Chapter Summaries

Luo Shen went to Chao Yong Lake to meet Chao Yong, but when the beast ignored him, he stirred up the lake and fought it. After Luo Shen overpowered Chao Yong, the beast surrendered and agreed to listen.

• Luo Shen waited at Chao Yong Lake for Chao Yong to appear, but the beast remained in its lair despite the Cold Current Spirits retreating.
• Luo Shen left the Golden Pagoda and churned the lake with a divine-power staff, waking Chao Yong from its sleep.
• Chao Yong emerged and struck Luo Shen with its tail, but Luo Shen's body remained unharmed.
• Chao Yong unleashed Extreme Cold World, and Luo Shen countered with Fire Destruction, engulfing the lake in steam.
• Chao Yong tried to flee, but Luo Shen grabbed its tail, dragged it back, and held the Abyss Battle Saber to its throat.
• Chao Yong sensed Luo Shen's superior power and surrendered, asking him to talk instead of using force.

Luo Shen forced Chao Yong to submit, but Chao Yong demanded help reaching the God King Realm in exchange for making an oath. Their negotiations stalled until Ju Mang appeared and revealed that Luo Shen was his teacher, leaving Chao Yong stunned and suspicious.

• Luo Shen threatened Chao Yong into promising obedience and demanded that it swear an oath.
• Chao Yong asked Luo Shen to help it break through to the God King Realm, but Luo Shen drew his blade when he could not fulfill the request.
• Ju Mang emerged from the Golden Pagoda, and Chao Yong recognized him and tried to shield him from Luo Shen.
• Ju Mang told Chao Yong that Luo Shen was his teacher and had helped resolve the calamity Ju Mang had once described.
• Chao Yong struggled to believe that Luo Shen could resolve Ju Mang's calamity.

Ju Mang used his Warning talent to convince Chao Yong that following Luo Shen would help him reach the God King Realm, and Chao Yong swore to follow Luo Shen. When the wounded Marquis Jiujiang arrived seeking help against the Shi Kingdom, Luo Shen negotiated for half his fief and learned the Yu Kingdom had fallen into disorder under its acting ruler.

• Ju Mang used his Warning talent on Chao Yong, who then swore to follow Luo Shen until he reached the God King Realm.
• Chao Yong said no humans had visited him in ten eras, and he agreed to leave Chao Yong Lake with Luo Shen and Ju Mang.
• The wounded Marquis Jiujiang arrived and asked Chao Yong to help drive back his enemies, so Luo Shen had Chao Yong negotiate on his behalf.
• Marquis Jiujiang agreed to give Luo Shen half his remaining fief if they helped reclaim the territory seized by the Shi Kingdom.
• Luo Shen sensed two pursuing Chaos Rulers approaching and asked why the Yu Kingdom had not intervened.
• Marquis Jiujiang explained that the Yu Kingdom Lord remained in seclusion and his younger brother's rule had left the kingdom in disorder, allowing the Shi Kingdom to invade.

Luo Shen watched as Chao Yong and Marquis Jiujiang fought two Shi Kingdom Chaos Rulers, Ashen and Blood Butcher, while planning to claim Jiujiang Chaos Province amid Yu Kingdom’s turmoil. The battle remained unresolved, and Ashen broke through during combat, turning the tide against Chao Yong just as Luo Shen decided to intervene.

• Marquis Jiujiang told Luo Shen that the Yu Kingdom Lord was creating a higher-level secret technique, and Luo Shen considered how the kingdom’s instability could help him seize Jiujiang Chaos Province.
• Chao Yong agreed to fight Ashen and Blood Butcher after Marquis Jiujiang promised him secret techniques suited to the Ju Mang exotic beast.
• Chao Yong used his Cold Current Spirits and secret techniques to defend himself and pressure Ashen, while Marquis Jiujiang joined the battle against Blood Butcher.
• Luo Shen and Ju Mang watched from a distance as the four Chaos Rulers fought to a stalemate, and Luo Shen criticized Chao Yong for not using his strength well.
• Ashen broke through during the fight and overwhelmed Chao Yong, prompting Luo Shen to prepare to step in.

