Recaps

After the Wooden Sword Immortal condensed a star and the Human Race gained new hope, Old Sage died to secure his legacy and Emperor Jianyuan faced the loss of political support. Three days later, Chu Xisheng prepared to return to the Mortal Realm, leaving Wen Suyi as the story turned toward the Great Law Dynasty’s growing legitimacy and the dangers still posed by the gods.

• Weapon God Ziyu and Demon God Zangtian celebrated the Human Race’s victory, then learned that Old Sage had fallen; Zangtian vowed to wait patiently now that he had seen hope.
• Shen Bore discovered that Old Sage had sacrificed himself to make a heavenly order dharma aspect the successor to his Talisman Heaven and Formation Heaven arts, while Wooden Sword Immortal Song Yannian mourned being unable to meet him again.
• Emperor Jianyuan questioned whether Imperial Preceptor Yu Kunlun would remain loyal if he sought the gods’ aid, while the Origin-Returning Sword Sect and Dutian Divine Palace declared the Great Law Dynasty the Human Race’s rightful dynasty and rejected those serving Great Ning.
• Three days after the battle, Chu Xisheng lay recovering with Wen Suyi, who asked him to delay his return; he decided to leave soon, citing the danger from the gods and his desire to reunite with Chu Yunyun and Lu Luanli.

Chu Xisheng met with Li Tan and Si Huangquan after rewarding his subordinates, but learned that Zangtian was gravely afflicted by baleful spirits intertwined with Shen Bore’s Heaven-Deceiving Method. Li Tan said unsealing the human Ancestral God Diwa could save Zangtian, and Chu Xisheng realized his imitative spirit transformation yin might help break the gods’ seal.

• Chu Xisheng left Wen Suyi’s palace, recovered his vitality, rewarded Divine Gold Ding and the others, and gave them instructions.
• Lu Luanli emerged from seclusion as Li Tan and Si Huangquan arrived; Zangtian and Ziyu missed the meeting because they were recovering from their injuries.
• Li Tan explained that Zangtian was in terrible condition and gave Chu Xisheng three drops of Zangtian’s essence blood, which contained dense baleful spirits.
• Chu Xisheng and Divine Gold Ding failed to remove the baleful spirits, which were fused with Zangtian’s body and soul and concealed Shen Bore’s Heaven-Deceiving Method.
• Li Tan said unsealing Diwa was the only way to stop Zangtian’s demonic corruption and that Chu Xisheng’s yin-yang unity could break the gods’ seal.
• Chu Xisheng considered whether the imitative spirit transformation yin technique in his Martial Dao Treasury could help unseal Diwa.

Chu Xisheng returned to the Mortal Realm to a triumphant welcome and began planning a northern expedition and a Blood-Burning Ritual. He then found Chu Yunyun unconscious and gravely wounded, while Li Mountain Old Mother said she had known nothing about it.

• Chu Xisheng pondered the mysteries surrounding Chu Fengge, Old Sage, and the Lord of Ten Thousand Deceptions Who Deceives Heaven before discussing plans with Li Tan and Si Huangquan.
• Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli returned to the Mortal Realm, where Ji Qianqian and the people of Qinhuai Commandery welcomed them as heroes.
• Chu Xisheng learned that the autumn harvest was expected to be abundant, ordered preparations for a Blood-Burning Ritual, and told his officials to plan a northern expedition while warning them about the Gods.
• Chu Xisheng entered the Central Palace and found Chu Yunyun unconscious, badly wounded, and surrounded by expelled Heavenly Order Divine Power.
• Chu Xisheng contacted Li Mountain Old Mother, who said she had not known Chu Yunyun was injured and that both of them had escaped the battle at Mount Buzhou unharmed.

Chu Xisheng learned that Chu Yunyun had fought the Timekeeping Star Lord at Blood Bat Mountain and healed her injuries. After she woke, Chu Yunyun surprised him by overpowering him and kissing him, but Lu Luanli interrupted before Chu Xisheng shut the doors and resumed their embrace.

