Recaps

Chu Xisheng fought Gouchen Star Lord and the gods at Mount Buzhou while Void God Sheyuan attacked him from afar. After the Third-Generation Sage Emperor disrupted Sheyuan’s assault, Chu Xisheng captured Heaven Cicada Star Lord’s Six-Winged Golden Cicada and escaped, just as Purple Tenuity Star Lord arrived.

• Chu Xisheng’s blood threads overwhelmed Gouchen Star Lord’s defenses and forced him from his throne as they fought in the Hall of Myriad Gods’ ruins.
• Void God Sheyuan attacked Chu Xisheng with enormous Void Great Hands while Gouchen, Heavenly Stove, Greedy Wolf, Wenqu, Seven Killings, and Cicada Heaven joined the assault.
• The Third-Generation Sage Emperor struck the Lunar Star Palace, interrupting Sheyuan’s attacks and weakening the gods’ assault on Chu Xisheng.
• Chu Xisheng froze the Six-Winged Golden Cicada, wounded its body and primordial spirit, seized it, and retreated from Mount Buzhou.
• Purple Tenuity Star Lord appeared atop Mount Buzhou as the remaining gods wondered why Chu Xisheng had attacked and captured the Six-Winged Golden Cicada.

After defeating the Star Lords at Mount Buzhou, Chu Xisheng returned to Wang'an City as Chu Yunyun shielded the region from the Gods’ emotional influence. Their plans advanced as the Ant King Daughter began replacing the Six-Winged Golden Cicada and Chu Xisheng’s Hundun power grew, leaving Chu Yunyun eager to help him step into Eternity.

• Purple Tenuity Star Lord and the other Gods discussed Chu Xisheng’s capture of Heaven Cicada Star Lord and learned that the Ant King Daughter might inherit the Six-Winged Golden Cicada’s power.
• Chu Xisheng sealed the Ant King Daughter and the Six-Winged Golden Cicada inside a jade artifact, then crossed the River of Time back to Wang'an City.
• Chu Yunyun told Chu Xisheng that the Gods’ emotional divine power had driven several Demigods into madness while she shielded the region around Wang'an City.
• Chu Xisheng revealed that his trip north had worked: Corpse Poison had taken root in the Divine-Heaven Scripture, and he asked Chu Yunyun to help the Ant King Daughter obtain the Cicada’s Source Essence.
• Chu Yunyun realized she could use the Heaven-Creation Method to alter the Source Essence after the Ant King Daughter completed her replacement of the Six-Winged Golden Cicada.
• Chu Xisheng’s completed Yazi Secret Ritual strengthened his Hundun Inner World, and Chu Yunyun resolved to open its Hundun qi into Source Essence and step into Eternity with him.

Shen Zhenru learned from Chaofeng that Pangu’s pillars and beams were failing and that an unnamed power threatened the world, then gave him Diwa’s Source Essence to return. As Chu Xisheng’s growing influence alarmed the gods, Void God Sheyuan ordered an assault on the Netherworld and revealed that he held the Heaven-Mending Divine Stone.

• Chaofeng told Shen Zhenru that the Twelve Ancestral Gods and the Nine Sons of the Dragon had been created to stabilize the world, and warned that their collapse would let an unnamed person claim Pangu’s Source Essence and destroy all consciousness.
• Shen Zhenru received the finished armor from Chaofeng, gave him Diwa’s Source Essence to return, and asked him to apologize to Diwa and promise her daughter’s half of her True Spirit would be returned.
• Nine-Phoenix warned Void God Sheyuan that Chu Xisheng’s rise and Si Huangquan’s control of the Netherworld threatened the gods and the Phoenix lineage.
• Yuexi, Yin God, reported that Chu Xisheng had become the Dao Creator of the Hundun, Wish-Fulfillment, and Yazi methods, while Wood God Lingwei urged the gods to stick to their plan.
• Void God Sheyuan ordered Wood God Lingwei to lead Fire God, Thunder God Tianbo, Nine-Phoenix, and Black Tortoise Star Lord in an attack on the Netherworld to help Water God Tiangong seize the Nether Sea and Nine Springs.
• Sheyuan dismissed the search for Shen Bore and revealed the Heaven-Mending Divine Stone, which the gods recognized as Haotian’s ritually refined artifact.

