Chapter Summaries

Ying Zheng led the Qin forces to defeat Zhao, Wei, Chu, and Qi, capturing generals and rulers as the states fell. Only Qin and Yan remained, while the Yan ruler fled toward Liaodong.

• Ying Zheng defeated Lian Po and captured Li Mu, then routed the Zhao army and marched on Handan.
• Ying Zheng captured and executed the King of Zhao, and Li Xin led the logistics army to secure Zhao.
• Ying Zheng joined Wang Jian's forces to crush the Wei and Qi armies, and Wei surrendered.
• Bai Qi invaded Chu and captured Shouchun, where the King of Chu died and Chu fell.
• The King of Yan fled toward Liaodong, while the King of Qi surrendered, leaving only Qin and Yan among the Seven Warring States.

The Great Qin unified the Nine Provinces, and Ying Zheng began consolidating the realm under central rule. As officials argued over his exalted title, Shang Yang proposed calling him the Emperor.

• The King of Yan returned to surrender after his ministers and nobles dragged him back from Liaodong, which he found too cold; Ying Zheng ordered him executed by chariot-dismemberment and sent the others to build the Great Wall.
• Philosophical schools sent representatives to Xianyang seeking Ying Zheng’s favor, but he supported only scholarship he considered useful to the people and the state.
• Ying Zheng spent two and a half years unifying the realm through household and land reorganization, commanderies and counties, standardized laws, currency, writing, measurements, and other systems while preserving local cultures.
• The Great Qin became the unified Great Qin Dynasty, and its officials brawled while debating Ying Zheng’s exalted title.
• Wang Jian proposed calling Ying Zheng the Invincible Grand Emperor of the Human Race, but Shang Yang argued that the title Emperor would better recognize his achievements.

Ying Zheng was proclaimed the First Emperor at Mount Tai, where the Humanity Path recognized his achievements and showered him with merit. His cultivation reached the Saint Realm and his Dragon Body was completed, while he sent the Heavenly Dao merit to the East Sea to sever the Ancestor Dragon’s karma and distinguish his life as Ying Zheng from his former identity.

• Shang Yang proposed the title First Emperor, and Ying Zheng’s court accepted it, replacing his former title as Prince of Qin.
• Ying Zheng performed the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai before a vast crowd as Shang Yang summoned the Kongtong Seal.
• The Humanity Path issued an imperial edict praising Ying Zheng’s unification and reforms, and people across the Nine Provinces hailed him as First Emperor.
• Human Dao Merit raised Ying Zheng’s cultivation to the Saint Realm and completed his Dragon Body, while Bai Qi, Wang Jian, Shang Yang, Li Si, and other Qin officials received lesser rewards.
• Ying Zheng sent the Heavenly Dao Merit to the East Sea to sever the Ancestor Dragon’s karma and declared that he was Ying Zheng, not the Ancestor Dragon.

Kong Xuan’s Great Dao Saint Dao Fruit marked the end of the World of Great Contention, while the Dragon and Kirin Clans confronted the gap between their fortunes and the Phoenix Clan’s rise. Ancestor Dragon began secluded cultivation, and the Kirin Clan considered asking Cangyuan to resurrect Shi Qilin.

• The Eye and Will of the Great Dao vanished, ending the blessings of the World of Great Contention as Kong Xuan prepared to become a Great Dao Saint.
• Zhu Rong recovered his peak strength after the Dragon Clan’s karma dissipated, then took over guarding the East Sea Eye so Ancestor Dragon could cultivate for the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Ancestor Dragon returned to the Dragon Tomb and entered death seclusion, determined to break through before Kong Xuan attained the Dao.
• The Kirin Clan grieved Shi Qilin’s absence, and a Fire Kirin suggested that Cangyuan might be able to resurrect their Founder.
• Lei Jietuo and Moyuan recalled that the revived Di Jiang and Yuan Feng were both connected to Cangyuan, and realized he might possess a way to restore those who died in a Calamity.

The Qilin Clan decided to seek Cangyuan’s help with reviving their Ancestor, while the Three Dao Wills ordered all Dao Provers to leave the Prehistoric World within ten thousand years to protect it from their power. The Saints and other Dao Provers began establishing dojos Beyond the Heavens, though one unnamed figure protested being sent away.

• Lei Jietuo persuaded Moyuan that the Qilin Clan had favors to call on and set out with him to visit the Human Pulse King at the Martial Hall.
• The Three Dao Wills decreed that Dao Provers must leave the Three Realms within ten thousand years and could return only with approval under special circumstances.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven, Tongtian, and Laozi accepted the decree and departed for their respective heavens, leaving their sects in the care of their followers.
• Styx, Yuan Feng, and the five Human Race Dao Provers established new realms or dojos Beyond the Heavens, while Nuwa and Haotian remained where they were.
• Jieyin and Zhunti left for Mount Meru Heaven, and an unnamed figure protested being sent away.

