Chapter Summaries

As the China Navy sailed north for the decisive Sino-Canadian War, Xiang Ta warned Jian Shang that the Canada Faction had counters for China’s strongest weapons and fighters. Prime Minister King Guo Wei reluctantly revealed that Jian Shang would be shielded from disaster by a mysterious woman behind him.

• Xiang Ta warned Jian Shang that the Canada Faction could counter China’s ships, secret techniques, elite fighters, and Bird Army with dense firepower and the Sacred Garment Civilization’s Saints.
• Gan Lan praised Xiang Ta’s insight, while Gan Ning echoed his advice about knowing the enemy and oneself.
• Zhi Ji asked Prime Minister King Guo Wei to divine the battle’s outcome, but Guo Wei repeatedly tried to avoid answering.
• When Guo Jia asked whether Yu Ji would be harmed, Guo Wei said she was the least likely to come to harm, unsettling everyone.
• Jian Shang pressed Guo Wei to speak, and Guo Wei predicted that a mysterious power would protect the king from disaster through a woman behind him.

Prime Minister King Guo Wei warned that Jian Shang faced a fate tribulation and initially believed Xiao Dieyi could bear it in his place. Xu Fu’s divination and Guo Wei’s explanation revealed that Jian Shang was likely facing sixfold heavenly retribution on behalf of someone close to him, possibly Xiao Dieyi, leaving the cause of the strange burden unresolved.

• Guo Wei identified Xiao Dieyi as the person closest to Jian Shang and said she could bear his fate tribulation, shocking those present.
• Jian Shang rejected the idea of making Xiao Dieyi take his tribulation and ordered her to stay aboard the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark during the decisive battle.
• Xu Fu divined that Jian Shang’s tribulation was sixfold heavenly retribution and did not originate from him.
• Guo Wei explained that sixfold heavenly retribution required ages of accumulation, so Jian Shang was likely bearing someone else’s tribulation.
• Guo Wei suggested Xiao Dieyi might be a reincarnated Ancient Great Adept, while Xu Fu questioned why a sovereign would face a subject’s tribulation.

Jian Shang’s fleet advanced to confront the Canada Faction’s linked warships in the Eastern Sea, while Gan Lan commanded China’s forces and Jian Shang expelled Xiahou Wushen from the flagship for refusing to cooperate. The decisive battle began with Gan Lan’s opening salvo, which the Canada Faction answered with overwhelming firepower.

• Prime Minister King Guo Wei argued that the Huan King could not bear the accumulated karma of his subjects, and Zhi Ji warned that foreknowledge of fate could undermine the war effort.
• King Lance Atlas, Chengshalina, and Princess Folisha prepared the Canada Faction’s linked fleet to meet China’s navy in a concentrated formation.
• Gan Lan ordered China’s fleet to accelerate and ram the enemy lines, while the loose immortals and elite fighters readied themselves to board enemy ships.
• Jian Shang rebuked Xiahou Wushen for undermining cooperation, ordered him and his associates off the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark, and told Ji Geng to kill anyone who refused to leave.
• Gan Lan ordered the China Navy to fire, and the Canada Faction answered with a dense barrage that destroyed the incoming bolts and stones in midair.

The Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark endured the Canadian fleet’s attacks and charged toward the Lance King until the Golden Kingdom fired its Golden Divine Cannon, badly damaging the ark. Jian Shang refused to retreat and raised the Eternal Battle Flag to shield the ship as it continued facing the barrage.

• Gan Lan ordered the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark to charge through the Canadian fleet’s ballista bolts and cannon blasts, while the Ice-Sea Archsage, Frost Archsage, and Aquarius Kadi tried to freeze its path.
• Jian Shang prepared the Jianghu Loose Immortals and Spring-Autumn Trading House’s Loose Immortals to attack the enemy flagship once they drew near.
• King Lance Atlas and Princess Folisha agreed to fire the Golden Divine Cannon, and the Golden Divine Ship unleashed its massive golden beam at the ark.
• Gan Lan ordered the Cloud-Piercing Ballistas to fire at the beam, but it struck the ark’s bow, opened enormous fissures in its hull, and halted its advance.
• Jian Shang rejected Gan Lan’s call to withdraw and raised the Eternal Battle Flag, which swept away nearly half of the incoming attacks.

