Chapter Summaries

Chu Yang assessed the northern threat, reorganized imperial forces, and began reshaping the court while preparing for a campaign against demons entrenched in Japan. After the palace meeting, he advised Li Gexiao on his martial arts and left Ximen Chuixue stunned by his grasp of Ye Gucheng’s sword intent.

• Zhuge Zhengwo and Zheng Dongliu explained that the Jiannu could delay the demons in the north, and Chu Yang ordered Li Chengliang released and reinforced to hold Black Ice City.
• Sheng Yayu and Zheng Dongliu argued over the Qi Family Army’s weapons, while Chu Yang’s plan to attack the demons in Japan became clear to the ministers.
• Yu Huatian offered to give up the Western Depot to follow Chu Yang south, and Chu Yang merged the Western Depot into the Eastern Depot and reassigned Cao Zhengchun to the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs.
• Chu Yang transferred responsibility for demons and monsters in cities from the Divine Marquis Manor to Six Doors and ordered the removal of Grand Secretary Yan.
• Chu Yang walked from the palace with Li Gexiao, advised him to combine his saber technique with the God Sword Style, and promised to help him obtain Mingyu Gong from Yihua Palace.
• Ximen Chuixue asked Chu Yang about his sword strike, and Chu Yang’s explanation that he had grasped Ye Gucheng’s Flying Immortal from Beyond the Heavens after watching it once left Ximen Chuixue in a daze.

Qi Jiguang arrived in the capital with the Wanmin Umbrella and the Qi Family Army, publicly confirming Prince Xian’s role in saving Jinling City. He reported widespread rebellion in the south and brought new firearms for the northern defenses, while Chu Yang proposed exchanging ideas about the weapons.

• The Wanmin Umbrella flew to Chu Yang’s manor, and Lu Xiaofeng predicted a distinguished guest would arrive.
• Qi Jiguang entered the manor with the Qi Family Army and thanked Chu Yang for saving Jinling City.
• Qi Jiguang told Chu Yang that ninety percent of the southern city-defending generals had rebelled and that hundreds of thousands of troops had threatened Jinling City.
• Qi Jiguang explained that he had brought newly developed firearms to support the northern defenses and described their use against demonic beasts.
• Chu Yang asked Qi Jiguang whether the new weapons were firearms and proposed that they exchange ideas.

Chu Yang inspected Qi Jiguang’s advanced firearms, identified uses for Demon Cores, and gave him blueprints for improved guns. Meanwhile, Li Chengliang was released from prison and sent north with Imperial Guards to defend the border, as the capital would be left without a garrison.

• Chu Yang examined Qi Jiguang’s tower ship, glowing Sea Demon pearls, and firearms, learning that Demon Cores powered guns for ordinary people.
• Chu Yang discovered that people in this world had never developed pill refinement and discussed why eating demon meat caused people to explode.
• Chu Yang drew blueprints for improved pistols, rifles, and shotguns, and Qi Jiguang recognized their potential to save soldiers’ lives.
• Qi Jiguang and Chu Yang hurried away to send the firearms north before curfew.
• Zheng Dongliu released Li Chengliang and ordered him to return to Liaodong, where he would receive more than half of the Imperial Guards to defend the Northern Border.
• Li Chengliang accepted the mission and pledged to fight the demon race, while Zheng Dongliu warned him not to misuse his new command.

After Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang departed with troops to reinforce the south and north, Chu Yang prepared for his coronation and discussed the realm’s threats with his officials. He became emperor, refused a general amnesty and morning court, then rode to Dragon Guard Villa to meet Gu Santong, winning the capital’s affection with a familiar whistle outside a brothel.

• Li Chengliang left with nearly five hundred thousand Imperial Guards and Qi Jiguang’s firearms, while Qi Jiguang sailed south with the remaining guards after bidding Chu Yang farewell.
• Zhuge Zhengwo and Zheng Dongliu warned Chu Yang about Mongolia’s silence and the demon race’s invasion of Japan, and Chu Yang ordered Dragon Guard Villa to investigate both threats.
• Lu Xiaofeng, Hua Manlou, Sikong Zhaixing, and Li Gexiao learned that Chu Yang had refused to attend morning court because he disliked getting up early.
• At his coronation, Chu Yang rejected a general amnesty for death-row prisoners, then compromised with Zhuge Zhengwo to pardon only lesser offenders.
• Chu Yang rejected Guo Bu Jing’s plan to return Six Doors to the Ministry of Justice and decided to visit Gu Santong in Dragon Guard Villa’s secret prison.
• Chu Yang rode through the capital in dragon robes and whistled toward a brothel, prompting the people to cheer and celebrate his familiar flair.

