Chapter Summaries

Imperial University students brought improvements to villages across the Blazing Sun Immortal Kingdom, while Zhuo Ning’s efforts to gain support at court made no progress. When the Barbarian Clan invaded, Zhuo Ning stayed silent as the other princes took up positions for war, leaving the old immortal emperor to entrust the kingdom’s defense to his sons as his life neared its end.

• Villagers such as Old Man Liu grew hopeful as Prince Ning’s students improved crops and helped their families.
• Yi Xuan gathered information about the kingdom through the students’ robots, while Zhuo Ning resolved to transform the kingdom into a second Xia Kingdom.
• After three months of no progress among neutral forces, Zhuo Ning’s subordinates worried that he was losing ground in the contest for the throne.
• The Barbarian Clan invaded the Blazing Sun Immortal Kingdom and neighboring kingdoms, prompting the old immortal emperor to order resistance.
• Every prince except Zhuo Ning volunteered for the war, but Zhuo Ning remained silent, so the old immortal emperor sent the other princes to defend the north and kept the fourth prince at court.
• The old immortal emperor entrusted the kingdom to his sons because his Five Decays of a Celestial Person had reached their final stage.

Zhuo Ning declined the old Immortal Emperor’s offer to lead the war and returned to his Aerospace Mothership while the princes fought the Barbarian Clan. As the year ended, Yi Xuan returned with Zhuo Ning for the New Year’s ancestral rites, where the old Immortal Emperor would inspect each contender’s National Fortune and reveal whether Yi Xuan’s plan had worked.

• Zhuo Ning told the old Immortal Emperor he lacked the ability to lead troops or govern, then left the immortal court and returned to his Aerospace Mothership.
• The Immortal Kingdom’s princes marched north, but the First Prince and Twenty-Seventh Prince held their fronts while the other princes lost their military authority and returned to court.
• A bountiful autumn harvest raised Zhuo Ning’s standing among the common people, even as the other princes focused on war and court affairs.
• As the Barbarian Clan’s attacks intensified, the Hundred Alliance Immortal Kingdom lost more than a dozen small countries before its imperial family raised enough troops to hold the line.
• Yi Xuan returned with Zhuo Ning to the Blazing Sun immortal court for the New Year’s ancestral rites, where the old Immortal Emperor would examine the contenders’ National Fortune.

On New Year’s Day, the princes tested their National Fortune before the Blazing Sun Immortal Kingdom’s court. Zhuo Ning’s slow-building light surpassed the fourth prince’s, surprising the old Immortal Emperor and leaving him eager to back Zhuo Ning’s claim to the throne.

• Yi Xuan attended the imperial ancestral rites as a guest elder at Zhuo Ning’s residence while the old Immortal Emperor prepared to reveal the princes’ National Fortune.
• The old Immortal Emperor used the secret Technique to summon the National Fortune Great Sun, with blood representing the absent eldest prince and twenty-seventh prince.
• The fourth prince drew forth a brilliant display of National Fortune, while the other attending princes produced much weaker results.
• Zhuo Ning activated the Great Sun, whose light gradually grew until the crowd judged it brighter than the fourth prince’s.
• The fourth prince suppressed his anger, and the old Immortal Emperor decided Zhuo Ning could become Immortal Emperor if he received further support.

At the ancestral worship ceremony, Zhuo Ning's National Fortune was dwarfed by the eldest prince's, whose military victories had given him an immense lead. Yi Xuan learned the eldest prince claimed to have no interest in the throne, but remained wary and asked to compare Zhuo Ning's National Fortune with its level the previous year.

• The twenty-seventh prince's National Fortune appeared on par with the fourth prince's, while the eldest prince's far surpassed every other prince's.
• Yi Xuan realized it could take Zhuo Ning fifteen years or more to overtake the eldest prince, a delay the ailing old immortal emperor might not survive.
• After the ceremony ended, Yi Xuan asked Zhuo Ning why the eldest prince's National Fortune was so high, and Zhuo Ning explained his hundreds of years of military service.
• Zhuo Ning told Yi Xuan that the eldest prince had repeatedly said he had no interest in the throne, reassuring Yi Xuan without fully easing his doubts.
• Yi Xuan asked Zhuo Ning to show him his National Fortune from the previous year, and summoned No. 01 to calculate how much it had increased.