Jian Shang used the Eternal Battle Flag to restore the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark as the China Faction pressed its attack against the Canada Faction. He blocked the Golden Divine Cannon’s second shot with Heaven’s Lament, but the Sea Emperor’s son then pinned him to the ark with a golden spear.

• The Eternal Battle Flag repaired the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark, while the China Faction advanced under the Canada Faction’s barrage.
• Princess Folisha urged Chengshalina to use the Gold Saints’ forbidden combined technique, but Chengshalina said they lacked the three Gold Saints required.
• Jian Shang ordered his forces to accelerate and prepare to board the enemy ships as the Golden Divine Cannon fired again.
• Jian Shang transformed with Cloud Dragon Nine Transformations-Heavenly Dragon Transformation and flew into the cannon’s golden pillar.
• Jian Shang activated Heaven’s Lament and survived the blast, though he was badly injured and thrown from the ark.
• The Sea Emperor’s son struck Jian Shang with Dazzling Golden Spear and pinned him to the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark.

Zhi Ji defeated Sea Prince Danton and Chengshalina with her Heaven-Destroying Finger, while Jian Shang remained gravely wounded by the Golden Spear. Divine General Ji Geng pulled the spear from Jian Shang and urged everyone to save him, warning that only Jian Shang could counter the God Warriors.

• Sea Prince Danton ambushed Jian Shang and pinned him to the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark with his Golden Spear, prompting Zhi Ji and the China Faction’s Loose Immortals to attack him.
• Zhi Ji struck down Chengshalina’s Athena’s Redemption and stripped Danton of the Sea-Scale Garment, sending him plunging into the sea.
• Sea Dragon Kao and the other Sea Warriors dove after the Sea-Scale Garment while the China Faction’s Loose Immortals pursued Danton.
• Hua Qiandai and the others struggled to decide how to treat Jian Shang, and Xiao Dieyi realized he had taken her fated calamity in her place.
• Divine General Ji Geng pulled the Golden Spear from Jian Shang, then explained that delaying treatment would kill him and that only Jian Shang could counter the God Warriors.

Jian Shang recovered from Sea Prince Danton’s ambush as the China and Canada factions began their decisive naval battle in the Eastern Sea. The China Navy’s charging fleet suffered heavy losses, but Chinese fighters emerged from underwater to launch a surprise assault on the Canadian ships.

• Yu Ji healed Jian Shang, who used the Great Wilderness Imperishable Body to expel his injuries and reassure everyone that he had recovered.
• Xiahou Wushen agreed to fight for the China Faction, while Xiahou Cao suspected his grandfather feared being challenged by Jian Shang.
• The Yue Province Army took to the sky, and the Jingyang Water Estate submerged as the Canada Faction linked its warships together and prepared to defend against the attack.
• Gan Lan ordered the China Navy to charge, and Princess Folisha unleashed the Canadian crossbows and spirit cannons, sinking many Chinese ships before they could reach the enemy.
• Princess Folisha realized the Jingyang Water Estate was about to emerge near the Canadian front, but Chinese fighters burst from the sea and rushed to board the warships.

The Canada Faction’s fleet clashed with the China Navy as the Jingyang Water Estate and its beasts tore through the linked Canadian warships. Jian Shang led an attack on the Golden Divine Ship, but Lü Rong carried him there alone, where Princess Folisha and the Canadian God-Kings surrounded him.

• Princess Folisha ordered the Canadian God Warriors to attack the approaching China Navy soldiers, and the two fleets fought a bloody close-quarters battle.
• The Jingyang Water Estate smashed into the Canadian formation, and its beasts and Chinese experts devastated the linked warships.
• Princess Folisha ordered damaged ships destroyed, chains cut, and the Golden Divine Ship and eight colossi to attack the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark.
• Jian Shang assigned the Spring-Autumn Trading House and Huan Kingdom forces to attack the flanks while he led the Jianghu Loose Immortals toward the center.
• Lü Rong seized Jian Shang and transported him directly to the Golden Divine Ship, startling the Canadian forces.
• Princess Folisha retreated as the Lance Fleet’s four God-Kings and other Canadian adepts surrounded Jian Shang and attacked.

