Chapter Summaries

Shen Qian saw through King Zhouyi’s false memories and struck the Black Crow that concealed his true body, severing his Dao. King Zhouyi’s power and life began to fade as Shen Qian returned to the Myriad Manifestations Tower, while King Zhouyi accepted his end on a distant snowy mountain.

• King Zhouyi offered to spare Shen Qian and his loved ones, but Shen Qian questioned why the Fate Scroll remained after King Zhouyi supposedly awakened.
• Shen Qian realized King Zhouyi had been distorting the Fate Scroll and followed the Sky-Peering Mirror’s first clue back to King Zhouyi’s childhood encounter with Yu.
• Shen Qian pierced the Black Crow hidden in the alley, exposing King Zhouyi’s youthful true body and severing the convergence point of his fate.
• Shen Qian and King Zhouyi returned to the second floor of the Myriad Manifestations Tower, where Gu Donglai’s body and shadow writhed as King Zhouyi’s influence collapsed.
• On a distant snowy mountain, King Zhouyi watched his body crack and his realm and lifespan fade, then chose not to use his prepared incarnation to escape death.

Shen Qian learned from Gu Donglai that Teacher believed perfecting all three Forbidden Domains was impossible, then deduced that King Zhouyi had known the solution and that Big Shot Gao had allowed him to steal Gu Donglai’s fate to preserve a clue. Gu Donglai could not recall the answer, so Shen Qian left the Myriad Manifestations Tower to defend North Capital.

• Shen Qian found Gu Donglai restored to himself after King Zhouyi’s death, but Gu Donglai remembered nothing beyond being expelled from the sect.
• Gu Donglai explained that Teacher had concluded passing the final trial in one Forbidden Domain caused the other two to stagnate, making simultaneous perfection impossible even for a near-perfect constitution.
• Shen Qian questioned the circumstances of Gu Donglai’s expulsion and suspected Big Shot Gao had deliberately let King Zhouyi steal Gu Donglai’s fate.
• After noticing the Sky-Peering Mirror, Shen Qian realized King Zhouyi might have known how to perfect all three Forbidden Domains and that Gu Donglai had been kept as a way to reveal the answer.
• Shen Qian urged Gu Donglai to recall anything from the years he had lost, but Gu Donglai remembered nothing.
• With North Capital in danger, Shen Qian left the tower and resolved to face the approaching threat with his current strength.

As the foreign race coalition launched its assault on North Capital, Ding Yi and the newly arrived Jiang Xuan exchanged farewells, while humanity’s defenders mobilized for the decisive battle. Marquis Wu Ding led China’s Wang Hou into space to face the enemy forces, where they discovered the foreign race had gathered an overwhelming number of fighters.

• Ding Yi told Jiang Xuan that Shen Qian was safe, gave her a wristband to deliver to him, and urged her to survive as the city shook from a distant explosion.
• Terrifying foreign race phantoms appeared above North Capital, and Marquis Wu Ding ordered the defenders to take their positions and called the Wang Hou to fight beyond the city.
• Dao Jiu led Ninth Company into battle after telling the soldiers that Captain Shen was already fighting alongside the Wang Hou, while Count Qianhuan and Marquis Lingyan strengthened the human army with a domain technique.
• Ding Yi broke through to the Wang Hou realm, Ling Xiao arrived as a newly advanced Golden Immortal, and Cheng Qingqing revealed that she had reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Marquis Wu Ding led China’s Wang Hou into space, where they faced the foreign race coalition and were stunned by the number of enemy Wang Hou.

Humanity’s Wang Hou launched a devastating surprise attack against a vastly superior foreign-race force, but their exhausted survivors were soon forced into a desperate final stand. As the battle turned against them, Shen Qian suddenly arrived, shocking the human fighters who had expected him to stay away.

• The human Wang Hou confronted more than two hundred foreign-race powerhouses, including Heavenly Court beasts, and resolved to fight rather than retreat.
• Empowered by the Nine Cauldrons, Cheng Qingqing, Jiang Huan, Marquis Wu Ding, and the other humans struck first and killed or incapacitated nearly a quarter of the enemy force.
• Adler Mu and the Strength Clan leader recognized that the human Wang Hou had exhausted themselves and led the foreign forces in a renewed assault.
• Marquis Wu Ding rallied the humans with a vow to preserve humanity, and both sides plunged into a desperate battle across the starry sky.
• Ding Yi was wounded while fighting three enemies, but Shen Qian suddenly pierced through the battlefield and appeared before her.
• Duke Six Tigers and the other human Wang Hou cried out in shock and anger, asking Shen Qian why he had come.