Shen Bore and Yuexi, Yin God, discussed Sheyuan’s plans and Chu Xisheng’s strategy as the Gods prepared to attack the Netherworld and use Shen Chilun to replace the Sun. Chu Xisheng received a Divine Annihilation Arrow and sent it to Ji Qianqian, who caught it on the Eastmost Icefield.

• Shen Bore suspected Chu Xisheng had allowed Sheyuan to obtain the Heaven-Mending Divine Stone so Sheyuan would turn against the Hundun Gods before confronting the Human Race.
• Shen Bore told Yuexi, Yin God, that Si Huangquan was helping human Spellcasters prepare a formation in the imperial tomb, likely to trade for sealed human Heavenly Emperors’ bodies and True Spirits.
• Yuexi, Yin God, warned Shen Bore that Sheyuan planned to have Shen Chilun replace the Sun while she dealt with the northern ice disaster.
• Shen Bore completed the stone pillar’s final image with his Divine Blood and saw a giant hand that filled Yujia’s body with terror and hatred.
• Shen Puzhao brought Chu Xisheng a Divine Annihilation Arrow and information about Sheyuan’s plans, and Chu Xisheng sent the arrow onward while continuing his Eternity Secret Ritual.
• Ji Qianqian caught the Divine Annihilation Arrow on the Eastmost Icefield and felt her confidence rise.

Hu Kan and Hu Lai explained how the Imperial Court’s stories were rallying the people against the gods and supporting Chu Xisheng as disasters struck the Great Law Dynasty. As Shen Chilun prepared to replace the sun and confront the cold disaster, the Greedy Wolf Star Lord wrestled with Chu Xisheng’s tempting offer to help attack the Lord of Desire.

• At the Heavenly Under Heaven Tower, Hu Kan and Hu Lai heard a storyteller recount how the gods had smeared Zangtian, and customers reacted with anger toward the gods and their human collaborators.
• Hu Kan and Hu Lai discussed how the Imperial Court’s storytellers and martial histories were uniting the people, and Hu Kan argued that Chu Xisheng had timed the stories to strengthen popular support and his chance of entering eternity.
• Quan Xiao asked whether the disasters were caused by the gods or by the Imperial Court offending heaven, and Hu Lai blamed the gods while Hu Kan urged him to judge the evidence for himself.
• Hu Kan told the crowd that Wen Suyi had attained God-Emperor status and that she and Chu Xisheng were nearing godhood, prompting customers to talk excitedly about rising up against the gods.
• The Heavenly Stove Star Lord warned Shen Chilun to preserve himself as he prepared to replace the sun and dispel the Central Lands’ cold, while Shen Chilun promised to be cautious.
• The Greedy Wolf Star Lord resented Chu Xisheng’s invitation to attack the Lord of Desire but was tempted by the chance to gain the authority of desire.

Ketu watched Chu Xisheng’s growing power and learned that Shen Shaomiao had taken the Ten Thousand Plagues Heavenly Order, while a massive corpse plague spread through the Central Lands. Ji Qianqian then shot Shen Chilun with the Sunfall Divine Bow as Chu Yunyun intercepted Ketu, leaving the sun’s fate uncertain.

• Ketu and his Gods discussed Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun’s rising power and their inability to destabilize the Divine Land.
• God Bingliang revealed that Shen Shaomiao had replaced him as Sage of the Ten Thousand Plagues Method, and Ketu ordered him to investigate.
• God Bingliang learned that a concealed corpse plague had infected more than fifteen million Giant Spirits and spread through the Four Great Shenshan.
• Ji Qianqian fired the Sunfall Divine Bow’s Divine Annihilation Arrow at Shen Chilun while gathering the scattered True Spirit of the fallen Bow God Heavenly Yi.
• Ketu attacked Ji Qianqian, but Chu Yunyun intervened with the God-Defying Banner Spear and clashed with him.
• The arrow struck Shen Chilun in the chest, and his Divine Body began to disintegrate as his chariot fell.

