Recaps

A-San awakened independent consciousness and became a Cavalry General Puppet, taking command of the Lizard Knight Regiment to confront the Chariot Soldier Legion. A-San’s regiment broke into the enemy formation, while Su Qing watched the clash and learned that the Wheel Chariot Demon had granted its troops a powerful regiment skill.

• A-San’s thoughts deepened under the pressure of protecting Su Qing, and it awakened independent consciousness as a Creation-type Cavalry General Puppet.
• A-San tried to direct the Lizard Knights, and Su Qing appointed it Lizard General and gave it command of the regiment.
• A-San rallied the Lizard Knights, empowered them with new abilities, and hurled a lance through the Chariot Soldier Legion’s formation.
• The Mounted Archer Knights bombarded the breach with special arrows, allowing the Lance Knights and Saber Knights to break into the enemy ranks.
• Su Qing saw that the Wheel Chariot Demon had bestowed the Unstoppable regiment skill on its troops, while A-San’s Blood Qi Barrier helped the Lizard Knights withstand their charges.

After A San achieved Creation and developed self-awareness, Su Qing gained the Puppet Master divine ability Savage Growth and unlocked five Cavalry General Puppet Blueprints. He chose three Blueprints and learned that A San had become a Tier 3 Limit Creation-type Cavalry General, leaving his new cavalry plans in motion.

• A San's achievement of Creation granted Su Qing the Savage Growth divine ability, which let his Puppets repair and upgrade themselves within their current tier.
• Su Qing gained 3,000 Creation Rune Proficiency and unlocked five Cavalry General Puppet Blueprints because A San became his third self-aware Puppet.
• Su Qing rejected the Dragon Rider Feng Xian and Father-Slaying Feng Xian Blueprints, then chose Royal Knight, Heavy Knight, and Loyal and Filial Feng Xian.
• Su Qing inspected A San's updated attributes and found that A San had reached Tier 3 Limit, gained powerful individual and group skills, and could potentially grow as high as Tier 8.

Su Qing intervened when Wheel Chariot Demon attacked A San, used the Divine Pattern Mask and Black Water Divine Flag to assume divine offices, and challenged the demon himself. He defeated Wheel Chariot Demon with the Xing Tian Blood Axe, while Nine Orifices and Phoenix Destruction held back and watched the battle.

• The Lizard Knight Regiment fought the Chariot Soldier Legion, and Wheel Chariot Demon killed a subordinate who urged it to withdraw.
• Wheel Chariot Demon flew into the treasure ship fortress and struck at A San, but Su Qing stopped time for three breaths.
• Su Qing donned the Divine Pattern Mask, ordered the Mobile Force to attack Nine Orifices, and directed the dragon ships to keep Phoenix Destruction occupied.
• Nine Orifices and Phoenix Destruction suspected Su Qing's time power might connect him to Time Demon Lord, then both held back while fighting his forces.
• Wheel Chariot Demon used its war origin to force a commander-to-commander duel, and Su Qing replaced A San as the regiment's authority holder.
• Su Qing summoned the turtle and serpent spirits with the Black Water Divine Flag and cleaved Wheel Chariot Demon and its chariot in two with the Xing Tian Blood Axe.

Su Qing slew the Wheel Chariot Demon and used the Treasure Forging Gourd to turn its Demonic Evil Origin into the War Lord Dao Pattern, which he chose to keep despite the cost. As Nine Orifices and Phoenix Destruction joined forces and sent their armies against his weakened treasure-ship fortress, Su Qing collected the Wheel Chariot Demon's spoils.

• Su Qing received a reward from the Heavenly Talisman Treasure Hall for killing the Wheel Chariot Demon and used the Treasure Forging Gourd to forge the War Lord Dao Pattern.
• Su Qing rejected the Hall's offer to buy the Dao Pattern, then paid the gourd's forging fee to keep it.
• Nine Orifices and Phoenix Destruction concluded that Su Qing was not the Time Demon Lord's prey and agreed to kill him together.
• Nine Orifices and Phoenix Destruction sent their undead forces charging toward Su Qing's fortress as its cannon fire dwindled.
• Su Qing collected four green pearls and a white-bone ship model from where the Wheel Chariot Demon had fallen.

