Chapter Summaries

Plot points

• In the Dream Realm’s “Nightmare Zone,” Soft Feather and her companions face Heart Demons drawn to the area because nightmares let them threaten cultivators’ Dao Hearts.
• Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword harvests the disguised Heart Demons for use in Song Shuhang’s Core World. His blunt explanation horrifies Onion Lady, who imagines the many onion sprouts there.
• Since the area holds no special clue to Soft Feather’s search, the group considers how to proceed. Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword proposes borrowing Senior White’s luck, but Senior Turtle warns that doing so without Song Shuhang could bring misfortune.
• Soft Feather contacts Senior White’s Clone, who cannot leave the Nine Netherworld because Song Shuhang is undergoing Tribulation Transcendence and may need help.
• Soft Feather asks Copper Trigram Immortal Master to divine their route. He declares west auspicious, then—after Soft Feather repositions Onion Lady and Senior Turtle—warns that east brings great calamity.

Character developments and interactions

• Soft Feather remains cheerful and resourceful, accepting the lack of a clue and turning to divination rather than losing hope.
• Onion Lady indulges in fanciful ideas about how the Dream Realm’s sun might work, then is comically wounded by Scarlet Heaven Sword’s remark about onion sprouts.
• Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword is practical and teasing, while Senior Turtle offers cautious advice and punctures the sword’s enthusiasm about using Senior White to scout.
• Copper Trigram eagerly provides free readings, confidently giving Soft Feather a clear direction.

Themes

• The Dream Realm’s nightmare environment magnifies the Heart Demons’ influence.
• Humor comes from mundane concerns, teasing, and the contrast between grand supernatural dangers and ordinary route-finding.
• Luck and fate are treated playfully, but the group recognizes that relying on Senior White’s luck may have consequences.

Summary of “Three Different Suns”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yurouzi travels east toward the Great Tang with Heart Devil Chixiao Sword, Senior Turtle, and Cong Niang, using the Copper Gua Master’s “black gua” attribute to locate something hidden in the Dream Realm.
• Their journey takes them through extreme environments, including a burning white desert, lava lakes, and high-temperature steam zones. These hardships suggest that the divination method, despite its deliberately confusing nature, is guiding them correctly.
• At the end of the steam region, they discover an illusory sun concealed within the vapor. Yurouzi suspects this may be what she is searching for, though she cannot identify it with certainty.
• Heart Devil Chixiao Sword enters the illusory sun to investigate. It encounters multiple defensive barriers but confidently penetrates them without destroying the structure. Senior Turtle prepares a Space Gate as an emergency escape route.
• Meanwhile, in the Nine Nether Demon Sea World, Song Shuhang’s long-awaited final tribulation takes form. A dark-flamed sun appears above him, representing an Ancient Tribulation Heavenly Tribulation with the ultimate attack power of a Ninth-Stage Tribulation Immortal.
• In the Mundane World, the Heavenly Emperor takes action. She transports herself, the Little Sun, and the Ironclad Avatar to a tiny Myriad Worlds plane containing a single star. She then merges or crashes herself into the star, causing it to intensify and die out.
• At that moment, Song Shuhang receives a vision from the Immortal’s memory: a star burns brighter before going extinct, signaling the beginning of the destruction of an entire world.

Character Developments

• Yurouzi demonstrates growing independence and initiative. Rather than relying on Song Shuhang, she deliberately tests the seniors’ theories about exploiting the Copper Gua Master’s unreliable divination.
• She also takes responsibility for the expedition, assigning Heart Devil Chixiao Sword to scout the dangerous illusory sun while relying on Senior Turtle for protection and escape preparations.
• Heart Devil Chixiao Sword acts as the group’s vanguard and displays confidence in its ability to overcome powerful barriers. It also unintentionally highlights how often the group depends on Song Shuhang.
• Senior Turtle remains calm and supportive, protecting Cong Niang with a water-element formation and preparing a Space Gate in case the situation becomes dangerous.
• Cong Niang retains her humorous, nervous personality, expressing concern about entering the scorching sun while still enjoying the absurdity of the situation.
• Song Shuhang approaches his final tribulation with determination, hoping to use it to refine and elevate his Tribulation Immortal characteristics.
• The Heavenly Emperor makes a mysterious and decisive move by entering the solitary star, apparently triggering or recreating an event connected to the destruction seen in Song Shuhang’s vision.

Significant Themes

• Improvisation and unconventional thinking: Yurouzi turns the Copper Gua Master’s inaccurate divination into a useful tool by interpreting its flaws creatively.
• Independence versus reliance: Yurouzi insists that the group should not always depend on Song Shuhang, emphasizing the need for everyone to become capable on their own.
• Humor amid danger: The absurd image of a sun “taking a bath,” Cong Niang’s exaggerated fear, and the group’s casual conversation contrast with lethal environments and cosmic-level threats.
• Cycles of destruction and revelation: The appearance of multiple suns and the extinction of a star connect the Dream Realm, Song Shuhang’s tribulation, and the Heavenly Emperor’s actions to a larger mystery involving world-ending events.
• Escalating cosmic stakes: The chapter shifts from a dangerous exploration mission to a tribulation and finally to the possible destruction of an entire world.

Character Interactions

• Yurouzi and Cong Niang share amusement over the illusory sun, reinforcing their playful companionship.
• Yurouzi encourages Heart Devil Chixiao Sword to take the lead, while the sword jokingly suggests that Song Shuhang should be summoned.
• Yurouzi rejects the idea of depending on Song Shuhang, encouraging the sword to prove itself.
• Senior Turtle reassures Cong Niang that its protective formation will keep her safe, showing its steady, caretaking role.
• The chapter ends by linking Song Shuhang’s tribulation to the Heavenly Emperor’s actions through the shared image of a sun or star reaching the moment of its destruction.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• During Song Shuhang’s Eighth-Grade Final Tribulation, a vision of the world’s destruction flashes before him. He worries that the tribulation he created in the Demon Sea World might somehow destroy the Myriad Heavens and Realms.
• Song Four cannot stop or adjust the tribulation once it begins. Dog Egg’s Dad dismisses Shuhang’s fears, while Fairy Cheng Dogdan says the present world is still safe and urges him to focus on surviving.
• The Pitch-Black Sun descends and unleashes intense heat, burning the landscape and even the White Bone Giant shielding Song Shuhang and Song Four.
• Song Shuhang strengthens his defenses with four Body Tempering Methods and Saber Intent Armor. Song Four attacks with an enormous, city-level Palm Thunder, which initially overwhelms and shrinks the Pitch-Black Sun.
• The tribulation fights back with hotter black flames that begin consuming the lightning. Merit Snake Beauty then fuses with the White Bone Giant, Shuhang’s Thirty-Three Beasts Composite Dharma Artifact, and the Heaven-Leveling Crown, forming the Armed Merit Empress.
• She unleashes a Merit Great Sun, swallowing both the Palm Thunder and the Pitch-Black Sun. Watching from the edge, Black-Skinned Soft Feather compares the spectacle to a “Heavenly Tribulation Pac-Man game.”

Character developments and interactions

• Song Shuhang is startled by the apocalyptic vision but quickly shifts to practical survival, joking even as the flames threaten to burn away his remaining clothes.
• Song Four takes the first major offensive with his exceptionally powerful Palm Thunder, but the Final Tribulation proves capable of fighting back.
• Merit Snake Beauty advances into a more powerful, fully armed form, now even able to manifest legs. She becomes the decisive force against the tribulation.
• Dog Egg’s Dad teases Shuhang’s fear, while Fairy Cheng Dogdan offers reassurance but hints that she may know more than she says.
• Black-Skinned Soft Feather admires Shuhang’s oversized Palm Thunder and wants to learn it. Creation Fairy is left speechless by the escalating spectacle.