Jian Shang faced the Canada Faction alone and used the heart-shaped crystal to bluff his way through their attacks. He left the assembled fighters stunned after overpowering Oles and making the Golden-Bodied God-King disappear.

• Jian Shang had Lü Rong take him to the Golden Divine Cannon platform as the Lance Fleet's God-King Warriors attacked, and he escaped their strike.
• Jian Shang caught Oles's Golden Bull Horn and struck him with an even stronger version of the same technique, badly injuring him.
• Aquarius Kadi's Diamond Dust Fist failed to affect Jian Shang, while Lü Rong realized the heart-shaped crystal was behind his apparent invulnerability.
• Princess Folisha sent the Golden-Bodied God-King to attack, but Jian Shang deflected his sword with a finger and seized it with his bare hand.
• The Golden-Bodied God-King vanished when Jian Shang grabbed his sword, leaving Princess Folisha and the Canada Faction wondering whether Jian Shang wielded spatial power.

Jian Shang tried to negotiate with the Canada Faction while concealing how vulnerable he was, but Princess Folisha exposed his stalling and launched a coordinated attack. Surrounded by the faction’s strongest warriors and unable to escape with Lü Rong, Jian Shang faced a deadly assault.

• Jian Shang revealed that he had stored the sealed Huan King and demanded that the Sea Witch, Greece Region, and Golden Kingdom withdraw from the battle.
• Chengshalina warned Jian Shang that the Gold Cloth would become a fatal vulnerability, while Jian Shang refused to surrender it and proposed that the Athena Camp become his tributary state.
• Lü Rong jokingly suggested that Chengshalina become Jian Shang’s fifth consort, angering the Goddess of Wisdom and prompting Princess Folisha to ask whether the war could end.
• Princess Folisha abruptly ordered the Golden Kingdom’s three God-Kings to attack Jian Shang, who transformed with the Three Wastes Dharma Aspect and fought them off without defeating them.
• Princess Folisha called for a full assault, and Chengshalina, Sea Dragon Kao, the Sun-Moon-Star God-Kings, and other fighters joined the attack, trapping Jian Shang while Lü Rong could not move.

Surrounded by the Canada Faction, Jian Shang unleashed a mysterious power after gaining a fleeting insight into the Cosmic Myriad Emperors Scripture, turning the battle around. As Jian Shang remained lost in chaos, Qin Shi Huang sensed his breakthrough from Xianyang and disappeared.

• Lü Rong lost her ability to transform into light while she and Jian Shang were surrounded by nearly twenty powerful foes, and Jian Shang decided not to abandon her.
• Chengshalina, Sea Dragon Kao, Sea Witch Disili, and the other Canada Faction members attacked Jian Shang together, forcing him to unleash his techniques and treasures in a desperate defense.
• A mysterious voice said "Emperor of Myriad Emperors," and Jian Shang's twelve cultivation methods surged toward the Cosmic Myriad Emperors Scripture as he entered a state of profound insight.
• Twelve silhouettes matching Jian Shang's aura burst outward, and countless familiar phantoms struck the Canada Faction, grievously injuring weaker members and hurling Sea Dragon Kao and others into the Golden Divine Ship.
• Lü Rong watched in disbelief as Jian Shang's enemies were blasted away, while Jian Shang remained unaware of what had happened around him.
• In Xianyang, Qin Shi Huang sensed that Jian Shang had taken a crucial step, then vanished from the Forbidden Palace.

Chapter Summary: “Taking a Day Off”

• Key events: The narrator admits that an overwhelming number of recent problems has disrupted their plans to work intensely during the month. After sitting at the computer for more than an hour without writing anything, they decide not to produce an update that night and instead rest in bed.
• Character development: The narrator appears discouraged, mentally exhausted, and frustrated by their inability to write. Their decision to pause shows self-awareness and a willingness to prioritize reflection and recovery over forcing productivity.
• Themes: The chapter focuses on burnout, creative pressure, disrupted expectations, and the importance of taking a break when productivity becomes impossible.
• Character interactions: There are no direct interactions with other characters. The narrator addresses the audience indirectly through an apology for the missed update, creating a personal and candid connection with readers.

King Lance Atlas sensed that another Qin Shi Huang might emerge and turned toward the Huan King, who had entered sudden enlightenment after defeating the Canada Faction’s Great Adepts. As China’s Loose Immortals arrived to protect Jian Shang, Atlas urged the factions to attack, but his call met resistance.

