Chapter Summaries

Shi Yi told Yu Niang why he had separated the Eight Regions from the Nine Heavens Ten Earths and the Immortal Domain, and Yu Niang urged him to lead the Eight Regions toward a new path. He then met the White Jade Kirin, learned why she had sealed her daughter away, and encountered a God-Grub that had been waiting for him.

• Shi Yi told Yu Niang that the Eight Regions were no longer part of the Upper Realm and condemned the powers that exploited their people as Sin Blood.
• Yu Niang learned the truth about the Eight Regions and hoped Shi Yi would lead its people onto a new path.
• The White Jade Kirin told Shi Yi that she had sealed Little White Kirin away to protect her, and said she trusted Shi Yi because of his immense fortune.
• Shi Yi received the White Jade Kirin's recognition of the Kirin Gate and left.
• A God-Grub told Shi Yi that only a future with him held hope, and Shi Yi asked whether it had chosen the Foreign Domain.

Shi Yi revealed the Eight Regions’ history to the God-Grub and met the Nine Nether Hound and the Plain Clothes Female Sword Immortal inside their God-Devil Gates. After defeating the Plain Clothes Female Sword Immortal in a sword contest, he reached the God Striking Stone Gate and called for the silent stone to come out.

• Shi Yi told the God-Grub that the Eight Regions’ people were treated as a Medicine Field by the Upper Realm, and the God-Grub offered to help with a future Great Reckoning.
• Shi Yi reunited with the Nine Nether Hound, explained that he came from a later time and space, and discussed the God-Grub’s habit of keeping secrets.
• The Plain Clothes Female Sword Immortal challenged Shi Yi over his mixed sword paths, and their battle exposed the weakness of his unfocused Sword Intent.
• Shi Yi revealed his Double Pupils, unified his Sword Intent, and defeated the Plain Clothes Female Sword Immortal.
• Shi Yi entered the God Striking Stone Gate, the final God-Devil Gate of the Ten Evils, and called for the silent stone to emerge.

Shi Yi found the God Striking Stone by singing to it, then left it with a Xi Yi recording before entering the Human Race's God-Devil Gate. There, the Seven Kings welcomed him and revealed that they had searched for him after he vanished from the Immortal Ancient Era.

• Shi Yi tried to draw out the God Striking Stone with music, and Little Stone appeared after he sang Little Bugs Fly.
• Shi Yi gave Little Stone a Xi Yi with a recording of the song, and the two chatted before Shi Yi departed.
• Shi Yi entered the Human Race's God-Devil Gate and paid respects to the Seven Kings of the Human Race.
• The Seven Kings praised Shi Yi for passing through the other 107 God-Devil Gates and recognized him as the Double Pupil User who had visited the Immortal Ancient Era.
• The Seven Kings said they had searched for Shi Yi after he disappeared, even shaking the River of Time without finding him.

Shi Yi persuaded the Seven Kings of the Human Race to support his plan for using Darkness Creatures to enforce Human Law, then assembled the God-Devil Wall and freed the Spiritual Wills of its one hundred and eight guardians. He appointed them as the Gods of the All Heavens Stars, and their new power hinted that an Emperor stood behind him.

• Shi Yi assured the Seven Kings of the Human Race that Yan Huang Empire documents and a shared enemy would keep the Darkness Creatures under control and give their resentment an outlet.
• The Seven Kings of the Human Race agreed that the Eight Regions Prison could also hold outsiders who violated Human Law, and they gave Shi Yi the final piece of the God-Devil Wall.
• Shi Yi assembled all one hundred and eight fragments, causing the God-Devil Gates to vanish and freeing the Spiritual Wills of the peerless great ferocious beings.
• Shi Yi wrote an imperial proclamation and used his Human Emperor Seal to appoint the one hundred and eight beings as the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals, Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends, and Gods of the All Heavens Stars.
• The newly appointed gods sensed a power beyond an Immortal King and wondered whether an Emperor stood behind Shi Yi.

Shi Yi’s Investiture of the Gods Ceremony established a celestial order for the Eight Regions and conferred Shi Hao as the Three Altars Sea Assembly Great God. Shi Hao learned that the title also made him the Number One Great General and Grand Marshal of Shi Yi’s future Three Realms, and eagerly prepared to go.

