Chapter Summaries

Su Qing assessed several fourth-tier True Persons, recruited Master Huizhen, and helped Wang Ba Tian advance to the fifth tier. Wang Ba Tian left to fight the Demonic Buddha and the Great Demon Covering the Sea, while Bear Two took notes on Su Qing’s dealings and workplace lessons.

• Master Huizhen admitted he lacked the resources to advance, and Su Qing hired him as a subordinate.
• The True Persons offered to work for Su Qing, who assessed their foundations and advised some to withdraw or seek life-extension help from Liang Hai Shun.
• Su Qing opened heaven for Wang Ba Tian, whose strong foundation let him advance easily to the fifth tier.
• Wang Ba Tian vowed to serve Su Qing for a hundred years, but Su Qing sent him to exorcise the Demonic Buddha and the Great Demon Covering the Sea.
• Bear Two recorded lessons from the True Persons’ flattery and Su Qing’s leadership, then noted that he had stolen Chen Quan Quan’s Jade Belt after Chen mocked him.

Su Qing sailed toward the Far West with eight True Persons recruited to guard its spirit mines, assuring them they would have Puppet support and could retreat if needed. When an Evil Demon flew toward his new enterprise, Su Qing intercepted it, and his Azure Dragon Dao Pattern inspired the frightened True Persons to join the fight.

• Su Qing entertained the eight True Persons aboard the Myriad Nations Peak Ship and promised them Puppets, fire support, and permission to retreat while guarding the Far West’s mines.
• The True Persons agreed to work for Su Qing, and his group continued sailing toward the Far West as Bear Two helped them adjust to their new roles.
• Qing He clung to Su Qing as the Far West came into view, and he learned that Hongshang had arranged a welcoming ceremony at the Su Mansion.
• Su Qing spotted an Evil Demon flying toward the Far West, sent Hongshang word of the delay, and led his Puppets to surround it.
• Su Qing revealed his Azure Dragon Armor and Azure Dragon Dao Pattern, frightening the Evil Demon and prompting the True Persons to rally and attack.

Su Qing and the True Persons defeated the Heart-Piercing Demon, but the Demonic Buddha appeared and stole the demon’s Dao Pattern origin before Su Qing could stop it. The Demonic Buddha escaped, leaving Su Qing to receive praise for driving it away.

• Su Qing used the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern and his allies to suppress and attack the Heart-Piercing Demon, which split into slime fragments and seized control of the Ghoul Doll Legion.
• The Heart-Piercing Demon tried to bargain with Su Qing by holding the Ghoul Dolls hostage, but Su Qing ordered the True Persons and Puppets to destroy them and finish the demon.
• As the Heart-Piercing Demon was dying, the Demonic Buddha possessed it and appeared above the battlefield, frightening the True Persons.
• The Demonic Buddha gathered the Heart-Piercing Demon’s Dao Pattern origin while Su Qing attacked with the Xing Tian Blood Axe, then escaped without fighting him.
• The True Persons praised Su Qing for supposedly driving off the Demonic Buddha.

Su Qing developed the Time Set technique after realizing the Demonic Buddha had used time displacement to steal the Heart-Piercing Demon’s Dao Pattern. He tested the new ability on Liu Qianpiao and believed it would protect future spoils from being shifted out of the present.

• The True Persons celebrated Su Qing for driving off the Demonic Buddha, while Su Qing fumed over losing the Heart-Piercing Demon’s Dao Pattern and his Ghoul Dolls.
• Liu Qianpiao and the others praised Su Qing and discussed Chen Quan Quan’s Myriad Laws Soldier, but Chen explained that he could not imitate the Xing Tian Blood Axe’s full power.
• Liu Qianpiao asked Chen Quan Quan to become an air sheath for his Second Brother, but Chen’s furious reaction made clear he would not help.
• Su Qing abruptly realized that his Time Dao Pattern could be used to create a time-based ability and sent clusters of time bubbles toward Liu Qianpiao.
• Liu Qianpiao found himself surrounded by versions of himself from earlier moments as Su Qing explained that Time Set divided time into fixed instants to thwart the Demonic Buddha’s time displacement.

