Chapter Summaries

Hao Shuai stayed in Dadu with Zhao Min while his attacks and the Ming Cult’s advancing army plunged the Yuan government into chaos. He met Prince Ruyang and demanded his surrender, then pointed out that letting Hao Shuai leave unharmed would make the court suspect the prince of collusion.

• Zhao Min learned that Hao Shuai had killed the Yuan emperor, and he reassured her that he would stay in Dadu with her.
• Hao Shuai assassinated a Yuan official each day, while the Ming Cult army advanced north and rival princes fought for the throne.
• Bolotemur became emperor with Prince Ruyang’s support, but Hao Shuai’s army defeated Prince Ruyang’s forces and surrounded Dadu.
• The Yuan court killed the imprisoned members of the Five Great Sects after Hao Shuai refused to withdraw his army.
• Hao Shuai arrived at breakfast with Zhao Min and introduced himself to Prince Ruyang and Wang Baobao as the Ming Cult leader and Zhao Min’s beloved.
• Prince Ruyang dismissed his guards, and Hao Shuai asked him to surrender, warning that the court would suspect him if Hao Shuai left the mansion unharmed.

Hao Shuai persuaded Prince Ruyang to help capture Dadu, established the Ming dynasty, and held a lavish wedding with more than twenty women. His life of leisure and training his wives ended when Zhang Sanfeng arrived to remind him that a year had passed.

• Hao Shuai convinced Prince Ruyang to surrender, promising him rewards, protection for his tribe, and a place for Zhao Min as an Imperial Consort.
• Prince Ruyang's troops opened Dadu's gates, allowing Hao Shuai's army to take the city and its palace.
• After clearing nearby Yuan and rebel forces, Hao Shuai renamed Dadu Yanjing, founded the Ming dynasty, and assigned Liu Bowen and Xu Da to govern and lead the military.
• Hao Shuai brought his unmarried women from the Deer Cauldron World and married them alongside Zhiruo and Zhao Min in a lavish ceremony.
• Hao Shuai spent his days cultivating with his wives until Zhang Sanfeng came to see him, making him realize that a year had passed.

Hao Shuai and Zhang Sanfeng arrived in the Sui-era Great Tang world and entered Yangzhou, where they learned that the story was still at its beginning and Shi Long possessed the Longevity Art. After Zhang Sanfeng set off on his own, Hao Shuai intervened in Wei Zhenzhen’s life and learned where Shi Long lived.

• Hao Shuai and Zhang Sanfeng arrived in the Great Tang world and discussed its abundant Spiritual Energy and powerful martial artists.
• Hao Shuai and Zhang Sanfeng entered Yangzhou and learned from inn gossip that Yuwen Huaji had not arrived and Shi Long was still alive.
• Zhang Sanfeng chose to travel the world alone, and Hao Shuai gave him supplies before they parted.
• Hao Shuai bought buns from Wei Zhenzhen and secretly sent Inner Force into Old Feng’s wife, intending for her to die of an illness within days.
• Hao Shuai gave the buns to a beggar boy and asked him where Shi Long lived.

Hao Shuai took the Longevity Art from Shi Long after defeating him, then returned to the inn to study it. He discovered he could not read any of its Oracle Bone Script and was left doubting his intelligence.

• Hao Shuai entered Shi Long’s manor and demanded the Longevity Art, offering to spare Shi Long’s life in exchange.
• Shi Long attacked Hao Shuai, but Hao Shuai blocked his strike, sent him crashing through a wall, and took the scroll from his robe.
• Hao Shuai warned Shi Long that Yuwen Huaji was coming to Yangzhou for the Longevity Art, then left and told Shi Long to blame him if Yuwen Huaji arrived.
• Hao Shuai returned to the inn and studied the Longevity Art, learning that its Oracle Bone Script and cultivation diagrams were difficult and dangerous to decipher.
• After half a day of study, Hao Shuai realized he could not recognize a single character and questioned his intelligence.

