Chapter Summaries

Apex fought through Black Scythe’s undead forces as Mirror defeated a Lich despite the weakening effect of his domain. Black Scythe then appeared in his true form and faced the gathered guild, but remained unharmed and summoned a huge force of undead reinforcements.

• Water God battled Skeleton Soldiers and Death Knights while Dawn drained undead in the Blood Marsh.
• Evergreen empowered Sword Master in the Snow with holy magic, allowing him to defeat the ghosts surrounding him.
• Mirror crushed a Lich with Spatial Lockdown, discovering that Black Scythe’s domain weakened her spatial abilities.
• Black Scythe burst into the castle hall in his true form and attacked the gathered Apex members with a blade of dark energy.
• Qin Chuan weakened the attack with Shadow Domain while the others countered, but Black Scythe emerged unharmed and opened a passage that released more than a hundred Holy Domain undead and over ten Demigod-grade undead.

Qin Chuan restrained Black Scythe with his Shadow Domain while the Apex members battled the endless Undead Legion. He began experimenting with converting Demigod Soul Fire into pure Origin Essence to help the others ignite Divine Fire.

• Black Scythe summoned an Undead Legion, forcing Season Star and Mirror to fight several Demigod Liches while the rest of Apex struggled against the horde.
• Qin Chuan secretly used his Shadow Domain to suppress Black Scythe, limiting his movements and preventing him from attacking personally.
• Qin Chuan sent Ghost Shadow Soldiers to aid Apex, and their arrival eased the pressure on the fighters.
• Qin Chuan examined Demigod Soul Fire and realized its dangerous negative emotions made direct absorption too risky for the others.
• Qin Chuan decided to use Shadow Power to convert Soul Fire into pure Origin Essence and spread it through his Shadow Domain.

Qin Chuan purified Soul Fire with Shadow Power and absorbed the resulting Shadowforged Soul Fire, causing his Shadow Domain to develop a trace of Divinity and begin evolving toward a Divine Kingdom. As Qin Chuan watched the transformation, Black Scythe struggled helplessly against the Shadow Domain’s growing power.

• Qin Chuan infused Soul Fire with Shadow Power, purified it, and created Shadowforged Soul Fire.
• Qin Chuan absorbed the Shadowforged Soul Fire into his Shadow Domain, which expanded and gained a trace of Divinity.
• Qin Chuan observed energy figures and illusory terrain forming as his Shadow Domain began resembling an independent world.
• Black Scythe sensed Qin Chuan’s Shadow Domain eroding his own and feared its Divine Kingdom aura.
• Black Scythe pushed his power to its limit to escape, but the Shadow Domain held him fast.

Qin Chuan destroyed Black Scythe and his undead forces, then discovered that his Shadow Domain had begun transforming into a Divine Kingdom. He and the Apex members started absorbing Black Scythe Castle into the domain to nourish its evolution.

• Qin Chuan swallowed Black Scythe's domain with his Shadow Domain and killed him, while Mirror, Season Star, Water God, Dawn, Sword Master in the Snow, and the others defeated the remaining Undead.
• Qin Chuan's Shadow Domain evolved, expanding more than tenfold and developing a trace of Divinity as it began transforming into a Divine Kingdom.
• Qin Chuan told the Apex members that the Divine Kingdom transformation was only one or two percent complete, and he explained that the domain could not yet hold living things.
• Qin Chuan expanded his Shadow Domain around Black Scythe Castle and began pulling the castle's stones inside to nourish the domain's evolution.

After absorbing the castle into his Shadow Domain and advancing its evolution, Qin Chuan returned to Magic City with the Apex members. Dragon Soaring World asked him for help against a powerful fire dragon threatening Dragon Soaring Dynasty’s headquarters, and Qin Chuan recognized it as Flame Dragon’s Adjutant.

• The castle merged into Qin Chuan’s Shadow Domain, transforming its landscape and raising its evolution progress to about five percent.
• Qin Chuan decided to return to Magic City, where he planned to share insights from the transformation and help the Apex members grow stronger.
• Qin Chuan led the group back to Apex Guild headquarters and learned that Dragon Soaring World was waiting to meet him.
• Dragon Soaring World explained that a Legend-grade fire dragon called Flame Dragon’s Adjutant had attacked Dragon Soaring Dynasty’s territory and defeated its defenders.
• Qin Chuan recognized Flame Dragon’s Adjutant from Beli City and considered recruiting it to guard Apex Guild’s gate.

Qin Chuan agreed to help Dragon Soaring World deal with the Flame Dragon's Adjutant and arranged an alliance and a Teleportation Array for their guild. At the Leizhou Peninsula, Qin Chuan easily dispersed the dragon's breath, then summoned Scripps to face the attacking dragon.

