Chapter Summaries

Jian Shang completed Great Huan’s imperial enfeoffments, naming twenty-four marquises and promoting hundreds of officials. In the imperial study, Lan Fenghuang reported that the Zhuge Clan had been destroyed but Zhuge Liang escaped, and Jian Shang pressed Xu Fu and the others to explain what happened.

• Eunuch Qiu proclaimed titles for twenty-four marquises, including Di Wushuang, Zhongda, and Tian Mang, and the recipients accepted their decrees.
• Jian Shang’s court appointed and promoted more than four hundred officials, while Wei Wuji and Long Ju prepared for possible roles in campaigns against North and South America.
• Lan Fenghuang reported that the Zhuge Clan had been destroyed, with 427 clan members and 2,757 guards, servants, and others slain, but the patriarch and the Three Zhuge Heroes were missing.
• Lan Fenghuang revealed that Zhang Liang and Liu Bei had rescued Zhuge Liang, while Lan Ge’s daughter cried that she had not recognized him.
• Jian Shang questioned Xu Fu about the escape, and Lan Fenghuang began to explain what had happened.

Jian Shang heard accounts of the Dragon-Shock Operation, including Zhao Yun’s role in Zhuge Liang’s escape and the discovery of the Godslaying Spear. He imposed service on Lan Fenghuang and the children involved, assigned Lan Zhurong to the Cosmic Star Tribulation Hall, and began deciding how to reward and punish the Zhao Clan.

• Lan Fenghuang and Xu Fu recounted the events at Zhuge Manor, and Xu Fu said Zhuge Liang had fallen for Little Zhurong and hated Zhao Yun and Jian Shang.
• Zhao Yu urged Jian Shang to punish Zhao Yun for letting Zhuge Liang escape, then revealed that Zhao Yun had found a treasure believed to be the Godslaying Spear.
• Zhao Deping presented the wrapped spear, and Jian Shang recognized its extraordinary power before asking Lan Ge to weigh in on the offenses.
• Lan Fenghuang offered to take responsibility for the operation’s failure, and Jian Shang explained that he had intended to promote her and take her on campaigns beyond the domain.
• Jian Shang ordered Lan Fenghuang and the children involved to serve three years in the military and assigned Lan Zhurong to serve as an attendant in the Cosmic Star Tribulation Hall for three years; Lan Ge and Lan Fenghuang accepted.
• Jian Shang turned to the Zhao Clan to determine its reward and punishment, and Zhao Deping promised to obey his decree.

Jian Shang offered the Zhao Clan a choice between keeping the Godslaying Spear and receiving promotions for Zhao Feng, or surrendering it for greater appointments and the Young Hero Marquis title for Zhao Yun. The clan chose the rewards, and Jian Shang claimed the spear, then wondered whether taking Zhao Yun’s opportunity would bring fortune or disaster.

• Jian Shang offered the Zhao Clan the Godslaying Spear or appointments for Zhao Feng and Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yu chose the appointments on the clan’s behalf.
• Zhao Yun reluctantly accepted Zhao Yu’s decision, and Jian Shang enfeoffed him as the Young Hero Marquis and gave him the Heaven-Setting Dragon Halberd.
• Jian Shang punished Zhao Yun for disobeying orders by assigning him to accompany the army and tend its weapons for three years.
• After the Zhao Clan and other guests withdrew, Jian Shang examined the Godslaying Spear and confirmed its immense power when it tore open spatial rifts.
• Jian Shang worried that taking Zhao Yun’s opportunity might bring fortune or disaster, while Eunuch Qiu assured him the spear had been destined for him.

Huan Emperor Jian Shang led Great Huan in a massive divine-forging operation across Penglai Commandery, using national fortune, formations, the Eastern Sovereign Bell, and earth fire to refine the Tomb God Sky-Island, the Sea God Skyship, and vast quantities of wreckage. The chapter ended with Jian Shang adding priceless immortal-grade materials to the enormous mass of molten metal, while the others remained unsure what he intended to forge.

• Huan Emperor Jian Shang and Old Man Tianyi activated the Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Refining Formation and used the Great Huan Imperial Seal to draw on the dynasty’s fortune.
• Jian Shang used the Eastern Sovereign Bell to break apart and control the unstable earth fire, reshaping it into a steady pillar of flame.
• Old Man Tianyi directed the formations to lift and refine the Tomb God Sky-Island until it became a thousand-meter black, eight-trigram-shaped mass.
• The Sea God Skyship and thousands of Undead Bases, steel warships, and wreckage were melted into a vast mass of molten metal.
• Jian Shang added priceless immortal-grade materials to the ten-thousand-meter mass, leaving the assembled experts astonished and uncertain about his plan.

