Chapter Summaries

Qi Yuan led the group through the ruins, crushing every Malevolent Spirit they encountered and killing the Heaven Rank Weapon Wielder Mo Sankong with one punch. The group was left stunned by Qi Yuan’s ability to overcome the power of heaven and earth.

• Shen Lingxuan learned from Cai Die that she needed to obtain the Malevolent Source to hide from outsiders and avoid the fate that killed her in her previous life.
• Qi Yuan and his companions found the black door, and Qi Yuan shattered it with a gentle push before leading the group inside.
• Qi Yuan effortlessly killed waves of Malevolent Spirits while his companions played suonas and collected their eyeballs.
• Mo Sankong recognized Chen Kangbao and demanded that the group leave him behind, threatening to kill everyone who stayed.
• Qi Yuan challenged Mo Sankong, then broke through his power of heaven and earth and killed him with one punch.

Qi Yuan led his companions into the Wonder Domain, where they discovered that three hundred thousand artifact refiners had died trying to forge Tian Yuan, a treasure meant to save the Green Mountain Realm from Malevolent Spirits. Their account revealed that the artifact had consumed their possessions and bodies, yet the gods had never answered.

• Qi Yuan killed Mo Sankong with one punch, claimed materials from his Storage Magical Artifact, and gave the remaining magical artifacts to the Weapon Wielders.
• The Confucian-robed scholar explained that the Radiant Light Society had recruited Chen Kangbao and his own elder brother to forge a mysterious artifact, and the group continued searching the ruins for Shen Lingxuan.
• Qi Yuan killed a peak Mystic Rank Human-Faced Moth with one punch while Fifth Wei's party learned that the ruins were the Wonder Domain and Shen Lingxuan heard that her live-in son-in-law might be searching for her.
• Qi Yuan broke through the Wonder Domain's metal entrance with his Kitchen Knife, and the group entered a chamber filled with bones and found the remains of God Rank expert Qian Muzhi.
• The group read Qian Muzhi's account of the failed effort to forge the Light Wonder Treasure: the artifact refiners fed Tian Yuan their possessions, magical artifacts, and bodies, but the gods never opened their eyes.
• Chen Kangbao kept eating steamed buns and suggested holding a feast so the dead artifact refiners could eat too.

Qi Yuan and the Weapon Wielders discovered that Heavenly Origin had consumed three hundred thousand artifact refiners, while the scholar in Confucian robes found his elder brother’s remains and learned of his final request. When Fifth Wei attacked the group, Qi Yuan killed him and the other Heaven Rank Weapon Wielders, then gained loot and experience as his son-in-law role completion rose.

• Chen Kangbao cooked food for the skeletons while the Weapon Wielders read the account of the artifact refiners and their failed attempt to refine Heavenly Origin.
• The scholar in Confucian robes found his elder brother’s skeleton and read his request to redeem the courtesan Dark Fragrance, but the bones crumbled to ash when he touched them.
• Fifth Wei arrived with more than ten followers and threatened the scholar, while Qi Yuan and the other Weapon Wielders mocked the Heaven Rank group with feigned fear.
• Fifth Wei attacked the group and threatened Qi Yuan, but Qi Yuan stopped him from speaking further and punched a hole through his chest.
• Qi Yuan hunted down and killed the remaining eleven Heaven Rank Weapon Wielders, collecting valuables and experience while his son-in-law role completion increased.

Qi Yuan and his companions explored the depths of the Wonder Domain, where they learned that three hundred thousand artifact refiners had died trying to forge a Light Wonder Treasure. Qi Yuan found that the failed Tianyuan could be repaired, then left the collapsing Underground Palace with the others.

• Qi Yuan returned after killing the Rakshasa Country Heaven Rank Weapon Wielders, and the group continued deeper into the Underground Palace despite the threat of God Rank Weapon Wielders.
• Qi Yuan and his companions found the remains of God-Rank Artifact Refiners and memorized Xuan Feng's forging formula as they explored the failed Tianyuan workshop.
• Qi Yuan told the Thorns of Blood staff member about the Wonder Domain, learned that the Radiant Light Society and Thorns of Blood were enemies, and refused an offer to leave the Green Mountain Realm.
• Qi Yuan encountered Fang Shisan alive in the deepest part of the palace, but Fang Shisan died after confirming that the Tianyuan had failed.
• Qi Yuan received the Tianyuan as a withered leaf and learned that it could be repaired or reversed into Human Enlightenment Radiance.
• Qi Yuan led the group out of the Wonder Domain, which collapsed into dust after they departed.

