Chapter Summaries

Aquina met his former Anda, Gong Tianxing, in the Capital City and recalled their past fighting together before revealing he had come to bid farewell. He planned to face Great Immortal Green Ox despite dire omens, leaving Gong to wonder if this was the final battle.

• Gong Tianxing confronted Aquina for meeting with his spies and warned him that they were enemies.
• Aquina recalled how he, Gong Tianxing, Shen Lian, and Tu Baishou had fought Japanese pirates together and become Anda.
• Gong Tianxing rejected the old brotherhood, and Aquina said he had come to bid farewell.
• Aquina revealed that the Spirit Sacrifice Great Shaman had divined nine misfortunes and one fortune for both him and the Di Kingdom.
• Aquina departed after asking Gong Tianxing to pass his regards to Shen Lian and Tu Baishou, and Gong wondered if the final battle had come.

Gong Tianxing worried about Aquina’s plans, then realized Aquina might be targeting Wei Wu. Meanwhile, Wei Wu’s patrol beat three Grain Transport Gang toughs and bought ten watermelons, only to discover they were all unripe.

• Gong Tianxing spent the night wondering how Aquina would act, since Aquina would not challenge Great Immortal Green Ox directly.
• Gong Tianxing saw Wei Wu lead a group of men out of the government office and realized Aquina might be involved.
• Wei Wu’s patrol found three Grain Transport Gang toughs confronting a melon vendor and beat them on the vendor’s accusation that they had taken melons without paying.
• Wei Wu’s men bought ten melons from the vendor and returned to the government office.
• Wei Wu’s group cut open the melons and found that every one was unripe.

Wei Wu pursued the melon vendor, only to discover he was Aquina, his master Tu Baishou’s sworn brother and a powerful enemy of the Great Li. After Wei Wu rejected Aquina’s offer to join King Di, Aquina overwhelmed him and captured him.

• Furious over the unripe watermelons, Wei Wu led the Flying Fish Guard to pursue the vendor, following his cart tracks out of the city.
• Wei Wu caught up with the vendor in a grove, where the man revealed he was Aquina, Tu Baishou’s sworn brother.
• Aquina urged Wei Wu to join King Di and promised him a marquis title, but Wei Wu attacked with Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon and fled.
• Aquina blocked Wei Wu’s attack with a black giant python and used Earth Escape to intercept him.
• Aquina twisted Wei Wu’s neck, dislocating his tendons and bones, and left him unconscious on the ground.

Aquina defeated Wei Wu and confronted Qin He, whom he recognized as the Great Immortal Green Ox. As they discussed the missing people and Aquina’s preparations, Aquina activated the Immortal Slaying Grand Formation around Lin, trapping Qin He beneath an ancient iron gate.

• Aquina defeated Wei Wu with one move and threw him onto the melon cart.
• Qin He arrived at Lin on a yellow ox and asked Aquina how much the watermelons cost.
• Qin He revealed his identity as Great Immortal Green Ox and asked Aquina why he burned corpses.
• Aquina realized the missing people, including Liu Cang, had been burned in the Corpse Burning Furnace.
• Qin He drew his Chaos Shovel as Aquina revealed he had prepared the Immortal Slaying Grand Formation.
• The formation engulfed Lin and trapped Qin He beneath a barrier, while the iron gate from the Corpse Burning Hall appeared in the demonic clouds.

Qin He was trapped in the Immortal Slaying Grand Formation and learned that the Ancient Demon had been using the heavenly prison to capture and consume prey. He confronted the Ninth-Rank Ancient Demon, and their battle began with Qin He blasting apart its fangs with Lion’s Roar.

• The Ancient Demon emerged from the iron door and recognized Qin He, who identified it as the being behind the Corpse Suppressing Hall’s door.
• The Immortal Slaying Grand Formation separated Qin He from Aquina, Lamborghini, Wei Wu, and the flatbed cart.
• The Ancient Demon revealed that it had turned the heavenly prison into a refuge and periodically dragged victims into the formation to eat them.
• Qin He realized Aquina had offered him as tribute and challenged the Ancient Demon to attack.
• The Ninth-Rank Ancient Demon lunged at Qin He, who countered with Lion’s Roar and blasted away its fangs.