Su Qing examined the War Lord Dao Pattern, learned more about Dragon Fall Sea, and suspected the Heavenly Talisman Treasure Hall had stolen Fire Demon's loot. After collecting the Wheel Chariot Demon's spoils and fretting over his finances, he received word that Tiger Egg and Bear Two had arrived with their legions.

• Su Qing read the War Lord Dao Pattern's description and learned that only Nine Orifices and Phoenix Destruction remained among the escaped demons.
• Su Qing concluded that the Heavenly Talisman Treasure Hall had taken Fire Demon's Dao Pattern and spoils, but chose to keep his ties to it because it could speak for him before heaven and earth.
• Su Qing imprinted the War Lord Dao Pattern onto himself and became its First Pattern Master with near-perfect compatibility.
• Su Qing collected four Sea Calming Pearls, kept the Wheel Chariot Demon's Ghost Chariot for himself, and set aside ancient manuals and weapons to sell.
• Su Qing received a message from Bad Egg that Tiger Egg and Bear Two had led their legions to the battlefield.

Su Qing’s puppet armies reunited and fought back against Nine Orifices, whose demonic eggs unleashed giant demons and a swarm of tiny demons. Tiger Egg’s Demon God Soldiers battled the giants while Bear Two’s Buddhist powers and a hidden force of Ghoul Dolls trapped and fired upon the little demons.

• Tiger Egg led the Demon God Soldier Legion into battle, and their combined aura formed a giant white clam demon that swallowed Nine Orifices’ demonic saliva.
• Nine Orifices unleashed demonic eggs that hatched into Demonic Patterned Giant Demons and swarms of small demons, forcing Tiger Egg and the Four Great Demon Gods to fight the giants.
• The small demons descended on the Treasure Ship Puppets, and Bear Two arrived bald and shining with Buddhist light, clearing the demons already aboard with The Vajra Pestle.
• Bear Two lured the airborne small demons into an Exorcism Giant Net while hidden Ghoul Dolls surrounded them.
• Su Qing’s Ghoul Dolls opened coordinated rifle and cannon fire on the trapped little demons, replacing each spent front row with a reloading row behind it.

Su Qing and his puppet forces attacked the demonic armies, and he used the Xing Tian Blood Axe and hidden aerial puppets to confront Phoenix Destruction. Phoenix Destruction’s body was destroyed by a chain of explosions, but his Origin Demonic Qi fled toward Nine Orifices, where Bear Two waited.

• Jiu Mie watched his demonic forces suffer defeat as the puppets and demon gods routed them.
• Bear Two and Tiger Egg led the puppet army against the Demonic Patterned Giant Demons while Phoenix Destruction’s Myriad Demon Legion broke through toward Su Qing.
• Su Qing roused the Great Witch True Spirit and Xing Tian Blood Axe by denouncing the demon race, then charged Phoenix Destruction and struck through his legion.
• Su Qing released aerial combat puppets from his Storage Bag, and their attacks devastated the Myriad Demon Legion.
• Phoenix Destruction used Infinite Endless Tornado Slash, but a Passionate Ape Puppet detonated among the explosives caught in the vortex and destroyed his phoenix body.
• Phoenix Destruction’s Origin Demonic Qi fled toward Nine Orifices, where Bear Two waited with a pestle while chanting sutras.

Su Qing killed Phoenix Destruction after Bear Two resisted its attempt to possess him, then absorbed the demon’s Chaos Dao Pattern despite its painful rejection. As Nine Orifices continued overwhelming Tiger Egg and the allied puppets, Su Qing finished absorbing the inheritance and gained five new abilities.

