Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liu crafted two ribbon divine artifacts and began forging four divine-artifact swords, explaining the materials and process to Gong Mo and Tian Ling. The ribbons developed two faint consciousnesses, and the chapter left Jiang Liu smelting Star Iron Stone for the swords.

• Jiang Liu smelted Cloud Mist Sand and explained its properties to Gong Mo and Tian Ling as he crafted the ribbon materials.
• Jiang Liu fused the materials and forged two five-meter-long ribbons, which each radiated a faint consciousness.
• Jiang Liu noticed the ribbons might contain twin Artifact Spirits but avoided investigating them so they would not recognize him as their master.
• Jiang Liu prepared to forge four divine-artifact swords and had Gong Mo prepare four sword molds.
• Jiang Liu smelted Star Iron Stone, whose liquid form impressed Gong Mo and Tian Ling with its weight and sharpness.

Jiang Liu, Gong Mo, and Tian Ling forged four Star Iron Stone long swords, with Jiang Liu guiding the process and helping Tian Ling recover from a mistake. After the swords were completed, Jiang Liu gave the pair essence stones to rest before they continued crafting a fan and a Skyfire Staff.

• Jiang Liu divided the Star Iron Stone solution among four molds and had Gong Mo and Tian Ling forge two long sword models while he worked on the other two and smelted auxiliary materials.
• Jiang Liu and the others placed the sword models in the furnace to absorb the auxiliary materials, then hammered them to fuse the materials into the blades.
• After an hour of hammering, Jiang Liu finished the four swords and reassured Tian Ling through his silence despite her mistake.
• Gong Mo comforted the worried Tian Ling, and Jiang Liu gave them each an essence stone before they prepared to forge the final two weapons.

Jiang Liu forged a new Skyfire Staff for Gongsun Haoyue while Gong Mo and Tian Ling made a divine fan for Han Yi, then shared forging books with them. He returned to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and told Gongsun Haoyue he had gone to prepare gifts for everyone.

• Jiang Liu assigned Gong Mo and Tian Ling to forge the fan and began making the Skyfire Staff himself.
• Jiang Liu used Sky Dusk Sand to forge a one-meter Skyfire Staff, shorter than he had planned because he lacked enough material.
• Gong Mo and Tian Ling completed the fan, and Jiang Liu praised their work and gave them forging and material-identification books to copy for the Technique Repository.
• Jiang Liu left Forging Peak and returned to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, where Gongsun Haoyue asked where he had been.
• Jiang Liu told Gongsun Haoyue that he had gone to prepare gifts for everyone.

Jiang Liu returned with divine artifacts he had forged for the women and helped them prepare to bond with their Artifact Spirits. He gave Han Yue specially made silk ribbons, leaving her deeply moved by the care he had taken for her.

• Jiang Liu gave Gongsun Haoyue the Skyfire Staff and told her to activate it and have its Artifact Spirit acknowledge her.
• Han Yi and the others arrived, and Jiang Liu gave Han Yi a fan that still needed a final step, then handed divine longswords to Feng Yue, Murong Yin, Zheng Yunshang, and the Flowing Cloud Matriarch.
• Jiang Liu explained that the women needed to bond with their weapons' Artifact Spirits, and the Flowing Cloud Matriarch's longsword awakened with a lightning attribute when she did so.
• Jiang Liu gave Han Yi Sky Net Pool Water to soak the fan, then presented Han Yue with two silk ribbons containing Artifact Spirits.
• Han Yue learned the ribbons had taken Jiang Liu the most time and effort to forge, and she felt a deep surge of affection for him.

Jiang Liu helped Han Yi transform her divine fan into the Ice Soul Fan and bind its Artifact Spirit, completing the weapons’ preparations. After Han Yi celebrated with Jiang Liu, the others joined them, and their long-delayed battle lasted until dawn.

• Feng Yue, Murong Yin, and Zheng Yunshang showed Jiang Liu the power of their divine longswords, while Han Yue practiced with her divine silk ribbons.
• Jiang Liu instructed Han Yi to communicate with her fan’s Artifact Spirit as he infused it with the essence of Sky Net Pool Water.
• The fan’s Artifact Spirit grew stronger, and Han Yi imprinted her spiritual mark on it, completing the Ice Soul Fan.
• Han Yi tested the Ice Soul Fan, delighted by its icy power, then embraced Jiang Liu.
• Gongsun Haoyue, Han Yue, Murong Yin, Feng Yue, Zheng Yunshang, and Flowing Cloud Matriarch joined Jiang Liu and Han Yi, and their battle continued until dawn.

Jiang Liu returned to the imperial palace to direct the establishment of a Technique Repository and introduce rewards for outstanding martial artists. He revealed that the repository would hold several divine-grade manuals, leaving the officials eager to learn more.

