Chapter Summaries

East King Gong activated the Myriad Immortals Array against Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, and the formation boosted his cultivation to the perfected late stage of Quasi-Saint. Despite their powerful treasures and combined strength, Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi were defeated, while observers realized East King Gong’s power came from the array.

• East King Gong released an array diagram and array flags, trapping himself, Di Jun, and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi inside the Myriad Immortals Array.
• East King Gong activated the formation, which gathered spiritual energy and raised his cultivation from the middle stage to the perfected late stage of Quasi-Saint.
• Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi and the watching great powers were shocked by East King Gong’s strength, then many observers concluded that the formation had enhanced him.
• Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi fought East King Gong but were defeated despite their middle-stage cultivation and powerful innate spiritual treasures.

East King Gong’s Myriad Immortals Array crushed Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, forcing the Demon Country to retreat. Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, and Fuxi regrouped in Golden Crow Hall, where they considered how to counter East King Gong before the Demon Country fell.

• East King Gong defeated Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi with the Myriad Immortals Array, and the Demon Country’s forces retreated as the Immortal Court pursued them.
• Shen Gui recognized the formation as the Myriad Immortals Array and suspected East King Gong had used only a weaker form of it.
• Shen Gui predicted that Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi would eventually develop the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars and reverse the Demon Country’s fortunes.
• Shen Gui and Kunpeng discussed East King Gong’s trump card, then left the battlefield.
• Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, and Fuxi met in Golden Crow Hall and acknowledged the threat East King Gong posed to the Demon Country.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi said the Eastern Emperor Bell could counter Hu Niu’s Kunlun Mirror, while Fuxi concluded that East King Gong remained their main problem.

After the Demon Country’s crushing defeat, Di Jun revealed an incomplete formation deduced from the River Diagram and Luo Script and enlisted Fuxi to help perfect it. The Demon Country retreated while East King Gong pressed his advance, confident he could force Di Jun to emerge and defeat him with the completed Myriad Immortals Array.

• Di Jun told Fuxi and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi that the Myriad Immortals Array was East King Gong’s true advantage and proposed retreating until his own formation was complete.
• Di Jun asked Fuxi to help deduce the formation using the River Diagram and Luo Script, and Fuxi agreed.
• Di Jun entrusted the Demon Country to Eastern Emperor Tai Yi and ordered him to yield territory and avoid direct conflict while they worked.
• The Demon Country continued retreating, leading many people to pledge allegiance to the Immortal Court, though those who knew Di Jun expected him to be preparing a plan.
• East King Gong decided to conquer Southern Jambudvipa and march into Central Continent to force Di Jun out, believing his complete Myriad Immortals Array could defeat even a Saint.

Di Jun and Fuxi completed their deduction of the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars while the Demon Country retreated from Southern Jambudvipa. They decided to forge the Star Banners at Mount Buzhou and prepare a counterattack against East King Gong.

• Di Jun and Fuxi completed the deduction of the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars, which required 365 Star Banners, 14,800 Auxiliary Star Banners, and Demon Gods to control them.
• Di Jun and Fuxi agreed that the Demon Country needed to forge the Star Banners and select the formation's participants as soon as possible.
• Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi had withdrawn the Demon Country's forces from Southern Jambudvipa, leaving East King Gong to occupy the region before advancing on the Central Continent.
• Fuxi warned Di Jun that forging the primary Star Banners would cause a disturbance that East King Gong might detect, and proposed Mount Buzhou as a concealed site.
• Di Jun chose Mount Buzhou and ordered Tai Yi to prepare the materials and select the formation's personnel, declaring that the Demon Country would counterattack once the banners were complete.

The Immortal Court occupied Southern Jambudvipa while East King Gong tried to manage Hu Niu’s interruptions. Meanwhile, the Demon Country retreated into Central Continent and dismissed the mysterious force attacking it, which was the Wu Clan.

• Yun Zhong Jun reported that the Immortal Court’s occupation of Southern Jambudvipa was progressing smoothly, and East King Gong ordered the forces to proceed carefully.
• Hu Niu pulled East King Gong’s beard, then left Golden Crow Hall with Sister Luo to go play.
• Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, and Fuxi withdrew the Demon Country into Central Continent and avoided confronting the Immortal Court while preparing the Star Banners.
• The Demon Country suffered several defeats against an unknown force in Central Continent, and Bi Fang was injured in one clash.
• Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, and Fuxi chose to focus on the Immortal Court, unaware that their mysterious enemy was the Wu Clan.

The chapter explained how the Wu Clan arose from Pangu’s Essence Blood and how its hidden tribes came into conflict with the Demon Country across the Central Continent. Nuwa investigated the mysterious force, discovered the Twelve Ancestor Witches, and realized Shen Gui’s warning about the great calamity had been right.

