Chapter Summaries

Forty years after Great Zheng unified the Netherworld, Zhong Shan planned to settle the war with Grand Sui and the Eternal Life Realm at the Two Realm Passage. Kong Lietian prepared to meet him there, while secretly suspecting Human Venerable and assigning him and Forget Dust to lead the opening battle.

• Great Zheng unified the Netherworld, and its gathered fortune manifested two main-line Qi Luck Golden Dragons.
• Zhong Shan ordered Yi Yan and the ministers to prepare for a decisive campaign at the Two Realm Passage, aiming to destroy Grand Sui and the Eternal Life Realm in one battle.
• Eight years later, Forget Dust told Kong Lietian that Zhong Shan was marching toward the Two Realm Passage with High Heaven Court and the Four Symbols Great Array.
• Kong Lietian resolved to fight there with the Divine Crow Dao Lord and Kong Xuan, while Human Venerable offered to counter the Four Symbols Great Array with an ancient formation.
• Se Kong warned Kong Lietian that Human Venerable and Forget Dust seemed dangerous, and Kong Lietian decided to use them in the opening battle while keeping them under watch.

As the armies prepared for the Final Battle, Zhong Shan used destiny to strengthen Great Zheng and broke through to the ninth stage of the Tian Ji Realm. The opposing forces gathered near the Two Realm Passage, where Human Venerable prepared a blood-sacrifice array and Kong Lietian and Divine Crow Dao Lord resolved to kill Zhong Shan.

• Forget Dust secretly followed Human Venerable and saw him begin transcending the Earth Immortal Tribulation, suspecting that the goal he had pursued for five thousand years was nearing fruition.
• Zhong Shan explained that Zhong Shijiu had helped lure Kong Lietian into the Final Battle, but warned Bao Er not to assume they knew Zhong Shijiu's true intentions.
• Zhong Shan used the Square Heaven Jade Seal to absorb One Yuan's destiny, merging Great Zheng's merit and qi luck into destiny and greatly increasing his and his officials' cultivation speeds.
• Zhong Shan fed a mysterious white fruit to the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail and broke through to the ninth stage of the Tian Ji Realm.
• Two years later, the Great Zheng and Grand Sui armies gathered near the Two Realm Passage as Tian Chen Zi watched from a valley and Human Venerable told Forget Dust that a million deaths would form their array.
• Kong Lietian and Divine Crow Dao Lord awaited Kong Xuan and vowed that Zhong Shan must die so Kong Lietian could unify the world.

Zhong Shan’s Great Zheng army began its final battle against Grand Sui, but Human Venerable unleashed the Blood Sea Asura Great Array against the Four Symbols Great Array. As the Four Symbols formation buckled under the assault, Mud Bodhisattva set out to deploy a counter-formation.

• Zhong Shan ordered High Heaven Court to activate its defenses, and Yi Yan led the Four Symbols Great Array toward Grand Sui’s forces.
• Kong Lietian and Divine Crow Dao Lord discussed the Blood Sea Asura Great Array and Kong Lietian’s decision to test Forget Dust’s loyalty on the front line.
• Human Venerable ordered Forget Dust to lead all thirty million Grand Sui soldiers into battle, and the two armies clashed.
• After the casualties reached a million, blood mist filled the battlefield and the dead transformed into Blood Asuras that attacked the Four Symbols Great Array.
• Mud Bodhisattva explained that the Blood Sea Asura Great Array consumed soldiers from both sides and warned Zhong Shan that the Four Symbols formation could not hold.
• The Blood Asuras’ repeated explosions shook the Four Symbols Great Array as Kong Lietian watched from Year-End City and Great Zheng’s troops looked on in terror.

Forget Dust defeated the Four Symbols Great Array, revealed himself as Zhong Shijiu, and returned to Great Zheng while the Blood Sea army turned against Kong Lietian. Zhong Shan learned that Wei Kui Er’s soul might remain in Kong Lietian’s Black Banner, and left Zhong Shijiu in camp as his final test while Kong Xuan arrived at Year-End City.

• Forget Dust unleashed the Blood Sea Asura Great Array, breaking the Four Symbols Great Array and freeing the surviving Great Zheng soldiers and divine beasts.
• Forget Dust sent the Blood Sea and its Asuras west toward Year-End City, then revealed himself and returned east; Zhong Shan ordered Yin Luo Ri to escort him to the Southern Army Camp Main Tent.
• Kong Xuan arrived at Year-End City, and Kong Lietian discovered that Forget Dust had shattered the divine seal he had placed on him.
• Forget Dust told Zhong Shan that Kong Lietian’s Black Banner might still contain Wei Kui Er’s soul, but Zhong Shan stayed outwardly calm and told him to wait until the war ended.
• Zhong Shan said Zhong Shijiu would become Great Zheng’s fourth Crown Prince if he remained in the military camp after the battle.

