Recaps

Emperor Jianyuan and Yu Kunlun began cloning the First-Generation Heaven-Gazing Hou while Shen Jingli secretly poisoned the formation. As Emperor Jianyuan maneuvered the Prince of Xiang into attacking Chu Xisheng, the Prince hesitated between the emperor’s offer and Chu Xisheng’s promise, while Wan Fengqing rejected the Prince’s attempted uprising and ordered his envoy seized.

• Yu Kunlun prepared to clone the First-Generation Heaven-Gazing Hou using more than a hundred captured Giant Spirits, and Emperor Jianyuan supplied his blood to activate the formation.
• Emperor Jianyuan told Yu Kunlun that he planned to use the Prince of Xiang and the Great Luo Ant Clan to draw Chu Xisheng into danger in Liangzhou.
• Shen Jingli secretly poured poisoned medicinal liquid into the cloning formation, intending to make Emperor Jianyuan accumulate corpse poison as he used the Heaven-Gazing Hou.
• Xiao Hongchen urged Xuan Jianwen to march against Chu Xisheng, but Xuan Jianwen weighed Emperor Jianyuan’s offer against Chu Xisheng’s promises and postponed his decision.
• A black-clad envoy asked Wan Fengqing to support Xuan Jianwen’s planned advance, but Wan Fengqing declared it was too late and ordered her guards to seize him.

At Skyvault Mountain, Chen Nailuo struggled to hold back the Great Luo Ant Clan and swallowed his pride to request the Formless Divine Sect’s help. Chu Xisheng, already in Liangzhou, revealed that he intended to use the ants’ all-out assault to create an opening for Xie Tianqing to destroy the damaged seal at Ten-Thousand-Cave Mountain.

• Chen Nailuo contacted Li Changsheng and promised the Dutian Divine Palace’s support for Chu Xisheng’s claim to the throne in exchange for the Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber; Li said Qin Xiyan and Chu Xisheng were already heading to Liangzhou.
• Chen Nailuo ordered the Dutian Divine Palace to commit all its forces and hold Skyvault Mountain until Chu Xisheng arrived.
• At Celestial Phenomena Mountain, Ren Zhongshou learned that the Great Luo Ants were difficult to kill because they revived through the Creation Mother Tree, and that Blood-Yazi had once worn down their strength.
• The Ant Queen told Consort Zhuang to lead the awakened Male Ants in a rapid assault, fearing the clan could not survive a prolonged war of attrition.
• Chu Xisheng told Xie Tianqing to circle behind the ants and completely destroy the damaged seal at Ten-Thousand-Cave Mountain when the clan launched its expected assault.
• Xie Tianqing agreed, and Chu Xisheng said the Dutian Divine Palace’s casualties would depend on how quickly Xie destroyed the seal.

Consort Zhuang led the Great Luo Ant Clan against Skyvault Mountain while Chen Nailuo and reinforcements fought to hold the defense line. After Heavenly Revelation Manor abandoned its post and Xie Tianqing destroyed Ten-Thousand-Cave Mountain, Chu Xisheng appeared and pinned a vast swarm of ants, but Consort Zhuang rallied their power against him.

• Consort Zhuang surveyed the defenses at Skyvault Mountain and ordered her forces to target the spellcasters while Chen Nailuo prepared to fight with the God-Burning Blood Candle.
• Chen Nailuo entered the transcendent rank and fought the male ants, while Li Changsheng, Su Fengdao, Ao Guo, and Yan Guilai arrived to reinforce the defenders.
• Consort Zhuang pressed Chen Nailuo as Heavenly Revelation Manor abandoned its section of the defense line, letting the Great Luo Ants pour through toward the south.
• Xie Tianqing destroyed Ten-Thousand-Cave Mountain, fulfilling the condition for Chu Xisheng to intervene.
• Chu Xisheng appeared above the breach and used Divine Intent Bans the Sky to kill thirty thousand Great Luo Blood Ants and pin more than a hundred thousand others in place.
• Consort Zhuang ordered the Great Luo Ants to kill Chu Xisheng, and their Spiritual Sense Network gathered their power around a nearby lower Transcendent Rank Soldier Ant.

