Chapter Summaries

Wang Tie Zhu exhausted himself suppressing a quasi-Divine General, and Yan Donglai of Heaven Punishing Bureau challenged him. Wei Wu rescued Wang Tie Zhu and faced Yan Donglai with his Tathagata palm.

• Wang Tie Zhu realized his two ultimate moves had drained his true essence, leaving him unable to fight another opponent.
• Yan Donglai, a dwarf Divine General from Heaven Punishing Bureau, emerged and challenged Wang Tie Zhu.
• Wang Tie Zhu tried to stall by asking Yan Donglai's name, then identified himself as a Green Ox Disciple.
• Yan Donglai charged at Wang Tie Zhu, but Wei Wu pulled him to safety and stepped in to fight.
• Wei Wu announced himself as Blue Ox's foremost disciple and summoned his Tathagata palm above Yan Donglai.

Wei Wu defeated the dwarf divine general with Buddha's Palm, while Wang Tie Zhu worried about losing his standing as the first disciple. Ma Fei spent the next half hour cursing the Heaven Punishing Bureau as its Bureau Lord waited for divine reinforcements and Great Immortal Green Ox to appear.

• Wei Wu unleashed Buddha's Palm, breaking the dwarf divine general's three-colored lotus and burying him in a five-fingered crater.
• Wang Tie Zhu resented Wei Wu's impressive showing and feared his position as first disciple was in jeopardy.
• Ma Fei returned to the Heaven Punishing Bureau's formation and cursed its people at Wang Tie Zhu's command.
• The Bureau Lord shut down the defensive formation and ordered the Heaven Punishing Bureau to wait for reinforcements before launching a divine war.
• The Heaven Punishing Bureau's divine generals and Heavenly Soldiers grew so enraged by Ma Fei's abuse that they decided he had to die.

As Wang Tie Zhu and the others remained outside the Heaven Punishing Bureau, Ma Fei relentlessly cursed its defenders through their sound-permeable protective formation. Inside, Qin He absorbed the Heaven Punishing Thunder Tribulation and broke through to the Gushing Spring Realm, where three enormous springs formed and more began to surface.

• Wang Tie Zhu and the others held their position outside the Heaven Punishing Bureau without attacking its protective grand formation.
• Ma Fei cursed the bureau's defenders, whose formation could not block his voice, until they gave up trying to out-insult him or hid from the noise.
• Qin He devoured more than ninety percent of the Heaven Punishing Thunder Tribulation, overwhelming the Sky-Swallowing Demonic Art with lightning Origin Power.
• The first thunder tribulation shattered Qin He's major realm and sent him into the Gushing Spring Realm.
• Qin He's Inner Sea formed three immense Gushing Spring Realms, while bubbles showed that still more springs were beginning to emerge.

A Brocade Robe Heavenly God descended from the Buzhou Celestial Mountains to deal with the False Gods of Danzhou, while Qin He recovered and prepared to face the Heaven Punishing Bureau’s expected reinforcements. Qin He’s group continued besieging the Bureau and waited for the Heavenly God to arrive.

• The Brocade Robe Heavenly God reached the foot of the Buzhou Celestial Mountains, dismissed the guards, and flew toward Southern Jambudvipa to eliminate the False Gods of Danzhou.
• Wang Tie Zhu and the others checked on Qin He as he recovered from the Heaven Punishing Strike, and Qin He drank a barrel of water and ate healing medicines.
• Lamborghini reported that they had surrounded the Heaven Punishing Bureau, and Ma Fei explained that its defensive formation rebounded attacks with equal force.
• Qin He concluded that the Bureau was waiting for reinforcements, likely a Heavenly God, and told his group to wait for them rather than attack the formation.
• Qin He told Ma Fei to keep quiet, then stretched and went back to sleep.

Wei Wu, You Wenqu, and Qian Wuliang waited near the Corpse Burning Room, where Qian Wuliang met Great Immortal Green Ox. A mysterious expert arrived asking for Green Ox, and Wei Wu warned Qin He that a Heavenly God had come before the stranger attacked him.

• Wei Wu refused to visit Great Immortal Green Ox, claiming a gentleman's friendship was light as water, while Qian Wuliang accused him of being afraid.
• Qian Wuliang visited Great Immortal Green Ox, who remembered him from their encounter in the Abyss and invited him to eat later.
• A man in a brocade robe appeared at the tent and threatened the three until Qian Wuliang pointed him toward the Corpse Burning Room.
• After the man withdrew his pressure and headed off, Wei Wu shouted to Qin He that a Heavenly God had arrived.
• The man stopped, pointed at Wei Wu, and sent a streak of red light toward him, declaring that he would die for talking too much.

