Chapter Summaries

Zhou Yi fought Shanwen after the reincarnated Arhat claimed his Thunder Lotus, but Shanwen used the Prajna Self-Sacrifice Curse to merge his Buddhist Dharma into Zhou Yi’s soul. Unable to escape the curse, Zhou Yi discovered his Chaotic Star Sea Other Self had died and used the Gateway to Myriad Wonders to travel to another world.

• Zhou Yi attacked Shanwen with the Myriad Law Divine Light after Shanwen claimed the Thunder Lotus for the Buddhist Sect.
• Shanwen endured Zhou Yi’s attacks and invoked the Prajna Self-Sacrifice Curse, leaving behind an Arhat Origin that entered Zhou Yi’s glabella.
• Yuhong Daoist realized Shanwen had died and his own death tribulation had passed, while a scholar in Jiangnan condemned the Buddhist Sect’s forced conversion.
• Zhou Yi discovered the Prajna Bodhi talent was fusing with his soul and began closed-door cultivation at the Kunlun Sect.
• Zhou Yi learned that his Other Self in the Chaotic Star Sea had died in a spatial storm, then searched for and traveled to another Other Self.

Zhou Yi possessed the body of the living Crown Prince of Han and began adapting to life in a mortal dynasty with his intact primordial spirit. After learning the emperor had summoned the vassal kings’ crown princes, he suspected the emperor sought to prolong his life and called for General Feng.

• Zhou Yi subdued the Crown Prince of Han’s soul, sealed it in a Soul Pearl, and took control of his body.
• He inspected the Gateway to Myriad Wonders and confirmed his primordial spirit, Origin, and cultivation arts gave him major advantages in this world.
• Zhou Yi reforged the damaged Calming Jade Pendant into two Jade Talismans bearing Yin Thunder and Earth Escape abilities.
• He used Origin to restore the crown prince’s frail body and learned the emperor had summoned the vassal kings’ crown princes to the capital.
• Zhou Yi suspected the heirless emperor wanted to extend his lifespan, then asked Qiuxiang to summon General Feng.

Zhou Yi’s convoy was attacked by six winged Strange People, whom he and Feng Tian subdued. After discovering the emperor had ordered the attackers created as part of a lifespan-extending scheme, Zhou Yi offered Feng Tian a dangerous cultivation method to refine their blood and qi.

• Feng Tian told Zhou Yi the convoy was three to five days from Luojing, then spotted six winged Strange People approaching and raised the alarm.
• The Strange People attacked the convoy, killing many guards, while Feng Tian fought to protect Zhou Yi.
• Zhou Yi used his Purple Jade Thunder Talisman to badly wound one attacker and his Divine Sense to disable the others, while Feng Tian knocked them unconscious.
• Zhou Yi searched a Strange Person’s soul and learned the emperor had obtained a lifespan-extending method from the Imperial Preceptor that involved refining royal bloodlines.
• Zhou Yi offered Feng Tian a dangerous cultivation method for refining and devouring blood and qi so Feng Tian could use it on the six demon men.

Zhou Yi reached Luojing and discovered that the capital lacked the protection of destiny, leaving it open to cultivators and demonic influence. As he began investigating the connection between destiny and malevolent qi and ordered Feng Tian to collect old medicinal herbs, Xuan Yuanzi learned that his Blood Slaves had failed to kill Zhou Yi.

• Zhou Yi gave Feng Tian the Blood Fiend Body Refining Secret Record and ordered the party to ride straight to Luojing the next morning.
• Zhou Yi arrived at Luojing, where Wuchen verified his identity and recognized the demon-blood aura surrounding Feng Tian.
• Zhou Yi saw the Immortal Seeking Platform and learned that Xuan Yuanzi had become the emperor’s Imperial Preceptor.
• Zhou Yi found that Luojing had no destiny to suppress cultivators, and ordered Feng Tian to obtain every medicinal herb in the city that was over a hundred years old.
• Wuchen reported to Xuan Yuanzi that the Blood Slaves sent to kill Zhou Yi had been slain, and Xuan Yuanzi told him to focus on cultivating and reviving the Blood Refining Hall.

Zhou Yi completed the first transformation of God-Demon Body Refining and rapidly advanced his cultivation, alarming Luojing’s cultivators and drawing the attention of Imperial Preceptor Xuan Yuan. At the palace banquet, Zhou Yi began challenging Xuan Yuan’s authority by making Daoists ahead of him leave their seats in succession.