Chu Xisheng countered the Great Luo Ant Clan’s ultimate secret art, Great Luo Heavenly Punishment, by reflecting its power back at them and devastating their forces. Consort Zhuang ordered the surviving ants to flee as Chu Xisheng prepared to continue his attack.

• Su Fengdao saw Chu Xisheng arrive at Tianqiong Mountain and recognized that he had become the true spirit and dharma aspect of the Yazi heavenly order.
• Consort Zhuang gathered the power of twelve million Great Luo ants into a soldier ant elder and unleashed Great Luo Heavenly Punishment against Chu Xisheng.
• Chu Xisheng used Divine Intent Bans the Sky to suppress the ant swarm and prevent flight and escape arts across Liangzhou.
• The soldier ant elder attacked, but Chu Xisheng used Heavenly Justice Is Clear to reflect Great Luo Heavenly Punishment, annihilating 270,000 soldier ants and killing the Great Luo Ant Queen.
• Chu Xisheng revealed that he had perfected Heavenly Justice Is Clear by incorporating the laws of eternity and vajra, then sent the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber back to the Formless Divine Sect.
• Consort Zhuang ordered the surviving Great Luo ants to flee and avoid dying beneath Chu Xisheng’s saber.

Chu Xisheng forced the Great Luo Ant Clan north, killing the Ant Queen each time it resisted or revived outside his permitted route. As the clan submitted, Shen Jingli realized Chu Xisheng was using the ants’ strength to advance and urged Shen Puzhao to stop him.

• Chu Xisheng suppressed the Great Luo Ant Clan, deliberately leaving a route north while killing ants that tried to escape in other directions.
• The Great Luo Ant Queen used the clan’s strength to send ten Male Ants fleeing, but Chu Xisheng’s Retribution Has No Gate destroyed them and then killed the queen repeatedly when she revived east of the swarm.
• The Great Luo Ant Queen ordered the clan to head north and conserve its strength, while Xie Tianqing questioned Chu Xisheng’s plan and Chu promised he could deal with the ants without leaving future danger.
• Chen Nailuo received a list of Hundun Stones and grew suspicious that the Dutian Divine Palace’s upper ranks had concealed important matters and delayed their aid.
• Shen Puzhao told Shen Jingli that Chu Xisheng had subdued the ants, and Shen Jingli concluded he meant to use their power to advance to Second Rank and demanded that he be stopped.

Li Changsheng organized a Formless Divine Sect mission to seize a Source-Heart Flower near the Hundun Source, while Chu Xisheng drove the Great Luo Ant Clan north toward Mount Buzhou. As the ants neared the mountain, Giant Spirit priests tried to teleport the Great Luo Ant Queen away, and Chu Xisheng sent Xie Tianqing to stop them.

• Li Changsheng told Yan Guilai, Ao Guo, and Su Fengdao that the sect would travel to the Hundun Source to secure a Source-Heart Flower, with help from Li Mountain Old Mother and other powerful allies.
• Chu Xisheng repeatedly struck down the Great Luo Ant Queen to keep the swarm moving, and the Great Luo Ant Clan devastated Cha Province and consumed an allied army of eleven million before continuing north.
• After crossing the Endless Icefield and Red Gobi, the Great Luo Ant Clan entered the Central Lands and found that Mount Buzhou had evacuated tribes and withdrawn its forces from their path.
• Consort Zhuang warned the Great Luo Ant Queen that the gods were distracted by conflicts and divine resurrections, while Chu Xisheng explained to Xie Tianqing that the ant clan was still too weak to complete his Secret Ritual.
• Xie Tianqing received news that Emperor Jianyuan planned to lead 1.2 million Imperial Guards against the Iron Banner Gang, but Chu Xisheng remained unconcerned and asked Xie Tianqing to stop Giant Spirit priests attempting to teleport the Great Luo Ant Queen away.

