Chapter Summaries

After ascending the throne, Xu Cheng'an imposed land and civil-service reforms despite fierce aristocratic resistance, then became a god and continued ruling without taking a consort. The chapter leaves the succession unresolved as ministers repeatedly urged him to name a Crown Prince.

• Xu Cheng'an began his reign by abolishing aristocratic land ownership and distributing nationalized land according to population and household size.
• When Earl Wang rebelled in Star Luo City, Xu Cheng'an went there alone and persuaded the Earl and the other rebels to surrender without using force.
• Xu Cheng'an completed land reform after three years and replaced hereditary official selection with empire-wide civil service examinations.
• At twenty-six, Xu Cheng'an broke through level one hundred and became a god as golden light rained over Ming Capital.
• Ten years later, Xu Cheng'an still had no empress, consorts, or children, and ministers pressed him to choose a Crown Prince.

Xu Cheng'an announced that he would abolish the monarchy and gradually establish a republic, then began carrying out reforms with the support of his allies. Decades later, Xu Yanli and others ascended to the Divine Realm, where Xu Yanli confronted Tang San as Xiao Wu demanded to know what had happened to her daughter.

• Xu Cheng'an refused to marry or leave an heir and told the court he would arrange succession through a nationwide selection when he ascended to the Divine Realm.
• Xu Cheng'an announced that he would abolish the monarchy and establish a republic, explaining that the realm belonged to its people rather than one ruling family.
• Xu Cheng'an began drafting reforms with support from his family, the Angel Legion, and people who wanted fairness and freedom.
• Decades later, Xu Yanli and dozens of others rose into the Divine Realm, and Xu Yanli headed for the Sea God Temple.
• Xu Yanli entered the Sea God Temple and faced Tang San, while Xiao Wu rushed out and asked what had happened to her daughter.

Xu Yanli confronted Tang San in the Sea God Temple to collect a debt for Xu Wangshu, and effortlessly overcame the Sea God’s attacks. The chapter ended with Xu Yanli stopping Tang San’s strongest strike between two fingers, leaving Tang San stunned.

• Xu Yanli told Tang San he had come to collect a debt, and Tang San summoned his Sea God armor and unleashed his domain.
• Tang San’s Sea God Ninth Form, Endless Azure, was dismantled by Xu Yanli’s Creation power.
• Tang San used Devour, but Xu Yanli transformed the Jade Fan into the Angel Holy Sword and split the vortex with one strike.
• Provoked by Xu Yanli, Tang San unleashed the Sea God’s Thirteenth Strike, No Return, and hurled his trident at Xu Yanli.
• Xu Yanli stopped the Sea God Trident between two fingers just before it struck his chest.

Xu Yanli defeated and killed Tang San, then entered the Forbidden God Land to confront the imprisoned Golden Dragon King. He announced that he had come to free the dragon and send him on his way.

• Xu Yanli shattered the Sea God Trident, gravely wounding Tang San through their soul bond.
• Xu Yanli killed Tang San with the Holy Sword, avenging his mother, Xu Wangshu.
• Xu Yanli left the collapsing Sea God Temple and traveled to the Forbidden God Land.
• Xu Yanli examined the chains binding the Golden Dragon King and calmly faced the dragon’s threats.
• Xu Yanli revealed that he had come to release the Golden Dragon King, then transformed the Jade Fan into the Holy Sword.

Xu Yanli freed the Golden Dragon King from his divine chains and killed him with the Angel Holy Sword, claiming his origin Divine Core. He offered the core to Gu Yuena so she could restore her divine core and reclaim the Dragon God's position.

• Xu Yanli severed all eighteen divine chains and unleashed the Golden Dragon King's full Destruction Force.
• The Golden Dragon King thanked Xu Yanli for freeing him, then attacked him with a massive claw.
• Xu Yanli halted the Golden Dragon King's claw with chaotic power and killed him by piercing his head, dragon core, and soul with the Angel Holy Sword.
• Xu Yanli caught the Golden Dragon King's origin Divine Core as his body disintegrated.
• Gu Yuena arrived, recognized the Divine Core, and questioned Xu Yanli's decision to give her the power that could have advanced his own martial soul.

Xu Yanli gave Gu Yuena the Divine Core, allowing her to regain her full power as the Dragon God. Years later, Xu Cheng'an struggled to keep up with his three-year-old sister Xu Nianyue, whose playful antics and overwhelming Dragon God aura left the family and a mighty dragon helpless.

• Xu Yanli gave Gu Yuena the Divine Core and promised to protect her while she absorbed it.
• Gu Yuena fused with the Divine Core, broke through the God King barrier, and thanked Xu Yanli.
• Years later, Xu Nianyue rode the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon King and demanded that he fly faster.
• Xu Nianyue ran to Xu Cheng'an and asked him to play, while her Dragon God aura made him uncomfortable.
• Xu Cheng'an asked Gu Yuena and Xu Yanli to rein in Nianyue, but they both let her carry on.

Xu Wangshu returned from another dimension and photographed Xu Yanli’s family enjoying a peaceful lakeside gathering. As the family shared mushroom soup and promised to cherish their quiet days, Xu Wangshu and Xu Yanli avoided eating the suspicious mushrooms.

• The Goddess of Life prepared a lakeside meal while Xu Cheng'an, Xu Nianyue, and the others helped, and God of Destruction Little Purple cleaned the fish he had caught.
• Xu Yanli explained that the system had returned after his ascension and let him bring his mother, Xu Wangshu, back from another dimension.
• Xu Wangshu took pictures of the gathering, then arranged everyone for a family portrait with her photography equipment.
• Xu Nianyue tasted the Goddess of Life’s mushroom soup, and Xu Cheng'an asked Xu Yanli whether they could keep living peacefully; Xu Yanli promised they could.
• Xu Wangshu and Xu Yanli noticed the mushrooms resembled poisonous red ink caps and stayed back while the others ate.