Chapter Summaries

Su Qing reflected on his original aspiration to make practical Puppets affordable and useful to all beings, despite the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s cheap products disrupting industries and threatening the authority of high-level cultivators. He had spent centuries preparing high-tier materials and now hoped to draw on the Heavenly Talisman Hall’s resources to strengthen the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom against the Primordial Beginning Sect.

• Su Qing reaffirmed that Puppets should serve ordinary cultivators and common folk, and described how the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom had lowered their costs through research, production, and sales reforms.
• The Su Corporation’s affordable Puppets undercut businesses across the Hundred Arts Industries and weakened the influence of high-level cultivators, leading many groups to resent the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.
• The Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom introduced identity checks, function restrictions, and reviews to limit the misuse of dangerous Puppets.
• Su Qing used the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s wealth and his connections to acquire rare materials, including the Rakshasa Sect’s damaged Karmic Fire Black Lotus, the Azure Dragon King’s treasures, and the Profound Heaven Tortoiseshell from Old Daoist Tong.
• Su Qing judged his gathered resources enough to make several Tier 6 Puppets but insufficient to counter the Primordial Beginning Sect, so he turned his hopes to the Heavenly Talisman Hall and its merit-based resources.

Su Qing secured advance resources from Heavenly Talisman Hall to build four Tier 7 Puppets for resisting demons and protecting living beings. He began planning Lingxiao Palace, a colossal aerial puppet powered by Dao Patterns, and organized its aircraft and personnel around combat strength and Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s need to employ idle deities.

• Su Qing explained how he had previously borrowed merit in advance from Heavenly Talisman Hall to obtain materials for fighting the Demonic Buddha and the Samsara Demon.
• Su Qing proposed four Tier 7 Puppet projects, and the Mysterious Yellow Pagoda Spirit approved the advance resources after professional review and Bear Two’s recommendation.
• Su Qing began refining Lingxiao Palace, using first Jianmu for its framework and the Four Emperors Dao Patterns and Great Void Sun and Moon Dao Pattern as its power source.
• Su Qing planned a Fighter Jet Swarm led by Flowing Silver and Two-Headed Dragon God, a Bomber Swarm built around Giant God Soldiers, and a Deity Squad.
• Su Qing included deities in Lingxiao Palace’s personnel plan to provide jobs for unemployed gods in Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and reduce social instability.

Su Qing chose Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole to command the first Lingxiao Palace Puppet, named North Star Ziwei, so it could lead Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s forces against powerful enemies. After Heaven and Earth reassembled Ziwei’s true spirit, Su Qing assessed him as a Postnatal Dao Master, below the strongest Tier 7 Dao Masters.

• Su Qing decided Lingxiao Palace needed a Tier 7 commander and weighed Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole against Great Emperor Gouchen of the Heavenly Palace.
• Su Qing chose Ziwei over Gouchen because Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom needed a hardline military leader after its conflicts with the Primordial Beginning Sect and the Eastern King Sect.
• Su Qing asked Heaven and Earth to reassemble Ziwei’s scattered true-spirit imprints and swore he would not use the Great Emperor for selfish power struggles.
• Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole regained many of his former divine offices, though others had acquired some of his authorities and his spirit remained incomplete.
• Su Qing judged Ziwei’s combat strength to be at Postnatal Dao Master level and described how treasures, divine abilities, and Great Daos distinguished Tier 7 Dao Masters.

Su Qing planned the Lingxiao Palace Puppet’s remaining fittings, relying on Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s Spirit House industry and seeking outside experts for its arrays. After reviewing competing bids, he chose Spirit Treasure Sect, leaving the array project in the hands of the Myriad Worlds’ strongest Array Dao sect.

• Su Qing decided Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole could make do as a Postnatal Dao Master, with the Profound Origin Water Control Banner helping compensate for his shortcomings.
• Su Qing assigned the Lingxiao Palace Puppet’s Spirit Houses to Su’s Construction, whose experienced Spirit House Masters had already completed them.
• Su Qing opened bidding for the Puppet’s array project because Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s Formation Masters lacked the expertise to handle it.
• Su Qing rejected bids from the Primordial Beginning Sect and Eastern King Sect because their ties to Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom made their loyalty uncertain, and he found the other sects’ proposals inadequate.
• The Three-legged Crow Clan submitted powerful arrays inherited from the ancient Demon Emperor Heavenly Emperor, but Su Qing rejected them because they did not suit the Puppet’s defensive needs and the clan’s construction capability was unproven.
• Su Qing chose Spirit Treasure Sect to build the Lingxiao Palace Puppet’s arrays.

