Chapter Summaries

Fan Wan'er brought Tang Changsheng aboard Dragon Fang Action Group’s ground-effect craft and showed him its advanced weapons and equipment. A soldier then invited Tang Changsheng to demonstrate his skills, and he agreed.

• Fan Wan'er told Tang Changsheng that his master had discovered the New World, then led him to the sea.
• Fan Wan'er and Tang Changsheng boarded a ground-effect craft that served as Dragon Fang Action Group’s base.
• Fan Wan'er showed Tang Changsheng the base’s Exoskeleton Armor, aircraft, mechs, and other weapons, explaining how new technology could reshape warfare.
• A soldier asked Tang Changsheng to give the team pointers, and Tang Changsheng agreed to demonstrate his abilities.
• Tang Changsheng noticed that Qin Er and his other old acquaintances were among Dragon Fang Action Group’s roughly hundred members.

Tang Changsheng defeated Fan Wan'er’s special operations team without striking a blow, revealing that he could control anyone who came near him. He challenged them to return with their full combat equipment so he could demonstrate the extent of his power.

• Strength King attacked Tang Changsheng, but his punch veered aside and he fell to his knees under the force of Tang Changsheng’s Hongdong power.
• Qin Er ruled out an illusion as the cause of Strength King’s defeat but could not explain what had happened.
• Tang Changsheng invited the entire team to attack, and Fan Wan'er gave them permission.
• The team’s coordinated attacks all failed, and Tang Changsheng sent every member who approached within thirty feet flying without striking them.
• Tang Changsheng challenged the team to use guns, Drones, Exoskeletons, and their other equipment, and Fan Wan'er questioned whether he was serious.

Tang Changsheng challenged Great Chu’s Dragon Fang Special Action Team to attack him at sea, intending to demonstrate his strength openly and discourage further schemes against him. When Dragon Fang tried to locate him, he blanketed the area in fog and disabled their Drones, leaving the team unable to find him.

• Tang Changsheng provoked Fan Wan’er’s subordinates, and Fan Wan’er ordered Dragon Fang to fight him.
• Tang Changsheng waited above the sea while maintaining contact with his Physical Body, intending to defeat Dragon Fang decisively.
• Fan Wan’er’s team tried to locate Tang Changsheng with satellites, but discovered a vast stretch of sea covered in thick fog.
• Dragon Fang sent Drones into the fog, but they lost contact after their cameras captured a dazzling mass of colored light.
• Dragon Fang members realized Tang Changsheng’s power exceeded Grade A and admitted they could neither find nor confront him.

Tang Changsheng defeated Fan Wan'er and the military forces by using Primordial Magnetic Divine Light to disable their weapons and Primordial Spirit Thunderbolts to destroy the craft's autocannons. After returning to his body, he studied the Golden Tree Branch and continued gaining insights from its mysterious characters.

• A mass of colored light approached the military craft, and its instruments and systems failed under Tang Changsheng's Primordial Magnetic Divine Light.
• Tang Changsheng deflected the autocannon barrage with his force field, then destroyed both autocannons with Primordial Spirit Thunderbolts.
• Fan Wan'er conceded defeat after the craft and the other advanced weapons were disabled by electromagnetic interference.
• Tang Changsheng vanished beyond the horizon, and his Yin Spirit returned to his body, which the servants had placed safely on his bed.
• Tang Changsheng considered how Great Chu might reconsider vacuum tubes after the demonstration of Primordial Magnetic Divine Light's effects on modern technology.
• Tang Changsheng illuminated the Golden Tree Branch with the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp and studied its fleeting characters, gaining new insights and improving his cultivation.

Tang Changsheng accepted Fan Wan’er’s challenge to compete over the Long-Haired Remnants’ base in Cloudmist Mountain. Meanwhile, Gai Longwang joined a raid on the remnants’ base in the Boreal Forest, where a sudden attack left him in danger.

