Chapter Summaries

Zhao Dachui transformed into a giant white-furred, horned gorilla and rampaged until Wang Hao fought him through the night, pushing his strength to its limit. After waking and discovering his new body, Zhao Dachui was overwhelmed and fainted, while Wang Hao mocked him.

• Zhao Dachui devoured four great white sharks, then charged toward the island until Wang Hao blocked his path.
• Wang Hao repeatedly provoked and punched Zhao Dachui, whose anger increased his size and strength until he reached three zhang tall and six million jin of force.
• When the moonlight faded, Zhao Dachui collapsed unconscious and emaciated in a pit, so Wang Hao sent him back to camp to be fed.
• Zhao Dachui woke the next day and ate for hours before noticing that he had become much larger than everyone around him.
• Zhao Dachui saw his white fur and gorilla-like face in a pool, cried that the creature was not him, and fainted after examining his enormous body.
• Wang Hao mocked Zhao Dachui and privately lamented that his own romantic entanglements had left him a virgin.

Wang Hao gave Zhao Dachui the latest PS Cosmetic Surgery Technique and warned him to develop his death power carefully, while learning about Luo Xiaowei’s abilities and considering her for a support role. He also discovered Zhao Dachui may have awakened his bloodline using blood from multiple beasts, leaving him shocked at his friend’s survival.

• Zhao Dachui questioned whether Wang Hao’s PS Cosmetic Surgery Technique could restore his appearance, and Wang Hao told him to fix his face before returning to the Central Plains with him.
• Zhao Dachui demonstrated his power to decay wood and rust iron, and Wang Hao identified it as a dangerous death-attribute power and urged him to control it.
• Zhao Dachui introduced Luo Xiaowei as his concubine and explained that she had a special physique like Sun Ruonan’s; Wang Hao recognized her potential and considered her for a support role among the Twelve Zodiac Guardian Gods.
• Wang Hao questioned how Zhao Dachui had grown horns after fusing with White Fur’s blood, and Zhao Dachui admitted that blood from another beast might have been mixed in.
• Wang Hao realized Zhao Dachui may have fused with blood from multiple beasts during his first awakening and marveled that he had survived.

Wang Hao formed Taiji Qi by merging his Innate Yin and Yang Qi, then returned to find Zhao Dachui had grown to six zhang after practicing the Lunar Shaping Method. As Zhao Dachui lost control under the full moon, Wang Hao fought him, and Zhao Dachui grew to ten zhang.

• Wang Hao taught Zhao Dachui the Lunar Shaping Method and explained that his body needed to grow enough to contain its power of death.
• Wang Hao formed the Solar Physique and Lunar Physique, then repeatedly tried to fuse his Innate Yin and Yang Qi until he created Taiji Qi.
• Wang Hao returned to the encampment and discovered Zhao Dachui had grown from three zhang to six zhang in a month of practicing the Lunar Shaping Method.
• Wang Hao replenished his Qi and Blood and prepared to restrain Zhao Dachui as the full moon appeared.
• Wang Hao struck Zhao Dachui with his swords, triggering his rampage; Zhao Dachui grew from six zhang to ten zhang as Wang Hao repeatedly knocked him back.

Wang Hao selected an uninhabited island to forge Profound Steel and successfully produced his first ingot with Zhu Yuanwai’s help. He then began fusing five elemental Divine Abilities at once, using the Power of Faith to improve his chances of surviving the dangerous process.

• Wang Hao examined Zhao Dachui after their fight, noting that the power of death had gathered in his horns and that his swords had been badly damaged.
• Wang Hao chose a small, isolated island and had Zhu Yuanwai and the others build a forge capable of withstanding the force of his hammering.
• After repeated failures, Wang Hao forged a successful ingot of Profound Steel, which Zhu Yuanwai eagerly examined despite its heat.
• Wang Hao asked Zhao Dachui to help forge a weapon for him, then left the melancholy giant alone to recover.
• Wang Hao prepared blood from Qiao'er, Tie Niu, Wu Tai, Yushu, and Zhu Yuanwai, and used the Power of Faith to begin fusing their five elemental Divine Abilities into his Taiji Dao Physique.

