Chapter Summaries

Chu Sheng explained that he killed the people in Anhe City because they knowingly covered up the Federation’s crimes, then ordered the Northern Garrison Army to withdraw. As the residents and Noble Clan members celebrated his departure, a pillar of golden light erupted from the city and shattered its brief calm.

• Chu Sheng burned the tally-filled booklet and told Chu Pingwei it was an invalidated ledger.
• Chu Sheng revealed that he could tell when people were lying and said the people he killed had deliberately concealed the truth.
• Chu Sheng explained that tolerating evil aided the Federation’s scheme to frame them, and warned that more brothers had been attacked.
• When Anhe City’s residents refused to speak up, Chu Sheng ordered Chu Pingwei to lead the brothers outside the city and wait for orders.
• After the Northern Garrison Army withdrew, a blinding pillar of golden light burst from Anhe City and shook the ground.

The Federation Assembly learned that Chu Sheng had destroyed Anhe City, shattering their plan to delay him by provoking a civilian massacre. As Great Xia faced defeat, Long Xiaoxiao offered to act, but the Minister of Foreign Affairs arrived with news that the other races had agreed to help.

• Federation officials mocked Chu Sheng and believed the Nine Heavens Demon Sealing Array would soon trap him while Noble Clan members delayed his army in Anhe City.
• Long Xiaoxiao warned Ji Qingyang and the assembly that they were driving Chu Sheng into a corner and that he would not compromise.
• A messenger reported that Chu Sheng had destroyed Anhe City and killed everyone there, leaving the assembly in chaos and Ji Qingyang convinced they had lost.
• Long Xiaoxiao offered to act early against Chu Sheng, despite his role as the Federation's final safeguard for New Capital and the Demon Sealing Array.
• The Minister of Foreign Affairs rushed in and announced that the other races had agreed.

Ji Qingyang negotiated with the Winged Tribe, Shadow Clan, Golden Rhinoceros Warrior Clan, and Sea Clan for help against Chu Sheng, but their demands threatened Great Xia’s territory and people. He agreed to the first three races’ terms if they could delay Chu Sheng for two days, then learned they had already begun occupying the lands they demanded.

• The Minister of Foreign Affairs reported that the Winged Tribe had persuaded the Shadow Clan, Golden Rhinoceros Warrior Clan, and Sea Clan to offer support.
• The Minister of Foreign Affairs revealed the races’ territorial demands, including strategic regions and a prefecture, prompting Long Jianhong to condemn their greed.
• Ji Qingyang rejected the Sea Clan’s proposal and offered to accept the other three races’ terms if they arrived by the next day and stopped Chu Sheng for two days.
• Ji Qingyang told Long Jianhong that Great Xia would surrender the territory if the races truly managed to delay Chu Sheng, since the country’s survival mattered more.
• The Minister of Foreign Affairs reported that the races had agreed and that their Stage Eight experts would reach Central Prefecture the next morning.
• The Minister of Foreign Affairs added that the races had already sent people to take over the territories Great Xia had agreed to cede.

Nine eighth-rank leaders from the Winged Tribe, Shadow Clan, and Golden Rhinoceros Warrior Clan raced toward Central Prefecture, confident that they could break Chu Sheng’s battle formation and defeat him. At Kangfu City, Zhao Chengye reassured frightened citizens that reinforcements were coming just as the nine outsiders flew overhead toward the northern horizon.

• Yu Qing told Mu Ren and Jin Jiao that Chu Sheng’s Thousand Army Blade Forging Formation gathered one hundred thousand soldiers’ strength and let him rival the ninth rank.
• Mu Ren said the Shadow Clan could break the formation in three breaths, and Jin Jiao expected their forces to defeat Chu Sheng immediately afterward.
• At Kangfu City’s south gate, citizens demanded to leave, while Zhao Chengye enforced the lockdown and denied that the Worldly Families had fled.
• A citizen accused the Sun Family of secretly sending people out of the city, and Sun Zhengyi claimed its younger members had left to study elsewhere.
• Zhao Chengye told the crowd that reinforcements were on their way, and nine powerful figures swept over Kangfu City toward the north.