Su Qing tested his Time Set on Liu Qianpiao, then gave and sold him air-cluster copies of his past self. As Su Qing arrived in West City with nine True Persons, the city’s defenses mistook them for an invading force, until the Far West’s leaders appeared to welcome him.

• Su Qing concluded that the Time Set could only trap the Demonic Buddha once, tested it on Liu Qianpiao, and offered him treasured Passion Puppets as compensation.
• Liu Qianpiao asked Su Qing for air clusters that could copy his past state, then paid fifty thousand Spirit Stones for them.
• Su Qing planted Dust Listening Puppets to monitor the True Persons and resolved to use the Far West’s resources to produce his new Puppet designs.
• Hongshang reported that an envoy from Xian Qin Wu Guo had collapsed after drinking poisoned wine at Su Mansion, prompting Su Qing to gather the nine True Persons and fly to West City.
• The people of West City feared the ten arrivals were enemies, but the Far West’s leaders emerged and bowed to welcome True Person Su.

Su Qing arrived in West City, where the Far West’s people and leaders welcomed him as their ruler. His strength and the support of nine Fourth-tier True Persons impressed the local powers, who pledged to follow him as he began greeting the people who had built the Far West in his absence.

• The people of West City recognized Su Qing and knelt before him, while nine Fourth-tier True Persons and the prosperous city astonished the local leaders.
• De Bao and Delong celebrated Su Qing’s new allies, while Ying Jue Shen and the Far West Elder Hall elders recognized his strength and influence.
• The Grand Elder considered resisting Su Qing, but Xiao Lang warned that even General Hu surpassed him in swordsmanship, prompting the Grand Elder to submit.
• Su Qing judged that his supporters had invested heavily in him and decided to establish the Far West’s taxation system.
• Su Qing thanked Ying Jue Shen and the Far West elders for their work, helped them to their feet, and privately recalled the Grand Elder’s earlier attempts to maneuver for influence.

Su Qing and Fire Egg secured investment and new partnerships for Far West as Penglai families sought a safer place to grow. The chapter ended with Su Qing sending Bad Egg and Sword Come Security to escort families from Penglai, warning them to complete their mission and not yield to anyone who threatened it.

• Xin Feng praised Far West and, after weighing the Xin Family’s danger in Penglai, agreed to invest and bring other families to settle there.
• Fire Egg negotiated with Xin Feng under Bear Two’s guidance, accepted pet food from him, and received Su Qing’s backing for the partnership.
• Chen Quan Quan, Liu Qianpiao, Xiao Lang, Master Liaode, Duan Tian'ai, Wei De Bao, and other True Persons formed business connections, while Su’s Group gained investors and orders.
• Su Qing assigned Bad Egg and the Demon God Soldier Legion to escort Penglai families to Far West alongside Sword Come Security.
• Su Qing told Bad Egg to stay within the mission’s scope but to fight or kill anyone who obstructed the escort or endangered the families.

Su Qing inspected West City and laid out reforms to its defenses, education, and markets before hosting visiting cultivators. When the Xian Qin Envoy was found murdered, Su Qing identified the Donghua Immortal Kingdom envoy, True Person Zi Wei, as the culprit and turned his pressure on him.

• Su Qing ordered a new barrier beyond West City, incentives for Hundred Arts schools, and affordable goods for local residents.
• Su Qing led the visitors through West City to Su Mansion, where he ordered a welcome feast and had a Tusked Carp taken from the lake to be braised.
• Su Qing discovered the Xian Qin Envoy had been murdered and reassured Hongshang that she was not to blame.
• Su Qing considered the visiting envoys' motives and, with the Bad Egg's help, learned that True Person Zi Wei had committed the murder.
• Su Qing lifted his pressure on the hall, then directed crushing pressure at True Person Zi Wei, who feared he would not leave West City alive.

Su Qing forced True Person Zi Wei to confess to selling the poison that killed the Xian Qin Envoy, then used Wu Gen Xiong’s possession of another dose to justify detaining him. With the foreign envoys cowed, Su Qing announced the founding of the Origin Opening Immortal Kingdom in Far West.