Wang Hao and Zhao Dachui reached the Central Plains while posing as Whitebeard and Kaido, and Wang Hao hired Wang Xiufang as their guide. The merchant ship’s crew watched them depart, wondering whether their master would still continue to Hangzhou.

• Wang Hao reviewed the changes to his abilities after fusing the Five Elements Divine Abilities and explained that his six-zhang body had multiplied his strength thirty-sixfold.
• Wang Hao and Zhao Dachui rode Little Blue toward the Central Plains and encountered a merchant ship in the Bohai Sea.
• Wang Xiufang introduced herself as knowledgeable about the Central Plains’ major powers and offered to guide Wang Hao.
• Wang Hao adopted the name Whitebeard, hired Wang Xiufang with a giant gold coin, and called Zhao Dachui Kaido.
• Wang Hao, Zhao Dachui, and Wang Xiufang rode away on Little Blue as the merchant ship’s crew questioned whether their master would still go to Hangzhou.

Wang Hao escorted Wang Xiufang along the Yellow River while posing as Whitebeard and boasting about the New World, the Qi and Blood Martial Dao, and his giant weapon, Sovereignty. Wang Xiufang believed his stories and admired him, while Zhao Dachui resented the weapons and outfit Wang Hao had chosen for his Kaido persona.

• Wang Hao had Little Blue clear silt from the Yellow River so the enormous whale could travel through it, and he told Wang Xiufang that Earth-tier fierce beasts surpassed Little Blue in strength.
• Wang Hao explained the fierce-beast tiers and claimed the Central Plains had grown weak because its people had lived too comfortably, while Wang Xiufang wondered how their ancestors had lost to Qi Refinement Martial Dao.
• Wang Hao claimed that Earth-tier cultivation could develop a Martial Dao Tyrant Body that multiplied strength, and Wang Xiufang was astonished by the supposed hundredfold boost.
• Wang Xiufang asked about Wang Hao's weapon, and he demonstrated how Sovereignty separated into a staff and a greatsword before spinning a tale about enormous New World beasts.
• Wang Xiufang asked Zhao Dachui about his weapons, and Zhao Dachui corrected her that they were spiked clubs while privately resenting Wang Hao for making them oversized and dressing him poorly.

Wang Hao arrived in the Central Plains as Whitebeard, an alleged descendant of the Shang kings, and claimed he had come to restart the Qi and Blood Martial Dao. His warnings about the Great Ming Dynasty’s heavy Karmic Cause and Effect and declining National Fortune left Zhu Yuanzhang, the imperial household, and the court officials alarmed.

• Wang Hao entered the Yin-Yang Divine Temple and used his Innate Divine Sense to make strange phenomena appear, convincing the Wheel-Turning King that he was a pure heir of the ancient emperor bloodline.
• The Wheel-Turning King invited Wang Hao to the capital, while the gathered Central Plains experts worried that the Old Zhu Household would grow stronger through the Qi and Blood Martial Dao.
• Wang Hao traveled to the capital aboard Little Blue, where Zhu Yuanzhang and the imperial household welcomed him at the docks.
• Wang Hao pointed out the eight Confucian School patriarchs in the crowd and used their immense Karmic Cause and Effect to unsettle them.
• Wang Hao warned that the Great Ming Dynasty still bore heavy Karmic Cause and Effect, that its National Fortune was nearly eroded, and that its officials looked like ministers who would bring down the nation.

Wang Hao and Zhao Dachui feasted at the Old Zhu Household’s palace, while Wang Hao used stories about ancient livestock, Net Trap, and the Ancient Emperors to mislead his hosts. The Old Zhu Household gained an idea for improving its meat supply and was left wondering whether the Ancient Emperors could return from death.

• Wang Hao and Zhao Dachui devoured the banquet, then complained that the food lacked size, Bloodline Power, and flavor.
• Wang Hao told Wang Xiufang that ancient livestock were enormous spirit beasts whose weakened descendants became food, and he claimed the Blood Sacrifice Instruction could awaken their bloodlines.
• Comrade Old Zhu explained that calamities and Net Trap had caused the Central Plains to lose many inheritances, while the Old Zhu Household realized awakened livestock could help solve its meat shortage.
• Wang Hao pretended not to know Net Trap and led Comrade Old Zhu and the others to believe it had once been Godslaying, an assassin group that rebelled against the Zhou Dynasty.
• The Wheel-Turning King asked about Net Trap’s six Devil Swords, and Wang Hao claimed they were meant to resurrect their dead leader.
• Wang Hao suggested the Ancient Emperors had left contingencies involving the Ancient Emperor Divine Hall, their bloodline, and Qi and Blood Martial Dao, leaving Zhu Yuanzhang and the others stunned while Zhao Dachui looked on skeptically.

