Chapter Summaries

Haotian confronted Two Shakya outside Zixiao Palace and tested Hongjun’s response, but Hongjun effortlessly erased his attacks and nearly killed him with a sneak attack before an unseen power intervened. Haotian left in anger, and when Two Shakya asked Hongjun to uphold justice, he reminded them that they had always behaved the same way.

• Haotian used the Thunder Emperor's Finger to threaten Two Shakya outside Zixiao Palace, but the attack vanished before reaching them.
• Hongjun opened Zixiao Palace and told Haotian to go back after dissolving his attack.
• As Haotian turned to leave, Hongjun secretly launched a black nail at him, but an invisible hand erased it before it could strike.
• Haotian condemned Hongjun's furtive attack and left in anger.
• Two Shakya complained to Hongjun about Haotian, and Hongjun replied that they had always done the same thing.

The Two Shakya sought guidance from the Dao Ancestor, who told them to wait for the Western Lands’ time to flourish. As Haotian surveyed the Primordial Wilderness and its approaching upheavals, an ominous warning struck him, but Yuan Qing said he was about to encounter tremendous fortune.

• The Dao Ancestor sent the Two Shakya back to the Western Land and told them to wait for its destined flourishing.
• Taibai Golden Star and the Heavenly Court’s immortals welcomed Haotian, newly revealed as a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, and held a grand celebration.
• Haotian observed the rising Immortal Dao and the competing plans, conflicts, and changes unfolding across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Haotian reflected that even as a Hunyuan Saint, he could neither control the great tide nor freely overturn its rules.
• Haotian felt a crushing warning and summoned his master, Yuan Qing, with the Bronze Bell.
• Yuan Qing examined Haotian and told him he was about to meet tremendous fortune.

Qingyuan told Haotian that his method to eternally attain the Heavenly Emperor position had succeeded because Ji Fengming was one of Haotian’s True Spirit fragments and would become influential after reincarnating. He assured Haotian that he would protect him through the trials and ordered him to stay in the Heavenly Court and avoid interfering in worldly affairs.

• Haotian explained that he had sensed unease despite few of his reincarnated True Spirit fragments achieving prominence, and Qingyuan said the feeling came from the coming trials for the Heavenly Emperor position.
• Qingyuan revealed that the Two Shakya had secretly sent one of Haotian’s True Spirit fragments into Reincarnation, where it became Ji Fengming, a disciple of the Human Sect.
• Qingyuan explained that Ji Fengming planned to enter Reincarnation again to resolve his Heavenly Dao oath and help the Human Race, and that his rebirth would complete Haotian’s method and lead to 1,750 tribulations.
• Haotian worried that he would fail the trials, especially the Heavenly Dao trial, but Qingyuan promised to protect him and instructed him to remain in the Heavenly Court without interfering in Primordial Wilderness affairs.
• Qingyuan departed without revealing what Ji Fengming would become, while Haotian accepted his orders and rejoiced that his method would succeed without his effort.

Qingyuan sent Ji Fengming to reincarnate as Zhang Youren, a poor farmer’s son in East Victory Continent, instead of placing him in the Zhou Royal House. Taiqing arrived to demand an explanation, but Pingxin argued the plan could give his disciple lasting influence, and Taiqing discovered Zhang Youren’s future could not be divined.

• Pingxin proposed reincarnating Ji Fengming as Ji Chang’s son so he could help Zhou replace Shang and strengthen the Human Race.
• Qingyuan revealed that Ji Fengming had already reincarnated as Zhang Youren, born to a poor farming family in East Victory Continent.
• Qingyuan said he aimed to establish a lasting foundation to protect the Human Race and connect the Underworld Bureau with the Primordial Wilderness.
• Taiqing arrived at Pingxin Hall in anger, then froze when he saw Great Love Heavenly Venerate there.
• Pingxin told Taiqing that Zhang Youren could gain enduring influence beyond the limits of a Human Emperor.
• Taiqing failed to divine Zhang Youren’s future, though he sensed his Fortune Aura would continue without end.

Saint Taiqing accepted that Pingxin’s plans would not affect him and returned to secluded cultivation while Di Xin’s reforms made Great Shang prosperous and strengthened the Human Emperor’s rule. Meanwhile, Jiang Shang remained trapped in menial work at the Chan Sect’s alchemy room until a personal attendant of Taiyi came looking for him.

• Saint Taiqing left the Netherworld and resumed secluded cultivation after sensing Pingxin’s matter would not affect him.
• Di Xin ascended as Human Emperor, reformed Great Shang’s government and army, expanded agriculture and trade, and subdued rebellious feudal states.
• Di Xin invited Disciples of the Sect of Interception to serve in Great Shang, helping stabilize the Nine Provinces as the dynasty entered a golden age.
• Jiang Shang struggled through exhausting alchemy-room labor at Kunlun Mountain, having advanced only to the Spirit Refining and Void Return realm with help from Shen Gongbao and Yun Yi.
• Senior Brother Xuandao arrived at the alchemy room asking for Jiang Shang, and the steward had him dragged out and accused him of wrongdoing.

