Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Venturing into the Tiger’s Den”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Ying and the Great Huan delegation arrive at Irkutsk Imperial City with only about 2,300 guards, a surprisingly small escort given the danger and political tension surrounding the visit.
• The Mongol Faction, led by the Four Heroes and Four Braves, surrounds and escorts the delegation—not to imprison or intimidate them, but to protect them from possible attacks within the city.
• The group travels through Irkutsk Imperial City, a heavily fortified city divided into five layers, toward the Mongol capital’s inner districts.
• At the third layer, Xiao Ying meets Genghis Khan, the future founder of the Mongol Celestial Dynasty, along with Luo Tian God Emperor, Princess Yunmiao, Hades, Long Changqiu, and other immortal gods.
• Xiao Ying subtly attempts to recruit or influence Genghis Khan, questioning why a legendary figure from the Divine Land would establish himself in foreign territory. Genghis Khan claims not to understand the implication and sincerely denies coveting anything beyond his current position.
• Luo Tian God Emperor mocks Xiao Ying, prompting Xiao Ying to retaliate by repeatedly emphasizing the title “Radiant God Emperor,” alluding to Luo Tian’s painful inability to advance further along the Dao of Light while the Light Immortal Venerable remains alive.
• Luo Tian threatens Xiao Ying by invoking his mastery over life and death and his ability to prevent resurrection. Xiao Ying responds with open contempt, daring Luo Tian to challenge him while mocking his title and courage.
• Genghis Khan intervenes before the confrontation escalates, appealing for harmony and guiding the Great Huan delegation onward.
• The delegation is housed in an enormous castle complex beside the Forbidden Palace. Once their hosts and guards leave, the Great Huan members become suspicious of the arrangement.
• Heavenly Empress Lü Zhi concludes that the vast residence may be intended to contain or limit the damage from an impending battle. She believes Genghis Khan and the Mongol officials show little direct hostility, but the Descended Immortal Gods clearly harbor murderous intentions.

Character Developments

• Xiao Ying displays extreme confidence, political sharpness, and verbal aggression. He tests Genghis Khan’s loyalties while deliberately provoking Luo Tian God Emperor, showing that he is willing to exploit his rival’s deepest insecurity.
• Genghis Khan is presented as outwardly humble, courteous, and approachable, yet his piercing gaze and natural authority reveal his extraordinary ability. He appears genuinely neutral toward Xiao Ying, though his true intentions remain uncertain.
• Luo Tian God Emperor is shown to possess immense pride but also practical restraint. Although provoked, he refuses to duel Xiao Ying because he lacks confidence in the Pangu World and fears that Xiao Ying might truly kill him.
• Heavenly Empress Lü Zhi demonstrates keen political and military judgment. She distinguishes Genghis Khan’s attitude from that of the hostile immortal gods and immediately recognizes the castle’s possible strategic purpose.
• The Great Huan delegation shifts from formal diplomacy to heightened suspicion once left alone in their assigned residence.

Significant Themes

• Diplomacy masking hostility: The Mongol Faction’s courtesy may serve both diplomatic and strategic purposes, reflecting the uncertainty between hospitality and entrapment.
• Confidence versus caution: Xiao Ying’s boldness contrasts with Luo Tian’s unwillingness to risk a direct confrontation, emphasizing the difference between boasting and genuine power.
• Political allegiance and manipulation: Xiao Ying probes whether Genghis Khan can be won over, while Genghis Khan’s apparently sincere neutrality leaves his real position ambiguous.
• The burden of reputation and destiny: Luo Tian’s title as the “Radiant God Emperor” represents both glory and limitation, since his path is blocked by the existing Light Immortal Venerable.
• The danger of entering enemy territory: The chapter’s setting reinforces the idea that the Great Huan delegation has knowingly entered a fortified stronghold where any apparent protection could become containment.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Ying and Genghis Khan: Their exchange is courteous on the surface but contains strategic probing. Xiao Ying hints that Genghis Khan should not pursue distant or dangerous ambitions, while Genghis Khan responds with disarming sincerity.
• Xiao Ying and Luo Tian God Emperor: Their interaction is openly hostile. Luo Tian issues a veiled warning, and Xiao Ying answers with increasingly pointed mockery, attacking Luo Tian’s title, limitations, and reluctance to fight.
• Genghis Khan and the Great Huan delegation: Genghis Khan treats them with marked respect, personally greeting and escorting them, suggesting either genuine courtesy or a carefully managed diplomatic performance.
• Lü Zhi and the Great Huan group: Lü Zhi interprets the surrounding circumstances for the others, warning them that the greatest threat likely comes from the Descended Immortal Gods rather than Genghis Khan himself.

Xiao Ying prepared the Great Huan party for a possible large-scale battle in Irkutsk while explaining to Lü Zhi why the Mongols and descended immortal gods would become involved. In the Forbidden Palace, Emperor Solod and Nikolai urged an attack on Xiao Ying, but Borshu argued against disrupting the ceremony, hinting that the Immortal-God Faction had a larger purpose than defeating Great Huan.

