Chapter Summaries

Li Yue restored Tang Xiang and Tang Ting’s bloodlines, awakening Tang Ting’s three Divine Techniques and raising them both to Grade A Believers. When an enemy of the Divine Path tried to seize them for God Medicine, Li Yue confronted the Sixth Order Limit foe and shattered its reaching hand.

• Li Yue reconnected Tang Xiang and Tang Ting’s paths, awakening Tang Ting’s three Divine Techniques and promoting them both to Grade A Believers.
• Tang Xiang told Li Yue that 96 God Village had 125 villagers and offered an ancestral relic for his consideration.
• A gigantic face appeared in the sky and swept the villagers into the air, revealing its intent to refine awakened bloodline descendants into God Medicine.
• The Tang Clan elder grieved as the enemy reached for Tang Xiang and Tang Ting, while the clan members wondered how their bloodlines had awakened.
• Li Yue rose into the sky, unleashed his Divine Might, and shattered the enemy’s hand, leaving the face terrified by the presence of a powerful Deity.

Li Yue rescued the Tang Clan and gained the faith of its Deity Descendants, then confronted a member of the Heavenly Clan and learned they were enemies of both the Divine Path and the Human Path. The Heavenly Clan member died before Li Yue could extract much information, but Li Yue discovered that seven other God Villages held more than a thousand Deity Descendants.

• Tang Xiang, Tang Ting, and the Tang Clan patriarch Tang Hao led the clan in worshipping Li Yue, raising all 123 members' faith to Grade B.
• Li Yue dispelled the giant face and immobilized the silver-haired Heavenly Clan member, completing Personal Quest—Sixteen.
• Li Yue used Thought of Yinghuo to probe the captive, learning that the Heavenly Clan had originated from the Human Race and had helped besiege the Human Emperor.
• The Heavenly Clan member regained awareness briefly and destroyed his own soul, leaving Li Yue only a little information before his body became a Seventh-Tier Item.
• Li Yue learned that seven other God Villages were watched over by two remaining Heavenly Clan members and held more than a thousand Deity Descendants.

Li Yue restored the Tang Clan’s severed paths, brought them back to his Jurisdiction, and collected their damaged Deity Artifact. After visiting the other villages, he returned with 1,165 Deity Descendants and three damaged Deity Artifacts, then opened the Deity Shop to assess their value.

• Li Yue spent 220,000 units of divine power restoring the Tang Clan members’ severed paths, raising them to the Fourth or Fifth Order.
• Tang Hao vowed that the Tang Clan would worship Li Yue, and 118 Tang Clan members became Grade A Believers.
• Li Yue sent the Tang Clan members to his Jurisdiction and collected their severely damaged inherited Deity Artifact despite its strong resistance.
• Li Yue killed two Sixth Order Limit Heavenly Clan members and entered another village to rescue more Deity Descendants.
• Li Yue returned to his Divine Domain with 1,165 Deity Descendants and three damaged Deity Artifacts, then opened the Deity Shop to check their value.

Li Yue exchanged three damaged Deity Artifacts for source of divine treasure and used it to advance a Golden Seal forged from divine blood heavenly gold. After infusing it with three Divine Techniques, he completed his first true weapon, far stronger than an ordinary Subordinate Seventh Rank Deity Artifact.

• Li Yue sold the damaged Void-Escaping Divine Bell, Heart-Burning Divine Spike, and Azure Dragon Divine Rope to the Deity Shop for source of divine treasure.
• Li Yue claimed the rewards for Personal Quest—Sixteen and shaped the divine blood heavenly gold into a Golden Seal engraved with eight characters.
• Li Yue used source of divine treasure to advance the Golden Seal from unranked to Principal Eighth Rank.
• Li Yue infused the Golden Seal with the Mountain Moving Technique, Five-Finger Mount Sumeru, and City God Manifestation, completing a powerful weapon.

