Chapter Summaries

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.