Chapter Summaries

Luo Qingcheng, Chen Ning, and Luo Wuxia freed the God of Compassion’s weakened divine will from a vine, allowing an ancient mass of evil thoughts to escape. The Moon God Clan tried to suppress it, but Chu Kuangge and the Darkness God Clan attacked them; Chen Ning crushed the Blazing Star Lord and recalled their first meeting.

• Luo Qingcheng, Chen Ning, and Luo Wuxia destroyed the vine and freed the old woman, separating the mass of evil thoughts from her body.
• The old woman revealed that she was a wisp of the God of Compassion’s divine will, created to suppress evil thoughts born from the ancient war between Gods and Devils.
• Fairy Qinghe and the Moon God Clan formed a formation to draw out and suppress the mass of evil thoughts.
• Chu Kuangge and the Darkness God Clan attacked the Moon God Clan to stop them from sealing the evil thoughts, while the Blazing Star Lord targeted Chen Ning and his companions.
• Chen Ning defeated the Blazing Star Lord with a single finger and reminded him of their first meeting.

Chen Ning killed Blazing Star Lord and joined the Moon God Clan’s fight against Chu Kuangge, whose Darkness Divine Marks could devour attacks. Chen Ning used the Great Dao of Time and Divine Power to defeat Chu Kuangge, who recognized him as an inheritor of the Grand One God Clan.

• Chen Ning killed Blazing Star Lord after rejecting his offer to join the Darkness God Clan.
• Chen Ning went to help Luo Qingcheng and Luo Wuxia fight the remaining Darkness God Clan members.
• Chu Kuangge devoured Chen Ning’s attacks with the power of his Darkness Divine Marks.
• Chen Ning slowed Chu Kuangge with the Great Dao of Time and struck him with Yi Wood Orthodox Lightning.
• Chen Ning’s Divine Power-backed punch shattered Chu Kuangge’s body and left him unable to fight.
• Chu Kuangge realized Chen Ning was an inheritor of the Grand One God Clan.

Chen Ning killed Chu Kuangge and helped the Moon God Clan seal the mass of evil thoughts, then received a blessing that would keep his Dao heart unwavering. As powerful presences approached from the Holy Spirit Imperial City, he asked Fairy Qinghe what deal she had made with the dynasty for the clues to so many fortuitous opportunities.

• Chen Ning rejected Chu Kuangge’s offer and pierced his brow, killing him.
• Luo Wuxia defeated the remaining Darkness God Clan members, bringing their losses in the Heaven of Profound Understanding to six.
• Fairy Qinghe thanked Chen Ning, and the Moon God Clan sealed the mass of evil thoughts.
• The old woman passed her unwavering conviction to Chen Ning and the others before fading away.
• Luo Wuxia explained that the blessing would protect their Dao hearts and prevent Qi Deviation.
• As powerful presences approached from the Holy Spirit Imperial City, Chen Ning asked Fairy Qinghe what terms she had agreed to for the opportunity clues.

Fairy Qinghe explained that the Heaven of Profound Understanding had set the Holy Spirit, Heavenly Wolf, and Sword Imperial Dynasties against one another, with the losing side expelled early. Chen Ning and his companions joined a gathering of the rival camps’ God Clan inheritors, where the arrival of a revered figure drew everyone’s attention and left Chen curious about who it was.

• Fairy Qinghe told Chen Ning that the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty sought the God Clans’ help because the Heavenly Wolf and Sword Imperial Dynasties had recruited more descendants and were preparing to attack.
• Fairy Qinghe explained that the three-dynasty struggle was the will of the Heaven of Profound Understanding, and that the losing side would be teleported out early.
• Chen Ning and his companions followed Fairy Qinghe to a gathering where the young elites had split into three camps.
• Luo Wuxia identified Ning Gucheng, Ren Yuan, and Chu Tianyu as the leading inheritors in the Heavenly Wolf Imperial Dynasty’s camp.
• Chen Ning noticed that Chu Tianyu seemed puzzled by Chu Kuangge’s absence and reflected that the two Darkness God Clan groups might have fought if Chu Kuangge had survived.
• A late-arriving figure inspired reverence from the gathered elites, and Chen Ning wondered who it was.

