Chapter Summaries

Shen Qian overwhelmed Marquis Zhaoyuan in two clashes, then challenged Jun Buping to reveal the strength that had once made him famous. As their true duel began, Shen Qian summoned his Star Soldier and unleashed the Dao Sea and an immense Dao Projection, transforming into a colossal Buddha.

• Shen Qian struck Jun Buping back a second time, convincing the watching Wang Hous that he had decisively won their direct clash.
• Jun Buping regained his composure, praised Shen Qian, and recalled his past feat of fighting through nine Gates with one saber.
• Shen Qian asked to see Jun Buping's former strength, and Jun Buping entered the Dimensional Battlefield in Giant Form, clad in armor and wielding a Star Soldier.
• Shen Qian summoned the Heavenly Nether halberd and used Word of Law to manifest the Dao Sea, weakening the Dimensional Battlefield's suppression.
• Shen Qian revealed a Dao Projection exceeding sixty zhang, absorbed the Daos from the Dao Sea, and grew into a Buddha more than eight thousand zhang tall.

Shen Qian battled Marquis Zhaoyuan in a clash that impressed the watching Wang Hous, but Marquis Zhaoyuan unleashed his all-consuming Unity technique. As Shen Qian was pulled toward its Black Hole, he awakened the system’s new Child of Chaos form and halted its advance.

• The Wang Hous watched Shen Qian and Marquis Zhaoyuan clash, while their battle’s shockwaves forced the Wang Hous to reinforce the dimensional barrier around Earth's Core City.
• After more than a thousand exchanges, Marquis Zhaoyuan admitted that Shen Qian had defeated him in their initial contest and praised him as the foremost across ancient and modern times.
• Marquis Zhaoyuan used Unity, collapsing his Wang Hou path and all his power into a Black Hole that began breaking Shen Qian’s body, origin power, and soul apart.
• Shen Qian activated the system’s Child of Chaos form, and the gray Chaos aura around him suppressed the Black Hole.

Shen Qian used the system’s temporary Chaos Power to defeat and kill Marquis Zhaoyuan Jun Buping, then mourned him as the Wang Hous debated the consequences. The Marquis Council received urgent reports that Jiang Huan and Wu Jun had each won major victories beyond the Gates.

• Shen Qian unleashed Chaos Power to destroy Marquis Zhaoyuan’s black hole form and fatally pierced him with the Tian Ming Halberd.
• Before dying, Marquis Zhaoyuan recalled his former purpose of protecting his hometown and realized he had lost his heart of martial arts.
• Shen Qian took Marquis Zhaoyuan’s Soul Scourge saber and poured wine over the ruins of the Marquis of Jingcheng’s manor in mourning.
• The Wang Hous argued over Shen Qian’s killing of a Wang Hou and the significance of his apparent control of Chaos Power.
• Duke Baili and the other Wang Hous received reports that Jiang Huan had defeated sea demons and the Abyssal Tribe’s ancestor, while Wu Jun had destroyed a Giant Spirit Royal Clan branch beyond a Grade A Gate.

After Jiang Huan and Wu Jun’s victories helped shield Shen Qian from consequences for killing Marquis Zhaoyuan, Shen Qian left the memorial and went to Earth’s first gate. Using the Omniscience Key, he began breaking its seals to uncover the secrets inside.

• Jiang Huan killed the Abyssal Tribe’s ancestor and four Wang Hous, while Wu Jun eliminated an A-rank gate, winning support for Shen Qian among the Wang Hous.
• Duke Baili and the other Wang Hous acknowledged Shen Qian’s standing, but Marquis Yidao revealed that Shen Qian had already disappeared.
• Shen Qian reached the ancient bronze gate beneath Earth’s Core City with the three Chaos Stones, whose hidden message said, “Come in.”
• Shen Qian concluded that King Zhouyi wanted to stop him from entering the gate and decided to investigate before the Divine Emperor Palace could interfere.
• Shen Qian used the Omniscience Key to dissolve the Wang Hous’ seals, and an illusory keyhole appeared in the bronze doors.

After Shen Qian opened the door beneath Earth's Core City, the Witch Clan prepared to invade humanity while Jiang Chengye set out to hunt him. In the strange world beyond the door, Shen Qian found a vast palace and encountered a colossal creature that claimed he should call it Patriarch.

