Chapter Summaries

The Demonic Gate, the Righteous Path, and Li Shimin’s forces gathered at Mount Taibai to prepare for their battle against Yu Huatian, but the Taibai Sect drove them away with a terrifying display of sword qi. Di Shitian warned them not to provoke the sect and explained that he had chosen the Qinling Mountains because their Dragon Vein would let him unleash his full power; Yu Huatian had accepted the challenge and was on his way.

• Li Shimin and nearly a hundred experts arrived at Mount Taibai, where Jiang Ye recounted the Taibai Sect’s fearsome history and its leader Bai Yu’s past slaughter of dozens of leading experts.
• Li Shimin called for a Taibai Sect senior, but received no answer, and Jiang Ye crossed the boundary marker despite being told to leave.
• A terrifying aura and wave of sword qi struck Jiang Ye, shattered his palm attack, and sent him back beyond the marker with blood at his mouth.
• Di Shitian arrived, rebuked the group for provoking the Taibai Sect, and ordered everyone down the mountain, admitting that even he dared not confront its mysterious expert.
• Di Shitian explained that the Qinling Mountains’ Dragon Vein concealed heaven’s workings and would allow him to use his full strength against Yu Huatian.
• Li Shimin confirmed that Yu Huatian had accepted the challenge and was heading for the Qinling Mountains, and Di Shitian vowed to settle old and new grudges.

Yu Huatian and his companions arrived at Mount Taibai for the battle against the Li Clan and discovered that Xu Fu, the former Qin alchemist known as Di Shitian, was secretly supporting them. As Yu Huatian exposed Xu Fu’s betrayal of the First Emperor and his role in founding the Fusang Empire, the battle began and the gathered factions learned who their ally truly was.

• Yu Huatian recognized that the Qinling Mountains’ dragon vein could conceal a Union with the Dao expert backing the Li Clan.
• Yu Huatian arrived at Mount Taibai with ten companions and identified Di Shitian as Xu Fu, while the Li Clan’s leaders gathered with nearly a hundred fighters and several powerful allies.
• Yu Huatian and Di Shitian exchanged threats, and Yu Huatian accused the Li Clan of trusting a dangerous stranger; Fan Qinghui and Dini challenged Yu Huatian’s insults and accusations.
• Yu Huatian revealed that Di Shitian had secretly instigated conflicts across the Jianghu and named him Xu Fu, prompting Di Shitian to attack repeatedly to silence him.
• Yu Huatian explained that Xu Fu stole the Phoenix’s blood, deceived the First Emperor into granting him three thousand boys and girls, and settled with them on Dongying Island.
• Yu Huatian declared that Xu Fu’s settlement became the Fusang Empire, leaving the gathered fighters stunned by the revelation.

Yu Huatian exposed Di Shitian as Xu Fu, a traitor to Great Qin, and confronted Demon Lord Bai Suzhen when she appeared in the Qinling Mountains. After Bai Suzhen learned that the Longevity Immortal God was dead, she attacked Yu Huatian, and the chapter ended with their battle underway.

• Yu Huatian revealed Di Shitian's identity and condemned the Li Clan for cooperating with him, causing the clan's allies to recoil.
• Di Shitian removed his mask, summoned Bai Suzhen, and watched as she used the Six Demonic Crossings to enchant the onlookers.
• Yu Huatian recognized Bai Suzhen and told her the Longevity Immortal God had died; Di Shitian confirmed it and blamed Yu Huatian for his death.
• Bai Suzhen attacked Yu Huatian out of anger, while Di Shitian joined the fight and used the Sacred Heart Art against him.
• Yu Huatian countered Di Shitian's techniques, struck his Primordial Spirit, and revealed his Deathless Demon Body before charging at Bai Suzhen.

Yu Huatian, Bai Suzhen, and Di Shitian’s battle damaged Mount Taibai until its guardian, Bai Yu, intervened and overwhelmed Bai Suzhen. As Bai Suzhen drew on the Demonic Path’s laws and Bai Yu prepared to face her, the unmarked grave on Mount Taibai split open and a terrifying presence began to awaken.

