Chapter Summaries

After gathering nine heavenly treasures, you broke through to the Great Grandmaster Realm in the Purple Bamboo Forest and restored your cultivation to the ninth layer of the Treading Air Realm over the following years. You continued cultivating and studying the Eight Forms of the Heavenly Saber, discovering how different intents affected its power and that of other techniques.

• In the ninth year, you obtained all nine heavenly treasures from Song Que with help from Song Yuhua and Song Yuzhi.
• In the tenth year, you used Song Que's absence to break through in the Purple Bamboo Forest, reaching the fourth layer of the Great Grandmaster Realm by morning.
• In the eleventh and twelfth years, you restored your cultivation to the ninth layer of the Treading Air Realm and advanced your ninth strand of Destruction Intent.
• In the thirteenth and fourteenth years, you retrained in the Azure Wood True Scripture, Blood Undying Body, and Divine Lightning Body Tempering Art, while Song Que began teaching you the Eight Forms of the Heavenly Saber.
• You discovered that the Eight Forms of the Heavenly Saber could carry only one intent at a time, and that Destruction Intent strengthened the Heavenly Cripple Divine Skill but weakened the Buddha's Palm.

Song Que’s son entered the martial world to challenge swordsmen and advance his Destruction Intent, while secretly recruiting powerful experts. After learning the Song family’s breakthrough method, he reached the Great Grandmaster Realm and continued defeating formidable opponents.

• After years of cultivating and learning military strategy, Song Que’s son was put in charge of learning the family’s illicit salt business from Song Lu.
• He discovered that fighting bandits accelerated his comprehension of Destruction Intent and decided to challenge swordsmen across the world to become the Number One Under Heaven swordsman.
• He entered the martial world alone, defeated eight mid-Grandmaster Realm swordsmen, and became known as the Little Heavenly Sword while secretly controlling late Grandmaster Realm experts with the Life and Death Talisman.
• He defeated six late Grandmaster Realm swordsmen and rescued Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, teaching them the Nine Yang Divine Skill before parting ways.
• Song Que gave his son the Tongtian Jue and five rare heavenly treasures, allowing him to break through to the Great Grandmaster Realm.
• He continued defeating Great Grandmaster Realm swordsmen, and his ninth wisp of Destruction Intent reached roughly two-fifths comprehension.

After taking the Longevity Art from Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, Song Que’s son studied its diagrams and rapidly advanced four Intents. He kept the book despite approaches from Shi Feixuan and Wanwan, and the chapter ended after Wanwan discovered he had seen through her attempted seduction.

• In his twenty-sixth year, he rescued Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling from Yuwen Huaji’s pursuit and took the Golden Silk Armor containing the Longevity Art from them.
• He studied the Longevity Art’s diagrams and began cultivating its Fire, Earth, Wood, and Water Intents, setting aside his Destruction Intent.
• In his twenty-seventh year, he returned to the Song Family and advanced each of the four Intents while studying; Song Que told him he had turned away Shi Feixuan, who had come to demand the book.
• In his twenty-eighth year, Wanwan infiltrated the Song Family as a maid and tried to steal the Longevity Art by bewitching him, but her techniques strengthened his will and aided his study.
• After a little more than a month, Wanwan’s illusions stopped affecting him, and she realized he had been pretending not to see through her.

After Wanwan discovered his strength, he subdued her and took control of the Demon Sect’s major factions while advancing his understanding of the Longevity Art. In the thirty-first year, Yang Gong's Treasury appeared, bringing Shi Zhixuan and the Evil Emperor's Relic out of the hidden Evil King's Tomb.

• After Wanwan saw him withstand a siege-crossbow bolt, he subdued her with Life and Death Talismans, and she later tried to poison him without success.
• In the twenty-ninth year, he defeated Zhu Yuyan and the Yin Gui Sect’s elders, controlled the sect’s leaders, and found the Great Heavenly Demon Art.
• In the thirtieth year, he used Zhu Yuyan and the six elders to locate the other Demon Sect factions and took control of their leaders, acquiring several Heavenly Demon Strategy techniques.
• He continued comprehending the Longevity Art and advanced beyond three-fifths of the ninth strand of Intent Power in its four great intents.
• In the thirty-first year, Yang Gong's Treasury appeared, and Shi Zhixuan and the Evil Emperor's Relic emerged from the Evil King's Tomb.

