Chapter Summaries

Liu Bang and his allies crushed the Wang Family’s attack, while Cao Zhengchun captured surviving enemies and secured the palace. Smaller noble families then joined the assault on Great Han, and Gongye Junjie urged his brother Gongye Changgong to seize the kingdom as its defenders faced mounting pressure.

• Liu Bang rejected the Wang Family’s threats and killed the Zhao Family members and several Wang Family attackers with the Dragon Slaying Dagger and his Purgatory Dharma Form.
• Xiang Yu fought the Wang Family’s forces, killed their patriarch, and helped rout the attackers while Cao Zhengchun sealed the surviving nobles’ meridians and took them to prison.
• Xiang Yu continued fighting outside the palace, killed an assassin who pierced his arm, and killed the Wang Family patriarch when he tried to surrender; Cao Zhengchun captured the patriarch’s son.
• Liu Bang returned to the imperial city, recovered, and sent Imperial Guards to garrison Great Han’s borders as smaller noble families spread rumors and attacked the kingdom.
• Great Qin sent reinforcements to Great Han, but Gongye Junjie told Gongye Changgong that Great Han was struggling and asked when they would send troops to claim its territory.

Gongye Junjie and Gongye Changgong planned to seize Great Han, but Liu Zheng answered a Gongye Family envoy’s provocation by ordering an attack on the family. Three days later, Liu Zheng fought Gongye Junjie, spared him at Cao Zhengchun’s request, and then unleashed a powerful golden python as Gongye Junjie charged after him.

• Gongye Junjie and Gongye Changgong agreed to pursue their plans against Great Han while gathering support from other aristocratic families.
• A Gongye Family envoy attacked Cao Zhengchun outside the city, but a hidden arrow killed the envoy; Liu Zheng then struck Gongye Junjie and sent Gongye Changgong fleeing.
• Liu Zheng secretly ordered the army to destroy the Gongye Family, then commanded a campaign against the family and a takeover of Qingzhou.
• Three days later, Liu Zheng and Gongye Junjie fought outside the city, and Liu Zheng defeated him after their attacks collided repeatedly.
• Cao Zhengchun asked Liu Zheng to spare Gongye Junjie, and Liu Zheng agreed, but a giant golden python appeared and killed a soldier as Gongye Junjie charged after him.

Liu Zheng captured Gongye Junjie, then led the Great Han army to conquer Dongyi City and seize its City Lord. After ordering the occupation of the city and the suppression of rebels, Liu Zheng received two Summoning Cards and welcomed Gao Shun into his service.

• Liu Zheng declared Gongye Junjie guilty of colluding with foreign tribes and ordered his execution.
• Liu Zheng led the Great Han army to attack Dongyi City, where Lu Bu and Xiang Yu helped break through the gates.
• Liu Zheng lured the Dongyi City Lord to the City Lord's Mansion, and Cao Zhengchun struck him down and had him bound.
• Liu Zheng ordered Li Yuanba to occupy Dongyi City and kill the City Lord if he resisted, then received two Summoning Cards from the system.
• Cao Zhengchun reported that the city's rebels had been captured, and Gao Shun knelt before Liu Zheng to pledge his allegiance.

Liu Zheng crushed resistance in Dongyi City, killed Ao Lie and Young Master Donglai, and offered the surviving Donglai King a place in Great Han’s campaigns. The chapter ended with Donglai King agreeing to serve as Liu Zheng’s deputy general.

• Liu Zheng ordered Ao Lie executed and assigned Zhuge Liang to manage Dongyi City after its defeat.
• Liu Zheng finished his cultivation, gained the Beast Control Technique, and welcomed Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and their reinforcements.
• Liu Zheng rejected Young Master Donglai’s demand for leniency, and Great Han’s forces stormed Dongyi City.
• Young Master Donglai ordered his guards to attack Liu Zheng, but a Divine Crossbow bolt killed him and his attendants.
• Liu Zheng asked Donglai King to lend his troops for further campaigns, and Donglai King agreed to serve as deputy general.