• Xiao Ying ordered Huang Zhong to ready the imperial guards and establish defensive formations, and told him to withdraw to Xiao Ying’s side if the enemy proved too strong.
• Xiao Ying refused Qiu’s suggestion to contact Scourge, saying the faction should wait until the right moment to give its enemies a pretext.
• Xiao Ying told Lü Zhi that Senior Heaven-Knowing’s divination foretold a major battle, though its instigator and cause remained uncertain.
• Genghis Khan returned to the Forbidden Palace and found Emperor Solod and Nikolai advocating that the coalition surround and kill Xiao Ying.
• Borshu warned that Great Huan’s forces on Lake Baikal meant Xiao Ying had prepared for war, then challenged Solod’s assumption that the coalition existed merely to crush Great Huan.

Chapter Summary: “A Crime Is Easy to Invent”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Northern Allied Forces’ alliance is revealed to have a goal beyond simply destroying the Great Huan Celestial Dynasty. The Descended Immortal Gods intend to preserve a prolonged, balanced conflict across the Pangu World, keeping opposing forces locked in warfare until a future decisive battle.
• Emperor Realm Solod proposes directly ambushing and killing the Great Huan Celestial Lord, Xiao Ying, believing this would provoke Great Huan into a massive war.
• General Borshu mocks Solod’s proposal, prompting Solod to angrily defend his status and military ability. Genghis Khan, however, supports Borshu and explains that Solod’s plan conflicts with the Immortal Gods’ broader objective.
• Luo Tian God Emperor acknowledges that Xiao Ying’s overwhelming strength makes him a dangerous variable who might influence the eventual decisive battle. He therefore agrees that Xiao Ying could be eliminated—but insists that the Mongol Faction itself must not openly participate.
• Luo Tian proposes using other groups—the Peacock Faction, Codex Faction, southern demons, and other allied powers—to carry out the assassination under any convenient pretext. The Mongol Faction would merely seal the surrounding space and prevent Xiao Ying and his companions from escaping.
• Princess Yunmiao warns Luo Tian against using public interests to pursue private revenge, but he disguises his personal motives as strategic concerns.
• Meanwhile, Xiao Ying, Lü Zhi, and their companions remain comfortably inside Purple Yew Castle, unaware of the conspiracy forming against them.
• Envoys from many factions arrive at Irkutsk Imperial City for the upcoming Celestial Dynasty ceremony, but none visit Xiao Ying. Genghis Khan, Luo Tian, and the others also deliberately avoid him, signaling that the ambush plan is being kept secret.

Character Developments

• Xiao Ying: His immense strength and special status make him a major threat in the eyes of the Immortal Gods. He is increasingly treated as a dangerous obstacle to their long-term plans.
• Solod: His arrogance and sensitivity to rank are exposed when he reacts violently to Borshu’s criticism. He quickly becomes anxious when he realizes that he has misunderstood the Immortal Gods’ true objectives and attempts to recover politically.
• Genghis Khan: Demonstrates his strategic superiority and authority by openly correcting Solod. He understands that the alliance’s real purpose is manipulation and balance, not simple conquest.
• Luo Tian God Emperor: Reveals himself as calculating and politically skilled. He turns the assassination of Xiao Ying into a supposedly public, strategic decision while ensuring that other factions will bear the direct responsibility.
• Princess Yunmiao: Shows caution and moral awareness by recognizing that Luo Tian may be motivated by personal vengeance. Her warning also suggests concern for the consequences of killing Xiao Ying.
• Borshu: Though looked down upon by Solod, he correctly identifies the flaw in Solod’s proposal and gains implicit support from Genghis Khan.

Significant Themes

• Political manipulation and hidden agendas: The apparent war against Great Huan conceals the Immortal Gods’ larger plan to maintain a controlled, endless conflict.
• Power balanced by strategy: Even overwhelming strength cannot act freely when political alliances, ceremonies, and long-term objectives constrain every faction.
• Manufactured justification: The chapter emphasizes that when leaders are determined to condemn someone, evidence is unnecessary; an excuse can always be invented.
• Public duty versus private revenge: Luo Tian claims strategic necessity while Princess Yunmiao suspects personal motives, highlighting the gap between stated policy and actual intention.
• Distrust and isolation: Xiao Ying’s exclusion from the ceremony’s diplomatic activity foreshadows betrayal and demonstrates how alliances conceal hostility behind formal appearances.

Character Interactions

• Solod and Borshu clash over military authority, with Solod treating Borshu as inferior and Borshu’s criticism exposing Solod’s lack of strategic understanding.
• Genghis Khan intervenes to support Borshu and firmly rebukes Solod’s narrow-minded proposal.
• Solod tries to appease the Immortal Gods after realizing his mistake, while Luo Tian gives him partial reassurance before revealing a more complicated plan.
• Princess Yunmiao confronts Luo Tian indirectly, accusing him of sacrificing public interests for personal motives. Luo Tian responds diplomatically rather than admitting his true feelings.
• The Immortal Gods collectively distance themselves from Xiao Ying, coordinating an assassination while maintaining the appearance of political neutrality.

