Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao used Ross to lure White Eagle’s S-Rank Ghost Tamers into an ambush, quickly capturing Bruno and sealing his anomaly. Storm arrived and questioned Ross, who used the threat of nuclear weapons to persuade him to summon more Ghost Tamers, while Storm decided to keep Ross nearby.

• Ross accepted the Weird Insect from Lin Hao and agreed to lure White Eagle’s Ghost Tamers to the Settlement.
• Bruno appeared before Ross, and Lin Hao ambushed and subdued him with the Dharma form before sealing his Hellwalker anomaly.
• Storm arrived at the manor looking for Bruno, then rushed to question Ross when he sensed his nervousness.
• Ross told Storm that Alaska Base possessed nuclear bombs and that the Settlement had been evacuated after Ghost Card’s divination.
• Storm decided to summon Fili and Ghost Face, while keeping Ross with him rather than letting him return to the Settlement.

Lin Hao ambushed the Ghost Tamers who returned to the Settlement, defeated Storm, and sealed the powers of Storm, the Ghost Captain, and Ghost Face. He assigned Ross to manage Alaska Base, then set out to find Fili while Ross guarded the Settlement.

• Lin Hao’s flying swords killed Ghost Face and struck down Olson, while Storm resisted the attack and recognized Lin Hao as the ambusher.
• Lin Hao trapped Storm in his Dharma form’s palm, sealed Storm’s lightning power into a Saintly Weapon, and discovered it was a reflection of a world’s lightning-punishment system.
• Lin Hao subdued Olson and Ghost Face, sealed their supernatural powers, and ordered Ross to report to Alaska Base and manage it.
• Ross killed four returning transmigrators when they arrived at the Settlement, then agreed to guard the Settlement while Lin Hao went to find Fili.

Lin Hao used the Storm Lord’s identity to direct White Eagle’s Ghost Tamers toward the Dragon-Tiger Holy Land while arranging support from Ross and gathering intelligence in Shanghai. He met Duogungun and agreed to accompany him into the Lost Land, leaving their expedition poised to begin.

• Lin Hao disguised himself as the Storm Lord, ordered Fili to manage White Eagle’s homeland, and summoned the Transmigrators to the Settlement.
• Lin Hao sent Ross to Alaska after revoking the Evacuation Point, then returned to the Apartment Building and told Duogungun to meet him in Shanghai in twenty days.
• Duogungun and Ru Yu'er discussed their plans for the Dragon-Tiger Holy Land and their concerns about Shijian’s growth.
• Lin Hao summoned White Eagle’s Ghost Tamers in Shanghai and assigned them to watch the Dragon-Tiger Holy Land for opportunities to intercept stragglers and claim spoils.
• Rola told Lin Hao that a Church Cardinal had arrived in the Far East and might help Japan rebuild its forces; Lin Hao then met Duogungun at a café.
• Duogungun asked Lin Hao to handle threats up to the Second-Tribulation Martial Saint level during their expedition, and Lin Hao agreed.

The Four Heavenly Kings, Zhang Zhong, and other powerful factions gathered at Dragon-Tiger Mountain to enter its Holy Land and compete for pills and other treasures. After a bell signaled the opening, they reached a dangerous river trial, where Liao Xin’s water token might prove useful, and Lin Hao arrived while Duogungun followed in secret.

• Owen and other Western Ghost Tamers discussed the factions converging on Dragon-Tiger Mountain and the danger of the Earthly Kingdom of God gaining more power.
• Liao Xin led his followers into the mountain and met Lu Feng, who proposed they work together and warned him about the Golden Court.
• Zhang Zhong joined Liao Xin and Lu Feng, saying he wanted to enter the Holy Land using the Divine Lord’s tokens.
• A bell rang, and the group entered the mountain gate, where a misty river blocked the way and Lu Feng pointed out that Liao Xin’s water token corresponded to the first trial.
• More experts arrived, including the other Heavenly Kings and Jiedushi, before Lin Hao stepped onto the clearing while Duogungun followed unseen.

Lin Hao and the other Martial Saints faced the Weak Water River trial, learning that it could be crossed only by jumping between soul-ferry boats. Lin Hao reached the far bank first and earned the right to choose one reward at the Water Virtue Hall, where the boatman recommended Gui Water Divine Thunder.