Hao Shuai failed to fully decipher the Longevity Art and arranged for scholars in both worlds to study it. After returning to the imperial palace, he interrupted Zhao Min and Zhiruo's duel and punished them, with Xiao Zhao caught up in the aftermath.

• Hao Shuai used a wrist computer to translate the Longevity Art, but its subprogram deciphered only a little over a thousand characters.
• Hao Shuai returned to the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber World, where Red Queen told him scholars could help decipher the text.
• Hao Shuai ordered scholars specializing in ancient writing summoned in both the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber World and the Deer Cauldron World, after scrambling and splitting the printed text.
• Hao Shuai found Zhao Min and Zhiruo sparring with real weapons in the imperial garden and teleported between them to stop their fight.
• Hao Shuai carried Zhao Min and Zhiruo to a palace and gave them his so-called family discipline, while Xiao Zhao was also caught up in the punishment.

Hao Shuai learned that Zhao Min and Zhiruo were bored and discovered that Zhao Min wanted to compete with Li Shimin for the empire in the Late Sui Dynasty. He refused to take her there unless she stayed by his side, warning that the world’s powerful martial artists made it too dangerous for her.

• Hao Shuai punished Zhao Min and Zhiruo after they sparred, then accidentally drew Xiao Zhao into the punishment as well.
• Zhao Min and Zhiruo explained that they were bored with palace life, and Hao Shuai resolved to pay more attention to what his wives wanted.
• Zhao Min said she wanted to lead troops into battle, but Hao Shuai explained that his new Ming Dynasty had no suitable conflict and was committed to peace.
• Zhiruo asked where Hao Shuai had traveled, and he revealed that he had visited the Late Sui Dynasty.
• Zhao Min asked Hao Shuai to take her there so she could compete with Li Shimin for the empire, but he warned that the world was dangerous even for an early-stage Innate expert.

Hao Shuai agreed to let Zhao Min lead a group of his wives into the Great Tang world to compete for power, while scholars failed to decipher the ancient text he had collected. After Zhao Min recruited nearly all the sisters, Hao Shuai prepared to honor his promise and take them along.

• Hao Shuai explained the powerful fighters in the Great Tang world, but Zhao Min grew excited rather than discouraged and refused his offer of robot-army support.
• Zhiruo suggested inviting their powerful sisters and A Zhu, and Zhao Min proposed forming a women's sect to challenge the Yin Gui Sect and Cihang Jingzhai; Hao Shuai agreed if she could recruit the others.
• Hao Shuai had scholars examine the ancient text, but after three days they deciphered only a few hundred characters, so Red Queen suggested asking Lu Miazi for help.
• Zhao Min told Hao Shuai that Dongfang, Long'er, Tong, Lu Zhi, Yi Lin, Little Dragon Girl, and many other sisters wanted to join her expedition.
• Hao Shuai agreed to take the group to the Great Tang world, confident that their combined strength could face its most powerful fighters.

Hao Shuai and Zhao Min explored Yangzhou, where Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling tried to rob her purse. Hao Shuai caught and released them after recognizing them, but secretly damaged their meridians, leaving their future uncertain.

• Hao Shuai and Zhao Min arrived in Yangzhou and decided to find a large residence as a base for Zhao Min’s rebellion.
• Kou Zhong persuaded Xu Ziling to rob Zhao Min, and the two boys stole her purse while Hao Shuai bought osmanthus cakes.
• Hao Shuai caught Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, recognized them, and made them return the purse.
• Hao Shuai let Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling go after secretly using Inner Force to damage their meridians.

Hao Shuai brought his wives to the Late Sui Dynasty world and supplied them with satellite communications as they prepared to conquer Yangzhou. After they sent him away, he planned to seek Lu Miazi at Fei Ma Ranch and considered targeting the Dongming Sect.