Qin He confronted a brocade-robed Earth God who had come to hunt the Green Ox Pseudo-Immortal. After the god's attack revealed that Qin He's Big Black Shovel was a Chaos Supreme Treasure, Qin He moved to strike back.

• The brocade-robed man sent a red gleam at Wei Wu, but Wei Wu vanished and the Big Black Shovel blocked the attack without a scratch.
• The brocade-robed man sensed Chaos Qi from the shovel and realized it might be a Chaos Supreme Treasure.
• Qin He appeared behind the brocade-robed man, identified himself as Immortal Green Ox, and challenged the god for attacking a junior.
• The brocade-robed man recognized Qin He as the Green Ox Pseudo-Immortal and sent countless red gleams toward him.
• Qin He dodged the attack, closed in on the brocade-robed man, and swung a slap at his face.

Qin He fought the man in brocade robes, who mistook him for a powerful Upper Realm deity because of his Merit and treasures. The man revealed his Other Shore Realm strength, and their clash ended with both pushed back, leaving each reassessing the other's power.

• The man in brocade robes fired a Merit-infused golden strike at Qin He, but it left Qin He unharmed.
• The man in brocade robes assumed Qin He was an Upper Realm deity and tried to flee after asking for mercy.
• Qin He used Shape-Shifting to swap places with the fleeing man, then swung the Big Black Shovel at him.
• The man in brocade robes unleashed his Other Shore Realm strength to form a wall of true essence and block Qin He's swing.
• The Big Black Shovel and the wall of true essence collided and shattered, forcing Qin He and the man in brocade robes to retreat more than a dozen steps.

Qin He tricked the brocade-clad man into grabbing the impossibly heavy Big Black Shovel, then struck him while he was off balance. He finished the Half-step Beyond Shore Realm god-level powerhouse with the Chaos Heavy Treasure and remarked on the roundness of his head.

• The brocade-clad man coveted Qin He's Big Black Shovel and offered to spare him if he handed it over.
• Qin He pretended to agree and tossed the shovel to the man, who was dragged down by its immense weight.
• Qin He punched the brocade-clad man in the nose while he struggled to steady himself.
• The man defended himself and tried to counterattack, but Qin He struck him with the enlarged Big Black Shovel and drove him into the earth.
• The brocade-clad man died, and Qin He stroked the shovel and touched his round head.

Qin He tested the Heaven Punishing Bureau’s defenses with the Big Black Shovel and decided to leave the fallen Western deity’s corpse on display to frighten its occupants. Back in the Corpse Burning Room, the group found Wei Wu trapped headfirst inside the stove, apparently because the shovel had shifted.

• Wei Wu struggled to pull himself out of the stove, unaware of how he had ended up stuck there.
• Qin He struck the Heaven Punishing Bureau’s light barrier with the Big Black Shovel and found that he could break through it.
• Qin He told Wang Tie Zhu to leave the dead deity’s corpse out for an hour so it could frighten those inside the formation.
• Ma Fei returned to the corpse and shouted at the Heaven Punishing Bureau, imitating Wang Tie Zhu.
• Qin He and the others examined Wei Wu trapped in the stove, and Wang Tie Zhu explained that the shovel’s movement had left him there.

After pulling Wei Wu out of the furnace, Qin He and the others searched the brocade-robed deity’s corpse and found a Cosmic Bag full of treasures and books. They discovered it also contained many women’s dudou, and Qin He secretly kept the finest one as the group prepared to burn the body.

• Everyone hauled Wei Wu out of the furnace, and he fled in embarrassment after seeing his soot-blackened appearance.
• Qin He agreed with Wang Tie Zhu that they should take the deity’s corpse inside and burn it promptly.
• Wang Tie Zhu found a Cosmic Bag on the corpse, and Qin He used Thought Power to inspect its contents.
• Qin He found more than twenty worn dudou and another, finer dudou in a box, prompting Wang Tie Zhu and Lamborghini to fight over the garments.
• Qin He rebuked the beasts for fighting over dudou and secretly put the box in Armpit Space.
• Ma Fei rushed off carrying one of the dudou, and Qin He ordered everyone back to work.

