Chapter Summaries

Xuan Tianzun killed Wu Shi True Person and claimed the title of number one under heaven, but found himself overwhelmed by emptiness after achieving the freedom he had fought for. Wu Shi True Person’s death shook the True Spirit World, where Gu Jinlai and another Heavenly Lord sensed a mysterious upheaval.

• Xuan Tianzun’s Heaven’s Extremity Sword killed Wu Zhen True Person after Wu Zhen attacked him in grief over Wu Shi True Person’s death.
• Xuan Tianzun confirmed Wu Shi True Person was dead and reflected on how he had used Xuan Yue’s planted Sword Qi to weaken him before delivering the killing blow.
• Xuan Tianzun declared himself number one under heaven, while Xuan Qing, Xuan Wu, and Xuan Chi refrained from challenging him.
• Xuan Tianzun realized that achieving safety and freedom had left him feeling empty, then recalled offering everything to the Heaven’s Extremity Sword for revenge.
• Wu Shi True Person’s fall caused a tremor in the True Spirit World that Gu Jinlai sensed while traveling toward Lan Province.
• Gu Jinlai searched the turbulent True Spirit World for the mysterious Heavenly Lord who had taught him a projection technique, while a Mystic Mechanism Sect Heavenly Lord feared that someone was merging with the Spirit World to become a Lord of Creation.

Zhou Yi concluded that a Grand Heavenly Lord had been quietly stabilizing Qiantian’s spirit realm, but warned Hongye that the realm would face growing danger if he left to pursue the Creator Realm. Meanwhile, Gu Jinlai prepared a massive campaign to recover Mu Province, as news of Wu Shi’s death made the name Profound Heaven Venerable famous across Qiantian.

• Zhou Yi explained to Hongye that a Grand Heavenly Lord had been repairing Qiantian’s spirit realm and holding back the growth of Demon Realm rifts.
• Zhou Yi warned Hongye that Qiantian would eventually descend into chaos if the Grand Heavenly Lord left, and urged her to resume their search for human sacred lands.
• Gu Jinlai ordered his forces to restore their spiritual consciousness, inspect cities, and check whether the Sky Soaring Palace’s orders had been carried out or any escapees remained.
• Gu Jinlai led a large army toward Lan Province as forces from across the Sky Soaring Palace converged to prepare for the assault on Mu Province.
• News spread that True Person Wu Shi had died, and the name Profound Heaven Venerable resounded throughout Qiantian.

After learning that Wu Shi True Person had died, Gu Jinlai ordered Lingxiao Palace’s forces to invade Mu Province before the Demonic Beasts could regroup. Meanwhile, Xuanyue fled the Three Pure Ones Hall at Xue Ying’s urging and headed to Lingxiao Palace, where she believed Wu Shi True Person had intended him to seek refuge.

• Gu Jinlai and the Primordial Spirit True Lords learned that Xuantian Venerable had killed Wu Shi True Person, leaving Qiantian without a Land True Immortal.
• Gu Jinlai ordered Lingxiao Palace to attack Mu Province, and its army crushed the Demonic Beast forces while he pursued their survivors in eight Blackbird fighter jets.
• Xue Ying urged Xuanyue to escape the Three Pure Ones Hall, regain the World Sword, and grow strong enough to avenge Wu Zhen and Wu Shi True Person.
• Xue Ying told Xuanyue that Wu Shi True Person had likely wanted him to find Gu Jinlai and promised to bring an item from the Wuchen Residence.
• Xuanyue agreed to seek refuge with Gu Jinlai at Lingxiao Palace.

Leng Tianfeng’s Demonic Beast Guards discovered a Demonic Beast lair in Mount Moyun and were overwhelmed by the beasts emerging from it, including a Demonic Beast King. A Blackbird fighter jet intervened, and a golden, towering figure destroyed the King, leaving Leng Tianfeng’s force alive amid the blazing crater.

• Leng Tianfeng directed his Demonic Beast Guards toward fleeing beasts and called in regiment-level artillery, which flattened the forest and killed many of them.
• Leng Tianfeng discovered that two greater Demonic Beasts were missing and found a fissure leading to a Demonic Beast lair, from which hundreds of beasts poured out.
• Leng Tianfeng requested artillery and Blackbird fighter jet support as his Guards formed a defensive line against the charging beasts.
• A Demonic Beast King with a perfected Immortal Demonic Body emerged, resisted an artillery shell, and forced Leng Tianfeng to order a retreat.
• A brilliant flash and intense heat engulfed the battlefield, and Leng Tianfeng saw a golden figure standing in the crater after the Demonic Beast King had been reduced to ashes.

