Chapter Summaries

The Comparison Video showed the Asura God intervening to help Tang San fight the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, provoking the whale king's fury and leaving Tang San ashamed in front of the others. Tang San ultimately killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King after the Asura God's power disrupted the whale king's mind, and the whale king raged at his defeat.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King cursed the Sea God and Asura God after recognizing the Blood-Colored Phantom's intervention in the fight.
• Flender, Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing realized that the phantom was the Asura God and questioned how much divine help Tang San had received.
• Tang San felt ashamed as he could no longer explain away the Asura God's intervention, while the Comparison Video showed him and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King clash in a devastating attack.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King lost his conviction and fled after the Asura God's blood-colored energy affected him; Tang San recovered with Oscar's Crystal Caterpillar Sausage, pursued him, and killed him with the Bodhi Blood hidden weapon.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King erupted in rage, insisting that he would have won if the Sea God and Asura God had not intervened.

The comparison video showed Tang San absorbing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's power, learning of Tang Chen's death, and completing the Sea God inheritance. The video ended, and the screen announced that Tang Chuan's comparison video would play next.

• Gu Yuena and the other Soul Beasts grew furious after the Sea God and Asura God helped Tang San kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Tang San absorbed the whale's ninth Spirit Ring, resisted Asura God's Power, and returned to Sea God Island with Xiao Wu and the others.
• Bo Saixi told Tang San that Tang Chen had died after his body collapsed from the Blood Red Nine-headed Bat King's poison and the Asura inheritance's power.
• Tang San recognized his blood-red energy as related to Asura God's Power, set aside the Asura Divine Sword, and began the ninth Sea God trial.
• Bo Saixi opened the way to the Sea God's Inheritance Realm, where Poseidon guided Tang San through the trials and he inherited the Sea God Position.
• The comparison video ended, and the screen announced that Tang Chuan's comparison video would play next.

Tang Chuan’s White World comparison video began as he emerged from seclusion and learned how urgently Xue Ke wanted to see him. He reached Heaven Dou Imperial City and reunited with the worried empress, asking about the continent’s situation.

• The Black World comparison video ended after Tang San became the Sea God, while people in the White World criticized the help he received during his trials.
• Dugu Bo told Tang Chuan that Xue Ke had repeatedly asked about him and was under pressure after the Spirit Hall Empire formed.
• Tang Chuan agreed to visit Xue Ke and flew to Heaven Dou Imperial City, where he noticed heightened security.
• A palace guard led Tang Chuan to Mingguang Hall, where Xue Ke greeted him with relief and joy.
• Tang Chuan asked Xue Ke how the continent had fared during his seclusion.

In the White World, Xue Ke confessed her long-held love to Tang Chuan, and he agreed to be with her despite having other women. In the Black World, Ma Hongjun and Tang San watched the scene with bitter jealousy.

• Xue Ke told Tang Chuan that the Spirit Hall Empire was secretly building its forces and confessed she feared dying before seeing him again.
• Xue Ke confessed that she had loved Tang Chuan for years and asked him to be with her.
• Tang Chuan embraced Xue Ke and agreed to be with her as long as she accepted his other women.
• Xue Ke kissed Tang Chuan, and he carried her to the bed in Mingguang Hall as the scene faded.
• Ma Hongjun condemned Tang Chuan for winning Xue Ke's affection, while Tang San watched the embrace with envy.

After a tender morning with Xue Ke, Tang Chuan took her to Blue Silver City to reveal weapons he had prepared for the Heaven Dou Empire. Yang Wudi demonstrated a Fragmentation Grenade, leaving Xue Ke stunned while observers in the Black World coveted the weapon.

• Xue Ke asked Tang Chuan how Heaven Dou would withstand a future war, and he assured her that he had made preparations.
• Tang Chuan carried Xue Ke from the palace and flew with her to Blue Silver City in his Blue Silver Earl Territory.
• Tang Chuan introduced Xue Ke to Yang Wudi at a Blacksmith Workshop and asked about research into Fragmentation Grenades, Flintlock Muskets, and Cannons.
• Yang Wudi reported that the Breaking Clan had successfully researched all three weapons, though they could still be improved.
• A Breaking Clan member detonated a Fragmentation Grenade among Ironwood dummies, shocking Xue Ke as Dai Tianfeng and Xue Ye admired its power in the Black World.