Liu Zheng took control of Eastern Mausoleum City, defeated the Barbarian Emperor, and reclaimed the cities occupied by the Eastern Mausoleum King. After the Barbarian Race submitted, a brocade-clothed young master urged Liu Zheng to expand into other regions, and Liu Zheng ordered preparations for further conquests.

• Liu Zheng appointed Cao Zhengchun to govern Eastern Mausoleum City and ordered three thousand Iron Pagodas to be stationed there.
• Li Yutong appeared in the Imperial Garden after killing hundreds of Vanguard Battalion soldiers, pleaded with Liu Zheng for justice, and stayed in the city.
• The Barbarian Beast Cavalry attacked Eastern Mausoleum City, but Liu Zheng killed the Barbarian Emperor as he fought Lu Bu.
• Liu Zheng led the Great Han troops to reclaim six cities, learned that the Eastern Mausoleum King had fled, and accepted the Barbarian Emperor's younger brother's surrender.
• A Brocade-Clothed Young Master presented Liu Zheng with a map of the Nine Provinces and advised him to conquer other regions; Liu Zheng appointed him Grand Marshal and ordered the campaigns prepared.

Liu Zheng’s forces battled the Barbarian Race and Great Xia over the Dragon Marrow Fruit, while the Brocade-Clothed Young Master and several powerful defenders were killed. Liu Zheng then assigned Huangfu Yun and the Great Xia Crown Prince a dangerous mission in the Southern Wasteland, leaving their concerns unanswered.

• Liu Zheng stayed at the battlefield to protect Great Han’s foundation as armies fought across the region.
• The Brocade-Clothed Young Master fled after Great Han’s formation repelled his attack, but Liu Zheng killed him and ordered his soldiers to pursue the enemy.
• The Great Xia Emperor learned of his son’s death and ordered an army to march against Great Han, while Liu Zheng prepared to face the Barbarian Race.
• The Barbarian Race invaded Great Xia to seize the Dragon Marrow Fruit, and its general killed the National Teacher before overcoming the Crown Prince’s attack.
• Liu Zheng met Huangfu Yun and the Great Xia Crown Prince in the Great Xia palace and ordered them to go to the Southern Wasteland and bring someone back.

Huangfu Yun and the Great Xia Crown Prince went to the Sacred Mountain to hunt Ji Hao but were attacked by Wang Hu, an undercover agent of the Heavenly Demon Sect, before the roc and another powerful bird intervened. Liu Zheng prepared to advance his campaign, while the Great Xia Emperor settled matters with his clans and Liu Zheng led his army into the Ancient Battlefield, where he killed several giant pythons.

• Huangfu Yun and the Great Xia Crown Prince received orders to find and capture Ji Hao at the Sacred Mountain within a year.
• At the Sacred Mountain, Wang Hu ambushed the two men and badly injured them, but a golden-winged roc and a flaming bird defeated him.
• The Great Xia Crown Prince learned Wang Hu was an undercover agent of the Heavenly Demon Sect, then knocked him unconscious and withdrew with his soldiers.
• Cao Zhengchun reported that Liu Zheng's army had found enough supplies for three years, and Liu Zheng ordered an inventory before issuing a summons in three days.
• The Great Xia Emperor promised his daughter he would help destroy the demon cult and assured the great clans he would not punish them for their role in her marriage plans.
• Liu Zheng led the Great Qin Iron Cavalry into the Ancient Battlefield, fought through its demonic beasts, and killed several giant pythons with his punches.

Liu Zheng led the Great Han army through the Ancient Battlefield, killing the Great Xia Crown Prince, members of the great families, and the Fierce Beasts they encountered. A clash with the beasts’ leader and the Giant Spirit Race Leader began, leaving Lu Bu locked in a fierce battle and apparently caught by his opponent’s innate ability.

• The Great Xia Crown Prince was killed by a Jiaolong, and Liu Zheng slaughtered the members of the great families and the Fierce Beasts around them.
• A colossal creature appeared in the canyon, and its Fierce Beast army attacked the Great Han forces, killing a flying eagle commander and forcing others into retreat.
• Liu Zheng summoned the Han Emperor Legion, whose cavalry and infantry charged the beasts as aristocratic family leaders tried and failed to escape the canyon.
• The leader of the Fierce Beasts attacked the Great Han army with destructive lightning, while Liu Zheng let Lu Bu confront the giant to temper the army.
• The Giant Spirit Race Leader fought Lu Bu, wounded him, bit his arm, and used an innate ability to control his movements.