Qi Yuan searched for Shen Lingxuan, killed three Heaven Rank Weapon Wielders who threatened an inn, and learned she was still missing. After telling the Heaven Sect he had slain Rakshasa Country’s Heaven Rank Weapon Wielders, he set out for Rakshasa Country, where he discovered that his live-in son-in-law role had awakened Weak Mandate of Heaven and that Divine Descent’s destruction was tied to its Mandate of Heaven.

• Qi Yuan failed to find Shen Lingxuan, then killed Fallen Sky Senior and two other Heaven Rank Weapon Wielders when they threatened the inn guests over a stolen Divine Artifact Embryo.
• Qi Yuan gained enough experience to reach level 135 and decided to search the Heaven Sect for Shen Lingxuan before heading to Rakshasa Country.
• At the Heaven Sect, Qi Yuan learned Shen Lingxuan was missing and told its elders that he had slain Rakshasa Country’s Heaven Rank Weapon Wielders before leaving with Chen Kangbao.
• While sailing toward Rakshasa Country, Qi Yuan found his live-in son-in-law role-playing progress had reached 90%, awakening Weak Mandate of Heaven.
• A Thorns of Blood staff member told Qi Yuan that Divine Descent bore the Mandate of Heaven and had been destroyed because of secrets connected to it, warning that those who bear the Mandate of Heaven may be targeted.

Qi Yuan met Liu Chudong aboard a ship and joined her group, Trial, after they bonded over justice and the need to fight evil. As the ship neared port, Liu Chudong left to take the badly injured Qian Ran to the Liu Residence, while Qi Yuan prepared to be taken to Judgment’s branch.

• Qi Yuan met Liu Chudong, who mistook his kindness for a sign that he shared her ideals about fairness and justice.
• Liu Chudong told Qi Yuan about Trial and its opposition to Rakshasa Country’s court, then invited him to join; Qi Yuan agreed because he wanted to hunt Malevolent Spirits and advance his role as Divine Descent.
• Liu Chudong returned to her room and told the injured Qian Ran that she had recruited Qi Yuan into Trial.
• Qian Ran asked whether the God of Judgement might still be alive, and Liu Chudong said his return would bring light to Rakshasa Country.
• After ten days of talking with Qi Yuan, Liu Chudong arranged for someone to guide him to Judgment’s branch while she took Qian Ran to the Liu Residence for treatment.

Qi Yuan joined Liu Chudong and the Judicators on a mission to stop the Blood Cloud Bandits, but they found no sign of the bandits at their expected ambush site. Following a sound of fighting, they rode toward the Zhao family caravan, where the bandits were threatening to kill everyone except the women.

• Chi Changle warned Qi Yuan that the Town Protector King’s Blood Hand spies watched Dingbo Province, but Qi Yuan was unfazed by the danger.
• Wang Kong told Qi Yuan that the Blood Cloud Bandits planned to attack the Zhao family caravan, and Qi Yuan agreed to accompany the Judicators.
• Liu Chudong, Qi Yuan, and two masked Judicators waited for the caravan, but neither it nor the bandits appeared at the expected location.
• Qi Yuan claimed to hear fighting and led the group toward the sound.
• The one-armed bandit confronted Old Zhao and his daughter over her intended match with Director Liu’s godson, then ordered his men to kill everyone except the women.

Qi Yuan and Liu Chudong's party rescued Master Zhao and Miss Zhao from the Blood Cloud Bandits, but Qi Yuan killed the pair after suspecting their cries for help were a trap. As the Judicators confronted the corruption behind the bandits, Qi Yuan learned that changing certain recorded fates could increase his Mandate of Heaven, leaving Ji Wuyun wondering how the Green Mountain Book could contain future events.