The Comparison Video showed Tang Chuan’s Fragmentation Grenades, Flintlock Muskets, and cannons overpowering armor and steel, convincing Xue Ke that the Heaven Dou Empire could defend itself. Tang Chuan promised further military reforms and proposed Hair Gold ammunition to pierce Soul Power defenses, while Tang San was left raging that the Tang Sect’s Hidden Weapons could be surpassed.

• Tang San dismissed Tang Chuan’s weapons as crude despite their power and ease of production compared with the Tang Sect’s Hidden Weapons.
• A Flintlock Musket pierced a thick steel plate, and a cannon smashed a reinforced plate from a hundred meters away.
• Xue Ke embraced Tang Chuan in gratitude, and he promised another surprise that would strengthen the Heaven Dou Empire’s army.
• Yang Wudi praised the weapons and explained how Steam Engine blueprints could speed their manufacture, while noting that Soul Power defenses could counter them.
• Tang Chuan suggested adding Hair Gold fragments to explosives so they could pierce Soul Power defenses, and Yang Wudi eagerly approved the idea.
• After seeing the weapons’ potential, Tang San became furious and insisted that the Tang Sect’s Hidden Weapons were unmatched.

Tang Chuan showed Xue Ke the Fubing army and explained how its land grants and military rewards could strengthen the Heaven Dou Empire. The chapter ended with Xue Ke recognizing the system’s potential to transform the empire’s forces.

• Qian Daoliu warned that Tang Chuan’s cannons could obstruct Spirit Hall’s plans, then felt relieved that Qian Renxue admired Tang Chuan rather than someone like Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang Chuan visited a military camp with Xue Ke, where Ling Zhantian welcomed them and Xue Ke observed the soldiers’ disciplined training.
• Tang Chuan explained that the camp was one of several Fubing Prefectures established across his and allied territories.
• Tang Chuan proposed the Fubing System, granting idle land to commoner families in exchange for military service and training.
• Tang Chuan said soldiers could earn additional land and honorary titles through military merit, giving them incentives to fight for their families and rise in status.
• Xue Ke understood the system’s potential to create a more motivated and cohesive army for the Heaven Dou Empire.

Dai Tianfeng praised Tang Chuan’s Fubing System and disparaged Yu Xiaogang, prompting Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong to protest. In the comparison video, Tang Chuan persuaded Xue Ke to begin military and land reforms in selected territories, leaving her ready to proceed with his plan.

• Dai Tianfeng praised Tang Chuan’s Fubing System in bullet comments and called Yu Xiaogang worthless.
• Yu Xiaogang suppressed his anger and claimed Tang Chuan might not surpass him in military strategy, while Liu Erlong angrily defended him.
• Xue Ke worried that the Fubing System and Land Grant Decree would unite the nobles against the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Tang Chuan proposed testing the reforms in selected territories, training soldiers and officers, and expanding the system once the empire had built up its strength.
• Tang Chuan told Xue Ke to use force against nobles who resisted, and promised that he and the Qingdi Sect would support her.
• Xue Ke agreed to Tang Chuan’s plan, and he arranged for Ling Zhantian to send officers and officials to prepare the reforms in imperial territories.

Tang Xiao brought the Clear Sky Sect out of seclusion to ally with Tang Chuan and the Heaven Dou Empire against Spirit Hall, and Tang Chuan rewarded the sect with three precious spirit medicines. The comparison left Tang San furious that Tang Chuan had won the Clear Sky Sect’s support without having to force its hand.