• Chu Xisheng questioned the Heaven-Mandated Dice Artifact Spirit and learned Chu Yunyun had gone northwest to Blood Bat Mountain after Mount Buzhou.
• Li Mountain Old Mother reported that the Timekeeping Star Lord’s incarnation had fled Blood Bat Mountain badly wounded, confirming he had fought Chu Yunyun.
• Chu Xisheng used the Twelve Dragon Divine Heavenly Guard and Wish-Fulfillment Method to heal Chu Yunyun and change her clothes.
• Chu Yunyun woke and explained that her bloodline strengthened Eternal Ages, then ordered Bai Xiao Zhao and Little Flathead out of the hall.
• Chu Yunyun shattered Chu Xisheng’s defenses, caught him, and kissed him, but Lu Luanli entered and interrupted them.
• Chu Xisheng pounced on Chu Yunyun after Lu Luanli left and shut the hall doors.

After cultivating with Chu Yunyun, Chu Xisheng gained major bloodline and cultivation advances and received powerful resources she had seized from Blood Bat Mountain. He focused on delaying Zangtian’s demonic degeneration and strengthening the Great Law Dynasty, then refined his Twelve Dragon Divine Heavenly Guard before the Human Race’s sects arrived to take part in the Blasphemy Stele ritual.

• Chu Xisheng discovered that his Blood of Eternal Ages had awakened the Heavenly Dao ability, greatly strengthening his powers and giving him a temporal save point.
• Chu Yunyun hid under the quilt in embarrassment after their cultivation disturbed the Central Palace’s protective array, then gave Chu Xisheng three Great Sun Divine Cores and God-Emperor-level divine blood from Blood Bat Mountain.
• Chu Yunyun told Chu Xisheng that she had severely injured Blood Bat Mountain’s three Demon Gods, killed seven of its twelve First-Rank Supreme Elders, and driven Zong Shenhua away; Chu Xisheng decided the sect should be investigated and eradicated.
• Chu Xisheng decided to hold steady while preparing for Zangtian’s demonic degeneration, improving his own strength, and investigating why several gods had chosen this time to revive.
• Chu Xisheng returned to court and spent ten days rebuilding his Twelve Dragon Divine Heavenly Guard to better integrate with his own Martial Dao.
• Li Changsheng, Chen Nailuo, and other Divine Sect leaders arrived in Qinhuai with their martial cultivators and Saint Inheritance disciples to participate in the Blasphemy Stele ritual.

Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun led hundreds of human martial cultivators through a Blood-Burning Ritual centered on the Blasphemy Stele, greatly strengthening their bloodlines and the Great Law Dynasty’s standing. Afterward, Chu Xisheng offered Chu Ming a dangerous way to turn her extreme yin into yang, though not to restore her to life.

• Chu Yunyun emerged from the Central Palace and joined Lu Luanli beside the Blasphemy Stele before the ritual began.
• Luo Hanzong poured the Timekeeping Star Lord’s blood onto the Blasphemy Stele, and the participating martial cultivators endured its visions while strengthening their bloodlines.
• Li Changsheng urged Chu Xisheng to awaken the sleeping Transcendent Rank cultivators of the True Sect and Chan Sect, but Chu Xisheng said the Mortal Realm could not bear it yet.
• Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun remained at the ritual altar longer than the other participants, and Chu Xisheng raised nearly all his bloodline talents to the thirty-second rank.
• After the ritual, Chu Xisheng received the gratitude of the gathered martial cultivators and recognized that their allegiance had strengthened the Great Law Dynasty’s dragon qi.
• Chu Xisheng offered Chu Ming a Great Sun Divine Core and proposed a risky method to turn her extreme yin into yang.

