Chapter Summaries

Wind Flame Child persuaded the Southwest Alliance to join the Danu Empire’s campaign against the Divine Huangtian Sect, and Yang Lie prepared to meet their advance in Ning Province. The armies clashed, and Yang Lie’s sword strike heavily wounded the Demon Bear Army’s formation beast.

• Wind Flame Child convinced Ximen Shengkong to send the Southwest Alliance against the Divine Huangtian Sect, warning that refusing would anger both the Extraterrestrial Demons and the Great Khan.
• A month later, Ximen Shengkong led forty thousand Danu Empire troops toward Ning Province, and Yang Lie assigned Lei Jian to guard against enemy experts harassing their forces.
• Half a month later, Yang Lie led twelve thousand Divine Huangtian Sect Guards Army soldiers against Ximen Shengkong’s forty thousand troops and rejected his demand to surrender.
• Ximen Shengkong ordered the coalition’s four military formation beasts to attack Yang Lie’s army, and Yang Lie’s golden sword qi cleaved through the demonic bear and heavily wounded its soldiers.

Yang Lie devastated the Southwest Alliance's army with the Saint Dragon Swordplay, then led the Imperial Heaven Protector Army in a rout that killed over thirty thousand elite soldiers and captured supplies. As Yang Lie advanced toward Ten-Eyed Capital City, Wind Flame Child urged Wan Yan Leiting to mobilize against him, but Yin Zhagu dismissed the warning and refused to take orders from Wind Flame Child.

• Yang Lie grievously wounded the Southwest Alliance's four military formation beasts and killed several Real Person Realm experts, including Saint Lotus Child and Ming Juezi, while Wind Flame Child fled.
• Yang Lie repeatedly destroyed the alliance's military formation beasts as Lei Jian, Pan Ziling, Han Qinyan, Gu Mingdong, and other Golden Core experts attacked its army.
• Yang Lie charged with the twelve thousand Imperial Heaven Protector Army soldiers after the alliance's formations collapsed, and the demoralized troops fled.
• Yang Lie's forces killed over thirty thousand of the alliance's forty thousand elite soldiers, captured auxiliary troops and supplies, and advanced toward Ten-Eyed Capital City.
• Wind Flame Child warned Wan Yan Leiting to gather the Danu Empire's troops and fight Yang Lie, but Yin Zhagu mocked him and refused to obey his demand.

Yang Lie’s cultivation and sword intent advanced as he prepared to face Wan Yan Leiting’s eighty-thousand-strong army with only twelve thousand Divine Huangtian Sect Guards. He annihilated the Danu Empire’s formation beasts and leaders, killed Wan Yan Leiting, and sent the enemy army fleeing as Lei Jian led the pursuit.

• Wan Yan Leiting mobilized eighty thousand soldiers to destroy the Divine Huangtian Sect, while Yang Lie consolidated his forces and absorbed monster corpses to strengthen his Life Essence.
• Yang Lie reached the second level of the Golden Core Realm and advanced his sword intent to the third level before returning to lead his army toward Luo Yuan Slope.
• Wan Yan Leiting offered Yang Lie wealth and status if he abandoned the Huangtian Divine God and joined the Danu Empire, but Yang Lie refused and challenged him to surrender.
• Yang Lie’s Saint Dragon Sword Qi destroyed the Danu army’s formation beasts and killed the experts guarding the Great Shaman, then pierced the Great Shaman’s head as he attempted to unleash his sixth demon eye.
• Wan Yan Leiting fled, but Yang Lie killed him and slaughtered the Danu Empire’s Real Person-level experts, causing its soldiers to scatter.
• Lei Jian led Yang Lie’s forces in a charge against the retreating Danu Empire army.

After conquering the Great Wei Empire, Yang Lie established the Great Spirit Empire and oversaw its recovery while growing stronger. The chapter ended with a request for help from Zhuo Shiya, the biological daughter of a Supreme Council member.

