Chapter Summaries

As Ascension Pavilion prepared to open the Heavenly Gate, the eight great immortal sects debated whether the ceremony was a trap, while Wang Zhifan planned multiple gates tailored to his disciples’ needs. On the day of the Ascension Ceremony, more than a hundred powerful cultivators gathered, and Wang Zhifan opened the gate after demanding his disciples ascend first.

• The Skycloud Immortal Sect’s three supreme elders discussed waiting to see whether Wang Zhifan could truly open the Heavenly Gate before attacking Ascension Pavilion.
• Wang Zhifan traced a warning about the eight great immortal sects’ plans to Ouyang Chen, then studied the boundary between the Human Realm and the Immortal Realm and planned six specialized Heavenly Gates.
• Wang Zhifan prepared the spatial nodes, assessed Ascension Pavilion’s true disciples, and taught them how to pass through the Heavenly Gate.
• More than a hundred Mahayana and Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivators gathered outside Ascension Pavilion, and roughly fifty entered the grounds led by a peak Tribulation Crossing Realm fat man.
• Wang Zhifan demanded that Ascension Pavilion’s disciples ascend before the visiting cultivators, suppressed their hostile auras, and slashed open a spatial vortex in the sky.

Wang Zhifan opened six Heaven Gates for the Ascension Pavilion’s disciples, slaughtered cultivators who rushed in ahead of them, and watched the disciples struggle against the limits of ascension. When he realized none could succeed below the Mahayana Realm, he used his mastery of time and space to raise several leading disciples to the Tribulation Crossing Realm.

• Wang Zhifan killed more than twenty Mahayana Realm and Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivators who charged into Heaven Gate before his disciples.
• Wang Zhifan sent the Ascension Pavilion’s groups of true disciples through six Heaven Gates while the surviving old cultivators waited.
• Wang Zhifan observed the disciples’ progress and realized that heaven and earth would not permit anyone below the Mahayana Realm to ascend.
• The fat Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivator suggested rescuing the struggling disciples, but Wang Zhifan asked him to wait.
• Wang Zhifan returned to the recent past and transferred the cultivation foundations of the slain cultivators to several leading disciples, raising them to the Tribulation Crossing Realm.

Wang Zhifan used the power of slain great cultivators to boost his disciples’ cultivation and help them challenge the Heaven Gates. Four disciples ascended successfully, after which Wang Zhifan opened the gates to other cultivators, finished his arrangements, and entered the Immortal Realm himself as the Mythic Hourglass’s remaining time dwindled.

• Sun Jinshan struggled to break through the Immortal Realm gate until Wang Zhifan infused him with cultivation, letting him rapidly advance and resume his ascent.
• Wang Zhifan empowered several elite disciples, but many failed the trials and were rescued; Sun Jinshan, another Martial Dao cultivator, the Azure Dragon, and Ouyang Chen ultimately ascended.
• The Supernatural Game awarded Wang Zhifan Mythic Points for cultivating Immortal disciples and opening a new Immortal Path.
• Wang Zhifan opened the Heaven Gates to waiting great cultivators, who rushed in to attempt ascension, then comforted his disciples who had failed and left them powerful magic treasures.
• Wang Zhifan entered the Immortal Realm, completed the dungeon objective, received another Mythic Point for helping ten people ascend, and noticed that the Mythic Hourglass had lost more time.

After returning from the dungeon, Wang Zhifan upgraded his traits and equipment with four Mythic Points, then learned that the Supernatural Game had gone haywire while he was away. He used a Mythic Tier Transcendence Proof to remove Yilin, Yali, and Jilupo's forced player status, and waited to see whether the game would target them again.

