Recaps

Chu Xisheng revealed his identity as Chu Zheng and claimed to be Qin Muge’s husband, winning Shui Canglang and Gong Wugou’s allegiance after facing Gong Wugou in a brief clash. He learned that they planned to target Yuwen Ba and Qin Xiyan, then sensed Qin Xiyan arriving at the Sun-Bathing Divine Vessel as he prepared to act against her.

• Chu Xisheng used the Myriad Manifestations Star Disc to convince Shui Canglang that he was Chu Zheng, and Shui led him to Gong Wugou.
• Chu Xisheng told Shui Canglang and Gong Wugou that Qin Muge had survived and that Emperor Jianyuan had been involved in the conspiracy against her.
• Chu Xisheng said he was Qin Muge’s husband, and Gong Wugou tested him in combat before Shui Canglang stopped their clash.
• Shui Canglang and Gong Wugou accepted Chu Xisheng as their honored elder and explained that they had considered assassinating Yuwen Ba and Qin Xiyan.
• Chu Xisheng told them he had already arranged to drive Qin Xiyan into a dead end, then sensed her arrival at the Sun-Bathing Divine Vessel.

Qin Xiyan visited Chu Xisheng at West Mountain, where he revealed an Imperial Way Secret Art and warned her that Emperor Jianyuan might be plotting against her. Convinced the palace intended to kill her, Qin Xiyan fled Wangan before entering the Imperial City.

• Qin Xiyan traveled to West Mountain's Dragon-Questioning Peak after Mad Sword Feng San told her Chu Xisheng would meet her there.
• Chu Xisheng told Qin Xiyan about the prophecy of a Qin-Chu Alliance and displayed the Yellow Emperor's Twelve Dutian Yellow-Black Dragon Guard, alarming the Imperial Court spies watching them.
• Chu Xisheng warned Qin Xiyan that Emperor Jianyuan was suspicious and might have treacherous intentions toward her, while Gong Wugou and Shui Canglang discussed how Qin Sheng could become her executioner.
• Qin Xiyan returned to her posthouse and received an unexpected summons from Emperor Jianyuan to appear at the palace immediately.
• At Heaven-Bearing Gate, Qin Xiyan saw the palace's heightened defenses and was told to surrender her weapons and guards, so she accused the palace attendant of luring her to her death and fled east.

Emperor Jianyuan learned that Chu Xisheng wielded the powerful Twelve Dutian Yellow-Black Dragon Guard and ordered an investigation, while suspicion grew that Chu Xisheng was actually Chu Zheng. Qin Xiyan fled the capital but was ambushed by Qin Sheng; Chu Xisheng watched without intervening, then prepared to fight the Imperial Court after Lu Luanli warned that Xiao Hongchen and palace forces were nearby.

• Emperor Jianyuan questioned his officials about Chu Xisheng’s dragon qi, ordered an investigation of Ji Yang’s Tomb, and rejected Bu Chaowu’s proposal to kill Chu Xisheng immediately.
• Chu Rulai suggested that Chu Zheng and Qin Muge might still be alive and that Chu Xisheng was Chu Zheng, just as Qin Xiyan escaped the capital rather than enter the palace.
• Qin Xiyan led her household guards toward Liangzhou, but Qin Sheng ambushed them with troops and weapons; one guard sacrificed himself to protect her as she broke eastward.
• Chu Xisheng, Luo Hanzong, and their companions watched the ambush from the Sun-Bathing Divine Vessel, and Chu Xisheng declined to intercept Qin Xiyan.
• Lu Luanli reported that Xiao Hongchen and Inner Palace Direct Hall Directorate forces were nearby, so Chu Xisheng ordered her to summon a Cloudsea Sword Formation for a possible battle with the Imperial Court.

Ji Qianqian and Qin Xiyan fought their way toward Thousand-Stone Mountain while the Imperial Court’s forces hunted them, but Xiao Hongchen stopped Ji Qianqian and nearly defeated her. Chu Xisheng arrived in time to shield her and confronted Xiao Hongchen.

