Chapter Summaries

After arriving in Daliang, Li Chenfeng discussed Wei’s plans with Wei Liao while Honglian met Queen Dowager Yueling. Wei Liao outlined strategies to secure territory after Qin’s defeat and eventually seize Qi, leaving Li Chenfeng impressed and Zhang Er selected as envoy to Qi.

• Honglian entered Daliang to a warm welcome, and Queen Dowager Yueling summoned her into the inner palace.
• Wei Liao reported on the Qin-Han war, the allied campaign in Shangdang, and the proposed division of conquered territory between Wei and Zhao.
• Li Chenfeng warned that Zhao’s cavalry would threaten Wei after Qin’s defeat, and Wei Liao explained why Wei should next aim to take Qi.
• Wei Liao proposed bribing Hou Sheng, encouraging Yan to attack Qi, and sending Wei’s army into Qi under the pretense of assistance.
• Wei Liao suggested using Zhao to pressure Yan afterward, and Li Chenfeng praised the plan and approved Zhang Er as envoy to Qi.

Zhang Er accepted a dangerous diplomatic mission to Qi after winning Li Chenfeng’s approval, while Li Chenfeng managed the ongoing war to weaken Han and Qin. At Moon-Inviting Tower, Tian Mi sought Li Chenfeng’s support for her plan to seize control of Kuiwei Hall.

• Zhang Er met Li Chenfeng through Wei Liao’s recommendation, impressed him with his wit, and accepted the mission to Qi.
• Li Chenfeng delayed his forces’ advance toward Luoyang so Han and Qin would continue fighting and lose troops.
• Li Chenfeng observed that Han State was beset by Qin’s invasion and Baiyue unrest while Nightfall’s members served Ji Wuye in different ways.
• Tian Mi visited Li Chenfeng and sought Dawn’s backing for her ambition to become the head of Kuiwei Hall.

Li Chenfeng offered Tian Mi his support in exchange for her leading Kuiwei Hall and bringing the Agricultural School under his control. He then appointed the recovered Li Kai to help organize and train Wei State’s new army.

• Tian Mi visited Li Chenfeng and revealed her ambition to gain power within Kuiwei Hall.
• Li Chenfeng offered to help Tian Mi take control of Kuiwei Hall and eventually lead the Agricultural School if she submitted to him.
• Tian Mi agreed to follow Li Chenfeng and carry out her plans, with Dawn ready to assist her.
• Li Chenfeng told Tian Mi to prove herself against Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang if she hoped to become the Agricultural School’s Leader.
• Li Chenfeng found that Li Kai had recovered his health and strength and promised to have him appointed Right Sima of Wei State.
• Li Chenfeng assigned Li Kai to remain in Daliang City and help organize and train the new army.

Li Chenfeng invited Gongshu Chou to Diqu City, hoping to enlist the Gongshu Clan’s Tyrannical Mechanism Arts in his campaign to unify the realm. Gongshu Chou demonstrated the clan’s flying wings and mechanism snakes, leaving Li Chenfeng eager to see more of their inventions.

• Li Chenfeng sent Jing Ni to invite Gongshu Chou from Chu State while planning to use the Gongshu Clan’s mechanisms in his campaigns.
• Li Chenfeng left Daliang City and traveled north to Diqu City as Dian Qing and Mei Sanniang’s armies kept Meng Wu’s Qin troops bottled up in Luoyang.
• Gongshu Chou greeted Li Chenfeng at the commandery governor’s residence, and Li Chenfeng praised the clan’s Tyrannical Mechanism Arts.
• At the training ground, Gongshu Chou demonstrated Three-Zhang Winged Bats that let ordinary people fly and fire crossbow bolts from the sky.
• Gongshu Chou showed Li Chenfeng metal mechanism snakes that moved stealthily and fought effectively in cramped, obstructed spaces.

Li Chenfeng used Qi’s plea for Wei assistance as a pretext to invade Qi while its forces were fighting Yan. He captured Linzi and destroyed Qi State, leaving his campaign to unify the world unexpectedly ahead of schedule.

• After King Jian of Qi asked Wei for aid, Zhang Er went to Diqu City and met Li Chenfeng, who ordered Li Kai to mobilize the army and prepared to invade Qi.
• Li Chenfeng arranged supplies and Gongshu Clan war machines, then led one hundred thousand Wei soldiers into Qi through Maling.
• Li Chenfeng sent Li Kai and ninety thousand troops to the northern front while he led ten thousand cavalry toward Linzi.
• Five days later, Li Chenfeng surrounded Linzi, shot Hou Sheng, and launched Wei’s assault on the capital.
• The Gongshu Clan’s siege machines breached Linzi in under two hours, and King Jian of Qi died in a fire at the royal palace.