Nine Stage Eight Xenofolk arrived to fight Chu Sheng, but he stopped them alone and killed Jin Jiao with the Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss. As the remaining Xenofolk panicked, Yu Qing produced a blue crystal sphere and shouted that it was his magic treasure.

• Zhao Chengye and the citizens celebrated the arrival of nine Stage Eight Xenofolk, believing they had come to save Great Xia.
• Chu Sheng appeared before the nine Xenofolk and blocked their path alone.
• Jin Jiao boasted that he would defeat Chu Sheng, but the Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss pierced his chest and hurled him into the sky.
• The Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss expanded and blew Jin Jiao apart, terrifying the other Xenofolk.
• A Golden Rhinoceros Warrior Clan member urged the others to attack Chu Sheng, while Yu Qing produced a blue crystal sphere and called it his magic treasure.

Chu Sheng hunted down the xenos who stayed behind after Yu Qing escaped, then killed Mu Ren despite Mu Ren using Kangfu City’s civilians as hostages. He left the remaining Winged Tribe members alive for now, but made clear he would hunt them later.

• Yu Qing and two Stage Eight Winged Tribe members escaped with a spatial treasure, leaving five xenos behind.
• Chu Sheng killed a Stage Eight Golden Rhinoceros Warrior Clan member and pursued the fleeing survivors, cutting down another Golden Rhinoceros Warrior and two Stage Eight Shadow Clan members.
• Mu Ren fled to Kangfu City and threatened to kill its civilians, but Zhao Chengye warned him that Chu Sheng would not be swayed by the threat.
• Mu Ren engulfed more than a thousand civilians in corrosive shadow mist, and Chu Sheng stabbed him through the chest, saying that killing Mu Ren would save more people.
• Chu Sheng received 12,000,000 Justice Points for exterminating six exceptionally weak Stage Eight xenos.

Chu Sheng told the city’s survivors that he killed Noble Clan lackeys rather than innocent civilians, then killed Sun Zhengyi and vowed to end the Worldly Families’ bloodlines. His conviction earned him the Three-Clan Severance Art, a new reward meant to target those connected to the Worldly Families.

• Chu Sheng ordered the terrified civilians to stand and explained that he killed Noble Clans and their lackeys, not innocent civilians.
• A girl asked whether the Federation had falsely blamed Chu Sheng for the Anhe City massacre, and he confirmed he had killed Anhe City’s people because they were all Noble Clan lackeys.
• A civilian identified Sun Zhengyi as the Sun Family head, and Sun Zhengyi admitted it before accusing Chu Sheng of being an inhuman butcher.
• Chu Sheng warned Sun Zhengyi that his family could not escape and would have its bloodline ended, then stabbed him through the chest.
• Chu Sheng reaffirmed that every member of the Worldly Families deserved to die, and the system awarded him the upgradeable Three-Clan Severance Art.

Chu Sheng activated the Three-Clan Severance Art after confirming it earned Justice Points, sending crimson motes to kill members of the Sun Family across Kangfu City and Xinjing City. The art struck the fleeing Sun Family in Xinjing City despite its protective array, leaving the city’s Noble Clan descendants terrified of what might come next.

• Chu Sheng learned that the Three-Clan Severance Art awarded Justice Points and decided to use it against the Worldly Families’ fleeing relatives.
• Chu Sheng drew a crimson orb from Sun Zhengyi’s corpse, and it burst into motes that killed everyone at the Sun Family estate in Kangfu City.
• Zhong Yun and other Xinjing City descendants mocked the Sun Family for fleeing north, insisting their own lineages had secure escape plans.
• Crimson motes arrived in Xinjing City as its garrison sounded alarms and a golden protective barrier covered the city.
• The motes passed through the barrier and killed the Sun Family members in the street, terrifying the watching Noble Clan descendants.

Chu Sheng used the Three-Clan Separation Technique to purge Noble Clan descendants across Kangfu City, leaving the clans in Xinjing terrified that nowhere could protect them. As Chu Sheng approached, Zhong Zhenjiang revealed the Martial God Spear, forged from a Stage Nine Martial God's bones.