• After the Battle of Luo Yuan Slope, Yang Lie entered Ten-Eyed Capital City and discussed plans with Lei Jian and Xiao Zitong to build a new empire and weaken the Lord of Myriad Eyes' forces.
• Yang Lie left Xiao Zitong to manage Ten-Eyed Capital City and led the Imperial Heaven Protector Army to conquer the former Great Wei Empire's territories.
• Yang Lie ascended the throne and renamed the new realm the Great Spirit Empire, then chose not to cultivate using its pillar of fortune because of the risks of binding himself to the empire.
• Under Xiao Zitong, Lei Jian, and other Human Alliance geniuses, the Great Spirit Empire recovered as Yang Lie cultivated to the third level of the Golden Core Realm.
• Pan Ziling told Yang Lie that people sent by the Supreme Council had requested help, including Zhuo Shiya, the biological daughter of Supreme Council Member Zhuo Shengxiong.

Yang Lie learned that Zhuo Shiya was in danger in the Corun Empire and decided to lead his army west to rescue her while conquering the empire. Three days into the campaign, Ou Zilong joined him, and Yuwen Feiyuan again urgently demanded that he save Zhuo Shiya.

• Yuwen Feiyuan told Yang Lie that the Origin Eye Demon Sect was attacking Zhuo Shiya’s Church of the God of Light in the Corun Empire and demanded immediate reinforcements.
• Yang Lie and his companions discussed the consequences of Zhuo Shiya’s death and concluded that they had to rescue her while conquering the Corun Empire.
• Yang Lie ordered Xiao Zitong to guard their base and led forty thousand Imperial Heaven Protector Army cavalry west, absorbing thirty-six small nations along the way.
• Ou Zilong met Yang Lie in the command tent and revealed that he had condensed a Fourth Grade Martial Dao Golden Core.
• Yuwen Feiyuan urgently told Yang Lie that Zhuo Shiya was being hunted down and demanded that he hurry to save her.

Yang Lie mobilized the Black Spirit Guard to rescue Zhuo Shiya as Origin Eye Demon Sect Elders cornered her group in Rotax City. Stone Demon and Poison Demon threatened the survivors, but an unseen attacker killed Poison Demon with a strike of Saint Dragon Sword Qi.

• Ou Zilong told Yang Lie that Stone Demon and dozens of other Origin Eye Demon Sect Elders were pursuing Zhuo Shiya, and Yang Lie set out with Pan Ziling, Ou Zilong, and Yuwen Feiyuan to rescue her.
• Che Ya treated the injured Supreme Council experts but refused to risk using Heavenly Medicine True Qi to heal them one by one.
• Giant Demon arrived at the estate, prompting Che Ya to flee while Zhuo Shiya hesitated to abandon the wounded.
• Stone Demon’s petrifying light struck Che Ya from the air as Origin Eye Demon Sect Elders surrounded the estate.
• Poison Demon claimed Zhuo Shiya as his prey, but an unseen attacker killed him with Saint Dragon Sword Qi.

Yang Lie and the Human Alliance defeated the Origin Eye Demon Sect Elders who had attacked Zhuo Shiya’s manor, and Zhuo Shiya shared intelligence about the Corun Empire. Yang Lie then infiltrated the Corun imperial palace at night, leaving his next move undecided.

• Yang Lie arrived at Zhuo Shiya’s manor and swiftly killed Stone Demon, Giant Demon, Illusion Demon, Shadow Demon, and the other Origin Eye Demon Sect Elders.
• Zhuo Shiya, the Human Alliance experts, and the Black Spirit Guard joined Yang Lie’s assault, killing all fifty-one Elders without letting any escape.
• Zhuo Shiya thanked Yang Lie and told him about the Corun Empire’s powerful court, army, and ruling family.
• Zhuo Shiya proposed assassinating Emperor Saka III, but Yang Lie said he would consider it.
• Yang Lie entered the Corun imperial palace by leaping over its wall under cover of darkness.

Yang Lie infiltrated the Corun Empire’s imperial palace, assassinated Saka III, and took his place. Saka III’s memories revealed that he was a clone of the Yuantong Demon Sect Master, and Yang Lie faced the palace guards as he fled the study.

