Chapter Summaries

Jian Shang watched the Lost City emerge from the sea and saw the Canada-U.S. Allied Forces form a blockade around it. The Sea God Emperor and Tomb God Emperor claimed the site, while Jian Shang stayed back as the armies moved in to plunder its ruins.

• Jian Shang explored a low-ranking undead graveyard while the Canada-U.S. Allied Forces sealed off the waters west of the Hawaiian Islands.
• The sea erupted into a colossal whirlpool and towering waves, scattering the allied fleet and forcing Jian Shang to fly above the black mist.
• The Lost City rose from the seabed, revealing vast ruins filled with ancient treasures, divine remains, and the wreckage of a floating island palace.
• Great adepts fought above the Lost City as the Sea God Emperor and Tomb God Emperor arrived and warned intruders away.
• The allied warships and graveyards advanced to land, while Jian Shang refrained from entering because the great adepts guarded the city.

Chapter Summary: “Those Who Die for Wealth”

• Canada-U.S. Allied Forces’ strategy: The allied forces seal off the Lost City with three Emperor Realm experts and hundreds of powerful adepts while sending lower-level troops inside to strip the city of its treasures. This prevents weaker outsiders from entering and reduces internal conflict over the loot. The city proves to be extraordinarily valuable: even its stones, tiles, and ruins are made from rare materials.
• Jian Shang’s dilemma: Jian Shang considers either disguising himself as an ordinary Corpse Witch and entering with the army or forcing his way through the blockade. He realizes that openly fighting would be suicidal, since the allied forces possess overwhelming strength and even Qin Shi Huang has avoided confronting them directly.
• The Mad Sand Mummy’s attack: A powerful Mummy Pharaoh, likely the Mad Sand Mummy King, launches a massive sandstorm through the allied forces’ defenses. The Tomb God Emperor and Sea God Emperor combine their attacks to destroy it completely. Despite the mummy race’s reputation for immortality, every grain of sand is annihilated, demonstrating that “immortality” is meaningless against an overwhelming difference in power.
• Jian Shang infiltrates the city: Jian Shang deliberately rushes toward the sandstorm, pretending to be struck down, and crashes into the ruins. Because undead beings emit only death energy, he can convincingly fake death. While hidden, he discovers that the ruins themselves are made of Profound Jade Crystal, a material capable of forging Divine General Warriors. He realizes that even the buildings alone could allow Canada to create a formidable army.
• Use of deception and transformation: Waiting until the allied forces are distracted by other powerful intruders, Jian Shang leaves behind a Corpse Witch corpse as a decoy. Using the Cosmic Illusory God Record, he transforms into a ghost and slips through the rubble toward the strongest treasure aura.
• Discovery of the treasury: Jian Shang finds a partially collapsed treasury filled with enormous quantities of rare materials, including Silver Astral Cloud Essence, Starfall Iron, Seven-Colored Cloudgold, Heavenly Water Essence, Ten-Thousand-Year Coral Essence, and numerous other ores. These are primarily materials for forging powerful God-King Warriors, including immortal, indestructible, elemental-resistant, and highly intelligent variants. Some may even be suitable for creating Divine Emperor Warriors comparable to True Immortals.
• Jian Shang’s decision: Realizing that the treasury’s contents alone justify the danger, Jian Shang frantically stores everything in his Jingyang Dragon Ring, refusing to leave anything that could help his enemies forge powerful war machines. He also recognizes that the Lost City contains other treasures—such as immortal herbs and divine trees—but lacks the knowledge to identify them.

Character Development and Interactions

• Jian Shang becomes increasingly daring and pragmatic. His fear of detection is outweighed by greed, strategic thinking, and his desire to prevent Canada from gaining the treasures. He relies on disguise, patience, and deception rather than direct combat.
• The Tomb God Emperor and Sea God Emperor demonstrate overwhelming cooperation and power by destroying the supposedly immortal Mad Sand Mummy with ease.
• The allied forces’ leaders function as both defenders and plunderers, protecting the city from rival powers while exploiting it themselves.
• Jian Shang and the allied forces never confront one another directly in this chapter, but Jian Shang’s infiltration is framed as a dangerous attempt to steal from under their noses.
• The Mad Sand Mummy and the allied forces embody the chapter’s power hierarchy: even legendary immortality cannot survive against a vastly stronger opponent.

