Chapter Summaries

Tang Wen trapped and killed An Qiu and later defeated Tian Boguang with the golden eagle’s help, acquiring the Earth Talisman Command Tokens and completing his traversal objective. He then went to the Four Beauties Sect to investigate the Yin Ox, where Cao Jianxia and the other sect leaders received him with open hostility.

• Tang Wen lured An Qiu to Flying Moon Lake, trapped his party in the Immortal Array, and captured An Qiu’s Primordial Spirit after Ao Chang’s attack helped him win.
• A black-clad Gu Nai ambushed Tang Wen, but Tang Wen advanced and killed him with a lightning technique.
• Tang Wen learned that Song Tianxian had told An Qiu about Yin Yishan’s Yin Ox, while the mystery of the Yin Ox’s presence at the crime scene pointed toward the Four Beauties Sect.
• Tian Boguang led Righteousness Manor forces to Flying Moon Lake, where Tang Wen’s group ambushed them and the golden eagle killed Tian Boguang; Tang Wen claimed the fused Earth Talisman Command Tokens and completed his traversal objective.
• Tang Wen arrived at the Four Beauties Sect to question Cao Jianxia, but Luo Feishuang, Huang Yinzhen, and Yang Zhuiyue challenged his manners, and Cao Jianxia demanded that he state his business.

After being driven from the Four Beauties Sect, Tang Wen survived Yin Zhaofeng’s ambush, advanced rapidly, and built a lucrative business in Rainbow City. Back at the Punishment Hall, he won the Punishment Emperor challenge and then challenged Zhang Zhaodong, but he still had to pass the dangerous Xingzun Space test to qualify.

• Liu Qianxue drove Tang Wen and his group from Peach Blossom Valley, and Yin Zhaofeng later ambushed them at Thousand-Autumn Peak; a bird killed Yin Zhaofeng, allowing Tang Wen to advance and defeat his followers.
• In Rainbow City, Tang Wen sold Villa Spaces, Light-Screen Televisions, and phones to Suobisi and the Rainbow Auction House, gaining Heavenly Fragrance City and enough popularity to advance further.
• Tang Wen returned to the Punishment Hall, where his rivals accused him of mishandling the Four Beauties Sect case and tried to disqualify him from the Punishment Emperor contest.
• At the challenge arena, Tang Wen defeated Ying Yuyan and Cui Yinyin together, then beat Red Devil Hand and Leng Jian, securing a Punishment Emperor position before conceding to Miao Yuqing.
• Tang Wen used his new Command Token to advance and challenged Zhang Zhaodong, but Miao Yidao warned that he first had to pass the dangerous Xingzun Space test.

Tang Wen's wedding brought powerful guests and a promotion that gave him command over the Arresting Towers, and his later encounter with Old Monster Yuan raised his strength to half-step True Sage. He then prepared to reopen Yin Yishan's murder investigation in Three Lives Three Worlds City, but had to force the hostile Ding Shi to obey his authority before departure.

• Tang Wen married Miao Yuqing, received distinguished guests and a Golden-Winged Great Peng Divine Bird, and gained a Fifth-Rank Punishment Hall Order and command over eight arresting towers from Yang Yong.
• Tang Wen helped Miao Yuqing reach half-step Supreme Sage and gave Miao Yidao cultivation resources after Zhang Zhaodong challenged him.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird carried Tang Wen to Old Monster Yuan, who taught him Zeng Jiu's array principles and sought his help rescuing Sang Bu from the Heavenly Extremity Gate.
• Tang Wen advanced to half-step True Sage attack power, briefly revealed the Heavenly Extremity Gate, and later bound the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird as his Contract Beast.
• Cao Jianxia asked Tang Wen to investigate suspected connections between Yin Yishan's murder and Yan Kaixian's death, and Tang Wen strengthened her before opening the Tang Clan Black City Mall and securing approval to investigate again.
• Ding Shi and his men challenged Tang Wen's leadership, but Tang Wen used his Fifth-Rank Punishment Hall Order to compel their departure for Three Lives Three Worlds City before following with his own force.

Tang Wen exposed Tai Jie and Luo Feishuang’s conspiracy in the Four Beauties Sect, defeated Cui Yuan, recovered the Yin Ox, and rose to Supreme Saint. Back at the Punishment Hall, he accepted an engagement to Yan Qianxue and passed the Punishment Sect Space test; he then faced a martial-strength test as the chapter ended.

