Chapter Summaries

As the black mist threatened to engulf Great Xia, Victorious Fighting Buddha, Yang Jian, Emperor Fengdu, and the other gods joined forces to slow its advance. Queen Mother of the West explained that divine power and formations could not protect the whole nation, until a Celestial Venerable decreed that the gods would sacrifice themselves to forge nine Nation-Protecting Divine Steles.

• Victorious Fighting Buddha arrived and summoned his Buddha ape Dharma Form, striking the mist with the Golden Cudgel and stopping one section.
• Yang Jian restrained another section of the mist with his Pure Source Dharma Form, while Emperor Fengdu used six silver rings to stabilize the invasion across dozens of kilometers.
• The other Great Xia Gods joined in delaying the mist, but it continued advancing through gaps along the vast borders.
• Lin Qiye asked Queen Mother of the West how the mist could be stopped, and she explained that even the Grand Formation of the Stars could protect only one-fifth of Great Xia.
• A Celestial Venerable decreed that the Heavenly Court would shatter its origin to form the foundations of nine divine steles, and willing gods would sacrifice their Divine Bodies and divine power to protect the nation.

As the black mist threatened Great Xia, its gods chose to sacrifice their cultivation and enter reincarnation rather than protect the land at the cost of its people. The chapter left Lin Qiye watching the Black Stele Base take shape as the Queen Mother of the West and Emperor Fengdu gave themselves to it.

• True Lord Yu Ding explained that Great Xia's gods could resist the mist only by allowing catastrophic mortal casualties, so they chose to sacrifice themselves to protect the people.
• The Celestial Venerable destroyed the Heavenly Court and split its origin into nine strands that flew to Great Xia's borders, where one formed a Black Stele Base on the Pamir Plateau.
• The Queen Mother of the West declared her willingness to shatter her cultivation and protect Great Xia, then merged with the Black Stele Base to help form a divine stele.
• The Queen Mother of the West told Lin Qiye that she was repeating the choice she had made a hundred years earlier and completing her avatar's cycle of reincarnation.
• Emperor Fengdu returned the six silver rings to Fengdu, then sacrificed himself to the Black Stele Base as his divine power helped outline the stele.

Lu Baoyou and Fang Mo witnessed the Great Xia Gods’ sacrifice a century earlier, learning that they had become the divine monument guarding Great Xia from the mist. As recruits saluted the gods and the border defense company prepared to act, True Lord Yu Ding urged Lin Qiye to leave the sacrifice to the older gods and protect Great Xia’s future.

• Lu Baoyou and Fang Mo reached Kongur Tagh’s summit and saw the Great Xia Gods sacrifice their cultivation to form the divine monument at the border.
• Baili Pangpang explained that the vision showed the gods’ sacrifice a hundred years earlier, which had protected Great Xia from the mist.
• Shen Qingzhu led Lu Baoyou, Fang Mo, and the other recruits in saluting the Great Xia Gods.
• At the Kayush Border Defense Company, Ke Changlin recognized the monument from an old veteran’s story, and An Qingyu began issuing instructions over the speakers.
• True Lord Yu Ding told Lin Qiye not to join the sacrifice, saying Great Xia would depend on the younger generation.

Lin Qiye watched True Lord Yu Ding and Yang Jian sacrifice their cultivation to complete the Nation-Protecting Divine Stele, leaving him devastated as the Wall of Miracles began to form. A breach in the southwest let the mist surge into Great Xia, where the Victorious Fighting Buddha faced invading Mysteries while the Altar Cleanser Envoy and Golden Body Arhat rushed to help.

• True Lord Yu Ding answered the Celestial Venerable's decree by sacrificing his cultivation to strengthen the divine stele.
• Yang Jian told Lin Qiye they would meet in the next life, then sacrificed himself to restore the stele's final corner.
• Six pillars of divine power rose along Great Xia's borders and formed most of the Wall of Miracles, but the southwestern and southeastern sections remained incomplete.
• The Victorious Fighting Buddha destroyed five peak Klein realm Mysteries that charged out of the mist, then sensed more waiting beyond the border.
• The Altar Cleanser Envoy and Golden Body Arhat headed toward the southwestern breach as the mist poured toward inhabited areas.

The Altar Cleanser Envoy sacrificed his divine realm to become Zhu Bajie again and rescued herdsmen from the deathly mist, while Sha Wujing stayed behind to hold off the pursuing Mysterious. After the Wall of Miracles sealed the border, the Victorious Fighting Buddha and Lin Qiye found Zhu Bajie gravely wounded beside Sha Wujing’s body.

