Recaps

Di Xin convinced Daji that Empress Nuwa planned to leave her bearing the karmic burdens of Great Shang’s downfall. He offered her a way to survive, and the chapter ended with Daji swearing eternal loyalty to him.

• Di Xin told Daji he knew she had been sent to throw Great Shang into chaos in exchange for spiritual fruition.
• Di Xin warned Daji that Empress Nuwa would not shoulder the karmic debts of the calamity, citing her failure to save Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
• Daji feared Empress Nuwa intended to abandon her and realized that spiritual fruition might bring only death.
• Di Xin claimed a powerful being behind him could protect Daji and offered help if she pledged her loyalty.
• Daji swore upon the Heavenly Dao never to betray Di Xin and said he could command her as he pleased.

Di Xin broke Daji’s bewitchment and ordered her to help him recruit the scattered Demon Tribe, while claiming to be the Demon Emperor. The chapter left Daji in his arms after she accepted his command and misunderstood his invitation to return to human form.

• Nuwa sensed that Shang’s fortune had unexpectedly gained another stretch but decided the anomaly would not change Heaven’s decree.
• Di Xin questioned Daji about the Demon Tribe and learned that it was scattered among several factions and that she knew Ao Yu of the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• Di Xin ordered Daji to summon her two younger sisters and serve as his representative in gathering Demon Tribe experts.
• Di Xin claimed to be the Demon Emperor, shocking Daji and making her wonder whether he was Di Jun’s reincarnation.
• Daji returned to human form and leaned into Di Xin’s arms, and the two shared a day of pleasure.

Di Xin rewarded Zheng Lun’s loyalty and sent him to recruit his Chan Sect acquaintances to serve Great Shang, then summoned Bi Gan while considering how to use his system points. Outside the palace, Su Hu tried to turn Zheng Lun against Di Xin, but Zheng Lun defended the emperor, and Su Hu began probing what task he had been given.

• Di Xin gained Daji’s affection and unlocked her Infatuation side quest after their encounter.
• Di Xin urged Zheng Lun to invite his fellow disciples to Chaoge, promising him rank and rewards; Zheng Lun accepted and set out to write letters.
• Di Xin decided to summon Bi Gan and save half his negative emotion points for cultivation breakthroughs while using the rest for draws and exchanges.
• Su Hu met Zheng Lun outside the palace and complained that he could not return to Jizhou, earning Di Xin negative emotion points.
• Zheng Lun defended Di Xin’s treatment of Su Hu, who then asked what mission the emperor had assigned him.

Zheng Lun rejected Su Hu’s attempt to turn him against Di Xin, severed their ties, and affirmed his unwavering loyalty to Great Shang. After Zheng Lun’s loyalty mission was completed, Di Xin explored the newly unlocked Achievement Shop and discovered an array of powerful cultivation arts and treasures.

• Zheng Lun told Su Hu that Di Xin had ordered him to invite his former fellow disciples to serve Great Shang, prompting Su Hu to accuse Di Xin of trying to undermine Zheng Lun’s position.
• Su Hu tried to sow distrust between Zheng Lun and Di Xin, but Zheng Lun defended the emperor’s promise to honor his standing and condemned Su Hu for stirring discord.
• Zheng Lun ended their master-disciple relationship, left Su Hu behind, and taunted him about Daji, causing Su Hu to vomit blood.
• Di Xin received confirmation that Zheng Lun had reached full loyalty and completed the Unwavering Loyalty of a Subject mission.
• Di Xin claimed his mission rewards, unlocked the Achievement Shop, and eagerly examined its cultivation arts and spiritual treasures.

Bi Gan gathered Huang Feihu, Fang Bi, and Fang Xiang to plot forcing Di Xin's hand at the palace, believing it would make the king mend his ways. Jiang Ziya arrived and proved his divination by predicting a palace summons for Bi Gan, leaving the group convinced he might help them overcome Zheng Lun.

