Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ying allowed Lü Fengxian to face the siege as a harsh lesson, while forbidding Great Huan’s commanders from risking the army to rescue him. Lü Rong tried to intervene, but Xiao He restrained her as Lü Fengxian unleashed the Wrath of Ghosts and Gods on the battlefield.

• Xiao Ying questioned the bear Demon King about the Bear Emperor Erian’s attack on Lü Fengxian, and the Demon King denied directing his supposed descendant to kill him.
• Xiao Ying explained that Lü Fengxian needed to learn caution and that the commanders were forbidden to break the covenant by acting personally.
• Lü Rong demanded that Xiao He and Zhang Liang rescue Lü Fengxian, but Zhang Liang refused and warned her against leaving the city without authorization.
• Lü Rong attempted to rush to the battlefield, but Xiao He trapped her with Heavenly Chapter Binding before she broke free with Aurora Explosion.
• Great Huan’s cavalry retreated toward Mayi Imperial City under cover of its defenders’ fire as Lü Fengxian enlarged his War God Shaman Form and unleashed the Wrath of Ghosts and Gods.

Lü Fengxian unleashed his Heaven-Gifted Divine Ability, forcing the Great Wei Allied Forces to retreat from Mayi Imperial City. Though Lü Rong carried him to safety, she was badly injured, and the battle ended with Bear Emperor Erian and Mountain Emperor Tana dead.

• Lü Fengxian's Wrath of Ghosts and Gods overwhelmed the attackers and drew a warning of Heavenly Punishment.
• Lü Rong tried to pull Lü Fengxian away as the Ice King, Sky Injury Star, Sky Star, and other forces attacked, but she was wounded while shielding him with the Silver Veil Cloak.
• Lü Fengxian killed Bear Emperor Erian with the Scarlet Sky Sword and Mountain Emperor Tana with the Sky-Piercing Halberd.
• Lü Rong carried Lü Fengxian toward Mayi Imperial City, where the Ravenous Wolf Guards helped them retreat behind the closing gates as the Great Wei Allied Forces withdrew.
• The fox Demon King praised Xiao Ying's son, then condemned the allied commanders and said the gods and devils would need another way to conquer the Great Huan Celestial Dynasty.

The Great Huan Celestial Dynasty used a pause in the war to strengthen its defenses while its ministers tried to learn why the Great Wei Allied Forces had stopped advancing. The chapter ended with Qiu Li revealing that Genghis Khan had joined the enemy, explaining God Emperor Luo Tian’s departure.

• The five northern imperial cities and Mayi suffered enormous casualties as the Great Wei Allied Forces’ attacks stalled at their defenses.
• After half a month, Great Huan’s ministers debated the enemy’s pause, while Princess Dieyi pointed out that Descended Immortal Gods could solve the invaders’ supply problems.
• Xiao Ying reported that many groups of immortal gods and powerful treasures had descended from the Upper Realm, but the Heaven-Knowing Demon Emperor assured the ministers that the enemy’s transported strength was limited.
• Xiao He learned that Yu Ji’s Game Dragon Rings could let Great Huan’s elite warriors return from death, allowing them to fight with less fear of sacrifice.
• Qiu Li revealed that the Great Wei Allied Forces possessed an indestructible Upper Realm immortal ship and had recruited Genghis Khan, whose presence prompted God Emperor Luo Tian to leave.

Xiao Ying and Great Huan’s leaders prepared for renewed war after learning that Genghis Khan had appeared among the Great Wei Allied Forces, apparently resurrected with help from Otherworlder relics. The chapter left Xiao Ying using the Eye of the Three Realms to inspect Pangu World, despite knowing it would alert the Descended Immortal Gods.

• Qiu Li revealed that Genghis Khan had joined the Great Wei Allied Forces, and Xiao Ying warned that the enemy’s ceasefire likely allowed its forces to reorganize under his command.
• Han Xin and Tian Dan reported that Great Huan had fortified its cities, prepared defenses and contingencies, and secured its Teleportation Formations against capture.
• Di Wushuang reported that most surviving Otherworlders had joined Great Huan, and Xiao Ying ordered them to sabotage and disrupt the invading forces in exchange for merit and rewards.
• Xiao Ying ordered the execution of anyone who colluded with the enemy and suspected that Otherworlders had supplied relics enabling Genghis Khan’s resurrection.
• The leaders reviewed the situations of the Calamity Dynasty, Penglai Commandery, and other forces approaching by sea before Xiao Ying opened the Eye of the Three Realms to survey Pangu World.

