Chapter Summaries

Great Chu's carrier fleet forced the Lunying fleet to clear its path and sealed off the Mediterranean Sea while Tang Changsheng prepared to use the Heaven-Earth Sealing Array to bring the fleet back and confront the Jade Kun Sect. As Great Chu's Dragon Aura neared completion, Tang Changsheng hurried toward a mysterious Mediterranean location with a small, heavily reinforced flotilla.

• Great Chu's carrier fleet reached the Mediterranean Sea, and its aircraft made dangerous low-altitude flybys that forced the Lunying fleet to retreat.
• Footage of the confrontation spread worldwide, while the North American fleet halted its advance and Great Chu ordered the Mediterranean sealed to foreign warships.
• Emperor Longjia relied on Tang Changsheng to widen the Spatial Passage, return the carrier fleet, and eliminate Tie Xinxiu and the Jade Kun Sect, with closing the passage as a last resort.
• Tang Changsheng realized he needed to act before Great Chu's Dragon Pillar reached the Sea of Vital Energy and control of the Heaven-Earth Sealing Array passed from him.
• Three escort ships and a battleship separated from the strike group and headed toward a mysterious Mediterranean location.

Tang Changsheng and the fleet entered the Expeditionary Passage, where strange power disrupted instruments and weakened the accompanying Ghost Immortals. As Tang Changsheng sensed the passage linking two fragments of the Three Realms Mirror, a familiar Human-Faced Monster Bird cried from the mist.

• The fleet sailed toward the Otherworld aboard heavily modified warships, including the battleship renamed the Expedition.
• Tang Changsheng and three Ghost Immortals sensed the Heavenly Secrets falling into disorder as the fleet approached the passage.
• The fleet entered a supernatural mist that interfered with instruments and left the Ghost Immortals too weak to stand.
• Tang Changsheng used an invisible field to shelter the Ghost Immortals and sensed that the fleet had passed the passage’s halfway point.
• Tang Changsheng detected a connection between Three Realms Mirror fragments at either end of the passage, then recognized the cry of a Human-Faced Monster Bird in the mist.

As Tang Changsheng’s warships emerged from the spatial passage, Tie Xinxiu weighed killing him before he reached Far Expedition Base. A Harpy attack forced Tie Xinxiu to choose between helping the base and joining Elder Wei’s ambush.

• Anti-aircraft guns aboard the warships killed the attacking human-headed birds, while the three Ghost Immortals realized they could not wield Dharma Power in the chaotic Heavenly Secrets.
• Tie Xinxiu watched Tang Changsheng’s ships approach Far Expedition Base and considered having him killed before he arrived.
• Elder Wei urged Tie Xinxiu to attack Tang Changsheng, believing the passage had weakened his abilities.
• A large force of Harpies, including the Hag Queen, attacked the base, and officers summoned Tie Xinxiu to headquarters.
• Tie Xinxiu stayed behind to respond to the Harpy attack, trusting Elder Wei to handle Tang Changsheng alone.

Tie Xinxiu took shelter as Harpies attacked Far Expedition Base, while Tang Changsheng’s fleet emerged into a hostile world. Tang Changsheng adapted to the world’s Heavenly Secrets, drove off the Harpies, and confronted Elder Wei’s Yin Spirit Dharma Realm.

• Tie Xinxiu ordered the staff officers into the underground fortress as the Harpies approached Far Expedition Base.
• Tang Changsheng’s fleet emerged from the spatial passage and suffered the world’s rejection, which dimmed the soldiers’ Three Fires.
• Tang Changsheng used the Heavenly Secrets Seed and Heavenly Book Characters to adapt to the world and end the pressure against him.
• Tang Changsheng burned the attacking Harpies with Sky Silver Wishfire and confirmed that it caused no backlash.
• Elder Wei attacked with his Yin Spirit Dharma Realm, but Tang Changsheng’s Primordial Magnetic Dharma Realm repelled him, and Tang Changsheng charged after him.