• The Twelve Ancestor Witches formed the Wu Clan from Pangu Hall and spread their tribes across the Central Continent as their numbers grew.
• The Demon Country’s expansion brought its forces into frequent clashes with the Wu Clan, but both sides remained focused on other concerns and failed to recognize each other as a major threat.
• Nuwa recalled Shen Gui’s warning and secretly investigated the unknown force opposing the Demon Country in the Central Continent.
• Nuwa uncovered the Wu Clan’s strength, learned that it had twelve Ancestor Witches including Houtu, and concluded that Shen Gui had understood the coming calamity better than anyone else.

Nuwa questioned whether Fuxi’s plan to end the great tribulation was truly right as the Demon Country and Immortal Court prepared for a decisive battle beneath Mount Buzhou. Di Jun unleashed the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars, while East King Gong revealed a fully powered Myriad Immortals Array that gathered the strength of the Immortal Court.

• Nuwa grew weary of the Demon Race’s wars and doubted whether Fuxi’s ambition to unify the Primordial Wilderness would spare its living beings from suffering.
• Di Jun, Fuxi, and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi completed the Star Banners at Mount Buzhou and discovered the Thirty-Six Heavens, which they hoped to use as the Demon Country’s foundation after defeating East King Gong.
• East King Gong ordered Yun Zhong Jun to prepare for a decisive battle at Mount Buzhou, believing the Demon Country’s leaders had found a way to counter him.
• The Demon Country and Immortal Court assembled their armies beneath Mount Buzhou, and Di Jun and East King Gong challenged each other over whose formation was stronger.
• Di Jun activated the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars, and East King Gong answered with the Myriad Immortals Array, gathering the Immortal Court’s elite fighters and vast army to amplify his power.

East King Gong and Di Jun’s forces clashed at Saint-level power as the Myriad Immortals Array battled the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars. Both formations reached their limits, leaving the outcome dependent on which one collapsed first.

• Di Jun and the others unleashed the River Diagram, Luo Script, and Eastern Emperor Bell to strengthen the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars.
• East King Gong struck the formation with his Nine Dragon Staff, but Di Jun used shifting stars to absorb the attack without damage.
• East King Gong continued attacking while Di Jun argued that the Myriad Immortals Array would exhaust its power without access to outside spiritual energy.
• The Demon Country rotated Demon Gods through the Star Banners as Immortal Court cultivators drained their Origin Crystals to sustain their formations.
• Both formations neared collapse, and Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, Fuxi, and East King Gong faced the possibility of instant defeat if their side failed first.

After the two armies’ formations collapsed, Di Jun and Fuxi overwhelmed East King Gong while Hu Niu fought Eastern Emperor Tai Yi. Hu Niu held the advantage, but Tai Yi waited for her to make a fatal mistake as East King Gong’s defeat drew near.

• The Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars and the Myriad Immortals Array collapsed, leaving both armies weakened and the Demon Country with a Quasi-Saint advantage.
• East King Gong accepted the fight as Di Jun and Fuxi attacked him, while Eastern Emperor Tai Yi faced Hu Niu.
• Hu Niu struck the Eastern Emperor Bell with her fist, then used the Kunlun Mirror to evade it and gain the upper hand over Tai Yi.
• Di Jun and Fuxi forced East King Gong onto the defensive, making Hu Niu anxious about facing all three Demon Country Quasi-Saints.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi stayed on the defensive and gathered magic power, waiting for Hu Niu to expose a flaw.

East King Gong burned the Fusang Tree's origin to save Hu Niu from Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, then sent her back toward West Kunlun. He stayed behind to face the battle, knowing his self-destruction would end in death.

• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi used the Eastern Emperor Bell to interrupt Hu Niu's spatial escape and struck her down, then pursued her with the Great Sun Golden Flame.
• East King Gong remembered Hu Niu's loyalty to the Immortal Court and chose to save her rather than flee the battle.
• East King Gong ignited his own origin, drove back Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, and rescued Hu Niu from the attack.
• Hu Niu, gravely wounded, called East King Gong an old man and asked what would happen to him, but he said he could not leave as lord of the Immortal Court.
• East King Gong rendered Hu Niu unconscious and sent her toward West Kunlun, while a ray of light split off and vanished into Kunlun Mountain.

After East King Gong sent Hu Niu away, he fought Di Jun and the others until his origin ran out, while a magic power incarnation entrusted Tai Miao’s care to the Three Pure Ones in exchange for the Myriad Immortals Array diagram. The Immortal Court collapsed after his death, and the Demon Country rapidly reclaimed its former lands and expanded into Eastern Divine Continent and the overseas territories; the chapter ended with Shen Gui drinking with Kunpeng at the Palace of the Demon Master.

