Chapter Summaries

Wang Hao confirmed that Han Fei had glimpsed the future through a damaged trace of Void Realm Divine Power, then warned Ying Zheng that their world was weakening and might perish. He urged Ying Zheng to pursue cultivation, unify the states, and build Great Qin's strength, while admitting he had no plan yet to save the world.

• Wang Hao sensed Void Realm Divine Power in Han Fei and concluded that the Qin era followed the era of Wu Geng Ji.
• Wang Hao sent Zi Nu, Han Fei, and the others down the mountain as powerful visitors approached, then spoke privately with Ying Zheng.
• Ying Zheng worried that Gai Nie would betray him, but Wang Hao told him the future was not fixed, and Ying Zheng resolved to defy fate.
• Wang Hao described the Heaven, Earth, and Mortal cultivation realms, explained the Eight Great Divine Powers, and named Tian as a known Taiyi Realm being.
• Wang Hao told Ying Zheng that the world was weakening toward destruction and advised him to take control of Great Qin, unify the states, and strengthen the realm.

Wang Hao revealed the divine power and secrets hidden in Ying Zheng’s bronze box, then intervened when Xuan Jian attacked Ying Zheng. After Wang Hao revealed Xianxian’s soul inside Xuan Jian’s white sword, Xuan Jian pledged himself to Ying Zheng in exchange for her resurrection.

• Wang Hao told Ying Zheng that the Yin-Yang School sought the secret of the Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon, and Ying Zheng showed him a bronze box inherited by the kings of the Ying clan.
• Wang Hao sensed a large source of Asura Realm Divine Power inside the box and agreed to explore awakening divine bloodlines, while Ying Zheng took charge of choosing candidates.
• Wang Hao and Ying Zheng went to watch Xuan Jian fight Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang, and Xuan Jian abruptly attacked Ying Zheng.
• Wang Hao caught Xuan Jian’s white sword between two fingers and revealed the remnant soul of Xianxian sealed inside it.
• Xuan Jian asked Wang Hao to resurrect Xianxian and pledged his loyalty to Ying Zheng, who accepted him as a subject.

Wang Hao resurrected Wei Xianxian as a spirit and accepted her as his disciple, then forged new swords and tailored cultivation inheritances for her and Xuan Jian. Yan Lingji left to obtain mystic yin withered bone, while Han Fei and Zhang Liang worried that Tian Ze might turn against her.

• Wei Xianxian chose to cultivate as a Ghost Dao spirit rather than receive a flawed bodily resurrection, explaining that she wanted to become strong enough to protect Xuan Jian.
• Wang Hao took the Tianwen Sword from Brother Zheng and reforged it with Xuan Jian's twin swords into a black sword for Xuan Jian and a white sword for Wei Xianxian, sealing cultivation inheritances within them.
• Wang Hao told Xuan Jian that his black sword needed mystic yin withered bone, and Zhang Liang identified the Corpse-Driving Demon's staff as a likely source.
• Wang Hao gave Yan Lingji the Secret Method for refining Soldier Man Blood Corpses to trade for the staff, and Yan Lingji left to meet the Corpse-Driving Demon.
• Han Fei and Zhang Liang feared Tian Ze would become wary of Yan Lingji because of her strength and the Zhurong Divine Instruction, while Zi Nu accused Wang Hao of scheming to win Yan Lingji over.

Yan Lingji and her allies survived Tian Ze’s betrayal with help from Wang Hao’s avatar, while Han Fei’s new base outside Xinzheng drew the attention of the city’s powers. Ji Wuye learned that Xuan Jian and the Hundred Birds operatives had vanished, leaving the mysterious force behind Han Fei a growing threat.