Huang Tianyan and Mount Buzhou’s leaders watched Chu Xisheng’s ant swarm devastate the lower tiers but refused to confront him, while Chu continued guiding the ants toward a Hundun Stone. With gods and enemies watching nearby, Chu spent his Heavenly Origin Points to strengthen his Divine Heart and acquire Zangtian Divine Blood and the Yazi Bloodline, beginning a dangerous transformation.

• The Great Luo Ant Clan devoured the inhabitants of Mount Buzhou’s lower tiers while sparing the enslaved Human Race, and Huang Tianyan offered godhood to anyone who killed Chu Xisheng.
• Huang Tianyan asked his ministers to lead an army against Chu, but no one accepted, and the ministers explained that the tribes had lacked food and trusted the gods to protect them.
• The Great Luo Ant Queen and Consort Zhuang realized that the gods would not intervene, while Xie Tianqing warned Chu that his actions had likely doomed his chance to advance.
• Xie Tianqing told Chu that the Origin-Returning Sword Sect had brought a Hundun Stone to within twelve thousand li of Mount Buzhou, and Chu guided the ant swarm there to retrieve it.
• With divine incarnations and other forces watching nearby, Chu raised his Divine Heart to eighth rank and redeemed Zangtian Divine Blood and the Yazi Bloodline, triggering a transformation.

Chu Xisheng used a Hundun ritual to advance, imprinting his soul on the Heavenly Orders and transforming his Dragon-Tiger Golden Core into a Hundun Source. As hostile Gods and demigods attacked during the ritual, his new Blood-Yazi Saber Heart let him bypass Shen Jingli’s purification and strike back.

• Chu Xisheng filled his Rage-Blood Origin Storage and awakened the Blood-Yazi Saber Heart, gaining the ability to sense causal threads and retribution.
• Chu Xisheng prepared a Hundun-enhancing medicine, drank it, and began the secret ritual to advance to Lower Second-Rank while embedding nine Heavenly Orders in his Soul Imprint.
• Chu Xisheng transformed his Dragon-Tiger Golden Core into a Hundun Source, and the Hundun Heavenly Order responded strongly to his ritual.
• Shen Puzhao told Shen Jingli that Chu Xisheng had become the Hundun True Spirit and risen to fourth on the Wish-Fulfillment Heavenly Stele, prompting Gods to send Divine-Blood Incarnations against him.
• The Heavenly Stove Star Lord’s stove fire and Shen Jingli’s purification power struck at Chu Xisheng, but he reflected the fire and used causal retribution to bypass Shen Jingli’s power and destroy her head.
• Shen Jingli regenerated as Chu Xisheng’s Divine-Intent Saber blasted the attacking demigods into bloody powder.

Chu Xisheng fought off the gods while completing his Hundun advancement, then broke through the Mortal-Divine Boundary and formed an Innate Divine Body. He defeated or drove away the remaining incarnations, and Chu Yunyun sensed that he had successfully reached Second Rank.

• Chu Xisheng wounded Shen Jingli, repelled the attacking Star Lords, and killed the Great Luo Ant Queen and more than a hundred thousand soldier ants when the colony tried to send some of its members away.
• Chu Xisheng completed his Hundun inscription, advanced to Lower Second-Rank, and exchanged Heavenly Origin Points for three ranks of Blood of Eternal Ages.
• Chu Xisheng rekindled his Divine Power for a sixth time and opened the Mortal-Divine Boundary, forming an Innate Divine Body and understanding the secrets behind Ming Qianqiu's Nine-Turn War God Art.
• Chu Xisheng rekindled his Divine Power repeatedly and destroyed three descending Wild Gods and four divine-blood incarnations, then blasted the Giant Gate Star Lord apart with a Divine-Intent Saber.
• Shen Jingli withdrew, and the remaining gods vanished; Chu Yunyun sensed Chu Xisheng's breakthrough and realized he had entered Second Rank.