Jiang Shang was summoned to the Jade Void Palace, where Venerable Yuanshi told him that his immortal destiny had run its course and ordered him to descend the mountain. After Jiang Shang thanked his teacher, Immortal Elder Nanji questioned how he would support himself after leaving.

• Xuandao brought the battered Jiang Shang from the pill-refining chamber to the Jade Void Palace after Venerable Yuanshi summoned him.
• Venerable Yuanshi asked how long Jiang Shang had cultivated and told him to descend the mountain because his immortal destiny had ended.
• True Person Taiyi berated Jiang Shang, saying he had never been suited to become an Immortal and had advanced only because of the Chan Sect’s support.
• Jiang Shang bowed three times and kowtowed nine times to thank Venerable Yuanshi, who then dismissed him.
• Immortal Elder Nanji asked Jiang Shang where he would go, and Jiang Shang said he might use his cultivation to earn a living before Nanji warned that he would starve.

Venerable Yuanshi gave Jiang Shang the Investiture List and ordered him to leave Kunlun Mountain to fulfill his assigned mission, though he withheld the details. After Xuandao mocked and abandoned him, Jiang Shang returned to the disciples’ quarters and asked Yun Yi about the Investiture of the Gods.

• Immortal Elder Nanji told Jiang Shang that his plans for earning a living among mortals were naive and that his path to immortality had ended.
• Guangchengzi proposed entrusting Jiang Shang with a mission, and Venerable Yuanshi declared that Jiang Shang was destined to preside over the Investiture List.
• Venerable Yuanshi handed Jiang Shang the Investiture List, ordered him down the mountain, and warned him not to reveal that he possessed it.
• Xuandao mocked Jiang Shang for failing to become an Immortal, then left him to make his own way back to the disciples’ quarters.
• Jiang Shang returned to the quarters with help from fellow disciples, found Shen Gongbao away, and asked Yun Yi about the Investiture of the Gods.

Jiang Shang learned from Yun Yi that the Investiture List could confer divine ranks and resolved to use it to become powerful. As he left the Kunlun Mountains, Shen Gongbao caught up with him and gave him a phone and a spiritual treasure to protect him.

• Yun Yi explained that the Investiture List could grant divine ranks and immense power to those it enshrined.
• Jiang Shang secretly considered granting himself the highest divine rank and hurried to leave the mountain with the list.
• The Disciplinary Hall immortals let Jiang Shang pass after hearing that the Saint had driven him off the mountain.
• Shen Gongbao caught up with Jiang Shang, encouraged him, and gave him a phone and a Mid-grade Houtian Spiritual Treasure.

Shen Gongbao helped Jiang Shang prepare to leave the mountain, and Jiang Shang revealed that he had received the Investiture List and would preside over the Investiture of the Gods. True Person Taiyi then took Jiang Shang by the collar and flew him toward his hometown.

• Shen Gongbao gave Jiang Shang a phone and a Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, offered help if he encountered trouble, and wished him well.
• Jiang Shang told Shen Gongbao that he had received the Investiture List and was destined to preside over the Investiture of the Gods.
• Jiang Shang promised to make Shen Gongbao a powerful god once he learned how to use the list.
• Jiang Shang said he planned to return to the Nine Provinces and help his people, while Shen Gongbao doubted his confidence.
• True Person Taiyi arrived, offered to take Jiang Shang to his hometown on the way to Chentang Pass, then grabbed him by the collar and flew off.

Shen Gongbao struggled to understand why Jiang Shang had been entrusted with the Investiture List, and True Person Huanglong exploited his doubts to turn him against Jiang Shang. Huanglong claimed Jiang Shang had spoken ill of Shen Gongbao to Master, leaving Shen Gongbao with growing resentment and a shocking accusation to consider.

• Shen Gongbao wondered why Master had given Jiang Shang the Investiture List instead of him, and questioned whether Jiang Shang could handle the task.
• True Person Huanglong slapped Shen Gongbao and mocked him for treating Jiang Shang as a brother despite losing the Investiture List to him.
• True Person Huanglong argued that Jiang Shang had taken advantage of Shen Gongbao's help and reminded him that Shen Gongbao had arranged safe work for Jiang Shang and completed his missions.
• Shen Gongbao recalled Jiang Shang's repeated requests for help and began to feel resentment toward him.
• True Person Huanglong claimed he had seen Jiang Shang speak ill of Shen Gongbao in front of Master.