• Di Xin rejected the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords because their achievement-point cost was impossibly high and waited for Bi Gan to arrive.
• Bi Gan urged Huang Feihu, Fang Bi, and Fang Xiang to oppose Di Xin, then proposed forcing the king's hand at the palace.
• Yang Ren backed Bi Gan's plan and introduced his friend Jiang Shang, also known as Jiang Ziya and Flying Bear, who claimed powerful Daoist abilities.
• Jiang Ziya predicted that someone from the palace would soon summon Bi Gan, and a servant arrived moments later with exactly that request.
• Fang Bi told Bi Gan to hear the palace's message and suggested they would force Di Xin's hand if he continued causing trouble, with Jiang Ziya's help.

Jiang Ziya demonstrated his powers to Huang Feihu and the others, while Di Xin grew wary after detecting their shared resentment through his system. He ordered Bi Gan to organize refugees to build Deer Terrace, leaving Bi Gan protesting that the project would exhaust the people and squander their wealth.

• Jiang Ziya summoned the Five-Road Gods and used Samadhi True Fire to nearly burn the Water-Road God, impressing Huang Feihu, Yang Ren, Fang Bi, and Fang Xiang.
• Jiang Ziya told the others he had captured the Five-Road Gods for disrupting his friend's tower construction, while the spirits silently revealed that the tower would have deprived them of the earth's fortune they needed to survive and cultivate.
• Di Xin detected matching Negative Emotion Points from Huang Feihu, Yang Ren, Fang Bi, and Fang Xiang, suspected they were plotting together, and resolved to investigate and strengthen himself.
• Bi Gan arrived at Di Xin's summons, and Di Xin ordered him to gather the refugees and find able-bodied young men to build Deer Terrace.
• Bi Gan protested that the project would exhaust the people and squander their wealth, but Di Xin forced him to kneel and challenged him for pretending not to understand.

Di Xin provoked Bi Gan while ordering him to oversee plans for an extravagant construction project, then realized Bi Gan and other ministers were gathering to force his hand. As Di Xin prepared to advance his cultivation and confront them, the system unlocked the side quest “Slay the Human Traitors.”

• Di Xin gave Bi Gan plans for a major construction project and ordered him to carry them out, enraging the prime minister.
• Di Xin mocked Bi Gan until Bi Gan left the palace determined to force the king’s hand with Huang Feihu, Fang Bi, Fang Xiang, Yang Ren, and Jiang Ziya.
• Di Xin noticed the ministers’ Negative Emotion Points arrive almost simultaneously and concluded that they were plotting against him.
• Di Xin decided to advance to the qi refining into spirit realm and meet the ministers as a tyrant.
• The system detected Jiang Ziya’s Negative Emotion Points and unlocked the side quest “Slay the Human Traitors.”

Di Xin learned that Jiang Ziya had arrived in Chaoge and resolved to thwart the conspirators after reaching the Qi Refining into Spirit Realm. He broke through, gained several basic techniques, and set out to visit Daji.

• Di Xin recognized Jiang Ziya as a dangerous figure and decided to catch the plotters behind their attempt to force his hand.
• Di Xin spent 50,000 Negative Emotion Points to break through to the Qi Refining into Spirit Realm, allowing his primordial spirit to leave his body.
• The system unlocked basic Escape, Five Elements, Thunder, and Talisman techniques for Di Xin.
• Di Xin tested his new Thunder Technique by destroying an ornamental rock formation with a ball of lightning.
• Di Xin dismissed the palace attendants’ concerns and ordered his conveyance to Shouxian Palace to spend the night with Daji.

Di Xin learned about the extraordinary origins and abilities of Daji’s sisters, who were on their way to Chaoge, and spent the night with Daji. The next morning, Jiang Ziya confronted Zheng Lun and claimed authority as his martial uncle, but Zheng Lun rejected his claim.

