Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuanwei’s Heaven Punishing Sword shifted the battlefield’s fortune toward Great Zhou, helping Lan Hai break through and Shen Zhui form his first Lotus Dao Fruit. Shen Zhui was lured into a trap that brought a True God onto the battlefield, but Marquis Wu'an appeared to protect him and confront King Cang Jin.

• The Golden Guard Generals were impressed by Lu Yuanwei’s sword and intensified their assault on the three Saint Envoys.
• As Great Zhou’s fortune surged, Lan He urged Lan Hai to abandon his obsession with becoming a marquis, and Lan Hai broke through from Seventh Tier to Ninth Tier Venerable.
• Shen Zhui absorbed the battlefield’s fortune, formed his first Lotus Dao Fruit, and pursued Heaven Absolute Venerable with Demon Eye Venerable, Bian Feng, Weakwater, and Silverfire.
• Heaven Absolute Venerable fused with Nightmare Venerable, Shi Ye Venerable, and another figure, transforming into a True God as a second True God appeared to target Lu Yuanwei.
• The descending True God killed Silverfire and badly injured Demon Eye Venerable, Weakwater Venerable, and Venerable Bian Feng before Shen Zhui called for Marquis Wu'an.
• Marquis Wu'an emerged from Shen Zhui’s burning letter, shielded him from the blood-red attacks, and prepared to fight King Cang Jin.

Marquis Wu'an suppressed King Cang Jin’s incarnation, while Shen Zhui raced to save Lu Yuanwei from a second attack. A mysterious sword master destroyed that incarnation in time, and Lu Yuanwei revealed that the Great Xia Academy had sent the Burial Sword Venerable to protect him.

• Marquis Wu'an wounded King Cang Jin and trapped his incarnation, while Shen Zhui warned that another incarnation was threatening Lu Yuanwei.
• King Cang Jin’s second incarnation overwhelmed Lu Yuanwei’s Heaven Punishing Sword, and Lan Hai died buying him a moment to act.
• Shen Zhui tried to block King Cang Jin’s blood-colored threads, but a silver-white Sword Qi pierced the barrier and destroyed the incarnation.
• Shen Zhui treated Lu Yuanwei with healing treasures and the Tree of Life, restoring him enough to awaken.
• Lu Yuanwei told Shen Zhui that the sword master was the Burial Sword Venerable, his Dao Protector from the Great Xia Academy, and revealed that he had once been named King Fengyang.

Shen Zhui helped the Great Zhou defeat the Sect Alliance, earned the highest military merit, and awaited the court’s decision on his expected marquisate. The chapter ended when Xia Yi, King Liang’s heir, arrived to see him.

• Lu Yuanwei told Shen Zhui that Burial Sword Venerable was alive, had once challenged King Liang Xia Wudao, and remained at the Great Xia Academy until he could defeat him.
• Shen Zhui returned to the Critical Continent and joined the Great Zhou’s final assault as the Sect Alliance’s forces collapsed.
• The Great Zhou breached the Hall of Judgment, and Shen Zhui ranked first on the Military Merit Ranking, ahead of Xie Tianhu and Lu Yuanwei.
• Marquis Wu'an Zhao Xing returned with the Heavenly Wolf King’s head, confirming the Great Zhou’s victory as King Cang Jin lost three souls and one spirit and King Tianyao fled.
• The Great Zhou advanced across the Canglan River, established a new Boundary Marker, and began negotiations and military reorganization after the battle.
• Shen Zhui shut his residence to visitors while awaiting the court’s ennoblement decision, but Yu Ziqi announced that Xia Yi had come to visit.

Shen Zhui recognized King Liang's blank letter as an attempt to drive a wedge between him and Marquis Wu'an, then studied the Martial Scripture to learn what a True God breakthrough required. After seven days of cultivation, he was summoned because the imperial court's reward decree had arrived.

• Shen Zhui refused to open Xia Yi's letter and handed it to Lu Yuanwei while Marquis Wu'an was in seclusion.
• Shen Zhui explained to Chanxin that King Liang intended to undermine his relationship with Marquis Wu'an and pressure him to surrender the key to a gate.
• Shen Zhui read the Martial Scripture and learned that a True God breakthrough required both mastery of rules and a transformed divine body, making the soul-body merger especially dangerous.
• Shen Zhui reviewed the listed cultivation methods and decided to improve his rule comprehension before seeking a suitable technique from Marquis Wu'an or in the capital.
• After seven days of secluded cultivation, Shen Zhui heard Yu Ziqi announce that the imperial court's reward decree had arrived and the Grand Inspector awaited him at Heaven's Heart Hall.