Significant themes

• Escalation and teamwork: Shuhang’s tribulation demands successive layers of defense and coordinated power from Song Four and Merit Snake Beauty.
• Power mixed with comedy: World-ending fears, scorching flames, and titanic attacks are undercut by Shuhang’s concern about his underwear and the Pac-Man comparison.
• Uncertainty and fate: The vision raises questions about unintended consequences, but the characters must confront the tribulation before they can know what it means.
• Growth and transformation: Merit Snake Beauty’s evolved form reflects the group’s increasing strength as Shuhang reaches a higher realm.
  The chapter ends with the Merit Great Sun swallowing the tribulation and Palm Thunder, but the outcome of the trial is not yet confirmed.

Chapter 2735 Summary: “Ah! The World is Destroyed!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Merit’s Great Sun and Palm Thunder jointly attack the newly manifested dark sun of the Final Tribulation. The two forces overwhelm it immediately, destroying and completely refining it before it can unleash its more dangerous abilities.
• With the Final Tribulation eliminated, the Heavenly Tribulation clouds disperse, triggering powerful feedback into Song Shuhang.
• The feedback causes Song Shuhang’s three Tribulation Immortal characteristics—vitality, tribulation bone, and primordial spirit entrusted to the void—to resonate and sublimate.
• His lifespan begins increasing dramatically, gradually approaching the level of a Tribulation Immortal.
• The Space tribulation bone spreads through his body, allowing him to naturally comprehend the Space knowledge he previously obtained from Three-Eyed Senior.
• Song Shuhang successfully gains control over Space. He demonstrates this by punching the void and creating spreading spatial cracks.
• With his new spatial authority, Song Shuhang believes the Core World will no longer be so vulnerable to spatial confinement. He and his clone plan to merge the Demon Sea World into the Core World to begin upgrading it.
• Song Shuhang also plans to contact Dragon Network Lady to repair and upgrade the Cultivation Chat function, especially the malfunctioning friend-adding system whose accumulated data could potentially cause him to explode.
• After Song Four congratulates him with a high-five, Song Shuhang suddenly disappears and reappears in a tiny mundane-world plane.
• He finds Yurouzi there just as the world’s sun explodes, ending the chapter with the absurd declaration that the world is destroying itself.

Character Development

• Song Shuhang advances dramatically despite not formally reaching the Tribulation Immortal Realm. His lifespan, body, primordial spirit, and understanding of Space all improve, giving him abilities comparable to those of a 9th Rank Tribulation Immortal.
• He becomes more confident in using the Core World as a survival trump card and begins planning its major upgrade.
• Black-skinned Yurouzi continues acting as Song Shuhang’s mischievous Heart Devil, using the Saint Apes’ chanting to pressure him into studying Ancient Language.
• Fairy of Creation experiences an unusual lack of inspiration and remains quiet, unable to sing or contribute her usual lines.
• Song Four supports Song Shuhang’s progress and celebrates with him.
• Senior White remains absent while working intensely on the urgent God-Making Plan, hinting that major events will follow once he awakens.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and decisive action: The Final Tribulation is destroyed because Song Shuhang’s forces use their strongest attacks immediately rather than allowing the enemy time to develop.
• Transformation through adversity: The tribulation’s destruction grants Song Shuhang new lifespan, physical strength, spiritual growth, and mastery of Space.
• Preparation for greater threats: Song Shuhang’s plans to upgrade the Core World and repair Cultivation Chat show him preparing for future dangers and Senior White’s coming actions.
• Absurdity amid cosmic destruction: The chapter contrasts immense cultivation breakthroughs and world-ending phenomena with comedic details such as the Saint Apes chanting, Yurouzi’s language-learning lecture, and the world casually blowing itself up.

Character Interactions

• The Great Saint Ape and the little Saint Apes chant in rhythm after the tribulation, amusing Yurouzi and prompting her to encourage Song Shuhang to study.
• Song Shuhang discusses future plans with his clone, particularly merging the Demon Sea World into the Core World and upgrading Cultivation Chat.
• He and Song Four celebrate his breakthrough with a high-five, but the contact unexpectedly triggers Song Shuhang’s disappearance.
• Yurouzi later addresses Song Shuhang as he appears in the doomed mundane world, though the sun’s explosion drowns out her words.

Key plot points and events

• Heavenly Emperor Fairy brings Song Shuhang from the Demon Sea World to a ruined world just as a distant star explodes. The Merit Snake Beauty shields them from the blast.
• Song tries to escape by opening a Space Gate, but a Heavenly Tribulation force disrupts it.
• Heavenly Emperor reveals that Song’s supposedly completed Final Tribulation was too weak because she secretly interfered with it. Using her new Time Avenue, she siphoned off part of the tribulation’s power and postponed it until now.
• She used Song’s Steel Avatar as a link to affect his tribulation across worlds. The delayed tribulation now traps Song in the destroyed world, and even his Core World refuses to open.
• Heavenly Emperor says she wants Song’s help killing someone. When he suspects she means him, she answers, “Half and half”: either he kills her, or he dies.

Character developments

• Song Shuhang is increasingly capable—he has mastered spatial power—but remains outmatched and comically overwhelmed by the crisis. He attempts to flee, then has to confront the fact that Heavenly Emperor has trapped him.
• Heavenly Emperor Fairy is revealed as calculating and openly deceptive. She admits to manipulating Song’s tribulation and appears determined to pursue a deadly plan, though its exact target and motive remain unclear.
• The Merit Snake Beauty protects Song from the explosion and identifies the interfering force as Heavenly Tribulation.

Character interactions

• Song angrily confronts Heavenly Emperor, but she teases him by pretending not to hear and then reads his thoughts from his expressions, answering questions before he asks them.
• Heavenly Emperor explains her scheme with the Steel Avatar, prompting Song to regret having left it in her possession—and to joke that he should have used text messages instead of voice messages.
• Their exchange turns ominous when Heavenly Emperor presents Song with a forced choice: help kill her, or die himself.

Significant themes

• Power and catastrophe: A world can be destroyed by those with both the desire and ability to do so; ordinary people and worlds are caught in the fallout.
• Manipulation and trust: Heavenly Emperor’s assurances about not interfering were lies, and Song’s dependence on her has left him vulnerable.
• Comedy amid danger: Song’s panic, sarcasm, and complaints about voice messages contrast with the threat of a star’s explosion and a postponed tribulation.
• Agency under coercion: Song’s new abilities offer little freedom when Heavenly Emperor controls the situation and his tribulation blocks escape.

Key plot points and events

• Song Shuhang is confused when the Heavenly Emperor asks him to help her die, suspecting she may be trying to pass the burden of the Ancient Heavenly Court on to him.
• The Heavenly Emperor clarifies that she wants to borrow the destructive power of his Final Tribulation to destroy the small world—and die along with it.
• Song Shuhang doubts his tribulation could do anything so drastic. The Heavenly Emperor directs his attention to the violently exploding star, whose light is painful even to his Ninth-Grade-strength eyes.
• She explains that the small plane is an artificial world built by the Ancient Heavenly Court as a backup foundation. Its planets and star were created by hand, though the original plan for the Heavenly Court to descend there was never realized.
• The Heavenly Emperor had initially planned to enlist Song Shuhang’s ability to erase the Heavenly Emperor Mark and Heavenly Court Path from the world. But the plan changed: the star has been infected by a powerful, explosive virus.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Shuhang rapidly considers possible motives behind the Heavenly Emperor’s request, including whether she is trying to transfer her karmic burden to him. He shows greater mental speed and strength after reaching the mental level of a Ninth-Grade Tribulation Immortal, but remains bewildered by her plan.
• The Heavenly Emperor reveals that her request is part of a practical plan involving the artificial world, not simply an unexplained wish to die. She teases Song Shuhang’s limited understanding of his tribulation and guides him toward recognizing the danger inside the star.
• Their exchange is playful but tense: Song Shuhang questions her motives, while she keeps him from wasting energy and gradually explains the situation.