• Liao Xin explained that the Weak Water River could not support anything and showed Lin Hao the Water Key that activated its trial.
• A boatman revealed the river's connection to the River of Forgetfulness and explained that the trial required crossing aboard boats carrying wandering souls.
• A Golden Body expert who attacked the boatman lost his physical body and was sent downstream as a soul, while another crossed by jumping between boats.
• Lin Hao discovered his soul fluctuations kept the ghosts from attacking him and used powerful jumps and floating swords to speed across the river.
• Lin Hao reached the opposite bank first, and the boatman directed him to the Water Virtue Hall to select one reward, recommending Gui Water Divine Thunder.

Lin Hao passed the Water Virtue Hall’s assessment, chose the Gui Water Divine Thunder inheritance, and mastered it before advancing to the Fire Virtue Hall trial. Meanwhile, the other Martial Saints collected rewards and moved on to the Wood Virtue trial, while Duogungun arrived and headed for the Water Virtue Hall.

• Lin Hao entered the Water Virtue Hall, chose the Gui Water Divine Thunder Jade Slip, and gained the Water Spirit Art and mastery of Gui Water Divine Thunder.
• The boatman sent Lin Hao to the Fire Virtue Hall, where Lin Hao used his Dharma form and lightning-wreathed Floating Soldiers to enter the flame-filled furnace trial.
• Cui Rong chose the Nirvana Pill, while the Southern Heavenly King, Zhang Zhong, Liu Yu, Han Yi, Lu Feng, and Liao Xin entered the hall and claimed other rewards.
• After learning Lin Hao had already advanced, the Martial Saints took Han Yi’s Wood Key and traveled with the boatman to a Bamboo Grove for the next trial.
• Duogungun emerged from hiding, questioned the boatman about his standing, then went to the Water Virtue Hall while suspecting the other leaders of harboring rebellious intentions.

The Martial Saints entered the Netherworld Ghost Bamboo grove, where its shifting paths and growing anomalies trapped them. Duogungun confronted the group and, after Cui Rong rallied them to resist, withdrew into the mist and threatened to kill them one by one.

• Han Yi explained that the grove’s Netherworld Ghost Bamboo could bewitch the living and attract anomalies, so Liao Xin tested its leaves and found they could wear down a Martial Saint over time.
• The seven Martial Saints entered together, but the maze-like grove began changing, and blood-red shoots produced bamboo-leaf faces that strengthened the attacks and blocked their retreat.
• The group encountered Duogungun, who stood protected by Dharma Treasures and said the grove’s moving bamboo would prevent them from escaping unless they destroyed it.
• Cui Rong realized Duogungun had followed them to seize their pills, and he and the others prepared to fight rather than surrender.
• Duogungun backed into the mist and threatened to kill them one by one, leaving the group trapped and fearful.

Lin Hao cut through the Netherworld Ghost Bamboo Forest with his flying swords and Xin Metal Divine Thunder while Duogungun hunted the Martial Saints ahead of him. After Duogungun overwhelmed Cui Rong and the others with his Dharma form, Lin Hao arrived and confronted Prince Rui.

• Cui Rong opened a passage through the ghost bamboo, but Duogungun ambushed Han Yi and shattered both his arms before escaping.
• Lu Feng and Liu Yu abandoned the group, and Liu Yu later fell to Duogungun; Cui Rong, Zhang Zhong, Xiang Long, and Liao Xin continued together.
• Lin Hao used the Sword Control Art and Xin Metal Divine Thunder to slice through the bamboo, then found Han Yi and rescued him from the bamboo's attack.
• Duogungun killed Liu Yu and used his Fierce-Eyed Vajra Dharma form to crush Cui Rong, Zhang Zhong, Xiang Long, and Liao Xin, leaving them gravely wounded.
• Lin Hao burst through the bamboo on a flying sword, brought Han Yi to safety, and asked Duogungun why he was attacking the Jiedushi.

Lin Hao defeated and killed Duogungun, a Three-Tribulation Martial Saint, using lightning, flying swords, and the Ghost Ship, then raised his corpse as a puppet. After claiming Duogungun’s artifacts and choosing his reward, Lin Hao gathered the survivors’ support and set out to find the Divine Lord and collect more treasures.