• Tang Chuan returned to Qingdi Sect with Dugu Bo after Tang Xiao requested an audience.
• Tang Xiao told Tang Chuan that the Clear Sky Sect had decided to emerge from seclusion and help the Heaven Dou Empire resist Spirit Hall.
• Tang Chuan accepted the Clear Sky Sect’s offer and gave Tang Xiao three spirit medicines that could help powerful cultivators break through.
• Tang Xiao accepted the gift and pledged that the Clear Sky Sect and Qingdi Sect would stand together against Spirit Hall.
• Tang San recalled having to force the Clear Sky Sect to join his side and grew enraged that Tang Chuan had received its support freely.

Tang Lie condemned Black World Tang San as an ungrateful hypocrite by contrasting him with White World Tang Chuan, who repaid the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Yuehua for their help. In the comparison video, Tang Chuan recruited Clear Sky Sect blacksmiths and set out with Tang Xiao for Gengxin City to bring the Blacksmith Association under his control.

• Tang Lie and the Clear Sky Sect disciples praised White World Tang Chuan's generosity and criticized Black World Tang San for never helping Tang Xiao or Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Lie publicly accused Tang San of failing to repay Old Jack and Tang Yuehua, and Tang San vowed to kill him if they met when Tang San was stronger.
• Tang Chuan asked Tang Xiao to send Clear Sky Sect blacksmiths to help mass-produce weapons for the coming war against the Spirit Hall Empire, and Tang Xiao agreed.
• Tang Chuan asked Tang Xiao to introduce him to Blacksmith Association president Lou Gao so he could bring the association under his control.
• Tang Xiao accompanied Tang Chuan toward Gengxin City after sending Tang Lie back to the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Chuan and Tang Xiao visited the Blacksmiths' Association in Gengxin City to recruit Lou Gao and the blacksmiths to support the Qingdi Sect. Lou Gao rejected the request and dismissed Tang Chuan's claim that a firearm could change the blacksmiths' future, leaving Tang Chuan to prove it.

• Tang Xiao brought Tang Chuan to the Blacksmiths' Association headquarters and asked Lou Gao to meet with them.
• Lou Gao greeted Tang Xiao and was introduced to Tang Chuan, the Qingdi Sect Master and Heaven Dou Imperial Tutor.
• Tang Chuan asked Lou Gao to lead the Blacksmiths' Association in joining the Qingdi Sect to prepare for the conflict with the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Lou Gao refused, explaining that the association had preserved its neutrality for over a millennium and would not risk its blacksmiths in political and military disputes.
• Tang Chuan warned that the Spirit Hall Empire would eventually threaten the association even if it remained neutral, then offered to show Lou Gao a weapon called a firearm.
• Lou Gao dismissed the firearm as impossible and told Tang Chuan to leave if that was all he had come to discuss.

Tang Chuan demonstrated firearms to Lou Gao, who recognized their potential and agreed to lead the Blacksmiths' Association into the Qingdi Sect. Tang Chuan invited Lou Gao and the association to Blue Silver City to learn how to forge firearms.

• In the Black World, Tang San dismissed firearms as crude and inferior to his Tang Sect Hidden Weapons, while the others doubted his claims.
• In the White World, Lou Gao watched his future self reject Tang Chuan's firearms and worried that changing his mind later would make him look hypocritical.
• Tang Chuan took Lou Gao and the others to the Blacksmiths' Association testing ground and demonstrated a Fragmentation Grenade and a Flintlock Musket.
• Lou Gao examined the damage and the hole through a steel plate, then concluded that firearms offered blacksmiths a new path because ordinary people could use them without Soul Power.
• Lou Gao offered to lead the Blacksmiths' Association into the Qingdi Sect in exchange for learning how to make firearms.
• Tang Chuan agreed to teach the association and invited Lou Gao to bring its members to Blue Silver City.

Lou Gao of the Black World chose Tang Chuan’s firearms over Tang San’s Hidden Weapons and asked to learn their methods for the Blacksmith Association. In the comparison video, Tang Chuan arranged for Lou Gao’s craftsmen to begin firearm production and promised them a new City of Casting.