Jian Shang and Old Man Tianyi completed the nine-day refining of a colossal steel island using the Eight-Gate Heaven-Locking Formation and the power of heaven and earth. Jian Shang named the finished structure Penglai Immortal Island, a mobile fortress modeled on the Upper Realm’s legendary cities.

• Jian Shang embedded the Eight-Gate Heaven-Locking Formation Diagram into the nine-colored molten cloud, expanding it into a vast formation ring.
• Old Man Tianyi used the Star Emperor Banner and the Star-Reaching Platforms to inscribe the Celestial Cycle Star-Dipper Formation and other formations into the ring.
• Jian Shang drew on starlight and earthly power to bring the formation down, completing the divine refining after nine days and nine nights.
• Jian Shang withdrew the flames and mist, revealing a vast steel, eight-trigram-shaped island built around palaces and raised platforms.
• Jian Shang named the creation Penglai Immortal Island and recalled that mobile cities like it had originated in the Upper Realm’s Endless Star Sea.

The Great Huan Dynasty prepared to invade North and South America as Jian Shang weighed reports about worsening conflicts abroad and ordered the fleet to sail the next day. Meanwhile, Yun Feng’s companions urged her to contact Jian Shang and challenge the exclusion of women from the selection for his new consort.

• The Great Huan Dynasty assembled its ships, commanders, special legions, and ten million soldiers for the overseas campaign, while Dragon Soul reported that the Radiant Emperor had reached the True God Realm.
• Dragon Soul, Demon Empress Ying Ying, Yan Wuji, and Xuanyuan Menghen warned Jian Shang that the Light Faction was advancing, the Dark Council threatened Eurasia, Liu Bang was pursuing the Russians, and an Anti-China Alliance was forming.
• Jian Shang rejected their pressure to rush the expedition, then ordered the fleet to set sail the next day.
• On an Iron Colossus, a voluptuous woman and Yaoyao urged Yun Feng to approach Jian Shang and seek a place in his consort selection.
• Yun Feng watched Penglai Immortal Island in silence as her companions complained that the selection had excluded them.

The Great Huan Fleet sailed toward the Hawaiian Islands, where North and South American Otherworlders gathered to stop it. Their leaders planned for an attack in half a month and expected to win, but an enormous Sea-Beast Tide appeared as the meeting ended.

• The Great Huan Fleet sailed in formation toward the Hawaiian Islands, led by Penglai Immortal Island and accompanied by China's Otherworlder forces.
• Nearly ten million Otherworlders from North and South America gathered in Hawaii, where their representatives discussed how to face Huan Emperor Jian Shang and the fleet.
• An Santos predicted that the Great Huan Fleet would attack in half a month, while Ula, Wen Oliveira, Weihan Rockefeller, and Niz argued that their forces and foresight gave them the advantage.
• Weihan Rockefeller confirmed that the DuPont Family, Weston Family, Silva Family, and Peru's Nationalist Party would jointly handle the Huan Emperor's flagship.
• The Silva Family's representative said Jerry would arrive before the war, as a huge Sea-Beast Tide—including a hundred thousand-meter Sea King Beasts—approached the Hawaiian Islands.

Jerry arrived at the Hawaiian Islands with a massive Sea-Beast Tide and challenged Lore to commit the DuPont Family’s Light-Dark Legion against the Great Huan Fleet’s escorts. Lore accepted a matchup against the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark, then realized Jerry had maneuvered him into a difficult public commitment.

• The powers’ representatives saw the Sea-Beast Tide and worried that Jerry could command enough sea beasts to rival their forces.
• Jerry arrived riding the Demon-Armored Frenzied Shark, and Lore praised his strength while urging him to bring out the City of Light and Darkness.
• Jerry questioned whether the DuPont Family was holding back and proposed that the Sea-Beast Tide and Light-Dark Legion each face one of Penglai Immortal Island’s escorts.
• Lore accepted Jerry’s proposed matchup, assigning the Sea-Beast Tide to the Jingyang Water Estate and the Light-Dark Legion to the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark.
• Lore recognized that Jerry had trapped him into accepting the more challenging opponent, though the matchups suited each force’s abilities.

