Chapter Summaries

After East Ning City placed one hundredth in the team event, Lin Yuan advanced through the individual tournament as spectators watched his rise. He learned that the top ten might attract the attention of the Crimson Kun Star Lord, while Thunder God dismissed the tournament’s contestants as mere mortals.

• East Ning City placed one hundredth in Azure Wave Star’s team event, with spectators crediting Lin Yuan for the achievement.
• Lin Yuan faced Sima Yun, but she admitted defeat and asked whether he was competing for the ten slots.
• Lin Yuan asked the Goddess of Wisdom about the slots and learned that the tournament’s top ten could enter the Crimson Kun Star Lord’s viewing range.
• Thunder God rejected a contestant briefing, declaring that his opponents were mere mortals and that he was thunder.

Lin Yuan faced Tier 3 Ice Evolutionist Bing Yan in the Arena Tournament and revealed how powerful his completed Tier 3 Taiji Field had become. Fang Qing and his White-Bearded Old Man mentor recognized that Lin Yuan had fused two opposing forces, and the chapter left their battle underway.

• During his rest, Lin Yuan studied the top fifty contestants and took particular note of Fang Qing, Thunder God, and a dangerous Tier 3 Poison Evolutionist.
• Lin Yuan accepted a tournament invitation and appeared before a vast audience to face Tier 3 Ice Evolutionist Bing Yan.
• Fang Qing dismissed the matchup until the White-Bearded Old Man warned him to take Lin Yuan seriously and suggested Lin Yuan had already reached Tier 3.
• Bing Yan attacked as soon as the match began, but Lin Yuan's Tier 3 Taiji Field suppressed him and revealed Lin Yuan's true strength.
• Fang Qing recognized that Lin Yuan balanced and fused two opposing forces, while the White-Bearded Old Man said Fang Qing would be inferior to him under equal conditions.

Lin Yuan defeated Bing Yan and gained insight into ice-element power, then prepared for his third traversal through the Door of Myriad Worlds. After observing formidable tournament rivals, he began the traversal, leaving his next destination unknown.

• Lin Yuan used the Taiji Field to suppress Bing Yan and won their match, gaining insights into ice-element power.
• Lin Yuan discovered that the Door of Myriad Worlds was ready for a third traversal and sent in a sliver of his consciousness, glimpsing a vast world and learning he could stay there for 160 years.
• Lin Yuan watched the Poison Path Evolutionary kill a Tier 3 opponent, Thunder God crush his rival with Thunder Transformation, and Fang Qing defeat a top-ranked Tier 3 opponent using the Ancient God Evolution Path.
• Lin Yuan learned that a Tier 2 peak Bloodline Evolutionary had awakened a hidden Tier 6 Bloodline and become a leading tournament contender.
• After finishing his match, Lin Yuan resolved to rely on his own efforts rather than background or bloodline, entered his Nutrient Cabin, and began the third traversal.

Lin Yuan transmigrated into the womb of Wang Shangfeng, a favored consort in the Great Yan Dynasty, and began transforming his body to prepare for danger in the imperial palace. He was born a prince with an exceptionally powerful physique, and Emperor Liu Shi celebrated the birth of his first son and a supposed heaven-sent talent.

• Lin Yuan realized he was still in the womb and decided to delay transforming his body until he understood his parents' circumstances.
• After learning that his mother, Wang Shangfeng, was an honored consort and the emperor had no sons, Lin Yuan began transforming his body while carefully nourishing her in return.
• Wang Shangfeng endured an enormous appetite for months as Lin Yuan absorbed energy, relying on precious tonics and help from her maternal family.
• Emperor Liu Shi learned that Wang Shangfeng had given birth to a son and hurried to Hundred Flowers Hall.
• An imperial physician declared that the newborn Lin Yuan had an innately powerful physique and foundation, and Liu Shi joyfully held up his first son.