Shen Zhui and the assembled generals received the court’s rewards for their victory in the Territorial War, including the creation of several new Wu'an Marquises. The chapter ended with Shen Zhui being enfeoffed as Marquis Champion, while Zhao Xing’s letter to King Liang hinted at trouble ahead.

• Shen Zhui learned that the court’s enfeoffment decree had arrived and hurried to Heaven’s Heart Hall with the generals.
• Zhao Xing emerged from seclusion, processed memorials, and sent a letter tearing through space to King Liang, who retaliated by killing two thousand creatures in his spirit lake.
• Long Xiao announced promotions and enfeoffments, and Xie Tianhu received the title Marquis Zhixin.
• The court revived Lan Hai and granted him the title Marquis Zhongyi, then enfeoffed Lu Yuanwei as Marquis Wenxin.
• Shen Zhui received the title Marquis Champion for his outstanding achievements in the Territorial War.

Shen Zhui received the rare title of Marquis Champion and rose to Fifth-tier Venerable, while the honor stirred jealousy and speculation across Great Zhou. As Shen Zhui prepared for the dangers of traveling to the capital, Long Xiao gathered with the Marquises Wu to discuss arrangements for him.

• The court awarded Shen Zhui the title Marquis Champion, and the imperial decree raised him to Fifth-tier Venerable.
• The court promoted Marquis Wu'an to King Zhao and granted Marquis Divine Sword and Marquis Dingwu new offices and honors.
• News of Shen Zhui's title spread through the realm, and Xia Feihu raged that Shen Zhui had surpassed him.
• At Divine Might Manor, Cheng Jiao congratulated Shen Zhui, while Shen Zhui reassured his worried family about the dangers ahead.
• At Heaven's Heart Hall, Marquis Divine Sword and Marquis Dingwu speculated that Shen Zhui might be Yang An reincarnated, and Long Xiao ordered them not to speculate about the Emperor's will.
• Long Xiao told the gathered Marquises Wu that Shen Zhui's arrangements needed to be explained.

Zhao Xing explained the court’s plans for the newly appointed marquises and summoned Shen Zhui to prepare him for the challenges ahead. He gave Shen Zhui a message from Zi Xuan, who had reached Ninth Tier Venerable and sent him an affectionate greeting from Xuan Yue Immortal Island.

• Long Xiao told Zhao Xing, Marquis Divine Sword, and Marquis Dingwu that the new marquises would stay in the capital for varying lengths of time, while Shen Zhui would remain there.
• Long Xiao revealed the Human Emperor’s secret decree assigning separate routes to Marquis Dingwu, Marquis Divine Sword, and Zhao Xing for their journeys to the capital.
• After five days in seclusion, Shen Zhui received Zhao Xing’s summons and went to Heaven’s Heart Hall.
• Zhao Xing teased Shen Zhui about accepting gifts from King Liang, then advised him to stay composed in the capital and said he would have to win the princess’s hand himself.
• Zhao Xing told Shen Zhui that Zi Xuan had reached Ninth Tier Venerable and gave him her Storage Ring and Thousand-Year Mirage Pearl message.
• Shen Zhui watched Zi Xuan playfully command sea beasts to praise him, then listened as she congratulated him, shared gifts and stories, and told him she missed him.

Shen Zhui received Zi Xuan’s precious gifts, including the complete Nine Revolutions Starry Sky Art, and became King Zhao’s first disciple before the honor guard departed for the capital. As their long journey began, King Zhao revealed that they would take a winding route and asked Shen Zhui whether he had heard of Yiyang.

• Shen Zhui examined Zi Xuan’s many rare gifts, and Zhao Xing warned him to keep them secret and not sell them.
• Zhao Xing identified the silver metal as Xuan Yue Immortal Island’s complete Nine Revolutions Starry Sky Art, which Zi Xuan had stolen from her mother, and explained the dangers of Shen Zhui cultivating it.
• Shen Zhui and Zhao Xing silently agreed to pursue their plans, and news spread that Shen Zhui had become King Zhao’s first disciple.
• King Zhao’s honor guard set out for the capital, and Shen Zhui’s warship led the formation while Shen Xinlan prepared to spar with his incarnations.
• King Zhao showed Shen Zhui the honor guard’s winding route to the capital and asked whether he had heard of Yiyang.