• Chu Sheng killed two Stage Six martial artists in Kangfu City, and the Three-Clan Separation Technique also stripped away their connected relatives and clan descendants.
• News spread through Xinjing that Noble Clan descendants in Kangfu City had died, and the clans realized that fleeing or hiding in secret realms would not save them.
• Zhong Yun begged Zhong Zhenjiang to send the Zhong Family into a secret realm, but Zhong Zhenjiang said descendants who had fled there had died too.
• Zhong Zhenjiang promised the Zhong Family they would survive and revealed a powerful spear from his Storage Ring.
• Zhong Zhenjiang identified the weapon as the Martial God Spear, forged from the bones of a Stage Nine Martial God.

The Federation Assembly learned that the Shadow Clan and Golden Rhinoceros Warrior Clan had declared war on Great Xia, and Ji Qingyang suspected the Winged Tribe was pursuing ambitions beyond Great Xia. Long Xiaoxiao proposed asking Chu Sheng to fight the alien races, while Zhong Zhenjiang prepared to reveal information he had withheld because of his ancestors’ final instructions.

• The Minister of Foreign Affairs reported that the Shadow Clan and Golden Rhinoceros Warrior Clan had declared war on Great Xia, blaming Great Xia for the deaths of their six experts.
• Ji Qingyang concluded that the Winged Tribe had provoked the other clans and might have ambitions beyond Great Xia.
• Long Xiaoxiao argued that Chu Sheng hated the alien races even more than the Worldly Families and might agree to fight them.
• Long Xiaoxiao said he would contact Cheng Ye to relay the proposal to Chu Sheng, rather than negotiate with Chu Sheng himself.
• Ji Qingyang asked Zhong Zhenjiang what he had meant to say, and Zhong revealed that his ancestors’ final instructions had kept him from speaking sooner.

Zhong Zhenjiang revealed the Martial God Spear and claimed that his ancestor had reached the Ascension Realm, leaving behind a divine consciousness to protect the Zhong Family. He then disclosed that the ancestor was named Chu Sheng, the same name as the enemy threatening Great Xia, and the council accepted the revelation as hope for defending the nation.

• Zhong Zhenjiang summoned the Martial God Spear, whose overwhelming pressure shocked the council and lent credibility to the Zhong Family ancestor’s legend.
• Zhong Zhenjiang revealed that the ancestor had been an ordinary Supreme Martial Hall student surnamed Chu, but reassured the council that he had no connection to the invading Chu Sheng.
• Zhong Zhenjiang recounted how his ancestor had defended Great Xia from foreign invasions, but Ji Qingyang interrupted him and asked whether the spear could resolve the current crisis.
• Zhong Zhenjiang explained that the spear had been forged from a Rank 9 Martial God’s bones and contained the ancestor’s divine consciousness, which could intervene if the Zhong Family faced annihilation.
• The council celebrated the prospect of an Ascension Realm power protecting Great Xia, then asked Zhong Zhenjiang for his ancestor’s name.
• Zhong Zhenjiang named his ancestor Chu Sheng, clarifying the character meant “life,” and a clan head praised the name as a symbol of protecting the people.

Cheng Ye worried that the Star Alliance would threaten Jining Star, while Long Xiaoxiao arrived to ask Chu Sheng for help against the invading Shadow Clan and Golden Rhinoceros Warrior Clan. Chu Sheng demanded a price for intervening and asked Long Xiaoxiao what he had been waiting for.

• Cheng Ye reflected that Chu Sheng was also constrained by Jining Star's limits and feared the Star Alliance's arrival.
• Long Xiaoxiao told Cheng Ye that the Shadow Clan and Golden Rhinoceros Warrior Clan had invaded Great Xia's Western Border and asked Chu Sheng to send reinforcements.
• Chu Sheng appeared beside Cheng Ye, and Cheng Ye left Long Xiaoxiao alone with him.
• Chu Sheng threatened Long Xiaoxiao with death and rejected his appeal to protect Great Xia from the invading clans.
• Long Xiaoxiao offered to negotiate any terms the Federation could meet, and Chu Sheng asked what he had been waiting for.