• Ji Qianqian evaded the pursuing Embroidery Guards and aerial forces, killing hundreds of Three-Headed Vultures and dozens of flying vessels before defeating Che Yang.
• Ji Qianqian encountered Qin Xiyan, who was also fleeing Imperial Court forces, and the two joined forces to break through their pursuers.
• Qin Sheng’s Myriad Weapons Divine Annihilation scattered the two women, and Xiao Hongchen wounded Ji Qianqian before Bu Chaowu and Zhu Mingyue injured Qin Xiyan.
• Ji Qianqian told Xiao Hongchen that the emperor had slaughtered her clan and declared her loyalty to Chu Xisheng, then wounded Xiao with Life and Death Are Fated.
• Chu Xisheng arrived before Xiao Hongchen could finish Ji Qianqian, reflected the attacks aimed at her, and challenged Xiao.

Chu Xisheng arrived to protect Ji Qianqian and Qin Xiyan, defied the Imperial Court’s demands, and fought off its Heavenly Ranking experts with the help of his allies. As the battle turned in his favor, he revealed that he had deliberately waited for the Imperial Guards to gather so he could unleash the Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber.

• Chu Xisheng shielded Ji Qianqian and Qin Xiyan, declared them under his protection, and returned his Ten-Thousand-Household Commander’s seal.
• Xiao Hongchen and the Imperial Court’s commanders tried to stop Chu Xisheng from taking the women, while Luo Hanzong, Lu Luanli, Gong Wugou, Shui Canglang, and Feng San joined the fight against them.
• Chu Xisheng and Ji Qianqian fought Xiao Hongchen together, reflecting his attacks and wounding him with an arrow.
• Chu Xisheng revealed that he had stayed to exploit the presence of the nearby 230,000 Imperial Guards and began gathering power for the Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber.
• Chu Xisheng’s Yazi beast roared, striking Chu Rulai’s mind and forcing him to fall to one knee.

Chu Xisheng killed Chu Rulai and reclaimed the Astral Authority Seal, revealing himself as Chu Zheng to the Imperial Court forces. As Zhen Tianlai arrived and threatened him, Chu Xisheng prepared to fight again.

• Chu Xisheng and his allies overwhelmed Chu Rulai, and Chu Xisheng beheaded him after disrupting his final counterattack with the Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber.
• The Seven Killings Star Lord’s power carried Chu Rulai’s remains and artifacts toward Wang'an, but Chu Xisheng used the Myriad Manifestations Star Disc and the Twelve Dragon Divine Heavenly Guard to seize the Astral Authority Seal.
• Bu Chaowu recognized the Astral Authority Seal and Myriad Manifestations Star Disc, revealing Chu Xisheng’s identity as Chu Zheng; Qin Xiyan also recognized him and wondered whether her sister Qin Muge might still be alive.
• Chu Xisheng bonded with the Astral Authority Seal and gave the Heart of Hundun to Lu Luanli, then Zhen Tianlai and Zhu Xue arrived and confronted him.
• Zhen Tianlai urged Chu Zheng to return to the palace, but Chu Xisheng recalled Princess Longyang’s similar words and implied that he had killed her; Zhen Tianlai resolved to kill him.
• Chu Xisheng sensed Zhen Tianlai’s killing intent, and the Nine Orifices of Primordial Yang opened as he prepared for another battle.

Chu Xisheng unleashed the Blood-Yazi Saber Lord’s ultimate move, reflecting Zhen Tianlai’s attack and then killing him with Zangtian Divine Execution. With Great Ning’s forces fleeing, Chu Xisheng seized the chance to pursue Yuwen Ba and declared that no one would sheathe their saber before sunset.