Chu Xisheng’s forces drove the gods back after Shen Chilun fell, while battles continued across the Central Lands and Endless Ocean. As reinforcements arrived to aid Lu Luanli, Gouchen ordered the gods to retreat.

• After Chu Xisheng’s arrow brought down Shen Chilun, Ketu withdrew from Chu Yunyun, wary of the Human Race’s allies and hidden strength.
• Ketu and Shen Baiyu discussed the spreading cold, Wen Suyi’s growing power, and the gods’ divisions as the darkness deepened.
• Bai Lingxi Number One and Bai Lingxi Number Two reached Chu Yunyun, who declined to pursue Ketu and checked on Ji Qianqian’s advancement.
• Chu Xisheng’s distant saber strikes kept Gouchen occupied while Lu Luanli fought Seven Killings Star Lord and Wenqu Star Lord, with Li Mountain Old Mother held off by Heavenly Yue Star Lord.
• Lu Luanli used her Divine Delusion power to resist Seven Killings Star Lord, until three golden figures appeared and Gouchen ordered the gods to retreat.

The Gouchen Star Lord fled after the Qilin True Lord and two first-generation Dragon Clan gods arrived to aid Chu Xisheng’s forces, while the gods’ alliance faced another crisis after the Red Turnwheel Star Lord’s death. The chapter ended with Void God Sheyuan gathering the gods to discuss the Central Lands’ freezing yin power and Bow God Heavenly Yi’s impending return.

• The Qilin True Lord, first-generation Pulao, and first-generation Chaofeng joined the battle, and the Qilin True Lord blasted the Gouchen Star Lord away.
• The Gouchen Star Lord fled with the Seven Killings Star Lord and other gods, worrying that Chu Xisheng’s dragon qi and the newly invested divine beasts threatened the gods’ dominance.
• Fire God Yanrong burned the Lunar Temporary Palace with Six Bing Divine Fire after the Red Turnwheel Star Lord fell, but Void God Sheyuan protected the Timekeeping Star Lord from the flames.
• The Timekeeping Star Lord denied giving Chu Xisheng a God-Eradicating Arrow, while Yuexi denied responsibility and threatened to withdraw her Yin-Yang God System from the alliance.
• Void God Sheyuan stopped Yanrong from attacking Yuexi and transported the gods to his Grand Void God Palace.
• Void God Sheyuan asked the gods how to dispel the Central Lands’ freezing yin power and respond to Bow God Heavenly Yi’s imminent return.

Chu Xisheng prepared for the coming war by strengthening the Great Law Dynasty’s defenses and arranging for Zangtian’s revival, while Si Huangquan prepared to confront the Phoenix Clan in the Netherworld. The chapter ended as she flew toward the Cold Spring to seek justice for her mother.

• Chu Xisheng kept his Great Sun shining over the northern territories and planned to refine Demon-Repelling Divine Thunder into the Nine Luminaries Divine Wheel Sword so it could house Pangu spirit.
• Chu Yunyun returned with the Ant King Daughter’s blood cocoon and offered to manifest a bright moon so Chu Xisheng could rest.
• Divine Lord Chaofeng presented Chu Xisheng with three suits of powerful armor, and Chu Xisheng asked Qilin, Pulao, and Chaofeng to help restore Zangtian’s strength and forge his armor.
• The Blackwater Sovereign learned that Lu Luanli had designed an array to release Cang Huang and complete a transaction between life and death, while Si Huangquan agreed to fight the Phoenix Clan herself.
• When the Water God’s offspring and troops broke into the Netherworld, Blackwater rushed to meet them, and Si Huangquan flew to the Cold Spring to confront Nine-Phoenix and the Phoenix Clan.

Si Huangquan challenged Nine-Phoenix for command of the Phoenix Clan, and defections and Mars’s betrayal forced Nine-Phoenix to retreat. At Yin Spring, Wood God Lingwei learned of the defeat and prepared to exploit a secret route into Youdu.