• Wang Zhifan returned from the dungeon with five new levels, a Legendary Tier Nine Heavens Supreme Cauldron, and four Mythic Points, which he spent upgrading Supreme Blood and three pieces of Legendary Tier equipment.
• The upgrades greatly increased Wang Zhifan's attributes and gave his gear powerful Mythic Tier abilities, leaving him considering whether to enter the Final Trial.
• Yilin, Yali, and Jilupo told Wang Zhifan that five days had passed and the Supernatural Game had begun forcing people into daily dungeons and holding World Battles every day.
• Jilupo revealed that the three subordinates had been forced to become Lv7 players and were being made to clear several dungeons each day.
• Wang Zhifan gave Yali his Mythic Tier Transcendence Proof, and she, Yilin, and Jilupo each used it to remove their player status.
• Wang Zhifan read his messages and watched the three subordinates, who reported that the Supernatural Game had not forced them back into player status.

After confirming his acquaintances could return to normal life, Wang Zhifan met with the Administration to learn about the daily World Battles and the disasters caused by defeats. He agreed to join the next battle while keeping his focus on strengthening himself, and the latest defeat left Earthstar facing an unidentified new disaster.

• Wang Zhifan called Chu Wei, Chen Ming, Chen Can, and other acquaintances, but only Chu Wei answered; he then agreed to travel to the capital after an Administration staff member said Captain Li was on the World Battlefield.
• An Administration official briefed Wang Zhifan on the new daily World Battles, the two disasters caused by earlier defeats, and the Xia Kingdom's plan to relocate to a planet 120 light-years away.
• Wang Zhifan agreed to join the next World Battle and learned that it could end only with one side's elimination or surrender, while a draw might count as a double loss.
• The current World Battle ended in Earthstar's third defeat, but staff could find no new disaster on satellite images; Wang Zhifan determined it was not in Asia.
• Li Zhenguo told Wang Zhifan that Earthstar's teammates had surrendered rather than fight, then arrived with two elite players to meet him.
• Wang Zhifan assessed that the Mythic Hourglass had only three to five days of sand left and decided to fight in World Battles while prioritizing special dungeons and delaying the Final Trial.

Wang Zhifan protected Xia Kingdom from the Super Black Death, equipped Chen Ming and Chen Can’s parents for dungeons, and entered a ten-day survival dungeon. The chapter ended with him feasting in the wilderness despite feeling none of the dungeon’s imposed hunger or thirst.

• Wang Zhifan learned that the Super Black Death had erupted in Europe and assured the Administration that it would not spread into Xia Kingdom.
• Wang Zhifan used law-based restrictions to protect Xia Kingdom from the disease and decided to handle disasters at home rather than abroad.
• Wang Zhifan gave Chen Ming and Chen Can’s parents Excellent Tier defensive equipment after they visited his villa.
• Wang Zhifan rejected using the Transcendence Proof on the elders and chose a ten-day survival dungeon to avoid missing the next World Battle.
• Wang Zhifan entered the wilderness dungeon and began eating food from his storage space after receiving a warning that he would die from hunger and thirst, though he felt no discomfort.

Wang Zhifan resisted the dungeon’s escalating hazards, explored the Snow Region, and met a fox-person named Xiaobai. After a period of safety, the dungeon began freezing the region, but Wang Zhifan suspected it was trying to exploit his concern for the foxes and remained unmoved.

• Wang Zhifan ignored warnings of illness and food poisoning, then sat unharmed as enormous flames engulfed him until the dungeon declared he had passed the trial of fire.
• During the one-hour safe period, Wang Zhifan sensed other inhabitants, traveled to the Snow Region, and found a small white fox near a snow hut.
• Wang Zhifan showed Xiaobai how to catch fish beneath the ice, gave it a fish, and learned that humans and Xiaobai’s people had largely died out.
• Wang Zhifan suspected a malicious World Will was behind the dungeon’s hazards and chose not to kill it, fearing the Supernatural Game might replace it with a stronger one.
• When the next threat began lowering the temperature, Wang Zhifan dismissed it and guessed the World Will hoped he would feel guilty about endangering Xiaobai and the little fox.

Wang Zhifan disguised himself as a bun-selling shopkeeper and rescued Xiaobai and Little Little White from the deadly cold, then hired them to work in his carriage shop. With Xiaobai guiding him toward Snow City, Wang Zhifan set out to use the shop to help locals and defy the World Will.

