Chapter Summaries

Hao Shuai killed the defeated Xiao San Xiao after proving that Dongying had sunk, then brought his companions to Divine Dragon Island to seek the Shenlong. The Water Tribe confronted them as they landed, leaving Hao Shuai and his Golden Core companions facing the island’s guardians.

• Hao Shuai showed Xiao San Xiao the watch and necklace and used the Cosmic Battleship to prove that he had sunk Dongying.
• Hao Shuai burned Xiao San Xiao to death with the Crimson Fire Divine Art, leaving twelve drops of scarlet liquid behind.
• Hao Shuai and his companions reached Divine Dragon Island, where he kept Wanwan and the other women aboard the battleship while he and the Golden Core fighters descended.
• Hao Shuai and Song Que noticed the island’s unusually dense spiritual energy and speculated that it made the island a prime place to cultivate.
• The Water God King and his warriors surrounded Hao Shuai’s group and ordered the outsiders to leave Divine Dragon Island.

Hao Shuai and his companions fought their way past the Water Tribe and drove the Shenlong from its lake lair. The creature emerged as a towering, savage monster, leaving Hao Shuai shocked by its appearance.

• The Water God King attacked Hao Shuai's group, but Hao Shuai froze his water attack and ordered Song Que and the others to defeat the Water Tribe.
• Hao Shuai captured the fleeing Water God King, took the secrets of the Divine Water Art from his memories, and killed him.
• Hao Shuai and his companions reached the lake where the Shenlong hid, but Hao Shuai could not locate it underwater.
• Hao Shuai ordered Red Queen to fire the Ion Cannon into the lake, stirring the Shenlong from its depths.
• The Shenlong burst from the lake, and Hao Shuai was appalled by its monstrous, Tyrannosaurus-like form.

Hao Shuai and his companions battled the Shenlong on Divine Dragon Island, but their attacks barely penetrated its defenses. He called in Red Queen’s Ion Cannon to weaken it, leaving the dragon under bombardment in the lake.

• Long'er compared the Shenlong to a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and Hao Shuai decided he could kill and eat it for its Dragon Core.
• Song Que, Shi Zhixuan, Yueyao, and the other fighters attacked the Shenlong, but its scales shrugged off their techniques.
• Hao Shuai ordered the others to retreat and fought the Shenlong himself, wounding it with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and Dragon Subduing Divine Legs.
• Hao Shuai called on Red Queen to fire the Ion Cannon at the Shenlong, sending it into the lake while he ordered continued, reduced-power shots to protect its Dragon Core.
• Song Que and Dongfang Bai watched as the Ion Cannon blasts shook Divine Dragon Island and the Shenlong cried out from the water.

Hao Shuai killed the Shenlong, retrieved its Dragon Core and collected its valuable remains. He took everyone back to the Tianxia Society for a dragon feast, then began butchering the nearly indestructible corpse himself to keep the Jingjue Queen from eating any of it.

• Hao Shuai pierced the Shenlong's reversed scale and froze it to death with Cold Sky Absolute.
• Hao Shuai removed the Dragon Core and stored it with the Shenlong's corpse, then ordered Song Que and the others to gather its blood, scales, and severed foreleg.
• Hao Shuai said the Dragon Core needed to be studied before anyone could safely use it, and led the group toward the Cosmic Battleship to return to the Tianxia Society.
• Hao Shuai began cutting up the Shenlong himself because its scales resisted the others' weapons, and he refused to let the Jingjue Queen help so she would not eat the dragon meat.

Hao Shuai bathed in Shenlong’s blood, then served its meat at a feast that empowered his allies before returning the Tianxia Society to Xiong Ba. The chapter left Xiong Ba in charge again while Hao Shuai prepared to move on.

• Hao Shuai processed Shenlong’s body, prepared a medicinal bath with its blood, and strengthened himself by soaking in it.
• Hao Shuai called Dongfang Bai and his other wives to help relieve the restless effects of the dragon blood, and they spent a day and night together.
• Hao Shuai’s cooks prepared Shenlong’s meat for three days, and his wives and chosen officials attended a feast where many guests broke through in cultivation.
• Hao Shuai sent his subordinates back to their respective worlds and told Xiong Ba he would return the Tianxia Society to him.
• Hao Shuai reassured Xiong Ba that he had killed the remaining dangerous martial artists and asked him to treat the people under his rule well.

