Chapter Summaries

Muren exposed Utsunomiya Taro and the Penguin Merchant Guild’s alleged betrayal, then drew on Japan’s Shinto formation and Amaterasu Omikami’s power to challenge Xu Yue. Xu Yue destroyed the divine projection and severed its connection to the upper realm, leaving Muren defeated and the battlefield’s formation shattered.

• Muren accused Utsunomiya Taro of betraying the Baharuth Empire and claimed the Penguin Merchant Guild had engineered the Legion War to profit from both sides’ losses.
• Muren’s remarks failed to turn Yuan Shijia or the others against Xu Yue, so Muren activated the Shinto formation and drew down the power of Japan’s deities.
• Xu Yue struck Amaterasu Omikami’s projection across space, shattering the minor deities and drawing the goddess’s attention.
• Xu Yue snapped his fingers and destroyed the sacred-ground projection, severing its connection to the upper realm and erasing the incarnation’s memories.
• The formation’s backlash killed the Imperial Guards maintaining it and wounded Muren, who fell and stared at Xu Yue in horror.

Xu Yue revived the fallen soldiers after defeating Muren, while Guangying celebrated the corps’ destruction and ordered a purge of the survivors. The Penguin Merchant Guild then announced it would take over all corps affairs, enraging Guangying and setting up a new conflict.

• Muren failed to accept that Xu Yue had defeated his ancestor’s projection without using a military formation, and Xu Yue restrained him from killing himself.
• Xu Yue used the Reality Stone, the Soul Stone, and his reconstructed Six Paths Reincarnation to revive the fallen soldiers, while leaving the souls in the true underworld dead.
• Muren surrendered, but Xu Yue refused to accept it, and the corps was wiped out.
• Guangying celebrated the corps’ destruction and ordered his forces to hunt down the remnants, enslaving or killing those they captured.
• Guangying learned that Muren had fallen and took satisfaction in his rival’s death.
• The Penguin Merchant Guild announced it would take over all corps affairs with the former Commander-in-Chief’s consent, and Guangying crushed his throne in fury.

Xu Yue used Misu Sotaro’s identity to infiltrate Heijo Base and set a trap for Japan’s legions, aiming to seize the base and establish a Penguin branch. He arranged for credible intelligence about the Five Spirit Orbs to draw the legions into action.

• After leaving Xu Yue, Yuan Shijia promised to handle the Qing Court and its Dragon Qi gradually, while the land entered a brief period of peace.
• Xu Yue appeared at Heijo Base as Misu Sotaro, while the resurrected original Misu Sotaro had been killed after losing his memories.
• Utsunomiya Taro told Xu Yue that their allies accounted for about one-twentieth of the base and that the resistance leaders had lost their memories.
• Xu Yue planned to lure Japan’s top forces into a Mission Space, eliminate them, and establish a Penguin branch to claim the spoils.
• Utsunomiya Taro, Tamura Iyozo, and Xu Yue persuaded the legion leaders that the Penguin Merchant Guild’s intelligence about the Five Spirit Orbs was worth investigating.

Xu Yue entered the Chinese Paladin World as the Demon Venerable, still recovering from wounds sustained while covering Chong Lou’s retreat from Fuxi. As Japan prepared a major expedition to seize the Five Spirit Orbs, a red-haired man appeared beside Xu Yue and said he was going to the human realm to deliver something and find healing items.

• Japan verified reports of the Five Spirit Orbs’ power and began assembling a major force at Heijo Base.
• A Penguin Merchant Guild team quietly entered Goryeo, while Utsunomiya Taro encouraged Xu Yue to prepare for the mission.
• Utsunomiya Taro sent off the assembled Japanese forces, and the hall shattered as they entered the Mission Space.
• Xu Yue awakened in the Chinese Paladin World and recalled its history, the Five Spirit Orbs, and his identity as a Demon Venerable injured in a battle involving Fuxi and Chong Lou.
• A red-haired man appeared beside Xu Yue and said he was heading to the human realm to deliver something and search for items to heal Xu Yue’s injuries.

