Chapter Summaries

Itachi and the hidden faction rescued the Goryeo resistance leaders by using Black Flame to disrupt Japan’s forces. NO.1 led the escape, but Ooyama Iwa and other Japanese pursuers followed and were met with NO.1’s King Ceros.

• Ooyama Iwa confronted the Goryeo resistance, and its members unleashed life-sacrificing techniques to fight back.
• Ooyama Iwa trapped the resistance with his palm technique, but Black Flame spread from his hand and began burning Japanese Reincarnators.
• A Japanese Veteran Intruder sealed the Black Flame in a Crystal Ball, but it exploded and spread the fire further.
• Four members of the hidden faction used the chaos to rescue the Goryeo resistance leaders, and Japan pursued them on Ooyama Iwa’s orders.
• NO.1 released Los Lobos and fired King Ceros at the pursuers, swallowing Ooyama Iwa in a chain of explosions.

Xu Yue and his companions continued toward Mount Shu as he learned secrets about the upper realm from Fujiwara Shinnosuke. The chapter also showed Ooyama Iwa’s pursuit of the Goryeo resistance ending in failure after the group’s powerful fighters forced Japan’s forces to retreat.

• Koyata and Ulquiorra used powerful attacks to inflict casualties and slow Ooyama Iwa’s pursuing Japanese forces.
• Itachi summoned Susanoo and turned its fire dragons into Amaterasu Fire, forcing Ooyama Iwa to order a retreat.
• Utsunomiya Taro reassured Ooyama Iwa that Japan had learned the enemy’s attack patterns and could prepare for another encounter.
• Xu Yue sampled poisons from Tang Family Fortress while traveling toward Mount Shu with Xuejian, Jing Tian, Luo Rulie, and Fujiwara Shinnosuke.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke described the upper realm’s political order, its pressure from non-human races, and the role of divine powers such as Amaterasu Omikami.

Xu Yue brought Luo Rulie to Mount Shu to study his balanced mixed bloodlines, then forced his way past the Shushan Sect’s guards and demanded to see Qing Wei. Jing Tian and Xuejian learned that Xu Changqing had imprisoned Zixuan in the Demon Locking Tower after the Evil Sword Immortal controlled him.

• Xu Yue explained that he wanted to study Luo Rulie’s Half-Demon condition, while Luo Rulie followed the carriage, resigned to staying alive.
• Xu Yue’s group reached Mount Shu, and Xu Yue carried them up to the sect on auspicious clouds instead of climbing the Shushan Plankway.
• A Shushan disciple barred their way, but Xu Yue struck the guards aside and called for Qing Wei to meet him.
• Xu Changqing arrived, and Jing Tian and Xuejian asked him about Zixuan.
• Xu Changqing said Zixuan had insulted his master and been cast into the Demon Locking Tower, while a sinister gleam in his eyes showed the Evil Sword Immortal controlled him.

Xu Yue demanded Mount Shu’s Three Sovereigns’ divine artifacts and the Crimson Snow Flowing Pearl Pill, then broke Evil Sword Immortal’s formation before the Nine Heavens Profound Lady intervened. Xu Yue escaped with Jing Tian, Xuejian, and Luo Rulie, while the Nine Heavens Profound Lady wondered how such a powerful being could exist in the lower realm.

• Xuejian condemned Xu Changqing for sending Zixuan into the Demon Locking Tower, but Evil Sword Immortal suppressed Xu Changqing’s struggle while disguised as Qing Wei.
• Evil Sword Immortal asked Xu Yue to leave Mount Shu, but Xu Yue demanded the Fuxi Sword, Shennong Cauldron, Nuwa Blood Jade, and Crimson Snow Flowing Pearl Pill.
• Xu Yue seized Evil Sword Immortal by the head, tossed him aside, and headed for Jade Radiance Hall.
• Evil Sword Immortal formed the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation, but Xu Yue shattered it with a single finger.
• The Nine Heavens Profound Lady struck from the sky, and Xu Yue departed Mount Shu with Jing Tian, Xuejian, and Luo Rulie.
• The Nine Heavens Profound Lady returned to Profound Lady Palace and wondered how such a powerful being could exist in the lower realm.