The Great Huan Fleet reached the Hawaiian Islands and launched its assault despite the China Alliance’s warning that the allied defenders were numerous and had precognitive powers. The battle began with the North and South American forces anticipating the fleet’s tactics and concentrating their defenses on Penglai Immortal Island.

• Han Xin rejected Dragon Soul and the China Alliance’s proposal to bypass Hawaii, and Jian Shang authorized him to decide the fleet’s course while preparing for the worst.
• The Great Huan Fleet changed formation and charged the islands as the Jingyang Water Estate submerged and the defenders readied their cities and ships.
• Jian Shang ordered the attack, and both sides opened fire with Heaven-Bombarding Spirit Cannons, destroying ships and killing soldiers.
• The Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark drew fire before veering aside to let Penglai Immortal Island lead the charge toward the central island.
• The North and South American defenders anticipated the maneuver and sent three Angel Cities, two Imperial Grade ships, four King Grade ships, and eight Iron Colossi to intercept Penglai Immortal Island.

Penglai Immortal Island was halted near Hawaii by three sacrificial Angel Cities, and the Great Huan forces fought the assembled North and South American armies. As the battle spread to the Jingyang Water Estate and the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark, Han Xin realized the Otherworlders’ strength made the battle’s prospects grim.

• The Eight-Gate Heaven-Locking Formation shielded Penglai Immortal Island from cannon fire, but three Angel Cities struck it and stopped it near Hawaii, damaging its palaces and formation.
• Han Xin ordered the Great Huan troops to prepare as the North and South American forces advanced, including Hero Civilization troops and armies from Canada, Peru, and Brazil.
• Angels, dragons, demons, and behemoths attacked Penglai Immortal Island, and the Great Huan forces met them in a brutal close battle.
• Beast God's Son Jerry summoned ten thousand sea beasts to attack the Jingyang Water Estate after it surfaced inside the Hawaiian Islands.
• The Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark attacked another main island, and Son of Light and Darkness Lore sent the City of Light and Darkness and its troops against it.
• Han Xin surveyed the battles and concluded that the Otherworlders were powerful enough to make victory uncertain.

The Great Huan Fleet struggled against the united American forces, and Blade urged Huan Emperor Jian Shang to retreat. When four Western True Gods arrived to restrain Jian Shang, he attacked them all at once with the Eastern Sovereign Bell and Scarlet Firmament Divine Sword, beginning a one-versus-four clash.

• Jian Shang and Han Xin recognized that the American alliance outmatched the Great Huan Fleet as enemy armies surged from the Hawaiian Islands and an Iron Colossus sank.
• Blade reached Jian Shang’s position while pursued by enemy forces, but Jiang Yao and Han Xin killed his pursuers and Blade pleaded for a retreat.
• Jian Shang refused to withdraw, ordered his ministers to keep fighting, and prepared to use the Eastern Sovereign Bell.
• Kraull, Leilak, Thor, and Agbes appeared as four Western True Gods and warned Jian Shang that they would attack the Great Huan Fleet and Dynasty if he broke the Eternal Covenant.
• Jian Shang attacked all four True Gods, striking at Thor with the Eastern Sovereign Bell and slashing at Agbes, Leilak, and Kraull with the Scarlet Firmament Divine Sword.
• Kraull blocked Jian Shang’s sword and counterattacked with a dragon lance, while Leilak opened his vertical eye and commanded, “Freeze!”

Jian Shang relied on the Eastern Sovereign Bell to turn aside the true gods’ attacks and kill Leilak, the God of Space, then refined his remains and broke through to the late Seventh Grade Loose Immortal realm. The surviving gods attacked together, but Jian Shang evaded them as the armies below watched the battle.

• Leilak froze Jian Shang with his divine eye while Thor and Agbes attacked, but Jian Shang’s Eastern Sovereign Bell blocked their blows and Kraull’s lance thrust.
• Leilak unleashed the Annihilating Divine Eye, but the Eastern Sovereign Bell acted on its own, broke the attack, and forced Leilak out of space.
• Jian Shang used his Scarlet Firmament Divine Sword to behead Leilak, then refined his body with the Nine Nether Soul-Refining Palm and advanced to the late Seventh Grade Loose Immortal realm.
• Kraull, Thor, and Agbes charged Jian Shang together, but Jian Shang used his eight wings and speed to evade their attacks.
• The battle in the sky drew the attention of the forces below, while Leilak’s death weakened the Brazilian camp’s morale.

