Chapter Summaries

Tongtian confronted Apollo on the Sun Star and revealed that he had rewritten its laws and exposed it to the Greek gods. Apollo vowed to fight him, while Tongtian dismissed the gods as weak and recalled how Poseidon had begged for his life and offered up Amphitrite.

• Apollo shielded Amphitrite and questioned how Tongtian had entered his sealed domain.
• Tongtian told Apollo to inspect the star, revealing that its laws and concealment barrier had been altered so the Greek gods could observe them.
• The Greek gods saw Apollo’s intentions toward Amphitrite and grew jealous and furious at Tongtian’s contemptuous remarks.
• Apollo called Tongtian an arrogant outsider and vowed to suppress him as solar flames and Divine Power erupted around him.
• Tongtian said he had come only to assess Apollo’s strength and recalled that Poseidon had surrendered and offered Amphitrite to save himself.

Tongtian faced Sun God Apollo on the Sun Star, where Apollo unleashed devastating attacks that stirred the Greek gods’ hopes of restoring their pride. Watching from the Temple of Olympus, Hera realized Helios possessed immense hidden power and considered how it might affect her plans against Zeus.

• Tongtian calmly said he had come to observe how the Greek gods fought and study the nature of their power.
• Apollo, enraged by Tongtian’s words, gathered solar energy into his fists and attacked him with destructive miniature suns.
• The Greek gods cheered Apollo’s assault and hoped he would defeat Tongtian and erase their humiliation.
• Hera watched the battle and was shocked that Helios’s punches could shatter stars and crush continents.
• Hera grew angry that Helios had hidden his strength from her and considered the possibility of joining with powerful gods to challenge Zeus’s rule.

As Tongtian battled Apollo above the Sun Star, Zeus chose to let the fight continue so he could use the chaos to test the gods and eliminate potential rivals. The gods thought Apollo had destroyed Tongtian, but Tongtian’s voice rang out unharmed, provoking their anger and disbelief.

• Hera suppressed her anger toward Helios, while Athena and other gods reconsidered their allegiances after witnessing his strength.
• Zeus decided not to summon the gods against Tongtian, hoping to use Tongtian’s rampage to expose and weaken gods who opposed him.
• Apollo unleashed successive sun-wheel attacks at Tongtian above the Sun Star, filling the battlefield with destructive energy until Tongtian vanished from sight.
• The Greek gods celebrated Apollo’s apparent victory and believed Tongtian had been burned to ashes.
• Tongtian calmly asked whether Apollo had any greater ability, and the gods erupted in anger and disbelief that he was still alive.

Zeus and Hera scrutinized Tongtian as Apollo's attacks seemed unable to harm him, and they began to perceive his mysterious unity with the Greek Divine Realm. Hera realized Tongtian came from another world, though the battle with Apollo continued.

• Greek gods rushed toward the Sun Star to see Tongtian's condition, but chaotic Law Chains and distorted space obscured him.
• Zeus used his authority and Spiritual Sense to investigate Tongtian, whose presence seemed to stretch back to the beginning of the universe and evade detection.
• Zeus realized Apollo's devastating attacks had likely done negligible damage to Tongtian, who appeared both tangible and indistinguishable from heaven and earth.
• Hera watched the battle in a mirror and sensed that Tongtian's existence was both real and unreal, identifying the state as the legendary 'Phantom Glimmer.'
• Hera perceived unfamiliar concepts including the origin of the Dao, Space Order, and Law Chains, then concluded that Tongtian was not from Greek Mythology.

Hera and Athena learned that Tongtian came from the Primordial Wilderness, where cultivators pursued power through cultivation and the Dao rather than divine offices and believers’ faith. Their discovery left them questioning the vast differences between the Primordial World and the Greek Mythology World.

• Hera sensed the difference between Tongtian’s cultivation-based power and the Greek gods’ reliance on divine authority and faith.
• Hera realized that beings in the Primordial World could attain eternal life and immortality through cultivation.
• Athena used her wisdom to trace Tongtian’s origins through the Greek world and discovered that he came from the Primordial World.
• Athena wondered whether Tongtian could advance even further and questioned why the Greek gods could not achieve the same immortality.
• Athena reflected that Primordial beings could grow through cultivation without divine appointments or believers’ offerings.

Athena considered whether Tongtian could help her escape Zeus’s rule, while the Greek gods watched Apollo’s relentless assault fail to harm him. Tongtian remained unharmed on the Sun Star and raised an arm, causing the raging flames and spatial turbulence to begin calming.

• Athena reflected on the differences between the Primordial Wilderness and Greek Mythology, then quietly began revising her plans rather than risk Zeus’s wrath.
• The Greek gods questioned why Apollo had not subdued Tongtian despite pouring the Sun Star’s power into his attack.
• Apollo sensed that Tongtian was still present amid the flames and spatial cracks, and Tongtian calmly declared that Apollo’s attacks could not touch him.
• The Greek gods realized Tongtian was alive and apparently uninjured, and grew furious at his dismissive words.
• Tongtian lightly moved his arm, and a profound aura spread across the Sun Star as the flames and spatial turbulence began to subside.

