Chapter Summaries

Li Yanyan sacrificed herself to redirect the Sea Witch’s death curse away from Jian Shang, leaving him unharmed and revealing why he had escaped the attack. As Li Yanyan lay enveloped in gray mist, Jian Shang realized what she had done and felt a surge of grief and fury.

• The Sea Witch’s Symphony of Death’s End shattered most of Li Yanyan’s qin strings and enveloped Jian Shang despite his evasive techniques.
• Li Yanyan plucked the qin’s final string and used Beauty’s Sorrow to take Jian Shang’s death curse upon herself.
• Jian Shang discovered he was unharmed, while the Sea Witch ordered Kadi and the Bronze and Silver Saints to retreat.
• Di Wushuang pursued Kadi as the Sea Witch used her flute to impede her.
• Yu Ji cried out when she saw Li Yanyan collapse on the phoenix, shrouded in gray mist, and Jian Shang understood that Li Yanyan had saved him.

Li Yanyan’s attempt to save Jian Shang left her dying under a strange aura of death, and Yu Ji revealed that she might survive if she held on to her will. As the China Navy clashed with the Canada Fleet, Jian Shang joined the battle, still consumed by rage and fear for Li Yanyan.

• Li Yanyan was struck by the aura of death while saving Jian Shang, and Yu Ji’s healing arts could not remove it.
• Li Yanyan said she had no future and regretted that she could not become Jian Shang’s consort, while Yu Ji warned Jian Shang that agreeing to her wishes might extinguish her last hope.
• Jian Shang urged Li Yanyan to stay by reminding her that he had named her Consort Qin and that she still had a home and responsibilities to return to.
• Li Yanyan fainted, and Yu Ji confirmed that her soul and will remained intact, though she was still in grave danger.
• The China Navy emerged into the open sea and attacked the Canada Fleet, triggering a fierce naval battle.
• Jian Shang ordered the enemy killed and charged toward the Sea Witch blocking Di Wushuang with his Scarlet Sky Sword.

Jian Shang and his allies struggled to capture the Sea Witch while the China Navy fought the technologically superior Canada Fleet in a brutal naval battle. As Chinese ships sank and crews resorted to boarding, Prince Tianyao ordered his forces to retreat and counterattack from range.

• The Sea Witch evaded Jian Shang’s attacks by shifting across the ocean, and his Soul Dominion of the Vast Ocean failed to restrain her.
• Jian Shang called on the Evil Consort and the Wushuang Marquis to help capture the Sea Witch, and the two women joined the pursuit.
• The China Navy used siege engines, experts, and boarding assaults against the Canada Fleet, but Canadian weapons sank Chinese ships and caused heavy casualties.
• Han Guang ordered his damaged tower ship to close with the enemy and prepare for boarding, then abandoned ship to lead the attack while Lian Jun took Han Sheng into the sea.
• Prince Tianyao ordered the Golden Colossus and Iron Colossus to block the Chinese advance and directed the other Canadian warships to withdraw and attack from a distance.

The Golden Colossus and Iron Colossus shattered the China Navy’s defenses, leaving the Huan Kingdom’s fleet trapped and in disarray. Jian Shang failed to persuade Sea Witch Disili to lift her secret art, so he ordered the Huan Kingdom’s forces to fight to the death and ram the enemy colossi.

• The Golden Colossus and Iron Colossus crushed Chinese and Canadian ships, forcing the China Navy to retreat in panic.
• Zhou Zhang received reports that the Third Naval Squadron had collapsed and ordered his forces to hold until His Majesty’s decree arrived.
• Jian Shang asked Sea Witch Disili to withdraw her secret art in exchange for the Gemini Gold Cloth and Virgo Gold Cloth, but she refused after recalling the Sea Emperor’s orders.
• Jian Shang rallied the panicked Chinese fighters by urging them to face their reasons for joining the war and not disrupt the retreat.
• Jian Shang ordered Dragon Consort Chong Shiqie to take command of the Jingyang Water Estate and ram the enemy colossi at any cost.

The Huan Kingdom’s navy sacrificed its ships and soldiers to halt Canada’s colossal vessels, inspiring China’s retreating forces to turn back and fight. As Jian Shang and Di Wushuang attacked an Iron Colossus, a tremendous collision sent a wave hundreds of meters high into the sky, drawing everyone’s attention.