Zhao Xing explained the Yang family’s standing and why Shen Zhui should pay respects to Yang An before reaching the capital. After enduring Zhao Xing’s brutal training and learning of his past exploits, Shen Zhui arrived at Yiyang and met the Yang family’s tomb guardians.

• Zhao Xing told Shen Zhui that the Yang family might resent him for receiving the Marquis Champion title and advised him to visit Yang An’s tomb to show goodwill.
• Zhao Xing trained Shen Zhui through a punishing daily spar, stabilizing his cultivation; Tan Lang recounted Zhao Xing’s past battles until Zhao Xing silently stopped him from revealing more.
• Three days later, Shen Zhui’s fleet reached the Extreme Flame Forbidden Zone, where a Yang family guardian initially ordered them to leave.
• Shen Zhui explained that King Zhao had been granted his title and that they had come to pay respects, prompting the guardian to report their arrival.
• Yang Ruye arrived with about a hundred people, introduced himself as guardian of the divine temple, and invited Shen Zhui to follow him.

Shen Zhui led King Zhao’s fleet to Yiyang New City, where he impressed the Yang family by suppressing a vast eruption of earth-fiend flames. While visiting the Sacred Stone Forest and learning about Yang An, Xia Feihu revealed Shen Zhui’s title of Marquis Champion, leaving Yang Ruye and the others stunned.

• Shen Zhui controlled the fleet toward Yiyang New City while Tan Lang explained why young Yang family disciples guarded the Extreme Flame Land.
• When lung flames erupted beneath the fleet, Shen Zhui used Yansheng Mountain to force the flames back underground, prompting Yang Ruye to apologize and treat him with greater respect.
• Zhao Xing arrived in Yiyang New City, ordered the ceremonies kept simple, and chose to pay respects at the original site of the great battle.
• Yang Ruye led Shen Zhui and the other generals to the Sacred Stone Forest, where they saw Yang An’s statue and learned about his eighteen True God guards.
• Xia Feihu revealed that Shen Zhui had been granted the title of Marquis Champion, and Yang Ruye and the others asked in shock whether it was true.

Shen Zhui visited the Old Site of the True Gods after Yang Ruye confirmed that the imperial court had named him Marquis Champion, provoking resentment among the Yang family’s young warriors. At the center of the Sacred Stone Forest, Shen Zhui learned the story of the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon waiting for Yang An, gained insight into its time laws, and seemed to cause the sealed dragon to stir as challengers gathered nearby.

• Tan Lang confirmed that Shen Zhui had been named Marquis Champion, and Yang Ruye apologized for his juniors’ disrespect before leading the group into the Sacred Stone Forest.
• News of Shen Zhui’s title spread through the forbidden zone, where Yang family geniuses vowed to challenge him for taking the honor they had long sought.
• Yang Ruye explained that the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon had waited for Yang An for eight hundred years and sealed itself with the Human Emperor’s help.
• Shen Zhui studied the dragon’s time-law patterns, nearly crossed into its dangerous domain, and returned safely after being thrown back.
• The golden dragon gave a faint roar and shifted slightly, prompting Yang Ruye to hurry away as a crowd shouted that Shen Zhui had been found.

Shen Zhui faced hostility from Yang family disciples in the Sacred Stone Forest and agreed to fight one challenger after they chose their strongest suitable prodigy. Yang Lin learned of the challenge and accepted, leaving to confront Shen Zhui.

• Shen Zhui refused to leave or drive away the gathering Yang family disciples, then calmly met Yang Xiu when he challenged him.
• Shen Zhui announced he would accept only one challenge, and Yang Xiu withdrew after the crowd named Yang Lin as the stronger candidate.
• Yang Ruye warned Shen Zhui that Yang Lin had mastered a top-tier rule and two advanced rules, but Shen Zhui confirmed he would fight him.
• Shen Zhui returned to studying the Law Domain of Time while the Yang family spread word of the coming challenge.
• Yang Lin received news of Shen Zhui’s title and challenge, accepted it, and vanished after absorbing the surrounding flames into a black hole.