• Si Huangquan told God Poxun that Chu Yunyun could help him refine Rahū’s remaining Source Essence, then revealed her bird form and claimed rule over all birds.
• A quarter of the Phoenix Clan and many other birds joined Si Huangquan after her declaration, shocking Nine-Phoenix.
• Nine-Phoenix attacked Si Huangquan, but Mars struck Nine-Phoenix instead, tearing off a wing and destroying several heads.
• Si Huangquan wounded Nine-Phoenix as she fled, and Mars called on the remaining birds to serve their new queen; Vermilion Bird ordered her forces to withdraw.
• Wood God Lingwei ordered the Phoenix forces to regroup and asked Youdu about a secret passage into Youdu’s heartland, while coveting the Book of Death.

Chu Xisheng prepared to end his Ascending to Godhood secret rituals early as the gods struggled on several fronts and corpse poison spread among them. At Taibai Star Palace, White Emperor’s Son discovered the poison inside Seven Killings Star Lord, revealing that Shen Shaomiao’s scheme had reached the heavens.

• Shen Puzhao reported that the Nether Domain was losing ground, the gods remained divided over the Northern Lands, and the divine armies had begun investigating corpse poison.
• Chu Xisheng learned that Shen Shaomiao could suppress the corpse poison for only seventeen or eighteen more two-hour periods, then reviewed his growing powers and source essence.
• Chu Xisheng told Chu Yunyun that his secret rituals would reach their peaks within a day and that he planned to end them early.
• Seven Killings Star Lord visited White Emperor’s Son at Taibai Star Palace and asked him to examine his troubling divine body.
• White Emperor’s Son detected dormant corpse poison in Seven Killings Star Lord and identified it as Shen Shaomiao’s work, warning that it might already have spread through the Central Lands and Northern Lands.

Seven Killings Star Lord learned that the Heaven-Gazing Hou Corpse Poison had spread among the Gods, while Wood God Lingwei’s army reached a secret route to Youdu. Gouchen Star Lord’s infection proved irreversible, and Sheyuan learned that corpse transformation had already erupted among his Divine Army.

• The White Emperor's Son told Seven Killings Star Lord that the Corpse Poison had spread too far to stop and that the Human Race’s retaliation was tied to a hidden enemy manipulating events.
• Seven Killings Star Lord realized the poison had entered him at the banquet on Mount Buzhou, sent Sword Talismans to warn Gouchen and the Mortal Realm, and urged the White Emperor's Son to target Chu Xisheng or the Heaven-Gazing Hou.
• Wood God Lingwei’s allied army traveled through the Naraka Dead River, and Shen Qingxuan explained that his divine-pattern array could transport them to Youdu’s outer layer.
• Gouchen Star Lord was brought to Sheyuan after the Void God’s power seized him, but Sheyuan determined that the poison could not be reversed without Gouchen relinquishing his body.
• Giant Gate Star Lord reported that a tenth of the Divine Army under his command had completed corpse transformation, and Sheyuan’s divine throne exploded as he lost control of his emotions.

Void God Sheyuan learned that corpse poison had infected most Giant Spirits and that his forces were fracturing, then chose to confront Chu Xisheng despite warnings to protect their people first. Chu Xisheng began fighting Sheyuan while Chu Yunyun entered his Inner World to advance her ritual, and White Emperor's Son watched as Chu's source essence neared the Creation Domain.

• Purple Tenuity Star Lord reported that corpse poison lay dormant in most Giant Spirits, while Right Assistant Star Lord identified Chu Xisheng's God-Ascension Secret Ritual as the danger behind the calamity.
• Gouchen Star Lord, unable to suppress his transformation, killed himself through Dissolution through Arms after warning Sheyuan not to act rashly and asking him to spare Shen Shaomiao.
• Army-Breaker Star Lord reported that corpse transformations had begun among his troops, White Tiger Star Lord was gathering forces, and Divine-Heaven Biao and the Fire God's forces had withdrawn from the Nether Domain.
• Sheyuan revealed that Wind God Disha was missing and that the Wood God and Nine-Phoenix had entered Youdu, then left to confront Chu Xisheng above Wang'an City.
• Chu Yunyun entered Chu Xisheng's Inner World to help advance his ritual as Chu Xisheng met Sheyuan's attack with Silver-Mirror Saber Astral Force and struck with Twilight of the Gods.
• White Emperor's Son examined the Hundun Stele and judged that Chu Xisheng's source essence could rival the Heavenly Emperor's, with his Hundun and Wish-Fulfillment methods nearing Creation.