• Su Qing’s pressure and Bad Egg’s intrusion made True Person Zi Wei admit that he had prepared the poison used to kill the Xian Qin Envoy.
• Wu Gen Xiong exposed himself by angrily denying any poisoning, then pulled the dose he had bought from True Person Zi Wei from his Storage Bag.
• Ying Jue Shen, Rao Tingshan, and the other cultivators killed Wu Gen Xiong’s guards, while True Person Zi Wei seized the poison and died after swallowing it.
• Su Qing declared that Far West would suspend relations with Donghua Immortal Kingdom and detain Wu Gen Xiong until he cleared himself of suspicion.
• Su Qing proclaimed the founding of the Origin Opening Immortal Kingdom, named West City its royal city, and declared its borders and mission to the gathered envoys.

Su Qing established the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and won recognition from foreign envoys by offering trade and puppet manufacturing opportunities. He secured True Person Tianpeng’s help in claiming a Wind-Speed Stone mine, then addressed the far west cultivators about rules for their new kingdom.

• Huang Li congratulated Su Qing on behalf of Penglai and the Western Sea Immortal Kingdoms, but could not give him a firm answer about lifting trade restrictions.
• True Person Tianpeng received Su Qing’s Peng-shaped Battle Armor Puppet blueprint and eagerly agreed to help seize the Wind-Speed Stone mine needed to make it.
• Su Qing announced that Su’s Factory would mass-produce Demon Seal Wave puppets, prompting foreign envoys to remain in the far west to discuss business.
• Su Qing told the far west cultivators they could accept his requirements for the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom or leave without losing his friendship.
• Yao Guangquan, Wei De Bao, Li Kuishan, Delong, and other cultivators voiced their support for Su Qing’s leadership.

Su Qing exposed the Four Great Families’ resistance to his rule and set out with the assembled cultivators to confront them at their mines. The four clansmen died by poison, but Su Qing already knew their families’ plans and led his group toward the Zhao Family’s Obsidian Mountain.

• Several local cultivators defied Su Qing, and Fan Chunxiang blamed the Four Great Families for monopolizing the Far West’s mines and exploiting its people.
• Yao Guangquan and True Person Tianpeng attacked the four outspoken clansmen, while Ying Jue Shen joined in and slapped them after they were subdued.
• Su Qing said he would visit the Four Great Families and confront their leaders; the four clansmen then bit down on hidden poison and died.
• Su Qing revealed that Listening Puppets had tracked the Four Great Families and dismissed their planned ambush as futile.
• Su Qing led the True Persons and foreign envoys out of Su Mansion toward the Zhao Family’s Obsidian Mountain, crossing the harsh Far West at low altitude.

The Four Great Families attacked Su Qing with magic cannons and a vast puppet army, but his new Shield Axe Guardsmen overwhelmed them in a practical combat demonstration. The display and Bear Two’s battlefield discounts persuaded several wealthy cultivators to place orders.

• The Four Great Families opened fire on Su Qing’s group, but the assembled True Persons prepared to help him withstand the barrage.
• Su Qing sent out a thousand Shield Axe Guardsmen, and Bear Two explained that their combined shield formation could withstand a Tier 4 Nascent Soul’s attacks.
• The Shield Axe Guardsmen charged the Four Great Families’ puppet army and defeated it with coordinated formations, powerful attacks, and sturdy defenses.
• Bear Two offered discounts on the battlefield, prompting Huang Li, Lü Wentian, Tianpeng, Duan Yang, and Yao Guangquan to order Shield Axe Guardsmen.

Su Qing rejected the Four Great Families’ offer to retain control of their mines and unleashed his Construction Puppets against their Mineral Beasts. The puppets transformed into battle mechs, with Optimus Prime leading the assault as the fight erupted.