True Person Huanglong and True Person Taiyi each convinced Shen Gongbao and Jiang Shang that the other was plotting to steal the Investiture List. Jiang Shang handed his phone and magic treasure to True Person Taiyi for safekeeping, while Shen Gongbao was left preparing to confront him.

• True Person Huanglong told Shen Gongbao that Jiang Shang had persuaded their master to give him the Investiture List by portraying Shen Gongbao as a dangerous beast who would bring trouble to the Chan Sect.
• Believing Jiang Shang had betrayed him, Shen Gongbao called him to demand answers.
• True Person Taiyi told Jiang Shang that Shen Gongbao had tried to steal the Investiture List and had used gifts and a tracked phone to gain Jiang Shang's trust.
• When Shen Gongbao called to ask where Jiang Shang would stay in Great Shang, Jiang Shang took it as proof of True Person Taiyi's claims and hung up.
• Jiang Shang gave True Person Taiyi his phone and magic treasure, and thanked him for protecting him.

True Person Huanglong persuaded Shen Gongbao to reclaim the Investiture List, while Jiang Shang returned to Great Shang and was arrested after drawing suspicion in a prefectural city. Jiang Shang discovered that he could not use his magic as the soldiers took him away.

• True Person Huanglong mocked Shen Gongbao and urged him to take back the Investiture List, leaving Shen Gongbao uncertain and angry.
• True Person Taiyi showed Jiang Shang a partial image of Huanglong speaking with Shen Gongbao and warned him to hide when he reached Great Shang.
• True Person Taiyi dropped Jiang Shang off in Great Shang and went alone to Chentang Pass, while Jiang Shang sought shelter and asked about the ruler of the Nine Provinces.
• Jiang Shang ate in a busy inn and asked a waiter about the Human Emperor, prompting the waiter and diners to report him as suspicious to the authorities.
• Shang soldiers arrested Jiang Shang, and he found that his magic would not work before a soldier struck him on the head with a saber hilt.

Jiang Shang was captured by Great Shang soldiers and thrown into a prison where powerful immortals were summarily executed. Terrified by the prison’s deadly authority, he faced execution after the man in charge dismissed his plea of innocence.

• Jiang Shang tried to attack the soldiers with the Five-Elements Immortal Arts, but the deputy general struck him and dispersed his spell before having him imprisoned.
• Jiang Shang claimed he belonged to the Interception Sect after seeing a fellow prisoner make the same claim, and the man in charge ordered that prisoner executed.
• A disheveled immortal offered the guards cultivation, treasure, and marriage prospects in exchange for release, and the man in charge ordered him beheaded for bribery and misleading the public.
• Jiang Shang considered using a technique taught by Shen Gongbao to escape, but another prisoner detonated himself and had every drop of his blood consumed by a ghostly head.
• The man in charge asked Jiang Shang what crime he had committed, dismissed his plea of innocence as glib, and ordered him dragged away for execution.

Jiang Shang was arrested in Great Shang after asking who the Human Emperor was, and he struggled to convince Mo Lihong that he was not a threat. After revealing that the Chan Sect had expelled him, Jiang Shang learned that Mo Lihong was a Jie Sect Mystic Immortal who had cultivated for only a few decades.

• Jiang Shang pleaded for his life and swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao to prove he was a Chan Sect Disciple.
• Mo Lihong questioned Jiang Shang about why he had come to Great Shang and whether he planned to assassinate the king.
• Jiang Shang admitted that he had been expelled from the Chan Sect after failing to become immortal and had returned to Great Shang seeking a place in the court.
• Mo Lihong revealed that he was a Jie Sect Disciple and mocked the Chan Sect for expelling Jiang Shang.
• A Purple Golden Flower Fox Marten landed on Mo Lihong's shoulder, and Mo Lihong said he had reached the Mystic Immortal realm in a few decades.

Mo Lihong nearly died when he searched Jiang Shang’s soul and drew the attention of True Person Taiyi, whose attack was blocked by Mo Lihong’s master. After Mo Lihong released Jiang Shang, the four brothers reported the incident to their master and Di Xin, while Jiang Shang headed for Chaoge and encountered an airplane.

• Mo Lihong suspected Jiang Shang of spying and ordered Xu Kun to drag him away for execution, but Xu Kun argued that Jiang Shang seemed harmless.
• Mo Lihong searched Jiang Shang’s soul, where True Person Taiyi spotted him through the River of Time and struck at him.
• A sword blocked True Person Taiyi’s attack, and Mo Lihong’s master warned him that no one could kill Chan Sect disciples without the Chan Sect’s permission.
• Mo Lihong released Jiang Shang and told his three brothers what had happened, and they reported it to their master and Di Xin.
• Jiang Shang left Jiameng Pass for Chaoge and was astonished to see that mortals could ride an airplane.

Jiang Shang traveled to Chaoge hoping to become an official or wealthy merchant, but modern Great Shang thwarted both ambitions. After his glass cup failed to sell, he learned that glass was already worthless.