Jian Shang turned the battle against the three true gods by revealing the Godslaying Spear and killing Kraull, the God of Knights. Thor and Agbes fled, while the Great Huan forces roared in celebration.

• Di Wushuang reassured Han Xin that Jian Shang had planned for the battle and that the Great Huan leaders were not in serious danger.
• Kraull, Thor, and Agbes unleashed their strongest attacks, and Jian Shang met them with the Eastern Sovereign Bell and Scarlet Firmament Divine Sword.
• Jian Shang used the Godslaying Spear to shatter Kraull's Divine Shield and impale him.
• Jian Shang refined Kraull's remains, gaining power but not advancing beyond the peak of the Seventh Grade Loose Immortal Realm.
• Thor and Agbes fled after witnessing Kraull's death, and the Great Huan troops celebrated Jian Shang as invincible.

Huan Emperor Jian Shang’s forces turned the battle in the Hawaiian Waters, routing enemy troops with disciplined formations and the Ravenous Wolf Guards’ charge. The Light Knights’ resurrection magic stalled the guards until Jian Shang struck with the Eastern Sovereign Bell, knocking angels and dragons from the sky.

• Han Xin began the counteroffensive as China Faction forces fought in coordinated formations and broke the superpower army’s morale.
• The Ravenous Wolf Guards routed the Peruvian army, then smashed through the Stronghold Faction’s behemoths and giants.
• The Ravenous Wolf Guards broke the Light Knights’ cavalry formation, but angels’ Resurrection Spell revived the fallen and trapped the guards in a grinding fight.
• Jian Shang summoned the Eastern Sovereign Bell above the Ravenous Wolf Guards and struck, sending nearby angels and divine dragons plunging from the sky.

Jian Shang arrived on the battlefield with the Eastern Sovereign Bell, scattering the Angel Legion and Western Dragons and leaving the American leaders unable to predict or contain him. He joined the Ravenous Wolf Guards, fought a Golden Behemoth, and ended the chapter sending the bell crashing down on the stunned creature.

• Jian Shang appeared above the Ravenous Wolf Guards, and the Angel Legion and Western Dragons fled from him.
• An, the Son of the Future, admitted he could not divine Jian Shang's movements, while Wen, the Son of Wisdom, argued that a large army might still contain him.
• Jian Shang mounted the Darkgold Wolf King and struck down or wounded Light Knights with a distant palm strike.
• A Golden Behemoth charged through the battlefield and attacked Jian Shang, who pierced its palm with the Godslaying Spear.
• Jian Shang activated his Ancestral Return Form and hurled the Golden Behemoth through the ranks, then sent the Eastern Sovereign Bell crashing toward it.

Jian Shang unleashed the Myriad Swords Breaking Space Formation, and the Ravenous Wolf Guards devastated the North and South American forces on Penglai Immortal Island. The enemy coalition lost its will to fight and retreated in a rout.

• The Eastern Sovereign Bell crushed the golden behemoth, and Jian Shang killed its enraged owner with one thrust of the Godslaying Spear.
• Jian Shang formed the Myriad Swords Breaking Space Formation with nearly fifty thousand Ravenous Wolf Guards and sent their demonic swords against the airborne enemy legions.
• The formation slaughtered the Angel Legion and cut through the enemy forces as Jian Shang led the Ravenous Wolf Guards across the battlefield.
• Jack DuPont urged the North and South American factions to retreat, and Dickye Weston ordered his troops to withdraw.
• The coalition forces fled Penglai Immortal Island in a massive rout.

Jian Shang led the Ravenous Wolf Guards to aid the beleaguered Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark, using the Two Principles Roc-journeying Wonder Formation to attack the Hero Civilization’s City of Light and Darkness. After breaking its shield and swallowing its troops in Kunpeng form, he left the city defeated as Chinese forces across the sea gained hope.

