Chapter Summaries

Zhong Shan swallowed Li Si’s gift, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, and destroyed its restrictions, prompting Divine Crow Dao Lord to withdraw with Ye Qingcheng and Toad Lai. Sword Pride prepared to ascend after sending Netherworld Heaven’s disciples through a gate, and the chapter ended as his heavenly tribulation began.

• Li Si sent the Immortal Slaughtering Sword toward Zhong Shan, and Zhong Shan’s Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail swallowed it before Ye Qingcheng could recall it.
• Divine Crow Dao Lord demanded the sword back, but Sword Pride stood between him and Zhong Shan; Zhong Shan revealed that the sword belonged to Tongtian Saint.
• Ye Qingcheng discovered that the Immortal Slaughtering Sword had been annihilated, and Divine Crow Dao Lord led his group away, planning to enter seclusion and entrusting Ye Qingcheng with the Immortal Trapping Sword.
• Li Si returned and said Ying had sent him to see Sword Pride off; Sword Red chose to remain behind while Xiao Zhongxing and the Netherworld Heaven disciples departed through Sword Pride’s gate.
• Sword Pride stood atop a sword-shaped mountain as his heavenly tribulation arrived, beginning his attempt to become a Heavenly Immortal.

Sword Pride survived the Heavenly Immortal Tribulation by charging into its heart and destroying it, then began ascending toward the Great Chiliocosm World. When nearly ten thousand visitors poured through the ascension passage to stop him, Sword Pride cut through them as Zhong Shan and Li Si prepared to protect the Small Chiliocosm World.

• Sword Pride transformed into a sword and charged into the tribulation, destroying the lightning and surviving the Heavenly Immortal Tribulation.
• After absorbing the tribulation’s yellow light, Sword Pride became a Heavenly Immortal and exchanged a farewell nod with Zhong Shan.
• A passageway of ascension opened above Sword Pride, and nearly ten thousand Great Chiliocosm World visitors poured into the Small Chiliocosm World to stop him.
• Sword Pride drew his Green Edge Sword and slaughtered the visitors as he climbed through the passageway.
• Li Si asked Zhong Shan to join him in stopping the visitors who escaped downward, and Zhong Shan agreed.

Zhong Shan and Li Si attacked the Great Chiliocosm World visitors who descended through the ascension passage, while Sword Pride entered the Great Chiliocosm World and the passage closed. Zhong Shan faced two Celestial Immortals allied with Kong Lietian, and his cultivation rose as he fought the bearded brute, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Zhong Shan and Li Si killed several Great Chiliocosm World visitors as Sword Pride entered the Great Chiliocosm World and the ascension passage closed.
• More than fifty visitors remained, and Li Si told Zhong Shan to hold off two Celestial Immortals while he fought the others.
• The bearded brute revealed that many of the visitors served Young Master Kong Lietian, and Zhong Shan attacked him and the golden brute with his saber and Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail.
• Zhong Shan's cultivation climbed from the third to the fifth level of the Tian Ji Realm as the bearded brute struggled to understand his growing power.
• The bearded brute raised his Giant Spirit Axe against Zhong Shan's next Thousand Fourfold Waves strike.

Zhong Shan defeated two Heavenly Immortals, tearing apart one enemy’s Giant Spirit Axe and absorbing its Opening Heaven Axe rune before killing him with his saber. After Li Si warned that an advancing imperial dynasty might target Zhong Shan, Zhong Shan ordered Sword Red and Liu Wushuang to return to the capital.

• The whiskered strongman boasted that his Giant Spirit Axe contained half an Opening Heaven Axe rune, but Zhong Shan used Heavenly Laws: Tear Wind to rip the axe apart and absorb the rune.
• Zhong Shan advanced to the sixth stage of the Heavenly Devil Body Tempering Great Technique and killed the whiskered strongman with Thousand Eightfold Waves after shattering his shield.
• The Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail killed the golden-bright strongman by taking his head and Violet Palace.
• Zhong Shan collected the two Heavenly Immortals’ corpses, and the Black Hole dissipated to reveal that Li Si had defeated the other opponents.
• Li Si warned Zhong Shan that an imperial dynasty about to advance a level might come after him, then departed.
• Sword Red and Liu Wushuang arrived, and Zhong Shan ordered them to return to the capital.

Zhong Shan learned that visitors from the Great Chiliocosm World intended to seize Heaven and Earth Karma Positions and might attack Great Zheng during its advancement to a Heavenly Dynasty. Ten years later, Great Zheng had unified the southern Netherworld, and Tian Xiao Zi chose to wait for the dynasty’s rising momentum to fade before striking.