After escaping the Heavenly Realm’s surveillance, Xu Yue returned to the human realm with Jing Tian, Xuejian, and Fujiwara Shinnosuke. At Mount Shu, the Evil Sword Immortal disguised as Qing Wei welcomed the Heavenly Realm’s envoys and realized the principal envoy, Xuanyuan Shi, could see through him; Xu Yue sensed the powerful newcomer and prepared to confront the situation.

• Xu Yue explained that the Well of Gods and Demons connected the Heavenly Realm and Demon Realm, then took the group back to the human realm once the Heavenly Realm’s surveillance passed.
• The Evil Sword Immortal, still impersonating Qing Wei, decided to gamble on the Heavenly Realm envoy being too weak to expose him.
• Shu Ming arrived at Mount Shu, and the Evil Sword Immortal fawned over him while Shu Ming reveled in returning as an immortal envoy.
• Xuanyuan Shi emerged as the principal special envoy, and the Evil Sword Immortal sensed that Xuanyuan Shi could kill him and had recognized his true identity.
• Xuanyuan Shi said he had come to find the person who had crossed the boundary, while Xu Yue sensed his arrival and considered gathering the available treasures and testing his strength.

With the Five Elders trapped in seclusion, Xuanyuan Shi managed Mount Shu while searching for the Five Spirit Orbs, and Xu Yue headed to Leizhou to deal with the Reincarnators. There, Japan’s leaders unanimously approved using a military formation against their opponents.

• Xuanyuan Shi announced that gathering the Five Spirit Orbs could repair the Demon Locking Tower and kept Mount Shu running while the Five Elders remained in seclusion.
• Xu Yue left Jing Tian, Xuejian, and Luo Rulie in Leizhou, then vanished with Fujiwara Shinnosuke.
• Japan’s Reincarnators discussed Yun Ting’s strength and the mysterious force near Yun Manor as Misu Sotaro and Fujiwara Shinnosuke returned to their headquarters.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke argued that the mission’s potential rewards justified using a military formation.
• Utsunomiya Taro decided that Japan would use a military formation if necessary, and the gathered Reincarnators unanimously approved the plan.

Ooyama Iwa reconsidered using a military formation against Uchiha Itachi as their fight showed Itachi growing stronger. Meanwhile, Jing Tian and Xuejian's jealousy and quarrel at Yun Manor left Jing Tian departing with Luo Rulie, while Uchiha Shisui offered them a place to stay.

• Uchiha Itachi fought Ooyama Iwa and struck at him with a shuriken laced with Amaterasu Fire before vanishing among crows.
• Ooyama Iwa noticed Itachi seemed to be fighting more easily and reconsidered the younger Reincarnators' suggestion to use a military formation.
• Jing Tian, Xuejian, and Luo Rulie met Yun Ting, who pursued Xuejian after discovering she was immune to his lightning.
• Yun Ting electrocuted Luo Rulie and ordered him to leave Yun Manor, so Jing Tian carried him away with Long Kui.
• Uchiha Shisui met Jing Tian outside Yun Manor and arranged a nearby courtyard for him and his companions.

Japan and the Goryeo resistance forces launched military formations against each other near Yun Manor, drawing Yun Ting into the battle. As the fighting threatened Jing Tian and Long Kui, Xu Yue and his allies intervened, only to be trapped by a third formation set by the Baharuth Empire, which revealed that it had identified them as the Penguin Merchant Guild.

• A Goryeo resistance leader activated a Bagua military formation against the Japanese Reincarnators, catching them off guard.
• Uchiha Shisui urged Yun Ting to attack, and Yun Ting joined the battle with lightning while containing its aftermath.
• Ooyama Iwa used another formation to foul the Bagua diagram, shattering Yun Ting's lightning barrier and sending the battle's aftermath toward Jing Tian and Long Kui.
• Xu Yue, Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Shisui, Koyata, and Ulquiorra Cifer appeared, and Xu Yue dispelled the descending force.
• The Baharuth Empire deployed a third military formation to trap Xu Yue and his allies, then accused them of being the Penguin Merchant Guild.