• The marquises learned that Shen Qian had opened the door, while King Zhouyi left the East Sea coast and sea monsters spread the alarm across the Witch Clan's island.
• The Witch Emperor's banner rose as the Witch Clan gathered, and Jiang Chengye killed two Witch Clan experts before setting out with the Scavenger fleet to pursue Shen Qian.
• The Blood Witch King and Spirit Witch King learned that Jiang Chengye had advanced again and that Shen Qian had killed Marquis Zhaoyuan.
• Shen Qian followed the three Chaos Stones through the world beyond the door and discovered an enormous palace containing a living, colossal creature.
• The creature addressed Shen Qian and told him to call it Patriarch.

Shen Qian met the living Demon King in the space beyond the door and learned that the place was a primordial cosmic embryo. After touching the Black Spots infecting the Demon King's true body, Shen Qian realized that the calamity might come from the Heavenly Dao itself.

• The Demon King explained that he had entered the starry sky to face a foreseen calamity and later discovered the hidden space beneath the Primal Land.
• The Demon King revealed that the space beyond the door was a Chaos-like embryo and that Shen Qian's Omniscience Literary Rank was not the true key.
• The Demon King showed Shen Qian the Black Spots embedded throughout his uninjured but dormant true body and identified them as the calamity threatening Emperor-level powerhouses.
• Shen Qian touched a Black Spot and experienced overwhelming Dao insight that made him feel as if he had become Dao itself.
• Shen Qian connected the clues from the Nine Kings, the Emperor of Heaven, and others and concluded that the Heavenly Dao itself was targeting humanity.

The Demon King revealed to Shen Qian that Emperor-level beings were corrupted by the Heavenly Dao, which had merged with Pangu’s will and become a monster. He explained how Pangu’s idealistic attempts to eradicate evil distorted the Dao, while Nuwa created humankind as a people unconnected to Chaos and tried to resist; the chapter ended with the Demon King explaining that the Heavenly Dao polluted Emperor-level beings to eliminate potential threats.

• The Demon King told Shen Qian that he had discovered the Black Spots after entering a hidden space in Primal Land, where they exposed the corruption within his soul.
• The Demon King described the end of the cosmos and explained that Pangu and Nuwa had reached the Ancestor Realm, above the Emperor-level.
• The Demon King revealed that Pangu had interfered with the Heavenly Dao to punish evil, creating Heavenly Tribulations that made advancement unfair and often fatal.
• The Demon King explained that Pangu’s will had merged with the Heavenly Dao while Nuwa was repairing the cracks in heaven, turning it into a self-aware monster.
• The Demon King told Shen Qian that Nuwa created humankind without a connection to Chaos and fought the corrupted Heavenly Dao, but was ultimately annihilated.
• The Demon King explained that the Heavenly Dao polluted Emperor-level beings because their potential advancement could threaten it.

Shen Qian learned from the Demon King how the Heavenly Dao had been corrupted and why the Nine Kings sealed the Martial King path, then uncovered more reasons to fear King Zhouyi and the possibly revived Witch Emperor. When Shen Qian asked how the Heavenly Dao could be defeated and what hope Nuwa had left, the Demon King answered that Shen Qian himself was that hope.

• Shen Qian and the Demon King discussed how the Heavenly Emperor sealed his Emperor's Heart and how the Nine Kings and King of Jiangling sealed the Martial King path to limit the Heavenly Dao's growth.
• The Demon King showed Shen Qian the Nine Kings' sealed memories, and Shen Qian saw King Wushi watch polluted Strength Clan warriors battle humanity as black mist spread above them.
• Shen Qian found no memories in King Zhouyi's mirror, and the Demon King suspected Zhouyi either did not care about the Heavenly Dao or had a way to resist it.
• The Demon King revealed that King Zhouyi had reached the Martial King realm long before the other Nine Kings and warned Shen Qian to be wary of him.
• Shen Qian asked about the Witch Emperor, and the Demon King explained the Soul Dharma Form and judged that a revived Witch Emperor would likely be far below his former strength.
• Shen Qian asked how the Heavenly Dao could be defeated and what hope Nuwa had meant, and the Demon King answered that Shen Qian was that hope.