• Zhen Tianlai ordered the Imperial forces to find Luo Hanzong’s ritual altar, form the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Heaven-Covering Dragnet Sword Formation, and kill Chu Xisheng.
• Lu Chen and Si Wutian arrived to support Chu Xisheng, while Chu Xisheng activated his talents and used a Divine Move Card to study Heavenly Justice Is Clear.
• Zhen Tianlai attacked Chu Xisheng, but Chu Xisheng reflected his ultimate move with Heavenly Justice Is Clear and shattered his head.
• Chu Xisheng followed with Zangtian Divine Execution, annihilating Zhen Tianlai despite his attempt to regenerate.
• Bu Chaowu ordered the Imperial forces to retreat as Xiao Hongchen and the others fled, while Chu Xisheng sent golden Dragon Qi chains after Yuwen Ba and vowed to pursue them until sunset.

Chu Xisheng and his allies overwhelmed the Great Ning forces, but Yuwen Ba survived their assault and Emperor Jianyuan arrived to confront Chu Xisheng. After Lu Chen and Si Wutian killed Bu Chaowu, Emperor Jianyuan recognized that the Imperial Court had lost the battle as Chu Xisheng moved to capture Zhu Xue.

• Feng San, Gong Wugou, Shui Canglang, and Chu Xisheng badly wounded Yuwen Ba, who exploded his body and escaped as a primordial spirit before Chu Xisheng's saber struck him down without fully killing him.
• Chu Xisheng attacked Qin Sheng with his saber intent, but Emperor Jianyuan's dragon-qi incarnation arrived and forced Chu Xisheng to defend himself.
• Chu Xisheng redirected the pressure of Emperor Jianyuan's divine sense and dragon qi against the Imperial Court's Embroidery Guards and palace experts, then endured the emperor's sword attack.
• Lu Chen and Si Wutian evaded Emperor Jianyuan's attack and killed Bu Chaowu, while Emperor Jianyuan's efforts to stop them failed.
• Chu Xisheng advanced toward upper second-rank and sent dragon-qi chains after Zhu Xue as Lu Chen joined him; Emperor Jianyuan accepted that the Imperial Court had suffered a crushing defeat and focused on helping his forces escape.
• Hu Kan, Hu Lai, and Xie Zhenqing witnessed the battle and began sending reports, while Xie Zhenqing suspected Chu Xisheng was Chu Zheng and questioned the fate of Qin Muge.

After the battle, Chu Xisheng and his allies debated how to respond to the Imperial Court while Emperor Jianyuan planned to suppress the Iron Banner Gang and eliminate Chu. The chapter left both sides preparing for the conflict to come, with Emperor Jianyuan considering a marriage-alliance scheme involving Wen Zhuyi and Chu Xisheng.

• Chu Xisheng recovered from the backlash of his saber technique as Lu Luanli criticized him for exposing his identity, and Lu Chen defended his decision to aid Wen Zhuyi.
• Gong Wugou and Shui Canglang urged Chu Xisheng to build the Iron Banner Gang’s strength instead of raising a rebellion immediately, and Shui predicted the Imperial Court would avoid striking for three days.
• Chu Xisheng demanded the Return-to-One Origin Bell from Qin Xiyan, but she refused and staggered toward Thousand-Stone Mountain with the bell.
• Emperor Jianyuan ordered the court to conceal the battle, prepare an expedition into Yan Province, blockade the Eastern and Fei Provinces, and hunt for Chu Xisheng and Qin Muge.
• Yu Kunlun proposed spreading rumors and arranging a marriage alliance between Wen Zhuyi and Chu Xisheng to destabilize the Extreme Eastern Ice City, and Emperor Jianyuan approved funding the plan.

After the battle at Thousand Stone Mountain, the Heavenly Secret Pavilion and the major powers of Wang'an City assessed Chu Xisheng’s strength and debated whether Qin Muge was still alive. As factions moved to investigate or oppose the Iron Banner Gang, Chu Xisheng learned from Si Wufa that Yellow Springs had unexpected origins.