Xu Yue crushed Japan’s third military formation with ease, and the Japanese forces mistook his power for a concealed large-scale military formation. They chose to commit their remaining strength to a formation battle, while a sword-bearing observer watched in astonishment.

• Xu Yue apologized to Uchiha Itachi and the others for abandoning their military formation training when the battle changed.
• Japan’s third military formation revealed its charge-up ability and transformed into a dragon, but Xu Yue crushed it with one hand.
• Ooyama Iwa and Nishikann Jirou noticed their side’s formation had vanished and discussed Xu Yue’s strength as two more formations were destroyed.
• Tamura Iyozo concluded that the Penguin Merchant Guild was hiding a large-scale military formation, and the Japanese forces debated retreating or fighting back.
• The Japanese forces chose to have Ooyama Iwa and Nishikann Jirou lead a formation battle, while a sword-bearing man watched from above in surprise.

Xu Yue stopped Ooyama Iwa and Nishikann Jirou’s Heavenly Cloud Formation and crushed it, then took control of the Japanese Reincarnators. He planned to collect valuable items from the world and announced that he would go to Japan after settling matters in Goryeo.

• Ooyama Iwa and Nishikann Jirou withdrew from the Eight Trigrams Formation and summoned the Heavenly Cloud Formation, terrifying Yun Ting and the Goryeo Reincarnators.
• Yun Ting thanked Xu Yue for saving Yun Manor and urged him to withdraw, while Jing Tian brusquely sent Yun Ting away.
• Ooyama Iwa and Nishikann Jirou attacked with the twin swords of Heavenly Cloud and threatened to invade Penguin, but Xu Yue stopped the strike with one hand and crushed the formation.
• Xu Yue told the defeated warlords he would head to their homeland and offered to make them his dogs.
• Xu Yue gathered the Japanese Reincarnators under his control, told Utsunomiya Taro and his group to handle the aftermath, and planned to take the Five Spirit Orbs, Three Divine Artifacts, and other items from the Mission Space.

Xu Yue clashed with Xuanyuan Shi in the newly formed Immortal Realm and learned about the Deva Path’s protection of humanity and the threat of foreign Chief Gods. After Xuanyuan Shi returned to the Heavenly Realm, Xu Yue went to gather Spirit Orbs and brought Jing Tian, Xuejian, and Long Kui to the Ghost Realm, where he revealed he had no intention of making Long Kui reincarnate.

• Xu Yue and Xuanyuan Shi fought across the shattered New Immortal Realm, then stopped after Xuanyuan Shi recognized Xu Yue’s injuries and the Infinity Stones.
• Xuanyuan Shi explained that the Deva Path protected humanity from foreign races and that his true spirit survived within it, then returned to the Heavenly Realm.
• Xu Yue decided to gather the Five Spirit Orbs and returned to Leizhou to take two of them.
• Xu Yue brought Jing Tian, Xuejian, and Long Kui to the Ghost Realm, prompting Long Kui to wail that she did not want to reincarnate.
• Xu Yue clarified that he had brought them to broaden their horizons and pick up a few things, not to send Long Kui to reincarnate.

Xu Yue entered the Ghost Realm with Jing Tian, Xuejian, Luo Rulie, and Long Kui, then seized the Fire Spirit Orb from the Fire Ghost King. He later traveled toward the Heavenly Realm to seek the remaining Spirit Orbs, where Chong Lou confronted him for fighting Xuanyuan Shi without inviting him.

• Xu Yue concealed the group's living aura and sensed the Ghost Realm, startling its powerful ghosts and locating the Fire Spirit Orb.
• Xu Yue teleported the group to Lava Hell and killed the Fire Ghost King, taking the Fire Spirit Orb from his ashes.
• Xu Yue noted that the Wind Spirit Pearl and Water Spirit Pearl remained, and considered heading to the Heavenly Realm for the Wind Spirit Pearl.
• Xu Yue chose to enter the Heavenly Realm through the Well of Gods and Demons rather than break through its barrier.
• Chong Lou met Xu Yue at the Well of Gods and Demons and complained that Xu Yue had fought Xuanyuan Shi without calling him.