• Yu Huatian fought Bai Suzhen and Di Shitian above Mount Taibai, and their battle devastated the mountain.
• Bai Yu emerged from the summit and struck Bai Suzhen down with a sword strike fueled by killing aura.
• Bai Yu revealed that Bai Suzhen was a Nine Li remnant who had obtained the Demon Clan’s legacy, then drove her back after she charged at him again.
• Bai Suzhen wielded the Demonic Path’s laws, prompting Bai Yu to prepare to confront her directly.
• The unmarked grave at the center of Mount Taibai split open as a terrifying presence began to awaken.

Bai Qi awakened from his grave on Mount Taibai, overwhelmed the Heavenly Dao’s power, and killed Bai Suzhen and Di Shitian with his broken sword. He revealed that he was from Great Qin and identified himself to Yu Huatian as Bai Qi.

• Bai Suzhen unleashed the Demonic Path’s Power of Laws against Bai Yu, drawing the Heavenly Dao’s attention as it began to drag her into the sky.
• Bai Qi emerged from his grave on Mount Taibai, unleashing killing intent that suppressed the Heavenly Dao, Bai Suzhen, and the surrounding experts.
• Bai Qi destroyed Bai Suzhen’s law and killed her with his broken sword, then killed Di Shitian in the same manner.
• Bai Qi confronted the Heavenly Dao’s giant eye until it withdrew, while Bai Yu and Bai Yun welcomed him as their ancestor.
• Bai Qi recognized the First Emperor’s aura and the Ding Qin Sword on Yu Huatian, then revealed that his name was Bai Qi.

Bai Qi awakened on Mount Taibai, confirmed that nearly two thousand years had passed since Qin’s fall, and promised to defend the world against the Demon Clan before seeking the First Emperor in the Immortal Realm. After Bai Qi departed with Bai Yu, Yu Huatian secured the Li Clan’s surrender, leaving Ming poised to dominate the Divine Land.

• Yu Huatian recognized Bai Qi as Lord Wu'an and learned that he had awakened nearly two thousand years after Qin’s fall.
• Bai Qi said the Ding Qin Sword had sealed the Well of Gods and Demons and told Yu Huatian to uphold his mission against the Demon Clan.
• Bai Qi promised to go to Kunlun when the Well of Gods and Demons opened again, then to seek the First Emperor in the Immortal Realm.
• Bai Qi entered Mount Taibai with Bai Yu, and the mountain vanished behind an array as Yu Huatian decided to visit him another time.
• Yu Huatian reminded the Li Clan that it had lost their agreed contest, and Li Shimin accepted defeat and promised to urge his royal father to submit to Ming.
• Yu Huatian gave the Li Clan three days to surrender, threatening to lead troops into Youzhou and spare none of them if they refused.

After Li Shimin returned defeated by Yu Huatian, the Li Clan’s allies abandoned it, and Li Yuan left the clan’s future to his sons. The next day, the Li Clan surrendered to Ming, ending the Great Sui’s resistance.

• Li Yuan learned that Ming’s Jianghu Coalition Army was approaching Zhuo Commandery and ordered the Li Clan to avoid fighting until Li Shimin returned.
• Li Shimin returned with the other experts, and Li Yuan learned that they had lost to Yu Huatian in the Qinling Mountains.
• Li Shimin advised the Li Clan to accept that Ming would prevail, while Li Yuanji argued that the clan should retreat to the Grasslands.
• Dini, Heavenly Monk, Jiang Ye, Song Que, and other leaders withdrew their factions from the Li Clan or left the conflict.
• Li Yuan handed the Li Clan’s future to Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, then departed.
• The next day, the Li Clan announced its surrender to Ming.

After the Li Clan and its allied forces submitted to Ming, Yu Huatian ordered action against the Great Sui sects that resisted and discussed the world’s long-lived figures with Yang Guang. At Cihang Jingzhai, founding ancestor Dini condemned the sect’s leaders and Holy Maidens for using their relationships with powerful men to advance the sect, leaving its future in danger.

• Yang Guang celebrated the Li Clan’s surrender, and Yu Huatian said Ming would soon turn its attention to Great Han.
• Ma Jinliang reported that the Song Clan and other former Li allies had submitted, while Cihang Jingzhai and the Pure Thought Zen Sect planned to seal their mountains.
• Yu Huatian ordered Ma Jinliang to punish the two sects, collect the Demonic Gate’s martial arts manuals, and have its disciples join the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
• Yang Guang asked Yu Huatian about rumors of Xu Fu and Bai Qi’s long lives, then learned that immortality was beyond his reach.
• Dini berated Fan Qinghui, Yan Jing'an, Shi Feixuan, and Qin Mengyao for using their beauty and ties to influential men to strengthen Cihang Jingzhai.

