Chapter Summaries

The Golden Armored General rode toward Lin'an City with eleven companions, expecting to find a city in turmoil, but met a mysterious spear wielder on the river instead. He caught an ordinary wooden spear just inches from his face, and the attacker remained unrevealed.

• Merchants reported that Lin'an City remained peaceful despite the demolition, and the Golden Armored General continued racing south.
• The Golden Armored General and his eleven riders galloped across the river toward Lin'an City.
• The Golden Armored General hurled his Golden Spear at something hidden in the water, then halted when it vanished.
• A sharp spear emerged from the water and pierced through the Golden Armored General’s Killing Intent Domain.
• The Golden Armored General caught the spear near his face and discovered it was a battered wooden short spear rather than his Golden Spear.

Qin He revealed himself as Great Immortal Green Ox and confronted the Golden Armored General, who had come to punish Lin'an City. After Qin He turned aside the general’s spear, the two prepared to test their strength.

• The Golden Armored General shattered a short spear and demanded that its attacker come out.
• Qin He appeared disguised as an old river god and used the weak water to drag the general’s eleven followers and their horses underwater.
• Qin He revealed his identity as Great Immortal Green Ox after the Golden Armored General recognized him as the Green Ox Pseudo-Immortal.
• The Golden Armored General declared that Lin'an City would be punished and attacked Qin He with a golden spear.
• Qin He flicked the spear aside, forcing the Golden Armored General several steps back, and the general announced that he would test Qin He’s abilities.

Qin He tested his strength against the Golden Armored General, who attacked with a killing-intent domain and powerful spear techniques. As Qin He multiplied his illusions, the general replicated them, filling the domain with identical golden-armored figures.

• Wang Tie Zhu urged Qin He to respond to the Golden Armored General's insult, and Qin He said he would teach the general a lesson.
• The Golden Armored General unleashed his Killing Intent Domain and thrust his spear at Qin He with speed beyond the Dao Palace Realm.
• Qin He dodged the spear and created four figures with his Illusion Technique, while the general split into four lethal copies and pierced Qin He's false images.
• Qin He rapidly multiplied his illusions across the water, and the Golden Armored General matched them with more than a hundred replicated figures.

Qin He taunted the Golden Armored General while evading his pursuit in the Killing Intent Domain, until the general unleashed a storm of Soul Annihilation Spears. Qin He switched places with him and turned the attack against him, but the general’s defensive armor stopped nearly all the spears.

• Qin He mocked the Golden Armored General as he ran from the general’s pursuit.
• The Golden Armored General unleashed thousands of Soul Annihilation Spears, piercing his two followers and Qin He’s illusions.
• Qin He sensed that the spears could suppress those with Merit and used Shape-Shifting to switch places with the Golden Armored General.
• The Golden Armored General recognized the Soul Annihilation Spears and relied on his rune-covered armor to block them.
• One spear pierced the general’s armor after its runes were exhausted, while Qin He judged the Heaven Punishing Bureau’s killer to be exceptionally well-equipped and ruthless.

Qin He shattered the Golden Armored General’s true Soul Annihilation Spear with his Great Iron Shovel after Shape-Shifting failed to evade its spatial lock. The Golden Armored General considered retreating, but Qin He announced that he was about to retaliate with a palm technique.

• Qin He taunted the Golden Armored General after deflecting his first attacks and challenged him to use his remaining move.
• The Golden Armored General unleashed the Soul Annihilation Spear’s true form, which grew to the size of a small mountain and locked onto Qin He through space.
• Qin He failed to escape with Shape-Shifting, so he struck the descending spear with his Great Iron Shovel.
• The Great Iron Shovel shattered the true Soul Annihilation Spear, and the shockwave battered the Golden Armored General’s attendants and Wang Tie Zhu.
• The Golden Armored General felt an overwhelming crisis and considered retreating, but Qin He declared that it was his turn and prepared to use a palm technique.

Qin He crushed the Golden Armored General with a Buddha palm and called on four clan heads to clean up the battlefield. After Qin He left, the clan heads found the General still alive, but an inexplicable urge to act strangely took hold of them.