• Jiang Liu sensed Cuier and Xiao He secretly watching him, but chose not to expose them.
• Jiang Liu met with the Hall of Governmental Affairs, heard Qin Bailian's report, and told him to handle routine matters without his involvement.
• Jiang Liu ordered the Star Cloud Holy Dynasty to establish a Technique Repository and use origin stones as rewards for outstanding martial artists.
• Yun Yue worried that gathering martial arts manuals would provoke the Jianghu forces, but Jiang Liu clarified that he would provide his own divine-grade manuals.
• Jiang Liu announced that martial artists with enough merit, or those who reached the Saint Realm, could borrow a divine-grade manual for free, astonishing the officials.

Jiang Liu gave the Hall of Governmental Affairs divine-level secret manuals, essence stones, and Space Pouches, then explained the God Realm’s advantages and his plans to bring people there. He left with the officials preparing a list of ten candidates for the first group, while the Demon God remained a concern.

• Jiang Liu gave the officials more than one hundred divine-level secret manuals and let them choose manuals, essence stones, and Space Pouches.
• Jiang Liu explained how to use the Space Pouches and cultivate with essence stones, astonishing the officials with how much faster cultivation became.
• Meteor asked whether the essence stones came from the God Realm, and Jiang Liu explained that its essence was denser but that essence stones and divine-level manuals were rare there.
• Jiang Liu described his forces in the God Realm, and the officials realized he intended to take people from the Human Realm there.
• Jiang Liu ordered the officials to choose ten people for the first group he would take to the God Realm on his next departure, then flew toward the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation.

Jiang Liu reunited with the women, shared resources with the Star Cloud Saint Sect, and revealed that he planned to visit the Nether Realm to investigate the culprit behind their imprisonment. After spending several days with them, he went to the imperial palace when Qin Bailian reported that the Technique Repository and reward-and-punishment system were ready.

• Jiang Liu gave Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch spirit stones and authorized the Star Cloud Saint Sect to cultivate divine-grade secret manuals under the Holy Dynasty's terms.
• Jiang Liu shared a meal and stories from the God Realm with the women, then told them he planned to go to the Nether Realm before returning there.
• Jiang Liu revealed that the culprit behind Gongsun Haoyue, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, Han Yi, and Han Yue's imprisonment was in the Nether Realm and reassured the women that he would investigate carefully.
• Jiang Liu stayed with the women for several days before Qin Bailian reported that the Technique Repository and reward-and-punishment system were complete, prompting him to head to the imperial palace.

The fleets returned to the God Realm as news spread that the Nether River Commerce had fallen into internal strife, prompting rival powers and rogue cultivators to rush toward the Supreme Continent. Shang Yan learned that the Shang Family had lost its leader, its elite guards, and its treasury, and swore revenge on the families he blamed.

• Chen Quan received Chen He's warning and steered the Chen Family starship away from the Shang Family, while the Huang, Chao, Po, and Qi Families also broke away.
• Shang Yan learned that several families had escaped his fleet and hurried toward the Supreme Continent after suspecting that Shang Sheng had been killed.
• The Rì Yuè Honored One learned that the Chen and Huang Families controlled the Ri Yue Continent branch of the Nether River Commerce and ordered his fleet back there.
• The fleets of Snowpeak City and Wind City departed, and rogue cultivators rushed toward the Supreme Continent to exploit the upheaval.
• Shang Yan learned that Shang Sheng, the Shang Family's Old Ancestor, and most of the Control Guard had been lost and that the headquarters treasury had been emptied.
• Shang Yan blamed the Chen, Huang, and Qi Families and vowed to make them pay.

Jiang Liu prepared to leave the Human Realm for the Nether Realm, refusing to let Han Yi accompany him because her presence would expose them. He departed in his Saint Artifact Spaceship, while the women returned to cultivation and sect duties, and he remained concerned about the Heavenly Dao’s unexplained seclusion.

• Jiang Liu checked the cultivation of the Fire-Winged Monkey and Sea Turtle, sensing an inheritance aura from the Fire-Winged Monkey that might help it advance in the God Realm.
• Gongsun Haoyue and the other women proposed that Han Yi accompany Jiang Liu to the Nether Realm, but Jiang Liu refused because she would reveal their identities and be endangered.
• Jiang Liu promised to take the women to the God Realm on a future trip if they improved their strength, and they accepted his decision to leave alone.
• Jiang Liu flew beyond the boundary wall as the women watched, then Han Yi and the others entered the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation to cultivate while Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch headed to the Star Cloud Saint Sect.
• Jiang Liu found the Heavenly Dao still cultivating in seclusion and, unable to ask about the demonic energy eruption, launched his Saint Artifact Spaceship beyond the boundary wall.