Li Yue named his Golden Seal the Heavenly Emperor Seal and ordered Li Youming to arrange for the 1,165 Deity Descendants rescued from the God-Fallen Heavenly Road. Li Youming established Divine Grace Village, assigned the descendants to temple service and road repairs, and Li Yue turned his attention to the Demonic Creatures across his Jurisdiction.

• Li Yue named his Golden Seal the Heavenly Emperor Seal, though an unseen rule prevented the title from appearing on it.
• Li Yue sent Li Youming a Divine Oracle to arrange matters for the Deity Descendants.
• Li Youming decided the descendants could help strengthen Four Seas County by repairing roads between the counties.
• The eight clan chiefs and 1,165 Deity Descendants surveyed the fertile valley where Li Yue had settled them.
• Li Youming named the settlement Divine Grace Village, assigned 300 descendants to the Temple Guard and 30 to the Temple Keeper Hall, and sent the rest to repair roads.
• Li Yue surveyed the Demonic Creatures scattered throughout his Jurisdiction.

Li Yue manifested as the City God of Four Seas County and used divine lightning to annihilate the Demons that preyed on humans and the Evil Specters across nineteen counties. The Human Race flocked to Four Seas County to worship him, while Li Yue sensed his believers multiplying and noticed the Heavenly Monarch Cauldron being tempered.

• A woman in black decided to travel to Four Seas County after hearing Lu Yong's report that its City God was a true Deity, despite her brother's doubts.
• Li Yue manifested above the land, proclaimed his divine authority, and sent golden lightning across the nineteen counties to destroy human-eating Demons and Evil Specters.
• The lightning killed the three Golden Flood Dragon Cave Masters, including their Sixth Order Limit Great Master, and annihilated Demons hidden throughout the counties.
• The woman in black ordered the Floating Cloud Organization to go to Four Seas County and pay respects to the Deity, while Martial Artists and common folk across the nineteen counties also set out or prayed to him.
• Li Yue felt countless new Believers joining him and noticed the Heavenly Monarch Cauldron humming as though it were being tempered.

Li Yue turned his demonic-creature haul into divine power and Divine Law Fragments, then learned that the Blue Star and Yaoguang Star Deity Leaderboards had opened. He opened the Blue Star leaderboard to inspect the other deities and claim his quarterly reward.

• Li Yue placed the Heavenly Monarch Cauldron in the City God Temple and realized sacrifices could help it advance.
• Li Yue sold the demonic creature corpses and valuable items, raising his divine power to thirteen million four hundred and twenty thousand units.
• Li Yue received a notice that the Blue Star and Yaoguang Star Deity Leaderboards had opened and that a Dual-Star leaderboard would open in three years.
• Li Yue considered the possibility that an earlier generation of deities had perished and wondered what enemies threatened them.
• Li Yue opened the Blue Star Deity Leaderboard to view the leading deities and his quarterly reward.

Li Yue hid his Divine Rank on the Blue Star Deity Leaderboard and saw that he had taken first place, earning a large quarterly reward. As he considered the standings and his plans to sell Fourth-Tier Yin Soldier Artifacts, Shen Jinxiao discovered he had fallen to sixth place and vowed to rise again.

• Li Yue chose to hide his Divine Rank before the leaderboard displayed its rankings and quarterly rewards.
• Li Yue saw his first-place reward included thirty fifth-tier Blessing Talismans, ten sixth-tier Blessing Talismans, and three million units of divine power.
• Li Yue noted that Su Limeng had reached Principal Eighth Rank and that Blue Star held 5,735 of the 10,000 Subordinate Eighth Rank Deities across Blue Star and Yaoguang Star.
• Li Yue considered selling Fourth-Tier Yin Soldier Artifacts to Blue Star Deities but worried they could not afford them.
• Shen Jinxiao learned he ranked sixth and vowed to reject women and work his way back up.

Su Limeng and Yun Wuqi advanced their plans to enter Eternal God City, while Li Youming told Zong Yanzhuo that Lord Zhangyue had ordered an army to destroy Tianlin Prefecture’s seven Demonic Creature factions. He vowed to lead the campaign himself, leaving Zong Yanzhuo hopeful but concerned about the factions’ strength and reinforcements.