Wu Gongyi tried to win the Spirit Treasure Sect the formation contract for Su Qing’s Lingxiao Palace Puppet by asking Tiger Egg to negotiate with his master. Tiger Egg said Su Qing planned to hire the Three-legged Crow Clan, so Wu Gongyi offered to underbid them by thirty percent.

• Wu Gongyi asked Tiger Egg to represent the Spirit Treasure Sect and secure Su Qing’s formation project for the Lingxiao Palace Puppet.
• Tiger Egg refused to promise that Su Qing would give the sect the contract, explaining that his master was too shrewd to hand out a major order as a favor.
• Tiger Egg told Wu Gongyi that Su Qing planned to have the Three-legged Crow Clan handle the formations.
• Wu Gongyi criticized the Three-legged Crow Clan’s Formation Masters and explained how the contract could earn money and train the Spirit Treasure Sect’s disciples.
• Wu Gongyi ordered Tiger Egg to tell Su Qing that the Spirit Treasure Sect would charge thirty percent less than the Three-legged Crow Clan.

Tiger Egg secured the Spirit Treasure Sect’s agreement to arrange formations for Su Qing’s Lingxiao Palace Puppet and let Kaiyuan formation apprentices observe their work. Wu Gongyi then asked Su Qing to connect the sect with potential clients in the Tianyuan Western Sea Cultivation World, and Tiger Egg considered approaching the Fire Phoenix Immortal Kingdom.

• Tiger Egg told Wu Gongyi that Su Qing worried the Spirit Treasure Sect might hold back its best techniques because the Lingxiao Palace Puppet was being built to challenge the Primordial Beginning Sect.
• Wu Gongyi assured Tiger Egg that the Spirit Treasure Sect would fully support the project against the Primordial Beginning Sect, and he offered to sell powerful treasures and formations if Su Qing could afford them.
• Tiger Egg asked for Kaiyuan formation apprentices to observe the Spirit Treasure Sect’s work, and Wu Gongyi agreed while making clear that his sect would not teach them directly.
• Tiger Egg signed the Spirit Contract on Su Qing’s behalf, confirming that Spirit Treasure Sect formation masters could work on the Lingxiao Palace Puppet after it was completed.
• Wu Gongyi asked Tiger Egg to connect the Spirit Treasure Sect with Western Sea cultivation powers seeking formation work, and Tiger Egg suggested that Su Qing might approach the Fire Phoenix Princess.

Li Jingze used the worsening relationship between the Primordial Beginning Sect and the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom as an excuse to attack Fire Egg, Su Qing’s dog and a successful rival in the beast-food trade. He seized Fire Egg’s shipment and detained it, leaving the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom to choose between abandoning the business and facing the Ziwei Sect’s retaliation.

• Li Jingze and Liu Sanpao discussed Fire Egg’s backing and whether its master, Su Qing, could intimidate the Feihong Realm.
• Li Jingze resented Celestial Origin Realm grain merchants for cutting into the Ziwei Sect’s spirit-farming profits and saw the conflict between the Primordial Beginning Sect and Kaiyuan as a chance to strike.
• Li Jingze targeted Fire Egg because its cheap, reputable beast food had captured markets and threatened the Ziwei Sect’s lucrative business.
• After learning that Fire Egg’s shop was moving a hundred shiploads of beast food near the Feihong Realm, Li Jingze ordered the shipment seized and Fire Egg detained.
• Li Jingze demanded that the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom leave the beast-food industry or face the Ziwei Sect’s efforts to cripple Fire Egg’s business.

Li Jingze pushed Liu Sanpao to help Ziwei Sect destroy Fire Egg Beast Grain Shop, while Liu worried that attacking Su Qing’s ally would endanger Hongquan Sect’s future in Celestial Origin Realm. Li Jingze revealed that he wanted Su Qing to come to Feihong Realm so Ziwei Sect could capture him and win favor with Primordial Beginning Sect, and Liu decided to cut ties and contact Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

• Liu Sanpao warned Li Jingze that Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and Primordial Beginning Sect were likely to reconcile, so Hongquan Sect should avoid provoking Su Qing.
• Liu recalled that Celestial Origin Realm had given Hongquan Sect a low score because of its past abuses, while Ziwei Sect had received better treatment through its ties to Primordial Beginning Sect.
• Liu proposed confiscating Fire Egg Beast Grain Shop’s assets and forcing it to stop doing business nearby, but Li demanded that Fire Egg be killed.
• Li explained that he wanted Su Qing to retaliate and come to Feihong Realm, where Ziwei Sect and Hongquan Sect could capture him and present him to Primordial Beginning Sect.
• Liu resolved to sever Hongquan Sect’s ties with Ziwei Sect and notify Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

