Chapter Summaries

Zhao Fu checked on the imprisoned Alchemy soldiers, then turned to securing swordsmen for Imperial Killing Sword’s advancement. He targeted Ancient Sword Sect and prepared to capture its elders as a way to gather disciples without raising suspicion.

• Zhao Fu confirmed the imprisoned Alchemy soldiers were still contained and planned to control them with Evil Flower Seeds.
• Zhao Fu recalled that Imperial Killing Sword now needed one million one hundred thousand swordsmen and chose Ancient Sword Sect disciples as his targets.
• Zhao Fu investigated Ancient Sword Sect and learned it had expanded to fourteen worlds and grown much stronger.
• Zhao Fu decided to control elders and have them gather disciples from different places, avoiding a risky infiltration of Ancient Sword Sect.
• Zhao Fu learned that more than ten elders often went sightseeing, waited at their destination, and saw them arrive about a day later.

Zhao Fu ambushed a group of Ancient Sword Sect disciples in a peach blossom forest and revealed his ghost claw, swiftly defeating those who tried to protect the others. He captured the fleeing women and left the entire group helpless before him.

• The disciples enjoyed the peach blossom forest and teased one another about their romantic pairings.
• Zhao Fu appeared and identified himself as an old acquaintance of the Ancient Sword Sect, prompting the mature woman to recognize him as the mysterious Imperial Son.
• The refined man ordered the others to flee and attacked Zhao Fu with sword intent and a storm of paper, but Zhao Fu shattered the attack and wounded him.
• The handsome, delicate-looking, and heroic-looking men charged Zhao Fu while the women tried to escape.
• Zhao Fu blasted the three men aside and bound every fleeing woman with gray iron chains.

Zhao Fu controlled eleven Ancient Sword Sect members and used them to lure 1.1 million disciples into the Imperial Killing Sword World for demonification. After sending in the final group, he sensed a tremendous pressure descend.

• Zhao Fu tortured the handsome man, then used the Evil Demon Flower Pupils to control eleven people and healed their injuries.
• Zhao Fu ordered the eleven captives to return to the sect and gather disciples without arousing suspicion.
• The refined young man led the first group of disciples to a secluded clearing and opened a rift into the blood-colored Imperial Killing Sword World.
• Zhao Fu used the rift and chains to draw the disciples into the Imperial Killing Sword World, repeating the process until he had sent more than a million.
• As Zhao Fu pulled the final disciples into the rift, a tremendous roar sounded and a terrifying pressure spread across heaven and earth.

Zhao Fu fought the Ancient Sword Sect Master, who attacked him over his slaughter of Ancient Sword Sect disciples and taunted him about Ling Feixue. Zhao Fu unleashed Immortal Mode and shattered the sect master's shield, leaving him wounded and blasted backward.

• The Ancient Sword Sect Master confronted Zhao Fu and demanded to know what he had done to Ling Feixue, and Zhao Fu provoked him by boasting about her.
• Zhao Fu and the Ancient Sword Sect Master traded sword attacks, with the sect master initially forcing Zhao Fu back.
• Zhao Fu ignited black flames and Sacred Blood as both fighters unleashed their strongest attacks, creating a vast crater and injuring them both.
• The Ancient Sword Sect Master overwhelmed Zhao Fu with a series of strikes and sent him crashing into the ground.
• Zhao Fu activated Immortal Mode, broke through the sect master's sword light, and shattered his defensive shield, blasting him backward.

Zhao Fu fought the Ancient Sword Sect Master and defeated him despite the sect master's One Heaven Realm cultivation. As the Ancient Sword Sect Master summoned the Eastflow Ancient Sword and Zhao Fu brought out twelve bronze Giants, both prepared to continue their battle with their full power.

• Zhao Fu and the Ancient Sword Sect Master exchanged sword attacks, and the sect master drove Zhao Fu into a crater.
• Zhao Fu ignited seven-colored flames, struck the sect master away, and fired a colored beam that the sect master split apart.
• The two unleashed massive sword attacks that collided, leaving the Ancient Sword Sect Master wounded in a crater while Zhao Fu stood above him.
• Zhao Fu vowed to make the Ancient Sword Sect Master repay his past humiliation, and the sect master decided he had to kill Zhao Fu.
• The Ancient Sword Sect Master summoned the Eastflow Ancient Sword, while Zhao Fu called forth twelve bronze Giants.
• The Ancient Sword Sect Master absorbed the Eastflow Ancient Sword and Zhao Fu absorbed the twelve bronze Giants as their powers shook heaven and earth.

