Chapter Summaries

Tang San forced the Clear Sky Sect to submit, then ordered it to open its gates and join the war against the Spirit Hall Empire. As Tang Shuo and Qian Renxue watched from Heaven Dou City, Tang San arrived with the sect’s forces and saw the defeated Spirit Hall troops fleeing below.

• Tang San’s divine pressure forced the five Clear Sky Sect elders and the disciples to kneel, and Tang Xiao recognized him as the Sea God.
• Tang San lifted the Sea God Trident, commanded the Clear Sky Sect to open its gates, and led its return to the world after more than twenty years in hiding.
• Tang Shuo returned to Heaven Dou City and told Qian Renxue he had killed the fleeing army’s leader but had not bothered to kill the rest.
• Tang San arrived at Heaven Dou City atop towering waves with Tang Xiao, the elders, and thousands of Clear Sky Sect disciples.
• Tang San spotted the defeated Spirit Hall Empire soldiers fleeing across the plains and furrowed his brows.

Tang San arrived at Heaven Dou City after the Spirit Hall Empire's army was routed and challenged Tang Shuo, only to be overwhelmed by his power. Tang Shuo summoned the Eastern Sovereign, whose golden eye struck down the Sea God's Trident as Tang San's fate remained unresolved.

• Tang San ordered Tang Xiao, the five great elders, and the Clear Sky Sect disciples to massacre the routed Spirit Hall forces.
• Tang San confronted Tang Shuo above Heaven Dou City and demanded that he kneel before the Sea God.
• Tang Shuo shattered Tang San's divine might with a finger, injuring him and revealing that Tang San did not understand his own power.
• Tang Shuo summoned the Eastern Sovereign, whose golden eye appeared in the sky and suppressed Tang San's divine power.
• Tang San hurled the Sea God's Trident at Tang Shuo, but the golden eye fired a beam that struck the super divine artifact.

Tang Shuo killed Tang San, forced the Clear Sky Sect into permanent seclusion, and stood behind Qian Renxue as she became Empress Wu Zhao. He then left with Zhu Zhuqing to live quietly in a secluded valley, while Wu Zhao promised to visit after she abdicated.

• Tang Shuo destroyed Tang San's divine artifact and killed him after Tang San lost his godhood.
• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect surrendered, and Tang Shuo ordered them to return to their mountains and never emerge again.
• Three days later, Qian Renxue ascended the throne as Empress Wu Zhao and renamed the dynasty Wu.
• Wu Zhao asked Tang Shuo to stay and help her rule, but he declined and planned a quiet life with Zhu Zhuqing.
• One month later, Tang Shuo, Zhu Zhuqing, and Qian Renxue shared a peaceful life at a bamboo house in a secluded valley.