• Tang Wen defeated Ding Shi’s attacks on his little domain, won Ding Shi’s allegiance, and later returned with him to investigate the Four Beauties Sect.
• Tang Wen’s party captured Tai Jie and Luo Feishuang, whose confessions revealed that Cui Yuan and Song Tianxian had orchestrated Kang Lin’s death and other murders.
• Tai Jie died after warning Tang Wen that Cui Yuan and Zhu Lie were nearby, and their forces attacked the Four Beauties Sect; Tang Wen lured Cui Yuan away while the others fought Song Tianxian’s troops.
• The Golden-Winged Roc helped Tang Wen seize the Yin Ox, and Tang Wen broke Cui Yuan’s soul seal, absorbed the Ox’s power, and killed Cui Yuan.
• Tang Wen returned to the Punishment Hall, accepted an engagement to Yan Qianxue, and entered the Punishment Sect Space after wagering against skeptical officials.
• Zhao Changkong announced that Tang Wen had passed the spatial test, and the Punishment Hall opened the martial-strength testing space while Tang Wen collected the officials’ forfeited fiefs.

Tang Wen defeated MacArthur, became Photon Star’s Grand Commander, and revived the Guild Leader, whose account of Kele Star led him to Zhu Liyin and a deadly Jade Carving. After gaining power and returning to Black City, Tang Wen was appointed to command a dangerous investigation in Heavenly Capital City, then confronted his fiancée Yan Qianxue when she tried to break their engagement.

• Tang Wen challenged MacArthur, defeated him with one slap, and accepted Liu Yimei’s marriage proposal before receiving command of Photon Star’s forces.
• Tang Wen removed the Monkey Mark that had sustained the comatose Guild Leader, who awoke and explained Kele Star’s spirit-sense powers and the Monkey Mark’s connection to a powerful monkey.
• Tang Wen and Zhu Liyin were trapped by the Jade Carving, but the Bronze Coffin released green vapor that destroyed Lion Demon’s soul and helped both recover with greatly increased power.
• Zhu Liyin led Photon Star’s forces to defeat Ya Long, while Tang Wen seized Kele Star weapons and technology before returning to Black City.
• Tang Wen passed the Punishment Alliance tests, advanced to General Pavilion Master, and volunteered to command the investigation of the Ding Family case in Heavenly Capital City despite Ma Buli and Guan Fei’s apparent trap.
• Yan Qianxue arrived at Tang Wen’s residence, condemned his decision to lead the investigation, and presented him with a letter dissolving their engagement.

Tang Wen advanced to Punishment Radiance, defeated a World Fortress ambush at Xuanying Villa, and gained authority to lead the Ding Family investigation. In Capital City, he used a powerful command token to force the Criminal Affairs Office chief to cooperate and assigned Ning Jue to his case.

• Tang Wen advanced to Third Grade Great Sage and First Rank Saint Venerable, then defeated Tian Linglong in a duel and made her promise to serve as his maid.
• At Xuanying Villa, Tang Wen exposed World Fortress’s plot, fought alongside Luo Zhennian and Tian Linglong, and killed Yin Kui and over a thousand attackers.
• Tang Wen and Luo Zhennian agreed to seek justice against World Fortress, while Tian Linglong advanced to Third Grade Saint Emperor with Tang Wen’s help.
• Zhang Guhao granted Tang Wen a Third-Rank Punishment Hall Command Token, promoted him to Punishment Radiance, and assigned Ximen Chuifeng to protect him.
• At the Capital City Criminal Affairs Office, Tang Wen confronted Zhu Congshan over queue-jumping and used Old Monster Yuan’s command token to secure his cooperation.
• Tang Wen ordered Ning Jue to assist with the Ding Family case, and Ning Jue agreed to report for duty.

Tang Wen uncovered clues about the Ding family killings while building power through a new Emperor’s Residence post and the destruction of Yangdang Mountain. After surviving Jiuni’s attack, he claimed to have a lead and began questioning the family about Ding Haoxiong’s arrival at the murder scene.

• Tang Wen won Ning Jue and other allies over with Divine Pills, then led them to destroy Yangdang Mountain and recover the Wang Family’s stolen goods.
• Tang Wen traded the recovered goods and cultivation pills for a fourth-rank Inspection Envoy post, raising his power index above one trillion and upgrading the Great Landlord System.
• Tang Wen examined the victims and used accelerated time deduction to learn that an expert had killed them with Spiritual Power; he noticed Ding Sen’s body lacked traces of a Primordial Spirit.
• Tang Wen consulted Nangong Ling, retrieved Ding Zelong’s departed soul, and revived him, but Ding Zelong could only recall sensing a familiar scent before he died.
• Tang Wen returned to investigate the Ding family case, where Yan Qianxue challenged him and Jiuni attacked him until Ding Shichun intervened.
• Tang Wen claimed he had found a lead and asked Ding Xian De whether Ding Haoxiong had been the first to arrive after the killings; Ding Xian De confirmed it.