Chu Xisheng reached Lower Second-Rank while the Formless Divine Sect waited for his signal to act. In Huaiyin, Emperor Jianyuan prepared to crush the Iron Banner Gang with Chu Ming and Ying Gou’s corpse forces, but the Astral Immortal Sect joined Zhou Liangchen’s fleet, and Zhou Zhi appeared before the imperial army.

• Chu Yunyun told the Thunderclap Cosmic Shuttle that Chu Xisheng had reached Lower Second-Rank, while Li Changsheng delayed their plans until Chu Xisheng sent a signal.
• Emperor Jianyuan learned that Chu Xisheng had advanced and discussed intercepting him with Imperial Preceptor Yu Kunlun, Ying Gou’s corpse forces, and Chu Ming.
• Emperor Jianyuan ordered Chu Ming to gather hostile killing intent and charge into the Iron Banner Gang’s army once the troops chanted her name.
• Xiao Hongchen reported that Zhou Liangchen had engaged the Imperial Court’s fleet with ninety thousand Astral Immortal Sect Martial Cultivators and seven thousand Spellcasters supporting him.
• Emperor Jianyuan questioned the Astral Immortal Sect’s allegiance, then saw its master, Zhou Zhi, standing in the fog before the army.

Emperor Jianyuan confronted Zhou Zhi as the Astral Immortal Sect and Iron Banner Gang attacked his army, while he tried to harness Chu Ming’s Hostile Killing Intent. After the fog dispersed, Chu Ming resisted her control and struck Emperor Jianyuan, revealing that she remembered her past.

• Emperor Jianyuan accused Zhou Zhi of betraying Great Ning, and Zhou unleashed a massive astral lightning attack on the imperial forces.
• Yu Kunlun shielded Emperor Jianyuan while Zhou’s spellcasters and archers inflicted heavy casualties, and Yu went to fight Zhou directly.
• Emperor Jianyuan ordered Wangqi Luohou to disperse the fog and spread claims that Chu Ming had killed two Iron Banner Gang commanders to build Hostile Killing Intent around her.
• A strong wind cleared part of the fog, and Chu Ming drew her saber against Emperor Jianyuan instead of attacking the enemy.
• Chu Ming shattered Emperor Jianyuan’s Twelve Dragon Divine Heavenly Guard and Dragon Carriage, sent him flying, and thanked him for burying her alive for eighty-one days.

Chu Ming attacked Emperor Jianyuan while revealing that she remembered his role in her family’s tragedy and was now controlled by Chu Xisheng. As Emperor Jianyuan’s army collapsed and he tried to unleash the Heaven-Gazing Hou, the Third-Generation Sage Emperor intervened; elsewhere, Zong Shenhua faced Lu Chen as three demon gods appeared above the battlefield.

• Chu Ming overwhelmed Emperor Jianyuan with rapid saber strikes while her Yazi and Three-Legged Golden Crow slaughtered his forces and blocked his allies.
• Chu Ming told Emperor Jianyuan that he had helped cause her family’s destruction and that Chu Xisheng now controlled her through the Divine Covenant.
• The Imperial Court’s forces fell into chaos as the Iron Banner Gang advanced, while Zhou Zhi, Luo Zha, Xie Jian, and the Yazi prevented Yu Kunlun and Wangqi Luohou from helping Emperor Jianyuan.
• Emperor Jianyuan prepared to use the Heaven-Gazing Hou, but the Third-Generation Sage Emperor appeared and pinned it beneath a Bronze Bell.
• Chu Ming continued attacking Emperor Jianyuan as his protective dragon qi and army weakened, while Zong Shenhua urged Lu Chen to move aside and three demon gods emerged in the sky.