Tang Changsheng killed Elder Wei by breaking through his Yin Spirit Dharma Realm with Golden Light and his Primordial Magnetic Dharma Realm. At Far Expedition Base, Tie Xinxiu set aside his doubts and led the Dragon Team to defend the fleet as Harpies attacked.

• Tang Changsheng used Golden Light to disrupt Elder Wei's Yin Spirit Dharma Realm, then crushed it with his Primordial Magnetic Dharma Realm and destroyed Elder Wei's Primordial Spirit.
• Tie Xinxiu watched Tang Changsheng defeat Elder Wei and wrestled with whether to seize Hai Dongyang and make the base rebel.
• Hai Dongyang ordered the base to prioritize protecting the ships in port, and Tie Xinxiu reported that the Dragon Team was ready to deploy.
• Tie Xinxiu led the Dragon Team from the underground hall to the docks as Harpies attacked Far Expedition Base and its Carrier Strike Group.
• Tang Changsheng used Wishfire to stabilize Youxu True Person and the other two Ghost Immortals, then concealed them with the Myriad Forms Mirror.

Tang Changsheng helped repel the Harpies attacking the Far Expedition Base and harbor, using Heavenly Heart Seeds to turn a flock against its own kind. As the fighting eased, he showed Youxu True Person and Ma Yu the immense Zhongzhou carrier and explained that Great Chu had built even more advanced ships.

• Youxu True Person, Ma Yu, and the other Ghost Immortal tried to adapt to the New World's laws while Tang Changsheng watched the battle at the base.
• Great Chu soldiers and several experts fought the Harpies attacking the harbor, while Tang Changsheng used Heavenly Heart Seeds to make a flock attack the others.
• The Harpies at the harbor turned on one another, giving the defenders time to drive them back and send gunboats out.
• Tang Changsheng saw that the Carrier Strike Group's large ships had not moved and sensed the abundant Spiritual Qi in the world.
• Ma Yu and Youxu True Person marveled at the nuclear-powered Zhongzhou carrier as Tang Changsheng described Great Chu's newer Nine Provinces-class carriers.

Tang Changsheng brought his fleet toward the Far Expedition Base and learned that Hai Dongyang still commanded it, while Tie Xinxiu was also stationed there. Before the fleet reached the harbor, a swarm of Harpies led by the enormous Hag Queen attacked, and the three Ghost Immortals volunteered to fight them.

• Tang Changsheng promised Ma Yu and the other Ghost Immortals formal appointments if they served Great Chu, while keeping the reward out of reach to secure their labor.
• A gunboat brought Second Lieutenant Yu Hai aboard the Raging Flood Dragon, where he identified Tang Changsheng as the Imperial Court's Plenipotentiary Envoy.
• Tang Changsheng asked Yu Hai about Hai Dongyang and Tie Xinxiu, and learned that both were stationed at the Far Expedition Base.
• Yu Hai warned that the Harpies were attacking the harbor, and Tang Changsheng saw the swarm led by a Hag Queen with a wingspan of at least thirty meters.
• The three Ghost Immortals offered to fight the Harpies, saying they could handle them despite not having fully adapted to the world's Heavenly Secrets Law.

Tang Changsheng watched three Ghost Immortals defeat the Harpies attacking Far Expedition Base and suspected a greater threat was behind the assault. The Tritons then appeared offshore, charging toward the fleet as its frigates opened fire.

• Tang Changsheng and three Ghost Immortals flew toward the Harpies, and Yu Hai mistook their cloud riding for proof they were Immortals.
• Youxu True Person badly wounded the Hag Queen while Ma Yu and another Ghost Immortal destroyed the ordinary Harpies.
• Tie Xinxiu and the Dragon Team recognized the three as Yin God Ghost Immortals, while Tang Changsheng questioned why the Harpies had attacked.
• Yu Hai explained that powerful Tritons had kept Far Expedition Base pinned down, and Tang Changsheng predicted they would arrive soon.
• Giants riding enormous sharks charged toward the fleet, and three modified frigates opened fire.