Xu Yue brought Jing Tian and the others into the Heavenly Realm to retrieve the Wind Spirit Pearl, and Xi Yao gave it to him. Xu Yue also took a Divine Tree Fruit, and Heavenly Soldiers arrived just as Xi Yao attacked him.

• Xu Yue revealed to Jing Tian that he had once been Fei Peng, then left Chong Lou behind and led the group to the Heavenly Realm.
• Jing Tian used his connection to Fei Peng to get directions, and the group reached the God Tree without raising suspicion.
• Xi Yao gave Xu Yue the Wind Spirit Pearl, but refused to reveal her face to Xuejian.
• Xu Yue climbed the God Tree and took one Divine Fruit, prompting Xi Yao to attack him.
• Heavenly Soldiers led by two Giant Spirit Gods arrived to investigate Xi Yao and demanded that Xu Yue hand over the fruit.

Xu Yue escaped the Heavenly Realm after taking two God Tree fruits, then returned to the human world to retrieve the Water Spirit Pearl and deal with the occupation of Yun Manor. He revealed the Ghost Realm’s hells to those who had refused to surrender.

• Xu Yue fled toward the Well of Gods and Demons while the Giant Spirit Gods pretended to pursue him, but he blasted apart the South Heaven Gate when a woman blocked his way.
• Chong Lou and the Demon Realm army withdrew in good order, and Xu Yue told Chong Lou that he planned to extract the Water Spirit Pearl from Zixuan without harming her.
• Jing Tian realized that time passed differently in the Heavenly Realm, but Xu Yue assured him the Demon Locking Tower was fine and returned to Leizhou.
• Xu Yue found that two-thirds of the people at Yun Manor had surrendered to Utsunomiya Taro and the others, and he rejected several late offers to submit.
• Xu Yue opened a connection to the Ghost Realm and showed the assembled people its many hells.

Xu Yue arrived at Mount Shu, where Shu Ming arrogantly challenged him and was struck into a floating mountain. Evil Sword Immortal restrained his urge to attack Shu Ming and asked whether he could summon Xuanyuan Shi or the goddess who had attacked across realms.

• Xu Yue praised Utsunomiya Taro and told him to train the newly recruited puppet troops and manage their daily affairs.
• Evil Sword Immortal complained that his followers had failed to find the Five Spirit Orbs and resented Shu Ming's interference.
• Shu Ming told Evil Sword Immortal that Xuanyuan Shi had returned to the Heavenly Realm and ordered him to stop searching for him.
• Evil Sword Immortal nearly revealed his true form, but an approaching voice interrupted him.
• Shu Ming confronted Xu Yue, who slapped him into a floating mountain and left him vomiting blood.
• Evil Sword Immortal pried Shu Ming out of the mountain and asked him to summon Xuanyuan Shi or the goddess who had attacked across realms.

Evil Sword Immortal empowered the Mount Shu disciples and used the Three Divine Artifacts to attack Xu Yue, but Xu Yue endured the Fuxi Sword’s strike. Evil Sword Immortal then surrendered the artifacts and joined Xu Yue, who took him into his divine kingdom and considered collecting Pangu’s blood essence.

• Evil Sword Immortal learned that the Upper Realm could not send reinforcements and used malicious energy to strengthen the Mount Shu disciples under his control.
• Evil Sword Immortal combined the disciples’ power with the Three Divine Artifacts and attacked Xu Yue with the Fuxi Sword, severing his little finger.
• Xu Yue reattached his finger and prepared to break the formation, but Evil Sword Immortal ended it and offered him the Three Divine Artifacts.
• Xu Yue declined the artifacts, ordered Evil Sword Immortal to become his dog, and took him into his divine kingdom.
• Xu Yue noted that he could take the Five Spirit Orbs and considered drawing blood essence from Pangu’s Heart.