• Hao Shuai bought a courtyard in Yangzhou and brought his wives there, where they asked him to launch a communications satellite so they could stay in touch.
• Hao Shuai launched communications and military satellites into orbit, then returned to the courtyard and reported what he had done.
• Zhao Min explained that the wives planned to take control of Yangzhou's gangs before seizing the city, and the women told Hao Shuai to leave them to it.
• Hao Shuai reviewed his plans to acquire the Four Great Books and other treasures, deciding to find Lu Miazi at Fei Ma Ranch and bring the ranch under his control.
• Hao Shuai considered conquering the Dongming Sect near Yangzhou to gain access to its weapons.

Hao Shuai broke through to the Great Grandmaster realm and formed Divine Sense before flying east, where he intervened as Yuwen Huaji cornered the wounded Fu Junzhuo. He killed several of Yuwen Huaji’s men, leaving Yuwen Huaji to warn him that Fu Junzhuo was an assassin and that sheltering her meant opposing the imperial court.

• Hao Shuai secluded himself in a mountain cave and broke through to Great Grandmaster, merging his Mental Power with his force to form Divine Sense and a Devouring Domain.
• Hao Shuai recalled the Heng Ha Two Generals, mounted Xuan Yu, and flew east over the Yangtze, where he saw Yuwen Huaji pursuing a veiled woman in white.
• Yuwen Huaji and Fu Junzhuo exchanged dozens of blows, and the wounded Fu Junzhuo drifted ashore as Yuwen Huaji’s men closed in.
• Hao Shuai landed between Fu Junzhuo and her pursuers, removed her bamboo hat, and watched her collapse after she spat blood.
• Hao Shuai killed several of Yuwen Huaji’s men with One Yang Finger, and Yuwen Huaji warned him that Fu Junzhuo was an assassin who had tried to kill the Emperor.

Hao Shuai defeated Yuwen Huaji, rescued Fu Junzhuo, and set out for Korea with her bound and dangling from Xuan Yu. He planned to kill Fu Cailin and make a name for himself before approaching the Dongming Sect.

• Hao Shuai blasted Yuwen Huaji back with the Mysterious Nether Palm, froze him briefly, and sent his boat downstream.
• On the boat, Hao Shuai slapped Fu Junzhuo and demanded Yi Jian Shu and the Nine Profound Great Law, but she refused.
• Hao Shuai absorbed the Ice Profound Force in Fu Junzhuo, sealed her true qi with One Yang Finger, and tied her up.
• Hao Shuai summoned Xuan Yu and used his wrist-mounted computer to direct their flight northeast toward Korea.
• Hao Shuai decided to kill Fu Cailin to make a name for himself and replenish his power before approaching the Dongming Sect.

Hao Shuai brought Fu Junzhuo to Fu Cailin’s home outside Pyongyang and declared that he had come to kill Fu Cailin and slaughter Goguryeo. Their fight ended with Hao Shuai’s punch smashing Fu Cailin into his sword hut, leaving his fate unclear.

• Hao Shuai flew Xuan Yu over Pyongyang and descended into the valley where Fu Cailin lived, bringing the captured Fu Junzhuo with him.
• Hao Shuai mocked Fu Cailin, returned Fu Junzhuo, and demanded compensation for her attempted assassination of the emperor and killings in the Central Plains.
• Hao Shuai announced that he intended to take Fu Cailin’s life and slaughter Goguryeo, and the two clashed with their auras.
• Fu Cailin drew his sword and attacked, but Hao Shuai’s punch overpowered him and sent him staggering backward.
• Fu Cailin unleashed nine waves of sword energy, but Hao Shuai’s full-strength punch dispersed them and blasted Fu Cailin into his sword hut.

Hao Shuai killed Fu Cailin after defeating his final sword attack, then traveled to Pyongyang to attack Goguryeo’s royal palace. He fought through the palace guards and left a trail of bodies as he pressed deeper into the compound.