• The Huan King ordered Chong Shiqie to command the Jingyang Water Estate while Huan ships crowded together to block Canada’s Iron Colossus and Golden Colossus.
• Zhou Zhang urged the Huan soldiers to abandon ship and attack, and the navy charged the Canada Fleet despite suffering heavy casualties.
• Drunken Star, Blue Moon, Purple Rain, and other Otherworlders rallied China’s retreating forces, which turned back toward the sea and joined the battle.
• Jian Shang and Di Wushuang boarded an Iron Colossus, defeated its defenders, and pursued the Sea-Covering God King across the ship.
• A tremendous crash shook the battlefield and raised a colossal wave hundreds of meters high, causing the fighting to falter as everyone looked toward it.

The Jingyang Water Estate smashed a Canadian Iron Colossus, while Jian Shang realized Atlantis’s God Warriors depended on external power and used the Sigh of Heaven to disable them. He captured the Sea-Covering God King and other warriors as scrap metal, leaving the Canadian forces’ apparent invincibility exposed.

• The Jingyang Water Estate expanded and rammed the Iron Colossus, crushing its hull and triggering explosions that destroyed its God Warriors and power sources.
• Chinese Otherworlders and patriots cheered the Iron Colossus’s destruction, while Jian Shang, Di Wushuang, Hua Qiandai, and the others recognized the cost of using the National Artifact.
• Di Wushuang explained that Atlantis’s God Warriors were puppet-like machines powered by spirit stones, and Jian Shang realized they would fail without an external power supply.
• Jian Shang used the Sigh of Heaven to freeze the Sea-Covering God King, Di Wushuang, and the pursuing God Warriors, though Di Wushuang briefly fell as well.
• Jian Shang defeated nearby Canadian Otherworlders and stored the disabled Sea-Covering God King and dozens of God Warriors in the Jingyang Dragon Ring.

Jian Shang turned the Jingyang Water Estate’s attack into a chance to capture an Iron Colossus, while Prince Tianyao ordered the Golden Fleet to retreat. The chapter ended with Jian Shang sending Xu Tian to seize the last Iron Colossus as Dragon Consort Chong Shiqie charged the Golden Colossus.

• The Jingyang Water Estate crippled one Iron Colossus and charged Grand Sage Divine Horse’s ship, prompting him to order its God Warriors to abandon ship.
• Prince Tianyao argued with the Lance Fleet’s deputy commander, then ordered the Golden Fleet to withdraw rather than face China’s water-type National Artifact.
• Jian Shang stopped the Jingyang Water Estate from fully ramming the second Iron Colossus and ordered his forces to seize it after its God Warriors jumped into the sea.
• Dragon Consort Chong Shiqie sent the Bird Army to secure the Iron Colossus, while Jian Shang ordered her to attack the Golden Colossus.
• Xu Tian led the Innate Realm experts toward the last Iron Colossus to capture it.

Jian Shang sealed the God Warriors aboard the last Iron Colossus, allowing Xu Tian and the Huan experts to board and attack, while the Jingyang Water Estate drove the Canada Fleet into chaos. As the China Navy seized the advantage, Sea Witch Disili unleashed a rising sea storm, leaving the fleets battered by towering waves.

• Jian Shang used Heaven's Lament to seal the God Warriors aboard the last Iron Colossus, and Xu Tian led the Huan experts aboard to attack them.
• Jian Shang ordered the God Warriors gathered so he could capture them with the Jingyang Dragon Ring before Heaven's Lament ended.
• Prince Tianyao ordered the fleet to intercept the Jingyang Water Estate, but the estate smashed through warships as the Golden Colossus turned to retreat.
• The Canada Fleet's ships collided and stalled while the China Navy boarded and seized vessels, turning the battle in China's favor.
• Prince Tianyao demanded that Sea Witch Disili act, and she played the Sea Flute as Hua Qiandai attacked her.
• Disili's music raised towering waves that tossed the Golden Colossus, Iron Colossus, and Jingyang Water Estate across the sea.

Jian Shang led Chinese experts aboard the retreating Golden Colossus to pursue Prince Tianyao, battling God Warriors as the Canada Faction fired on them. The Sea Witch unleashed an even more devastating Cosmo, leaving both fleets and the experts at the mercy of monstrous waves while Jian Shang remained close to his target.

