Chapter Summaries

Li Taibai and Ma Liang investigated Yun Yilan’s death and identified Ji Shu as the likely killer, while the Heavenly Court and Buddhist Realm prepared to hunt him. Ji Shu reunited with Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi in the Capital City, subdued the immortals watching them, and learned that several realms were plotting against him.

• Zhi Qiu Fang Yu reported Yun Yilan’s death, and Li Taibai recognized traces of several powerful techniques in the fatal palm strike.
• Ma Liang suspected Ji Shu had fused different arts into a new method, while Li Taibai admired his talent before agreeing to help suppress him.
• Ma Liang announced that the Heavenly Court and Buddhist Realm would combine their forces to find and kill Ji Shu.
• Ji Shu tested his Transformation Technique and used it to travel unnoticed before appearing in the Capital City.
• Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi reunited with Ji Shu, who immobilized the Heavenly Court immortals secretly following them.
• Ji Shu questioned the captured immortals, learned that several realms were making plans against him, and stored them in the City Lord Seal.

After parting from Ji Shu, Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi resolved to cultivate the Dao so they could become strong enough to help him. Meanwhile, Ji Shu was searching for the Gate of the Underworld when the Heavenly Court attacked him with the Evil Slaying Starlight Array, and Taiyi Immortal Lord demanded that he reveal his hidden team’s location.

• Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi treasured Ji Shu’s protective talismans and decided to ask their father to let them cultivate the Dao.
• Ji Shu continued traveling east while searching for the Gate of the Underworld, whose aura kept disappearing whenever he pursued it.
• The Heavenly Court unleashed the Evil Slaying Starlight Array on Ji Shu, but his defenses absorbed the attack without harming him.
• The Jade Emperor led Taiyi Immortal Lord and the other gods to the array’s core after they realized Ji Shu had reached the strength of a supreme Immortal Lord.
• Taiyi Immortal Lord confronted Ji Shu and demanded the location of his hidden team, and Ji Shu recognized him as Nezha’s master.

Ji Shu struck down the Jade Emperor and the assembled Gods and Buddhas, then trapped their Primordial Spirits among the Heaven-Piercing Divine Fire Pillars. The Jade Emperor realized Ji Shu had been the lone sole supreme being all along, while the bound survivors began demanding answers from Lord Taibai and the others.

• Ji Shu used a fused technique to appear before the Jade Emperor and cut through his raised arm and neck with one sword.
• Ji Shu killed Taiyi Immortal Lord, Star Lord Ziwei, and other deities as they charged him or fled.
• Ji Shu drew the Gods’ and Buddhas’ Primordial Spirits into a fiery world and had chains bind them to the Heaven-Piercing Divine Fire Pillars.
• The Jade Emperor recognized that Ji Shu had likely attained sole supreme status and had been the only one attaining the Dao throughout.
• Song Jiang and the others reacted with shock at finding the Jade Emperor among the prisoners, while the Jade Emperor shut himself off from their stares.
• Li Kui questioned Lord Taibai, Taiyi Immortal Lord, Star Lord Ziwei, and the other imprisoned leaders about how they had died together so quickly.

The imprisoned Immortal Lords learned from Lü Dongbin and Wu Song how Ji Shu had risen to power and defeated gods across the realms in just a few months. The Jade Emperor grew certain that he had made a grave mistake by not attacking Ji Shu sooner.

• Li Kui mocked Taiyi Immortal Lord, whose attack was stopped by the prison chains.
• Lord Taibai asked Lü Dongbin to explain how Ji Shu had defeated the Immortal Lords.
• Lü Dongbin recounted Ji Shu’s many victories, including killing the Peacock King, defeating Lü Dongbin and Erlang Shen, and destroying one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.
• Wu Song confirmed Lü Dongbin’s account and said Ji Shu had attained the Dao at least forty or fifty times.
• The Jade Emperor regretted not launching an early assault to kill Ji Shu.

After Ji Shu killed the Jade Emperor and the assembled gods, he demanded the Heavenly Court's soldiers surrender and ordered Marshal Tianpeng to lead them in conquering the Immortal Realm. Marshal Tianpeng took Ji Shu's side and marched on the South Heaven Gate, where the Four Heavenly Kings challenged him.