Nine-Phoenix and Wood God Lingwei were caught in a coordinated attack by the Human Race and their allies after the Youdu Sovereign disappeared. Nine-Phoenix was captured, and the Third-Generation Sage Emperor defeated Lingwei and seized the Book of Death as the Netherworld’s forces closed in.

• Nine-Phoenix discovered that Shen Qingxuan and several Youdu generals had vanished, while Wood God Lingwei insisted the army continue its advance.
• After learning that the Nether Realm was sealed and the divine-pattern formation required vast Origin Spirits to evacuate their forces, Nine-Phoenix attempted to flee using the Divine Source Mirror.
• The Wooden Sword Immortal severed the mirror’s power, and Li Wenhuang, Zhu Guangyin, Diwa, and Mars attacked Nine-Phoenix; Vermilion Bird betrayed her by cutting off all nine heads.
• Vermilion Bird asked Si Huangquan to keep Nine-Phoenix prisoner until Shen Yu returned, and Si Huangquan agreed to hold her alive.
• The Southern Pole Longevity Great Emperor, Li Wenhuang, and their allies trapped Wood God Lingwei, while Shiyin and the Earth Virtue Star Lord blocked aid from Blood Sea and Kunpeng.
• Li Wenhuang reached the creation domain, tore off Lingwei’s arm, took the Book of Death, and tossed it to Si Huangquan as the Netherworld’s will gathered around her.

Si Huangquan trapped Wood God Lingwei at Cang Huang's sealed tomb and ordered preparations for a transaction intended to free Cang Huang. Above Wang'an City, Chu Xisheng withstood Void God Sheyuan's attacks while his growing source essence and unfolding schemes strengthened his position.

• Blood Sea Ancestor fled into the Nether Sea after Si Huangquan obtained the Book of Death and high-ranking yin spirits joined the battle against the Wood Race Divine Army.
• Wood God Lingwei enclosed himself in eternity wood and hoped Sheyuan would kill Chu Xisheng before his defenses failed.
• Si Huangquan moved Wood God Lingwei to Cang Huang's tomb and ordered Lu Luanli, Jian Zangfeng, and Fang Buyuan to begin the transaction while the Third-Generation Sage Emperor and the Wooden Sword Immortal contained him.
• Chu Xisheng resisted Void God Sheyuan with Twelve Dragons Eternity and reflected his attacks through Blood-Yazi Origin Soul and the saber technique Yazi's Retribution.
• Chu Xisheng used Eternal Presence to restore himself after repeated defensive failures, while the spreading corpse calamity advanced his Myriad Heavens Rite and increased his source essence.
• Sheyuan questioned Chu Xisheng about Wind God Disha and Greedy Wolf after sensing further gains from his scheme, and both opponents declared the other's defeat certain.

Chu Xisheng used the Wish-Fulfillment Method to strengthen his weapons and told Void God Sheyuan that Shen Zhenru was moving against the Grand Void God Palace to seize the Gate of Creation. Meanwhile, Wind God Disha and Greedy Wolf Star Lord turned against their former allies, and Yuexi restarted Reversal of Yin and Yang as the battle between Chu Xisheng and Sheyuan continued.