Xiao Bai sent a clone beyond the heavens while hiding his main body in Pure World Heaven, and Cangyuan sent an incarnation to establish the Martial Realm. Ten thousand years later, Ying Zheng and the Dragon Clan’s Ancestor Dragon both attained the Hunyuan Great Luo realm and established domains beyond the heavens; the chapter ended with Cangyuan reflecting that the Prehistoric World had grown far stronger than he remembered.

• Xiao Bai refused to leave the Prehistoric World entirely, creating a Perfected Great Luo Golden Immortal clone to roam while his main body hid in Pure World Heaven beyond the heavens.
• Cangyuan concealed Penglai Immortal Island with the Sky-Covering Array and sent his Realm Incarnation beyond the heavens to establish the Martial Realm.
• The Saints left the Prehistoric World to stand guard beyond the heavens, ushering in an era without Saints.
• Ten thousand years later, Ying Zheng broke into the Hunyuan Great Luo realm and led Qin generals and veteran soldiers beyond the heavens to establish the Great Qin Dynasty.
• Ancestor Dragon attained the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal realm alongside Ying Zheng, established Dragon Palace beyond the heavens, and became the chief worshipper of the Martial Realm.
• At Penglai Immortal Island, Cangyuan reflected that the Prehistoric World had become far stronger than the one he remembered.

Cangyuan watched Jade Kirin emerge from the Wutu Divine Crystal, where Shi Qilin had sealed and nurtured her to protect her from her chaotic Five Elements. Jade Kirin was born powerful but knew nothing of the ages that had passed, and Cangyuan recognized her as Shi Qilin’s backup plan.

• Cangyuan reflected on the many Saints in the Primordial World and planned to refine more World Incarnations from ancient Innate Gods and Demons.
• Cangyuan sensed that Jade Kirin was about to be born from the Wutu Divine Crystal in one of his Blank Worlds.
• The Wutu Divine Crystal cracked apart, and Jade Kirin absorbed its earth power as she emerged with Early Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Jade Kirin looked around curiously, then timidly told Cangyuan that she was Shi Qilin’s daughter.
• Cangyuan told Jade Kirin that he had heard of Shi Qilin and recognized her birth as the backup plan Shi Qilin had left behind.

Cangyuan awakened Jade Kirin’s father, Shi Qilin, whose spirit learned that his true body had suffered Dao Fall and that the world had changed across many eras. Realizing he could revive and reclaim his former power, Shi Qilin asked Cangyuan to retrieve Kirin Cliff and offered to join the Martial Realm.

• Shi Qilin’s spirit manifested through Jade Kirin, and he introduced himself to Cangyuan, who revealed his status as the Martial Ancestor and Prehistoric Human Pulse King.
• Shi Qilin learned that his true body could no longer be sensed and asked Cangyuan to let him examine the Primordial World’s past.
• Shi Qilin discovered that his true body had suffered Dao Fall and learned of the major calamities and changes that had followed.
• Cangyuan stabilized Shi Qilin’s fading spirit and explained that he could revive by recalling his former Dao Fruit.
• Shi Qilin asked Cangyuan to retrieve Kirin Cliff from the Kunlun Chan Sect and offered to join the Martial Realm.

Cangyuan agreed to help Shi Qilin and sent Six-Eared Macaque to retrieve Kirin Cliff from the Kunlun Chan Sect. He also promised Lu Ya a chance to obtain the treasure needed to revive his family, then offered him a direct path to sainthood with a serious limitation.

• Cangyuan accepted Shi Qilin’s request, gaining a connection to the former Dragon-Han Era overlord.
• Cangyuan asked Six-Eared Macaque whether he and Yuan Hong had sensed the Lingming Stone Monkey, but Six-Eared Macaque reported no sign of him.
• Cangyuan ordered Six-Eared Macaque to go to the Kunlun Chan Sect and bring back Kirin Cliff, and Six-Eared Macaque immediately departed.
• Lu Ya asked Cangyuan for a method to revive his father, mother, uncle, and deceased siblings, and Cangyuan promised to reserve him another special Spiritual Treasure if one became available.
• Cangyuan explained that Lu Ya’s mismatched Three Corpses treasures blocked his progress and offered a direct path to sainthood that could leave him stuck at Saint First Heaven.

Cangyuan explained that Lu Ya could attain Sainthood by merging with the Sun Star and claiming its Sun God seat, then urged him to begin. Lu Ya returned to the desolate Sun Star, resolved to restore his demon race, and used the Fusang Divine Tree to connect with the star.