Major Themes

• Greed and wealth: The chapter centers on the lengths powerful forces will go to obtain treasure, reflected in the title and the allied army’s thorough plundering.
• Power versus immortality: True immortality is shown to be conditional; overwhelming strength can erase even beings believed impossible to kill.
• Cunning over brute force: Jian Shang survives by deception and timing rather than challenging superior enemies openly.
• War and resources: The Lost City’s treasures are not merely valuable—they can be converted into armies of God Warriors, making the city a source of enormous military power.
• Risk and opportunity: Jian Shang knowingly gambles with his life, believing that the potential rewards are worth “nine chances of death and one chance of life.”

Jian Shang secretly entered the Lost City’s richest treasury, collected its enormous stores of spirit stones and an immortal’s body, and discovered a pool of spirit liquid. His attempt to draw up the liquid triggered a crash and an angry voice accusing Ying Zheng of sending Chinese forces to seize the treasure.

• Jian Shang evaded the Canada-U.S. Allied Forces by concealing himself in the ground and reached the Lost City’s best-preserved building.
• He entered a treasury overflowing with upper-grade and supreme-grade spirit stones and unfamiliar stones he suspected were immortal stones.
• Jian Shang found a seemingly lifeless immortal surrounded by depleted stones, then collected the body in his Jingyang Dragon Ring.
• He swept all the stones into his storage ring and noticed a milky-white pool beneath broken flooring.
• Jian Shang tried to draw the spirit liquid into a jade bottle, causing a tremendous crash and an angry voice to accuse Ying Zheng of bringing Chinese forces to seize everything.

Jian Shang abandoned his attempt to steal more treasures after the emperors gathered outside the Lost City, but he escaped with the treasury’s door curtain. The emperors then began a battle that devastated the city, leaving its fate uncertain.

• Liu Bang called out the hidden Huan King, but the gathered emperors failed to find him.
• The Radiant Emperor Roger Zelazny clashed with the Tomb God Emperor, while the Blood Emperor opposed the Western King’s plans for the Lost City.
• Jian Shang realized his covert treasure theft was no longer safe, took the door curtain from the Immortal Stone Treasury, and fled underground.
• Qin Shi Huang attacked the Lost City with Mastery of the Stars, and the Sea God Emperor raised waves to block his strike.
• The Radiant Emperor and a Buddhist powerhouse struck the Lost City, opening vast fissures and forcing the city downward as it collapsed.

The emperors’ battle nearly destroyed the Lost City, while Jian Shang escaped with the Door Curtain concealing him. The Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark arrived as the city continued to collapse, bringing the Huan King and dozens of Great Adepts into the conflict.

• The Sea God Emperor sent God-King Warriors after Qin Shi Huang and his allies, while the emperors continued attacking the Lost City.
• Liu Bang used the Nine Transformations of the Imperial Extreme to split into eight avatars, and Xiang Yu wielded the Heaven-Opening Axe to destroy four God-King Warriors.
• Qin Shi Huang shattered the Sea God Emperor’s sword strike and blasted him into a crater, prompting the Tomb God Emperor and Western King to order their forces to retreat.
• Jian Shang wrapped himself in the Door Curtain, escaped into a fissure, and concealed himself in the sea as he fled toward the Marshall Waters.
• The Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark broke through the Canada-U.S. Allied Forces and headed toward the crumbling Lost City, carrying the Huan King and dozens of Great Adepts.

The Huan King returned to the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark unseen and ordered the Huan Kingdom’s Loose Immortals to gather hidden treasures from the collapsing Lost City. After trading insults with Liu Bang, he drew the attention of Blood Emperor Luofan, who attacked him.

• The Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark halted at the edge of the chaotic sea, and Hua Qiandai and the Huan Kingdom’s experts worried because they could not find the Huan King.
• The Huan King slipped aboard unnoticed, revealing how he had evaded the emperors and Great Adepts.
• Jian Shang ordered the Huan Kingdom’s Loose Immortals to compete for hidden treasures in the collapsing Lost City.
• Liu Bang challenged the Huan King to demonstrate his strength, but Jian Shang mocked Liu Bang’s claim to kingship and called him an actor.
• Blood Emperor Luofan attacked Jian Shang with Blood Domain Sky Assault.

Jian Shang used Divine General Ji Geng’s strike to intimidate the gathered factions after Ji Geng instantly killed Blood Emperor Luofan. With the Lost City and its treasures lost beneath the sea, the Huan Army departed under the wary eyes of the world’s Emperors, while Qin Shi Huang openly vowed to kill the Huan King if given the chance.