Three warships devastated the Shark-Riding Giants, but three shielded Tritons survived and charged the fleet. Tang Changsheng killed the two Tritons who reached the ships and waited to see whether stronger monsters would appear.

• The three Frigates fired two barrages that destroyed hundreds of Shark-Riding Giants, while three shielded Tritons survived and pressed on.
• Yu Hai identified the attackers as level-five Tritons, and Tang Changsheng judged their shields and strength to be closer to level six.
• The warships' Close-In Weapon System killed one Triton and drove another away, but two Tritons continued toward the ships.
• Tang Changsheng trapped a Triton attacking the Raging Flood Dragon in the Yin and Yang Netherworld Sacred Coin and destroyed him with a flame.
• A second Triton pierced the Soaring Serpent's armor with his Steel Fork, but Tang Changsheng burned him to ash with the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp.
• Tang Changsheng recalled the Wishfire and scanned the surroundings, waiting to see whether stronger monsters would appear.

After defeating the Hag Queen, Tang Changsheng used an imperial edict to take command of the Far Expedition Base. Tie Xinxiu claimed responsibility for the crisis and was arrested, while Tang Changsheng sought the whereabouts of the Jade Kun Sect’s other experts.

• Tang Changsheng refined the fleeing Harpies with Heavenly Heart Seeds and brought them under his control.
• Tang Changsheng arrived at the Far Expedition Base and proclaimed an edict ordering everyone to surrender command to him.
• Hai Dongyang and the base’s personnel obeyed the edict, stunned by its authority and unsure why the Imperial Court had intervened.
• Tie Xinxiu stepped forward and claimed he alone would bear responsibility, leaving Hai Dongyang relieved but confused.
• Tang Changsheng asked Tie Xinxiu where the Jade Kun Sect’s other experts were, then had Ma Yu and Red-Haired True Person restrain and remove him.

Tang Changsheng arrived at Far Expedition Base and told Hai Dongyang that the base’s secret had been exposed, putting its future in doubt. He argued that Great Chu must either withdraw or invest more heavily, and Hai Dongyang set out to persuade the Grand Secretariat and Elder Council to keep the base.

• Tang Changsheng’s display of power stunned the Attendant experts, and he reassured Hai Dongyang that the Imperial Court had no doubts about him.
• Hai Dongyang said he wanted to return home, but Tang Changsheng warned that Far Expedition Base might not survive much longer because a traitor had exposed it to the other nations.
• Hai Dongyang described the base’s gold, iron, coal, and oil deposits and urged that Great Chu not abandon the resources and territory it had secured.
• Tang Changsheng said the exposure meant Great Chu had to either withdraw the base or commit more resources to it, and that the news might be beneficial.
• Hai Dongyang decided to present the base’s potential returns to the Grand Secretariat and Elder Council, hoping to secure continued or expanded support.

Tang Changsheng took charge of the base and met the Great Chu Imperial Court’s Attendant experts, displaying the power of himself and three Ghost Immortals to establish his authority. The experts were stunned that he had reached the Yin God stage, and Ma Yu silenced their uproar.

• Hai Dongyang cooperated with the handover, allowing Tang Changsheng to take nominal command of the base while staff officers handled its operations.
• Tang Changsheng examined the ranks of more than two hundred Attendant experts and recognized that winning them over would help him restore the Immortal Dao.
• Tang Changsheng visited the villa district where the Attendant experts lived and marveled at its abundant spiritual qi.
• Tang Changsheng and Youxu True Person and the other two released their divine light, overwhelming the gathered experts with their cultivation pressure.
• Tang Changsheng introduced himself as a Yin God True Person, astonishing the experts, who struggled to believe he had advanced so far in the Great Chu World.
• Ma Yu roared at the experts and threatened anyone who spoke again, bringing the gathering to silence.