• The Jade Emperor realized Ji Shu had lured him away from the Heavenly Court and lamented that he had underestimated Ji Shu's power.
• Lord Taibai told the captured Mount Shu immortals and other Star Lords how Ji Shu had effortlessly killed the Jade Emperor and other powerful gods, leaving them shocked and regretful.
• Ji Shu slaughtered the assembled Star Lords, Arhats, and Venerables, then offered the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals a chance to surrender; most knelt and cast down their weapons.
• Marshal Tianpeng Bian Zhuang identified himself to Ji Shu, pledged his loyalty, and accepted the task of unifying the Immortal Realm.
• Marshal Tianpeng led several hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to the South Heaven Gate and ordered the Four Heavenly Kings to surrender or be killed.

Marshal Tianpeng led the surrendered Four Heavenly Kings toward the Jade Pool as Ji Shu entered the Heavenly Court and raided the Peach Garden. After absorbing the Arhat of the Sitting Deer’s Dao Fruit and questioning the Joyful Arhat, Ji Shu continued advancing his cultivation while the Buddhist Realm demanded answers from the Jade Emperor.

• Marshal Tianpeng confirmed the Four Heavenly Kings’ suspicions, and they surrendered before joining his army’s march toward the Jade Pool.
• Ji Shu crossed into the Heavenly Court and entered the Peach Garden, where he knocked out its Land God.
• Ji Shu questioned the Arhat of the Sitting Deer, learned his techniques and cultivation method, and absorbed the Peaches of Immortality.
• Ji Shu attained the Dao by taking the Arhat of the Sitting Deer’s Dao Fruit, prompting Tathagata Buddha to send Bodhisattva Samantabhadra to demand an explanation from the Jade Emperor.
• Ji Shu questioned the Joyful Arhat, obtained his techniques and cultivation method, and nearly killed him with a blow.

Ji Shu devoured the Peaches of Immortality, rapidly mastered captured Gods’ and Buddhas’ arts, and harmonized with ninety-four Dao Fruits, including the Jade Emperor’s. After escaping the sealed Peach Garden, he set out to unify the Six Realms, while Queen Mother of the West prepared to execute Marshal Tianpeng and the other captured commanders.

• Ji Shu cultivated with the Peaches of Immortality, perfected arts, and repeatedly attained the Dao, stunning the Jade Emperor and the other witnesses.
• Ji Shu interrogated captured Arhats and Heavenly Gods, learning more than thirty arts and nineteen laws as his cultivation grew.
• Ji Shu harmonized with twenty more Dao Fruits, including the Jade Emperor’s Haotian Dao Fruit, and gained a second Invincible Domain.
• Ji Shu passed through the Heaven-Sealing Fiend Array and declared that he would unify the Six Realms.
• Queen Mother of the West captured Marshal Tianpeng, the Four Heavenly Kings, and other commanders after their assault on the Jade Pool, then ordered Immortal He to execute them.
• Marshal Tianpeng begged Queen Mother of the West to listen and revealed that the Jade Emperor, Taiyi Immortal Lord, and others had already fallen.

Queen Mother of the West learned that Ji Shu had killed the Jade Emperor and the other Heavenly Court leaders, then tried to flee and was killed by Ji Shu's Heaven-Turning Palm. She revived bound to a Heaven-Piercing Divine Fire Pillar among Ji Shu's captives and found the Jade Emperor there.

• Queen Mother of the West questioned Marshal Tianpeng and several heavenly generals and learned that the Jade Emperor and the other leaders were dead.
• Ji Shu arrived, and Queen Mother of the West recognized him as the one who had killed the Jade Emperor and seized his supreme Dao Fruit.
• Queen Mother of the West raised a Milky Way with her Jade Hairpin and tried to escape, but Ji Shu intercepted her.
• Ji Shu killed Queen Mother of the West with the Heaven-Turning Palm.
• Queen Mother of the West revived bound to a Heaven-Piercing Divine Fire Pillar among captives including Erlang Shen, Wu Song, Song Jiang, Lü Dongbin, Taiyi Immortal Lord, the Dark Demon God, and the Jade Emperor.
• Queen Mother of the West asked the battered Jade Emperor what had happened, and he confirmed that she had been killed too.

