Chapter Summaries

The Dark Sun King killed An Yu and claimed the throne, while the Dark Star Dynasty faced a coalition and the advancing army of Ji Hao. As the Dark Emperor tried to contain the upheaval, he learned that Young Master An Yu had taken command of the Dark Star troops and threatened Dark Moon City.

• The Dark Sun King killed An Yu, claimed the throne, and entered seclusion to prepare for the Dark Emperor’s return.
• The Dark Star Great Emperor planned to attack Dark Moon City, while Liu Zheng sent Lu Bu and the Five Elements Legion to Sky Wind Ancient City.
• The Dark Star City Lord accepted the support of other powers and the Dark Dragon Sect, but Ji Hao arrived with his army and killed him.
• An Yu offered to make the Dark Moon Dynasty’s envoys Great Emperors if they submitted to him, while regional forces mobilized against the Dark Dragon Sect.
• The Dark Night City Lord fled as Ji Hao’s forces took cities and defeated the Dark Emperor’s reinforcements.
• The Dark Emperor learned that Young Master An Yu had taken command of the Dark Star troops and threatened to attack Dark Moon City.

An Yu was ambushed and killed as the Dark Night Old Demon brought the Dark World under the Dark Night City Lord’s command. While Ji Hao refined his dantian and reached the fifth level of the Dao Lord Realm, the Old Demon killed the Third Prince and his guards; Ji Hao then ordered a search for resources and flew toward the Dark Forest.

• An Yu was ambushed by Ji Hao’s forces, and the Dark Night Old Demon killed him and placed the Dark World under the Dark Night City Lord’s command.
• Ji Hao refined the benefits he had gained from the Dark Moon Dynasty and advanced to the fifth level of the Dao Lord Realm.
• In the Ancient Forest, the Dark Night Old Demon and his wolf experts attacked the Third Prince and his guards, killing them all.
• Ji Hao ordered the Dark Night Old Demon to search every inch of the city for resources, then flew toward the Dark Forest.

Ji Hao defeated a giant crocodile in the Dark Forest and encountered the Second Prince and other princes fighting over a gathering of dense Spiritual Qi. He overwhelmed the Second Prince and Dark Night Old Demon, then agreed to take custody of the captured Dark Night Old Demon as the princes closed in to demand his treasures.

• Ji Hao killed a peak ninth-level Dao Lord giant crocodile with the Emperor Sword while clearing dangers from the Dark Forest.
• After destroying the troops in the city, Dark Night Old Demon found dense Spiritual Qi, but the Second Prince drove him away and sent guards after him.
• The Second Prince attacked Ji Hao over the Spiritual Qi, but Ji Hao struck him down and revealed his overwhelming strength to Dark Night Old Demon.
• Other Princes arrived and attacked Dark Night Old Demon as he tried to flee, then captured him and pinned him to the ground.
• The Second Prince offered Dark Night Old Demon to Ji Hao, who pretended not to know him and accepted; the Princes then demanded that Dark Night Old Demon hand over his treasures.

Ji Hao killed Dark Night Old Demon’s opponents, learned of his ties to the Great Yan Sacred Court, and challenged the Great Yan Dynasty to come to Great Zhou. When a Great Yan Sage Emperor attacked, Zhu Rong slew him, and Ji Hao decided to keep the killing quiet as news spread across the Primordial World.

• Ji Hao killed Dark Night Old Demon and the First Prince, then let two other Princes escape after they begged to submit to Great Han.
• Ji Hao inspected Dark Night Old Demon’s memories, removed his restriction, and learned he came from the Great Yan Sacred Court.
• Ji Hao announced that he would await the Great Yan Royal Family in Great Zhou, prompting a Great Yan Sage Emperor to attack the city.
• Zhu Rong confronted the Sage Emperor, reclaimed the Blood Spirit Jade Box, and defeated the Great Yan forces in battle.
• Zhu Rong killed the Sage Emperor and offered the gathered treasures to Ji Hao, who ordered him to withdraw and planned to conceal the death.
• News of the Sage Emperor’s death spread throughout the Primordial World.

After Ji Hao ordered Li Qing to lead three thousand Mystic Armor Army soldiers against Zhu Rong, a Flood Dragon devastated Great Han’s forces and city. Ji Hao offered Li Jing and the defenders surrender, while Zhang Jiao arrived with an army and Zhu Rong charged to confront him.