Long Xiaoxiao revealed how to destroy the Nine Heavens Demon Sealing Array and explained why she would defend the Long Family, while Chu Sheng insisted that the Noble Clans had to fall. They parted with their convictions unchanged but agreed to fight together at the Western Border.

• Long Xiaoxiao admitted that the Nine Heavens Demon Sealing Array was being prepared to seal Chu Sheng, and he threatened her until she revealed that destroying the mystic-gold pillars along the borders would ruin it.
• Long Xiaoxiao said she would go to the Western Border to defend the passes she had once guarded and described the Long Family’s sacrifices in protecting Great Xia.
• Chu Sheng said he would eliminate the foreign races and Demonic Beasts, then abolish the Noble Clans because they had prevented commoners from growing strong enough to defend themselves.
• Long Xiaoxiao said she would still oppose Chu Sheng if he threatened her kin, and Chu Sheng told her to wait for him at the Western Border so they could share this final journey.

After Long Xiaoxiao left, Chu Sheng allowed Cheng Ye and the Northern Garrison Army to set aside their rebellion and march west to fight the invading alien races. Chu Sheng stayed behind to handle his own affairs, with New Capital as his first stop.

• Chu Sheng told Cheng Ye that the era of the Worldly Families should end with a final battle, and Cheng Ye decided to lead his troops to the Western Border.
• Cheng Ye told the assembled Northern Garrison Army that Chu Sheng had agreed to a truce with the Federation and that they would join the fight against the alien races.
• Chu Pingwei drew his saber and rallied the soldiers to drive back the invaders.
• The Northern Garrison Army marched west toward the Western Border while Chu Sheng prepared to go to New Capital.

Long Xiaoxiao told the council that Chu Sheng would go to the Western Border after destroying the Demon Sealing Array’s Darkgold pillars, then learned the Federation had another trump card against him. Despite the Federation’s refusal and his sense of betrayal, Long Xiaoxiao secured permission to head to the Western Border and planned to contact True Man Yinchuan.

• Long Xiaoxiao informed Ji Qingyang and the council that Chu Sheng had agreed to halt the civil war and fight at the Western Border after learning how to cripple the Demon Sealing Array.
• Ji Qingyang revealed that the array’s core beneath New Capital City could restore the pillars and hinted that the Federation had another trump card against Chu Sheng.
• Long Xiaoxiao realized that the Federation and his Long Family had kept secrets from him, leaving him feeling like an outsider despite his service to Great Xia.
• Long Xiaoxiao asked to go to the Western Border, but Ji Qingyang said he had already sent six Martial Saints there and did not need him.
• Long Xiaoxiao insisted he would go and swore not to reveal Federation secrets; Ji Qingyang eventually let him leave.
• Long Xiaoxiao headed out of the council hall and decided to contact True Man Yinchuan of the Xuanpu Sect.

Ji Qingyang defended his decision to let Long Xiaoxiao leave, saying the hero deserved dignity and did not want to be caught between the Federation and Chu Sheng. As Chu Sheng confronted Xinjing City and threatened its defenses, he summoned a colossal blade that blotted out the sky.

• Zhong Zhenjiang questioned Ji Qingyang for allowing Long Xiaoxiao to leave and argued that Long’s power should have been used against Chu Sheng.
• Ji Qingyang explained that Long Xiaoxiao had accepted death and wanted to return to where his story began, and Zhong Zhenjiang accepted his reasoning.
• The Federation officials began discussing repairs to the Demon Sealing Array, but an alarm announced that Chu Sheng had arrived.
• Chu Sheng hovered above Xinjing City’s National Golden Pattern Array, and Ji Qingyang saw that Chu Sheng’s power far exceeded what the Federation could overcome.
• Chu Sheng mocked the Federation, rejected Ji Qingyang’s demand for an explanation, and called forth a mountain-sized longblade that darkened the sky above the city.