• Yang Lie used Dark Dragon Power to lure an officer away, took his appearance, and passed the True Demon Eye Mirror without detection.
• Yang Lie entered Saka III’s study by posing as General Ness and claimed that Zhang Jiao was marching east with an army against the empire.
• Yang Lie killed Saka III, absorbed his blood, and used Evil Ghost Skin to read his memories.
• Yang Lie learned that Saka III and the Yuantong Demon Sect Master were clones who shared memories and senses, and that the Sect Master had weakened himself by creating a clone.
• Yang Lie fought off two Real Person-level eunuchs, then came under attack from crossbowmen as he fled the palace.

Yang Lie seized the Avatar Divine Tree from the Corun Empire, killed the Lightning Assassin, and escaped the encircling forces. Tova IX then identified the mysterious intruder as an Extraterrestrial Demon, though the sect’s Elders doubted his claim.

• Yang Lie used the Radiant Dragon Transformation to reveal and kill a five-eyed assassin hiding in the shadows.
• Yang Lie uprooted the Avatar Divine Tree with the Wood Dragon and Earth Dragon Transformations and stored it in his Small World.
• Yang Lie chose to retreat instead of raiding the Royal Treasury, then killed the Lightning Assassin when she attacked him.
• Yang Lie vanished into darkness as more than a hundred Origin Eye Demon Sect experts and other forces arrived.
• Crow Death Demon warned Tova IX that the secular faction would fight over the throne after Saka III disappeared, and Tova IX blamed the Church of Light and declared the intruder an Extraterrestrial Demon.
• The Elders questioned whether Extraterrestrial Demons existed, but Tova IX insisted that he had truly heard the divine oracle.

The Origin Eye Demon Sect mobilized the Corun Empire to resist Zhang Jiao’s approaching Great Spirit Empire army, while Zhuo Shiya urged Yang Lie to attack faster. Yang Lie explained that he was deliberately managing the campaign because the Lord of Myriad Eyes might intervene if the conquest took too long.

• Tova IX ordered Lalaina to seek support from the Shelley Empire and commanded the Corun Empire’s elite troops to assemble against Zhang Jiao’s forces.
• Crow Death Demon reported that Zhang Jiao was leading the Great Spirit Empire’s main army toward them.
• Tova IX had officials opposing him and their clans executed, while Yang Lie’s army advanced through Corun cities and killed those who refused to join the Divine Huangtian Sect.
• Zhuo Shiya visited Yang Lie and argued that he should accelerate the attack before the Corun Empire finished gathering its forces.
• Yang Lie warned that the Lord of Myriad Eyes might send a Grandmaster-level expert if the conquest took too long, and estimated that the Empire should finish within ten years.
• Zhuo Shiya accepted Yang Lie’s explanation that conquering the world sooner would reduce the risk of Evil God interference.

Yang Lie led the Great Spirit Empire's forces against the Corun Empire's vastly larger army and destroyed its military formations with his Saint Dragon Sword Qi. After Tova IX was killed and the Corun forces collapsed, Yang Lie and his allies pursued the fleeing soldiers and experts.

• Tova IX rallied three hundred thousand Corun Empire soldiers and promised to make whoever killed Zhang Jiao the next Emperor, while Yang Lie warned the Black Spirit Guard against betrayal.
• Yang Lie led his twelve thousand Imperial Heaven Protector Army soldiers onto the Davo Plains as the Corun army unleashed thirty military formation beasts.
• Yang Lie's Saint Dragon Sword Qi shattered the formation beasts, killed their commanders, and sent the Corun legions into chaos.
• Crow Death Demon blocked a sword attack aimed at Tova IX but was cut in two, and Yang Lie then killed Tova IX.
• Lei Jian and Pan Ziling led their forces in pursuit as Yang Lie used the Wind Dragon Transformation to slaughter fleeing Corun experts.

Yang Lie completed the conquest of the Corun Empire, appointed Zhuo Shiya to govern it, and marched on the Shelley Empire. There he reunited with Zhao Meixian and met government and Evil God Countermeasures Bureau representatives who asked for his help securing the empire.