• Zhou Yi consumed the Han Royal Mansion’s medicinal stores and completed the first transformation of God-Demon Body Refining, then gathered spiritual energy to reach the middle stage of Qi Induction into Body.
• Feng Tian witnessed the spiritual energy upheaval, and Xuan Yuan sensed that a powerful Upper Clarity Realm Qi Practitioner had arrived in Luojing.
• Zhou Yi told Feng Tian to take spiritual materials from Xuan Yuan Temple for a Spirit Gathering Array, then learned that the Emperor had summoned the Crown Princes to a palace banquet.
• Zhou Yi rode to the palace and found hidden martial experts and cultivators accompanying the Crown Princes of Qin and Chu.
• At the banquet, Xuan Yuan assigned Zhou Yi a seat at the end of the Daoists’ row, but Zhou Yi made Wu Chi, Wu Xiao, and Wu Ling clutch their stomachs and leave, moving himself up the row each time.

At the palace banquet, Zhou Yi challenged Imperial Preceptor Xuan Yuan’s claims and mocked the Crown Princes’ prospects for cultivation. He cursed Zhou Ran to demonstrate his power, and Xuan Yuan eventually removed the curse with a bronze mirror.

• Zhou Yi took a prominent seat and insulted Xuan Yuan, who replied calmly despite the provocation.
• Crown Princes Zhou Yun and Zhou Ran arrived, and Xuan Yuan offered them honored seats and the Evergreen Scripture.
• Emperor Zhou Ye welcomed Zhou Yi, but Xuan Yuan dismissed his claim to pursue the Great Path of Longevity, turning the emperor against him.
• Zhou Yi declared that Zhou Ran and Zhou Yun lacked Spiritual Roots, then challenged Xuan Yuan to demonstrate his Dao arts.
• Zhou Yi cursed Zhou Ran with the Five Punishments Piercing Heart Method, and Xuan Yuan used a bronze mirror to dispel it after his first attempt only briefly eased the pain.

Zhou Yi discovered that the Gateway to Myriad Wonders stirred when he read of the Azure Cloud Sect’s Immortal Slaying Sword, prompting him to leave the palace. Meanwhile, Xuan Yuan maneuvered to expand the Blood Refining Hall’s influence through the Great Zhou succession struggle by gaining the support of the Crown Princes of Qin and Chu.

• At the palace banquet, Zhou Yi bested Xuan Yuan in magical combat, and Emperor Zhou Ye granted him access to the Hall of Literary Observation.
• Zhou Yi read accounts of the Azure Cloud Sect and its Immortal Slaying Sword, awakening the Gateway to Myriad Wonders and sending him hurrying away.
• After Zhou Yi returned to the Han Royal Mansion, Feng Tian reported that Daoists from Xuan Yuan Temple had delivered materials for the Spirit Gathering Array.
• Xuan Yuan persuaded Zhou Ran to supply spirit medicines to Emperor Zhou and support Xuan Yuan Temple branches in King Qin’s fief in exchange for help securing the Crown Prince position.
• Wuchen reported that Zhou Yun had also agreed to help build temples in King Chu’s fief, advancing Xuan Yuan’s plan to expand the Blood Refining Hall through the vassal kingdoms.

After a year in seclusion, Zhou Yi emerged at Grand Clarity Realm and attacked Xuan Yuan Temple, killing Xuan Yuan and the temple’s Daoists. He began searching the ruins for cultivation scriptures and information about the Immortal Slaying Sword.

• Xuan Yuan and Wuchen planned to isolate Zhou Yi by letting the Han Royal Mansion become embroiled in trouble, while Zhou Ye took Xuan Yuan’s spirit pills and summoned imperial clansmen to supply more ingredients.
• Zhou Yi finished a year of secluded cultivation, emerged at midnight, and ordered Feng Tian to gather the mansion’s secret guards and surround Xuan Yuan Temple.
• Zhou Yi broke the temple’s warning formation with five-colored lightning and attacked Xuan Yuan, who unleashed a blood python and fled toward the imperial palace.
• Zhou Yi reached Grand Clarity Realm, killed the blood python, and pursued Xuan Yuan into the palace, where his lightning spear killed Xuan Yuan and destroyed much of the palace.
• Feng Tian’s guards surrounded Xuan Yuan Temple and killed its resisting Daoists, while Zhou Yi searched the ruins and found a secret chamber.

