Chapter Summaries

Wang Hao met with the Central Plains factions and urged them to unite and strengthen the people for the coming crisis. The Confucian School offered its six inherited swords in exchange for help obtaining a literary cultivation method and a Fortune Supreme Treasure, while the other factions began eyeing Wang Hao as a potential source of such treasures.

• Wang Hao told the gathered martial factions that the Central Plains faced a dire crisis and urged them to form an alliance, cooperate with imperial reforms, and spread martial arts.
• Zhu Yuanzhang took over negotiations after Wang Hao handed him responsibility for working out the details with the factions.
• The Confucian School ancestors offered Wang Hao their six ancient swords, and Wang Hao unleashed Sword Force to pressure them into revealing that Little Sage Manor had likely contacted them.
• Wang Hao agreed the swords could be useful but rejected the Confucian School's request to obtain Confucius's Literary Qi Nourishing Method and have him forge a Fortune Supreme Treasure without further concessions.
• The Confucian School promised to support Wang Hao's reforms, and the other faction leaders turned their attention to him, hoping he could help them obtain Fortune Supreme Treasures.

Wang Hao organized sweeping reforms across the Central Plains, using the looming crisis to unite the factions and spread martial arts while he cultivated for the coming threat from the Will of Heaven and Earth. As his National Fortune suddenly weakened, a frontier report reached Zhu Yuanzhang, who reacted with fury at the steppe tribes.

• Wang Hao studied the six ancient swords to strengthen his True Spirit Sword Intent, then put Zhu Yuanzhang and the factions in charge of carrying out his reform plan.
• Wang Hao's regime imposed martial arts training across the realm, expanded livestock raising, established schools, and suppressed groups that obstructed the reforms.
• Wang Hao checked his cultivation and worried that his Yin Soul Soul Power would not reach the perfected Third Tier before the Mount Tai sacrifices and the awakening of the Will of Heaven and Earth.
• Wang Hao sensed that the National Fortune had weakened, and an Innate Realm Brocade Guard delivered urgent frontier intelligence to Zhu Yuanzhang.
• Zhu Yuanzhang read the report and angrily condemned the steppe tribes.

Wang Hao learned that the steppe tribes had invaded with more than ten million troops driven into battle by the deadly Undying Sacred Pill. He prepared to counter them by deploying the Copper Armor Army and passing Zhu Yijun the Battle Formation Martial Dao.

• Wang Hao read that the steppe tribes had sent more than ten million people, including women, children, and elders, to attack the frontier, while their fighters advanced under the influence of a drug.
• Wang Hao examined the Undying Sacred Pill and learned from Lord Zhang that it boosted strength at the cost of the user’s body and life, and could drive people mad.
• Zhu Yijun reported that all one hundred thousand members of the Copper Armor Army had condensed Qi and Blood and were ready for battle.
• Wang Hao transmitted the Battle Formation Martial Dao to Zhu Yijun and urged him to master the Military Garrison Martial Dao during the war.

Zhu Yijun led the Copper Armor Army to crush the foreign army’s vanguard and rout its main force. While Wang Hao prepared to take the steppe and other territories, he returned to cultivating for the Feng and Shan sacrifices on Mount Tai.

• Zhu Yijun learned that the foreign invasion had caused heavy losses and ordered the border troops to pursue the enemy after he attacked with the Copper Armor Army.
• The foreign commander sent Qige and more than a hundred thousand Longxiang Strongmen to stop Zhu Yijun’s charge.
• The Copper Armor Army’s enormous bloodline-awakened horses panicked the Longxiang Strongmen’s mounts, letting Zhu Yijun drive the vanguard into the foreign army’s central force.
• Zhu Yijun used the routed vanguard to disrupt the enemy’s formation and led the Copper Armor Army to win a one-sided battle.
• Wang Hao began mobilizing people to settle the steppe and considered taking the Western Regions and Tianzhu.
• Wang Hao resumed cultivating to raise his Yin Soul Soul Power before the Feng and Shan sacrifices on Mount Tai.

Wang Hao completed his Third Tier cultivation and traveled to Mount Tai for the Feng and Shan sacrifices, hoping to gather Human Dao Fortune to help him break through. As the ceremony approached, he planned to begin by advancing his essence through a dangerous fusion of Bloodline Divine Abilities, while Xiao Mengmeng warned him to reconsider.

