Chapter Summaries

Arora created a world and guided life from simple organisms through increasingly diverse forms, learning how environmental change and predator-prey relationships shaped evolution. She came to understand that predators helped drive prey evolution while maintaining ecological balance.

• Chang Wei reassured Arora that she could create life by guiding the universe with her will.
• Arora formed an Earth-like environment and accelerated chemical reactions that produced organic compounds and the first single-celled organisms.
• Arora guided cells into multicellular life, followed by increasingly diverse organisms in the oceans, on land, and in the sky.
• Environmental upheavals caused many life forms to go extinct while others adapted and evolved new survival strategies.
• Arora studied how lions and antelopes shaped each other's abilities and recognized predators as catalysts of evolution and ecosystem balance.

Arora reflected on the balance of life, then used her creation power to bring humans into existence and give certain life forms abilities to act as guardians of the universe. With Chang Wei’s guidance, she replaced the King of Reincarnation’s True Word Power system with a new power fueled by emotions called Psionic Energy.

• Arora understood how predators, prey, producers, and decomposers maintained the balance and renewal of ecosystems.
• Chang Wei and Scathach told Arora that her thoughts and imagination could become reality and that she could create humanity.
• Arora created humans with wisdom and emotions, and they began to thrive throughout the universe.
• Arora granted certain life forms the ability to sense the universe and control natural elements, making them guardians of its harmony.
• Arora discarded the King of Reincarnation’s True Word Power system and, under Chang Wei’s guidance, created Psionic Energy.

Arora restored Misra to life and brought her to Earth, where she explained that Misra could use Psionic Energy to revive Asura. Misra vowed to train for that goal, while Arora questioned whether reviving the dead violated the laws of life and death.

• Arora scattered Psionic Energy across the stars and used her wish to pull Misra back from the river of time.
• Misra awoke on a busy Earth street, and Arora reassured her that she was safe.
• Misra asked where Asura was, and Arora told her that his spirit and strength remained with her.
• Arora explained that Misra had lost her True Word Power but could use Psionic Energy to revive Asura.
• Misra vowed to revive her father, and Arora told her to train until her power was strong enough.
• Arora recalled Chang Wei's advice about creation and reflected that a universe without death could bring chaos and make life lose its meaning.

Arora realized Chang Wei had altered her fate and feared that he was leaving. Chang Wei refused to take her along but promised he might return, then departed with his companions.

• Arora used her growing power to trace her fate and realized Chang Wei had changed her destiny, saving her from becoming a sacrifice and making her a Creation God.
• Arora asked Chang Wei if he was leaving, and Esdeath suggested that he take Arora with them.
• Chang Wei refused because Arora still had family in her world, but promised he might return after immeasurable tribulations.
• Teresa, Esdeath, and Scathach said farewell to Arora, and Scathach gave her an old demonic spear.
• Chang Wei created a Virus Gem for Arora, and he and the others disappeared before she could look up again.

Chang Wei and Esdeath entered a new mission while Teresa and Scathach stayed behind to rest. They arrived in a cultivation-rich Eastern mythological world, where the Lord God assigned them a conquest mission.

• Esdeath urged the group to take another mission, and Chang Wei sent her onward while Teresa and Scathach rested.
• Chang Wei watched the crossing and failed to learn how the Main God Space found and locked onto worlds.
• Chang Wei and Esdeath arrived in a deep forest where spiritual qi and foul qi coexisted.
• The Lord God announced a team mission requiring them to conquer the world, rated Lv.10~20.

Chang Wei and Esdeath arrived in a world rich with spiritual qi and beings from Eastern mythology, and Chang Wei suspected it might be the world of Journey to the West. They entered a small town to learn more about their surroundings, where Chang Wei used his power to make the townspeople see Esdeath’s unusual appearance as normal.