Significant themes

• Creation and destruction: The Ancient Heavenly Court’s ability to construct a whole world highlights how creation can surpass destruction in difficulty and scale.
• Hidden danger and incomplete knowledge: The star’s unusual glare signals a threat beyond what Song Shuhang can initially perceive.
• Burden and sacrifice: The Heavenly Emperor’s proposed death raises questions about responsibility, the Heavenly Court’s legacy, and the consequences for those tied to it—especially Song Shuhang and Soft Feather’s Spirit Ghost.

Summary

• Heavenly Emperor Fairy tells Song Shuhang that a highly resistant, star-destroying virus has infected the sun in her small world. Conventional purification and spatial techniques failed to remove it.
• Because the small world had been sealed since the Ancient Era, she suspects the infection arose after she fell, during the period when the Previous Heavenly Dao was weakening and becoming mechanical. Song Shuhang infers that someone may have planted the virus while avoiding the Heavenly Dao’s influence. Heavenly Emperor Fairy suggests it may still be vulnerable to the Heavenly Dao, so an Immortal might eventually be able to eradicate it.
• As her world collapses and its sun explodes, Heavenly Emperor Fairy prepares to die. She asks Song Shuhang to make sure her Primordial Spirit is completely destroyed if it survives the destruction, offering him a huge cache of Spirit Stones as a reward. Her oddly enthusiastic instructions leave Song Shuhang unsure whether to comply or secretly preserve a fragment for her.
• Heavenly Emperor Fairy pushes Song Shuhang into the Heavenly Court Projection to protect him. His Steel Avatar enters tribulation-transcendence mode, while his main body remains outside the Tribulation Space.
• Song Shuhang realizes that Heavenly Emperor Fairy’s body is Soft Feather’s Spirit Ghost, and calls for her to release it before dying. She refuses—or cannot—saying it is too late, revealing that she never intended to return the Spirit Ghost.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Shuhang shows growing awareness of the wider dangers and hidden information circulating among powerful beings, but the virus leaves him visibly troubled. He is also concerned about protecting Soft Feather from the consequences of losing her Spirit Ghost.
• Heavenly Emperor Fairy faces her apparent end with composure and determination. She trusts Song Shuhang enough to entrust him with both the final destruction of her Primordial Spirit and the Spirit Stones’ location, while keeping her intentions about the Spirit Ghost hidden until the last moment.
• Their exchange mixes serious warnings with dark humor: she asks for a thorough, fatal blow and frames the destruction of her Primordial Spirit as a potentially satisfying task, while Song Shuhang questions the logic and risks.

Significant themes

• Hidden threats and uncertain origins: The virus may have been deliberately introduced during a vulnerable transition in the Heavenly Dao’s power.
• Knowledge and influence: Heavenly Emperor Fairy recognizes that Song Shuhang’s powerful connections give him access to information even she cannot obtain.
• Sacrifice and trust: She proceeds toward death and entrusts Song Shuhang with a difficult final task.
• The cost of supernatural bonds: The Spirit Ghost’s connection to Soft Feather means its destruction could cause her pain, even if it would not threaten her life.

Chapter 2739: “Become My Shape!” — Summary

Key plot points and events

• Song Shuhang realizes that powerful figures across the Heavens and Myriad Worlds share the same terrible habit: they forcibly “borrow” Spirit Ghosts, sever their connection to their owners, use them recklessly, and ultimately destroy them when they die.
• The Heavenly Emperor Fairy @＃％× has taken Yurouzi’s Spirit Ghost into the heart of a world-ending explosion. She has used all her defensive measures to protect Song Shuhang, but she herself intends to perish with the collapsing small world.
• Because the Heavenly Emperor is facing certain death, Song Shuhang cannot retrieve Yurouzi’s Spirit Ghost. He contacts Yurouzi’s main body through his cultivation talent and warns her to prepare for the pain caused by the Spirit Ghost’s destruction.
• Yurouzi initially misunderstands him, thinking he is referring to the heat of the Dream Realm’s Little Sun, which she is currently playing with under the protection of Heart Devil Chixiao Sword and Turtle Senior. Once Song explains that her Spirit Ghost is about to explode, she is shocked but eventually comforts Song Shuhang instead.
• Before the explosion reaches her, the Heavenly Emperor calmly fixes her appearance. She uses the Great Dao of Time to instantly arrange her hair and apply elaborate makeup, highlighting her composure and obsessive attention to her appearance even in the face of death.
• The doomsday explosion destroys the small world and obliterates Song Shuhang’s defensive formations, including the phantom of the Ancient Heavenly Court.
• Song Shuhang survives because the Heavenly Emperor had prepared a special protective state for him. He is shifted into a condition between the mundane world and the Heavenly Tribulation World, where ordinary attacks can no longer affect him.
• However, the destructive “virus” hidden inside the explosion still reaches him. Song senses that it is a pure energy-based existence spread throughout the small world.
• He attempts to transform the virus into one of his own Ba Shen Pillars by using the Ba Shen Pillar Secret Technique, creating a new “Virus Pillar.”

Character developments

• Song Shuhang: Shows concern for Yurouzi and sympathy over the loss of her Spirit Ghost, recognizing that both of them have suffered from powerful beings taking and destroying their Spirit Ghosts. He also demonstrates quick thinking by trying to exploit the virus’s energy-based nature and convert it into a Ba Shen Pillar.
• Yurouzi: Reacts with surprise and frustration at learning that her Spirit Ghost is about to die, since she had barely benefited from the contract. Despite this, she remains emotionally supportive and ends up comforting Song Shuhang.
• Heavenly Emperor Fairy @＃％×: Displays complete composure in the face of annihilation. Her sacrifice appears deliberate, as she has arranged protections to preserve Song Shuhang even while accepting her own destruction. Her use of time to maintain her appearance further emphasizes her unusual personality and mastery of the Great Dao of Time.
• Fairy @＃％×: Quietly observes the Heavenly Emperor and considers whether she may have hidden a way for Yurouzi’s Spirit Ghost to survive in a state beyond ordinary death.

Significant themes

• The abuse and expendability of Spirit Ghosts: The chapter humorously criticizes powerful cultivators who treat Spirit Ghosts as disposable tools rather than living companions.
• Sacrifice and protection: The Heavenly Emperor willingly faces destruction while using her final preparations to preserve Song Shuhang.
• Composure amid catastrophe: The Heavenly Emperor’s makeup ritual contrasts the absurdly mundane act of beautification with the destruction of an entire world.
• Adaptability and transformation: Song Shuhang turns an apparently lethal energy virus into a potential resource, embodying the chapter’s title by attempting to make the virus “become his shape.”
• Friendship and mutual comfort: Song tries to console Yurouzi, but she ultimately consoles him, reinforcing their close and humorous relationship.