• Su Qing rushed to help Bear Two, who defended himself against Phoenix Destruction’s attempts to corrupt him and seize his body.
• Phoenix Destruction broke through Bear Two’s Buddhist light, but Su Qing’s safeguards trapped the demon inside Bear Two, allowing Su Qing to kill it with the Xing Tian Blood Axe.
• Bear Two asked Su Qing for a reward, then went to help Tiger Egg fight Nine Orifices while Su Qing examined Phoenix Destruction’s spoils.
• Su Qing found an Ancient Abyss Snake Gall and a spare Phoenix Bird body, then endured intense pain while absorbing Phoenix Destruction’s Chaos Dao Pattern.
• Su Qing completed the absorption and gained the Chaos Dao Pattern’s abilities, including Divine Shapeshifting, Manipulate Hearts, Bewitching Incense, Seed of Suspicion, and Spread Rumors in Void.

True Person Jiang Long and True Person Tiger Subduing encountered the Azure Dragon King, who had possessed a Cloud Dragon and killed Li Sanyang’s disciples. After the Azure Dragon King released their souls, Li Sanyang fled the Celestial Origin Realm when an ancient great witch’s Xing Tian Blood Axe pursued him, warning his disciples that the Azure Dragon King might soon visit the Myriad Worlds.

• True Person Jiang Long and True Person Tiger Subduing chased the Azure Dragon King after it possessed a Cloud Dragon and killed four Lingbao Sword Cultivators.
• The Azure Dragon King offered Li Sanyang the souls of his three disciples, and Li Sanyang accepted the concession rather than risk a fight.
• The Azure Dragon King asked about Kun Peng and learned that he had become Co-Lord of the Demon Race in the Myriad Worlds.
• Li Sanyang saw merit descend after local cultivators killed evil demons, then fled when an ancient great witch’s Xing Tian Blood Axe chased him.
• Li Sanyang promised to seek Lotus Root Bodies for his disciples and warned them to keep quiet about the Azure Dragon King’s awakening.

Tiger Egg led the Demon God Generals against Nine Orifices’s four demonic beasts, but Bear Two had to intervene as the battle turned against them. After Tiger Egg accepted help and stepped back from its duel, it suddenly began to transform as Su Qing was drawn into a heavenly gate and became a temporary Tool Person.

• Tiger Egg led the Demon God Generals to confront Nine Orifices’s four demonic beasts, then charged the White-headed Dragon Beast alone while the other generals fought the remaining beasts.
• The White-headed Dragon Beast kept Tiger Egg at range, while the Emperor Crab, Mighty Toad, Benbo'erba, and Shark Overlord struggled against their opponents.
• Bear Two sent the Arhat Buddha Bears and Exorcism Soldier Legion into battle, helping Mighty Toad and Benbo'erba defeat the Deep Sea Giant Whale King and Red-haired Mountain Ape.
• Bear Two, Jade Lotus, and the Two-Headed Mirage Dragon moved to help Tiger Egg, and Jade Lotus’s rebuke persuaded Tiger Egg to withdraw and let them face the White-headed Dragon Beast.
• Tiger Egg suddenly experienced a transformation, and Su Qing was drawn into a heavenly gate, merged with a supreme phantom, and descended before Tiger Egg as a temporary Tool Person.

The Heavenly Emperor possessed Su Qing and rewarded Tiger Egg with a sword, a heart core, and resources, while also empowering Su Qing with new abilities and authority. After the possession ended, Su Qing explained that Tiger Egg needed further modifications before it could use the heart core, and kept control of the reward resources, which Tiger Egg could claim through Combat Merit.

• The Heavenly Emperor possessed Su Qing and granted Tiger Egg the Sword of Holding the Command, the Lu Wu Heart Core, and a Storage Ring of advancement resources.
• Su Qing received improvements to his Great Sun Star Infant, new immortal techniques, and authority to act as the Heavenly Emperor's Emissary before the Heavenly Emperor emerged.
• After the Heavenly Emperor departed, Tiger Egg praised Su Qing and asked for its rewards, while Su Qing handed over the sword but said Tiger Egg was not yet strong enough to use the heart core.
• Su Qing explained that Tiger Egg needed Lu Wu-related modifications before it could accept the heart core, and that it could draw resources from the Storage Ring only by earning Combat Merit.
• Tiger Egg complained about the restriction, but Su Qing reassured it that their recent battle had earned enough Combat Merit to obtain substantial advancement resources.