Shen Qian learned that the Primal Land’s cocoon could gestate a new universe and that he was the Seed of Fire meant to revive it and challenge the Heavenly Dao. The Demon King sacrificed himself to give Shen Qian his Emperor trait, leaving him to reach the unprecedented Ten Apertures realm, find King of Jiangling’s trait, and prepare humanity for its one chance.

• The Demon King revealed that the cocoon was a dead chaos mother body capable of gestating another universe, and that Shen Qian could revive it as the Seed of Fire.
• The Demon King explained that the Emperors had sacrificed themselves to strengthen the Seed of Fire, and that Shen Qian had to reach the Ten Apertures realm to make the new Heavenly Dao strong enough to oppose the old one.
• The Demon King warned Shen Qian that lighting the embryo would alert the Heavenly Dao and give humanity only one chance, then began dismantling his body to pass on his Emperor trait.
• Before vanishing, the Demon King told Shen Qian to find King of Jiangling’s Emperor trait and care for Xiao Qing; Shen Qian received the Demon King’s character card.
• Shen Qian entered the seventh hall and found the Demon King’s vast collection of weapons, Star Soldiers, herbs, cultivation methods, and divine abilities, then decided to choose a suitable weapon.

Shen Qian claimed two powerful Star-Class sabers from the Demon King's treasure vault and returned from the sealed space to Earth's Core City, where he met his long-missing Seventh Senior Brother, Gu Donglai. Gu Donglai invited him to the Marquis Council and revealed that he had been expelled from their teacher's sect.

• Shen Qian examined the Greedy Wolf and Silent Calamity sabers, then chose to keep both along with useful supplies and a defensive Star Soldier.
• Shen Qian used the Chaos Stones to leave the frozen space and reinforced the Bronze Gate with formation seals so he would know if anyone tried to open it.
• Gu Donglai approached Shen Qian unnoticed, identified himself as his Seventh Senior Brother, and explained that he served as Secretary-General of the Marquis Council.
• Gu Donglai invited Shen Qian to attend a council session and vote on whether he could officially join, while also giving him a chance to explain killing Marquis Zhaoyuan.
• As Shen Qian walked with Gu Donglai toward the council, Gu Donglai revealed that he had been expelled from the sect.

Gu Donglai revealed why Marquis of Jingcheng expelled him: he had refused to suppress his cultivation for the Forbidden Domain and stormed Sky-Reaching Tower. He brought Shen Qian to the Marquis Council, where Shen Qian chose a seat reserved for the Divine Emperor Palace faction just as a hostile Marquis appeared.

• Gu Donglai told Shen Qian that he had been expelled for defying Marquis of Jingcheng’s command to delay his advance to the Marquis Realm.
• Gu Donglai explained that he had rejected the plan to pursue the Forbidden Domain at the cost of suppressing his cultivation, then caused a scene at Sky-Reaching Tower.
• Gu Donglai took Shen Qian to the Marquis Council in Earth's Core City and explained that humanity had 273 registered Marquises, including 98 in China.
• Shen Qian approached a seat in the council hall, and Gu Donglai warned him that the area belonged to Marquises aligned with Divine Emperor Palace.
• A powerful figure appeared and mocked Shen Qian as a stray cat or dog, ordering him to leave the seat.

Shen Qian entered the Marquis Council, where Wu Taifeng, the Conqueror of the West Earl, threatened him without knowing he had already killed Marquis Zhaoyuan. After Wu insulted Shen Qian and his teacher, Shen killed Wu’s true body with one strike, then faced Marquis Liegu’s demand that he answer for it.

• Wu Taifeng arrived at the Marquis Council and rebuked Shen Qian, mistaking him for a Mountains and Seas martial artist unfit to enter.
• Gu Donglai learned that Wu Taifeng had just returned from killing a Tortoiseback Race Marquis in the northwest and realized Wu had not heard the news about Shen Qian.
• When Marquis Liegu and other Marquises arrived, Wu Taifeng continued insulting Shen Qian and invoked the deceased Marquis of Jingcheng.
• Shen Qian drew the Silent Calamity Blade and killed Wu Taifeng’s true body with a single strike, while Wu’s surviving avatar appeared and accused him of murder.
• Marquis Liegu challenged Shen Qian over the killing, and Shen Qian asked whether he wanted to test the blade himself.

Shen Qian confronted Duke of Yanshan, Han Chi, after killing Conqueror of the West Earl, but Han Chi unexpectedly let the matter pass. At the Marquis Council, Shen Qian learned more about the Witch Clan’s disappearance and Divine Emperor Palace’s factions, while remaining suspicious of Han Chi’s motives.