Ji Shu killed Queen Mother of the West and led his forces to conquer the Heavenly Court and unify the Immortal Realm. By day’s end, he had become the undisputed master of its Heavenly Court.

• Queen Mother of the West learned from Lord Taibai and the others that Ji Shu had repeatedly attained the Dao and defeated the Jade Emperor, then struggled to believe their account.
• Ji Shu reflected that the Jade Emperor’s Jade Emperor Haotian Art had been formidable, but the Jade Emperor’s absence from the Heavenly Court had let him win swiftly.
• Ji Shu entered the Jade Pool region after killing Queen Mother of the West, and Hundred Flowers Fairy and the other fairies watched in shock.
• Ji Shu declared that the Immortal Realm would be unified and that anyone who resisted would be killed; Marshal Tianpeng and the others pledged their allegiance.
• Marshal Tianpeng’s forces swept through the Heavenly Court and the Immortal Realm, compelling Hundred Flowers Fairy and the other fairies to join them.
• Ji Shu’s forces conquered the Immortal Realm in a single day, making him the undisputed master of its Heavenly Court.

Ji Shu took control of the Heavenly Court and studied its Immortal Realm Library while Bodhisattva Samantabhadra arrived unaware of the Jade Emperor's defeat. The Four Heavenly Kings captured Samantabhadra, and Taishang Laojun explained the new order before leaving him bound and bewildered.

• Ji Shu ordered the Heavenly Court's gods to obey his new rules, then went to the Immortal Realm Library and began reading its martial arts manuals.
• Bodhisattva Samantabhadra reached the South Heaven Gate and tried to pass the Four Heavenly Kings without stopping.
• The Four Heavenly Kings blocked Samantabhadra and alerted Taishang Laojun, Marshal Tianpeng, and the others.
• The Heavenly Court activated the Heavenly Net, captured Samantabhadra, and bound him to a lightning pillar.
• Taishang Laojun told Samantabhadra that the Jade Emperor had fallen and Ji Shu had unified the Immortal Realm, but Samantabhadra refused to believe him.
• Taishang Laojun's respect for Ji Shu deepened after Ji Shu mastered his artifact-refining techniques in moments.

Ji Shu learned that Black and White Impermanence had seized Xu Xian’s soul and followed them into the Underworld to investigate. At Fengdu, King Yama sentenced Xu Xian to a hundred years in Frozen Hell, leaving Ji Shu to discover why Xu Xian had received such treatment.

• Taishang Laojun told Ji Shu that Black and White Impermanence were capturing a mortal, and Ji Shu went to the mortal realm with Thousand-Mile Eye and Favorable Wind Ear’s help.
• Ji Shu watched Black and White Impermanence seize Xu Xian’s soul after he died, while Xu Jiaorong mourned his body and Xu Xian protested that he had been murdered.
• Ji Shu followed Black and White Impermanence through the Underworld, observing Xu Xian’s special escort along the Yellow Springs Road and through its checkpoints to Fengdu.
• Black and White Impermanence brought Xu Xian before King Yama, who sentenced him to Frozen Hell for a hundred years and said he had arrived at a very bad time.

King Yama chose to side with Tathagata Buddha and secretly planned to weaken the Heavenly Court and Demon Realm, but Ji Shu assassinated him in the Underworld. Bound among captured immortals, King Yama learned that Ji Shu had caused a series of overwhelming upheavals, including destroying the Immortal Realm.

• King Yama sentenced Xu Xian to the Underworld to block his path to becoming a ghost deity and planned to exploit the coming war between the Heavenly Court and Demon Realm.
• King Yama resolved to cooperate with Tathagata Buddha, eliminate the Heavenly Court's agents, and eventually betray the Demon Realm.
• Ji Shu infiltrated the Underworld, neutralized King Yama's Invincible Domain, and killed him with a sword.
• King Yama woke bound to a Heaven-Piercing Divine Fire Pillar beside the Jade Emperor, Queen Mother of the West, Taiyi Immortal Lord, and Lord Taibai.
• The Jade Emperor told King Yama that Ji Shu had killed him, and King Yama regretted sending Black and White Impermanence after Xu Xian.
• King Yama questioned Lü Dongbin, Wu Song, and the others and learned that Ji Shu had destroyed the Immortal Realm days earlier.