Dini appointed Jin Bingyun to oversee Cihang Jingzhai and announced that the sect would seal its mountain, but Dongfang Bubai led Ming’s forces in an assault. Dongfang defeated and killed Dini, and his troops annihilated the sect as another battle began at the Pure Thought Zen Sect.

• Dini ordered Cihang Jingzhai to withdraw from worldly affairs and placed Jin Bingyun in charge, despite Abbess Jingyi’s warning that Yu Huatian would not leave them alone.
• Dongfang Bubai arrived with Ming’s forces and surrounded Emperor Treading Peak, then challenged Dini over the sect’s past interference in the war.
• Dini fought Dongfang Bubai, but he overcame her, drained her power, and killed her.
• Dongfang Bubai ordered the attackers to kill the sect members; Yan Shisan and A Fei killed Qin Mengyao, and Ming’s forces wiped out Cihang Jingzhai.
• At the Pure Thought Zen Sect, Jian Yue and tens of thousands of Ming experts fought the monks led by the Heavenly Monk.

Jian Yue destroyed the Pure Thought Zen Sect, prompting Jianghu factions and the Demonic Gate to submit to Yu Huatian’s power. Yu Huatian then visited Mount Taibai to meet Bai Qi, where the chapter ended as he sensed the terrifying presence of Great Qin’s Lord Wu'an.

• Jian Yue killed Heavenly Monk and wiped out every monk of the Pure Thought Zen Sect.
• Jiang Ye warned the Demonic Gate’s Two Sects and Six Paths not to oppose Yu Huatian, and ordered each branch to send two disciples to join Ming’s Embroidered Uniform Guard.
• After the Demonic Gate leaders left, Jiang Ye pondered the Kunlun Barrier, the Well of Gods and Demons, and the First Emperor’s prophecy, then flew north.
• Yu Huatian arrived at Mount Taibai and learned from Bai Yu’s adopted disciple Tian'er that the youth cultivated the God of Slaughter Art.
• Tian'er led Yu Huatian to Bai Qi, whose presence overwhelmed him with visions of corpses and blood.

Yu Huatian visited Bai Qi on Mount Taibai and learned about the cultivation realms beyond Union with the Dao and Bai Qi’s role in the ancient war against the Demon Clan. Bai Qi revealed that Great Qin’s seal was failing and the world’s spirit would soon lift its restrictions to help resist the demons.

• Yu Huatian met Bai Qi and learned that Bai Yu and Bai Tian cultivated the God of Slaughter Art by hunting beasts in the Qinling Mountains.
• Bai Qi explained that Bai Yu had reached the late Union with the Dao stage and that Mahayana, or Martial Dao Primordial Spirit, lay beyond Union with the Dao.
• Bai Qi revealed that he had reached the Martial Dao Primordial Spirit Realm before falling asleep to recover from injuries sustained in the war against the Demon Clan.
• Bai Qi recounted how the First Emperor and Great Qin fought the Demon Clan, slaying nineteen of its eighty-one Primordial Spirit Realm Demon Lords and reinforcing the seal with Great Qin’s national fortune.
• Bai Qi explained that damage to Kunlun had caused the world’s spirit to seal away experts who reached Union with the Dao, and that it would lift the restriction when the Demon Clan returned.
• Yu Huatian learned that Great Qin’s national fortune was exhausted and the seal on the Well of Gods and Demons was close to breaking.

Bai Qi explained the Demon Clan’s overwhelming strength to Yu Huatian and urged him to keep preparing despite the odds. After learning Meng Tian was alive, Bai Qi decided to go north and secretly attempt to reinforce the seal on the Well of Gods and Demons, potentially buying Yu Huatian more time.

• Bai Qi told Yu Huatian that the Demon Clan’s million soldiers were each as strong as several Innate martial artists, and that the previous invasion had nearly annihilated Great Qin’s forces.
• Yu Huatian admitted he feared the Divine Land could not withstand the coming invasion, but Bai Qi encouraged him to unite the world and rely on reincarnated Immortals as allies.
• Yu Huatian told Bai Qi that Meng Tian was alive and leading troops across the Grasslands for him, prompting Bai Qi to resolve to visit Meng Tian.
• Bai Qi told Bai Yu to assist Yu Huatian if needed and revealed he would go north to try to reinforce the seal, secretly buying the Divine Land more time.