• The Heavenly Secret Elder ordered the Heavenly Secret Martial Manual released early, raised Chu Xisheng and Ji Qianqian in the rankings, and directed the pavilion to favor the Iron Banner Gang and activate Number One.
• Wang Tiandong suspended the Eastern Sky Society’s alliance with the Clear Wind Bright Moon Tower and urged the knife-wielding youth to contact Chu Xisheng and investigate Qin Muge.
• Chu Xuanjie realized Chu Xisheng had returned and vowed to destroy the Iron Banner Gang and kill him, while the Jingxi Chu Family’s gathered members feared the consequences of their past actions.
• Zong Shenhua sent a fiery message from Blood Bat Mountain, and the Great Evolution Heavenly Gate tasked Gu Mingyue with investigating Chu Xisheng and Qin Muge while sending another expert to the Iron Banner Gang.
• Si Wufa showed Chu Xisheng and his companions a painting that revealed Yellow Springs’ origins, leaving Chu Xisheng alarmed.

Chu Xisheng promised to help Si Wutian and Si Huangquan when they were ready to enter a Demon God’s Divine Domain, while exploiting the lack of terms in their Divine Covenant. Back at the Iron Banner Gang, he planned a northern campaign and expanded his Twelve Divine Guards, then spoke with Chu Yunyun about his injuries, Wen Zhuyi, and the Astral Authority Seal.

• Chu Xisheng agreed to help Si Wutian when she was ready, and Lu Luanli objected to the danger of entering the Demon Realm.
• Chu Xisheng revealed that the Divine Covenant set no time or conditions for his participation, and he studied a painting that showed Si Huangquan had extraordinary origins.
• Chu Xisheng sent Gong Wugou and Shui Canglang to recruit former Divine Strategy Bureau members for the Iron Banner Gang, then discovered his Formless Art secret ritual had reached the upper third grade.
• Chu Xisheng ordered an expedition against the Clear Wind Bright Moon Tower and said trusted members of his Twelve Divine Guards could receive Dragon Qi to strengthen their Cultivation Bodies.
• Chu Yunyun warned Chu Xisheng to rest while she treated his injuries, asked whether he intended to help Wen Zhuyi, and questioned his progress with the Astral Authority Seal.

Chu Xisheng finished refining the Astral Authority Seal and learned that the Wooden Sword Immortal intended to help him attain his Dao. Meanwhile, Emperor Jianyuan sought the Zhuang Clan’s aid, reshuffled Imperial appointments, and ordered Chu Xisheng’s reputation inflated as news of the battle at Thousand-Stone Mountain spread through Wang'an City.

• Chu Xisheng demonstrated that the Astral Authority Seal could summon a powerful Rahū Star God, and Chu Yunyun explained that the Wooden Sword Immortal planned to condense his own star and help Chu Xisheng attain his Dao.
• Chu Xisheng saw his blood essence points climb to more than fifty-eight million after his victory at Thousand-Stone Mountain and opened his Martial Dao Treasury.
• Emperor Jianyuan visited Lady Zhuang at Divine Outlook Temple and negotiated for the Zhuang Clan’s support, offering an imperial edict in exchange for help against the Formless Divine Sect and other threats.
• Lady Zhuang presented three transformed insects that could imitate Zhen Tianlai, Bu Chaowu, and Zhu Xue, though she warned that their copied strength was limited.
• After Xiao Hongchen delivered the early Heavenly Secret Martial Manual, Emperor Jianyuan promoted him to Garrison Commissioner, appointed Wangqi Luohou to lead the Heaven Bureau temporarily, and ordered the Martial Discourse Tower to rank Chu Xisheng one hundredth on the Heavenly Ranking.
• The Heavenly Secret Martial Manual stirred Wang'an City, where Fang Buyuan watched a crowd gather around a storyteller.

Fang Buyuan and Si Huangquan discussed the newly exposed Great Luo Ant threat as the latest Heavenly Secret Martial Manual stirred Wang'an City. After a month and a half of intensive cultivation, Chu Xisheng reached the peak of Fourth-Rank Lower Stage, created the Hundun Myriad Manifestations Art and Hundun Heaven Saber, and found a mysterious Divine Heart in the Martial Dao Treasury.

