Chapter Summaries

The Black Cloud Monarch and Black Wind Stronghold were defeated as the Black Stone forces and the Black Wood Prince entered the conflict. After Black Wind Stronghold suffered devastating losses, its exhausted master encountered an arriving young woman addressed as the Eldest Miss.

• The Black Mountain Old Demon killed the Black Cloud Monarch’s Tiger Leopard Rider attacker, defeated the Black Cloud Monarch, and accepted the surrender of nearby bandits.
• The Black Wood Prince arrived with Primordial Realm experts, while the Iron Stone General confronted the Black Wind Stronghold Master over the kidnapping of the young master of Black Stone Stronghold.
• The Black Stone General’s forces attacked, killed the Black Cloud Monarch, and routed the Black Wind forces; the Black Wind Stronghold Master fled as Black Wind Stronghold was destroyed.
• After the battle, the Black Wind Stronghold Master prepared to return with heavy losses and his legitimate son still captured.
• Several young riders arrived at the mountain gate, and a gatekeeping disciple greeted their leader as the Eldest Miss, prompting the stronghold master to bow.

Liu Zheng purged Black Wind Stronghold after confronting its master, while Black Tiger Ridge forces invaded Black Wind Ridge and killed its leaders. As the slaughter swept the region, Liu Zheng remained on Black Wind Mountain, warned that Black Tiger Ridge would come after him.

• The Black Cloud Family's eldest miss learned that her father had been killed and her younger brother's corpse taken, while the Black Stone General led his troops toward Black Wind Mountain.
• The Black Cloud Family Head planned to seek Black Tiger Ridge's support, and Liu Zheng ordered Huang Zhong to kill the Black Wind Stronghold Master and his rebels before setting out to spread the news.
• Heimu led Black Tiger Ridge forces into Black Wind Ridge, where Black Cloud Overlord Blade tried to rally a counterattack but Heimu killed the Stronghold Chief of Black Wind Stronghold.
• The Black Cloud Family Head knelt before Heimu, who killed him and ordered his troops to slaughter the people of Black Wind Ridge.
• Black Lei escaped the bloodshed, while Liu Zheng stayed on Black Wind Mountain and heard the Black Wind Family Head warn him about Black Tiger Ridge.

Liu Zheng’s forces crushed Black Wood Ridge and Black Wind Stronghold, then captured the Black Wood Ridge Lord after the Black Tiger Ridge Lord revealed his allegiance to Great Han. Liu Zheng ordered Lu Bu to lead a million troops toward Black Water Pool, while the Black Tiger Ridge Lord fled to Black Tiger Stronghold as Black Water Cliff began collapsing and an elder suddenly exploded.

• The Black Tiger Ridge Lord threatened the Black Wind Stronghold Family Head for the Black Stone as Black Tiger Ridge’s forces breached the stronghold and reported that the Black Cloud Family had been wiped out.
• The Black Wood Ridge Lord attacked the Black Tiger Ridge Lord and Liu Zheng, but a burly middle-aged man intervened and helped him escape; Liu Zheng pursued, and the Black Tiger Ridge Lord was killed in the ensuing clash.
• Black Wood Ridge’s forces retreated from the ruined stronghold but were ambushed by arrows, and the Black Tiger Ridge Lord revealed himself among the troops and declared his allegiance to Great Han.
• Liu Zheng’s four protectors defeated the Black Wood Ridge Lord, and Liu Zheng ordered Lu Bu to lead a million soldiers to capture Black Water Pool.
• The Black Tiger Ridge Lord fled to Black Tiger Stronghold as Black Water Cliff shook and began collapsing, then an elder beside him exploded into blood mist.

Liu Zheng's forces attacked Black Tiger Ridge, where he uncovered a powerful spirit medicine and fought the Black Tiger Mountain Lord. Meanwhile, Black Tiger Ridge's army invaded a Great Han city, and Liu Zheng turned back to destroy them as the battle spread to Black Tiger Mountain.

• Liu Zheng and Yue Fei led Great Han forces through Black Water Pool, slaughtering demon beasts and attacking Black Tiger Ridge while Tie Futu joined the campaign.
• Black Tiger Stronghold Lord killed his son after he boasted of provoking Liu Zheng, swallowed a spirit pill, and was then cut down by Tie Futu.
• Liu Zheng searched Black Tiger Ridge for the spirit medicine and fought the Black Tiger Mountain Lord, summoning Yellow Turban Warriors before defeating him and finding only medicinal herbs.
• Cao Zhengchun ordered the city gates and imperial palace defended, but Black Tiger Ridge's army stormed a city and slaughtered its defenders and inhabitants.
• Liu Zheng killed a Divine Lord Eighth Level expert and ordered Black Tiger Stronghold destroyed as Great Han's army advanced on Black Tiger Mountain.
• The Black Tiger Cliff Lord led disciples toward the city, but Huang Zhong ordered the Thunderbolt Ballistas to fire, killing thousands and forcing the lord to retreat.