• Daji told Di Xin that the Jade Pipa Spirit had a powerful primordial form despite her low cultivation, and described Hu Ximei as a Nine-Headed Pheasant Spirit with phoenix blood.
• Daji said her sisters would arrive in Chaoge the next morning, and Di Xin rewarded her by asking to see her fox ears and nine tails.
• After spending the night with Daji, Di Xin skipped morning court as the sun rose high.
• Zheng Lun prepared to report for duty after secretly inviting friends from Cloudlight Cave to Chaoge.
• Jiang Ziya confronted Zheng Lun, identified himself as a disciple of Heavenly Lord Yuanshi, and ordered him to leave Chaoge and confess to Du'e.
• Zheng Lun laughed at Jiang Ziya and denied that he was his martial uncle, saying his master’s only Jade Void Palace fellow disciples were the Twelve Golden Immortals.

Jiang Ziya defeated Zheng Lun and went to help Bi Gan as Yang Ren and the Fang brothers attacked the palace, while Di Xin prepared to confront the rebels. After Daji struck Consort Huang and Di Xin insulted her and Huang Feihu, Empress Jiang, the princes, and Daji pledged to accompany him.

• Jiang Ziya sealed his hearing against Zheng Lun's Hum Word Technique, struck him down with lightning, and pinned his souls with Long Nails.
• Jiang Ziya trampled Zheng Lun's face and left to help Bi Gan confront Di Xin.
• Yang Ren, Fang Xiang, and Fang Bi led soldiers in an assault on the palace, and Fang Bi shot the defending general from the wall.
• Empress Jiang brought Yin Hong and Yin Jiao to Shouxian Palace as Consort Huang blamed her and Di Xin for the attack.
• Daji slapped Consort Huang, and Di Xin mocked her by calling Huang Feihu the bull-licking warrior.
• Di Xin announced that he would confront the attackers, and Empress Jiang, Yin Hong, Yin Jiao, and Daji pledged to go with him.

Di Xin confronted Yang Ren and the soldiers who had stormed the palace, then revealed his lightning magic and killed Yang Ren. The shaken soldiers were left facing Di Xin as he challenged their claim to act under heaven’s mandate.

• Di Xin arrived at the palace gates with Huang Yu as the doors shattered, and Yang Ren led Fang Xiang, Fang Bi, and the soldiers inside to capture him.
• Di Xin confronted Yang Ren and offered the soldiers a chance to surrender, but Yang Ren and the brothers rallied them to continue the coup in the name of heaven’s will.
• Di Xin summoned a sphere of purple lightning to demonstrate that he had caused the thunder, then hurled it at Yang Ren and killed him.
• The soldiers trembled at Di Xin’s display of magic, and Di Xin asked them whether this was what they called heaven’s mandate.

Di Xin killed Yang Ren and the brothers Fang Xiang and Fang Bi, earning system rewards and terrorizing their soldiers. He spared the soldiers at Queen Jiang’s request but forced them to praise him, leaving his negative emotion points at 10,000.

• Di Xin burned Yang Ren’s body and destroyed his soul, completing a hidden mission and gaining achievement and merit points.
• Di Xin seized Fang Bi and Fang Xiang with earth-element hands, killed them, and destroyed their souls, earning another hidden mission reward.
• The soldiers surrendered and begged for their lives, and Queen Jiang asked Di Xin to spare them.
• Di Xin agreed to spare the soldiers but demanded that each recite twenty unique phrases praising him.
• Di Xin made Zhang Dazhu begin the praise, and the soldiers’ negative emotion points drove his total to 10,000.

Di Xin mocked Jiang Ziya when the Daoist arrived at the palace gates, then easily thwarted his Thunder Technique and provoked him further. After Jiang Ziya attacked with crimson flames, Daji intervened with an enchantment that began to overwhelm him.

• Jiang Ziya found the soldiers kneeling at the palace gates and asked where Yang Ren, Fang Bi, and Fang Xiang had gone.
• Di Xin exposed Jiang Ziya’s humiliating past and challenged his accusation of tyranny, while the soldiers insisted their king was merely infuriating.
• Jiang Ziya invoked Heaven’s will and struck at Di Xin with a bolt of lightning, but Di Xin canceled it and taunted him.
• Jiang Ziya attacked with crimson flames, but Di Xin’s Suiren Tranquil Heart Method cleared away the negative emotions they stirred.
• Daji rose to confront Jiang Ziya and used her enchantment, causing him to see seductive figures and lose control of his breathing and body.