Qin He overwhelmed the ancient demon in the heavenly prison, countering its attacks and formation before stopping its attempt to retreat. He began beating it with the Chaos Shovel and turned the fight into a nursery rhyme.

• The ancient demon challenged Qin He, then attacked with its lightning-charged weapons after Qin He mocked its strength and appearance.
• Qin He evaded the ancient demon’s strikes with an exponentially multiplying Clone Technique, filling the formation with copies.
• The ancient demon activated part of the prison formation and blasted the clones with Bloody Lightning, but Qin He drew the lightning away with a serpent spear.
• The ancient demon tried to retreat through the great iron gate, but Qin He used Shape-Shifting to swap their positions and struck it with the Chaos Shovel.
• After the ancient demon recovered from the blow, Qin He prepared to keep hitting it with the shovel while reciting a nursery rhyme.

Qin He battered the ancient demon with his upgraded Great Black Shovel until it used Demon Shatter to send strands of Demonic Energy through the great iron gate. Three strands escaped, and when the demon taunted him from beyond the gate, Qin He began smashing the gate with his Great Iron Shovel.

• Qin He repeatedly struck the ancient demon with the Great Black Shovel, suppressing its power and devastating its Demonic Body and mind.
• The ancient demon begged Qin He to spare it, but he attacked it with Southern Ming Li Fire.
• The ancient demon used Demon Shatter to scatter its origin and demonic soul into countless strands of Demonic Energy.
• Qin He burned most of the escaping strands, but three passed through the great iron gate into the Heavenly Prison.
• The ancient demon shouted that it would take revenge, and Qin He started smashing the great iron gate with his Great Iron Shovel.

Qin He used the Chaos Shovel’s power to break open the Heavenly Prison door after the ancient demon taunted him and recalled how centuries of setbacks had ruined its attempts to escape. The ancient demon was left screaming and demanding to know who Qin He was.

• The ancient demon mocked Qin He for failing to damage the Heavenly Prison door and threatened revenge against him and his descendants.
• The ancient demon recalled how dynasties, growing cities, and the Flying Fish Guard repeatedly thwarted its escape and kept it trapped for millennia.
• The ancient demon blamed Qin He for reducing it to three wisps of Demonic Energy and believed it would never escape before Qin He died.
• Qin He activated the power of Chaos Shovel and struck the iron door with the force of a chaotic world.
• The iron door caved in and cracked open, and the ancient demon screamed in disbelief and demanded to know who Qin He was.

Qin He defeated and burned the ancient demon Ke, who warned that the Heavenly Prison Trapping Formation would trap Qin He in his place. Qin He then witnessed Ke’s past in the Mythological Era and received the Sky-Swallowing Demonic Art.

• Qin He broke open the Heavenly Prison gate with the Chaos Shovel, and Ke knelt and begged him to spare his life.
• Qin He refused Ke’s offer to serve him and burned him with Southern Ming Li Fire.
• As he died, Ke warned Qin He that the Heavenly Prison Trapping Formation was easy to break from outside but difficult from within.
• Qin He saw Ke’s history as a powerful warrior who entered the Demonic Path, was captured, and spent ten thousand years imprisoned.
• The Black Robed Man pronounced the passage about the Mythological Era and the coming of Silent Dharma, and Qin He received the Sky-Swallowing Demonic Art.

Qin He received the Sky-Swallowing Demonic Art, a powerful cultivation technique he could not use while the Heavenly Dao kept him from breaking through the Mortal Body Realm. He reflected on the Black Robed Man’s verdict about the Mythological Era, the End of Dharma Era, and Silent Dharma before leaving the Heavenly Prison.

• Qin He examined the Sky-Swallowing Demonic Art and recognized it as an extraordinary technique from the Primordial Era.
• Qin He set the technique aside because he could not cultivate it until he broke through the Mortal Body Realm.
• Qin He considered the Black Robed Man’s verdict and the lawlessness of the Mythological Era.
• Qin He reflected on how the rise of collective power in Silent Dharma brought morality and laws, and wondered whether the End of Dharma would lead to it.
• Qin He decided he had done enough to keep his conscience clear and leisurely left the Heavenly Prison.

The Capital City descended into chaos as a Blood Moon and other strange signs heralded the coming Dragon Slaying. After three Fallen Demons struck the city, Aquina declared that a new master would rise and that Great Immortal Green Ox had failed to stop it.