Chu Sheng spared New Capital City under his truce with Long Xiaoxiao, then went to the Zhong Family to settle a private feud. After killing Zhong Lianxin and Zhong Hong, he asked where he could find the Su Family.

• Chu Sheng shattered the National Golden Pattern Array but stopped the Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss above New Capital City and declared that he would honor his temporary truce with Long Xiaoxiao.
• Chu Sheng entered the Zhong Family main hall and confronted Zhong Lianxin over her past threat in Jinlan City.
• Chu Sheng rejected Zhong Zhenjiang's claim that the ceasefire protected Zhong Lianxin and killed her and Zhong Hong with a lash of Spiritual Power.
• Chu Sheng spared Zhong Xuan and his sister, telling Zhong Xuan that his punishment had cured his habit of wearing a bitter smile.
• Chu Sheng returned to ask where the Su Family, Su Jinxue's family with the Phoenix Marrow Pill, was.

As Chu Sheng’s uprising and the foreign clans’ invasion plunged Great Xia into crisis, the Federation announced that the Northern Garrison Army would reinforce the Western Border. The Shadow Clan and Golden Rhinoceros Warrior Clan then overwhelmed the border defenses, leaving the Western Border in ruins as its beacon fires continued to burn.

• Zhong Zhenjiang and the Zhong Family elders agreed to postpone revenge against Chu Sheng until the Western Border crisis was resolved.
• Chu Sheng led the Northern Garrison Army through Central Prefecture while the Shadow Clan and Golden Rhinoceros Warrior Clan advanced toward the Western Border.
• The Federation announced that Chu Sheng and the Northern Garrison Army would join the Western Border reinforcements under unified command.
• The Shadow Clan and Golden Rhinoceros Warrior Clan launched a surprise attack and seized Feisha Pass and Luoyan Pass.
• Long Pinghu died defending Blackwater Pass, and the Dragon Legion Army’s main force was annihilated as all three defensive lines fell.

At Panlong Pass, Long Zheng, Yan Jingyuan, and the exhausted Western Border Noble Clans fought alongside the Dragon Legion Army to repel a renewed assault by the Shadow Clan and Golden Rhinoceros Warrior Clan. As the grand formation neared collapse, a burly figure emerged from the enemy ranks and coldly declared that their struggle had gone on long enough.

• Long Pinghu had prepared Panlong Pass to counter the invading clans, but the defenders were exhausted and resented the thought of Chu Sheng leading the reinforcements.
• As another assault began, Yan Jingyuan urged the Western Border Noble Clan descendants to hold the pass, even as their Blazing Sun Spiritual Energy failed to cover the formation.
• The Shadow Clan's Spirit Severing Shadow Silk pierced the weakening defenses while the Golden Rhinoceros Warrior Clan battered the grand formation until it cracked.
• Yan Jingyuan burned his vital blood to strengthen the barrier, while Long Zheng ordered the formation division to repair it and the Dragon Legion Army to unleash the Raging Sea Billow Formation.
• The Dragon Legion Army's energy waves shattered the front ranks of the Golden Rhinoceros Warrior Clan, but Yan Jingyuan continued defending the formation despite nearing collapse.
• A burly figure stepped from the foreign races' ranks and said their little game should be over.

Bronze Horn attacked Panlong Pass while six human Martial Saints arrived to face the alien Stage Eight powerhouses. Liu Jiye used the National Guardian Martial Seal to hold all six aliens in place, allowing the other five Saints to ambush and badly wound Bronze Horn.

• Bronze Horn struck Panlong Pass’s protective formation and widened its cracks as alien soldiers charged toward the breach.
• Six Federation Martial Saints arrived from the east, while Qu Duo and five other alien Saints moved to intercept them.
• Liu Jiye burned his lifespan and used the National Guardian Martial Seal to trap the six alien Saints, sending the other five humans toward Panlong Pass.
• Qu Duo realized that Liu Jiye’s plan was to let the five Saints attack Bronze Horn, and he shouted a warning as they descended on him.
• Zhao Chengliang and the other four Saints surrounded Bronze Horn, wounded him with coordinated attacks, and left him reeling while Liu Jiye held the barrier.