Hao Shuai visited Shaolin Temple in the Fengyun World and searched Wooden Man Alley for the legendary Yuan Ji Mo Ke, but found no trace of it. The monks gave him a Buddha's Palm manual before he and his companions left the world.

• Hao Shuai arrived at Shaolin Temple with Song Que and the others, and Abbot Meng Yi welcomed him warily.
• Hao Shuai toured the temple and asked Meng Yi to take him to Wooden Man Alley.
• Hao Shuai searched Wooden Man Alley with Divine Thought but found no trace of Yuan Ji Mo Ke or other legendary martial arts.
• Hao Shuai left Shaolin Temple with several secret manuals, including a Buddha's Palm manual that contained ten forms and ended with Sacrifice Self to Become Buddha.
• Hao Shuai and his companions vanished from the Fengyun World.

Hao Shuai arrived in Egypt in 1926 after escaping a desert ambush and traveled to Cairo. At the Egyptian Museum, he examined ancient burial goods and mummies as he began investigating where he had landed in the timeline.

• Hao Shuai emerged half-buried in the desert, found a caravan, and asked for directions to the nearest town.
• The caravan members tried to rob Hao Shuai, but he killed them and took their camels, goods, guns, and money.
• Hao Shuai learned it was 1926 and Cairo was about a hundred miles away, then traveled there and sold the caravan’s goods.
• Hao Shuai entered the Egyptian Museum after tipping a guard and sensed death energy and curses surrounding many artifacts.
• Hao Shuai studied the museum’s mummies and noticed that they carried death energy and resentment.

Hao Shuai sealed the mummies with Maoshan Arts, met Evelyn in the museum, and decided not to pursue her. The next morning, he brought Selena to the prison to find O'Connell so he could locate Hamunaptra, and a guard escorted them to the warden.

• Hao Shuai used Corpse-Sealing Talismans to suppress the deathly aura surrounding the mummies.
• Hao Shuai met Evelyn in the library after the bookshelves fell, but chose not to pursue her because she was a virgin.
• Hao Shuai left the museum, ate a large meal at Cairo's finest hotel, and spent the night without incident.
• Hao Shuai and Selena went to the prison to find O'Connell, whom Hao Shuai needed to locate Hamunaptra.
• Hao Shuai gave a guard a coin, and the guard led him and Selena to the warden's office.

Hao Shuai bought O'Connell out of prison and forced him to agree to lead the way to Hamunaptra. After meeting Evelyn and Jonathan, Hao Shuai arranged to reunite with them at Giza Port the next day.

• Hao Shuai paid the prison warden to release O'Connell and declared that O'Connell was now his slave.
• O'Connell tried to leave after learning Hao Shuai wanted to reach Hamunaptra, but Hao Shuai stopped him and subdued him with ease.
• O'Connell agreed to guide Hao Shuai to Hamunaptra after Hao Shuai threatened to crush his fist.
• Evelyn introduced her brother Jonathan, and O'Connell recognized Jonathan as the man who had stolen his box.
• Hao Shuai gave O'Connell money for a bath and supplies, set a meeting for the next day at Giza Port, and left with Selena.

Hao Shuai and Selena joined O'Connell, Evelyn, and Jonathan to begin their expedition toward Hamunaptra, while O'Connell warned them of the dangers ahead. As the group traveled down the Nile, Jonathan revealed their plans to a rival group, and Hao Shuai remained unconcerned.

• Hao Shuai arrived late with Selena and apologized to Evelyn, Jonathan, and O'Connell before joining their expedition team.
• O'Connell showed Hao Shuai the planned route to Hamunaptra and warned Evelyn that the City of the Dead was guarded and deadly.
• Hao Shuai reassured Evelyn, left the arrangements to O'Connell, and spent the afternoon with Selena on the ship's deck.
• Hao Shuai noticed Jonathan playing cards with the Rice Country men and realized he had told them about the expedition.
• Hao Shuai and Selena found Evelyn reading while speaking strange syllables that Hao Shuai suspected were Ancient Egyptian.

Hao Shuai learned Ancient Egyptian so he could use the spells in the Book of the Dead and the Sun Scripture, then discovered intruders aboard the ship and went to protect Evelyn. The ship came under attack and was set on fire as Evelyn found a dead assailant outside her room.