• Jian Shang ordered the China Navy to stop pursuing the Canada Fleet, then led Late Innate Stage experts toward the Golden Colossus as it retreated.
• Jian Shang boarded the Golden Colossus and cut through God Warriors, while Hua Qiandai, Di Wushuang, Xu Tian, and other Chinese experts joined the assault and cleared the deck by throwing enemies overboard.
• Prince Tianyao ordered the Golden Colossus's ballistae and spirit cannons to fire on the Chinese experts, killing or wounding several while inflicting far greater losses on the Canada Faction's God Warriors.
• Jian Shang urged the Chinese experts to split into smaller groups and cut through the decks toward Prince Tianyao, while the others advanced through the ship toward its center.
• The Sea Witch unleashed the Final Movement of Sea's Downfall, unleashing towering waves that tossed the fleets and trapped combatants across the battlefield.
• Jian Shang activated Heaven's Sigh to suppress the turbulence around himself, but its range could not stop the Sea Witch's attack from reaching him.

Jian Shang led the Chinese fighters to defeat the Canada Faction at the Huai River Estuary, but Li Yanyan remained unconscious despite Yu Ji stabilizing her condition. He vowed to find the Sea Witch and punish the Sea Emperor Faction if Yanyan did not wake, while the battle at the Yangtze River Estuary remained unresolved.

• Jian Shang broke through the Golden Colossus and joined Hua Qiandai, Di Wushuang, and the other Chinese fighters in overwhelming its defenders, while Prince Tianyao escaped into the storm.
• Jian Shang ordered his fighters to stop pursuing the fleeing Canadians and clear the Golden Colossus as the tsunami subsided, leaving the Canada Faction with catastrophic losses.
• Di Wushuang reported that the captured Canadian ships could barely be operated and that no news had arrived from the battle at the Yangtze River Estuary; Jian Shang decided not to send reinforcements.
• Jian Shang returned to the Jingyang Water Estate, where Yu Ji told him that Li Yanyan remained unconscious but stable.
• Jian Shang promised to avenge Li Yanyan and bring back the Sea Witch, threatening the Sea Emperor Faction if Yanyan did not awaken.

Jian Shang ordered Di Wushuang to arrange action against the Sacred Garment Civilization while refusing to pull her away from the navy, then welcomed the southern fleet after it safely rendezvoused at the Huai River Estuary. At the gathering, Gan Ning described how Ji Geng and the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark crushed the enemy fleet and drove off the Sea Prince, leaving Jian Shang to ask who Gan Ning was.

• Di Wushuang proposed assassinating the Sea Witch, but Jian Shang told her to oversee the navy and make arrangements against the Sacred Garment Civilization as she saw fit.
• Jian Shang stayed beside the sleeping Li Yanyan, and a tear rolled down her cheek.
• The Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark and the southern fleet arrived intact at the Huai River Estuary, where Jian Shang welcomed Gan Lan, Tian Feng, Xiang Ta, and the other commanders.
• At a gathering in the Jingyang Water Estate, Xiaoxing Lengyue asked how the southern forces had defeated the Sea Prince and reached the estuary safely.
• Gan Ning credited Xiang Ta's plan and Ji Geng's sword strike aboard the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark with routing the enemy, prompting Jian Shang to ask who Gan Ning was.

At a victory banquet, Jian Shang appointed Gan Ning as a fifth-rank general, then withdrew to confide in the seemingly statue-like Ji Geng. Ji Geng revealed his intelligence and warned Jian Shang that his ancestral human bloodline bound him to a lonely path toward imperial power, leaving Jian Shang facing the choice to press on.

• Gan Lan introduced his young son Gan Ning to Jian Shang and apologized for his arrogance.
• Jian Shang praised Gan Ning and ordered Tian Feng to appoint him a fifth-rank general despite Gan Lan's concerns.
• Jian Shang struggled to feel at ease at the victory banquet, then left the gathering to sit beside Ji Geng and lament his lonely position.
• Ji Geng spoke to Jian Shang and warned that the ancestral human bloodline brought endless loneliness and trials, though Jian Shang could still have it stripped away.
• Ji Geng urged Jian Shang to continue onward if he wanted to lift those around him to the Immortal Realm, and confirmed that his bloodline had already left him with no real choice.