Xiao Ying used the Heaven-Earth Bell and the World Will to survey Pangu World, discovering the scale and disguises of the Descended Immortal Gods and the commanders of enemy armies. After gaining insight into world creation, he heard the World Will plead for him to save it.

• Xiao Ying opened the Eye of the Three Realms, drawing the World Will’s attention and prompting a clash with divine sense from beyond the Heaven-Earth Crystal Wall.
• The World Will explained that Xiao Ying’s attempt to see through the entire world provoked its rejection, then allowed him to survey the world through the Heaven-Earth Bell.
• Xiao Ying discovered thousands of Descended Immortal Gods outside the Great Huan Celestial Dynasty and more than a hundred concealed within it, along with disguised armies, foreigners, and enemy leaders.
• Xiao Ying identified resurrected commanders including Genghis Khan, Ashoka, Alexander the Great, and Hannibal the Great.
• Xiao Ying finished his survey and gained insight into world creation before the World Will faded, pleading with him to save it.

Summary: “Resolving Internal Troubles”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Ying communicates with the newly awakened World Will of Pangu World, which pleads with him to “save” the world from the looming threat posed by Upper Realm forces, including the Light Immortal Venerable.
• Although Xiao Ying doubts that Pangu World can be saved, he realizes that the World Will previously protected him by concealing his presence from Upper Realm experts and shielding the Eye of the Three Realms.
• The World Will withdraws without explaining how it can be saved, leaving Xiao Ying frustrated and uncertain. He decides to postpone the problem until he has more information and practical means to act.
• Recognizing that Pangu World is the foundation of both himself and the Great Huan Immortal Kingdom, Xiao Ying orders all ministers to return to court.
• He presents Martial-Calming Emperor Lan Ge and Heavenly Charm Emperor Eunuch Qiu with evidence exposing serious intelligence failures in their respective institutions.
• Xiao Ying distributes jade slips to the assembled ministers containing detailed information obtained through Heaven’s Perspective, including enemy deployments, resurrected emperors, hidden troops, defections, betrayals, spies, and infiltrators.
• The ministers are shocked that Xiao Ying knows the enemy’s plans and the identities of spies with such precision. Several important figures—including Eastern-Pacifying King Sun Jian, Western Liang King Ma Chao, and Pacifying Literature King Lin Xiangru—panic and acknowledge their negligence.
• The enemy’s espionage network is revealed to be extensive but carefully constructed. Spies are concentrated in vulnerable or recently integrated factions, while the Spring and Autumn Lü Clan branch has almost no infiltration because Lü Zhi’s scrutiny makes concealment nearly impossible.
• Xiao Ying orders the ministers to quietly eliminate the internal threats before the war begins. He refuses to manage every detail himself, warning that further failures will be punished collectively.

Character Developments

• Xiao Ying becomes more determined to protect Pangu World, despite recognizing the overwhelming strength of the enemy. His gratitude toward the World Will adds a personal and moral dimension to his commitment.
• He also demonstrates stronger authority and strategic decisiveness by confronting senior officials and delegating the counterespionage effort rather than handling everything personally.
• Lan Ge and Eunuch Qiu, heads of the Martial-Pacifying Office and Great Huan Office, are forced to confront the magnitude of their intelligence failures. Eunuch Qiu reacts cautiously by immediately pleading guilty, while Lan Ge is left speechless with shock.
• Sun Jian, Ma Chao, and Lin Xiangru display anxiety and guilt as the extent of the infiltration becomes clear. Their reactions reveal both the seriousness of the threat and the pressure placed on recently surrendered or politically exposed figures.
• Lü Zhi and Bai Ze are implicitly established as exceptionally perceptive figures whose insight makes it nearly impossible for spies to operate near them.

Significant Themes

• The burden of responsibility: Xiao Ying must consider not only the survival of his people and kingdom but the fate of the entire world.
• Limits versus duty: Even though Xiao Ying believes the Upper Realm forces are far beyond his current ability to defeat, he feels obligated to act because Pangu World is both his home and the source of his power.
• Internal threats and external war: The chapter emphasizes that a powerful enemy can exploit internal weaknesses through spies, betrayal, and poor intelligence just as effectively as through open battle.
• Competence and accountability: Xiao Ying stresses that officials must perform their responsibilities independently. Capable people will rise, while negligent officials will be punished.
• Trust and gratitude: The World Will’s instinctive protection of Xiao Ying creates an unusual bond between the protagonist and the world itself, motivating him to attempt the seemingly impossible task of saving it.