Luo Shen used the Mind's Eye Saber to incapacitate Ashen Great Sage, then helped Marquis Jiujiang and Chao Yong capture both Shi Kingdom Great Sages. He immobilized Blood War Great Sage with the Lie Yuan Technique and began using Three Star Realm to control his soul.

• Luo Shen struck Ashen Great Sage with a blade attack and silently cut through his will with the Mind's Eye Saber, leaving him frozen.
• Luo Shen swallowed Ashen Great Sage into a black hole while Chao Yong and Marquis Jiujiang fought Blood War Great Sage.
• Chao Yong and Marquis Jiujiang defeated and captured Blood War Great Sage, whose incarnation threatened that Shi Kingdom would soon conquer the region.
• Luo Shen declared that Blood War Great Sage had angered him by attacking Huyang City and disabled his ability to control his body.
• Luo Shen separated Blood War Great Sage's will from his body with the Lie Yuan Technique and prepared to use Three Star Realm to control his soul.

Luo Shen mastered the Three Star Realm secret technique and enslaved Blood War Great Sage, then learned that Jue Jian Hou was coordinating the Shi Kingdom’s campaign against the Yu Kingdom. He prepared to return to Huyang City with Marquis Jiujiang while Ju Mang continued traveling with him.

• Luo Shen completed the Three Star Realm secret technique’s highest level after three days of cultivation.
• Luo Shen used the Three Star Cone to enslave Blood War Great Sage, who submitted to him and apologized for attacking him.
• Luo Shen questioned Blood War Great Sage and learned that Jue Jian Hou led the campaign, while a Red-Clad Female General often advised him.
• Luo Shen concluded that Huyang City was in danger and decided to return there with Marquis Jiujiang.
• Luo Shen stored Blood War Great Sage in the Primordial Universe, while Ju Mang asked to accompany him and discuss secret techniques along the way.

Luo Shen and Marquis Jiujiang discussed Shi Kingdom’s invasion and agreed to defend Huyang City together while seeking support from Yu Kingdom. As Huyang City prepared its defenses, scouts reported that Shi Kingdom’s legions were already approaching.

• Luo Shen asked Marquis Jiujiang about the war, and Marquis Jiujiang explained that he had fled Jiujiang City and could not reach the unresponsive Yu Kingdom Lord.
• Marquis Jiujiang said Wilderness Great Sage might provide reinforcements, and Luo Shen proposed that they unite to defend Huyang City.
• Luo Shen revealed that Huyang City had four Chaos Great Sages under his side’s command and warned that they would need Yu Kingdom’s support against Shi Kingdom.
• Marquis Jiujiang promised to keep trying to contact the Yu Kingdom Lord before Shi Kingdom committed its full force against Huyang City.
• Moli Meng conscripted Void True Gods and arranged for formation masters to build a citywide defensive formation.
• Moli Meng received an urgent scout signal that Shi Kingdom’s legions were approaching and notified Mo Lixiao.

Zheyang Great Sage learned that Huyang City had defeated the Flowing Sand Legion and that its new lord, Abyss, might be backed by a mysterious Chaos Great Sage. Meanwhile, Luo Shen sensed that feeding powerful corpses to World accelerated his Primordial Universe’s growth and resolved to deepen his involvement in the war before Yu Kingdom’s God King contacted him.

• A scout reported to Zheyang Great Sage that the Flowing Sand Legion had been wiped out and Abyss had replaced Keba as Huyang City’s lord.
• Zheyang Great Sage’s beautiful companion reasoned that Abyss likely had extraordinary origins and ordered him to investigate whether a neighboring kingdom had an expert known as Abyss.
• Zheyang Great Sage promised to capture Abyss alive for his companion while secretly plotting to kill him.
• Luo Shen sensed that Ashen Great Sage’s corpse had accelerated his Primordial Universe’s expansion and considered gathering more powerful corpses through the war.
• Someone told Luo Shen that they had just contacted one of Yu Kingdom’s God Kings.

