Chapter Summaries

Gu Shaoshang learned how Wushang’s rise had weakened the unequal treaties imposed on the Archaic Human Race, though the Main Gods still watched the race and kept Wushang imprisoned in the Abyss of Darkness. Unable to rescue him, Gu Shaoshang began cultivating on the Sacred Mountain and opened his Primordial World to benefit from the world’s active Great Dao.

• Gu Shaoshang read the Heavenly Stele’s account of the treaties imposed on the Archaic Human Race and recalled how Wushang’s martial path had helped remove many of them.
• A man in the sacred hall told Gu Shaoshang to reach the Imperial Grade before receiving a great Fortune, which Gu Shaoshang understood to mean access to Wushang’s martial path.
• Gu Shaoshang left the hall and considered Wushang’s imprisonment in the Abyss of Darkness, where at least ten Dark Lord Gods suppressed him.
• Gu Shaoshang sat on the Sacred Mountain cliff to temper himself, deduce martial arts, and accumulate strength because he could not yet rescue Wushang.
• Gu Shaoshang opened his Primordial World to draw benefits from the Great World’s rich spiritual energy and active Great Dao.

Gu Shaoshang began absorbing the Archaic Continent’s laws into the Primordial World while Gu Changfeng returned to reality after ten years in the Cangtian Game, carrying immense new strength. Wang Zhongchao summoned him to District Thirty-Five, where the Hack Squad gathered to discuss the newly opened second expansion, set in the era of Post-Shu Mountain and Li Chungang.

• Gu Shaoshang spread subtle fluctuations across the Archaic Continent and its planes, slowly observing and incorporating the world’s laws into the Primordial World.
• Gu Changfeng awoke in his cramped room after spending ten years in the Cangtian Game and discovered that his Jialong talent had given him overwhelming physical strength.
• Gu Changfeng browsed reports about the game and its powerful closed-beta players, then received Wang Zhongchao’s summons to District Thirty-Five.
• Gu Changfeng traveled from District Ninety-Nine to Wang Zhongchao’s residence, where the Hack Squad had assembled.
• Wang Zhongchao told the group that the second expansion had opened, and revealed it was set in the era of Post-Shu Mountain, featuring the sword immortal Li Chungang.

Gu Shaoshang watched the Primordial World evolve into the Post-Shu Mountain Era, then observed Wang Zhongchao's team enter the game and receive a mission to kill a sword immortal. The newcomers were left behind and attacked by Qing soldiers as Gu Shaoshang declared the evolution complete.

• Wang Zhongchao shared the Post-Shu Mountain expansion information, and the veterans planned to enter the game as soon as it reopened.
• Gu Shaoshang explained that the Primordial World's evolution would empower his cultivation, then watched spiritual energy, landscapes, and a city transform over vast spans of time.
• Wang Zhongchao woke the newcomers, explained how to view the game's information, and the team learned their mission required killing a righteous or evil sword immortal.
• Feng Jue urged the veterans to hurry, and Zhao Qi said they should claim a sword immortal's head before other players could.
• The veterans left the newcomers behind, and a young woman who dismissed the danger was killed by arrows from charging Qing soldiers.
• Gu Shaoshang withdrew his gaze and said the evolution was complete.

Gu Shaoshang broke through to Supreme, briefly sending a tremendous aura across the Archaic Continent before hiding from the Law of Balance. Recognized as Wushang Supreme, he ordered the Sacred Hall to spread martial arts among humans and increase the number of ascenders.

• Fengyun Wuji chose the Mind Sword Body Great Law and the Nine Revolutions Life and Death Profound Art, while Gu Shaoshang completed his breakthrough at the sacred cliff.
• Gu Shaoshang's Supreme aura shook the Archaic Continent, and he restrained it after sensing the Law of Balance respond.
• Gu Shaoshang summoned the two Sacred Hall attendants, confirmed their suspicions about his identity, and learned that Song Que was cultivating in the Blade Domain.
• Gu Shaoshang ordered the attendants to send experts to the lower realms and teach martial arts, promising to persuade the other Supremes to support the plan.
• The attendants accepted his orders after Gu Shaoshang sent them the complete Immortal and Unscathed Scripture.