• Ji Hao learned that Zhu Rong had destroyed the Great Yan Dynasty and ordered Li Qing to lead three thousand Mystic Armor Army soldiers against him.
• The Flood Dragon attacked Zhu Rong, tore him apart, then turned on the army and demolished Great Han’s city wall.
• Li Jing struck Zhu Rong with an axe while Zhu Rong fought the Flood Dragon, but the Flood Dragon overwhelmed Li Jing and left Great Han’s city near collapse.
• Ji Hao offered Li Jing and the city defenders a choice between surrender and capture, and Li Jing and the officers submitted.
• Zhang Jiao entered the city with an army, and Zhu Rong excitedly charged to fight him.

Ji Hao captured the city after Zhu Rong killed Zhang Jiao, then appointed Zhu Rong King Who Pacifies the South and defeated black-robed attackers who threatened Great Han. After learning that the invaders had endangered Qingzhou’s civilians, Ji Hao led an army to hunt them down, but found armed civilians gathered beyond a prefecture.

• Zhu Rong killed Zhang Jiao, and Great Han’s army captured the city and Li Jing.
• Ji Hao appointed Zhu Rong King Who Pacifies the South and ordered him to lead a campaign against the North Sea.
• Black-robed experts attacked outside the Protectorate Manor, and Ji Hao killed them and summoned Xuan Ming to pursue the rest.
• Ji Hao fought the black-robed leader at the camp, while Xing Tian killed the escaping attackers; Ji Hao then rallied his generals and marched out with the army.
• Ji Hao issued an Imperial Decree summoning the city garrisons, but found bloodthirsty civilians gathered beyond a prefecture.

Ji Hao crushed a rebellion in Qingzhou, exposed disloyalty among his own officials, and prepared to strike back at the Golden Guard forces surrounding the city. He appointed Yuchi Gong to lead a vanguard against the rebels.

• Ji Hao defeated the Black-Clad People, advanced to the third level of the Half-Saint realm, and ordered Qingzhou's cities to surrender or be destroyed.
• Liu Bowen led men to pacify Qingzhou, while Li Si urged Cao Zhengchun to seize the city lords and Cao Zhengchun warned against defying Ji Hao's plans.
• Ji Hao confronted the Golden Guard at the palace gates, killed its commander, and dismissed Liu Bowen after learning he had acted to rescue his family.
• Cao Zhengchun and the Golden Guard commander withdrew and plotted to control Qingzhou's governor as nearly five thousand Golden Guards surrounded Qingzhou City.
• A Golden Guard commander presented Ji Hao with Qingzhou's wanted list and offered to help, and Ji Hao ordered Yuchi Gong to lead five hundred soldiers against the rebels.

Ji Hao’s forces seized Qingzhou, defeated its defenders, and demanded the province’s submission. After entering the city, Ji Hao confronted the Azure Province Governor and declared that Great Qin would establish its capital there, then ordered his army to attack.

• Yuchi Gong, Xiang Yu, and Lu Bu fought their way through Qingzhou, but Cao Zhengchun ambushed them, wounded Yuchi Gong, and defeated him.
• Ji Hao killed Cao Zhengchun with his Emperor Dharma Image, then ordered Great Zhou’s cavalry to take Qingzhou and execute resisting aristocratic families.
• Ji Hao entered Qingzhou after its city lord agreed to surrender and proceeded to the council hall, where several hundred governors had gathered.
• The Azure Province Governor attacked Ji Hao, but Yuchi Gong blocked the strike before Ji Hao displayed his power and declared Great Qin would establish its capital in Qingzhou.
• Ji Hao ordered an attack, and Yuchi Gong led the army against the Azure Province Governor and the gathered forces.

Ji Hao subdued Qingzhou, reunited with his daughter, and confronted his brothers over a fortune in spirit stones. He then prepared to conquer the Northern Wasteland, where a vast gathering of cultivators had assembled to hunt Fierce Beasts.