• Chang Wei considered the world’s detailed information about demons, gods, immortals, and Buddhas and wondered if it was the world of Journey to the West.
• Esdeath asked where they were, and Chang Wei warned that her Demonic Qi and style might make her seem out of place to local cultivators.
• Chang Wei compared the world’s rich spiritual qi and orderly natural laws with the dark, chaotic world of A Chinese Ghost Story.
• Chang Wei changed his clothes and hair before he and Esdeath walked through the mountains to a small town.
• The townspeople stared at Esdeath and criticized her appearance until Chang Wei snapped his fingers and made them see her as completely normal.
• Esdeath teased Chang Wei about his possessiveness after he admitted he did not like people staring at her.

Chang Wei and Esdeath enjoyed a romantic outing through Hangzhou, taking a boat along the canals to West Lake. They shared an intimate night together on the boat as it rocked across the lake.

• Chang Wei put his arm around Esdeath's waist, and they walked together through Hangzhou.
• Chang Wei and Esdeath rented a small boat and toured the city's waterways.
• Esdeath leaned against Chang Wei and enjoyed the scenery as they traveled toward West Lake.
• Chang Wei and Esdeath watched the sunset near Leifeng Pagoda before sharing an intimate moment on the boat.
• The boat eventually calmed as night deepened.

Chang Wei realized that he and Esdeath were in the world of Ji Gong, where Yuan Batian was fated to be the Ninth-Life Villain. Yuan Batian noticed Esdeath and, captivated by her, prepared to claim her as his own.

• Chang Wei and Esdeath came ashore at West Lake and began fishing.
• Yuan Batian arrived in Hangzhou with his burly lackeys, frightening the locals.
• Chang Wei recognized Yuan Batian and understood that the world was the setting of Dragon-Subduing Arhat’s wager with the gods.
• Yuan Batian and his lackeys noticed Esdeath, and Yuan Batian’s gaze filled with greed and possessiveness.
• The chapter explained that Yuan Batian’s powerful father had sent him to Hangzhou because he feared his son would cause trouble in the capital.

Yuan Batian and his lackeys tried to seize Esdeath, but she swiftly defeated them and brutally tortured one of them. Enraged and humiliated, Yuan Batian advanced toward Esdeath to fight.

• Yuan Batian ordered his lackeys to capture Chang Wei and said he wanted to assault Esdeath in front of him.
• Esdeath stopped the lackeys with a series of powerful kicks, breaking bones and leaving them sprawled on the ground.
• Esdeath ground her heel into a lackey's head while Chang Wei watched without intervening.
• Yuan Batian laughed, rolled up his sleeves, and strode toward Esdeath in a rage.

Esdeath swiftly defeated Yuan Batian and tortured him while Chang Wei watched. Chang Wei then forced Yuan Batian’s lackeys to flay and attack him, as the surrounding commoners cheered.

• Chang Wei told Esdeath to leave Yuan Batian alive, and Esdeath shattered his kneecap and pinned him down.
• Esdeath crushed Yuan Batian’s fingers and injured his remaining good leg while he cursed and refused to yield.
• Chang Wei magically controlled one lackey and made him use a knife to flay Yuan Batian.
• Chang Wei taunted the other immobilized lackeys, then forced them to crawl over and attack Yuan Batian with their knives.
• The surrounding commoners clapped and cheered as Yuan Batian’s lackeys turned on him.

Chang Wei and Esdeath left Yuan Batian to suffer while the authorities rushed to the scene. In the market, Chang Wei recognized Li Xiuyuan as the Dragon-Subduing Arhat’s reincarnation, who promptly mistook an old woman’s errand and dragged her away from home.

• The townspeople surrounded Yuan Batian and his lackeys, cursing them until news of the authorities’ arrival sent the crowd scattering.
• The constable chief found Yuan Batian still being carved by his lackeys and summoned the Prefect, who hurried to the scene.
• Chang Wei and Esdeath continued touring Hangzhou City and noticed a young man carrying a birdcage.
• Chang Wei recognized the young man as Li Xiuyuan, the Dragon-Subduing Arhat’s reincarnation.
• As dark clouds gathered, Li Xiuyuan tried to help an old woman but misunderstood her intentions and led her away from her home.