• Greedy Wolf Star Lord seized Shen Baiyu's Source Essence while Wind God Disha and Wen Suyi's allies overwhelmed Ketu, who exploded his Divine Body before Disha collected much of his Source Essence.
• Wind God Disha asked Greedy Wolf Star Lord to stop Wen Suyi from condensing her star, but Greedy Wolf refused and warned that Zangtian might have returned.
• Greedy Wolf Star Lord flew away, and the sun and moon began to reappear as Yuexi, Yin God, restarted Reversal of Yin and Yang.
• Chu Xisheng used the Wish-Fulfillment Method to make his Heaven-Heart Profound-Exterminating Saber withstand Void God Sheyuan's Divine Universe Sword.
• Chu Xisheng said Shen Zhenru's army was likely attacking the Grand Void God Palace to seize the Gate of Creation, and suggested that the Gate was central to Sheyuan's plan to attain Creation.

Chu Xisheng fought Void God Sheyuan and the other Ancestral Gods, using successive saber forms and Divine Power Rekindling to withstand their attacks and build toward a devastating strike. As the gods struggled to break his defenses, Metal God Baizhu challenged them to stop holding back, while Thunder God Tianbo and Black Tortoise Star Lord watched from afar.

• Chu Xisheng activated Divine Power Rekindling five times and overwhelmed Void God Sheyuan with his Silver-Mirror Saber Astral Force and the Eastern Emperor Mirror.
• Chu Xisheng used Divine-Intent Origin-Banning and reflected Fire God Yanrong’s flames before clashing with Metal God Baizhu, whose sword nearly pierced his chest.
• Chu Xisheng used Saber Twenty-Six, Saber Twenty-Seven, and Saber Twenty-Eight to counter the Ancestral Gods’ powers and gather strength for his next attack.
• After his tenth activation of Divine Power Rekindling, Chu Xisheng unleashed Saber Twenty-Nine, turning the gods’ methods against them and forcing them to retreat.
• Metal God Baizhu accused Void God Sheyuan and the others of holding back and threatened to withdraw, while Sheyuan and Wind God Disha attacked Chu Xisheng’s Twelve Dragons Eternity and Chu Xisheng restored it after his twelfth activation.
• Thunder God Tianbo and Black Tortoise Star Lord watched the battle from afar, and Black Tortoise Star Lord noted that Metal God Baizhu had mentioned them.

Black Tortoise True Lord and Thunder God Tianbo joined Chu Xisheng’s fight against the Pangu Ancestral Gods, while Wen Suyi continued reshaping the northern stars. Chu Xisheng’s Inner World began producing false source essence, and the battle remained unresolved as Shen Zhenru pressed the attack on the Grand Void God Palace.

• Black Tortoise True Lord told Thunder God Tianbo that they should help Chu Xisheng, arguing that the Human Race’s victory would protect their standing and that their support could help him hold out until reinforcements arrived.
• At Formless Divine Mountain, Li Changsheng explained that Wen Suyi was following Chu Xisheng’s plan to establish the Big Dipper, while the sect elders worried about Chu Xisheng’s worsening fight against the four Ancestral Gods.
• Thunder God Tianbo attacked Metal God Baizhu with Dutian Divine Thunder, and Black Tortoise True Lord used his water and ice methods to hinder Wind God Disha.
• Chu Xisheng saw that his Hundun Inner World had begun producing false source essence as his pressure eased, while Void God Sheyuan demanded to know why Tianbo had betrayed the Gods.
• Void God Sheyuan turned his attention back to Chu Xisheng when Shen Zhenru’s assault threatened to overwhelm Doumu Yuanjun and Purple Tenuity Star Lord at the Grand Void God Palace.

Chu Xisheng fought Void God Sheyuan and the other Ancestral Gods while delaying for his source essence to grow, then broke through into the Creation domain with his Hundun source essence. The chapter ended with his power still increasing as he challenged Water God Tiangong to reconsider his refusal.

• Void God Sheyuan and Fire God Yanrong manifested their battle forms and intensified their attacks, while Chu Xisheng evaded them and reflected their powers.
• Black Tortoise Star Lord told Chu Xisheng he could hold off Wind God Disha for only another quarter hour.
• Water God Tiangong arrived and used his power to disrupt Chu Xisheng’s body and saber technique, but Chu Xisheng endured the assault.
• Chu Xisheng completed Freedom’s Ultimate Saber-Saber Thirty: Dao, wounded Sheyuan, and broke his Hundun source essence into the Creation domain.
• Chu Xisheng offered Tiangong dominion over the Heavenly River in exchange for making Yinglong its water source and giving All Dragons rule over the Mortal Realm’s waters; Tiangong refused.
• Chu Xisheng’s source essence continued to grow, and he told Tiangong that it had advanced beyond the Creation domain.

