Chapter Summaries

Shen Zhui killed Changsun Gu’s Corpse Puppet clone through a carefully prepared ambush, weakening Changsun Gu’s true body and turning his forces against him. After joining Lan Chenguang at the teleportation array, Shen Zhui saw it was mostly destroyed and ordered a retreat as reinforcements seemed likely to arrive.

• Changsun Gu unleashed Corpse God Descends and attacked Shen Zhui with blood-colored tentacles, but Shen Zhui evaded and endured the assault.
• Changsun Gu stopped pursuing Shen Zhui and headed for Lan Chenguang’s group, forcing Shen Zhui to intercept him.
• Shen Zhui’s Shatter Delusions strike distracted Changsun Gu as the concealed Golden Cup Bee Emperor stabbed him and Zenxin restrained him.
• Shen Zhui killed Changsun Gu’s Corpse Puppet clone, causing Changsun Gu’s true body to lose part of his divine soul and fall from the Fifth-tier Venerable level to the Fourth-tier Venerable level.
• Shen Zhui announced that Changsun Gu had rebelled, killed defenders who resisted, and helped Lan Chenguang’s forces gain the upper hand.
• After the teleportation array was more than eighty percent destroyed, Shen Zhui ordered Lan Chenguang to retreat, warning that someone was probably coming.

Shen Zhui and Lan Chenguang’s group escaped after destroying the Shanhai Pass teleportation array and killing Changsun Gu, then returned to the Qingzhou Army’s main camp. Cang Song learned that Fang Liang was dead, while the enemy commanders grew alarmed at the loss of their retreat route.

• Lan Chenguang ordered the forces to withdraw, and Shen Zhui’s group escaped as the Shanhai Pass teleportation array was destroyed.
• Shen Zhui revealed his identity as Divine Might General to Lan Chenguang’s forces, who praised him for killing Changsun Gu.
• Cang Song saw a message showing Fang Liang being swallowed by a sea of blood and learned that the Shanhai Pass array had been destroyed.
• Tian Jue Venerable and the Pure Heart Sect Master received news that Shanhai Pass had fallen and ordered an investigation.
• Shen Zhui collected Fang Ziyou, Shen Xinlan, and his controlled puppets before returning with Lan Chenguang to Tianhai Palace.
• Lan Hongwen welcomed Shen Zhui, heard the account of the mission, and urged Lan Chenguang to value his friendship with Shen Zhui.

Shen Zhui visited Marquis Divine Sword Lan He and General Yongwei Lan Hai, where he absorbed Qingzhou Army intelligence through the Myriad God Realm and received a gift of Rule insights. He departed for the Wu'an Army while undergoing a major transformation in his Cave Heaven World.

• Lan Chenguang brought Shen Zhui to meet his grandfather, Marquis Divine Sword Lan He, and General Yongwei Lan Hai at Tianhai Palace.
• Lan He authorized Shen Zhui to inspect Qingzhou Army intelligence in the Myriad God Realm, and Shen Zhui processed thousands of its screens before exhausting himself.
• Lan He praised Shen Zhui's talent and determination, then gave him a living energy containing insights into the Rules.
• Shen Zhui's two Hearts of the World absorbed the insights, his aura rose, and secret patterns moved across his Purple Gold Bone.
• Lan Hai sent Shen Zhui and his companions back toward the Wu'an Army, and the Dragon Roc Warship departed on the fifth day of the third month.
• As Shen Zhui neared the Wu'an Army's main battle zone, earth-shaking changes appeared in his Cave Heaven World.

After Marquis Divine Sword’s sword intent cleared Shen Zhui’s troubled state of mind and advanced his five Origin Marks, Shen Zhui reached Heaven’s Heart Hall and confronted officers who mistook him for an impostor. He revealed his identity as First-class Earl Shen Zhui, leaving Gao Sheng shocked and angry.

• Shen Zhui thanked Marquis Divine Sword for restoring his clarity and learned that his five Origin Marks were advancing together.
• Fang Ziyou told Shen Zhui that Heaven’s Heart Hall was ahead, and Shen Zhui set out to find who had impersonated him to steady Falling Snow Peak’s morale.
• Two Titled Colonels and their patrol mocked Shen Zhui as an impostor, so Fang Ziyou disarmed and immobilized the twenty-five cultivators.
• Shen Zhui learned that the patrol served under Riding General Kong Yangzhou, a newly appointed officer from the capital.
• Gao Sheng arrived and demanded that Shen Zhui release the patrol, but Shen Zhui’s Martial Dao Will forced him down.
• Shen Zhui identified himself as the Human Emperor’s First-class Earl and the Divine Might General.