• Blood Emperor Luofan attacked the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark, but Divine General Ji Geng struck him down instantly with a sword blow.
• Jian Shang claimed that anyone who attacked him would die, using Ji Geng’s power to make the gathered Emperors and Great Adepts fear the Huan Army.
• The Lost City collapsed into the sea, scattering its treasures, while the Huan Kingdom and Canada-U.S. Allied Forces salvaged only a small portion.
• Jian Shang ordered the Huan Army to return, and the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark departed amid thunderous war drums as the other factions let it go.
• Radiant Emperor Roger taunted Qin Shi Huang about the Huan King surpassing him, and Qin Shi Huang declared that he would kill the Huan King if he got the opportunity.

After escaping the Lost City, Jian Shang found the council hall crowded with salvaged treasures and heard the group explain their finds. Their haul included rare spiritual trees and herbs, a Heavenfall Star Core that could restore Sacred Garment lineages, and several legendary materials, leaving the treasures’ uses and distribution to be settled later.

• Jian Shang returned to the council hall after the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark had sailed several thousand miles from the Lost City and found everyone displaying salvaged treasures.
• Hua Qiandai identified the Nine-Leaf Resurrection Herb, Immortal-Welcoming Grass, and a damaged Yin-Yang Withered Tree branch and described their legendary properties.
• Chengshalina claimed the muddy tree she had rescued was the Samsara Ancient Tree, and Hua Qiandai explained its supposed connection to the Brahma Tree and Sala Twin Trees.
• Lilith revealed a Heavenfall Star Core that could replenish the Discord lineage’s Silver Star Sand, while Chengshalina argued it could supply materials for many Sacred Armors.
• Jian Shang halted Lilith and Chengshalina’s dispute over the star core and listened as others identified a Thousand-Gods Ancient Tree, Geng Metal, Celestial Rainbow Cloud Essence, and Heaven-Mountain Iron.

Jian Shang let his ministers keep their treasures in exchange for sharing their benefits with the Huan Kingdom, then revealed that his own haul consisted mostly of immortal crystals. The group realized the Lost City’s treasures pointed to Atlantis’s prehistoric origins, and Chengshalina warned that immortal interference might explain the Undead Storm and herald a new era.

• Jian Shang praised the ministers for their treasures and required half of any gains from them to go to the national treasury.
• Di Wushuang asked Jian Shang what he had found, and he claimed he had collected spirit stones because he could not identify the other treasures.
• Jian Shang revealed that most of his spirit stones were actually immortal crystals, which he would provide to those who served the realm.
• Di Wushuang connected the treasures to the beginning of heaven and earth, prompting the group to question Atlantis’s origins and the immortals’ role.
• Chengshalina and Lilith argued that outside forces might have caused the Undead Storm, and Chengshalina called the Lost City’s appearance an omen of a new era.

Huan Kingdom's ministers debated how to use the Lost City's treasures and prepare for rising threats, while Jian Shang privately considered the world's coming conflicts and examined the immortal remains he had recovered. He decided to refine the immortal's body to discover its origins.

• Chengshalina, Lilith, Hua Qiandai, and others proposed using their supreme treasures to train fighters and strengthen Huan Kingdom.
• Long Ju and Li Tong warned that the Canada-U.S. Allied Forces and possible true immortals could change the balance of power, prompting ministers to discuss alliances, rumors, and contacting the Penglai Commerce Association.
• Chong Shiqie urged Jian Shang to hold the kingdom ascension ceremony and incorporate Sishui Royal City and the former Chu State's forces; Li Yanyan agreed to help.
• After the meeting, Jian Shang reflected on a possible sequence of conflicts from the struggle against the Undying Forces to wars between nations and competing Dao lineages.
• Jian Shang examined the immortal remains, identified a crystalline corpse, the Heaven-Snow Immortal Garment, and an unopened bracelet, then resolved to refine the body to learn whether the immortal had ancestral human blood.