Important character interactions

• Song Shuhang and Yurouzi: Song warns Yurouzi about her Spirit Ghost’s imminent destruction. Their conversation shifts from confusion to shared grief, ending with Yurouzi sending him emotional support.
• Song Shuhang and the Heavenly Emperor: Although they do not directly converse in the chapter, the Heavenly Emperor’s actions reveal her decision to protect him and leave him in a survivable state.
• Fairy @＃％× and the Heavenly Emperor: Fairy @＃％× watches the Heavenly Emperor’s final moments and speculates that the Spirit Ghost may contain a hidden survival method.
• Song Shuhang and the destructive virus: Song directly confronts the explosion’s annihilating energy by attempting to reshape and capture it through his secret technique.

Chapter Summary: “When a Person Inflates, They Leak”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang attempts to convert the abundant Star Explosion Virus energy filling the small world into Ba Shen Pillars.
• The first conversion appears successful, producing a black pillar infused with powerful laws of destruction—potentially even more destructive than He Zhi Modi’s Demon God Pillar.
• However, the pillar cannot remain stable because the virus’s fundamental nature is explosive and incompatible with the stability required of a Ba Shen Pillar.
• The pillar violently explodes. Merit Snake Beauty protects herself and Song Shuhang with the combined Unfallable Saint City shield and End Saint Sword, successfully blocking the blast.
• Song Shuhang’s confidence collapses after the failure, humorously reflecting the recurring cycle of his inflated ambitions being deflated by reality.
• He realizes that the virus may possess an additional, familiar quality resembling an Immortal or pseudo-immortal attribute.
• Song Shuhang asks whether they can locate the virus’s original primogenitor, which was hidden within the destroyed “Star.” Merit Snake Beauty confirms that they cannot find it.
• They decide to leave a coordinate behind so that White Senior can later study the virus, since Song Shuhang senses that it may be important to him.
• Song Shuhang asks about the Heavenly Emperor, who has not been found or confirmed destroyed.
• The Heavenly Emperor suddenly calls for help, revealing that she survived the catastrophe. She directs Song Shuhang to attack straight ahead, and he immediately uses the Soul Severing Sutra.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang briefly becomes overconfident under the influence of his Nine Nether Ruler Authority, imagining an army of thousands—or even billions—of destructive virus pillars.
• His failure restores some humility and encourages him to analyze the virus more carefully rather than relying on brute force.
• He demonstrates increasing insight into the virus’s deeper nature, suspecting a pseudo-immortal characteristic.
• Merit Snake Beauty remains calm, protective, and practical. She successfully defends Song Shuhang and recognizes the importance of preserving the virus for White Senior’s future research.
• The Heavenly Emperor proves unexpectedly resilient, surviving the world-destroying explosion despite abandoning her defenses. Her urgent request for Song Shuhang’s help suggests that she remains in danger or trapped.

Significant Themes

• Overconfidence and reality: Song Shuhang’s grand plans are immediately undermined by the unstable nature of the virus, reinforcing the humorous idea that inflated ambition is inevitably “deflated” by reality.
• Destruction versus stability: The Star Explosion Virus embodies annihilation and explosive instability, making it fundamentally incompatible with techniques requiring structure and control.
• Failure as learning: Rather than treating the failed experiment as meaningless, Song Shuhang studies it and identifies clues about the virus’s possible pseudo-immortal nature.
• Cooperation and protection: Merit Snake Beauty’s defense emphasizes the importance of trust and teamwork amid catastrophic danger.
• Unresolved mysteries: The true origin and nature of the virus, as well as the Heavenly Emperor’s survival, remain important unanswered questions.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and Merit Snake Beauty collaborate on the pillar experiment, with her shielding him when it fails.
• Merit Snake Beauty teasingly observes Song Shuhang’s recurring tendency to become arrogant and “inflate.”
• She offers encouragement through exaggerated motivational advice, but Song Shuhang counters with a joke about Napoleon, winning their verbal exchange.
• Song Shuhang and Merit Snake Beauty agree that White Senior should investigate the virus later.
• The Heavenly Emperor interrupts their discussion by urgently contacting Song Shuhang and directing him to attack, prompting him to use the Soul Severing Sutra.

Chapter Summary: “The Most Qualified Clone”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang and Merit Snake Beauty confront the Heavenly Emperor’s dying primordial spirit, which is protected by a massive crystal wall.
• Merit Snake Beauty uses her shield-greatsword to split the surrounding viral energy and clear a path for Song’s customized Primordial Spirit Severing Scripture.
• The crystal wall is shattered, exposing the Heavenly Emperor’s near-death primordial spirit. Her appearance has partially shifted toward Cheng Dog Egg and Yurouzi, apparently due to Yurouzi’s Spirit Ghost influence.
• Despite her weakened condition, the Heavenly Emperor retains her majestic identity as the Ancient Heavenly Court’s ruler. Faint imperial characters appear behind her, symbolizing her status and signaling her imminent complete destruction.
• Song’s technique disintegrates the Heavenly Emperor’s primordial spirit. She begins revealing the location of the buried Spirit Stone but vanishes before finishing the sentence.
• A recorded voice then supplies the remaining clue: the Spirit Stone’s location is connected to the Ironclad Avatar.
• Meanwhile, on Mars, Song Fat Ball, acting as Song Shuhang’s clone, has defeated numerous Eternal Life-level opponents while representing his Main Body.
• Since no one wants to challenge a clone—victory would be unimpressive and defeat humiliating—Song Fat Ball prepares to return to Song Shuhang’s Main Body.
• He opens a Space mirror to locate the Main Body, but the mirror reveals the Heavenly Emperor and an overwhelming aura of destruction. The observing powers of the myriad worlds are shocked, believing the Heavenly Emperor may still be alive.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang demonstrates increased mastery of the Primordial Spirit Severing Scripture, using the customized technique naturally and effectively.
• He remains focused on practical goals, especially finding the Spirit Stone, but is left frustrated when the Heavenly Emperor dies before giving him the full location.
• Merit Snake Beauty actively supports Song rather than merely defending him, coordinating her attack to strengthen the technique’s path.
• The Heavenly Emperor is portrayed as dignified and powerful even in death. Her identity as a legendary figure remains unmistakable, and her final moments suggest she genuinely intended to keep her promise about the Spirit Stone.
• Song Fat Ball shows growing independence and strategic intelligence. He consciously imitates Ba Song’s reputed personality and attempts to act as the “most considerate” and qualified clone.
• Eternal Life Yue Ru Huo displays pragmatism and emotional maturity by recognizing that further battles against the clone are pointless and calmly choosing to leave.

Significant Themes

• Death and legacy: The Heavenly Emperor’s imperial characters fading as her primordial spirit disappears emphasize the death of a legendary era and the fragility of even the strongest beings.
• Identity and imitation: Song Fat Ball struggles to embody the image of Ba Song, raising questions about whether a clone can truly represent—or even surpass—the original.
• The power of reputation: Ba Song’s name and reputation influence the myriad worlds so strongly that even his clone can intimidate Eternal Life-level figures.
• Unfinished promises and hidden clues: The Heavenly Emperor’s interrupted final message creates a mystery, shifting the search for the Spirit Stone toward the Ironclad Avatar.
• Resurrection and uncertainty: The apparent sight of the Heavenly Emperor through the Space mirror suggests that death may not be final and introduces a major new mystery.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and Merit Snake Beauty work in close coordination, combining her physical strike with his spiritual severing technique.
• Song and the Heavenly Emperor have a final, one-sided exchange in which she attempts to reveal the Spirit Stone’s location but disappears before completing the information.
• Song Fat Ball and Yue Ru Huo discuss the lack of worthwhile opponents and the clone’s unusual position in the myriad worlds.
• Song Fat Ball offers to bring Yue Ru Huo to meet the Main Body, while secretly attracting the attention of powerful observers.
• The Space mirror links the Mars storyline to Song Shuhang’s confrontation with the Heavenly Emperor, ending the chapter on a revelation that alarms the entire myriad worlds.