• Yang Lie's forces crushed Corun's army, seized its territory and resources, and helped Zhuo Shiya's Divine Huangtian Sect replace the Origin Eye Demon Sect.
• Yang Lie appointed Zhuo Shiya administrator of the Corun Kingdom and led 40,000 soldiers toward the Shelley Empire.
• At the Shelley border, Yang Lie met Zhao Meixian, gave her a strand of True Dragon Source Qi, and asked about the empire's situation.
• Xu Liang and Xiao Lin met Yang Lie and asked him to help secure the Shelley Empire, where their forces had already conquered over sixty percent.

Yang Lie led the allied army to Snow City, where Shelley Emperor Hu Yan Ye tried to summon the Lord of Myriad Eyes using a stone egg. The egg shattered, but the creature inside revealed itself as the Son of the Demon God and attacked the defenders, leaving Xu Liang dead and its power growing.

• Yang Lie led forty thousand troops into the Shelley Empire, whose cities surrendered as the imperial army retreated to Snow City.
• Yang Lie, Xu Liang, and Xiao Lin confronted Hu Yan Ye on Snow City's walls as the Shelley Emperor began a sacrifice to the Lord of Myriad Eyes.
• Yang Lie's Saint Dragon Sword Qi broke through the barrier and shattered the stone egg, despite Hu Yan Ye's confidence in its power.
• The Son of the Demon God emerged from the egg, and Xu Liang's attacks failed to stop it; the creature pierced his head with a black spike.
• Yang Lie blasted the creature apart with his sword, but it absorbed the life essence of Shelley Empire experts and re-formed with a stronger aura.

Yang Lie fought the Child of the Evil God as it evolved and slaughtered the Shelley Empire’s forces. After unleashing Hundred Lifetimes Demonic Resentment, he discovered that his Small World could devour the creature’s essence and began pulling in its scattered fragments.

• Yang Lie recognized the Child of the Evil God’s immortal traits and ordered the Great Spirit Empire’s experts to retreat toward Mu Dan City while he attacked it with Saint Dragon Swordplay.
• The Child of the Evil God massacred Shelley Empire soldiers, killed Hu Yan Ye and the Black Spirit Sect High Priest, and grew stronger by absorbing its victims.
• After reaching the Transcendence Fifth Order, the Child of the Evil God confronted Yang Lie, who unleashed Hundred Lifetimes Demonic Resentment and gathered the capital’s resentment into a devastating attack.
• The Child of the Evil God opened its four eyes and rose to the early Sixth Order, but Yang Lie used the demonic qi domain and his Life Essence to blast it into fragments.
• Yang Lie put a fragment into his Small World, where it was purified and consumed, then used Wind Dragon Transformation to draw in the remaining fragments and throw them into the Small World.

Yang Lie absorbed the Child of the Evil God’s essence, gaining an immortal body and reaching the sixth level of the Golden Core Realm. After taking control of the Shelley Empire, he confronted a Black Spirit Sect ritual summoning two Sons of the Demon Lord and attacked the priest and followers.

• The Small World consumed the Child of the Evil God, evolved, and produced Saint-Grade Spirit Rice and a transcendent Spirit Fruit.
• Yang Lie swallowed the Spirit Fruit, gained a one-ninth Child of the Evil God-level immortal body, and advanced to the sixth level of the Golden Core Realm.
• At a meeting in Peony City, Xiao Lin urged the others to flee, but Yang Lie announced that he had killed the Child of the Evil God and ordered an assault on the Shelley Empire.
• Yang Lie's army captured the Shelley Empire's capital, bringing the empire under the Great Spirit Empire's control.
• A Black Spirit Sect priest sacrificed people to summon two Sons of the Demon Lord, and Yang Lie attacked the priest and followers with Hundred Lifetimes Demonic Resentment.

Yang Lie destroyed two Children of the Evil God and absorbed their origins, then uncovered the source of True Dragon Source Qi and gained the power of a True Dragon. After consuming all three True Dragon Origin Fruits, he continued evolving toward a humanoid True Dragon.