Side Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Huang Tian searches an apartment during the apocalypse, collecting instant noodles, medicinal wine, gold jewelry, and valuable documents hidden inside a hollow wooden headboard.
• He discovers a heavy, foldable stainless-steel martial arts spear and stores its disassembled sections in the Blood Jade Space. He plans to use it to stab zombies safely through a security door.
• While investigating a sandalwood box, Huang Tian is ambushed by a childlike, unusually fast zombie. The creature has a perfect, intact body, blood-red eyes, and apparent intelligence.
• Huang Tian uses Instant Teleportation to escape the first attack, then becomes trapped in the bedroom with the zombie. Because the creature is too fast for long weapons, he closes the door and fights with two kitchen knives.
• The battle is extremely violent. Huang Tian suffers more than a dozen deep wounds, while the zombie evades most of his attacks. He eventually predicts its movement and uses Instant Teleportation to appear in its path, striking it with both knives and killing or fatally injuring it.
• Despite severe injuries and heavy blood loss, Huang Tian remains conscious and begins healing rapidly. The Blood Jade system reveals major increases in his attributes and confirms that he has obtained a new spatial ability: Position Exchange.
• He tests the ability by swapping places with a movable chair. Soon afterward, hunger overwhelms him, revealing that the blood spheres enhance the body but do not replace food; healing and exertion greatly increase his nutritional needs.

Character Development

• Huang Tian becomes more practical and resourceful, gathering food, alcohol, valuables, documents, and weapons rather than taking unnecessary risks.
• His confidence and combat ability grow significantly. Although badly injured, he chooses to fight instead of wasting his remaining teleports on escape.
• He demonstrates improved tactical thinking by recognizing that the zombie is intelligent, analyzing its attack pattern, exploiting the confined room, and using Instant Teleportation offensively rather than merely defensively.
• The battle confirms that his enhanced physique gives him extraordinary endurance, pain tolerance, and regenerative ability.
• Huang Tian begins forming theories about the evolution system: defeating different types of zombies may produce corresponding attribute gains, and sufficient mental power may trigger new abilities.

Significant Themes

• Adaptation and survival: Huang Tian continually evaluates supplies, weapons, terrain, and escape options to survive in a hostile environment.
• Evolution through danger: The greater the threat, the greater the potential reward. Killing the advanced zombie dramatically strengthens Huang Tian and grants a new power.
• Intelligence versus instinct: The childlike zombie differs from ordinary zombies because it can ambush, assess situations, and exploit openings, making evolved enemies far more dangerous.
• The cost of power: Enhanced strength and healing do not eliminate physical limitations. Huang Tian’s body still requires enormous amounts of food to recover and function.
• Growing dependence on the Blood Jade system: Huang Tian increasingly relies on its measurements and abilities to understand his body and plan future battles.

Character Interactions

• Huang Tian has no direct human interactions in the chapter; his central confrontation is with the intelligent S2 evolved zombie.
• The zombie ambushes him, tracks his movements, and repeatedly attacks with superior speed, forcing him into close-quarters combat.
• Huang Tian responds with caution, then aggression and tactical improvisation, using knives, the bedroom doorway, and Position-based teleportation to counter it.
• Their fight establishes a predator-versus-predator dynamic: the zombie relies on speed and intelligence, while Huang Tian survives through enhanced resilience, spatial abilities, and adaptability.

Jian Shang refined a trace of immortal blood, transforming his body and awakening mysterious ancestral knowledge before ordering preparations for the Kingdom Ascension Ceremony. Meanwhile, the Light Faction suffered a devastating defeat against the Canada-U.S. Allied Forces, forcing them to reconsider their plans.

• Jian Shang used the Cosmic Illusory God Record to draw a small amount of immortal blood from the Immortal Physique and refine it.
• Jian Shang’s body underwent a violent transformation, and he gained obscure information about the origins and evolution of living beings.
• Jian Shang concluded that prehistoric immortals were not beings of this heaven and earth, while his physical strength rose close to Qin Shi Huang’s level.
• Jian Shang struck down the secret chamber’s reinforced iron door and ordered his carriage prepared for his return to court, with the Kingdom Ascension Ceremony set for three days later.
• The Radiant Emperor fought the Sea God Emperor, the Tomb God Emperor, and the Western King, but the Light Faction was routed and lost most of its forces.
• The Canada-U.S. Allied Forces withdrew to the Hawaiian Islands to reorganize and revise their offensive strategy.

As the Huan Kingdom prepared to ascend to an Imperial Dynasty, Jian Shang revealed that True Immortals had already descended into the world and announced plans to formalize the harem hierarchy. The chapter left the consorts and ministers awaiting the Kingdom Ascension Ceremony and its new palace appointments.