• King Lance Atlas sensed a possible new sovereign like Qin Shi Huang, cowed the Canglan Grand Sage with his aura, and flew toward the Golden Divine Ship.
• Jian Shang remained in sudden enlightenment after a single move seriously injured the Canada Faction’s Great Adepts, while Lü Rong’s view of him softened because he had protected her.
• A dozen Jianghu Loose Immortals arrived and took up positions around Jian Shang, and Lü Rong stopped Formation King Xun Yan from disturbing his enlightenment.
• King Lance Atlas urged the gathered fighters to attack Jian Shang and warned that his enlightenment would make him more dangerous, then led the Lance Fleet’s God-King Warriors into battle.
• China’s Loose Immortals repelled the Lance Fleet’s assault, with Blade King Sun Ji splitting the Mighty God-King in two, while the Canada Faction’s Great Adepts balked at Atlas’s demand that they join the fight.

King Lance Atlas revealed himself as the Western King and unleashed his mental control to send the Canada Faction’s forces against the China Faction. While Huan King Jian Shang remained in a state of enlightenment, China’s fighters fell back into Formation King Xun Yan’s defensive formation as reinforcements rushed toward the Golden Divine Ship.

• King Lance Atlas erupted with overwhelming power and commanded the Canada Faction’s great adepts and God-King Warriors to attack the China Faction.
• Princess Folisha resisted King Lance’s mental control and realized that the Western King had survived by merging his soul with the Otherworlder Atlas.
• Lü Rong tried to protect Huan King Jian Shang, but Aquarius Kadi deflected her aurora attacks, and Formation King Xun Yan urged her to guard the Huan King while he organized the defense.
• Canada’s stronger force wounded and surrounded Tiger King Xin Jue, Divine Monk Dukong, Blade King Sun Ji, and other fighters, forcing them to retreat into Xun Yan’s formation as Talisman King Yan Tong reinforced it.
• Dragon Consort Chong Shiqie ordered Greedy Wolf Marquis Jiang Yao to remain in command and led the other Legendary Realm fighters from the Jingyang Water Estate to reinforce the Huan King.

The China Faction struggled against the Canada Faction’s overwhelming assault as King Lance Atlas unleashed his devastating Sea God's Judgment. Sword Demon Zhong Yunfeng sacrificed himself to shield Huan King Jian Shang, but Atlas immediately launched another attack at Jian Shang.

• The Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark rammed the Golden Divine Ship, and the Huan Kingdom elites fought the God Warriors to a stalemate.
• The Canada Faction broke the China Faction’s formation, grievously wounding Formation King Xun Yan and forcing China’s Loose Immortals to defend themselves with their strongest techniques.
• Jian Shang’s Emperor of Myriad Emperors failed to unleash another powerful strike, and King Lance Atlas attacked him with Sea God's Judgment.
• Jian Shang and the other defenders failed to stop the descending waves, so Sword Demon Zhong Yunfeng transformed into a tide of Sword Qi to protect him.
• Zhong Yunfeng broke apart the waves with a final strike but was crushed into bloody mist and killed.
• King Lance Atlas followed with Sea God's Ultimate Punishment, sending a pitch-black spatial fissure toward Jian Shang.

Jian Shang faced King Lance Atlas’s lethal attack until Qin Shi Huang intervened and forced Atlas to leave China. Qin Shi Huang then departed, leaving the factions to resume their battle, and Princess Folisha ordered the God-Kings to attack Jian Shang.

• Jian Shang prepared to use Scarlet Dragon Protection as King Lance’s finger strike threatened him, while Lü Rong took his hand and refused to abandon him.
• Qin Shi Huang arrived and struck King Lance and the four God-Kings with Mastery of the Stars, overpowering their combined attacks and wounding Atlas.
• Qin Shi Huang ordered King Lance to leave China, warning that he would otherwise kill him or let Heavenly Punishment destroy him.
• King Lance questioned why Qin Shi Huang was protecting Jian Shang, and Qin Shi Huang revealed he would abdicate the Great Qin Empire to Jian Shang if he became his son-in-law.
• King Lance accepted that he had to leave and vanished over the ocean, while Qin Shi Huang warned Jian Shang to conduct himself wisely and departed.
• Princess Folisha ordered the silver, bronze, and iron God-Kings to attack Jian Shang.