• Fang Buyuan told Si Huangquan that a Great Luo Soldier Ant had been captured in the Capital City and the Sacred Emperor's seal had loosened, prompting her to recognize the danger.
• Si Huangquan examined the new Heavenly Secret Martial Manual, which listed Chu Xisheng seventh on the Earthly Ranking and marked Zhen Tianlai, Bu Chaowu, and Zhu Xue as suspected dead.
• Chu Xisheng spent a month and a half cultivating, fused Formless and Limitless into the Hundun Myriad Manifestations Art, and created the three-form Hundun Heaven Saber.
• Chu Yunyun quickly raised her Hundun Martial Intent to the twentieth layer after learning Chu Xisheng's new saber art, while Chu Xisheng reached the peak of Fourth-Rank Lower Stage on the forty-sixth day after the battle of Thousand-Stone Mountain.
• Chu Xisheng reviewed his improved cultivation and talents, then found a ten-million-point Divine Heart in the Martial Dao Treasury that seemed to pulse inside him.

Chu Xisheng uncovered and awakened the First Rank Divine Heart hidden within him, then prepared to travel north for his Upper Fourth Rank advancement while arranging meetings with Clear Wind Bright Moon Tower and the Cloud-Dream Demon King. He left for Tianling Commandery with Chu Yunyun, Mad Sword Feng San, and Luo Hanzong, carrying new secret medicine formulas for his cultivation.

• Chu Xisheng redeemed Divine Heart, First Rank, revealing a crystalline core in his soul sea that strengthened his abilities, especially the Wish-Fulfillment Heart-Following Saber.
• Chu Xisheng soothed Bai Xiao Zhao and Little Flathead after their fight, then learned from Liu Ruoxi that envoys from Clear Wind Bright Moon Tower and the Cloud-Dream Demon King wanted to meet him.
• Chu Xisheng scheduled both meetings at Tianling Commandery's docks, ordered a handover of the northern campaign, and told four Protectors and Guest Retainers to accompany him north for his advancement.
• Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun visited Ji Yang's Tomb, where Chu Yunyun and Ji Yang helped develop secret medicine formulas for the Hundun Myriad Manifestations Art through the Third-Rank Lower Stage.
• Chu Xisheng departed for Tianling Commandery aboard the Sun-Bathing Divine Vessel with Chu Yunyun, Mad Sword Feng San, and Luo Hanzong.

Chu Xisheng negotiated with Situ Tang and Vermilion Snow over control of the Grand Canal, but Vermilion Snow challenged him to a duel without Magic Artifacts. The chapter ended as Chu Xisheng and Vermilion Snow prepared to fight at the docks, while Gu Mingyue and Feng Liancheng suspected his plans to travel north might be a trap.

• Chu Xisheng met Situ Tang and Vermilion Snow at the Wu Family Tavern and rejected a ceasefire, insisting the Iron Banner Gang would take the Grand Canal.
• Chu Xisheng offered Situ Tang terms to withdraw or join forces, and Situ Tang agreed to negotiate a Divine Covenant after consulting his prince.
• Vermilion Snow rejected surrender and challenged Chu Xisheng to a duel without Magic Artifacts, proposing that the winner determine control of the canal.
• Outside the tavern, Gu Mingyue and Feng Liancheng discussed their suspicion that Chu Xisheng's planned journey north to advance his cultivation might lure hostile forces into a trap.
• Situ Tang warned Vermilion Snow not to kill Chu Xisheng, but she faced him confidently at the docks as he tossed a copper coin to begin their duel.

Chu Xisheng defeated Vermilion Snow in a fierce duel, forcing the Clear Wind Bright Moon Tower to withdraw from the Grand Canal’s commandery cities, then heard the Yunmeng Demon King’s proposal to cooperate against the mountain’s demons and foul qi. After refusing Changsun Ruoli’s request for troops, Chu Xisheng set out for Ice Province to complete the Myriad Heavens Rite as powerful factions prepared to respond to his impending advancement.