Chang Wei recognized that Li Xiuyuan carried Dragon-Subduing Arhat’s heavenly mandate and chose not to interfere, but other Reincarnators abducted Li Xiuyuan. Heavenly lightning killed the abductors while sparing Li Xiuyuan, who returned home with a new belief in heaven’s protection.

• Passersby accused Li Xiuyuan of bullying an old woman, while Chang Wei observed that Li Xiuyuan’s actions seemed to worsen the trouble he tried to solve.
• Chang Wei realized that targeting the Spiritual Light within Li Xiuyuan would trigger the Immortals’ arrangements of fate, so he decided not to act against him.
• A group of Reincarnators abducted Li Xiuyuan, hoping to exploit or study him, despite his heavenly mandate.
• Heavenly lightning struck the Reincarnators and killed them, while a mysterious force protected Li Xiuyuan.
• Li Xiuyuan woke among the ruins, hurried home, and told his parents what had happened.
• Li Maochun urged Li Xiuyuan to do good and avoid evil, and Li Xiuyuan began to believe that heaven had protected him.

Chang Wei and Esdeath watched Reincarnators meet bizarre deaths while pursuing Li Xiuyuan or seeking power through Yuan Batian. Jerry, a foreigner deeply versed in Chinese culture, exploited their mistakes for rewards as the others struggled to understand the world.

• Chang Wei and Esdeath watched Li Xiuyuan’s pursuers die in increasingly absurd ways, including a Jedi Knight who drowned in a cesspit and a Swordplay Legend Reincarnator abducted by a demon.
• Some Reincarnators sought Yuan Batian, hoping to reach the Great Demon God Black Rakshasa and gain power, while others tried to disrupt Dragon-Subduing Arhat’s salvation by killing Xiao Yu and Zhu Dachang.
• Reincarnators who tried to defy destiny met miserable ends.
• Jerry mocked the Reincarnators’ ignorance and used his knowledge of Chinese culture and human nature to earn rewards by exploiting their missteps and offering timely help.

Chang Wei traced Fu Hu Arhat's reincarnation back to the Heavenly Court and watched him grow up under Li Maochun's care. As the plot began, lightning struck Li Xiuyuan and awakened Dragon-Subduing Arhat.

• Jerry warned the Reincarnators to act cautiously in the China world, where powerful demon-slayers could punish them for reckless crimes.
• Chang Wei tracked Fu Hu Arhat and the Kirin Monster to the Heavenly Court, then left part of his power there to search for Spirit Mountain.
• After Fu Hu Arhat was rapidly grown into an adult, Li Maochun adopted and cared for him when both families abandoned him.
• Chang Wei and Esdeath continued tormenting Yuan Batian while waiting for the plot to begin.
• A sudden bolt of lightning struck Li Xiuyuan in the street, transforming him into Dragon-Subduing Arhat.

Dragon-Subduing Arhat returned to Guoqing Temple, recovered part of his strength by reconnecting with his golden body, and revealed his identity to Abbot Fakong. Fakong remained open to his claims and ordered a monk’s robe brought for him.

• Dragon-Subduing Arhat chose to return to Guoqing Temple and sensed a connection to the temple as he entered.
• The Earth God appeared, explained that he had guarded Dragon-Subduing Arhat’s golden body, and led him to it.
• Dragon-Subduing Arhat communicated with his golden body, recovered part of his strength, and watched the Earth God depart.
• Dragon-Subduing Arhat met Abbot Fakong and claimed that Li Xiuyuan was gone and that he was Dragon-Subduing Arhat reincarnated.
• When young monks doubted him, Fakong defended Dragon-Subduing Arhat and ordered them to bring a monk’s robe.

Ji Dian received his Dharma name from Abbot Fakong, then tried to stop Yuan Batian and his Reincarnator lackeys from attacking worshippers at Guoqing Temple. The lackeys overwhelmed Ji Dian, leaving him beaten and spitting blood.