Yi Xuan and Zhuo Ning learned that the First Prince could gain National Fortune for years by fighting the Barbarian Clan, so they revised their plans to transform the Blazing Sun Immortal Kingdom. After the ancestral rites reshaped the princes’ alliances, Zhuo Dao heard a secret proposal from Uncle Qin.

• No. 01 estimated that Zhuo Ning would need thirty years to surpass the First Prince, whose National Fortune could keep growing during a war expected to last ten years or more.
• Yi Xuan and Zhuo Ning decided to pursue a broader but moderate transformation of the Blazing Sun Immortal Kingdom to gain National Fortune.
• The princes who had lost hope of claiming the throne joined the Fourth Prince, judging Zhuo Ning’s advantage too uncertain and his support too weak.
• The First Prince calmly returned to studying the battle against the Barbarian Clan, while Zhuo Dao raged upon learning that Zhuo Ning had surpassed him in National Fortune.
• Uncle Qin warned Zhuo Dao to focus on the First Prince and whispered another way to become Immortal Emperor, leaving Zhuo Lie stunned.

Zhuo Ning and Yi Xuan promoted photovoltaic power across the Blazing Sun Immortal Kingdom while the fourth prince prepared political schemes, but a Barbarian Clan invasion shattered the kingdom’s stability. After returning to the immortal capital, Zhuo Ning heard the twenty-seventh prince accuse the first prince of betraying the kingdom and opening the defenses to the enemy.

• The fourth prince’s advisers devised plans against the first prince, the twenty-seventh prince, and Zhuo Ning before the first court assembly of the New Year.
• Yi Xuan and Zhuo Ning toured the kingdom to promote photovoltaic power, and Yi Xuan brought Imperial University students from the Xia Kingdom to prepare for its wider rollout.
• At the first court assembly, news arrived that the north had fallen to a full-scale Barbarian Clan invasion and that the two princes resisting it were missing.
• The Barbarian Clan routed the Hundred Alliance’s forces and captured more than a dozen small kingdoms, while Great Qian withdrew and rebuilt its defensive line.
• The twenty-seventh prince returned after a Six-Tribulation Loose Immortal rescued Zhuo Dao at great cost, and the old immortal emperor saved the badly injured protector.
• Zhuo Ning entered the Heavenly Palace and heard the twenty-seventh prince accuse the first prince of defecting and opening the northern defenses to the Barbarian Clan.

Fellow Daoist Qin showed the imperial court the Barbarian Clan’s assault on the north, where the First Prince and his forces had joined the enemy. As the battle began, the royal grand elders helped Fellow Daoist Qin escape with the Twenty-Seventh Prince so they could warn the Immortal Emperor.

• Fellow Daoist Qin used the Imaging Technique to show the imperial court the Barbarian Clan’s army overwhelming the northern city’s defenders.
• The Barbarian Clan broke the city’s defensive formation, then revealed the First Prince and his former army among its ranks.
• The royal grand elders learned that former allies, including royal Loose Immortals, had defected to the Barbarian Clan.
• Fellow Daoist Qin warned that the Barbarian Clan had blocked outside communication, and the royal grand elders asked him to take the Twenty-Seventh Prince to alert the Immortal Emperor.
• The royal grand elders covered their retreat as Fellow Daoist Qin escaped the battlefield with the Twenty-Seventh Prince.

After the first prince defected to the Barbarian Clan, the Immortal Kingdom’s court focused on stopping the invasion and ordered reinforcements to the northern border. Zhuo Ning and Yi Xuan stayed at court while Liang Shi continued working on photovoltaic power generation.