Tang Wen solved the Sea City killings with the Southern Ghost Emperor’s help, gained the Crown Prince’s support, and grew powerful enough to claim the Rainbow Immortal Realm after winning the Rainbow Fairy’s zither contest. He returned to the living world only to be struck by heavenly punishment, while Ox-Head and Horse-Face approached his unconscious body.

• Tang Wen defeated Yan Qianxue, but Jiuni attacked him and his Criminal Constables until Ren Qianqiu intervened; Tang Wen vowed to kill Jiuni within a year.
• Tang Wen investigated the Bloodslaughter Maniac in Sea City, tracked the killer into the Underworld, and captured him with the Emperor Spirit’s help.
• The Crown Prince rewarded Tang Wen with a Subordinate Second Rank inspector’s Command Token, and Tang Wen bargained with him for help drawing Zhuang Jingxian away from Military Headquarters.
• Tang Wen visited the Rainbow Realm to obtain treasures for Du Ziren, defeated Feng Xieyang, and won the Rainbow Fairy’s bet, gaining her, her realm, and its Command Token.
• Tang Wen returned from the Rainbow Realm and was struck by heavenly punishment; Ox-Head and Horse-Face approached his unconscious body, then recognized the Emperor Spirit.

Tang Wen defeated He Shanqi, solved Miao Feiguang’s murder, and exposed Divine Marshal Wei Gutong, though the emperor closed the case without punishing Wei. Promoted to Criminal Profound, Tang Wen set out for Black City with the Criminal Constables, unaware that Heavenly Palace City had sent assassins after him.

• Tang Wen killed He Shanqi with one punch at the Imperial Gold Platform, earning the crowd’s cheers and a promotion to Punishment Heaven.
• Tang Wen investigated Miao Feiguang’s murder, identified registrar Wang He as suspicious, and traced the case to Lan Kui and Divine Marshal Wei Gutong.
• Tang Wen presented evidence in court, but Chu Shanhe declared the case closed and ordered Wei Gutong to investigate enemy spies instead of punishing him.
• The Crown Prince warned Tang Wen that Wei Gutong and the Eighth Prince might be aligned, while Wei Gutong and the Eighth Prince plotted to wait before targeting Tang Wen.
• The Criminal Committee promoted Tang Wen to Criminal Profound, and he departed for Black City with more than two thousand Criminal Constables.
• The Second Prince arranged with Heavenly Palace City to assassinate Tang Wen, and his party reached Baimang City after traveling for a month and a half.

After Tang Wen returned to Black City, he rose rapidly through the Punishment Hall and was assigned to rebuild its Capital City branch. He completed the Great Landlord System by claiming the Stone Monkey in the past, returned as a Cosmic Saint, and won promotion to Deputy Hall Master overseeing the Capital City's Punishment Sea.

• Tang Wen returned to Black City, received a promotion to Criminal Shaman, and discovered that the system upgrade had opened Six-Dimensional Space and Primordial Chaos.
• Tang Wen descended into the Bottomless Cave, defeated Du Junyi long enough to survive her challenge, and was forced into marriage with her after Du Ziren's scheme.
• Tang Wen helped Du Ziren free Ao Guding and Huang Ji, then learned that a massacre had devastated the Punishment Hall's Capital City branch and accepted the challenge to lead its reconstruction.
• Tang Wen defeated Gao Nong in a duel, won appointment as criminal affairs commissioner for the Capital Criminal Ward, and later revealed to Yang Yong that he had reached Sixth-Rank Yellow Saint.
• Tang Wen entered Kele Star, became a two-star Divine Marshal, and used temporal extrapolation to retrieve the Stone Monkey, completing the Great Landlord System and becoming a Fourth-Rank Cosmic Saint.
• Tang Wen proved his Cosmic Saint realm before the Punishment Hall's senior officers, and Dong Xue promoted him to Deputy Hall Master in charge of the Capital City's Punishment Sea.