• The God-Devil Wall transformed into a firmament over the Eight Regions and raised Great Halls for the star gods.
• Qin Yining presided over the ceremony and conferred the one hundred and eight innate gods and devils as gods of the stars of all heavens.
• The Eight Regions creatures recognized their ancestors among the one hundred and eight ferocious beings and grew more loyal to Shi Yi and the Yan Huang Empire.
• Qin Yining read the decree praising Shi Hao’s deeds and conferred him as the Three Altars Sea Assembly Great God with command over a million Yan Huang Empire troops.
• Shi Hao asked Shi Yi about his title, and Shi Yi explained that Shi Hao would serve as the Number One Great General and Grand Marshal of the Three Realms.

Shi Yi’s Investiture of the Gods Ceremony granted divine positions to the Yan Huang Empire’s million soldiers and other beings who upheld Human Law, earning him praise across the Eight Regions. After Qin Yining announced an important address, Shi Yi arrived in a dragon-drawn imperial carriage as the gathered races and gods bowed before him.

• Shi Hao stood aloof as the Eight Regions discussed his divine title, Three Altars Sea Assembly Great God.
• A million Heavenly Soldiers and Generals appeared in formation, and Qin Yining read Shi Yi’s edict conferring divine positions upon them.
• The soldiers praised the Human Emperor, while Qin Yining continued reading investiture edicts that granted divine authority and Faith Power to more people.
• Qin Yining announced that Shi Yi had an important announcement to make, and nine Azure Divine Dragons brought his imperial carriage across the sky.
• Shi Yi appeared before the gathered beings, who knelt and praised the Human Emperor.

At the Investiture of the Gods Ceremony, Shi Yi challenged the Eight Regions’ subservient view of the Nine Heavens Ten Earths and announced that the Eight Regions would break away and become an independent Human Realm. He left the gathered people considering his declaration that their world belonged to them and would follow Human Law.

• Shi Yi addressed the kneeling races and gods, then reflected on how he governed the Yan Huang Empire and tolerated corruption so long as it did not harm the nation or its people.
• Shi Yi told the Eight Regions’ people that they were descendants of heroes rather than inferior inhabitants of a Lower Realm, stirring their anger over generations of oppression by the Nine Heavens Ten Earths.
• Moon Chan explained that Shi Yi was rallying the people rather than provoking an immediate conflict, while Qing Yi and the Witch teased each other about their relationships with him.
• Hong Huang and Lan Yu affirmed their loyalty to Shi Yi, while Shui Yue urged them to remain by his side instead of returning to the Upper Realm.
• Shi Yi declared that the Eight Regions would no longer be called the Lower Realm and would establish themselves as an independent realm.
• Shi Yi named the new realm the Human Realm and said it would belong to everyone in the Eight Regions and respect Human Law.

Shi Yi declared Faith Merit, Faith Good Fortune, and Faith Blessings as a new currency system for the Yan Huang Empire, replacing dwindling Essence Walls with merit generated from Faith. After billions of people received a merit coin, Qin Yining and Yu Yuexian watched the ceremony and argued over Shi Yi’s decision.

• Shi Yi declared that the Eight Regions were the Human Realm and announced that Essence Walls were becoming scarce and could not support the Yan Huang Empire’s growing population.
• Shi Yi established Faith Merit, Faith Good Fortune, and Faith Blessings, explaining that merit could support cultivation and serve as currency, and that it could not be seized or stolen.
• Shi Yi invoked the Human Emperor Seal and distributed one golden merit coin to each of the Yan Huang Empire’s 7.56 billion registered people.
• The Eight Regions’ people recognized the coins as merit and began to understand how Faith could produce the new currency.
• Yu Yuexian criticized Shi Yi for giving away billions of merit, while Qin Yining defended his choice and urged her to watch what he did next.

Shi Yi shared merit with the Eight Regions, secured popular support, and sealed the passage to the Upper Realm, preventing its factions from forcibly exploiting the Lower Realm. As powers across the Nine Heavens Ten Earths, the Immortal Domain, and the Foreign Domain reacted to his rise and the danger of darkness, a figure in the Foreign Domain revealed that a Spiritual Will left in the Eight Regions had been waiting for him.

