Chapter Summaries

Lü Buwei and Jiang Yang visited the Yin-Yang School’s tower, where Jiang Yang’s Golden Crow bloodline destabilized the masked Eastern Emperor Taiyi. Jiang Yang revealed that he was the original Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Little Golden Crow, and the girl accepted his identity after sensing his aura.

• Lü Buwei used the Chancellor’s Token to enter the tower with Jiang Yang, whom the guards recognized as Lord Tai’an.
• The Eastern Lord felt a sense of closeness to Jiang Yang and led him and Lü Buwei through the tower to meet Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi asked whether the King of Qin had accepted his conditions, and Lü Buwei rebuked him for showing disrespect.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi saw Jiang Yang’s golden eyes and was shaken by the bloodline suppression they released.
• Jiang Yang said he was Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Little Golden Crow, removed the masked girl’s face covering, and released his god-blood aura.
• The girl recognized Jiang Yang’s pure Golden Crow bloodline and believed his claim.

Jiang Yang discovered that Eastern Emperor Taiyi was actually Di Yaoji, the young Golden Crow princess and his niece, who wanted to return to the Demon Realm. After agreeing to help her find a way home once Qin unified the Six Kingdoms, Jiang Yang left the Yin-Yang School’s base with Lü Buwei, who wondered about his mysterious past.

• Jiang Yang learned that Di Yaoji was the daughter of Di Jun and Xihe and that her mother had wanted her to marry Taiyi to strengthen the Golden Crow clan.
• Di Yaoji explained that she wanted to return to the Demon Realm because she feared dying in a world where she could not attain immortality, and she denied killing the previous King of Qin.
• Jiang Yang voided Di Yaoji’s first proposed condition and agreed to help her find a Space-Time gate after Qin unified the Six Kingdoms, while promising to stop her parents from arranging her marriage to Taiyi.
• Di Yaoji told Jiang Yang her name, and Lü Buwei questioned him about his knowledge of the Demon Realm and his apparent past lives as they left the Yin-Yang School’s base.
• Jiang Yang suggested that past lives and present lives were real, leaving Lü Buwei amazed, and Lü Buwei later told Ying Zichu that Eastern Emperor Taiyi was a Demon Realm princess.

Jiang Yang met Bai Weiwei, Bai Qi’s adopted daughter, who had returned from the dead after more than a decade and sought her adoptive father in Xianyang. After explaining that she possessed a space-time power that granted her immortality, he offered her food and a place to stay as his sword-bearing attendant.

• Ying Zichu thanked Jiang Yang for easing his fears, and Jiang Yang revealed that the ancient White Emperor had been one of his incarnations.
• Ying Zichu granted Eastern Emperor Taiyi the title Marquis of Golden Sun and established the Black Ice Terrace, while Lü Buwei rose to power in Qin.
• Bai Weiwei arrived at Jiang Yang’s residence, asked for Bai Qi, and explained that she had died in battle and only recently come back to life.
• Jiang Yang examined Bai Weiwei and discovered a dormant space-time rhythm that had frozen her aging and restored her body from harm.
• Jiang Yang invited the hungry Bai Weiwei inside, fed her, and offered to take her in as his sword-bearing attendant; she considered staying in the home once shared with Bai Qi.

Ying Zichu and Lü Buwei visited Jiang Yang with an ancient jade bi and asked him to deal with concerns about Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s recruits. Bai Weiwei accepted Jiang Yang’s offer to become his sword-bearing attendant, and he later took her to meet Di Yaoji, whose plans left Bai Weiwei stunned by the hidden world around her.