• Fu Cailin unleashed a final sword strike, but Hao Shuai teleported behind him and dealt him a fatal blow.
• Hao Shuai told Fu Cailin that he planned to destroy Goguryeo in revenge for the deaths of Sui soldiers, then bluffed that his movement technique was the Eight Steps of the Heavenly Dragon.
• Fu Junyu and Fu Junqiang attacked Hao Shuai, but he disarmed and sealed them before absorbing Fu Cailin’s true energy and beheading him.
• Hao Shuai flew to Pyongyang and approached the royal city’s palace gates in broad daylight.
• Hao Shuai killed the commander who shot at him, broke through the palace gates, and fought through the guards with the Dragon Slaying Saber and Heaven Sword.

Hao Shuai destroyed Goguryeo’s court and defeated its defenders, then stayed in Yi Jian Pavilion to make sure news of the massacre spread. Seven days later, he kept the Fu sisters captive and forced them to serve him.

• Gai Suwen urged the King of Goguryeo to summon Fu Cailin and bring the army into the city as Hao Shuai fought his way toward the main hall.
• Hao Shuai entered the hall, killed Gai Suwen after revealing Fu Cailin’s severed head, and slaughtered the King and ministers.
• Hao Shuai massacred much of Goguryeo’s army, forced survivors to build a mass grave, and wrote that he had destroyed Goguryeo on Pyongyang’s wall.
• Hao Shuai stayed near Pyongyang for seven days, then captured Fu Junzhuo, Fu Junyu, and Fu Junqiang after they came with experts to assassinate him.
• At Yi Jian Pavilion, Hao Shuai made the three Fu sisters serve him while he waited for word of Goguryeo’s destruction to spread.

Hao Shuai’s destruction of Goguryeo made him famous across the Great Sui, and he left the ruined kingdom for the Dongming Sect. He arrived aboard the Dongming Hao intending to meet Shan Meixian, but killed the guards who mocked him and was left wondering how to summon her.

• Hao Shuai made the three Fu Junzhuo sisters serve as his maids by taking them to Goguryeo cities and letting the Heng Ha Two Generals slaughter people until the sisters gave in.
• News spread of Hao Shuai’s conquest of Goguryeo, the deaths of its rulers and grandmasters, and his theft of the Longevity Art, making him the most talked-about figure in the Great Sui.
• On the eighth day, Hao Shuai drained the Fu Junzhuo sisters’ inner energy, burned Yi Jian Pavilion, and flew south on Xuan Yu.
• Hao Shuai planned to take control of the Dongming Sect and Fei Ma Ranch, then justify it to Dongfang Bai and the other women as a dowry for Shan Meixian, Shan Wanjing, and Shang Xiuxun.
• Hao Shuai landed on the Dongming Hao near Yangzhou and demanded that Shan Meixian meet him.
• When the guards mocked Hao Shuai, he killed them all, then realized no one remained to announce his arrival.

Hao Shuai visited the Dongming Sect to propose marriage to Shan Wanjing, revealing himself as the feared Demon God. After Shang Ming and Elder Shang objected and insulted him, Hao Shuai killed them both, leaving Shan Meixian and Shan Wanjing stunned.

• Hao Shuai used his aura to summon Shan Meixian, who brought Shan Wanjing to meet him.
• Shan Meixian recognized Hao Shuai as the Demon God who had killed Fu Cailin and destroyed Goguryeo.
• Hao Shuai announced that he had come to propose marriage, confusing Shan Meixian and Shan Wanjing.
• Elder Shang and Shang Ming barged in, with Elder Shang objecting and Shang Ming claiming Shan Wanjing was his fiancée.
• Shang Ming insulted Hao Shuai and demanded he kneel, so Hao Shuai killed him with a single punch.
• Elder Shang reacted in fury, and Hao Shuai used telekinesis to twist his head around before turning his attention toward Shan Meixian.