Character Interactions

• The World Will’s desperate plea deeply affects Xiao Ying, creating an emotional interaction despite their limited communication.
• Xiao Ying confronts Lan Ge and Eunuch Qiu harshly, accusing their offices of failing during a critical moment. Their uneasy responses show their fear of his judgment.
• The ministers react collectively to Xiao Ying’s revelations, with several senior officials publicly accepting blame.
• Xiao Ying does not personally punish the ministers or dictate every counterespionage measure. Instead, he demands that they resolve the problems themselves, reinforcing both his authority and his expectation of independent leadership.

Chapter Summary: “Savage Huan-Clad Guard”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Sima Yuan, a respected general and governor of Grand Yong Royal City, is revealed to have been assassinated long ago. The current “Sima Yuan” is actually a descended True Immortal using transformation magic to impersonate him, explaining his unusually cautious and reclusive behavior.
• Grand Yong Royal City receives more than three thousand Huan-Clad Guards from the Great Huan Office, led by Deputy Director Yu Songren, or Eunuch Yu. Ying Xin, the Ying Clan’s patriarchal administrator and a Guangxi elder, accompanies them to prevent resistance from the region’s powerful Old Qin-aligned forces.
• A seventh-rank Grand Yong official attempts to send a message after the Huan-Clad Guard arrives. A guard intercepts and kills him immediately, demonstrating the office’s ruthless methods and preventing any warning from spreading.
• The Huan-Clad Guards storm the City Lord’s Manor. Every living creature inside is either killed or captured, and the city is placed under martial law while Ying Clan forces manage the aftermath.
• Similar operations occur across the Divine Land. In the Taihang Mountains, tens of thousands of Huan-Clad and Martial-Clad Guards, supported by elite troops and Immortal Guards, destroy three major bandit strongholds within an hour.
• More than twenty additional locations, including major cities and mountain estates, suffer comparable purges. The resulting bloodshed shocks the population and raises the Huan-Clad Guard’s already infamous reputation.
• Many surviving bandit groups disband, enlist, or surrender, believing the Great Huan explanation that foreign races had infiltrated the strongholds. The campaigns are designed to eliminate enemy bases quickly before hostile armies can discover or exploit them.

Character Developments

• Sima Yuan: His apparent humility and reluctance to seek promotion are recontextualized as the behavior of an impostor hiding his identity. His true fate establishes the extent of the conspiracy within Great Yong’s administration.
• Eunuch Yu / Yu Songren: He is portrayed as a powerful, feared deputy director willing to authorize swift and merciless action. His arrival signals that the Great Huan Office considers the situation extremely serious.
• Ying Xin: Though he recognizes the necessity and legality of the operation, he is disturbed by the needless loss of life. His restrained, sorrowful warning reflects his awareness that Guangxi’s Old Qin loyalties make open conflict especially dangerous.
• The Huan-Clad Guards: Their actions show them as disciplined but brutally uncompromising investigators and enforcers. They prioritize preventing information leaks over protecting possible innocents.
• The bandits and local officials: Their fear and surrender demonstrate how effectively the Great Huan government uses overwhelming force and reputation to compel obedience.

Significant Themes

• Authority versus mercy: The Great Huan Office sacrifices compassion and due process for speed and security, treating even possible informants and noncombatants as acceptable casualties.
• Paranoia and infiltration: Sima Yuan’s replacement and the destruction of suspected enemy strongholds reveal a world where identities, loyalties, and institutions cannot be trusted.
• The brutality of wartime governance: The campaign shows how extraordinary circumstances allow the state to justify massacres, martial law, and collective punishment.
• Fear as political control: The Huan-Clad Guard’s reputation often forces submission before resistance begins, making terror an intentional instrument of government.
• Regional and factional loyalties: Guangxi’s resurrected Great Qin soldiers remain emotionally tied to Old Qin, creating potential instability for the Great Huan Celestial Dynasty.