Tongtian absorbed Apollo’s devastating attack and used the experience to understand the laws and power system of the Greek Mythology world. Apollo, enraged by Tongtian’s dismissal of his strength, unleashed pale fire as their confrontation escalated.

• Tongtian absorbed Apollo’s flames, energy currents, and spatial rifts, emerging unharmed with an even more elusive aura.
• Tongtian explained that he had allowed Apollo’s attack to study the world’s Origin Power and adapt his strength to its rules.
• Tongtian called the Greek Mythology world’s laws and rules far simpler than those of the Great Desolation Continent, provoking Apollo’s fury.
• Apollo declared that he would subdue Tongtian and kill him, shifting his purpose from defending Amphitrite to asserting his authority.
• Apollo released ghastly white Pale Fire, and Tongtian remarked that he had originally intended to spare Apollo’s life.

Apollo unleashed the Netherworld Cold Flame, a forbidden fire that tracked and destroyed souls, against Tongtian. Tongtian calmly recognized its nature and remained unafraid as the flame closed in.

• Apollo offered up his Netherworld Cold Flame, terrifying the Greek gods and driving them to flee.
• Zeus activated Mount Olympus's protective barrier in preparation for the soul-burning fire.
• Apollo attacked Tongtian with the Netherworld Cold Flame and declared that he would perish in body and soul.
• Tongtian analyzed the flame as it targeted his soul and compared it to Karmic Flame.
• The Greek gods mocked Tongtian and eagerly awaited his destruction as Apollo's flame pursued him.

Tongtian remained calm as Apollo unleashed his soul-burning flames, then answered with a tiny spark called Heartfire. The spark expanded to cover half the Sun Star, leaving the Greek Gods stunned as Tongtian revealed his superiority in controlling flames.

• The Greek Gods watched Apollo attack Tongtian with soul flames and expected the outsider to die.
• Tongtian dismissed Apollo’s flames and summoned a small spark with the words, “Heartfire, descend from the heavens.”
• The Greek Gods mocked Tongtian after finding no Divine Power in the spark.
• Tongtian flicked the spark into Apollo’s flames, and it swelled into an enormous fire cloud that covered half the Sun Star.
• Tongtian declared that Apollo was inexperienced with fire and explained that Apollo’s soul flames worked by igniting sins and obsessions within the soul.

Tongtian unleashed a vast fire of sin that ignited the Greek gods’ souls and bodies across the Sun Star. Zeus watched the devastation from Olympus and was shaken by Tongtian’s seemingly impossible soul flames.

• Tongtian remained unharmed by the soul-burning flames because his soul was free of sin and karmic entanglements.
• Tongtian flicked out a spark that became a fire of sin, setting the Greek gods’ inner sins ablaze.
• The flames spread across the Sun Star, burning through the gods’ souls and bodies as they cried out for help.
• Zeus watched from the Divine Temple of Olympus and rose in alarm at the flames’ reach and power.

Tongtian continued overwhelming the Greek Gods with soul-burning flames as Apollo confronted him and tried to absorb the fire. Apollo’s power began drawing the flames toward him, but the chapter ended with him visibly suffering their corruption.

• Zeus realized Tongtian’s power exceeded his expectations and reconsidered his plan to emerge as the Greek Gods’ savior.
• Apollo arrived, condemned Tongtian for slaughtering the Greek Gods, and swore to defend the Greek Divine Realm.
• Tongtian told Apollo he could have survived but had failed to seize his chance, while Apollo insisted he could absorb any kind of fire.
• Apollo completed a runic formation and invoked his authority over the sun to draw in and suppress Tongtian’s karmic flames.
• The flames began converging toward Apollo, whose face turned purple and body glowed red as the evil fire corroded him.

Apollo absorbed the world-consuming heartflames into himself, sacrificing his divine soul to save the Greek Gods. Amphitrite blamed herself and tried to die, but Tongtian stopped her and made clear he had no interest in her beauty.

• Apollo shattered the mark of his divine office and drew all the sinfire into his body, saving the Greek Gods as he became motionless like a statue.
• Tongtian recognized Apollo’s sacrifice and wondered whether it had been worth the price, believing the gods might soon forget him.
• Amphitrite mourned Apollo and blamed herself for his death, then tried to throw herself against his statue.
• Tongtian stopped Amphitrite, warned that her death could lead to more people perishing, and told her she was insignificant to him.

Amphitrite submitted to Tongtian and begged him to spare the Greek gods, but he made clear that he had no interest in her offer. In the forest, Artemis learned that Apollo had been annihilated and swore to avenge him.

• Amphitrite offered to serve Tongtian for the rest of her life if he spared the Greek realm and its innocent beings.
• Tongtian dismissed Amphitrite’s plea, saying he only disliked seeing filthy bloodstains before him.
• Artemis, hiding in her forest domain, raged at Tongtian for annihilating her younger brother, Apollo.
• Artemis’s thoughts revealed that Apollo had protected her forest and that she had believed no one could destroy him completely.