Jian Shang learned that Qin Shi Huang may not have truly defied heaven, while Ji Geng urged him to seek shelter in the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark whenever he faced mortal danger. Ten days later, the Huan Kingdom’s enormous fleet reached the Eastern Sea, where it faced a powerful Canadian coalition assembled on the coast of Jiaodong Commandery.

• Ji Geng told Jian Shang that Qin Shi Huang had begged heaven for his life and warned him to retreat to the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark if he faced mortal danger.
• Jian Shang ended his private exchange with Ji Geng when Hua Qiandai, Yu Ji, and the others called to him.
• After ten days of reorganization, the China Navy sailed east with four colossal ships and more than thirty million combatants.
• The Canadian Lance Fleet established a vast coastal base in Jiaodong Commandery and gathered its leaders alongside forces from the Golden Kingdom and Greece.
• The Canadian commanders welcomed Golden Princess Folisa and Goddess of Wisdom Chengshalina, expressing confidence in victory in the Sino-Canadian War.

King Lance Atlas, Princess Folisha, and Chengshalina debated how to counter China’s naval weapons and forces after two failed ambushes. Sea Witch Disili warned that China’s population, resources, armies, and the Huan King’s personal strength could overturn their plans.

• Princess Folisha analyzed the failed Huai River and Yangtze River ambushes, blaming China’s unexpected National Artifact and Ancient Ship for disrupting the fleets.
• Atlas objected that China’s martial arts and the Huan King’s secret art were also major threats, but Folisha insisted the enemy’s weapons were the priority.
• Folisha proposed leading the Golden Divine Ship and most of the colossi against the Ancient Ship while Atlas faced the Yue State National Artifact with the Lance King.
• Atlas proposed a more balanced deployment, and Chengshalina agreed that the Saint Warriors and Sea Warriors would defend against China’s experts.
• Di Sili warned that China’s large population, resource needs, land armies, and the Huan King’s strength made him a threat comparable to a colossus.

Princess Folisha planned a massive allied force to counter the Huan King and China’s navy, while Jian Shang assessed the coming Eastern Sea Decisive Battle and China’s broader military risks. As the China Navy sailed north, a young woman suddenly appeared behind Jian Shang and taunted him about fearing an assassin.

• Di Sili revealed that the Huan King had helped defeat the Canada Lance Fleet’s God-Kings, sages, and colossi, embarrassing Prince Tianyao and forcing Princess Folisha to acknowledge his strength.
• Princess Folisha proposed that four Golden Kingdom God-Kings lead the attack on the Huan King, supported by the Lance Fleet’s God-Kings, Sea Prince Danton, and Gemini.
• Princess Folisha warned that China’s great adepts and possible feints also posed a threat, and the assembled leaders agreed to the plan.
• Jian Shang learned from Jiang Yao that the China Navy would reach its destination in about three days, while the allied land army faced difficulties from the Russian Federation and might lose Liu Bang’s support.
• Jiang Yao suggested calling on China’s other powers to send great adepts, and Jian Shang questioned whether the fleet could win without them.
• Imperial guards shouted that an assassin was present, but a young woman appeared behind Jian Shang and mocked him for being alarmed by every sound.

Rong Ji warned Jian Shang that Zhi Ji was bringing the Spring-Autumn Ancient Ship and that Canada had marked him for assassination, leaving Jian Shang troubled by his feelings for Zhi Ji. Two days later, the ship reached the Chinese fleet with a formidable company of reclusive masters, including fifteen Loose Immortals recruited by Zhi Ji.

• Rong Ji broke through the Huan Kingdom's defenses, told Jian Shang that Zhi Ji was bringing the Spring-Autumn Ancient Ship, and warned him that Canadian forces planned to assassinate him.
• Jian Shang admitted to himself that Zhi Ji's repeated help had stirred his feelings, but he feared facing her and did not know how to approach her.
• Two days later, Jian Shang and the others saw the Spring-Autumn Ancient Ship approach the Chinese navy near Langya Commandery.
• Jian Shang wondered whether the jade ship could defeat Canada's Iron Colossus, and Hua Qiandai said the ship would win because it was at least an earth-grade spirit artifact.
• Zhao Ji and Zhi Ji led more than a hundred arrivals to greet Jian Shang, including twenty-odd Great Adepts and fifteen reclusive Loose Immortals whom Zhi Ji had persuaded to join the war effort.