• Lin Hao revealed himself as a Transmigrator and attacked Duogungun with five lightning-wreathed flying swords, then called down a storm of lightning.
• Duogungun opened all three Secret Storehouses and charged Lin Hao, but Lin Hao summoned the Ghost Ship and crushed him into a crater.
• Lin Hao killed Duogungun with further lightning strikes, raised his corpse as a puppet, and took control of the damaged Dharma Treasure and Twin Wheels.
• The boatman told Lin Hao that he had passed the trial in Ji Earth Hall and could choose a reward, so Lin Hao handed in the damaged treasure to raise his evacuation permissions.
• Cui Rong and the others thanked Lin Hao, while Zhang Zhong pledged Liangjiang’s support and Xiang Long offered to help locate the Divine Lord.
• Lin Hao asked the survivors to exchange their rewards for pills and a Dharma Treasure, then went ahead to inspect the remaining prizes.

Lin Hao and the survivors left Dragon-Tiger Mountain after he gathered the secret realm’s treasures and killed Duogungun. He decided to move on the Capital City before the Golden Court could respond, while spreading news that Duogungun was hunting the other Martial Saints to distract the court and draw out Lu Feng.

• Lin Hao integrated the Water, Fire, Metal, and Wood cultivation arts, healed Han Yi, and collected pills, Dharma Treasures, and other spoils from the survivors.
• The boatman warned Lin Hao that the secret realm remained dangerous, then sent Lin Hao and the others back to Dragon-Tiger Mountain’s gate.
• Lin Hao led the group away from the vanished gate with Duogungun’s and Liu Yu’s corpses, and decided to head for the Capital City to seize the imperial court before news of Duogungun’s death spread.
• Cui Rong agreed that the group should act quickly, while Xiang Long said he could only do his best to locate the Divine Lord; Liao Xin raised the possibility that Lu Feng had escaped.
• Lin Hao proposed spreading a rumor that Duogungun was hunting the Martial Saints, and the group agreed it could mislead the Golden Court and possibly bring Lu Feng out of hiding.
• Lin Hao returned to Owen and the Western Ghost Tamers, told them Duogungun had entered the secret realm, and ordered them to inform the Church and spread the news.

Shanghai and foreign powers reacted to Prince Rui of the Heseri hunting Martial Saints in Dragon-Tiger Holy Land, while the Golden Court debated the consequences and expected to gain tribulation pills. The chapter ended with Emperor Kangding wavering toward paying Japan reparations to buy time for his breakthrough and the new Martial Saints to consolidate their strength.

• At the Old Godfather Chamber of Commerce, Zhao Qing bought newspapers reporting that Prince Rui of the Heseri was hunting the Four Heavenly Kings and four Jiedushi in Dragon-Tiger Holy Land, and that Lianghu Jiedushi Liu Yu had died.
• After Eastern Heavenly King Lu Feng publicly confirmed the account, people in Shanghai condemned the Golden Court for attacking its own Martial Saints and feared Great Jin would be left vulnerable.
• Rola attended an emergency conference where Archbishop Conway revealed that he had helped Duogungun restrain the Divine Lord, and Rola considered sending the information back.
• At Beihai Navy headquarters, Ding Guodong read the news and worried that Lin Hao might be among those Prince Rui was hunting.
• At the Golden Court, Emperor Kangding and his ministers debated the Western response, replacing the old Martial Saints, and whether to pay Japan reparations; Kangding began to accept concessions as a way to buy time for his breakthrough.

Lin Hao and his allies entered Great Jin’s capital while Western fleets threatened Jinmen, then confronted the court and challenged the Grand Empress Dowager Ru Yu'er. Lin Hao killed Ru Yu'er with his thunder techniques and supernatural powers, leaving Great Jin’s coup poised to proceed.

• Lin Hao assigned Cui Rong, Zhang Zhong, Liao, Xiang Long, and Han Yi roles in taking control of the capital, then Chu Yu gave them entry passes and warned them that Western fleets were approaching Jinmen.
• At court, Ru Yu'er warned Emperor Kangding that Western nations might unite to prevent new Martial Saints, and an urgent telegram reported their warships nearing Shuntian Port.
• Ru Yu'er sensed three Martial Saints entering the palace, and Lin Hao announced that Duogungun had died before declaring that he had come to destroy Great Jin.
• Xiang Long and Han Yi joined Lin Hao as he fought Ru Yu'er, whose Mysterious Maiden Dharma Form attacked him with the Nine-Colored Celestial Silk.
• Lin Hao combined divine thunders and flying swords, then defeated Ru Yu'er when his lightning destroyed her Dharma Form and his [A Promise Worth a Thousand Gold] power dispelled the otherworldly forces she had summoned.
• Ru Yu'er died in the palace grounds, and Lin Hao noted that her well-preserved corpse could be refined alongside Duogungun's.