Su Qing watched Bear Two and the others defeat the White-headed Dragon Demon, then confronted the demonic fog Nine Orifices used to grow the Qiu Niu Treasure Ship. As Su Qing prepared to retreat, powerful allies arrived, and he turned back to face the evil demon.

• Tiger Egg urged Su Qing to promote him to Tier 5, but Su Qing refused because the dangerous battlefield was unsuitable for refining.
• Bear Two led Jade Lotus, the Two-Headed Mirage Dragon, and the Wood Spirit Servants in formations that trapped and battered the White-headed Dragon Demon.
• Su Qing approached the Qiu Niu Treasure Ship, but Nine Orifices unleashed demonic fog that dismantled nearby puppets and treasures and absorbed the wreckage and resentment.
• Su Qing recognized that the fog could neutralize the Xing Tian Blood Axe and chose to retreat rather than risk his forces against Nine Orifices.
• Bear Two advised Su Qing to flee quickly, and Su Qing prepared to leave the Nine Sons Dragon Ships behind while taking his puppets with him.
• The Dragon Subduing and Tiger Subduing brothers, Tong Chang and Erqiang, the imperial heaven, and Dragon Island Bi Xi appeared, prompting Su Qing to turn back and declare that he would face Nine Orifices.

Su Qing appealed to the Azure Dragon King for help against the demon Nine Orifices, and the King accepted him as an ally and a beloved heir. The King restored Su Qing’s lost Dragon Island Bi Xi, which Su Qing immediately claimed belonged to the Dragon race.

• Jiang Long wanted to join Su Qing in battle, but Tiger Subduing warned him that the fight was beyond their rank, while Gao Erqiang and Old Daoist Tong refused to intervene.
• Su Qing turned from his apparent farewell and greeted the Azure Dragon King, claiming ties to the Taiyi Sect and invoking the Myriad Races Alliance Pact to request the King’s aid.
• The Azure Dragon King confirmed Su Qing’s many ancient connections and praised his conduct, then vowed to fight Nine Orifices, whose Doomed Azure Dragon was beyond Su Qing’s strength.
• The Azure Dragon King spat out the Dragon Island Bi Xi he had swallowed, restored and strengthened, and Su Qing insisted that the ship belonged to the Dragon race.

The Azure Dragon King returned the Nine Sons Dragon Ship to Su Qing and explained the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern’s history and its corruption by Nine Orifices. As the Azure Dragon King battled the Doomed Azure Dragon, Su Qing used his dragon ships to form a growing Four-unlike Azure Dragon that hindered the demon, while allies volunteered to attack Nine Orifices’ summoned creatures.

• The Azure Dragon King explained that the Nine Sons Dragon Ship came from the divided Azure Dragon Dao Pattern and gave it back to Su Qing, who could claim its fortune if he restored it.
• The Azure Dragon King described how the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern had served the Human Emperor and how Nine Orifices had corrupted it into a Doomed Dao Pattern.
• The Azure Dragon King fought the Doomed Azure Dragon, while Su Qing combined eight dragon ships into a growing Four-unlike Azure Dragon that neutralized fallen scales and blocked the demon from feeding on the sea’s spiritual essence.
• Nine Orifices summoned demonic creatures to stop Su Qing’s Four-unlike Azure Dragon, but Gao Erqiang and Old Daoist Tong volunteered to fight them.
• Tiger Subduing and Dragon Subduing joined Su Qing’s side, seeking merit after losing the Pseudo Netherworld River Robe and a Tier 4 Treasure Ship.

Su Qing persuaded Gao Erqiang and Old Daoist Tong to join him in attacking Nine Orifices after securing a major business concession from Tiger Subduing. The fight began with Su Qing surviving a deadly counterattack, Erqiang revealing an ancient Killing True Artifact, and Tong Chang summoning the power of the Ancestor Heavenly Master.