After the victory at the Tianhuai River, Chu Xisheng completed his Heavenly Order Source Seal and greatly strengthened his talents while preparing to pursue a dangerous plan. The chapter ended with Chu Yunyun telling her allies to prepare to act in half a day, including delaying the Source-Heart Flower’s bloom.

• Ji Qianqian reported that Chu Ming had switched sides, Emperor Jianyuan had been rescued by Zong Shenhua and the three demon gods of Blood Bat Mountain, and Chu Xisheng’s army had won a major victory.
• Chu Xisheng spent nearly three days inscribing thirteen heavenly orders into his Heavenly Order Source Seal, including Indestructibility, Heaven-Commanding, Heaven-Subduing, and Heaven-Imitating.
• Chu Xisheng raised several bloodline talents through the Martial Dao Treasury, gaining Time Flies Like Lightning, Pangu’s Heavenly Selection, and Source of Wisdom.
• Chu Xisheng reviewed his improved character stats, thanked Xie Tianqing and Sect Master Chen, and told them to return while he headed toward a dangerous destination with the Great Luo Ant Clan.
• Chu Xisheng marked a direction for the Great Luo Ant Clan that appeared to lead toward the Creation Divine Tree.
• Chu Yunyun told Li Changsheng and the others that they could begin preparations and would act in half a day, with Li Mountain Old Mother expected to delay the Source-Heart Flower’s bloom.

After recovering, Shen Jingli realized Chu Xisheng was using the Great Luo Ant Clan’s rampage beneath the Creation Divine Tree to force the eternal gods to break the ants’ immortality and complete his Yazi Secret Ritual. As the gods watched and the clan grew stronger through slaughter, Chu Xisheng finally struck the Creation Mother Tree with his saber.

• Shen Jingli learned that Chu Xisheng had inscribed his Heavenly Order Source Seal and that his actions had destabilized Great Ning, then heard he had led the Great Luo Ant Clan toward the Creation Divine Tree.
• Shen Jingli concluded that Chu Xisheng meant to provoke the eternal gods into killing the Great Luo Ant Clan, using the conflict to advance his Yazi Secret Ritual.
• The Great Luo Ant Clan slaughtered and devoured Giant Spirits and their slave tribes beneath the Creation Divine Tree, regaining strength as the Great Luo Ant Queen struggled to control them.
• The Great Luo Ant Queen confronted Chu Xisheng, who admitted he intended to use the gods to end the clan’s immortality, while Xie Tianqing and Chen Nailuo watched the devastation from behind.
• Chu Xisheng drew his saber and struck the Creation Mother Tree’s trunk, sending wood dust into the sky.

Chu Xisheng used the hostile killing intent of billions of creatures to hack into the Creation Mother Tree, drawing attacks from gods and the Great Luo Ant Clan. He deflected their strikes into the tree, deepened its wound, and ended the chapter by pinning the ant swarm in place with his Divine-Intent Saber.

• Chu Xisheng's slashes cut deeper into the Creation Mother Tree as the Great Luo Ant Queen realized he intended to bring it down.
• Xie Tianqing and Chen Nailuo fled, while Chu Xisheng's Divine-Intent Saber shattered Wood God Lingwei's giant incarnation and destroyed priests who approached him.
• Thunder God Tianbo's lightning and a halberd strike were deflected by Chu Xisheng's saber astral force into the tree, widening the wound to over seven hundred li.
• The Great Luo Ant Clan attacked Chu Xisheng with Great Luo Heavenly Punishment, but he rekindled his divine power and reflected the strike into the tree, extending the split past nine hundred li.
• The Great Luo Ant Queen and the Male Ants tried to flee, but Chu Xisheng's Divine-Intent Saber pinned their bodies and Primordial Spirits to the ground.