• Chu Xisheng used his twin sabers and Wish-Fulfillment Heart-Following Saber to overcome Vermilion Snow’s sword arts and reflect her Azure Luan Formlessness ultimate move back at her.
• Chu Xisheng defeated Vermilion Snow and spared her life, and she agreed that the Clear Wind Bright Moon Tower would leave every commandery city along the Grand Canal within half a month.
• The Yunmeng Demon King proposed peace and offered to help control the demons and Giant Spirits in Yunmeng Mountain in exchange for aid, explaining that rising foul qi was worsening the region’s food shortage.
• Chu Xisheng sent messages to Chu Yunyun and Tie Kuangren about supporting and monitoring Yunmeng Mountain, then dismissed Changsun Ruoli’s request for a hundred thousand troops.
• Chu Xisheng summoned the Sun-Bathing Divine Vessel and departed for Ice Province with his companions to complete the Myriad Heavens Rite.

Changsun Bingquan heard growing support for the City Lord’s proposed marriage to Chu Xisheng, while Right Chancellor Gui Haoyuan promised that a plan could secure Bingquan’s succession and advancement. Meanwhile, Chu Xisheng gathered allies and secret medicine before revealing that his journey north concealed a mission to reach the Taiwei Enclosure.

• Changsun Bingquan overheard soldiers favoring a marriage between the City Lord and Chu Xisheng, then vented his fury in his tent.
• Gui Haoyuan told Changsun Bingquan that Chu Xisheng was heading north and hinted that a major plan could make Bingquan a first-rank expert and the City Lord’s acknowledged heir.
• Yu Kunlun tried to stop Dugu Shou from pursuing Chu Xisheng, but Dugu Shou insisted that Chu Xisheng threatened Great Ning; Yu Kunlun promised Chu would not survive a year, perhaps only days.
• Chu Xisheng boarded the Sun-Bathing Divine Vessel with his allies, subdued the Three-Eyed Snow Deer guarding Mystic Spirit Seven-Day Epiphyllums, and took the flowers’ secret medicine with Little Flathead.
• Chu Xisheng led his companions to a cavern and revealed that he had already completed the Formless Art’s secret ritual, then ordered them to sign Divine Covenants.
• Gu Mingyue recognized the cavern’s altar as the Grand Void Formation Altar for entering the Taiwei Enclosure, exposing Chu Xisheng’s supposed advancement journey as a smokescreen.

Chu Xisheng revealed that he planned to use a hidden formation altar to enter Taiwei Enclosure, then waited as powerful enemies gathered around it. When Luo Hanzong discovered the altar required the blood and essence soul of a First-Rank giant spirit to activate, Qin Muge appeared to shield the formation and Chu Xisheng’s six hooded followers revealed themselves as Eternity Gods.

• Laughing Mad Dragon realized Chu Xisheng intended to enter Taiwei Enclosure, while Chu Xisheng promised his subordinates rewards and rallied them with talk of liberating Mount Kunlun.
• Chu Xisheng, Lu Luanli, and Luo Hanzong repaired the ancient formation altar, and Luo Hanzong signed a divine covenant in exchange for entry into Taiwei Enclosure.
• After the altar was repaired, Chu Xisheng waited until more than a dozen powerful experts arrived and recognized the formation as a route to Taiwei Enclosure.
• Luo Hanzong discovered that activating the altar required the blood and essence soul of at least one First-Rank giant spirit, and Chu Xisheng told him to proceed.
• Qin Muge appeared and used Myriad Gods Tribulation to block the gathered experts from attacking the altar, while Chu Xisheng’s six hooded followers transformed into Eternity Gods.

The Formless Divine Sect trapped and slaughtered the forces that had come to kill Chu Xisheng, with Chu Yunyun killing the powerful First-Rank Giant Spirits Huang Zheyu and Huang Anshi. After the battle, the sect activated the Formation Altar to enter the Taiwei Enclosure, but Ma Tianyan’s surviving flame slipped into it, drawing the attention of a furious Giant God beyond the Mortal Realm.

