Chapter Summaries

Wei Changkong explained that the Thirteenth Garrison Node guarded the Path to Godhood, where battles over Universe Origins brought the Human Race into conflict with the Void Shadow Race and its Nightfall Rippers. Chen Fan ordered the veterans to recover, vowed to hunt their enemies, and began healing their hidden injuries with Life Origin power.

• Wei Changkong told Chen Fan that the Void Shadow Race and its three Nightfall Rippers threatened the garrison, and that Universe Origins offered eighth-tier experts a chance to reach the Divine Ability Realm.
• Wei Changkong revealed that the previous garrison commander, Zhao Xin Hong, had died fighting the Nightfall Rippers over a fire-element Universe Origin.
• Chen Fan ordered Wei Changkong and the ten veterans to rest and recover, declaring that they would hunt the enemy when it returned.
• Chen Fan joined the veterans and used Life Origin power to cleanse the harmful Dao Rhythms of death afflicting them.

Chen Fan healed Wei Changkong and the veterans, then led them to claim a newly appeared Secondary Origin in the Annihilation Star Domain. After instantly killing a Void Shadow Race leader, he ordered the crew to leave none of its fleeing followers alive.

• Chen Fan used a higher-order Life Dao Rhythm to heal Wei Changkong and the veterans, restoring their combat strength.
• On the fifth day, Chen Fan detected a new Universe Origin and ordered everyone to prepare to depart.
• Chen Fan and the veterans reached the origin in an asteroid belt and found a group of Void Shadow Race members led by an early eighth-tier expert.
• Chen Fan erased the Void Shadow Race leader with a casual flick and collected its core along with the Secondary Origin.
• Chen Fan ordered the crew to leave none alive, and Wei Changkong directed the warship to destroy the fleeing Shadow Race members.

Back at the Thirteenth Garrison Node, Chen Fan gave Wei Changkong an eighth-tier Shadow Clan Core and discovered that refining Universe Origin let him resonate with the universe’s will. Lin Xuanqing explained that this resonance was the key to reaching the Ninth-Tier Divine Ability Realm, and more than ten days later Chen Fan sensed a new Secondary Origin and a Shadow Clan Ghost Scout Ship at the Star Domain’s edge.

• Chen Fan gave the Eighth-Tier Shadow Clan Core to Wei Changkong for the node’s defenses, and Wei Changkong and the ten veterans swore their loyalty to him.
• While refining a Secondary Origin, Chen Fan’s World Dao Mark resonated with the universe’s will and his Divine Soul witnessed the Sea of Will.
• Chen Fan contacted Lin Xuanqing, who explained that communicating with the universe’s will was the only path to the Ninth-Tier Divine Ability Realm.
• Chen Fan realized Universe Origin could help him borrow the universe’s authority, while Wei Changkong and the veterans recovered and resumed training and maintaining the node’s defenses.
• More than ten days later, Chen Fan sensed a new Secondary Origin forming near the Star Domain’s edge as a Shadow Clan Ghost Scout Ship arrived.

Chen Fan and Wei Changkong’s veterans spent two months hunting Shadow Clan forces at the Thirteenth Garrison Node, then set out to claim a powerful Medium-Quality Universe Origin as three forces raced toward it. At the origin, the Shadow Race Leader mocked them, and Wei Changkong identified him as the Eighth-Order Late Stage Nightfall Ripper who killed Guardian Zhao.

• Chen Fan sent Wei Changkong coordinates and ordered him to treat the attack as training, and the veterans destroyed a Shadow Race Scout Ship and recovered a Secondary Origin.
• For the next two months, Chen Fan and Wei Changkong’s veterans repeatedly eliminated Shadow Clan forces, turning the Thirteenth Garrison Node into a feared death zone.
• A Medium-Quality Universe Origin appeared, drawing three powerful presences, and Chen Fan led Wei Changkong and the veterans toward it.
• Chen Fan’s warship reached the origin’s asteroid belt and faced a Shadow Clan warship whose leader mocked the Thirteenth Garrison’s defenders.
• Wei Changkong told Chen Fan that the Shadow Race Leader was an Eighth-Order Late Stage Nightfall Ripper who had killed Guardian Zhao.

Chen Fan confronted the Shadow Clan warship alone and destroyed it with his Dao Mark power. He also killed the Nightfall Ripper after stopping him from escaping into Hyperspace.

• Chen Fan released a terrifying killing intent, then left his warship to face the Shadow Clan fleet alone.
• The Nightfall Ripper ordered his subordinates to fire the warship’s main cannons at Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan’s Annihilation Dao Mark beam swallowed the cannon fire, pierced the Nightfall Ripper’s defenses, and struck the warship.
• The Nightfall Ripper burned his origin and tried to escape through a wormhole, but Chen Fan crushed the Hyperspace region and forced him back out.
• Chen Fan struck with the Life-and-Death Dao Mark, obliterating the Nightfall Ripper and reducing the Shadow Clan warship to dust.