Ji Shu killed King Yama, took control of the Underworld, and rapidly mastered its arts and laws until he became its supreme god. In the Demon Realm, Luoshen arrived as Ji Shu’s messenger and announced that he had conquered the Immortal Realm, leaving Bai Suzhen, Ding Yin, and Ji Jinyu astonished.

• Ji Shu ambushed and killed King Yama, then demanded the Underworld’s officials surrender or die.
• Black and White Impermanence, Ox-Head, and Horse-Face pledged allegiance and began bringing the Underworld’s leaders to heel.
• Ji Shu extracted King Yama’s cultivation laws, mastered his arts, and attained the Underworld’s sole supreme Dao.
• Ji Shu’s attainment shook the Six Realms, while Ding Yin, Ji Jinyu, and Bai Suzhen wondered whether he was responsible.
• Luoshen arrived at the Demon Realm camp as Ji Shu’s messenger and told Bai Suzhen, Ding Yin, and Ji Jinyu that Ji Shu had conquered the Immortal Realm.

Ji Shu’s conquest of the Underworld continued as he killed Lu Panguan and took control, while the Buddhist and Monster Realms reacted to the upheaval. After meeting the young new king and hearing his laws, Zhong Kui became eager to enforce them.

• Bai Suzhen, Ding Yin, and the others gathered an elite army at the Demon Realm’s entrance after Luoshen urged them to prepare.
• Tathagata Buddha warned the Buddhist Realm to prepare for war and planned to exploit a clash between Ji Shu and the Jade Emperor.
• Ji Shu killed Lu Panguan with a palm strike, weakening resistance to the Underworld’s unification.
• Cui Jue explained to Zhong Kui that King Yama had died and a new ruler had attained the Underworld’s supreme Dao Fruit.
• Cui Jue, Zhong Kui, and the Underworld’s other leaders met the young new king and bowed to him.
• Zhong Kui admired the new king’s laws and looked forward to punishing powerful offenders who had previously escaped judgment.

Ji Shu consolidated his rule over the Underworld, mastered eleven Dao Attainment Methods, and sent Xu Xian back to life. He then traveled in King Yama’s guise toward the Buddhist Realm, where Golden Summit Great Immortal greeted him at Spirit Mountain.

• Ji Shu promulgated new laws, unified the Underworld with the aid of its officials, and quickly fused eleven Dao Fruits after collecting the ghosts’ and gods’ secret methods.
• Zhong Kui judged Xu Xian innocent and returned him to the mortal world, where Xu Xian woke in his coffin and reunited with Xu Jiaorong and Li Gongfu.
• Xu Xian told his family about the Underworld and Ji Shu, and Li Gongfu recognized Ji Shu as the figure he had once seen beside a beautiful woman.
• Ji Shu transformed into King Yama and rode a ghost carriage driven by Ox-Head and Horse-Face toward the Buddhist Realm.
• At Spirit Mountain, Golden Summit Great Immortal greeted Ji Shu as King Yan, and Ji Shu used Yama’s Seal to lay an iron-chain road across the Weak Water river.

Disguised as King Yama, Ji Shu entered the Great Thunderclap Temple and struck down Tathagata Buddha with the Sword in Stone. Tathagata awoke bound among the Primordial Spirits of dead gods and Buddhas, realizing Ji Shu had killed him too.

• Ji Shu arrived at the Great Thunderclap Temple disguised as King Yama, and no one dared stop his carriage.
• Tathagata Buddha led Ji Shu to a heavily protected secret place, suspecting he had come to discuss Ji Shu’s rapid advancement.
• Ji Shu revealed the Sword in Stone and engulfed Tathagata Buddha in sword light before cutting him down.
• Tathagata Buddha awoke bound to a Heaven-Piercing Divine Fire Pillar among the Primordial Spirits of the dead Jade Emperor, King Yama, Queen Mother of the West, and others.
• Tathagata realized that Ji Shu had killed him and that the gods and Buddhas had been buried in the strange place.

Ji Shu killed Tathagata Buddha, conquered the Great Thunderclap Temple, and unified the Buddhist Realm. He then cultivated the realm’s Buddhist methods and rapidly harmonized with forty Dao Fruits, including Tathagata Buddha’s sole supreme Dao Fruit.

