Chapter Summaries

Zhao Fu created cavalry legions from the Giant Wolf and Giant Deer Nests, then went to Monster City to form his final legion. There, he encountered six beautiful female monsters, including Tamamo-no-Mae and Blue Lantern.

• Zhao Fu inspected the Black Divine Cavalry Legion and learned that its soldiers could communicate and merge powers with Black Divine Horses.
• Zhao Fu merged a Legion Heart into the Giant Wolf Nest and created the Giant Wolf Cavalry Legion.
• Zhao Fu created the Giant Deer Cavalry Legion and then formed twenty-seven other legions with elite soldiers.
• Zhao Fu traveled to Monster City to create the final legion and encountered Tamamo-no-Mae, the Hour of the Ox Woman, the Hundred-Eyed Demon, the Book Cart Demon Consort, the Bone Woman, and Blue Lantern.

Zhao Fu entered Monster City and encountered numerous female yokai, including the Snow Woman, Bridge Princess, and Forked Cat. Suspecting they had gathered for a purpose, he turned away to avoid trouble.

• Zhao Fu saw many female yokai gathered along the road in Monster City.
• He recognized that Tamamo-no-Mae was trying to seduce him and thought of Zhen Yi as a friend.
• Zhao Fu concluded the yokai must have a purpose and turned around to take another road.

Zhao Fu met Maple Leaf Hunt and the female monsters, who asked him to address Zhen Yi, make use of their abilities, and create a Monster Realm. He weighed the proposal’s promise of a powerful monster army against the brutal cost before Zhen Yi arrived.

• Maple Leaf Hunt urged Zhao Fu to accept monsters into his harem, but he interrupted her and asked what the monsters wanted.
• Maple Leaf Hunt requested that Zhao Fu stop neglecting Zhen Yi, give the monsters a role in Great Qin, and prepare ten regions for a Monster Realm.
• Maple Leaf Hunt explained that a Ten Thousand Demon Barrier would turn the regions into chaotic lands where creatures became monsters, creating a vicious army through slaughter and devouring.
• Zhao Fu considered the suffering involved and doubted he could sacrifice his own subjects to make the Monster Realm.
• Zhen Yi arrived and asked why Zhao Fu and the female monsters were together, and Maple Leaf Hunt teased that they had come to secure her happiness.

Zhao Fu appointed Mai commander of a monster legion and prepared Great Qin for war, while weighing an attack on the Western Continent. Before the plans could proceed, the barrier between the human world and the Demon Profound World began to vanish, and the passage between them opened.

• Zhao Fu merged the Legion Heart into Mai's City Hall, discovered that it had fused with an All-Beings Nest, and urged Mai to visit Great Qin often.
• Zhao Fu ordered the expansion and training of Great Qin's thirty-one new legions and postponed a decision on turning people into monsters for an army.
• Zhao Fu and his generals identified the Western Continent as Great Qin's likely target and discussed its defenses, forces, and ocean crossings.
• Notifications warned that the Heavenly Domain Barrier between the human world and the Demon Profound World was merging and that the passage between the worlds was about to open.
• A massive shock struck both worlds as enormous cracks split the border, demonic qi poured into the human world, and seven-colored fragments fell from the sky.

The Heavenly Domain Barrier merged after Great Qin’s control of the Demon South Continent sent fate surging between the worlds, allowing Zhao Fu to mobilize its population, City Lords, and army. As the Northern Continent prepared for a demon invasion, Geluofei called for aid and unity against the outside enemy.

• Zhao Fu learned that the Night Dynasty’s control of one-third of the Demon South Continent had caused the Heavenly Domain Barrier to merge and the passage between the worlds to open.
• Zhao Fu and Wei Liao led Great Qin’s officials to discard their previous plans and discuss how to use the Demon South Continent’s newly accessible population, City Lords, and military forces.
• The Northern Continent feared an invasion by the demon race, but its factions had a sturdy defensive wall and demon-breaking items prepared.
• Geluofei led the Northern Continent’s factions to guard the defensive wall and urged them to seek aid from the other continents, especially Great Qin, and end their civil war.

The human factions prepared to face the demon race, while Great Qin’s response to their request for aid remained uncertain. Ye Cang led an assault on the Northern Continent’s defensive wall, and the battle began with the Demon Profound World’s true strength becoming apparent.