• Yi Yan reported Great Zheng’s victories, and Zhong Shan ordered preparations to unify the south within ten years.
• Corpse Mister explained that Great Chiliocosm World experts wanted territory, Karma Positions, and chances to become vassals, while others planned to seize the ministers’ positions after Great Zheng’s Opening Heaven.
• Zhong Shan ordered Yi Yan to prepare for war and advance Great Zheng to a Heavenly Dynasty in ten years.
• Li Si reported to Ying that he had given Zhong Shan the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, and Ying dismissed concern about the gathering experts outside the Small Chiliocosm World.
• Ten years later, Great Zheng unified the southern Netherworld, while Tian Xiao Zi advised the Female Heavenly Old to wait until Great Zheng’s momentum ebbed before attacking.

Kong Lietian tested Forget Dust’s loyalty and ordered him to serve as Grand Sui’s envoy to Great Zheng, while Master Xuan tracked down a dangerous fugitive from the Purple Yang Family. At Great Zheng’s ascension ceremony, Zhong Shan petitioned Heaven and merged with the Nineteen-Clawed Qi Luck Golden Dragon as it soared upward.

• Kong Lietian stopped Forget Dust from destroying his Blood Sea, then appointed him envoy to Great Zheng to investigate its Heavenly Dynasty ascension.
• A black-robed man named Master Xuan confronted an old diviner and accused him of betraying the Purple Yang Family.
• Hao Meili brought Xiao Jin and a group of Eastern Sea dragons to High Heaven Court to protect Zhong Shan during the ceremony.
• Zhong Shan petitioned Heaven above Heaven for a Heaven and Earth Karma Position and declared Great Zheng’s ascent.
• The Nineteen-Clawed Qi Luck Golden Dragon plunged into Zhong Shan, and their merged form soared toward the Nine Heavens.

As Zhong Shan began advancing beneath a golden sky, Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon and his allies launched an attack on the High Heaven Court. Mud Bodhisattva countered their flood-based feng shui assault, but Lei Jiu Tian destroyed his own Derivative Realm to break the formation and died from Turbid Fate.

• Zhong Shan withdrew the Violet Heaven and was sealed inside a golden cocoon as the Great Zheng World awaited his advancement.
• Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon revealed his plan to seize control of Great Zheng while Zhong Shan could not act, and ordered an attack on the High Heaven Court.
• Mud Bodhisattva warned the officials that the enemy had begun a feng shui attack, and Lei Jiu Tian sent a controlled flood Derivative Realm toward the court.
• Mud Bodhisattva summoned the Netherworld Reincarnation Hall, whose Turbid Fate contaminated Lei Jiu Tian and his flood.
• Lei Jiu Tian detonated his Derivative Realm to break Mud Bodhisattva's formation, then died after Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon refused to give him Pu Lu Sweet Dew.
• Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon prepared to continue the assault after the feng shui formation was broken.

Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon unleashed the Ten Thousand Demons Great Array against High Heaven Court, and Yi Yan organized the Four Symbols Great Array to stop it. Just as the Azure Dragon formation broke through the enemy array, Ao Si Hai arrived and ordered the dragons to leave, causing the defenders’ formation to collapse.

• Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon gathered more than ten thousand powerful demonic beasts and used four Heavenly Immortal Artifacts to launch the Ten Thousand Demons Great Array against High Heaven Court.
• King Skeleton explained that the enemy array carried the power of four unsuppressed Heavenly Immortals, so Yi Yan arranged for Hao Meili, Yin Supreme, Gui She, and the Vermilion Birds to form the Four Symbols Great Array.
• The Four Symbols Great Array stopped the Ten Thousand Demons Great Array, and its Azure Dragon side broke through the enemy formation.
• Ao Si Hai arrived and ordered the Dragon Clan to return to the Eastern Sea, so the dragons abandoned the Azure Dragon Array and caused the Four Symbols Great Array to collapse.

Hao Meili drove Ao Si Hai and the dragons away from the High Heaven Court, while the Ten Thousand Demons launched an assault. Emperor Xuan Sha confronted Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon, and King Skeleton moved to attack one of the advancing enemies.