• Su Limeng reflected on her new Principal Eighth Rank Divine Rank and entered the Underworld, anticipating a chance to meet Li Yue in Eternal God City.
• Yun Wuqi celebrated placing third and ordered her sleeping Temple Keeper to attract Demonic Creatures so she could advance and enter Eternal God City.
• After half a month, Li Youming told Zong Yanzhuo to stop kneeling outside the City God Temple and asked why she wanted to meet Lord Zhangyue.
• Zong Yanzhuo explained that she wanted Lord Zhangyue to destroy the seven Demonic Creature factions and recounted how her family’s duty to protect the Human Race had shaped her life.
• Li Youming told Zong Yanzhuo that Lord Zhangyue had ordered an army to flatten the seven factions, then vowed that he could slay every Demonic Creature in Tianlin Prefecture with one hand.

Li Youming assured Zong Yanzhuo that he could defeat the demonic forces of Tianlin Prefecture, and she agreed to guide him to the Seven Great Demon Factions. In the Divine Domain, Li Yue fused two Divine Techniques and imprinted the result into the Heavenly Monarch Cauldron, raising his combat power to the tenth order.

• Li Youming claimed he could kill even seventh-order demonic creatures and told Zong Yanzhuo they would set out the next day to find the Seven Great Demon Factions.
• Zong Yanzhuo rejoiced that the Zong Clan's wish to fight the demonic creatures would finally be fulfilled and wept for her fallen family.
• Li Yue reflected on the dwindling King bloodlines and resolved to help the Human Path flourish wherever he went.
• Li Yue completed the fusion of High-Order Wind and Rain Summoning and High-Order Red Heaven Divine Thunder, creating Taiming Wind and Rain Divine Thunder.
• Li Yue imprinted Taiming Wind and Rain Divine Thunder into the Heavenly Monarch Cauldron, bringing its power to the tenth order and leaving him convinced he was invincible within the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty.

Li Yue celebrated reaching Tenth-Order Divine Platform Realm offensive power, then Li Youming led the County City of Four Seas' two elite armies on an expedition to slay demons. At Tianlin Prefecture City, the seven Demon Factions gathered to welcome the Little Demon Monarch, who appeared and devoured two human girls.

• Li Yue noted his powerful offense but weaker defense, saw that his Fourth-Tier Yin Soldier Artifacts had sold, and listed another batch before studying how to fuse two Divine Methods.
• Li Youming assembled the Eight Desolations Army and the Pagoda Army, each with 360 soldiers, as Zong Yanzhuo and other Human Race experts watched in astonishment.
• Li Youming rallied the two armies to slay demons and flew north, with Zong Yanzhuo leading experts from the five major organizations after them.
• The seven Demon Factions gathered above Tianlin Prefecture City and shouted their welcome to the Little Demon Monarch.
• The Little Demon Monarch appeared in the city, mocked the Deity said to have appeared in Tianlin Prefecture, and swallowed two human girls.

The Little Demon Monarch led the Seven Great Demon Factions toward Four Seas County, hoping to kill its Deity and claim power that could help him advance. Li Yue ignored the approaching army while Li Youming’s forces encountered the assembled demons, whose leader believed their strongest human was only at the Sixth Order Limit.

• The Three-Headed Human-Faced Fox presented four Human Race maidens to the Little Demon Monarch, who swallowed them and ordered the Seven Great Demon Factions to march on Four Seas County.
• The Governor of Tianlin Prefecture watched the demons depart, then returned to his mansion and ate his concubine.
• Li Yue sensed the demon army approaching and continued comprehending Divine Techniques, confident in his Tenth Order Divine Platform Realm power.
• Li Youming halted his army when he saw the Seven Great Demon Factions approaching, and Zong Yanzhuo identified their powerful leaders and forces.
• The Little Demon Monarch taunted the humans, claiming their strongest fighter was only a Sixth Order Limit True Person, leaving Zong Yanzhuo stunned that Temple Keeper seemed to be only at that level.