• Shen Duoluo, Shen Chihuo, and four Transcendent Rank Giant God incarnations sealed the cave while the Formless Divine Sect’s treasures and arts prevented their enemies from escaping.
• Chu Yunyun killed Huang Zheyu with the God-Defying Banner Spear, and Chu Xisheng and his allies joined the attack as the trapped forces were overwhelmed.
• Chu Yunyun killed Huang Anshi, Heavenly Deficiency, and other targets, while Ba Tianlai and the others helped eliminate roughly a third of the attackers.
• Shen Duoluo warned Chu Xisheng that entering the Taiwei Enclosure could bring disaster, and the Giant God incarnations withdrew under their covenant.
• Chu Yunyun suspected Ma Tianyan had survived, and the God-Defying Banner returned some of Huang Anshi’s essence to activate the Formation Altar.
• Ma Tianyan’s flame evaded Chu Yunyun and entered the Formation Altar, while a Giant God beyond the Mortal Realm opened his eyes and formed a vast hand above the eastern sea.

Su Fengdao, Li Changsheng, Mai Danshu, and Shen Yuan fought to keep rival factions from entering the Taiwei Enclosure as the Seven Killings Star Lord attacked and Song Yannian severed his arm. Dozens of intruders nevertheless slipped inside, where Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun waited for the turmoil to settle before beginning the contest.

• A blazing giant hand descended from the heavens, but Li Changsheng struck it apart with the Hengtian Sword and was hurled into the sea.
• Starlight shattered the Taiwei Enclosure's defenses and exposed the ancient undersea mountain; Su Fengdao, Shen Yuan, and Mai Danshu then worked together to block rival cultivators from entering.
• The Seven Killings Star Lord sent a saber strike through the Enclosure's defenses, but the Demon Gods appeared and Song Yannian severed the Star Lord's arm with the Intercepting Heaven Divine Sword.
• After the fighting stopped, Li Changsheng and Su Fengdao estimated that fifty to seventy people had entered, while Mai Danshu proposed collecting the scattered Seven Killings Divine Blood.
• Inside the Taiwei Enclosure, Chu Xisheng observed its structure as Chu Yunyun searched for Ma Tianyan; Chu Yunyun admitted she had let him in, and Chu Xisheng remained confident they could win.

Zong Sanping divided the group to seize the Taiwei Enclosure’s nine defensive-array hubs, while Chu Xisheng used Wish Fulfilled to compel four suspected infiltrators to obey him. Chu Xisheng and his companions raced toward Chancellor Mountain’s core, where Jian Zangfeng’s Heaven-Measuring Sword carried them past an ambush and into the cavern.

• Zong Sanping assigned eight people to take control of the nine peaks’ array hubs and left Chancellor Mountain and the Heavenly Emperor’s Seat to Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun.
• Chu Xisheng used the Formless Divine Seal to amplify Wish Fulfilled, forcing Laughing Mad Dragon, Feng Liancheng, and the other two retainers to pledge loyalty and guard their assigned peaks.
• After the others departed, Luo Hanzong and Jian Zangfeng discussed the dangers of relying on divine covenants and the limits of Chu Xisheng’s Wish-Fulfillment Heart-Following Saber.
• Chu Yunyun led Chu Xisheng and the others toward Chancellor Mountain after the heavenly order of slaughter dissipated, while more than seventy other cultivators raced for its entrance.
• A group of cultivators attacked Chu Xisheng’s party near the cavern, but Jian Zangfeng used the Heaven-Measuring Sword to carry them to the entrance and leave their pursuers ten li behind.

Chu Xisheng and his companions fought off pursuing martial cultivators and raced through the Taiwei Enclosure, where they discovered an enormous underground palace guarded by ranks of ancient skeletons and occupied by figures who had arrived ahead of them.