At Mang Mountain, the Ziwei Sect and Hongquan Sect prepared to execute Fire Egg, a case that threatened to worsen tensions between the Myriad Worlds and the Celestial Origin Realm. Liu Sanpao refused to carry out Li Jingze’s orders, struck him, and revealed that he had already informed the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

• The Ziwei Sect and Hongquan Sect gathered a crowd at Mang Mountain to judge and kill Fire Egg, drawing attention from across the realms.
• Li Jingze repeatedly asked whether True Lord Guangxian would arrive, then rejected Liu Sanpao’s suggestion to postpone the execution.
• Li Jingze ordered Liu Sanpao to execute Fire Egg, but Liu claimed the dog could not be harmed and asked the Ziwei Sect to handle it instead.
• Li Jingze berated Liu Sanpao and accused the Hongquan Sect of forgetting its debt to the Ziwei Sect.
• Liu Sanpao slapped Li Jingze three times, accused the Ziwei Sect of plotting against the Hongquan Sect and killing Liu Heihu, and revealed that he had informed the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom about Fire Egg.

Liu Sanpao betrayed the Ziwei Sect and led the Hongquan Sect in rescuing Fire Egg, hoping to secure the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s favor, but no one from the kingdom appeared. As Liu Sanpao and Li Jingze traded accusations, the Ziwei Sect unleashed a powerful thorn-vine spirit plant against the Hongquan Sect, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Liu Sanpao slapped Li Jingze, freed the poisoned and unconscious Fire Egg, and declared that the Hongquan Sect would protect it.
• Liu Sanpao ordered his disciples to seize control and prepare a flying ship to take Fire Egg to the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, while wondering why its forces had not arrived.
• Li Jingze accused the Hongquan Sect of crimes across the Feihong Realm, and Liu Sanpao countered that the Ziwei Sect had ordered its worst abuses and committed greater atrocities itself.
• Li Jingze dismissed Liu Sanpao’s accusations and caused thorn vines to burst from the ground, binding Hongquan Sect disciples despite their attacks.
• Liu Sanpao summoned his Golden Blade to sever the vines and ordered the Hongquan Sect to form the Brotherhood Grand Formation.

Liu Sanpao’s forces clashed with Ziwei Sect’s terrifying demonic plants, revealing the scale of Ziwei Sect’s preparations and deepening his suspicions about its past. As the plants overwhelmed Hongquan Sect’s disciples and trapped Liu Sanpao, the sect’s frail Supreme Elder stepped forward as a sixth-tier God of Poverty.

• Liu Sanpao saw Ziwei Sect unleash its hidden demonic plants against Hongquan Sect, including a sixth-tier Blood-Sucking Thorn Vine that drained his disciples despite their Brotherhood Grand Formation.
• Liu Sanpao recognized the Dirge Banyan, now advanced to the sixth tier, and identified the Soul-Sending Bell it carried as Qin Zhong Sect’s lost sect-protecting treasure.
• Remembering Qin Zhong Sect’s destruction and Ziwei Sect’s inadequate reinforcements, Liu Sanpao concluded that Ziwei Sect had orchestrated the sect’s downfall and feared Hongquan Sect had been next.
• Liu Sanpao attacked the Dirge Banyan, but its Soul-Sending Bell repeatedly disrupted him and kept him from rescuing his disciples.
• Hongquan Sect’s frail Supreme Elder stepped forward, and the chapter revealed that he was a sixth-tier God of Poverty.

The God of Poverty sacrificed himself to empower the Hongquan Sect, helping its disciples fight back against the Ziwei Sect, but their hidden Sixth-tier Spirit Thorn Master was killed and Liu Sanpao feared defeat. As the battle neared its end, an enormous warship bearing the name North Star Ziwei arrived, revealing a product of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