• Hao Meili threatened Ao Si Hai, but Xiao Jin Dragon persuaded her to let the dragons leave; Hao Meili cursed them not to reveal the Eastern Azure Dragon Array.
• Ao Si Hai questioned the dragons after they departed, and Lao Hong died from Hao Meili’s curse when he began describing the array; Ao Si Hai then led the dragons toward Great Qin to seek Ying’s help.
• Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon ordered his forces to attack the High Heaven Court, and Yi Yan sent Great Zheng’s divine beasts and Zhao Suo Xiang’s army to meet them; Toad Lai secretly fled.
• Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon and Emperor Xuan Sha exchanged attacks evenly, while Old Demon’s three companions continued toward the High Heaven Court.
• Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon challenged Emperor Xuan Sha to prove his worth as a wolf-clan prodigy, and King Skeleton rushed toward an enemy whose Yin Essence had taken human form.

Emperor Xuan Sha fought the Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon while Great Zeng battled the Heavenly Demon Sect’s forces outside the Black Hole. As Huan Ji swallowed the Heavenly Demon Core and drew the demons away from Great Zeng’s beasts, the sect master pursued her and Zhao Suo Xiang’s Iron Spear Battalion moved to intercept him.

• Emperor Xuan Sha and the Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon fought evenly, then both revealed their wolf-like green eyes and charged at each other again.
• King Skeleton pinned and absorbed one black-robed attacker, Hao Meili unleashed her plague against another, and Corpse Mister lured the third away.
• Heavenly Old recognized the black-robed observer’s crystal as a possible Heavenly Demon Core, and Yi Yan warned Great Zeng’s forces to guard against its demons.
• The Heavenly Demon Sect Master released demons that drove Great Zeng’s divine beasts berserk, turning the battle against the defenders.
• Huan Ji swallowed the Heavenly Demon Core, causing the demons to leave the beasts and swarm toward her as she flew toward the High Heaven Court.
• The Heavenly Demon Sect Master pursued Huan Ji, and Zhao Suo Xiang ordered the Iron Spear Battalion to form up against him.

Zhong Shan completed Great Zheng’s advancement into a Heavenly Dynasty, gaining authority over the heavens and transforming the nation’s qi luck. As the invasion of High Heaven Court broke apart, only Emperor Xuan Sha’s battle with the Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon remained unresolved.

• Zhong Shan’s Heaven and Earth Karma Position rose to a High Position, increasing his cultivation speed and strengthening his Heaven Devil Body Tempering Great Technique.
• Great Zheng’s Nineteen-Clawed Qi Luck Golden Dragon split into two dragons, and Zhong Shan used the Investiture of the Gods to establish the qi luck image of the Great Zheng Heavenly Dynasty.
• Officials and common people across Great Zheng acclaimed Zhong Shan, while Ying and Kong Lietian watched the dynasty’s advancement from afar.
• Zhao Suo Xiang’s Iron Spear Formation killed the Heavenly Demon Sect master, and Great Zheng’s divine beasts broke the remaining siege as enemy beasts fled or weakened.
• Corpse Mister told Zhong Shan that the Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon was a terrestrial immortal with at least four Heavenly Immortal Artifacts, and Zhong Shan said Emperor Xuan Sha could handle him.
• Zhong Shan ordered Water Mirror to issue a worldwide bounty for the invading beasts still at large while Emperor Xuan Sha continued fighting the Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon.

After Emperor Xuan Sha and Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon ended their battle, the envoy tried to recruit Xuan Sha into the Shi Tian Holy Realm and warned Zhong Shan that powerful forces were gathering beyond the Small Chiliocosm World. Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon departed, leaving Great Zheng facing the prospect of returning Number Ones Under Heaven and an imminent challenge from the Tian Household.

• Emperor Xuan Sha and Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon survived their battle, and the demon explained that he had come to recruit Xuan Sha for the Shi Tian Holy Realm.
• Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon noticed Bei Qing Si’s Immortal Descendant bloodline and told Zhong Shan that her ancestor and other former Number Ones Under Heaven had returned to the world beyond the Small Chiliocosm World.
• Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon warned that powerful Great Immortals and their factions could threaten Great Zheng once the sky split open, and Hao Meili recognized that Hao Tian sought the Immortal Steles.
• Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon revealed that powerful members of the Tian Household had entered the Netherworld and were likely looking for Tian Ling’er.
• Emperor Xuan Sha refused the invitation, and Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon left, promising to ask him again after the sky split open.

After the Ten Thousand Demons Old Demon departed, Zhong Shan prepared to receive Forget Dust, his adopted son who had betrayed him, as an envoy from the Grand Sui Heavenly Dynasty. Meanwhile, Paradise and Heavenly Music arrived from the Great Chiliocosm World seeking the Sky Decree and Quiet Wave Pool, and agreed to deal cautiously with the Tian Family.