After discovering Shi Zhixuan, you defeated him, planted thirty-six Life and Death Talismans in him, and forced him to serve you. You ordered him to lead the demonic sect forces in attacking Ci Hang Jing Zhai to seize the Ci Hang Sword Canon, while you secretly followed.

• After Song Yuzhi stole the Longevity Art for Kou Zhong, you chose not to pursue her and sent people to search for Shi Zhixuan.
• Your subordinates found Shi Zhixuan, and you defeated him with the Heaven Destroying Absolute Sword before removing its sword intent and planting thirty-six Life and Death Talismans in him.
• You took the Evil Emperor's Relic from Shi Zhixuan and learned it contained dangerous, chaotic intents and mental fluctuations.
• After enduring the talismans' torment and hearing that it could intensify for eighty-one days, Shi Zhixuan begged for forgiveness and agreed to obey you.
• You ordered Shi Zhixuan to lead the demonic sect forces in attacking Ci Hang Jing Zhai and retrieving the Ci Hang Sword Canon, while you planned to follow secretly.
• Within three days, twenty-eight Treading Air Realm experts, two hundred and thirty-eight Great Grandmasters, and three hundred and ten peak Grandmasters gathered at the Yin Gui Sect.

You led the Demonic Sect in subduing Ci Hang Jing Zhai and other experts, then returned to Lingnan to persuade Song Que to raise an army against the Sui. After testing your strength in battle, Song Que agreed to support the campaign and named you its leader.

• You helped Shi Zhixuan and Zhu Yuyan defeat Ci Hang Jing Zhai, then used the Life and Death Talisman to control its experts, including Ning Daoqi and Fan Qinghui.
• You sent Shi Zhixuan, Ning Daoqi, Fan Qinghui, and Zhu Yuyan to capture Great Grandmaster Realm experts across the land as rebellion spread throughout the Sui.
• You returned to Lingnan and asked Song Que to raise an army against the Sui, while Song Que analyzed the rival clans and the political situation.
• You revealed your ninth-heaven Treading Air Realm strength, and Song Que challenged you to a fight.
• You defeated Song Que with the sixteenth form of the Gang Wind Lightning Flame Sword, lightly wounding him.
• Song Que agreed to raise an army against the Sui, with you leading the expedition and him handling logistics.

The Young Lord of the Song Clan led his armies through years of conquest, expanding his territory across the south while his Destruction Intent and Blood Intent grew. By the thirty-sixth year, he began a coordinated campaign of assassinations to destabilize Jiangnan’s powerful clans and prepare the way for his invasion.

• The Song Clan army conquered Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, and Jiangxi, growing from one hundred thousand troops to three hundred thousand as the Sui Dynasty collapsed.
• The Young Lord joined forces with Xie Hui to take Guizhou, then divided the campaign as the Song Clan advanced north and the Xie Family conquered Yunnan.
• As the Song Clan occupied half of Hubei and advanced through Anhui and Jiangsu, the Young Lord’s Destruction Intent and Blood Intent continued to improve.
• After the Xie Family conquered Yunnan, the Young Lord ordered it to advance through Jiangxi and Fujian while he moved south from Anhui and Jiangsu to take Jiangnan.
• The Young Lord used intelligence gathered by his agents to identify Jiangnan’s powerful clan leaders and ordered demonic experts to assassinate them.
• In the fifth month of the thirty-sixth year, the Young Lord’s subordinates killed more than five thousand influential figures across Jiangnan’s great clans in three days.

After conquering Jiangnan, the Song family received Song Yuzhi and Kou Zhong, who sought marriage and military aid for the endangered Young Marshal Army. Kou Zhong challenged the narrator to a duel over the army’s fate, but the narrator defeated him decisively, leaving the Young Marshal Army’s future unresolved.

• The narrator divided his forces into four routes and conquered Jiangnan, expanding the army to 1.3 million by the second month of the thirty-seventh year.
• Song Yuzhi returned with Kou Zhong and the Longevity Art, asking to marry him and seeking reinforcements for the Young Marshal Army.
• The narrator persuaded Song Que to stop making Song Yuzhi and Kou Zhong kneel, while Song Que insisted the Young Marshal Army would have to join the Song family army if rescued.
• Kou Zhong proposed a duel: if he lost, the Young Marshal Army would submit to the narrator, and if the narrator lost, the Song family would help him repel Li Shimin.
• The narrator learned Kou Zhong had reached the third heaven of Treading Air Realm and defeated him with Fire Intent and the fifth form of the Eight Forms of the Heavenly Saber, leaving him severely injured.