• Jiang Yao reported that the Penglai Commerce Association was stalling negotiations until the Huan Kingdom recognized its legal status and allowed it to open shops.
• Jian Shang rejected the association’s leverage, declared that True Immortals existed and had descended, and crushed an Earth Grade Crescent Moon Gold Saber with his bare hands.
• Jian Shang refused to explain how he learned about the True Immortals, while Di Wushuang recognized that the revelation could be shared with the China Alliance.
• Qi Ji advised Jiang Yao not to punish the Penglai Commerce Association, and he accepted her counsel.
• Jian Shang ordered a formal announcement that he would establish the palace hierarchy at the Kingdom Ascension Ceremony.
• Jian Shang proposed appointing Qi Ji empress, placing Yu Ji in the Western Palace, and granting Hua Qiandai, Chong Shiqie, and Li Yanyan the rank of Lady, with Hua Qiandai also receiving the special title of Evil Empress.

Jian Shang appointed Qi Ji empress, but an urgent report revealed that a million-strong Canada-U.S. Allied Forces fleet was threatening the Marshall Islands just three days before the Kingdom Ascension Ceremony. With the Huan Kingdom unable to spare its leaders and outmatched at sea, three Dharma Kings volunteered to delay the invasion.

• Yu Ji, Hua Qiandai, Li Yanyan, and Chong Shiqie accepted Jian Shang's decision to make Qi Ji empress, and the assembled officials congratulated her.
• A Secret Division commander reported that a suspected vanguard of the Canada-U.S. Allied Forces was threatening the Marshall Islands with as many as a million troops.
• Han Xin judged that the fleet had come to disrupt the Kingdom Ascension Ceremony and warned that the Huan Kingdom had only an even chance of holding the islands if Jian Shang personally led the defense.
• Jian Shang asked whether the islands could be saved without postponing the ceremony, and Gan Lan volunteered to hold them until it concluded.
• Xu Tian and Dian Gang also volunteered to fight, while Han Xin doubted that the three Dharma Kings could stop the enemy's larger force.

Jian Shang prepared the Huan Kingdom to defend the Marshall Islands and hold its Kingdom Ascension Ceremony, after Di Wushuang warned that True Immortals might descend. He left the Heaven-Sacrificing Altar unchanged and ordered a formation built to confront them, declaring that the kingdom would fight.

• Gan Lan and the other Nation-Protecting Dharma Kings prepared to risk their lives, but Di Wushuang warned that their strength would be more useful against True Immortals who might descend at the ceremony.
• Di Wushuang urged Jian Shang to prepare for the descent, and Tian Dan suggested that only the Heaven-Piercing Divine General might resist a True Immortal.
• Han Xin proposed gathering allies to hold the Marshall Islands, while Chong Shiqie suggested opening teleportation routes that allowed entry but not free return.
• Jian Shang ordered the kingdom to publicize the invasion, recruit righteous warriors with lavish rewards, and hire the China Alliance, martial sects, and trading houses to defend the islands.
• Jian Shang approved unrestricted spending and ordered the Eight Gates Heaven-Locking Formation Diagram, the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow, and the Cosmic Star Tribulation Hall to form a defense against True Immortals.

Chapter Summary: “Happy New Year”

Key events

The narrator welcomes readers to 2014 and reflects on the difficulties surrounding Shadow throughout 2013. After a chaotic beginning and a period of infrequent updates, the work received daily updates in December. The narrator says they have now largely recovered and hopes to resume working with renewed determination in the new year.

Character developments

There is little fictional character development in this chapter. Instead, the narrator presents a personal update, explaining their recovery and renewed commitment to Shadow. The readers and supporters are treated collectively as an important community accompanying the work.

Character interactions

The narrator directly addresses the “brothers and sisters” who follow Shadow, thanking them for their continued support. Special appreciation is given to TZ, Astral Priest, and Ming Xuan, with the narrator encouraging Ming Xuan to participate more actively in the comments. The narrator also urges quieter readers to become more involved.

Significant themes

The chapter focuses on perseverance, gratitude, renewal, and community support. The narrator frames the new year as a chance to recover from past difficulties and “fight” for the continuation and success of Shadow. A major practical concern is reader participation: the narrator asks readers to use their monthly votes during the first seven days of January, humorously warning that excessive lurking might turn them into a “Lost City.”

Dongfang Shi offered Jian Shang the Celestial Cycle Star-Dipper Formation in exchange for recognition of the Penglai Commerce Association and a promise to uphold China's heritage. As Jian Shang weighed the mysterious demand, he learned that representatives of the Great Qin Empire, the Han Kingdom, and Western Chu had arrived to request an audience.