Zhou Yi discovered Xuan Yuan’s blood-refining plans and decided to build an imperial cultivation network before rivals could take it over. He exposed Xuan Yuan’s crimes at court and forced Zhou Ye to abdicate, leaving Zhou Yi poised to take control of Great Zhou.

• Zhou Yi destroyed Xuan Yuan’s blood pill and secret chamber after finding records of the Blood Refining Hall and its plans.
• Zhou Yi told Feng Tian to accompany him to court, where they would confront Zhou Ye and demand his abdication.
• Zhou Yi and Feng Tian entered the palace with guards and presented the heads of Xuan Yuan’s followers to the officials.
• Zhou Yi accused Xuan Yuan of murdering imperial kin and refining blood pills, while Zhou Ye responded with hatred and grief.
• Feng Tian demanded that Zhou Ye abdicate, and Zhou Ye signed the abdication edict after Grand Chancellor Fu Huai prepared it.
• Zhou Yi ordered Feng Tian to escort Zhou Ye to the inner palace and instructed Fu Huai to proclaim the edict and begin court.

After ascending the throne, Zhou Yi used the Heart-Questioning Technique to expose corruption throughout the court and purge most senior officials. The remaining officials pledged loyalty and vowed to restore Great Zhou, ushering in Zhou Yi’s new era.

• Fu Huai urged Zhou Yi to imprison officials linked to the demonic Daoist Xuanyuan, while another minister argued for a general amnesty.
• Zhou Yi questioned Minister of Revenue Li Xian, who confessed to embezzling over twenty-five million taels, and ordered him beaten to death.
• Zhou Yi exposed more corrupt officials and offered them leniency if they confessed and recommended clean successors; Ji Deyi confessed, and Li Min was promoted to temporarily serve as Minister of Revenue.
• Zhou Yi continued questioning the court for an hour, removing half the officials and leaving only the clean Ministries of Rites and Works untouched.
• Fu Huai and the surviving officials praised Zhou Yi and pledged to restore Great Zhou after the purge dismantled the old court factions.

The Great Zhou searched villages for immortal seedlings, and Shi Qingfeng was chosen as a fourth-grade talent and taken to Luojing. Ten years later, the Immortal Court had transformed the capital and trained its seedlings, while Azure Cloud Sect disciples Yue Liang and Wei Hong entered the city and were intercepted by Jiang Jingtong.

• Fu Cong found fourth-grade immortal seedling Shi Qingfeng in Quanshi Village and promised his family rewards and tax relief before taking him to Luojing.
• Zhou Yi established Spirit Gathering Arrays around Luojing, gathered immortal seedlings in the Hall of Inquiring Immortals, and trained them in cultivation.
• Over the next ten years, the Immortal Court expanded its power, and its gate of light began screening everyone entering Luojing for cultivation aptitude.
• Yue Liang and Wei Hong discussed the Great Zhou Immortal Court's mysterious origins and strength while waiting to enter the capital.
• The North Heaven Gate's alarm sounded when Yue Liang and Wei Hong passed through, and Jiang Jingtong of the Ministry of Rites invited Yue Liang to talk.

Zhou Yi used the Emperor's Imperial Seal to monitor North City and control its Earth Vein while considering how to expand its power across Great Zhou. At the Ministry of Rites, a dispute between Shi Qingfeng and Azure Cloud Sect disciples escalated into a sword-control contest.

• Zhou Yi learned that Yue Liang and Wei Hong of the Azure Cloud Sect had entered Luojing and arranged for Jiang Jingtong to receive them.
• Zhou Yi reflected on how he had linked North City's Earth Vein to the Emperor's Imperial Seal and considered a way to extend the seal's power throughout Great Zhou.
• Jiang Jingtong introduced Yue Liang and Wei Hong to Shi Qingfeng and Hu Yan, who explained that Great Zhou's Blood Refinement Method let soldiers wield Magical Artifacts.
• Wei Hong criticized allowing mortals to wield powerful weapons, and Shi Qingfeng challenged the Azure Cloud Sect's claims to moral and martial superiority.
• Wei Hong accepted Shi Qingfeng's proposal to compare sword-control techniques and flew his magical treasure Sheng Xie from its sheath.