Plot points and events

• Hidden observers across the Myriad Heavens and Realms recognize the returning figure as the Heavenly Emperor of the Ancient Heavenly Court, long thought dead.
• They expect a confrontation with Tyrant Song, the leading contender for the Heavenly Dao Seat, and watch through a Space Mirror.
• Tyrant Song uses a highly complex Primordial Spirit technique, reducing it to a handful of runes. It breaks through the Heavenly Emperor’s defenses and strikes her at the source.
• The Heavenly Emperor is destroyed completely. Her Imperial Script disperses in an elegy, confirming her death and the erasure of her existence.
• The onlookers initially think Tyrant Song killed her in one blow. Song Fat Ball clarifies that the main-body battle had already raged for a long time, destroying stars, planets, and the surrounding world.
• Tyrant Song notices the observers through the mirror. His gaze overwhelms them, so Song Fat Ball closes the connection. He says the main body seems to have gained something from killing the Heavenly Emperor.

Character developments and interactions

• Tyrant Song proves himself to be on the level of the Confucian Sage and the Heavenly Emperor. His refined technique and overwhelming presence reveal that his power has advanced dramatically.
• The Heavenly Emperor returns as a contender for the Heavenly Dao Seat but is ultimately killed by Tyrant Song.
• Song Fat Ball acts as Tyrant Song’s representative, correcting the observers’ misunderstanding about the battle’s duration and protecting them from the force of Tyrant Song’s gaze.
• Yue Ruhuo panics at the thought of drinking with Tyrant Song after witnessing his power.
• The watching Longevity Immortals move from speculation to shock, then accept Tyrant Song’s standing after seeing him defeat the Heavenly Emperor.

Significant themes

• The end of an era: The Heavenly Emperor’s death symbolizes the fall of the invincible age she represented.
• Power and recognition: Tyrant Song’s victory settles doubts about whether he has reached the highest realm.
• The scale of conflict: The brief glimpse of the decisive strike conceals a prolonged battle whose devastation spans entire worlds.
• Limits of observation: Even watching Tyrant Song through a mirror is dangerous once his awareness and power reach this level.

Chapter Summary: “Just Being Rubbed on the Ground”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Song Shuhang’s main body destroys Heavenly Emperor’s primordial spirit, he receives a flood of enlightenment from the experience.
• Song Fat Ball publicly emphasizes that Shuhang has become even more powerful, deliberately allowing the watching Eternal Lifes and other experts to hear the claim.
• To prevent further observation or interference, Song Fat Ball closes the Space Mirror.
• He postpones Yue Ru Huo’s planned meeting with Shuhang, explaining that Shuhang needs time to digest his new insights.
• Song Fat Ball presents himself as Shuhang’s more merciful clone, contrasting his behavior with Shuhang’s complete destruction of Heavenly Emperor.
• He challenges the experts of the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, inviting them to fight him first before attempting to challenge Shuhang. His threat successfully silences them.
• Yue Ru Huo departs peacefully, while the watching Eternal Lifes debate Shuhang’s current strength and his chances of becoming the next Immortal.
• Some believe Shuhang has already reached the level of the Confucian Sage and Heavenly Emperor, while others argue that Heavenly Emperor may have been weakened by the fall of the Ancient Heavenly Court.
• Despite their fear, several Eternal Lifes regain confidence by reminding themselves that temporary defeat means little at their level and that future breakthroughs could allow them to challenge Shuhang.
• Meanwhile, in the collapsing World, Song Shuhang continues analyzing the destruction of Heavenly Emperor’s primordial spirit. He senses that something—or someone—briefly observes him.
• He repeatedly relives the moment of Heavenly Emperor’s primordial spirit shattering, seeking the promised enlightenment. Because his cultivation foundation is weak, he realizes he needs a clearer catalyst and turns his attention to the remaining, ownerless Heavenly Emperor energy.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang: His victory over Heavenly Emperor elevates him to a level comparable to the greatest figures in history. He gains profound enlightenment but struggles to fully understand it because his theoretical cultivation knowledge is insufficient.
• Song Fat Ball: Acts as Shuhang’s protector, spokesman, and public-relations figure. He deliberately exaggerates Shuhang’s strength, uses intimidation to discourage challengers, and reinforces his own image as the “merciful” alternative.
• Yue Ru Huo: Although friendly toward Song Fat Ball, he recognizes that Shuhang is currently too dangerous to approach and wisely postpones their meeting.
• The Eternal Lifes: Initially shocked and intimidated, they gradually recover their confidence. Their discussions reveal both fear of Shuhang’s rise and determination to compete for immortality.

Significant Themes

• The rise of a new supreme power: With Heavenly Emperor defeated, the balance of power shifts toward Shuhang, suggesting that a new era may belong to him.
• Enlightenment through destruction: Killing a powerful being provides more than victory; it grants insight that can transform the killer’s cultivation.
• Fear versus confidence: The Eternal Lifes are terrified by Shuhang’s achievement, yet their pride and belief in future breakthroughs prevent them from surrendering completely.
• Reputation and intimidation: Song Fat Ball carefully shapes public perception, presenting himself as merciful while warning that Shuhang is far more ruthless.
• The limits of knowledge: Shuhang’s lack of foundational cultivation understanding prevents him from immediately making full use of his enlightenment.

Character Interactions

• Song Fat Ball speaks with Yue Ru Huo, postponing their drinking gathering while defending Shuhang’s need for solitude.
• He addresses the hidden experts across the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, challenging them to test themselves against him before approaching Shuhang.
• The watching Eternal Lifes debate among themselves about Shuhang’s strength, the effects of Heavenly Emperor’s weakened state, and whether he can secure immortality.
• Song Shuhang interacts with Merit Snake Beauty while reflecting on the mysterious observer and attempting to understand the insight gained from Heavenly Emperor’s death.

Chapter Summary: This Knife is Poisonous

Key Plot Points and Events

• After the Heavenly Emperor’s complete destruction, his remaining energy begins dispersing into the world. Normally, the remains or death-energy of an existence at his level could create a powerful spiritual holy land, but the world’s pervasive Law of Destruction is shredding the energy.
• Song Shuhang decides to preserve this energy by using the Ba Shen Pillar Secret Technique. He combines the Heavenly Emperor’s energy with residual energy from Fairy @#%× and part of the Star Destruction Virus.
• The resulting dark-gold pillar is initially called the “Heavenly Emperor Pillar,” then jokingly renamed the “Emperor Poison Pillar.” At Fairy @#%×’s suggestion, Song Shuhang settles on the more fitting name Emperor Destruction Pillar.
• The new pillar is unusually stable because the Heavenly Emperor’s energy and the Star Destruction Virus have reached a delicate balance rather than exploding or destroying each other.
• When the Merit Snake Beauty touches the pillar, it activates a powerful defensive ability: her Merit Hall Projection expands into a projection of the Ancient Heavenly Court, forming a high-level Eternal Life defensive technique around her and Song Shuhang.
• Song Shuhang then commands the pillar to “unsheathe.” The statue of the Heavenly Emperor draws a massive serrated saber from it. The weapon contains terrifying destructive power—and is additionally poisonous.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang demonstrates increasing creativity and control over his abilities, turning the Heavenly Emperor’s dispersed energy and the Star Destruction Virus into a new Eternal Life Pillar rather than allowing the energy to be destroyed.
• He also gains a significant boost to his defenses through the Emperor Destruction Pillar, making his survival more secure against powerful enemies.
• Song Shuhang’s naming ability remains comically poor, as shown by his attempts to name the pillar “Heavenly Emperor Pillar” and “Emperor Poison Pillar.” He ultimately accepts Fairy @#%×’s better suggestion.
• Fairy @#%×/the Merit Snake Beauty continues to display unusual instability in her speech. Her line library cannot provide appropriate responses, forcing her to speak in her true voice or communicate by writing. She also proves capable of offering practical advice and activating the pillar’s defensive power.
• The Merit Snake Beauty’s sarcastic remarks become sharper, especially when she reminds Song Shuhang that previous allies who promised to fight beside him eventually regretted it.