After more than a week of waiting at Purple Yew Castle, Xiao Ying took a small group into Irkutsk Imperial City, where Badro Qianluo approached them at a restaurant. Xiao Ying killed Badro with a single sweep, leaving his powerful demonic guards to confront the group.

• Lü Zhi suspected the Mongol Faction was withholding supplies to force Xiao Ying and his companions out of Purple Yew Castle, but Xiao Ying decided they should go sightseeing.
• Xiao Ying left Arrow God Huang Zhong in charge of the guards and formation, then explored Irkutsk Imperial City with Lü Zhi, Sun Shangxiang, Xiao Dieyi, and others.
• Xiao Ying's group visited the crowded Ulan Yide Restaurant and recognized a group of powerful demonic cultivators from the Indian Demon Army.
• Badro Qianluo, son of the Qianluo King of the Peacock Celestial Dynasty, approached the group and leered at the three women.
• Xiao Ying challenged Badro's claims and killed him with a sweep of his hand, despite the demonic cultivators shouting for him to stop.

Xiao Ying’s party returned to Purple Yew Castle after killing Badro and his guards, where they prepared for an expected siege. Tens of thousands of allied forces gathered outside, and Xiao Ying ordered his forces to attack anyone who breached the castle.

• Xiao Ying killed Badro with a single distant strike, then joined Sun Shangxiang in killing Badro’s guards as the guests fled.
• Sun Shangxiang concluded that Badro’s provocation had been a trap to draw Xiao Ying’s party out of the castle, and Xiao Ying ordered everyone back to Purple Yew Castle and contacted Calamity God Emperor Arthas.
• After Xiao Ying’s party returned to the castle, Eunuch Qiu reported that they had contacted Calamity God Emperor Arthas and Lü Fengxian.
• Xiao Ying sensed a large force gathering around the castle and ordered the Great Huan forces to proceed against Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• The Qianluo King and Khufu demanded audiences with Xiao Ying, while Xiao Ying ordered Huang Zhong to kill anyone who breached the castle.
• Huang Zhong rejected the besiegers’ accusations and challenged them to fight rather than stage a public show.

Xiao Ying faced a coalition outside Purple Yew Castle that used Badro’s death to vilify Great Huan and refused to disperse. After the Great Huan Forbidden Guard struck the crowd, Xiao Ying decided to act, but discovered Irkutsk Imperial City had been sealed and he could not teleport out.

• Khufu denounced Xiao Ying for killing Badro and rallied the assembled forces with accusations of injustice.
• Xiao Ying ordered the crowd to disperse within a hundred breaths and told the Calamity God Emperor and Lake Baikal Navy to prepare to strike.
• When Dao Ancestor Hongjun continued stalling, Xiao Ying ordered his capture and house arrest, or his death if capture proved difficult.
• After the deadline passed, Huang Zhong ordered the Great Huan Forbidden Guard to attack, killing hundreds, while the crowd retreated but kept shouting accusations.
• Xiao Ying decided to leave Purple Yew Castle and discovered that Irkutsk Imperial City had been sealed against teleportation.

Chapter Summary: When Fate Had Run Its Course

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Ying discovers that the Mongol Faction and Immortal-God Faction have joined forces to seal Irkutsk Imperial City with a massive formation. The city has become an isolated world, preventing teleportation, communication through Message Talismans, and escape by conventional means.
• The enemy’s earlier provocations—especially Qianluo King’s verbal attacks and the battles outside the fortress—are revealed to have been deliberate distractions designed to buy time while the sealing formation was prepared.
• Great Huan has lost the initiative. Its forces had been using the apparent stalemate to coordinate distant troops and await Xiao Ying’s final orders, but the opposing factions acted first and successfully trapped them.
• While the others express regret and anxiety, Xiao Ying remains outwardly calm, claiming that he had anticipated such a possibility and possessed a contingency plan.
• Sun Shangxiang suddenly reveals that she has awakened memories and power from her former identity as a Buddhist Great Adept. She has cultivated multiple Daos simultaneously and condensed multiple Dao Fruits, concealing her true nature until this moment.
• She offers Xiao Ying three choices:
  1. She will publicly protect the Great Huan Immortal Kingdom for ten thousand years.
  2. She will rescue Xiao Ying and everyone with him from the sealed city.
  3. She will safely transport all Great Huan citizens carrying Pangu Will to Nine-Dragon Island.
• Xiao Ying refuses to choose among these options, insisting that his long struggle was meant to protect both Great Huan’s people and its government. Choosing only one would render much of his previous effort meaningless.
• Sun Shangxiang warns him that powerful Great Adepts have become involved and that the current crisis is more dangerous than he realizes. She also announces that she must soon depart because her presence has been noticed.
• Xiao Ying, hurt by the collapse of their personal relationship into a mere karmic transaction, asks her to leave behind her method of cultivating multiple Daos so their karma can be fully severed.
• Sun Shangxiang gives him the technique she created, the Eightfold Majestic Virtue Wheel-Turning Technique, which permits the cultivation of eight Daos and the condensation of eight Dao Fruits. She reveals that she has already approached the ultimate ninth Dao.
• Despite claiming that their relationship is only karma, Sun Shangxiang admits indirectly that settling karma does not necessarily require them to become complete strangers.