Chu Xisheng used the Source-Heart Flower and a temporal sequence ritual to advance toward First-Rank, becoming the Dao Creator of the saber while Lu Shouyang also advanced. At the Creation Mother Tree, Chu Xisheng kept cutting as the gods poured power into its recovery, and Wild Gods began descending into the Mortal Realm.

• Chu Yunyun and the others watched the Source-Heart Flower bloom, and a future version of Chu Xisheng appeared and consumed it to complete his First-Rank advancement ritual.
• Bai Xiao Zhao brought secret medicine to the Hundun Source, allowing Lu Shouyang to bloom another Source-Heart Flower and advance to First-Rank.
• Chu Xisheng's heavenly order resonated with sabers across the Hundun Source, and Mei Nianxue and Su Fengdao recognized him as the Saber God and a Dao Creator.
• At the Creation Mother Tree, Chu Xisheng used Divine Intent Bans the Sky to trap the Great Luo Ant Clan and nearby beings while continuing to cut the trunk against the gods' restorative power.
• Shen Jingli noticed the Rahū Star glowing as the gods focused on the Mortal Realm, and Shen Puzhao sensed that Wild Gods were preparing to descend.
• Chu Xisheng saw Innate Giant Gods with scarlet eyes falling through rifts in the sky and welcomed their arrival.

Chu Xisheng slaughtered the Wild Gods and redirected attacks from several Pangu Sovereigns into the Creation Divine Tree, while the Great Luo Ant Clan devoured the gods’ remains and grew stronger. He used Wish Stones to sustain his Blood-Yazi Origin Soul, leaving the gods unable to exhaust his defensive power as he continued threatening the tree.

• The Wild Gods attacked Chu Xisheng, but his Divine-Intent Saber reflected their power and killed dozens, earning him 1,410 Wish Stones.
• Chu Xisheng scattered the Wild Gods’ remains among the Great Luo Ant Clan, whose members—including the Great Luo Ant Queen and Consort Zhuang—succumbed to the temptation and devoured them.
• The Wind God Disha and the Ice God Sheyuan attacked Chu Xisheng, but he redirected their powers into the Creation Divine Tree; the Ice God’s power also froze its own temple.
• The gods repeatedly attacked while Chu Xisheng reflected their strikes into the tree, and Shen Jingli realized that he had grasped the Pangu mysteries in Blood-Yazi’s power.
• Chu Xisheng spent Wish Stones and Heavenly Origin Points to strengthen his Blood-Yazi Origin Soul, allowing him to use its ability twelve times a day and sustain it for up to three hundred breaths.

Chu Xisheng forced the Gods to compromise after they failed to break through his defenses beneath the Creation Divine Tree, and the Youdu Sovereign and Blackwater Sovereign moved to strip the Great Luo Ant Clan of its undying power. The Gods’ battle paused, while War God Zangtian’s worsening condition and plans remained uncertain.

• Wood God Lingwei halted the Gods’ attacks and summoned the Youdu Sovereign and Blackwater Sovereign to strip the Great Luo Ant Clan of its undying power.
• Lingwei promised the Gods would slay anyone who interfered, and Thunder God Tianbo, Metal God Baizhu, and other powerful Gods sent the two Sovereigns divine support.
• War God Zangtian revealed he had gained a better understanding of Rahū Star, while Li Tan warned that devouring it would trigger his demonic transformation.
• Ziyu and Li Tan discussed Zangtian’s condition and the coming battle, then withdrew after concluding that the day’s conflict was settled.
• The Great Luo Ant Clan lost the Creation Divine Tree’s undying life power as Chu Xisheng’s Saber Intent and Yazi Heavenly Order grew stronger.

Chu Xisheng exterminated the Great Luo Ant Clan, survived the gods’ assault, and escaped through Zhu Guangyin’s Time Secret Realm. He reunited with Song Yannian, who confirmed that he had begun taking control of the Creation Mother Tree and secured Southern Pole Longevity.