After conquering Qi, Li Chenfeng traveled to Little Sage Village to meet Xunzi and seek Confucian scholars for his future administration. As Li Chenfeng and Xunzi spoke in private, Jing Ni recognized the quiet young Yan Lu as the swordsman from her past.

• Li Chenfeng left Linzi in the care of a deputy general and rode with Jing Ni to Sanghai City to visit Little Sage Village.
• Li Chenfeng met Xunzi on Cloud Sea Cliff while the Confucian disciples and Jing Ni waited below the stone steps.
• Fu Nian ordered the gathered disciples to stop loitering and return to their studies.
• Jing Ni recognized Yan Lu as the unnamed swordsman who had once defeated her and discovered she was pregnant.
• Yan Lu noticed Jing Ni, smiled and nodded, then returned to reading his bamboo scroll.

Wei and Zhao destroyed Yan after Wei defeated Yan’s armies, while Qin renewed its attack on Zhao and the balance among the remaining states shifted. With Yan and Qi gone, Li Chenfeng faced Zhao and Chu as his main opponents, and the chapter ended with Chu growing wary of Wei’s expansion.

• After Wei’s forces defeated Yan and captured Ji Xin, Li Chenfeng used the conflict as grounds to continue the war, while Qin sent cavalry to attack Zhao from the west and north.
• King Zhao Yan sent Li Mu and Sima Shang against Qin and appointed Pang Nuan to campaign against Yan, while considering replacing Crown Prince Zhao Jia with Zhao Qian.
• Li Chenfeng and Mei Sanniang led Wei’s army north, captured Yan’s capitals, and pursued King Xi of Yan and Crown Prince Yan Dan to Liaodong.
• Mei Sanniang defeated Yan Dan’s forces at Yanshui and later captured King Xi of Yan in Liaodong, completing Yan’s destruction.
• King Zhao Yan deposed Zhao Jia and installed Zhao Qian as crown prince before dying, and Zhao Qian became king and sought Wei’s support against Qin.
• After Yan and Qi fell, Han Fei and Quicksand lost hope for Han’s future, while Chu began watching Wei’s expansion with growing unease.

After Zhao fell to Qin, Li Chenfeng launched Wei's armies and took the Zhao territories east of the Taihang Mountains as Wang Jian withdrew. Wei and Qin then faced each other as the two dominant powers, poised to divide Chu before their larger war.

• Li Chenfeng strengthened Wei's army and stayed out of Qin's war with Zhao while Qin forces advanced on Handan amid famine.
• Wang Jian used Guo Kai to turn King Zhao Qian against Li Mu, and the king imprisoned Li Mu and Sima Shang before Qin captured Handan and Zhao Qian.
• Li Chenfeng launched a two-pronged attack on Qin forces in Zhao, prompting Wang Jian to abandon Handan and retreat to Shangdang.
• Wei took all Zhao territory east of the Taihang Mountains, and Wei and Qin settled into a standoff along the mountains.
• Wei and Qin began dividing Chu State as they prepared for their eventual struggle.

Li Chenfeng’s Wei forces invaded Qin, and Donghuang Taiyi sacrificed himself to strengthen Qin’s Black Dragon, but the Scarlet Dragon ultimately prevailed. Wei breached Hangu Pass, conquered Qin, and unified the Seven States, ending the Warring States period.

• Li Chenfeng divided his forces into northern, southern, and central armies to attack Qin, while Ying Zheng led Qin’s defense at Hangu Pass.
• The Black Dragon representing Qin was overwhelmed by Li Chenfeng’s Scarlet Dragon until Donghuang Taiyi used star power to revive it, suffering heavenly punishment in the process.
• Donghuang Taiyi’s stargazing art broke, and he crumbled to dust as Yue Shen watched.
• Li Chenfeng’s Scarlet Dragon devoured the Black Dragon, and he ordered his forces to attack Hangu Pass.
• Wei’s forces breached Hangu Pass, where Ying Zheng died defending the fortress, then captured Xianyang and destroyed Qin.
• King An of Han surrendered his royal title and became a Wei vassal, completing Wei’s unification of the Seven States.

Li Chenfeng founded the Great Wei Dynasty, reorganized its government, and recruited talent from the Hundred Schools of Thought. Using the Myriad Worlds Gate, he created immortal, indestructible avatars in other worlds, then prepared to return to Battle Through the Heavens to strengthen himself.

• Li Chenfeng proclaimed himself emperor in Daliang City, made Princess Honglian his empress, and brought the other women into his harem.
• King An of Han relinquished his royal title before his death, Han Yu inherited his position, and Li Chenfeng appointed Han Fei Minister of Justice.
• Li Chenfeng established the Three Departments and Six Ministries System and recruited capable members of the Hundred Schools of Thought into the government.
• Li Chenfeng used his Soul Force and blood to create an External Avatar in the Nine Songs of the Sky world, leaving it there to rule in his place.
• Li Chenfeng created a stronger avatar in The Storm Riders World, losing nearly half his blood and falling from Nine-Star Dou Ling to Seven-star Dou Ling.
• Li Chenfeng prepared to return to Battle Through the Heavens and refine the four divine beasts' blood essence and essence cores to reach Dou Wang.