• Hao Shuai asked Evelyn to teach him Ancient Egyptian, and he mastered its writing, pronunciation, and grammar in a few hours.
• Selena dragged Hao Shuai back to their room after his boastful remarks, but he sensed many intruders aboard the ship with his Divine Thought.
• Hao Shuai checked on Evelyn, then spotted a black-clad man sneaking toward her room and shot him with a Desert Eagle.
• Gunfire and shouting erupted across the ship, and attackers began setting it on fire.
• Evelyn opened her door, saw the dead man, and screamed before quickly calming down.

Hao Shuai and Selena escaped the burning ship with Evelyn and the others, then crossed the desert toward Hamunaptra. The ancient city appeared at sunrise, but Hao Shuai and Selena watched it with grave expressions as the others hurried forward.

• Hao Shuai rescued Evelyn from the men in black, took the silver box key, and told O'Connell to get her off the ship while he went to find Selena.
• Hao Shuai found Selena fighting off the attackers, then carried her across the Nile to shore as the ship burned.
• Hao Shuai, Selena, O'Connell, and the others reached an oasis market, where Hao Shuai bought supplies and five camels for the journey.
• After three days in the desert, O'Connell's group met Benny and his riders and waited for the sun to reveal Hamunaptra.
• As Hamunaptra appeared in the morning light, the others raced toward it while Hao Shuai and Selena watched with grave expressions.

Hao Shuai explored Hamunaptra with Selena and discovered that Anubis’s fading divine protection had resisted his Divine Thought. He found the entrance beneath Anubis’s statue, and the group descended into the underground chamber as the Americans entered through their own passage.

• Hao Shuai and Selena explored Hamunaptra, where Hao Shuai sensed the city’s hostile energies and read the hieroglyphs praising the pharaohs and Anubis.
• Hao Shuai’s Divine Thought struck Anubis’s remaining divine protection, and a wolf-headed figure warned him to leave before its power faded.
• Hao Shuai pointed out the entrance beneath Anubis’s statue, and O’Connell and Jonathan cleared away the sand and rubble.
• Evelyn arranged ancient mirrors to reflect sunlight into the chamber, then she, O’Connell, and Jonathan climbed down a rope while Hao Shuai and Selena jumped down.
• The Americans cleared their own entrance and descended into Hamunaptra as Hao Shuai surveyed the chamber’s stone platform and embalming tools.

Hao Shuai defused an armed standoff between his group and the Americans at Hamunaptra, then joined them for a campfire party. Descendants of the Pharaoh's Guard attacked during the gathering, and after a long gunfight they withdrew with their wounded.

• Evelyn explained the Egyptian mummification process as the group explored Hamunaptra and reached the statue of the God of Death, where Hao Shuai knew the Book of the Dead was hidden.
• The Americans confronted O'Connell's group over the treasure, and Hao Shuai used his Divine Thought to ease the tension and persuade both sides to leave the ruins and hunt separately the next day.
• Hao Shuai's group and the Americans returned to the surface and held a campfire party together.
• Black-clad descendants of the Pharaoh's Guard attacked the gathering, and O'Connell, Selena, the Americans, and Hao Shuai fought back.
• The attackers withdrew with their wounded after a prolonged gunfight, while Hao Shuai revealed that he had known they were coming and had let the battle happen.

After defeating the men in black, Hao Shuai and Selena secretly explored the tomb and took the Book of the Dead, leaving Imhotep’s canopic jars behind to disrupt his resurrection. They then found the chamber holding the Sun Scripture and a vast treasure, and continued deeper to search for the book.

• Hao Shuai and Selena helped O'Connell's group drive off the men in black, while Hao Shuai secretly protected his companions from stray bullets.
• Hao Shuai cast a sleeping spell over the camp, then took Selena to the hidden compartment beneath the statue of the God of Death.
• Hao Shuai opened the trapped compartment, found the box containing Imhotep's curse, and replaced it with the Book of the Dead after retrieving the canopic jars in the Tang Dynasty.
• Hao Shuai put the Book of the Dead away and left Imhotep's coffin for Evelyn to find as he and Selena searched for the Sun Scripture.
• Hao Shuai and Selena entered the chamber beneath the statue of the Sun God Ra, discovered a golden treasure trove, and continued searching for the Sun Scripture.