• Tian Ze attacked Yan Lingji to seize the Zhurong Divine Instruction, but the Corpse-Driving Demon and Wushuang Gui intervened and protected her.
• Wang Hao’s avatar appeared from Yan Lingji’s hairpin, flung Tian Ze away with Magnetic Field Power, and promised to teach the Corpse-Driving Demon witchcraft; Yan Lingji chose to spare Tian Ze.
• Nong Yu told Han Fei that Wang Hao had taken all the wine from his cellar, and Zi Nu left after discovering Han Fei’s hidden collection.
• The forces in Xinzheng investigated the barren mountain and found that its strange mist hurled intruders back unconscious and injured.
• Bai Yifei reported that Han Fei had bought the mountain, Yan Lingji had left with Wushuang Gui and the Corpse-Driving Demon, and Tian Ze had been severely injured.
• Ji Wuye learned that Xuan Jian and the Hundred Birds operatives sent to attack had not returned, and he and Bai Yifei feared the force behind Han Fei.

Wang Hao confirmed the origins of two divine-power sources and promised Ying Zheng he would develop a safer cultivation method, while planning to seek the Formless Realm source from the Taoist School's Heaven Sect. Ying Zheng recruited Yan Lingji's companions, and Wang Hao awakened their divine powers before transforming the Corpse-Driving Demon's staff into a component for Xuan Jian's sword.

• Wang Hao secretly took the Void Realm Divine Power source from King An of Han and showed it alongside the source from Ying Zheng, then warned Ying Zheng against fusing with the original sources and offered to create a cultivation method.
• Wang Hao asked about the Heaven Sect, and Ying Zheng promised to arrange a visit to investigate the possible source of Formless Realm Divine Power after returning to Great Qin.
• Ying Zheng offered Yan Lingji responsibility for resettling the people of Baiyue and vowed to let women hold office; she accepted the promise and allowed the Corpse-Driving Demon and Wushuang Gui to pledge loyalty to him.
• Wang Hao awakened the Corpse-Driving Demon's Ksitigarbha Realm Divine Power and Wushuang Gui's Vajra Realm Divine Power, and the two men thanked him and Ying Zheng.
• Wang Hao took Xuan Jian's black sword and the Corpse-Driving Demon's withered-bone staff, reshaped the staff into the sword blade, and made the weapon two and a half meters long.

Wang Hao warned Han Fei that he would need to seize the throne to have any chance of saving Han, then departed for the State of Chu to gather divine power origins. As Ying Zheng’s party continued toward Qin, Bai Yifei’s Ice Personal Guards prepared an ambush, and Yan Lingji and her companions went to confront them.

• Wang Hao challenged Han Fei to face the powerful factions undermining Han, and Han Fei refused Ying Zheng’s offer to join Qin, insisting he would remain loyal to Han.
• Zi Nu and Wei Zhuang told Han Fei that becoming King of Han was his only chance, while Wei Zhuang left to watch the coming battle.
• Wei Xianxian reported that Bai Yifei’s Ice Personal Guards and other forces were lying in wait for Ying Zheng’s party.
• Ying Zheng authorized Yan Lingji, Corpse-Driving Demon, and Wushuang Gui to attack the ambushers, then sent Wei Xianxian after them as backup.
• Wang Hao left Ying Zheng’s party and headed to the State of Chu, planning to collect the divine power origins across the states before meeting Ying Zheng in Xianyang.

Yan Lingji drove Bai Yifei away, and the Corpse-Driving Demon turned his Frost Guards into an Undead Legion that strengthened Ying Zheng’s position against Lü Buwei. Meanwhile, Wang Hao was chased by Yan Fei and Snow Maiden over their pregnancies and Gao Jianli’s death, then knocked them unconscious and fled to investigate.