Chen Fan killed the Nightfall Ripper, claimed its Universe Origin, and refined it to advance to the Eighth-Order Late Stage. He emerged from seclusion at the Thirteenth Node, where Wei Changkong and the veterans welcomed him as their Garrison Envoy.

• Chen Fan retrieved the Universe Origin after killing the Nightfall Ripper and offered it to Wei Changkong as a trophy for the Thirteenth Node.
• Wei Changkong and the ten veterans saluted Chen Fan, accepting him as their Garrison Envoy after he avenged Zhao Xin Hong.
• Chen Fan returned to the Thirteenth Node and entered seclusion, leaving Wei Changkong and the veterans to guard it.
• Chen Fan refined the Universe Origin with the Life-and-Death Furnace and advanced from the Eighth-Order Middle Stage to the Eighth-Order Late Stage.
• Wei Changkong and the veterans welcomed Chen Fan when he emerged, while Chen Fan modestly described his breakthrough as only a little progress.

After Chen Fan killed Ye Mu, Ye Sha and Ying Ji decided to attack the Thirteenth Garrison Node to avenge him and seize the Mid-level Universe Origin. Their fleets arrived, and Chen Fan calmly prepared to face them.

• Wei Changkong and the veterans congratulated Chen Fan on his cultivation advance.
• Ye Sha discovered Ye Mu’s Soul Lamp had gone out, and Ying Ji showed him a vision of Ye Mu being erased by a gray beam.
• Ye Sha and Ying Ji agreed to gather their fleets and destroy the Thirteenth Garrison Node, while reclaiming the Mid-level Universe Origin.
• A patrol detected Ye Sha and Ying Ji’s invasion ships approaching the node, and Chen Fan reassured Wei Changkong and the veterans.
• Ye Sha projected himself into the Cosmic Star River and challenged Chen Fan to face him as his aura swept toward the Thirteenth Node.

Chen Fan confronted Ying Ji and Ye Sha alone, then killed both late-eighth-tier Shadow Clan experts with the Annihilation Dao and spatial control. He collected their eighth-tier cores as Wei Changkong and the patrol ship crew watched.

• Wei Changkong saw Chen Fan appear outside the command ship to face Ying Ji and Ye Sha.
• Ying Ji and Ye Sha attacked Chen Fan with a black scythe and a soul-power net, but Chen Fan erased both attacks with the Annihilation Dao Rhythm.
• Chen Fan froze Ying Ji’s escape route and destroyed him with a palm strike, leaving behind an eighth-tier core.
• Ye Sha burned his origin and fled through a Hyperspace passage, but Chen Fan collapsed the space around him and crushed him.
• Chen Fan took the eighth-tier core that emerged from Ye Sha’s remains.

After Chen Fan gave Wei Changkong and the Thirteenth Node's veterans the cores of two slain Shadow Clan experts, they swore to follow him and entered seclusion. Two months later, Wei Changkong emerged as an Eighth-Order Late Stage expert, giving the node its first such warrior in years.

• Chen Fan ordered Wei Changkong and the veterans to finish off the surviving Shadow Clan troops, and they quickly won the battle.
• Chen Fan offered Wei Changkong the two Eighth-Order Late Stage cores, saying the node's defenders deserved the chance to grow stronger.
• Wei Changkong and the ten veterans swore to follow Chen Fan unto death, and Chen Fan gave them the cores to absorb in seclusion.
• For two months, Wei Changkong and the veterans remained in the node's meditation chambers while Chen Fan watched over the garrison.
• Wei Changkong emerged from seclusion after breaking through to Eighth-Order Late Stage, and the veterans celebrated the node's new powerhouse.

After Chen Fan helped Wei Changkong reach the late eighth stage, he announced that the Thirteenth Node would stop waiting for Shadow Clan attacks and begin striking enemy targets. Wei Changkong and ten veterans set out to destroy the A-7 resource station and seize its supplies.

• Wei Changkong emerged from seclusion at the late eighth stage, and he and the ten veterans thanked Chen Fan for his help.
• Chen Fan showed the veterans a Star Map of Shadow Clan resource sites, outposts, and patrol routes that he had identified over two months.
• Chen Fan ordered Wei Changkong and the veterans to attack the A-7 Mining Zone, disable its shields, kill its commander, and prevent the troops from escaping.
• Chen Fan said the Thirteenth Node would keep the seized resources and use them to strengthen its forces for a campaign against the Shadow Clan.
• Wei Changkong and the ten veterans accepted Chen Fan's order and left aboard the prepared warship.