• Qin He used his Buddha palm to smash the Golden Armored General into a crater, leaving it barely alive.
• Qin He called the four clan heads out to clean up the mess, then walked toward the city.
• Hong Hao, Liang Hengshi, Gu Tianlan, and Yan Jingdan debated how to handle the defeated General without angering either Great Immortal Green Ox or the Heaven Punishing Bureau.
• The four clan heads found that the Golden Armored General was still breathing and considered treating it and helping it escape.
• Liang Hengshi became eager to beat the General's raised butt, Gu Tianlan and Hong Hao stared between its legs, and Yan Jingdan suddenly felt the urge to defecate.

Gu Tianlan, Hong Hao, Liang Hengshi, and Yan Jingdan succumbed to a strange influence and humiliated the fallen Golden Armored General. When they realized Ling Chongyun had recorded the scene, they chased him and Ling Chongfeng to stop them from escaping.

• Liang Hengshi, Gu Tianlan, Hong Hao, and Yan Jingdan each joined in attacking or humiliating the Golden Armored General under the strange influence.
• Ling Chongyun and Ling Chongfeng discovered the four in the pit and Ling Chongyun recorded the scene with a Memory Crystal.
• The four regained their senses and saw that Ling Chongyun had recorded what they had done.
• Ling Chongyun grabbed Ling Chongfeng and fled, and the four leapt from the pit and chased them to silence them.

Qin He killed the fleeing Bloodwing Bat King with a single Buddha’s Hand and summoned Wang Tie Zhu and Lamborghini to collect its remains. Wang Tie Zhu arrived at the crater and struggled to recognize the shattered demon beast.

• Fear spread through Lin'an City as residents saw Qin He’s golden Buddha’s Hand descend again to the west of South City.
• Qin He examined the enormous crater and found the Bloodwing Bat King smashed into pieces at its center.
• The Bloodwing Bat King had fled from North City but was struck down by Qin He before it could escape.
• Qin He called Wang Tie Zhu and Lamborghini to collect the corpse.
• Wang Tie Zhu inspected the remains and asked Qin He how the Bloodwing Bat King had been smashed so badly.

Qin He received the corpses of the Heaven Punishing Bureau’s men from Yan Jingdan and his companions, then pointed out that one attendant had escaped with a Memory Crystal. The four realized the Bureau would blame them for the Golden Armored General’s death and pleaded for Qin He’s protection.

• Yan Jingdan and the other three delivered eleven corpses to Qin He, with one body missing.
• Qin He asked whether the missing attendant had escaped and warned the four that the Golden Armored General’s death would bring trouble with the Heaven Punishing Bureau.
• Hong Hao admitted that one attendant had escaped with the Memory Crystal after the four killed the Golden Armored General and another pursuer.
• The four blamed Qin He in private for manipulating them but dared not confront him and instead collected the corpses to curry his favor.
• Yan Jingdan claimed they had only intended to teach the Golden Armored General a lesson and asked Qin He to protect them.

Qin He agreed to protect the four clans from the Heaven Punishing Bureau after Yan Jingdan offered to build four Immortal Temples. Wang Tie Zhu discovered that the Golden Armored General had choked to death on Human Yellow, leaving the corpse difficult to handle.

• Qin He warned the four clan leaders about the danger of opposing the Heaven Punishing Bureau and questioned whether they would take the blame themselves.
• Yan Jingdan offered to build four Immortal Temples, persuading Qin He to accept the corpses and promise not to make things difficult for the clans.
• The four clan leaders left eleven corpses at the Corpse Burning Room entrance, where Wang Tie Zhu came out after putting the Bloodwing Bat King into the Purple-Gold Gourd Furnace.
• Wang Tie Zhu inspected the Golden Armored General's corpse and accidentally released Human Yellow from its mouth.
• Yan Jingdan admitted what it was, and Liang Hengshi revealed that the Golden Armored General had choked to death.

Qin He had Wang Tie Zhu cremate the Golden Armored General, whose Shadow Play revealed his forgotten name was Yuan Ke and traced his rise from a hunted heir of the declining Yuan Clan. The chapter left Yuan Ke’s past at the point where survival drove him to abandon the assassins’ code and pursue strength through slaughter.