Xu Yue visited the Mortal Realm and found Jing Tian being chased by the Demon Sword Chong Lou had given him. He left Jing Tian to reunite with Tang Xuejian and watched their bickering, deciding not to interfere with their fated bond.

• Xu Yue asked Chong Lou about Fei Peng, and Chong Lou said Fei Peng was a pawnshop clerk whom he had given the Demon Sword from his past life.
• Jing Tian worried about the poison Tang Xuejian had inflicted on him and recalled that he had been unable to find her after repairing an antique for her.
• The Demon Sword pursued Jing Tian out of Yong'an Pawnshop and into a desolate forest, where he encountered Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue noticed someone approaching Jing Tian and vanished, leaving him terrified until Tang Xuejian arrived and slapped him awake.
• Jing Tian clung to Tang Xuejian and begged for the antidote, while Xu Yue watched and decided not to disrupt their bond or seek the Divine Tree Fruit through them.

Jing Tian and Tang Xuejian left Tang Family Fortress after its collapse, while Xu Yue assessed the Chinese Paladin world's cultivation and military forces. In Leizhou, the Goryeo Resistance Army mistook a small Japanese team for an isolated target and prepared to attack, unaware that Japan had mobilized a much larger force.

• Tang Xuejian told Jing Tian that his poison was cured and she no longer needed him, then invited him to travel with her and dispense justice.
• Xu Yue considered the Five Spirit Orbs and the world's cultivation hierarchy, deciding that immortal cultivation was useful to him mainly as a reference.
• Japan focused its forces on the Ancient Vine Spirit and the Earth Spirit Orb while other factions entered Leizhou.
• The Goryeo Resistance Army learned that Japanese teams were scouting the mission space and committed a force to disrupt Japan's plans.
• After receiving a warning that Japan had mobilized on a much larger scale, the Goryeo Resistance Army spotted a small Japanese team in Leizhou and mistook it for an easy target.

Xu Yue rescued Tang Xuejian and Jing Tian from Thunderclap Hall disciples, then carried them to Binhua. Jing Tian woke in a bed, saw Xu Yue, and fainted again.

• Shisui told Itachi that more people were following them, and said he planned to use Kotoamatsukami to speak with them.
• Jing Tian and Tang Xuejian fought off two Thunderclap Hall disciples but were surrounded by more of them.
• Xu Yue appeared beside Jing Tian, caught the Thunderclap Pellets the Thunderclap Hall leader fired, and burned the disciples to ashes with Fire Spirit Power.
• Xu Yue carried Tang Xuejian and Jing Tian to Binhua on a lucky cloud.
• Jing Tian woke in a bed, saw Xu Yue, and fainted again.

Xu Yue reunited Jing Tian and Xuejian with Xu Changqing and Zixuan, then asked Xu Changqing to teach Jing Tian basic Shushan cultivation so he could withstand the Demon Sword. The group learned that the Demon Locking Tower had been damaged, while Zixuan grew wary after Xu Yue revealed he had sensed her sealed spiritual power.

• Xuejian explained that Xu Yue had saved her and Jing Tian, and Jing Tian asked Xu Yue to teach him to become a sword immortal.
• Xu Yue led Jing Tian and Xuejian to Xu Changqing and Zixuan, who were investigating demonized bodies linked to Thunderclap Hall.
• Xu Yue told Xu Changqing that the Demon Locking Tower had been damaged and that the earthquake had been caused by it.
• Xu Yue asked Xu Changqing to teach Jing Tian basic Shushan cultivation because the Demon Sword was draining Jing Tian's essence.
• Xu Changqing tested the Demon Sword and warned Jing Tian that mortals should not use it too often.
• Xu Yue told Zixuan he had been drawn by the spiritual power sealed within her, leaving her suspicious of his abilities and intentions.