Character Interactions

• Eunuch Yu and Ying Xin cooperate uneasily: Yu directs the violent operation, while Ying Xin serves as a stabilizing representative of the Ying Clan and Guangxi authorities.
• The Huan-Clad Guards confront local officials and citizens with absolute authority, killing a suspected messenger to prevent communication.
• Ying Xin attempts to restrain the populace and avert further confrontation, but his warning is overshadowed by the guards’ aggression.
• The Great Huan forces’ attacks on bandit factions function as both military strikes and psychological warfare, prompting other groups to surrender or enlist rather than face the same fate.

The Great Huan forces arrived in Qingyi Royal City to expose its infiltrators, but Lang Qing revealed himself as a spy and thousands of wolf demons emerged. Chong Shiqie’s forces uncovered a vast enemy operation and sealed the city as allied troops poured through hidden teleportation formations, leaving a massive battle about to begin.

• Xiao Fenglong, senior leaders, and elite troops arrived in Qingyi Royal City instead of Chong Shiqie, and the twelve Protector Witch Kings immediately scattered to investigate.
• Lang Qing’s Voice Transmission Talismans activated, and he transformed into a Moon-Silver Sky Wolf as the Great Huan leaders attacked him and the city officials.
• More than three thousand wolf demons revealed themselves inside the City Lord’s Manor, and Chong Shiqie ordered the city’s residents not to act rashly.
• Tens of thousands of enemy fighters and descended immortal gods revealed themselves throughout Qingyi Royal City, while the Eight-Gate Heaven-Locking Formation sealed most of the city.
• Nearly a hundred concealed teleportation formations opened to bring in elite forces from multiple civilizations, and Chong Shiqie ordered her troops to attack.

A secret realm of unprecedented power emerged near Qingyi Royal City, and the Descended Immortal Gods recognized it as the site of the Pangu Inheritance. The Upper Realm’s factions debated whether Xiao Ying would enter, knowing that obtaining the Five Great True Inheritances could make him a target for the mightiest beings.

• The battle at Qingyi Royal City shook the surrounding mountains apart, and gray mist appeared over a vast region containing ancient halls and strange beasts.
• The mist barred Descended Immortal Gods from entering, leading the powerful observers to identify it as the Pangu Inheritance site.
• God Emperor Luo Tian said the secret realm’s appearance meant the Upper Realm’s plan to draw out the Pangu treasures was succeeding.
• You Qingcan warned that the Great Huan Celestial Lord could enter and might obtain the true inheritance, while God Emperor Luo Tian said he would not stop him.
• Princess Yunmiao explained that Xiao Ying would be doomed if he obtained the Five Great True Inheritances or the Mysterious Supreme Treasure, since Upper Realm powers would move against him.

Xiao Ying learned that the Pangu Inheritance had emerged and decided not to let his true body compete, fearing disaster from the Upper Realm. He summoned captured figures with ties to Pangu’s destiny and used the looming end of the Pangu World to press them to submit.

• Bai Ze warned Xiao Ying that seeking the inheritance could bring calamity, and Xiao Ying agreed not to take part with his true body.
• Xiao Ying ordered the summoning of Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha, Huang Zhong, Yue Jin, Yu Jin, Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun, and Xiahou Yuan, and sent Azure Wind to summon representatives of the Descended Immortal Gods.
• Xiao Ying revealed the Heaven-Supporting Pagoda to the prisoners and told them that the emergence of the Pangu Inheritance meant the Pangu World was nearing its end.
• Xiao Ying demanded that the prisoners submit or die, warning that the Great Resurrection Spell would not revive anyone he killed; Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha recognized the jade talisman.

Xiao Ying forced Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha to submit to Great Huan, then offered Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun, and the others a chance to surrender. Burning Lamp and Bian Qirong revealed that the Pangu Cataclysm was a death game orchestrated by immortals and gods, leaving the Wei and Shu survivors to bow to Xiao Ying.

• Xiao Ying gave Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha ten breaths to submit, and Burning Lamp accepted, pledging his soul essence to the Heaven-Supporting Pagoda.
• Xiao Ying appointed Burning Lamp Burning Lamp Ancient Emperor and promised him a genuine Emperor Realm position if he persuaded Maitreya and Shakyamuni to surrender.
• Lü Zhi warned Cao Hong and the others that Wei and Shu had lost their power, while Burning Lamp explained that the descended immortals and Buddhas intended to destroy the Pangu World.
• Bian Qirong entered and confirmed the catastrophe, explaining that immortals and gods manipulated Pangu’s people in a death game with almost no chance of survival.
• Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun, and the others exchanged glances and bowed in tacit agreement to submit.