Luo Shen learned that Yu Kingdom's lord had been ambushed while attempting a breakthrough, leaving Yu Kingdom unable to resist Shi Kingdom's invasion. As Shi Kingdom's army approached Huyang City, Luo Shen planned to abandon it and find a place to buy time, while Zheyang Great Sage's camp tried to uncover Abyss Divine Lord's origins.

• Marquis Jiujiang told Luo Shen that the Yu Kingdom Lord had been severely injured in an ambush during his attempt to break through, leaving Yu Kingdom unable to act against Shi Kingdom.
• Marquis Jiujiang reported that Jue Jian Hou was occupied fighting neighboring Chaos Provinces and that Zheyang Great Sage was heading for Huyang City.
• Luo Shen warned that Jue Jian Hou might lead a future assault and proposed abandoning Huyang City because its City Protection Array could not hold against Shi Kingdom's forces.
• Marquis Jiujiang cautioned that Yu Kingdom was the region's only power able to resist Shi Kingdom, but Luo Shen said he only needed to avoid Shi Kingdom and gain time.
• Outside Huyang City, a stunningly beautiful woman learned that Luo Shen was absent and pressed Zheyang Great Sage for information about him and the Chaos Great Sage in the city.
• Zheyang Great Sage said Shi Kingdom's intelligence department had found no record of an Eternal True God called Abyss, and the woman threatened to teach Luo Shen cruelty if he fell into her hands.

Shi Kingdom and Huyang City launched a desperate battle for Huyang City as Number One faced Zheyang Great Sage. Number One shattered Zheyang’s attacks, and Zheyang trapped him in three exploding suns.

• The beautiful woman ordered the Shi Kingdom army to attack Huyang City in one hour, while Zheyang Great Sage said he would face the unfamiliar Chaos Great Sage himself.
• Mo Lixiao and Moli Meng discussed Huyang City’s grim prospects and resolved that its defenders had to fight rather than flee.
• Mo Lixiao led Huyang City’s four legions in a counterattack against the Shi Kingdom army, and the two sides suffered heavy casualties as the city walls neared collapse.
• Zheyang Great Sage met Number One in the void and attacked him with heavenly fire and Blazing Sun Radiance, but Number One shattered the great sun with a punch.
• Zheyang Great Sage trapped Number One with Three Suns Opening the Way and detonated the three suns to injure him.

Number One survived Zheyang Great Sage’s attacks and was trapped in his Five Elements Great Array, where the rising Chaos flames began to hurt him. He discovered he could devour the flames to replenish his power, leaving Zheyang Great Sage scrambling to find a weakness.

• Number One emerged unharmed from Zheyang Great Sage’s Three Suns Opening the Way and counterattacked at close range.
• Zheyang Great Sage evaded Number One and trapped him inside the Five Elements Great Array, a fire-aspected Chaos Universe.
• The array’s rising Chaos flames began to burn Number One, who chose not to reveal his Sector Beast form to escape.
• Number One devoured the Chaos flames and found they restored and strengthened his source power.
• Zheyang Great Sage realized his flames were empowering Number One and searched for a weakness as Number One prepared to act.

Number One wounded Zheyang Great Sage, who fled while drawing him away, as Huyang City’s forces suffered devastating losses in the battle against the Shi Kingdom. Luo Shen and his companions continued toward the city without teleporting, leaving its defenders to hold on until they arrived.

• Number One slashed Zheyang Great Sage in close combat, nearly reaching his Heart of True God, and pursued him when he fled.
• Zheyang Great Sage used Chaos Fire to keep his distance, then diverted his route and taunted Number One into chasing him.
• Mo Lixiao and Moli Meng faced mounting casualties at Huyang City’s East City Gate, while Mo Lixiao ordered Moli Meng to encourage the troops with news that the Abyss Divine Lord was returning.
• Moli Meng said attempts to attack the Shi Kingdom’s central command tent had failed because a Chaos Ruler within it had killed the assault squads.
• Luo Shen continued toward Huyang City with Marquis Jiujiang and Chao Yong, refusing to use Chaos Ruler teleportation, and said the city had not yet fallen as long as it could still send scouts.