• Ji Hao killed Qingzhou's governor and ordered Yuchi Gong to eliminate anyone who refused to submit.
• Ji Hao arrived at a Prince's residence, where his daughter greeted him, and Yuchi Gong drove back Wang Qingyang's attack and the guards.
• Ji Hao met his third brother, Ji Yongchang, and Yuchi Gong struck the Second Prince after he tried to claim spirit stones; Ji Hao defused the dispute and ordered the spoils sent to the national treasury.
• Ji Hao began preparing to conquer the Northern Wasteland, deploying giant ballista carts and specialized explosive mechanical arms.
• Ji Hao stood on the Northern Wasteland's great peak and surveyed the enormous crowd of cultivators gathered to hunt Fierce Beasts.

Ji Hao, Yuchi Gong, and Mo Yu battled powerful Fierce Beasts in the Northern Wasteland, where Ji Hao was badly wounded and appeared to die before beginning a dangerous refinement. The chapter ended with Yuchi Gong and Mo Yu surviving the final beast’s attack and discovering that Ji Hao’s refinement had succeeded.

• Ji Hao sent Yuchi Gong to test the Northern Wasteland cultivators and Fierce Beasts, but Mo Yu had to protect him when the beasts overwhelmed him.
• Ji Hao and Mo Yu confronted the Northern Wasteland experts, who were killed as they fled, and Ji Hao left with Yuchi Gong to find the Fierce Beast behind the attacks.
• Ji Hao fought a Quasi-Saint Level Eight Fierce Beast, suffered a fatal-looking injury, and was engulfed by flames as Mo Yu and Yuchi Gong arrived.
• Mo Yu and Yuchi Gong fought the Fierce Beast while Ji Hao remained surrounded by fire; Mo Yu was wounded, and the beast tore Yuchi Gong apart.
• Ji Hao’s sword light destroyed the Fierce Beast, and Yuchi Gong discovered Ji Hao sitting motionless with a strong pill fragrance around him, a sign that his refinement had succeeded.

Ji Hao tried to save Mo Yu after she was poisoned, but she died before he could get her to safety. He returned to Great Zhou, mobilized its army and advanced into the Eastern Wasteland, where its new ballistae struck the Fierce Beasts and the Fierce Spirit Leader launched a counterattack.

• Ji Hao and Yuchi Gong pursued Fierce Beasts, but Mo Yu was splashed with deadly venom while fighting them.
• Ji Hao failed to cure Mo Yu and killed the Fierce Spirit who attacked him, then left with his companions; Mo Yu later succumbed to the poison and died.
• Ji Hao returned to Great Zhou and ordered its army to prepare for war against the Eastern Wasteland.
• Ji Hao led the army, including 365 ballistae and several thousand cannons, toward the Eastern Wasteland and fired on the enemy camp.
• The ballista bolts devastated the Fierce Beasts, but the Fierce Spirit Leader donned black armor and attacked Ji Hao with a powerful punch.

Ji Hao advanced into the Four Direction Divine Beast Ridge as Four Symbols City prepared to resist Great Zhou, and a clash over local farmers drew the Empress to the battlefield. The chapter ended with the Empress asking what had happened, while the City Lord of Four Symbols Divine Beast City began explaining the incident.

• Ji Hao killed the Fierce Spirit Leader, then led Great Zhou's forces toward the Eastern Wasteland to suppress the rebellion and seize the land.
• The Qingqiu Queen learned that Great Zhou's reinforcements had reached the region, while the Nine-tailed Fox Emperor insisted that no one interfere in the coming duel.
• The Qingqiu Queen's younger sister warned her of trouble within their family, and the Grand Elder reported that Great Zhou's forces had reached Four Directions City.
• The Four Symbols City Emperor ordered his generals into battle as Great Zhou's army advanced through the Four Direction Divine Beast Ridge.
• White Tiger attacked farmers and Great Zhou soldiers at a village, killing a general before a black bear joined the fight.
• The Empress arrived with her forces and asked what was happening, and the City Lord of Four Symbols Divine Beast City began recounting the events.

Ji Hao learned about the Four Symbols Sect and the upheaval in Four Symbols Divine Beast Ridge, then attacked the sect’s forces when they confronted him. He left the Four Symbols Sect badly outmatched as he continued fighting through its camp.