Jiang Ziya attacked Daji and Di Xin after Daji exposed him, but Di Xin’s Heaven-Flipping Seal stopped above Jiang Ziya as an uncanny rhythm emerged from his body. The chapter ended with Di Xin sensing that the rhythm resembled the ordained course of the Heavenly Dao.

• Jiang Ziya recovered from Daji’s influence by silently reciting the Stillness Sutra, and Daji mocked him for his lecherous behavior.
• Daji absorbed Jiang Ziya’s Samadhi True Fire with her demon core, while Queen Jiang slapped Huang Yu for insulting Daji and Di Xin.
• Jiang Ziya struck Daji’s demon core with his Sword Qi, wounding her, and then used Thousand-Mile Ice Seal against her.
• Di Xin counterattacked with his Pinewood Juque Sword and Heaven-Overturning Seal, prompting Jiang Ziya to suspect Yun Zhongzi had given Di Xin the replica seal.
• The Heaven-Flipping Seal halted three feet above Jiang Ziya’s head as Di Xin sensed an uncanny rhythm coming from him.

Di Xin tried to kill Jiang Ziya, but the Heavenly Dao’s protection repeatedly helped him escape. With help from the Five-Road Gods and Yu Linglong, Di Xin struck Jiang Ziya with the jade pipa, costing him an arm but not his life.

• Di Xin’s Heaven-Flipping Seal faltered, and Jiang Ziya fled while summoning the Five-Road Gods to delay Di Xin.
• Di Xin persuaded the Five-Road Gods to turn against Jiang Ziya, but Jiang Ziya’s Heavenly Dao protection let him outrun them.
• Hu Ximei arrived on a Fire Phoenix and blocked Jiang Ziya’s escape with flames, which he prepared to use to flee as fire.
• Di Xin asked Yu Linglong to lend him her true form, and she transformed into a jade pipa for him.
• Di Xin struck the pipa and dazed Jiang Ziya, causing one arm to burn away before Jiang Ziya escaped into the flames alive.

After failing to kill Jiang Ziya, Di Xin gained partial rewards and focused on comforting the injured Daji, who revealed she had chosen to follow him instead of carrying out Nuwa’s mission. He left Daji with Yu Linglong and Hu Ximei and tormented the rebel soldiers for more negative emotion points, leaving his sisters-in-law to marvel at how infuriating he was.

• Di Xin received partial mission rewards for severing Jiang Ziya’s arm and gained more than twenty thousand negative emotion points from him.
• Yu Linglong changed back from her pipa form, and Di Xin and Yu Linglong checked on the injured Daji.
• Di Xin promised to avenge Daji, and her affection and loyalty toward him increased.
• Daji told Yu Linglong and Hu Ximei that she had chosen to follow Di Xin and urged them to do the same.
• Di Xin called Yu Linglong and Hu Ximei his sisters-in-law, then went to the rebel soldiers and provoked them into giving him more negative emotion points.

Di Xin spared the soldiers who had been incited to rebel, but sentenced them to work on the Deer Terrace and study praises of his mercy. When Bi Gan and Huang Feihu arrived claiming they deserved death, Di Xin took their words literally and urged them to impale themselves, leaving both men panicked and bewildered.

• Daji defended Di Xin to Yu Linglong and Hu Ximei, convincing them that he was a kindhearted king and revealing her affection for him.
• Di Xin ordered the soldiers to live and work alongside the pardoned human sacrifices until the Deer Terrace was finished, and required them to write praises of his mercy.
• Di Xin asked the soldiers whether they had seen Huang Feihu and Bi Gan, and the two men entered the palace claiming they had come to rescue him.
• Di Xin told Huang Feihu and Bi Gan to die after they said they deserved death, then pointed them toward a spear when Bi Gan tried to stage his own death at the palace gate.
• Di Xin urged Bi Gan and Huang Feihu to keep their word and die, while both men panicked and generated negative emotion points for him.