• The Northern Continent and other human factions sent urgent requests for Great Qin to join them against the demon race, but Zhao Fu only smiled at the letter.
• The Demon Profound World’s leaders discussed the threats posed by a mysterious faction and Great Qin, and decided to prepare for an attack.
• Three days later, demonic qi surged toward the Northern Continent’s defensive wall before the other human factions had arrived.
• Ye Cang led a two-billion-strong army from the Demon South Continent and sent hundreds of millions of magical beasts to attack the wall.
• Geluofei and the defenders used White Light Talisman arrows to kill three-tenths of the magical beasts, so Ye Cang attacked from another direction with twenty legions.
• The Demon Profound World’s troops fired arrows at the wall, revealing the cultivation power of their real bodies.

Night Dynasty’s demon forces overwhelmed the Northern Continent’s defenses, while Geluofei led the counterattack against Ye Cang. A holy attack killed millions of Night Dynasty soldiers, but blood demons then climbed the walls, and the Northern Continent awaited reinforcements that had not arrived.

• Night Dynasty’s powerful cultivators and colossal demon beasts shattered the city-wall defenses, forcing Geluofei and other City Lords to reinforce the battle.
• Geluofei charged Night Dynasty while Zhao Fu, controlling Ye Cang, fought him with full strength.
• White-robed worshippers summoned a giant holy phantom, whose attack killed roughly ten million Night Dynasty soldiers.
• Night Dynasty members used the fallen demon beasts’ blood to create millions of blood demons, which climbed the walls and drained the soldiers they attacked.
• News of the Northern Continent’s losses spread fear as leaders questioned why reinforcements had not arrived.

Zhao Fu led Great Qin into the Northern Continent after isolation barriers delayed other reinforcements, presenting the arrival as aid against the Demon World. After learning that the Northern Continent had sent most of its forces to the front, he signaled Great Qin’s generals to prepare, then declared that Great Qin would protect the region.

• Isolation barriers blocked the Teleportation Arrays to the Northern Continent, leaving its people panicked and delaying other factions’ reinforcements.
• Great Qin broke through the barriers first, and news of Zhao Fu’s arrival with a large army raised the Northern Continent’s hopes.
• Northern Continent officials welcomed Zhao Fu and praised Great Qin for joining the fight against the demons.
• Zhao Fu secretly signaled his generals, then asked how many Northern Continent forces had gone to the front; the reception official replied vaguely that most had left.
• Zhao Fu declared that Great Qin would protect the Northern Continent, alarming those present with the implication that he intended to claim it.

Zhao Fu used the demon invasion as an opportunity to launch Great Qin’s attack on the Northern Continent, quickly overwhelming its people and forces. As the Northern Continent struggled against the Demon Profound World, its defenders suddenly lost their powers and enhancements.

• Zhao Fu announced that the Northern Continent would submit to Great Qin, and Great Qin’s troops forced the welcoming party to surrender or killed those who fled.
• Zhao Fu released countless flying dragons and the eight Sea Beast Kings, then ordered Great Qin’s vast army to invade the Northern Continent.
• Great Qin rapidly seized regions across the Northern Continent, prompting widespread panic and flight as news of the attack spread.
• Geluofei fought Ye Cang while the Northern Continent’s defenses faltered against the demon forces and the Night Dynasty’s army.
• Geluofei watched the City Lords lose their powers and the soldiers’ enhancements disappear, leaving him bewildered.

The Northern Continent’s army collapsed as Great Qin attacked from the rear, leaving the Night Dynasty free to pursue the fleeing forces. Great Qin seized cities through brutal slaughter and began selecting women among the prisoners, including a girl of thirteen or fourteen.

• Great Qin’s surprise attack from the rear threw the Northern Continent into chaos, and its faction leaders fled as the Night Dynasty pursued them.
• Great Qin Cavalry broke through a city and killed those who resisted or tried to flee, while its infantry and archers subdued the remaining defenders.
• The surviving inhabitants surrendered and gathered in the city center as Great Qin Soldiers continued killing those who resisted.
• A mage-robed young man selected several women from among the prisoners to be taken away for His Majesty, and the foreigners watched in fear.
• The young man pointed at a blonde girl of thirteen or fourteen, and soldiers stepped forward as she began to cry.

Great Qin continued its conquest of the Northern Continent, and Zhao Fu demanded Geluofei’s surrender at the Holy See. Geluofei agreed to submit to Great Qin after Zhao Fu promised he could handle the demon invasion, leaving Zhao Fu to prepare for the arrival of forces from the other two continents.