Liu Zheng’s Great Han forces defeated the Giant Spirit Race, and Lu Bu avenged his own death by killing the Black-Robed Man before the race’s territory and treasury came under Han control. As Liu Zheng celebrated the spoils and planned to pause further campaigns, Profound Wood True Lord arrived outside the Nine Yang Royal Court to demand revenge.

• The Giant Spirit Race Leader killed Cao Zhengchun and Lu Bu, but a Great Han archer wounded him and forced his army to retreat.
• Liu Zheng led the Great Han army out of the city, defeated the Giant Spirit Race fighters with his dragon power, and killed the fleeing leader.
• The Black-Robed Man learned that Liu Zheng had killed his younger brother, but Lu Bu appeared and slew him.
• Cao Zhengchun reported that the Great Han had occupied the Giant Spirit Race’s territory and seized its treasury, and Liu Zheng ordered the spoils inventoried.
• Profound Wood True Lord appeared outside the Nine Yang Royal Court and vowed revenge against Liu Zheng.
• Liu Zheng reviewed the captured supplies in the main hall and told his officials they could last the Great Han a hundred years.

Liu Zheng destroyed Giantwood Residence and learned that Giantwood True Lord had colluded with Sky Luo Holy Land. He headed to a gathering hosted by Sky Luo Holy Land, where he found a vast crowd of sects assembled.

• Lu Bu warned Liu Zheng that the surviving Giant Spirit Race had powerful backing, but Liu Zheng dismissed the threat.
• Giantwood Madam killed Giantwood Young Lord, then Giantwood True Lord gathered his forces to fight the Han Emperor's troops.
• Liu Zheng defeated and killed Giantwood True Lord, ordered Giantwood Residence's disciples slaughtered, and had Giantwood Palace razed.
• Liu Zheng ordered Cao Zhengchun to investigate Giantwood True Lord's allies and learned that Sky Luo Holy Land had supported him and planned a victory gathering.
• Liu Zheng led his ministers toward the gathering, then frowned when he saw a huge crowd of sect members at the city gate.

Liu Zheng prepared to challenge the forces of Chaos City and captured the survivors of Giantwood Residence after Sky Luo Holy Land and the Golden Demon Race attacked them. Back in the Heavenly Palace, he questioned a captive about the feud that led to Giantwood Residence’s destruction.

• Liu Zheng summoned Great Han’s high-ranking officials and announced that he would lead an expedition personally.
• Sky Luo Holy Land defeated Giantwood Residence, captured its elders, and learned that Great Han might be involved.
• Sky Luo Holy Land’s leaders discussed investigating Great Han while Liu Zheng arrived at Giantwood Residence and decided to rescue the captured assessment participants himself.
• The Golden Demon Race envoy attacked Giantwood Residence, but Liu Zheng killed him and ordered the captives taken to the Heavenly Palace as bait.
• Liu Zheng questioned a female disciple, who explained that a wagered duel between Giantwood Residence and the City Lord’s Mansion had led to the attack.

Liu Zheng led Great Han forces into Giantwood City, where the Skywind Sect had seized control and killed the Giantwood Residence Lord. He killed the Skywind Sect Master and began taking over the city, then heard the Heavenwood City Lord’s plea to rescue his captured son.

• Liu Zheng ordered a raid on the City Lord’s Mansion and learned that Giantwood Feng had left with his men half a month earlier.
• The Skywind Sect wiped out a Sirius Divine Court intelligence party, then killed the Giantwood Residence Lord while taking control of Giantwood City.
• Liu Zheng marched on Giantwood City and ordered Cao Zhengchun to attack the Heavenly Wind Sect Master, who Cao Zhengchun killed.
• The Heavenwood City Lord arrived with Giantwood Residence guards, paid respects to Liu Zheng, and asked him to rescue his captured son.
• Liu Zheng asked the Heavenwood City Lord whether he knew the master of the Skywind Sect.