• The Great Luo Ant Queen transferred the clan’s remaining essence, abilities, and knowledge to Consort Zhuang, who died and regenerated as an egg while hiding her thoughts from Chu Xisheng.
• Chu Xisheng destroyed the Great Luo Ant Queen and the other ants, then realized that exterminating the clan had completed a powerful Heaven-Executing Secret Ritual.
• The gods attacked Chu Xisheng as he tried to escape, but he recovered in the Time Secret Realm, where Zhu Guangyin stopped him from turning back time and gave him time to purge most of the divine powers embedded in his body.
• Chu Xisheng traveled through the temporal fault to meet Song Yannian, who said he had merged his life-bound roots with the Creation Mother Tree and would use grafting to take control of it.
• Song Yannian confirmed Southern Pole Longevity, and Chu Xisheng celebrated before his injuries made him cough blood.

After recovering beneath the Creation Divine Tree, Chu Xisheng learned that Shen Bore was pursuing the resurrection of the First-Generation Heavenly Emperor. Meanwhile, Consort Zhuang fell into the hands of a mysterious young man, and Emperor Jianyuan learned that Chu Xisheng would agree to a one-year peace if Chu Rulai were buried alive.

• Wooden Sword Immortal Song Yannian removed most of the Heavenly Orders from Chu Xisheng and gave him Divine Covenant Heavenly Stele Fragments, then warned him that Shen Bore had caused past calamities while trying to resurrect the First-Generation Heavenly Emperor.
• A mysterious young man trapped the fleeing Consort Zhuang, offered her an identity and a useful body, and said his plans concerned her enemy.
• Emperor Jianyuan returned to Wang'an City and lamented Great Ning's losses, while Yu Kunlun claimed he could make the people of He and Luo Provinces loyal to the emperor.
• Yu Kunlun told Emperor Jianyuan that Chu Xisheng had destroyed the Great Luo Ant Clan and emerged safely from beneath the Creation Divine Tree.
• Yu Kunlun revealed that Chu Xisheng offered a one-year peace agreement if Emperor Jianyuan personally placed Chu Rulai in a coffin and sent him for burial near Xiushui Commandery.

Chu Xisheng returned to Formless Divine Mountain after confronting the gods at the Creation Mother Tree, then showed Mad Sword Feng San how his Wish-Fulfillment Method could be grounded in investigating things. Chu Yunyun tested Chu Xisheng’s confidence with a blow that he withstood, then demonstrated the overwhelming power of an Eternity God, leaving him with his hand on her chest.

• Chu Xisheng emerged on Formless Divine Mountain as the gods’ murderous divine wills converged on him and then withdrew.
• Li Changsheng and the others welcomed Chu Xisheng, praised his victory over the Great Luo Ant Clan, and Su Fengdao warned him against taking such risks again.
• Chu Xisheng brought Chu Yunyun and Mad Sword Feng San to the Back Mountain and revealed that Feng San’s Wish-Fulfillment Method had faltered because of doubts about his worth.
• Chu Xisheng demonstrated how investigating things to extend knowledge let him reshape the training hall and strengthen its materials, giving Feng San a new foundation for the Wish-Fulfillment Method.
• Feng San embraced Chu Xisheng’s insight and hurried away to cultivate, while Chu Yunyun recognized that Chu Xisheng’s battle at the Creation Divine Tree had been carefully calculated.
• Chu Yunyun struck Chu Xisheng to test his resilience, pierced his defenses with a finger, and found that he had placed his hand on her chest.

Chu Xisheng learned that he had taken first place on the Heavenly Ranking, then left to visit Wen Suyi, promising to secure her a place beneath the stars within six months. As he prepared to return to rule his territories, Chu Yunyun remained in seclusion after their sparring match.