Chu Yang entered Dragon Guard Villa with Zhuge Zhengwo and Duan Tianya to meet the imprisoned Gu Santong. After teasing Gu Santong about his martial art, Chu Yang revealed that Gu Santong had a child, leaving the dying master desperate to know where his son was.

• Zhuge Zhengwo told Chu Yang that Zhu Wushi had plotted to seize the throne, then led him into Dragon Guard Villa, where Duan Tianya welcomed the Emperor and explained why he had stayed.
• Duan Tianya guided Chu Yang and the others through the underground prison to Gu Santong, who remained chained and wounded by demon-bone claws.
• Gu Santong mocked Yu Huatian, but Chu Yang calmed him and spoke with Gu Santong about the Dao, earning the old master's respect.
• Gu Santong offered Chu Yang the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill, but Chu Yang teased him about its supposed restrictions until Gu Santong admitted he had lied.
• Chu Yang pointed out that Gu Santong must have fathered a child with Su Xin, and Gu Santong urgently asked where his son was.

Chu Yang healed Gu Santong, who taught him the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill before they returned to Dragon Guard Villa. In the Soul Palace, a Divine Tree Fruit fused that art with the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill into the Dragon Elephant Bright King Art, while the Chu Yangs discussed supplying machine tools to the Ming Dynasty world and the origins of its demon fiends.

• Gu Santong panicked upon learning he had a son, but Zhuge Zhengwo and Zheng Dongliu subdued him before Chu Yang promised to help reunite him with his child.
• Chu Yang restored Gu Santong by healing his injuries and expelling the demonic qi, then freed him from his chains and hook claws.
• Gu Santong taught Chu Yang the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill and demonstrated it on the way back to Dragon Guard Villa.
• A Divine Tree Fruit fused the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill with the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill, and the Chu Yangs named the new art the Dragon Elephant Bright King Art.
• Great Ming Chu Yang asked the others for machine tools to improve his world's productive capacity, and they discussed how to transport them safely.
• The Chu Yangs debated the strange demon fiends in the Ming Dynasty world, and Magic Chu Yang suggested they might have appeared because the Great Dao had died.

Chu Yang warned Duan Tianya about Guihai Yidao’s dangerous saber art while Gu Santong reunited with his son, Cheng Shifei. After Gu Santong lost a sparring match to Chu Yang and reached the Grandmaster realm, he claimed Cheng Shifei as his son and began beating him for insulting the emperor.

• Chu Yang advised Duan Tianya to remember Zhu Wushi’s kindness and to find Guihai Yidao before the Three Apocalyptic Slashes corrupted him.
• Gu Santong taught Dragon Guard Villa’s spies and sparred with Chu Yang, who defeated him with two punches.
• Zhuge Zhengwo learned that Gu Santong had reached the Grandmaster realm after breaking through following his escape from the secret prison.
• Duan Tianya brought Cheng Shifei to Dragon Guard Villa, where Gu Santong recognized him as his son and learned about his hardships and his mother’s condition.
• Cheng Shifei praised Zhu Wushi, insulted Chu Yang without knowing he was the emperor, and Gu Santong began beating him.

Chu Yang discussed the demon threat and his plan to refine demon flesh into usable pills, while Zhuge Zhengwo arranged for Duan Tianya to find Guihai Yidao and seek help from Master Yun Que. On the way back to the capital, Chu Yang learned that refugees had eaten Yan Song alive, leaving Zheng Dongliu to reflect on the persistence of people preying on people.

• Gu Santong chased Cheng Shifei from the hall, and Zhuge Zhengwo agreed to take the young man under his guidance to bind Gu Santong to Divine Marquis Manor.
• Chu Yang proposed searching for the Ten Thousand Demons Kingdom, but Zheng Dongliu and Zhuge Zhengwo urged him to wait until the southern rebellion was quelled.
• Chu Yang explained that he planned to use alchemy to remove demonic power from demon flesh and turn it into resources for humans.
• Duan Tianya asked to leave Dragon Guard Villa to find Guihai Yidao, and Zhuge Zhengwo sent him to seek Master Yun Que's help against demonic corruption.
• Chu Yang and Zheng Dongliu passed the ruined Yan Manor, where Zheng Dongliu told him that refugees had eaten Yan Song alive after years of suffering from his corruption.