Chu Xisheng oversaw a five-day transformation that made Chu Ming far stronger, though he refused to restore her to ordinary life, then prepared to confront the two Bai Lingxis over Guixu. Aboard the Sun-Bathing Divine Vessel, he asked which Bai Lingxi was the real Pure and Clear Lord of Wish-Fulfillment, and the gathering turned hostile.

• Chu Xisheng and the gathered Spellcasters used the Great Sun Divine Core and Wish-Fulfillment Heavenly Order to give Chu Ming an incomplete Inner World and greatly increase her combat strength.
• Chu Xisheng warned Si Huangquan that Nine-Phoenix had completed Nirvana, then continued modifying Great Sun Divine Cores and other artifacts.
• After receiving the two Bai Lingxis’ reports that they had pacified Hezhou, Chu Xisheng decided to address them alongside the matter of Guixu.
• Two months later, Chu Xisheng traveled to Guixu aboard the modified Sun-Bathing Divine Vessel with Chu Ming, Feng San, and both Bai Lingxis.
• Chu Xisheng asked which Bai Lingxi was the real Pure and Clear Lord of Wish-Fulfillment, and both women reacted sharply as Chu Ming readied herself for a fight.

Chu Xisheng rewarded Bai Lingxi Number One and Bai Lingxi Number Two for taking Hezhou, then brought them and Feng San into Guixu to meet Hou Qing and Han Ba. As Chu Xisheng entered a dreamlike state before the Ruin Core, Han Ba revealed that he had advanced to First-Rank Upper.

• Chu Xisheng suspected the Bai Lingxis were connected to the Pure and Clear Lord of Wish-Fulfillment but rewarded them with noble titles and positions as Dragon Guard war generals.
• Chu Xisheng placed Bai Lingxi Number One and Bai Lingxi Number Two under Feng San's command and told him to make use of them and uncover their identities.
• Chu Xisheng learned that the Gods had taken the Heaven-Monitoring Divine Eye and were preparing to resurrect Rahū, then asked his contact to keep watching the matter.
• Chu Xisheng traveled into Guixu and reached Hou Qing and Han Ba at Ruin Heart, where he sensed that the Ruin Core contained the Eighth Generation Heavenly Emperor's copied Heavenly Dao and an undying strand of his True Spirit.
• Chu Xisheng closed his eyes and appeared to enter a dream; when Hou Qing tried to probe him, Chu Ming struck at him and the Bai Lingxis shielded Chu Xisheng.
• Han Ba announced that Chu Xisheng had advanced to First-Rank Upper, leaving Hou Qing alarmed by the extent of his strength.

Chu Xisheng contacted Taihuang's remaining true spirit and tested a way to complete the ruin core's replicated Heavenly Dao, but still lacked the power to carry it out. He offered Han Ba and Hou Qing an alternative transformation under his control, then revealed that the Timekeeping Star Lord's true-soul incarnation was hiding inside the ruin core.

• Chu Xisheng reviewed his advancement to First-Rank Upper, his four completed battle diagrams, and his ability to enter the demigod tier whenever he wished.
• Chu Xisheng entered Taihuang Hall, found that Taihuang's true spirit had lost its self, and gained further strength in his divine heart and God-Slaying Blood Astral Force.
• Chu Xisheng used the Eastern Emperor essence soul to test completing Taihuang's replicated Heavenly Dao, but concluded that he needed a stronger heavenly order and primordial spirit.
• Chu Xisheng refused to spend national fortune or the Creation Mother Tree's primordial qi on Han Ba and Hou Qing, offering instead a transformation like Chu Ming's that would temporarily place them under his control.
• Hou Qing requested time to consider after Chu Xisheng offered one remaining Great Sun Divine Core and the prospect of eventual resurrection in exchange for sufficient merit.
• Chu Xisheng departed Guixu and told his companions that the Timekeeping Star Lord's true-soul incarnation was hiding inside the ruin core.