• A young monk gave the Dragon-Subduing Arhat a filthy robe, and Abbot Fakong named him Ji Dian.
• Yuan Batian arrived at Guoqing Temple with his men and several battered beggars, then ordered his lackeys to seize the female worshippers.
• Chang Wei wondered whether Yuan Batian’s plan to defile Guanyin’s statue was a mission from Black Rakshasa.
• Ji Dian confronted Yuan Batian and tried to stop his attack, but a Reincarnator caught his punch and kicked him away.
• Yuan Batian’s Reincarnator lackeys surrounded Ji Dian and beat him until he spat blood.

Ji Dian revealed that he was the reincarnation of the Dragon-Subduing Arhat and recruited a group of Reincarnators to help him reform three people without using Magic Power. As Yuan Batian ordered his followers to attack, Fu Yanjie stepped forward to protect Ji Dian.

• Ji Dian failed to calculate the Reincarnators’ intentions, then announced that he was the Dragon-Subduing Arhat.
• Fu Yanjie and the other Reincarnators feigned reverence and offered to help Ji Dian reform the Ninth-Life Prostitute, the Ninth-Life Villain, and the Ninth-Life Beggar.
• Ji Dian accepted their offer, hoping they would help protect him from interference as he pursued his wager with the gods.
• Yuan Batian ordered his Reincarnator followers to kill Ji Dian, and they attacked.
• Fu Yanjie shielded Ji Dian and struck at the attackers with a powerful fist, which Ji Dian praised as fine martial arts.

Fu Yanjie fought a black-robed Reincarnator whose Origin Force and Psionic Energy enhanced his martial arts, including the deadly Body-Shattering Formless Sword Qi. As the battle continued, another Reincarnator on Yuan Batian's side prepared a straw doll and drove a needle into it.

• Ji Dian praised Fu Yanjie's strength and considered ways to help him ascend to Heaven.
• Fu Yanjie's punch killed several weaker Reincarnators before the black-robed man blocked it with a giant black hand.
• Fu Yanjie sensed the black-robed man's unfamiliar power as he explained how Origin Force and Psionic Energy strengthened his martial arts.
• The black-robed man attacked with Body-Shattering Formless Sword Qi, and Fu Yanjie narrowly dodged the strike.
• A Reincarnator on Yuan Batian's side took out a straw doll and drove a needle into it.

Ji Dian used Abbot Fakong’s Prayer Beads to break a witchcraft attack on a Reincarnator, but the black-robed man summoned a Ghost Fetus. Ji Dian recognized the monstrosity as it unleashed a soul-piercing cry.

• A black-robed man pierced a straw doll with a Silver Needle, causing a Reincarnator to suffer a matching chest wound and spiritual attack.
• Ji Dian examined the victim with his Dharma Eye and asked Abbot Fakong to lend him his Prayer Beads.
• Ji Dian chanted scripture and placed the Prayer Beads over the Reincarnator’s heart, healing his wound and dispelling the Darkness Power.
• The recovered Reincarnator revealed an Infant Skull as an eerie cry filled the area.
• The Reincarnator threw the Infant Skull to the ground, and a deformed Ghost Fetus emerged and wailed.
• Ji Dian recognized the creature as a Ghost Fetus and fixed his furious gaze on it.

Ji Dian confronted the Ghost Infant, a monstrous creature born from the corpses and resentments of hundreds of murder victims and countless infants, but he could not use Magic Power to stop it. Esdeath subdued the Ghost Infant, while Ji Dian’s Dharma Eye revealed a terrifying shadow and Golden Wheel of Merit behind Chang Wei.

• Ji Dian saw how the Reincarnator had created the Ghost Infant by burying murdered adults and infants in a feng shui death ground.
• The Ghost Infant attacked the Reincarnators, tearing open one man’s stomach before he forced it out with an explosive blast.
• Ji Dian struck at the Ghost Infant with his Prayer Beads, but it vanished into the crowd and continued hunting for blood.
• Esdeath and Chang Wei arrived, and Esdeath crushed the Ghost Infant beneath her foot.
• Ji Dian looked at Chang Wei with his Dharma Eye and saw a shadow standing on a Sea of Blood, surrounded by Killing Intent and crowned with a Golden Wheel of Merit.