Chu Yang established a free-ranging role for Li Gexiao, then tested his new flesh-and-blood elixirs made from demons. After a night of thunderous experiments, Gu Santong ate one and broke through to the Grandmaster realm.

• Chu Yang ordered Zheng Dongliu to establish a separate unit for Li Gexiao, who would serve the people as the Emperor’s representative without returning to the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
• Chu Yang consulted Xianxia Chu Yang and Magic Chu Yang about elixir refining, then prepared a secret room and pill furnace in the Forbidden City.
• Chu Yang refined three elixirs from Spirit Demon flesh, ate one, and found that it greatly increased his qi and blood.
• Thunder from Chu Yang’s experiments drew Cao Zhengchun, Yu Huatian, and others to the bedchamber, where Chu Yang explained that he had successfully refined elixirs.
• Gu Santong swallowed one of Chu Yang’s elixirs and immediately broke through to the Grandmaster realm.

Chu Yang tested Demon King pills, and Gu Santong used one to regain the Grandmaster realm, demonstrating the pills’ value to the court and martial world. After stopping a quarrel between Zheng Dongliu and the eunuchs, Chu Yang sent Zheng home with a pill to reflect on his heart demons, while Guo Bu Jing declined one and Zhuge Zhengwo volunteered to test them.

• Gu Santong consumed a Demon King pill, broke through to the Grandmaster realm, and displayed his strengthened body until Chu Yang slapped him back to normal.
• Zhuge Zhengwo explained that the pills could encourage sects to hunt demons, while Yu Huatian and Zheng Dongliu argued over the sects’ role in the southern crisis.
• Cao Zhengchun denied involvement in the south, and Chu Yang reprimanded Zheng Dongliu for accusing Yu Huatian before warning him against further open factional conflict.
• Chu Yang gave Zheng Dongliu a pill and urged him to resolve his resentment before attempting a breakthrough; Li Gexiao left to support his master.
• Guo Bu Jing declined a pill, choosing to pursue a breakthrough through his own strength, while Zhuge Zhengwo offered to test the pills on himself.

Chu Yang distributed breakthrough pills, ordered Cao Zhengchun and Yu Huatian to earn theirs through military service, and trained array masters to make alchemy. Meanwhile, Qi Jiguang’s Firearm Battalion developed a powerful revolver but struggled to manufacture its precise components in quantity, prompting Qi to head for the capital to seek Chu Yang’s help.

• Chu Yang gave Zhuge Zhengwo two Demon King pills and gave Lu Xiaofeng a Great Demon pill, while warning them about the pills’ limits.
• Cao Zhengchun and Yu Huatian sought pills, and Chu Yang told them to earn them by accomplishing something at the Northern Border or among the Three Mongol Tribes.
• Qi Jiguang tested the Firearm Battalion’s new six-core Punk Revolver and found it could kill Spirit Demons in one or two shots, but its precision components prevented mass production.
• Qi Jiguang decided to travel secretly to the capital with craftsmen and array masters to ask Chu Yang how to solve the manufacturing problem.
• Zhuge Zhengwo brought trusted array masters to the palace, where Chu Yang taught them alchemy; after more than half a month, they began producing pills with improving success and quality.
• Li Chengliang reported that Ten Thousand Miles of Black Ice City was fortified, and Chu Yang arranged for the newly trained alchemists to make pills for martial artists across the Ming Dynasty.

Qi Jiguang brought craftsmen and formation masters to the capital, where Chu Yang showed them machine tools that could solve the Qi Family Army’s firearm production problems. After inspecting their oversized Punk Revolver, Qi Jiguang learned about alchemy and the threat of hidden demon-human traitors, then received a blueprint for a new battlefield weapon.

• Cao Zhengchun escorted Qi Jiguang and his craftsmen and formation masters to the Imperial Study, where Chu Yang discussed how the court should handle the sects with Zhuge Zhengwo.
• Chu Yang led Qi Jiguang’s group to a side hall and showed them more than a hundred machine tools, which the craftsmen eagerly examined and learned to operate.
• Chu Yang explained alchemy to Qi Jiguang, and the men agreed that demon-human traitors might try to seize pills and alchemists.
• Chu Yang and Zhuge Zhengwo accompanied Qi Jiguang to the tower ship, where he showed them the powerful Punk Revolver and Zhuge Zhengwo warned against letting such weapons reach civilians.
• The group arranged to move the machine tools aboard the ship, and Chu Yang gave Qi Jiguang a blueprint whose blurred label began with “Horse” and ended with “machine gun.”