Significant Themes

• Transformation through destruction: The Heavenly Emperor’s death and the destruction of the world are not merely endings; their remaining forces are reshaped into a new weapon and source of protection.
• Balance between opposing powers: The pillar’s stability depends on the delicate coexistence of the Heavenly Emperor’s energy and the destructive Star Destruction Virus.
• Legacy and rebirth: Though the Heavenly Emperor is gone, his image, power, and influence survive within the pillar.
• Humor amid catastrophe: The chapter contrasts apocalyptic destruction and immense power with jokes about naming, speech patterns, and Song Shuhang’s tendency to involve others in dangerous battles.
• Destruction as both weapon and defense: The new pillar can protect Song Shuhang through the Ancient Heavenly Court projection while also producing an immensely destructive, poisonous saber.

Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and the Merit Snake Beauty collaborate in creating and naming the new pillar.
• The Merit Snake Beauty criticizes the name “Emperor Poison Pillar” and proposes “Emperor Destruction Pillar,” which Song Shuhang accepts.
• She teases Song Shuhang by implying that anyone who agrees to fight beside him may later regret it.
• Song Shuhang tells her to leave the “heart-stabbing” remarks to Senior ChiXiao Sword, prompting her to respond with a dramatic line in a deep male voice.
• Their exchange humorously reflects their growing familiarity, while the pillar’s activation shows that their combined powers can produce both formidable defense and devastating offense.

Chapter 2745 Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang confirms that He Zhi Modi’s Ba Shen Pillar/Emperor’s Destruction Pillar is exceptionally compatible with him. It grants him two new techniques and brings him closer to becoming “Song, Lord of All Laws.”
• He reflects that ordinary techniques, such as the Five Thunders Strike, are too weak and inefficient for battles at his current or future level. By contrast, his Palm Thunder is already approaching city-level power and may eventually reach provincial-level strength.
• Song Shuhang plans to use the Emperor’s Destruction Blade in combat. Even a small cut could spread its “destruction virus” through an enemy’s body, potentially causing catastrophic damage.
• Merit Snake Beauty worries that Song Shuhang is increasingly being influenced by the authority of the Nine Nether Ruler, noting that he is beginning to display the sinister, mischievous attitude associated with that power.
• Song Shuhang keeps the Emperor’s Destruction Pillar on his back because it helps him comprehend the final enlightenment left behind by the Heavenly Emperor, whose primordial spirit shattered to aid him.
• Rather than remaining stationary to meditate, Song Shuhang uses the pillar’s power while traveling under the protection of the Ancient Heavenly Court projection defense.
• He heads toward the area where the Ironclad Avatar and the “Little Sun” entered the Heavenly Tribulation World.
• Seven or eight minutes later, the Ironclad Avatar returns with the Little Sun. Its connection with Song Shuhang is restored, transferring all its memories, experiences, and control information to his main body.
• Song Shuhang gains control of the Little Sun, a vessel originally from the Black Dragon World. He decides to return it there so it can orbit the world and restore sunlight, viewing it as a reward for Dragon Network Lady’s assistance.
• The Ironclad Avatar also reveals the enormous reward promised by the Heavenly Emperor: one billion Spirit Stones.
• When Song Shuhang asks where the Spirit Stones are stored, the avatar pulls a strange square hammer from its belly and hands it to him, leaving him utterly confused.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang continues advancing rapidly, gaining new techniques and increasing confidence in his combat abilities. His fighting style is becoming more ruthless and unconventional, especially through his intention to spread the destruction virus via minor wounds.
• He is also shown to be capable of maintaining enlightenment while moving and acting, reflecting the unusual and chaotic nature of the Song family’s cultivation methods.
• Song Shuhang demonstrates generosity and responsibility by choosing to return the Little Sun to the Black Dragon World rather than keeping it for himself.
• Merit Snake Beauty becomes increasingly concerned about Song Shuhang’s growing resemblance to a Nine Nether Ruler. She also remains suspicious of the hidden connection between Song Shuhang and the Heavenly Emperor.
• The Heavenly Emperor’s importance remains significant even after her death. Her sacrifice provides Song Shuhang with enlightenment, the Little Sun, and the promise of enormous wealth.
• The Ironclad Avatar fully reunites with Song Shuhang and serves as the bearer of the Heavenly Emperor’s remaining information and treasures.

Significant Themes

• Power and suitability: The chapter contrasts ordinary cultivation techniques with abilities personally suited to Song Shuhang’s unique path and rapidly escalating realm.
• Influence and corruption: Song Shuhang’s increasingly villainous combat ideas raise questions about how much the Nine Nether Ruler’s authority is changing his personality.
• Mystery and hidden relationships: Merit Snake Beauty suspects that the bond between Song Shuhang and the Heavenly Emperor was deeper than publicly understood.
• Wealth and absurdity: The reveal of one billion Spirit Stones creates a comedic “richest man” moment, immediately undercut by the bizarre discovery that the fortune may be connected to a hammer.
• Responsibility and generosity: Song Shuhang chooses to use the Little Sun to restore light to the Black Dragon World, benefiting an entire world rather than merely himself.
• The unusual nature of enlightenment: Song Shuhang’s ability to comprehend profound insights while traveling emphasizes the unconventional and chaotic style of his cultivation.

Important Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and Merit Snake Beauty: He asks her to activate the Heavenly Court defense while he travels. She questions his decision to move during enlightenment and silently worries about his growing Nine Nether influence.
• Song Shuhang and the Heavenly Emperor: Although she is dead, the Heavenly Emperor continues to guide and empower him through her shattered primordial spirit, her remaining treasures, and the information transmitted through the avatar.
• Song Shuhang and the Ironclad Avatar: Their connection is restored after the avatar’s return, allowing the avatar to transfer its memories and the Little Sun’s control to him.
• Song Shuhang and Dragon Network Lady: Song Shuhang plans to reward her by returning the Little Sun to the Black Dragon World, acknowledging her help with the Cultivation Chat function.
• Song Shuhang and the mysterious hammer: The chapter ends on a comedic cliffhanger as he receives a square hammer instead of an obvious storage location for the billion Spirit Stones.

Key plot points and events

• Song Shuhang receives a square hammer from the Steel Avatar, believing at first that it might be the Heavenly Emperor’s promised billion Spirit Stones. He realizes it is only a clue and uses the Appraisal Secret Method to investigate.
• The appraisal reveals that the hammer belonged to Dongfang Pei, the Ancient Heavenly Court’s foremost hammer cultivator, and mentions his private writings on hammer techniques—but gives no information about the hidden fortune.
• The Merit Snake Beauty recognizes the hammer’s inscriptions and identifies its owner as the Eastern Great Emperor. Shuhang realizes this completes his mental “collection” of the Four Directions Great Emperors.
• As the Small World is consumed by virus energy and begins to collapse, Shuhang prepares to leave with the hammer. The Merit Snake Beauty explains that its greatest value may be that it could lead to the Eastern Great Emperor, if he is still alive, and asks the Steel Avatar whether the Heavenly Emperor explained how to summon him.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Shuhang shifts from hopeful anticipation to disappointment, then treats the hammer as a potentially valuable artifact despite knowing little about its use. His joking guesses about the other Great Emperors’ names draw silent reactions from the Merit Snake Beauty.
• The Merit Snake Beauty first teases Shuhang through quoted lines and imitations, then provides the crucial identification and explains the hammer’s deeper significance.
• The Steel Avatar remains emotionless and follows its instructions, returning the hammer but offering no answers.
• Shuhang and the Merit Snake Beauty work together to examine the artifact, while the Beauty turns to the Steel Avatar for the next clue.