• Su Qing refused Gao Erqiang and Old Daoist Tong’s offers to fight devilheads until Tiger Subduing promised the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom’s puppet business rights in exchange for letting Dragon Subduing and Tiger Subduing join the battle.
• Su Qing urged Gao Erqiang and Old Daoist Tong to help kill Nine Orifices, explaining that its forces had already been destroyed and promising to lead the attack with his Xing Tian Blood Axe.
• Su Qing struck Nine Orifices, survived its Dissociative Power by expending more than thirty Tier 3 Substitute Dolls, and reappeared a hundred miles away.
• Gao Erqiang fired a hidden Demon Breaking Arrow from the Silent Moon Bow into Su Qing’s wound on Nine Orifices, revealing that the bow was a Killing True Artifact.
• Old Daoist Tong put on a yellow Dharma Robe and summoned the Ancestor Heavenly Master’s power, prompting Erqiang to accuse him of shamelessly stealing merit.

Su Qing, Tong Chang, and Gao Erqiang slew Evil Demon Nine Orifices, and Su Qing gained the Dissociation Dao Pattern. The reunited Nine Sons Dragon Ships restored the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern, whose final gift left Su Qing fearing the impact of a complete set of Four Emperors Dao Patterns.

• Su Qing discovered that Nine Orifices diverted damage through its nine black holes into a linked Evil Demon Realm, so he coordinated with Tong Chang and Gao Erqiang to destroy all nine connections at once.
• Su Qing used the Nine-Headed Exploding Dragon Puppet to plug the black holes while Tong Chang and Gao Erqiang unleashed their attacks, then bound Nine Orifices and killed it with the Xing Tian Blood Axe.
• The Heavenly Talisman Treasure Hall awarded the group merit and membership benefits, while Su Qing exchanged his reward for a Demon Forging Gourd service that produced the Dissociation Dao Pattern.
• The nine dragon ships reunited and released Splendid Mountains and Rivers Qi, cleansing Dragon Fall Sea and freeing the ancient dragon souls; Azure Dragon King took Su Qing's Sea Calming Pearl to shelter them and announced the Dragon Clan's return.
• Azure Dragon King departed to find bodies for the dragon souls, and the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern entered Su Qing's sea of consciousness, leaving him alarmed by the complete Four Emperors Dao Patterns.

Su Qing absorbed the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern, which expanded his sea of consciousness and granted him nine powerful abilities. The chapter left him with the Azure Dragon’s protection and a new set of powers tied to luck, offspring, and puppet creation.

• The Azure Dragon Dao Pattern chose Su Qing and forced its way into his sea of consciousness, where it subdued his other manifestations with Human Dao Fortune.
• The Azure Dragon expanded Su Qing’s sea of consciousness more than tenfold, while Tong Chang supplied pills and Gao Erqiang lent him Divine Power.
• The Azure Dragon settled as a pillar in Su Qing’s sea of consciousness, and his other manifestations helped cultivate the newly expanded space.
• Su Qing’s System Panel revealed the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern’s nine abilities, including powers to produce offspring, create puppets, gather followers, and convert luck into armor.
• Su Qing’s Azure Dragon Armor held 87,366 Luck Value, enough to withstand four killing techniques from a Tier 4 Peak Body Cultivator.

Jiang Long recounted how he and Tiger Subduing reached the Fifth Tier with Su Qing’s help after witnessing the Azure Dragon King’s power and the Three Heroes of Yunshan defeat a High-ranking Demonic Evil. The brothers left the Place of No Breath with He Lian Xian, Brother 260, and Brother 17 in their care, while Jiang Long worried about the kingdom’s troubles and his pregnant younger brother.

• Jiang Long and Tiger Subduing watched the Azure Dragon King defeat a Fifth-Tier Cloud Dragon, then joined the battle against the Ancient Old Demon alongside Su Qing, Gao Erqiang, and Tong Chang.
• After Su Qing offered to help them reach the Fifth Tier in exchange for Puppet Monopoly Rights, Jiang Long had Tiger Subduing undergo the procedure first, then agreed to undergo it himself.
• Su Qing used the Xing Tian Blood Axe to help Tiger Subduing and Jiang Long break through to the Fifth Tier, and Tiger Subduing became pregnant when he tried to challenge Su Qing.
• A Special Forces Puppet brought He Lian Xian, Brother 260, and Brother 17 to Su Qing, who asked Jiang Long and Tiger Subduing to take the two younger men to the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom.
• Jiang Long and Tiger Subduing prepared to leave with the two cultivators, while Jiang Long reflected on the kingdom’s looming dangers and worried about his brother’s pregnancy.