After breaking through to the Dou Wang realm, Li Chenfeng emerged from seclusion in a half-dragon form and was attacked by Hai Bodong and Nalan Jie, who mistook him for an intruder. He revealed his identity and explained that the Myriad Worlds Gate let him use other worlds’ power to protect himself.

• Tiger roars and dragon cries woke the Nalan Clan, and Hai Bodong and Nalan Jie flew to investigate the secret chamber where Nalan Chenfeng was cultivating.
• Li Chenfeng burst from the chamber, and Hai Bodong and Nalan Jie attacked him with Dou Techniques before recognizing him.
• Li Chenfeng stopped the two elders and revealed his identity, surprising them with his new Dou Wang strength and half-dragon appearance.
• Li Chenfeng recalled that after returning from Nine Songs of the Sky, he had discovered the Myriad Worlds Gate could channel World Power from other worlds.
• Li Chenfeng used that World Power as a protective film that helped him withstand the elders’ attacks, though he believed it could only defend against attacks up to the Dou Wang level.

After Li Chenfeng explained his sudden rise to Dou Wang as the result of refining a magical beast core with his teacher’s secret methods, the Nalan Clan covered up the details while his fame spread throughout Jia Ma Sacred City. He then persuaded Yafei to stay with him by promising a treasure that could preserve her youth.

• Li Chenfeng told Nalan Jie, Hai Bodong, and the Nalan Clan’s direct descendants that his strength had risen after refining a high-tier magical beast core with his teacher’s help.
• Li Chenfeng kept Medicine Elder unaware by sealing his Storage Ring with World Power while he prepared his explanation.
• News of Li Chenfeng becoming a Dou Wang before eighteen spread across Jia Ma Sacred City, and the Imperial Family and Misty Cloud Sect courted the Nalan Clan.
• Li Chenfeng asked Yafei to stay in his courtyard for a few days, claiming he could improve her strength and aptitude.
• Yafei agreed to stay after Li Chenfeng promised that his rare treasure could preserve her youth.

Yafei absorbed the Dragon Turtle Power, advanced from Dou Zhe to Da Dou Shi, and gained immortality, while Li Chenfeng later chose Phoenix Blood for Nalan Yanran. A month later, Li Chenfeng brought Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan up Misty Cloud Mountain so they could seek masters from the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Yafei refined the Dragon Turtle Power, broke through to the Da Dou Shi realm, and learned it would keep her youthful and immortal for thousands of years.
• Li Chenfeng decided to give the remaining Phoenix Blood to his younger sister, Nalan Yanran, for its regenerative and Soul Force benefits.
• Nalan Yanran refined the Phoenix Blood and advanced to a three-star Dou Zhe, while Xiao Yan also reached the Dou Zhe realm.
• Li Chenfeng earned a Fifth-grade Alchemist badge after passing Fama's assessment, leaving Fama discouraged and Hai Bodong mocking him.
• Li Chenfeng took Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan to Misty Cloud Mountain to pay respects to Sect Leader Yun Yun and seek masters.

The Jia Ma Imperial House discussed the threat posed by Li Chenfeng’s growing talent and Jia Xingtian proposed tying him to the throne by marrying him to Yao Ye. The emperor resisted sharing power with the Nalan Clan, but Jia Xingtian insisted that winning Li Chenfeng’s support was vital to the Imperial Family’s future.

• Royal legionnaires reported Li Chenfeng’s arrival at Misty Cloud Mountain, prompting the emperor to consult Jia Xingtian.
• Jia Xingtian questioned why Li Chenfeng had gone to the Misty Cloud Sect, and the emperor guessed he sought guidance from Pill King Gu He.
• Jia Xingtian lamented that Li Chenfeng had not been born into the Imperial Family and offered to support his cultivation if he married Yao Ye, even allowing the Nalan Clan to share rule.
• The emperor objected that sharing power could let the Nalan Family rival or eclipse the Imperial Family.
• Jia Xingtian argued that Li Chenfeng would reach Dou Emperor and become an even greater alchemist than Pill King Gu He, so the Imperial Family needed to win him over.

Li Chenfeng brought Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran to the Misty Cloud Sect and asked for them to become disciples. Yun Yun accepted Nalan Yanran as her personal disciple, while Pill King Gu He proposed taking Xiao Yan as his apprentice to train as an alchemist.