Di Xin spared Bi Gan and Huang Feihu after threatening to execute them, then publicly branded them as traitors who had betrayed their allies to protect him. He left them surrounded by the soldiers’ fury, intent on turning his political opponents into loyal ministers despised by everyone.

• Di Xin urged Bi Gan and Huang Feihu to fulfill their claimed offer to die, and they admitted they wanted to keep serving Great Shang.
• Di Xin ordered the soldiers to behead them, then stopped the execution and announced that he would spare them and entrust them with important duties.
• Bi Gan and Huang Feihu denied helping Di Xin defeat Yang Ren, Fang Xiang, and Fang Bi, but Di Xin credited them with tipping him off about the uprising.
• Di Xin told the soldiers that Bi Gan and Huang Feihu had betrayed their allies to protect him, provoking the soldiers’ anger.
• Di Xin praised Bi Gan and Huang Feihu as devoted servants while privately resolving to make them despised, treacherous loyalists.

Di Xin forced Bi Gan and Huang Feihu to accept public praise as loyal ministers, then assigned them to oversee laborers building the Deer Terrace. After seeing Jiang Ziya’s growing resentment, Di Xin planned to strengthen his followers by summoning Li Jing and his family from Chentang Pass, hoping to bring Nezha under his influence.

• Di Xin cut off Bi Gan’s protests and threatened to publicize his and Huang Feihu’s supposed loyalty until they bowed and declared their devotion.
• Zheng Lun arrived, blamed himself for underestimating Jiang Ziya, and received Di Xin’s praise and reassurance.
• Di Xin ordered Bi Gan and Huang Feihu to supervise the soldiers building the Deer Terrace, teach them to praise him, and pay for their food.
• Di Xin saw Jiang Ziya’s negative emotion points rise and resolved to strengthen his core followers against the Chan and Jie disciples.
• Di Xin ordered Zheng Lun to summon Li Jing from Chentang Pass and bring his wife and children, especially Li Jing’s pregnant wife, intending to secure Nezha for his side.

Di Xin recruited powerful allies for Great Shang and reassured Hu Ximei and Yu Linglong that he would protect them from Nuwa’s schemes. He left them more trusting of him as he prepared to gather Yuan Hong and Kong Xuan in Chaoge.

• Di Xin sent Zheng Lun to fetch Li Jing’s pregnant wife, hoping to influence Nezha’s future, and ordered Shang Rong to recruit talent from all backgrounds.
• Di Xin instructed Shang Rong to invite the Six Monsters of Mount Mei and Kong Xuan to Chaoge, telling him to use the word “phoenix” if Kong Xuan refused.
• Di Xin welcomed Hu Ximei and Yu Linglong as family, increasing Daji’s affection and loyalty toward him.
• Hu Ximei and Yu Linglong questioned Di Xin about Daji’s defiance of Nuwa’s plans, and he explained the danger Nuwa posed to them.
• Yu Linglong feared they had nowhere to hide, but Di Xin promised to protect both sisters and grant them the spiritual fruition Nuwa would not; their affection for him increased.

Di Xin sent Daji, Hu Ximei, and Yu Linglong to reunite, then teased Queen Jiang before spending negative emotion points on prize draws. He gained three stalks of Dao-Merging Grass, but their use only advanced his Minor Pickpocketing Art by five mastery points, leaving him convinced the system was a sage-tier pitfall.

• Daji assured Hu Ximei and Yu Linglong that Di Xin would help them, and the sisters left together to reunite.
• Queen Jiang asked Di Xin about ten feet of scarlet and invited him to Weiyang Palace for instruction that night; he teased her, and she ran off blushing.
• Di Xin decided to spend thirty thousand negative emotion points on prize draws, but five single pulls yielded only "Thanks for Playing" results.
• Di Xin used a ten-pull and received three stalks of Dao-Merging Grass, two exclusive to the Minor Pickpocketing Art.
• Di Xin swallowed the three stalks and earned the Three Blossoms Achievement, gaining only five Minor Pickpocketing Art mastery points.