• Zhao Shengli summoned tens of thousands of Obsidian Beasts, and the Four Great Families’ leaders released their own Mineral Beasts before demanding that Su Qing leave the four mines under their control.
• Su Qing ignored Zhao Shengli’s terms while delivering puppets to customers, then explained that the Four Great Families had seized the mines after betraying the Far West Elder Hall.
• Su Qing brought out his Excavator, Heavy Truck, Crane, and other Construction Mechs, alarming the Far West elders who feared the puppets would be damaged.
• Su Qing sent the Construction Mechs charging into the Mineral Beast horde, and Zhao Shengli ordered the beasts to attack.
• The Heavy Truck Mechs transformed into Optimus Prime and other battle forms, which cut down, blasted, and smelted the attacking Mineral Beasts.

Su Qing used the combat-capable Transformers Puppets to sell mining and construction equipment while promising cultivators they could develop mines in the Far West. As the machines overwhelmed the Four Great Families’ Mineral Beasts, Zhao Shengli knelt and produced the Obsidian Essence that controlled the Obsidian Mine.

• Su Qing assured prospective buyers that cultivators who cleared Evil Entities and demonic monsters could operate Far West mines, and several customers bought Transformers Puppets to pursue mining and construction work.
• Ying Jue Shen and others bought puppets, while Wei De Bao and Yao Guangquan decided to invest; Tang Wanqing and Guo Qiao Lian purchased puppets on Niu Ya’s behalf at a discount.
• Ling Ying demanded a large order and a better discount, but Su Qing reminded her that Langya Workshop belonged to Su’s Group; Tiger Egg then threw Ye Suo aside when he drew his sword against Su Qing.
• The Transformers routed the Four Great Families’ Mineral Beasts, leaving the families panicked as the machines advanced toward their base.
• Zhao Shengli knelt before the advancing Transformers and produced the Tier 5 Obsidian Essence that controlled the Obsidian Mine.

Su Qing defeated the Four Great Families, confiscated their wealth and mines, and organized their adult members into forced labor. He then negotiated a huge Puppet order with Penglai, and Huang Li accidentally revealed his family knew an entrance to the abyss.

• Zhao Shengli surrendered to Su Qing, but several young members of the Four Great Families attacked and were cut down by Su Qing's Mountain Sea Gang Energy.
• The Four Great Families knelt, and Su Qing returned their mines to public ownership, confiscated their property for a fund, and assigned members over twenty to unpaid labor.
• Bear Two and the Arhat Buddha Bears searched the Four Great Families' estates for their remaining wealth while Kaiyuan cultivators praised Su Qing and Penglai envoys worried about his growing influence.
• Huang Li asked Su Qing to supply Penglai with three hundred thousand Ghoul Dolls, and Su Qing agreed after negotiating a ten-million-Spirit-Stone deal.
• Inside the House of Fortune and Prosperity, Huang Li signed two additional orders and revealed that the Huang Family knew the entrance to the abyss, then hurried back to Penglai.

The chapter recounted a century of development in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and upheaval across the Celestial Origin Realm, from wars and new arrivals to growing conflict over the Five Lists of the Heavens. With the Demon Slaying Alliance close to collapsing under internal disputes, Su Qing and the Sloppy Daoist backed the Heroic Gathering in West City, scheduled to begin in five days.

• The Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom brought nearly all its mines under control, developed a thriving Hundred Arts industry, and expanded its trade across the seas.
• Penglai forged an imitation Deification Platform and attacked Mount No Buddha, but Zhao Gandang and his forces were routed by the Demonic Buddha.
• Su Qing deployed powerful puppets and unveiled the Dagger-brand Exorcism Missile, while shifting wars reshaped the balance of power across the Western Sea.
• Outside cultivators entered through the Heavenly Gate, and major lineages settled across Heavenly Origin, including the Ancient Empress Wa's Palace Dao Lineage and Taiyi Sect in Kaiyuan.
• The Five Lists of the Heavens spread widely and intensified rivalries, weakening the Demon Slaying Alliance as cultivators fought over treasures, rankings, and Dao Patterns.
• Su Qing and the Sloppy Daoist established the Heroic Gathering in West City to settle disputes through debate, with the gathering set to begin in five days.

Wei De Bao prepared to compete in the Heroic Gathering’s Divine Guardian event despite Yao Guangquan’s warnings, while Delong’s Unbreakable Armor passed a test against a Tier 4 Heavy Knight. The chapter left Delong aiming for the Armor Master rankings and the Steadfast and Unyielding Dao Pattern, though Ying Jue Shen was furious that deities had been barred from the Armor Master group.