After losing her connection to Apollo, Asteria suspected Tongtian might be Zeus’s pawn and considered seeking an alliance with Melanthia. Her concern for Helios overcame her caution, and she challenged Tongtian, who ignored her to study the Greek Divine Realm’s laws from the Sun Star.

• Asteria sensed that Apollo’s life connection had vanished and wondered whether Tongtian had defeated him or acted on Zeus’s orders.
• Asteria considered joining Melanthia and other goddesses to oppose Zeus, but worried over Helios’s fate and whether he had sealed himself away willingly.
• Asteria declared war on Tongtian, demanding that he accept her challenge.
• Tongtian remained seated on the Sun Star, having suppressed Helios, and focused on sensing the world’s laws and origin.

Tongtian sensed Artemis’s challenge and asked Amphitrite about the Hunt Goddess’s hidden abilities. As the Greek gods hailed Artemis as their hope against Tongtian, they declared that he would become her prey.

• Tongtian sensed Artemis’s challenge from her forest and detected an unusual aura surrounding her power.
• Tongtian asked Amphitrite whether Artemis had hidden abilities, and Amphitrite described the Hunt Goddess’s elusive hunting arts.
• Amphitrite noticed Tongtian’s detached state and wondered why he ignored her after she submitted to him.
• The Greek gods heard Artemis’s challenge and hoped she would defeat Tongtian, while others insisted she would capture him as prey.

The Greek gods urged Artemis to challenge Tongtian, hoping she would avenge Apollo and stop his advance. Tongtian answered by descending from the Sun Star into Artemis’s forest, revealing that he had seized Apollo’s solar authority and provoking the gods’ outrage.

• The Greek gods praised Artemis’s power and urged her to kill Tongtian, while debating whether he would accept her challenge.
• The gods mocked Tongtian and blamed Apollo’s death on his underestimating his opponent.
• Tongtian emerged from the Sun Star and descended into the forest amid bursts of radiance.
• The Greek gods recognized Apollo’s familiar solar power in Tongtian and realized he had taken control of Apollo’s divine authority.
• The Greek gods erupted in fury and called on Artemis to kill Tongtian.

Artemis swore a blood oath to kill Tongtian, prompting the Greek World Origin to amplify her power and grant her control over the forests and wilderness. Tongtian appeared inside her domain without being detected, leaving the gods wondering whether even the Heaven and Earth Laws could sense him.

• The gods urged Artemis to hunt Tongtian, and she swore an oath to kill him or lose her divine authority.
• The World Origin responded to Artemis's oath by greatly enhancing her power and expanding her awareness across her domain.
• Artemis sensed that her power had merged with the forests and wilderness, giving her control over that territory.
• Tongtian spoke to Artemis and appeared nearby without her detecting his presence.
• The Greek gods questioned how Tongtian had evaded Artemis's perception despite her power from the World Origin.

Tongtian confronted Goddess of the Hunt Artemis because he wanted to study her ability to connect with nature’s laws and maintain her own domain. Artemis trapped him in her Thousand Trees Form Cage, but Tongtian remained unaffected and offered her a choice between submission and losing her authority; she rejected his offer with contempt.

• Tongtian told Artemis that her domain and abilities, rather than Artemis herself, had caught his interest.
• Artemis declared Tongtian her prey and vanished into the forest, then attacked him with Thousand Trees Form Cage.
• Artemis’s technique disoriented many Greek gods who observed the battle, but Tongtian remained clear-minded and still.
• Tongtian offered Artemis the choice to come with him unharmed or resist and lose her divine throne and authority.
• Artemis rejected Tongtian’s offer and challenged his right to act freely in the Greek Divine Realm.

Tongtian dismissed Artemis’s perception-binding secret technique and challenged her after she rejected his offer to relent. He summoned a world-shaking thunderstorm that stunned the Greek gods, who recognized power they believed belonged only to Zeus.

• Artemis used a secret technique that bound Tongtian’s Primordial Spirit with invisible chains and affected his senses.
• Tongtian explained his questions about the Greek Divine Realm and warned Artemis that she would face the consequences of refusing his two options.
• Artemis declared that she would kill Tongtian, and he praised her resolve before accepting her challenge.
• Tongtian gestured and transformed Heaven and Earth, summoning dark clouds, violent tremors, and ancient thunder and lightning.
• The Greek gods watched in shock as Tongtian wielded thunder and lightning, an authority they believed only Zeus could command.

Tongtian’s lightning strike annihilated Artemis’s sacred forest and left the Greek gods stunned by his command of power they believed belonged only to Zeus. Furious and confused that Tongtian’s thunder seemed stronger than his own, Zeus sensed an unfamiliar fluctuation and wondered whether the Heavenly Dao was sending him a message.

• Tongtian unleashed a devastating lightning strike that Artemis endured, though it erased her sacred forest and reduced the surrounding region to scorched ruins.
• The Greek gods marveled at Tongtian’s strength and questioned why Zeus had not appeared to confront the upheaval.
• Zeus sensed the lightning strike but found that his own command of lightning remained unchanged, leaving him enraged and unable to understand how Tongtian wielded it.
• Zeus calmed as an unfamiliar fluctuation stirred within him, and he wondered whether the Heavenly Dao was conveying a message.