• Wang Zhifan used his power to protect Xiaobai and Little Little White from the extreme cold by offering them steaming meat buns from his carriage shop.
• Xiaobai thanked Wang Zhifan and begged him to take in Little Little White, so he hired both foxes as shop helpers.
• Wang Zhifan asked Xiaobai where they could find many people, and Xiaobai directed the carriage toward Snow City in a large valley.
• Xiaobai explained that Snow City was protected by treasures made before the disaster, while Wang Zhifan considered whether those treasures were connected to the instance dungeon's route to survival.

Wang Zhifan brought Xiaobai and Little Little White safely through an earthquake and arrived at Snow City, where he began selling buns. After controlling a group of werewolves who tried to attack them, he had them trade a Wolf Fang Necklace for meat buns to draw in the watching residents.

• Wang Zhifan ignored an earthquake warning and drove the carriage through an earthquake, a massive fissure, and erupting magma without harm.
• Wang Zhifan reached Snow City before nightfall and entered with Xiaobai and Little Little White after Black Bear fled from Little Little White’s tyrannosaurus head.
• Wang Zhifan pushed a small cart into Snow City and had Xiaobai call out the buns for sale, offering new customers a free steamed bun.
• Five werewolves surrounded the cart and threatened Wang Zhifan, but he used an unknown force to control them and make them line up.
• The tallest werewolf traded a Wolf Fang Necklace for meat buns, and Wang Zhifan had Xiaobai serve each werewolf one bun in front of the watching residents.

Wang Zhifan took control of Snow City’s bracelets, entrusted the city to Xiaobai and Little Little White, and left to face the next disaster alone. After nine largely uneventful days, the World Will finally prepared a major attack as Wang Zhifan readied a response of his own.

• Wang Zhifan distributed free buns in Snow City, then killed a resident who stole a second one and warned the crowd not to take more.
• Snow City’s mistress attacked Wang Zhifan with the city’s power, but he defeated her and took her jade and gold bracelets, discovering they controlled the Snow City Spirit.
• Wang Zhifan gave the bracelets to Little Little White and told Xiaobai to help manage Snow City before leaving for the snowy plains.
• Wang Zhifan and the Crimson Deer Horse destroyed the meteor shower, passed the trial, and continued exploring as the World Will made only token efforts to hinder him.
• After nine days of exploration and little progress in cultivation, Wang Zhifan prepared to confront the World Will as it launched a final major attack.

Wu Di broke through to the Body Tempering Realm, First Heaven, after the Iron Body Technique reached initiation, and received an Iron Bone Pill from Wei Chu Martial Arts Hall. As he swallowed the pill, he remembered the house and land left by his deceased parents, while villagers were plotting to seize that property and kill him.

• A group of villagers learned Wu Di had not yet mastered his technique and planned to take his house and fields and kill him when he returned.
• Wu Di’s Iron Body Technique progress reached 99%, then he broke through during practice and became a Body Tempering Realm, First Heaven martial artist.
• The senior brother tested Wu Di’s strength, confirmed his breakthrough, and brought him to the hall master.
• The hall master gave Wu Di an Iron Bone Pill, advised him to train diligently, and reminded him to prepare silver to renew his fees.
• Wu Di swallowed the pill and recalled that his parents had left him a courtyard and several mu of land.

Wang Zhifan recruited Ying to become Gaia Star’s ruling will for a few days, then asked Catherine to organize a massive ceremony across Urban Planet and nearby star systems. Catherine agreed to use emergency authority after he promised the ceremony could create a valuable Star Gate, and Wang Zhifan began laying out the requirements.

• Wang Zhifan woke Ying and asked her to temporarily become Gaia Star’s ruling will, and she agreed.
• Wang Zhifan used his power to merge Ying with Gaia Star, then confirmed that she could control the planet’s wind and vegetation.
• Wang Zhifan left Gaia Star and arrived on Urban Planet, where Little Red summoned Catherine from the space station.
• Catherine returned by using her Force Ability, brought Wang Zhifan documents, and accepted his request to organize a vast ceremony.
• Wang Zhifan promised the ceremony could produce a Star Gate, and Catherine agreed to mobilize Urban Planet’s resources under emergency authority.
• Wang Zhifan told Catherine to prepare within two days and said he would provide something special to help.