• East King Gong sent Hu Niu away, then attacked Di Jun and the others, who met him head-on as a mark of respect while waiting for his origin to run out.
• East King Gong’s magic power incarnation visited the Three Pure Ones, offered them the Myriad Immortals Array diagram, and asked them to look after the wounded Tai Miao after his death.
• Laozi agreed to East King Gong’s request, and Tongtian took the array diagram and went into seclusion to study it, prompting Yuanshi to roar his name.
• East King Gong fell, the Immortal Court collapsed, and the Demon Country reclaimed its lost lands and seized Eastern Divine Continent and the former overseas territories.
• Shen Gui drank with Kunpeng at the Palace of the Demon Master, asked for more wine, and heard Kunpeng remark on his good spirits amid the changing situation.

Shen Gui told Kunpeng that the Wu Clan was fighting the Demon Country and predicted Di Jun would target them before dealing with this external threat. He revealed that Northern Kurukshetra Continent could withstand Di Jun’s star formation, while Di Jun considered planting the damaged Fusang Tree at Tanggu.

• Shen Gui told Kunpeng that the Wu Clan had repeatedly clashed with the Demon Country and fed on demons.
• Shen Gui predicted that Di Jun would first seize the Immortal Court’s territory, then attack Shen Gui and Kunpeng before turning against the Wu Clan.
• Shen Gui said that Northern Kurukshetra Continent was protected by a powerful being who could withstand even a Saint, reassuring Kunpeng about resisting Di Jun.
• Di Jun praised Tanggu after the Demon Country took control of it, and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi suggested planting the Fusang Tree there to restore its lost vitality.

After the Immortal Court’s destruction, Di Jun and his allies chose to attack the Northern Kurukshetra Continent before turning their attention to the mysterious force in the Central Continent. As the Demon Country’s army gathered at the border, Shen Gui remained unconcerned, leaving Kunpeng unsure whether he would have to fight.

• Di Jun celebrated the Immortal Court’s destruction with the Demon Country’s officials and called a meeting to decide their next moves.
• Fuxi urged the Demon Country to withdraw its forces and deal with the mysterious force in the Central Continent, but Eastern Emperor Tai Yi argued they should annex the Northern Kurukshetra Continent and the Palace of the Demon Master first.
• Fuxi accepted Eastern Emperor Tai Yi’s proposal, and Di Jun ordered the army to prepare to attack the Northern Kurukshetra Continent.
• The Demon Country assembled troops at the border, while Rainfall City remained lightly defended and Shen Gui met with Yao Yue, Shang Yang, You Mo, Su San, and Kunpeng.
• Kunpeng questioned Shen Gui’s plan to face Di Jun with so few forces, but Shen Gui showed no concern, leaving Kunpeng hoping he would not have to fight.

With the Demon Country’s army approaching Rainfall City, Shen Gui set out with Kunpeng and their companions to confront Di Jun’s forces. He learned that he would have to unite briefly with the Mystic Tortoise incarnation to challenge the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars, exposing their connection.

• A scout reported that the Demon Country’s vanguard was less than a thousand li from Rainfall City, and Shen Gui prepared to meet Di Jun with Kunpeng.
• Yao Yue, Shang Yang, Little You Mo, and Mo joined the expedition, while Shen Gui ordered Su San to remain behind and guard Rainfall City.
• Shen Gui saw the Demon Country’s vast army and asked the Mystic Tortoise incarnation whether it could crush the troops with a swipe, but the incarnation explained that doing so could overturn the Northern Kurukshetra Continent.
• Shen Gui realized that drawing on the Mystic Tortoise incarnation’s power would reveal their connection, but the incarnation said it could not defeat the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars from afar.
• Shen Gui accepted that he would have to wield the incarnation’s power himself and privately blamed Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi for forcing him to expose his identity.

Shen Gui confronted Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi as the Demon Country army approached the Northern Kurukshetra Continent. He rejected Di Jun’s offer to join the Demon Country and insisted the continent belonged to him, leaving the others stunned.

• Shen Gui met Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi in the sky and reminded Eastern Emperor Tai Yi that his Evil Corpse had failed to break Shen Gui’s defense.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi grew enraged, but Di Jun stopped him from attacking and greeted Kunpeng before addressing Shen Gui.
• Di Jun invited Shen Gui to join the Demon Country and promised to let him keep the title of Demon Lord.
• Shen Gui refused the offer, dismissed the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars, and declared that the Northern Kurukshetra Continent was his.
• Di Jun demanded that the person behind Shen Gui speak with him, and Shen Gui challenged him by insisting the continent was literally his.