Hao Shuai recovered the Sun Scripture and emptied the tomb’s treasure chamber with Selena, then escaped a swarm of scarabs by burning them. When the tomb failed to collapse, he remembered Benny was the one who had triggered the mechanism in the original story; back at camp, he began examining the Sun Scripture.

• Hao Shuai carved open the Sun God statue, retrieved the Sun Scripture, and stored it away.
• Hao Shuai collected the gold, jewels, and other artifacts from the treasure chamber.
• A swarm of scarabs rushed at Hao Shuai and Selena, so Hao Shuai flew them above the insects and burned the swarm.
• Hao Shuai waited with Selena for the tomb to collapse, but it remained intact because Benny had not triggered its mechanism.
• Back at camp, Hao Shuai waited for Selena to fall asleep, then took out the Sun Scripture and began examining its cover and locked contents.

Hao Shuai examined the Sun Scripture and the Book of the Dead, learning their powers and limitations. He stored both treasures away and left the Mummy World with Selena.

• Hao Shuai opened the Sun Scripture and learned that its incantations countered necromancy and dark curses.
• Hao Shuai opened the Book of the Dead behind a protective barrier and deflected a burst of icy negative energy.
• Hao Shuai studied the Book of the Dead and found that its dark spells required an intact corpse and a soul that had not been reincarnated to resurrect someone.
• Hao Shuai concluded that neither scripture was particularly useful to him, but stored both in his space as famous treasures.
• Hao Shuai picked up the sleeping Selena and vanished from the Mummy World.

Evelyn led the group into the Secret Chamber to search for the Sun Scripture, while Hao Shuai secretly knew the original compartment was already sealed. Their digging uncovered a stone coffin beneath Anubis, and opening it released a decomposed mummy.

• Hao Shuai joined the others for breakfast while Selena went off by herself, and Evelyn announced that they would return to the Secret Chamber to find the Sun Scripture.
• Evelyn searched beneath the statue of the god of death, then followed hieroglyphs to a sealed room and directed O'Connell and Jonathan to dig upward.
• During a break, Jonathan struck a rock with his pickaxe and triggered a mechanism that dropped a stone coffin beside Evelyn and O'Connell.
• Evelyn recognized the coffin’s octagonal recess and used the key Hao Shuai had given her to unlock it.
• O'Connell and Jonathan lifted the lid, and a decomposed mummy sprang out, making Evelyn, O'Connell, and Jonathan scream while Hao Shuai stayed back.

Hao Shuai, Evelyn, Jonathan, and O'Connell examined Imhotep’s unusually fresh mummy in Hamunaptra, while Jonathan learned the corpse could be valuable despite having no grave goods. Hao Shuai and Selena searched the city for treasure, and the group ended the day around camp with artifacts Jonathan and O'Connell had recovered.

• Evelyn noticed Imhotep’s fresh appearance and discovered fingernail scratches and the inscription “Death is only the beginning” on his coffin.
• Hao Shuai explained that Imhotep’s mummy could be worth a fortune, prompting Jonathan to see the corpse as valuable.
• Hao Shuai left Evelyn with the mummy while Jonathan went to search for gold, then explored Hamunaptra with Selena using Divine Thought.
• By sunset, Hao Shuai and Selena had toured Hamunaptra and marked several locations without disturbing any statues.
• Jonathan and O'Connell showed Hao Shuai artifacts they had found in the sacrificial chamber and the room of artifacts, while Evelyn confirmed their value.

After looting Hamunaptra for its gold, Hao Shuai tested the Spear of Judgment and gave it to Selena. They then took Imhotep’s sarcophagus into the desert, where Hao Shuai began reciting the spell to resurrect him.

• Hao Shuai shared food and drink with Evelyn, O’Connell, and the others, then cast a Sleeping Spell on the drunken group before leaving with Selena.
• Hao Shuai and Selena searched Hamunaptra, and Hao Shuai collected its gold, adding at least ten thousand tons to his spatial dimension.
• Hao Shuai tested the Spear of Judgment, saw it create a huge crater, and gave the weapon to Selena.
• Hao Shuai and Selena took Imhotep’s sarcophagus deep into the desert, where Hao Shuai recited the resurrection incantation.