• Wang Tie Zhu berated Yan Jingdan until Qin He sent him and the others away to rest.
• Qin He ordered Wang Tie Zhu to cleanse the Golden Armored General’s corpse and burn it in the Purple Gold Furnace.
• The Golden Armored General’s Shadow Play revealed that his original name was Yuan Ke, though he had long forgotten it.
• Yuan Ke was born into the declining Yuan Clan, which scattered its young descendants before enemies destroyed the family.
• Yuan Ke spent years fleeing his pursuers, becoming increasingly ruthless and taking a wicked path that used slaughter to strengthen himself.

Qin He recounted how Yuan Ke extinguished his humanity through relentless slaughter, awakened the Killing Intent Domain, and became a feared fugitive. After the Heaven Punishing Bureau rescued him from a coalition of Dao Palace Realm experts, he vanished under a new identity as Divine Chariot Armor.

• Yuan Ke slaughtered enemies, entire communities, and even his own remaining relatives to erase his attachments and prove his Dao through killing.
• Yuan Ke awakened the Killing Intent Domain, enabling him to overwhelm opponents below the Dao Palace Realm and challenge stronger foes.
• Yuan Ke’s revenge left the former Beiwei Kingdom devastated and drew more than ten Dao Palace Realm experts into a united hunt for him.
• Three Bureau Lords of the Heaven Punishing Bureau rescued Yuan Ke after the experts trapped him, and he disappeared from the world.
• Yuan Ke became the Heaven Punishing General called Divine Chariot Armor, and people later recognized him through his Killing Intent Domain.

Qin He learned the Slaughter Domain, a terrifying technique that nearly overwhelmed him with killing intent, and suppressed its influence with the Pure Heart Incantation. The Bloodwing Bat King's Shadow Play then began, recounting its rise and the schemes that ultimately led to its death at Qin He's hands.

• Qin He learned the Slaughter Domain and experienced a hundred years of slaughter through the technique's infusion.
• Qin He used the Pure Heart Incantation repeatedly to suppress the Slaughter Domain's urge to kill.
• The Bloodwing Bat King's Shadow Play began, showing how it rose from the Bloodwing Clan to become a Dao Palace Realm demon king.
• Facing the end of its lifespan, the Bloodwing Bat King secluded itself to cultivate a blood-refining method unsuited to it.
• After its agents vanished, the Bloodwing Bat King plotted against Qin He, fled when Great Immortal Green Ox struck down the Golden Armored General, and was crushed by Qin He's second Buddha's Palm.

Qin He considered giving the Rejuvenation Pill to Du Ziteng, who needed it, and used his Mysterious Little Notebook to decide. In Lin'an City, Wei Wu learned that the Four Great Clans were building temples for Great Immortal Green Ox and ordered his own construction project accelerated.

• Qin He explained that the Rejuvenation Pill could repair secret apertures, then debated whether to give it to Du Ziteng.
• Qin He pulled out his Mysterious Little Notebook and began his usual game of eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
• You Wenqu reported to Wei Wu that Qin He had defeated the Golden Armored General with one palm strike.
• Wei Wu asked about the two new Immortal Temples, and You Wenqu said construction had begun.
• You Wenqu told Wei Wu that the Four Great Clans were searching for sites to build their own Immortal Green Ox Temples.
• Wei Wu ordered the workforce and investment doubled and the construction period halved, while You Wenqu inwardly grumbled about the demands.

With Lin'an City gripped by fear of the Heaven Punishing Bureau, Du Ziteng prayed alone at Immortal Green Ox Temple for a way to restore his destroyed dantian. His devotion earned him a Rejuvenation Pill, while Qin He explained that Du Ziteng’s hundreds of prayers had filled the Mysterious Little Notebook.

• The Heaven Punishing Bureau’s looming threat left Immortal Green Ox Temple quiet despite its usual crowds.
• Du Ziteng knelt before the Immortal Green Ox statue and prayed for medicine to restore his dantian.
• On his two hundred and ninety-ninth prayer, a Rejuvenation Pill fell into Du Ziteng’s lap.
• Du Ziteng hid the pill, bowed to the statue, and hurried home to swallow it before anyone could take it.
• Qin He revealed that he had given Du Ziteng the pill because his prayers had overwhelmed the Mysterious Little Notebook.