Gu Shaoshang traveled to the Archaic Northern Lands and reached Xuanyuan Hill, reflecting on the Archaic Human Race’s long history and Xuanyuan Supreme’s sacrifice. At Xuanyuan’s tomb, he witnessed worshippers grieving over their failure to fulfill the Supremes’ hopes and realized Wushang’s incomplete martial arts had left many humans unable to break through to the Supreme realm.

• Gu Shaoshang left Fengyun Wuji behind, trusting his talent to develop Wushang’s martial arts in his own way.
• Gu Shaoshang spent thirty years crossing the Archaic lands, witnessing the human race’s history through the river of time and space.
• Gu Shaoshang reached the Snowy Region and saw a cloaked man bring a boy named Lin'er to pay respects at Xuanyuan Supreme’s resting place.
• Gu Shaoshang entered Xuanyuan Hill with the black-cloaked worshippers and read the words carved at the entrance to Xuanyuan Tomb.
• The worshippers wept over their failures and some attempted suicide, while Gu Shaoshang recalled Wushang’s connection to humanity and the incomplete martial arts he had left behind.

Gu Shaoshang met Xuanyuan Supreme’s lingering consciousness and learned that the Lord Gods could not be injured within their Divine Kingdoms, while refusing the Supreme’s offer of aid. Later, a young man from the Blade Domain fought Zhan Yang and his clan until a tyrannical aura interrupted their battle.

• Gu Shaoshang spoke with Xuanyuan Supreme in the Bronze Hall and asked for his experiences fighting the Lord Gods, but Xuanyuan refused to share them.
• Xuanyuan Supreme explained that even the Four Symbols Great Formation could only briefly contend with one Lord God, whose divine power was inexhaustible within a Divine Kingdom.
• Gu Shaoshang concluded that the Lord Gods might be vulnerable outside their Divine Kingdoms, declined Xuanyuan Supreme’s offer of aid, and departed.
• A cold young man in white from the Blade Domain fought off the Zhan Clan while waiting for Zhan Yang to appear.
• Zhan Yang attacked the young man, and the two exchanged hundreds of blows until a tyrannical aura erupted from the shattered mountain and halted them.

Gu Shaoshang met with the War Emperor and Jun Qianshang, who reported the growth of humanity’s ascender population as tensions with the gods and demons rose. He ordered preparations for war, while the War Emperor asked when Gu Shaoshang would save his beloved consort.

• Zhan Yang and a Blade Domain disciple were overwhelmed when the War Emperor approached, but Jun Qianshang intervened to protect the disciple.
• Jun Qianshang and the War Emperor bowed to Gu Shaoshang and reported that their domains had brought billions of ascenders into the Archaic lands over ten thousand years.
• Gu Shaoshang said humanity’s population was still too small to face the gods and demons, and dismissed calls for compromise in favor of preparing to fight.
• Gu Shaoshang told Jun Qianshang to have Song Que prepare for war and said Song Que would have an important role if the conflict began.
• The War Emperor asked Gu Shaoshang about his promise to save the War Consort, whom he had waited ages to revive.

Gu Shaoshang tested the War Emperor’s resolve, then gave him the Immortal and Unscathed Scripture and ordered him to pursue the Supreme realm. Thirty thousand years later, Archaic had been transformed by rapid development.

• Gu Shaoshang told the War Emperor that saving the War Consort required breaking into a Main God’s Divine Kingdom, and the War Emperor refused to accept that his hope was lost.
• The War Emperor unleashed his One Blade strike, but Gu Shaoshang effortlessly understood and extinguished it.
• Gu Shaoshang gave the War Emperor the Immortal and Unscathed Scripture and sent him back to the War Domain to enter seclusion and seek the Supreme realm.
• Gu Shaoshang revealed that he had been cultivating more allies to challenge the Main Gods and provoke the Law of Balance.
• Thirty thousand years passed, and cities, roads, and trial grounds spread across Archaic as the human race reshaped the continent.