You united Kou Zhong's Young Marshal Army with the Song family army and deployed four routes to attack the remaining warlords, Li Shimin and Li Mi. When Li Shimin crossed the Yellow River with one hundred thousand troops, he met the Northern Route Army's two hundred and fifty thousand soldiers and powerful martial experts.

• You appointed Zhang Yan and Liu Hai to lead two hundred thousand troops north and merge with Kou Zhong's Young Marshal Army.
• You divided the remaining forces into central, northeastern, and northwestern armies, assigning them to confront Li Mi and the Li family.
• You and your armies reached their positions in the eighth month, but the flooded Yellow River delayed the Northern Route Army's crossing.
• In the ninth month, Li Shimin led one hundred thousand soldiers across the falling river and attacked the Northern Route Army, where he faced two hundred and fifty thousand troops and experts including Shi Zhixuan and Zhu Yuyan.
• You learned that mass killing could damage a martial expert's state of mind, but killing seemed to accelerate your comprehension of Destruction Intent and Blood Intent.

After defeating Li Shimin’s forces, Zheng Qian accepted the World Will’s contract to restore Li Tang’s rule in exchange for entering the God of War Temple and studying the God of War Codex. He released Li Shimin and withdrew his allies from the war, leaving his armies unable to stop Li Shimin’s advance and losing Henan and Anhui.

• Shi Zhixuan and the other experts killed, wounded, or captured Li Shimin and more than a hundred commanders, allowing Zheng Qian’s Northern Army to rout the Li family’s troops and take over fifty thousand prisoners.
• As Zheng Qian prepared to kill the captured Li family soldiers, the World Will offered him entry to the God of War Temple and the God of War Codex in return for restoring Li Tang’s rule, and he accepted its contract.
• Zheng Qian wondered why the World Will had appeared in this simulation, suspecting that powerful worlds might intervene in their own histories.
• In the tenth month of the thirty-seventh year, Zheng Qian released Li Shimin, Li Jing, Yuchi Gong, Qin Qiong, and other captured generals, then recalled the experts of the Righteous and Demonic Paths from the war.
• Zheng Qian told Song Que that he was about to Shatter the Void, while his armies began losing ground without the experts’ help.
• In the thirty-eighth year, Li Shimin’s forces drove Zheng Qian’s armies back, and Zheng Qian lost Henan and Anhui.

After securing Lingnan for the Song Family and completing his deal with the will of Heaven, the protagonist entered the God of War Temple and spent decades comprehending its powers. By the end, he had fused ten strands of Destruction Intent, transforming his body and greatly increasing his strength.

• The protagonist let Li Shimin reclaim the southern territories, and Song Que was enfeoffed as Prince of Pacifying the South with authority over Lingnan.
• The protagonist killed Fu Cailin, Bi Xuan, and numerous other famous experts, earning the title "Yama Sword Demon" before leaving the mortal world.
• The protagonist entered the God of War Temple, where he studied seven paintings of the God of War Codex and advanced his nine Intents over the following decades.
• In the seventieth year, the protagonist comprehended a tenth strand of Destruction Intent and fused the strands into a single Destruction Intent.
• The protagonist absorbed the temple's Heaven and Earth Origin Qi as his body and cultivation were reborn, and he discovered that a casual strike empowered by Destruction Intent surpassed his strongest existing techniques.

After reaching beyond the Treading Air Realm, Zheng Qian stayed in the God of War Temple to study the God of War Codex and strengthen his Intents, cultivation arts, and martial techniques. He died of old age in Year 753 before fully comprehending the Codex, ending the simulation.

• Zheng Qian discovered that breaking through beyond the Treading Air Realm let him leave the God of War Temple, but he chose to stay and continue comprehending the Dao.
• Zheng Qian advanced all nine of his great Intents beyond the Treading Air Realm, with each breakthrough further tempering his body.
• Zheng Qian began comprehending second streams of Intent Power, though Destruction Intent and Devouring Intent progressed more slowly than the other seven Intents.
• Zheng Qian continued improving his Intents, cultivation arts, and martial techniques in the temple as time passed and his lifespan dwindled.
• Zheng Qian died of old age in Year 753 while still studying the God of War Codex, and the simulation ended.