• Yan Lingji defeated Bai Yifei, who abandoned his Frost Guards and fled, leaving his ice sword behind.
• Yan Lingji told Ying Zheng that the Corpse-Driving Demon needed three days to prepare a grand gift, and Ying Zheng agreed to wait.
• The Corpse-Driving Demon used his Ksitigarbha Realm Divine Power and battle-corpse refining method to create an Undead Legion from Bai Yifei’s three thousand Frost Guards.
• Ying Zheng thanked the Corpse-Driving Demon and Wushuang Gui and recognized the Undead Legion as a powerful answer to Lü Buwei’s influence in the Qin army.
• In Zhao, Yan Fei and Snow Maiden attacked Wang Hao, blaming him for their pregnancies and Gao Jianli’s death.
• Wang Hao knocked Yan Fei and Snow Maiden unconscious, carried them away, and fled to investigate the children they were carrying.

Wang Hao discovered that the Will of Heaven and Earth had used Yanfei and Snow Maiden to nurture divine beasts, leaving him blamed for their pregnancies, then traveled through Qin to assess its laws. He reunited with Ying Zheng in Xianyang, where they discussed reforming Great Qin as Ying Zheng consolidated his rule.

• Wang Hao found Three-Legged Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit inheritances in Yanfei, and ice-crystal and water dragon inheritances in Snow Maiden, and gave them Divine Charms and new cultivation methods for the developing children.
• Yanfei and Snow Maiden awakened and, seeing their disordered clothes and black handprints, became even more intent on killing Wang Hao, who left to study Qin's laws and people's living conditions.
• Ying Zheng reclaimed royal power from Lü Buwei, took control of the Net Trap through Zhao Gao, and consolidated Great Qin's forces with the Undead Legion stationed at the palace.
• Wang Hao appeared beside Ying Zheng in Xianyang, stopped Zhao Gao's attack, and was introduced as someone Zhao Gao should treat with the same respect as the king.
• Wang Hao told Ying Zheng that Qin's legal system was advanced but inadequate, and Ying Zheng agreed that reform was necessary but required careful planning.
• Wang Hao praised Li Si's talent, and Ying Zheng agreed that Li Si was capable and more compliant than Han Fei.

Wang Hao stayed in the Qin royal palace for protection and gave Ying Zheng a divine cultivation method and tools to strengthen Great Qin. After passing on the Sunflower Manual, he unknowingly left Ying Zheng considering expanding castration to create more powerful fighters.

• Wang Hao accepted the State Preceptor position but rejected the residence and asked to stay near Ying Zheng in the Qin royal palace.
• Wang Hao explained that the Will of Heaven and Earth was struggling to save the world, then gave Ying Zheng the Divine Power Cultivation Method and the God-Seeking Compass.
• Wang Hao told Ying Zheng that he had found Formless Realm Divine Power in the Taoist School's Human Sect and asked him to collect ancient cultivation inheritances from the Hundred Schools of Thought.
• Ying Zheng agreed to gather the inheritances so Wang Hao could adapt them into cultivation methods for the present era.
• Wang Hao gave Ying Zheng the Sunflower Manual, and Ying Zheng considered increasing castration under Great Qin's laws to create more cultivators of the art.

Moon Goddess learned that Ying Zheng knew the Yin-Yang School’s objective and demanded all its inheritances in exchange for the item it sought. Ying Zheng rewarded the Corpse-Driving Demon with a knockoff Frostmourne and assigned him to train under Wang Jian, while Wang Hao delivered custom divine swords to Yan Lingji and Wushuang Gui.

• Zhao Gao told Moon Goddess that Ying Zheng would exchange the sought-after item only for all of the Yin-Yang School’s inheritances, so she decided to inform Lord Donghuang.
• Ying Zheng praised the Corpse-Driving Demon for his service and presented him with Frostmourne, a sword Wang Hao had forged to suit his powers.
• Ying Zheng promised the Corpse-Driving Demon the Lich King's armor and mount, Invincible, and ordered him to hand over his duties and report to Wang Jian for military training.
• Wang Hao returned to the Qin royal palace and gave Yan Lingji the fiery sword Fire's Delight, which he had forged for her.
• Wang Hao gave Wushuang Gui The Untamed Blade and said he had sealed a matching sword technique's inheritance into it.