Li Youming and the Human forces faced an invading army led by an Eighth-Order Demon Monarch, who targeted Li Xiuwu after recognizing his Human Race King Body. Li Youming used a golden Spirit Talisman to crush the Little Demon Monarch's demon soul, leaving the battle's outcome unresolved.

• Zong Yanzhuo realized an Eighth-Order Demon Monarch was approaching with a powerful force of Demonic Creatures.
• Li Youming reassured the Human forces as the Little Demon Monarch demanded that they reveal their Deity.
• The Little Demon Monarch spotted Li Xiuwu's Ascension King Body and declared that he would seize him to advance his cultivation.
• Li Youming summoned a golden Spirit Talisman and unleashed a sky-covering hand that shattered the Little Demon Monarch's tiger claw and crushed his demon soul.

Li Youming killed the Little Demon Monarch and wiped out the demons in Tianlin Prefecture, while Li Yue gained divine power from the spoils. As Li Yue’s Divine Domain drifted through gray mist, he saw a ruined pass where towering Deities watched him.

• On White Mountain, A-Xi discovered that her son A-Chuan had died in Tianlin Prefecture, and her Fierce Tiger mate went to seek the Demon King’s permission to take revenge.
• Zong Yanzhuo watched Li Youming kill the Little Demon Monarch in one exchange, then saw the Eight Desolations Army and Pagoda Army destroy the remaining demons with his aid.
• Li Youming trapped and annihilated the fleeing demons with a Spirit Talisman, then ordered their corpses transported and flew with Li Xiuwu and Chen Ergou to plunder the Seven Great Demon Factions’ lairs.
• Li Yue sold the demon corpses and three eighth-tier treasures through the Deity Shop, gaining more than 3.7 million strands of divine power and reaching seventeen million in total.
• Li Yue saw his Divine Domain drift through gray mist toward an unknown destination, where a ruined pass and towering Deities appeared before him.

Li Yue explored a ruined pass guarded by phantom Deities and encountered a Blood Sea being whose words nearly extinguished his Divine Path Laws. After retreating to his Divine Domain, he learned the pass was called the Immortal Suppressing Pass and that the figure in its gate tower was an Immortal.

• Li Yue left his Divine Domain and explored the vast ruined pass, where Deity phantoms watched him in silence.
• The Deity phantoms shattered into lights and surged into a tattered banner as Li Yue crossed the pass toward its enemy-facing side.
• Li Yue saw a Blood Sea beyond the pass and a towering figure within it that declared the Divine Path was fated to perish, nearly extinguishing Li Yue’s Divine Path Laws.
• The tattered banner restored Li Yue’s laws, and he retreated from the pass’s edge to his Divine Domain.
• A voice called Li Yue to the gate tower, but he recognized the speaker was not a Deity and answered from the safety of his Divine Domain.
• The figure identified the pass as the Immortal Suppressing Pass and declared, “I am an Immortal.”

Li Yue explored the Eighteen Levels of Hell and claimed a personal domain on each level. In Avici Hell, he encountered a remnant soul that identified itself as a Deity of the Great Sun Divine Court, and the ruined cities began to shine.

• Li Yue left the ruined pass and reached the Eighteen Levels of Hell, where he grasped the Tongue-Ripping Law.
• Li Yue claimed a nine-thousand-li personal hell in each of the first seventeen levels, choosing a distinctive landmark in each area.
• Li Yue entered Avici Hell and found it filled with ruined cities whose Divine Patterns had been severed.
• A hidden remnant soul spoke to Li Yue, saying it wanted to go home and remembered being a Deity of the Great Sun Divine Court.
• Every ruined city in Avici Hell blazed with light when the remnant soul named the Great Sun Divine Court.