Character Developments

• Xiao Ying: Maintains composure under extreme pressure and refuses to sacrifice either Great Huan’s people or its political foundation. His confidence suggests he has another escape plan, but his emotional reaction to Sun Shangxiang shows that her betrayal—or emotional detachment—deeply affects him.
• Sun Shangxiang: Undergoes the chapter’s greatest transformation. Her previously gentle, youthful, and seemingly obedient persona gives way to the majesty of an awakened Great Adept. She becomes emotionally distant, highly pragmatic, and conscious of her superior status and power. Nevertheless, traces of her current-life emotions remain.
• Lü Zhi and Eunuch Qiu: Recognize their failure to anticipate the enemy’s deception. Their concern reflects the strategic disadvantage Great Huan now faces.
• Lan Ge: His impulsive temperament is highlighted when he initially fails to understand the significance of the city-wide seal, then angrily recognizes how the enemy manipulated them.
• The Great Huan faction: Shifts from confidence and strategic preparation to uncertainty after realizing that the enemy has successfully seized the initiative.

Significant Themes

• Fate, karma, and emotional detachment: Sun Shangxiang views her relationship with Xiao Ying primarily as unfinished karma rather than love, forcing Xiao Ying to confront the impermanence of personal bonds.
• The conflict between personal ties and larger responsibilities: Xiao Ying refuses to save only himself or only Great Huan’s citizens because his mission has always encompassed the entire dynasty.
• Strategic deception and initiative: The chapter emphasizes that apparent inaction and meaningless provocation can conceal a larger military operation. Great Huan’s failure lies not in strength but in allowing the enemy to dictate the timing.
• Power and qualification: Sun Shangxiang’s hidden identity places her far above Xiao Ying’s current level, and she makes clear that he is not yet powerful enough to learn her true identity.
• The solitary nature of cultivation: Sun Shangxiang insists that the Great Dao must be walked individually, and that each person must bear the consequences of their own choices.
• Hidden identities and awakening: Characters may possess depths and loyalties concealed beneath their apparent personalities, with Sun Shangxiang’s awakening radically altering the balance of power.

Important Character Interactions

• Xiao Ying, Lü Zhi, Sun Shangxiang, Lan Ge, and Eunuch Qiu discuss the city’s sealing and realize they have been deceived by the enemy’s distractions.
• Sun Shangxiang takes control of the conversation, shocking everyone with her commanding tone and superior aura.
• Xiao Ying deliberately asks for Sun Shangxiang’s opinion, both testing her and acknowledging the power she has revealed.
• Their exchange gradually strips away the remaining pretense of a marital relationship: Sun Shangxiang frames their connection as a matter of karma, while Xiao Ying challenges her emotional indifference.
• Xiao Ying’s request for her cultivation method becomes an attempt to settle their relationship definitively. Sun Shangxiang complies but leaves open the possibility that resolving karma does not require total estrangement.

Chapter Summary: “Storming the Forbidden City”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Sun Shangxiang abruptly departs after giving Xiao Ying three jade slips:
  1. Eightfold Majestic Virtue Wheel-Turning Technique, which allows simultaneous cultivation of eight Daos and the condensation of eight Dao Fruits.
  2. Karmic Flame Treasure Wheel, a powerful Buddhist technique that turns karma, merit, and baleful energy into a destructive Dharma wheel.
  3. Three Lives Nine Revolutions Buddhist Canon, an incomplete theoretical fusion of Three Lives Buddhist arts and Sun Shangxiang’s reincarnated insights.
• Xiao Ying recognizes the value of the techniques, particularly for improving his self-created Cosmic Reincarnation Scripture and pursuing transcendence.
• He gives the Eightfold technique to Lü Zhi, suggesting that she study it to compensate for the Fate Dao’s lack of powerful combat methods.
• With the Great Huan forces surrounded inside the sealed Irkutsk Imperial City, Xiao Ying orders the Forbidden Guard to withdraw from the fortress.
• Rather than waiting to be overwhelmed, he decides to launch a surprise assault and cripple the city, reasoning that the enemy’s complete blockade makes a concentrated attack easier.
• Xiao Ying teleports himself and nearly two thousand allies into the city center, near the Ulan Yide Restaurant.
• He immediately uses the Emperor Pagoda Suppression, destroying the restaurant, its defensive formation, and several surrounding buildings, causing massive casualties.
• Xiao Ying then publicly declares that Genghis Khan and the Great Khan have plotted against the Heaven Lord and commands the Great Huan forces to “Slaughter the city!”, initiating widespread chaos and bloodshed.