• The old Immortal Emperor dismissed the first prince’s betrayal and turned the court’s attention to resisting the Barbarian Clan.
• Mr. Qin reported that Immortal Emperor Daoyi had not yet replied, while the elderly imperial uncle led imperial elders and an army north to delay the enemy.
• The court agreed to reinforce the elderly imperial uncle but struggled to find enough powerful Loose Immortals.
• The fourth prince proposed ordering the major sects to send their experts, and Zhuo Ning supported the plan by pointing out that the Barbarian Clan threatened everyone.
• The old Immortal Emperor ordered all sect Loose Immortals who had surpassed the third tribulation to go north and help defend the border.
• Zhuo Ning and Yi Xuan decided to remain at court, left photovoltaic power generation to Liang Shi, and warned him not to go north.

As the Barbarian Clan’s invasion consumed the north and the old Immortal Emperor’s condition worsened, Zhuo Dao revealed that he planned to take the throne. Mr. Qin appeared as his ally, then revealed that he was the old Immortal Emperor’s supposedly murdered stand-in and Zhuo Dao’s true father.

• The old imperial uncle reported that the Barbarian Clan had advanced rapidly, while reinforcements helped stabilize the front at great cost to both sides.
• Zhuo Ning watched the old Immortal Emperor weaken from the Five Decays of a Celestial Person as the princes took over court affairs.
• Zhuo Dao arrived at night and told the old Immortal Emperor that Immortal Emperor Daoyi had ordered him to ascend the throne.
• Mr. Qin appeared, confirmed that the reports about the eldest son were false, and said the eldest son remained trapped among the Barbarian Clan.
• Mr. Qin revealed his true face, and the old Immortal Emperor recognized him as the man he had secretly killed after using him as a stand-in and imperial stud.
• Mr. Qin confirmed that he was Zhuo Dao’s true father.

Zhuo Yongnian revealed that he had concealed his Ninth-Grade Spirit Root, survived by using an incarnation, and secretly positioned himself to seize the Immortal Emperor’s throne. He urged Zhuo Dao, his son, to kill Zhuo Yonghuan, but the old Immortal Emperor declared that he would fight back.

• Zhuo Yongnian explained that he had hidden his Ninth-Grade Spirit Root and left an incarnation in the Heavenly Palace while his true body cultivated elsewhere.
• Zhuo Yongnian recounted how he had supported Zhuo Yonghuan, served as his trusted bed substitute, and faked his death when the old Immortal Emperor discovered his actions.
• Zhuo Yongnian revealed that he was Zhuo Dao’s father and that most of the current imperial family’s princes and princesses were his children.
• Zhuo Yongnian admitted that he had caused Zhuo Yonghuan’s foundation damage by providing him with a spirit medicine he had cultivated himself.
• Zhuo Yongnian ordered Zhuo Dao to seize the throne, and Zhuo Dao approached Zhuo Yonghuan with a dagger.
• Zhuo Yonghuan laughed and challenged Zhuo Dao’s assumption that he would surrender without a fight.

Zhuo Yongnian’s attempt to overthrow the old Immortal Emperor failed because National Fortune protected him, so Zhuo Yongnian drew down the seventh tribulation. Zhuo Yongnian became a Seven-Tribulation Loose Immortal, but the old Immortal Emperor remained unharmed.

• Zhuo Dao stabbed at the old Immortal Emperor, but golden light stopped his dagger, and Zhuo Yongnian’s palm strike also failed to harm him.
• The old Immortal Emperor explained that an Immortal Emperor could only be succeeded, not usurped, and Zhuo Yongnian recognized the protection of National Fortune.
• Zhuo Yongnian made Zhuo Dao vanish and drew down the seventh tribulation, whose clouds engulfed the immortal dynasty and damaged the Heavenly Palace.
• Zhuo Ning, Yi Xuan, and the others tried to reach the Heavenly Palace but were stopped by the tribulation clouds’ pressure.
• Zhuo Yongnian endured the lightning and advanced to become a Seven-Tribulation Loose Immortal, while the old Immortal Emperor remained protected and unharmed.

Zhuo Yongnian destroyed the Heavenly Palace and attacked Zhuo Yonghuan, whose defense was sustained by the shrinking National Fortune Great Sun. After Zhuo Yonghuan suddenly burst into blood beneath a punch, Zhuo Yongnian summoned Zhuo Dao and ordered him to seize the National Fortune he had left behind.