Donghuang Taiyi reacted to King Ying Zheng’s offer and ordered Moon Goddess to retrieve Yanfei and her successor while he went to meet the King of Qin. Meanwhile, Wang Hao prepared an enormous divine sword and discussed Qin’s plans with Ying Zheng before Donghuang Taiyi arrived outside the palace.

• Donghuang Taiyi studied the disordered celestial signs and sent Moon Goddess to the State of Yan to bring back Yanfei and her successor.
• Moon Goddess suspected Crown Prince Dan of Yan had gotten her sister pregnant and resolved to punish him, while Yan Dan plotted to use Yanfei to kill the Six-Fingered Black Hero.
• Ying Zheng questioned the thousand-li divine sword Wang Hao had forged, and Wang Hao explained that it would support a devastating attack against the God Clan and Nether Clan.
• Wang Hao told Ying Zheng he was making Black Dragon Swords to serve as vessels for the Fortune Divine Dragon, and Ying Zheng reported on his search for King Yu’s Nine Cauldrons.
• Wang Hao and Ying Zheng discussed crop yields and population growth before Wang Hao sensed Donghuang Taiyi nearby and urged Ying Zheng to meet him.

Donghuang Taiyi submitted the Yin-Yang School to Ying Zheng and revealed that the world faced imminent destruction, while Wang Hao traded divine power origins for the school’s inheritance. The group turned its attention to the Nether Clan’s inheritance at Yu Yuan on Mount Shu, and Wang Hao agreed to go there.

• Donghuang Taiyi traded the Yin-Yang School’s inheritance, including secrets from High Antiquity, for the bronze box inherited by Great Qin and the divine power origins Wang Hao offered.
• Ying Zheng demanded the Yin-Yang School’s submission, and Donghuang Taiyi pledged allegiance rather than risk opposing Wang Hao.
• Donghuang Taiyi revealed that the world would soon be destroyed and that the Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon offered a sliver of hope; Wang Hao deduced the school planned to save only a chosen few.
• Wang Hao reviewed the Yin-Yang School’s inheritance and said he would revise its incomplete cultivation methods before giving Ying Zheng a copy.
• Ying Zheng identified the Nether Clan’s and Qi Refinement Technique’s inheritances as their next targets, and Donghuang Taiyi revealed that the Nether Clan passage lay at Yu Yuan on Mount Shu.
• Wang Hao agreed to visit Yu Yuan and investigate the Nether Clan passage and the world’s destruction.

Yan Dan engineered a confrontation between the Mohist School and Eastern Lord Yan Fei, but Yanfei unleashed overwhelming sun-powered strength and destroyed the attackers. Moon Goddess Mingyin arrived to take her sister back, then castrated Yan Dan, who had pretended to be unconscious.

• Yan Dan secretly arranged for the Six-Fingered Black Hero to discover Yanfei’s identity, hoping their fight would weaken the Mohist leader and let him seize control of the school.
• The Six-Fingered Black Hero knocked Yan Dan unconscious and prepared to kill Yanfei, while Snow Maiden stood beside her.
• Yanfei drew power from the sun, destroyed Yan Dan’s residence, killed the Mohist leaders, and burned the gravely wounded Six-Fingered Black Hero to ash.
• Moon Goddess Mingyin emerged from the ruins and told Yanfei that Lord Donghuang had sent her to bring Yanfei and her unborn child back.
• Yan Dan revealed himself and accused Mingyin of attacking him after she castrated him, while Yanfei and Snow Maiden looked on in confusion.

Yanfei uncovered Yan Dan’s role in the ambush and left the ruined Yan Crown Prince’s residence with Moon Goddess Mingyin and Snow Maiden. Meanwhile, Wang Hao and Brother Zheng discussed the Agricultural School’s legacy before receiving intelligence that Loulan had been found, prompting plans for an expedition to secure its secrets and the War Demon God.