Zhao Fu fought the Ancient Sword Sect Master, overpowering him with the Imperial Killing Sword and twelve Bronze Swords until the sect master drew on the Eastflow Ancient Sword’s power to send Zhao Fu crashing into the ground. Zhao Fu answered with iron chains and began unleashing a forbidden power from his bloodied left eye.

• The Ancient Sword Sect Master attacked Zhao Fu with the Eastflow Ancient Sword, and Zhao Fu blocked his strikes before countering with twelve Bronze Swords and knocking him into a mountain.
• Zhao Fu taunted the Ancient Sword Sect Master, then struck him down again when he charged as a sword light.
• The Ancient Sword Sect Master invoked the Eastflow Ancient Sword’s river-like sword intent and claimed its power, empowered by fourteen worlds, surpassed Zhao Fu’s Nation-Guarding Artifact.
• Their attacks collided, and the Ancient Sword Sect Master sent Zhao Fu crashing into a crater.
• Zhao Fu summoned hundreds of thousands of azure iron chains, then released scarlet sword qi from his bloodied left eye.

Zhao Fu and the Ancient Sword Sect Master fought fiercely, each drawing on the power of their Nation-Guarding Artifacts. The Twelve Bronze Men’s blue sword strikes shattered the Ancient Sword Sect Master’s vast sea of swords, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Zhao Fu overwhelmed the Ancient Sword Sect Master with blood-colored sword qi, but the Sect Master counterattacked with waves of white light swords and broke Zhao Fu’s cyan barrier.
• The Ancient Sword Sect Master struck Zhao Fu down and believed he had killed him, but Zhao Fu reappeared behind him and wounded him with a powerful slash.
• The Ancient Sword Sect Master gathered the power of the fourteen worlds under his control and summoned a sky full of white swords.
• Zhao Fu called on the nine worlds controlled by Great Qin, summoning the Twelve Bronze Men, who unleashed blue sword strikes that split the white sea of swords and carved immense scars into the ground.

Zhao Fu escaped after leaving the Ancient Sword Sect Master near death, and news of the mysterious Imperial Prince’s return shook the Guti Domain. The Dao Cultivation Sect sealed itself away while the Heavenly Music Sect prepared for the upheaval, as major factions also moved against the Great Qin Empire.

• Zhao Fu fled as Ancient Sword Sect experts and soldiers arrived, and they found their Sect Master gravely wounded in a ravine.
• News spread that the mysterious Imperial Prince had returned, captured Ancient Sword Sect disciples, and defeated the Ancient Sword Sect Master.
• Bai Haoran and the Dao Cultivation Sect Master feared the Imperial Prince’s retaliation, so the sect sealed its gates and activated its grand formation.
• Yin Ruoshi reminded the Heavenly Music Sect Master that the sect had missed its chance to help the Imperial Prince, and he ordered preparations for the coming turmoil.
• The Heavenly Music Sect Master noted that major factions had sent people to subdue the Great Qin Empire because of its potential.

Yin Ruoshi and her master discussed using marriage to build ties with the Great Qin Imperial Prince, unaware that he was the same man as the mysterious Imperial Prince she admired. Meanwhile, the Yin Nether Dynasty, Bear Mountain Kingdom, and Abandoned Learning reacted to his growing power by preparing for possible retaliation.

• The Heavenly Music Sect Master urged Yin Ruoshi to consider marrying the Great Qin Imperial Prince, but Yin Ruoshi rejected him and admitted she had a trace of fondness for the mysterious Imperial Prince.
• You Qianyue warned his father that the mysterious Imperial Prince might retaliate, while his father planned to lure him into the Yin Nether Dynasty and seize the Netherworld Supreme One.
• The ruler of the Bear Mountain Kingdom ordered the kingdom placed on alert and explained that the mysterious Imperial Prince had once revealed three Imperial Stars.
• The leaders of Abandoned Learning regretted missing an earlier chance to befriend the mysterious Imperial Prince and decided to strengthen their defenses.

The major factions of the Guti Domain went on alert after Zhao Fu’s return, while people discussed his strength and past conflict with the Ancient Sword Sect. Jian Yin, Xiong Xiao, Gu Qingyue, and Bing Qixue left the Great Qin vicinity, but Jiu Xiaoyun and Qingmu Rou headed into Great Qin for safety without knowing Zhao Fu was the mysterious Imperial Prince.

• The Ancient Sword Sect and other major factions heightened their defenses, and people across the Guti Domain discussed Zhao Fu’s reputation and power.
• Jian Yin received news of the danger and decided to return to the Ancient Sword Sect.
• Xiong Xiao was ordered home because of his past grudge with Zhao Fu and returned to the Bear Mountain Dynasty.
• Gu Qingyue chose to leave for her sect, and Bing Qixue left Zhao Fu a letter offering the Icefield Kingdom’s help before departing.
• Jiu Xiaoyun and Qingmu Rou headed to Great Qin, hoping to stay safe and persuade its ruler, unaware that Zhao Fu was the Imperial Prince they feared.

Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin, considered the growing Sword-Wielding Demonification army, and resumed governing as the new year brought student recruitment at Qin Times Academy. The chapter ended with a village boy and his grandfather reaching the academy in the imperial capital.

• Zhao Fu learned the Ancient Sword Sect Master had survived and resolved to destroy the sect rather than kill him immediately.
• Zhao Fu found more than one million Ancient Sword Sect disciples absorbing the Slaughter Sword Pool’s killing aura in the Imperial Killing Sword World.
• Zhao Fu returned to the Great Qin Imperial Palace, learned Jiu Xiaoyun and Qingmu Rou had stayed behind, and handled state affairs.
• Qin Times Academy opened recruitment, drawing returning students and families hoping their children could enroll.
• An old man and his grandson Little Niu traveled from their village to Great Qin’s capital, where a vendor guided them to Qin Times Academy.

Little Niu and his grandfather arrived at Qin Times Academy, where a chubby boy challenged their claim that he could study there without an admission notice. When the grandfather revealed the Emperor of Great Qin’s Black Dragon Token, the soldiers recognized it and let them enter, while the crowd learned of Little Niu’s connection to the Emperor.

• Little Niu promised his grandfather he would study hard at Qin Times Academy and become a great general.
• Qian Wuli mocked Little Niu for lacking an admission notice and offered to make him his bookboy, but Little Niu refused.
• Little Niu explained that a flying lord had given him a token, and his grandfather led him toward the academy gate rather than show it to Qian Wuli.
• A Great Qin Soldier stopped the grandfather and Little Niu for lacking an admission notice or entry pass, so the grandfather presented the wrapped token.
• The soldiers recognized the Black Dragon Token as the Emperor of Great Qin’s and knelt, prompting the crowd, Qian Wuli, Little Niu, and his grandfather to do the same.
• The soldier allowed the grandfather and Little Niu to enter, and the crowd rose and gathered around them with friendly smiles.

An old man and a young boy arrived at Qin Times Academy with Zhao Fu’s token, while Zhao Fu learned that the Wind God Empire soldiers imprisoned in the Monster Realm had completed their transformation. He subdued the newly formed monster army and decided to keep strengthening it until war began.

• Wealthy visitors crowded around the old man to curry favor, but soldiers escorted him and the young boy inside, where a chubby boy befriended the child.
• Zhao Fu learned that the old man had brought a child to Qin Times Academy with his token and returned his attention to state affairs.
• After a report of abnormal changes in the Monster Realm, Zhao Fu went there and saw the Wind God Empire soldiers transformed into terrifying monsters.
• Maple Leaf Hunt and Tamamo-no-Mae told Zhao Fu that the transformation was complete, revealing that the 1.5 billion former soldiers could provide Great Qin with a massive fighting force.
• Zhao Fu used his power as the Lord of Monsters and the Sacred Blood to force the wild monsters to kneel before him, then decided to keep them in the Monster Realm and strengthen them for future war.

Zhao Fu investigated a dangerous ruin in the Netherworld that Yellow Springs Spirit and her queens could not explore. He uncovered the illusion-forming ghost formation, sealed it with the Heaven-Sealing Sword, and continued deeper into the ruin.

• Zhao Fu learned that a newly discovered Netherworld ruin was too dangerous for Yellow Springs Spirit and her queens to explore, and he went with Yellow Springs Spirit to investigate it.
• Yellow Springs Spirit opened the bronze door at the bottom of a dark gorge, and Zhao Fu entered alone as the ruin suppressed his cultivation and blocked the use of Nation-Guarding Artifacts.
• Zhao Fu fought waves of armored evil ghosts and used the Glazed Eye Pupil to discover they were ghostly creatures produced by a formation.
• Zhao Fu drove the Heaven-Sealing Sword into the ground and sealed the formation, causing the evil ghosts to vanish.
• Zhao Fu left the sealed formation behind and continued deeper into the ruin.

Zhao Fu passed through a Gate of Ghosts and entered a chamber filled with bronze gates that produced powerful ghostly creatures. He defeated the creatures and used seven-colored chains to seal the gates, stopping them from reappearing.

• Zhao Fu discovered that the Gate of Ghosts weakened intruders and produced evil ghosts, then stored it in his storage ring.
• Zhao Fu entered a vast space containing about a thousand smaller bronze gates and found that they arranged themselves to summon Saint Realm ghostly creatures.
• Zhao Fu fought the ghostly creatures with the Imperial Killing Sword, then activated Immortal Mode and wiped out a large wave of them.
• Zhao Fu realized the creatures returned through the bronze gates and pressed his hand to the ground to summon seven-colored chains.
• Zhao Fu's chains pierced the creatures, bound the bronze gates, and sealed them, causing the ghosts to vanish.