• The Altar Cleanser Envoy entered the mist to rescue civilians, but its power weakened his divine abilities and Mysterious approached.
• The Altar Cleanser Envoy destroyed his divine realm, transformed into a giant boar demon, and carried herdsmen out of the mist.
• Sha Wujing fought off the Mysterious to give Zhu Bajie time to escape, and Zhu Bajie returned to the mist to try to save him.
• The final two Nation-Protecting Divine Steles completed the Wall of Miracles, sealing the mist outside Great Xia.
• The Victorious Fighting Buddha and Lin Qiye reached the isolated patch of mist and found Zhu Bajie badly wounded beside Sha Wujing’s body.

Victorious Fighting Buddha found Sha’s corpse and Zhu Bajie mortally wounded, but Lin Qiye could not save Zhu Bajie. After Zhu Bajie died, Victorious Fighting Buddha renounced his Buddhist rank and began falling into demonhood.

• Victorious Fighting Buddha found Sha dead and learned from Zhu Bajie that Demonic Evils had attacked them in the mist.
• Victorious Fighting Buddha tried to keep Zhu Bajie alive, then pleaded with Lin Qiye for help when the wound’s black mist overwhelmed his efforts.
• Lin Qiye apologized because he could not save Zhu Bajie, and Zhu Bajie died after urging Victorious Fighting Buddha and their Master to protect the mortal world.
• Victorious Fighting Buddha mourned Zhu Bajie and cursed Heavenly Mandate as he struck the ground.
• Victorious Fighting Buddha tore a corner from his Kasaya, rejecting his Buddhist fruition as Demonic Energy surged through him.

Lin Qiye relived the Great Xia Gods’ sacrifice and watched the Monkey King enter the mist, then discovered that the ancient swords had shared in the gods’ resolve. As dawn broke on the final day of Devil Training, Queen Mother of the West declared that their era should return.

• The Monkey King endured the clash of demonic energy and Buddha’s Light, then charged through the Wall of Miracles into the mist.
• Lin Qiye grieved beside the fading scene as the Kunlun Mirror’s temporal replay ended.
• Lin Qiye realized Queen Mother of the West had used the gods’ sacrifice to let the Spiritual Swords witness emotion and temper their souls.
• Queen Mother of the West comforted Lin Qiye and helped him to his feet.
• Queen Mother of the West pointed out the dawn and said their era should return as Devil Training reached its tenth and final day.

The Grand Pure Celestial Venerable of Dao arrived in Asgard on the tenth day of his battle challenge and called Odin out. Odin remained seated in the supreme temple as the Celestial Venerable began advancing toward him.

• Asgard’s gods discussed the battle challenge and questioned whether the Great Xia Celestial Venerable would come.
• Tyr reported that he had found nothing unusual, while Thor and Loki waited with Odin and two shadowed strangers in the temple.
• The challenge slip caught fire as dawn pierced the night, and its remaining characters turned to ash.
• The Grand Pure Celestial Venerable of Dao appeared on the broken Rainbow Bridge, and the gods recognized him.
• The Celestial Venerable called for Odin to come out, then stepped forward when Odin did not move.

Taoist Celestial Venerable rode into Asgard after transforming Heimdall into an azure ox and defeated the Norse Gods who tried to stop him. He entered the Supreme Temple and confronted Odin, declaring that he had come to kill him.

• Taoist Celestial Venerable turned Heimdall into an azure ox and rode him toward Asgard's sacred mountain.
• Odin sent Tyr to stop Taoist Celestial Venerable, while the Norse Gods gathered along Sunset Avenue and watched him pass.
• Tyr led the Norse Gods in an attack on the mountain steps, but Taoist Celestial Venerable deflected their assaults and cut down the attackers.
• Taoist Celestial Venerable severed Tyr's right arm and climbed the final steps without being wounded.
• Taoist Celestial Venerable entered the Supreme Temple and told Odin he had come to kill him.

Taoist Celestial Venerable fought through Asgard’s gods and confronted Odin, accusing him of releasing the Nameless Mist and causing Great Xia’s devastation. After the wooden sword cut away Odin’s eyepatch, the Celestial Venerable asked the gods to question whether their king was still the Norse God King they knew.

• Thor faced Taoist Celestial Venerable as the Celestial Venerable challenged Odin to act.
• Hodur ambushed Taoist Celestial Venerable, and Thor and Loki joined the attack, but the Celestial Venerable repelled them and beheaded Loki.
• Thor tried to explain that not all Asgardian gods had wanted war, but Odin silenced him and rose from his throne.
• Taoist Celestial Venerable accused Odin of releasing the Nameless Mist and forcing the Great Xia Gods to sacrifice the Heavenly Court and their cultivation.
• Odin’s divine power crushed the mountain and restrained Taoist Celestial Venerable, but the Celestial Venerable’s wooden sword cut away Odin’s eyepatch.
• Taoist Celestial Venerable urged Asgard’s gods to look at Odin and ask whether he was still their God King.