Qin He and Wang Tie Zhu stripped the dead brocade-robed heavenly god of his treasures and burned his body, but Heavenly Secrets Concealment obscured the man’s Shadow Play and left Qin He with only an incomplete Abyss Chronicle. Qin He decided to smash the turtle shell and collect the spoils rather than wait for other heavenly gods.

• Wang Tie Zhu found a Sky Shuttle Talisman hidden in the brocade-robed man's sleeve, and Qin He recognized its power to transport its user up to a hundred thousand li.
• Wang Tie Zhu stripped the dead heavenly god of his robe, underclothes, boots, and other belongings before Qin He smashed his head and burned his body.
• Qin He watched the brocade-robed man's Shadow Play emerge through a haze of Heavenly Secrets Concealment, preventing him from seeing the full scene or receiving a judgment verse.
• Qin He received an incomplete copy of the Abyss Chronicle and complained that the Heavenly Dao had suppressed the reward.
• Qin He took the Big Black Shovel outside to smash the turtle shell and gather the spoils, rejecting Wang Tie Zhu's suggestion that they wait for the heavenly gods.

Qin He led an attack on the Heaven Punishing Bureau, but its three leaders surrendered and asked him to spare the other members. Before they could end their own lives, they warned Qin He that pursuing the Divine Realm and gathering more merit would endanger him and everyone.

• Ma Fei threatened the Heaven Punishing Bureau, and its three leaders immediately came out and surrendered.
• The middle leader claimed that the three of them had ordered the actions against Green Ox Immortal and asked Qin He to spare the other bureau members.
• Qin He agreed to spare anyone who had not committed heinous crimes and asked the three leaders whether they would kill themselves or have him do it.
• The leaders asked Qin He about his plans, and he said the conversation could continue over a meal if the conditions were right.
• The leaders warned Qin He that the Gate of the Divine Realm was guarded by the supernatural and that no one had ever passed through it.
• The leaders told Qin He not to attack other Heaven Punishing Bureaus or gather more merit, warning that doing so endangered him and everyone.

The three Bureau Lords of the Heaven Punishing Bureau warned Qin He not to interfere with the existing order, then merged into one to test his strength. After their clash, the azure-robed figure gave Qin He a Sky Shuttle Talisman and asked him to spare the Bureau before vanishing.

• The three Bureau Lords warned Qin He that gathering too much merit could provoke the Heavenly Dao and urged him not to disturb the existing arrangement.
• The three Bureau Lords revealed that they were clones and merged into an azure-robed man to challenge Qin He.
• Qin He met the azure-robed man’s palm strike with his full strength but was driven back more than a hundred paces.
• The azure-robed man gave Qin He a Sky Shuttle Talisman and asked him to keep his promise to spare the Heaven Punishing Bureau.
• The azure-robed man vanished in white light.

After the Heaven Punishing Bureau’s leaders vanished, Qin He faced the surrender of its 3,209 members and began purging those guilty of grave crimes. He then used the Obsession Technique to send the remaining crowd west, leaving their fate in motion.

• Qin He realized the three Bureau Lords had been avatars whose main will had disintegrated, and the Bureau’s Protective Magic Array shut down.
• Divine Chariot Pillar announced that all 3,209 members of the Southern Jambudvipa Heaven Punishing Bureau surrendered to Immortal Green Ox and asked him to spare them.
• Qin He used his eye arts to identify more than a hundred Human Demons, then killed them with Corpse Suppressing Nails; he also killed those who tried to flee.
• Wang Tie Zhu warned Qin He that releasing the Bureau members could let them regroup and rule Southern Jambudvipa again.
• Qin He decided on another approach and used the Obsession Technique to send the crowd west.

Qin He drove the Heaven Punishing Bureau’s remaining forces west and saw his Merit grow as Immortal Green Ox Temples spread across the continent. Months later, he arrived at the Divine Realm Heavenly Gate and asked to see the Gate of the Divine Realm.

• Qin He sent the remaining Heaven Punishing Bureau forces west and ordered Wang Tie Zhu to gather and burn the bodies.
• The Heaven Punishing Bureau of Southern Jambudvipa was eliminated, and Immortal Green Ox Temples spread as kingdoms followed the Great Jing Empire’s lead.
• Qin He’s Merit surged over the following weeks, and he worked to maintain the growing sources of faith.
• Months later, Qin He used a Sky Shuttle Talisman to arrive at the Divine Realm Heavenly Gate.
• Qin He told the guards he was Great Immortal Green Ox and asked to see the Gate of the Divine Realm.