Shen Zhui and Yang Lin began their heavily attended challenge, each fighting to defend the honor tied to the Marquis Champion title. Yang Lin initially seemed to dominate with his spatial attacks, but Shen Zhui’s resilient clones revealed a strategy to exhaust him, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Yang Ruye ordered the Spirit Guard Army to control the crowds, and True Gods raised a barrier to keep Shen Zhui and Yang Lin safe.
• Yang Ruye announced the rules, and Shen Zhui and Yang Lin entered the barrier and exchanged names before beginning their duel.
• Yang Lin struck first with his space-and-water-powered saber, knocking Shen Zhui back, but Shen Zhui’s Merit Barrier quickly dispelled the lingering spatial force.
• Yang Lin used Spatial Domain to attack from multiple directions, while Shen Zhui sent his seven clones into the Space Channels to fight back.
• After Yang Lin destroyed all seven clones over a quarter of an hour, Shen Zhui summoned them again with most of his strength intact, turning the fight into a contest of endurance.

Shen Zhui defeated Yang Lin in a direct clash, overcoming his superior command of spatial rules with the overwhelming power of his Extreme Realm Golden Body and Cave Heaven. Afterward, Zhao Xing explained how Yang Lin’s early cultivation gave him an advantage in rule comprehension, while Shen Zhui’s Extreme Realm foundation offered greater potential.

• Shen Zhui kept Yang Lin occupied with successive rounds of powerful clones while the spectators began to doubt that Yang Lin could win.
• Yang Lin unleashed his strongest move, Void Reincarnation, but Shen Zhui answered with Five Elements Pierce the Void and defeated him with a full-strength saber strike.
• A True God’s Law membrane protected Yang Lin from the worst of Shen Zhui’s blow, and the barrier declared Shen Zhui the winner.
• Shen Zhui returned to his warship, where Zhao Xing asked whether he had learned anything from the battle.
• Zhao Xing explained that Yang Lin’s clan had cultivated him from before birth, but that being born Xiantian made it difficult to reach the Extreme Realm and limited Cave Heaven amplification.
• Zhao Xing told Shen Zhui that his own Extreme Realm Golden Body and amplification secret art let him unleash more than ten thousand times his strength even without World Power.

Shen Zhui learned how the Nine Revolutions Star Formation Art could amplify his physical power and followed Zhao Xing into the ruins of old Yiyang City despite the lethal heat and chaotic rules. The old man guarding the city revealed Yang An’s colossal broken Soaring Cloud Saber and gave Shen Zhui one hour to comprehend its Invincible Saber Intent.

• Zhao Xing explained physical-body amplification and urged Shen Zhui to cultivate the Nine Revolutions Star Formation Art and improve his rule comprehension.
• Shen Zhui spent several days cultivating the art and comprehending the Time Law, gaining a five-hundredfold increase in physical strength.
• Zhao Xing led a procession to Yang An’s tomb and continued toward old Yiyang City as the other Venerables stopped to study the dangerous ruins.
• Shen Zhui used the Nine Revolutions Star Formation Art to endure the heavenly fire and followed Zhao Xing through the magma wall to the city’s guarded entrance.
• The old man guarding the forbidden land revealed Yang An’s broken Soaring Cloud Saber and ordered Shen Zhui to spend one hour viewing it and comprehending the Invincible Saber Intent.

Shen Zhui studied Yang An’s Invincible Saber Technique in the Extreme Flame Forbidden Zone, then continued cultivating as King Zhao’s entourage took a detour. Zhao Xing revealed that the detour followed an imperial decree to deal with treasonous vassal kings, leaving Shen Zhui to learn the mission’s purpose.

• Shen Zhui wielded the Soaring Cloud Saber in a vision and learned the three forms of Yang An’s Invincible Saber Technique, but Zhao Xing warned him that studying it could consume his life force.
• A foreign expert entered Lunyou City, killed Yu Feiyue, took his appearance, and waited for Zhao Xing’s entourage while seeking a target in the Western Continent.
• Shen Zhui cultivated aboard King Zhao’s Golden Dragon Warship, practiced the Invincible Saber Technique under supervision, and strengthened his laws during the detour.
• Zhao Xing summoned Shen Zhui to the Marching Hall and explained that the detour followed His Majesty’s decree.
• Zhao Xing told Shen Zhui that many vassal kings had begun treasonous acts in private, and Shen Zhui realized this was connected to their mission.

Zhao Xing revealed that Shen Zhui’s mission was to eliminate powerful officials who had betrayed Great Zhou, and Shen Zhui learned from Kong Yangzhou that the missions could also yield confiscated wealth. After reading the secret edict, Shen Zhui assembled a team to target nearly two thousand Outer Sect collaborators in Hushan Kingdom and entered its royal city to begin the operation.