The Divine Son of Kunlun, Li Changsheng, arrived and drew Chen Ning’s interest, but declined to preside over the dispute among the three imperial dynasties. As Ning Gucheng led the gathering, Chu Tianyu urged the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty’s camp to withdraw, and Fairy Qinghe objected that the proposal was unfair.

• Li Changsheng arrived on an eagle that became a spirit beast, and Luo Wuxia explained his unmatched reputation to Chen Ning.
• Li Changsheng declined to preside over the gathering, so Ning Gucheng took charge and explained the world will’s contest between the three imperial dynasties.
• Chu Tianyu proposed that the weakest camp withdraw, prompting others to pressure the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty’s representatives.
• Chen Ning mocked a speaker from a third-tier God Clan, and Ning Gucheng invited Fairy Qinghe to suggest a fairer solution.
• Fairy Qinghe argued that the camps were assigned by chance and that withdrawing would unfairly deprive many God Clans of their opportunity, but Chu Tianyu replied that luck was also a kind of strength.

Chen Ning sought an alliance with Li Changsheng, the Divine Son of Kunlun, and wagered that he could defeat Chu Tianyu. Li Changsheng agreed to discuss the alliance after Chen Ning fought, and Chen Ning ended by challenging Chu Tianyu to prove his insults wrong.

• Chen Ning proposed an alliance to Jun Tianming, who declined on behalf of the Sword Imperial Dynasty's side.
• Chu Tianyu revealed that Chen Ning came from a small world under the Darkness God Clan, prompting jeers from lower-ranked clans.
• Chen Ning asked Jun Tianming whether Li Changsheng could decide on an alliance, and Jun Tianming confirmed that he could.
• Chen Ning approached Li Changsheng and wagered that he could defeat Chu Tianyu; Li Changsheng agreed to discuss an alliance after the fight.
• Chen Ning publicly challenged Chu Tianyu, asking what it would make him if he lost to someone he called a lower-realm frog.

Chen Ning challenged Chu Tianyu to a fight, wagering the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty’s place in the struggle and claiming the Kunlun Divine Son had agreed to an alliance wager. After facing objections and winning support from other disciples, Chen Ning also bet the Great Dao of Time against his mockers’ self-castration, and Chu Tianyu ordered them to accept.

• Chen Ning challenged Chu Tianyu and offered to withdraw the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty if he lost, while promising an alliance with the Sword Imperial Dynasty’s side if he won.
• Li Meng and others objected to Chen Ning representing their side, but Luo Wuxia, Fairy Qinghe, and several disciples supported him.
• Chen Ning challenged those who had mocked the Grand One God Clan to bet against his victory, offering them the Great Dao of Time if he lost.
• Han Xingkong, Qian Yu, and Nie Feng accepted Chen Ning’s wager, then heard that they would have to castrate themselves if he defeated Chu Tianyu.
• Chu Tianyu told the three men to accept the bet, leaving them pressured to agree.

Chen Ning fought Chu Tianyu, the God Son of Darkness, after their duel drew the attention of everyone present. Chu Tianyu’s Dao of Destruction drove Chen Ning back, but Chen Ning combined the Great Dao of Time, his Divine Meridians, and his Shadow of Chaos to confront Chu Tianyu’s strongest attack, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Han Xingkong, Qian Yu, and Nie Feng reluctantly agreed, and Chen Ning faced Chu Tianyu as most onlookers expected him to lose.
• Chen Ning used the Great Dao of Time to erase Chu Tianyu’s Darkness Divine Palm and shattered a clone, prompting Chu Tianyu to reveal his Darkness Divine Mark and Divine Meridians.
• Chen Ning revealed that he was the Grand One God Clan’s successor and possessed Divine Meridians, then clashed with Chu Tianyu’s overpowering Dao of Destruction.
• Chu Tianyu unleashed Annihilation of All Living Beings, and Chen Ning used the Great Dao of Time, his Shadow of Chaos, and three-colored lightning to meet the attack head-on.

Chen Ning killed Chu Tianyu despite being weakened, stunning the crowd and securing the Kunlun God Son’s promised alliance with the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty. He then confronted Han Xingkong, Qian Yu, and Nie Feng, demanding they honor their bet and castrate themselves.