• Jian Shang ordered Evil Empress Hua Qiandai, Consort Qin Li Yanyan, Wisdom Marquis Chengshalina, and Strife Marquis Lilith to reinforce the Jingyang Water Estate while he took the remaining troops to aid the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark.
• Jian Shang commanded fifty thousand Ravenous Wolf Guards to form the Two Principles Roc-journeying Wonder Formation, creating a giant black roc that flew toward the City of Light and Darkness.
• The giant roc battered the city’s shield while its troops and mage towers attacked in return, and the spectacle drew the attention of armies across the Hawaiian Waters.
• The roc shattered the city’s shield, then dispersed into Ravenous Wolf Guards as Jian Shang revealed himself as a Kunpeng and swallowed the troops attacking him.
• Young Master Lore fled after a knight reported that the forces assigned to Penglai Immortal Island had withdrawn and the City of Light and Darkness had fallen.
• Chinese fighters aboard the battling ships cheered and urged their comrades to hold on, expecting Jian Shang to come reinforce them.

Jian Shang captured the City of Light and Darkness and sent reinforcements to the Great Huan Fleet while trying to avoid provoking the North and South American forces into a desperate fight. Before leaving to aid another warship, he gave Yun Feng insights to help her advance and left her an archangel to kill.

• Jian Shang devoured the Radiant Army’s creatures, advanced to Eighth Grade Loose Immortal, and used the Eastern Sovereign Bell to force the City of Light and Darkness’s defenders to surrender.
• Jian Shang ordered Xiao Dieyi, Jiang Yao, Xun Xiong, and the others to kill Otherworlders and subdue native troops, then returned to Penglai Immortal Island.
• Han Xin warned Jian Shang not to corner the North and South American forces, so Jian Shang chose to pressure the islands while sending aid to the besieged Great Huan warships.
• Jian Shang transformed the Huan Martial Guards into Heavenly Wind and Torrential Rain and used them to devastate enemy forces aboard several imperiled ships.
• Yaoyao accused Jian Shang of ruining Yun Feng’s chance to advance and demanded a God-Lifting Barrier-Breaking Pill, but Yun Feng refused it.
• Jian Shang gave Yun Feng knowledge to aid her advancement, seized an archangel for her to kill, and left, telling her that killing him would let her advance naturally.

After the Battle of Hawaii raised Huan Emperor Jian Shang’s reputation, Han King Liu Bang discussed how to counter him with Old Immortal Nanhua and his advisers. Liu Bang urged Nanhua to report the Huan Emperor’s supposed Immortal Emperor’s Treasure to the Upper Realm, leaving Nanhua to consider the danger of provoking a catastrophic conflict.

• Reports of the Battle of Hawaii revealed that the Great Huan Fleet and the North and South American camp had both suffered heavy losses, while Huan Emperor Jian Shang had killed two gods and driven off two others.
• Old Immortal Nanhua reacted with shock to Jian Shang’s victory, and Liu Bang blamed the Huan Emperor’s success on the Eastern Sovereign Bell and the Godslaying Spear.
• Zhang Liang warned that no one seemed able to stop the Huan Emperor, while Nanhua said the descended immortals and gods could not realistically unite against him.
• Liu Bang suggested that Nanhua seek help or treasures from the Upper Realm, then proposed reporting that the Huan Emperor possessed an Immortal Emperor’s Treasure.
• Nanhua warned that misleading the Upper Realm could trigger a battle capable of destroying the world, but Liu Bang insisted that reporting the matter would lead the Upper Realm to investigate the Huan Emperor.

Xiang Yu captured Sinuiju and reacted to the Huan Emperor’s victory at Hawaii by unleashing the Heaven-Opening Axe on Joseon troops. Meanwhile, Arthas demanded concessions before joining the war, and Jian Shang ordered the Great Huan forces to create Light-Dark Angels from the captured City of Light and Darkness.

• Xiang Yu heard that the Huan Emperor had defeated four True God Realm experts at Hawaii, then vented his frustration by striking down Joseon troops with the Heaven-Opening Axe.
• Arthas agreed to fight the Huan Emperor only if Ner'zhul surrendered two treasures and the Lord Kings publicly recognized the Lordaeron Kingdom.
• The Great Huan Fleet repaired its ships, rested its troops, and built Teleportation Formations after taking the Hawaiian Islands.
• Di Wushuang explained that Light-Dark Angels required spiritually intelligent subjects, spirit stones, and offerings of food and materials.
• Jian Shang ordered the army to recruit volunteers, gather resources and battle corpses, and create as many Light-Dark Angels as possible.