Xiao Ying used the Heaven-Supporting Pagoda to secure the loyalty of Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha and other surrendered experts, then gathered Great Huan forces around the Pangu Inheritance Secret Realm. When Upper Realm representatives met with him, Burning Lamp’s submission shocked them, and Xiao Ying warned that joining him offered the best chance of surviving the coming calamity.

• Xiao Ying entrusted Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha, the Cao Clan brothers, and the Xiahou Twin Heroes with elite troops and sent them to earn merit in the Pangu Inheritance Secret Realm.
• The Great Huan Celestial Dynasty established Qingyi Royal City as its stronghold and amassed troops there as rival factions and independent adventurers gathered around the secret realm.
• Great Huan forces and the Great Huan Hostile Alliance watched one another outside the realm, while independent adventurers entered to seek opportunities.
• Xiao Ying summoned representatives of the Upper Realm factions, who agreed to attend negotiations rather than risk an early decisive war.
• God Emperor Luo Tian and the other representatives were shocked to find Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha serving Xiao Ying, who described his submission as a wise choice and warned that Great Huan offered the best chance of survival.
• God Emperor Luo Tian challenged Xiao Ying’s insinuation, and Xiao Ying replied that if Luo Tian died in Pangu without Great Huan making an obvious mistake, his death would count for nothing.

Xiao Ying hosted the rival powers to negotiate rules and joint oversight of the Pangu Secret Realm while concealing his own plans. As expeditions entered the realm, he watched two covert agents slip inside and considered how the contest might reshape the world.

• Xiao Ying told God Emperor Luo Tian that Great Huan would not be intimidated and proposed restraint between the powers and joint oversight of the secret realm.
• Bai Ze displayed distant scenes with the Water-Mirror Reflecting the Moon Formation, and the representatives arranged to add a Primordial Spirit Resonance Formation.
• Xiao Ying sent Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha to lead Great Huan's expedition, prompting God Emperor Luo Tian and the other representatives to reflect on how Great Huan had secured his submission.
• The powers watched their forces cooperate outside the secret realm while preparing to fight inside, and the Primordial Spirit Resonance Formation registered Great Huan's many supreme treasures.
• Two members of the Demon Race and Devil Race entered the secret realm among the foreign crowds, and Xiao Ying watched with relief as he contemplated the eternal chess game.

Yu Ji led Great Huan’s contingent into the Pangu Secret Realm to claim the Nuwa Mending-Heaven Scripture legacy. After the group defeated a Heavenly Dragon and claimed its vast treasure drop, rival factions advanced toward the other legacies.

• Xu Fu briefed Yu Ji’s contingent on the Wasteland World, its rewards, and the five Heavenly Mountain legacies, while Yu Ji sensed the Mending-Heaven legacy and identified its direction.
• Lü Meng arranged the advance, with Heavenless leading the way and Lawless guarding the rear as Yu Ji’s forces headed south.
• A giant Heavenly Dragon attacked the contingent, but its formations and barrage of weapons weakened it while Yu Ji healed the fighters.
• Yu Ji used the Golden Edge Divine Saber to kill the Heavenly Dragon, which vanished and left a huge array of treasures behind.
• Lü Meng warned that anyone who tried to seize Great Huan’s loot would die, and Yu Ji’s followers collected the treasure.
• Other factions entered the realm and headed toward the remaining Pangu legacies, where they would compete for opportunities and rewards.

As the Pangu Secret Realm drew more explorers and casualties mounted, Xiao Ying waited in the Forbidden Palace for news of a Pangu True Inheritance. Envoys from the world’s alliances arrived, and Xiao Ying demanded to know their purpose.

• Rumors spread about the Pangu Secret Realm’s treasures and origins as explorers risked their lives for gains and top powers struggled to make progress.
• Xiao Ying grew anxious while waiting with God Emperor Luo Tian, Long Changqiu, Princess Yunmiao, and other representatives for news from the secret realm.
• An imperial guard reported that envoys from several alliances had jointly requested an audience.
• After God Emperor Luo Tian urged Xiao Ying to attend to state affairs, Xiao Ying ordered the envoys admitted.
• Prince Qiyang Borchu led the envoys in greeting Xiao Ying, who ignored their formalities and asked why they had come.