• The Flying Fish Guard searched the Capital City, then imposed a strict curfew as underground booms shook the city and a crimson Blood Moon rose.
• Old Striker made his rounds with Flying Fish Guards and city-patrol soldiers, but his bamboo clapper overheated and caught fire, prompting him to flee.
• A Flying Fish Hundred-Household Commander saw three fireballs falling from the sky and identified them as Fallen Demons.
• One of the fireballs crashed into the group, engulfing them in an explosion.
• Aquina watched the blasts from a distant city wall and declared that the world would have a new master and Great Immortal Green Ox had failed to stop it.

Three Giant Demons encircled the Imperial City with formation stakes for the Dragon Slaying Formation, and Shen Lian, Tu Baishou, the Flying Fish Guard, and the Dragon Guard Eunuchs fought to destroy them. As the defenders gained ground, Aquina sounded a horn and summoned powerful beings toward the Capital City.

• Three Giant Demons landed around the Imperial City and planted formation stakes to complete the Dragon Slaying Formation.
• Shen Lian ordered the Flying Fish Guard to attack, and he and Tu Baishou discovered they could damage and destroy the stakes.
• The Flying Fish Guard and Dragon Guard Eunuchs fought the Giant Demons while their comrades destroyed the formation stakes.
• Aquina sounded a horn from a distant city tower, and more than a dozen powerful auras sped toward the Capital City.

Ship Ghost, Dongting Catfish Demon, Ghost Corpse General, and other powerful beings arrived in the Capital City to seize the Golden Dragon of Fortune, surrounding the city with forces from across the land. Aquina urged Shen Lian to stop resisting, claiming that Great Li’s fate was exhausted and the person Shen Lian awaited was trapped in an ancient formation.

• Yuwen Jing recognized the Ship Ghost as it entered the Capital City from the east.
• Ji Chenliang saw the Dongting Catfish Demon surge into the city from the Grand Canal, flooding and wrecking the buildings in its path.
• The Ghost Corpse General and several other Demonic Creatures and Ghosts entered the city, while aquatic clans, the Fox Clan, the Four Great Immortal Clans, and Underworld Yin Gods gathered around it.
• The Flying Fish Guard, Shen Lian, and Tu Baishou were overwhelmed by the scale and strength of the dragon slayers converging on the Golden Dragon of Fortune.
• Aquina told Shen Lian that the person he awaited was trapped in the Ancient Heavenly Court’s great formation and that Great Li’s fate was exhausted.
• Shen Lian told Aquina that they had become mortal enemies after the Rong Tribe raised its troops.

Shen Lian and the Flying Fish Guard refused Aquina’s offer to withdraw, but the demons and devils overwhelmed them and began sealing the Imperial City. A mysterious black weapon destroyed the formation pillars and snapped the Ghost Corpse General’s spear, just before an enraged newcomer confronted the invaders.

• Aquina urged Shen Lian to withdraw, but Shen Lian ordered the Flying Fish Guard to hold the line and never retreat.
• The Ship Ghost, catfish demon, and Ghost Corpse General slaughtered Flying Fish Guard members, while Tu Baishou fought back with his Killing Intent.
• The demons and devils drove the Flying Fish Guard and Dragon Guard Eunuchs back, injuring Shen Lian and Tu Baishou and cutting off the eunuchs’ retreat.
• Three Giant Demons began placing formation pillars around the Imperial City, but a black weapon raced around the city and destroyed the pillars.
• The black weapon snapped the Ghost Corpse General’s spear, and an angry voice accused the invaders of causing trouble without greeting him.

Wei Wu appeared in the Capital City and confronted the Ghost Corpse General. After sealing the general and knocking it down, he trapped its head inside the skeletal horse’s body.

• Wei Wu reappeared before the Flying Fish Guards after vanishing while chasing a melon vendor.
• The Ghost Corpse General charged at Wei Wu to claim his black weapon.
• Wei Wu made the skeletal horse stumble, causing the Ghost Corpse General to fall before him.
• Wei Wu placed a Corpse Suppressing Seal on the Ghost Corpse General, leaving it unable to move.
• Wei Wu grabbed the skeletal horse’s hind legs and slammed it over the Ghost Corpse General’s head, trapping them together.