Hao Shuai killed the Shang father and son, then demanded Shan Wanjing’s hand in marriage and offered Bian Bufu’s head as a betrothal gift. Shan Meixian accepted on her daughter’s behalf, but Shan Wanjing learned she would be far from Hao Shuai’s first wife and that his other wives greatly outclassed her in cultivation.

• Shan Meixian explained that she had been waiting to eliminate the Shang family after reaching the Grandmaster realm.
• Hao Shuai announced that Shan Wanjing would marry him and jokingly offered to marry Shan Meixian instead.
• Hao Shuai promised Bian Bufu’s head as a betrothal gift, and Shan Meixian agreed to the marriage on Shan Wanjing’s behalf.
• Shan Wanjing protested, then tried to claim the position of first wife by defeating Hao Shuai’s other wives.
• Hao Shuai revealed that Piaoyun was likely a Great Grandmaster and that his other wives were peak Grandmasters, leaving Shan Wanjing’s mid-Innate strength hopelessly outmatched.

Hao Shuai married Shan Wanjing aboard the Dongming Hao after Shan Meixian seized control of the Dongming Sect. The next afternoon, the newlyweds and Shan Meixian emerged from their rooms, with Shan Wanjing noticing that her mother looked unusually refreshed.

• Shan Meixian purged the Shang family's remaining loyalists and prepared Shan Wanjing for a rushed wedding to Hao Shuai.
• Hao Shuai and Shan Wanjing completed their wedding rites and went to the bridal chamber.
• After the wedding, Hao Shuai used Teleportation to enter Shan Meixian's room and spent the night with her.
• Shan Wanjing woke around noon and worried that she and Hao Shuai had not yet offered Shan Meixian tea.
• Hao Shuai, Shan Wanjing, and Shan Meixian met after two in the afternoon, and Shan Wanjing remarked that her mother looked younger and more radiant.

Hao Shuai brought Shan Wanjing and Shan Meixian into his circle, then returned to the Dongming Hao while the women supported the rebellion in Yangzhou. After Shan Meixian sent him away to recover from his relentless attention, Hao Shuai traveled toward the renowned Fei Ma Ranch.

• Hao Shuai spent a month aboard the Dongming Hao before bringing Shan Wanjing and Shan Meixian to meet Dongfang Bai and the other women in Yangzhou.
• Dongfang Bai and the others reported that Tong Piaoyun had reached the Great Grandmaster realm, while their forces had brought Yangzhou's gangs under control and begun training fighters.
• Shan Wanjing joined the rebellion and offered weapons, while Shan Meixian pledged the Dongming Sect's weapons exclusively to Zhao Min and the others.
• Hao Shuai returned to the Dongming Hao after learning that his reputation could endanger the rebellion, and Shan Wanjing stayed in Yangzhou.
• Shan Meixian eventually sent Hao Shuai away, so he left Ren Tingting to protect the Dongming Sect and rode Xuan Yu toward Fei Ma Ranch.

Hao Shuai arrived at Fei Ma Ranch to find Lu Miazi and visit Ranch Master Shang Xiuxun, but the guards dismissed him as a nobody. After he contacted Shang Xiuxun through hidden voice transmission, she and her guests recognized the Demon God’s name and went to meet him, leaving Hao Shuai waiting outside as the gates finally opened.

• Hao Shuai flew to Fei Ma Ranch on Xuan Yu and admired the ranch before deciding to visit openly after he could not locate Lu Miazi.
• Fei Ma Ranch’s guards mocked Hao Shuai and refused to admit him, so he used his Divine Sense to find Shang Xiuxun entertaining guests in the castle.
• Hao Shuai sent Shang Xiuxun a hidden voice message announcing his visit, startling her and the people at the table.
• Shang Zhen and one of the guests recognized Hao Shuai as the Demon God who had destroyed Goguryeo and killed Fu Cailin.
• Shang Xiuxun led Shang Zhen and her guests outside to meet Hao Shuai, who grew impatient while waiting until the castle gates opened.