• Liu Chudong's two Judicators cut down the Blood Cloud Bandits surrounding the group, but the one-armed bandit escaped.
• After the Judicators pointed out Master Zhao and Miss Zhao's suspicious behavior, Qi Yuan killed them despite Liu Chudong's uncertainty about their guilt.
• Chi Changle, Wang Kong, and Liu Chudong discussed how the Dingyuan King and his allies enabled the Blood Cloud Bandits to terrorize Dingbo Province.
• At the Blood Cloud Bandits' stronghold, Liu Wen killed the one-armed bandit and ordered the Seventh Chief to slaughter Little Good Village and pass its heads off as military merit.
• Five days later, Qi Yuan learned from a Thorns of Blood staff member that changing certain fates recorded in the Green Mountain Book could raise his Mandate of Heaven.
• Ji Wuyun questioned how the Green Mountain Book could record events that had not happened yet.

Qi Yuan learned that the Green Mountain Book recorded future events, then located the Blood Cloud Bandits’ stronghold and attacked it in a towering armored form. The bandits were nearly wiped out, and the surviving civilians recognized him as someone who had returned.

• The Thorns of Blood staff member told Qi Yuan and Ji Wuyun that the Green Mountain Book recorded future events, including a mutiny and an uprising in Dingbo Province.
• Qi Yuan realized that his actions had changed the Anze uprising and increased his destiny, then discovered the Blood Cloud Bandits’ headquarters and other strongholds.
• Liu Chudong sought Qi Yuan to introduce him to a passing Judgment Assembly elder who carried news about the descended god, but Chen Kangbao said Qi Yuan was away.
• Qi Yuan appeared over Blood Cloud Stronghold in a colossal red-armored form and killed nearly all the bandits with two Overlord Fist attacks.
• Qi Yuan declared that the god had descended to drive away the black night, and the surviving civilians recognized him and cried that he had returned.

The Dingyuan King investigated the destruction of the Blood Cloud Bandits and feared that the God of Death had returned, while Liu Sheng decided to support the Judgment Assembly after learning more about Ning Country. Liu Sheng became interested in Qi Yuan’s connection to the God of Death, and Qi Yuan slept after exhausting himself in the raid.

• The Dingyuan King learned that a hundred-meter blood-colored giant had wiped out the Blood Cloud Bandits, suspected Liu Sheng of staging it, and decided to investigate Blood Cloud Stronghold in disguise.
• Liu Sheng agreed to provide the Judgment Assembly with material support and shelter in Dingbo Province in exchange for its help against Blood Hand.
• Liu Sheng summoned Liu Chudong and reacted with concern when she said her friend Qi Yuan had come from Ning Country.
• Liu Sheng offered to bring Fu Su to the Judgment Assembly to help identify ill-intentioned people.
• Qi Yuan returned exhausted from destroying the Blood Cloud Bandits and their strongholds, then went to sleep with Little Bride holding his hand.

Qi Yuan woke after half a month of sleep, while rumors of God's Descent returning spread across Dingbo Province and frightened the Dingyuan King into fleeing for the Royal Capital. As Qi Yuan set out on a journey toward the capital, Liu Sheng offered to lead his horse.

• Liu Sheng waited outside Qi Yuan's courtyard after Chen Kangbao said his young master could not be disturbed.
• An old woman from the Judgment Assembly listened as Linhai City's people celebrated the God of Judgement's return and remembered the past.
• The Dingyuan King learned that the authorities were encouraging the rumors and hurried to leave for the Royal Capital, warning the Blood Hand leader to keep his departure secret.
• After half a month, Qi Yuan woke and told Liu Chudong and Liu Sheng that he planned to travel across several provinces to the Royal Capital.
• Liu Sheng offered to lead Qi Yuan's horse through the rain, and Qi Yuan accepted.

Qi Yuan and his companions crossed Xianle Province, where he used Divine Descent to rescue Rakshasa civilians from Da Feng cavalry. The people recognized the God of Judgement’s return, and Uncle Li realized Rakshasa Country was about to change.

• Liu Sheng told Qi Yuan about the Rakshasa Seven Gods and warned that Fifth Bufan was rumored to be close to Divine Descent’s former strength.
• Qi Yuan’s carriage joined Li Wan’s party on the road to Xianlong County, where Li Wan was traveling to break off an engagement.
• Uncle Li spotted three thousand Da Feng cavalry capturing more than a thousand Rakshasa civilians, and Qi Yuan ordered the carriage toward them to save the people in Divine Descent’s name.
• Qi Yuan’s divine voice called upon Divine Descent, and the civilians answered by shouting for the God of Judgement.
• A colossal, blood-armored Divine Descent appeared and defeated the cavalry with one punch, then told the civilians to stand instead of kneeling.
• Li Wan and Uncle Li watched the carriage continue onward and realized that Divine Descent’s return would change Rakshasa Country.