Liu Zheng killed Hong Fengzi and set out to confront the Sirius Star Lord after learning of the devastation on Giantwood Star. As Liu Zheng and his allies arrived amid the Star Lord’s attack, Yang Lin and Li Yuanba tried to negotiate, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Liu Zheng ordered Cao Zhengchun to kill Hong Fengzi, then reunited with Liu Bang and Liu Yu, who told him their mother and father were dead.
• Liu Zheng vowed to bring the dead back to life and demanded that the Giantwood City Lord reveal the Sirius Star Lord’s location.
• The Sirius Star Lord destroyed Giantwood City, declared its people would become slaves, and ordered a young girl brought to him.
• Liu Zheng, Xiang Yu, Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and the Yellow Turban Warriors arrived, and Liu Zheng’s side confronted the Sirius Star Lord’s forces.
• Yang Lin asked the Sirius Star Lord to show mercy, and Li Yuanba offered to atone for the Giantwood City Lord.

Liu Zheng defeated Sirius Star Lord and the invading Star Lords, but Giantwood City was destroyed and Giantwood Star Lord died. Back in the Heavenly Palace, Liu Zheng absorbed a powerful pill and began cultivating as Star Chen Star Lord regrouped to seek revenge.

• Li Yuanba killed Sirius Star Lord's two ninth-level Golden Immortal guards and scattered his soldiers when they moved against Giantwood Star Lord.
• Liu Zheng struck down Sirius Star Lord with lightning, then ordered Li Yuanba to rescue Giantwood Star Lord.
• Liu Zheng killed Star Chen Star Lord and used the Heavenly Palace to crush the attackers and cover Giantwood City; Giantwood Star Lord died after the city fell.
• Star Chen Star Lord withdrew and vowed to remember Liu Zheng, while Liu Zheng received a Summoning Card for Giantwood Star.
• Liu Zheng returned to the Heavenly Palace, swallowed newly refined pills, and endured their energy as a seed formed and shattered inside him.
• Star Chen Star Lord later headed back toward Giantwood City with Star Moon Star Lord, still furious and intent on killing Liu Zheng.

Star Moon Star Lord entered Giantwood City and was caught in a conflict involving Star Spirit, Liu Zheng, and Star Chen Star Lord. After Star Chen Star Lord took Star Spirit away, they encountered the Young Master of the Ferocious Demon Clan, who demanded that Star Spirit be handed over.

• Star Moon Star Lord flew into Giantwood City with the Star Chen Divine Palace disciples, killed the guards who tried to stop her, and encountered Star Spirit.
• Star Spirit approached the phantom over the city gate, but its golden python was destroyed by the city's defenses as Star Chen Star Lord and others appeared.
• Star Chen Lady attacked Liu Zheng, and Ji Hao struck her back; the Python Flood Dragon then attacked the guards before Star Chen Star Lord cut it in two.
• Star Chen Star Lord told Star Spirit to go with her brother to Star Chen Holy Mountain, and she accepted that she had been defeated.
• At the Ferocious Demon Clan's royal court, the Young Master stopped Star Chen Star Lord from leaving and demanded that he hand over Star Spirit Er.

Star Spirit Er was taken to Ferocious Demon City after Star Chen Star Lord was killed, where Liu Zheng rescued her from the Ferocious Demon Young Master. As fighting erupted in Star Chen Palace and thunder signaled someone’s breakthrough, Star Spirit Er considered taking control of the Young Master while the palace gates were shattered.

• The Ferocious Demon Grand Elder struck the Young Master for attacking Star Chen Star Lord, who fled before an arrow killed him; Star Chen Star Lord later appeared in Star Chen Palace’s Council Hall before its ruler.
• The Ferocious Demon Young Master killed Star Moon Palace’s Princess, and Star Spirit Er was pushed into the Dark Abyss before he tried to seize her.
• Liu Zheng arrived with soldiers, killed the Ferocious Demon Young Master, and moved to rescue Star Spirit Er, but Ferocious Demon elders attacked the soldiers.
• Thunder sounded as someone underwent a breakthrough, and Star Spirit Er asked the injured Young Master to recover while considering whether she could control him.
• The gates of Star Chen Palace shattered as turmoil spread through the palace.