• Zhong Shan received news that Forget Dust had arrived with ten others and ordered them housed in the Azure Wutong Garden until the next day's court meeting.
• Zhong Shan summoned Zhong Tian and told him the Grand Sui envoys would stay in the garden where Zhong Shijiu had once lived; Zhong Tian understood and agreed to go there that night.
• Paradise and Heavenly Music led fourteen others to the Tian Family, where Tian Xiao Zi guided them to meet Great Elder Tian Chen Zi.
• Tian Chen Zi explained that the Sky Decree was no longer with the Netherworld Tian Family, and Heavenly Music demanded the Quiet Wave Pool instead.
• Paradise agreed to seek the Sky Decree and Quiet Wave Pool before petitioning to add Tian Chen Zi's family to the genealogy, while Tian Chen Zi instructed Tian Xiao Zi to explain their world carefully.
• Paradise warned Heavenly Music that Tian Chen Zi was more powerful than him and told him not to antagonize the Tian Family before they found the Sky Decree.

Zhong Shan tested Forget Dust during his visit as envoy of the Grand Sui, but the meeting left Zhong Shan unsure whether Forget Dust was still Zhong Shijiu or had truly betrayed him. Meanwhile, Tian Chen Zi ordered Tian Xiao Zi to investigate the Sky Decree’s secrets and how to use it.

• Gan Bao Er and Zhong Shan discussed whether Forget Dust’s apparent betrayal was genuine, and Zhong Tian reported that Forget Dust had behaved cautiously at the Azure Wutong Garden.
• Zhong Shan, Gan Bao Er, Zhong Tian, and Zhong Zheng secretly observed Forget Dust’s audience, where he proposed an alliance between the Grand Sui and Great Zheng to divide Divine Land.
• Forget Dust appeared ready to confess to Zhong Shan, then instead delivered the Grand Sui Emperor’s message and left after Zhong Shan rejected the proposal.
• Zhong Zheng and Zhong Tian disagreed over whether Forget Dust remained loyal, while Zhong Shan decided to keep observing him before reaching a conclusion.
• At the Quiet Wave Pool, Tian Chen Zi told Tian Xiao Zi that Tian Ji Zi was dead and ordered him to learn from Paradise and Heavenly Music how to use the Sky Decree and uncover its secrets.

Ying dismissed Ao Si Hai's complaint against Zhong Shan, while a terrifying aura from Ghost Valley Residence revealed that Ghost Valley Zi had awakened. In Chang Capital, Heavenly Music and Tian Xiao Zi attacked Zhong Shan's city, but Great Zheng's star formation blocked their strike, and Zhong Shan confronted them.

• Ying rebuked Ao Si Hai for failing to control the dragon clan and dismissed court, while Lu Buwei told Bai Qi that Ying valued the benefits the dispute could bring.
• A powerful black aura erupted from Ghost Valley Residence, shook Great Qin's qi luck, and led Ao Si Hai to suspect that Ghost Valley Zi had awakened.
• Tian Xiao Zi brought Heavenly Music and four subordinates to Chang Capital, where Heavenly Music ordered the Four Generals to destroy the city and force Zhong Shan to appear.
• The Four Generals launched four fiery dragons at Chang Capital, but NanGong Sheng's Great Luo Heavenly Stars Formation blocked them in a violent collision.
• Zhong Shan emerged from Undying Hall, challenged Tian Xiao Zi, and faced Heavenly Music as the two exchanged cold looks.

Zhong Shan drew Heavenly Music and his forces away from Chang Capital and unleashed the Reincarnation Tunnel, killing Tian Xiao Zi and one of the Four Generals before Heavenly Music shattered the tunnel with a Great Immortal Artifact. The survivors then trapped Zhong Shan in a Heavenly Net, but he emerged from it as the confrontation continued.

• Heavenly Music ordered the Four Generals to attack Chang Capital, and Zhong Shan lured them away while NanGong Sheng activated the Great Luo Heavenly Stars Formation to protect the city.
• Zhong Shan opened the Reincarnation Tunnel and intensified its crushing force, tearing apart Tian Xiao Zi and one of the Four Generals while Kunpeng escaped with severe injuries.
• Heavenly Music used a rune-covered gauntlet to disrupt the tunnel's laws and shatter it, leaving Zhong Shan, Heavenly Music, and two of his subordinates in a Black Hole.
• Heavenly Music demanded that Zhong Shan reveal the Sky Decree and cast a Heavenly Net around him, but Zhong Shan emerged from the net without being caught.