• Zhao Xing explained that he had secretly become Grand Inspector and assigned Shen Zhui opponents to temper his combat skills.
• Kong Yangzhou gave Shen Zhui Thousand-Year Spirit Incense Jade and urged him to join forces in confiscating the wealth of criminals they were ordered to kill.
• Shen Zhui and Kong Yangzhou read the edict naming 1,987 Outer Sect collaborators in Hushan Kingdom, including six royal descendants and six high-tier Venerables.
• Shen Zhui selected six additional experts and led a group of eight toward Hushan Kingdom’s cities, relying on the Inspection Division to locate the targets.
• Fang Ming admitted Shen Zhui’s group into the royal city through the barrier, and Shen Zhui asked Lu Yuanwei to handle 352 targets before they spread their divine senses across the city.

Shen Zhui and Lu Yuanwei led a coordinated operation against royal descendants in Hushan Kingdom who had colluded with the Outer Realm Forces. Shen Zhui defeated Kalin and Kafan, learned that their allies were connected to the Demon God Palace beyond the Great Thousand World, and sent his clone to search for their hidden treasures.

• Shen Zhui, Lu Yuanwei, Mi Feng, and Demon Eye Venerable confirmed their targets and began simultaneous attacks at three locations.
• At Kalin's betrothal banquet, Shen Zhui's group killed nearly a hundred guests and captured the survivors, leaving Kalin, Kafan, and Chier in the hall.
• Lu Yuanwei killed Chier as he fled, then offered Kalin and Kafan a chance to live if they defeated Shen Zhui.
• Kalin and Kafan attacked Shen Zhui with their Darkness Rule and corrupted Dark Flame, but he broke their technique and struck them down.
• Shen Zhui used the Illusory God Dao to extract the brothers' secrets, learned of the Demon God Palace, and sent his clone to search for their treasures.

Shen Zhui and his allies completed a series of lucrative missions across the Southern Continent, building up wealth and influence as King Zhao’s fleet approached the capital. After reaching Lunnan Kingdom, Shen Zhui reviewed his gains, including a damaged Cloud Sky Warship, before a sudden explosion struck the fleet.

• Shen Zhui’s avatars searched six secret chambers in Prince Kalin’s residence and uncovered roughly fifty thousand Fortune Coins’ worth of hidden wealth.
• Venerable Mi Feng and Demon Eye Venerable reported that they had annihilated their targets, while the Inspection Division completed the resettlement of Kalin and Kafan’s followers.
• Shen Zhui divided the spoils with Lu Yuanwei, Kong Yangzhou, Mi Feng, and Demon Eye, then beat Kong Yangzhou for accepting bribes before returning part of the money to him.
• Shen Zhui and Lu Yuanwei led repeated missions across the Southern Continent, earning the loyalty of accompanying generals and provoking Xia Feihu’s resentment.
• The fleet reached Lunnan Kingdom, where Shen Zhui counted 170,000 Fortune Coins, one billion Merit Points, and the damaged mid-grade sixth-tier Cloud Sky Warship among his gains.
• A violent explosion erupted outside the warship as the fleet entered Lunnan Kingdom’s royal city, leaving Shen Zhui dazed.

Shen Zhui and the fleet witnessed Zhao Xing use the Seven Dragon God Locking Array to kill King Lunnan, a long-established king accused of betraying Great Zhou and committing past crimes. After the battle, Yu Feiyue recognized Zhao Xing as a newly advanced True God with Top True God combat strength and decided to report the corrected intelligence to the Holy Land.

• Shen Zhui rushed onto the fleet’s deck after an explosion and saw Zhao Xing standing over Lunnan Kingdom’s ruined imperial palace, sealed by seven golden dragon pillars.
• Lu Yuanwei used the Myriad God Mirror to show the generals that Zhao Xing had trapped King Lunnan inside the Seven Dragon God Locking Array to carry out the emperor’s decree.
• Zhao Xing accused King Lunnan of past atrocities and allegiance to Falan Holy Land, then overwhelmed him in combat as King Lunnan tried and failed to escape the array.
• King Lunnan summoned a Blood Bodhi Tree, stirring Shen Zhui’s Demon Subduing Sword and Nine Nether Soul Sword, but Zhao Xing seized the treasure and killed him after an hour of attacks.
• Yu Feiyue sensed King Lunnan’s death, concluded Zhao Xing had reached Top True God combat strength, and abandoned his mission to send the news back to the Holy Land.