• Moon Goddess Mingyin apologized to Yan Dan for castrating him by mistake and offered him a Poria Pill, while Yanfei recognized that he had arranged the ambush.
• Yan Dan hid his panic and stayed still as Yanfei, Moon Goddess Mingyin, and Snow Maiden departed the ruined residence.
• Wang Hao urged Zhao Gao to obtain the Agricultural School’s Shennong Immortality Secret Technique, and Brother Zheng agreed to preserve its useful legacy while clearing away hostile forces.
• Wang Hao argued against excessive killing during Qin’s unification, citing the shared roots of the people and the need to protect Great Qin’s National Fortune.
• Brother Zheng gave Wang Hao intelligence confirming Loulan’s location, and Wang Hao ordered preparations with Gongshu Chou to investigate Loulan and deal with the War Demon God.

Wang Hao took the Imperial Battleship Vanguard toward Loulan, warning Gongshu Chou that the Gongshu Clan must submit to Qin’s laws and the King’s authority. After learning that a group led by a middle-aged man resembling Gai Nie had taken the mysterious sphere, Wang Hao tracked them toward Loulan.

• Wang Hao questioned Gai Nie about his loyalty, but Gai Nie remained silent and went to report to Ying Zheng.
• Wang Hao named Gongshu Chou’s newly completed flying battleship the Imperial Battleship Vanguard and set off for Loulan.
• Wang Hao warned Gongshu Chou to revise the Gongshu Clan’s rules, avoid factionalism, and place its strongmen under Ying Zheng’s authority.
• At a desert camp, Wang Hao learned that a mysterious group had taken the sphere from the Loulan youth; their leader resembled a middle-aged Gai Nie, and the group included three masked young people.
• Wang Hao identified the group from the agent’s descriptions, traced a chewed blade of grass left by one of them, and took the Loulan youth aboard the Vanguard to pursue them.

Wang Hao broke into Loulan and fought the War Demon God, only to be ambushed by Xiao Yu, a woman from the future who had come back to kill him. He survived the demonic saber’s attack and discovered that Xiao Yu was pregnant with his child.

• Gai Nie told Xiao Li and Loulan's high priestess that Mo Yu Wang Hao would abduct and violate them in the future, while Xiang Shaoyu vowed to kill him.
• The high priestess realized someone was breaking Loulan’s spatial seal, and Wang Hao entered the hidden realm aboard the Vanguard.
• Wang Hao fought the War Demon God and thwarted attacks from Jing Tianming, Xiang Shaoyu, and the older version of Gai Nie, but Xiao Yu teleported behind him and stabbed him with her demonic saber.
• Wang Hao recognized Xiao Yu after seeing her, then repelled Jing Tianming, Xiang Shaoyu, and the older version of Gai Nie when they tried to finish him off.
• Wang Hao seized Xiao Yu’s hand and discovered that she was pregnant with his child.

After learning Xiao Yu’s memories and uncovering a hidden history behind the Chiyou Sword, Wang Hao stopped Xiao Li and the high priestess of Loulan from destroying the War Demon God. He invited them to hear the truth about Xiao Li’s connection to the Chiyou Sword and the Nine Li Tribe.

• Wang Hao read Xiao Yu’s memories, learned how she had traveled back in time, and discovered that his other self had left a warning about the world’s grave troubles.
• Wang Hao ordered Zhang Han to imprison Gai Nie and the others, then freed the Sword of Chiyou and found the remnant soul of Chiyou inside it.
• Wang Hao pieced together Chiyou’s memories and learned that the Yellow Emperor and the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens had concealed the truth about Chiyou’s rebellion against the God Clan.
• The high priestess of Loulan attacked Wang Hao with an Earth Seal, while Xiao Li took the Chiyou Sword and struck at the War Demon God.
• Wang Hao blocked Xiao Li’s attack, restored her power, subdued Xiao Xiuxiu, and invited Xiao Li and the high priestess to hear his account of the past.
• Xiao Li sat down and asked Wang Hao why she could wield the Chiyou Sword and why he had called her a princess of the Nine Li Tribe.