Character Developments

• Xiao Ying demonstrates his willingness to prioritize his personal Great Dao path and long-term transcendence over conventional strategic or political concerns. He also reveals great confidence in his ability to survive the city assault.
• He shows decisive, ruthless leadership by choosing an unexpected offensive rather than remaining trapped in a defensive position.
• Sun Shangxiang reveals that she has deeply understood Xiao Ying’s ambitions and provides techniques specifically suited to his cultivation and future development. Her sudden departure suggests both emotional restraint and a firm decision to settle their karma without remaining entangled.
• Lü Zhi receives the opportunity to broaden her cultivation. Although famed for strategy and authority, she is acknowledged to possess limited direct combat ability, making the Eightfold technique potentially important for her growth.
• Eunuch Qiu remains obedient and reliable, carrying out Xiao Ying’s unexpected orders without questioning them.
• Huang Zhong and the other Great Huan commanders quickly adapt to Xiao Ying’s plan and prepare their forces for the assault.

Significant Themes

• The conflict between breadth and specialization: Xiao Ying explains that mastering many paths can leave one less powerful than a cultivator who specializes in a single Dao. True strength requires deep integration and mastery, not merely possessing numerous techniques.
• The pursuit of transcendence: Xiao Ying’s actions are driven by his desire to perfect the Cosmic Reincarnation Scripture and surpass the limitations of the Imperial Dao.
• Fate and personal choice: Sun Shangxiang leaves after making her own cultivation decision, while Xiao Ying likewise chooses the path he believes offers the greatest chance of ultimate achievement.
• Desperation turning into aggression: Being surrounded and sealed off forces Xiao Ying to abandon cautious strategy and adopt a destructive, all-or-nothing attack.
• Power and political legitimacy: Xiao Ying frames the assault as retaliation for the Great Khan’s treachery, using a public proclamation to justify violence and rally Great Huan forces.
• The limits of individual power versus overwhelming numbers: Although the enemy has a vast army and a powerful sealing formation, Xiao Ying relies on mobility, surprise, and concentrated force to disrupt their advantage.

Character Interactions

• Sun Shangxiang and Xiao Ying have a brief but meaningful final exchange, with her giving him valuable techniques while implying that settling their karma does not require complete estrangement.
• Lü Zhi questions Xiao Ying’s decision to reject Sun Shangxiang’s other options and later expresses concern over his plan to attack the city.
• Xiao Ying explains his cultivation philosophy to Lü Zhi and entrusts her with the Eightfold technique.
• He reassures Lü Zhi and the others that their absent allies—Calamity God Emperor, Marquis Ji Shi, Chen Gong, and the Protector Witch King—will recognize the danger and launch a rescue or counterattack.
• Xiao Ying gives direct orders to Eunuch Qiu, Huang Zhong, and the Forbidden Guard, transforming the group from a besieged force into an attacking army.
• The chapter ends with Xiao Ying’s command to massacre the city, marking a dramatic escalation between Great Huan and the Great Khan’s forces.

Xiao Ying and the Great Huan forces rampaged through Irkutsk Imperial City, killing indiscriminately and destroying a quarter of its central district to provoke chaos and undermine the factions besieging them. Genghis Khan confronted Xiao Ying, who blamed the siege on his enemies and attacked; God Emperor Luo Tian arrived and unleashed the Great Sealing Technique.

• Xiao Ying led the Great Huan forces in a destructive assault across Irkutsk Imperial City, while Xiao Dieyi, Huang Zhong, and the others slaughtered residents and razed buildings.
• Xiao Ying used his Imperial Domain, the Heaven-Supporting Emperor Pagoda, the Mountain-Splitting Axe, and three Innate Five-Element Banners to devastate the city as crowds panicked and tried to flee.
• Genghis Khan arrived and condemned Xiao Ying for massacring innocents, while Xiao Ying claimed the enemy had sealed the city to assassinate him and warned that Great Huan's armies would retaliate.
• Xiao Ying attacked Genghis Khan and his companions with the Heaven-Supporting Emperor Pagoda, but their combined magical attacks stopped its advance.
• God Emperor Luo Tian arrived, quelled some of the city's chaos with his radiance, and declared that Xiao Ying would die before invoking the Great Sealing Technique.

Xiao Ying survived God Emperor Luo Tian’s Great Sealing Technique by relying on his Golden Devil Body, but Luo Mo Yin turned against him and offered a reward for his death. As enemies swarmed him, Xiao Ying charged into the imperial city with the Mountain-Splitting Axe, determined to fight his way to survival.

• God Emperor Luo Tian activated a jade talisman’s Great Sealing Technique while Lü Zhi struck him and Genghis Khan with the Heaven-Destroying Finger, gravely wounding both before Xiao Ying brought her into his treasure.
• The sealing power stripped Xiao Ying of his magical power and Witch Clan manifestation, but he endured in his Golden Devil Body.
• Luo Mo Yin exposed Xiao Ying’s strength and offered rewards to anyone who killed him, prompting the gathered enemies to attack.
• Xiao Ying charged toward the center of the imperial city with the Mountain-Splitting Axe, vowing to carve a path to survival.