After Great Sui submitted to Ming, Yu Huatian ended his seclusion and announced a plan to rule the united Divine Land through Ming and self-governing kingdoms. The chapter left the assembled factions excited by the chance to compete for the seven remaining provincial thrones.

• The Li Clan’s surrender prompted other factions to submit, and Sun Chengzong and the others pacified Great Sui as resistance faded.
• Yu Huatian ended his unsuccessful seclusion, kept Wanwan and Plum, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum as attendants, and sent the other women to serve in the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
• Mei Jian reported that Great Sui was pacified and that its leading families and factions had sent representatives to Chang’an.
• Yu Huatian summoned the military leaders, jianghu sects, and Great Sui factions to Daxing Palace, where he declared that Great Sui would become Ming’s vassal state under Yang Guang as King of Sui.
• Yu Huatian announced that the united Divine Land would be divided into nine provinces, with kings governing seven self-ruling kingdoms, and said he would recommend candidates from among those who had helped unify the realm.

Meng Tian faced a million-strong Goguryeo and Turkic Khaganate army until Bai Qi arrived and killed their five Heavenly Being experts with one stroke. After recognizing Bai Qi as his long-lost grandfather, Meng Tian prepared to lead his troops against the approaching enemy while Bai Qi watched.

• Goguryeo and the Turkic Khaganate Kingdom launched a full assault on Meng Tian's camp, forcing him to order a retreat.
• Fu Cailin and four other Heavenly Being experts intercepted Meng Tian, who rose to hold them off while his army withdrew.
• Bai Qi appeared and killed all five foreign experts with a single blood-red sword strike.
• Meng Tian recognized Bai Qi as his grandfather, and Bai Qi revealed he was a survivor from Great Qin a thousand years earlier.
• As the allied army's martial artist vanguard charged, Meng Tian refused Bai Qi's offer of help and prepared to defend the camp himself.

Yu Huatian led a vast coalition toward the Great Han Dynasty, while Cao Cao learned of the invasion and sought an alliance with Liu Bei and Sun Quan. As a gray-robed Daoist prepared to confront a presence in the clouds, Yu Huatian appeared before him.

• Yu Huatian allowed Great Sui’s factions to join the Western Expedition, and nearly a million allied troops joined Ming’s five hundred thousand soldiers in marching on Great Han.
• Yu Huatian divided the campaign, sending the coalition south against Liu Bei and Sun Quan while he led Ming’s army north against Cao Cao and planned to seek the Heaven Pendant from the Celestial Master Sect.
• Cao Cao learned that Ming was invading Great Han from both north and south, and Jia Xu urged him to ally with Liu Bei and Sun Quan and rally Great Han’s martial artists.
• A gray-robed Daoist appeared in Cao Cao’s residence and addressed an unseen presence in the clouds as Yu Huatian emerged and greeted Lu Xun.

Yu Huatian met Lu Xun and learned that hidden powers backed Liu Bei and Sun Quan, including mysterious experts connected to the Tong Clan. Lu Xun brought him to Dragon-Tiger Mountain, where he met Sun En, whose cultivation seemed even more formidable than before.

• Yu Huatian appeared before Lu Xun and Cao Cao, then asked whether the Celestial Master Sect would oppose Ming’s campaign to unify the Divine Land.
• Lu Xun agreed to take Yu Huatian to meet Sun En and explained how the Celestial Master Sect had backed Cao Cao in the struggle against Liu Bei and Sun Quan.
• Lu Xun revealed that Li Yan and Tong Yuan supported Liu Bei and that an unknown stronger force had deterred An Shiqing and Jiang Lingxu from confronting them.
• Lu Xun told Yu Huatian that Yin Zhong might have reached the Union with the Dao Realm and that the Tong Clan seemed to be holding him in check.
• Lu Xun led Yu Huatian into the Limitless Cave on Dragon-Tiger Mountain, where Sun En welcomed him after years apart.

Yu Huatian united the Heaven, Earth, and Heart Pendants with Sun En, revealing that the War God Hall was a world fragment hidden at Kunlun Mountain. As they discussed Ming’s plans to unify the realm, Sun En warned him that the Great Han Dynasty’s last guardian, Marquis of Liu Zhang Liang, was still alive.