Qin He visited Domain Gate Palace to reach the Gate of the Divine Realm, and Palace Lord Cui Yan escorted him there. At the summit, Qin He learned that an Ancient Supernatural Phenomenon guarded the gate and had existed since the Abyss Realm came into being.

• Qin He gave the gate guard an incense stick's time to get the Domain Lord's invitation before he forced his way in.
• Cui Yan arrived with attendants, greeted Qin He, and invited him to see the Gate of the Divine Realm.
• Qin He followed Cui Yan through Domain Gate Palace and climbed the Heavenly Ladder toward the summit above the clouds.
• Qin He noticed that the cold, dark atmosphere around the gate resembled the Underworld and asked Cui Yan why.
• Cui Yan explained that supernatural phenomena guarded the Gate of the Divine Realm and said the phenomenon was an ancient one dating to the Abyss Realm's creation.

Qin He followed the white-robed old man through an Ancient Supernatural Phenomenon to a strange, glowing Domain Gate that resisted every attempt to interact with it. As they prepared to leave, Qin He discovered that a toe had detached from his foot and was crawling on its own.

• Qin He entered the gray mist with the white-robed old man and saw space, time, and the mountain around them twist unpredictably.
• Qin He emerged into a dark space where his vision and sense of up and down were reversed, then followed the old man's advice to focus on the glowing Domain Gate.
• The white-robed old man explained that no lower-realm cultivator had confirmed what lay beyond the Domain Gate, and Qin He failed to affect the gate with any of his methods.
• The white-robed old man repeatedly urged Qin He to leave and pointed out that Qin He's toe had detached from his foot and was crawling.
• Qin He saw the crawling toe and leaped in fright.

Qin He escaped the Mirror of Supernatural Phenomena after his big toe detached and ran off, then confirmed it had reattached. The old man in white explained that the mirror’s effects could become real and described bizarre past cases recorded by Domain Gate Palace.

• Qin He’s big toe detached inside the Mirror of Supernatural Phenomena and ran across the ground.
• The old man in white warned Qin He that the mirror’s effects could reflect into reality, so Qin He hurried out while carrying his toe.
• Qin He put the toe back into his shoe and tested it until it reattached, then left the gray mist with the old man in white.
• Qin He asked whether the mirror had caused other strange incidents, and the old man in white listed cases including a fleeing head, shifted limbs, male pregnancy, and vanished cultivation.
• The old man in white admitted that he had suffered premature aging, leaving Qin He surprised.

Qin He learned that Cui Yan, the white-bearded master of Domain Gate Palace, was only eighteen and questioned him about the Divine Realm and Mount Lingjiu. Cui Yan pointed Qin He toward Mount Lingjiu as a possible route to the Divine Realm, leaving Qin He with a booklet of uncertain reports and no firm answer about the Gate.

• Qin He discovered that Cui Yan was eighteen and flicked his head several times for calling himself an old man and for failing to warn him about the Mirror of Supernatural Phenomena.
• Cui Yan explained that he was the youngest of nine palace masters, while his family’s Profound Ancestor managed Domain Gate Palace but had been in seclusion since the Demon Flood Dragon Ancestor injured him.
• Qin He asked where the Gate of the Divine Realm was, and Cui Yan suggested Mount Lingjiu, where supernatural phenomena originated and where his Profound Ancestor and the Demon Flood Dragon Ancestor had once traveled.
• Cui Yan gave Qin He a booklet describing Mount Lingjiu’s location, terrain, and supernatural incidents, while warning that it was easy to enter but difficult to leave.
• Qin He asked about the Demon Flood Dragon Ancestor’s change in temperament and whether his toes would run away again, and Cui Yan blamed Crystal Bug Infestation before hesitantly assuring him they would not.

Former Divine Soldiers and Generals gathered in the Northern Liang Capital became obsessed with traveling west after an androgynous young man gave them a cause to rally around. At Cold Departure Festival, more than four hundred of them shouted their determination to head west and take everything.

• Qin He’s journey to Domain Gate Palace lasted more than a month in the outside world, and Cold Departure Festival arrived again.
• In a Northern Liang Capital tavern, an androgynous young man led former Divine Soldiers and Generals in chants about going west to rob and take everything.
• The former Divine Soldiers and Generals had struggled to find purpose after the Heaven Punishing Bureau ceased to exist.
• Half a month earlier, the young man’s call to go west had drawn the restless Divine Soldiers and Generals together, and their numbers grew to more than four hundred.
• The crowd shouted that they would go west without knowing exactly what they would do there.