Qi Yuan, posing as the revived God of Judgement Shenlin, waited for Blade Demon and killed him with a single sword strike after using God's Descent and With You in Arms. The onlookers were stunned by Shenlin's strength, while Qi Yuan gained a flood of experience.

• Li Wan recognized the towering God of Judgement as the young man who had traveled with her and decided to help the survivors.
• A voluptuous God Rank Weapon Wielder used a mind-bewitching artifact to calm Blade Demon and directed him toward Xianle Province to challenge Shenlin.
• Qi Yuan learned from a Thorns of Blood member that Blade Demon was coming and heard a warning about the old emperor, Fifth Bufan.
• Washerwoman followed Blade Demon to Xianle Province, determined to keep Shenlin from dying before her eyes.
• Blade Demon swung at Shenlin, but Qi Yuan's sword flash severed his head before the onlookers could see him act.
• Chen Kangbao praised Qi Yuan as invincible, and Qi Yuan discovered that Chen had a bun clamped in his crotch.

Qi Yuan learned that the Radiant Light Society had helped weaken Shenlin and served the terrifying Radiant Light Dao Lord, while the fourth Yang Spirit layer remained an unspeakable mystery. In the Royal Capital, the God Rank Weapon Wielders feared Shenlin’s return until the Emperor declared that he would personally suppress him.

• Qi Yuan discovered that Blade Demon’s Dark Light Spirit-tainted blood had weakened Shenlin’s divine artifact, and learned from a Thorns of Blood staff member that the Radiant Light Society was behind the contamination.
• The Thorns of Blood staff member explained the Yang Spirit hierarchy, identified the Radiant Light Dao Lord as a fifth-layer Yang Spirit, and said the fourth layer could not be spoken of or perceived without bringing calamity.
• Qi Yuan wondered whether the Immortal Dao had a Dao Lord, reaffirmed his role as an actor, and decided to deal with White Moonlight.
• In the Royal Capital, Dingyuan King and three other God Rank Weapon Wielders discussed Blade Demon’s death and feared Shenlin’s revival.
• The Emperor announced that he would personally suppress and kill Shenlin, surprising the God Rank Weapon Wielders who knew his past fear of Shenlin.

Qi Yuan traveled across Rakshasa Country as God Descended, answering prayers with miracles and building the people’s faith while questioning whether he was fit to wield the power of judgement. After three months, he reached the Royal Capital and was ordered to surrender Divine Descent to Fifth Bufan, so he prepared to kill the emperor.

• Fifth Bufan revealed Dark Light Spirit to the God Rank Weapon Wielders, warned them that divine artifacts had to serve him, and accepted their confessions and offerings in exchange for pardons.
• Qi Yuan began traveling through Xianlong County, healing a sick girl, killing people who committed violence, and answering prayers with divine miracles and starlight rain.
• Liu Chudong told Liu Sheng she feared that Qi Yuan’s control of God Descended could threaten fairness and justice, and urged him to hold fast to his original heart.
• Over three months, Qi Yuan traveled through all twelve provinces, performed miracles, punished evildoers, and stopped opportunists from using popular faith to overthrow the existing order.
• At the Royal Capital, Qi Yuan decided to kill Fifth Bufan, but a gray-robed official ordered him to enter the palace and surrender Divine Descent.

Qi Yuan confronted Fifth Bufan in Rakshasa Country’s Royal Capital, swallowed the corrosive Dark Light Spirit rain to protect its people, then revealed himself as a God Rank Weapon Wielder after God's Descent collapsed. He faced Fifth Bufan and the other gods alone, unleashing a devastating attack as his BGM drones filled the sky.

• Qi Yuan announced his arrival and transformed into a colossal, three-faced form of God's Descent, while Fifth Bufan and five other gods prepared to face him.
• Fifth Bufan dodged Qi Yuan’s punch, then released the Dark Light Spirit as poisonous rain over the Royal Capital.
• Qi Yuan swallowed the rain to protect the citizens, weakening God's Descent until the giant collapsed and revealed Qi Yuan beneath it.
• Qi Yuan declared himself the God of Judgement and a God Rank Weapon Wielder, shocking Fifth Bufan and the other gods.
• Fifth Bufan and the five gods attacked together, but Qi Yuan vanished and summoned over a thousand copies of himself to strike back.
• Qi Yuan’s drones filled the sky with his BGM as he called it the gods’ funeral music.