• Cangyuan explained that Lu Ya was the best candidate for the Sun God seat and could gain Saint-level strength by merging with the Sun Star.
• Cangyuan told Lu Ya that the Sun Star could serve as a shield in a crisis, making the Dao Ancestor wary of harming him.
• Lu Ya left to spend time with his Dao companion Qing'er before heading to the Sun Star.
• Lu Ya landed on the Fusang Divine Tree and mourned the loss of his family and the Sun Star's former glory.
• Lu Ya resolved to attain the Sun God seat and used his Primordial Spirit to connect with the Fusang Divine Tree.

Six-Eared Macaque and Yuan Hong sensed the birth of their younger brother, the Lingming Stone Monkey, on Flower-Fruit Mountain, but Subhuti and the Heavenly Dao concealed his whereabouts. Cangyuan learned of the birth, while Six-Eared Macaque returned to Penglai to ask his teacher for help finding him.

• Guangchengzi and Jiang Ziya gave Six-Eared Macaque permission to take Kirin Cliff, and he carried it away from the Chan Sect.
• Six-Eared Macaque and Yuan Hong felt a tremor in their origins and realized that their younger brother had been born.
• The Lingming Stone Monkey emerged from a five-colored immortal stone on Flower-Fruit Mountain and accidentally blasted beams of light through the Thirty-Three Heavens into the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Haotian spotted the spirit monkey, but Subhuti and the Heavenly Dao concealed Flower-Fruit Mountain and erased the traces of the monkey's existence.
• Six-Eared Macaque lost the monkey's aura, returned to Penglai Immortal Island to seek Cangyuan's help, and Cangyuan realized that Monkey Brother had been born.

After Monkey Brother's birth, Cangyuan received a system choice to leave the Journey to the West Calamity unchanged or redirect Buddhism's pilgrimage to the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm. He chose to intervene, gained a Time and Space Gate to that realm, and planned to send people there to assess its strength.

• Cangyuan wondered about Monkey Brother's unknown origin and whether Patriarch Bodhi was Zhunti.
• The system offered Cangyuan a choice between observing the Calamity for an Ancient Bodhi Tree or redirecting the pilgrimage to the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm.
• Cangyuan learned that spreading Buddhism in the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm would let the Prehistoric World draw upon its providence, while the system withheld information about the Three Phase Gods' strength.
• Cangyuan chose to redirect the pilgrimage and received a Time and Space Gate with the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm's coordinates.
• Cangyuan learned that his first arrival would be random and that later traversals would synchronize the worlds' time, then planned to find people to test the realm's strength.

Cangyuan planned to locate Patriarch Bodhi and strengthen Monkey Brother through a Lesser Chaos Demon Ape cultivation scheme. He retrieved Shi Qilin’s body, accepted her daughter Yu Ji as his disciple, and left Yu Ji with Little Yinglong, who happily embraced her new role as elder sister.

• Cangyuan concluded that Patriarch Bodhi was hidden beyond Western Ox Continent and planned to search the West Sea with the Chaos Bell.
• Six-Eared Macaque brought Kirin Cliff to Cangyuan and asked him to find Little Four, whose origin aura had disappeared; Cangyuan said he already knew of the matter.
• Cangyuan asked Six-Eared Macaque to cultivate alongside Yuan Hong in preparation for an opportunity, and Six-Eared Macaque left to tell Yuan Hong.
• Cangyuan returned Kirin Cliff to Shi Qilin and accepted her daughter Yu Ji as his disciple.
• Little Yinglong met Yu Ji, was delighted when Yu Ji called her Elder Sister, and received Cangyuan’s instructions to help the younger girl settle in on Penglai Island.

Cangyuan summoned every Dao Prover in the Prehistoric World to the Martial Realm to discuss a threat beyond the realm. The gathering ended with Tongtian asking Cangyuan to explain what the outside enemies were.

• Little Yinglong took the newly born Jade Kirin beneath the Dao Comprehension Tea Tree and began teaching it to transform into an Innate Dao Body.
• Cangyuan's Realm Incarnation reached Saint Eighth Heaven and sent a message summoning every Dao Prover to the Martial Realm.
• The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Zhunti, Jieyin, and the other Dao Provers traveled to the Martial Realm, while Old Hongjun and the Three Dao Wills arrived as well.
• Tongtian and Zhunti traded barbs over their seating before Cangyuan appeared and settled the assembly.
• After everyone gathered, Tongtian asked Cangyuan what he meant by enemies outside the realm.

Cangyuan revealed the Time and Space Gate, a Chaos Supreme Treasure that could lead to the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm, and proposed sending pioneers there to gather intelligence and seek fortune for the Prehistoric World. The Saints approved his plan, and Cangyuan selected Zhunti and Jieyin to go with Old Hongjun following secretly.