Luo Shen left Huyang City’s defenders to face the Shi Kingdom invasion while Number One fought Zheyang Great Sage in the void. As Number One struggled against Zheyang’s powerful fire dragons, Mo Lixiao activated Huyang City’s stored Chaos Ruins power to strengthen his soldiers and hinder the enemy.

• Luo Shen declined Chao Yong’s suggestion to worry about Huyang City and learned they would reach it in less than half an hour.
• Zheyang Great Sage revealed his Nine Suns Shining Together technique and unleashed nine fire dragons against Number One.
• Number One was badly wounded by the fire dragons but kept recovering by devouring Chaos Fire.
• Mo Lixiao activated Huyang City’s formation, restoring his soldiers’ strength while weighing down the Shi Kingdom legion.
• Mo Lixiao led Huyang City’s troops in a charge, while the woman commanding the Shi Kingdom central army recognized the dangers of using the Chaos Ruins’ power.

The Shi Kingdom launched a coordinated assault on Huyang City, using its special legions and Divine Statue Legion to target Mo Lixiao. Ju Mang stopped the divine statue, and Luo Shen confronted the woman commanding the attack, whom Marquis Jiujiang recognized as Flowing Yin Marquis.

• The stunning woman ordered the Lion, Tiger, and Leopard Armies to disrupt Huyang City's formation and directed the Divine Statue Legion to target Mo Lixiao.
• The three special legions struck Huyang City's defenders, and the Shi Kingdom's main army joined the attack, turning the battle against Huyang City.
• Mo Lixiao received a message from Luo Shen telling him to hold the front, then rallied his soldiers and counterattacked.
• Ju Mang used Chaos Control and the Divine Eye Secret Technique to incapacitate the Divine Statue Legion and collect its war treasure.
• The stunning woman identified Luo Shen as the Abyss Divine Lord, but her attempt to enchant him failed.
• Marquis Jiujiang recognized the woman as Flowing Yin Marquis, whose fief bordered both Shi Kingdom and Jiujiang Chaos Province.

Flowing Yin Marquis attacked Luo Shen and his allies with illusions, but Luo Shen saw through her trick and warned Chao Yong. Chao Yong and Marquis Jiujiang joined forces against her, ending the chapter as Marquis Jiujiang’s saber strikes targeted her position.

• Flowing Yin Marquis used an illusion to misdirect Chao Yong’s Frost Roar toward Marquis Jiujiang, but Luo Shen exposed the trick.
• Flowing Yin Marquis declared she would take down Luo Shen, prompting Chao Yong and Marquis Jiujiang to burn their divine power and fight her.
• Chao Yong and Marquis Jiujiang agreed to capture Flowing Yin Marquis, and Luo Shen warned them that she might have more methods.
• Marquis Jiujiang launched his Jiujiang Hand, but Flowing Yin Marquis swallowed it in a watery vortex and sent it back.
• Chao Yong unleashed Frost Roar—Double Concerto as Marquis Jiujiang struck Flowing Yin Marquis with repeated saber slashes.

Flowing Yin Marquis overwhelmed Marquis Jiujiang and Chao Yong until Luo Shen struck her with Mind's Eye Saber, prompting her to retreat with Shi Kingdom's legions. Marquis Jiujiang then learned that the Yu Kingdom Lord had returned but remained injured, and that he wanted Huyang City's Lord Abyss to come to the imperial capital.

• Flowing Yin Marquis evaded Marquis Jiujiang's strongest slash and toyed with him and Chao Yong using her illusion arts.
• Luo Shen struck Flowing Yin Marquis with Mind's Eye Saber, making her wary, but she recovered quickly.
• Flowing Yin Marquis ordered Shi Kingdom's legions to retreat, and Zheyang Great Sage escaped Number One as the forces withdrew.
• Marquis Jiujiang contacted the Yu Kingdom Lord, who confirmed his breakthrough had failed and his injuries had not fully healed.
• The Yu Kingdom Lord told Marquis Jiujiang to use Huyang City as a base and invited Abyss to the imperial capital for his achievements.