• Jian Shang met Dongfang Shi and the Penglai Commerce Association representatives, and Dongfang Shi claimed a True Immortal presided over the association.
• Jian Shang warned Dongfang Shi that the association needed ambitions worthy of trading with the Huan Kingdom, and she revealed an ancient beast hide bearing the Celestial Cycle Star-Dipper Formation.
• Jian Shang recognized the formation's immense value and asked what Dongfang Shi wanted in exchange for it.
• Dongfang Shi requested recognition for the Penglai Commerce Association and a promise that Jian Shang would uphold China's rightful heritage, explaining that a True Immortal had given her the hide and made the request.
• Jian Shang sought advice from his ministers, but they remained silent as they considered the hidden cost of the offer.
• An imperial guard reported that the Great Qin Empire's imperial consort, Zhang Liang, and Fan Zeng had arrived together to request an audience.

Jian Shang negotiated military support for the Marshall Islands and security guarantees for the Huan Kingdom ahead of its Kingdom Ascension Ceremony. He accepted the terms proposed by Dishi, Fan Zeng, and Zhang Liang, leaving the four powers set to maintain their alliance while the Undead Storm remained unresolved.

• Han Xin argued that the Marshall Islands were vital to China's Divine Land and warned the Huan Kingdom would not make concessions under pressure.
• Dongfang Shi presented the Celestial Cycle Star-Dipper Formation to Jian Shang, who ordered copies sent to the Marshall Islands and the Ministry of Works for construction within three days.
• Han Xin urged Jian Shang to receive Dishi, Fan Zeng, and Zhang Liang, and Jian Shang invited Dongfang Shi to stay for their meeting.
• Dishi, Fan Zeng, and Zhang Liang arrived and greeted Jian Shang, while their coordinated behavior suggested they had formed a temporary alliance.
• Zhang Liang offered elite troops for the Marshall Islands and support for the ceremony in exchange for payment, freedom for their experts to protect the sacrifice, and a non-aggression pact until the Undead Storm was quelled.
• Jian Shang readily accepted Zhang Liang's terms and proposed friendly relations among their powers.

With two days left before the Kingdom Ascension Ceremony, Jian Shang accepted the China Alliance’s offer of support and promised to campaign overseas with them if the ceremony succeeded. He then supplied a trove of Immortal Grade materials for forging Star Banners to strengthen the Celestial Cycle Star-Dipper Formation, ordering the work completed in secret and without obstruction.

• Di Wushuang told Jian Shang that the China Alliance wanted to support the Huan Kingdom, and he agreed while offering to help them secure a base through joint overseas campaigns.
• Cao Zhi reported that the foundations for the Celestial Cycle Star-Dipper Formation would be ready before the ceremony and proposed using the heavenfall star core to forge three hundred and sixty-five Star Banners.
• Jian Shang dismissed most of the hall, then revealed a mountain of Immortal Grade materials and ordered the masters to use them to strengthen the Star Banners.
• Jian Shang offered to exchange other Immortal Grade materials for the goddesses’ heavenfall star core and promised to help forge the Sacred Armor they needed.
• Lilith and Chengshalina agreed to assist, and Jian Shang ordered the Star Banners forged in secret with the aid of Ji Geng and the kingdom’s Loose Immortals, threatening execution for anyone who obstructed the work.

Jian Shang prepared the Huan Kingdom for its Kingdom Ascension Ceremony as the undead crisis turned the event into a confrontation between the Living Beings Faction and the Undying Forces. Meanwhile, a vast allied undead army gathered near the Marshall Islands, where Atlantis leaders dismissed the attacks against it.

• Qi Ji reported that the Samsara Ancient Tree and Yin-Yang Withered Branch had been moved to the Hall of Myriad Emperors, where selected troops would train for the Kingdom Ascension Ceremony.
• Jian Shang opened the Hall of Myriad Emperors to more cultivators and granted Chengshalina and Lilith permission to use it as a training base for ten years.
• Jian Shang learned that the Blood Clan army had crossed the Aegean Sea and invaded the Turkey Region, making the Huan Kingdom's ascension part of the wider struggle between the living and the undead.
• Across the Marshall Islands, forces built enormous platforms and gathered as a million-strong Undead Allied Army assembled in the Pacific.
• The Great Slave Divine Emperor and his subordinates watched scattered attacks against their fleet and dismissed China's Divine Land's tactics as ineffective.