• Chen Ning survived the clash with Chu Tianyu, who crumbled into dust, revealing Chen Ning as the victor.
• The Flame God Clan’s heir melted a poisoned dart aimed at Chen Ning, and the remaining Darkness God Clan members backed down.
• Chen Ning reminded Li Changsheng of their bet, and Li Changsheng admitted defeat and pledged the Sword Imperial Dynasty’s alliance with the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty.
• Ren Yuan silenced a complaining Night God Clan member by cutting off his mouth, while Ning Gucheng urged the Heavenly Wolf Imperial Dynasty’s side not to lose heart.
• Chen Ning stopped Han Xingkong, Qian Yu, and Nie Feng and demanded that they honor their agreement to castrate themselves; Han Xingkong tried to invoke the Crow God Clan, but Chen Ning dismissed the threat.

Chen Ning forced Han Xingkong, Qian Yu, and Nie Feng to suffer the humiliation of the bet, then drew Li Changsheng’s interest as a potential rival. After refusing Li Changsheng’s offer of protection and Ji Hongyi’s invitation to join the Light God Clan as her dao companion, Chen Ning returned to joking with Luo Qingcheng.

• Han Xingkong tried to pressure Chen Ning with the Crow God Clan’s backing, but Chen Ning dismissed the threat and insisted the three honor their bet.
• Han Xingkong, Qian Yu, and Nie Feng fled, but Luo Wuxia, Luo Qingcheng, and the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty’s scions caught them, and Luo Wuxia castrated all three with Chaos Azure Qi.
• Chen Ning congratulated the humiliated trio, who departed with the Heavenly Wolf Imperial Dynasty, while Fairy Qinghe discussed an alliance with Jun Tianming and the Sword Imperial Dynasty.
• Li Changsheng praised Chen Ning, promised to cultivate him into a worthy rival, and offered Kunlun God Clan protection from the Darkness God Clan; Chen Ning declined the offer.
• Ji Hongyi invited Chen Ning to join the Light God Clan and become her dao companion, but Chen Ning refused and joked to Luo Qingcheng about the temptation he had turned down.

After Chen Ning returned from the Heaven of Profound Understanding, he learned that Luo Wuxia had secretly wiped out the remaining members of the Darkness God Clan. Back in the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty, Chen Ning discovered Zhizhi’s exceptional cultivation talent and arranged for her protection and instruction.

• The remaining five members of the Darkness God Clan were found dead, and the God Clan prodigies speculated about who had killed them.
• Chen Ning asked Luo Wuxia about the killings, and Luo Wuxia admitted that he had acted on the clan leader’s orders and revealed his formidable strength.
• Chen Ning, Luo Qingcheng, and Luo Wuxia returned to the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty and visited Zhizhi.
• Chen Ning and Luo Qingcheng sensed that Zhizhi had refined primal Qi in just one day and recognized her exceptional talent.
• Chen Ning gave Zhizhi protective supplies and used Scatter Beans into Soldiers to create three elderly teachers from supreme-grade heaven-tier Cultivation Methods.

The Holy Spirit Emperor summoned the God Clan scions to reveal the clue to the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty’s greatest fortuitous opportunity and discuss the war against the Heavenly Wolf Imperial Dynasty. Chen Ning was initially barred from entering, but Fairy Qinghe revealed his importance, and the emperor welcomed him before beginning the meeting.

• The Holy Spirit Emperor gathered the God Clan scions and imperial experts to share the great opportunity’s clue and discuss tactics against the Heavenly Wolf Imperial Dynasty.
• The palace eunuch and Luo Qianlin’s two subordinates stopped Chen Ning and his two companions because they lacked invitations.
• Fairy Qinghe came out and told the Holy Spirit Emperor that Chen Ning’s help had secured the alliance with the Sword Imperial Dynasty and that slighting him could doom the dynasty.
• The Holy Spirit Emperor ordered the eunuch and two subordinates executed, but Chen Ning asked him not to cause unnecessary slaughter.
• The Holy Spirit Emperor welcomed Chen Ning into the hall and announced that he would reveal the greatest secret and its fortuitous opportunity.