Zhi Ji introduced Jian Shang to the reclusive Jianghu masters who had emerged for the Sino-Canadian War. When Guo Jia fell gravely ill, Yu Ji healed him, and Prime Minister King Guo Wei revealed that he had come because he foresaw Yu Ji might save his grandson; Jian Shang then recognized Guo Jia and Xu Fu as legendary figures.

• Zhi Ji introduced the three surviving divine monks of Daluo Temple and several other powerful Jianghu elders to Jian Shang.
• Zhi Ji introduced Prime Minister King Guo Wei, whose sickly grandson Guo Jia began coughing and spitting blood.
• Yu Ji used Vital Healing Art on Guo Jia, who soon regained enough strength to reassure Guo Wei.
• Guo Wei recognized Yu Ji as the benefactor he had foreseen, while Zhi Ji demanded the return of the ten-thousand-year purple ginseng root fibers he had received.
• Jian Shang learned from Zhi Ji that the boy was Guo Jia and the girl was Xu Fu, and recognized them as renowned historical figures.

Yu Ji diagnosed Guo Jia’s frail condition and offered him gentle, long-term treatment, prompting Jian Shang to recruit Guo Wei by proposing that Guo Jia stay near the Immortal Consort. Jian Shang then met Martial King Xiahou Wushen and several other clan leaders and their young descendants, including figures known to Otherworlders from late-Han history.

• Yu Ji examined Guo Jia and concluded that congenital weakness and psychological strain caused his condition, recommending prolonged treatment and ordinary exercise.
• Guo Wei recounted how his son was killed and his pregnant daughter-in-law was forced into premature childbirth and years of hiding, while Hua Qiandai explained that Yu Ji’s methods suited Guo Jia’s needs.
• Jian Shang proposed that Guo Jia recover beside the Immortal Consort, and Guo Wei agreed to pledge loyalty to the Huan Kingdom so he could remain with his grandson.
• Zhi Ji introduced Xiahou Wushen and his young relatives; Jian Shang praised Xiahou Cao and warned Xiahou Wushen not to trust Otherworlder history, but Xiahou Wushen rejected the idea that outsiders could defy Heaven’s will.
• Zhi Ji introduced Xun Yan, Xun Yu, Sun Ji, and Sun Jian, revealing more young figures whose identities and traits matched those known to Otherworlders.

Jian Shang considered the risks of dealing with the historical luminaries while China’s factions mounted a counteroffensive against Canada’s invasion. As the land battle stalled against fortified defenses, Xiang Yu ordered a costly assault on Great Wu Royal City and personally attacked its walls.

• Zhi Ji told Jian Shang that impressing the young historical luminaries with his strength could shape how they viewed him in the future.
• Canada’s Lance Fleet invaded China’s eastern coast, prompting the formation of a China Alliance while Jian Shang led Huan’s navy toward Langya Port.
• The China Alliance attacked Canada’s positions across four commanderies, with the forces of Han Xin, Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, and the Otherworlder Alliance scoring major victories before Canada tightened its defenses.
• Xiang Yu reflected on his fitness to challenge Jian Shang and resolved to reclaim Great Wu Royal City despite the likely casualties.
• Xiang Yu ordered Western Chu’s cavalry to charge Great Wu Royal City, then flew toward its walls and unleashed Hegemon Unmatched.

As the China Navy prepared to sail north for a coordinated assault, the Jianghu Loose Immortals argued over whether to follow the Huan King's command. Formation King Xun Yan suggested a true immortal had intervened in the mortal struggle, leaving Zhong Yunfeng shaken as he hurried away.

• Jian Shang ordered the China Navy to rest overnight and sail north in the morning to support the land coalition's attack on the Canada Faction.
• Jian Shang watched over Li Yanyan and vowed that those who hurt her would not escape the coming battle.
• Xiahou Wushen tried to convince the other Loose Immortals that the Huan King was unfit to command them, but Xun Yan and Divine Monk Jingkong defended the battle plan.
• Xun Yan challenged Xiahou Wushen to fight the Huan King to the death, then warned the gathering that the Penglai Commerce Association's retreat suggested a true immortal had intervened.
• Zhong Yunfeng realized Xun Yan's implication, thanked him, and hurried away in shock.