Gu Jinlai killed a Demonic Beast King with the Chengying Mecha, then recognized Leng Tianfeng’s talent and assigned him to protect his surroundings. As teams swept through Mu Province and Gu Jinlai reflected on his growing merit, he continued hunting powerful Demonic Beasts across the province.

• Gu Jinlai detected a hidden Demonic Beast King with the Blackbird fighter’s new radar and destroyed it with a single sword strike from the Chengying Mecha.
• Gu Jinlai recognized Leng Tianfeng, praised his cultivation, and ordered him to join Gu Qingmei’s unit guarding his surroundings and listen to his instruction.
• Leng Tianfeng thanked Gu Jinlai, while the Demon God Guards congratulated him on gaining the Palace Master’s notice.
• Gu Jinlai monitored teams clearing Mu Province and considered expanding the Demon God Guards with talented people from outside the Gu Clan.
• Gu Jinlai discovered that his Karma had turned faintly purple, reflecting merit, and thought back on his struggles before rising to power.
• Gu Jinlai flew off to kill another high-ranking great Demonic Beast with one sword strike as the Demon God Guards watched.

The Taivata Spirit Venerable learned that Gu Jinlai’s weapons and possible mastery of the Dao threatened the Demonic Beasts, but believed the disappearance of a terrifying presence left Qian Heaven vulnerable to invasion. After Gu Jinlai’s army reclaimed the Sunshine Gold Mine, he set out alone for Southern Mu Prefecture to eliminate the remaining Demonic Beast Kings.

• The Taivata Spirit Venerable ordered Yafan to seek aid from the Three-Thousand Great Marshes and directed the Demonic Beasts to conceal their core forces while retreating.
• The Demonic Beasts’ advance through Mu Prefecture stalled after Gu Jinlai killed one Demonic Beast King, and his army reached Western Mu Prefecture within a month.
• Gu Jinlai and his companions reclaimed the Sunshine Gold Mine, and Zhang Yukun prepared to restart its operations and produce refined gold for a second Chengying Mecha.
• Gu Jinlai promised better treatment for Celestial Masters and a Blackbird Fighter for anyone who reached Heavenly Lord level.
• Gu Jinlai spotted a dense mass of fortune in Southern Mu Prefecture and left alone to hunt the remaining Demonic Beast Kings.

Gu Jinlai descended in the Chengying Mecha into a valley in Southern Mu Province and attacked Vajra Spirit Venerable and the other Demon Kings. As the Demon Kings surrounded him, Gu Jinlai unleashed a blinding, searing attack that consumed Vajra Spirit Venerable, leaving the other Demon Kings facing his power.

• Vajra Spirit Venerable ordered Demonic Beasts to dig underground defenses and planned new scouts to counter the humans’ weapons and detection methods.
• Gu Jinlai arrived in the Chengying Mecha and pierced a Demon King with his descent, then charged toward Vajra Spirit Venerable.
• Vajra Spirit Venerable attacked with its twelve arms, but Gu Jinlai severed three and knocked four aside before escaping its grasp.
• Four other Demon Kings rushed at Gu Jinlai, while Vajra Spirit Venerable gathered spider silk to restrain him.
• Gu Jinlai struck with a dazzling, intensely hot radiance that burned Vajra Spirit Venerable’s body to ash.

Gu Jinlai killed the last two Demonic Beasts kings in the valley, then returned to lead Lingxiao Palace’s advance through Muzu as its forces and technology grew. At Sanqing Hall, True Person Wuzhong blamed Venerable Xuantian for Senior Brother Wushi’s death and ordered a full search for him.