Over thirty thousand years, Gu Shaoshang’s martial arts transformed the Archaic Human Race and produced a growing number of Supremes. The War Emperor broke through the Law of Balance’s lightning tribulation, while Gu Shaoshang sensed that war between the gods and demons was approaching and Fengyun Wuji continued to advance.

• Gu Shaoshang’s martial arts spread across the Archaic Continent, drawing ascenders and ancient recluses into cultivation while demon spies tried to steal the techniques.
• Thunderclouds gathered over the continent as the War Emperor prepared to break through to the Supreme Realm, and Cang Wu and Qing Huang watched with Gu Shaoshang.
• The War Emperor entered the Law of Balance’s lightning tribulation and destroyed it with a single slash, ascending to the Supreme Realm.
• The Human Race celebrated the War Emperor’s breakthrough, while Gu Shaoshang sensed that the gods and demons were nearing war and reflected on his own growing strength.
• Fengyun Wuji, now a renowned Sword God at the late Divine level, continued to cultivate after receiving several opportunities and glimpsing the path to the Supreme Realm.

Fengyun Wuji prepared to challenge Jun Qianshang while Gu Shaoshang explored the River of Time and Space and encountered a message left by Fa Zu. After Fa Zu revealed clues about the origins of the Main Gods and a mysterious Source Power, a gigantic hand appeared above the river.

• Chi Shang reported that the ascenders from the past hundred years had been settled, and Fengyun Wuji refused to reconsider his coming battle with Jun Qianshang.
• Fengyun Wuji ordered Chi Shang to keep training the Sword God Army for the War of Gods and Demons.
• Gu Shaoshang used the River of Time and Space to witness the ancient War of Gods and Demons, but refrained from interfering when he sensed the river's backlash.
• Gu Shaoshang met an image of Fa Zu, who warned him against disturbing the River of Time and Space and spoke of humanity's connection to the laws of the planes.
• Fa Zu revealed that the Main Gods were linked to an ancient Source Power, then vanished as a gigantic hand appeared above the River of Time and Space.

Gu Shaoshang was attacked by an unknown Main God through the River of Time and Space, but escaped to the Archaic era and confronted the pursuing palm with his true body. His two fists met the divine strike, and the battle left a suspected Main God’s hand severed.

• An enormous palm attacked Gu Shaoshang’s will in the River of Time and Space, and he wondered whether Xiluo or Vladimir was behind it.
• Gu Shaoshang’s will evaded the palm and returned to the Archaic era, while the Main God pursued him through time and space.
• Gu Shaoshang’s return unleashed overwhelming blood energy that alarmed beings across the Archaic era and other planes.
• Gu Shaoshang stepped back onto the River of Time and Space and used his particle array formation to empower the Six Paths Samsara Fist and Myriad Heavens Life and Death Wheel.
• Gu Shaoshang’s two fists clashed with the Main God’s palm, and a figure was blasted backward as a shattered palm appeared in the River of Time and Space.

Gu Shaoshang realized the Main Gods could be challenged if their connection to their Divine Kingdoms was severed, but the Lord of Conspiracy’s probing attack brought twelve Main Gods to the Archaic Continent. With the Four Symbols Great Formation empowering him through the will of the Archaic Human Race, Gu Shaoshang shattered their Divine Punishment Thunder and pressed the fight forward.

• Gu Shaoshang deduced that the Main Gods were not invincible and understood why they feared the Four Symbols Great Formation.
• Gu Shaoshang and the other Supremes prepared to fight after concluding that the Lord of Conspiracy had attacked because it foresaw a threat.
• Twelve Main Gods descended on the Archaic Continent, and its cities and sacred lands quickly formed their defenses.
• Xuanyuan Supreme’s incarnation and the Four Sacred Beasts appeared as the Human Race joined its battle formations through the Four Symbols Great Formation.
• Empowered by the will of one hundred billion Archaic humans, Gu Shaoshang shattered the twelve Main Gods’ Divine Punishment Thunder with a punch and launched another attack.