Jiang Liu traveled toward the Nether Realm, confident that his repaired Fixed-Point Shuttle would let him escape danger. Meanwhile, as alliances sought support amid the Nether Realm’s chaos, Bu He emerged from seclusion having broken through to the Third Tier of the Divine Realm and prepared to use the turmoil to advance the Bu Clan’s interests.

• Jiang Liu activated the Saint Artifact Spaceship, set its course for the Nether Realm, and confirmed that Fixed-Point Shuttle had returned to normal.
• Devouring Insects refused to join the many alliances seeking recruits and prepared for the Nether River’s appearance.
• Bu He emerged from seclusion and revealed that he had reached the Third Tier of the Divine Realm.
• Bu Yao congratulated Bu He, and he announced a banquet to celebrate his breakthrough.
• Bu He asked the Bu Clan elders how many alliance factions had sought cooperation, intending to use them to stir up conflict and benefit the Bu Clan.

Bu He planned to unite the Soul-Devouring Races and other forces against the weakened Seven Great Clans after reaching the Third-Tier Divine Realm. As the Nether Realm grew more turbulent and the beast race stayed hidden, Jiang Liu entered the realm and headed for the Northern Continent.

• Bu He learned that no other Soul-Devouring Races had approached the Bu Clan, so he ordered invitations sent to them and thirteen alliance forces for his advancement banquet.
• The Bu Clan celebrated through the night, and the next day its elders carried Bu He's invitations across the Nether Realm as news of his breakthrough spread.
• The Nether Colossus reached the Third-Tier Divine Realm, but kept its recovery secret and ordered the beast race to remain concealed.
• Jiang Liu arrived outside the Nether Realm, put on the Shadowveil Robe, and crossed its boundary without drawing attention.
• Jiang Liu set a transit point in the Nether Realm and flew toward the Northern Continent.

Shang Yan returned to the ruined Nether River Commerce headquarters and learned that rival families were attacking its branches across the God Realm. He offered the threatened continents’ branches to three Honored Ones in exchange for destroying the betrayers, then resolved to establish his own force on the Supreme Continent.

• Shang Yan slaughtered the martial artists looting the Nether River Commerce ruins and reunited with the injured Shang Fei and the surviving Control Guards.
• Shang Yan gave Shang Fei healing medicine and heard that the Chen Family and Huang Family had seized the Ri Yue Continent branch.
• Shang Yan learned that the Cai Family and Po Family were attacking the Divine Wind Continent branch, while the Chao Family and Chao Family hunted his people on Snowpeak Continent.
• Shang Yan heard that the Neutral Continent remained temporarily safe because the Hong Family was preparing to attack in secret.
• Shang Yan offered the Ri Yue, Divine Wind, and Snowpeak branches to their respective Honored Ones if they exterminated the families that betrayed him.
• Shang Yan ordered his people recalled and announced his plan to establish a force on the Supreme Continent.

Shang Yan considered a plan to seize the Supreme Continent with the Three Great Cities’ restraint, while Eternal Joy City launched a major expedition against the sea beasts in the Crimson Reef Sea. Tong Chuchu joined the expedition intending to attack Shang Kuo’s group when it became separated.

• Shang Yan asked whether the Shang Family could take the Supreme Continent if the Three Great Cities did not oppose them, and the old man recognized the plan’s potential.
• Long Wave Sword God ordered Eternal Joy City’s assembled forces to set out for the Crimson Reef Sea aboard Divine Artifact Starships.
• Tong Chuchu told her subordinate that their people were watching Shang Kuo and would strike when his group became separated.
• Shang Kuo led the Nether River Commerce fleet into the expedition under Eternal Joy City’s orders and warned his subordinates to stay vigilant.

The Snowpeak Honored One and the Rì Yuè Honored One each received Shang Yan’s request to destroy rebellious families in exchange for the Nether River Commerce’s regional assets. Both prepared to exploit the turmoil for their own gain, while the Rì Yuè Honored One secretly planned to capture the Chen and Huang families’ Second-Order Divine Realm fighters.

• The Snowpeak Honored One accepted Shang Yan’s request and ordered Snowpeak Continent’s city lords to attack the Zhuo and Chao families, while secretly warning them to flee.
• The Snowpeak Honored One planned to let the Zhuo and Chao families escape so they would trouble the Shang Family and leave Snowpeak City free to seize the commerce’s assets.
• The Rì Yuè Honored One’s subordinates urged an immediate attack after Shang Yan offered the Riyue Continent branch in exchange for action against the Chen and Huang families.
• The Rì Yuè Honored One delayed the attack, ordered his people to prepare, and secretly arranged to capture the Chen and Huang families as they fled.
• The Rì Yuè Honored One revealed that he wanted the families’ Second-Order Divine Realm fighters as cultivation resources to help him reach the Third-Tier Divine Realm.