• Qin Chuan agreed to help Dragon Soaring World and assigned Water God, Dawn, In the Snow, and Evergreen to return to Ascending Dragon Imperial City.
• Dragon Soaring World accepted Qin Chuan's alliance offer and told him his guild base was near the Leizhou Peninsula.
• Qin Chuan and Dragon Soaring World traveled with Mirror to the guild base, where the Flame Dragon's Adjutant appeared.
• The Flame Dragon's Adjutant attacked Qin Chuan with Dragon Breath, which he dispersed with a word.
• The Flame Dragon's Adjutant recognized Qin Chuan and lunged at him, so Qin Chuan summoned Scripps.

Qin Chuan had Scripps defeat the Flame Dragon's Adjutant and gave the subdued dragon to Dragon Soaring World as a guardian for his stronghold. Mirror began setting up a Teleportation Array and additional passages, and the Flame Dragon's Adjutant signed a Dragon God Contract with Dragon Soaring World.

• Qin Chuan ordered Scripps to fight the Flame Dragon's Adjutant, and Scripps overpowered him.
• Scripps beat the Flame Dragon's Adjutant until he submitted, then named him Little Flame.
• Qin Chuan offered the Flame Dragon's Adjutant to Dragon Soaring World to guard the stronghold and Teleportation Array.
• Mirror chose a site for the Teleportation Array, and Qin Chuan asked her to add passages, including one to Beli City.
• The Flame Dragon's Adjutant signed a Dragon God Contract with Dragon Soaring World and swore not to betray him.

Qin Chuan secured the Flame Dragon's Adjutant as a guardian and recruited Dragon Soaring World to help build a Mutual Aid Pact and Teleportation Network. He then forced the adjutant to summon its kin, leaving it calling to the Flame Dragon Clan for help or company.

• The Flame Dragon's Adjutant accepted the Dragon God Contract, and Dragon Soaring World thanked Qin Chuan for saving the Dragon Soaring Dynasty.
• Qin Chuan asked Dragon Soaring World to provide noncombatants for the Teleportation Network and recommend trustworthy allied guilds.
• Qin Chuan gave Dragon Soaring World Saint Domain-grade equipment and two Demigod Artifacts to strengthen his guild.
• Qin Chuan ordered the Flame Dragon's Adjutant to bring its kin into his service, and Scripps beat it when it hesitated.
• The Flame Dragon's Adjutant agreed and flew off, using its clan's calls to summon the Flame Dragon Clan.

Qin Chuan subdued six flame dragons and distributed them among his allies to guard their cities and teleportation routes. He left dragons in the Flame Dragon Clan’s outpost, Beli City, and Kyoto, then brought the remaining three to Magic City to assign by lot, with one intended for Ascending Dragon Imperial City.

• Scripps defeated six flame dragons, forcing them to submit to Qin Chuan.
• Qin Chuan left one flame dragon and Mirror with Dragon Soaring World to guard the Teleportation Array and finish the Teleportation Passages.
• Qin Chuan took five flame dragons to Beli City, where Idith chose one and formed a Dragon God Contract with it.
• Qin Chuan brought several flame dragons to Kyoto and left one for Crimson Feather to assign through a Dragon God Contract.
• At Apex Guild headquarters in Magic City, Qin Chuan announced plans to station two dragons in Magic City and one in Ascending Dragon Imperial City, then decided to use a lottery to choose their contractors.

Qin Chuan distributed three Flame Dragons among Dawn, Mirror, and Evergreen, then arranged Apex Guild’s deployments and training. As the guild entered the Shadow Domain to study its laws, a passage to the Undead World opened and a vast force of Undead, including many Demigods, emerged.

• Qin Chuan held a drawing for three Flame Dragon contracts, and Dawn, Evergreen, and Mirror drew the winning slips.
• Dawn chose the strongest Flame Dragon, Mirror chose one with spatial potential, and Evergreen selected a steady, dark-red dragon; all three completed Dragon God Contracts.
• Qin Chuan assigned Dawn to Magic City, sent Odis and Senior Brother En-En to Ascending Dragon Imperial City, and arranged for Mirror, Tiga Lingyu, and Song Ling to patrol teleportation points.
• Qin Chuan opened the Shadow Domain so guild members without Divine Fire could study its laws, while Season Star traveled to Ascending Dragon Imperial City to join Night Cherry Tangle.
• As Qin Chuan prepared to find Lola, he sensed a spatial fluctuation and discovered a passage to the Undead World opening as countless Undead, including numerous Demigods, emerged.