• Tang San grew furious when Lou Gao of the White World joined the Qingdi Sect after seeing Tang Chuan’s firearms, while others explained why firearms suited the Blacksmith Association better than Hidden Weapons.
• Lou Gao of the Black World decided that Tang Chuan’s firearms were more practical than Tang San’s Hidden Weapons and sent Tang Chuan a bullet comment asking to learn their methods.
• Tang San accused Lou Gao of betraying the Tang Sect, but Lou Gao replied that Hidden Weapons demanded too much skill and material, while firearms offered a more powerful future for blacksmithing.
• In the comparison video, Tang Chuan told Lou Gao to send trusted blacksmiths to Blue Silver City to learn firearm-making before joining Yang Wudi’s workshop in mass production.
• Tang Chuan promised to build a new City of Casting in his territory, and Lou Gao pledged to lead his best craftsmen there.

Tang Chuan returned to Qingdi Sect after taking over the Blacksmiths' Association, then set out to implement the Land Grant Decree and Fubing System in Heaven Dou's Imperial Direct Territory. Noble resistance grew, but Xue Ke's decree temporarily pacified the aristocrats while Tang Chuan focused on strengthening the empire.

• Tang Xiao parted ways with Tang Chuan near Heaven Dou Imperial City and returned to Clear Sky Sect, promising to send smiths and prepare the sect's return.
• Tang Chuan told Qingdi Sect's leaders that he had taken over the Blacksmiths' Association, then informed Xue Ke of his plan to oversee reforms in the Imperial Direct Territory.
• Xue Ke gave Tang Chuan an imperial decree and seal, and he left with Qingdi Sect disciples, civil officials, and military officers to implement the Land Grant Decree and Fubing System.
• As Tang Chuan surveyed land and registered households, nobles protested the reforms and threatened to take measures against the Imperial Family.
• Tang Chuan declined to attack the nobles, saying the empire needed to build its strength and settle accounts with them later.
• Xue Ke issued a decree reassuring the nobles that the land remained Imperial Family property and their interests would not be shaken, temporarily easing their resistance.

Tang Chuan strengthened the Heaven Dou Empire by expanding the Fubing System and mass-producing weapons, while Xue Ke received reports that the Spirit Hall Empire might be preparing for war. The chapter ended with Dai Tianfeng proposing an alliance between the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires against their common threat.

• Dai Tianfeng admired Tang Chuan’s wisdom and wished he were his son.
• Tang Chuan expanded the Fubing System, registering more than fifty thousand households and selecting over one hundred thousand soldiers in a month.
• Tang Chuan oversaw mass production of firearms and cannons in Blue Silver City and secured the weapons in secret warehouses.
• Over six months, the Land Grant Decree benefited more than one million households, and Heaven Dou registered over three million Fubing soldiers.
• Xue Ke received an urgent report that Spirit Hall forces were gathering along their borders and that Spirit Hall might be preparing a major war.
• Dai Tianfeng sent Xue Ke a letter proposing that the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires set aside past grievances and form an alliance against Spirit Hall.

Tang Chuan and Xue Ke planned to preempt the Spirit Hall Empire by attacking the Balak and Silves Kingdoms, using Xue Ye’s poisoning as a pretext for war. As Xue Ke began mobilizing the troops, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang mocked Tang Chuan’s lack of military experience, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing pointed out that he could have used a clone to study warfare.

• After reading Xue Ke’s letters, Tang Chuan learned of Spirit Hall’s preparations and accepted the proposed alliance with the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang Chuan returned to Heaven Dou Imperial City and proposed striking the Spirit Hall Empire’s allied kingdoms before they could attack.
• Tang Chuan suggested blaming the Balak and Silves kings for Xue Ye’s poisoning to justify the campaign, and Xue Ke agreed.
• Tang Chuan outlined a two-pronged plan to attack Balak and Silves with the Fubing Army, Heaven Dou’s regular troops, and the Qingdi Sect’s Spirit Master Legion.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang mocked Tang Chuan’s inexperience commanding troops, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing noted that he could have used a clone to study warfare.