• King Yama told Tathagata Buddha that Ji Shu had killed him, and Arhat Subduing the Dragon and Arhat Taming the Tiger Wu Song recounted Ji Shu’s conquests across the realms.
• Ji Shu defeated Tathagata Buddha, sent his Primordial Spirit into the Mystic Fire Mirror World, and took his treasures before marching on the Great Thunderclap Temple.
• Ji Shu slaughtered the defenders at the Great Thunderclap Temple, destroyed it, and forced the remaining Buddhist Realm forces to surrender.
• Ox-Head and Horse-Face led the surrendered forces to conquer the rest of the Buddhist Realm under Ji Shu’s command.
• Ji Shu obtained Buddhist techniques and dharmas, harmonized with the Tathagata Dao Fruit, then harmonized with thirty-nine more Dao Fruits in less than half a day.

Ji Shu unified the Buddhist and Monster Realms, united the five realms under his rule, and became the Supreme Bright Eternal Emperor. As the human world began to prosper under Fu Tianchou, Yan Chixia took up his post as Judicial God of Heaven, while Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi began cultivating immortality.

• Ji Shu killed the Demon Emperor, seized demon Dao Attainment Methods, completed his attainments, and unified the Monster Realm.
• Zhu Ganglie and the other demon cultivators surrendered, then joined Zhong Kui, Ding Yin, and the others on their way to the Heavenly Court.
• The gods and cultivators of the five realms gathered in the Heavenly Court and paid respects to Ji Shu as the Supreme Bright Eternal Emperor.
• Bai Suzhen, Xiao Qing, Xin Shisi Niang, Marshal Tianpeng, and the others unified the human world, and Fu Tianchou became Human Emperor and began sweeping reforms.
• Yan Chixia inspected Fu Tianchou's work, returned to the Heavenly Court, and served as Judicial God of Heaven, with Xia Bing and Pang Yong assisting him as minor deities.
• Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi became disciples of Luoshen and Hundred Flowers Fairy and diligently cultivated the Dao.

After unifying the Six Realms, Ji Shu completed his mission in Legend World, claimed the world as his own, and began preparing for the dangers of the Upper Realm. Meanwhile, Diao Chan and Nie Xiaoqian took up their posts in the Underworld, and Ji Shu’s forces continued purging the Six Realms as Li Taibai surrendered willingly.

• Xin Shisi Niang brought her family to the Heavenly Court, where Old Man Xin and Old Woman Xin received posts, while Hu Mei envied her sister and schemed to get close to Ji Shu.
• Ji Shu merged the City of the Wrongfully Dead and other sealed regions into the Underworld, where Diao Chan became a Yama King and Nie Xiaoqian became her Judge.
• Ji Shu completed his main quest, received a talisman that could travel between worlds, and gained permanent control of Legend World.
• Ji Shu placed the world’s portals before the Ling Xiao Treasure Hall and sealed Legend World against other Players; he sensed that its connection with Zhu Xian World and World of Laughing Proudly might soon join the three realms.
• Ji Shu ordered Marshal Tianpeng, Taishang Laojun, Ding Yin, Bai Suzhen, and others to purge traitors and Players while he continued studying the Six Realms’ books before ascending.
• Taishang Laojun found Li Taibai at Kunlun Mountain, and Li Taibai willingly surrendered to Ji Shu.

Marshal Tianpeng’s forces hunted down enemies of Ji Shu across the Six Realms, executing Divine Brush Ma Liang and Nezha while capturing their Primordial Spirits. The sweep continued as the army uncovered hidden Players and gods who harbored murderous intentions toward the Emperor.

• Li Taibai argued with Divine Brush Ma Liang about supporting Ji Shu, and Marshal Tianpeng ordered the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to kill Ma Liang and capture his Primordial Spirit.
• Marshal Tianpeng’s forces captured several Players, including Hong Mingliang, who had hidden in a remote wasteland after watching Ji Shu unify the Six Realms.
• Marshal Tianpeng found Nezha crossing the East Sea and ordered his execution after Nezha denounced him and Ji Shu.
• Taishang Laojun struck Nezha with a bracelet, killed him, and bound his Primordial Spirit before placing it in the Tianpeng Seal.
• The army continued searching across the Six Realms, uncovering Players and malicious gods, including the East City God of Guo Bei County.