• Gu Jinlai pursued and killed a bear-like Demonic Beasts king with the Shadow-Glider Mecha, then collected vital blood from its corpse and the other king’s.
• Gu Jinlai left the ordinary Demonic Beasts to the Demonic God Guards and flew back to Beimu Prefecture after killing six Demonic Beasts kings.
• Gu Jinlai ordered Lingxiao Palace to accelerate its advance into Muzu, where new detection devices and battlefield experience helped its forces reclaim territory.
• True Person Wuzhong questioned Xuanhai about Senior Brother Wushi’s defeat and learned that a Heaven-Extreme Sword Qi on Xuanyue had caught him off guard.
• True Person Wuzhong accused Venerable Xuantian of arranging Wushi’s assassination and ordered Sanqing Hall’s forces to search for him.

Xuan Tianzun visited the Jade Void branch of the Three Pure Ones Hall to question Jade Void True Person about Wu Shi Zhenren’s suspicious death. He was met with a furious, apparently delighted Jade Void True Person and four Celestials as the chapter ended.

• Xuan Hai told Wu Zhong Zhenren that Bai Ye and Bai Yuxuan had helped Xuan Yue leave the Three Pure Ones Hall, and they suspected Emperor Qian Jiang Tianji had arranged it.
• Wu Zhong Zhenren ordered Xuan Hai to leave Jiang Tianji’s possible scheme alone until they found Xuan Tianzun.
• Xuan Tianzun arrived at the Jade Void Palace without an invitation and asked to meet Jade Void True Person.
• Xuan Tianzun recalled that Wu Shi Zhenren had seemed to accept his own death, and came to uncover why he had willingly died beneath Xuan Tianzun’s sword.
• Four Celestials and Jade Void True Person confronted Xuan Tianzun, with Jade Void True Person threatening to kill him.

Profound Heaven Venerable confronted Wu Zhong True Person and used the Heaven's Edge Sword to overpower him, demanding the World Sword and an end to the hunt. News of Wu Shi True Person’s death and Profound Heaven Venerable’s capture of the World Sword reached Gu Jinlai as the Three Pure Ones Hall called on the world’s Saints to hunt him down.

• Wu Zhong True Person attacked Profound Heaven Venerable, but the Heaven's Edge Sword tore through his undying will and wounded his soul.
• Profound Heaven Venerable demanded Wu Zhong True Person hand over the World Sword and stop sending people after him, then announced his Demonic Emperor Heavenly Cosmos killing move.
• Gu Jinlai advanced into the eastern and western Wood Provinces after killing six Demonic Beast Kings.
• News spread that Profound Heaven Venerable had killed Wu Shi True Person and seized the World Sword, leaving the Spirit Realm without its organizer.
• Wu Zhong and Wu Nian True Persons called on the four other Saints to unite and execute Profound Heaven Venerable.

Gu Jinlai learned that True Person Wushi had guarded Qian by sorting out the Spirit World for a hundred years, and that Profound Heaven Venerable had defeated True Person Wuzhong and taken the World Sword. Gu Jinlai refused to join the campaign against Profound Heaven Venerable, choosing instead to hurry the conquest of Wood Province and prepare for threats from beyond Qian.

• Lu Zhanxian explained True Person Wushi's extraordinary talent and his century of work sorting out the Spirit World, which had helped protect Qian from expanding Demon Realm rifts.
• Lu Zhanxian and the others concluded that True Person Wuzhong had lost to Profound Heaven Venerable, who now wielded both the Celestial Extremity Sword and the World Sword.
• True Lord Nether Spring urged Gu Jinlai to join the effort to kill Profound Heaven Venerable and claim a divine weapon, but Gu Jinlai judged the risk too great.
• Gu Jinlai declined to dictate whether Blood Demon Emperor Luo, Imperial Preceptor Taiyuan, and Li Mufeng should join the campaign, saying humanity should not fight among itself amid looming external threats.
• Gu Jinlai ordered his forces to take the remaining Wood Provinces faster and establish defenses against possible Demonic Beast invasions.

Jiang Tianji learned that True Person Wushi had likely guarded the Qantian realm by combing through the Spirit Realm for a century, and realized his own schemes had helped cause Wushi’s death and Qantian’s decline. As Jiang Tianji resolved to pursue sainthood, Tai Yuan urged him to deny Wushi’s sacrifice publicly and preserve Great Qian’s political position.