• Wei De Bao practiced his Whirlwind Gyroscopic Hammer and told Yao Guangquan he planned to compete in the Heroic Gathering’s Divine Guardian event.
• Yao Guangquan warned Wei De Bao that stronger cultivators would make him a stepping stone, but Wei De Bao remained confident and promised to bring his family glory.
• Ying Jue Shen ordered Delong to wear his newly forged Unbreakable Armor while a Tier 4 Heavy Knight tested it with a spear thrust.
• Delong’s armor withstood the attack, and he celebrated with his wife as Ying Jue Shen criticized his reliance on Life-Shedding Cloth and demanded a top-three finish.
• Ying Jue Shen lamented that deities had been restricted to the deity group, blocking Delong from competing for the Armor Master group’s Steadfast and Unyielding Dao Pattern.

Su Qing used his committee position and Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s resources to prepare his people and puppets for the Heroic Gathering. He reviewed their contestants in a parade at Su Mansion, ending with Qing Lian, whose confidence left her prospects uncertain.

• Su Qing secured a Heroic Gathering committee seat and used his influence to arrange advantages and events for his own people.
• Su Qing watched the Lizard Knights, Arhat Buddha Bears, Father-Slaying Feng Xian and his Heavy Knights, and the Exorcism Doll Squad parade past him.
• Tiger Egg arrived to compete in sword cultivation, and Su Qing warned him to put his safety first despite his record of victories.
• Bear Two appeared with entries in several events, while Su Qing kept Xing Xiu Chaos’s abilities secret from possible observers.
• Li Hai Lang and Niu Thirteen presented themselves as contestants, though Su Qing doubted their chances in their respective events.
• Qing Lian arrived last, confident after years of cultivating and receiving tutelage from Empress Wa’s Palace, and prepared to enter the Flower Arrangement Project.

Boss Li and Old Wang traveled to the Kaiyuan Grand Auditorium for the Heroic Gathering’s opening ceremony, navigating the city’s rules, privileges, and social hazards along the way. They entered through a private passage with a Merfolk Maidservant, while Boss Li kept apologizing for Old Wang’s uncultured remarks.

• Boss Li sent off his restaurant guests, gave his staff time off, and set out to attend the Heroic Gathering opening ceremony.
• Old Wang picked Boss Li up in his Gliding Spirit Car, and Boss Li flattered him before correcting himself when Old Wang objected to being called a Far West person.
• Several Feathered Serpent Cult attendants raced past them in the sky, and Old Wang deleted his surveillance footage after Boss Li warned him not to provoke them.
• Old Wang criticized the Feathered Serpent God’s attendants and praised the Peach Deer God as he and Boss Li discussed Kaiyuan’s future and the ceremony’s puppet opera.
• At the Kaiyuan Grand Auditorium, a Merfolk Maidservant escorted Old Wang and Boss Li inside through a private passage, while Boss Li repeatedly apologized for Old Wang’s remarks.

At the Kaiyuan Grand Auditorium, Li Kuishan intervened when Feng Tianyang beat Zhou Ya, but the Heavenly Artifact Sect's master Feng Xiaozhen restrained him and challenged the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom's authority. After a young Daoist glanced back, Feng Xiaozhen suddenly struck Feng Tianyang and declared that the sect obeyed Kaiyuan's rules.

• Boss Li and Old Wang took front-row seats and repeatedly saluted visiting dignitaries arriving at the auditorium.
• Feng Tianyang beat Zhou Ya and threatened Boss Li and Old Wang when they tried to intervene.
• Li Kuishan struck Feng Tianyang and prepared to take him to the Kaiyuan Law Enforcement Bureau, while Boss Li and Old Wang rallied the crowd behind him.
• Feng Xiaozhen arrived with Heavenly Artifact Sect Cultivators and used his pressure to pin Li Kuishan in place, demanding that Feng Tianyang be released.
• Five prominent figures entered the hall, and after the young Daoist glanced back, Feng Xiaozhen struck Feng Tianyang and condemned him for misusing the sect's name.