Chapter Summary: “Facing the World Alone”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Ying, stripped of his magic power by the Great Sealing Technique, charges directly into Irkutsk Imperial City with only his physical strength and the Heaven-Opening/Mountain-Splitting Axe.
• He uses a single powerful axe strike to scatter the overwhelming barrage of techniques and weapons surrounding him. This allows him to gain a deeper understanding of the principle of “one force breaking ten thousand techniques.”
• Although his strength makes him extremely difficult to injure, the sheer number of attacks gradually begins to affect him. Xiao Ying realizes that even seemingly negligible attacks can become dangerous when accumulated, much like ants killing an elephant or water wearing through stone.
• He then launches himself through the enemy ranks, killing or crippling countless soldiers and crashing through buildings. The destruction causes widespread casualties and reduces a prosperous section of the imperial city to ruins.
• Hades, Lord of the Underworld, attacks Xiao Ying with the Sword of Darkness and later unleashes the Underworld Prison Storm. However, Xiao Ying repeatedly escapes through nearby buildings before the attacks can hit him.
• Hades taunts Xiao Ying for refusing to fight directly, but Xiao Ying ignores him and deliberately avoids a head-on confrontation. He relies on movement, timing, and his heightened danger instinct instead.
• Genghis Khan, badly wounded but temporarily stabilized by divine medicine, commands the Mongol forces to attack Xiao Ying at any cost. The soldiers obey him more readily than Hades because they are fighting within Mongol-controlled territory.
• The continuous bombardment destroys much of the city and kills countless civilians, yet still fails to stop Xiao Ying. His enemies begin to realize that he is deliberately stalling for time.
• You Qingcan, the cautious young master of the Ghost Race, warns that the Great Huan Celestial Dynasty may soon launch an all-out assault. He urges the powerful Descended Immortal Gods and other major figures to personally intervene rather than relying on ordinary troops.

Character Developments

• Xiao Ying: Demonstrates extraordinary courage, resilience, and adaptability. Losing his magic power forces him to rely entirely on his body, allowing him to deepen his understanding of physical strength and the “one force breaking ten thousand techniques” principle. He also shows tactical intelligence by refusing Hades’s provocation and using evasive movement to survive.
• Hades: Becomes increasingly furious and frustrated as his attacks repeatedly miss. Despite his threats, he hesitates to confront Xiao Ying personally, revealing that his anger masks caution and fear.
• Genghis Khan: Though severely wounded and near death, he retains enough authority to command the battlefield. His orders redirect the Mongol forces’ loyalty and intensify the assault.
• You Qingcan: Acts as the rational and strategic voice among the enemy leaders. He recognizes that the current approach is ineffective and understands the larger political and military danger posed by Xiao Ying’s stalling tactics.
• Luo Tian God Emperor and the other peak experts: Their initial shock and hesitation emphasize how dangerous Xiao Ying remains even without magic power.

Significant Themes

• Strength through adversity: Xiao Ying’s loss of magic power becomes a source of insight, revealing that setbacks can lead to new breakthroughs.
• The relationship between technique and physical force: The chapter presents abilities and strength as complementary opposites, comparable to yin and yang. When one overwhelmingly surpasses the other, it can suppress countless opposing techniques.
• Accumulation and limits of “invincibility”: No one is truly immune to harm. Small attacks become significant when repeated often enough, emphasizing endurance, attrition, and the principle that accumulated force produces qualitative change.
• Strategy over pride: Xiao Ying rejects the expectation that he should fight honorably or directly. His willingness to evade and exploit the environment contrasts with Hades’s emotional demands for a “fair” confrontation.
• The human cost of war: The enemy’s indiscriminate attacks devastate the city and kill innocent residents, showing how the pursuit of Xiao Ying threatens everyone around him.
• Time and deception: Xiao Ying’s constant movement is not merely defensive; he is intentionally delaying the enemy, while the opposing leaders race to determine their next move.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Ying and Hades: Hades repeatedly provokes Xiao Ying, calling him cowardly for hiding. Xiao Ying silently mocks this demand for a direct battle and continues evading him, turning their interaction into a clash between emotional pride and practical strategy.
• Hades and the enemy troops: Hades orders the troops to attack without restraint, but his authority is weakened by his own unwillingness to engage Xiao Ying directly.
• Genghis Khan and the Mongol forces: Genghis Khan’s command overrides the hesitation of the battlefield and prompts the Mongol soldiers to launch another massive assault, even at the cost of civilian lives.
• You Qingcan and the other leaders: You Qingcan challenges the reliance on ordinary troops and urges the powerful immortals and gods to take action before the Great Huan counterattack begins.
• Xiao Ying and the city’s inhabitants: Although he does not directly target civilians, Xiao Ying’s pursuit through the city and the enemy’s indiscriminate attacks leave large areas devastated and innocent people dead.