• Wan Wusheng told Jiang Tianji that the Spirit Realm’s recent vibration could have been caused by a Great Heavenly Monarch’s failed attempt to become a Creator, possibly True Person Wushi.
• Jiang Tianji recognized that Wushi’s death had caused Qantian’s destiny to recede and concluded that his own schemes had destroyed a pillar of the human race.
• Jiang Tianji decided to try to become a saint so he could gather other saint-level powers and strengthen Great Qian.
• Tai Yuan proposed recalling or cooperating with Heavenly Venerate Xuan, but Jiang Tianji said they could not find him after he visited Wuchen Residence and disappeared.
• Tai Yuan advised Jiang Tianji to deny that True Person Wushi had guarded the Spirit Realm, arguing that Great Qian must not yield to pressure from the Three Pure Ones Temple.

Zhou Yi and his companions traveled to the Wood Provinces and were astonished by the Lingxiao Palace’s victories over the Demonic Beasts. After learning that Zhou Yi could bring Gu Jinlai the surviving core inheritance of the Creator Lord of the Gemini Star, Gu Jinlai set out to meet him, while Xuanyue arrived in Starfall City.

• Zhang Liefeng led Hongye, Yun Ling, and Zhou Yi through the ravaged Purgatory Palace, where Zhou Yi marveled at the Demonic Beast corpses and the Lingxiao Palace’s battle record.
• Zhou Yi saw the Lingxiao Palace as humanity’s hope but worried that the Demonic Beasts would counterattack once they recognized the threat posed by Gu Jinlai’s war Spirit Artifacts.
• Lu Zhanxian told Gu Jinlai that Zhou Yi and other Xuanji Sect survivors had preserved the core inheritance of the Lord of the Gemini Star, and that Zhou Yi would offer Gu Jinlai the Book of Nature.
• Gu Jinlai learned Zhou Yi was approaching with the inheritance and left the command center to meet him, leaving Lu Zhanxian to patrol the front lines.
• Xuanyue cautiously made her way to the Lingxiao Palace’s new headquarters in Starfall City.

Xuanyue reached Starlight City and supported himself by carrying bricks while waiting for Gu Jinlai. Lord Xuantian found him at the construction site, but instead of killing him, he gave him a chance to grow strong enough to seek revenge.

• Xuanyue arrived in Starlight City after a difficult journey and chose to earn money carrying bricks rather than steal or hunt.
• Lord Xuantian watched Xuanyue work and reflected on how he had exploited Xuanyue's trust and killed True Person Wushi.
• Xuanyue confronted Lord Xuantian and declared that he would fight him to avenge his master.
• Lord Xuantian challenged Xuanyue to become stronger, threw a divine sword before him, and urged him to return and seek revenge.

Xueying reunited with Xuanyue in Starbright City and found that Xuantian Venerable had given him the World Sword. Xin Tianqi brought them in to await Gu Jinlai’s decision, while Gu Jinlai met Zhou Yi and offered him the position of Vice Palace Master.

• Xueying reunited with Xuanyue and learned that Xuantian Venerable had given him the World Sword, then urged him to grow strong enough to avenge True Person.
• Xin Tianqi arrived, asked Xuanyue and Xueying to remain in Starbright City, and reported their arrival and the World Sword to Gu Jinlai while suppressing the news.
• Xuanyue agreed to wait in Starbright City because he trusted Gu Jinlai’s character and the stability of the Soaring Firmament Palace.
• Gu Jinlai met Zhou Yi, who offered him the Book of Nature, and Gu Jinlai said Zhou Yi mattered more to him than the inheritance tome.
• Gu Jinlai invited Zhou Yi to become Vice Palace Master, but Zhou Yi humbly offered to join as an ordinary Celestial Master instead.

Zhou Yi explained the fall of the twelve domains and the Xuanji Sect, and Gu Jinlai pledged to make Qiantian a new sacred land. He also learned what separates Creators from Heavenly Lords and why Creators risk losing themselves in the spirit world.

• Zhou Yi recounted how the Sacred Domain declined, the Demonic Beasts devastated the twelve domains, and the Xuanji Sect was forced to flee.
• Zhou Yi told Gu Jinlai that his group had searched for safety among fallen sacred lands and dynasties before reaching Qiantian.
• Gu Jinlai promised to use every means available to make Qiantian a new Sacred Domain and refuge for humanity.
• Zhou Yi explained that Great Heavenly Lords could draw on the spirit world, while Creators transformed into lifeforms within it.
• Zhou Yi warned that most Heavenly Lords who attempted to become Creators lost themselves to the spirit world's vastness and became part of it.