Gu Shaoshang unleashed a universe-shaking punch that defeated the incarnations of all twelve Main Gods and established the Archaic Human Race as a new great power. He returned to the celebrating Archaic Continent, while the demon armies stood stunned before their gates.

• Gu Shaoshang struck at the Twelve Light and Dark Lord Gods, and they answered with divine weapons formed from their laws.
• Gu Shaoshang's Fist Seal shattered the Main Gods' divine eyes and forced their incarnations into the source of time and space.
• The defeated Main Gods withdrew, and Gu Shaoshang declared that Heaven and the Nine Netherworlds belonged to them while the Archaic starry sky belonged to him.
• Gu Shaoshang revealed that the battle had drawn the Main Gods' attention while War Emperor and Fengyun Wuji rescued Wushang from the Abyss of Darkness.
• Gu Shaoshang dispersed the Four Symbols Great Formation and returned to the Archaic Continent as its people celebrated their rise.
• The demon armies at gates across the desolate regions froze in stupefaction.

After defeating the Main Gods, Gu Shaoshang reflected on the threat they still posed and humanity’s rapid growth over the next twelve thousand years. When he summoned all human Supremes, a Blood Progenitor infiltrating the Holy Hall discovered that Gu Shaoshang had returned.

• Wushang annihilated the demons invading the Archaic Continent, entered the Demon Realm, and the White-clothed Middle-aged Man destroyed the angels and Gates of Heaven with his blade.
• Gu Shaoshang returned to the Sacred Mountain, warned that the Main Gods remained a future danger, and began recovering from the battle.
• Over the next twelve thousand years, the Archaic Human Race expanded across countless planes, its population surged, and its God-level army grew beyond one hundred million.
• A Blood Progenitor disguised as a red-robed human asked an old guide to take him to a Supreme so he could obtain Wushang’s martial inheritance.
• The guide told the Blood Progenitor that Gu Shaoshang had emerged from seclusion and summoned every human Supreme, leaving the infiltrator pale and sweating.

Gu Shaoshang exposed the Blood Progenitor, then used him to summon Ming Shang, who absorbed the Blood Progenitor and ascended to become a new Main God through the Blood Law. The universe reacted to the unexpected rise of a twenty-seventh Main God as the balance of power shifted.

• Gu Shaoshang identified the disguised Blood Progenitor after the old man brought him before the human Supreme Experts.
• The Blood Progenitor admitted he had come to obtain human martial arts, and Gu Shaoshang summoned a friend to meet him.
• Ming Shang emerged from the blood energy, absorbed the Blood Progenitor, and introduced himself as Ancestor.
• Ming Shang called forth blood from across the universe, forming the Blood Law and becoming a new Main God.
• The other Main Gods sensed the new power too late to prevent its rise, and Ming Shang's Crimson Godhead took shape.

After establishing Ming Shang as a Main God and setting humanity on a path to triumph in the War of Gods and Demons, Gu Shaoshang left the Archaic Continent and crossed the River of Time and Space. He returned to the Longevity World, where a vast rift opened above Martial Mountain and hostile voices called its inhabitants insects.

• Ming Shang killed the Blood Ancestor, became a Main God, and joined Gu Shaoshang in the Sacred Hall, where Gu revealed that Ming Shang was another version of himself.
• Gu Shaoshang spent a thousand years discussing the Dao with human experts and establishing a martial arts system before announcing his departure and urging humanity to strike first in the coming war.
• Gu Shaoshang left the Archaic Continent, and later generations marked Ming Shang's ascension as the beginning of the Human Dao Era.
• After Gu Shaoshang departed, Wushang, Song Que, and Fengyun Wuji became Main Gods, and humanity invaded the Divine Kingdoms, killed four foreign Main Gods, and pursued the survivors into the River of Time and Space.
• Gu Shaoshang crossed the River of Time and Space and returned to the Longevity World, where a gigantic rift opened above Martial Mountain and contemptuous voices threatened its inhabitants.