With Xiao Ying sealed and Great Huan’s reinforcements expected, the Descended Immortal Gods launched an all-out assault on him in Irkutsk Imperial City. Xiao Ying slaughtered wave after wave of attackers, while Genghis Khan watched the city’s destruction in anguish.

• You Qingcan urged the factions to attack Xiao Ying before Great Huan’s reinforcements arrived, and Buddha King Tongjue announced that Buddhist cultivators would not join the assault.
• Long Changqiu transformed into a Golden Giant Dragon and leveled the area around Xiao Ying with his dragon roar, killing countless civilians and soldiers.
• Long Changqiu and dozens of Descended Immortal Gods attacked Xiao Ying, but Xiao Ying blocked Long Changqiu’s claw with the Mountain-Splitting Axe and withstood the other assaults.
• Fire God Ottos struck Xiao Ying from behind, but Xiao Ying killed him with an elbow blow that shattered his divine godhead.
• Xiao Ying tore open a four-armed member of the Tianjia Devil Race and crushed his heart, then fought through successive waves of immortals and gods, leaving their corpses across the city.
• Genghis Khan recovered enough to witness the devastation of Irkutsk Imperial City and wondered aloud whether this was what a war between immortals and gods looked like.

After the descended immortal gods pressured Genghis Khan to join the fight, he ordered the Mongol forces to attack Xiao Ying using battle formations. Xiao Ying broke through the Sky Wolf Fierce Cavalry’s formation and began cutting down its riders and mounts, leaving the battle in chaos.

• Genghis Khan surveyed Irkutsk Imperial City’s devastation while Borshu and Chilaowen warned that the immortal-god war threatened the world and would bring severe consequences.
• God Emperor Luo Tian demanded that Genghis Khan mobilize his armies to encircle and destroy Xiao Ying, and threatened those who refused.
• Genghis Khan ordered the Mongol troops to advance in battle formations, and elite legions from across the Mongol Celestial Dynasty gathered around the battlefield.
• Chilaowen led thirty thousand Sky Wolf Fierce Cavalry in the Sky Wolf God-Devouring Formation and charged Xiao Ying.
• Xiao Ying struck the formation’s battle aspect with the Mountain-Splitting Axe, entered the ranks, and slaughtered riders and wolves until the formation fell into chaos.

Xiao Ying fought on while the Descended Immortal Gods and elite armies turned the battlefield into a slaughter, using the Sky Wolf Fierce Cavalry as expendable bait. As other cavalry charged toward him, the Great Huan Immortal Guards arrived in Irkutsk Imperial City.

• Xiao Ying fought into the Sky Wolf Fierce Cavalry formation, forcing the surrounding elite cavalry to hesitate rather than risk hitting their own troops.
• You Qingcan unleashed Myriad Ghosts Devour the Gods, killing large numbers of Sky Wolf riders and sending their mounts and the surrounding armies into chaos.
• God Emperor Luo Tian promised a vast bounty to anyone who touched Xiao Ying, and Borshu ordered the troops to charge after Genghis Khan nodded.
• Qubilai ordered the Keshig Guard to fire the Ten Thousand Locusts Devour Heaven Formation, and arrows killed most of the Sky Wolf Fierce Cavalry.
• The Silver Emperor, Sky Wolf Emperor, Ice Emperor, and other leaders sent their melee cavalry charging toward Xiao Ying.
• The Great Huan Immortal Guards arrived in Irkutsk Imperial City amid a tremendous roar that shook the city.

As the Great Huan Immortal Guards battered Irkutsk Imperial City's formation, the Descended Immortal Gods argued over their failed attempt to kill Xiao Ying and whether to continue the assault. God Emperor Luo Tian urged them to strike together and revealed the Great Wings of Light, leaving the confrontation poised to intensify.

• The Great Huan Immortal Guards attacked Irkutsk Imperial City's formation, alarming Princess Yunmiao and the other representatives.
• God Emperor Luo Tian said their plot could not be abandoned, while Hades blamed Luo Mo for underestimating Xiao Ying's Golden Devil Body.
• Luo Mo urged the representatives to use their full strength, and Hades challenged him and God Emperor Luo Tian over their hidden knowledge and motives.
• God Emperor Luo Tian argued that Xiao Ying's Great Sealing Technique made war unavoidable, and You Qingcan pressed him to reveal his Dao Artifact.
• Luo Mo summoned a sinister devil saber, and God Emperor Luo Tian manifested his twenty-four-winged Great Wings of Light.

God Emperor Luo Tian used the Great Wings of Light to revive and heal thousands of defenders, then turned his power against Xiao Ying. With his magical power sealed and the city still cut off from rescue, Xiao Ying faced increasingly dangerous attacks before a sea of clouds engulfed him.