After Lin Yuan’s birth, Emperor Liu Shi became determined to prepare him to inherit Great Yan and cultivate him as Crown Prince. When the Grand Tutor resigned after being outclassed by the six-year-old, he declared Lin Yuan would become a Sacred Ruler, leaving Liu Shi elated.

• Liu Shi resolved to strengthen Great Yan and educate Lin Yuan so his son could inherit a stable realm and rule well.
• Lin Yuan showed extraordinary aptitude, learning quickly and impressing his Grand Tutor with insights into the classics and affairs of state.
• The Grand Tutor told Liu Shi he could no longer teach Lin Yuan because the child’s understanding surpassed his own.
• The Grand Tutor declared that Great Yan would welcome a Sacred Ruler, then left the Hall of Heavenly Succession.
• Liu Shi dismissed the attendants and celebrated the prediction that his son would become a Sacred Ruler.

After spending six years in the Great Yan Dynasty, Lin Yuan examined its cultivation systems and investigated the Divine Weapons that ruled the Central Plains Thirty-Six Kingdoms. He concluded that the people were being raised as sacrifices, leaving him to question whether the so-called Divine Weapons were actually Demonic Weapons.

• Lin Yuan entered the Great Yan Dynasty’s forbidden library, where he had already comprehended its cultivation methods and secret arts.
• Lin Yuan judged that the ordinary martial cultivation system strengthened the body and Qi and Blood but did not develop the soul or spirit.
• Lin Yuan studied Weapon Envoys and concluded that their power came from Divine Weapons capable of overwhelming Martial Saints.
• Lin Yuan read that the thirty-six Divine Weapons demanded vast Living Sacrifices and might revive to hunt for them if the sacrifices were insufficient.
• Lin Yuan inferred that the Central Plains Thirty-Six Kingdoms were breeding grounds where people were cultivated as livestock for the Divine Weapons.

Lin Yuan learned that the Divine Weapons ruled humanity by cultivating Weapon Envoys and consuming people, then recovered his Tier 3 strength after adapting this world's body-refinement methods. After the Seventh Princess was chosen as a Weapon Envoy, Lin Yuan told Emperor Liu Shi he would surpass the Weapon Envoys if given time.

• Lin Yuan concluded that the Divine Weapons were intelligent rulers who used the royal families to manage humanity as livestock, and resolved to grow strong enough to challenge them.
• Lin Yuan completed his recovery to Tier 3 and surpassed his Main World peak in physical strength by integrating this world's body-refinement methods.
• The Seventh Princess told Lin Yuan she and the other princesses were going to the Divine Weapon Ancestral Ground, where candidates sought a Divine Weapon's recognition.
• The Seventh Princess was chosen as a Weapon Envoy and was taken away by the Imperial Guard after saying goodbye to Lin Yuan.
• Emperor Liu Shi explained that the Seventh Princess's sacrifice secured Great Yan's standing, and Lin Yuan replied that he would surpass the Weapon Envoys if given time.

Lin Yuan concealed his Martial God Realm while helping the Great Yan Dynasty prosper and build his political authority. Twenty years passed, with the Divine Weapons still unaware of his strength.

• Emperor Liu Shi warned Lin Yuan to keep his ambition to surpass weapon bearers secret, and Lin Yuan saw that his father did not take the claim seriously.
• Lin Yuan avoided revealing his Martial God Realm, fearing his strength and aura would attract the Great Yan Dynasty's Divine Weapon and others.
• Lin Yuan continued cultivating, reasoning that he had a hundred sixty years in this world and could advance gradually.
• The Great Yan Dynasty cultivated a new weapon bearer, stabilized its relations with other kingdoms, and strengthened its national power through trade and sound governance.
• Lin Yuan won support from commoners and court officials by advising Emperor Liu Shi and demonstrating political skill, while the emperor watched with growing pride.
• Twenty years passed.