Zhao Fu found the Guardian God of the Ghost Gate and defeated her after she refused to submit to him. He sealed her power and carried her away, intending to subdue her back in Great Qin.

• Zhao Fu collected the bronze gates he had found and continued through the cavern until he reached the Guardian God of the Ghost Gate.
• The Guardian God identified herself and ordered Zhao Fu to leave, but he demanded that she submit to him.
• When she refused, Zhao Fu fought the Guardian God, overcame her attacks, and defeated her with his seven-colored sword light.
• Zhao Fu sealed the Guardian God’s power, carried her out of the cavern, and encountered Yellow Springs Spirit waiting outside.

Zhao Fu forced the Guardian Goddess to submit, learned she was the Ghost Gate god, and began preparing to use her abilities for Great Qin. He then led troops to the Yellow Springs Kingdom and mobilized an attack on the three remaining Netherworld forces, whose leaders disagreed over whether to surrender or fight.

• Zhao Fu bound the Guardian Goddess and used Godslayer Power and Six Desires Demonic Qi until she agreed to submit.
• The Guardian Goddess told Zhao Fu she was the Ghost Gate god, who could create bronze gates and strengthen Great Qin’s defenses.
• Zhao Fu arranged for the Ghost Gate god to receive faith power and divine envoys, then returned to the Great Qin Imperial Palace.
• Zhao Fu led troops to the Yellow Springs Kingdom and decided to attack the three remaining Netherworld forces after learning they had formed an alliance with nine billion troops.
• Zhao Fu split his forces into three armies and began preparations for a simultaneous assault, prompting the three forces to debate surrendering or fighting.

Zhao Fu rejected the three factions’ offers of tribute and demanded their submission, then launched attacks against them. He led the assault on Mountain Charm Kingdom, where both armies unleashed powerful defenses and colossal manifestations of Army Qi, leaving their forces clashing before the city walls.

• Three envoys asked Zhao Fu to spare their factions and offered beauties, treasures, and supplies, but he demanded that they submit or perish.
• Zhao Fu launched three armies against the factions, leading the attack on Mountain Charm Kingdom while other Yellow Springs Queens and generals commanded the remaining forces.
• Zhao Fu’s soldiers fired arrows at Mountain Charm Kingdom’s defensive wall, and their ballistae shattered its first energy barrier.
• Mountain Charm Kingdom raised blue light shields that blocked Great Qin’s arrows, so Zhao Fu ordered his soldiers to manifest their Army Qi.
• Great Qin and Mountain Charm Kingdom formed colossal beasts from their soldiers’ qi and sent them charging toward each other above the battlefield.

Zhao Fu unleashed Great Qin’s ferocious beasts to break Mountain Charm Kingdom’s blue light shields while the two armies’ military-aura creatures and summoned ghosts fought overhead. After Great Qin’s arrows shattered the shields, its soldiers stormed the city walls and the battle’s outcome was decided.

• Zhao Fu sent Great Qin’s ferocious beasts against the blue light shields, and Mountain Charm Kingdom’s soldiers fired arrows that barely harmed them.
• Mountain Charm Kingdom’s robed figures summoned towering ghost creatures as Great Qin’s beasts battered the shields and the armies exchanged volleys of arrows.
• Great Qin’s soldiers raised a shield wall against Mountain Charm’s counterattack, then fired arrows that covered the blue barriers in cracks.
• Great Qin’s military-aura creatures and real beasts gained the advantage over Mountain Charm’s formations and summoned ghosts, destroying many of the ghosts.
• Great Qin’s arrows shattered the blue light shields, and its soldiers charged the city walls, beginning the formal siege and swiftly climbing into the city.

Great Qin and Yellow Springs forces broke through the three factions’ defenses, while Zhao Fu’s army advanced into Mountain Charm Kingdom’s capital. After civilians were rounded up and the city fell under brutal occupation, Zhao Fu reached the royal palace and awaited reports.

• Ferocious beasts and Great Qin Soldiers overwhelmed Mountain Charm’s defenders, forcing its army and faction leaders to flee.
• Yellow Springs forces captured territory on the other two fronts and charged into the factions they had defeated.
• Zhao Fu’s army advanced into Mountain Charm’s capital, where Great Qin Soldiers rounded up civilians and killed those who resisted.
• A former envoy offered to submit to Zhao Fu and guide him through the royal palace; Zhao Fu let him follow.
• Zhao Fu entered the palace, took the throne, and waited for reports on the conquest and the other battlefields.