In the Purple Maple Forest, the God of Dreams revealed that he had preserved fragments of the gods’ divinities and offered to pass them to the God Clan descendants. The crowd eagerly accepted, while Chen Ning remained cautious about whether anyone could successfully fuse with a divinity.

• The God Clan descendants arrived at the God of Dreams’ cottage in the Purple Maple Forest.
• The God of Dreams emerged and introduced himself, explaining that he had once preserved portions of the gods’ divinities after the war between Gods and Devils.
• The descendants realized that the divinities could grant a share of a god’s nature and power, and they offered to help the old man preserve them.
• The God of Dreams decided to pass the divinities on to the gathered juniors, who bowed in respect.
• Chen Ning, Luo Wuxia, and Luo Qingcheng stood among the crowd, but Chen Ning doubted that fusing with a divinity would be easy or guaranteed.

The God of Dreams offered the gathered God Clan disciples repeated chances to fuse with divine sparks inside his dream, but Chen Ning suspected the opportunity was a trap. He and his companions, along with the Moon God Clan, refused to enter and left while the others went into the dream.

• The God of Dreams opened a doorway to his dream and explained that the disciples could repeatedly attempt to fuse with divine sparks until his life force ran out.
• Chen Ning warned Fairy Qinghe that the opportunity seemed suspicious, but Li Meng and other disciples mocked him and urged everyone to enter.
• Chen Ning asked what the God of Dreams would have done with the divine sparks if no one had arrived; the old man said they would likely have vanished with him.
• Chen Ning declined to enter, and Fairy Qinghe decided that the Moon God Clan would stay out as well.
• Luo Wuxia and Luo Qingcheng agreed to stay with Chen Ning, while the other disciples entered the dream.
• Chen Ning's group and the Moon God Clan left, as Chen Ning considered a frightening conjecture about what was happening.

The Heavenly Wolf Imperial Dynasty launched a surprise attack while the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty’s defenses were weakened, and its Saint Emperor struggled against the Evil Wolf Emperor as the dynasty’s forces suffered defeats. Chen Ning returned with the Moon God Clan and found the imperial city devastated, then faced Ren Yuan, who demanded the Great Dao of Time.

• The Heavenly Wolf Imperial Dynasty attacked the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty’s capital and other cities while most God Clan disciples were away, overwhelming the dynasty’s defenses.
• The Holy Spirit Emperor worried that the Sword Imperial Dynasty had withheld its promised aid, while Luo Qianlin urged him to prepare to flee; the Holy Spirit Emperor refused to abandon his dynasty.
• The Holy Spirit Emperor’s Saint Emperor fought the Evil Wolf Emperor, who had the advantage, as the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty’s forces lost ground.
• A messenger announced that Chen Ning and the Moon God Clan had returned, and Luo Qianlin went back to battle while the Holy Spirit Emperor wondered if he had underestimated them.
• Chen Ning, Fairy Qinghe, and Luo Wuxia found the imperial city strewn with corpses, and Chen Ning suspected something was wrong with the Holy Spirit Emperor.
• Ren Yuan confronted Chen Ning and offered to spare him if he handed over the Great Dao of Time.

Chen Ning questioned Ren Yuan about the attack on the Holy Spirit Imperial Dynasty, then fought him for the Great Dao of Time. Ren Yuan’s curse and attacks seemed to trap Chen Ning, but Chen Ning made them vanish by sending them to another world.

• Chen Ning asked Ren Yuan whether the Heavenly Wolf Imperial Dynasty or Ren Yuan and Ning Gucheng had planned the surprise attack, and Ren Yuan said the dynasty had acted after learning Chen Ning was absent.
• Chen Ning agreed to fight Ren Yuan, who revealed that he had placed a Death Curse on Chen Ning to weaken him over time.
• Ren Yuan sent a mountain of corpses and a tide of Death Qi against Chen Ning as nearby fighters watched.
• A great bell rang, and Chen Ning made the corpses and Death Qi disappear by sending the attacks to another world.
• Ren Yuan asked what Chen Ning had done, and Chen Ning explained how he had redirected the attacks.