The Taoist Celestial Venerable challenged Odin and called on the Kunlun Sword Ruins for aid, unleashing thirty million swords against Asgard’s ruler. The attack devastated the divine mountain, but Odin rose again, his body crawling with bloodworms and tentacles.

• Odin dismissed the Celestial Venerable’s accusations, and the two clashed, destroying the divine temple.
• The Taoist Celestial Venerable invoked the Queen Mother of the West and borrowed swords from Kunlun.
• The Queen Mother of the West summoned the Kunlun swords, and millions of blades surged west as Lin Qiye watched.
• The Taoist Celestial Venerable sent thirty million swords at Odin, carving apart the divine mountain while the Heavenly God Temple’s Mysterious Persons chose to wait.
• Odin rose from the crater and used bloodworms and tentacles to gather and repair his shattered body.

The Taoist Celestial Venerable exposed Odin’s monstrous transformation and revealed that Odin had released the Nameless Mist and conspired with beings on the moon. When Vishnu joined the attack, Odin fled through a spatial rift, and the Taoist Celestial Venerable pursued him.

• The Taoist Celestial Venerable revealed Odin’s monstrous form, shocking Frigga and the other Norse Gods.
• The Taoist Celestial Venerable explained how he had exposed Odin to break apart the alliance of four divine kingdoms and make Odin the target.
• Odin admitted he sought to enter a higher realm with help from beings on the moon, claiming he was saving Asgard.
• The Taoist Celestial Venerable urged the two Mysterious Persons to stop Odin, and they revealed themselves as Vishnu.
• Odin escaped through a spatial rift, but the Taoist Celestial Venerable wedged his sword into it and pursued him.

Loki resurrected in the Human Circle and told Odin that Great Xia’s apparent threat to Asgard was an Empty Fort Strategy aimed elsewhere, then decided to help their plan. As the gods of Olympus, India, and Egypt sealed themselves away amid the growing conflict, a Taoist priest appeared inside the sealed City of the Sun.

• Loki resurrected using the corpses in a Gobi slum and recovered the hidden insect egg containing his means of contacting Odin.
• Loki told Odin that Great Xia’s public actions were a ruse and that he had figured out their true target; he planned to add fuel to their scheme.
• Zeus ordered Olympus sealed and sent Aglaea to Asgard to investigate Odin’s situation.
• The Buddha statue in India’s Heavenly God Temple spoke of Vishnu, Odin, and Cthulhu, then the temple gates closed and isolated it from the world.
• Egypt’s Pillar Gods sealed the City of the Sun after noting that Nephthys and Nut had not returned from investigating Great Xia.
• A Taoist priest appeared inside the sealed City of the Sun, startling the phantom atop the Sun God Pillar.

Primordial Celestial Venerable confronted the City of the Sun over its attacks on Great Xia, then revealed that the Heavenly Court had been concealed above the city. The Jade Emperor sealed the Egyptian gods inside a stellar formation and led the returning Great Xia gods into battle.

• Primordial Celestial Venerable accused the City of the Sun of helping shatter Fengdu and stealing another piece of it to curse Great Xia’s national destiny.
• The phantom atop the Sun God Pillar rejected the accusation and called on the Nine Pillars and Egyptian gods to defend the city.
• Primordial Celestial Venerable summoned the Heavenly Court, and the Jade Emperor appeared with the Great Xia gods.
• The Jade Emperor ordered the gods to form a stellar formation that sealed the City of the Sun off from the outside world.
• The Jade Emperor called on the Great Xia gods to restore their divine might, and they charged into battle against the Egyptian gods.

Queen Mother of the West told Lin Qiye that Great Xia planned to strike the Egyptian pantheon after weakening Asgard and Olympus. Walking back through the snow, Lin Qiye realized that although he would sacrifice himself as a Night Watchman, his original reasons for joining had been personal, and he ended the chapter calling himself selfish.

• Queen Mother of the West explained Great Xia's plan to expose Odin, weaken Asgard, and attack the City of the Sun, while warning that the coming war would remain difficult.
• Queen Mother of the West revealed the concealed Nation-Protecting Divine Stele to Lin Qiye, then left to attend to other matters.
• Lin Qiye walked toward the Kayush Border Defense Company and recalled the sacrifices made by Great Xia Gods and Night Watchmen.
• Lin Qiye remembered joining the Night Watchmen to protect his aunt, A Jin, and Zhao Kongcheng's dream rather than to protect all living beings selflessly.
• Lin Qiye picked up his fallen emblem, read its inscription, and bitterly admitted that he was selfish.

Zuo Qing and Lu Wuwei defeated Loki’s avatar and captured the unconscious Leng Xuan, while Si Xiaonan continued toward the border with the stolen Eternal Immortal Pill. The Queen Mother of the West stopped Si Xiaonan, examined her with the Kunlun Mirror, and let her go with the pills.