As the final battle resumed, Zhong Shan prepared to confront the heavily injured Kong Xuan while testing the loyalty of Forget Dust and urging Kong Lietian to face him directly. The chapter ended with Kong Lietian readying himself to challenge Zhong Shan as Kong Xuan watched for the right moment to strike.

• Forget Dust reversed the Blood Sea Asura Great Array, but Human Venerable stopped it and recognized Kong Xuan at Year-End City.
• Tian Chen Zi spotted Kong Xuan and rejoiced, while Forget Dust wrestled with doubts about Zhong Shan’s intentions and his own loyalty.
• Zhong Shan assigned Emperor Xuan Sha to kill Divine Crow Dao Lord and warned Hao Meili not to curse Kong Xuan.
• Zhong Shan planned to exploit Kong Xuan’s injuries and caution, while Kong Xuan advised Kong Lietian to temper his Emperor’s Path by confronting Zhong Shan himself.
• Kong Lietian accepted Kong Xuan’s instruction and prepared to challenge Zhong Shan as Kong Xuan watched for a safe chance to kill him.

Mud Bodhisattva's sun formation fought the Blood Sea Asura Great Array and appeared to kill Human Venerable, though the blood sea continued raging. Forget Dust fled the Southern Army Camp, and seven days later Mister Shui Jing's group discovered that the Chaos Bell had appeared at the Eternal Life Realm Entrance.

• Yi Yan activated Mud Bodhisattva's One Sun One Burning Heaven Great Array, and its blazing sun battled the blood sea to a stalemate.
• Mud Bodhisattva's formation produced a second sun that struck the blood sea, and a yellow-robed corpse believed to be Human Venerable's surfaced before burning away.
• Kong Xuan explained that Human Venerable's death had made the Blood Sea Asura Great Array more dangerous, and Zhong Shan waited for Mud Bodhisattva's confirmation.
• Forget Dust watched the apparent death, left the Southern Army Camp, and escaped using the Blood Light Escape Technique as Zhong Shan's clone observed him.
• Seven days later, Mister Shui Jing, Corpse Mister, and Heavenly Old prepared to wait for Yi Yan's signal before attacking the Eternal Life Realm.
• Sword Red reported an intruder carrying a mysterious yellow bell, and the Chaos Bell rang as the group stepped out to face its arrival.

Human Venerable attacked the Eternal Life Realm with the Chaos Bell, while the Grand Sui Heavenly Dynasty suffered a crushing defeat at the Two Realm Passage. As Great Zheng’s victory shook the Grand Sui army, Kong Lietian challenged Zhong Shan to a sixth battle, and Zhong Shan accepted, vowing to avenge Kui Er.

• Water Mirror and the others watched Human Venerable attack the Eternal Life Realm, where Ye Qingcheng confronted him and Toad Lai exposed that he was an impostor who had taken Human Venerable’s identity.
• Human Venerable revealed his interest in the Sage Corpse and began fighting Ye Qingcheng as the Chaos Bell rang.
• After seven days, Mud Bodhisattva’s array destroyed the Blood Sea Asura Great Array, wiping out thirty million Grand Sui troops and bolstering Great Zheng’s morale.
• Kong Xuan urged Kong Lietian to challenge Zhong Shan to steady the Grand Sui army, and Kong Lietian flew toward the battlefield.
• Zhong Shan accepted Kong Lietian’s challenge and vowed to defeat him in their sixth face-to-face battle to avenge Kui Er.

Zhong Shan challenged Kong Lietian and shattered his Seven-Colored Imperial Jade Seal by striking it with the destiny-infused Square Heaven Jade Seal. The duel turned more serious when Kong Lietian brought out the Black Banner that had killed Kui Er, and Zhong Shan prepared to face it.

• Zhong Shan stepped onto the battlefield to fight Kong Lietian while the armies withdrew and onlookers watched.
• Kong Lietian enlarged his Seven-Colored Imperial Jade Seal, but Zhong Shan's Square Heaven Jade Seal grew larger and cracked it in their collision.
• Kong Xuan explained that Zhong Shan's seal contained destiny, while the Sacred Court seal's destiny had been exhausted.
• Zhong Shan mocked Kong Lietian until Kong Lietian summoned a small Black Banner from his palm.
• Zhong Shan recognized the Black Banner that had killed Kui Er and felt sorrow as he prepared for the next confrontation.