Wang Jian and Meng Tian arrived in soul form to help Zhong Shan defeat Heaven's Music's forces, then delivered Ying's invitation to Xianyang. Zhong Shan accepted and reached Great Qin, where Lu Buwei led him to meet Ying.

• Wang Jian and Meng Tian appeared after the Reincarnation Tunnel's explosion and announced that Ying had sent them to aid Zhong Shan.
• Wang Jian and Meng Tian pursued Heaven's Music and killed his two subordinates, while Heaven's Music escaped with a wound from Wang Jian's sword.
• Wang Jian told Zhong Shan that Ghost Valley Zi had foreseen the danger and that Ying invited him to Xianyang to discuss the Small Chiliocosm World.
• Zhong Shan decided to travel to Great Qin with Yi Yan, assigning Yi Yan to visit Ghost Valley Zi while he met Ying.
• Ten days later, Zhong Shan and Yi Yan reached Xianyang, where Lu Buwei welcomed Zhong Shan and escorted him to the hall where Ying was waiting.

Zhong Shan met Ying, who explained the Heavenly Secret Diagram and revealed that he planned to leave the Small Chiliocosm World, then offered it and information about the Eternal Life Realm in exchange for the Quiet Wave Pool. After leaving Xianyang, Zhong Shan ordered his forces to prepare to unify the world, while Ying and Lu Buwei discussed the dangers ahead.

• Ying told Zhong Shan that the Heavenly Secret Diagram could sense and disrupt attempts to calculate his destiny, and that it could eventually deceive even a Saint.
• Ying confirmed that Zhong Shan came from beyond this world and explained that he and his ministers had traveled through countless worlds by using the divine ability Dreaming into Heavenly Secrets.
• Ying asked Zhong Shan to have Tian Ling'er give up the Quiet Wave Pool so he could take it beyond the Small Chiliocosm World, and offered the Heavenly Secret Diagram and information about the Eternal Life Realm in exchange.
• Zhong Shan accepted the exchange, and his conversation with Ying continued for an entire day and night.
• After learning that Ghost Valley Zi was arranging a massive formation, Zhong Shan ordered Yi Yan to withdraw their people from Xianyang and prepare for war to unify the world.
• Lu Buwei warned Ying about the Eternal Life Realm expert and the many outsiders watching the opening of Heaven, and Ying said Zhong Shan would overcome both dangers.

Zhao Gao delivered Ying’s decree ordering the Great You Heavenly Dynasty and Black Mang Sacred Land to disband within a year, while Yi Lan Que urged his clan to withdraw from Great You. After the deadline passed, Li Si dispatched Wang Jian and Meng Tian to destroy Great You and Black Mang Sacred Land, while Heavenly Music died from his wounds and Paradise swore revenge on Great Qin.

• Zhao Gao proclaimed Ying’s disbandment decree before the Great You court, warned The Emperor of Great You, and vanished after throwing him the decree.
• Yi Lan Que returned to the Yi Family with the Kunpeng, investigated Great Qin’s actions, and ordered his clan into seclusion and withdrawal from Great You.
• A year later, Li Si sent Wang Jian to destroy Great You and Meng Tian to flatten Black Mang Sacred Land, then headed toward the Tian Family.
• Paradise tried to keep Heavenly Music alive with the Spring of Life, but Heavenly Music said he could not leave the Small Chiliocosm World and asked Paradise to avenge him.
• Heavenly Music exhausted his strength and died, and Paradise roared in fury.

Li Si visited the Tian Family and confronted Tian Chen Zi while Bai Qi battled Paradise and ravaged the estate. Ying arrived to face Tian Chen Zi, while Zhong Shan secretly killed the new Tian Family Head and took the Heaven Vein Sword; Ying then offered Tian Chen Zi a chance to survive one palm strike.

• Li Si entered the Tian Family, recognized the reincarnated Tian Chen Zi, and warned that Ying would soon arrive.
• Paradise trapped Li Si with a Great Immortal Artifact feather, but Bai Qi shattered the Tian Family’s formation, forced Paradise to flee, and claimed the feather for Li Si.
• Li Si clashed palms with Tian Chen Zi and was sent flying, while Zhong Shan emerged from the new Tian Family Head’s shadow, killed him, and took the Heaven Vein Sword.
• Ying arrived with Great Qin’s experts, caught Li Si, and gave him a Nine Revolutions Golden Pill.
• Ying faced Tian Chen Zi and said he would let him leave if he survived one palm strike.