After Lu Xiaofeng and Li Gexiao left the capital, the court’s demon-pill program spread across the Jianghu, drawing hunters to provincial yamen offices. At one such office, Leng Leng restored order among the crowd as the first box of pills arrived, while Zheng Dayou waited to learn whether his chance to advance had come.

• Chu Yang celebrated Lu Xiaofeng’s breakthrough with a banquet, and Lu Xiaofeng declined Guo Bu Jing’s offer to join Six Doors while accepting a token.
• Li Gexiao planned to gather his team and later visit Yihua Palace to obtain the Mingyu Gong, while Chu Yang learned Zheng Dongliu remained secluded.
• Lu Xiaofeng and Li Gexiao left Prince Xian’s Residence the next morning, and rumors about demon-refined pills spread as the court offered bounties for demon flesh and blood.
• Zheng Dayou found half a white fox carcass after hiding from fighting demon beasts, brought it to the city, and registered it for pill refinement with Leng Leng.
• As more martial artists crowded the provincial yamen, Leng Leng ordered the constables to draw their weapons and restored order.
• A worker carried a wooden box of pills to Leng Leng, and the medicinal fragrance strengthened the qi and blood of nearby martial artists.

Zheng Dayou swallowed a pill refined from a powerful fox demon and completed five blood replacements, drawing the attention of Zhuge Zhengwo and the martial world. Chu Yang then traveled to Seven Heroes Town and surprised the residents of Tongfu Inn by appearing in their courtyard.

• Leng Leng warned Zheng Dayou to eat his pill before leaving, and he swallowed it as the gathered martial artists watched.
• Zheng Dayou used the pill to complete five consecutive blood replacements, prompting the crowd to clamor for pills.
• Chu Yang and Zhuge Zhengwo watched from an alley, discussed Zheng Dayou's potential, and agreed to cultivate him.
• Chu Yang told Zhuge Zhengwo he was heading to Seven Heroes Town, then arrived at Tongfu Inn and entered its courtyard after no one answered the door.
• Guo Furong and the inn's staff discovered Chu Yang the next morning, and Tong Xiangyu scolded Lao Bai for failing to answer him.

Chu Yang settled into Tongfu Inn, where Guo Furong decided to earn money by helping Lu Xiucai publish a novel that cast Chu Yang as the villain Xiaoyao Wang. After shopkeeper Tong and Lao Bai discussed how to deal with stolen jewelry, Tong Xiangyu asked Chu Yang whether he would buy it.

• Shopkeeper Tong reclaimed Chu Yang’s silver from Guo Furong, and Chu Yang gave her money to thank her for looking after his junior sister and lodging him.
• Guo Furong declared she would make money and told Lu Xiucai she would help publish his book, then read his manuscript featuring Chu Yang as Xiaoyao Wang.
• Guo Furong asked Lao Bai to pressure Lu Xiucai into revising the book if the publisher demanded changes, while Chu Yang overheard their plans.
• Shopkeeper Tong sent Guo Furong to wake Xiao Bei for school and privately discussed Lei Laowu’s stolen goods with Lao Bai, who suggested selling the jewelry piece by piece.
• After Chu Yang finished the inn’s meal, shopkeeper Tong sat beside him and asked whether he would buy jewelry, frightening Lao Bai.

Chu Yang discovered that the funerary objects Tong Xiangyu tried to sell included a thumb ring containing the Demon Sect martial art Heaven and Earth Mating, Yin-Yang Great Compassion Art. After meeting Left Commander in Eighteen Li Village, Chu Yang learned the Tomb of Prince Xin had been a Demon Sect base and ordered an investigation while asking Left Commander to arrest Fan Da Niang.

• Tong Xiangyu showed Chu Yang the funerary objects, and he found a thumb ring containing the Demon Sect’s Heaven and Earth Mating, Yin-Yang Great Compassion Art.
• Chu Yang paid Tong Xiangyu for the thumb ring and studied its martial art while resting at Tongfu Inn.
• Tong Xiangyu sold her own jewelry at a loss after Old Xing’s arrival prevented her from selling the funerary objects, while Lu Xiucai signed Fan Da Niang’s publishing contract without noticing its tricks.
• Chu Yang visited Eighteen Li Village and encountered Left Commander and the Embroidered Uniform Guards pursuing the Tomb of Prince Xin theft.
• Left Commander revealed the tomb had been a long-abandoned Demon Sect base, and Chu Yang said he had obtained its stolen goods from Lei Laowu.
• Chu Yang ordered Left Commander to investigate the tomb further and arrest Fan Da Niang.