After completing a long simulation in The Twin Dragons of the Great Tang, Zheng Qian chose rewards that greatly increased his cultivation, talents, techniques, and physical strength. He ended with Flying Sky Realm seventh-layer cultivation and a Blood Undying Body at the Seventeenth Layer.

• Zheng Qian reviewed his 85-point simulation rewards and regretted that the God of War Codex was not available to select.
• Zheng Qian chose Flying Sky Realm seventh-layer cultivation, Sword Dao Prodigy, the Primordial Heaven-Connecting Scripture, Divine Lightning Body Tempering Art, and Blood Undying Body.
• Zheng Qian received the rewards as his body strengthened, his Intent Power grew, and his cultivation advanced.
• Zheng Qian absorbed the martial arts and techniques in the Primordial Heaven-Connecting Scripture and mastered them as if he had practiced them for years.
• Zheng Qian discovered that Divine Lightning Body Tempering Art had reached the Twenty-Fifth Layer, while Blood Undying Body had stopped at the Seventeenth Layer.

Zheng Qian reached the seventh layer of the Flying Sky Realm after nearly two thousand years of cultivation, then began a new simulation in the Fengyun 2 world with the Purple Talent Fire Spirit Body. He was born as Liu Sanjiang in a poor fishing family, where his powerful food-dependent talents quickly strained the household's limited supplies.

• Zheng Qian reflected on the Flying Sky Realm and how partial elementalization enabled flight while risking Dao injuries.
• Zheng Qian spent 1,000 Simulation Points to start a new simulation and entered the Fengyun 2 world.
• Zheng Qian exchanged another 1,000 Simulation Points for a talent draw and chose the Purple Talent Fire Spirit Body.
• The simulation placed Zheng Qian in Liu Family Village as Liu Sanjiang, the fourth child of Liu Haizhu and Wang Yan.
• Liu Sanjiang's talents, including Eating is a Blessing, Strength Multiplier, and Innate Divine Strength, demanded more food than his struggling family could readily provide.

After Zheng Qian’s three-year-old self was sold to the Seven Stars Sect, the sect tried to brainwash him while training him as a martial arts prodigy. He secretly regained his former power and reached peak perfection of the Grandmaster Realm, but stayed with the sect because the Fengyun 2 world was dangerous and its timeline remained uncertain.

• Zheng Qian saw that his parents had sold his three-year-old self to two men, who brought him to the Seven Stars Sect.
• The Seven Stars Sect identified him as a martial arts prodigy, fed him, and repeatedly taught him that he owed the sect his loyalty.
• He rapidly mastered the Seven Stars Fist, reached the peak of the Body Tempering Realm, and then broke through to the early Houtian Realm.
• After awakening his past wisdom at age six, he pretended to accept the sect’s brainwashing while secretly cultivating the Heaven Swallowing Divine Art.
• He recovered his strength to peak perfection of the Grandmaster Realm in twenty-five days but concealed his power from the Seven Stars Sect.
• He decided to remain at the sect for now because he was not yet strong enough for the dangers of the Fengyun 2 world and did not know its timeline.

After leaving the Seven Stars Sect, you entered Lingyun Cave and used its dense Heaven and Earth Origin Qi and three Blood Bodhi to recover your cultivation to the seventh heaven of the Great Grandmaster Realm. You stayed near the cave to cultivate, and by the twelfth year had reached the peak of the ninth heaven of the Treading Air Realm while advancing your Fire Intent.

• In the eighth year, you decided to leave the Seven Stars Sect because it lacked the resources and suitable Heaven and Earth Origin Qi needed for your breakthrough.
• In the ninth year, you confirmed that it was the second year after Xiongba's death and found three of the six rare treasures you needed.
• In the tenth year, you entered Lingyun Cave, found three Blood Bodhi, and recovered to the Great Grandmaster Realm before cultivating to its seventh heaven.
• After exploring Lingyun Cave without finding Wu Wudi's Ten Ultimate Martial Ways, you built a hut nearby to study the Fire Intent.
• In the eleventh year, you focused on the Fire Intent and restored your cultivation to the fourth heaven of the Treading Air Realm.
• In the twelfth year, you reached the peak of the ninth heaven of the Treading Air Realm and comprehended about two-thirds of your eighth strand of Fire Intent.