• Yang Lie used Death Resentment Demon Claw to destroy the two Children of the Evil God and absorbed their fragments into his Small World.
• Yang Lie realized that the destroyed Demonic Origin Fetal Eggs could no longer be used to summon more Children of the Evil God.
• Months later, Yang Lie ordered the excavation of the Magic Dragon Mountain Range and found a drop of adult True Dragon blood essence that produced three True Dragon Origin Fruits.
• Yang Lie ate one True Dragon Origin Fruit, gained a Dragon Man Form, and discovered he could use True Dragon Breath.
• Yang Lie swallowed the remaining two fruits, further strengthening his Life Essence and advancing his transformation toward a humanoid True Dragon.

After conquering alien planet No. 8764, Yang Lie returned to the Human Alliance, passed an inspection, and chose a one-time reward of fifty million Merit Points instead of future ownership of the planet. He then met with War University vice headmaster He Zhen and offered to auction the True Dragon Source Qi and other treasures he had brought back.

• Yang Lie confessed his feelings to Xiao Zitong, and they became lovers.
• Yang Lie advanced to Golden Core Eighth Heaven while he and Xiao Zitong spent time together in the Great Spirit Empire.
• The surviving Human Alliance experts returned from alien planet No. 8764, where inspectors examined them for signs of evil-god influence.
• After passing inspection, Yang Lie chose fifty million Merit Points and first-class citizenship in exchange for giving the alien planet to the Human Alliance.
• He Zhen introduced Yang Lie to Zong Zhisheng, and Yang Lie offered True Dragon Source Qi and other treasures for auction.

Yang Lie drew the interest of Professor Ge Donghai, who wanted to take him as a personal disciple and promised to nurture him into a Martial God. After Ge gave Yang one day to decide, Yang asked Xiao Zitong about Ge’s character and history.

• He Zhen bought all of Yang Lie’s treasures that enhanced Life Essence and recommended him to Ge Donghai as a potential disciple.
• Ge Donghai learned that Yang Lie had condensed a First Grade Martial Dao Golden Core through the Ten Dragon Divine Art and rushed to meet him.
• Ge Donghai offered to accept Yang Lie as his personal disciple and gave him until the next day to decide.
• Yang Lie asked Xiao Zitong about Ge Donghai, and she described him as an upright, capable professor whose four previous personal disciples all achieved a Grade One Golden Core.

Yang Lie chose Ge Donghai as his master, then challenged Student Council President Jiang Yang to reclaim his position. As War University gathered for their duel, students divided over whether Yang Lie could overcome Jiang Yang’s Second Grade Core Formation.

• Yang Lie accepted Ge Donghai as his master, and Ge Donghai promised to train him into a Martial God-level powerhouse.
• Yang Lie challenged Jiang Yang for the Student Council President position, and Jiang Yang accepted the duel for the next day.
• War University students debated the challenge, while Ye Kongyao recalled that Yang Lie had once been stronger than Jiang Yang.
• At the Great Arena, Zhao Meixian, Nangong Hui, and Xiao Zitong organized betting, and many younger students bet on Jiang Yang.
• Ye Kongyao suspected Yang Lie had grown stronger than Second Grade Core Formation.

Yang Lie defeated Jiang Yang in the Illusory Battle and revealed that he had condensed a First Grade Martial Dao Golden Core. After Yang Lie celebrated with Jiang Yang and the others, professors at War University learned that he had become Ge Donghai’s personal disciple, while Wang Leiche reluctantly accepted that he could no longer claim Yang Lie as his own student.

• Yang Lie appeared at the Great Arena and instantly defeated Jiang Yang, who realized Yang Lie had condensed a First Grade Martial Dao Golden Core.
• Yang Lie invited Jiang Yang, Ye Kongyao, Garo, Zhao Meixian, and the others to celebrate at a War University hotel.
• Professor Jin Mingbo discovered Yang Lie’s achievements and learned that Ge Donghai had already taken him as a personal disciple after Vice-Principal He delayed the information.
• War University professors cursed He Zhen and Ge Donghai for securing Yang Lie before they could recruit him.
• Ge Donghai told Wang Leiche that Yang Lie was his personal disciple, and Wang Leiche accepted that Yang Lie’s future allies would outweigh his own.