• The Empress ordered her deputy general to warn Four Symbols Divine Beast Ridge’s commanders and reward Ji Hao after they tried to seize commoners.
• White Tiger told Ji Hao about the Four Symbols Races and the powerful Four Symbols Sect, and Ji Hao ordered everyone in Four Symbols Valley to remain inside the stockade.
• A troop of four siblings from the White Tiger Race approached Green Dragon City to welcome their elder sister, who had married into the Four Symbols Sect.
• The Four Symbols Sect assembled its battle formation, and Ji Hao emerged to face its forces after hearing they were ready to attack.
• Ji Hao shattered the attackers’ treasures, killed one of the White Tiger Race’s Four Young Masters, and stormed the camp where Miss was located.
• Ji Hao transformed into a Giant Ape and overwhelmed the Four Symbols Sect disciples, killing their leader and driving the sect’s forces into retreat.

Ji Hao led Great Zhou forces in destroying the Four Symbols Sect and killing the Four Symbols Divine Lord, while a Black-Robed Man tried to enlist the sect to capture Eastern Emperor Tai Yi and Empress Nüwa. As a Demon King attacked Great Zhou, Ji Hao confronted him in Golden Dragon form, and their clash began.

• Ji Hao slaughtered the Four Symbols Sect’s stronghold survivors, then rushed to Green Dragon City, where the Four Symbols Divine Lord arrived and vowed revenge.
• Ji Hao and Great Zhou’s reinforcements overwhelmed the Four Symbols Sect at Green Dragon City, and Ji Hao killed the Four Symbols Divine Lord before ordering the remaining disciples killed.
• A Black-Robed Man told the Four Symbols Divine Lord that his young master wanted Eastern Emperor Tai Yi and Empress Nüwa captured, then sent demons to follow and assist the sect.
• Ji Hao’s forces fought the Four Symbols Sect’s remaining disciples, while a blood-soaked young man emerged from the ruined mountain gate and killed several hundred people, including the Four Symbols Sect Master’s son.
• A Demon King entered Great Zhou territory and attacked the battlefield, prompting Ji Hao to take Golden Dragon form and charge at him.

Ji Hao defeated the Demon Clan’s forces, brought the Four Symbols Sect under Great Zhou’s rule, and learned that its Divine Lord had used three immortal medicines to break through. As Great Zhou expanded across Demon Clan territory, the Demon King sought help from the Human Race but was stabbed by the Grand Void Saint and died after threatening retaliation.

• Ji Hao killed the Four Symbols Divine Lord’s opponent, forced the Four Symbols Sect to submit, and fought a Demon King with help from Xing Tian and the Four Symbols Sacred Beasts.
• Liu Zheng led Great Zhou’s forces to crush the Demon Clan army, while the Heavenly Peng God King escaped from the Ancient Battlefield.
• The Four Symbols Divine Lord made the sect an affiliate of Great Zhou and told Ji Hao that three immortal medicines had enabled his breakthrough; Cao Zhengchun reported that a hundred Great Saint experts had surrendered.
• Great Zhou pursued the retreating Demon Clan and took most of its territory as news of the Demon Clan’s defeat spread across the Primordial World.
• The Demon King confronted the Human Race, but the Grand Void Saint’s retainers stabbed him; the Demon King exploded after warning that the Demon Clan would retaliate.

As war erupted between the Human Race and the Demon Clan, Liu Zheng killed two Demon Kings who challenged him. The Heavenly Peng Young Master arrived with his clan, declared his intention to conquer the Primordial World, and defeated a Human Race Old Ancestor, prompting Liu Zheng to step forward with his divine sword.

• The Grand Void Saint called on the races to join the Human Race in a crusade against the Demon Clan, and widespread fighting began.
• The Demon King attacked Liu Zheng to avenge his brother, but Liu Zheng crushed him with the Heavenly Palace.
• A Demon God and the Heavenly Peng Young Master arrived, and the Young Master's Flood Dragons charged the Human Race.
• Liu Zheng killed another Demon King, while the Heavenly Peng Young Master announced that he would occupy the Primordial World and make its people his slaves.
• A Human Race Old Ancestor refused to submit to the Heavenly Peng Young Master, but the Young Master defeated him and left him bleeding on the battlefield.
• Liu Zheng stepped forward, grew to an immense height, and raised his shining divine sword against the Heavenly Peng Young Master.

Liu Zheng slaughtered the Heavenly Peng Young Master and his allies after they attacked him, drawing the Heavenly Peng Clan’s leaders into battle. He unleashed Great Han’s forces against them, and the Heavenly Peng Clan Leader was killed as the clan’s army fell back.