Wang Zhifan returned to Wind-Snow Tower, checked on Tigerhead City, and arranged for the Holy Tower Ceremony while helping Cui Ruyan begin cultivating the Immortal Path. He then returned to Earthstar just before the World Battle and learned that Xia Kingdom had been mysteriously spared the Super Black Death.

• Wang Zhifan inspected the newly expanded Tigerhead City and found that the Great Dream Divine Sect was helping Wind-Snow Tower maintain order.
• Cui Ruyan greeted Wang Zhifan at Wind-Snow Tower and told him how she had protected Wind-Snow Tower's independence from the Great Dream Divine Sect.
• Wang Zhifan used a Spirit-Testing Talisman on Cui Ruyan, then claimed he could help her grow a Spiritual Root and promised she could enter Qi Refinement within a month.
• Wang Zhifan told Cui Ruyan to prepare for the Holy Tower Ceremony, then gave Liu Erya a dream oracle to organize it with the Heavenly Venerable Church.
• Wang Zhifan returned to Earthstar shortly before the World Battle, and Li Zhenguo explained that the Super Black Death had spread widely while Xia Kingdom had no reported infections or deaths.

Wang Zhifan met Xia Kingdom’s World Battle team and agreed to serve as a free-roaming fighter while the other six coordinated as a unit. The team then joined an international strategy discussion, where rival countries argued over who should lead.

• Li Zhenguo introduced Wang Zhifan to the team’s five other players, including Gu Xingchen, Lin Fengwu, and Lu Guanwen.
• Gu Xingchen and Lin Fengwu questioned Li Zhenguo’s proposal to build the team’s offense around Wang Zhifan and suggested giving him a less central role.
• Director Zheng showed records of Wang Zhifan’s past operations, and Wang Zhifan explained that his space- and time-related abilities let him enter dungeons easily.
• Wang Zhifan supported a free-roaming role, and Li Zhenguo settled on a six-plus-one strategy with the other six players fighting together to cover him.
• The Xia Kingdom team joined an online international strategy discussion, where players from the United States, India, and Korea each claimed their country was strongest.

Wang Zhifan entered the World Battle with the Xia Kingdom team and discovered the enemy players nearly a thousand kilometers away. After Gu Xingchen's long-range attack failed against their barrier, Li Zhenguo let Wang Zhifan act independently, acknowledging that the battle would largely depend on him.

• Li Zhenguo explained the rival national captains and rejected several teams' offers to ally with Xia Kingdom.
• Director Zheng used the teleportation item to send Wang Zhifan and the other six Xia Kingdom players into the desert battlefield.
• Wang Zhifan sensed the distant enemy teams but decided to hold back and let the battle unfold rather than win immediately for every faction.
• Li Zhenguo assigned scouting tasks as Gu Xingchen, Han Yuanhou, He Long, and Lu Guanwen searched the area.
• Wang Zhifan located the Otherworld Players about 970 kilometers away, and Gu Xingchen's Light Spear attack failed to penetrate their protective barrier.
• Li Zhenguo declined to share the enemy information with other countries and gave Wang Zhifan permission to act independently.

Wang Zhifan observed the Bighead Grayfolk’s overwhelming force and secretly intervened when they ambushed the American team. Most of the Americans escaped, but surrender notifications appeared as they fled.

• Wang Zhifan left Li Zhenguo’s team, and Li defended his strength while leading his group to seek allies.
• Wang Zhifan found a hundred Bighead Grayfolk gathered and warned Li Zhenguo about their numbers, equipment, and movements.
• The Bighead Grayfolk used spatial abilities to ambush the American group, trapping its players in a black-hole-like attack.
• Wizard fled while Hercules fought the enemy, and Wang Zhifan secretly destroyed the attackers’ restraints to give the Americans a chance to escape.
• Most of the Americans fled using valuable items, while some were killed and others began voting to surrender.