Wei Hong lost the sword-riding contest, stumbled into Great Zhou’s Immortal Treasure Hall, and was caught examining a Jade Slip for the Immortal Beheading Platform. Zhou Yi ordered him imprisoned and demanded an explanation from the Azure Cloud Sect, while Yue Liang returned to Qingyun Mountain.

• Shi Qingfeng defeated Wei Hong in a sword-riding race and taunted the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Wei Hong used a pulling technique to overtake Shi Qingfeng, but a twisted void carried him into the Immortal Treasure Hall.
• Wei Hong inspected the Blood Refinement artifacts and triggered the Forbidden Seal when he read the Jade Slip for the Immortal Beheading Platform.
• Zhou Yi arrived with the Immortal Officials, and Yue Liang identified Wei Hong as his junior brother and asked that he be allowed to explain.
• Zhou Yi ordered Wei Hong sent to the Heavenly Prison and demanded an explanation from Qingyun, while Yue Liang left Luojing for Qingyun Mountain.

The Azure Cloud Sect’s leaders decided to appease Emperor Zhou rather than risk driving him toward the demonic path, and sent Chu Yuhong to deal with Wei Hong’s case. In Luojing, Zhou Yi managed the court’s affairs and ordered a realm-wide effort to map earth veins and forge Mountain River Seals, leaving the Great Zhou’s unification project underway.

• Yue Liang reported that the Great Zhou had accused Wei Hong of stealing an inheritance jade slip, and Dao Xuan concluded Emperor Zhou had set a trap to demand something from the sect.
• Dao Xuan and the peak headmasters agreed to avoid conflict with Emperor Zhou, and Dao Xuan instructed Chu Yuhong to make the trip and act cautiously.
• At court, Zhou Yi assigned cases to Immortal Officials, including recruiting an eighth-rank immortal seedling, suppressing bandits at Cold Mountain Temple, and punishing the Governor of Yangzhou for embezzlement.
• Zhou Yi ordered Immortal Officials throughout the realm to locate and survey earth veins, while the Ministry of Works focused on forging Mountain River Seals.
• Zhou Yi sent Hu Yan the Mountain River Seal refining method and directed other Immortal Officials to gather spiritual materials for the project.

Yuan Shuo received an imperial promotion to Mi River Water Lord and began refining his Ninth-Rank River Earl's Seal into the Mi River water vein. With Gu Heng observing, he gathered the river's spiritual energy into a concentrated area to establish his estate.

• Yuan Shuo prepared to receive an imperial envoy after learning he would be rewarded for his governance and recommendation of two seventh-rank immortal seedlings.
• Gu Heng arrived with an Imperial Edict promoting Yuan Shuo to Mi River Water Lord and bestowing a Ninth-Rank River Earl's Seal.
• Yuan Shuo handed Anchang County over to Qian Yuan and traveled to the Mi River with Gu Heng, Song Binzhi, and Ma Wei.
• Yuan Shuo gained Gu Heng's approval to recruit the river's peaceful aquatic demonkind as his water army.
• Yuan Shuo spent more than ten days merging the seal with the Mi River water vein, then concentrated its spiritual energy to establish his River Earl's estate.

Yuan Shuo established his Mi River water estate, recruited subordinate officials, and accepted Gu Heng’s request to appoint a clansman. In Luojing, Zhou Yi expanded the Immortal Court’s reach through linked Mountain River Seals and revealed that his true aim was to devour the world.

• Yuan Shuo suppressed the Green Carp Spirit, recruited it as the River Patrol General, and ordered it to patrol the Mi River and rescue people in danger.
• Yuan Shuo appointed Song Binzhi as Sweet Rain General and Ma Wei as Punish Evil General, then accepted Gu Heng’s spiritual crystal and promised his clansman the post of Reward Good General.
• Zhou Yi learned that Yuan Shuo had established his water estate, strengthening Zhou Yi’s control over the Mi River through the connected seals.
• Zhou Yi’s court expanded Luojing and trained thousands of cultivators, while its recruitment of immortal seeds and destruction of the Myriad Poisons Sect intensified conflict with the demonic sects.
• Zhou Yi continued linking Mountain River Seals to the imperial seal, forming an Immortal Court law net over more than one hundred fifty mountains and rivers as he prepared to devour the world.