Li Hai Lang reunited with Brother 17 and Brother 260 after Su Qing helped rescue them, but they refused to join Su Qing and sailed away, prompting Li Hai Lang to seek Bear Two's tutelage. Liang Hai Shun and He Lian Xian also reunited, while Liang Hai Shun began considering how to help Su Qing by rebuilding the Liang Family's formation legacy.

• Li Hai Lang recalled how Su Qing had taken him and his surviving brothers under his wing and how they had built a life serving him.
• Su Qing and Li Hai Lang rescued Brother 17 and Brother 260 from the Place of No Breath, but the two brothers refused Su Qing's offer to serve him and departed aboard the Dragon Subduing and Tiger Subduing.
• Li Hai Lang shaved his head and asked Bear Two and Venerable Bear to accept him as a disciple so he could grow strong enough to reunite with his brothers.
• Liang Hai Shun and He Lian Xian reunited, agreed to stay together, and Liang Hai Shun gave He Lian Xian Ten-Year Longevity Peaches while planning to put him to work.
• Liang Hai Shun considered selling his assets in the Execution Heavenly Kingdom and investing in the Far West, then resolved to help Su Qing establish an Immortal Kingdom by forming a Liang Family Formation Squad.

Su Qing, Tong Chang, and Gao Erqiang negotiated cooperation as the great calamity began to unfold, with Su Qing offering resources to help Erqiang advance while arranging for Tong Chang and Erqiang to investigate Feng Bo’e’s disappearance. The chapter left Erqiang realizing that the generous offers came with the expectation that he would defend the Far West, Langya, and the Execution Heavenly Kingdom from looming threats.

• Su Qing and Tong Chang sent Brother 260 and Brother 17 to the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom to undergo their remaining tribulations.
• Tong Chang warned Su Qing that the great calamity had begun, and Su Qing said he planned to establish an immortal kingdom in the Far West.
• Su Qing asked Tong Chang to investigate Feng Bo’e’s disappearance in the Sea Cave Hole, and Tong Chang agreed to go with Gao Erqiang after Su Qing mentioned a possible opportunity there.
• Su Qing, Tong Chang, and Gao Erqiang discussed sending Execution Heavenly Kingdom professionals to the Far West and Langya, and Su Qing revealed that the first group had already departed.
• Su Qing offered to spread Gao Erqiang’s faith, fund temples with an interest-free loan, and provide a temple guard army with puppets; Tong Chang promised talisman paper for the Execution Heavenly Kingdom.
• Gao Erqiang accepted the offers, then realized Su Qing and Tong Chang expected him to protect their territories from the Demon Tree Immortal Kingdom, the Demonic Buddha, and future Ancient Demons.

Liu Feng struggled with his failing marriage while Huang Li brought news that Su Qing could help Tier 4 Peak Body Cultivators advance to Tier 5. Huang Li sought Liu Feng’s permission for the Huang Family to ask Su Qing to help their Old Ancestor, and Liu Feng allowed it despite his family’s grudges against Su Qing.

• Liu Feng learned that Zhao Shuangshuang refused to return home and planned to divorce him, so he began writing a Divorce Letter himself.
• Huang Li visited Liu Feng and showed him scenes of Su Qing and the Three Heroes of Yunshan defeating evil entities in the Place of No Breath.
• Liu Feng noticed Dragon Subduing and Tiger Subduing had advanced to Fifth-Tier Body Cultivators and learned that Su Qing had helped them break through.
• Huang Li explained that the Huang Family wanted Su Qing to help their Fourth-tier Old Ancestor advance, and Liu Feng gave them permission to approach him.

The Far West transformed into a thriving region as Su Qing’s industries, resources, and supporters built the foundations of an Immortal Kingdom in his name. As Rao Tingshan sought a loan from Li Kuishan, Li revealed that True Person Su was expected to arrive soon, though Rao had not been informed.