• Ying Zichu gave Jiang Yang an ancient jade bi linked to the White Emperor Tribe and, with Lü Buwei, asked him to address their worries about Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s recruits.
• Ying Zichu recognized Bai Weiwei as Bai Qi’s adopted daughter, and Jiang Yang revealed that he was an immortal ancestor of Ying Zichu from two hundred years earlier.
• Bai Weiwei accepted Jiang Yang’s offer and agreed to serve as his sword-bearing attendant, choosing to call him her lord.
• A few days later, Jiang Yang brought Bai Weiwei to the Yin-Yang School’s base, where Di Yaoji revealed herself as a woman and agreed to his request.
• Di Yaoji told Jiang Yang that she ultimately intended to return to the Demon Realm, while Bai Weiwei struggled to grasp the extraordinary world she had entered.

Jiang Yang told Bai Weiwei that he had guessed she came from a future era and urged her to live well until she could return. As they headed home, he gave her cooking duties and said he would take her somewhere later.

• Jiang Yang and Bai Weiwei left the Yin-Yang School's base and walked toward home at dusk.
• Jiang Yang guessed that Bai Weiwei was not from their era, and she admitted that he was right.
• Jiang Yang reassured Bai Weiwei that her origins did not matter and encouraged her to live well and witness history.
• Bai Weiwei agreed to keep living until the era she wanted to reach arrived, while Jiang Yang admitted that the world still held secrets he could not understand.
• Jiang Yang told Bai Weiwei to make dinner and said he would take her somewhere after they got home.

Ying Zheng grew close to Jiang Yang and Bai Weiwei, then refused to marry a woman he did not love when his mother began arranging a match. After Jiang Yang agreed to support his choice and announced a journey with Bai Weiwei, Ying Zheng resolved that he would have no queen unless she became his wife.

• Jiang Yang ensured Lady Huayang accepted Ying Zheng's position as the eldest legitimate son and heir.
• Ying Zheng visited Jiang Yang, reported on his studies, met Bai Weiwei, and began visiting more often to spend time with her.
• Ying Zheng told Jiang Yang and Bai Weiwei that his mother was choosing a wife for him, but he refused to marry someone he did not like.
• Jiang Yang told Ying Zheng not to marry if he did not want to, urged him to keep practicing the White Emperor Dharma Body, and announced that he and Bai Weiwei would soon travel.
• Outside the courtyard, Ying Zheng asked Zhao Gao whether he had a chance with Bai Weiwei and declared that no queen would be crowned unless she became his wife.

Jiang Yang took Bai Weiwei on a journey to Mount Kongtong, where he explained the history of the Heavenly Court and revealed that he had helped establish it. He brought her through an invisible path at the summit, and they arrived before the Southern Heavenly Gate.

• Bai Weiwei agreed to leave with Jiang Yang, and he and Ying Zheng said farewell outside Xianyang, promising to return before Ying Zheng came of age.
• A month later, Jiang Yang and Bai Weiwei reached Mount Kongtong, where Jiang Yang said he had brought her to give her a divine office.
• As they climbed, Jiang Yang explained that Mount Kongtong housed the Heavenly Court, which he had helped establish centuries earlier to restrain supernatural beings and demons.
• Jiang Yang led Bai Weiwei across an invisible path beyond a cliff, and a hidden complex appeared before them with the Southern Heavenly Gate at its entrance.

Jiang Yang returned to the Heavenly Court, where its gods welcomed him as War God Jiang Qi. After showing Bai Weiwei the Heavenly Court, he named her Longevity Emperor Lord, and the Heavenly Emperor’s decree confirmed the appointment.

• Jiang Yang revealed his aura to the four giants guarding the Heavenly Court, and they recognized him as War God Jiang Qi.
• Yang Jian and nearly a hundred members of the Heavenly Court greeted Jiang Yang and brought him to the central hall.
• Yang Jian introduced Bai Weiwei to the gods and explained how the Heavenly Court protected the world.
• Jiang Yang declared Bai Weiwei the White Emperor’s Successor and Longevity Emperor Lord, prompting Greedy Wolf to object to appointing a mortal woman.
• Jiang Yang invoked the Heavenly Emperor’s decree, and a manifestation from the Space-Time River proclaimed Bai Weiwei Longevity Emperor Lord.