Wang Hao explained the Nine Provinces Barrier and spun a tale of ancient emperors destroying continents in their war against vicious beasts. He then chose Zhu Yijun to inherit the Qi and Blood Martial Dao, leaving Zhu Yijun bracing himself for Kaido’s brutal training in hopes of earning its complete inheritance.

• Wang Xiufang asked Wang Hao about the Nine Provinces Barrier, and he claimed it protected the Central Plains from vicious beasts beyond it.
• Wang Hao used a world map to describe the continents and claimed ancient battles had split two continents and sunk four others.
• Wang Hao called Zhu Yijun forward and told him Zhu Yanzu had asked for him to be trained within an inch of his life.
• Zhu Yijun agreed to face the training, and Wang Hao told Kaido to train him twice as hard as planned.
• Wang Hao explained that Zhu Yijun’s access to the Qi and Blood Martial Dao’s Secret Methods would depend on his performance, and Zhu Yijun resolved to endure the training.

Wang Hao helped Wang Xiufang choose the rare Ink-Feathered Golden-Eyed Eagle as her companion and fused its bloodline into her, leaving her to endure the awakening herself. Her success would determine whether Wang Hao gave her a greater gift.

• Zhu Yijun endured Kaido's brutal training and rapidly improved his body and mastery of Explosive Force.
• Wang Xiufang advanced to the Super-First-Rate realm after Wang Hao trained her in three types of force and taught her the Nine-Character True Art.
• Wang Hao took Wang Xiufang to the Old Zhu Household's estate and let her choose an exotic beast to fuse with.
• Wang Xiufang chose the Ink-Feathered Golden-Eyed Eagle, and Wang Hao's presence made the fiercely resistant bird submit to her.
• Wang Hao fused a drop of the eagle's blood into Wang Xiufang and left her to complete the painful process on her own.

Wang Hao acknowledged Wang Xiufang and Zhu Yijun as worthy of inheriting his Qi and Blood Martial Dao, taught them its techniques, and accepted them as his adopted daughter and son. After unsettling Zhu Yijun with tales of his deceased adopted sons, Wang Hao rushed out when a terrifying beast roared nearby.

• Wang Hao declared that Wang Xiufang and Zhu Yijun had earned his acknowledgment and explained the Qi and Blood Martial Dao before passing its cultivation method to them.
• Wang Hao taught them the Six Powers and Three Types of Haki, describing their abilities and warning that they were not yet ready to inherit military formations and Military Dao Cloud Qi.
• Wang Hao asked Wang Xiufang and Zhu Yijun to become his adopted children, and they accepted as his third adopted daughter and eighteenth adopted son.
• Wang Hao told them about the tragic fates of his other adopted sons, distressing Zhu Yijun as Wang Xiufang mourned with him.
• A savage beast roared nearby, rupturing Wang Xiufang's and Zhu Yijun's eardrums, and Wang Hao hurried outside to investigate.

Wang Hao and Zhao Dachui staged a ferocious battle outside the capital to convince Central Plains experts of their overwhelming strength, while disguising Zhao Dachui’s berserk state as real. Their fight devastated the surrounding mountains, and Wang Hao prepared to unleash a powerful move as the distant spectators watched in fear.

• Wang Hao struck the supposedly berserk Zhao Dachui away from the capital and told the Wheel-Turning King to evacuate people from the battlefield.
• The Wheel-Turning King organized the evacuation and brought Zhu Yijun and Wang Xiufang along for safety.
• Wang Hao and Zhao Dachui revealed that Zhao Dachui’s berserk episode was an act, then fought for real beneath the full moon while deliberately wrecking the mountains to impress observers.
• Experts from the capital rushed to watch the battle, but Wang Hao warned them to retreat when their proximity became dangerous.
• Zhao Dachui grew stronger under the full moon, and Wang Hao used stored Qi and Blood to keep the staged fight going as mountains collapsed around them.
• Wang Hao sent Zhao Dachui flying again and threatened to use a powerful move if his son did not wake up, frightening the distant spectators.