Chapter Summary: “Humorous Threats”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Representatives from the various alliances meet Great Huan’s ruler, Xiao Ying, claiming they have come to promote “world peace” and stability.
• Xiao Ying immediately mocks their vague justification, recognizing that their real objective is to pressure him into suspending hostilities.
• Borhu, King of Qiyang and leader of the delegation, explains that the Pangu Secret Realm contains immense treasures and power. He proposes that all factions temporarily stop fighting and jointly explore it to strengthen Pangu World.
• Xiao Ying deliberately misinterprets the proposal, agreeing only that Great Huan should send more troops to develop the realm. When Borhu clarifies that the armies must be jointly controlled, Xiao Ying exposes the plan as a military stratagem: the alliances want Great Huan to lower its guard so they can enter its territory and exploit the situation.
• The representatives accuse Xiao Ying of provoking the entire world and threaten to unite their forces against Great Huan. Xiao Ying dismisses their threats, pointing out that several alliances are too distant to intervene quickly.
• Borhu escalates the threat by invoking Descended Immortal Gods and warning that a wider conflict could bring an early apocalypse and make Xiao Ying the greatest sinner in Pangu World.
• Luo Tian God Emperor adopts a more refined version of the same warning, urging Xiao Ying to compromise before the situation becomes uncontrollable.
• Xiao Ying responds with open contempt, comparing the threatening alliances and their representatives to dogs. He challenges them to begin a war immediately if they truly dare.
• He then sarcastically suggests that the alliances could strengthen Pangu World more effectively by killing the Descended Immortal Gods, whose power would remain behind after death.
• The chapter ends with Xiao Ying ordering his guards to kill the visiting representatives and send their heads back to their respective alliances.

Character Developments

• Xiao Ying is portrayed as completely confident in his power and position. He refuses to engage in diplomatic pretense, deliberately humiliates the representatives, and treats their threats as entertainment. His final command demonstrates his willingness to escalate the conflict decisively.
• Borhu begins as a composed and diplomatic spokesman but becomes increasingly frustrated as Xiao Ying dismantles every argument. Though he tries to remain controlled, his threats reveal the delegation’s lack of leverage.
• Luo Tian God Emperor attempts to present the alliance’s pressure through elegant, seemingly humanitarian rhetoric. Xiao Ying’s insults cause his composed facade to crack, exposing his anger and helplessness.
• Princess Yunmiao supports Xiao Ying’s interpretation and openly laughs at the alliances’ transparent motives, reinforcing her alignment with him.
• The alliance representatives shift from diplomatic posturing to anger and intimidation once their negotiation fails, but their inability to respond to Xiao Ying’s counterarguments reveals their weakness.

Significant Themes

• Political hypocrisy: The language of “world peace” and “the greater good” masks a strategic attempt to weaken and infiltrate Great Huan.
• Power versus diplomacy: Xiao Ying’s overwhelming confidence allows him to reject conventional negotiation and expose diplomacy as a contest of leverage.
• Bluffing and empty threats: The alliances threaten total war, but their geographic distance and dependence on external Immortal Gods limit their actual ability to act.
• History and legitimacy: Xiao Ying dismisses concerns about becoming a historical villain, arguing that victors—not moral opponents—control how history is remembered.
• Contempt for false authority: The chapter emphasizes the contrast between the representatives’ grand claims to speak for “all under heaven” and their inability to control events or compel Xiao Ying.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Ying and Borhu: Their exchange forms the core of the chapter. Borhu tries repeatedly to frame the proposal as cooperation, while Xiao Ying exposes its hidden military purpose and ridicules him.
• Xiao Ying and Princess Yunmiao: Yunmiao laughs at the alliance representatives and openly validates Xiao Ying’s judgment, showing mutual understanding and support.
• Xiao Ying and Luo Tian God Emperor: Luo Tian attempts moral persuasion and veiled intimidation, but Xiao Ying responds with sarcasm and direct insults, undermining Luo Tian’s dignified image.
• Xiao Ying and Long Changqiu: Long Changqiu reacts most violently to Xiao Ying’s provocations and threatens him, but Xiao Ying dismisses him and later singles him out with a savage suggestion that the Descended Immortal Gods should be killed.
• Xiao Ying and the alliance delegation: What begins as a diplomatic audience becomes a humiliating confrontation in which Xiao Ying controls the conversation and ends by ordering their execution.