• Cangyuan revealed the Time and Space Gate, and Old Hongjun recognized its power as greater than a Chaos Spiritual Treasure.
• Cangyuan explained that the gate led to the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm and predicted that The West would prosper in the next Calamity.
• Cangyuan proposed redirecting the Pilgrims westward to spread Buddhist teachings and draw fortune from the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm.
• The Saints supported Cangyuan's plan and volunteered to serve as pioneers gathering intelligence about the other realm.
• Cangyuan chose Zhunti and Jieyin to travel first and instructed Old Hongjun to follow them in secret in case they encountered Dao Integration Realm opponents.

Cangyuan found Patriarch Bodhi and persuaded him to help teach the future Tribulation Child, Sun Wukong, while the Saints prepared to investigate the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm. As Sun Wukong set out to seek immortality, Tongtian, Jieyin, Zhunti, and secretly Hongjun entered the realm through the Time and Space Gate.

• Cangyuan assigned Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti to investigate the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm in a hundred years, with Hongjun secretly accompanying them.
• Cangyuan searched the West Sea with the Chaos Bell, found Patriarch Bodhi's hidden location, and met him at Fangcun Mountain.
• Cangyuan told Patriarch Bodhi about the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm and the plan to spread Primordial World's Buddhism there, and Bodhi agreed to help teach Sun Wukong.
• The Lingming Stone Monkey became the Handsome Monkey King, feared death after an old monkey died, and set out by raft to seek immortality.
• At Mount Buzhou Peak, Cangyuan opened the Time and Space Gate, and Tongtian, Jieyin, Zhunti, and secretly Hongjun entered the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm.

Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti entered the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm and discovered that its Mount Sumeru could make a powerful base for Western Teach. Zhunti attacked the Heaven Realm and easily defeated Indra, leaving with his weapons as the gods fled.

• Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti passed through the Time and Space Gate, overcame its restraints, and arrived in the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm.
• The three Saints learned about the realm and its Mount Sumeru, which Zhunti decided they should claim for Western Teach.
• Zhunti established a spatial node with Tongtian and Jieyin's help, then appeared outside Mount Sumeru and challenged its inhabitants.
• Indra led the gods out of the Heaven Realm to confront Zhunti, but Zhunti scattered his thunder and sent him crashing into Mount Sumeru.
• Zhunti took Indra's Divine Bow and Vajra Scepter, while the Heaven Realm's gods fled.

Zhunti confronted Vishnu, the powerful Protector God of the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm, and tried to learn about other Divine Domains before demanding Vishnu’s treasures. Their battle began, and Zhunti’s Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree swept away Vishnu’s Divine Scepter.

• Zhunti defeated Indra and drew out Vishnu from the hidden space atop Mount Sumeru.
• Vishnu introduced himself as the Protector God and revealed that thirty-six Divine Domains were known, though he could not provide their coordinates.
• Zhunti demanded Vishnu’s four divine artifacts, but Vishnu refused and warned him not to provoke a fight.
• Zhunti attacked with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree while defending himself with the Northern Xuanyuan Water Control Banner.
• Vishnu struck with his Divine Scepter, but Zhunti’s Seven-Colored Divine Light severed his control and carried the scepter away.

Zhunti seized Vishnu’s divine artifact in the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm, prompting Indra to summon Shiva while Cangyuan sent reinforcements through the Time and Space Gate. Meanwhile, a Divine Realm Allied Force reached the Prehistoric World and encountered Meng Tian, Bai Qi, and one million Xian Qin soldiers, leaving the standoff poised for battle.

• Zhunti used the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree to take Vishnu’s Divine Scepter and sever Vishnu’s connection to it, so Indra and the other gods began praying for Shiva to descend.
• The Prehistoric Saints watched the encounter through the Kunlun Mirror and assessed the strength of the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm’s gods.
• Cangyuan ordered Styx and Ancestor Dragon to pass through the Time and Space Gate and reinforce Tongtian’s group.
• After a long journey through Chaos, the Divine Realm Allied Forces arrived near the Prehistoric World and found it guarded by one million Xian Qin Golden Immortals led by Meng Tian and Bai Qi.
• An Olympus envoy carrying the God King’s decree appeared before the Xian Qin Army and demanded that its soldiers kneel and accept the gods’ rule.

Bai Qi and the Immortal Qin forces overwhelmed the Divine Realm Allied Forces while Zhao Gongming joined the battle against their Main Gods. Shiva appeared in the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm, where Zhunti watched his destructive arrival.

• Bai Qi repeatedly slapped Poseidon and demanded to know where he had hidden his main force after the Allied Forces were slaughtered.
• Thor tried to summon the Rainbow Bridge to retreat, but it did not answer, so he resumed fighting Meng Tian.
• Meng Tian and a hundred thousand Golden Immortals trapped Jayanta and held back the other Main Gods with Immortal Qin formations.
• Zhao Gongming arrived, and the Immortal Qin cultivators handed their opponents over to him to fight.
• Shiva appeared amid destruction in the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm, Zhunti commented on his entrance, and the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation was unleashed.