• Li Chenfeng arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect with Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran, where Yun Yun, Pill King Gu He, and the elders welcomed them.
• Li Chenfeng told Yun Yun and the elders that he wanted the two children to join the sect, and they agreed to assess the children’s talent.
• The elders were impressed that ten-year-old Xiao Yan was a one-star Dou Zhe and Nalan Yanran was a three-star Dou Zhe.
• Yun Yun agreed to accept Nalan Yanran as her personal disciple and considered taking Xiao Yan into the sect.
• Pill King Gu He noticed Xiao Yan’s fire and wood attributes and strong Soul Force, then asked Li Chenfeng if he could take Xiao Yan as his alchemy disciple.

After leaving Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan at the Misty Cloud Sect, Li Chenfeng traveled toward the Black-Corner Region and equipped them with powerful weapons. Hai Bodong realized their destination and warned Li Chenfeng about the region’s lawless dangers and tempting opportunities.

• Li Chenfeng left the Imperial Capital after his visit to the Misty Cloud Sect drew attention from the Jia Ma Empire’s powerful figures.
• Nalan Yanran became Yun Yun’s disciple, and Li Chenfeng gave her the Two Principles Sword as a means of protection.
• Xiao Yan became an Alchemist apprentice, and Li Chenfeng gave him the sealed Jingji Saber and taught him how to cultivate Golden Saber Qi.
• Hai Bodong asked where Li Chenfeng was taking them and deduced they were headed through Ghost-Suppressing Pass toward the Black-Corner Region.
• Hai Bodong warned Li Chenfeng that the Black-Corner Region was a dangerous, lawless place filled with powerful people, valuable goods, and deadly temptations.

Li Chenfeng and Hai Bodong left the Jia Ma Empire and headed for the Black-Corner Region, where Li planned to seek out its treasures and auctions. After disguising his appearance and aura, Li chose Black Seal City as their destination.

• Li Chenfeng left Ghost-Suppressing Pass with Hai Bodong and dismissed his warning about the dangers of the Black-Corner Region.
• Hai Bodong warned that Li’s Fifth-grade Alchemist badge and youthful appearance could draw dangerous attention.
• Li altered his appearance and aura to look older, impressing Hai Bodong.
• Hai Bodong pointed out that Black Seal City was a prosperous city in Eight Gates’ territory and a venue for regional auctions.
• Li Chenfeng agreed to head to Black Seal City, and the two flew toward the Black-Corner Region.

Li Chenfeng and Hai Bodong crossed the Black-Corner Great Plain and reached a Star City, where they sought a way to travel to Black Seal City. A merchant approached Li Chenfeng and explained that maps could be unreliable and that surviving the plains’ Black Storms required experience.

• Li Chenfeng and Hai Bodong ran across the plains and agreed to look for a settlement where they could buy a map.
• They reached a Star City, and Hai Bodong explained that it served as a transit point for caravans heading toward major cities.
• Li Chenfeng and Hai Bodong waited for a caravan to approach them, relying on Li Chenfeng’s Fifth-grade Alchemist robes to attract attention.
• A fat merchant greeted Li Chenfeng and asked whether he was seeking routes or a map into the Black-Corner Region.
• The merchant warned Li Chenfeng that Star City maps were often inaccurate and that Black Storms made experienced guides essential.

Li Chenfeng and Hai Bodong joined Lin Tai’s Eight Gates caravan to travel to Black Seal City, where a grand auction would be held in three months. As the caravan stopped to camp, a violent storm swept across the plains and a red figure raced toward them.

• Lin Tai introduced himself as the chief steward of an Eight Gates caravan and invited Li Chenfeng to travel with them to Black Seal City.
• Li Chenfeng accepted the invitation, and the caravan set out with him and Hai Bodong aboard its most luxurious carriage.
• During a rest stop, Lin Tai showed Li Chenfeng a map and said the caravan would reach Black Seal City within five days.
• Lin Tai explained that several powerful factions controlled the Black-Corner Region and that their uneasy balance had brought a measure of peace.
• A sudden storm darkened the sky, and Li Chenfeng and Hai Bodong spotted a red figure racing toward the camp.

Li Chenfeng and Hai Bodong rescued Blood Dance from three pursuers during a Black Storm. Hai Bodong killed them with one attack, leaving Blood Dance stunned by his strength.

• Li Chenfeng recognized the injured Blood Dance fleeing through the Black Storm and asked Hai Bodong to help her.
• Hai Bodong charged at Blood Dance's pursuers while Li Chenfeng revealed his identity to her.
• Blood Dance recognized Li Chenfeng and asked whether the powerful figure attacking her pursuers was a Dou Emperor.
• Hai Bodong crushed the Five-star Dou Wang and two Nine-Star Dou Ling with a Mysterious Ice Giant Cone.
• Blood Dance was shocked to realize Hai Bodong's combat strength rivaled that of the academy's Law Enforcement Team commander.