Qi Yuan defeated Rakshasa Country’s seven God Rank Weapon Wielders, but his Divine Descent role-playing progress remained at 99%. Liu Chudong challenged him to restore the old Divine Descent’s impartiality, giving Qi Yuan an idea for how to complete the role.

• Qi Yuan killed Zhou Zhiqi, chased down the fleeing God Rank Weapon Wielders, and killed Dingyuan King and Fifth Bufan.
• Liu Sheng helped restore order in the Royal Capital after Fifth Bufan’s death, while Qi Yuan discovered that his role-playing progress had stalled at 99%.
• Qi Yuan told Liu Sheng, Liu Chudong, and the Washerwoman that he could be Divine Descent, but Divine Descent was not him.
• Liu Chudong argued that Qi Yuan’s own consciousness and preferences could prevent true fairness, and asked him to erase himself so the old Divine Descent could return.
• Qi Yuan realized he could not become the old Divine Descent, so he would return a Divine Descent to Rakshasa Country.

Qi Yuan left Rakshasa Country for Divine Wood Abyss, then fell from Sunset Cliff after touching an ancient stele. He landed in a hidden valley with his divine power suppressed, where a Blind Woman tried to save him with her blood.

• Qi Yuan gave Washerwoman a lightsaber containing Shenlin and announced that he was leaving Rakshasa Country.
• Qi Yuan arranged to meet Ji Wuyun and the Thorns of Blood staff member at Divine Wood Abyss, then traveled with Chen Kangbao toward Sunset Cliff.
• After taking on the blind artifact refiner role, Qi Yuan touched the stele at Sunset Cliff and fell into the abyss.
• Qi Yuan weakened by the valley's restraints, landed on what appeared to be a swing, and suffered severe injuries.
• The Blind Woman found Qi Yuan unconscious and fed him her blood as she said she wanted to get out.

Qi Yuan awakened in Divine Wood Abyss, where the Blind Woman asked him to become an Ancestor God-Rank Artifact Refiner and make her eyes. Meanwhile, Shen Lingxuan and Insect Woman Cai Die discussed the Black Earth invasion and their plan to forge Human Enlightenment Radiance, while considering whether to recruit Shen Lin.

• Qi Yuan woke after two months and learned the Blind Woman had saved him; she offered him divine wood materials in exchange for a future pair of eyes.
• The Blind Woman gave Qi Yuan eight wooden plaques containing artifact refinement methods, and he began studying the laws carved on them.
• Insect Woman Cai Die told Shen Lingxuan that Ancestor God Yuan had taken the unfinished World Lord wonder Green Cloud into the Void Sea to confront Black Earth, and no news had returned.
• Insect Woman Cai Die rejected cooperation with the Radiant Light Society and affirmed that the Divine Wood Universe would forge Human Enlightenment Radiance rather than rely on gods.
• Insect Woman Cai Die revealed that Shen Lin had won at Rakshasa Country and suggested recruiting him, but she and Shen Lingxuan remained trapped in Divine Wood Abyss for fear of the Radiant Light Society.

Qi Yuan struggled to refine divine artifacts while blind, and the Blind Woman taught him to awaken a mind’s eye by observing the distant exit of Divine Wood Abyss. Elsewhere, Feng Ti was ordered to hunt the fate of Green Mountain Realm and kill Qi Yuan, while Insect Woman Cai Die and Shen Lingxuan heard a mysterious noise beneath their hot spring.

• Qi Yuan initiated all eight gates of the Eight Gates Artifact Refining Technique, then received materials from the Blind Woman and repeatedly failed to refine divine artifacts.
• The Blind Woman told Qi Yuan that he lacked a mind’s eye and brought him to observe a distant glimmer at the exit of Divine Wood Abyss.
• Qi Yuan settled near the exit to cultivate his mind’s eye, but after the eight gates reached proficiency, he considered building a ladder to get closer.
• Ruo Xi Myth ordered Feng Ti to kill the fate of Green Mountain Realm and Qi Yuan, and Feng Ti set out for Divine Wood Abyss.
• Insect Woman Cai Die and Shen Lingxuan heard a noise beneath their hot spring and wondered whether it came from the entrance to Divine Wood Abyss.