Wei Wu destroyed the Ship Ghost, Ghost Corpse General, and bone horse with golden light and Southern Ming Li Fire, then faced the Catfish Demon and its allies. As the three Giant Demons attacked, Wei Wu’s clones tore off a whisker and strangled the Catfish Demon, with a shovel raised to strike.

• Wei Wu broke out of the Ship Ghost’s jaws with beams of golden light and burned the Ship Ghost, Ghost Corpse General, and bone horse to ash with Southern Ming Li Fire.
• Tu Baishou and Shen Lian recognized Wei Wu’s overwhelming strength, while Shen Lian recalled the Green Ox Disciples’ recent victory at the Great Wall frontier.
• The Catfish Demon unleashed Mysterious Yin Kui Water to suppress the flames and ordered an attack, prompting three Giant Demons and the Catfish Demon to strike at Wei Wu.
• Wei Wu created three clones, tore off one of the Catfish Demon’s whiskers, wrapped it around its neck, and raised his shovel to hit it.

Qin He killed the demons’ leaders and routed the invading horde, ending the attack on Capital City as the Blood Moon faded. Aquina remained behind and asked to say farewell to three old friends before surrendering to Qin He.

• Qin He beheaded the Catfish Demon, then struck down the three Giant Demons and set their bodies ablaze with Southern Ming Li Fire.
• Qin He charged into the demon horde with Great Shovel, killing demons until the survivors fled in every direction.
• The Blood Moon faded, and Aquina acknowledged that the Spirit Sacrifice Great Shaman’s calculation had been accurate.
• Qin He confronted Aquina on the city wall and asked why he had not fled or harmed Wei Wu.
• Aquina asked to bid farewell to three old friends, and Qin He granted him one hour before he had to enter the Corpse Burning Furnace.

Gantuji led Wei Wu and Little Calf north under Aquina’s orders, while the dragon slaughter continued beneath a crimson moon. When the moon turned silver and the Harmony Talismans burned away, Gantuji realized Aquina had anticipated disaster and ordered him to abandon the ox cart and return to Liaodong.

• Gantuji’s subordinate asked whether they were returning to Liaodong, and Gantuji explained they were to keep heading north until Aquina gave further orders at dawn.
• Gantuji reflected on Aquina’s unusual leniency and grew uneasy about his words before they parted.
• Gantuji saw that the moon was still crimson and reassured himself that the dragon slaughter remained under control.
• The moon turned bright and silver, and the Harmony Talismans on Wei Wu and Little Calf burned away.
• Gantuji remembered Aquina’s instruction to abandon the ox cart and return to Liaodong if the talismans burned, and realized Aquina had been giving him a last testament.

Gantuji obeyed Aquina’s order and abandoned Wei Wu in the wilderness, where Wu De and Fahai soon found him and recognized Little Yellow Ox. After confirming the disguised woman was Wei Wu, they prepared to beat him, and he woke just as their attack began.

• Gantuji resisted the urge to kill Wei Wu, then ordered his subordinates to abandon the ox cart and leave.
• Wu De and Fahai arrived after the brief Blood Moon and found Wei Wu lying on the cart.
• Wu De and Fahai recognized Little Yellow Ox as the ox that had rammed them in Lu Region.
• Fahai tasted Wei Wu’s face and confirmed his identity, and Wu De and Fahai decided to punish him.
• Wei Wu woke as Wu De and Fahai rushed to hit him.

Wei Wu woke to find the Great Monk and the Daoist beating him, then revealed his External Force strength and turned the tables. After learning that he had rammed them with Little Calf, he stopped beating them but demanded compensation for their attack, leaving them facing the calf’s fresh pile of dung.

• The Great Monk and the Daoist pummeled Wei Wu until he regained consciousness and caught their attacks.
• The Daoist realized Wei Wu had become an External Force expert, and Wei Wu slammed the two men together and beat them in retaliation.
• The Great Monk and the Daoist explained that they were avenging being rammed by an ox, prompting Wei Wu to look at Little Calf and remember the collision.
• Wei Wu admitted that he had accidentally rammed them but demanded they answer for beating him while he was vulnerable.
• Little Calf met Wei Wu’s and the others’ gazes, cried out, and dropped a steaming pile of cow dung.