Qin Chuan realized the Undead Army was sacrificing itself to fuel a vortex that would merge the Undead World with Blue Star, and his attacks could not stop it. As the merger began, he warned Idith, Crimson Feather, and Dragon Soaring World, who prepared their forces for the invasion.

• Qin Chuan and Scripps led the Flame Dragons in killing undead, but Qin Chuan noticed the army kept advancing without regard for its losses.
• Qin Chuan attacked the Undead Army directly and discovered the undead were feeding their deaths into a vast vortex to force the worlds to merge.
• Qin Chuan ordered Mirror to warn Idith, Crimson Feather, and Dragon Soaring World, then fought through undead Demigods and tried to destroy the vortex.
• The vortex survived Qin Chuan's attack, and the sky cracked as the Undead World began merging with Blue Star.
• Crimson Feather defended Kyoto, Dragon Soaring World ordered his stronghold to prepare for battle, and Idith put Beli City on alert.

As the Undead World forced its fusion with Blue Star, Qin Chuan failed to stop the expanding vortex and decided to attack the Undead World’s Divine Kingdoms in the Void. He forced Apex to choose whether to kindle Divine Fire early, and the guild members agreed.

• Qin Chuan ordered Scripps and the Flame Dragons to stop undead from self-destructing and feeding the fusion, but the tide overwhelmed them.
• Qin Chuan struck the vortex with Moment of Utmost Darkness, slowing its growth while revealing Divine Kingdoms in the Void and the awakening of the Undead World’s Divine-level beings.
• Qin Chuan concluded that fusion could no longer be stopped and planned to enter the Void to fight the Divine-level powerhouses while Apex defended Blue Star.
• Qin Chuan accelerated Apex’s growth by refining the Soul Fire of slain undead and warned the guild that kindling Divine Fire early could permanently damage their potential.
• Water God, Dawn, Tiga Lingyu, and the other Apex members accepted the risk and asked Qin Chuan to begin.

Qin Chuan used the Shadow Domain to help most members of Apex ignite their Divine Fire, enduring intense pain to gain the strength to fight the undead. Apex charged out and overwhelmed the Undead Army, while Qin Chuan watched and prepared to face stronger enemies like the Divine Kingdom in the Void.

• Qin Chuan warned Apex that forcibly igniting their Divine Fire would be agonizing, and the members agreed to endure it.
• Qin Chuan drew on the Demigod-grade undead's Soul Fire and the Shadow Domain's power to help Apex ignite their Divine Fire.
• Water God, Dawn, Tiga Lingyu, and the other successful members ignited their Divine Fire, while a handful who lacked enough power failed.
• Water God and Dawn led Apex out of the Shadow Domain, and the newly empowered members tore through the Undead Army with powerful attacks.
• Water God trapped and crushed several Demigod-grade undead in his Water God Domain as Qin Chuan watched, reserving himself for stronger enemies.

Qin Chuan reached the Divine Kingdom of the Lord of the Bone Abyss and fought off its divine envoys. After the Lord emerged and attacked him, Qin Chuan evaded the first strike, but the next assault combined Death Law with Space Law and made escape harder.

• Qin Chuan used Moment of Utmost Darkness and Shadow Leap to cross the void and approach the Divine Kingdom.
• More than a dozen divine envoys of the Lord of the Bone Abyss surrounded Qin Chuan and demanded that he surrender.
• Qin Chuan killed several envoys with his shadow skills and absorbed one envoy's Divine Might.
• The surviving envoys tried to retreat, but Qin Chuan attacked them with Shadow Monarch - Annihilation Cycle.
• The Lord of the Bone Abyss appeared and struck at Qin Chuan, who dodged the first attack and insulted him.
• The Lord of the Bone Abyss attacked again with Death Law and Space Law, filling the area with Spatial Turbulence.

Qin Chuan was overwhelmed by the Lord of the Bone Abyss until Dies Martin arrived and challenged him. The Lord of the Bone Abyss launched another attack, revealing that he also wielded the Soul Law.

• The Lord of the Bone Abyss suppressed space and struck at Qin Chuan, who fought back with Moment of Utmost Darkness and wounded his hand.
• The Lord of the Bone Abyss prepared to crush Qin Chuan, but Dies Martin appeared and declared himself the Lord's opponent.
• Dies Martin clashed with the Lord of the Bone Abyss and argued that the Abyss had a claim to the merging new world.
• The Lord of the Bone Abyss attacked Dies Martin with Death, Space, and Soul Laws, and Qin Chuan realized the Lord had hidden his control of the Soul Law.

Dies Martin and Qin Chuan battled the Lord of the Bone Abyss, with Qin Chuan targeting its Divine Kingdom while Dies Martin kept it occupied. The Lord of the Bone Abyss summoned other Divine Kingdoms to seal off the Void and help kill them.