• Great Qin seized more Northern territory as Ye Cang occupied border regions and Zhao Fu waited at the Holy See for Geluofei.
• Geluofei returned to find Zhao Fu in control and condemned Great Qin for weakening the Northern front while demons invaded.
• Twenty-four holy women urged Geluofei to resist, but Zhao Fu bound them with chains and threatened to destroy the Holy See if Geluofei refused.
• Geluofei asked whether Great Qin could withstand the demons, and Zhao Fu assured him that it could.
• Geluofei submitted to Great Qin while asking Zhao Fu to respect the Holy See’s position, and Zhao Fu released the women from their chains.

Zhao Fu refused Geluofei’s offer of the Holy See saintesses and went to the coast, where he stopped other continents’ forces from attacking Great Qin. He then showed Geluofei the demons retreating into their world, leaving him baffled by their invasion and withdrawal.

• Geluofei offered the Holy See saintesses to Zhao Fu, but Zhao Fu refused and hurried with him toward the coast to face forces from other continents.
• Leaders from other continents learned that Great Qin had occupied the Northern Continent during the demon invasion and decided to attack Great Qin from behind.
• Arthur Tina withdrew to the Western Continent and ordered its defenses strengthened while accepting refugees from the north.
• The leaders’ forces reached the coast, saw Great Qin waiting for them, and scattered; Zhao Fu did not pursue them.
• Zhao Fu led Geluofei to the Northern Continent’s border, where Geluofei saw the demons retreating into the demon world and questioned their motives.

Great Qin secured the Northern Continent after Zhao Fu ended the demon invasion with a fabricated peace pact, while keeping Great Qin’s ties to the Night Dynasty secret. With its new territory and spoils, Great Qin prepared to strengthen itself before pursuing the unification of the human world.

• Geluofei realized Great Qin had deceived everyone with the demon invasion and decided to develop the Holy See under Great Qin’s rule.
• Great Qin brought the Northern Continent under control, and Zhao Fu announced a ten-year non-aggression pact with the demons.
• The other human continents launched probing attacks, but Zhao Fu used the Northern Continent’s defenses to repel them.
• The Demon Profound World wondered why the demons and mysterious faction had made peace, while Zhao Fu kept the Night Dynasty’s connection to Great Qin hidden.
• Great Qin gave the Night Dynasty money and resources to ease its losses, then gained twenty thousand cities and eight billion people from the Northern Continent.

After Great Qin settled the Northern Continent, Li Si presented Zhao Fu with imperial edicts to enfeoff more than eighteen thousand women with Phoenix Aura, but Zhao Fu ordered that women with only a small amount of it no longer be brought to the palace. Once Zhao Fu sealed the edicts, the Imperial Phoenix Statue reacted, refining Great Qin’s fortune and strengthening its people as it advanced toward becoming a Fate Clan Artifact.

• Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin, where Li Si discussed enfeoffing more than eighteen thousand women with Phoenix Aura from the Northern Continent.
• Zhao Fu sealed the imperial edicts and told Li Si to stop bringing women with only a small amount of Phoenix Aura to Great Qin.
• A golden pillar of energy erupted before the main hall, and the Imperial Phoenix Statue transformed into a phoenix and entered its peak.
• Golden light spread across Great Qin, refining its fortune, calming the newly conquered Northern Continent, healing and strengthening its people, and transforming the enfeoffed women.
• The Golden Dragon told Zhao Fu that the Imperial Phoenix Statue had become half a Fate Clan Artifact, and Zhao Fu understood that the enfeoffments had triggered its advancement.

After the Imperial Phoenix Statue’s transformation improved Zhao Fu and the consorts, Zhao Fu left the palace incognito with Ge Nie and Li Muqing to see Great Qin firsthand. In Divine Artifact City, a commoner praised the peace and prosperity Zhao Fu had brought to the empire without realizing he was speaking to the emperor.

• Zhao Fu completed his transformation, gaining strength and lifespan as the phoenix crystal within him developed a consciousness, while the consorts also benefited from the Imperial Phoenix Statue.
• After reviewing memorials for over half a month, Zhao Fu accepted Li Muqing’s suggestion to travel incognito and brought Ge Nie and her along.
• Li Muqing took Zhao Fu to Divine Artifact City in the Central Continent, where he observed the bustling streets and sampled grilled meat.
• A child mocked Zhao Fu for being fed, but the child’s father apologized and praised Great Qin’s laws, academies, and Emperor.

Zhao Fu visited Divine Artifact City with Li Muqing and saw how Great Qin’s changing customs had shaped ordinary life. After Xiao Yuanchu explained the culture behind a man’s martial contest for marriage, Zhao Fu was left awkwardly defending himself against accusations that his ideas were old-fashioned.