Zhou Yi continued cultivating in Luojing and planned to remain hidden while he explored the mysteries of cultivating Essence, Qi, and Spirit together. In the Southern Border, Shi Rui and his subordinates prepared to trap Burning Incense Valley disciples over a spirit ore mine, setting the stage for a clash backed by higher powers.

• Zhou Yi used Great Zhou's resources to cultivate for twenty years, reaching roughly the middle stage of Qi Refining to Deity Transformation, and decided to avoid the Immortal Slaying Sword for now.
• Zhou Yi studied a map of the world and focused on the Southern Border, where Mountain Gods and River Lords had confined Burning Incense Valley.
• The Mountain Spirit told Shi Rui that Burning Incense Valley cultivators had again demanded Nanqiao Mountain's spirit ore mine and injured two commoners.
• Shi Rui cited the Lijiang River Lord's order and agreed with the Mountain Spirit's plan to lure Burning Incense Valley disciples to the mine and arrest them.
• Shi Rui summoned his nine subordinate officials, who backed the plan to protect the mine and increase their share of its profits.

Yun Yilan decided that Burning Incense Valley would unseal the Beast God of the Southern Border to strike at Great Zhou and Azure Cloud, while He An received Zhou Yi’s order to hold Five Dragon Mountain and contain the demon invasion. He An prepared to defend the mountain for three days, even if it meant destroying its forests and Earth Vein.

• Yun Yilan told Shangguan Ce and Lu Shun that he would apologize to Great Zhou’s officials and retrieve two captured disciples, then revealed his plan to use the Beast God against the court and Azure Cloud.
• Demons attacked Five Dragon Mountain as its Demon Soldiers fought to protect the mountain god temple, while He An and his officials faced the approaching main army.
• Zhou Yi appeared through He An’s Mountain God Seal and ordered him to hold Five Dragon Mountain for three days, confine the demons, and detonate the Earth Vein if necessary.
• He An accepted the order and decided to recruit nearby Rogue Cultivators and Spirit Monsters to help defend the mountain.
• He An ordered Li Yanxing to burn the forests to stop wild beasts from becoming demons, then led his officials into battle.

He An reshaped Five Dragon Mountain to defend against the Beast Demons while Pei Xu prepared the Lijiang Water Palace for the Immortal Court’s ordered withdrawal. When Pei Xu unleashed a flood against the demons, the ancient Beast God revealed itself and turned the battlefield with flames that empowered its army.

• He An split Five Dragon Mountain with a ravine and raised a thousand-li barrier of cliffs, leaving guarded passes for the defenders.
• Pei Xu ordered General Xun and General Zhang to reinforce Five Dragon Mountain and Nanqiao Mountain, then revealed that the Immortal Court had ordered the Water Palace to withdraw and let the Beast Demons cross the Lijiang River.
• Pei Xu ordered his officials to gather storm clouds and floodwaters, then unleashed a vast flood that killed or wounded tens of thousands of Beast Demons.
• The ancient Beast God emerged, and Pei Xu and the Water Palace officials attacked it with water arts.
• The Beast God swallowed Pei Xu’s ice blades and unleashed flames that could not be quenched, empowering the Beast Demons to charge back against the current.

The Beast God defeated Pei Xu and led hundreds of thousands of Beast Demons toward Heyang, where Gao Xun and the retreating Water Palace forces tried to hold the city. Feng Tian arrived with the Immortal Army, but the Beast God rejected the imperial decree to spare civilians, and the chapter ended as the army’s first volley killed a hundred thousand Beast Demons.

• The Beast God overwhelmed Pei Xu, destroyed the Water Palace forces, and advanced toward Heyang with his Beast Demons.
• Gao Xun ordered Heyang sealed and prepared its officials, soldiers, and refugees to resist the Beast God.
• Shen Huang and the surviving Water Palace troops reached Heyang and reported the Water Palace’s defeat.
• The Beast God broke Heyang’s formation and swept Gao Xun and the defenders with Malevolent Qi, but Feng Tian arrived and absorbed it.
• Feng Tian presented the emperor’s decree ordering the Beast God to spare civilians, but the Beast God refused and sent his demons to attack.
• Ten thousand Immortal Army soldiers arrived and fired Golden Arrow Feathers, killing at least a hundred thousand Beast Demons.