The Divine Wind Honored One maneuvered to weaken the Cai and Po Families before Divine Wind City acted, while the three continents’ struggles over the Nether River Commerce Guild spiraled into violence. Chen Quan’s family escaped to a prepared island hideout, where he asked Chen He and Chen Fang about their earlier dealings with Jiang Liu.

• The Divine Wind Honored One told Cai Xun and Po Qian that Shang Yan had ordered Divine Wind City to attack them, hoping they would fight the Shang Family and weaken each other first.
• Zhuo Huang and Chao Yi’s families looted the Nether River Commerce Guild on Snowpeak Continent, framed the Shang Family, and fled, prompting Snowpeak City to attack the remaining Shang Family members.
• Chen Quan’s family withdrew from Riyue Continent before Huang Jinbao could reach them, while the Riyue Honored One’s people watched for the fleeing Chen and Huang Families.
• Cai Xun and Po Qian’s families fought the Shang Family on Divine Wind Continent, while Divine Wind City refused to intervene, enraging Shang Yan.
• Chen Quan, Chen He, Chen Fang, and other Chen Family members reached their prepared island hideout, where Chen Quan asked about their dealings with Jiang Liu.

Shang Yan consolidated the Nether River Commerce and launched a brutal campaign against forces across the Supreme Continent, while the Three Great Cities grew wary of his ambitions. When Shang Yan demanded that they send aid to the Supreme Continent, all three honored ones refused.

• Shang Yan restored the Nether River Commerce headquarters and branches, then ordered the extermination of forces implicated or suspected in the rebellion.
• The Shang family killed and punished forces across the Supreme Continent, driving many to unite against them while the White Feather Sword God's five returning disciples stayed out of the conflict.
• The Shang family accepted forces that pledged allegiance but sent them into battle as cannon fodder, prompting others to band together against Shang Yan.
• Snowpeak Honored One, Divine Wind Honored One, and Rì Yuè Honored One met near the Supreme Continent and agreed Shang Yan intended to take control of it.
• Shang Yan invoked the Three Great Cities' past aid in the Nether Realm and demanded they send reinforcements to the Supreme Continent, but all three honored ones refused.

The Three Great Cities united against Shang Yan and forced the Shang family to withdraw from Supreme Continent. As Shang Yan tried to escape by starship, Rì Yuè Honored One blocked his fleet, leaving the Shang family facing a battle.

• Snowpeak Honored One, Divine Wind Honored One, and Rì Yuè Honored One mobilized their forces to seize Supreme Continent from Shang Yan.
• After learning that the Three Great Cities had rejected his demand, Shang Yan gathered the Shang family outside Supreme City and abandoned its headquarters.
• The Three Great Cities drove the Shang family from Supreme City, and Snowpeak Honored One ordered Shang Yan to leave Supreme Continent.
• Shang Yan agreed to withdraw, and the three Honored Ones prepared to divide Supreme Continent among themselves and White Feather Sword God's surviving disciples.
• As the Shang family's starships fled, Rì Yuè Honored One blocked them with eight Divine Artifact Starships, and Shang Yan ordered his people to prepare for battle.

Eternal Joy City’s martial artists fought a desperate battle against the Crimson Reef Sea’s sea beasts, while the Long Wave Sword God and eight Second-Order Divine Realm fighters pinned down Crimson Radiance. Feng Changtian saw his squad suffer heavy losses and, grieving and furious, threw himself into an increasingly reckless fight.

• The Long Wave Sword God led eight Second-Order Divine Realm martial artists in a combined assault formation to hold Crimson Radiance in place.
• Crimson Radiance exploited weaknesses in the formation, leaving the Long Wave Sword God struggling to keep it contained.
• Three Eternal Joy City martial artists self-detonated to kill nearby sea beasts, and the Long Wave Sword God fought on without looking away from Crimson Radiance.
• Feng Changtian killed a Second-Order Divine Realm sea beast and saw that nearly one-third of his squad had been killed or injured.
• Feng Changtian blamed the other Three Great Cities for withholding aid, then attacked another sea beast with increasingly reckless moves.

Eternal Joy City’s elite fighters battled overwhelming sea-beast hordes, relying on their formidable strength but suffering mounting losses as some chose to self-detonate rather than retreat. The battle continued with the city’s warriors still holding their ground while the Neutral Continent factions contributed far less.

• Eternal Joy City’s fighters were described as powerful main-body cultivators who had no clones to fall back on if they were seriously injured or killed.
• Three explosions marked another coordinated-assault squad’s self-detonation, killing or injuring many sea beasts and leaving Feng Changtian grieving their sacrifice.
• Eternal Joy City’s fighters continued fighting without reacting to the explosions, accustomed to comrades giving their lives in battle.
• Neutral Continent factions fought less effectively, with some members pretending to make an effort while sea beasts overwhelmed the battlefields.
• Eternal Joy City brought the other factions to draw sea beasts and relieve pressure, but its own fighters were already reaching desperate straits and still refused to flee.