• Shen Qian revealed his terrestrial-grade Star Blade and challenged Marquis Liegu before Duke of Yanshan, Han Chi, arrived and rebuked him.
• Shen Qian accused Han Chi of hypocrisy and hinted at his role in Marquis of Jingcheng’s fall, but Han Chi sat down without retaliating.
• Wu Wei told Shen Qian that Conqueror of the West Earl’s provocation meant Han Chi could not use the killing against him, while Earl Luoshen said the Witch Clan had vanished from Li Sea.
• Shen Qian sat beside Earl Luoshen, learned that Qu Xiangyun had entered the Magic City War Zone and recently reached Mountains and Seas, and observed foreign Wang Hous arriving.
• Earl Luoshen identified several confirmed Divine Emperor Palace members and estimated that the faction had nearly twenty Wang Hous, including recent losses, leaving Shen Qian wondering why Han Chi seemed so confident.

Shen Qian joined the Marquis Council and learned that the Witch Clan had massed near China’s eastern coast while King Zhouyi was missing. As the council prepared to strike first, Duke of Yanshan questioned whether humanity should suffer another bloody war.

• Shen Qian realized that Duke of Yanshan, Marquis Liegu, Duke Tianqing, and other Divine Emperor Palace members had attended the council in person, while many others were represented by avatars.
• The council voted to admit Shen Qian, and the proposal passed with 174 votes in favor, 12 against, and 67 abstentions.
• Wu Wei briefed the council on the Witch Clan’s strength, its possible effort to revive the Witch Emperor, and its recent movement toward China’s eastern coast.
• Wu Wei revealed that King Zhouyi had disappeared and proposed that humanity take the initiative and seek a decisive battle with the Witch Clan.
• Several Wang Hous supported fighting, but Duke of Yanshan sighed and asked whether humanity had not already shed enough blood.

At the Marquis Council, the Duke of Yanshan proposed negotiating with the Witch Clan by sharing the secret of mastering Chaos, using Shen Qian’s feat as proof that the secret was real. Pressured to reveal his power for the human race’s sake, Shen Qian refused, leaving the council divided and the source of his ability concealed.

• The Duke of Yanshan argued that the human race could not eliminate the myriad races and should consider peace talks with the Witch Clan.
• Earl Pingyang connected the rumored key to Shen Qian’s use of Chaos Power when he killed Marquis Zhaoyuan.
• The Duke of Yanshan proposed sharing the secret of opening Chaos, and Marquis Xuanming and several neutral Wang Hou supported trying negotiations.
• Wu Wei asked Shen Qian to state his position while Shen Qian recognized the proposal as a trap that would expose his private, system-related secret.
• Shen Qian refused to share the secret.

At the Marquis Council, Wu Wei defended Shen Qian against accusations that he was selfishly withholding the secrets of chaos, citing Shen Qian’s many contributions to humanity. The marquises reconsidered whether they had any right to compel Shen Qian, while the Divine Emperor Palace’s scheme unraveled.

• After Shen Qian refused to explain himself, Marquis Liegu accused him of trying to monopolize the secrets of chaos.
• Wu Wei revealed that Shen Qian developed the new Stamina Potion, received only 2% of its profits, and contributed the Creation pill formula without compensation.
• Wu Wei listed Shen Qian’s other services to humanity, including preventing conflict in the Sea of Learning, retrieving degrees, exposing the Spirit Witch Clan’s conspiracy, and recovering techniques and herbs.
• Wu Wei declared Shen Qian’s contributions rivaled those of the Nine Kings and challenged the marquises’ right to force him to act.
• Shen Qian was moved by Wu Wei’s defense, while Duke of Yanshan and the other Divine Emperor Palace members realized their scheme had failed.

Wu Wei confronted Divine Emperor Palace over its corruption and Duke of Yanshan Han Chi’s secret ceasefire deal with the Witch Clan, then revealed that he had anticipated Han Chi’s coup. The hall’s planned takeover became a decisive battle as Wu Wei’s allies arrived and surrounded Divine Emperor Palace.