Lin Yuan broke through to the Heaven and Man Realm and continued investigating the Divine Weapons and the Rebellion God Society. Emperor Liu Shi then abdicated, and Liu Yuan ascended the throne of Great Yan.

• Lin Yuan consumed rare Spirit Herbs and great medicines in a remote valley and broke through from Martial God to the Heaven and Man Realm.
• Lin Yuan tested his stronger Taiji Field and returned to the Eastern Palace, where he read intelligence about the Divine Weapons’ origins and considered how to learn their secrets.
• Lin Yuan asked about the Rebellion God Society, and his eunuch reported that the intelligence force expected to locate its Great Yan main branch within half a month.
• Imperial Guards summoned Lin Yuan to see Liu Shi, who explained that his health no longer allowed him to govern effectively and proposed retiring as emperor.
• The ministers accepted Liu Shi’s decision, and Liu Yuan ascended the throne in the year 3625 of the Great Yan Calendar.

After ascending the throne, Lin Yuan learned of the Sun Moon Spear and the Rebellion God Society’s connection to evil weapons, while delaying the required sacrifice at the Divine Weapon Ancestral Ground. He captured the society’s Wu Yan City branch and questioned its leader, Si Konglun, who began to explain that only divine weapons could oppose divine weapons.

• Lin Yuan learned that the Sun Moon Spear had awakened three times to suppress evil weapons and that the Rebellion God Society was linked to them.
• Lin Yuan postponed the customary sacrifice to the Sun Moon Spear, claiming he was unwell.
• Lin Yuan’s forces captured the Rebellion God Society’s Main Branch in Wu Yan City and brought its Helm Master, Si Konglun, to him alive.
• Lin Yuan asked Si Konglun how the society opposed the Nation-Protecting Divine Weapons and what evil weapons were.
• Si Konglun told Lin Yuan that only divine weapons could oppose divine weapons.

Lin Yuan asked Si Konglun to bring him an Evil Weapon so he could study a shattered Divine Weapon and consider working with the Rebellion God Society. Si Konglun brought the Saint Heart Mirror Fragment to Lin Yuan, but it sensed danger and tried to flee before Lin Yuan seized it with a hand formed from Taiyin and Taiyang Power.

• Si Konglun explained that Evil Weapons were shattered Divine Weapons and that the Nation-Protecting Divine Weapons fed on human sacrifices.
• Lin Yuan told Si Konglun to bring him an Evil Weapon, and Si Konglun agreed to retrieve a fragment hidden at the Rebellion God Society's Main Branch.
• Si Konglun opened a concealed chamber and persuaded the Saint Heart Mirror Fragment to accompany him to Lin Yuan.
• The Saint Heart Mirror Fragment sensed a lethal threat inside the palace hall and fled from Si Konglun's chest.
• Lin Yuan summoned a colossal black-and-white hand that seized the fleeing Saint Heart Mirror Fragment and pulled it into the hall.

Lin Yuan subdued the Saint Heart Mirror Fragment and used Soul Searching to uncover a memory from eight thousand years ago. The memory revealed hundreds of weapons gathered high above the Nine Heavens, including the Great Yan Dynasty’s Sun Moon Spear.

• Si Konglun watched Lin Yuan’s black-and-white hand seize the Saint Heart Mirror Fragment and realized its power overwhelmed a Divine Weapon Fragment.
• Lin Yuan recognized Divine Weapons as manifestations of the world’s rules and studied the Saint Heart Mirror Fragment to refine his Martial Path cultivation.
• The Saint Heart Mirror Fragment offered Lin Yuan a secret technique to hide from the thirty-six complete Nation-Protecting Divine Weapons, but he rejected the offer and began Soul Searching it.
• Lin Yuan searched the fragment’s memories and found an account of an event from eight thousand years ago.
• The memory showed hundreds of weapons gathered high above the Nine Heavens, including the Great Yan Dynasty’s Sun Moon Spear.