Chapter Summary: “Shu King Liu Shan”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Great Huan Celestial Lord Xiao Ying orders his Imperial Guards to capture or kill Borhu and the envoys of several alliances, rejecting the traditional rule that diplomatic envoys should not be slain.
• Luo Tian God Emperor intervenes, claiming that Xiao Ying’s actions violate propriety. He and more than twenty immortal gods combine their auras to restrain the Imperial Guards.
• Xiao Ying challenges them, warning that interference in Great Huan’s affairs could violate the Eternal Covenant. Heaven-Knowing Demon Emperor Bai Ze then summons hundreds of True Witches, escalating the confrontation.
• Borhu and the other envoys attempt to escape using a Hexagram Translocation Law. Xiao Ying attacks with the Panwu Fist, while Luo Tian God Emperor and several powerful representatives counter with techniques including the Grand Prophecy Technique, Myriad Ghosts Devour the Gods, Heavenly Dragon Ascends Supreme, and Sword of Darkness.
• The combined attacks destroy the teleportation formation. The resulting shockwave sends the envoys toward the Imperial Guards, who capture them.
• The brief clash serves mainly as a test of strength and identity. Xiao Ying clearly gains the advantage, demonstrating that he is likely physically present rather than merely an incarnation. The opposing immortal gods choose not to continue the fight.
• The narrative then shifts to the Pangu Secret Realm, where Shu State has launched an enormous expedition toward Heavenly Mountain.
• Shu King Liu Shan personally leads more than 200,000 Shu elites, including Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Chen Dao, and several younger generals. With rogue cultivators and allied experts joining them, the force grows to over 300,000 people.
• The army battles enormous waves of beasts and flying monsters in a vast forest. While outsiders compete aggressively for the treasures dropped by slain creatures, Shu’s main force follows the benevolent principles associated with Liu Bei and avoids fighting over spoils.
• A scout reports that seventeen factions are pursuing the same objective, including several Great Huan forces led by Qian Dai, Gao Hong, and Lilith, as well as powerful organizations from India, Egypt, the United States, and Canada.
• Liu Shan recognizes Great Huan as the primary threat and orders the Azure Dragon Blade Cavalry and Blackwind Spear Cavalry to break through the beast tide and accelerate the army’s advance.
• The cavalry units demonstrate Shu’s strength while still maintaining its reputation for generosity by collecting only the treasures they encounter rather than plundering everything.
• A white-robed Demon Race expert catches Liu Shan’s attention. When invited to join Shu, he demands extremely valuable compensation—Heaven Grade mid-grade or better cultivation techniques, pills, and items—before he will consider recruitment.

Character Developments

• Xiao Ying is shown to be ruthless, domineering, and unpredictable. He rejects diplomatic conventions and acts decisively against the envoys. His superior combat performance reinforces his authority and suggests he is personally present in Great Huan’s camp.
• Luo Tian God Emperor attempts to restrain Xiao Ying through appeals to etiquette and the Eternal Covenant, but he also probes Xiao Ying’s strength and identity. After the clash, he avoids further escalation.
• Bai Ze remains quiet until the confrontation intensifies, then decisively supports Xiao Ying by deploying hundreds of True Witches.
• Shu King Liu Shan receives a more favorable portrayal. Although widely regarded as incompetent compared with his father Liu Bei, he demonstrates strategic awareness, decisiveness, and concern for both military progress and Shu’s moral reputation.
• Shu’s major generals and officials show strong discipline and loyalty by supporting Liu Shan’s commands without questioning them.
• The white-robed Demon Race expert is characterized as powerful, self-interested, and difficult to recruit. He prioritizes maximizing his gains in the secret realm over political allegiance.