• Tang Changsheng failed to uncover the Golden Tree Branch’s secrets and used the Great Chu Scepter’s Fortune to strengthen his Yin Spirit.
• Fan Wan’er challenged Tang Changsheng to see who would contribute more to taking the Long-Haired Remnants’ base in Cloudmist Mountain, and he agreed.
• Gai Longwang regretted aiding the Flying Cloud Temple and resolved to kill Li Qinghe and redeem himself through service to Great Chu.
• Gai Longwang and the soldiers aboard a military transport aircraft approached the Long-Haired Remnants’ base in the Boreal Forest.
• The base revealed its hidden cannons, and Gai Longwang sensed danger as countless flames erupted across the sky.

Tang Changsheng and Fan Wan'er led a massive airstrike against a Long-Haired Remnants training base in Cloudmist Mountain. After the base sensed the planes and raised a supernatural defense, Tang Changsheng identified the target and ordered the attack, which ended with the Space-Based Laser Weapon and bombs breaking through the barrier.

• Tang Changsheng and Fan Wan'er prepared to attack the Long-Haired Remnants’ secret training base with bombers and transport planes.
• An old man in the Divine Shrine sensed the approaching aircraft and alerted the base, while black energy rose from the mountains.
• Tang Changsheng sensed the Divine Power and ordered an immediate airstrike, identifying the target on the Tactical Map.
• A Space-Based Laser Weapon struck the Divine Shrine, whose colored barrier briefly absorbed the beam before missiles and Aerial Bombs shattered it.
• Fan Wan'er explained that the laser was Great Chu’s weapon for intercepting ballistic missiles and could strike anywhere in the world in real time.

Fan Wan'er’s bombing mission against the mountain base failed when the Mysterious Yin Seven Fiends Canopy weakened the explosives and unleashed baleful intent. The baleful qi possessed a Dragon Fang Member and wrapped around the Transport Plane, leaving Fan Wan'er and the others in danger as the aircraft began to fail.

• Fan Wan'er ordered another bombing run, but Tang Changsheng recognized that the canopy was weakening the bombs and urged the aircraft to retreat.
• Black qi brought down a Bomber and sent a tendril of baleful intent toward the Transport Plane carrying Tang Changsheng and the others.
• A Dragon Fang Member tried to seize the black snake with the Innate One-Qi Great Grasp, but the baleful intent passed through it and possessed him.
• The possessed Dragon Fang Member attacked Qin Er, who blasted him away with Solar-Taiyin Astral Qi.
• Baleful qi engulfed the Transport Plane, disabling its instruments and destabilizing it as Fan Wan'er fell and black strands began seeping into the cabin.

Tang Changsheng absorbed the Heaven-Earth Baleful Force threatening the transport plane and flew out to confront the Long-Haired Remnants with Fan Wan'er's help. As Fan Wan'er questioned whether Great Chu's technology could withstand an invasion from the Outer Regions, Tang Changsheng's reinforcements charged into the enemy's Ghost Soldiers.

• Tang Changsheng woke, used the Netherworld Sacred Coin to absorb the baleful force, and helped Fan Wan'er up.
• Tang Changsheng showed Fan Wan'er the clouds surrounding the plane and said his reinforcements had arrived to fight the Long-Haired Remnants.
• Fan Wan'er gave Tang Changsheng an inkstone-like object, and he used the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp's Wishfire to fly out of the plane.
• Fan Wan'er worried that Great Chu's technology might fail against supernatural forces that could nullify bombs and missiles.
• Fan Wan'er ordered someone to check on Tang Changsheng, and the Satellite showed him turning a rainbow into a Fire Dragon that revealed the enemy's forces near Cloudmist Mountain.
• Tang Changsheng's Heavenly Soldiers and Generals charged into the Outer Regions Ghost Soldiers, who began to buckle despite their superior numbers.

Tang Changsheng led his allied forces to the Changmao base and used the Netherworld Sacred Coin to tear away its protective canopy. As Youxu True Person held off the Long-Haired Remnants’ Vow Power, he launched a Flying Sword toward the Mountain.