Li Yue explored the deepest level of Hell, claimed part of Avici Hell, and heard a trapped voice claim to be the Lord of the Great Sun Divine Court. After escaping back to Four Seas County, he received his first quest for Principal Eighth Rank: initiate a God War of his own accord.

• Li Yue found a five-colored Five-Finger Mountain and five imposing ruined cities in Avici Hell, then claimed the surrounding area as his personal Avici Hell despite the voice’s warning.
• The voice demanded that Li Yue take it home and claimed to be the Lord of the Great Sun Divine Court, while chains and violet Thunder prevented it from leaving.
• Li Yue returned to his Divine Domain, which escaped the Eighteen Levels of Hell as the trapped voice roared in rage.
• Li Yue reached Four Seas County and reflected that he still needed to grow stronger against powerful enemies.
• Li Yue’s Personal Quest refreshed with an objective to initiate a God War of his own accord, offering a Physique Enhancement Divine Talisman, an Enlightenment Platform, and thirty thousand units of divine power.

Li Yue learned that his first mission as a Principal Eighth Rank Deity was to initiate a deadly God War, so he planned to strengthen his Believers and Subordinate Gods before accepting one. He intended to use a Time Divine Talisman to give his Jurisdiction ten years to grow.

• Li Yue considered the risks of God War and wondered whether he would be matched against a deity of the same Divine Rank, but judged that he could defeat even a Principal Seventh Rank Deity.
• Li Yue reviewed the strength of Four Seas County’s forces and decided to use the Time Divine Talisman to advance Li Youming, Li Xiuwu, the Eight Desolations Army, and the Pagoda Army.
• Li Yue chose to wait ten years before conferring deityhood, while noting that thirty prodigious reincarnated souls and Chu Hongyi had arrived in his Jurisdiction but had not yet been born.
• Li Yue surveyed his twenty-county Jurisdiction, where Four Seas County’s administration and cultivation efforts had expanded after the Demonic Creatures’ threat disappeared.
• Li Yue checked his Believer Information and found 5,779,707 Believers, including six Saint-Grade Believers, who generated more than 13,670 wisps of divine power each day.

Li Yue let Wu Luo summon the Black God Society’s Society Master, hoping to draw out the Evil Specter’s true body. When the Society Master recognized Li Yue as a true Deity, Li Yue’s Divine Might destroyed Wu Luo and the Society Master’s avatar before reaching the ancient mansion where the true body sought help from an Envoy.

• Li Yue noted that Zhao Jiuyuan, Li Youming, and Li Xiuwu were his only Saint-Grade Believers among the Human Race.
• Wu Luo performed a ritual in a mountain clearing to summon the Black God Society’s Society Master.
• The Society Master dismissed Wu Luo’s claim that Deities had appeared until it saw Li Yue and realized it was facing a true Deity.
• The Society Master tried to flee, then rushed its true body into an ancient vermilion-painted mansion and called for an Envoy to save it.
• Li Yue’s Divine Might crushed Wu Luo, Wu Luo’s possessed body, and the Society Master’s avatar, then descended upon the mansion and confronted the Society Master’s true body.

Li Yue used City God Manifestation to confront the Black God Society’s Evil Specters in Leixiao Prefecture, revealing divine power that alarmed the city and overwhelmed his enemies. As he fought the eighth-order Blood Tree Venerable Envoy and targeted a fleeing Demon Monarch, a saber carrying Demon King aura intercepted his attack.

• Li Yue’s golden City God Manifestation spread across Leixiao Prefecture, frightening the Eighth-Order Demon Monarch and drawing the attention of the city’s residents.
• Li Yue used his Orthodox God Heavenly Eye to shatter the Black God Society’s Society Master and expose the middle-aged man as an Evil God.
• The Evil God split into three crimson trees and blocked Li Yue’s beam with a mass of dried corpses, but Li Yue destroyed one tree with divine power.
• The Eighth-Order Demon Monarch fled as Li Yue fought the remaining crimson trees.
• Li Yue fired at the fleeing Demon Monarch, but a great saber wreathed in white demonfire descended and collided with his beam.