Lin Hao destroyed the Grand Empress Dowager, killed Emperor Kangding, and founded Great Qi, while his allies took control of Kyoto’s military and government posts. As Cui Rong subdued Fengtai Garrison and Liao Xin restrained Western envoys, Zeng Zhangli summoned the envoys to an audience with the new emperor.

• Xiang Long seized the Golden Throne Hall, executed Prince Zhongqin and other resisters, and Lin Hao killed Emperor Kangding before declaring the new dynasty Great Qi.
• Lin Hao ordered Zeng Zhangli to summon the Western delegations, while Zong Tianqing received a Tribulation-Breaking Pill and left to undergo his tribulation.
• A Lu prepared Fengtai Garrison to fight Cui Rong, but Zeng Zhangli’s telegram announced the Grand Empress Dowager’s death and Lin Hao’s accession, weakening the troops’ resolve.
• Cui Rong defeated A Lu and took control of Fengtai Garrison, while Zhang Zhong killed the Nine Gates Commander and Liao Xin took over the Prefect’s Office to maintain order.
• Western envoys demanded entry to the palace and threatened intervention, but Liao Xin stopped them until Zeng Zhangli arrived with Lin Hao’s summons and the Saintly Weapon Space Devourer.

Lin Hao seized Great Jin’s throne, rejected the Westerners’ treaties, and declared war on eleven nations before flying to confront their fleets. His nationwide telegram reached Ding Guodong at Shuntian Port, where the governor paused his planned attack to confirm Lin Hao’s accession and preserve the Beihai Navy for the new dynasty.

• Lin Hao examined Ru Yu'er, Duogungun, and Liu Yu as corpse-refinement materials, then inspected Ru Yu'er's Nine-Colored Celestial Silk and the Imperial Heirloom Seal he had taken from the palace.
• Lin Hao received the Western special envoys, killed the English envoy with a lightning strike, forced the others to kneel, and declared their treaties invalid.
• Lin Hao ordered Zeng Zhangli to issue a decree declaring war on eleven nations and appointed Zong Tianqing regent minister while he was away.
• Lin Hao told the envoys to telegraph their governments, then flew toward the Western fleets as Xiang Long prepared to purge the court.
• Ding Guodong learned by telegram that Lin Hao had slain the Grand Empress Dowager, ascended the throne, and renamed the dynasty Great Qi, so he delayed firing on the Western fleet while seeking confirmation.
• Lin Hao's accession telegram spread across the country and its factions, causing an uproar.

After Great Jin fell and Lin Hao established Great Qi, foreign fleets faced his declaration of war by attacking the Beihai Navy. Lin Hao arrived to protect Ding Guodong and began devastating the combined fleet, ending with the enemy trapped inside his Blood Moon Ghost Domain.

• Ji Hong, Zhao Qing, and people across the country learned that Lin Hao had killed Great Jin's Grand Empress Dowager and that the new Great Qi had declared war on eleven nations.
• Archbishop Conway ordered the allied fleet to attack the Beihai Navy, and Ding Guodong opened fire from the harbor in response.
• Ding Guodong intercepted incoming shells until Lin Hao appeared, caught a shell, and used chain lightning to detonate the barrage.
• Lin Hao charged into the fleet with his Dharma form, cut apart warships with his Battleship-Splitting Saber, and summoned lightning and a storm.
• Lin Hao sent the Ghost Ship crashing into a battleship and spread the Blood Moon Ghost Domain over the sea, trapping the fleeing Ghost Tamers.

Lin Hao destroyed most of a foreign fleet attacking Shuntian Port, sealed Conway’s Weird, and forced the surviving ships to surrender. After arranging the prisoners’ reception, he returned to the Imperial Palace, where Zong Tianqing prepared to publicize the victory as Lin Hao considered the power behind the Sun God.