Liu Zheng led Great Han’s forces to destroy Black Tiger Cliff and advance into Black Wind Canyon, where the Black Wind Ridge Lord and a fierce-beast Protector confronted him. Liu Zheng killed the Black Wind Ridge Lord with a single lightning strike, leaving the Protector stunned.

• Cao Zhengchun killed the Black Tiger Cliff Lord and broke Black Tiger Ridge’s assault, while Liu Zheng ordered Great Han’s troops to pursue the fleeing disciples.
• Ding Chunqiu led reinforcements against Liu Zheng’s army, but Cao Zhengchun destroyed his summoned beast and Lu Bu killed the Black Tiger Mountain Lord as Great Han captured Black Wind Pass.
• Liu Zheng ordered the army into Black Wind Canyon, and Hei Yunhu appeared before Liu Zheng and was immediately killed.
• Liu Zheng entered the canyon with Ding Chunqiu and Lu Bu, where the Black Wind Ridge Lord and Black Tiger Cliff’s Protector confronted him with their forces.
• The Black Wind Ridge Lord attacked Liu Zheng, but Liu Zheng’s lightning killed him instantly, leaving the Protector stunned.

Liu Zheng conquered Black Tiger Cliff and Black Tiger Mountain, forcing their people to submit and appointing new commanders. When the Scorpio Star Lord’s forces attacked the city, Liu Zheng revealed his Ancestral Witch True Body and slew an eighth-level Saint from the Divine Feather Star System, while the Golden Haired Ape joined the battle.

• Liu Zheng defeated Black Tiger Cliff’s Protector and destroyed the Black-Robed Man’s spiritual treasure, while Xiang Yu killed the Black Tiger Mountain Lord; the survivors surrendered and Liu Zheng ordered them to establish a new sect.
• Jin Peng attacked Liu Zheng with golden arrows, but Xiang Yu struck him down; Liu Zheng accepted Black Tiger Mountain’s submission and assigned its people to command Black Tiger Ridge.
• The Scorpio Star Lord gathered tens of millions of armed followers outside the city, and the Golden Crow Clan Leader fought him before being wounded by arrows and killed by a sword strike.
• Liu Zheng watched the battle from the city wall as troops of Black Tiger Ridge charged to avenge their Young Master, and a general arriving on a giant elephant pledged himself to Liu Zheng.
• Liu Zheng transformed into an Ancestral Witch True Body and attacked the Scorpio Star Lord, but an eighth-level Saint from the Divine Feather Star System intervened; Liu Zheng killed the Saint with the Dragon Luan Blade.
• The attackers charged toward the city, and the Golden Haired Ape joined the fight, swinging his giant axe.

Liu Zheng conquered the Golden Ox Star Field and drove the Great Han army into battle against the Dark Night forces. Dark Night Star Lord rallied his family and troops to confront Liu Zheng, but his army was already suffering heavy losses.

• The Dark Night Dynasty sent reinforcements toward Golden Bull Star as Liu Zheng’s forces slaughtered an attacking army and fortified the city.
• Divine Wind Star Lord, Demon Flame Star Lord, and Dark Night Star Lord plotted to kill Liu Zheng, but Liu Zheng and Di Jiang destroyed their gathering place and killed Dark Night Star Lord.
• Liu Zheng received a system reward for conquering the Golden Ox Star Field and ordered the Great Han army to pursue and attack its enemies.
• Scorpio Star Lord and the regional lords delayed their encirclement while considering whether to recruit Liu Zheng and enlist Dark Night Star Lord’s son.
• Dark Night Star Lord prepared Ten Thousand Spirits Pills and summoned hundreds of family elders to resist the Great Han advance.
• Dark Night Star Lord abandoned his secluded cultivation after Dark Night Star Chen warned him of the attack, then led his forces into battle and called on Liu Zheng to face him as his troops suffered heavy losses.

Liu Zheng’s forces devastated the Dark Night Star System, while the Dark Night Star Lord secretly prepared to resist Great Han. The Star Lord confronted Liu Zheng in his command tent, declaring that he would kill him, and struck with his palm.