• Dies Martin clashed with the Lord of the Bone Abyss, their Divine Kingdoms locking them into a prolonged battle.
• Qin Chuan harassed the Lord of the Bone Abyss's Divine Kingdom with repeated attacks while Dies Martin taunted their opponent.
• Qin Chuan focused on tearing down the Lord of the Bone Abyss's Divine Kingdom as its Divine Emissaries failed to stop him.
• The Lord of the Bone Abyss decided Qin Chuan was too dangerous to leave alive and sent a Soul Roar calling for help.
• Several Divine Kingdoms appeared and sealed off the region of the Void.

Qin Chuan and Dies Martin chose to summon the Abyss to make it collide with Blue Star and the Undead World, creating lethal Spacetime Turbulence that would keep the gods from invading. The Abyss entered the Void and drove back the undead gods, while Dies Martin stayed behind to buy Qin Chuan time to escape.

• The Undead gods gathered around Blue Star, and Dies Martin warned Qin Chuan that they were determined to conquer it.
• Dies Martin proposed summoning the Abyss with help from the King of Torture and the Lord of Lava, forcing the three worlds into collision and creating a dangerous Turbulence Layer.
• Qin Chuan accepted the plan, activated the Time-Space Beacon with the Moment of Utmost Darkness, and prepared to turn the Shadow Domain into a Divine Kingdom by absorbing Divinity Fragments.
• Dies Martin summoned the Abyss, and its demons poured into the Void as the World Barrier shattered.
• Spacetime Turbulence swallowed part of the Lord of the Bone Abyss's Divine Kingdom, forcing the undead gods to retreat while Dies Martin urged Qin Chuan to escape.

Qin Chuan returned to Blue Star after Dies Martin dragged the Abyss into the collision of worlds, buying time before the Undead gods and Abyssal Demon Gods could descend. He sent the Apex Guild to protect survivors and fight the invading enemies, while Season Star faced a growing force of Undead at Magic City Stronghold.

• Dies Martin rammed his Divine Kingdom into the Spacetime Turbulence to destroy the Lord of the Bone Abyss's Divine Kingdom, and Qin Chuan escaped toward Blue Star.
• Qin Chuan told the Apex Guild that the collision had formed a temporary barrier delaying the gods, and urged them to grow stronger and protect survivors.
• Qin Chuan asked the guild to watch for Divinity Fragments, then took Water God to Ascending Dragon Imperial City.
• Dawn killed a group of demons attacking civilians, while Apex Guild members fought demons and Undead across Yan Country.
• Season Star watched Demigod-grade Undead gather outside Magic City Stronghold as the other powerful guild members fought elsewhere.

Season Star and other Apex Guild members fought the Undead and Demons across Yan Country while Qin Chuan absorbed Ascending Dragon Imperial City into the Shadow Domain. The city vanished into the domain, and Qin Chuan returned to Magic City Stronghold to recover before the next step.

• Season Star sent Destroyer and Annihilator to attack the Undead outside Magic City Stronghold, giving survivors hope.
• Evergreen, Tiga Lingyu, and Dawn fought Undead and Demons in other parts of Yan Country.
• Qin Chuan told Water God that the Shadow Domain was becoming a Divine Kingdom and could contain Ascending Dragon Imperial City.
• Water God agreed to let Qin Chuan absorb the city despite the effect it would have on his control over it.
• Qin Chuan used Shadow Power to lift Ascending Dragon Imperial City into the air and absorb it into the Shadow Domain.
• Qin Chuan and Water God returned to Magic City Stronghold so Qin Chuan could recover before they continued.

After returning to Magic City Stronghold, Qin Chuan learned that absorbing Ascending Dragon Imperial City had transformed the Water God into a Dark Tide Lord. With new powers and a growing threat from descending gods, Qin Chuan set out to find Divinity Fragments while Season Star organized the others.

• Qin Chuan returned to Magic City Stronghold with the Water God and confirmed that the stronghold was safe.
• The Water God revealed that Ascending Dragon Imperial City had strengthened him and helped him sense the Power of Shadow.
• The Water God advanced from Sourcewater Mage to Dark Tide Lord and summoned more than a hundred Saint Domain-grade Dark Tide Guards.
• The Water God demonstrated Dark Tide Abyss, which destroyed Undead, and Dark Tide Domain, which weakened enemies and empowered his guards.
• The Water God planned to team up with Dawn to hunt Demigods, while Qin Chuan told Season Star to organize rescue teams.
• Qin Chuan decided to seek Divinity Fragments so he could form his Divine Kingdom before the gods descended.