Wei Changkong returned from a flawless strike on an enemy resource station, and the Thirteenth Garrison Node grew stronger as it raided Shadow Clan holdings. After Chen Fan’s annual talent settlement brought him close to the peak of Rank Eight, an alarm revealed a rapidly expanding golden light at the center of the star map.

• Wei Changkong reported that his team had wiped out all 3,127 troops at A-7 Resource Station without casualties and delivered the spoils to Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan ordered the node to use the captured resources to upgrade its warship and equip the veterans with custom law weapons.
• Over the next two months, Wei Changkong’s warship repeatedly destroyed Shadow Clan resource points, while the Thirteenth Garrison Node strengthened its defenses and its veterans grew more powerful.
• Chen Fan entered seclusion and received 163,840 Martial Dao Talent, raising his total to 327,670 and bringing him close to the peak of Rank Eight.
• An alarm summoned Chen Fan to the Command Center, where Wei Changkong showed him a golden point expanding at the center of the star map.

Chen Fan erased the late-eighth-tier Skeleton Lord with a casual strike, then intervened when the Universe Origin formed. He seized the origin from the golden storm as eight alien powerhouses charged him.

• Chen Fan killed the Skeleton Lord with a gray thread and collected his eighth-tier core.
• Chen Fan asked the alien army to repeat its claim that the humans had come to die, then apologized to the surviving human Garrison Envoys for arriving late.
• The high-quality Universe Origin formed, and more than a dozen alien lords rushed toward it despite Chen Fan's display of power.
• Chen Fan ordered Wei Changkong to protect the wounded Garrison Envoys while he moved to intercept the aliens.
• Chen Fan used chains of Life-and-Death law to pull the Universe Origin out of the golden storm and into his hand.
• Three late-eighth-tier Shadow Clan members and five Skeleton Race powerhouses launched a joint attack on Chen Fan.

Chen Fan repelled eight Alien Races experts and claimed the high-quality Universe Origin, but the Shadow Clan patriarch tried to seize it before a Human Race Ninth-Tier being intervened. After the danger passed, Chen Fan vowed to kill Shadow Annihilation within a year.

• Chen Fan used Life-and-Death Cycle to grind down the combined attack of eight Alien Races experts and send them flying.
• Chen Fan declared that he was taking the Universe Origin and challenged the surrounding experts to oppose him.
• The Shadow Clan patriarch descended and reached for the Universe Origin, freezing Chen Fan and the battlefield with his power.
• A Human Race Ninth-Tier being blocked the patriarch with a golden divine wall and warned Shadow Annihilation not to interfere in an Eighth-Tier dispute again.
• Chen Fan held on to the Universe Origin and vowed to visit Shadow Annihilation within a year and kill him himself.

After eight months of seclusion, Chen Fan awakened the Ninth Tier divine ability Divine Kingdom in the Palm and led the Thirteenth Node toward the Shadow Clan’s nest to avenge the humiliation they had suffered. The warship arrived outside the nest’s Star Domain, where the Shadow Clan raised the alarm and mobilized its fleets.

• Chen Fan stopped trying to imitate others’ divine abilities and connected with his World Dao Mark, awakening Divine Kingdom in the Palm.
• Wei Changkong and the veterans greeted Chen Fan as he left the Alloy Gate after eight months of seclusion.
• Chen Fan named the Shadow Clan’s nest as their target and vowed to repay the humiliation a hundredfold.
• Wei Changkong and the ten veterans pledged to fight to the death, and Chen Fan ordered the warship to attack the Shadow Clan’s nest.
• The Thirteenth Node’s warship emerged outside the nest’s Star Domain, triggering alarms and a rapid deployment of Shadow Clan fleets.

Chen Fan confronted the Shadow Clan fleet and killed its eighth-order commander, Ying Kong, with a single overwhelming strike. He called out the Shadow Clan patriarch, whose Ninth Tier will began to descend in response.

• Tens of thousands of Shadow Clan warships surrounded the Thirteenth Node's warship as Ying Kong, an eighth-order late-stage commander, challenged Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan left the bridge and met Ying Kong's giant shadow claw with a punch infused with Life-and-Death Dao Principles.
• Chen Fan's fist shattered Ying Kong's attack and defenses, then destroyed Ying Kong and seized his eighth-order late-stage core.
• Chen Fan called on the Shadow Clan patriarch to face him, and the Ninth Tier expert awoke and recognized Chen Fan as the Human Race fighter he had nearly killed months earlier.

Chen Fan faced the Shadow Clan patriarch’s Ninth Tier power after eight months of preparation, revealing his Divine Kingdom in the Palm. The patriarch descended in his true form and unleashed Eternal Night Guixu, and their opposing powers collided as the chapter ended.