Di Xin used a ten-pull and obtained the Thirty-Nine Minor Mystic Art, which let him transform into beings and objects he had seen and imitate their abilities. He tested the art by transforming into Daji and charming the palace maid Bi'er, confirming that the technique worked.

• Di Xin completed a ten-pull, receiving four stalks of Dao-Merging Grass and a gleaming golden page.
• The Dao-Merging Grass raised Di Xin's Minor Pickpocketing Art mastery enough to let him steal from essence refining into qi cultivators.
• Di Xin obtained the Thirty-Nine Minor Mystic Art and learned the Seventy-Two Transformations, which lasted fifteen minutes and imposed a cooldown after three consecutive uses.
• Di Xin's attempts to transform into Thanos and Dao Ancestor Hongjun failed because they had no valid reference data.
• Di Xin transformed into Daji, discovered he could imitate her charm ability, and successfully charmed the palace maid Bi'er.

Di Xin used the Thirty-Nine Minor Mystic Art to impersonate Daji and confused Bi'er, then brought braised chicken to Shouxian Palace. He teased Hu Ximei about the dish being pheasant, and although she vowed not to eat any, Yu Linglong fed her a bite she found irresistible.

• Di Xin changed back from Daji’s appearance after Bi'er clung to him, then scolded her when she asked to be sent to Daji’s palace.
• Di Xin tested the Suiren Tranquil Heart Method and concluded that it produced only an absurdly remixed song.
• Di Xin brought a pot of braised chicken to Daji, and Yu Linglong eagerly rushed to eat it.
• Di Xin pretended the chicken was pheasant to provoke Hu Ximei, then revealed that it was ordinary domestic chicken.
• Hu Ximei vowed not to eat Di Xin’s chicken, but Yu Linglong put a piece in her mouth, and its flavor made her chew involuntarily.

Di Xin spent the evening eating with Daji and her sisters before visiting Queen Jiang, whose affection and loyalty reached the hidden mission’s threshold. The system rewarded him with the Great True Phoenix Art, while Ji Chang’s frustration over the Shoude Plow hinted at greater trouble ahead.

• Hu Ximei eagerly ate Di Xin’s chicken, and Yu Linglong teased her about eating too much as Di Xin calmed their squabble.
• Di Xin provoked Hu Ximei into giving him negative emotion points and considered making her his next target for collecting them.
• Di Xin visited Queen Jiang, teased her into admitting she wanted his instruction in bed, and spent the night with her.
• Queen Jiang’s affection and loyalty reached 100, completing a hidden mission and earning Di Xin merit and a random reward.
• Di Xin consumed Dao-Merging Grass and unlocked the Great True Phoenix Art, gaining its true phoenix bloodline and the beginnings of its body-refining effect.
• Di Xin saw that Ji Chang had supplied negative emotion points over the Shoude Plow and anticipated that worse difficulties awaited him.

Di Xin reorganized the Deer Terrace construction site into specialized teams, turning the chaotic work into an efficient assembly line. Shang Rong suggested applying the method to weapon-making, and Di Xin proposed standardized, numbered components as he left the worksite operating smoothly.

• Di Xin visited the Deer Terrace construction site and found that Bi Gan’s direction had left the workers without an effective division of labor.
• Di Xin dismissed Bi Gan from overseeing construction and sorted the refugees and soldiers into teams based on their skills.
• The workers followed Di Xin’s instructions, and the construction site quickly became orderly and more efficient.
• Shang Rong proposed using the assembly-line method to manufacture military weapons, and Di Xin approved the idea.
• Di Xin proposed standardized, numbered weapon components so they could be easily identified and defective parts traced to those responsible.