• Zuo Qing and Lu Wuwei confronted Loki’s exhausted avatar, which dissipated into black liquid and left Leng Xuan unconscious in the snow.
• Zuo Qing found Leng Xuan’s Night Watchman emblem and ordered him taken for treatment and questioning.
• Si Xiaonan learned that Loki had threatened Leng Xuan’s life unless she brought the Eternal Immortal Pill to Asgard, then continued toward the border.
• The Queen Mother of the West appeared, seized Si Xiaonan’s two Pill Flasks, and demanded that she answer for stealing the Eternal Pill.
• Si Xiaonan explained that she needed the pill to save someone and swore she had not brought shame upon Great Xia.
• The Queen Mother of the West used the Kunlun Mirror to examine Si Xiaonan’s thoughts, then returned the Pill Flasks and let her pass.

Si Xiaonan received a stronger poison pill and another secret from the Queen Mother of the West before leaving the mist. Lin Qiye reunited with the exhausted recruits, but their eager faces left him confused about the right path, so he withdrew and Shen Qingzhu went to check on him.

• The Queen Mother of the West replaced Si Xiaonan’s Soul Devouring Poison Pill with a stronger one and traced another secret into her palm.
• Lin Qiye met An Qingyu at the quiet Kayush Border Defense Company and learned that the recruits had been kept in their dormitories during Time Silhouette.
• Baili Pangpang led the exhausted recruits from Kongur Tagh to the company, and Lin Qiye learned that True Lord Yu Ding had visited Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou.
• Shen Qingzhu and An Qingyu suggested that Lin Qiye address the recruits after their training, but Lin Qiye asked Shen Qingzhu to speak for him and left for a nearby mountain.
• After Lin Qiye’s friends admitted they did not know what was troubling him, Shen Qingzhu went to look for him.

Lin Qiye questioned whether he was fit to guide recruits, but Shen Qingzhu helped him understand that his Night Watchman oath and actions mattered more than an idealized standard of selflessness. As Lin Qiye returned to the border defense company to finish the recruits’ final lesson, Loki arrived outside the City of the Sun with Gungnir and waited for the battle to develop.

• Lin Qiye asked Shen Qingzhu whether he was a qualified Night Watchman and explained that his experience in the Time Silhouette had made him doubt himself.
• Shen Qingzhu argued that Night Watchmen were judged by fulfilling their duties and recalled how swearing the oath had shaped his understanding.
• Lin Qiye realized he had focused on Zhao Kongcheng’s promise when he took the oath and had never fully entrusted himself to its words.
• Shen Qingzhu reassured Lin Qiye that he was the best person to guide the rookies, then led him back to the border defense company.
• Loki approached the sealed City of the Sun, summoned Odin’s Eternal Spear, Gungnir, and waited outside the starlight formation.

Primordial Celestial Venerable and the Great Xia Gods attacked the City of the Sun, forcing Ra and the city’s origin into battle. As the Egyptian gods prepared a desperate counterattack, an unknown attacker tore open the stellar formation in the direction of Great Xia.

• Primordial Celestial Venerable damaged the City of the Sun’s national fortune with his golden flowers, prompting the phantom atop the Sun God Pillar to destroy the pillar and reveal Ra.
• The City of the Sun’s azure origin rose to challenge Primordial Celestial Venerable, who met it and Ra with the Heavenly Court Origin Golden Thread.
• Guang Chengzi and the Twelve Golden Immortals defeated the Egyptian gods on the battlefield and warned that the City of the Sun would fall.
• Shu, the God of Wind, refused to surrender and rallied the Egyptians for a desperate counterattack against Great Xia.
• A dark-gold spear tore open the stellar formation toward Great Xia, stunning both sides and alarming the Great Xia Gods.

Loki opened a breach in the formation sealing the City of the Sun, allowing several Egyptian gods to flee toward Great Xia while the Great Xia Gods fought to contain the escape. He joined the fleeing gods and proposed using Great Xia’s Nation-Protecting Divine Stele to destroy the country’s foundation.

• Loki’s breach gave the Egyptian gods a path toward Great Xia, and Shu led them through as the Great Xia Gods tried to stop them.
• Several Eight Yuan Gods blocked the pursuers and self-destructed, while damage to the City of the Sun’s source threatened the Egyptian gods’ divine power.
• True Lord Yu Ding ordered the Great Xia Gods to suppress the blast and pursue the escaped Egyptians, while the rest continued fighting at the City of the Sun.
• Isis, Shu, and Tefnut discussed their escape and the possibility of attacking Great Xia before Loki appeared above them with Gungnir.
• Loki told the Egyptian gods that Queen Mother of the West was the only god stationed on Great Xia’s western side and proposed destroying Great Xia’s foundation with its Nation-Protecting Divine Stele.