Tang Changsheng intimidated the unruly Attendant experts into accepting his command by opening a gate to the Netherworld and demonstrating his power over Ghost King Bats. The experts submitted, while hundreds of bats remained trapped inside the Three Realms Mirror.

• Tang Changsheng summoned a storm and opened a temporary gate to the Netherworld, frightening the Attendant experts into pleading with him to stop.
• Tang Changsheng demanded that everyone take orders from him, and no one dared object.
• Tang Changsheng used the Three Realms Mirror and Primordial Yang Divine Lamp to pull out Ghost King Bats, which burned to ash in the sunlight.
• The Attendant experts learned that Ghost King Bats were dangerous predators that could threaten Far Expedition Base, and they realized Tang Changsheng had captured them with ease.
• Hundreds of Ghost King Bats remained inside the Three Realms Mirror, searching in confusion for a way out.

Tang Changsheng demonstrated the power of the Solar True Fire, then assigned the Attendant experts to refine Formation Banners as he worked to bring them under his control. He surveyed the area around Far Expedition Base and found that its nearby threats were limited, though the coastline was unsuitable for shipping.

• Tang Changsheng used the mirror and Solar True Fire to destroy the Ghost King Bats, silencing the Attendant experts.
• Tang Changsheng ordered the Attendant experts to perform Ritual Refinement on Formation Banners, and they accepted without openly objecting.
• Tang Changsheng left Far Expedition Base alone to assess the surrounding area and determine whether the base needed to be evacuated.
• Tang Changsheng found Goblins occupying an Iron Mine and learned that Wild Giants controlled them and collected their ore.
• Tang Changsheng surveyed the surrounding land and sea, finding no nearby monsters as dangerous as the Harpies or Tritons and discovering that the reef-filled coast was unsuitable for shipping.

Tang Changsheng encountered An Ruoshui, a sea immortal who warned him that the Tritons’ masters could retaliate for their slaughter. She revealed that she came from Eastern Glory World and that the New World was both Purple Dusk Heavenly Court’s territory and a training ground.

• Tang Changsheng heard a bewitching melody and found An Ruoshui playing a harp beneath a bright moon.
• An Ruoshui warned Tang Changsheng that the Sea God and the Tritons’ guards would seek revenge, and that a Demigod Hero could not withstand them without a Chief God’s protection.
• An Ruoshui recognized Tang Changsheng’s Heavenly Secrets Seed and his connection to Eastern Glory World, then assured him she meant no harm.
• Tang Changsheng learned that An Ruoshui had once come from Eastern Glory World and that the New World belonged to Purple Dusk Heavenly Court.
• An Ruoshui called the New World Purple Dusk Heavenly Court’s training ground and said the people from Sword Immortal World had boldly entered it.

Tang Changsheng questioned An Ruoshui about her origins and learned that she wanted him to deliver crucial intelligence about the Purple Dusk Heavenly Court to the Taiyi Immortal Sword Sect. An Ruoshui revealed the Heavenly Court’s origins and its alliance with Otherworld Ghost Gods, then began explaining why this world served as its training ground.

• Tang Changsheng asked whether An Ruoshui had come from the Eastern Glory World to fight the Purple Dusk invasion, and she questioned his sect affiliation.
• An Ruoshui mistook Tang Changsheng for an exceptional Azure Sea True Void Palace disciple and offered to make him a Core Disciple of the Taiyi Immortal Sword Sect if he delivered intelligence.
• Tang Changsheng asked about the intelligence and learned it could determine whether the Purple Dusk Heavenly Court survived, but he worried that revealing it would expose his secret means of traveling between worlds.
• An Ruoshui explained that the Purple Dusk Heavenly Court had split from the Eastern Flower Heavenly Court after the Immortal Dao overthrew the Divine Way.
• An Ruoshui said the Purple Dusk Heavenly Court allied with Ghost Gods from many Otherworlds and identified the current world as its training ground.