• Zhuo Yongnian's attacks shattered the Heavenly Palace, and debris killed some of the people inside.
• People recognized the old Immortal Emperor as Zhuo Yonghuan and saw that he was confronting Zhuo Yongnian.
• Zhuo Yongnian repeatedly punched Zhuo Yonghuan, while Yi Xuan and No. 01 detected that the National Fortune Great Sun was shrinking.
• Zhuo Yonghuan warned Zhuo Yongnian not to meddle in matters he did not understand, then abruptly exploded into a mist of blood under another punch.
• Zhuo Yongnian confirmed Zhuo Yonghuan's death, summoned Zhuo Dao, and ordered him to seize the National Fortune Zhuo Yonghuan had left behind.

Zhuo Dao’s attempt to inherit the throne coincided with the National Fortune Great Sun vanishing, allowing Zhuo Yongnian to seize power by force. Far north, the sun reappeared above Zhuo Lie’s besieged city, and he cried out to his deceased father.

• Zhuo Dao tried to communicate with the National Fortune Great Sun, but it suddenly vanished before everyone’s eyes.
• Yi Xuan pulled Zhuo Ning away from the city, warning that Zhuo Yongnian and Zhuo Dao had the backing of a Seven-Tribulation Loose Immortal.
• Zhuo Yongnian used his Seven-Tribulation Loose Immortal presence to force the people to kneel and accept Zhuo Dao as the new Immortal Emperor.
• Zhuo Lie’s army remained trapped in its last city as the Barbarian Clan pressed its siege.
• A great sun appeared above Zhuo Lie’s battlefield, and he cried, “Imperial Father!”

Zhuo Lie understood the old Immortal Emperor had chosen him as successor, but he rejected the throne and used Liberation by Violence to begin his first Loose Immortal tribulation. The National Fortune Great Sun then appeared above Yi Xuan and Zhuo Ning as they prepared to flee.

• Zhuo Lie realized the old Immortal Emperor had severed his connection to the National Fortune Great Sun and gambled that Zhuo Lie was still alive, allowing the Great Sun to select him as successor.
• The National Fortune Great Sun appeared over the battlefield, but Zhuo Lie waved it away before it could complete the succession.
• Zhuo Lie urged his soldiers to fight on and announced that reinforcements were coming, then charged into the Barbarian Clan army.
• Zhuo Lie used Liberation by Violence to become a Loose Immortal, forcing the Barbarian Clan to retreat from his approaching tribulation.
• Zhuo Lie began his One-Nine Loose Immortal Tribulation while his soldiers rested, and the National Fortune Great Sun appeared above Yi Xuan and Zhuo Ning as they prepared to escape.

The National Fortune Great Sun connected with Zhuo Ning, beginning his succession to the Immortal Emperor’s throne. Zhuo Yongnian moved to stop him, but Yi Xuan launched a diversion as more than a hundred giant coffin-like objects descended from orbit.

• No. 01 told Yi Xuan that Zhuo Ning had connected with the National Fortune Great Sun and might be succeeding to the throne.
• Zhuo Yongnian and Zhuo Dao celebrated their apparent control of the immortal dynasty before Zhuo Yongnian sensed the Great Sun’s return.
• Zhuo Yongnian appeared near Zhuo Ning and Yi Xuan as Zhuo Ning remained motionless.
• Yi Xuan ordered No. 01 to attack Zhuo Yongnian with space-based laser and kinetic weapons.
• More than a hundred giant coffin-like objects began descending toward the Blazing Sun Immortal Kingdom in front of Zhuo Yongnian.

Yi Xuan summoned giant coffins and Godzillas to confront Zhuo Yongnian, a Seven-Tribulation Loose Immortal who could destroy Starlink from afar. After enclosing himself and Zhuo Ning in a layered formation of enormous coffins, Yi Xuan called it his strongest shield.