Shen Zhui returned to Falling Snow Peak, exposed and punished Gao Sheng and his men for abusing their military authority, then reunited with his generals and learned how the army had fared in his absence. He left to meet Marquis Wu'an Zhao Xing and his teacher Lu Yuanwei after ordering his generals to reorganize the troops.

• Gao Sheng refused to believe Shen Zhui's identity and disparaged his military record while praising Kong Yangzhou's feats.
• Huang Li and Yue Cheng recognized Shen Zhui as General Divine Might, and Shen Zhui executed twenty-five men who had obstructed and extorted fellow soldiers before sending Gao Sheng to the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Shen Zhui returned to Falling Snow Peak's military base, where Bi Ying, Yu Ziqi, Lu, and Niu Tian welcomed him.
• Yu Ziqi explained that outside forces had joined the war, including opportunists who avoided the front, and Bi Ying admitted that he had impersonated Shen Zhui and led Falling Snow Peak in battle.
• Shen Zhui forgave Bi Ying and, after his divine sense stirred, told the generals to reorganize the army while he went to meet Zhao Xing and Lu Yuanwei.

After returning from the Sect Realm, Shen Zhui met with Lu Yuanwei, who praised his work and promised to protect Falling Snow Peak from interference. Shen Zhui then learned that Marquis Wu'an was unavailable but left him a Mental Fragment and advised him to build military merit to address the danger surrounding Zi Xuan.

• Lu Yuanwei transferred Falling Snow Peak to Windwalk Hall, and Xia Yi intercepted Shen Zhui to deliver King Liang’s demand that he visit Liangzhou.
• Shen Zhui met Lu Yuanwei and Yun Duo, who were astonished by how much his cultivation had advanced.
• Shen Zhui told Lu Yuanwei about his infiltration mission, Xia Jing’s betrayal, the covert spy network, and the Land of Fallen Gods; Lu Yuanwei praised his handling of the mission and warned him to be wary of Xia Yi.
• Lu Yuanwei said he had transferred Falling Snow Peak under Windwalk Hall to shield Shen Zhui from outside interference, though Shen Zhui would have to handle the rest himself.
• Shui Qingrou told Shen Zhui that Marquis Wu'an was unavailable and had left him a letter; the Marquis’s Mental Fragment then appeared and warned Shen Zhui not to discuss the Nether Sea Secret Realm.
• Marquis Wu'an gave Shen Zhui a Mental Fragment capable of blocking a strike from a True God and advised him to establish military merit to help resolve the danger involving Zi Xuan.

After receiving Marquis Wu'an's letter, Shen Zhui prepared Falling Snow Peak for a major eastern-front campaign and secured supplies, specialists, and divine statues. Tan Lang returned and offered Shen Zhui a way to request Great Xia Academy reinforcements, leaving him the chance to prove his strength and earn a True God and fifty Venerables.

• Shen Zhui calculated a plan, summoned his generals, and ordered the elite troops to Boundary Breaking City while his subordinates prepared vast supplies and combat resources.
• Shen Zhui won Lu Yuanwei's approval to use the powerful experts he had recruited and obtained supplies, formation-artifact masters, and divine statues from the three halls.
• Nangong Yan warned Shen Zhui to guard his life as the war intensified, while Shen Zhui continued gathering divine statues for his preparations.
• Tan Lang reunited with Shen Zhui and assured him that King Liang could not turn the Great Xia Academy against him.
• Tan Lang told Shen Zhui that defeating him would prove Shen Zhui's strength and secure an academy offer of one True God and fifty Venerables.

Shen Zhui arranged to sell treasures from the Nine Nether Realm and returned to Boundary Breaking City, where he prepared his subordinates for battle and clashed with Deputy Hall Master Yang Tiancheng. The chapter left Shen Zhui back at the front with his trusted fighters strengthening themselves before the next engagement.

• Shen Zhui declined Tan Lang’s offer to prove his talent immediately and asked him to take a clone to the Four Seas Merchant Association to sell and buy treasures.
• Shen Zhui traveled with the army to Boundary Breaking City and heard that Bi Ying’s forces had been checked by Meng Wushang of the Nine Yin Sect.
• Shen Zhui reassured Bi Ying and gave him and the Five Elements Envoys a Supreme Golden Pill to absorb before battle.
• Shen Zhui met Hall Master Lei Guangming and exchanged barbed remarks with Deputy Hall Master Yang Tiancheng, who left in anger after Shen Zhui mocked his connections.