Lin Yuan learned from the Saint Heart Mirror Fragment that a hundred Divine Weapons had fought eight thousand years earlier, leaving only thirty-six intact. He won Si Konglun’s loyalty and ordered the Rebellion God Society to gather information on Evil Weapons; fifty years then passed.

• Lin Yuan watched the Saint Heart Mirror Fragment’s memories and saw a battle among a hundred Divine Weapons that ended with only thirty-six standing.
• Lin Yuan spared the fragment’s consciousness after refining it and gaining control over it.
• Lin Yuan summoned Si Konglun and demanded that the Rebellion God Society submit to him and unite its thirty-six Main Branches.
• Si Konglun asked whether Lin Yuan was human and opposed Divine Weapons; Lin Yuan confirmed both, and Si Konglun pledged the Society’s allegiance.
• Lin Yuan ordered Si Konglun to report everything the Society knew about Evil Weapons, and Si Konglun warned him that some fragments were especially dangerous.
• Another fifty years passed.

After fifty years of cultivating Divine Weapon fragments, Lin Yuan stood at the peak of Tier 3 but held back from advancing until he could gather enough rule essences for a stronger Tier 4 foundation. Si Konglun reported that the Evil Weapon Envoys wanted to meet and discuss a decisive battle, prompting Lin Yuan to recall the devastation of the previous Calamity of Weapons.

• Lin Yuan reflected on the fifty years he had spent cultivating while a cabinet governed the Great Yan Dynasty.
• Lin Yuan judged that the Divine Weapon fragments he had gathered did not yet provide enough rule essences for his advancement to Tier 4.
• Si Konglun told Lin Yuan that the Evil Weapon Envoys wanted to meet and discuss a decisive battle against the Central Plains Thirty-Six Kingdoms.
• Lin Yuan questioned whether the Evil Weapon Envoys risked causing another Calamity of Weapons.
• Lin Yuan recalled how a past decisive battle between the Evil Weapons and the Thirty-Six Divine Weapons devastated the Central Plains and led to the rise of the current Thirty-Six Kingdoms.

Lin Yuan went to meet the Evil Weapon Envoys and learned that they planned a final battle to stop the Thirty-Six Divine Weapons from advancing. He overwhelmed the assembled envoys, forced them to stand, and took Qing Wu’s seat.

• Lin Yuan reasoned that the Evil Weapon Envoys might be launching a final battle because the Thirty-Six Divine Weapons were nearing a transformation to Tier 4.
• A month later, eighteen Evil Weapon Envoys gathered in an Azure Stone Great Hall, where Qing Wu ordered them to deal with the Rebellion God Society’s master according to whether he was an Evil Weapon Envoy.
• Lin Yuan arrived alone, and an envoy attacked him with a phantom black iron hammer.
• Lin Yuan shattered the hammer with a wave, hurled Qing Wu away, and forced the other seventeen envoys to stand.
• Lin Yuan sat in the main seat while the Evil Weapon Envoys remained under his control.

Lin Yuan suppressed the eighteen Evil Weapon Envoys in the Azure Stone Great Hall and learned that the Evil Weapon Lords had ordered the decisive battle to stop the thirty-six Divine Weapons from reaching Tier 4. He demanded to inspect the Evil Weapons, extracted them from their Envoys, and left the Envoys subdued as Si Konglun realized what had happened.

• Lin Yuan forced the Evil Weapon Envoys to sit, made Qing Wu kneel, and asked why they had launched the decisive battle.
• The Evil Weapon Envoys said the Evil Weapon Lords feared the thirty-six Divine Weapons would reach Father God's domain within a hundred years.
• Lin Yuan asked to borrow the Evil Weapons for inspection, prompting the weapons to manifest, including Qing Wu's Heaven Splitting Axe.
• Si Konglun waited anxiously outside while Lin Yuan extracted the Evil Weapons from the Envoys inside the hall.
• Lin Yuan emerged and told Si Konglun to arrange for the Envoys, who followed with pale faces after submitting to him.