Wang Hao created a massive volcano with a single strike, then blamed Kaido's rampage on the supposed Net Trap organization. He prepared to leave with the unconscious Kaido, leaving Zhu Yijun and Wang Xiufang with a gift and a fresh fear of the Central Plains' dangers.

• Wang Hao used his Earth Annihilation strike to trigger a volcanic eruption, then knocked Zhao Dachui unconscious and urged everyone to flee.
• Magma erupted across the battlefield, killing several experts, while Wang Hao escaped and watched the enormous volcano from a nearby mountain.
• The Wheel-Turning King, Zhu Yijun, and Wang Xiufang looked at Wang Hao with awe, and Wang Hao assured them he had resealed Kaido's Divine Ability power.
• Wang Hao claimed Kaido had gone berserk because someone from Net Trap had secretly broken his seal, and Zhu Yijun and the others grew alarmed.
• Wang Hao said he had to take Kaido back to the New World for treatment and offered Zhu Yijun and Wang Xiufang a parting gift.

Wang Hao left the Central Plains with Zhao Dachui and traveled to Australia to establish a remote base for researching a method to forge Fourth Tier weapons. There, he found that his chosen Twelve Zodiac Guardian Gods had acquired unusual animal partners, while Sun Ruonan demanded an explanation for Zhao Dachui’s enormous new body.

• Zhu Yijun and Wang Xiufang argued over their gifts, as the Sovereignty Sword-Spear was too heavy for Zhu Yijun to lift.
• After they reached the East Sea, Zhao Dachui revealed he had been conscious during Wang Hao’s staged attack and admitted he could not defeat him.
• Wang Hao took Zhao Dachui to Australia, then moved to a nearby island to begin researching how to fuse the five metals into a Fourth Tier weapon.
• Wang Hao learned that Tie Niu had chosen a white rhinoceros and Sun Ruonan had chosen an ostrich as their animal partners.
• Sun Ruonan confronted Wang Hao about Zhao Dachui’s ten-zhang-tall body and worried that its size would disrupt their married life.

After Whitebeard's battle shook the martial world, Wang Hao discovered how to fuse the five metals into Fourth Tier Metal Essence and prepared to forge it on a large scale. He also planned to create more Profound Iron from meteorites, clearing the way for a massive treasure intended for his upcoming trip to the Central Plains.

• Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yijun, and others witnessed the devastation left by Whitebeard and Kaido, while martial artists across the region were shaken by the battle.
• Wang Hao discovered that fusing at least six forces from the Nine-Character True Art allowed him to forge the five metals together.
• Wang Hao named the new Fourth Tier metal Metal Essence and ordered Zhu Yuanwai to prepare materials in the ratio of one part Jade Tin, ten Purple Gold, one hundred Blue Silver, one thousand Red Copper, and ten thousand Profound Steel.
• Wang Hao enlarged himself in the number two forge and told Zhao Dachui how he had succeeded in fusing the five metals.
• Wang Hao examined the thousand cubic units of meteoric iron Zhao Dachui had collected and explained that his array would transform it into Profound Iron using sunlight and moonlight.
• Wang Hao began preparing to forge large quantities of Third Tier materials for Metal Essence and an enormous treasure for his upcoming plans.

Wang Hao forged and outfitted the enormous Titanic, then sailed it toward the Central Plains to support his plan to convince its powers that he had visited an overseas martial world. He discovered that more than a thousand spies had infiltrated the work crew, and as the ship neared its destination, he grew frustrated that clear skies prevented him from recharging its lightning-powered backup system.

• Wang Hao used a three-day thunderstorm and his magnetic fields to melt red copper into the Titanic’s enormous hull, then had a hundred thousand craftsmen complete the ship’s luxurious fittings.
• Wang Hao launched the Titanic and powered its propeller with his magnetic field, while the vessel carried electromagnetic cannons and a metal essence sword that could store lightning.
• Wang Hao found hidden intelligence about the Australia base and revealed that he had discovered over a thousand spies among the craftsmen, whom Zhao Fengxue and the Brocade Guard were investigating.
• Wang Hao destroyed the spies’ concealed messages after checking the ship for anything overlooked, then lamented that the cloudless weather left him unable to recharge the backup power system as the ship approached the Central Plains.