Shen Zhui established a concealed forward city and prepared Falling Snow Peak for the Sect Alliance’s counterattack. After his forces repeatedly killed attackers there, Nightmare Venerable noticed unexplained casualties and sent Meng Wushang to investigate the new city.

• Shen Zhui sealed off Boundary Breaking City’s East City District, assigned scouts and troops, and ordered a new city built two thousand miles ahead.
• Bi Ying defended Shen Zhui’s aggressive plan, explaining that the new city could draw fewer attackers while allowing Falling Snow Peak to support or outflank Boundary Breaking City.
• The Sect Alliance launched attacks across the Eastern Theater, while Shen Zhui’s forces secretly occupied the new city and killed successive groups of Divine Ability Realm attackers.
• Nightmare Venerable noticed unusually high casualties near the unmarked new city and classified the location as a Level One danger.
• Nightmare Venerable ordered his disciple Meng Wushang to investigate the new city, and Meng Wushang left with several others.

Shen Zhui strengthened New City’s defenses and continued managing the sale of treasures from the Nine Nether Realm while preparing to return materials for the Seven Absolute Heavens. As Meng Wushang discovered New City and recognized the Divine Might Army, he realized Shen Zhui might be there and saw an opportunity to confront him.

• Shen Zhui learned that three waves of Sect Alliance soldiers had been annihilated and reviewed New City’s powerful arrays and Sky-Shaking Cannon with Huang Li.
• Bi Ying explained that the next attack would likely involve three to five Venerable First Tiers, and Shen Zhui told him to handle any threat below Fourth-tier Venerable.
• Shen Zhui’s Wind Clone and Tan Lang received proceeds from auctioned Nine Nether Realm treasures, and the remaining materials for the Seven Absolute Heavens were gathered.
• Shen Zhui sent an incarnation to wait with Tan Lang while his clone crossed the Canglan River, telling Tan Lang to delay crossing until the Three Sect War Banners became less dangerous.
• Meng Wushang found the concealed New City, recognized the Divine Might Army, and believed Shen Zhui was there.

Shen Zhui confronted Meng Wushang outside New City, where his Five Elements Envoys and soldiers battled Meng Wushang and his Venerable guards. Shen Zhui overwhelmed Meng Wushang, disguised himself as Changsun Gu, and killed him, while Nightmare Venerable’s severance clone was destroyed; Nightmare Venerable then demanded an explanation from the Corpse Puppet Sect.

• Bi Ying and the Five Elements Envoys fought Meng Wushang while the Five Elements Camp used formations to restrain his Venerable guards.
• The Envoys’ improved strength let them wound Meng Wushang, but he unleashed mirror scales that incapacitated the soldiers across the battlefield.
• Shen Zhui broke Meng Wushang’s illusion with his powerful soul and Cave Heaven, then ordered the Envoys to attack the three Venerables while he pursued Meng Wushang.
• Meng Wushang used treasures and a talisman to resist Shen Zhui, but Shen Zhui transformed into Changsun Gu and provoked Nightmare Venerable’s severance clone into appearing.
• Shen Zhui destroyed Nightmare Venerable’s clone and killed Meng Wushang, after which his men killed the three Venerables.
• Nightmare Venerable awakened inside the Blood Red Fortress and demanded that the Corpse Puppet Sect explain what had happened.

Nightmare Venerable accused Changsun Gu of killing Meng Wushang, while Changsun Gu learned that the Alliance had branded him a traitor and chose to seek answers near the eastern theater. Shen Zhui returned to New City, rose to twenty-seventh on the Military Merit Ranking, and learned from Yu Ziqi how difficult it was to earn the title of Marquis Wu'an.

• Nightmare Venerable confronted Shi Ye over Meng Wushang's death, and the Artifact Spirit confirmed Changsun Gu had vanished from his theater and was already suspected of rebellion.
• Changsun Gu learned that the Alliance had added killing Meng Wushang to his charges, gave up on seeking refuge, and asked where Meng had died.
• Shen Zhui returned to New City after killing Meng Wushang and more than a hundred Divine Ability Realm experts, bringing his Merit Points to 180,075,000 and his rank to twenty-seventh.
• Shen Zhui reviewed the Military Merit Ranking and asked Yu Ziqi about the requirements for becoming a Marquis Wu'an.
• Yu Ziqi explained that a Marquis Wu'an needed exceptional military achievements and martial strength, and that age and declining potential could prevent even a highly ranked expert from receiving the title.

