Chapter Summaries

Chu Yunyun appointed Dugu Shou to a major post and reviewed Chu Ming’s actions in the Southwest, ordering an investigation and punishing her for breaking the law. After killing Mao Hong for slaughtering Great Law’s subjects, Chu Yunyun discovered that Tang Yi, the Demigod assigned to guard Tianbu Commandery, had fallen into cultivation deviation.

• Chu Yunyun appointed Dugu Shou Policy Consultant of the Grand Secretariat and Northwest Pacification Commissioner, then heard Chu Ming’s assessment of the Transcendent Ranks in the Southwest and her report that the Gu God had accepted Chu Xisheng’s invitation.
• Chu Ming agreed to an investigation by Minister of Justice Tie Kuangren, and Chu Yunyun stripped her of her official posts pending the findings while promising to help perfect her Inner World afterward.
• Chu Yunyun rushed to a village in Tianbu Commandery, where she found Mao Hong had killed more than fifty people using a demonic Blood Sacrifice Method.
• Mao Hong argued that other Demigods also used the method, but Chu Yunyun pursued and killed him with her God-Defying Banner Spear.
• Chu Yunyun went to confront the Demigod assigned to guard Tianbu Commandery and found Tang Yi in cultivation deviation, realizing that Gods who wielded the power of emotions were also acting against the Human Race.

Chu Xisheng pressured Shen Shaomiao into directing a Corpse Calamity against the Giant Spirits, then revealed that his real aim was to use the outbreak to target God-Emperor Gouchen. Shen Shaomiao refused to help him attack Gouchen, but Chu warned that her Divine Power had already become part of the plan.

• Shen Shaomiao confronted Chu Xisheng for luring her to Mount Buzhou under false pretenses and involving her in a Corpse Calamity.
• Chu Xisheng argued that the Gods would suspect Shen Shaomiao regardless, and that cooperating could earn her power and protection.
• Shen Shaomiao examined the Heaven-Howling Hou's blood essence, found the Corpse Poison had spread across the Central Lands, and delayed its outbreak while making it harder to detect.
• Chu Xisheng revealed that Gouchen and six other Gods were on Mount Buzhou and said his Secret Ritual for Illuminating Eternity had begun.
• Shen Shaomiao refused to help Chu Xisheng target Gouchen, so Chu showed her the Heaven-Howling Hou and warned that her Divine Power had already tainted the Corpse Poison.

Gouchen Star Lord and the other Gods discussed the Corpse Poison, their plans to strike at Chu Xisheng’s allies, and the growing conflict with the Human Race. As Gouchen drank wine at Mount Buzhou, Shen Shaomiao’s hidden insect entered his cup, and she believed her plan to infect him had succeeded.

• Wenqu Star Lord warned Gouchen that the counterfeit Corpse Poison still threatened weaker Giant Spirits, and Gouchen assigned him and Heavenly Stove Star Lord to protect the settlements.
• Greedy Wolf Star Lord said the Four Great Corpse Ancestors were hiding in the Central Lands, while Wood Virtue Star Lord proposed targeting another of Chu Xisheng’s allies.
• Wenqu ordered the human-meat skewers removed, and Greedy Wolf defended eating them as he argued the Gods and Human Race were already locked in a fight to the death.
• Gouchen considered the cost of war with the Human Race and wondered how the Di Jiang Bird had crossed into Sagehood after becoming Chu Yunyun’s mount.
• Gouchen drank wine without noticing the insects Shen Shaomiao had hidden in it, and Shen Shaomiao believed one had entered his body and begun infecting him with Corpse Poison.

Chu Xisheng urged Shen Shaomiao to flee before Gouchen learned she had infected the giant spirits, then challenged Gouchen at Mount Buzhou. As the gods fought back, Chu Xisheng used the Divine Covenant Heavenly Stele to seize Gouchen’s Heavenly Orders and force him to his feet.

• Shen Shaomiao realized that her corpse poison was infecting giant spirits and strengthening her connection to the Ten Thousand Plagues Method.
• Chu Xisheng warned Shen Shaomiao that only Li Wenhuang or the Southern Pole Longevity Great Emperor could protect her, so she fled Mount Buzhou using the Divine Crow Gu.
• After Shen Shaomiao escaped, Chu Xisheng challenged Shen Tianjing, Gouchen Star Lord, at Mount Buzhou.
• Chu Xisheng’s saber intent battered the Hall of Myriad Gods and its defenders, while Gouchen remained seated and diverted the attack.
• Cicada Heaven Star Lord attacked Chu Xisheng but was forced back by his saber techniques and defensive power.
• Chu Xisheng used the Divine Covenant Heavenly Stele to borrow Gouchen’s Heaven-Transposing Method and Grand Void Art, driving Gouchen’s throne into the ground and drawing blood.

Chu Xisheng pressed his attack on Gouchen Star Lord and the other gods on Mount Buzhou, while they struggled to withstand his growing saber power. He unleashed Twilight of the Gods and confronted Gouchen, who reached for a divine object but hesitated to use it.

• Gouchen Star Lord stood his ground against Chu Xisheng’s Divine-Intent Saber, while Heavenly Stove Star Lord warned him that Chu Xisheng was gathering momentum.
• Greedy Wolf Star Lord and Seven Killings Star Lord attacked Chu Xisheng, but his defenses reflected their power and forced them back; Heaven Cicada Star Lord’s relentless strikes also failed to break through his Eternity Wall.
• Chu Xisheng restricted Heaven Cicada Star Lord’s movements, then advanced toward the summit to pressure Gouchen and the other gods.
• Wenqu Star Lord and Heavenly Stove Star Lord tried to stop Chu Xisheng, but he shattered Wenqu’s whip and absorbed Heavenly Stove’s flames while his god-slaying blood astral force attacked the Hall of Myriad Gods.
• Heavenly Stove Star Lord warned Gouchen Star Lord that the gods were likely to lose if they continued fighting there, but Chu Xisheng unleashed Twilight of the Gods and descended before them.
• Gouchen Star Lord reached into his sleeve for a divine object as his powers collided with Chu Xisheng’s, but he hesitated to use it.

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.