• Wang Hao reached the peak of his Yin Soul Soul Power after Great Ming's expansion increased the National Fortune cultivation boost to a hundredfold.
• Wang Hao boarded the knockoff Titanic with Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yunlu, and others, then traveled to Mount Tai for the sacrifices.
• Wang Hao arrived before a crowd of over ten million, flew to Mount Tai's main peak, and sat on the altar as the faction leaders awaited the ceremony.
• Wang Hao worried that gathering Human Dao Fortune might awaken the will of heaven and earth or the Heavenly Mandate, but he saw no other way to reach the Celestial Person Realm.
• Wang Hao told Xiao Mengmeng he would attempt breakthroughs in essence, Qi, spirit, Seven Po Magnetic Field, Yin Soul Soul Power, and True Spirit Sword Intent, beginning with a dangerous fusion of Bloodline Divine Abilities.
• Xiao Mengmeng suggested that Wang Hao reconsider because there might be a better plan.

Wang Hao realized that his future self’s Celestial Person Realm Sword Intent could make his breakthrough plan safer, then used the Fengshan ceremony to summon Human Dao Fortune across the Great Ming. With the gathered Fortune reinforcing him, he began awakening the wind, lightning, and magnetism Bloodline Divine Abilities while breaking through his True Spirit Sword Intent.

• Wang Hao recalled the Sword Intent left by his future self and revised his plan to break through True Spirit Sword Intent before fusing the three Bloodline Divine Abilities.
• At the Fengshan ceremony, Wang Hao used his Sword Force, Yin Soul Soul Power, Seven Po Magnetic Field, and Great Ming’s National Fortune to disperse the clouds over Dai Summit.
• Zhang Sanfeng and the others sensed Wang Hao’s power, while Dongfang Bai was shaken by the gap between them and renewed her resolve to kill Wang Hao.
• Wang Hao invoked Mount Tai’s Fortune and the Great Ming’s National Fortune, prompting people across the Central Plains to pray and lend him their Power of Faith.
• Wang Hao gathered the people’s Fortune into Human Dao Fortune, then began fusing the wind, lightning, and magnetism Bloodline Divine Abilities while attacking the True Spirit Sword Intent bottleneck.

Wang Hao used Human Dao Fortune to break through his True Spirit Sword Intent and establish three martial cultivation paths, then forged inheritance steles and Fortune Supreme Treasures before the awakened will of heaven and earth fell asleep again. His lack of Old Zhu Household blood forced him to give up the fortune’s direct support, and he ended the chapter offering the Confucian School two choices for dealing with its Karma and Cause and Effect.

• Wang Hao used Human Dao Fortune to break through his True Spirit Sword Intent and stabilize the fusion of his ten Bloodline Divine Abilities, then concealed himself when the will of heaven and earth awakened.
• Wang Hao established the Qi Refinement Martial Dao and Qi and Blood Martial Dao, and the will of heaven and earth empowered their inheritance steles with origin power and Human Dao Fortune.
• Wang Hao established the Divine Script Martial Dao, and the will of heaven and earth acknowledged its stele before returning to slumber.
• Wang Hao discovered that the Great Ming National Fortune rejected him because he lacked Old Zhu Household blood, so he turned the remaining fortune into Supreme Treasures and shrank back into his Zhu Yanzu persona.
• Wang Hao’s newly awakened Celestial Person Sword Force made the assembled experts kneel, and he ordered three divine halls built for the inheritance steles on Mount Tai.
• Wang Hao distributed Fortune Supreme Treasures to the factions and offered the Confucian School a choice between confronting its Karma and Cause and Effect or starting a new inheritance with a younger successor.

Wang Hao revealed that the Confucian School’s leaders carried immense Karmic Cause and Effect because they had failed to complete their reforms, so he entrusted their Fortune Supreme Treasure to Wang Yangming instead. After warning the other faction leaders, he left them to reckon with their own compromised Fortune, while Zhang Sanfeng realized his disciples had harmed him and the Taoist School.

• Wang Hao showed the eight Confucian patriarchs and the other faction leaders the state of their Fortune, revealing the patriarchs’ dark, karma-laden Fortune.
• Wang Hao explained that the Confucian School’s incomplete reforms and secret efforts to preserve its benefits had caused the patriarchs’ Karmic Cause and Effect.
• The eight patriarchs brought Wang Yangming and nine young followers to Wang Hao, who entrusted the Analects bamboo slips to Wang Yangming.
• Wang Hao warned the faction leaders not to rely on luck, then flew toward the knockoff Titanic as Zhu Yuanzhang departed.
• The faction leaders regretted their incomplete reforms, while Zhang Sanfeng blamed his disciples and descendants for burdening him and the Taoist School with Karmic Cause and Effect.