Tang Wen crushed the Yinshan Sect, advanced in power, and rose to Divine Marshal and Grand Tutor while the Second Prince sought World Fortress’s help to kill him. After demonstrating his strength to Ren Qianqiu and gaining Ren Jiuqian as a disciple, Tang Wen headed toward the Civil and Martial Assembly, where the Heavenly Fragrance Princess and other notable guests were expected.

• Tang Wen ambushed and killed Liu Junxin’s force, then accepted the Great Emperor’s command to suppress the Yinshan Sect and secretly assembled troops with help from the Wang Family and Ding Family.
• Tang Wen used propaganda and overwhelming firepower to rout the Yinshan Sect and Hongtai Mountain’s bandits, advanced to the fourth rank of the Flood Realm, and received the title of Principal Second Rank Mountain-Suppressing Divine General.
• The Second Prince plotted to kill Tang Wen during the campaign and later offered World Fortress land and a Dragon Vein in exchange for killing him within a month.
• Lan Junmei’s party assessed Tang Wen, and Lan Congli tested him but was effortlessly defeated; Tang Wen later beat Wei Gutong, defeated Luo Wen, and was named Heavenly Beauty Divine Marshal and Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince.
• Ren Qianqiu discussed Wanhai and the higher realms with Tang Wen; Ren Jiuqian became Tang Wen’s disciple and reached the Desolate Realm after taking a Popularity Pill, while Ren Daxian lost his chance and the family-head succession.
• Tang Wen was summoned to the Civil and Martial Assembly at Tide-Listening Pavilion, where the Heavenly Fragrance Princess and other prominent guests were expected.

Tang Wen defeated the forces that destroyed his Punishment Hall, became Supreme Emperor of Great Xia, and rose to Quasi-Cult Leader strength before traveling to Wanhai to seek allies against High Person Tianbao. The chapter ended with him provoking the Myriad Sea Dragon Clan by striking Ao Yong, then facing Ao Yong’s Fifth Uncle in Wanhai Restaurant.

• Lai Jungang challenged Tang Wen, who slapped him into the imperial palace and was ordered by Emperor Chu Shanhe to leave Capital City.
• Tang Wen destroyed a Heavenly Palace City branch palace, advanced to chaos eighth rank, and reversed Han Xuan into infancy when Han challenged him outside the Huidu Branch Hall.
• In the Divine Realm, Tang Wen killed Tu Jiu, was named chief sage teacher of the Fire God Clan, and gained enough power to reach Hongmeng Realm strength.
• After Gui Qiu’s forces and their allies razed the Huidu Branch Hall, Tang Wen restored and strengthened the Punishment Hall, accepted its chief hall master position, and defeated the invading alliance.
• Tang Wen defeated Chu Tiankuo, established Great Xia with Zhao Dan as emperor, and won Chao Ge’s recognition as Supreme Emperor before advancing to Quasi-Cult Leader level.
• Tang Wen traveled to Wanhai to seek an alliance against High Person Tianbao, struck Ao Yong and his guards at Wanhai Restaurant, and confronted Ao Yong’s Fifth Uncle.

Tang Wen married Long Aoxue, gained control of the Myriad Sea Dragon Clan, and defeated Ma Qiangda and High Person Tianbao, ultimately reaching the rank of Heaven's Servant. He learned he might be Tianlan reincarnated and traveled to the Prisoned Dragon Domain, where Ao Kong revealed that Gu Hanyan was Nüwa and he was Lu Ya, before Tang Wen chose a peaceful life with his family.

• Tang Wen presented Ao Kong's Grand Ancestor Token to the Myriad Sea Dragon Palace, married Long Aoxue, and gained jurisdiction over the Dragon Clan when their matching tokens merged.
• Ma Dongfeng attacked Wanhai, but Tang Wen killed him and later defeated Ma Qiangda's forces after training the Dragon Clan's disciples.
• Tang Wen opened a route to the Eight-Dimensional Space, acquired planets and Divine Cannons, and advanced in power with the resulting popularity and energy.
• The Heavenly Maiden awakened and told Tang Wen about Tianlan, her husband and creator of the Space of No Cultivation or Refinement; Tang Wen later killed High Person Tianbao and became Heaven's Servant.
• High Person Tianbao revealed that Tang Wen might be Tianlan reincarnated and that the Heavenly Maiden had been put into the Bronze Coffin so she could find him.
• Tang Wen entered the Prisoned Dragon Domain, reunited with Gu Hanyan, and learned from the Heavenly Maiden that Gu Hanyan was Nüwa and Ao Kong was Lu Ya.