Significant Themes

• Power versus propriety: The debate over whether envoys may be harmed contrasts traditional diplomatic rules with Xiao Ying’s belief that overwhelming power makes negotiation unnecessary.
• Testing and hidden identities: The confrontation functions as a probe of Xiao Ying’s true strength and whether he is present in person or acting through a substitute.
• Political rivalry and strategic competition: Multiple factions converge on the same target in the secret realm, making speed, intelligence, and military organization essential.
• Benevolence as political strength: Shu’s refusal to compete violently over treasure wins the support of allied cultivators and demonstrates that moral conduct can improve military cohesion.
• Reputation versus reality: Liu Shan’s public image as an incapable ruler is challenged by his effective leadership and tactical judgment.
• Individual ambition versus collective goals: The white-robed demon’s refusal to waste time on recruitment highlights the competing priorities of personal advancement and factional loyalty.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Ying verbally clashes with Luo Tian God Emperor over the treatment of envoys and the right of outside powers to interfere.
• Luo Tian and several immortal gods temporarily unite against Xiao Ying, while other representatives, including Princess Yunmiao, refuse to follow his lead.
• Bai Ze supports Xiao Ying by confronting the immortal gods with the True Witches.
• Borhu and the other envoys attempt to escape during the confrontation but are ultimately captured because the immortal gods’ counterattack fails to protect them.
• Shu King Liu Shan consults with his leading officials after receiving intelligence about rival factions and then issues a direct military order.
• The White Dragon Guard respectfully approaches the white-robed demon on Liu Shan’s behalf, but the demon dismisses the invitation and sets a high price for possible service.

Bai Jian joined Liu Shan’s Shu State party after displaying his divination talent and accepting valuable gifts. He predicted that Shu would obtain the Tianshan True Inheritance but warned that escaping its enemies—and the secret realm—would be perilous, especially because Great Huan was likely preparing to ambush whoever claimed an inheritance.

• Bai Jian introduced himself to Liu Shan as a rogue cultivator from New Zealand and requested treasures connected to divination, space, or speed.
• Bai Jian revealed that he practiced the Divination Dao through the Sacred Unicorn inheritance, impressing Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang.
• Bai Jian predicted that Shu was destined to claim the Tianshan True Inheritance and offered to serve Liu Shan within the secret realm.
• Liu Shan gave Bai Jian two divination manuals, pills, a jade compass, and snow-white wings as introductory gifts, and Bai Jian accepted them.
• Bai Jian warned Liu Shan that Shu’s greatest danger would be escaping pursuit after claiming the inheritance, and he suspected Great Huan planned to surround and kill its bearer.

The Shu State reached Northern Heaven Mountain, where rival powers waited to seize the Emperor’s Inheritance and plunder whoever claimed it. After assessing the growing dangers of delay, Bai Jian advised Liu Shan to move quickly, obtain the inheritance, and retreat.

• The Shu State’s forces arrived at Northern Heaven Mountain and found a chaotic battlefield filled with beasts, natives, treasure hunters, and scattered treasures.
• Bai Jian observed that the realm’s creatures were dwindling, while Pang Tong and Guan Yu warned that rivals would target the Shu State when it tried to leave with the inheritance.
• Attendants reported that several groups had climbed the mountain, while the Great Huan Celestial Dynasty and other major powers had formed positions around it to intercept claimants.
• Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong concluded that the Great Huan Celestial Dynasty had set a two-layer ambush, with forces around the mountain and others likely plundering across the realm.
• Liu Shan asked Bai Jian for guidance, and Bai Jian urged the Shu State to climb the mountain at once, claim the inheritance, and retreat before the rival forces grew stronger.

Liu Shan led the Shu State force up Heavenly Mountain to claim the Emperor’s Inheritance, where crushing imperial pressure and loose immortal-level beasts halted their advance. Liu Shan then revealed a mysterious ancient book that suppressed the mountain’s pressure, allowing the force to charge onward and leaving Bai Jian astonished by the treasure’s power.

• Liu Shan accepted Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong’s advice to ascend Heavenly Mountain quickly, and the Shu State force charged through the creatures and factions gathered below.
• The Shu State force suffered heavy losses to Heavenly Mountain’s imperial pressure and beasts, while Guan Xing and Zhang Bao organized troops to secure the rear.
• The three elite Shu State legions passed the first trial, but tenfold imperial pressure and thousands of loose immortal-level beasts stopped them partway up the mountain.
• Liu Shan’s aura surged, and a mysterious ancient book emerged, opening to display a purple-lit vision of mountains, rivers, and the common people.
• The ancient book weakened Heavenly Mountain’s pressure, and the Shu State force formed up to repel the beasts and resume its climb.
• Bai Jian recognized that the book might be an extraordinary supreme treasure, but he could not determine its true grade.