Shen Zhui learned that Boundary Breaking City was close to falling while his newly established city remained under observation, then faced a challenge from the Sect Alliance. The chapter ended as he flew out to confront Hua Bu, a Venerable Third Tier from the Five Revolutions Sect.

• Yu Ziqi explained how difficult it was to become a Martial Marquis, and Shen Zhui considered what feats could earn him the title.
• Lu Yuanwei appeared through a divine statue and warned Shen Zhui that Boundary Breaking City’s third Defensive Barrier had fallen and that he must not return there.
• Shen Zhui reinforced his city’s defenses as Boundary Breaking City neared collapse and spies watched his forces from a distance.
• On the third day, two Venerables arrived aboard a Nine Yin Sect Golden Flow Ship and demanded that Shen Zhui surrender and hand over Changsun Gu.
• Shen Zhui learned that five Venerable Third Tiers had come, then flew out to meet Hua Bu as the green-haired Venerable charged at him.

Shen Zhui overwhelmed five Venerables with his saber and seven clones, killing Venerable Yaorong and discovering that she was a Demon Race plant protected by an evil-god failsafe. As the other Venerables fled, Corpse Sorrow, a Fifth-tier Venerable from the Corpse Puppet Sect, arrived and threatened to seize Shen Zhui’s Extreme Realm Golden Body.

• Shen Zhui blasted Hua Bu into a ravine, then used Yansheng Mountain and his saber to disrupt the attacks of four Venerables who came to protect the Five Revolutions Sect master.
• Shen Zhui summoned seven clones and attacked the Venerables, overwhelming them with a barrage of saber strikes.
• Shen Zhui split Venerable Yaorong’s body and damaged her divine soul, but an evil black lotus killed her when he tried to enslave her; her remains revealed that she was from the Demon Race.
• Shen Zhui suspected that the Sect Alliance had colluded with the Demon Race and pursued the surviving Venerables with his Lightning Element Clone.
• Corpse Sorrow, a Fifth-tier Venerable from the Corpse Puppet Sect, appeared near the Golden Flow Ship and declared that he intended to take Shen Zhui’s body for himself.

Shen Zhui fled Corpse Sorrow Venerable’s assault, then used his Yinglong Avatar and the Sky-Shaking Cannon to force the powerful elder away from New City. With Corpse Sorrow attacking the city’s defenses and Shen Zhui’s other two supreme treasures ready, the chapter ended as Shen Zhui ordered them fused into him so he could reach the second layer of the Seven Absolute Heavens and fight back.

• Shen Zhui pretended to challenge Corpse Sorrow Venerable, then abruptly fled toward New City and used Thunder Dragon Descent to delay his pursuer.
• Corpse Sorrow Venerable struck Shen Zhui, but Shen Zhui transformed into his Yinglong Avatar and met the elder’s Evil God’s Eye technique head-on before retreating into the city.
• Bi Ying fired New City’s Sky-Shaking Cannon, wounding Corpse Sorrow Venerable and driving him away, while Shen Zhui stopped a second shot because the elder could evade it.
• Corpse Sorrow Venerable probed New City’s defenses and began attacking its barrier as Shen Zhui recovered with the Tree of Life’s help.
• Chanxin told Shen Zhui that the other two supreme treasures were ready to fuse, and Shen Zhui ordered the fusion despite his injuries so he could perfect the second layer of the Seven Absolute Heavens.

Shen Zhui fused the final two supreme treasures of the Seven Absolute Heavens, expanding his Cave Heaven World and gaining a vast gift of energy from the Great Thousand World. He defeated Corpse Sorrow outside the new city, and the War God Chart raised his threat level to a Seventh-tier Venerable mission.

• Shen Zhui fused the One Qi Talisman and Electric Kunwu into his Cave Heaven World, expanding it to thirty million li and forming mountains of World Stones from excess energy.
• Shen Zhui learned that Corpse Sorrow was draining the city's World Stone reserves while searching for a way through its barrier, so he went outside to confront him.
• Shen Zhui overwhelmed Corpse Sorrow in battle, used their exchanges to practice his saber, and offered him a chance to submit.
• Corpse Sorrow summoned the Second Corpse God, but Shen Zhui pierced the Evil God and sent Corpse Sorrow crashing from the sky.
• The War God Chart raised Shen Zhui's rating from level one to seven and classified his talent-level mission as a Seventh-tier Venerable mission.

After Shen Zhui killed Corpse Sorrow, the Sect Alliance raised his threat level and sent Nightmare Venerable and Shi Ye to capture him, while Great Zhou ordered him to flee. The ensuing assault devastated Yangzhou City and Boundary Breaking City, and as both sides withdrew lower-level troops ahead of the final battle, Shen Zhui rose to fourth on Great Zhou’s Military Merit Ranking and ninth on the Sect Alliance’s must-kill list.