• Tang Changsheng flew to the Changmao base in his physical body on a Treasured Artifact and found the armies of Youxu True Person, the Southern Demon Cult, and the Lower River Netherworld Office waiting.
• Tang Changsheng revealed himself to the Long-Haired Remnants, who tried to withdraw the Mysterious Yin Seven Fiends Canopy.
• Tang Changsheng used the Netherworld Sacred Coin to seize and consume the canopy, then tore open the Mysterious Yin Seven Fiends Heavenly Curtain Formation.
• A Long-Haired Remnant attacked with rainbow-colored Vow Power, and Youxu True Person blocked it with the Mountain and River Screen.
• Youxu True Person formed a battle formation with his spirit officials and troops, then sent a White Light Flying Sword toward the Mountain as the Vow Power overwhelmed his defense.

Tang Changsheng exposed a vast Outer Regions ambush in the Netherworld and led his allies into battle against the Long-Haired Remnants and their Ghost Soldiers. As his outnumbered forces began to falter, he contacted Fan Wan'er and ordered her to prepare another bombing, then returned to face two Ghost Generals.

• Tang Changsheng burned the rainbow of Vow Power with Wishfire, revealing hidden Netherworld troops and the Long-Haired Remnants' arrangements.
• Tang Changsheng ordered the Protector King Divine General and the Southern Demon Cult experts to attack, and their forces routed several Outer Regions formations.
• Tang Changsheng saw enemy reinforcements emerging from the Divine Temple and realized his few thousand troops faced nearly two hundred thousand Ghost Soldiers.
• Tang Changsheng projected himself to Fan Wan'er and asked for another bombing; she said two prepared waves were ready and could be launched immediately.
• Tang Changsheng returned to the battle as his forces dwindled and two Ghost Generals charged at him.

Tang Changsheng fought through the Ghost armies with the Nine Dragon Throne and found the Southern Demon Cult survivors weaker than he had feared. He rescued a surrounded Moon-Worshipping Cult expert and urged him to fight their way out.

• Tang Changsheng's Golden Tiger devoured one Ghost General, while Wishfire killed the other.
• Tang Changsheng saw the Southern Demon Cult survivors faltering under the Ghost armies and judged their strength no match for his own.
• Tang Changsheng rode the Nine Dragon Throne into battle, using its nine Fire Dragons to tear through a five-thousand-soldier tortoise formation.
• Tang Changsheng reached a Moon-Worshipping Cult expert trapped in a shield-and-spear formation and burned a path through the Ghost Soldiers surrounding him.
• The Moon-Worshipping Cult expert recognized Tang Changsheng, who told him they would fight their way out first.

Tang Changsheng rescued the Southern Demon Cult experts and prepared a powerful attack against the Outer Regions Ghost Soldiers. As Great Chu launched a massive bombing operation against Cloudmist Mountain, a beam of light rose from the mountain and the bombers began their attack.

• Tang Changsheng blocked a Ghost General's surprise attack with the Nine Fire Dragons, then used the Netherworld Sacred Coin to destroy the Ghost General and its legion.
• Tang Changsheng gathered the endangered Southern Demon Cult experts and began drawing in the surrounding baleful yin energy with the Netherworld Sacred Coin.
• Tang Changsheng concluded that the formation required a yin-and-yang pair of Netherworld Sacred Coins and hurled the coin down.
• Great Chu prepared a large-scale bombing of Cloudmist Mountain as its leaders feared conventional weapons might be powerless against the Outer Regions.
• A beam of light rose from Cloudmist Mountain, and the twelve bombers launched missiles and bombs.

Great Chu’s bombing annihilated nearly all the Outer Regions’ Ghost Soldiers, while De Moya decided to cross into the Mortal World and kill Tang Changsheng. The Divine Temple appeared after the attack, and De Moya became stuck trying to pass through the mirror.