Tang Changsheng accepted An Ruoshui’s offer of Heavenly First True Water in exchange for delivering a letter, then secretly entered a ruin containing another fragment of the Three Realms Mirror. He found the mirror fragment in the hands of a long-dead Daoist while An Ruoshui realized he had come for the Sea God Palace.

• An Ruoshui told Tang Changsheng that she was working undercover for the Taiyi Immortal Sword Order and offered him Heavenly First True Water to carry a letter to the Order.
• Tang Changsheng accepted the deal, took a deposit of Heavenly First True Water, and continued his patrol cautiously.
• Tang Changsheng used the Three Realms Mirror to find an isolated coast where he sensed another mirror fragment, then entered a cliffside ruin.
• An Ruoshui watched Tang Changsheng enter and suspected that he carried the Three Realms Mirror, making plans for when he delivered it to the Order’s higher-ups.
• Tang Changsheng cautiously crossed the ruins, found a Daoist preserved by lingering sword intent, and took the Three Realms Mirror fragment from the Daoist’s hand.

Tang Changsheng escaped the collapsing Cave Abode with the Three Realms Mirror and discovered its unusual purpose. On the island where Little Paulownia Mountain had become a Blessed Land, Xin Chengying’s people endured another monster attack before Lu Yuanzhen repelled a Sea Yaksha assault with the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp.

• Tang Changsheng escaped the collapsing Cave Abode with the Three Realms Mirror and examined it back at the base, reacting with astonishment to what it could do.
• Xin Chengying defended the island town from a swarm of monsters, but the assault killed several defenders and left the townspeople shaken.
• At night, Lu Yuanzhen used the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp to destroy the cold mist and drive back the Sea Yaksha’s assault.
• Lu Yuanzhen told Xin Chengying the Sea Yaksha had been repelled for now, though he sounded weary.

Lu Yuanzhen fought off a sea monster while enduring relentless attacks, and Tang Changsheng returned to find the Southern Borderlands transformed by flooding and trade. After realizing the Three Realms Mirror was vital to travel between worlds and learning the Purple Dusk Heavenly Court planned a major assault, Tang Changsheng decided to investigate what had happened to Lu Yuanzhen and the others.

• Xin Chengying urged Lu Yuanzhen to rest, but Lu Yuanzhen doubted he could hold off their attackers without forming a Heavenly Secrets Seed.
• Lu Yuanzhen’s divided spirit fought a sea monster, broke free after it swallowed him, and returned to him as the monster’s flesh sank beneath the waves.
• Tang Changsheng found that the Suxu River had become a vast body of water and Suxu City had grown into a prosperous coastal trading center.
• Tang Changsheng avoided entering Suxu City because he feared the Heavenly Court’s Deity would question his disappearance and suspect him of serving the Purple Dusk Heavenly Court.
• Tang Changsheng concluded that the Three Realms Mirror was a crucial strategic weapon and resolved to keep its existence secret while finding a way to warn the Taiyi Immortal Sword Order of the coming assault.
• Tang Changsheng decided to investigate the Southern Borderlands and find out what had become of Lu Yuanzhen and the others.

Tang Changsheng traveled to Fuyang Mountain and learned that several hundred years had passed in the Eastern Glory World during his brief absence. At Sea-Calming Temple, he saw the Orthodox Sea-Calming General receiving prayers and considered asking the deity what had happened.

• Tang Changsheng sealed his apertures and went to Fuyang Mountain to look for old acquaintances.
• At a tea stall, Squire Wang told Tang Changsheng that Wu Hou State had been flooded by a Black Dragon and later protected by the Sea-Calming Divine General.
• Tang Changsheng realized that centuries had passed in the Eastern Glory World despite less than a year passing for him, and wondered whether another world's environment had been introduced there.
• Squire Wang invited Tang Changsheng to Sea-Calming Temple, where Tang saw pilgrims' prayers gathering as Incense and Fire Prayer Power for the Sea-Calming General.
• Tang Changsheng recognized the Sea-Calming General as a powerful Orthodox God of the Heavenly Court and decided he could not take the deity's prayer power.