Wang Hao revealed that Xiao Li was Chiyou’s daughter and explained his plans for Loulan’s people, while Najia tried and failed to attract his attention. He discovered that Xiao Xiuxiu was a powerful divine beast whose damaged foundation was draining her life, and hinted that the only method he could currently use to save her was difficult to accept.

• Wang Hao used Chiyou’s memories to recount the ancient war and explain that Chiyou’s Nether Clan wife died protecting their daughter.
• Wang Hao told Xiao Li that she was Chiyou’s daughter and that the Goddess’s Tear had belonged to her mother.
• The high priestess asked how Wang Hao would deal with Loulan, and he offered to move its people into Great Qin as equal citizens with temporary autonomy.
• Najia gave Wang Hao her real name, but he ignored her and went to examine Xiao Xiuxiu.
• Wang Hao determined that Xiao Xiuxiu was a high-level divine beast with a destroyed foundation, and Xiao Xiuxiu eagerly accepted his offer to restore her.
• Xiao Li asked Wang Hao to save Xiao Xiuxiu, and he said his available method was difficult to carry out and might be hard for her to accept.

After Loulan joined Great Qin, Wang Hao and Ying Zheng discussed the danger revealed by memories sent from the future and agreed to prepare for the coming Great Destruction. Ying Zheng decided to use the Six States to hone Great Qin into a stronger force, while Wang Hao warned that some of his necessary actions might hurt Qin’s interests.

• Wang Hao brought High Priestess Najia and Xiao Li to Ying Zheng, who accepted Loulan’s submission and sent them to rest.
• After Najia and Xiao Li left, Ying Zheng asked Wang Hao about the Eastern Lord; Wang Hao explained that Yanfei and Snow Maiden were carrying divine beasts gestated by the world’s will.
• Wang Hao shared memory fragments from Gai Nie and the other three, and Ying Zheng learned they had likely been sent from Wang Hao’s future self.
• Ying Zheng decided to use the Six States as grindstones to strengthen Great Qin, and Wang Hao promised to assist him.
• Wang Hao warned Ying Zheng that some of his future actions might harm Great Qin, and Ying Zheng required advance notice.
• Wang Hao offered to use parasites and traitors in Great Qin to limit losses, and Ying Zheng assigned Zhao Gao to handle them.

After escaping Qin captivity, Jing Tianming and his companions remained troubled by unexplained events, while Lord Changping’s betrayal led Ying Zheng and Wang Hao to stage a hunt for Chiyou’s inheritance. The expedition was ready to begin in the Qinling Mountains, and Wang Hao demonstrated his power by instantly growing a Spirit Hawthorn tree for the pregnant Yan Lingji.

• Jing Tianming, Xiang Shaoyu, Gai Nie, and Xiao Yu escaped the Qin army by disguising themselves as women, though Gai Nie and Xiao Yu still suspected something was wrong.
• Lord Changping ordered Tian Guang to gather the Hundred Schools of Thought and the six states to pursue Chiyou’s inheritance, and Tian Guang agreed after Lord Changping warned him against acting alone.
• Three months later, Wang Hao led Yin-Yang School experts into the Qinling Mountains, where Ying Zheng secretly joined him to oversee the staged search for the Tomb of Chiyou.
• Ying Zheng told Wang Hao that Lord Changping’s leak had exposed him as a possible undercover agent, and Wang Hao urged him to keep the traitor alive for now because he could still be useful.
• Ying Zheng gave Yan Lingji Spirit Hawthorn Fruits for her pregnancy, and Wang Hao grew a mature fruit tree from a seed using his wood-attribute Divine Ability.
• Wang Hao examined the young Moon Goddess Mingyin, while she felt uncomfortable under his scrutiny and desired the cultivation methods the Yin-Yang School had received.