• The War God Chart confirmed that Shen Zhui had killed Corpse Sorrow alone and rated his combat strength at the Sixth-tier Venerable level, prompting Shi Ye and Nightmare Venerable to consider hunting him.
• King Tianyao ordered Nightmare Venerable and Shi Ye to capture Shen Zhui and destroy him once, while leaving the attacks on Boundary Breaking City, Yangzhou City, and Youming City unchanged.
• Lu Yuanwei warned Shen Zhui that his threat level had risen to seven and urged him to leave New City and wait for reinforcements.
• The Corpse Puppet Sect breached Yangzhou City, killing Liu Fan, then used traitor Fang Santong to break Boundary Breaking City, where Hall Master Lei Guangming died and Vice Hall Master Yang Tiancheng surrendered.
• Great Zhou reinforcements arrived at Youming City and forced the Corpse Puppet Sect to retreat after both sides suffered heavy losses; later, both sides ordered troops below Venerable level to withdraw ahead of the final battle.
• Shen Zhui rose from fifteenth to fourth on Great Zhou’s Military Merit Ranking, while the Sect Alliance placed him ninth on its must-kill list after discovering he had disguised himself as Fang Liang.

Shen Zhui’s military exploits became known across Great Zhou, while his enemies began hunting him after True God deductions exposed his infiltration. Trapped behind enemy lines, he joined forces with Kong Yangzhou and offered him a chance to follow him as they searched for a way back to camp.

• Reports of Shen Zhui’s achievements spread across Great Zhou, and Liu Yiyi, Chen Qingshan, and the Great Xia Academy reacted to his growing reputation and the danger he faced.
• Cang Song arrived at the Blood Red Fortress, took charge of the search for Shen Zhui, and brought Changsun Gu with him.
• Shen Zhui and Kong Yangzhou hid in an underground cave as enemy forces swept the Eastern Theater looking for Shen Zhui.
• Shen Zhui asked Kong Yangzhou about Gao Sheng and the Fan Family while considering the political troubles he might face after returning to the capital.
• Shen Zhui offered Kong Yangzhou supplies and weapons if he would follow him, and Kong Yangzhou accepted them as a loan.

Shen Zhui and Kong Yangzhou set out toward the Great Zhou camp by disguising themselves as members of the Sect Alliance and traveling openly through the sky. Their disguise passed an initial inspection, but Liu Ming’s lecherous interest in Kong Yangzhou threatened to expose them.

• Shen Zhui and Kong Yangzhou decided that flying toward camp offered more room to maneuver than traveling underground or on foot.
• Shen Zhui transformed into Danxia Zi, and Kong Yangzhou reluctantly disguised himself as a maidservant aboard the Flowing Cloud Flying Ship.
• Liu Ming and eleven other Venerables stopped the ship and questioned Shen Zhui, who claimed to be patrolling under Nightmare Venerable’s orders.
• Liu Ming accepted Shen Zhui’s explanation after checking his story against a sealed order and revealed that Cang Song had taken command at Blood Red Fortress.
• Liu Ming invited Shen Zhui and Kong Yangzhou to return to the garrison, then asked to take Kong Yangzhou as his female cauldron.

Shen Zhui and Kong Yangzhou fled toward Boundary Breaking City while Cang Song and Nightmare pursued them, forcing Shen Zhui to use clones as a decoy. Cang Song struck Shen Zhui just before the city, but Shen Zhui survived with his Invincible Golden Body and reached safety amid the troops’ taunting thanks.

• Shen Zhui stopped Liu Ming from further harassing Kong Yangzhou, then the two discussed their Origin Marks aboard the Flowing Cloud Flying Ship.
• Shen Zhui and Kong Yangzhou escaped repeated interception teams, but Cang Song and Nightmare caught up and destroyed their Dragon Head Warship.
• Shen Zhui and Kong Yangzhou used clones to deceive their pursuers while their true bodies secretly detoured toward Boundary Breaking City.
• Cang Song recognized Shen Zhui as Fang Liang, but the apparent Shen Zhui and Kong Yangzhou exploded, revealing they were clones.
• Cang Song caught up with the real Shen Zhui and struck his back with a horsetail whisk, but Shen Zhui’s Invincible Golden Body protected him.
• Lu Yuanwei and the other defenders rescued Shen Zhui at Boundary Breaking City, where he thanked Cang Song for seeing him off as a hundred thousand troops joined in.