Jiang Yang appeared before the Heavenly Court to confirm Bai Weiwei’s appointment as Longevity Emperor Lord, then agreed to a wager that she would reach King-Rank within three years. After training on Mount Kongtong, Bai Weiwei fulfilled the wager, and she and Jiang Yang left the Heavenly Court for Great Qin.

• Jiang Yang’s Heavenly Emperor Avatar appeared, silenced Greedy Wolf and the other Star Lords’ objections, and confirmed Bai Weiwei as Longevity Emperor Lord.
• Jiang Yang explained that Bai Weiwei’s eternal life and exceptional talent justified her position, then wagered that she would reach King-Rank within three years.
• Jiang Yang began teaching Bai Weiwei to cultivate on Mount Kongtong, where she quickly awakened Divine Power.
• After three years, Bai Weiwei reached King-Rank and won the Star Lords’ acceptance as Longevity Emperor Lord.
• Jiang Yang and Bai Weiwei said farewell to the Heavenly Court’s followers, left the secret realm, and set off for Great Qin.

Jiang Yang and Bai Weiwei returned to Xianyang and reunited with Ying Zheng, Lü Buwei, and Di Yaoji as the Qin State prepared to unite the Six Kingdoms. Over two decades later, with Qi the last kingdom remaining, Jiang Yang prepared to return to Xianyang while events also stirred in the Divine Realm.

• Jiang Yang and Bai Weiwei returned to Xianyang and met the fifteen-year-old Ying Zheng, who asked whether Jiang Yang would support him if Lü Buwei acted against him.
• Jiang Yang promised Ying Zheng his support and told Bai Weiwei they should not interfere in Qin’s affairs unless Ying Zheng’s life was threatened.
• Lü Buwei visited Jiang Yang, who affirmed that he had done well in pursuing his ambitions.
• Di Yaoji visited Jiang Yang and said the Yin-Yang School would help Qin unite the Six Kingdoms so they could return home.
• Jiang Yang and Bai Weiwei traveled through the Six Kingdoms for more than twenty years, and Jiang Yang prepared to return to Xianyang from Linzi with Qi as the last kingdom left.

The Divine Realm welcomed an Immortal delegation led by Cang Yangshan, with Xuanming and Jiang Shennong drawing special attention as Jiang Yang’s wife and son. After Cang Yangshan returned to report, Xuanming and Jiang Shennong stayed behind, while Zeus’s outings with Jiang Shennong ended with the Goddesses blocking Zeus inside his home.

• Li Xiaowa and the Divine Gods greeted Cang Yangshan, Xuanming, and Jiang Shennong at Sky God City.
• Li Xiaowa and Xuanming renewed their friendship, and Jiang Shennong called her Auntie.
• Odin, Brahma, Ra, and Zeus greeted Jiang Shennong, with Zeus joking that he could call him Grandpa.
• After several months, Cang Yangshan and some Immortals returned to the Immortal Realm while Xuanming and Jiang Shennong stayed in the Divine Realm.
• Jiang Shennong impressed the Gods at their banquets, and Zeus took him to the mortal world for fun.
• Xuanming and Li Xiaowa discovered Zeus’s outings, so the Goddesses blocked his door for months, while Jiang Shennong denied going out with him.

The immortals’ arrival transformed the Divine Realm Lands, while Xuanming found companionship with Athena and eased her longing for Jiang Yang. After returning to Qin with Bai Weiwei, Jiang Yang reunited with Ying Zheng and met his eldest son, Fusu.

• The immortals’ stories spread through the Divine Realm Lands, and their cultivation methods impressed its civilizations and even its gods and True Kings.
• Xuanming spent most of her time in Jiang Yang’s room in Sky God City and played games online with Athena.
• Jiang Yang and Bai Weiwei returned to Xianyang after the old man who had traveled with them died and was buried in Qi.
• Bai Weiwei welcomed Ying Zheng and the young Fusu to their courtyard, and Ying Zheng spoke of his promise never to appoint an empress.
• Jiang Yang greeted Fusu and remarked that the child reminded him of Ying Zheng when he was young.