Chen Ning defeated Ren Yuan by sending Ren Yuan’s own attack back at him with the Great Dao of Time. Ning Gucheng then attacked Chen Ning, but Luo Wuxia intervened, revealing strength enough to challenge Ning Gucheng.

• Ren Yuan summoned a sword of death and attacked Chen Ning with his full strength.
• Chen Ning countered Ren Yuan’s Death Sword Intent with three-colored lightning, then sent Ren Yuan’s mountain of corpses back at him and gravely wounded him.
• Ning Gucheng attacked Chen Ning with a Divine Power war spear, forcing Chen Ning to use all his strength to stop it.
• Ning Gucheng launched a killing palm strike, but Luo Wuxia blocked it and offered to hold Ning Gucheng off while Chen Ning went to find the Divine Son of Kunlun.
• Ning Gucheng recognized that Luo Wuxia had hidden his strength, and Chen Ning realized Luo Wuxia could exchange blows with him.

Chen Ning concluded that the battle between the three imperial dynasties was a staged trap meant to keep the God Clan descendants in the Heaven of Profound Understanding. Ning Gucheng agreed to test Chen Ning’s theory by ordering his side to stop fighting, leaving the imperial armies to continue battling.

• Luo Wuxia fought Ning Gucheng to protect Chen Ning, who broke free and studied the battlefield.
• Chen Ning broke Ning Gucheng’s golden palm attack and claimed that both sides had fallen into a trap involving the God of Dreams and the missing God Clan descendants.
• Chen Ning argued that the Holy Spirit Emperor and the Heavenly Wolf Emperor had fabricated the struggle to keep the descendants in the Heaven of Profound Understanding.
• Despite objections from two Death God Clan members, Ning Gucheng ordered his forces to stop fighting so they could test Chen Ning’s claim.
• The God Clan descendants on both sides ceased fighting, while Luo Qianlin condemned them and continued the battle between the imperial armies.

Chen Ning exposed the Holy Spirit and Heavenly Wolf Imperial Dynasties’ alliance and their plan to sacrifice God Clan descendants to restore a Devil God and sever the Heaven of Profound Understanding from the Vast Land. Just as two Saint Emperors prepared to capture everyone, the Sword Emperor arrived with Li Changsheng and other reinforcements.

• The Holy Spirit Emperor revealed that his feud with the Evil Wolf Emperor had been staged to deceive the God Clan descendants, and Luo Qianlin learned he had been kept in the dark.
• The Evil Wolf Emperor explained that the Devil Emperor needed God Clan bloodlines for a formation that would restore his power and sever the Heaven of Profound Understanding’s connection to the Vast Land.
• The Holy Spirit Emperor ordered the two Saint Emperors to capture the descendants alive, leaving Ning Gucheng considering using his God of War trump card.
• The Sword Emperor arrived with Li Changsheng, Jun Tianming, Ji Hongyi, and other God Clan descendants after Li Changsheng broke the restriction trapping the Sword Imperial Dynasty.

The Holy Spirit Emperor and Evil Wolf Emperor began their assault on the Sword Emperor and the Vast Land’s God Clan disciples, seeking to eliminate them before they could threaten the Heaven of Profound Understanding. As the battle turned against Chen Ning’s group, Chen Ning unleashed his trump card, Devil God Transformation, to face the Holy Spirit Emperor.

• The Sword Emperor refused to join the Holy Spirit Emperor’s plot, and the Holy Spirit Emperor and Evil Wolf Emperor charged at him as the battle erupted.
• Jun Tianming rallied the Sword Imperial Dynasty’s experts and the God Clan disciples, while the Heavenly Wolf Emperor attacked and Li Changsheng forced him back.
• The God Clan disciples gained ground against their opponents, but Chen Ning, Luo Wuxia, and Luo Qingcheng struggled against the Holy Spirit Emperor’s flames.
• Luo Qianlin turned against the Holy Spirit Emperor, who sent him flying before badly wounding Luo Wuxia and Luo Qingcheng with Holy Spirit Flame Fists.
• The Holy Spirit Emperor advanced on Chen Ning, who activated Devil God Transformation and unleashed the power of his True Dragon Body.