• Wu Wei accused Marquis Liegu Gao Zhengjie of profiteering from the demon beast trade and challenged Duke Tianqing over disappearances in the South Sea.
• Wu Wei exposed the gathering as a premeditated attempt by Divine Emperor Palace to seize control, and Han Chi admitted he had negotiated a ceasefire with the Witch Clan in exchange for Shen Qian and territorial concessions.
• Han Chi ordered Divine Emperor Palace members and foreign Marquises to encircle the hall, while a formation prevented the gathered Marquises from escaping.
• Marquis Lingyan accused Han Chi of murdering Marquis of Jingcheng and his disciples, but Han Chi threatened the trapped Marquises and their true bodies.
• Wu Wei and Han Chi exchanged surrender demands before Jiang Huan and Wu Jun entered the hall and Wu Wei’s other allies appeared outside, surrounding Divine Emperor Palace.
• Wu Wei revealed that he had planned the counterattack to wipe out Divine Emperor Palace and began the decisive battle.

Wu Wei turned the Marquis Council against Han Chi by revealing proof that the Divine Emperor Palace had killed Marquis of Jingcheng, while Gu Donglai’s hidden formation trapped Han Chi’s faction inside the hall. Gu Donglai revealed he had betrayed Han Chi to stop his former teacher from destroying humanity, and the chapter ended as Wu Wei noticed something unexpected while confronting Han Chi.

• Wu Wei arrived with powerful Wang Hou, shifting the balance against the Divine Emperor Palace and exposing footage of Duke of Yanshan and the other seven great Wang Hou besieging Marquis of Jingcheng.
• Han Chi admitted defeat and tried to lead the Divine Emperor Palace out of the hall, but Gu Donglai’s formation stopped them from escaping.
• Han Chi discovered that Gu Donglai had arranged the formation and learned that Gu Donglai was his former seventh disciple, who had leaked his plans to Wu Wei.
• Gu Donglai explained that he had betrayed Han Chi because he could not accept his teacher’s attack on Marquis of Jingcheng, then knelt and begged Han Chi to turn back.
• Han Chi struck Gu Donglai and left him gravely injured, but Shi Dingyan and Shen Qian rescued him before Wu Wei intervened to block Han Chi’s next attack.
• Shen Qian learned that Shi Dingyan had become a Wang Hou and that his Fifth Senior Brother was nearing a breakthrough, while Wu Wei suddenly reacted with surprise during his confrontation with Han Chi.

Wu Wei drew Duke of Yanshan Han Chi into his world-like domain while the other Wang Hou split up to fight the Divine Emperor Palace’s forces. As Shen Qian watched Wu Wei and Han Chi’s decisive clash, Wu Wei revealed twenty Heavenly Gates, surpassing the Emperor of Heaven’s nineteen.

• Wu Wei pulled Han Chi into his vast domain to keep their battle from destroying Earth’s Core City, and the surrounding Wang Hou realized Wu Wei’s realm exceeded Han Chi’s.
• Shi Dingyan, Jiang Huan, the Heavenly Swordsman, Wu Jun, and other Wang Hou each took on opponents from the Divine Emperor Palace, while Earl Luoshen and Count Qianhuan pursued Countess Baihua.
• With no opponent left to fight, Shen Qian joined the Wang Hou who were drinking and watching the battles, then used the Eye of Truth to observe Wu Wei and Han Chi.
• Han Chi summoned the entire Yan Mountain into Wu Wei’s domain and brought it down upon him with overwhelming force.
• Wu Wei answered by opening twenty Heavenly Gates, stunning Shen Qian and the watching Wang Hou.

Wu Wei defeated Han Chi in their devastating battle, while the other fighters turned the tide against the Divine Emperor Palace. As Han Chi faced death, he revealed that he had prepared a final move with the fate-altering artifact Heavenly Calculation.

• Wu Wei and Han Chi unleashed their strongest attacks, and the collision nearly destroyed Earth's Core City and the surrounding dimensional battlefield.
• Shi Dingyan suppressed Earl Aurora, Jiang Huan killed Duke Tianqing, and the other battles left the Divine Emperor Palace's forces badly beaten.
• Wu Wei's Dharma body shattered, but Han Chi suffered a grave injury that damaged his foundation and left Wu Wei the victor.
• Wu Wei urged Han Chi to surrender and spare his descendants, but Han Chi revealed that he had prepared for this outcome with Heavenly Calculation and intended to take a final step toward the end of the martial path.