Chu Xisheng learned that Hou Qing and Han Ba planned to help Emperor Jianyuan complete a Heaven-Gazing Hou clone, while the Timekeeping Star Lord warned that Zangtian would fall into demonhood within ten days. After the Star Lord left Guixu, Chu Xisheng set out for Northern Underworld Palace with the Dragon Guards, intending to capture or kill him and uncover what threatened Zangtian.

• Hou Qing proposed strengthening Emperor Jianyuan's Heaven-Gazing Hou clone to provoke a Corpse Calamity, despite Han Ba's objections.
• The Timekeeping Star Lord told Hou Qing that Zangtian would fall into demonhood within ten days, then left Guixu for Northern Underworld Palace.
• Shen Puzhao reported the conversation to Chu Xisheng and revealed the Star Lord's destination.
• Chu Xisheng decided to go to Northern Underworld Palace with both Dragon Guards and make the Timekeeping Star Lord his true target.

Li Tan warned Zangtian that Shen Bore was spreading rumors about his imminent fall into demonhood and urged him to remain secluded for a year. Meanwhile, Emperor Jianyuan received the First-Generation Heaven-Gazing Hou's blood essence, and Chu Xisheng launched a surprise attack on the Northern Underworld Palace to confront the Timekeeping Star Lord.

• Li Tan told Zangtian that the Four Great Shenshan were gathering Slave Tribes for a massive blood sacrifice, and Zangtian accepted that it should proceed rather than let the threat sway him.
• Li Tan asked Zangtian to stay in seclusion for the next year, and Zangtian promised to do his best.
• Emperor Jianyuan celebrated the refinement of a powerful Heaven-Gazing Hou, then received a Talisman Book and a Pill Bottle containing the First-Generation Heaven-Gazing Hou's blood essence; a corpse-like bluish hue appeared on his face as he laughed.
• Chu Xisheng joined Chu Yunyun, Lu Luanli, and Jian Zangfeng outside the Northern Underworld Palace, where Shen Puzhao confirmed the Timekeeping Star Lord was inside.
• Chu Xisheng struck the Northern Underworld Palace with Silver-Mirror Saber Astral Force, devastating its halls and formations and injuring or killing many disciples; a white-robed elder and the Timekeeping Star Lord reacted in shock.

Chu Xisheng attacked the Northern Underworld Palace to punish it for betraying and exploiting the Human Race, while the Timekeeping Star Lord tried to use the palace as shelter. Chu Xisheng and his allies destroyed the palace’s three sect-guarding divine beasts, but the Timekeeping Star Lord launched a fierce counterattack.

• Chu Xisheng accused Ren Jianxi and the Northern Underworld Palace of betraying the Human Race and ordered them to submit to judgment.
• Chu Xisheng’s Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber struck the palace, killing and suppressing its disciples and shattering Ren Jianxi’s body.
• Ren Jianxi transformed into a giant black peng and summoned the sect’s three divine beasts: a Kunpeng, a golden-winged peng, and a Bifang.
• Chu Xisheng used Divine Intent Bans the Sky to ground the divine beasts, and Chu Yunyun and the two Bai Lingxis killed all three.
• The Timekeeping Star Lord attacked Chu Xisheng with tens of thousands of fiery feathers, while Chu Xisheng and the Southern Pole Longevity Great Emperor’s incarnation fought back.

Chu Xisheng battled the Timekeeping Star Lord’s true-soul incarnation in the Northern Underworld Palace, revealing his Saber God authority and defending himself with Twelve Dragons Eternity. The Timekeeping Star Lord strengthened his incarnation through the Heaven-Penetrating Spirit Pillar, while Kunpeng and the other chaos gods refused to descend, wary of the altered heavenly laws around Jian Zangfeng.