Liu Zheng killed the Ferocious Demon Young Master and defeated the Ferocious Demon Race, then led Cao Zhengchun and the army to a mysterious forbidden zone near the Star Sea Abyss. There, he annihilated the Ferocious Demon Clan and continued the patrol.

• Liu Zheng beat the Ferocious Demon Young Master, ignored the Star Chen Sect Master's warning, and killed him when he refused to spare him.
• Liu Zheng defeated the Ferocious Demon Race Chief and another powerful Ferocious Demon, then killed the survivors despite the Chief's surrender.
• Liu Zheng learned from Cao Zhengchun that a mysterious forbidden zone had appeared near the Star Sea Abyss and hurried there with the army.
• The Ferocious Demon Race leader confronted Liu Zheng, but Liu Zheng killed him and wiped out the Ferocious Demon Clan.
• Liu Zheng led the army onward, and they slew the fierce beasts they encountered.

Liu Zheng destroyed the Ferocious Demon Clan, claimed a bloodline-tempering pill, and defeated the Ice Fire City Lord and a hostile direct descendant. As he confronted the rescued woman, a crimson-armored army smashed through the Heavenly Palace’s barrier, leaving the city in panic.

• Liu Zheng summoned weapons and armor, then led the Imperial Guards in wiping out the Ferocious Demon Clan.
• Liu Zheng accepted and consumed a precious bloodline-tempering pill at a dinner invitation, then defeated the Ice Fire City Lord when he accused him of killing his son.
• Liu Zheng ordered the Ice Fire City Lord removed, then killed an arrogant Ice Fire City direct descendant who threatened him.
• The rescued woman warned Liu Zheng about Black Tortoise City, but he decided to investigate and seized her when she tried to resist.
• A crimson-armored army broke through the Heavenly Palace’s barrier and appeared in the square as soldiers and civilians fled.

Liu Zheng’s Great Han forces defeated the Heavenly Luo army, killed the Heavenly Luo King and his son, and moved to seize the royal city. As Great Han’s power spread, Ji Hao left Nine Yang King City to investigate a crisis in the Northern Wasteland, where the Demon Race had emerged.

• The Heavenly Luo King attacked Ice Fire City, but Xing Tian arrived with Great Han’s forces and overwhelmed him and his army.
• The Heavenly Luo King surrendered, but Xing Tian killed him after he threatened Liu Zheng with retaliation from his father.
• Xing Tian intercepted Tian Chen as he fled, killed him, and received Liu Zheng’s order to take the Heavenly Luo Royal City and demand monthly tribute from the city lords.
• Great Han destroyed the Heavenly Luo Dynasty, while a report of strange beacon smoke in the Northern Wasteland reached the Nine Yang City Lord.
• Ji Hao left Nine Yang King City with the City Lord to investigate and saw dark clouds and immense pressure as the Demon Race emerged.

The Nine Yang City Lord’s forces captured the Fierce Beasts, but the Golden Lion King soon killed the city lord in battle. Ji Hao led Great Han toward another conflict, where a mysterious Nine Yin Extinct Meridian appeared and was destroyed by Quasi-Saint Liu.

• Jin Peng killed Azure Luan, Jin Chanzi killed the giant kun, and the Golden Lion King helped Cao Zhengchun’s forces subdue the Fierce Beasts.
• The Nine Yang City Lord gathered the captured Fierce Beasts as guards, while Ji Hao judged his actions reckless and planned to complete the city’s construction.
• The Golden Lion King fought and killed the Nine Yang City Lord after the city’s generals reported that the demonic beasts had attacked them.
• Ji Hao told the city guards that Great Han would attack other cities in one month, then assembled his army outside Nine Yang City.
• Quasi-Saint Liu confronted the Nine Yang City Lord, and a Nine Yin Extinct Meridian appeared after the city lord’s wife was struck down.
• Quasi-Saint Liu attacked the Nine Yin Extinct Meridian with a pillar of fire and blew her apart.