• The God of Poverty used Rob the Rich to Aid the Poor and Middle Class Returns to Poverty to weaken the Money Tree and Blood-Sucking Thorn Vine, then sacrificed himself with The Poor Fear Nothing to strengthen the Hongquan Sect disciples.
• The empowered Hongquan Sect fought back and began carving a path to escape with Fire Egg, while its disciples displayed fierce loyalty and resolve.
• A concealed Sixth-tier Spirit Thorn Master attacked Ziwei Sect Leader Li Jingze with a Life-Linked Thorn, but the Red-Hair Grass growing from Li Jingze turned him into a corpse stiff covered in red hair.
• Liu Sanpao lost hope after the God of Poverty died and the hidden Sixth-tier Spirit Thorn Master was killed, and he regretted that the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom had not come to rescue Fire Egg.
• An enormous warship darkened the sky, and Liu Sanpao recognized the words North Star Ziwei on its hull as identifying a product of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s Lingxiao Palace Puppet arrived in the Feihong Realm and was revealed as the first Tier 7 Puppet in the present Myriad Worlds, transforming the balance of power among the heavens. As Li Jingze ordered Ziwei Sect to attack it, he clung to the hope that Primordial Beginning Sect would send a Tier 7 Dao Master to save them.

• Liu Sanpao brought Fire Egg out of the Spirit House and prepared it to meet Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s rescuers.
• The Lingxiao Palace Puppet, named North Star Ziwei, appeared over the Feihong Realm, drawing the attention of Ziwei Sect and cultivators from across the realms.
• Observers recognized the Puppet as a Tier 7 creation by Su Qing, and its arrival established Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom as a power able to contend with the Major Sects of the Heavens.
• Li Jingze revealed that he had targeted Fire Egg to lure Su Qing into the Feihong Realm, but the arrival of the Tier 7 Puppet upended Ziwei Sect’s plans.
• Li Jingze ordered Ziwei Sect’s disciples and demonic plants to launch suicidal attacks on the Lingxiao Palace Puppet while hoping Primordial Beginning Sect would send reinforcements.

The Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s Lingxiao Palace Puppet devastated the Ziwei Sect with waves of specialized Puppet attacks, destroying most of its demonic plants and combat strength. Li Jingze surrendered and offered compensation and market concessions, leaving other realms to reconsider their tariffs on the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

• The Lingxiao Palace Puppet deployed thousands of Peng Tian Armor Puppets, which fired Exorcism Missiles and destroyed most of the Ziwei Sect’s demonic plants.
• Li Jingze realized the Primordial Beginning Sect had abandoned the Ziwei Sect and feared that the Lingxiao Palace Puppet had crippled most of his sect’s strength.
• Transformers Puppets including Optimus Prime, Megatron, and the Cosmic Emperor attacked the remaining demonic plants and battered the Ziwei Sect’s grounds.
• Li Jingze surrendered, apologized to Su Qing and Fire Egg, promised compensation, gave up the beast food industry, and offered to open the Feihong Realm’s market.
• Liu Sanpao and watching cultivators judged Li Jingze’s surrender sensible, while observers predicted that other realms would cancel their tariffs rather than face the Lingxiao Palace Puppet.

Su Qing assembled Zhuo Peiyu, Clear Wind and Mingyue, the Void Empress, and many major factions outside the Evil Sword Realm, baffling observers with the scale of his support. The arrival of the Lingxiao Palace Puppet revealed that the coalition’s true target was the demonic realm, setting the stage for its first major battle against demons.

• Zhuo Peiyu, Clear Wind and Mingyue, the Void Empress, and cultivators from numerous factions gathered with Su Qing outside the Evil Sword Realm.
• Observers wondered why Su Qing had come personally and why the Primordial Beginning Sect and Eastern King Sect were absent, then realized many factions were supporting the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.
• Tens of thousands of cultivators watched the gathering and speculated about Su Qing’s plans and the benefits he had offered his allies.
• The Lingxiao Palace Puppet arrived after making the Ziwei Sect obedient, and its immense form astonished the onlookers.
• The cultivators realized that the Lingxiao Palace Puppet’s true destination was the Evil Sword Realm, where they expected it to reveal its full power against demons.

Li Hai Lang brought spirit doctor puppets to treat Fire Egg while Hongquan Sect cultivators and spirit healers watched. Their skill highlighted how Su Qing’s industrialized puppets had transformed the Hundred Arts, and Su Qing explained that puppets were meant to support technicians rather than replace them.

• Li Hai Lang greeted Liu Sanpao and the Hongquan Sect cultivators, honoring them for saving Fire Egg and describing his close bond with the injured dog.
• Fire Egg urged Li Hai Lang to treat it, and Li Hai Lang ordered the spirit doctor puppets to anesthetize and heal it.
• Daoist Mingyue and the other spirit healers praised the puppets’ precision in treating bodily and soul injuries and their careful postoperative care.
• The spirit healers reflected on how Su Qing’s mass-produced puppets had reshaped industries and threatened traditional practitioners’ livelihoods.
• Su Qing said puppets depended on innovations from Hundred Arts Technicians and were meant to free them from repetitive work so they could innovate.