Jian Shang and the China Faction fought the Canada Faction’s Great Adepts aboard the Golden Divine Ship, where Princess Folisha’s strategy left Jian Shang surrounded and under heavy attack. As Chengshalina moved in to strike the Huan King, a golden figure arrived and attacked her.

• Jian Shang used Sword Suppresses the World to drive back the Gold, Silver, and Copper God-King Warriors as the Huan Kingdom’s and Spring-Autumn Trading House’s forces joined the battle.
• Princess Folisha ordered the God-King Warriors to tie down the China Faction’s Loose Immortals while the other fighters surrounded the Huan King.
• Jian Shang used Three Wastes Dharma Aspect to fight six Cloth Warriors, but his Emperor of Myriad Emperors profundity rapidly drained his power.
• Sea Dragon Kao, Sea Witch Disili, Aquarius Kadi, Gemini Maza, and Chengshalina struck Jian Shang with successive attacks, leaving him struggling to defend himself.
• Blade King Sun Ji tried to interrupt the attack on the Huan King, but the Steel Bone God-King kept him occupied.
• As Chengshalina prepared to strike the Huan King, a golden figure appeared and sent Myriad Butterflies Heaven-Dance crashing toward her.

Jian Shang turned the battle at sea in China’s favor, but Chengshalina abducted Princess Dieyi and escaped. As the Canada Faction’s fleet began retreating, Jian Shang faced the heavy cost of victory and offered to adopt Zhong Yunfeng’s young descendant, but Zhi Ji urgently objected.

• Princess Dieyi arrived wearing the Gemini Gold Cloth, and Jian Shang used the Sigh of Heaven to capture four God-King Warriors while she held off the enemy.
• Chengshalina used Athena’s Judgment to disable Princess Dieyi, abducted her, and warned the Huan King that the Gold Cloth could make its wearer helpless against her.
• The Canada Faction’s forces fled, and Jian Shang’s Heaven-Overturning Palm struck down several retreating Great Adepts as China’s fighters pursued them.
• China’s Loose Immortals captured eight Canada Faction Great Adepts, but Chengshalina, Sea Witch Disili, and Golden Princess Folisa escaped.
• Seeing Zhong Yunfeng’s young descendant crying for his grandfather, Jian Shang offered to adopt the boy, but Zhi Ji stopped him.

Jian Shang considered adopting the orphaned Zhongda until Zhi Ji warned him that the boy might be the future Sima Yi, and Zhongda’s hidden hostility confirmed her suspicions. Jian Shang then demanded the surrender of the defeated Western forces, killed the Star-Tamer Grand Duke, and forced Prince Tianyao to submit after he offered a secret about Atlantis and the Western King.

• Zhi Ji privately told Jian Shang that Zhongda might be Sima Yi and warned that adopting him could endanger Jian Shang’s family and descendants.
• Jian Shang decided not to adopt Zhongda, praised him instead, and noticed the boy briefly glare at Zhi Ji with malice.
• Jian Shang demanded that Sea Dragon Kao, Prince Tianyao, and the other defeated leaders submit or die, then killed the Star-Tamer Grand Duke.
• Prince Tianyao offered an earth-shattering secret concerning the Atlantis Civilization and the Western King, and submitted when Jian Shang began counting.

Prince Tianyao Els surrendered to Jian Shang and revealed that the Golden King had allied with King Lance to pursue the Lost City, an Atlantis secret trove. Jian Shang accepted Els’s proposal to return as a spy, then privately warned him that betrayal would mean death.

• Prince Tianyao Els surrendered after the Huan King threatened him, and Jian Shang accepted him as a subordinate.
• Els explained that the Golden King had suspected King Lance was the fallen Western King and sought the Lost City, a treasure trove said to hold Atlantis knowledge and immense wealth.
• Jiang Yao questioned why the Golden Kingdom had allied with the Lance Fleet, and Els explained that the Golden King could not confirm the Western King’s identity or obtain the trove’s clues by force.
• Els proposed returning to the Golden Kingdom to track the Western King and discover the Lost City’s location for Jian Shang.
• Jian Shang agreed to the espionage plan, then privately told Els that he was an Otherworlder and that Els had only two choices: loyalty or death.