• The Timekeeping Star Lord’s battle with Chu Xisheng devastated the Northern Underworld Palace, killing more than a hundred thousand disciples, while Ren Jianxi repeatedly reconstituted himself.
• Chu Xisheng seized control of nearby blades as the Saber God, but the Timekeeping Star Lord’s Twelve Chen Saber Formation broke through his defenses and wounded Chu Ming.
• Chu Yunyun refused Lu Luanli’s request to intervene, saying Chu Xisheng needed the battle and that Jian Zangfeng’s presence made the outcome safe.
• Chu Xisheng blocked the Timekeeping Star Lord’s temporal saber attacks with Twelve Dragons Eternity and counterattacked with strength empowered by dragon qi.
• The Timekeeping Star Lord activated the Heaven-Penetrating Spirit Pillar in the Northern Underworld Palace’s Back Mountain, increasing the power of his incarnation.
• Kunpeng, Golden Wings, and Bifang watched from the starry sky, but Kunpeng refused to help because the altered heavenly laws around Jian Zangfeng made sending manifested bodies down ineffective.

Chu Xisheng and his allies trapped the Timekeeping Star Lord in a severed temporal space and weakened him with the Great Law Dynasty’s national fortune. As Chu Xisheng prepared a god-slaying strike, the Timekeeping Star Lord offered Chu Yunyun a bargain to let his true-soul incarnation escape.

• The Timekeeping Star Lord realized Chu Xisheng intended to draw the hundun gods into the mortal realm, while Chu Xisheng continued resisting his attacks with renewed golden shields.
• When the hundun gods refused to descend, the Timekeeping Star Lord abandoned the Heaven-Penetrating Spirit Pillar and tried to flee, but the little fatty used Heaven-Regulating Earth-Rectifying to sever his route through the sky.
• Chu Xisheng cut the Timekeeping Star Lord into a temporal cross-section, while the Great Law Dynasty’s national fortune weakened the god’s divine power and innate body.
• The Timekeeping Star Lord recognized Chu Xisheng’s Heavenly Dao Divine Source and saw the little fatty briefly attain Sage-level power.
• As Chu Xisheng and the giant Blood Pine prepared the Twilight of the Gods strike, the Timekeeping Star Lord asked Chu Yunyun to let his incarnation leave in exchange for information and other concessions.

Chu Xisheng killed Ren Jianxi and interrogated the Timekeeping Star Lord, who revealed Shen Bore’s plans for Zangtian and clues about the plots surrounding Diwa and Chu Xisheng’s past. Before the Timekeeping Star Lord could answer where Long Kui was, Moon Regent attacked and helped him escape.

• Chu Xisheng killed Ren Jianxi with a saber strike from afar, annihilating his body and Primordial Spirit.
• The Timekeeping Star Lord told Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun that Shen Bore planned to make Zangtian fall into demonhood through schemes including a Corpse Calamity, an attack on Si Huangquan, and blood sacrifices.
• The Timekeeping Star Lord explained that the Yang God and Shen Bore had helped Emperor Jianyuan achieve Yin-Yang Unity, and suggested that Shen Jingli might know why they wanted Diwa unsealed.
• The Timekeeping Star Lord answered questions about the Azure Dragon Star Lord’s true body and revealed that Shen Bore had seen Old Sage’s plans, while Chu Fengge had somehow freed Chu Xisheng from Shen Bore’s control.
• The Timekeeping Star Lord gave Chu Xisheng records of the human God-Emperors’ remains, but Moon Regent attacked before he could answer about Long Kui.
• Chu Yunyun identified Moon Regent as the attacker, and the Timekeeping Star Lord escaped in the darkness.

Chu Xisheng responded to Emperor Jianyuan’s plan to unseal Diwa by sending allies to Wang’an and mobilizing forces against the corpse army and blood sacrifices. He then took Lu Luanli to the Nether Sea’s Youdu with Si Huangquan and Jingwei to pursue the power needed for the crises ahead.