Luo Shen kept Huyang City under his protection while cultivating the Method of Melting and Refining to its sixth level, but he realized his strength was still insufficient to face Shi Kingdom’s God Kings. He considered the Original Universe’s Life Law as a new path to greater power.

• Luo Shen refused to leave Huyang City for Yu Kingdom’s imperial capital, arguing that the city needed its high-end combat power to resist Shi Kingdom.
• Ten epochs passed without another war, while Shi Kingdom retained much of Jiujiang Chaos Province and Marquis Jiujiang remained unable to return to his fief.
• Luo Shen completed the sixth level of the Method of Melting and Refining and judged that he could match or surpass an ordinary God King in combat.
• Luo Shen recognized that he could not safely face multiple God Kings or the Shi Kingdom Lord, and that both his and the Abyss Clone’s cultivation had reached bottlenecks.
• Luo Shen decided to consider cultivating the Original Universe’s Life Law, reasoning that its immense foundation could provide a path to God King-level power.

Luo Shen entered Ju Mang’s Original Universe to study its Life Law, while Ju Mang’s recent progress had brought it close to becoming a Chaos Ruler. Meanwhile, the weakened Yu Kingdom Lord warned his court that war with the Shi Kingdom remained inevitable, and a blue-clad God King offered to lead an attack.

• Luo Shen recalled how Ju Mang had resolved the Sector Beast calamity in its Original Universe and learned that Ju Mang had advanced toward forging a Chaos Seed.
• Luo Shen explained that studying Ju Mang’s Life Law could help his research, and Ju Mang agreed to let him enter the core of its Original Universe.
• Luo Shen observed the Life Law’s dragon in Ju Mang’s Original Universe and became absorbed in studying its mysteries.
• The pale Yu Kingdom Lord told his God King avatars and court that the Shi Kingdom still intended to destroy the Yu Kingdom and would eventually act again.
• A blue-clad God King proposed leading an expedition against the Shi Kingdom and expanding the Yu Kingdom’s territory.

Yu Kingdom Lord announced that Yan Feng Ancient Kingdom would settle Yu Kingdom and Shi Kingdom’s rivalry through a seven-on-seven Chaos Ruler trial, with the winner receiving its support. Lan Ran claimed he could secure Yu Kingdom’s victory, and Yu Kingdom Lord entrusted the contest to him.

• Yu Kingdom Lord explained that Yan Feng Ancient Kingdom had arranged a trial between Yu Kingdom and Shi Kingdom, with seven fighters per side and no limits on recruiting outside experts.
• A God King recalled how Yan Feng Ancient Kingdom had used a similar contest to resolve the conflict over God King Zi Mu and his World Beast King.
• Lan Ran argued that Yu Kingdom had enough Chaos Rulers to defeat Shi Kingdom, while King Jingyi warned that Shi Kingdom’s battle-tested experts and Yu Kingdom’s internal problems made the outcome uncertain.
• Lan Ran insisted that his experience managing Yu Kingdom made him confident he could win, and Yu Kingdom Lord agreed to leave the fight against Shi Kingdom to him.

Yu Kingdom prepared to choose seven fighters for its coming battle with Shi Kingdom, while Luo Shen continued studying the Life Law in Ju Mang's Original Universe. After refusing Marquis Jiujiang's request to fight, Luo Shen learned that the Yu Kingdom Lord had sent guards to summon him.

• The Yu Kingdom Lord required the God Kings to help select seven fighters and urged them to recruit powerful Chaos Rulers to oppose Shi Kingdom.
• Luo Shen struggled to control a flower while studying the deeper mysteries of the Life Law, and Ju Mang reported that his own life-creation skills had improved.
• Ju Mang told Luo Shen that Yu Kingdom and Shi Kingdom would settle their conflict through a seven-on-seven battle.
• Luo Shen refused Marquis Jiujiang's request to fight, unwilling to expose himself to Shi Kingdom's God Kings before reaching the God King Realm.
• Ju Mang revealed that the Yu Kingdom Lord wanted to meet Luo Shen and had dispatched his personal guards to Huyang City.