• Liu Zheng led Great Han’s forces into battle, and his army killed the Dark Night Star Lord and slaughtered the Dark Night Family members defending the Golden Ox Star Field.
• The Dark Night Star Lord’s family panicked as his sons discussed their losses and awaited his return from seclusion; the Star Lord emerged and regretted failing to protect them.
• The Golden Lion King summoned the Dark Night Family Head to Lingxiao City, while Liu Zheng ordered Lu Bu to blockade the Dark Night Star System and prepare to storm the family compound if no news came within three days.
• Lu Bu reported that Great Han had occupied half the Dark Night Star System and found Dark Night Star Cloud’s corpse; Liu Zheng ordered a full blockade and sent an envoy to invite the family head to negotiate.
• The Dark Night Family gathered to avenge its losses, but the Dark Night Star Lord rejected Dark Night Star Chen’s advice to learn Liu Zheng’s intentions and vowed to capture and kill the emperor.
• Liu Zheng met with Zhuge Liang in his command tent, where the Dark Night Star Lord suddenly appeared, threatened to kill him, and struck with a palm.

Liu Zheng and his forces crushed the Dark Night Family and Dark Shadow Guard, killing their leaders and the Dark Shadow Star Son. With Liu Zheng preparing to attack the city, Dark Shadow Star Son’s father sought support from the Nine Provinces’ sects and ordered the Third Prince to approach them.

• Lu Bu defeated Dark Night Star Lord’s forces, and Liu Zheng ordered the Dark Night Family exterminated in three days.
• The Dark Shadow Guard Commander attacked Liu Zheng’s hall, but Liu Zheng overwhelmed him and forced him to reveal where Dark Night Star Chen’s remains were.
• Liu Zheng killed Dark Night Star Chen and Dark Shadow Star Son, then Cao Zhengchun killed Dark Night Star Lord as the Tiger Leopard Riders routed his forces.
• Liu Zheng ordered the lords to prepare to attack the city and set out to take Dark Shadow Star Chen.
• Dark Shadow Star Son’s father sent the Third Prince to seek aid from the major sects, but the Third Prince urged caution and was angrily rejected.

Liu Zheng led the Great Han army into the Ancient Secret Realm, slaughtered Dark Shadow Star Chen's forces, captured and executed Dark Shadow Star Chen's Father, and destroyed Dark Shadow City and the Dark Shadow Divine Sect. As Great Han claimed the city, the Crown Prince of the Great Yan Dynasty attacked Liu Zheng, who met his summoned Soul Eater Spirit Tiger with a punch.

• Liu Zheng entered the Ancient Secret Realm with Cao Zhengchun and Xiang Yu and led the army toward the sounds of battle.
• Xiang Yu defeated the Dark Shadow God Guards, and Liu Zheng ordered Dark Shadow Star Chen's Father executed before the Great Han army continued onward.
• Liu Zheng invaded the city, killed Dark Shadow God Lord, and led Great Han forces in destroying the city and the Dark Shadow Divine Sect; Cao Zhengchun killed Dark Shadow Star Son.
• The Crown Prince of the Great Yan Dynasty arrived to seize Dark Shadow City, but Liu Zheng struck him and then punched at his summoned Soul Eater Spirit Tiger.

Liu Zheng recovered his father’s coffin and killed the Great Yan Crown Prince, then was attacked by the Great Yan Divine Court and the Dark Shadow God Palace. Dark Night Fairy Ji helped him escape and gave him a teleportation token, while the Dark Shadow God Lord returned to his palace and confronted an accused elder.

• Liu Zheng killed the Soul Eater Spirit Tiger, ordered the Great Yan Crown Prince to keep guarding the city, and went to find his mother consort.
• At the Dark Shadow God Palace, Liu Zheng’s mother consort gave him the black stone containing his father’s coffin, and Liu Zheng killed the Great Yan Crown Prince when he attacked outside.
• The Great Yan Taishang Emperor and the Dark Shadow God Lord’s forces attacked Liu Zheng, who discovered that the Dark Shadow God Palace had turned fallen Great Wilderness Sect members into puppets.
• The Dark Shadow God Lord offered Liu Zheng a place in his palace, but Liu Zheng refused and fought back; Dark Night Fairy Ji used Hongmeng Spiritual Qi to heal him and led him away.
• Dark Night Fairy Ji gave Liu Zheng a teleportation token and revealed her name before leaving, while the Dark Shadow God Lord returned to the palace and accused an elder of betrayal.