• Chu Xisheng and his allies discussed the Dark Moon Goddess, the looming threat of Zangtian’s fall into demonhood, and the dangers of war and a possible Corpse Calamity.
• Shen Puzhao told Chu Xisheng that Emperor Jianyuan planned to release Diwa from her seal, and Chu Xisheng sent Feng San and the Bai Lingxis to Wang’an to oversee the release and investigate the corpse army.
• Chu Xisheng ordered Chu Ming and Chu Yunyun to capture the direct descendants of the Water God and Fire God, assigned Jian Zangfeng to keep order at home, and brought Lu Luanli with him.
• At the Nether Sea’s Youdu, Jingwei and Si Huangquan prepared to open a path into the underworld for Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli.
• Chu Xisheng revealed that he had come because the remains of the sixth- and seventh-generation Heavenly Emperors were in Youdu and his side needed more power.

Chu Xisheng entered the Netherworld with Si Huangquan, Azure Bird Jingwei, and Lu Luanli to search for the buried remains of ancient God-Emperors, while learning that Water God Tiangong was gathering the world’s water power to create a Star River. Their arrival drew Blackwater Sovereign’s attack, but Blood Sea Ancestor and Water God Tiangong began battling nearby, leaving Youdu Sovereign Shen Qingxuan to confront them; Chu Xisheng reflected Shen Qingxuan’s power of withering and decline.

• Chu Xisheng and his companions traveled through Dark Spring toward Youdu, and he realized Water God Tiangong was gathering water power to condense a Star River.
• The group reached the Nether Sea near Youdu, where Chu Xisheng searched for the buried remains of God-Emperors from humanity’s ancient war against the gods.
• Blackwater Sovereign Duming attacked the four with a giant hand of seawater, and Chu Xisheng prepared to counter him.
• Blood Sea Ancestor attacked Water God Tiangong, and the two Ancestral Gods clashed across the Nether Sea.
• Youdu Sovereign Shen Qingxuan confronted Chu Xisheng and Si Huangquan from above Youdu, but Chu Xisheng reflected Shen Qingxuan’s power of withering and decline.

Chu Xisheng faced the Youdu Sovereign, then turned from the confrontation to explore the ancient battlefield beneath the Nether Sea. After Blackwater Sovereign gave Si Huangquan the Spring-Sealing Stone, the group entered the sealed battlefield and found the remains of a Human Race Divine Army surrounded by lingering Blood Baleful Intent.

• The Youdu Sovereign used Soul Synchronization to suppress the Yin Spirits of Youdu's Inner Third Layer, but Chu Xisheng's Yazi Saber still surprised him, and Chu Xisheng chose not to fight.
• Chu Xisheng asked Si Huangquan and the Azure Bird Jingwei to investigate the Youdu Sovereign while they led him to the ancient battlefield beneath the Nether Sea.
• Lu Luanli used the Great Luo Divine Mirror to break the formation sealing the battlefield entrance and move aside the enormous Eternity Stone.
• Blackwater Sovereign gave Si Huangquan the Yellow Springs' Spring-Sealing Stone and urged her to defend the Nether Sea and Nine Springs from Tiangong.
• Lu Luanli opened the battlefield's nine sealed layers, and Chu Xisheng sensed the remains of Human Race soldiers and their immense Blood Baleful Intent.

Chu Xisheng entered an ancient netherworld battlefield, where his God-Slaying Blood Astral Force resonated with the dead soldiers and he discovered sealed God-Emperors, including the Eastern Emperor. Meanwhile, Shen Bore learned that Chu Xisheng’s trip might be a distraction for an attack on his foundation, as Chu Xisheng’s Spellcasters prepared a ritual to reclaim the True Sect Patriarchs.

• Chu Xisheng found that his God-Slaying Blood Astral Force was being assimilated by the battlefield’s dead human and dragon soldiers, and Jingwei explained that their shared hostility and obsessions had caused it to resonate with them.
• Chu Xisheng and his companions saw seven sealed God-Emperors, including the Eastern Emperor and Second-Generation Yinglong, pinned beneath enormous Eternity Divine Stones; Lu Luanli said she could not break the seals without summoning the Ancestral Gods.
• Chu Xisheng urged Lu Luanli to seek a way to break the seals, prayed for the God-Emperors, and sensed his bonded Divine Artifact more clearly than ever before.
• Shen Bore confronted Sheyuan about the gods’ inaction while Chu Xisheng was in the netherworld and learned that Shen Puzhao had stopped answering summons.
• Shen Bore asked Sheyuan to locate Chu Yunyun, and they discovered that Chu Xisheng’s Spellcasters were preparing an array in the Underground Space to reverse yin and yang and reclaim the True Sect Patriarchs under Shen Bore’s control.