• Lin Hao overwhelmed the combined fleet inside his Blood Moon Ghost Domain and sealed Conway and the Touch of the Sun into an Obsidian greatsword.
• Lin Hao ordered the remaining fleet to surrender, and the surviving warships raised white flags and approached Shuntian Port.
• Ding Guodong organized the prisoners’ reception, while Lin Hao told him to have the highest-ranking survivor contact their home countries and send a nationwide telegram.
• Lin Hao flew back to the Imperial Palace and reflected on the Sun’s strange, tendril-like prominences before resolving to consolidate his gains.
• Zong Tianqing offered to handle the fleet’s aftermath, and Lin Hao ordered him to plan how Great Qi would absorb the captured ships and announce its victory.

After Lin Hao routed the allied fleet, the news spread across the Far East, the Westerners fled the Concession, and the regions recognized Great Qi. Lin Hao secured the new government’s immediate affairs before preparing to return, while ordering Xiang Long to find the missing Divine Lord.

• Newspapers reported that Lin Hao had destroyed or captured over a hundred ironclads, and crowds learned that the Western institutions were evacuating the Concession.
• Rola used her Weird ability to stop looting in Shanghai, then rejected Mell’s request to negotiate the captured fleet’s return.
• The regions recognized Great Qi, and Lu Feng submitted his allegiance after the allied fleet’s defeat strengthened Lin Hao’s legitimacy.
• Lin Hao ordered Xiang Long to find the missing Divine Lord, warning that the Archbishop might have been seeking him for a dangerous purpose.
• Lin Hao put Zong Tianqing in charge of government work, approved Japan’s vassal offer for the time being, and returned with the others.

Lin Hao proposed developing mobile city infrastructure based on specialized insects, then advanced through his Second Tribulation and gained the World Will’s acceptance of the Swarm. After learning that Shōri had resurfaced in Japan, Lin Hao decided he needed to deal with the Three-Tribulation Martial Saint before he became a greater threat.

• Lin Hao inspected his growing War Elephants, assigned Li Yanbing to train Rola, and flew to the school to discuss insect-powered mobile construction with professors and students.
• Lin Hao checked on Great Qi’s progress, learned that Xiang Long was searching for the former divine kingdom, and left the Imperial Palace to undergo his Second Tribulation.
• Lin Hao persuaded the World Will to accept the Swarm, then endured the Wandering Spirit tribulation and strengthened his Saintly Weapons with the tribulation’s forces.
• Lin Hao suspected that the Sun God had affected the world’s balance of yin and yang, and he improved his control of his Floating Soldiers with sword-control seals.
• Lin Hao learned that Shōri had responded to a crisis involving a Weird on Mount Fuji and decided to seek out and eliminate him, while considering Japan as a place to contain captured Weird.

Lin Hao traveled to Japan to assess its industrial capacity and investigate the Weird on Mount Fuji while waiting for Shōri to appear. Shōri led an expedition to confront the Weird, but Lin Hao arrived and attacked him with lightning and twelve newly forged flying swords.

• Lin Hao toured Tokyo with Sato Yuya, learned about Japan’s industrial output, and asked about the Weird sealed on Mount Fuji.
• Sato Yuya returned to her dojo, where Shōri secretly visited and questioned her about the Weird’s powers and the High Priests’ injuries.
• Shōri ordered Sato Yuya to gather the two High Priests and Golden Body practitioners for an expedition to Mount Fuji.
• Shōri sensed danger and accused his followers of leaking the plan, but Lin Hao appeared and refused Shōri’s offer to submit and repay the Kato Dojo’s debt.
• Shōri attacked Lin Hao with Ame-no-Murakumo and his Susanoo-like Dharma form, but Lin Hao’s lightning stopped his charge and twelve flying swords appeared behind him.

Lin Hao killed Shōri, seized control of Japan, and ordered its leaders to supply the Central Plains with industrial goods. At Mount Fuji, he captured Yamata and returned to Japan with plans to fuse it with the Blood Moon Ghost Domain.

• Lin Hao used flying swords and divine lightning to kill Shōri, then took the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword and concealed Shōri's death.
• Lin Hao had Shōri's corpse pose as the emperor and purged nobles who resisted, leaving Sato Yuya in charge of delivering monthly supplies.
• Lin Hao went to Mount Fuji with Sato Yuya and entered the crater to search for the ranked Weird.
• Lin Hao fought Yamata no Orochi, sealed it in the Obsidian Heavy Spear, and discovered it could amplify desires and share an origin with the Blood Moon Ghost Domain.
• Lin Hao returned from the crater, assigned Sato Yuya responsibility for Japan's monthly deliveries, and planned to fuse Yamata with the Blood Moon Ghost Domain.