The Dark Shadow God Lord killed a disloyal elder, then intervened against a God General and confronted his rebellious son. He pinned the God Child to the city wall and greeted Liu Zheng with respect, leaving the gathered guards stunned.

• The Dark Shadow God Lord killed an elder who had rebuked him, then bowed to a God General who demanded his son as a bed warmer and attacked the palace.
• The Golden Lion King blocked the God General’s strike and entered the palace, while Liu Zheng set out for Heavenly God City.
• The Dark Shadow God Lord ordered the palace sealed, then brought the Dark Shadow God Child before him and commanded him to submit to the Divine Court.
• The Dark Shadow God Lord forbade the God Child from returning to the God Palace, slapped him, and pinned him to the city wall with a sword.
• The Dark Shadow God Lord threatened anyone who bullied his daughter, then respectfully greeted Liu Zheng as the Han Emperor.

Dark Shadow God Lord punished Green Bamboo for giving the Dark Shadow God Palace’s Saint Medicine to a slave and demanded that she become his son’s forbidden consort. A mysterious black-robed human killed Dark Shadow God Lord, then revealed he had used the clash to probe the arrangements within the God Lord Palace.

• Dark Shadow God Lord dismissed Dark Shadow God Child’s anger, while two ancient elders awakened in the Ancient Secret Realm and prepared to leave seclusion.
• Dark Shadow God Lord ordered his subordinates to watch Dark Shadow God Child and summoned the palace’s Protectors to retaliate against the female God King who had harmed his son.
• A black-robed human attacked the Dark Shadow God Palace and blasted its experts apart before Dark Shadow God Lord summoned the Hidden Guards and brought Green Bamboo before him.
• Dark Shadow God Lord accused Green Bamboo of giving away the palace’s Saint Medicine and threatened to kill her unless she became his son’s forbidden consort.
• The black-robed human laughed at Dark Shadow God Lord’s demand, endured his attack unharmed, and then roared, shattering Dark Shadow God Lord’s body into powder.
• The black-robed human said Dark Shadow God Lord’s strength posed no threat and that he had used him to probe the God Lord Palace’s arrangements.

Green Bamboo and the Dark Shadow God Lord fought the Dark Shadow God Palace while Lin Yang searched for the Divine Maiden and the Myriad Manifestations Spirit Grass. Lin Yang found the Divine Maiden, but after the Grand Commander’s men surrounded him, his True Essence and spiritual power began to fail.

• Green Bamboo killed the Dark Shadow God Palace’s elders and confronted the arriving Dark Shadow God Child, but a Taishang Elder intervened.
• A mysterious woman protected Green Bamboo, and the Dark Shadow God Lord killed the Taishang Elder before the Grand Commander blasted Green Bamboo apart.
• Lin Yang entered a guarded chamber, found the Myriad Manifestations Spirit Grass, and killed the giant python guarding it.
• The Divine Maiden emerged and recognized Lin Yang, but urged him to leave rather than risk his life to save her.
• The Grand Commander’s guards attacked Lin Yang, whose True Essence was sealed and spiritual power rapidly weakened.

Lin Yang fought the Divine Maiden and was overwhelmed by her and a powerful old woman, while Tang Mingshan refused to let the Tang Clan intervene. The chapter left Lin Yang engulfed in flames and Tang Jingxian ordered to keep the events secret.

• Lin Yang tried to rescue the Divine Maiden, but she attacked him and ordered the Dark Shadow God Palace guards to stand down.
• The Divine Maiden killed Liu Yong, disowned him as her disciple, and offered to spare Lin Yang if he became her palace’s male favorite.
• Lin Yang unleashed flames against the Divine Maiden, but she struck back, wounded him, and escaped.
• A gaunt old woman appeared, revealed herself as Golden Lion City’s last Divine Power Realm expert, and engulfed Lin Yang in fire.
• Tang Jingxian urged Tang Mingshan to save Lin Yang, but he refused and warned her to keep the incident secret.

Lin Yang endured the Divine Maiden’s fiery trial, recovered in a miraculous bath, and followed her to the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion, where she asked her father to accept him into the sect and as her husband. The Old Sect Master granted Lin Yang a cultivation technique and his blessing for the match, while a resentful young man began plotting against him.