• God Emperor Luo Tian revealed the Great Wings of Light and used the Great Resurrection Spell to revive around a hundred thousand people and restore many wounded soldiers.
• Genghis Khan and the other faction leaders realized the Descended Immortal Gods could reverse battlefield losses, while Princess Yunmiao and You Qingcan recognized that Luo Tian relied on the wings for the resurrection spell.
• Xiao Ying continued fighting with the Mountain-Splitting Axe and the Frenzied Demon Eighteen Battles as the revived enemy troops attacked with greater ferocity.
• God Emperor Luo Tian struck Xiao Ying with a barrage of light that blasted him backward, while Luo Mo*Yin nearly killed him with a black saber strike.
• Xiao Ying found no sign that the city-sealing formation would break before reinforcements arrived, and an endless sea of clouds descended to engulf him.

Xiao Ying struggled to escape the Vast Cloud Sea while the immortals and gods battered him with attacks that wounded his body and soul. As he knelt near defeat, a golden bridge crashed into Irkutsk Imperial City, interrupting the battle.

• Trapped in the Vast Cloud Sea, Xiao Ying received covert escape directions from Princess Yunmiao but could not leave before her first opening passed.
• After Princess Yunmiao guided Xiao Ying to the Qian gate, he escaped the cloud formation and struck its eastern side, sacrificing her Vast Cloud Sea treasure.
• Hades revealed that his Underworld Lord's Sword had wounded Xiao Ying's soul, while Luo Moyin, God Emperor Luo Tian, Long Changqiu, and others continued their assault.
• God Emperor Luo Tian used the Grand Prophecy Technique to immobilize Xiao Ying, allowing the enemy leaders to land a barrage that nearly cut him in two.
• Princess Yunmiao urged the badly wounded Xiao Ying to surrender, but a golden bridge pierced heaven and earth and crashed into Irkutsk Imperial City.

The Golden Sea Dragon broke the formation around Irkutsk Imperial City and rescued the gravely injured Xiao Ying, exposing the attackers’ failure to account for Great Huan’s national fortune. After the dragon and the Other Shore Golden Bridge vanished, Xiao Ying’s forces found that the Great Sealing Technique prevented them from healing him, while God Emperor Luo Tian moved to keep them from escaping.

• The Other Shore Golden Bridge suppressed the attacks on Xiao Ying, shattered the city’s formation, and revealed the enormous Golden Sea Dragon overhead.
• God Emperor Luo Tian realized that Great Huan’s national fortune had summoned its National Guardian Beast to protect Xiao Ying.
• Silver Wing, the Heaven Desolation Witch King, and the Great Huan Immortal Guards reached Xiao Ying and discovered that the Great Sealing Technique repelled healing magic.
• The Golden Sea Dragon and the Other Shore Golden Bridge withdrew, apparently intercepted by a powerful being in the Upper Realm.
• Buddha King Tongjue reported that the Great Huan Navy would take at least six hours to arrive, and Hades urged the attackers to finish the fight.
• God Emperor Luo Tian signaled the immortal gods and ordered the Great Huan forces to stay.

God Emperor Luo Tian and the Descended Immortal Gods prepared to fight the Great Huan Immortal Guards, while Xiao Ying remained sealed and gravely wounded. A mysterious heavenly edict lifted the seal, and the power he had earned from his earlier kills surged into him, raising him to the Spirit Dao Realm.

• God Emperor Luo Tian surrounded the Great Huan Immortal Guards, but Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha arrived with reinforcements and warned that the Great Huan forces could not be kept there.
• Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha told Xiao Ying that only another Great Dao divine ability could undo the Great Sealing Technique, and Xiao Ying told his followers to prioritize the bigger picture and stand ready to fight.
• Genghis Khan urged God Emperor Luo Tian to seize the chance, so Luo Tian ordered the City-Sealing Formation raised and both sides prepared for battle.
• A colossal manifestation appeared and issued an edict to remove Xiao Ying's seal; the Great Dispersal Art struck him and lifted it.
• Xiao Ying regained his power, absorbed the accumulated feedback from the immortal gods he had killed, broke through to the Spirit Dao Realm, and declared that he was no longer leaving.

Xiao Ying revealed that he had let the Immortal-God Faction attack first so he could declare the eternal covenant broken and start the final war. As both sides mobilized their forces, Xiao Ying’s assault forced the Immortal-God Faction into a defensive formation.

• Xiao Ying healed his wounds, donned his armor, and told God Emperor Luo Tian that he had come to provoke the Immortal-God Faction into striking first.
• Xiao Ying used the Grand Edict Art to summon Great Huan’s forces to Irkutsk Imperial City and order them to kill any Descended Immortal Gods they encountered.
• Xiao Ying attacked the Demon-Sealing God-Slaying Myriad Immortals Formation, killing three Descended Immortal Gods as Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha, the Heaven Desolation Witch King, and the Kṣitigarbha King joined the assault.
• God Emperor Luo Tian ordered an immediate full-scale offensive, called for reinforcements from the Upper Realm, and commanded the immortals and gods to form the Nine Heavens Ten Lands Myriad Immortals Formation.
• Xiao Ying used the Heaven-Earth Bell to shatter message talismans and killed anyone who left the enemy formation, forcing the Immortal-God Faction to hold its defensive position.