Guo Furong and Lu Xiucai escaped Fan Da Niang’s contract trap with Lao Bai’s burial goods, while Chu Yang pardoned Tong Xiangyu and Lao Bai over the stolen jewelry. As Chu Yang waited for news about the Tomb of Prince Xin and planned to travel south, three armed men arrived at Tongfu Inn demanding to see Mo Xiao Bei and started a fight.

• Lu Xiucai refused to rewrite Xiaoyao Wang as Fan Da Niang demanded, and Guo Furong nearly attacked her before discovering their contract required a huge penalty.
• Lao Bai paid Fan Da Niang with jewelry from the Tomb of Prince Xin, and Chu Yang later forgave him and Tong Xiangyu for keeping the burial goods.
• Old Xing reported that the Embroidered Uniform Guards had arrested Fan Da Niang, making her the scapegoat for the tomb robbery uproar.
• Left Commander told Chu Yang that information from the Tomb of Prince Xin could help Zhuge Zhengwo locate the Demon Sect, and Zhuge Zhengwo had gone to Taiping Mountain.
• Manager Qian warned Tong Xiangyu that his wife was coming to confront her over the jewelry, but Tong Xiangyu refused to flee.
• Three armed men entered Tongfu Inn asking for Mo Xiao Bei, and two of them attacked Lao Bai when he blocked their way.

Chu Yang helped Tong Xiangyu prepare for Mo Xiaobao’s succession as Hengshan Sect Leader while the inn dealt with Madam Qian and the ceremony’s rowdy guests. At the ceremony, Mu Daoren recognized Chu Yang as the emperor and begged him to spare his life.

• Lu Yiming and his fellow Hengshan Sect disciples arrived to ask Mo Xiaobao to become their sect leader, and she agreed the next morning.
• Madam Qian was thrown out of Tongfu Inn after picking a fight, then later disrupted the succession ceremony and provoked a brawl among the assembled sect elders.
• Lu Yiming brought Tong Xiangyu silver for the ceremony, and Chu Yang urged her not to suspect the Hengshan disciples and contributed money himself.
• Guo Furong lamented that her father, Guo Bu Jing, was too busy with his duties to spend time with her, and Chu Yang reassured her that he might retire once the realm was at peace.
• Mu Daoren recognized Chu Yang at the ceremony and revealed that he knew Chu Yang was aware of his identity as Old Saber Handle of Netherworld Manor.
• Mu Daoren knelt before Chu Yang and begged him to spare his life.

Chu Yang killed Mu Daoren after Mu Daoren tried to assassinate him, then left Seven Heroes Town as emperor. In Soul Palace, the Chu Yangs debated Kenjaku’s threat and approved an experiment to help Mumen Rider break his limiter, leaving Mumen Rider training beside Saitama.

• Mu Daoren recognized Chu Yang as emperor, then tried to kill him with a hidden sword, but Chu Yang caught the blade and killed him with a palm strike.
• Chu Yang forced the sect elders to kneel, left Tongfu Inn with the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and heard that the Qi Family Army had suppressed the southern rebellion.
• The Chu Yangs discussed Tengen’s death, Kenjaku’s disappearance, and the purge of the jujutsu world after Gojo Satoru lost to Jujutsu Chu Yang.
• One-Punch Chu Yang announced that Mumen Rider had agreed to undergo Lineage Factor modification, and the group discussed using the experiment to study how Saitama broke his limiter.
• One-Punch Chu Yang returned to Monster House, where Mumen Rider trained with Bang while Saitama watched nearby.

Mumen Rider’s Lineage Factor experiment appeared to fail, but his physical abilities began rapidly improving after a delay. Chu Yang decided to use Garou to stimulate his growth, but when Bang and Mia went to fetch Garou, they found only a chubby shut-in playing video games in his room.

• Mumen Rider entered the cultivation chamber, endured a day-long procedure, and emerged with no apparent changes to his body or Lineage Factor.
• Chu Yang arranged for Mumen Rider to be monitored, and after about half a month his physical abilities began rising rapidly through training.
• Saitama noticed Mumen Rider’s improvement and advised him to add more squats to his training plan.
• Chu Yang decided Garou should provide combat stimulation for Mumen Rider and ordered Bang and Mia to bring Garou up with sedatives.
• Bang and Mia reached Garou’s room and found him missing, while a chubby shut-in playing video games greeted Bang as his teacher.