Wang Hao returned to the Central Plains aboard the enormous Titanic and used the ship to impress the Old Zhu Household. He showed the Wheel-Turning King around and explained the powerful material used for the hull, while Zhu Yunlu misread his story and attention as romantic signals.

• Wang Hao arrived at the Yellow River aboard the enormous Titanic, and reports of his return spread among the Central Plains factions.
• The Wheel-Turning King and Zhu Yunlu boarded the ship, where Wang Hao welcomed them and told Zhu Yunlu a romanticized story about its name.
• Zhu Yunlu mistook Wang Hao's story for an indirect confession, then grew jealous when he left to show the Wheel-Turning King around.
• The Wheel-Turning King asked about the hull, and Wang Hao explained that it was made of mass-produced Third-Tier Red Copper, comparable to steel refined a hundred thousand times.

Wang Hao showed the Wheel-Turning King and the Old Zhu Household a massive red-copper Titanic, then warned them that a cataclysmic battle might destroy the Central Plains and urged them to prepare an escape. He left them increasingly convinced that disaster was near while embellishing tales of the overseas martial world and its vast Mohist sea fortresses.

• Wang Hao explained that he had built the Titanic from Third-Tier Red Copper and could protect it with lightning.
• Wang Hao told the Wheel-Turning King and the others to prepare to evacuate the Central Plains aboard the Titanic, claiming a great battle could destroy it and revive ancient beings.
• Wang Hao said he would live aboard the ship and invited trusted people to move there, while Zhu Yunlu chose a room for herself.
• Wang Hao described Third-Tier Profound Steel and explained why it was difficult to produce in large quantities.
• Wang Hao claimed that the overseas martial world had enormous sea fortresses, including a thousand-li-wide Mechanism City belonging to the Mohist School, deepening the others' resentment toward the Confucian School.

Wang Hao used Emperor Mingde’s attempt to obtain a Purple Gold forging method as leverage to secure the throne for himself. After learning the Old Zhu Household was preparing to flee the Central Plains, he welcomed Zhu Yuanzhang and the imperial descendants aboard the Titanic and left Emperor Mingde ordered to abdicate.

• An old man learned that the Old Zhu Household was secretly moving imperial descendants toward the coast and concluded that the Great Ming imperial family planned to flee the Central Plains.
• Wang Hao waited aboard the Titanic for Zhu Yuanzhang and the imperial descendants, then confronted Emperor Mingde over his past actions against Wang Hao’s friend.
• Emperor Mingde admitted that he had sent people to seek a Purple Gold forging method before receiving the Nine-Character True Art.
• Wang Hao feigned anger and claimed Emperor Mingde’s actions had ruined a plan, prompting Zhu Yuanzhang and the Old Zhu Household elders to blame the emperor.
• Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Emperor Mingde to prepare to abdicate so Wang Hao could take the throne, and Emperor Mingde reluctantly agreed.

After Wang Hao’s enthronement as Great Ming’s emperor, he and Zhu Yuanzhang prepared to meet Zhang Sanfeng and the martial factions while discussing the Titanic’s staffing, a new imperial court, and the Brocade Guard. Zhang Sanfeng and the other leaders marveled at the ship’s red copper construction as Wang Hao went to receive them.

• Wang Hao and Zhu Yuanzhang learned that Zhang Sanfeng and the faction leaders were requesting an audience, and Zhu Yuanzhang suspected that someone had leaked information for personal gain.
• Wang Hao urged Zhu Yuanzhang to punish the ringleaders but spare the others, and Zhu Yuanzhang agreed before sending the visitors to conference room one.
• Wang Hao asked Zhu Yuanzhang to select suitable people for the Titanic and a new imperial court, and Zhu Yuanzhang said his chosen candidates would arrive within three days.
• Zhu Yuanzhang reported that the Brocade Guard had grown to one hundred thousand qualified members, with more than a million reserves, but martial factions had limited further expansion.
• Wang Hao set out to meet Zhang Sanfeng and the other faction leaders while they examined the Titanic and marveled at its red copper walls.