Shen Zhenru and Shen Bore advanced through the Grand Void God Palace as Yuexi completed the Yin-Yang Reversal, only for Taihao to reveal that he had planned to unite the sun and moon with Zhuzhao’s power. In the Yin-Yang Sea, Chu Xisheng collected treasures from the Timekeeping Star Lord and prepared to help Taihao conceal Youying using Heavenly Dog.

• Shen Bore emerged from the third hall carrying Doumu Yuanjun’s arm and the Purple Tenuity Star Lord’s heart, then joined Shen Zhenru in taking the Grand Void God Palace.
• Shen Bore explained that Taihao needed to deal with Shen Puzhao to become a Creation Sovereign, while Shen Zhenru noted that the palace’s final gates let them pass without resistance.
• Yuexi completed the Yin-Yang Reversal and became a Three-Legged Golden Crow, but Taihao revealed that he intended to unite the sun and moon and summoned Zhuzhao’s Remains.
• Chu Xisheng’s possession body watched Zhuzhao’s Remains leave the Yin-Yang Sea as his Nine Luminaries Divine Wheel Sword absorbed demon-repelling divine thunder.
• The Timekeeping Star Lord gave Chu Xisheng three great Luo eternity-rank treasures and learned that Chu Xisheng had agreed to help Taihao conceal Youying.
• Chu Xisheng summoned Heavenly Dog to help conceal Youying, and the Timekeeping Star Lord questioned his willingness to help Taihao.

Chu Xisheng used the Heavenly Dog to swallow Youying’s remains and persuaded the Timekeeping Star Lord to hand over two Divine Annihilation Arrows, planning to draw out the hidden black hand behind the deaths of the Heavenly Emperors. As the battle above Wang'an City intensified, Chu Xisheng’s Source Essence surged to Ancestral God rank, and Chu Yunyun told him she was nearly ready to act.

• The Heavenly Dog raced through space and swallowed Youying’s remains while Chu Xisheng questioned the Timekeeping Star Lord about the Blood Source Stele and the black hand that had killed the Eastern Emperor and Shenhao.
• Chu Xisheng said he wanted Taihao to scout the way by drawing out the black hand, and the Timekeeping Star Lord gave him two Divine Annihilation Arrows after Chu promised to compensate Shen Puzhao with the Wood God’s remaining Life Source Essence.
• Above Wang'an City, Sheyuan and Tiangong repeatedly shattered Chu Xisheng’s defenses, but his Source Essence and resistance continued to grow, strengthening his Twelve Dragons Eternity and Emperor’s Crown Yellow Dragons.
• Disha asked Yanrong to switch places and attack Black Tortoise, then joined Sheyuan and Tiangong in a renewed assault as Chu Xisheng taunted the gods about the failing Heavenly River Secret Ritual.
• Chu Yunyun told Chu Xisheng she was nearly done and could act at any time, while his Hundun pseudo-Source Essence reached Ancestral God rank and his Inner World began taking shape.

Chu Xisheng endured the three Ancestral Gods’ assault as his Inner World advanced and his Wish-Fulfillment power entered the Creation Domain, but Void God Sheyuan’s fragment of Pangu’s Divine Axe threatened to kill him. Chu Yunyun completed her God-Ascension Secret Ritual and emerged with Heaven-Creation power, while Water God Tiangong turned against Wind God Disha.