Significant themes

• Expectation versus reality: Shuhang’s hoped-for fortune turns out to be a clue, and the appraisal yields unexpected historical information.
• Artifacts as links to people and history: The hammer’s greatest worth may come not from its material value but from its connection to the Eastern Great Emperor.
• Humor amid danger: Shuhang’s banter and the Beauty’s teasing contrast with the imminent destruction of the world.

Chapter 2747 Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Shuhang realizes that the Ironclad Avatar has no information about the Eastern Emperor’s summoning, meaning the details were not transmitted to it.
• Merit Snake Beauty explains that the summoned figure is Dongfang Pei, the Eastern Emperor and the world’s greatest refining master. His hammer allows him to personally refine or upgrade a magical item, an opportunity worth at least a billion Spirit Stones.
• Song Shuhang initially refuses to use the opportunity on himself because he already possesses two complete sets of the Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Combined Magical Treasure. These can form the powerful Unfailing Holy City and End Saint Sword, making him feel he has no need for better equipment.
• Merit Snake Beauty points out that Song Shuhang’s Natal Magical Items will eventually need high-quality materials and expert refinement to keep pace with his rapid cultivation.
• Song Shuhang considers saving the opportunity for his disciples and companions, including Chuchu, Xiao Cai, Scallion Girl, and Yin Zhu, who may need Natal Magical Items.
• Jokingly, Song Shuhang invokes the hammer’s design by shouting that whoever is worthy should possess the power of Thor. The joke unexpectedly summons the ghostly Eastern Emperor.
• Dongfang Pei reveals that he owes the Heavenly Emperor a billion Spirit Stones and is repaying the debt by refining one final magical item for her. The “payment” is therefore already arranged through the Heavenly Emperor.
• Song Shuhang gives Dongfang Pei both sets of the Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Combined Magical Treasure for upgrading.
• Dongfang Pei recognizes the high-quality craftsmanship of the treasures and notices that nearly all of their items have begun developing Spirits of Item, with the anti-Whale gauntlet possessing a complete one.
• Just as Song Shuhang accepts the refinement, Dongfang Pei asks him to provide a large quantity of Spirit Stones and refining materials separately from the billion-Spirit-Stone service fee—revealing that Song Shuhang must still pay for the actual upgrade materials.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Song Shuhang remains cautious about powerful figures, worrying that the Eastern Emperor might be hostile like the Southern Emperor. He also demonstrates his growing responsibility as a master by considering his disciples’ future needs before using valuable resources on himself.
• Merit Snake Beauty acts as a practical adviser, dismissing Song Shuhang’s satisfaction with eighth-grade equipment and emphasizing the long-term demands of nurturing Natal Magical Items.
• Eastern Emperor Dongfang Pei is introduced as powerful but approachable, humorous, and highly perceptive. He immediately understands Song Shuhang’s situation and identifies the origins and condition of his magical treasures.
• Song Shuhang and Dongfang Pei quickly establish a cooperative relationship, though Song Shuhang is confused by Dongfang Pei’s apparent familiarity with him and by the fact that the arrangement was made without his knowledge.
• The interaction ends with Dongfang Pei seemingly detecting Song Shuhang’s poverty, creating a comedic contrast between the grand opportunity and Song Shuhang’s lack of available funds.

Significant Themes

• Wealth and hidden costs: The chapter repeatedly jokes about money, especially the difference between a service fee and the enormous additional cost of materials.
• Power and preparation: Even powerful treasures eventually require investment and upgrading to keep pace with a rapidly advancing cultivator.
• Responsibility toward disciples: Song Shuhang’s desire to reserve the opportunity for his students highlights his growing role as a teacher and protector.
• Fate and unseen arrangements: The Heavenly Emperor has already orchestrated the Eastern Emperor’s assistance, suggesting that Song Shuhang’s present actions are connected to larger plans and possibly future or past interactions.
• Comedy amid cultivation grandeur: Song Shuhang’s Thor reference accidentally summons an ancient emperor, while the supposedly priceless opportunity ultimately leaves him worrying about whether he can afford the materials.

Ending

The chapter concludes on a comedic cliffhanger: Dongfang Pei is ready to upgrade Song Shuhang’s two magical-treasure sets, but Song Shuhang must somehow produce the necessary Spirit Stones and refining materials—despite already being treated as visibly poor.

Plot points and events

• Song Shuhang learns that upgrading both sets of his Thirty-Three Beasts Composite Dharma Artifacts will require him to supply the materials and Spirit Stones himself. Though the work was arranged as repayment of the Eastern Great Emperor’s old debt to the Heavenly Emperor, Shuhang fears the upgrade could cost him most of the fortune he recently acquired.
• He asks whether he can decline the upgrade and get a refund. The Eastern Great Emperor refuses: the debt is tied to an old favor, and he cannot accurately reproduce the Spirit Stones’ original grades and quantities anyway.
• Shuhang decides to proceed immediately, relying on treasure from Kun King and materials gathered elsewhere. He says he can borrow any shortfall from Senior White.
• To avoid revealing the Southern Great Emperor’s temple hidden in his Core World, Shuhang has the Core Assistant bring out his resources instead.
• The Eastern Great Emperor accepts nearly all the usable forging materials, then estimates that Shuhang will need about three times his current supply of Spirit Stones. He intends to refine all sixty-six artifact components to their limits.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Shuhang is torn between wanting to strengthen his artifacts and dreading the expense. Despite his financial anxiety, he commits to the upgrade and is willing to borrow more from Senior White.
• The Eastern Great Emperor is proud of his craft and firm about honoring the old arrangement rather than offering a refund. He is also eager to give the artifacts an exceptionally thorough upgrade.
• Merit Snake Beauty silently reinforces Shuhang’s habit of borrowing by echoing his words, “borrow a little.”
• Shuhang acts cautiously around the Great Emperors: he hides the Core World’s contents because he fears drawing the troublesome Southern Great Emperor’s attention.

Significant themes

• Comic financial hardship: Shuhang’s windfall quickly becomes a looming expense, and even a seemingly favorable opportunity feels like bad luck.
• Duty, favors, and dignity: The Eastern Great Emperor treats his ancient debt as an obligation to fulfill, not a transaction that can simply be refunded.
• The cost of growth: Improving powerful Natal Dharma Artifacts promises future benefits, but demands enormous resources now.
• Understated danger and secrecy: Shuhang’s concern about the Southern Great Emperor shows that powerful connections can be as risky as they are useful.

Chapter 2749 Summary

Plot and events

The Eastern Great Emperor examines the refining materials Song Shuhang retrieved from the Core World and is astonished by their quantity and exceptional quality. Although Song appears poor, he is revealed to be a collector of rare, premium materials. With these resources, the Eastern Great Emperor believes he can upgrade Song’s two sets of Thirty-Three Beasts Composite Dharma Artifacts—sixty-six artifacts in total—to the level of weak Immortal Divine Weapons. Because of the large number of artifacts, however, the process will require enormous quantities of Spirit Stones.