• Zhao Fu overheard a father and son discussing the boy’s dream of becoming a Great Qin general, then tasted the local Tiger Ox meat at Li Muqing’s urging.
• Li Muqing hoped that seeing ordinary people would keep Zhao Fu connected to them and discourage him from using cruel methods to create monsters.
• Zhao Fu and Li Muqing came upon a martial contest for marriage in which a young man sought a spouse, and Zhao Fu asked whether men could hold such contests.
• Xiao Yuanchu introduced himself as a South Lake Academy student and explained that Great Qin’s laws protected diverse customs and that women and men could both pursue partners.
• A woman in red won the contest and declared the young man hers, prompting Xiao Yuanchu to call Zhao Fu’s ideas old-fashioned and offer to report his rural county’s shortcomings.

Zhao Fu listened to Xiao Yuanchu defend Great Qin’s social customs and explain the work of its enforcers, the Blackbird Guards. After the martial matchmaking contest ended, Xiao Yuanchu invited Zhao Fu to drink and discuss state affairs, unaware of who Zhao Fu and Li Muqing really were.

• Xiao Yuanchu praised Great Qin’s equality between men and women and said he supported people choosing their own lives.
• Xiao Yuanchu admired Li Muqing and spoke of his hopes to attend the imperial examinations in August and see her and the emperor.
• A burly young man challenged the woman in red at the matchmaking contest, but she defeated him and an enforcer stopped her from attacking further.
• Zhao Fu explained that enforcers, also called Blackbird Guards, handled disputes and enforced the law among the people.
• The woman in red left with the delicate-looking young man after no one else challenged her, and Xiao Yuanchu invited Zhao Fu to drinks and a discussion of state affairs.

After a visit among Great Qin’s people, Zhao Fu became more interested in governing and then moved to exploit Wolf Cang Kingdom’s weakness by organizing an invasion with Lelai Kingdom and three neighboring kingdoms. Their forces faced Wolf Cang Kingdom’s army as its ruler, Cang Snow Woman, accused the rival rulers of betraying her late father’s trust.

• Zhao Fu returned from his outing with Li Muqing and seemed more interested in handling memorials.
• After learning that Wolf Cang Kingdom had been devastated by its war with Lelai Kingdom, Zhao Fu arranged for Lelai Kingdom and three neighboring kingdoms to invade together.
• Le Yuyu welcomed the allied kingdoms’ replies, and Zhao Fu left the royal palace to join the campaign before the half-wolfman kingdoms could claim all the territory.
• Four Greenfield People kingdoms and three half-wolfman kingdoms brought overwhelming forces against Wolf Cang Kingdom, whose remaining army was badly outnumbered.
• Cang Snow Woman confronted the three rival rulers and accused them of betraying the friendship they had shared with her late father.

Cang Snow Woman fought three rival kings as their armies overwhelmed Wolf Cang Kingdom, while Zhao Fu and the Greenfield kingdoms invaded and looted its undefended territory. Seeing her kingdom close to destruction, Cang Snow Woman considered turning the half-werewolves against the Greenfield People.

• Three half-werewolf kings demanded Wolf Cang Kingdom’s submission, and Cang Snow Woman attacked them, starting a fierce battle.
• Cang Snow Woman used Wolf Cang Kingdom’s Nation-Guarding Artifact but was injured and suppressed by the three kings as her forces lost ground.
• Zhao Fu and the other Greenfield kingdoms invaded through the largely undefended Great Wall and divided their armies to seize cities and loot.
• Zhao Fu offered the subdued half-werewolves safety and equal treatment in Lelai Kingdom, and they helped his army advance by persuading others to surrender.
• Cang Snow Woman learned that the Greenfield kingdoms were taking Wolf Cang Kingdom’s territory and considered making the half-werewolves fight them.

Zhao Fu and the Greenfield People conquered most of Wolf Cang Kingdom and broke through the royal city's defenses. After Zhao Fu shattered the city hall's barrier, Cang Snow Woman arrived too late to stop him from reaching the City Heart.

• Cang Snow Woman persuaded the other three kings to join her in stopping the Greenfield People from seizing Wolf Cang Kingdom.
• Zhao Fu led twenty million troops to the royal city and attacked its weakened kingdom-protecting barrier with five Legion Forms and the Heavenly Demon Sword's Demon Sun technique.
• Zhao Fu shattered the kingdom-protecting barrier with repeated sword strikes, and his troops stormed the royal city.
• Zhao Fu used Destruction Crystals to crack the city hall's defensive barrier, then broke it with a sword strike.
• Cang Snow Woman returned and attacked Zhao Fu with a halberd, but he knocked it aside as she realized Wolf Cang Kingdom was about to fall.