• Yang God Taihao tore into Yuexi’s Sun Star Palace and pressed his attack while she struggled to hold him off.
• Chu Xisheng’s Inner World grew more complete, and his Wish-Fulfillment Heavenly Order entered the Creation Domain, allowing him to tear apart the three gods’ power.
• Void God Sheyuan revealed nearly half of Pangu’s Divine Axe blade and used it to break through Chu Xisheng’s defenses while Tiangong and Disha restrained him.
• Chu Yunyun completed her God-Ascension Secret Ritual, gained Heaven-Creation Source Essence, and prepared to save Chu Xisheng.
• Chu Yunyun thrust her spear through Chu Xisheng’s body, wounding Wind God Disha, as Water God Tiangong withdrew his support and attacked Disha with blackwater blades.

Chu Xisheng’s side drove the Pangu Gods from Wang’an City, and Wind God Disha submitted to him while Chu hinted at his plans for the gods fighting at the Grand Void God Palace. Ji Qianqian and Bow God Heavenly Yi killed Yuexi, setting off a chain of events that left Yang God Taihao facing Shen Puzhao and a blood mass meant to force their reunion.

• Water God Tiangong turned against Wind God Disha, while Void God Sheyuan, Fire God Yanrong, and Metal God Baizhu withdrew toward the Grand Void God Palace.
• Wind God Disha bowed to Chu Xisheng and called himself his subject, and Chu Xisheng invited Thunder God Tianbo and True Lord Black Tortoise to join him on the way to the Grand Void God Palace.
• Ji Qianqian fired two Divine Annihilation Arrows with Bow God Heavenly Yi’s help, killing Yuexi as Chu Xisheng declared that someone would attain the Dao that day.
• Youying’s divine corpse drew in Yuexi’s scattered Sun Source Essence, forcing Yang God Taihao to absorb what remained of it.
• Shen Puzhao arrived near Taihao with Demon God Zangtian, then threw a mass of blood at Taihao to grant his wish to reclaim what he had lost.

Shen Puzhao awoke in a new Divine Body as Shen Jingli explained that Sheyuan had lost the battle inside the Grand Void God Palace. While Chu Xisheng’s allies watched from concealment, Shen Zhenru and Shen Bore faced a choice between ending the fight and retreating.

• Shen Puzhao woke in a Divine Body made from his Primordial Spirit, with some of Wood God Lingwei’s Life Source Essence sustaining him.
• Shen Puzhao sensed the black hand’s master watching the world and explained that the seals protecting it had been lifted as part of Chu Xisheng’s plan.
• Shen Jingli told Shen Puzhao that Shen Zhenru had secretly seized the Gate of Creation, while Shen Zhenru and Shen Bore had killed the Purple Tenuity Star Lord and Doumu and defeated Sheyuan.
• Chu Xisheng and his gathered allies concealed their auras and watched the battle, while Chu Xisheng observed that both sides were holding back.
• Shen Zhenru decided to end the fight, but Shen Bore urged her to retreat, realizing Chu Xisheng had calculated around her character and was trying to make him lose the person he cared about most.

Shen Zhenru faced the prospect of another battle with the black hand's master, while Sheyuan accepted Chu Xisheng's terms for using the Heaven-Mending Divine Stone on her. Chu Xisheng met First-Generation Doumu Yuanjun and White Emperor's Son in the Heavenly Dao Stele Forest, learned the purpose of Chu Fengge's wish, and awaited an explanation of the world's truth.

• Shen Zhenru admitted that her fusion with her divine body and the Gate of Creation prevented her from escaping the black hand's master.
• Sheyuan recognized Chu Xisheng's manipulation and agreed to use the Heaven-Mending Divine Stone on Shen Zhenru in exchange for concessions for his family and descendants.
• Shen Zhenru rejected Shen Bore's pleas for escape and saw an enormous black hand reach toward Taihao's Sun.
• Chu Xisheng met First-Generation Doumu Yuanjun and White Emperor's Son in the Heavenly Dao Stele Forest.
• Doumu Yuanjun revealed that Chu Fengge had wished for the resurrected child to possess a soul that no one could control or manipulate.
• Chu Xisheng's Yazi heavenly order entered the Creation domain, and his estimate that he might reach half-step Transcendence within a thousand years encouraged White Emperor's Son before Chu Xisheng asked about the world's truth.