Shen Gui revealed his power over the Northern Kurukshetra Continent when Eastern Emperor Tai Yi attacked him, stopping the Eastern Emperor Bell and overwhelming the onlookers. He corrected Di Jun’s assumption that he was the Mysterious Black Tortoise of the Northern Darkness’s incarnation, leaving everyone to believe the powerful tortoise was instead his incarnation.

• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi attacked Shen Gui with the Eastern Emperor Bell after Shen Gui insulted Di Jun.
• Shen Gui declared himself invincible in the Northern Kurukshetra Continent and stopped the Eastern Emperor Bell with one hand.
• A colossal Mystic Tortoise phantom merged with Shen Gui, whose pressure revealed peak Quasi-Saint power to the watching great powers.
• Di Jun acknowledged Shen Gui as the Mysterious Black Tortoise’s incarnation and proposed speaking with him.
• Shen Gui said he was the main body, the Mysterious Black Tortoise was his incarnation, and he had nothing to discuss with Di Jun.
• Nuwa, Yao Yue, Shang Yang, Su San, and You Mo reacted to Shen Gui’s revelation, with You Mo calling him a bad person.

Shen Gui faced Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi’s Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars by unleashing his own earth-vein-powered Myriad Rivers and Mountains Grand Formation. As the two formations met, Zhen Yuanzi watched from Wuzhuang Temple and began studying Shen Gui’s array.

• Di Jun ordered the Stellar Deities to deploy the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars around Shen Gui and his allies.
• Shen Gui, confident in the power he could borrow from the Mysterious Black Tortoise of the Northern Darkness and the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Pagoda, refused to back down.
• Shen Gui raised the Myriad Rivers and Mountains Grand Formation, using Northern Kurukshetra Continent’s earth veins to shield his allies and Rainfall City.
• The earth-vein formation filled the ground beneath the starry array and appeared ready to contend with it.
• At Wuzhuang Temple, Zhen Yuanzi watched Shen Gui’s formation and examined it for clues.

Zhen Yuanzi explained that the Myriad Rivers and Mountains Grand Formation drew its power from earth veins and said he could create a weaker version to protect Wuzhuang Temple. In Northern Kurukshetra Continent, Di Jun’s Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars failed to break Shen Gui’s defenses, leaving the two formations locked in a standoff.

• Zhen Yuanzi told Hong Yun that the Myriad Rivers and Mountains Grand Formation relied on drawing upon, controlling, and linking earth-vein power.
• Zhen Yuanzi said he could use the Earth Book and Ginseng Fruit Tree to create a version protecting Wuzhuang Temple, though it could not match the formation spanning Northern Kurukshetra Continent.
• Hong Yun teased Zhen Yuanzi, then apologized with a Ginseng Fruit before returning to watch the battle.
• Di Jun ordered the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars to attack the Myriad Rivers and Mountains Grand Formation with volleys of stellar force.
• Shen Gui stood inside the earthen-yellow barrier as it absorbed the attacks, while Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi could do nothing to break through.

Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi found that Shen Gui’s Myriad Rivers and Mountains Grand Formation countered their Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars and left them unable to advance. Eastern Emperor Tai Yi challenged Shen Gui to a duel to give the Demon Country a face-saving reason to withdraw, and the chapter ended as they prepared to fight.

• Di Jun realized that the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars could not break Shen Gui’s defenses, and he still could not find the Myriad Immortals Array diagram.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi challenged Shen Gui to fight without relying on grand formations and offered to withdraw the Demon Country for three thousand years if he lost.
• Shen Gui agreed to the duel, and both grand formations withdrew as the two sides’ leaders faced one another.
• Shen Gui intended to kill Eastern Emperor Tai Yi if an opportunity arose, partly to avenge Yao Yue.
• Di Jun warned Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, but Tai Yi refused to retreat, saying that doing so would become an insurmountable Heart Demon.
• Di Jun resolved that if Eastern Emperor Tai Yi fell, he would not continue living alone.

Shen Gui defeated Eastern Emperor Tai Yi and forced the Demon Country to withdraw from the Northern Kurukshetra Continent for three thousand years. After his identity as the Mysterious Black Tortoise of the Northern Darkness was revealed, his allies struggled to reconcile it with the timid Shen Gui they knew.

• Shen Gui overwhelmed Eastern Emperor Tai Yi with Empress Nuwa's Flute and the Demon Binding Rope, then declared that Tai Yi had lost.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi accepted defeat and promised the Demon Country would stay out of the Northern Kurukshetra Continent for three thousand years.
• Di Jun ordered the demon army to withdraw, and Shen Gui returned the magic power he had borrowed.
• Kunpeng acknowledged Shen Gui's true identity and left with his disciples to return to the Palace of the Demon Master.
• You Mo and Shang Yang reacted with disbelief as they realized Shen Gui was the Mysterious Black Tortoise they had revered and bullied.