After strengthening the Rebellion God Society and visiting his aging parents, Lin Yuan prepared to visit Great Yan’s Divine Weapon Ancestral Ground. At court, he finally agreed to perform the sacrifice that ministers had urged him to make for more than fifty years.

• Lin Yuan bestowed refined Divine Weapon fragments on the Rebellion God Society to cultivate loyal Evil Weapon Envoys.
• Five years later, Lin Yuan visited Wang Shangfeng, who asked about his consorts and urged him to see Liu Shi; Lin Yuan explained he had no need for an heir yet.
• An imperial clan elder warned Lin Yuan that Great Yan had gone more than ten years without a Weapon Envoy, and Lin Yuan said there was no hurry.
• Lin Yuan visited the ailing Liu Shi, who said he did not regret passing Great Yan to his son before falling asleep.
• At morning court, Lin Yuan agreed to go to the Divine Weapon Ancestral Ground and offer sacrifices, moving the Minister of Rites to tears.

Lin Yuan used the Great Yan Dynasty’s worship ceremony to lure out the Sun Moon Spear and prepare to suppress it before it could merge into heaven and earth. The chapter ended as he isolated the altar from heaven and earth just as the Divine Weapon attempted to place its mark on him.

• Lin Yuan decided to use the worship ceremony to draw out the Divine Weapon and planned to seal the surrounding area so it could not escape into heaven and earth.
• Lin Yuan prepared for the ceremony, while the court arranged living sacrifices under his policy of prioritizing death-row inmates and serious criminals.
• At the ancestral ground, Lin Yuan identified the Great Yan Dynasty’s Divine Weapon as the Sun Moon Spear and sent the ministers and imperial clan members away.
• The Sun Moon Spear emerged as a hundred-zhang dragon phantom and devoured the sacrifices’ Qi and Blood, vitality, and souls.
• The Sun Moon Spear recognized Lin Yuan as the new emperor and began to place a Divine Weapon Mark on him, but Lin Yuan stepped forward and isolated the surrounding heaven and earth.

Lin Yuan isolated heaven and earth, seized the Sun Moon Spear, and suppressed the complete Divine Weapon before it could escape. After returning to his underground palace, he began examining its intact memories and saw the Ancient Godly Human ten thousand years in the past.

• Lin Yuan distracted the Sun Moon Spear, then grabbed its true body and overwhelmed it with Taiji Power.
• The Sun Moon Spear tried to merge into heaven and earth, but Lin Yuan isolated heaven and earth and stopped its escape.
• Lin Yuan suppressed the Sun Moon Spear, recalled his Evil Weapon Fragments, and returned to his underground palace.
• Si Konglun arrived with an Evil Weapon fragment and realized that the spear before Lin Yuan was the complete Sun Moon Spear.
• Lin Yuan examined the Sun Moon Spear's intact memories and saw the Ancient Godly Human in a vast world ten thousand years earlier.

Lin Yuan learned the history of the Divine Weapons from the Sun Moon Spear and gained insight into the rules of Sun and Moon. After revealing his identity to Si Konglun, he ordered the Rebellion God Society to provoke the remaining thirty-five Divine Weapons into a final battle.

• The Sun Moon Spear’s memories showed Lin Yuan that the Ancient Godly Human forged the hundred Divine Weapons, which later harvested humanity and fought until only thirty-six remained.
• Lin Yuan comprehended the Sun and Moon rules from the Sun Moon Spear and judged that its essence could help him reach Tier 4.
• Si Konglun brought Lin Yuan an Evil Weapon, and Lin Yuan confirmed that he was the emperor of the Great Yan Dynasty.
• Lin Yuan told Si Konglun to launch the final battle to force the remaining thirty-five Divine Weapons to emerge.
• Lin Yuan ordered Si Konglun to find people with powerful souls so he could cultivate top-tier Evil Weapon Envoys.