After Qin unified the realm, Jiang Yang and Di Yaoji traveled to Wushan to open a passage to the Demon Realm. Their departure left Ying Zheng contemplating the pursuit of longevity, while the people of Wushan remembered Di Yaoji as a goddess.

• After Qi surrendered, Ying Zheng celebrated Qin’s unification with Jiang Yang, declared himself emperor, and established the Great Qin Empire.
• Di Yaoji visited Jiang Yang after handing over her authority in the Yin-Yang School, and he agreed to travel with her to the Wushan rift.
• Jiang Yang, Bai Weiwei, and Di Yaoji left Xianyang, while Ying Zheng watched them go and began considering how he might seek longevity.
• At Wushan, Di Yaoji used Jiang Yang’s Divine Sword to cleave open the passage to the Demon Realm, and she, Jiang Yang, and Bai Weiwei entered it.
• The people near Wushan witnessed Di Yaoji’s divine image and received fish and turtles as rain fell, so they prayed to the Wushan Goddess for blessings.
• Months later, Ying Zheng approved a Wushan Goddess Temple and named its goddess Yaoji.

Jiang Yang, Bai Weiwei, and Di Yaoji arrived in the Demon Realm and visited Cloudwater City to learn where they had landed. Di Yaoji explained the Devil Ghost Race’s defeat and enslavement before the group discovered the city lay in the south, within the Cloud Sparrow Clan’s fief.

• Jiang Yang, Bai Weiwei, and Di Yaoji emerged from the Space-Time Channel and adjusted to the Demon Realm’s abundant Spiritual Qi.
• The three entered Cloudwater City and saw demons of many races working and trading throughout its streets.
• Di Yaoji told Bai Weiwei that the Demon Race had come from Earth and that the Devil Ghost Race had once ruled the Demon Realm.
• Di Yaoji recounted how the Demon Race and Shang Dynasty humans defeated the Devil Ghost Race’s invasion of Earth, then conquered the Devil Realm and enslaved most of its people.
• Jiang Yang and Di Yaoji described how the Devil Ghost Race had become smaller and weaker, and Jiang Yang said they had brought their fate upon themselves.
• Di Yaoji asked a waiter where they were, and he identified Cloudwater City as a southern city in the Cloud Sparrow Clan’s fief.

After three months of travel, Jiang Yang, Bai Weiwei, and Di Yaoji reached Demon Capital City, where Bai Weiwei learned that the Eastern Imperial Bell was forged by Jiang Yang in a past life and now guarded the city. As Di Yaoji was recognized at the gate, the bell rang nine times, flew toward them, and the Demon Emperor wondered if Jiang Yang had returned.

• Jiang Yang, Bai Weiwei, and Di Yaoji arrived at the gates of Demon Capital City after traveling through the changed Demon Realm.
• Di Yaoji showed Bai Weiwei the Sun God Tower Temple and revealed that the Eastern Imperial Bell above it was forged by Jiang Yang in his life as the Demon Emperor.
• A gate official recognized Di Yaoji as Princess Yaoji and excitedly announced her return.
• The Eastern Imperial Bell blazed with light, rang nine peals, and flew from its place above the city toward the gate.
• The Demon Emperor awoke from cultivation and wondered whether Jiang Yang had returned.

The Eastern Imperial Bell rang nine times, and Jiang Yang reunited with the Brass Great Bell, agreeing to let it follow him into battle after it grew stronger. With help from Dao Ancestor Taishang and Yin Jiuer, he stirred space-time, and a radiant Great Sun appeared over Demon Capital City as powerful beings converged there.