Gu Jinlai and Zhou Yi discussed the risks and history of the Heavenly Master path, including the failed effort to use divine weapons to guide its practitioners. After learning that Xuanyue had arrived in Starlight City with the World Sword, Gu Jinlai flew there with Zhou Yi, leaving them poised to examine the weapon.

• Zhou Yi explained that Creator Lords faced dangerous transformations, and that divine weapons embodied nearly complete Daos intended to guide Heavenly Masters through the Spirit World.
• Gu Jinlai received Xin Tianqi's message that Xuanyue had come to Starlight City seeking allegiance, and that Profound Heavenly Venerable had given him the World Sword; Xin Tianqi had detained Xuanyue and Xueying for their protection.
• Gu Jinlai invited Zhou Yi to test a manned Blackbird Fighter and flew with him to Starlight City.
• Gu Jinlai and Zhou Yi arrived at the former City Lord Mansion, where Gu Jinlai prepared to show him the World Sword.

In Starfall City, Gu Jinlai and two Heavenly Lords examined the World Sword and learned that it guided each person toward a different way of serving the world. Gu Jinlai returned the sword to Xuanyue and left to study the Book of Nature, but Xueying stopped him with a message entrusted by True Person Wushi.

• Gu Jinlai met Xuanyue and Xueying in Starfall City, where Xuanyue offered to lend him the World Sword for study.
• Gu Jinlai, Zhou Yi, and Zhang Lihuo each sensed a different path through the World Sword: reshaping the world, saving it, ruling it, and protecting it.
• Gu Jinlai considered the Creator system's greater potential and chose not to pursue the World Sword for himself.
• Gu Jinlai returned the World Sword to Xuanyue and warned him to conceal that he possessed it from the Three Pure Halls.
• As Gu Jinlai, Zhou Yi, and Zhang Lihuo left to study the Book of Nature, Xueying told Gu Jinlai that she had a message from True Person Wushi.

Gu Jinlai and the others studied True Person Wushi’s works, learning about the Spirit Realm and dominator-grade Demonic Spirits. The chapter ended with a warning from the Great Qian royal family about the Three Thousand Great Marshes, as black karmic fortune engulfed Southern Mu Prefecture.

• Gu Jinlai accepted Xue Ying and Xuanyue’s books, including True Person Wushi’s writings and Star Lord Libra’s Canon of Balance, and promised to handle pressure from the Three Purities Hall.
• Xue Ying urged Xuanyue to cultivate quickly so he could protect himself and the World Sword without relying on others.
• Gu Jinlai, Zhou Yi, and Zhang Lihuo studied the books and learned that the Spirit Realm connected the Human Realm and Demon Realm and existed wherever matter and energy were found.
• Zhou Yi, Zhang Lihuo, and Gu Jinlai read about dominator-grade Demonic Spirits and considered how such beings could have overwhelmed the twelve domains.
• Xin Tianqi warned Gu Jinlai that the Great Qian royal family had advised caution about the Three Thousand Great Marshes, and Gu Jinlai saw black karmic fortune covering Southern Mu Prefecture.

Gu Jinlai learned that the Demonic Beasts of the Three Thousand Great Marshes were preparing to invade Mu Province and decided to meet them head-on. At the Demon Refining Hall, he exchanged his merit for three Dao Artifacts, including the renowned Emperor's Sword, and prepared to return to Mu Province.

• Gu Jinlai ordered Lu Zhanxian, Gu Luocheng, and the others to withdraw from Southern Mu Province and form a defensive line in Eastern Mu Province, but declared that he would strike the invading Demonic Beasts head-on.
• Gu Jinlai told Xin Tianqi to report his plan to exchange merit for Dao Artifacts to Shang Zhenbei, and Zhou Yi and Zhang Lihuo volunteered to pilot Blackbird warplanes in the coming battle.
• Gu Jinlai went to the Demon Refining Hall and submitted his merit for Dao Artifacts with dual Infinite and Toughness properties.
• The Heaven and Earth Universe Diagram delivered the Panwu Spear and the Divine Peak Sword to Gu Jinlai.
• The diagram delivered a third Dao Artifact, the Emperor's Sword, which Xin Tianqi recognized as the previous Qian Emperor's personal sword.