Kong Lietian revealed the Yuanshi Banner and unleashed its endless evil ghosts against Zhong Shan, who borrowed power from the people of Great Zheng to fight back. After Kong Lietian drew strength from Grand Sui as well, the two faced each other with matching power, while Zhong Shan's Shadow Clone entered the banner to explore its inner world.

• Kong Lietian summoned the enormous Yuanshi Banner, and Kong Xuan explained that Kong Qiu had repaired the damaged Sage treasure, though Kong Lietian could use only a small part of its power.
• Kong Lietian sent an Asura King to attack Zhong Shan, who fought it for an hour before knocking away its halberd and watching it vanish into black smoke.
• Kong Lietian summoned a hundred more evil ghosts, and Zhong Shan called on the people of Great Zheng to lend him their strength, then smashed and repelled the ghosts with a single punch.
• Kong Lietian called on the people of Grand Sui, drawing their power through the Yuanshi Banner and restoring the balance between the two opponents.
• Zhong Shan revealed that his Shadow Clone had entered the Yuanshi Banner and split into ten clones to explore its dark inner world.

Zhong Shan discovered that the Yuanshi Banner contained a vast world where he could summon reincarnation power, while outside he nearly killed Kong Lietian in a brutal battle. Kong Lietian escaped to the Grand Sui Imperial Capital with the Black Banner, only to find Se Kong acting strangely.

• A Shadow Clone found a Sword Tomb in the Yuanshi Banner's world, where an Evil Ghost King devoured newly born ghosts; Zhong Shan used the Reincarnation Eye to destroy it and discovered that he could gather reincarnation power there.
• Zhong Shan's Shadow Clones found no sign of Kui Er and eventually dissipated after failing to locate the edge of the enormous banner world.
• Outside the Yuanshi Banner, Zhong Shan battered Kong Lietian with his Opening Heaven Palms, destroying his legs and armor while demanding payment for Kui Er's death.
• Kong Lietian fired Five-Colored Divine Light, then detonated his body and fled as a peacock-shaped soul; the Yuanshi Banner wrapped around him and vanished after Kong Xuan blocked Zhong Shan and Divine Crow Dao Lord approached.
• The Black Banner transported Kong Lietian's soul to his training room in the Grand Sui Imperial Capital, where Se Kong refused to hand over the Kong Family Escape Talisman and spoke with an eerie smile.

Se Kong revealed himself as a Divine Beast Earthworm, devoured Kong Lietian’s divine soul, and took the Yuanshi Banner before escaping toward the Kong Clan. At the Two Realm Passage, Zhong Shan confronted Kong Xuan and accused him of plotting against Kong Lietian, but their conflict remained unresolved.

• Se Kong told Kong Lietian that he had never been loyal and explained how Kong Lietian had abandoned loyal followers, including the Grand Jin Emperor.
• Se Kong revealed his Divine Beast Earthworm form, devoured Kong Lietian’s divine soul, and transformed to imitate Kong Lietian’s peacock appearance.
• Se Kong swallowed the Yuanshi Banner and prepared to teleport to the Kong Clan’s headquarters when he heard someone striking the hall from outside.
• Zhong Shan failed to seize the Yuanshi Banner and faced Kong Xuan, Divine Crow Dao Lord, and a group of Tian Ji Realm experts at the Two Realm Passage.
• Zhong Shan recognized Kong Xuan’s eighteen-armed, three-eyed Zhunti Dharma Image and accused Kong Xuan of scheming to claim Kong Lietian’s Yuanshi Banner.
• Kong Xuan rejected Zhong Shan’s accusation and argued that their grievances over the Eternal Youth Realm, the Immortal-Slaying Swords, and his damaged destiny made conflict inevitable.

Emperor Xuan Sha, Divine Crow Dao Lord, Zhong Shan, and Kong Xuan fought while Tian Chen Zi took the opportunity to attack the High Heaven Court and seize Tian Ling'er. Three Great Powers from the Great Chiliocosm World intervened and destroyed Tian Chen Zi, leaving the four Great Empresses safe.

• Emperor Xuan Sha and Divine Crow Dao Lord began fighting as the experts of both factions clashed.
• Zhong Shan's Opening Heaven Palm failed to overpower Kong Xuan's Eighteen-Armed Golden Body Dharma Image.
• Tian Chen Zi broke NanGong Sheng's protective formation and charged toward the four Great Empresses, aiming to capture Tian Ling'er.
• Three Great Powers reached through the barrier of the Small Chiliocosm World and struck Tian Chen Zi down, leaving nothing behind.