Su Qing rallied the major sects of the heavens for an operation to destroy the Evil Sword Realm and kill the Evil Sword Demon, using the mission to demonstrate the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s role in the Anti-Demon Cause. He placed his reputation and the kingdom’s standing on the battle, and Zhuo Peiyu pledged the Spirit Treasure Sect’s full support.

• Su Qing recognized that the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom still lacked the Three Daoist Sects’ decades of trust earned through sacrifice against evil demons.
• After testing the Lingxiao Palace Puppet against the demons at Mount No Buddha, Su Qing organized an operation against the Evil Sword Realm.
• Su Qing named the Evil Sword Demon as the mission’s primary target because it held the Immortal Execution Formation Diagram and could misuse the Immortal Trapping Sword.
• Su Qing ordered the allied forces to follow expert advice, adapt to battlefield conditions, and fight effectively while limiting casualties.
• Su Qing announced that 108,000 recording puppets would livestream the battle throughout the Myriad Worlds, staking his reputation and the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s influence on its outcome.
• Zhuo Peiyu pledged the Spirit Treasure Sect’s forces to Su Qing’s command and vowed they would not blame him even if they perished.

Su Qing led a coalition from the Myriad Worlds in an operation against the Evil Sword Realm, whose traps had long made large-scale attacks too costly. After Dao Master Taole warned him about the realm’s dangers, Su Qing prepared to use the Lingxiao Palace Puppet’s Self-Destructing Bee Swarm Squad to clear the way.

• The chapter recounted how the Spirit Treasure Sect had lost face over its defeat in the sect war, its founding patriarch’s loss of the Formation Ancestor title, and the Evil Sword Demon’s theft of the Immortal Trapping Sword.
• Su Qing promised to return the Immortal Trapping Sword to the Spirit Treasure Sect after defeating the Evil Sword Demon, and the allied sects accepted him as the operation’s temporary leading elder brother.
• Dao Master Taole warned Su Qing that the Evil Sword Realm was filled with traps, including Void Astral Winds, Samadhi True Fire, and evil-spirit black lightning.
• Su Qing explained that the Lingxiao Palace Puppet was well suited to handling the realm’s traps without sacrificing cultivators.
• Su Qing ordered the Self-Destructing Bee Swarm Squad to deploy and bombard the Evil Sword Realm in a full-range carpet attack.

Su Qing’s Lingxiao Palace Puppet broke through the Evil Sword Realm’s traps with mass-produced cannon shells, self-destructing swarms, and Exorcism Missiles, astonishing the assembled cultivators. The allied forces charged into the realm, where the Lingxiao Palace Puppet began unleashing its full power against the Evil Demons.

• The Lingxiao Palace Puppet used Spirit Explosion shells to trigger and destroy most of the Evil Sword Demons’ outer traps.
• Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole directed self-destructing bee swarms and guided Exorcism Missiles to destroy high-level traps and hunt the Evil Demons hiding nearby.
• The cultivators realized Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s industrial production and Su Qing’s open sharing of Puppet blueprints had enabled the Puppet’s overwhelming capabilities.
• Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole led the Lingxiao Palace Puppet into the Evil Sword Realm as the allied cultivators prepared to follow.
• The Spirit Treasure Sect’s cultivators rushed to take the vanguard, but the Lingxiao Palace Puppet began unleashing its full firepower inside the Evil Demon stronghold.

Su Qing's group entered the Evil Sword Realm, where the Evil Sword Demon used the Immortal Trapping Sword True Body to turn the entire world into a vast network of sword formations. The Lingxiao Palace Puppet withstood the formations and answered with overwhelming cannon fire, destroying sword lights and the Evil Demons threaded through them.

• Su Qing's group followed the Lingxiao Palace Puppet into the Evil Sword Realm and found that its sky and land formed a vast sword formation.
• The Evil Sword Demon sent multiple Tier 6 sword formations against the Lingxiao Palace Puppet, seeking to destroy it before the living beings' main forces arrived.
• Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole activated the Lingxiao Palace Puppet's Tier 3 Guardian Formation Group, which blocked the incoming attacks.
• The Evil Sword Demon relied on endlessly recurring sword lights to wear down the puppet's defenses, but the Lingxiao Palace Puppet deployed Magic Cannon Puppets and Exorcism Little Yellow Men.
• The puppet's cannons and troops overwhelmed the sword formations, extinguished sword lights, and killed the Evil Demons threaded through them.