• Shi Yi declared that merit belonged to everyone and showered the Eight Regions beings with it, winning their loyalty and strengthening his rule as Human Emperor.
• Heaven Mending Sect and Heaven Intercepting Sect leaders discussed Shi Yi's Investiture of the Gods Ceremony and concluded that his ability to transform Faith Power into merit could not easily be copied.
• At Immortality Mountain, Qin Changsheng worried that the Eight Regions might be the only refuge if the Immortal Domain barred the Nine Heavens Ten Earths, while Qin Yining's feelings toward him remained unclear.
• Other Upper Realm factions recognized that Shi Yi had sealed the passage between the realms, leaving them unable to interfere directly with the Eight Regions or harvest its inhabitants.
• Immortal Domain beings discussed the possibility that Darkness Creatures had emerged from the Eight Regions Prison and considered sacrificing their Nine Heavens Ten Earths allies to preserve the Immortal Domain.
• In the Foreign Domain, a figure said that the Spiritual Will left at the God-Devil Wall had received heaven and earth's divine throne and had finally waited for Shi Yi.

Shi Yi reunited with the giant turtle carrying the Eternal Hall and learned that Azure Moon True Immortal had been forced into self-sealing after an Immortal Domain figure secretly ruined her attempt to become a king. He found her sleeping in an Ice Coffin, and Willow Deity said she had nearly recovered and needed only one final opportunity to awaken.

• Two Immortal Kings from the neighboring Immortal Domain discussed Shi Yi's rapid rise and the dormant God-Devil Wall.
• A giant turtle carrying the Eternal Hall rushed to Shi Yi, who teleported them to the Original Great Domain and asked what had happened to Azure Moon True Immortal.
• The giant turtle explained that an unknown Immortal Domain figure had severed Azure Moon True Immortal's path to becoming a king, forcing her to self-seal in the Eternal Hall.
• Shi Yi let the giant turtle settle in the Original Great Domain, then entered the hall and found Azure Moon True Immortal asleep in an Ice Coffin.
• Willow Deity told Shi Yi that Azure Moon True Immortal had nearly recovered but still needed an opportunity to awaken, and said becoming an Immortal King was extraordinarily difficult.
• After Shi Yi left, Azure Moon True Immortal stirred in her sleep and began recalling her lost memories.

The Yan Huang Empire began using merit as currency, and a Pig-Headed Man realized it might eventually replace Essence Wall. In Western Capital Chang'an, Shi Hao asked to explore beyond the Eight Regions, and Shi Yi agreed to reopen the Two Realms Passage so he could travel onward.

• The people of the Yan Huang Empire used the Human Emperor Seal to deposit and withdraw merit, which they earned through Faith in Shi Yi.
• A Pig-Headed Man tried to buy Xi Yi Communication Treasures with Essence Wall, then recognized that merit could appreciate as it replaced the older currency.
• Shi Yi and Shi Hao discussed the Eight Regions' peaceful future and the Nine Heavens Ten Earth's past wrongs against them.
• Shi Hao admitted he wanted to explore the wider world, and Shi Yi told him he could go.
• Shi Yi said he would reopen the Two Realms Passage after some time so Shi Hao could head up beyond the Eight Regions.

Shi Yi organized the Yan Huang Empire’s first World's First Martial Arts Tournament, while Shi Hao accepted the role of referee rather than competing for the title. The tournament began at the Battlefield of Hundred Clans, where Shi Qingfeng stunned spectators by reaching Ten Celestial Passages, and Shi Yi left Shi Hao in charge before heading to the Original Great Domain.

• Shi Yi told Shi Hao that the World's First Martial Arts Tournament would follow the Divine Fire Realm restriction, and refused to let Shi Hao compete because he was the referee and his participation would undermine fairness.
• Over the next half year, news of the tournament spread across the Eight Regions, and Shi Yi set the event at the Battlefield of Hundred Clans so physical combatants could compete fairly.
• Crowds gathered at the tournament grounds, where officials directed spectators to real-time broadcasts in the Void God Realm or through Communication Treasures Xi Yi.
• At the Celestial Passage Realm grounds, spectators discovered that Shi Qingfeng of the Shi Clan had opened Ten Celestial Passages through his understanding of the Form and Will Method.
• Shi Yi visited the tournament, left Shi Hao responsible for judging the matches, and traveled from the First Heavenly Region to the Original Great Domain.

Shi Yi used the Script of Salvation beside the Ice Coffin, unknowingly restoring part of Azure Moon True Immortal’s damaged soul and making her awakening much easier. He then chose to cultivate Daoism’s Golden Core Great Dao, and after a year of practice reached the true Humanity Supreme Realm, one step from becoming immortal.