After Tian Chen Zi was obliterated by three Great Powers, Zhong Shan faced Kong Xuan’s Eighteen-Armed Golden Body Dharma Image in a battle that escalated beyond anything the gathered cultivators had seen. Zhong Shan unleashed an Opening Heaven Style powered by all of heaven and earth, leaving Kong Xuan stunned as the axe strike devastated half the Divine Continent.

• Three Great Powers and three jade palms crossed the barriers between worlds and obliterated Tian Chen Zi.
• Kong Xuan and Shadow Body Zhong Shan left the High Heaven Court battlefield while Kong Xuan’s Eighteen-Armed Golden Body Dharma Image fought Zhong Shan’s true body.
• Zhong Shan’s Opening Heaven Axe attacks failed to move the Golden Body Dharma Image, even after he used the seventh stage of Heavenly Demon Body Tempering for eightfold strength.
• Zhong Shan invoked the Opening Heaven Style, drawing power from across the Small Chiliocosm World and forming an immense Pangu Axe.
• Zhong Shan’s axe strike overwhelmed the Golden Body Dharma Image and created a Black Hole that stretched hundreds of millions of li, flattening Year-End City and triggering a tsunami across the West Sea.
• Kong Xuan recognized the strike as the Pangu Axe and exclaimed that it was impossible for a mortal to wield it.

Zhong Shan used his Opening Heaven Style to sever four arms from Kong Xuan’s Golden Body Dharma Image and drive Kong Xuan away, though the attack left him unconscious and gravely injured. After waking, he learned that Great Zheng had defeated its enemies and was close to unifying the world, while Yi Yan reported unexpected developments involving Human Venerable and Forget Dust.

• Zhong Shan unleashed the Opening Heaven Style, using the power of Heaven and Earth to sever four golden arms from Kong Xuan’s Dharma Image.
• Kong Xuan recalled his damaged Dharma Image and fled to the Eternal Life Realm, while Zhong Shan collapsed unconscious from his injuries.
• Hao Meili carried Zhong Shan back to the High Heaven Court, where the people celebrated Great Zheng’s victory and imminent unification.
• Zhong Shan woke two days later and learned that Emperor Xuan Sha had annihilated the Divine Crow Dao Lord and that the Grand Sui Heavenly Dynasty had fallen.
• Yi Yan told Zhong Shan that Human Venerable, who held the Chaos Bell, and Forget Dust had introduced unexpected variables concerning the Eternal Life Realm.

Zhong Shan learned that Human Venerable had devastated the Eternal Life Realm with help from powerful death warriors and a force linked to the Divine Emperor. The report ended as Forget Dust arrived while Human Venerable opened the Purple Giant Coffin.

• Emperor Xuan Sha gave Zhong Shan the Slaying Immortal Gourd and went to see Xianxian in Chang Capital of the underworld.
• Water Mirror told Zhong Shan that Human Venerable had summoned nearly a hundred Great Chiliocosm World powerhouses to attack the Eternal Life Realm.
• Corpse Mister revealed that ten willing immortal death warriors sacrificed themselves to the Chaos Bell, allowing a palm to break Kong Xuan's array.
• Corpse Mister reported that Human Venerable addressed the palm as the Divine Emperor's Might, and Zhong Shan warned the ministers to keep the revelation secret.
• Corpse Mister said Human Venerable opened the Purple Giant Coffin, but Forget Dust arrived just as the coffin was exposed.

Corpse Mister recounted how Forget Dust, Human Venerable, and Kong Xuan left the Small Chiliocosm World with the Purple Giant Coffin and the Eternal Life Realm. Kong Xuan’s message revealed that Wei Kui Er’s fate remained inside the Yuanshi Banner, leaving Zhong Shan determined to find the banner and recover her.

• Corpse Mister said Forget Dust seized five Coffin Nails, while Human Venerable took two and Corpse Mister took three, before the Purple Giant Coffin rose and flew out of the Small Chiliocosm World.
• Kong Xuan carried away the Eternal Life Realm and sent Zhong Shan a Jade Slip before leaving the world; its message taunted Zhong Shan and left him furious.
• Zhong Shan ordered Yi Yan to control everyone in Kong Lietian’s former imperial palace and investigate the Yuanshi Banner’s route after the palace explosion.
• Zhong Shan told the four Empresses that Wei Kui Er’s fate should still be inside the Yuanshi Banner, though he had missed the chance to obtain it.
• Zhong Shan rejected Bao Er’s concern that Kong Xuan’s taunt would torment him, then sat alone thinking only of Wei Kui Er.