• Sun En revealed the Heaven Pendant, and Yu Huatian produced the Earth Pendant and Heart Pendant; the three united into a single jade pendant.
• Yu Huatian experienced the pendants’ vision, learned the War God Hall’s nature and location, and told Sun En it lay beneath Kunlun Mountain.
• Sun En explained that he had waited for Yu Huatian to bring the pendants together, and Yu Huatian invited him to explore the War God Hall after Ming’s affairs were settled.
• Sun En warned Yu Huatian that Zhang Liang protected the Great Han Dynasty and that an ancient power might stand behind Yin Zhong.
• Yu Huatian recognized that Sun En’s warning about Yin Zhong’s backing likely concerned the Tong Clan, but remained troubled by Zhang Liang.

Yu Huatian met Zhang Liang, the Great Han’s last guardian, who accepted the dynasty’s fall so long as unification brought peace and prosperity to the people. Yu Huatian then learned about the Three Immortals of the Late Han and set out to settle matters in Shu and Jiangdong before seeking the War God Hall.

• Yu Huatian and Sun En found Zhang Liang living as Mister Han in Zhang Family Village, and Zhang Liang said he no longer cared who ruled as long as the people had peace, food, and land.
• Sun En explained that Zhang Liang had done all he could to protect Great Han, and Yu Huatian promised to improve the people’s lives after unifying the Divine Land.
• Sun En told Yu Huatian that Nanhua Old Immortal, Zuo Ci, and Yu Ji were behind the experts aiding Li Yan and Tong Yuan, and Yu Huatian decided to seek them after handling Shu and Jiangdong.
• Sun En offered to handle Cao Cao while Yu Huatian flew toward Shu, and the two planned to travel to Kunlun and explore the War God Hall later.
• Sun En ordered Lu Xun to bring back his senior brother and withdraw the Celestial Master Sect from the struggle, reminding him that the sect valued peace rather than who ruled.

Cao Cao surrendered Great Han to the Ming Army after Lu Xun refused to help him resist, while Yu Huatian met the Three Immortals of the Late Han in Shu. The immortals agreed not to obstruct his unification campaign, warned him that the Kunlun Seal had only about ten years left, and cautioned him about the Tong Clan and Dragon Clan in Jiangdong.

• Cao Cao learned that the Ming Western Expeditionary Army had broken through the frontier and asked Lu Xun to help defend Great Han.
• Lu Xun refused to fight for Cao Cao, citing his master's orders and the Heavenly Mandate, but offered to seek a vassal princedom for him if he surrendered.
• Cao Cao met Sun Chengzong at the pass and surrendered Great Han unconditionally to the Ming Army.
• Yu Huatian met Nanhua Old Immortal, Zuo Ci, and Yu Ji, who agreed not to interfere with his efforts to unify the Divine Land.
• Nanhua Old Immortal reminded Yu Huatian that the Kunlun Seal had roughly ten years left and advised him to avoid needless bloodshed in Shu.
• Yu Ji warned Yu Huatian that Jiangdong's Tong Clan and Dragon Clan were more dangerous than Yin Zhong, and Yu Huatian asked to hear about them.

Yu Huatian learned that the Dragon Clan and Tong Clan survived in Water Moon Cave Heaven and traveled to Jiangdong to seek their support against the Demon Clan. He found Long Ze Manor's master, Long Bo, and revealed that he knew of his Dragon Clan ancestry, ending by naming Water Moon Cave Heaven.

• Yu Ji and Nanhua Old Immortal told Yu Huatian that the Tong Clan had been sheltered in Water Moon Cave Heaven by Long Teng of the Dragon Clan, and urged him to seek both clans' help against the Demon Clan.
• Yu Huatian decided to go to Jiangdong to find Yin Zhong and learn about the entrance to Water Moon Cave Heaven, then visited Long Ze Manor.
• Yin Xiu initially refused to let Yu Huatian meet the manor master, but Long Bo recognized the Ming Martial King and invited him inside.
• Yu Huatian sensed the Dragon God Skill in Long Bo and asked whether his ancestor was the general Long Teng.
• Long Bo reacted with shock when Yu Huatian identified him as a descendant of the Dragon Clan, and Yu Huatian explained that he had come to find him.
• Yu Huatian named Water Moon Cave Heaven, leaving Long Bo to respond.