Xu Yue left the Mount Shu disciples freed from the Evil Sword Immortal’s influence, recovered the three divine artifacts, and entered the Demon Locking Tower to find Zixuan. He found her emotionally numb on the tower’s fourth level after Xu Changqing had cast her inside.

• Xu Yue stopped draining Pangu’s Heart when Mount Shu began to shake, and Qing Wei and the other elders emerged from seclusion.
• Qing Wei and the elders dispelled the Evil Sword Immortal’s influence on the Mount Shu disciples, while Shu Ming accused Qing Wei of betrayal.
• Xu Yue returned the three divine artifacts, told Qing Wei he had taken the evil thoughts from the Demon Locking Tower, and went inside to retrieve what he needed and repair it.
• Shu Ming tried to claim credit for recovering the artifacts, but Qing Wei killed him and called him a martyr slain by his own evil thoughts.
• Xu Yue found Zixuan sitting numbly beside a Demon-Transforming pool on the tower’s fourth level after Xu Changqing had thrown her there.

Xu Yue obtained the Water Spirit Pearl from Zixuan without killing her, then repaired and strengthened Mount Shu’s Demon Locking Tower before returning to the World of the Living. After assimilating his new treasures in the Meditation Room, he learned that the Goryeo-Japan Allied Corps had suffered heavy losses in a mission and Japan was tightening its grip on Goryeo.

• Xu Yue persuaded Zixuan to cooperate in removing the Water Spirit Pearl, leaving her alive but weakened.
• Xu Yue used the Five Spirit Orbs to repair and greatly enhance the Demon Locking Tower, making it capable of imprisoning immortals, gods, and devils.
• Xu Yue returned to his own world with Pangu’s Heart essence blood, the Five Spirit Orbs, and other gains, then spent his resources assimilating them in the Meditation Room.
• Xu Yue found that Pangu’s essence blood and the Five Spirit Orbs integrated well with his Titan’s Body, while fusing the Frost Demon and Saiyan bloodlines remained difficult.
• The Goryeo-Japan Allied Corps suffered devastating losses in a high-difficulty mission, and the Goryeo Resistance Group claimed responsibility.
• Japan replaced half of its Reincarnators in Goryeo with personnel from its homeland and intensified its suppression of Goryeo.

Xu Yue and the returning Japanese Reincarnators reached Japan’s mainland, where Kusanagi-kun welcomed them and discussed the setback in Goryeo. Japan prepared to use the Western powers’ distraction to strengthen itself and seize a second opportunity to rise.

• A Japanese registration officer secretly gathered newly arrived Reincarnators’ information while directing others to assigned locations.
• Xu Yue, Fujiwara Shinnosuke, Utsunomiya Taro, and Misu Sotaro returned to Japan after rotations in Goryeo, where Japanese agents had already turned the country into a fortress.
• Kusanagi-kun welcomed Fujiwara Shinnosuke at Western Capital Port and lamented Japan’s losses and underestimation of Goryeo.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke accepted responsibility for the setbacks and said Japan’s leadership had spared them from punishment.
• Kusanagi-kun urged the returning Reincarnators to clear missions and build their strength while the Western powers were distracted.

Xu Yue learned about Japan’s rigid, expansion-minded Reincarnation Space and summoned Fujiwara Shinnosuke after hearing that his family was resisting his return. At a Fujiwara family meeting, Shinnosuke argued for a post by citing his status and connections, just as three military leaders arrived to support him.

• Xu Yue observed Japan’s social hierarchy and considered how to prepare for a Punishment mission without raising suspicion.
• Fujiwara Shinnosuke told Xu Yue that cousins and allies of his elder brother were opposing his return to the Fujiwara Family.
• Xu Yue invited Fujiwara Shinnosuke to meet him, and Shinnosuke explained that his elder brother, Fujiwara Taku, was not targeting him.
• At Shungetsu Grand Shrine, Fujiwara Shinnosuke argued that his family service, status, and military connections qualified him for a post.
• Inoue Ieyasu opposed giving Shinnosuke authority, and Utsunomiya Taro, Tamura Iyozo, and Misu Sotaro arrived to visit.