Zhong Shan received the Immortal Trapping Sword from Dark Emperor, while Emperor Xuan Sha told Xianxian he planned to leave after the world-opening. As Great Zheng held its Imperial Examination, Zhong Shan absorbed the Immortal Execution Four Swords’ power and broke through to the eleventh layer of Tian Ji Realm, just short of Mortal Great Perfection.

• Dark Emperor reported that he had killed Ye Qingcheng and delivered the Immortal Trapping Sword to Zhong Shan, who ordered him to reach Mortal Great Perfection before the world-opening.
• Emperor Xuan Sha told Xianxian he would leave the wolf clan after the world-opening, and Xianxian agreed to work harder while remaining with Zhong Shan.
• Shui Jing explained to Shui Wuhen that officials in Great Zheng could cultivate far faster under the dynasty’s fortune, motivating millions to compete in the Imperial Examination.
• Zhong Shan broke through as the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail swallowed the Slaying Immortal Gourd and Immortal Trapping Sword, raising him to the eleventh layer of Tian Ji Realm.
• Zhong Shan resolved to rely on his own cultivation to reach Mortal Great Perfection, after the Immortal Execution Four Swords and their sword souls disappeared.

Zhong Shan received a farewell letter from an unnamed woman and learned that Se Kong had escaped with the Yuanshi Banner. Twenty years later, Great Zheng unified the mortal world, and Zhong Shan unlocked the Red Phoenix Heavenly Scripture’s Ominous-Auspicious Dual Pupils; opening the Ominous Pupil brought forth the Eye of Heaven, and he fired a costly beam of blue light at it.

• Liu Wushuang delivered Zhong Shan a letter saying its sender was about to ascend and they might meet again if fate allowed.
• Yi Yan reported that Se Kong had destroyed Kong Lietian’s divine soul and escaped with the Yuanshi Banner, so Zhong Shan ordered a search in the Great Chiliocosm World.
• Twenty years later, Great Zheng unified the mortal world, while Zhong Shan’s true body went into seclusion beneath the West Sea to advance the Red Phoenix Heavenly Scripture.
• Zhong Shan reached the eighth stage, gaining Red Phoenix Perspective and discovering the Ominous-Auspicious Dual Pupils.
• Zhong Shan opened his blue Ominous Pupil, calming the West Sea and summoning the Eye of Heaven.
• Zhong Shan sent a blast of blue light toward the Eye of Heaven, then realized it consumed over a thousand times more Thought Power than his other abilities.

Zhong Shan’s Great Ominous Light caused the Eye of Heaven’s old wound to worsen until it exploded, revealing the blue Ominous Pupil’s power to impose misfortune. As Great Zheng prepared for the Opening of Heaven, Zhong Shan reached Tian Ji Realm Twelfth Level and assigned his forces to the Yin and Yang Realms.

• Zhong Shan’s Blue Light struck the Eye of Heaven, causing the fissure left by Gu Shentong’s Opening Heaven Axe to worsen until the Eye of Heaven exploded.
• Zhong Shan realized that his blue Ominous Pupil imposed Great Ominous misfortune, though using it nearly exhausted his Thought Power and required a long recovery.
• Mud Bodhisattva warned Zhong Shan that the Opening of Heaven might sever contact between the Yin and Yang Realms and leave their locations disconnected.
• Eighty years later, Zhong Shan broke through to Tian Ji Realm Twelfth Level and reached Mortal Great Perfection.
• Zhong Shan declared that Great Zheng would open Heaven in one hundred years and appointed ministers and commanders to enter either the Yin Realm or remain in the Yang Realm.

After Zhong Shan finalized Great Zheng’s preparations, he agreed to face the coming Great Chiliocosm Powers in the mortal world alongside his wives. A hundred years later, Great Zheng gathered at the Two Realm Passage as Zhong Shan began opening the heavens.

• Yi Lan Que studied Zhong Shan’s allocation list and resolved to wait for the heavens to open, hoping to build a karmic bond with Zhong Shan and persuade outside patriarchs to follow his lead.
• Bao Er, Gu Qian You, Bei Qing Si, and Tian Ling’er refused Zhong Shan’s plan to send them to the underworld, and he agreed they would face the coming enemies together in the mortal world.
• A hundred years later, Great Zheng’s officials and armies assembled at the Two Realm Passage in both realms for Zhong Shan’s attempt to open the heavens.
• Zhong Shan’s main body and Shadow Body stood at the passage with their eyes closed, and the main body opened his eyes as thunderclouds gathered and heaven’s might descended.