Xu Changqing returned to Mount Shu after learning the Demon Locking Tower was in danger, leaving Zixuan to travel to Penglai with Xu Yue and the others. At Penglai, the group discovered that the Evil Sword Immortal had disguised himself as Qing Wei and slaughtered the sect’s disciples, and he began overpowering Shang Fengzi’s formation.

• Zixuan urged Xu Changqing to return to Mount Shu, and he asked Xu Yue and the others to look after her before flying off.
• Xu Yue insisted on accompanying Zixuan to Penglai despite her reluctance, and the group traveled there by ship.
• Xu Yue shattered Penglai’s protective formation, and the group entered to find Penglai disciples’ bodies scattered across the grounds.
• At the Penglai Sword Hall, Shang Fengzi trapped a man disguised as Qing Wei and accused him of killing Penglai’s disciples.
• Zixuan recognized that the man was not Qing Wei, and the Evil Sword Immortal revealed himself and began suppressing Shang Fengzi’s formation.

Evil Sword Immortal overwhelmed Shang Fengzi and the Penglai disciples, then attacked Zixuan and the others. Xu Yue effortlessly erased his sword qi and drove him away, while considering whether to capture him later.

• Evil Sword Immortal unleashed his evil spirit sword qi and broke the Penglai Sword Formation, grievously wounding Shang Fengzi.
• Shang Fengzi recognized that Evil Sword Immortal came from outside the Six Realms and refused to reveal what Mount Shu had done in the past.
• Evil Sword Immortal turned on Zixuan, Jing Tian, Xuejian, and the others, intending to kill them before pursuing his plans.
• Xu Yue destroyed Evil Sword Immortal's sword qi with a clenched fist, leaving him stunned.
• Evil Sword Immortal cupped his hands to Xu Yue, then fled as green smoke after Xu Yue ordered him to leave.
• Xu Yue wondered whether he could take Evil Sword Immortal with him after earning enough points.

Xu Yue forced Shang Fengzi to grant him and Jing Tian access to Penglai’s Scripture Depository and rare healing pills after saving him from the Evil Sword Immortal. While Jing Tian and Xuejian studied, Chong Lou visited Xu Yue and left after Jing Tian tried to buy back the Demon Sword, leaving Jing Tian to claim Chong Lou had given it to him.

• Xu Yue freed Shang Fengzi from the evil spirit and demanded access to Penglai’s Scripture Depository and one of each pill for soul injuries as compensation.
• Shang Fengzi agreed, and Xu Yue studied Penglai’s sword formations, cultivation methods, and Five Spirits Immortal Arts while Jing Tian and Xuejian read in the depository.
• Zixuan repeatedly left the depository to ask Shang Fengzi about Mount Shu and when he could accompany her to persuade Qing Wei.
• Chong Lou appeared beside Xu Yue, who pretended to be too injured to take on more demon affairs, and Chong Lou softened after recalling his debt to him.
• Jing Tian recognized Chong Lou as the former owner of the Demon Sword and tried to buy it for one coin.
• Chong Lou vanished without answering, and Jing Tian claimed that his silence meant he had agreed to give him the sword.

Zixuan left for Mount Shu with Shang Fengzi’s letter, while Xu Yue, Xuejian, and Jing Tian decided to return to Yuzhou. Meanwhile, the intruders defeated the Ancient Vine Spirit and obtained the Earth Spirit Orb, but a monster’s attack left several of them poisoned.

• Shang Fengzi declined to travel to Mount Shu, so Zixuan gave him a letter for Qing Wei and set out on her own.
• After Xuejian learned Zixuan had left, Jing Tian gave her an excuse to stop cultivating, and she agreed to accompany him back to Yuzhou to see her grandfather.
• Xu Yue noted that the Earth Spirit Orb had been obtained and that the Ancient Vine Spirit had been a formidable opponent.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke described how the intruders killed the Ancient Vine Spirit at a heavy cost, then fought off a madman who transformed into a monster and poisoned several of them.
• Utsunomiya Taro raised the Earth Spirit Orb, reassured the survivors about the poison, and placed the treasure in his bag.