Tang Chuan led a large army toward Zhenhu Pass, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang mocked his apparent lack of military strategy and Liu Erlong defended Yu Xiaogang. Xue Hansong ordered reinforcements to Zhenhu Pass after realizing its loss could isolate the Balak Kingdom.

• Tang Chuan gathered more than fifty thousand troops in Farnos Province, then split off much of his force before openly marching toward Zhenhu Pass with about twenty thousand soldiers.
• Tang San criticized Tang Chuan for failing to conceal his movements, and Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong claimed Tang Chuan lacked military skill compared with Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong sent a barrage mocking Dai Tianfeng and accusing Tang Chuan of plagiarizing the Fubing System, prompting Tang Chuan's supporters to argue back.
• Xue Hansong learned that Tang Chuan was approaching Zhenhu Pass and feared its fall would sever the Balak Kingdom's connection with the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Xue Hansong ordered the Royal Knight Order and garrisons from the southern passes to reinforce Zhenhu Pass.

Tang Chuan used cannon fire and a feigned retreat to lure Balak reinforcements into ambushes, then captured Zhenhu Pass by disguising soldiers as defeated troops. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were left furious and embarrassed, and Yu Xiaogang claimed that Xue Ke must have supplied Tang Chuan with strategists.

• Tang Chuan ordered a cannon bombardment of Zhenhu Pass, frightening its commander but leaving the sturdy walls mostly intact.
• Dugu Bo and Shui Wuhen led ambushes that devastated the Balak reinforcements sent from the southern passes.
• Tang Chuan staged a retreat from Zhenhu Pass and left damaged cannons and supplies behind to make his army appear defeated.
• Tang Chuan’s disguised soldiers tricked Zhenhu Pass’s commander into opening the gates, then attacked from within as the main army charged back and captured the pass.
• Tang San raged at Tang Chuan’s success, while Yu Xiaogang credited the plan to strategists supposedly sent by Marshal Ge Long at Xue Ke’s request.

Tang Chuan captured Balak Kingdom’s southern passes through deception and infiltrators, then crushed the Royal Knights’ attempt to retake Zhenhu Pass. He prepared to march on Balak Royal City after three days of rest.

• Tang Chuan took Zhenhu Pass, spared its defending general Zhou Hu, and used a Domination Seed to force him to carry false intelligence to Weinan Pass and Iron Gate Pass.
• Zhou Hu and Qingdi Sect elites helped Tang Chuan’s forces capture Weinan Pass, Iron Gate Pass, and Lima Pass, severing Balak Kingdom’s land connection to Spirit Empire.
• Tang Chuan learned that fifteen thousand Balak Royal Knights were marching to retake Zhenhu Pass and ordered Dugu Bo and Shui Wuhen to ambush them at Qingshi Valley.
• Tang Chuan unleashed his Blue Silver Emperor abilities while the ambush troops attacked with cannons, grenades, and muskets, routing the Royal Knights and killing or wounding more than thirteen thousand.
• Tang Chuan ordered his troops to gather prisoners and prepare to march on Balak Royal City after three days of rest.

Tang Chuan explained how his linked strategies captured four passes with few casualties and intact defenses, while giving credit to his allies. The Comparison Video exposed Yu Xiaogang’s mistaken claims and left him humiliated as Tang San and others struggled with Tang Chuan’s accomplishments.

• Tang Chuan told the messenger that he had used strategy to capture Zhenhu Pass, Weinan Pass, Iron Gate Pass, and Lima Pass while preserving their defenses, and credited the troops and elders who carried out his plans.
• Yu Xiaogang despaired as the Comparison Video showed Tang Chuan had deliberately used his advance on Zhenhu Pass to draw enemy reinforcements into a trap, contradicting Yu Xiaogang’s earlier claims.
• Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai gave Yu Xiaogang strange looks, while Tang San became enraged and despaired over Tang Chuan’s many talents.
• Dai Tianfeng envied Tang Chuan and said he would give him the imperial treasury and his daughters if it would bring him to the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang Lie sent bullet comments attacking Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San, mocking Yu Xiaogang’s military record and accusing Liu Erlong of defending him while belittling Tang Chuan.