Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian returned to the Heavenly Court to ask Yao Ji about his origins, but he misread her attempts to explain and left convinced that Shen Gui had wronged her. Meanwhile, the combined Myriad Buddhas Array and Two Forms Micro Dust Array turned the battle at Mount Qi back into a stalemate.

• Yang Jian returned to the Heavenly Court and asked Yao Ji whether he and Yang Chan were Shen Gui's illegitimate children.
• Yang Jian interrupted Yao Ji's explanation, accused Shen Gui of abusing her, and insisted she leave with him.
• Yao Ji beat Yang Jian into a pit and told him that she had picked him and Yang Chan up.
• Yang Jian mistakenly concluded that Yao Ji had hidden the truth to protect her children, then left to seek Primordial Heavenly Venerate as his master so he could defeat Shen Gui.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti combined the Myriad Buddhas Array with the Two Forms Micro Dust Array at Mount Qi, strengthening both formations.
• The combined arrays stabilized the Western Teachings and Chan Teachings, and the battle at Mount Qi fell into a stalemate.

Shen Gui sought Tongtian’s help with the formations at Mount Qi, but Tongtian explained that the Two Forms Micro Dust Array would be difficult to break without major forces or personal intervention. Meanwhile, Yang Jian became Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s disciple, and a misunderstanding over the resulting videos ended with Shen Gui unimpressed and closing the Sky-Gazing Mirror.

• Shen Gui dismissed Dong Hua and asked Tongtian how to break the formations at Mount Qi.
• Tongtian explained that the Myriad Immortals Array lacked enough support to overcome the Two Forms Micro Dust Array, leaving Shen Gui frustrated by his options.
• Yang Jian arrived at Kunlun Mountain and asked Primordial Heavenly Venerate to accept him as a disciple, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate readily agreed.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate sent Shen Gui videos of Yang Jian asking to become his disciple and formally joining him, but Shen Gui mistakenly expected something involving Cihang.
• After watching the first video, Shen Gui realized what Primordial Heavenly Venerate had sent, dismissed his petty provocation, and shut off the Sky-Gazing Mirror.

Nezha persuaded Shen Gui to let her lead troops against the rebellion, and Shen Gui chose Jiang Ziya as her commander-in-chief. Jiang Ziya accepted the appointment, believing his chance to assist a ruler and pacify the realm had finally arrived.

• Nezha asked Shen Gui to let her lead an army against the rebels, and he agreed on the conditions that she spare innocents and obey a commander-in-chief.
• Nezha demanded five hundred thousand soldiers, but Shen Gui limited her force to one hundred thousand and chose Jiang Ziya to command it.
• Shen Gui summoned Jiang Ziya from his post managing Chaoge's western market and appointed him commander-in-chief against the Southern Marquis.
• Jiang Ziya accepted the appointment with gratitude, convinced Shen Gui had tested his character before entrusting him with greater responsibility.
• After Jiang Ziya left, Shen Gui opened the Sky-Gazing Mirror and addressed Old Yuan.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate discovered that Shen Gui had recruited Jiang Ziya and appointed him to command the southern campaign against E Chongyu, while Nezha was named vanguard. Yang Ren and Huang Feihu challenged the appointments at court, and Huang Feihu refused to release troops without the King’s personal explanation.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate opened Shen Gui’s short video and saw Jiang Ziya pledge himself to Shen Gui, then angrily cut off their connection.
• Shen Gui decided to send Jiang Ziya against E Chongyu and further provoke Primordial Heavenly Venerate by having Jiang Ziya lead troops near Mount Qi afterward.
• Fei Zhong proclaimed Shen Gui’s decree appointing Jiang Ziya commander of one hundred thousand troops and Nezha general of the vanguard.
• Yang Ren and Huang Feihu questioned Jiang Ziya’s qualifications and asked to see Shen Gui, while Fei Zhong explained that Jiang Ziya had managed the western market.
• Jiang Ziya accused Yang Ren and Huang Feihu of defying the decree, and Huang Feihu refused to provide troops unless Shen Gui justified the order in person.