Chu Xisheng proposed killing Xuanhuang as a way to free him and gained new possibilities for recovering the sealed dead on the Primordial Battlefield. His newly manifested Heaven's Will Mirror strengthened his abilities, enabled contact with the battlefield's Baleful Spirits, and brought him recognition as a Sage of Wish-Fulfillment.

• Li Mountain Old Mother conveyed Chu Xisheng's proposal to kill Xuanhuang to the Primordial Profound Goddess, who recognized it as a move against Shen Bore and agreed to cooperate.
• Lu Luanli proposed using Fang Buyuan and Jian Zangfeng's arts to exchange the sealed God-Emperors' remains for objects of equal value, and Chu Xisheng judged the method possible but beyond their current capabilities.
• Lu Luanli selected yellow dragon corpses for the Great Law Dynasty's Nation-Protecting Grand Array, and Si Huangquan confirmed that suitable corpses could be revived with impaired intelligence.
• Chu Xisheng examined his newly manifested Heaven's Will Mirror, tested its enhancements to his defenses, and inferred that it had created his system in response to his wishes.
• Chu Xisheng used the Heaven's Will Mirror to raise Divine Sorrow to the thirty-seventh rank and connected with the blood-colored Baleful Spirits throughout the battlefield.
• Shen Jingli sensed that Chu Xisheng had become a Sage of Wish-Fulfillment despite his unchanged ranking on the Wish-Fulfillment Dao Stele.

Shen Jingli resisted Shen Bore’s demand for the Heaven-Mending Origin Stone and realized that a power linked to the True Sect Patriarch had let her see through his incarnation. In Wang’an City, Feng San’s forces uncovered a corpse calamity at Ding Li’s residence and moved toward the Imperial Palace, where Emperor Jianyuan learned that the First-Generation Heaven-Gazing Hou remained alive and that the gods opposed unsealing Diwa.

• Shen Jingli rejected Shen Bore’s pressure to surrender the Heaven-Mending Origin Stone and discovered that the figure outside Heaven-Cleansed Star was only his true-soul incarnation.
• Feng San led 128 third-rank experts to break into Ding Li’s residence, declaring that Ding Li had become a poison corpse and ordering the estate cleansed.
• Bai Lingxi One revealed that Ding Li had stopped breathing, and Dutian Divine Thunder destroyed him after he realized he had been feeding on his family and friends.
• Feng San and the two Bai Lingxis decided to enter the Imperial Palace and investigate Emperor Jianyuan’s secret underground caves while Wang’an City remained trapped in a dream-illusion.
• The Purple Tenuity High Chief Priest warned Emperor Jianyuan not to unseal Diwa and revealed that the First-Generation Heaven-Gazing Hou was hiding in Ji Yang’s Tomb with the Second-Generation Sage Emperor.

Chu Xisheng gained Gouchen’s divine power through the Astral Authority Seal and revealed his plan to draw Nine-Phoenix into the Netherworld while forcing his enemies to divide their attention. Nine-Phoenix arrived and attacked, as Shen Bore watched a separate upheaval begin on Mars with Fire God Yanrong moving to reclaim the star.