The Otherworlders invaded the Nine Provinces, and Lu Bu led its generals against their overwhelming army while the Ancestor Gods fought beyond the heavens. The chapter ended as Babula appeared and tried to crush the Nine Provinces’ Half-Ancestors with one step.

• Gu Shaoshang sent Zhang Sanfeng, Xiang Yutian, Pang Ban, and the other experts beyond the heavens to face the Otherworlders’ Ancestor God army.
• Lu Bu and the Nine Provinces’ fierce generals, including Li Cunxiao, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu, confronted the invading army and charged into its vanguard.
• Gu Shaoshang told Xiao Chen to hold back unless an Ancestor God appeared, while Xiao Chen guarded the Yellow Mud Platform.
• The Otherworlders’ Ancestor Gods emerged from the rift and engaged Xiao Chen in battle as the Yellow Mud Platform flew toward them.
• Babula appeared and stomped toward Lu Bu and the other Nine Provinces experts, binding them beneath his overwhelming power.

Gu Shaoshang intervened in the battle between the Nine Provinces and the foreign realm, killing Babula with a single punch despite the Sacred Ancestor’s protective mark. After returning, he crushed Babula with one step and clenched his hand, turning every foreign-realm invader to ash.

• Babula’s descending foot trapped Lu Bu until Gu Shaoshang struck him with a devastating punch.
• Babula and the other foreign-realm Ancestor Gods attacked Gu Shaoshang, while his blood light empowered the Nine Provinces warriors and weakened their enemies.
• Gu Shaoshang’s punch shattered the Ancestor Gods’ weapons and destroyed Babula’s body, but Babula survived through the Sacred Ancestor’s protective mark.
• Gu Shaoshang vanished as the power of his incarnation ran out, and Babula threatened Xiao Chen and the Nine Provinces Half-Ancestors.
• Gu Shaoshang returned, crossed the distance in an instant, and stomped Babula to death.
• Gu Shaoshang clenched his hand and turned every foreign-realm invader to ash.

Gu Shaoshang annihilated the enemies at Martial Dao Mountain, then departed as Guan Yu and the others returned to recover. On the Outer Heaven Battlefield, Jiuzhou’s forces gained the upper hand until Asibaka revealed the Progenitor’s Stone Man King’s Heart, summoning a terrifying presence.

• Gu Shaoshang destroyed the massed enemies, and Lu Bu, Xiao Chen, and Guan Yu watched in awe.
• Gu Shaoshang told the wounded Half-Ancestors to return to Martial Dao Mountain and wait for him with warm wine, and Guan Yu agreed.
• On the Outer Heaven Battlefield, Shennong Clan, the Yellow Emperor, Xuanyuan Clan, Dugu Qiubai, Pang Ban, and other Jiuzhou fighters battled the otherworldly forces.
• Pang Ban and Zhang Sanfeng attacked the gray-robed Ancestor God Asibaka as he began transforming into a Stone Man.
• Asibaka revealed the Progenitor’s Stone Man King’s Heart, and its aura overwhelmed the battlefield.
• A terrifying existence emerged from the gray light and spoke of a familiar aura of war.

Langya, a Stone Man King, overwhelmed the Nine Provinces experts and used them as bait to draw out hidden defenders, threatening to destroy the Nine Provinces. Just as his Wolf-tooth Club was about to strike, Gu Shaoshang appeared and stopped it.

• Langya emerged from his slumber, and Shennong Clan identified him as the Stone Man King whose body Martial Ancestor had shattered.
• Shennong Clan urged the Nine Provinces experts to flee, but Pang Ban, Zhang Sanfeng, Dugu Qiubai, and the others joined him in attacking Langya.
• Langya defeated the Nine Provinces fighters with one palm, then revealed that he was waiting for Martial Ancestor and had made them his bait.
• Langya swung his Wolf-tooth Club at the Nine Provinces World to force its hidden experts to appear.
• Gu Shaoshang arrived, stopped the club before it could strike, and told Langya that he was there.