• Shi Yi recited the Script of Salvation seven times beside the Ice Coffin, and the Willow Deity saw its heavenly phenomena restore part of Azure Moon True Immortal’s missing soul.
• The Willow Deity realized that further recitations could help Azure Moon True Immortal awaken without requiring Moon Chan and Qing Yi to merge.
• Shi Yi decided to stop waiting for Shi Hao’s Human Body Secret Realm Cultivation Method and pursue Daoism’s Golden Core Great Dao instead.
• Shi Yi cultivated with the Heart Imprint Scripture and the Yellow Emperor Yin Fu Scripture, gathering the Original Great Domain’s Innate Primordial Qi as he entered a profound state of enlightenment.
• A year later, Shi Yi’s cultivation advanced through the Self Severing Enlightenment Realm to the true Humanity Supreme Realm.

Shi Yi visited the Heaven Mending Sect with Moon Chan, whose growing closeness to him drew attention from the disciples. At Immortal Hall, Di Chong learned of their relationship and wanted to kill Shi Yi, but Huang Yu persuaded him to investigate first.

• Shi Yi and Moon Chan walked through the Heaven Mending Sect and teased each other as disciples watched and recognized him as their Holy Son.
• The chapter explained how Qing Yi, Moon Chan, and the Azure Moon True Immortal had become independent, complete individuals, and revealed that Shi Yi and Moon Chan had become lovers.
• Heaven Mending Sect disciples learned that Shi Yi and Moon Chan were Dao Companions, prompting excitement and heartbreak among them.
• At Immortal Hall, Di Chong heard from Huang Yu that Moon Chan was close to Shi Yi and dismissed reports of Shi Yi's strength.
• Huang Yu warned Di Chong against attacking the Heaven Mending Sect's Holy Son and persuaded him to investigate Shi Yi before acting.
• Shi Yi and Moon Chan continued wandering together as the sect widely regarded them as a newly joined couple.

Shi Yi and Moon Chan discussed the Nine Heavens Ten Earths’ exploitation of the Eight Regions before she showed him around Heaven Mending Sect and brought him to meet her family. Her relatives watched the couple together and recognized how deeply Moon Chan had changed, while Shi Yi kept the important purpose of his visit to himself.

• Shi Yi asked Moon Chan whether she felt guilty about the Nine Heavens Ten Earths treating the Eight Regions as a Medicine Field, and she defended the strong preying on the weak.
• Moon Chan grew upset when Shi Yi questioned her views, but he followed her and explained himself until she forgave him.
• Moon Chan guided Shi Yi around Heaven Mending Sect, sharing memories of places from her childhood.
• Moon Chan’s parents and relatives secretly watched her tenderly comfort Shi Yi and discussed how the Primary and Secondary Body Technique had affected her and Qing Yi.
• Moon Chan told Shi Yi that her Grand Uncle and relatives wanted to meet him, and he kept quiet when she asked what he had figured out.
• Moon Chan’s family and friends acknowledged that she had fallen in love with Shi Yi and that he had claimed both Moon Chan and Qing Yi.

After Shi Yi met Moon Chan’s family, Shi Hao arrived at the Heaven Mending Sect with a giant python and Huang Yu’s corpse, explaining that Huang Yu had tried to test Shi Yi. Shi Yi agreed to cook the beasts for his eager younger brother, while the sect’s disciples reacted to Shi Hao’s latest killing.

• Shi Yi met Moon Chan’s parents, relatives, and friends, who warned him to treat her well and remember Qing Yi.
• Shi Hao told Little Pagoda that Shi Yi had come to the Nine Heavens Ten Earths and set off to find him with a giant python he had killed.
• A Ferocious Bird attacked Shi Hao to steal the python, so Shi Hao killed it and recognized it as Huang Yu, servant of Di Chong.
• Shi Hao’s arrival with the two carcasses alarmed the Heaven Mending Sect, whose disciples recognized Huang Yu and discussed his connection to Di Chong.
• Shi Hao found Shi Yi and explained that Huang Yu had come to test him; Shi Yi dismissed Di Chong as insignificant and agreed to cook the snake and bird.
• Shi Hao helped prepare the best parts of the beasts while giving the remaining portions to passing Heaven Mending Sect disciples.