• Chu Xisheng’s Astral Authority Seal absorbed Gouchen’s power and became an Upper Eternity Rank divine artifact capable of commanding heavenly orders and suppressing Star Gods.
• Chu Xisheng told Lu Luanli and Si Huangquan that they would wait in the ancient battlefield while his broader plan pressured Shen Bore and Emperor Jianyuan.
• Chu Xisheng revealed that he had spread a rumor claiming Si Huangquan would inherit the First-Generation Nether Emperor’s power and become ruler of the Netherworld, hoping to lure Nine-Phoenix into a trap.
• Azure Bird Jingwei gave Chu Xisheng a report about the Youdu Sovereign, but Nine-Phoenix appeared at the battlefield entrance and launched an attack with flames and crimson lightning.
• Shen Bore spoke with a hidden figure outside the Netherworld and watched flames erupt on Mars as Fire God Yanrong moved to retake the star from the Phoenix Clan.

Shen Bore’s schemes threatened Chu Xisheng in the Netherworld, while Li Tan learned that Zangtian might be forced to fight for Youchao Shi. After Chu Xisheng urged him to act, Zangtian left his Devil Palace to attack Rahū, stirring the Eternity Gods.

• Shen Bore revealed that Great Emperor Rahū had already been resurrected and sent him into the Netherworld along the path opened by the Seven Killings Star Lord.
• Li Tan asked Zangtian what could force him to fight Rahū, and Zangtian named Chu Xisheng and his adoptive father Youchao Shi.
• Zangtian explained that Youchao Shi had raised him, and said he would act if even a wisp of Youchao Shi’s True Spirit remained.
• Li Tan relayed Chu Xisheng’s request for Zangtian to attack Rahū and condense his star while Chu held back Shen Bore and the gods.
• Zangtian ignited his God-Defying Fire and charged out of his Devil Palace, causing every Eternity God to react.

Zangtian attacked Rahū eight days early, triggering a battle across the heavens as Shen Bore and the Pangu Gods moved to stop him. While Chu Xisheng fought Rahū and his allies in the Netherworld, he swore that the Human Race would destroy anyone who obstructed Zangtian, and his vow rang throughout the universe.

• Zangtian charged at Rahū, prompting Nine-Phoenix God Lord and Vermilion Bird Star Lord to summon Chongming as Yanrong and Ketu attacked the Phoenix Clan’s forces near Mars.
• Shen Bore manipulated the Blood Baleful Intent around Zangtian, while the Wood God Lingwei, Wind God Disha, and other Ancestral Gods and God-Emperors sent divine-power incarnations to assault him.
• The Third-Generation Sage Emperor fought Shen Bore, but Shen Bore focused on holding him off until Zangtian fell into demonhood.
• In the Netherworld, Chu Xisheng entered the demigod realm and used Divine Power Rekindling to resist Rahū and Seven Killings Star Lord while his allies engaged the firebird and other enemies.
• Chu Xisheng cut his wrist and swore that the Human Race would destroy anyone who obstructed Zangtian, and his vow resounded throughout the universe.

Chu Xisheng’s oath rallied human and demon forces while persuading the Void God lineage to let Zangtian attack Rahū. As Zangtian battered Rahū Star and Chu Xisheng’s battle with Shen Bore continued, Chu Xisheng struck Rahū with the tenth move of the Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber.

• Wen Suyi, Li Tan, Ziyu, and the Demon Army swore to oppose anyone who obstructed Zangtian, while Ming Eternal Ages, Guan Yunsheng, human heroes, Chu Yunyun, and the Wooden Sword Immortal answered Chu Xisheng’s call.
• The Purple Tenuity Star Lord convinced Void God Sheyuan to hold back, arguing that the Void God lineage should let Zangtian shatter Rahū and remain wary of Shen Bore.
• Shen Bore’s allied gods withdrew from the battlefield, allowing Zangtian to strike Rahū Star twice and split its core with deep gashes.
• The Third-Generation Sage Emperor continued fighting Shen Bore and gradually began locating his true body, while Shen Bore diverted more power away from Zangtian.
• Rahū’s body cracked and his divine blood flowed toward Chu Xisheng, who cut into Rahū’s divine core with the tenth strike, Twilight of the Gods.