Wang Hao left the Old Zhu Household after handing over the symbols of imperial authority, then secretly visited Dongfang Bai and endured her cooking with Dugu Qiubai. The meal ended with Dongfang Bai avoiding the dishes and Dugu Qiubai vomiting after he left.

• Zhu Yuanzhang entrusted the imperial seal to Zhu Yunlu, who resolved to protect the Great Ming and wait for Zhu Yanzu’s return.
• Wang Hao secretly reached the old Dongfang residence, where Dongfang Bai had prepared a meal for him.
• Wang Hao realized Dongfang Bai had cooked the food, pretended to enjoy it, and secretly disabled his sense of taste.
• Dongfang Bai brought Dugu Qiubai back, and Wang Hao pressured him to eat the dishes while both men pretended to relish them.
• Dongfang Bai ate only plain rice, while Dugu Qiubai left and vomited violently after the meal.

Wang Hao left the Central Plains after giving Dongfang Bai martial arts inheritances, while the forces there continued his plans and grew stronger. He remained in Australia, developing his community as the Central Plains expanded across Eurasia and prepared to conquer more territory.

• Wang Hao asked Dongfang Bai about a woman torn between loving a man and avenging her family, learned that she still chose vengeance, and passed her martial arts insights and inheritances to her.
• Wang Hao told Dugu Qiubai he would leave Little Bai's safety to him, then overwhelmed him with inheritances before leaving the Central Plains.
• A beggar child watched Wang Hao depart, while the Old Zhu Household and the major martial factions enforced reforms, spread new cultivation methods, and brought greater order to the Central Plains.
• Three years after Wang Hao left, Zhang Sanfeng and Comrade Old Zhu broke through to the Celestial Person Realm, and Great Ming expanded across Eurasia under Zhu Yijun's Copper Armor Army.
• Wang Hao continued cultivating in Australia and helped beggar children recover through the Qi and Blood Martial Dao, while Zhou Xueyi's raid on the Japanese Islands brought women and children to join the community.

Wang Hao drilled into the moon to retrieve a star core, unknowingly stopping the moon’s rotation and orbit and triggering disasters on earth. After he took the core, the moon split apart and began falling toward earth, leaving Wang Hao scrambling to prevent the destruction.

• Wang Hao reviewed his cultivation progress, noting that most of his attributes had reached the Fourth Tier limit while True Spirit Sword Intent lagged behind.
• At Xiao Mengmeng’s urging, Wang Hao traveled to the moon and used his Seven Po Magnetic Field to drill toward its core.
• Wang Hao’s use of the moon’s magnetic field halted its rotation and orbit, causing tsunamis and earthquakes on earth.
• Zhang Sanfeng and the other four Celestial Person Realm experts learned the disturbance came from the moon but could not reach it or stop the disaster.
• Wang Hao removed the star core and learned from Xiao Mengmeng that it had been holding together a moon already cracked by a meteorite.
• The moon split apart and fell toward earth; Wang Hao tried to bind its halves with the star core but could not stop them, until Xiao Mengmeng spoke at the critical moment.

Wang Hao chose to spend the system’s reserve energy to gain temporary Shattering Realm power and stop the two halves of the moon from destroying the world. He stabilized the molten moon with the aid of the world’s Will, Human Dao Fortune, and the prayers of living beings, but became trapped at its core while it cooled and forged divine weapons from the star core.

• Wang Hao rejected returning to the Primordial Wilderness Great World and used the system’s reserve energy to raise his cultivation to the Mortal Realm Fifth Tier.
• Wang Hao gathered the Fortune Supreme Treasures and used Human Dao Fortune to channel Magnetic Field Power through the star core, stopping the falling halves of the moon and pausing the disasters.
• The Will of Heaven and Earth relayed Wang Hao’s message, and living beings across the world prayed to him, adding their Power of Faith and helping him pull the moon back together.
• Wang Hao used his newfound connection to the sun to melt the moon into one vast body of magma, then ran out of reserve energy and had to remain at its core to keep it stable as it cooled.
• Wang Hao forged a three-hundred-meter battle armor and eleven divine swords from the star core, incorporating Metal Essence, Star Essence, the Confucian School’s ancient swords, and emperors’ remnant thoughts.

After the moon disaster, Wang Hao found that Earth's Will rejected him and left him stranded on the moon, so he cultivated to the Shattering Realm while considering how to help Dongfang Bai advance. Unable to return to Earth, he sent ten divine swords toward the Ancient Emperor Divine Halls, setting off a rush among powerful fighters.