Fujiwara Shinnosuke led a poisoned Japanese force to Yuzhou, hoping to exploit Tang Family Fortress’s succession turmoil and secure an antidote and its poison formulas. After learning that Tang Yi was the least favored heir, he decided to support him.

• Fujiwara Shinnosuke brought his poisoned group to Yuzhou to seek a cure and assess Tang Family Fortress’s strength.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke learned that Tang Kun was dead and Tang Family Fortress was divided over the succession.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke ordered his followers to investigate the heirs and choose the least favored one to support.
• The scouts reported that Tang Yi, Tang Kun’s seventh son born to a maidservant, was widely disliked.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke chose Tang Yi as the heir his group would aid.

Luo Rulie secretly backed Tang Yi’s bid to lead Tang Family Fortress, while a group of Reincarnators also offered their support. After learning they had wounded him and carried his poison, Luo Rulie planned to exploit them before striking back.

• Luo Rulie visited Tang Yi and offered to help him seize the clan head position, warning him that Tang Zhen and Tang Liang were threats alongside Tang Tai.
• When the Reincarnators entered Tang Yi’s room and offered to support his bid, Luo Rulie hid among the ceiling beams and told Tang Yi to agree.
• Tang Yi and the Reincarnators reached an agreement, and Luo Rulie recognized the group as the people who had injured him and carried his poison.
• Luo Rulie deduced that the group had come seeking a cure and ordered Tang Yi to use their help before crippling them with poison.
• Luo Rulie followed the Reincarnators, while Tang Yi realized that whoever won, he would not be the final victor.

Tang Tai tried to secure the Tang family headship, but Fujiwara Shinnosuke crashed the selection ceremony to seek help and intimidate Tang Family Fortress. Tang Xuejian’s unexpected arrival abruptly broke the tense standoff.

• Tang Tai used the Sect Leader Token to call for a family head selection and planned to rely on Tang Zhen’s support in an arena match.
• Tang Tai began presiding over the selection, but Fujiwara Shinnosuke and his group smashed through the fortress gates and entered.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke said his group had fought Luo Rulie and come to Tang Family Fortress for help with their poison, making the family wary of confronting them.
• Tang Xuejian returned to the fortress, saw the broken gate and Fujiwara Shinnosuke, and disrupted the atmosphere with her blunt questions.

Tang Xuejian returned to Tang Family Fortress, where Tang Zhiyun accused her of colluding with Thunderclap Hall and Fujiwara Shinnosuke tried to capture her. Luo Rulie and Jing Tian arrived in succession, escalating the courtyard standoff, while Fujiwara Shinnosuke decided the potential rewards justified using an army formation; elsewhere, Xu Yue received a mission notification.

• Tang Zhiyun accused Tang Xuejian of stealing the Five Poisons Beast and conspiring with Thunderclap Hall, and Tang Xuejian angrily defended herself.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke ordered two Intruders to capture Xuejian, but she used her Emei Dagger and Five Spirits Immortal Arts to gain the upper hand.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke attacked Xuejian, but Luo Rulie struck him away and then tried to recruit her as his disciple.
• Jing Tian arrived and used the Demon Sword to drive Luo Rulie back, while Fujiwara Shinnosuke decided to use his army formation to seize the valuable rewards.
• At an inn in Yuzhou, Xu Yue received a mission notification.

Jing Tian forced Luo Rulie back, while Tang Family Fortress began welcoming Xuejian back after her innocence became clear. Fujiwara Shinnosuke then activated a powerful array, but Tang Zhen triggered the poison in its maintainers, leaving the battle poised to escalate as the Karasu Tengu totem lifted Fujiwara's group into the air.