Qin He visited Wei Wu’s new temple construction sites and used spiritual techniques to ease the workers’ exhaustion and prevent illness. He then considered using his Enlightenment Technique on the temple statue to create a greater miracle, since the Heaven Punishing Bureau had already made secrecy impossible.

• Qin He left the furnace room and went to see the progress of Wei Wu’s new Immortal Temple.
• Qin He saw thousands of workers building the temple and admired Wei Wu’s progress despite the Heaven Punishing Bureau’s threat.
• Qin He pointed at the moving statue and bathed the workers in spiritual radiance, which they mistook for divine light and praised in worship.
• Qin He visited another construction site and used the same technique to restore its workers.
• Qin He went to the Immortal Temple and considered using his Enlightenment Technique on its statue to make a more impressive miracle.

After Immortal Green Ox’s statues radiated spiritual light, the people celebrated his victory over the Heaven Punishing Bureau. Qin He sensed that he had finally been accepted by the world, and his Heavenly Secrets Concealment Technique became powerful enough to blur even the memories of those who knew his identity.

• Immortal Green Ox’s statues across the city glowed with layered spiritual light, and the people cheered, believing he had defeated the Heaven Punishing Bureau.
• Qin He walked among the celebrating crowd and sensed that the world no longer rejected him.
• Qin He activated the Heavenly Secrets Concealment Technique and felt it become easier and more potent within the statues’ spiritual light.
• People who knew Qin He’s identity found their memories of his appearance growing vague.

Wang Tie Zhu gave Qin He a low-grade Beast Crystal taken from the Bloodwing Bat King, and Old Ape warned that its violent demonic power and lingering will made it deadly to consume. Qin He ignored the warning, ate the crystal, and left the beasts horrified.

• Wang Tie Zhu told Qin He that the corpses had been purified, and Qin He decided to stop burning them for the night because of the heat.
• Wang Tie Zhu presented Qin He with a pale red crystal from the Bloodwing Bat King, and Qin He recognized it as a Beast Crystal.
• Old Ape identified it as a low-grade Beast Crystal and explained that it held violent demonic Origin Power and the beast's residual will.
• Old Ape warned that directly swallowing a Beast Crystal was extremely poisonous, while Wang Tie Zhu wondered if the crystal was of little use.
• Qin He tossed the Beast Crystal into his mouth, chewed it, and remarked that it tasted like crunchy cartilage.
• Old Ape and the other beasts stared at Qin He in horror.

Qin He swallowed a beast crystal, using the Sky-Swallowing Demonic Art to absorb its power and break through from the middle to the late True Essence Realm. He planned to visit the trading house the next day to buy more beast crystals and try to reach the Spring Gushing Realm.

• Qin He chewed and swallowed a beast crystal, shocking Old Ape, Wang Tie Zhu, and Ma Fei.
• Qin He explained that the Sky-Swallowing Demonic Art converted the crystal’s violent demon Origin Power into True Essence Power.
• Qin He’s True Essence gathered into a vast lake in his dantian as the beast crystal was consumed.
• Qin He broke through from the middle True Essence Realm to the late True Essence Realm.
• Qin He decided to visit the trading house the next day and buy more beast crystals.

The Heaven Punishing Bureau learned that the Lin City False God had killed Divine Chariot Armor in three exchanges and devastated the God Punishing Squad. The Bureau Lord activated the Heaven Punishing Plan and sent divine generals to retrieve the Heaven Punishing Divine Mirror and monitor Lin City.

• A divine official reported that Divine Chariot Armor had fallen and only one member of the God Punishing Squad had survived, grievously wounded.
• A divine official explained that the False God and Divine Chariot Armor had exchanged no more than three blows, with nine squad members killed in the battle's aftershocks.
• The central Bureau Lord ordered Divine Chariot Pillar to lead seven divine generals to the Gate of the Divine Realm to retrieve the Heaven Punishing Divine Mirror.
• The central Bureau Lord ordered Shadow Brake to lead the remaining divine generals to Lin City, monitor the False God, and avoid direct conflict before the Heaven Punishing Strike.