Yunxiao returned to Shen Gui after learning he was in trouble at Mount Qi, reconciled herself to his true identity, and broke through to the Quasi-Saint realm. While Shen Gui spent the day with her, Jiang Ziya led a hundred thousand troops south, leaving the Interpretation Teachings and Western Teachings at Mount Qi bewildered by his alliance with the Shang.

• Yunxiao revisited Qixia Palace, remembered her years with Shen Gui, and resolved the conflict in her heart, taking the final step into the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Shen Gui found Yunxiao, welcomed her return, and reassured her about Yao Yue and Wangshu as she worried whether they would accept her.
• Shen Gui spent the following day with Yunxiao and ignored Huang Feihu and Jiang Ziya's dispute, so Huang Feihu eventually yielded and cooperated with the southern campaign preparations.
• Jiang Ziya led a hundred thousand troops south with Nezha as vanguard, while Shen Gui skipped the departure ceremony.
• Shen Gongbao and the Interpretation Teachings and Western Teachings at Mount Qi were stunned by Jiang Ziya's role on the opposing side, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate rebuked Guang Chengzi for asking about it.

Yunxiao devised a way to combine the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars with the Myriad Immortals Array to break the formations on Mount Qi, and Shen Gui gave her the River Diagram and Luo Script. After Tongtian agreed to provide the Myriad Immortals Array diagram, Shen Gui insisted that Yunxiao preside over the formation.

• Yunxiao proposed using the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars to supply power to the Myriad Immortals Array, and Shen Gui recognized that the combination could work.
• Shen Gui brought out the formation method, the Chaos Bell, and the River Diagram and Luo Script so Yunxiao could study them, then gave her the River Diagram and Luo Script as a betrothal gift.
• Yunxiao worked out how to combine the formations, and Shen Gui promised to discuss the plan with Tongtian and arrange for spare Star Banners to be sent.
• Shen Gui told Tongtian about Yunxiao's plan, and Tongtian agreed to have Long-eared send the Myriad Immortals Array diagram.
• Tongtian suggested Duobao preside over the formation, but Shen Gui argued that Yunxiao should do it, and Tongtian reluctantly agreed.

Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal delivered the Myriad Immortals Array diagram to Shen Gui and offered to serve the Heavenly Court, while Shen Gui and Yunxiao prepared to use the array against their enemies. Months later, they reached Mount Qi and found that Nezha had won over Deng Chanyu, leaving Shen Gui to wonder whether Nezha was building a harem.

• Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal brought Tongtian Cult Master's Myriad Immortals Array diagram to Shen Gui and tried to use Yunxiao to get close to him.
• Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal offered to serve Shen Gui, who sent him to Sishui Pass and said Dong Hua would look after him.
• Shen Gui set restrictions around the hall and agreed to accompany Yunxiao, who warned him not to mess around when they arrived.
• Shen Gui and Yunxiao took several months to reach Mount Qi, during which Shen Gui repeatedly distracted Yunxiao on their journey.
• Jiang Ziya remained with Shen Gui's Shang army despite learning that Shen Gongbao and Chan School disciples were in the Xiqi army, while Nezha won over Deng Chanyu.
• Shen Gui saw Deng Chanyu beside Nezha and wondered whether Nezha was building a harem.

Shen Gui and Yunxiao used the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars to empower the Myriad Immortals Array, raising Yunxiao to the limit of the peak Quasi-Saint stage and threatening Mount Qi’s defenses. As Laozi and Jieyin joined Yuanshi and Zhunti above Mount Qi, Luohu withdrew, saying no one could stop Shen Gui from attaining the Dao.

• Shen Gui ordered everyone to cooperate with Yunxiao and traveled openly to Sishui Pass, prompting Primordial Heavenly Venerate to arrive at Mount Qi.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate identified the formation below Mount Qi as the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars and assured the others that it could not break the defenses.
• After the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars was completed, Shen Gui summoned Yunxiao, who combined it with the Myriad Immortals Array to create the Myriad Stars Array.
• The array empowered Yunxiao to the limit of the peak Quasi-Saint stage, and her attack began destroying worlds within Mount Qi’s incomplete formations.
• At Spirit Mountain, Luohu told Jieyin that Shen Gui could no longer be stopped from attaining the Dao and refused to join the conflict.
• Laozi and Jieyin appeared beside Yuanshi and Zhunti above Mount Qi, while Tongtian Cult Master also arrived, bringing five saints and Shen Gui together.