• The Eastern Imperial Bell rang nine times, drawing Demon Kings and other powerful demons toward Demon Capital City.
• The Brass Great Bell descended before Jiang Yang, and he agreed to let it cultivate alongside him before joining his battles.
• Jiang Yang stirred the Space-Time River, while Dao Ancestor Taishang and Yin Jiuer agreed to help.
• A heavy majesty settled over Demon Capital City as Di Jun and Xihe emerged from the Demon Palace.
• A great bird, a Divine Deer, a Golden Crow, a Peng Bird, and a Vermilion Bird approached from different directions as a radiant Great Sun manifested above the city.

A golden pillar of light cleansed the souls and strengthened the bloodlines of those at the Demon Capital’s gate, while Jiang Yang sent the Eastern Imperial Bell to the Third Epoch. The Demon Kings recognized Jiang Yang as Taiyi and led the gathered demons in paying homage, leaving Bai Weiwei wondering who her lord truly was.

• Golden light enveloped Jiang Yang and the others at the city gate, purifying their souls and strengthening their potential and bloodlines, with Di Yaoji benefiting the most.
• Jiang Yang sent the Eastern Imperial Bell to the Third Epoch, where it appeared at his secluded cultivation place on Zhou Mountain.
• After the bell vanished, the Great Sun disappeared, and Di Jun, Xihe, other Demon Kings, and their followers gathered around Jiang Yang.
• The Demon Kings recognized Jiang Yang as Taiyi and performed the Demon Race’s highest rite of audience, prompting countless other demons to bow as well.
• Bai Weiwei watched the demons pay homage and wondered how many identities Jiang Yang still kept from her.

Jiang Yang reunited with the Demon Realm’s leaders and promised to teach them an ancient Demon Race cultivation art. Three days later, he prepared to give the lecture from the Solar Tower, with Bai Weiwei projecting his image.

• Jiang Yang welcomed the demons and invited them to hear his lecture on an ancient Demon Race cultivation art in three days.
• Di Jun and Xihe greeted Jiang Yang, who teased Di Jun about Aulisel and Xiaowa and wondered whether Ming was lonely on Pluto.
• Di Yaoji returned with Taiyi, and Jiang Yang told Di Jun and Xihe not to force the pair together; Di Jun agreed.
• The Lord of the Clouds arrived with the Divine Deer Maiden and renewed his loyalty to Jiang Yang, who then invited the gathered leaders to the Demon Emperor Palace.
• Three days later, Jiang Yang stood atop the Solar Tower as thousands of demons gathered for his lecture, while Bai Weiwei prepared to project his image.

Jiang Yang expounded demon cultivation teachings that unified the Demon Race's will, while Bai Weiwei recorded them as a sacred scripture. After more than twenty years, he and Bai Weiwei prepared to return to Earth, and he gave Di Yaoji his sword before departing.

• Jiang Yang delivered three days and nights of teachings, and the demons benefited from his cultivation methods and formed a unified will.
• Bai Weiwei recorded Jiang Yang's teachings, which the demons revered as the "Taiyi's Profound Mystery Demon Scripture."
• Bai Weiwei emerged from seclusion after more than twenty years and had reached Emperor-Rank.
• Jiang Yang gave Bai Weiwei seven days to explore the Demon Capital before they said goodbye to Di Jun, Xihe, the Lord of the Clouds, Taiyi, Di Yaoji, and the other demons.
• Jiang Yang gave Di Yaoji his longsword, and she named it the Red Emperor Sword before he and Bai Weiwei left for Earth.

At Shaqiu Palace, the dying Ying Zheng prepared his court for his death and welcomed two unexpected visitors: his granduncle and Bai Weiwei. The chapter ended with Bai Weiwei comforting him as he faced the end of his life.

• Ying Zheng told Zhao Gao he was going to die and ordered him to kill Xu Fu if Xu Fu returned.
• Ying Zheng released Li Ji and instructed his ministers to install Fusu as emperor and watch the nobles of the Six Kingdoms.
• Ying Zheng sent the ministers away and was visited by a young man he called his granduncle and Bai Weiwei.
• Bai Weiwei stroked Ying Zheng's white hair and told him these years had been hard on him.