• More than a hundred giant coffins descended, and the immortal dynasty’s cultivators found that their Divine Sense could not penetrate them.
• Yi Xuan stopped the space-based weapons after they failed to harm Zhuo Yongnian, who had been distracted by their attack.
• Zhuo Yongnian struck toward the sky and damaged Starlink, destroying 37 quantum satellites, 12 laser space-based weapons, and 9 kinetic space-based weapons.
• Yi Xuan opened the coffins and sent more than a hundred Godzillas out to face Zhuo Yongnian.
• The coffins separated into panels and formed seven larger coffins that layered over the one enclosing Yi Xuan and Zhuo Ning.

Yi Xuan sent over a hundred Godzillas against Zhuo Yongnian, but the Seven-Tribulation Loose Immortal killed them all with a single swordlike gesture. Yi Xuan continued issuing orders to No. 01 and activated a jade token, though it produced no apparent effect.

• Yi Xuan confirmed the giant coffins protected the Godzillas in space without disrupting Zhuo Ning’s succession, then prepared to face Zhuo Yongnian’s attack.
• The Godzillas fired dark-blue Atomic Breath at Zhuo Yongnian’s falling cloud fist, but the collision hurled them back a thousand meters.
• The Godzillas charged Zhuo Yongnian again, and he stopped them with a palm before cutting off every one of their heads with two fingers.
• Yi Xuan mourned the fallen Godzillas, continued giving orders to No. 01, and injected True Qi into a jade token, which flashed white without any visible result.

Zhuo Yongnian slaughtered Yi Xuan’s Godzillas and unleashed a sword attack that shattered four layers of the Strongest Shield. As Yi Xuan feared the shield would not survive another strike, No. 01 announced Boss Godzilla’s arrival.

• Zhuo Yongnian killed over a hundred Godzillas before they could charge their combined Atomic Breath, which could have threatened him if they had enough time.
• Zhuo Yongnian gathered Sword Qi and summoned a giant sword phantom that terrified the people and sword cultivators of the Immortal Dynasty.
• Zhuo Yongnian brought the sword down on the Strongest Shield, breaking its first four layers in moments and leaving Yi Xuan afraid the remaining defenses would fail.
• No. 01 announced that Boss Godzilla had arrived, and the three-hundred-meter-tall mutated Godzilla flew toward Zhuo Yongnian.

Zhuo Yongnian overcame Godzilla’s initial counterattack and began battering him, leaving Yi Xuan to order the damaged Unit-01 into battle. The chapter ended as No. 01 prepared to activate Unit-01 despite the danger.

• Zhuo Yongnian’s Sword Qi clashed with Godzilla’s Atomic Breath, and Godzilla’s beam melted the sword projection.
• Zhuo Yongnian attacked from above, but Godzilla vanished, then struck him and repeatedly punched him through the air.
• Zhuo Yongnian blocked one of Godzilla’s punches and sent Godzilla flying, then took control of the fight and battered him.
• Seeing Godzilla on the defensive, Yi Xuan ordered No. 01 to wake Unit-01 despite its damaged condition.
• No. 01 confirmed the order and began carrying it out as Yi Xuan sighed beside Zhuo Ning.

Zhuo Yongnian battered Godzilla to demonstrate the power of a seven-tribulation loose immortal, then formed a tiny Void Sword Qi that threatened to kill him. As Godzilla faced the attack, a purple-armored hand shoved him away and a huge short blade intercepted the sword.

• Zhuo Yongnian beat Godzilla across the sky, frightening the Immortal Dynasty and convincing the fourth prince to abandon hopes of taking the throne.
• Zhuo Dao watched his father's display and decided that Zhuo Yongnian's strength made his claim to the throne legitimate.
• Zhuo Yongnian formed a concentrated, three-inch Void Sword Qi and sent it toward Godzilla's chest.
• Godzilla fired Atomic Breath at the sword, but it cut through the blast; he then prepared to swallow the sword as it neared his mouth.
• A purple-armored hand pushed Godzilla dozens of kilometers away, and a huge short blade appeared to meet the Void Sword Qi, plunging the scene into silence.