Yao Yue teased Shang Yang about her feelings for Shen Gui and urged her to take the initiative, while Wangshu and Luohu flirted on the Lunar Star. The chapter left both women’s relationships with Shen Gui uncertain, with Wangshu still devoted to him despite enjoying her play with Luohu.

• Yao Yue and Shang Yang discussed Shen Gui’s long absence, and Yao Yue teased Shang Yang for being jealous of the women around him.
• Yao Yue encouraged Shang Yang to pursue Shen Gui and promised to leave him and live with Shang Yang if he rejected her.
• On the Lunar Star, Luohu asked why Wangshu was not helping Shen Gui and offered to replace him as her partner.
• Wangshu recalled how she had once punished Luohu in an intimate way and admitted she enjoyed their occasional play while remaining devoted to Shen Gui.

Shen Gui secured the Three Sovereigns’ support and used the Investiture of the Gods to take the tribulation upon himself, earning immeasurable merit and severing his Good Corpse. The chapter ended with the Fortune of the Three Realms gathering upon Shen Gui’s Three Corpses as he moved toward attaining the Dao.

• Laozi and Jieyin tried to persuade Shen Gui to postpone attaining the Dao, but Shen Gui rejected their appeal and said he could call upon the human race’s Fortune without unifying the human race.
• Shen Gui accepted the Saints’ terms for the human race and revealed that Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan had agreed to support his attainment of the Dao.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti stepped aside, and Shen Gui erased the names on the Investiture of the Gods before writing his own name and taking the tribulation upon himself.
• The heavenly punishment gathered above Mount Qi, then dispersed, and immeasurable merit descended upon Shen Gui.
• Shen Gui used the merit to sever his Good Corpse, and his Three Corpses declared themselves the Human King, the Heavenly Emperor, and Great Emperor Fengdu as the Fortune of the Three Realms gathered upon them.

Shen Gui merged his three corpses and the Fortune of the Primordial Wilderness to become a Saint, then learned that Pangu had planned for him to take control of the Heavenly Dao through the Dao of Destiny. The Taixu Armor transformed into the Heavenly Dao Wheel, leaving Shen Gui to face his new role and the stunned Saints.

• Shen Gui reunited with his three corpse incarnations and the Primordial Wilderness’s Fortune, breaking through to the Saint realm.
• Hongjun left Purple Sky Palace as Luohu and Wangshu discussed how destiny had shaped events since the creation of Heaven and Earth.
• Shen Gui realized that attaining the Dao had revealed Pangu’s plan and resented being made responsible for the world.
• Hongjun appeared on Mount Qi, and Shen Gui’s Taixu Armor transformed into the Heavenly Dao Wheel.
• Hongjun explained that Pangu had arranged for Shen Gui to wield the true Heavenly Dao through the Dao of Destiny, while Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti fell silent.

Shen Gui refused to become the Heavenly Dao, instead making Hongjun and the Saints serve in the Heavenly Court. After fleeing with Yunxiao to avoid the women who wanted to confront him, he discovered they had gathered at Ping Xin Hall and surrendered to their judgment.

• Shen Gui rejected Hongjun's offer to become the Heavenly Dao, even when Hongjun offered him the Jade Plate of Creation.
• Shen Gui appointed Hongjun to lead the Heavenly Dao Pavilion and assigned Laozi, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Jieyin, and Zhunti to serve there.
• Shen Gui left with Yunxiao after noticing Wangshu and Nuwa in the void, then spent months hiding from the women searching for him.
• Shen Gui took Yunxiao to the Netherworld and asked Ping Xin if they could stay at Ping Xin Hall.
• Shen Gui found Wangshu, Yao Yue, Nuwa, Jiang Yun, and the other women waiting inside, while Yunxiao joined them and Ping Xin declined to intervene.
• Shen Gui gave up trying to escape and begged his consorts not to hit his face.