Shaoshang appeared on Yellow Ox before Old Monkey's group, dismissed the demon leader's protest, and launched an attack.

Gu Shaoshang killed Old Monkey in a brief clash, then returned to the Divine Desolate Dynasty and began restoring the six-star Myriad Heavens Mirror. Years later, as he and Wang Yuanshi neared the Holy Martial King's Capital, Gu Shaoshang suddenly sensed something and opened his eyes with a frown.

• Gu Shaoshang killed Old Monkey with a single punch and escaped with Yellow Ox, while human great powers chose to conceal the fight.
• Gu Shaoshang arranged for Yellow Ox and Gao Jinyang to return to Yan Kingdom and planned to move Gu Family Village to the Divine Desolate Dynasty.
• Gu Shaoshang spent one billion Source Power to restore the six-star Myriad Heavens Mirror, a process that would take sixty-five years.
• Gu Shaoshang and Wang Yuanshi traveled toward the Holy Martial King's Capital, discussing the Dao and stabilizing their cultivation for ten years.
• As the carriage neared the capital, Gu Shaoshang sensed something, opened his eyes, and furrowed his brows.

Gu Shaoshang descended into a small world through one of his blood avatars and discovered a mysterious ring of time and space. He met Wang TieZhu, whose fate held both disaster and hidden violet fortune, and learned that the youth was traveling to seek admission to the Hengyue Sect.

• Gu Shaoshang examined the memories of his avatars and noticed a ring of time and space in an otherwise ordinary world.
• Gu Shaoshang sent a wisp of his will into the world and awakened in a weak black-robed youth's body.
• Gu Shaoshang descended from a barren mountain and accepted a ride to the county town from Wang TieZhu and his Fourth Uncle.
• Gu Shaoshang perceived Wang TieZhu's misfortune-laden fate and the faint violet fortune hidden within it.
• Wang TieZhu told Gu Shaoshang that he was going to the county town because the Hengyue Sect's immortals were coming to accept disciples.

Gu Shaoshang parted ways with Wang Lin, then went to the Hengyue Sect’s mountain gate and seized a cultivation manual from a disciple he knocked out of the sky. Studying the Qi Condensation Chapter, he deduced it into a much broader cultivation method, leaving himself to seek more manuals to refine it.

• Gu Shaoshang recognized that Wang TieZhu was Wang Lin and reassured him that he would enter an immortal sect, but chose to part as a friend rather than become his master.
• Wang Lin resolved to become an immortal so he could live as freely as Gu Shaoshang, while Fourth Uncle reminded him to make his father proud.
• Gu Shaoshang reached a barren mountain near the Hengyue Sect and knocked a white-robed disciple off his flying sword with a thrown stone.
• Gu Shaoshang took the disciple’s Storage Bag and examined the Qi Condensation Chapter, then let the disciple wake and leave with his belongings.
• Gu Shaoshang studied the manual, deduced Qi Condensation up to the ninety-ninth level, and concluded that he needed more cultivation manuals to fill its gaps.

Gu Shaoshang advanced his Qi Condensation cultivation and tested the Hengyue Sect’s basic spells, refining them into far more powerful techniques. After finding the Heavenly Reversal Bead, he entered it and confronted Situ Nan, who was shocked by Gu Shaoshang’s overwhelming presence.

• Gu Shaoshang cultivated for half a month on a barren mountain and reached the eleventh level of Qi Condensation.
• Gu Shaoshang used the Attraction Art, Fireball, and Earth Rending Art, demonstrating how his Qi Refining Art greatly amplified their power.
• Gu Shaoshang sensed the Heavenly Reversal Bead in a cliff cave, retrieved it, and drew spiritual energy into it to enter its inner space.
• Situ Nan appeared within the Heavenly Reversal Bead and asked whether Gu Shaoshang feared him.
• Gu Shaoshang revealed the immense scale of his will, and Situ Nan trembled and demanded to know who he was.