• Liu Zheng defeated and killed the Heavenly Peng Young Master after an arrow pierced his shoulder, then killed the young master’s eldest brother and destroyed a Thunder Leopard.
• The Heavenly Peng Grand Elder arrived with clan experts and vowed to kill Liu Zheng, who struck at them without hesitation.
• The Heavenly Peng Clan Leader attacked Liu Zheng, who severed his arm and summoned a gigantic city, a golden-armored Giant, ancient Fierce Beasts, and the Great Han army.
• Liu Zheng’s forces drove the Heavenly Peng Clan back, and the Heavenly Peng Clan Leader was blasted to death.

Liu Zheng fought the Heavenly Peng Clan on its continent, overwhelming its elders and forces with the Dragon Emperor’s power. As the clan’s leader and his son joined the battle, Liu Zheng met their attack head-on.

• The Demon Flame Great Emperor learned that Liu Zheng was attacking the Heavenly Peng Clan and set out to avenge his slain disciple.
• Liu Zheng defeated the Heavenly Peng Grand Elder, then faced the returning Demon Flame Great Emperor and suppressed him in their clash.
• The Heavenly Peng Clan assembled thousands of fighters, but Liu Zheng’s forces struck as he withdrew, with a colossal dragon-elephant killing hundreds.
• Liu Zheng summoned the Zu Long, and the Dragon Emperor killed the Heavenly Peng Grand Elder and battered the clan’s forces.
• The Heavenly Peng Clan Leader gathered the clan’s power and attacked Liu Zheng with his sword as his son returned, and Liu Zheng answered with blazing fist force.

Liu Zheng defeated the Heavenly Peng Clan Leader, killed the Heavenly Peng Old Ancestor, and forced the Demon Spirit Clan Chief to submit as his forces advanced toward Heavenly Peng City. The city was already in turmoil when Liu Zheng arrived, while the Heavenly Peng Old Ancestor faced the Chaotic Demon Ape Clan after the Heavenly Peng Princess was struck down.

• Liu Zheng crushed the Heavenly Peng Clan Leader in battle, killed him, and ordered Xiang Yu to destroy the Heavenly Peng Clan.
• A newly powerful Heavenly Peng Old Ancestor attacked the Demon Spirit Clan, demanded its submission, and was killed by a black-robed figure; Liu Zheng then ordered the clan slaughtered and accepted its Chief's surrender in exchange for his essence blood.
• Liu Zheng's forces killed the surviving Heavenly Peng Young Master, and the Demon Spirit Clan Chief led Liu Zheng toward Heavenly Peng City.
• Outside Heavenly Peng City, the Black-Robed Man of the Chaotic Demon Ape Clan boasted that he would seize the Demon Spirit Clan's territory and devour its natives.
• The Heavenly Peng Princess rushed out to fight the Chaotic Demon Ape Clan and was struck down, prompting the Heavenly Peng Old Ancestor to attack its members.
• Liu Zheng arrived outside Heavenly Peng City in his Golden Chariot, and Cao Zhengchun commanded the city to kneel and welcome him.

Liu Zheng crushed the Heavenly Peng Clan and the Chaotic Demon Ape Clan forces, then ordered Heavenly Peng City’s families to choose between submitting to Great Han or being treated as rebels. He left the Heavenly Peng City Lord in charge of gathering them while preparing to take control of the city.

• Liu Zheng ordered the slaughter of the Heavenly Peng Clan, killed the Heavenly Peng King, and defeated the Heavenly Peng Old Ancestor as Xiang Yu and the Han forces attacked.
• Liu Zheng began a breakthrough amid a destructive lightning tribulation, shattered Heavenly Peng City’s gates, and entered the city.
• Xiang Yu, Lu Bu, and Guan Yu killed the Heavenly Peng King, but two Chaotic Demon Ape Clan leaders arrived with a powerful cavalry force and threatened the city.
• Liu Zheng killed the Chaotic Demon Ape Clan experts, then ordered Lu Bu to capture Heavenly Peng City with four thousand troops without slaughtering indiscriminately.
• The Heavenly Peng City Lord pledged the city’s allegiance to Great Han, and Liu Zheng ordered him to gather every family so they could submit or be treated as rebels.