• The Far West’s people changed their opposition to Sword Come Hall’s takeover into praise for Su Qing after Myriad Laws Master Puppets and other valuable supplies arrived.
• Ji Yong'en, Ye Suo, and more than three thousand Arts Talents from Wanghai Immortal City led development projects that built cities, infrastructure, and industries across the Far West.
• After Erqiang’s ascension turned Wanghai Immortal City into the Execution Heavenly Kingdom, Su Qing drew merchants and investors into the Far West Development project.
• Following the war at Langya Immortal Island, Ying Jue Shen, Duan Tian'ai, Master Liaode, and other leaders headed to the Far West with resources from their victories, accelerating its growth into the outline of an Immortal Kingdom.
• Rao Tingshan visited Li Kuishan to borrow Spirit Stones for his shipping business, but Li asked whether he had heard that True Person Su would soon arrive in the Far West.

Rao Tingshan followed Li Kuishan to a crowded banquet at Su Qing’s residence, where guests from across the Far West gathered. The envoy of Xian Qin Wu Guo suddenly died in the hall, and Hongshang sealed the residence while the guests awaited Su Qing’s return.

• Li Kuishan argued with Rao Tingshan about their standing with Su Qing, then explained that he had brought his wives and concubines hoping Su Qing’s glance would grant them children because Li Kuishan could no longer father any.
• Rao Tingshan followed Li Kuishan through West City and learned how its inner and outer districts had been built and defended around Su Qing’s absent residence.
• Li Kuishan presented a Gilded Tiger Stripe Token, and Hongshang admitted him and Rao Tingshan to the banquet while Su Qing was delayed on the road.
• Rao Tingshan mingled with influential guests, including Liu Guangxiu, envoy of Xian Qin Wu Guo, while Niu Thirteen and Li Kuishan talked nearby.
• A sudden commotion left the Xian Qin Wu Guo envoy dead on the hall floor, with Rao Tingshan standing beside the body in shock.
• Hongshang ordered Formations One and Three activated, the puppets deployed, and the residence sealed until Su Qing returned.

Su Qing was chased by fourth-tier Body Cultivators desperate for an axe strike from his Xingtian Blood Axe, so he agreed to provide the dangerous service for a million Spirit Stones each. He chopped Huang Shang Huang, who broke through his Inner World but began swelling uncontrollably, leaving Su Qing to declare that Huang was doomed to explode.

• Su Qing ordered Li Hai Lang to flee from the pursuing cultivators, who had tracked him down because they wanted him to strike them with the Xingtian Blood Axe.
• Su Qing recalled how Dragon Subduing and Tiger Subduing publicized his power, drawing desperate fourth-tier Body Cultivators from across Tianyuan Realm and forcing him to spend over twenty years evading them.
• Surrounded by the old cultivators, Su Qing offered axe strikes for a million Spirit Stones each and required them to sign waivers absolving him of responsibility.
• Huang Shang Huang paid Su Qing three million Spirit Stones and volunteered to be the first, taking medicinal broth, a pill, and an armor puppet before the strike.
• Su Qing drove the Blood Axe through Huang Shang Huang's body and opened his Inner World, but Huang's unstable foundation caused his body to swell as spiritual energy overwhelmed him.
• Su Qing told the gathered True Persons that Huang Shang Huang was doomed to explode and die.

Su Qing helped the Fourth-tier Body Cultivators attempt to open heaven, but Huang Shang Huang and True Person Tianlu died. Tianlu’s Heavenly Winged White Crane survived, and Su Qing subdued it before advising Huizhen to wait decades before attempting the trial.

• Huang Shang Huang died during the trial, and Su Qing’s puppets searched the blast zone for his remains.
• True Person Tianlu stepped forward to open heaven, but the Heavenly Winged White Crane overwhelmed him and escaped into the present world.
• Su Qing and the other True Persons battered the crane into surrender, and Su Qing captured it with a Beast Ring.
• The True Persons praised Su Qing and asked him to judge who could safely attempt to open heaven.
• Huizhen asked Su Qing whether he could succeed, and Su Qing advised him to nourish his deficient body for several decades before trying.