Shi Yi hosted a feast for Heaven Mending Sect disciples, warned them to obey Human Law when they visited the Eight Regions, and then met privately with the Five Elders. He proposed destroying a powerful Dao Lineage with the Nine Heavens Ten Earths’ help to establish the Eight Regions’ authority, and the elders began considering possible targets.

• Shi Yi invited Heaven Mending Sect disciples to share snake soup, roasted meat, and immortal fruit nectar, and Shi Hao agreed to host them after Shi Yi left.
• Shi Yi told the disciples that the Eight Regions would soon open to outsiders and that visitors would have to obey Human Law.
• The Five Elders observed Shi Yi’s influence among the disciples and praised his leadership and his understanding of Shi Hao’s strengths.
• Shi Yi joined the Five Elders at the feast and said he had come to discuss an important matter beyond accompanying Moon Chan.
• Shi Yi proposed joining forces with Nine Heavens Ten Earths factions to destroy a renowned Dao Lineage or great sect and establish the Eight Regions’ authority.
• The Five Elders discussed possible targets, including the Heaven Intercepting Sect, Western Church, and Immortal Hall, while recalling Di Chong’s role in Moon Chan’s Primary and Secondary Body Technique.

Shi Yi proposed using an alliance to destroy Immortal Hall and eventually reshape the Nine Heavens Ten Earths, revealing that six Immortal Kings might support him. The Five Elders agreed to consider a coalition against Immortal Hall, while Shi Yi learned more about the dangers of Moon Chan’s incomplete Primary and Secondary Body Technique.

• Shi Yi told the Five Elders that he wanted to reshape the Nine Heavens Ten Earths, and he claimed that six Immortal Kings could support him.
• The Five Elders warned that reshaping the region would involve powerful hidden forces, but they considered uniting factions to destroy Immortal Hall as a first step.
• Old Tu listed Immortal Hall’s offenses, including Di Chong’s role in Moon Chan’s cultivation of the Primary and Secondary Body Technique and Huang Yu’s attack on Shi Hao.
• Old Jin explained that Immortal Hall’s version of the Primary and Secondary Body Technique was incomplete and could cause its primary and secondary bodies to turn against each other.
• Shi Yi learned that Moon Chan had used the Mending Heaven Technique to repair the method’s flaws, but the growing problems could eventually force her to fuse with Qing Yi, whose death would be final.

After the tournament, the Eight Regions continued to prosper and expand while the Undying Creature Kun Pengzi prepared to leave the Kun Peng Nest and settle old scores. White Kirin explained her recovered memories and sealed past to the Golden-Haired Woman, while Shi Yi ended the chapter embracing Moon Chan at a Heaven Mending Sect banquet.

• The Eight Regions’ inhabitants debated the tournament’s rankings as their world continued growing and developing.
• The Undying Creature Kun Pengzi told the Kun Peng King he planned to travel to the Nine Heavens Ten Earths, and the Kun Peng King agreed to guard the Kun Peng Nest.
• White Kirin told the Golden-Haired Woman that Shi Yi’s scripture had restored her memories and explained that her mother sealed her away because her fortune was too shallow.
• White Kirin and the Golden-Haired Woman discussed Shi Yi’s fortune and his role in preserving the Sun God Tree and the Golden Crow Clan.
• At a Heaven Mending Sect banquet, Shi Yi pulled Moon Chan into his arms after she found him alone.

Moon Chan explained her past transaction with Di Chong and helped Shi Yi plan to eliminate the Immortal Hall’s threat as he prepared to establish the Eight Regions’ authority. As the Immortal Hall investigated Huang Yu’s death and the Heaven Mending Dao backed Shi Yi’s campaign, the chapter ended with someone asking a chained creature in the darkness whether it wanted revenge.

• Moon Chan told Shi Yi that she had traded the True Dragon Precious Technique to Di Chong for the incomplete Primary and Secondary Body Technique and felt no grief at the prospect of his death.
• Shi Yi revealed that he and the Five Elders planned to attack the Immortal Hall, and Moon Chan advised him to find and kill both Di Chong’s main and secondary bodies at once.
• Di Chong learned that Huang Yu had been killed, argued with Di Kun, and was ordered by the Immortal Palace Supreme to investigate the murder with him.
• The Three Immortals of Heaven Mending Dao agreed to support Shi Yi and discussed releasing a cursed prisoner who hated the Immortal Hall’s Remnant Immortal.
• An unseen speaker asked a chained creature in the Heaven Mending Sect’s land of darkness whether it wanted to escape and take revenge.