• Xiao Mengmeng fell into a deep sleep after helping stabilize the moon, and Wang Hao discovered he could not return to Earth because its Great Magnetic Field repelled him.
• Wang Hao secluded himself in the moon's core and used the continuing Power of Faith to raise his Yin Soul Soul Power, Seven Po Magnetic Field, Innate Divine Sense, and Innate Qi to the Shattering Realm.
• Wang Hao decided not to use the dangerous Bloodline Divine Abilities of time and space or risk contaminating his True Spirit Sword Intent with the Power of Faith.
• Wang Hao concluded that Dongfang Bai had to reach the Shattering Realm to defeat the Heavenly Mandate, then chose his most extreme plan because he could not help her in person.
• Wang Hao sent ten divine swords toward the ten Ancient Emperor Divine Halls, and their presence drew Innate experts, Zhang Sanfeng, and four other Celestial Person Realm experts toward them.

Zhu Yunlu and the other chosen disciples received divine swords left by Wang Hao, while Zhu Wudao accepted a blade forged for him. When a Celestial Person Realm elder tried to seize Long Ling’s sword, she killed him instantly, leaving the gathered experts terrified.

• Zhang Sanfeng and four other Celestial Person Realm experts sensed the Shattering Realm presence of ten swords that had fallen from the moon and waited for their chosen recipients.
• Zhu Yunlu, Zhu Yijun, Dingzhen, and other experts arrived, and a long blade fell for Zhu Wudao, who pulled it from the earth and held it.
• The ten swords flew to Zhu Yunlu and the other disciples Wang Hao had chosen, and their owners’ final messages made them grieve for him.
• A Celestial Person Realm elder tried to take the Great Vajra Divine Sword from Long Ling, but she pierced him through the chest and killed him instantly.
• Zhang Sanfeng recognized that the elder had died after acting out of greed, while the other onlookers stared in terror at the sword’s power.

Zhu Yunlu and the others learned that Zhu Yanzu’s plan had destroyed the Great Heavenly Demon and the other Shattering Realm experts, but a new catastrophe was predicted to arrive at Mount Hua in three years. As Dongfang Bai mourned Zhu Yanzu and fell into Ren Yingying’s trap, Wang Hao sensed her danger and rushed back to Earth, where Ren Yingying fled after stealing Dongfang Bai’s heart and most of her power.

• Zhu Yunlu and the others told Zhang Sanfeng, Zhu Yuanzhang, and the faction representatives that Zhu Yanzu had sacrificed himself in a plan to destroy the Great Heavenly Demon and revive the ten ancient emperors.
• Zhu Yunlu warned that the Great Heavenly Demon might survive through the Heavenly Demon Strategy and that a catastrophe would descend on Mount Hua in three years; she urged everyone to rely on Human Dao Fortune.
• Dongfang Bai left the temple devastated by news of Zhu Yanzu’s death, while a hidden woman vowed to kill her and reclaim what Dongfang Bai had taken from her father.
• Wang Hao cultivated on the moon by absorbing sunlight and consuming rocks, then sensed that Dongfang Bai was in danger and forced his way back toward Earth.
• Ren Yingying revealed that Dongfang Bai had given her heart away and was now dead, then drained most of Dongfang Bai’s Celestial Person Realm power before fleeing when she sensed danger.

Wang Hao arrived after Ren Yingying had left Dongfang Bai mortally wounded, and he learned that Dongfang Bai had sacrificed herself to save Ren Yingying. He gave Dongfang Bai his own heart to revive her, leaving his condition uncertain.

• Ping Yizhi survived Ren Yingying’s attack by using a Secret Method to shift his heart, then saw a fiery meteor crash into a nearby mountain.
• Wang Hao arrived, stopped the shock wave, and struck Dugu Qiubai down with a single look when he found Dongfang Bai lying lifeless.
• Wang Hao revived Dongfang Bai with his Qi and Blood, while Ping Yizhi explained how Ren Yingying’s scheme had led to her losing her heart.
• Wang Hao realized that Dongfang Bai’s feelings for Linghu Chong had echoed her love for him and suspected the Heavenly Mandate had shaped events.
• Wang Hao removed his own heart and placed it in Dongfang Bai’s chest, restoring her body and making her whole again.

Wang Hao killed Ping Yizhi, warned Dugu Qiubai to protect Dongfang Bai, and gave them cultivation insights before revealing that Dongfang Bai’s new heart belonged to Zhu Yanzu. He left her believing he had killed Zhu Yanzu and stolen the ancient emperors’ power, hoping her hatred would drive her to grow stronger, then ordered Dugu Qiubai to maintain the deception.