The narrator continued cultivating in Lingyun Cave, reaching the eighth layer of the Flying Sky Realm and advancing his Fire Intent while keeping away from Nie Feng and Duan Lang. After the Fire Kirin was reborn, he captured it as his mount and discovered that its essence contained dangerous Chaos Intent.

• The narrator reached the seventh layer of the Flying Sky Realm, assessed Nie Feng and Duan Lang’s cultivation, and chose to remain hidden from them.
• The narrator broke through to the eighth layer of the Flying Sky Realm and began comprehending his ninth strand of Fire Intent.
• The narrator heard that Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun had fought and disappeared after Nie Feng went berserk with demonic blood.
• The Fire Kirin was reborn, and the narrator controlled it with the Life and Death Talisman and made it his mount.
• The narrator learned that the Fire Kirin’s essence contained Fire Intent and Chaos Intent, which made it dangerous to absorb.

After comprehending his ninth strand of Fire Intent, you reached the ninth level of the Flying Sky Realm and left Lingyun Cave to prepare for Di Shitian’s dragon-slaying plan. By the thirtieth year, Di Shitian had gathered the Seven Divine Weapons and their owners, while you still had not discovered his true cultivation realm.

• You spent years cultivating beside the Fire Kirin, perfected your arts, and finally comprehended the ninth strand of Fire Intent in the twenty-seventh year.
• You left Lingyun Cave without the Fire Kirin, used the Life and Death Talisman to control Great Grandmaster experts, and sent them to gather treasures for your Blood Undying Body.
• You learned that the Awakening of Insects Year and Di Shitian’s dragon-slaying plan were near, and continued cultivating while avoiding interference in Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun’s paths.
• Di Shitian gathered the Seven Divine Weapons and their owners for the dragon slaying, while Nie Feng faked his death but still went to Dragon Island.
• You discovered that Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, Duan Lang, Po Jun, Huai Kong, and Jian Chen had reached the Treading Air Realm, but you could not determine Di Shitian’s cultivation realm.

You watched Di Shitian and his allies slay the weakened dragon, then seized the Dragon Yuan when the dragon briefly revived and disarmed everyone with overwhelming strength. You left Di Shitian alive under the Life and Death Talisman, intending to learn his Sacred Heart Art.

• You followed Di Shitian’s group to Dragon Island and watched them locate the dragon beneath a deep abyss on the day of Awakening of Insects.
• Bu Jingyun, Nie Feng, and the others fought the weakened dragon but were overwhelmed until Di Shitian used Human God Fusion with their power and the divine weapons to wound it.
• Di Shitian extracted the Dragon Yuan, but the dragon briefly revived and seized him, allowing you to take the Dragon Yuan for yourself.
• You struck down the group, implanted improved Life and Death Talismans in them, and killed the dragon, whose body dissolved into Heaven and Earth Origin Qi.
• Di Shitian attacked you after escaping the dragon, but you activated his talisman and kept him alive because you wanted to study his Sacred Heart Art.

After taking over the Heavenly Gate, you killed Di Shitian and Duan Lang, then spent two years refining the Dragon Yuan and greatly increasing your strength. You withdrew into cultivation, leaving the jianghu at peace while Wuming, Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, and others watched the Heavenly Gate for clues about your plans.

• You handed the Heavenly Gate's management to Luo Xian and Huai Mie, freed Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, Huai Kong, Huang Ying, and the other captives, then killed Di Shitian and Duan Lang.
• The will of Heaven's Path noticed you but withdrew without intervening, so you decided to refine the Dragon Yuan.
• You spent nearly two years refining the Dragon Yuan, transforming all your blood into Divine Blood and greatly strengthening your body and Intent Powers.
• You studied Di Shitian's Sacred Heart Art, but learned little from its techniques because you lacked Ice Intent and Soul Intent.
• You began closed-door cultivation in the Heavenly Gate while the jianghu returned to peace and you disappeared from public view.
• Wuming, Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, and others investigated you and kept watch on the Heavenly Gate, but found no clues about your intentions.