• Jing Tian struck Luo Rulie with the Demon Sword, forcing him back despite Luo's half-demon strength and injuries.
• Tang Tai offered to restore Xuejian to Tang Family Fortress after Luo Rulie's attack undermined Tang Zhiyun's accusation against her.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke declared that his group could defeat Luo Rulie without reinforcements and activated a powerful array over Tang Family Fortress.
• Luo Rulie warned Tang Family Fortress to work with him and revealed his poison formula so they could counter the poison afflicting them.
• Tang Zhen detonated hidden weapons to trigger the poison in Fujiwara Shinnosuke and the array's other maintainers, damaging their vital energy.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke insisted the array could still destroy his enemies as a Karasu Tengu totem carried his group into the air.

Jing Tian, Luo Rulie, and the Tang Family Fortress faced Fujiwara Shinnosuke’s devastating military formation until Xu Yue arrived and shattered its strongest attack. Xu Yue revealed that he was the president of the Penguin Merchant Guild, while Fujiwara Shinnosuke received a terse reply from Utsunomiya Taro.

• Jing Tian and Luo Rulie dodged Fujiwara Shinnosuke’s blade lights as his formation repeatedly attacked them and wiped out Tang Family Fortress disciples.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke unleashed ninety-nine blade lights across Yuzhou, leaving Luo Rulie ready to accept death.
• Xu Yue appeared and used thirty-six sword phantoms to destroy all ninety-nine blade lights.
• Jing Tian joined Xu Yue, who noted that forcing the formation’s strongest strike had earned him an SS-Rank Plot Point.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke recognized Xu Yue and accused the Penguin Merchant Guild of betraying them, then sent Utsunomiya Taro an urgent report.
• Xu Yue said he was the Penguin Merchant Guild’s president and had come to provide after-sales service, and Utsunomiya Taro replied, “Read.”

Xu Yue confronted Fujiwara Shinnosuke, shattered his military formation, and revealed that Utsunomiya Taro was helping him. Fujiwara Shinnosuke began to grasp that the Legion War’s outcome was not what he had been told, then resolved to take action.

• Xu Yue learned that Fujiwara Shinnosuke was Muren’s nephew and a direct heir of the Fujiwara Family, so he offered him after-sales service instead of attacking immediately.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke threatened Xu Yue and offered to accept the Penguin Merchant Guild’s friendship if Xu Yue dismissed his military formation.
• Xu Yue shattered Fujiwara Shinnosuke’s military formation with a flick, revealing that he had not used one himself.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke sent frantic messages to Utsunomiya Taro and Tamura-kun, but both replied with messages urging him to submit.
• Xu Yue revealed that Fujiwara Shinnosuke’s side had not won the Legion War, prompting Fujiwara Shinnosuke to consider what had truly happened and make up his mind.

The Penguin Merchant Guild leaders watched Japan's failed attack on Yun Ting and realized Japan was trying to use a demonic beast to distract him and eliminate Goryeo's Resistance Army. They went to intervene, but the chapter ended with Goryeo's fighters surrounded in Leizhou.

• Utsunomiya Taro told the Japanese Reincarnators that Fujiwara had found Tang Family Fortress worth exploiting, though their priority remained the Five Spirit Orbs.
• Ulquiorra showed the Penguin Merchant Guild leaders how Yun Ting had overwhelmed the Japanese Reincarnators with the Thunder Spirit Pearl and forced them to flee.
• A demonic beast's sudden appearance in Leizhou interrupted the leaders' meeting, and No. 1 suspected Japan had lured it there to distract Yun Ting while attacking Goryeo's Resistance Army.
• Shisui and the other leaders agreed to rescue Goryeo's fighters before Japan could eliminate them, taking precautions against the stronger Japanese force.
• Goryeo's fighters escaped a blasted inn and found themselves surrounded by enemies who had detected them before they could act.