• Wang Hao killed Ping Yizhi after suspecting the physician had aided Ren Yingying’s scheme and coveted Dongfang Bai’s body for research.
• Wang Hao threatened Dugu Qiubai over the danger to Dongfang Bai, gave him cultivation insights, and provided Dongfang Bai with insights and martial arts methods in exchange for Fortune Points.
• Dongfang Bai awoke and attacked Wang Hao, but her Sword Qi could not break through his protective Gang Qi.
• Wang Hao told Dongfang Bai that her new heart belonged to Zhu Yanzu and claimed he had devoured Zhu Yanzu’s body and taken the ancient emperors’ power.
• Dongfang Bai attacked Wang Hao in grief and rage, and Wang Hao restrained her before knocking her unconscious and urging her to grow strong enough to seek revenge.
• Wang Hao laid Dongfang Bai on the bed and threatened Dugu Qiubai into helping him preserve the deception and protect her.

Lin Pingzhi was sent from the overseas fortress to make contact with the Central Plains forces gathering at Mount Hua, where he identified Dongfang Bai as his master's rumored principal wife. His revelation that Dongfang Bai was married to Zhu Yanzu stunned everyone in the hall as they awaited Wang Hao.

• Lin Pingzhi asked Yu'er about Wang Hao's principal wife, and Yu'er began speculating about her identity and past with Wang Hao.
• Zhou Xueyi overheard them, kicked Lin Pingzhi off the airborne fortress, and sent him flying toward Mount Hua as an envoy.
• Lin Pingzhi crashed through the roof of the Chunyang Branch Palace, where Dongfang Bai and the Central Plains experts were waiting for Wang Hao.
• Lin Pingzhi recognized Dongfang Bai as his master's principal wife, and Dongfang Bai realized he was Zhu Yanzu's disciple.
• Dongfang Bai's admission that she and Zhu Yanzu were husband and wife shocked the gathered experts, especially Zhu Yunlu.

Lin Pingzhi’s arrival exposed Wang Hao’s other wives and provoked Zhu Yunlu and Dongfang Bai, just as Zhou Xueyi arrived with a vast overseas army. The Central Plains leaders saw the scale of the forces gathered for the coming battle, while the Cybertron fortress withdrew beneath the East Sea as a prepared refuge.

• Lin Pingzhi admitted that Yanzu was one of the identities his master had used, and Dongfang Bai declared that she had shared a bed and pillow with him.
• Zhu Yunlu seized Lin Pingzhi with her power and demanded to know about Wang Hao’s other women; Lin Pingzhi said the second mistress would arrive soon and that he knew little about the third.
• Zhang Sanfeng urged everyone to welcome the guests, and the group emerged to see the enormous golden Cybertron fortress hovering nearby.
• Dongfang Bai recognized the armored Zhou Xueyi as her second younger sister and invited her inside, but Zhou Xueyi ordered Wu Tai and the others to march out with her.
• Twelve Guardian Legions totaling 1.2 million troops landed, astonishing the Central Plains experts with their strength and cultivation.
• The Cybertron fortress withdrew beneath the East Sea to hide from the approaching Heavenly Mandate and remain available as an escape route.

Wang Hao descended from the moon to face the assembled fighters at Mount Hua and learned that Linghu Chong had acquired the Benevolence Sword and sought revenge for Feng Qingyang. Wang Hao exposed the Confucian School’s loss of its treasured sword, leaving Linghu Chong and Ren Yingying in conflict with the school as the battle loomed.

• Dongfang Bai and Zhou Xueyi traded barbs about their places beside Wang Hao, and Zhou Xueyi sent Lin Pingzhi crashing into a mountain.
• Wang Hao descended from the moon and destroyed the Chunyang Branch Palace as he landed at Mount Hua.
• Linghu Chong challenged Wang Hao over Feng Qingyang’s death, while Ren Yingying tried to keep Linghu Chong from rushing into a fight.
• Wang Hao recognized that Linghu Chong carried the Benevolence Sword and realized he had obtained the inheritance inside it.
• Wang Hao told the Confucian School that losing the Benevolence Sword could drain its Fortune, prompting its experts to accuse Linghu Chong and Ren Yingying of betrayal.
• Ren Yingying insisted that the Benevolence Sword had chosen Linghu Chong, while Linghu Chong refused to surrender it.