• Jian Zangfeng stretched the distance from their pursuers, while Chu Xisheng reflected their attacks with Returning Light, Reflecting Illumination.
• Luo Hanzong reversed the targeting of a god-possessed cultivator’s chains, and Chu Xisheng unleashed nearly seven hundred and eighty weapons through the Gate of Li Tan.
• Jian Zangfeng enlarged the weapons and hurled them into the pursuing crowd, temporarily clearing the restrictive spells and leaving many pursuers injured or disheveled.
• Chu Xisheng and his companions raced deeper into the mountain cavern as Jian Zangfeng lamented that Ye Zhiqiu had ignored his messages.
• Chu Xisheng’s group reached a vast underground cavern with a palace complex, thousands of skeletons arrayed before it, and several figures hovering above the palaces.

Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun entered a palace filled with the remains of Taiwei Enclosure disciples and confronted the God of Mountains and State Altars, its attendants, and Zhuang Yan. Chu Yunyun revealed overwhelming strength, and Zhuang Yan recognized her as the supposedly dead Qin Muge as she drove him into the mountain wall.

• Chu Xisheng saw the God of Mountains and State Altars and four attendants hovering above the palace, while Chu Yunyun condemned the giant god cult.
• Chu Xisheng examined the countless poisoned corpses and realized their resentment was strengthening his god-slaying blood astral force.
• Zhuang Yan recognized Chu Yunyun as Qin Muge, and she accused him and the Divine Saber Sect of colluding with giant gods.
• Chu Yunyun suddenly attacked the divine incarnation with the God-Defying Banner Spear, blasting its four attendants aside and piercing through its body.
• Zhuang Yan intercepted Chu Yunyun's spear and exchanged thousands of blows with her before she overwhelmed him and smashed him into the mountain wall.

Chu Yunyun overwhelmed the God of Mountains and State Altars, Zhuang Yan, and the other fighters as reinforcements entered the cavern, while Chu Xisheng killed Wan Jiansheng during the assault on his defenses. The chapter ended when Chu Xisheng sensed another clash beyond the Taiwei Enclosure and saw a divine hand fall.

• Chu Yunyun pierced the God of Mountains and State Altars' defenses, blasted apart his hand, and wounded the Lock Claw Martial Cultivator when he intervened.
• Zhuang Yan warned the Martial Cultivators in the caverns that Qin Muge had returned, but Chu Yunyun struck him and shattered part of his head before the reinforcements arrived.
• Several Martial Cultivators joined the battle to protect the God of Mountains and State Altars, but Chu Yunyun killed two First-Rank Martial Cultivators and kept up her pursuit.
• Chu Xisheng held off numerous attackers with his Yazi Blade Screen while Jian Zangfeng and Mad Sword Feng San fought beside him.
• Wan Jiansheng used Heaven-Creation and Earth-Opening to break through Chu Xisheng's defenses, but Chu Xisheng's Divine-Intent Saber Heart froze him and a follow-up strike severed his head.
• Chu Xisheng sensed a battle beyond the Taiwei Enclosure and saw Yellow Divine Light descend as crimson sword light crossed the sky and another divine hand fell.

Li Changsheng and Su Fengdao recognized the God of Mountains’ divine power as the source of the arts Whip Mountains and Move Stones and Remake Heaven and Earth. Inside the Taiwei Enclosure, the God of Mountains and State Altars used those arts to divide and rearrange the realm, leaving Chu Xisheng separated from his allies as he headed for the Treasury.

• Li Changsheng and Su Fengdao watched the God of Mountains’ severed hand fall and identified the divine arts associated with the Shenshan Scepter.
• The God of Mountains and State Altars drained Attendant Three and Attendant Four, then used their life force to unleash Whip Mountains and Move Stones and Remake Heaven and Earth.
• The divine arts broke the Taiwei Enclosure into more than two hundred thousand floating fragments, separating Chu Xisheng from Mad Sword Feng San and Jian Zangfeng.
• Luo Hanzong located Chu Xisheng with his Star Shifting Art and warned that the God of Mountains and State Altars might target him after isolating him from Chu Yunyun.
• Chu Xisheng chose to search for the Taiwei Enclosure’s Treasury before reuniting with Chu Yunyun, and Luo Hanzong explained that the enclosure’s restrictive spells and defensive formations still worked.