• Great Chu’s bombs destroyed the Outer Regions’ turtle formations and killed nearly two hundred thousand Ghost Soldiers, prompting celebration at the Command Center.
• Tie Xinxiu warned that the bombing had succeeded because Tang Changsheng had made the Netherworld Ghost Domain material and resolved to strengthen the Heaven-Earth Sealing Array.
• De Moya recognized Tang Changsheng as a Demigod Hero and declared he would kill him, despite Attilabo warning that crossing over would leave him with only a fraction of his strength.
• De Moya lunged through the mirror but became stuck as the bombing subsided.
• A Divine Temple appeared and extinguished the remaining explosions and flames, while Tang Changsheng, Youxu True Person, and the Southern Demon Cult experts remained unharmed inside the Myriad Forms Mirror.

Tang Changsheng escaped the bombardment under the protection of the Myriad Forms Mirror as Great Chu’s explosives destroyed the Divine Temple. The blasts left De Moya’s enormous Demon Dragon head wedged in the Spatial Passage, and Tang Changsheng urged the others to watch rather than intervene.

• Tang Changsheng explained how he had survived the first bombardment and used the Netherworld Sacred Coin to break the Mysterious Yin Seven Fiends Yellow Springs Formation.
• As Demonfire poured from the Divine Temple and a powerful force gathered inside it, Tang Changsheng spotted another wave of Great Chu bombers and withdrew beneath the Myriad Forms Mirror.
• Great Chu’s relentless bombardment battered the Divine Temple, while aftershocks struck De Moya, who was trapped in the Spatial Passage with his body unable to move either way.
• The Divine Temple’s protection failed and the temple collapsed, leaving De Moya’s bloody, scorched head stuck in the doorway-like light.
• Youxu True Person recognized the being’s immense power, and the Protector King Divine General called for them to stop it from escaping, but Tang Changsheng said they could simply watch.

Tang Changsheng survived the battle with De Moya, kept the two Netherworld Sacred Coins, and returned to Hemp Mountain Residence, where Navy Vice Admiral Tie Xinxiu contacted him as a fellow cultivator of the Jade Kun Sect. Tie Xinxiu raised the possibility of breaking the Heaven-Earth Sealing Array, and Tang Changsheng warned that doing so could invite an invasion from the Outer Regions.

• The Great Chu command centers used a Space-Based Laser Weapon to force De Moya to retreat through the portal with his head badly burned.
• Youxu True Person and the Southern Demon Cult experts were shocked by the power of ordinary people, while Tang Changsheng recognized the danger of the laser weapons.
• Tang Changsheng kept both Netherworld Sacred Coins, recovered his Dharma Power with Dragon Aura, and decided to return the Scepter.
• At Hemp Mountain Residence, Tang Changsheng received a call from Tie Xinxiu, who identified himself as a disciple of the Jade Kun Sect and praised Tang Changsheng's cultivation.
• Tie Xinxiu asked whether Tang Changsheng had considered breaking the Heaven-Earth Sealing Array, and Tang Changsheng warned that the Outer Regions could invade if it fell.

Tang Changsheng stayed in Hemp Mountain as order returned and ordered the execution of those involved in the Holy Salt trade. After Qin Er begged him to help the Dragon Fang Members sickened by the Profound Yin Seven Baleful Energies, Tang Changsheng examined them and left Qin Er fearing Xu Sheng could not be saved.

• Tie Xinxiu asked Tang Changsheng to meet him in Luodu and discuss a matter requiring his help.
• Tang Changsheng watched Hemp Mountain recover and ordered the remaining Holy Salt traders killed.
• Qin Er begged Tang Changsheng to treat the injured Dragon Fang Members from the Transport Plane.
• Tang Changsheng saw Fan Wan'er collapse from exhaustion and had attendants take her away to rest.
• Tang Changsheng examined the gravely ill Xu Sheng and shook his head, making Qin Er realize he could not be saved.

Tang Changsheng saved the Dragon Fang Members’ souls from the Killing Intent and hurried to Luodu after the Three Elders Council summoned him. He arrived with greatly elevated status, while a new decree in the Lower River made selling any narcotics punishable by death.