• The Shadow Clan patriarch attacked Chen Fan with a giant hand made from Annihilation Law and Darkness Origin, but Chen Fan blocked it with his Life-and-Death Wheel Disc.
• Chen Fan revealed the Divine Kingdom in the Palm, frightening the patriarch before provoking his rage.
• The Shadow Clan patriarch tore through the dimensional barrier and descended in his true form as a Ninth Tier.
• The patriarch unleashed Eternal Night Guixu, and Chen Fan pushed his divine kingdom forward to meet the spreading darkness.
• Their laws collided, and the surviving Shadow Clan fleet was torn apart by the destructive shock waves.

Chen Fan killed the Shadow Clan Ancient Ancestor and used his Ninth-Tier Core to break through to the Ninth Tier. His Life-and-Death Dao Resonance reached across the Star Domains, bringing joy to the Human Race and drawing the fear and murderous attention of the Ten Thousand Races.

• The Shadow Clan Ancient Ancestor detonated Eternal Night Guixu and burned his Ninth-Tier Origin Power to attack Chen Fan with a Dark Singularity.
• Chen Fan absorbed the attack into his Divine Kingdom in the Palm, then erased the weakened Shadow Clan Ancient Ancestor with a punch and claimed his Ninth-Tier Core.
• Chen Fan ordered Wei Changkong and the others to guard him, then began refining the Core to pursue the Ninth Tier.
• Chen Fan endured the Core's destructive Origin Power as his body repeatedly shattered and healed, producing a vast Life-and-Death Taiji phenomenon across the Annihilation Star Domain and neighboring Star Domains.
• Lin Xuanqing sensed Chen Fan's breakthrough and celebrated, while the Human Race's Ninth-Tier Garrison Envoys awakened in shock and joy.
• The Insect Emperor, the ancient monarch in the Bone Temple, and the Ten Thousand Races' Ninth-Tier rulers sensed Chen Fan's Dao and vowed to kill him.

Chen Fan completed his breakthrough to the Ninth-Tier Immortal Realm, while the White Emperor drove away ancient beings who sought his Dao Fruit. After Chen Fan returned to the Thirteenth Garrison Node, the White Emperor appeared and began explaining the path beyond the Ninth Tier, identifying the Martial God as the next realm.

• Chen Fan completed the World Dao Mark’s transformation and entered the Ninth-Tier Immortal Realm.
• Several Ancient Ancestors tried to claim Chen Fan’s Dao Fruit, but the White Emperor ordered them to withdraw.
• Chen Fan thanked his subordinates and ordered the Thirteenth Garrison Node’s warship to return.
• The White Emperor appeared as the warship neared the node, froze the surroundings, and sent Wei Changkong and the other soldiers back to their posts.
• Chen Fan respectfully asked the White Emperor to guide him on the path beyond the Ninth Tier.
• The White Emperor explained that Ninth-Tier experts borrowed the universe’s origin and laws, then revealed that the realm above the Ninth Tier was the Martial God.

The White Emperor warned Chen Fan to stabilize his newly formed Divine Kingdom in the Palm before venturing to the Boundary Sea, where he promised to take him once his foundation was flawless. Back at the Thirteenth Garrison Node, Chen Fan set a one-year goal to clear a vast region of the Annihilation Star Domain and bring it under Human Race control.

• The White Emperor told Chen Fan that the path to becoming a Martial God led beyond the heavens to the Boundary Sea, but warned that Ancient Ancestors would hunt him if he went there too soon.
• The White Emperor tasked Chen Fan with stabilizing his Divine Kingdom in the Palm and promised to take him to the Boundary Sea once his Ninth Tier foundation was flawless.
• The White Emperor vanished, time resumed aboard the warship, and Chen Fan told Wei Changkong that a senior had offered him cultivation advice.
• Chen Fan returned to the Thirteenth Garrison Node and was welcomed by the assembled soldiers.
• Chen Fan ordered his forces to expand their operations and clear the Shadow Clan and skeletons from a region covering nearly a third of the known Annihilation Star Domain within one year.

During four months of seclusion, Chen Fan’s annual talent increase transformed the Divine Kingdom in the Palm and unleashed a storm that threatened the Thirteenth Garrison Node. Wei Changkong and the veterans formed a killing array to defend it, just as the storm suddenly faltered.

• Chen Fan entered seclusion and entrusted Wei Changkong with the Thirteenth Node’s military command.
• Four months later, Chen Fan’s sixteenth-birthday settlement raised his Martial Dao Talent to 491510, Great Dao Bearing.
• The system’s power poured into Chen Fan’s Divine Kingdom in the Palm, triggering a cosmic creation that shook the fortress.
• Wei Changkong mistook the energy storm for an enemy attack and ordered the Thirteenth Node to its highest alert.
• Wei Changkong and the veterans formed a supreme killing array as the defensive Light Screen cracked under the storm.
• The energy storm suddenly faltered just as Wei Changkong prepared to lead a suicidal charge.