• Jiang Shang boarded an airplane to Chaoge and marveled at Great Shang’s advanced technology.
• After arriving, Jiang Shang was arrested for his excited remarks and released after paying a guarantee.
• Jiang Shang failed to qualify for government work because he lacked academy certification and was too old for other jobs.
• Jiang Shang made a crude glass cup and tried to sell it for up to one hundred thousand Money, but nobody bought it.
• Jiang Shang took the cup to several pawnshops, where he learned that it was an ordinary, worthless glass cup.

Jiang Shang’s attempts to earn a living in Chaoge repeatedly failed, leaving him indebted until Song Yiren helped him recover and settle into a modest life with Lady Ma. Di Xin revealed that he had ordered Fei Zhong to sabotage Jiang Shang, then prepared for a coming conflict by ordering troop drills before receiving a new system task.

• Jiang Shang’s ventures in fortune-telling, medicine, feng shui, pill-making, and small businesses failed, and he fell deeply into debt.
• Jiang Shang reunited with Song Yiren, who helped him pay his debts and arranged for him to marry Lady Ma.
• Di Xin confirmed to Fei Zhong that he had arranged Jiang Shang’s repeated business failures after the Demon Brothers reported him.
• Di Xin ordered encrypted replies sent out and commanded the garrison commanders at strategic passes to drill their troops.
• Di Xin told Fei Zhong to make E Lai intensify his deadly battle training, insisting that the sacrifices would help protect the Human Race’s future.
• Di Xin dismissed Fei Zhong and received a system task to take concubines for descendants, Fortune Blessing, and rewards.

Di Xin ordered You Hun to expand the harem without coercing women, while rejecting the idea that Great Shang depended on Empress Nuwa or the Saints. At court, Bi Gan again urged him to worship Nuwa and warned that the realm would collapse if Di Xin ignored his advice.

• Di Xin accepted the system's harem task for its rewards and ordered You Hun to recruit women, threatening him against abusing his authority.
• You Hun reported that Bi Gan and other officials were gathering to discuss worshipping Empress Nuwa, and Di Xin insisted Great Shang prospered through his own ability rather than divine protection.
• Di Xin practiced martial arts and taught Fei Lian and E Lai methods of forging soldiers after finding cultivation difficult.
• At court, Di Xin tried to dismiss Bi Gan's concerns, but Bi Gan insisted he had two important matters to raise and rebuked the officials who condemned him.
• Bi Gan warned Di Xin that Great Shang's realm would collapse if he persisted in ignoring advice, and demanded that he visit Nuwa Temple to worship Empress Nuwa.

Bi Gan urged Di Xin to visit the Nuwa Temple and accused him of harming Great Shang, but Di Xin ignored him while continuing to govern and honor Empress Nuwa in other ways. Wen Zhong returned, beat Bi Gan into silence, and the Two Shakya fumed when Di Xin still refused to visit the temple.

• Bi Gan denounced Di Xin in court for refusing to visit the Nuwa Temple and accused him of endangering Great Shang, while You Hun and Fei Zhong rebuked him.
• Di Xin left the court without responding, later sent physicians when Bi Gan fell ill, and eventually persuaded Bi Gan to stop pressing for the temple visit.
• Wen Zhong returned and beat Bi Gan, warning him to stop calling Di Xin's refusal an insult to Empress Nuwa.
• Di Xin welcomed Wen Zhong, proposed appointing more Interception Sect disciples to guard regions of Great Shang, and offered to make the sect the state religion, which Wen Zhong declined.
• In the seventh year of Di Xin's reign, Great Shang prospered, while the Two Shakya grew frustrated that Di Xin still would not visit the Nuwa Temple.

Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti schemed to destabilize Great Shang and provoke war between the Witch and Demon Clans after Di Xin refused to offer incense. As calamities and conflict plunged the Primordial Wilderness into chaos, Di Xin strengthened Great Shang while the vassals’ time to pay homage drew near.

• Daoist Jieyin ordered Daoist Zhunti to destroy Nuwa temples, spread rumors blaming Di Xin, and provoke a clash between the Witch and Demon Clans.
• Natural disasters struck the Nine Provinces, and rumors blamed Di Xin for refusing to worship Nuwa; Di Xin aided the victims but refused to rebuild the temples.
• Daoist Zhunti waited for a chance to attack Great Shang, but Di Xin stayed within the imperial city and the kingdom’s National Fortune kept Zhunti at bay.
• The Witch and Demon Clans began fighting, and tribulation Qi spread as battles and slaughter erupted across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Jiang Shang returned to his stall, gained notice in Chaoge, and joined the Star-Picking Tower project as a junior construction hand.
• Di Xin expanded construction, military training, and reforms in Great Shang’s heartland, angering the vassals as their time to pay homage approached.