• Tang Changsheng preserved Xu Sheng’s spirit and removed the Killing Intent from the Dragon Fang Members, giving the souls of Xu Sheng and two others a chance to enter the Ghost Dao.
• Qin Er thanked Tang Changsheng for helping his comrades, and Tang Changsheng resolved to preserve the Heaven-Earth Sealing Array and reach Luodu quickly.
• The Three Elders Council asked Tang Changsheng to prepare remarks about the Hemp Mountain riot and governing the Lower River, and he contacted Ling Zheng about the relevant laws.
• Ling Zheng told Tang Changsheng that the decree had passed, making the sale of Holy Salt or any other narcotics in the Lower River punishable by death regardless of amount.
• Tang Changsheng arrived in Luodu, where his status as a Yin God True Person and future member of the Imperial Family earned him a far more respectful reception.

Tang Changsheng arrived at the Great Chu Imperial Palace and learned that the Heaven-Earth Sealing Array drew on the Fortune of the Human Way Dao Qi, Earth Vein Dragon Aura, and Great Dao Secrets throughout the world. The chapter ended as Fan Liren and Tie Xinxiu’s serious expressions suggested that someone might still be able to break it.

• Tang Changsheng traveled from Lower River to Luodu and entered the palace, where he observed Great Chu’s Heavenly Pillar and Fortune.
• Tang Changsheng noticed that Great Chu’s Fortune had spread outward, which he connected to the return of power to the people and the Imperial Family’s growing divine influence.
• Tie Xinxiu arrived at the palace with Crown Prince Fan Liren, and Tang Changsheng welcomed them into a room for a private meeting.
• Tie Xinxiu and Fan Liren told Tang Changsheng that the Heaven-Earth Sealing Array was sustained by the Fortune of the Human Way Dao Qi, Earth Vein Dragon Aura, and Great Dao Secrets.
• Tang Changsheng concluded that the combined force of the Three Powers should make the array impossible to break, but Fan Liren and Tie Xinxiu’s solemn expressions made him ask whether someone could break it.

Tie Xinxiu and Fan Liren asked Tang Changsheng to use the Heaven-Earth Treasure Pearl to repair the weakening Heaven-Earth Sealing Array, and he agreed. As he arrived at the Elder Council for its response to the Hemp Mountain disaster, reporters mistook him for an unfamiliar member of the Imperial Family and speculated about his connection to Pingyin County Lady.

• Tie Xinxiu explained that the Heaven-Earth Sealing Array had weakened and that Tang Changsheng was the only available Yin Spirit expert able to repair it.
• Fan Liren identified the Heaven-Earth Treasure Pearl as the array’s control key and asked Tang Changsheng to repair the array; Tang agreed and asked when they would begin.
• Fan Liren reminded Tang Changsheng that the Elder Council needed him to take part in a performance concerning the Hemp Mountain unrest.
• Tang Changsheng arrived at the Elder Council assembly hall, where reporters saw his Thornflower-emblemed guards and assumed he was a member of the Imperial Family.
• The Three Elders and Five Senior Worthies welcomed Tang Changsheng, prompting veteran reporters to recall rumors that Pingyin County Lady had been betrothed to someone.

Tang Changsheng arrived at the Elder Council meeting amid rumors that he would marry Princess Pingyin, while most people paid little attention to the unrest in Hemp Mountain and the threat posed by Holy Salt. After two people mutated and attacked during the gathering, Elder Yuan used the incident to call for a forceful crackdown.

• Reporters focused on Tang Changsheng and the possibility that he would marry Princess Pingyin, overlooking the meeting's agenda on Hemp Mountain and Holy Salt.
• Tang Changsheng and the elders entered the packed meeting hall, where Tang Changsheng sensed a strange sound and noticed disorder among the attendees.
• A mutated elder attacked Tang Changsheng, who restrained him and handed him over to the guards.
• Attendees suspected the mutation was caused by Holy Salt, and Elder Yuan called for a harsh crackdown.
• Another mutated person was taken into custody, and the hall fell silent as the leading elders stepped onto the dais.