Song Shuhang borrows Spirit Stones

Song accepts that he must borrow money and contacts Senior White’s clone in the Netherworld. Senior White readily agrees to help, and Song opens a spatial passage. Instead of ordinary Spirit Stones, Senior White sends massive, uncut deposits of Spirit Stone ore, each more than one hundred meters wide. The Eastern Great Emperor is shocked to learn that these deposits were cut from an entire planet made of Spirit Stones—a “Spirit Stone Star” obtained by Senior White. The quantity is so excessive that the Emperor quickly confirms they have more than enough.

Financial humor and preparation

When asked about repayment, Song bluntly admits he will not be able to repay the debt anytime soon. Nevertheless, possessing the Spirit Stones immediately restores his confidence and makes him behave like a wealthy cultivator. The Eastern Great Emperor agrees to provide any minor missing materials himself and waives their cost because Song supplied such exceptional resources. Song praises him as the “World’s Number One Hammer.”

Artifact consciousness problem

While inspecting the sixty-six artifacts, the Eastern Great Emperor notes that sixty-five possess only faint, partially developed consciousnesses. If their artifact spirits could advance further, he would be even more confident in improving the weapons’ quality. Song misunderstands this as something that can simply be “strengthened,” surprising and confusing the Emperor, since artifact consciousness is normally difficult to cultivate.

Character interactions and ending

Song then uses the Cultivation Chat function to contact Mother Yellow Mountain, calling him repeatedly and asking, “Up for a date?” accompanied by a thumbs-up emoji. Yellow Mountain reacts with stunned silence and tears a classic book in half. Doudou is left confused by the sudden outburst.

Character development

Song demonstrates growing confidence and shamelessness when dealing with money and powerful seniors. Senior White’s effortless generosity highlights the unusual wealth and support surrounding Song. The Eastern Great Emperor shifts from skepticism about Song’s resources to admiration for both his materials and his connections, while also becoming increasingly bewildered by Song’s unconventional ideas.

Themes

The chapter emphasizes extravagant cultivation wealth, the value of superior materials, friendship and reliance between seniors and juniors, and the comedic contrast between ancient experts’ expectations and Song Shuhang’s bizarre, casual behavior. It also reinforces the importance of artifact consciousness in the future evolution of Song’s Natal Dharma Artifacts.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Doudou notices that Venerable Yellow Mountain is unusually irritable and suspects it may be because he secretly replaced Yellow Mountain’s Quick-Acting Heart-Saving Pills with candy beans.
• When Yellow Mountain reaches for the medicine, Doudou eagerly volunteers to chew the pills himself so Yellow Mountain can hear the familiar sound without taking unnecessary medicine. Yellow Mountain is touched by Doudou’s apparent maturity and concern.
• Yellow Mountain responds to Song Shuhang’s private message rather than ignoring it, despite feeling emotionally and physically strained. Shuhang reminds him of their plan to visit the Spirit-Transforming Ruins in mid-January.
• Shuhang proposes setting out immediately to obtain the mysterious substance within the ruins. This substance can potentially cause a cultivator’s Natal Dharma Artifact to develop an Artifact Spirit.
• Shuhang is especially motivated because the Eastern Great Emperor is waiting to forge his Thirty-Three Beasts Composite Dharma Artifact. He hopes to enhance the artifact before the forging begins.
• Yellow Mountain agrees to organize the expedition and contacts Li Daojun through a specially made Voice-Transmitting Jade Talisman, since Li Daojun has been hiding from cultivators seeking the ruin’s treasure.
• Li Daojun confirms that a powerful defensive cultivator is essential because the Spirit-Transforming Ruins contain deadly traps and attacks. Yellow Mountain assures him that Shuhang can provide at least Eighth-Grade defense, possibly even enough to withstand Ninth-Grade attacks through the Never-Falling Holy City.
• Although Li Daojun is relieved that a suitable defensive cultivator has been found, he reveals that the group still lacks a trustworthy, highly meritorious Buddhist monk—another requirement for safely exploring the ruins.

Character Developments

• Doudou: Displays unexpected concern and maturity toward Yellow Mountain. His actions are partly selfish because he wants the candy, but Yellow Mountain interprets them as a sign that Doudou is growing independent and emotionally considerate.
• Venerable Yellow Mountain: Continues to suffer anxiety and emotional distress, especially because he is arranging a separate home for Doudou. Nevertheless, he remains responsible and takes charge of organizing the expedition. He also shows deep confidence in Shuhang’s character and defensive abilities.
• Song Shuhang: Demonstrates initiative and urgency. He is eager to obtain the mysterious substance and make full use of his clones and avatars, allowing him to participate in the expedition while maintaining responsibilities elsewhere.
• Li Daojun: Is cautious and wary because others are hunting him for information about the Spirit-Transforming Ruins. Despite this, he trusts Yellow Mountain enough to discuss the expedition. His concerns show that he understands the dangers of the ruins and insists on assembling a properly qualified team.

Significant Themes

• Growing independence and parental attachment: Yellow Mountain interprets Doudou’s behavior as evidence that he is maturing, even though Doudou’s motives are comically self-serving. This reflects Yellow Mountain’s conflicted feelings about separating from him.
• Preparation and teamwork: The expedition requires members with complementary abilities—especially powerful defense and meritorious Buddhist strength—emphasizing that dangerous cultivation opportunities cannot be tackled alone.
• Artifact evolution and cultivation advancement: The group seeks a rare substance capable of transforming spiritual awareness in Natal Dharma Artifacts into true Artifact Spirits. The search represents another step in Shuhang’s continuing effort to strengthen his weapons and cultivation path.
• Comedy amid danger: Doudou’s candy deception, Yellow Mountain’s exaggerated heartache, and the serious discussion of deadly ruins create a contrast between everyday absurdity and high-stakes cultivation.
• Trust and reputation: Yellow Mountain’s personal endorsement of Shuhang’s character and Li Daojun’s reliance on carefully chosen allies highlight the importance of personal trust in a world where powerful treasures attract betrayal and pursuit.

Character Interactions

• Doudou and Yellow Mountain share a humorous but affectionate exchange that reveals their quasi-parental relationship.
• Yellow Mountain and Shuhang coordinate the expedition, with Shuhang supplying the defensive powerhouse and Yellow Mountain handling planning and contacts.
• Yellow Mountain’s conversation with Li Daojun establishes the expedition’s requirements and reveals the remaining problem: finding a reliable, meritorious monk capable of entering the ruins.

Venerable Yellow Mountain recruited Song Shuhang for Li Daojun’s ruins expedition, presenting him as a reliable, merit-rich defensive expert. Song Shuhang arrived at Li Daojun’s lunar cave abode, where his identity and respect for Yellow Mountain left Li Daojun stunned.

• Li Daojun asked Venerable Yellow Mountain to find a trustworthy eminent monk with vast merit and strong defenses for the ruins expedition, and Yellow Mountain promised to bring Song Shuhang.
• Song Shuhang left the Eastern Great Emperor to prepare a treasure for strengthening his Natal Dharma Artifacts’ consciousness, while the Great Emperor began planning their upgrades.
• Song Shuhang opened a Space Gate to Earth, met Venerable Yellow Mountain, and traveled with him to Li Daojun’s hidden cave abode on the moon.
• Li Daojun was startled when Yellow Mountain arrived through a Space Gate, then froze as Song Shuhang appeared surrounded by merit light and seven Sage Titles.
• Li Daojun realized that Yellow Mountain’s supposed junior was Tyrant Song and was shocked when Song Shuhang addressed Yellow Mountain as his senior.