• Chu Xisheng revealed his Tenfold Repayment saber technique to Chu Yunyun, who challenged him to a spar; he lost and spent the next day hiding from others.
• The Iron Banner Gang celebrated news that Chu Xisheng would return to Xiushui in three days, while Jian Zangfeng ordered officials and powerful local families to assemble there.
• Chu Xisheng read the Heavenly Ranking, which placed him first ahead of Chu Yunyun, and studied his martial arts after making wishes to improve his and his companions' comprehension.
• After three days of study, Chu Xisheng found Chu Yunyun still in seclusion and flew to the Li Tan Catacomb to visit Wen Suyi.
• Chu Xisheng promised Wen Suyi that within half a year he would give her a place above the starry firmament, and the living creatures who heard him died from the force of his words.

Chu Xisheng founded the Great Law Dynasty, established its government, and ascended the throne as Emperor Primordial Beginning. The chapter ended with him entering the throne hall beside Chu Yunyun and a second woman dressed as an empress, leaving the court to wonder how he had settled his harem.

• Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun traveled to Xiushui Commandery, where Ding Cangsheng and the assembled troops urged Chu Xisheng to found a dynasty and become emperor.
• Chu Xisheng accepted their support and spent nine days choosing the Great Law Dynasty's name, institutions, officials, military arrangements, and honors.
• Chu Xisheng led his ministers and two hundred thousand Imperial Guards to Qinhuai Commandery and ascended the throne as Emperor Primordial Beginning without sacrificing to Heaven or Earth.
• Ding Cangsheng worried that Chu Xisheng had not settled who would be Central Palace, while Jian Zangfeng said Chu Yunyun would hold the position.
• Chu Xisheng entered the Hall of Supreme Governance with Chu Yunyun and another woman, both dressed in empress robes, easing Jian Zangfeng's concern about the harem.

At the Great Law Dynasty’s founding ceremony, Chu Xisheng unexpectedly invested Chu Yunyun as empress and Wen Suyi and Lu Luanli as deputy empresses, while Lu Luanli discovered a note that left her pale. As ministers and guards considered the political tensions around the new court, Lu Chen and Shen Yun identified rumors that could be used to provoke factional conflict.

• Chu Xisheng held Lu Luanli’s hand as she realized he had brought her to the founding ceremony in empress’s robes after she agreed to marry him while drunk.
• A ceremonial official proclaimed Chu Yunyun empress and Wen Suyi and Lu Luanli deputy empresses, with rites equal to the empress; Lu Luanli read a note and turned pale.
• Chu Ming brooded over her loss of freedom and looked north with hatred for Emperor Jianyuan, Yu Kunlun, and her father.
• Lu Chen learned that rumors named Lu Luanli as the late crown prince’s orphaned daughter and ordered Lu Yuan to investigate who was spreading them, fearing they meant to use her as a political banner.
• Shen Yun told Changsun Ruolan that people in the army were urging the city lord to become empress or provide an heir; Changsun Ruolan directed him to report the talk to Chu Xisheng for a purge.

After founding the Great Law Dynasty, Chu Xisheng discovered that Qiongqi's power had been influencing Lu Luanli, whose doubts about her parentage had left her vulnerable. A report from Wang'an City then revealed that the Sleeping Dragon had used dream hypnosis on billions of people, prompting Chu Xisheng to summon experts and warn the northern front.

• After the founding ceremony, Chu Xisheng examined his Dragon Qi and resolved to strengthen it by improving governance and uniting the people.
• Lu Luanli confronted Chu Xisheng over their marriage and hid her doubts after receiving a note claiming her father was the deceased Crown Prince Li.
• Chu Xisheng used his powers to remove Qiongqi's blood from Lu Luanli, then reassured her that he wanted to marry her regardless of her parentage.
• Ji Qianqian delivered news that the Sleeping Dragon had hypnotized 1.7 billion people in He and Luo Provinces and over half a billion in Yong Province.
• Chu Xisheng ordered caution on the northern front and summoned Luo Hanzong and Lu Chen to advise him on the Dream-Illusion Method.