Wang Zhifan and the Xia Kingdom team were ambushed by a hundred Otherworld Players after Wizard’s clone revealed their location. Wang Zhifan helped the team escape while keeping the battle balanced, and the Grayfolk decided to change tactics.

• Wang Zhifan told Captain Li and the Xia Kingdom team that the United States players were surrendering after being surrounded and losing more than a dozen people.
• Wizard’s clone secretly transmitted the Xia Kingdom team’s coordinates, then transformed into a ring that trapped them as a hundred Bighead Grayfolk teleported in.
• Wang Zhifan used the Azure Emperor Saber to break the Grayfolk’s suppression and black-hole attack, freeing Gu Xingchen’s mass teleport spell.
• Li Zhenguo stayed to fight beside Wang Zhifan, and the rest of the Xia Kingdom team joined them instead of teleporting away.
• Wang Zhifan sent out a hundred Dream Self clones, fought the Grayfolk while keeping the battle balanced, and led the Xia Kingdom players out of the encirclement.
• Gu Xingchen teleported the team away, while the Grayfolk recovered their dead and decided to split into smaller groups in future battles.

After Wang Zhifan led the Xia Kingdom team to survive an ambush and kill ten attackers, his teammates credited him with saving them. The United States team studied the battle and learned from Alice that Wang Zhifan had once carried her through a difficult dungeon, leaving Hercules and Wizard puzzled by his strength and mysterious history.

• Li Zhenguo, Gu Xingchen, Lin Fengwu, Han Yuanhou, and He Long discussed how the Xia Kingdom team had escaped the Otherworld Players, and Wang Zhifan downplayed his decisive role.
• Hercules and Wizard watched a bronze mirror replay the battle and wondered how the outnumbered Xia Kingdom team had won without losses.
• Wizard recognized Wang Zhifan as the key to the victory, while Hercules speculated that the Xia Kingdom Administration had secretly trained him.
• Alice approached the mirror and told Hercules and Wizard that Wang Zhifan had carried her team through a difficult dungeon half a year earlier.
• Hercules and Wizard debated Wang Zhifan’s level and possible equipment or dungeon items, but could not explain his strength or why he had remained unknown.

Wang Zhifan secretly intervened in several battles to force Earthstar players to fight back against the Otherworld Players, then decided to help the Xia Kingdom team launch an attack and end the World Battle. As the Xia Kingdom team moved toward the enemy, the hidden United States team watched them and prepared to take a risk.

• Wang Zhifan watched the Lizard Tamer and Singh fake their deaths to escape a six-player Otherworld squad, then teleported them to help Lovsky's embattled Evil Country team.
• When the Lizard Tamer and Singh tried to flee, Wang Zhifan repositioned them into the fighting and secretly helped Lovsky's group trap the retreating Otherworld Players and kill two of them.
• Wang Zhifan supported the Korea and Island Country teams, helping them kill three Otherworld Players and force the rest to withdraw.
• Wang Zhifan returned to the Xia Kingdom team after the battles ended in a stalemate, then proposed that they attack the Otherworld Players.
• Li Zhenguo and Gu Xingchen agreed to lead the Xia Kingdom team toward the enemy, while the hidden United States team monitored their movements and prepared to take a risk.

Wizard and Hercules organized Earthstar players to ambush Wang Zhifan and his team while Wang led the Xia Kingdom team against the Otherworld Players. As the barrier around the valley began to weaken, Wizard’s group waited for the Xia Kingdom players to become exhausted before striking.

• Wizard persuaded Hercules to help eliminate Wang Zhifan and his team, and the two set off to prepare an ambush.
• Wang Zhifan sent more than a hundred Dream Self clones to attack the Otherworld Players while his teammates waited to join the fight.
• A magic array strengthened the Otherworld Players and sealed the valley behind a Radiant Barrier, trapping Wang inside and blocking his teammates outside.
• Wang noticed Wizard and Hercules secretly positioning other Earthstar players around the valley and decided to make them believe he was struggling.
• Li Zhenguo and the Xia Kingdom team attacked the barrier, while Wizard’s group waited for it to open so they could ambush the team during the ensuing battle.