• Tang Mingshan told Tang Jingxian to remain with the Tang Family and promised to help protect Lin Yang.
• Lin Yang endured the flames in the secret chamber until the Divine Maiden arrived, claimed their marriage contract bound them, and struck him unconscious.
• Lin Yang recovered in the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion’s bathing tub, then accompanied the Divine Maiden to meet the Old Sect Master.
• The Divine Maiden asked her father to accept Lin Yang as his adopted son and Prince Consort, but Lin Yang declined to discuss marriage and requested only a cultivation technique.
• The Old Sect Master gave Lin Yang a high-grade Profound Rank technique and declared that he would take the Divine Maiden’s place as sect master, then blessed their marriage after the Divine Maiden insisted.
• The Divine Maiden kissed Lin Yang and declared she would follow him, while a resentful young man entered the hall to whisper to the Old Sect Master.

Lin Yang defended the Divine Maiden from accusations of poisoning the Sect Master, but she fled after the Sect Master confronted him about her guilt. The story then shifted to Liu Zheng’s Autumn Hunting in the Southern Barbarian Mountain Range, where Zhou Yi’s party found the demon beasts had vanished.

• The Divine Maiden returned with Lin Yang to the imperial city, where the Sect Master accused her of treason and poisoning him and demanded that she become his Empress.
• Lin Yang protected the Divine Maiden, defeated the prince and a minister, and destroyed the Black-Clad People, while the Divine Maiden escaped and the Sect Master demanded to know who Lin Yang was.
• Liu Zheng led officials, guards, Lin Yang, and the Sect Master from the Capital City toward the Southern Barbarian Mountain Range for the Autumn Hunting.
• Zhou Yi’s soldiers killed a giant crocodile and obtained a Demon Core, then traveled deeper into the forest without encountering any more demon beasts.

Lin Yang killed a giant python during the hunt, refined pills, and broke through to the Martial Venerable Initial Stage. He then discovered a dying Qing Tian Ancient Vine and used his Spirit Medicine and sword intent to help its sapling grow.

• Zhou Yi ordered soldiers to surround Lin Yang after he killed a giant python, but Liu Zheng stopped them and arranged for elites to accompany Lin Yang into the hunting grounds.
• Lin Yang gathered spirit herbs and hunted Fierce Beasts with Zhou Yi's guards, then returned to camp and refined pills to temper his body.
• Half a month later, Lin Yang refined a Nourishing Meridian Pill and broke through to the Martial Venerable Initial Stage.
• Lin Yang sensed the nearby Thousand Leaf Lotus and found a gravely injured Qing Tian Ancient Vine with a newly sprouted emerald sapling.
• Lin Yang fed the sapling spiritual liquid from his Spirit Medicine and nourished it with sword intent, causing it to grow rapidly.

Lin Yang was trapped by the terrifying Qing Tian Ancient Vine and used the Purple-Gold Inferno Cauldron to escape its vines. After the vine accepted a Dragon Pearl and rewarded the Black-Robed Man, the Black-Robed Man killed Lin Yang.

• Wang Tao and his followers watched Lin Yang near the Qing Tian Ancient Vine, then Wang Tao and two Black-Robed Men approached its territory.
• The Qing Tian Ancient Vine killed two Black-Robed Men with its vines and warned everyone to stay out of its forbidden zone.
• A Black-Robed Man attacked Lin Yang, who used the Purple-Gold Inferno Cauldron's flames to drive back the vines and hide inside the cauldron.
• The Qing Tian Ancient Vine crushed Lin Yang's Storage Bag, revealing the Black-Robed Man inside, who offered it a Dragon Pearl.
• The Qing Tian Ancient Vine devoured the Dragon Pearl, produced Dragon Saliva, and gave the Black-Robed Man a jade bottle of medicinal liquid.
• After drinking the liquid and gaining power, the Black-Robed Man drew a dagger and split Lin Yang's head apart.

Lin Yang survived the Qing Tian Ancient Vine’s secret realm, returned to the Chu Clan, and obtained Xuan Xiao’s Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Art from the Nine-Story Exquisite Pagoda. After more than three years of cultivation, he reached the peak of early Foundation Establishment, then encountered soldiers in a treasury and prepared to question them about Xuan Xiao.

• Lin Yang defeated the Qing Tian Ancient Vine and bargained for release, but the vine attacked him again after he emerged, leaving him badly injured.
• Lin Yang returned to the Chu Clan and found Chu Yun Yao still sealed in a crystal coffin.
• Lin Yang entered Xuan Xiao’s Nine-Story Exquisite Pagoda, received the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Art, and learned to gather and wield lightning.
• Lin Yang fended off several flying swords and cultivated in the pagoda for more than three years, reaching the peak of early Foundation Establishment.
• Soldiers broke into the treasury and confronted Lin Yang, who snapped the officer’s sword and knocked him aside without killing him so he could ask about Xuan Xiao.