Shen Qian arrived at the North Capital battlefield, saved Duke Six Tigers by severing his alchemy Dao and turning it into pills, and discovered that losing his Dao had advanced his Forbidden Domains. After asking the human Wang Hous to wait, he entered the alien top-tier Wang Hous’ encirclement to test something and was immediately swallowed by their combined attacks.

• Shen Qian appeared amid the battle, and the human Wang Hous tried to open a path for him to escape.
• The Nine-Pull Divine Formation sealed the battlefield, trapping the human Wang Hous with the alien forces.
• Shen Qian tore down his alchemy Dao Projection, made it into pills, and used one to restore Duke Six Tigers’ life force.
• Shen Qian gave the remaining pills to the human Wang Hous, then felt his Forbidden Domains advance after severing his connection to the Dao Sea.
• Shen Qian stopped Marquis Wu Ding from attacking and crossed into the alien leaders’ encirclement to verify something.
• Adler Mu and more than twenty alien Wang Hous attacked Shen Qian together, engulfing him in their combined techniques.

Shen Qian revealed overwhelming Martial King combat strength, defeating the alien Wang Hous’ attempts to fight him and flee the battlefield. He identified their formation as the Witch Clan’s Nine Revolutions Spirit Refining Formation, whose true purpose was to sacrifice the Wang Hous trapped inside.

• Shen Qian survived the alien Wang Hous’ combined attack unharmed, then killed a Dark Shadow Tribe Wang Hou with one punch and grievously wounded Adler Mu with another.
• Shen Qian’s strength terrified the alien Wang Hous, and Adler Mu and the others tried to retreat, only to find the formation had sealed the battlefield.
• Adler Mu and the other formation builders discovered they had lost control of the formation, while Shen Qian said it was not the Nine-Pull Divine Formation but the Witch Clan’s Nine Revolutions Spirit Refining Formation.
• Shen Qian explained that he had gone underground and found the Witch Clan experts already gone, then concluded that the formation’s true purpose was to sacrifice the Wang Hous trapped inside.

Shen Qian and the human Wang Hous escaped the Witch Emperor’s sacrificial formation using the Jade Disk of Creation, but the system shut down and the Witch Emperor continued to recover. With humanity facing imminent destruction, Shen Qian left to seek the final hope while the others prepared to preserve the race’s inheritance.

• Shen Qian and Marquis Wu Ding deduced that the Witch Emperor’s formation sacrificed Wang Hous to restore his strength, and dark green flames began consuming those trapped inside.
• The Witch Emperor’s figure became clearer as the flames refined fallen Wang Hous, while Shen Qian recognized him as a corrupted Great Emperor who had seen through his identity as the Seed of Fire.
• Shen Qian summoned the Jade Disk of Creation and used its Chaos Power to blast open a temporary passage through the formation, exhausting the system’s remaining energy.
• Jiang Huan, Marquis Wu Ding, Shen Qian, and the other human Wang Hous escaped, while the trapped foreign-race Wang Hous remained behind and Adler Mu roared in fury.
• After returning to Earth, Shen Qian urged the others to activate humanity’s final contingency plan, embraced Ding Yi, and vanished to seek the final hope.

With the Witch Emperor close to destroying Earth, Shen Qian searched for King of Jiangling’s Great Emperor’s trait and found no trace of it. A photograph led him to Jingcheng Museum, where he began searching for the secret behind its connection to King of Jiangling and his teacher.

• Shen Qian searched King of Jiangling’s former locations for his Great Emperor’s trait but found nothing, while Marquis Wu Ding warned that the Witch Emperor was nearing Earth.
• Shen Qian secretly visited his family at the Sky-Reaching Tower, watched Shen Liang, Wang Xiaojuan, Ji Ruoshui, and Huo Ling'er together, then left without revealing himself.
• Shen Qian returned to the tower’s top floor as the Witch Emperor approached and humanity’s Wang Hou prepared to remain behind while the ark carried the Seeds of Fire away.
• Shen Qian recalled a photograph of King of Jiangling and his teacher, connected its background to Jingcheng Museum, and realized it might hold the clue he needed.
• Shen Qian arrived at Jingcheng Museum, confirmed its entrance matched the photograph’s background, and stepped inside to investigate.

Shen Qian found King of Jiangling’s hidden Emperor trait in Jingcheng Museum and completed the system, learning it could now unleash a controlled Emperor Storm. As the Witch Emperor’s true body approached, Shen Qian activated Auto-Play to face it with the power of five Emperor-level figures.

• Shen Qian entered Jingcheng Museum and summoned the Jade Disk of Creation in Exhibition Hall Seven, breaking the barrier concealing King of Jiangling’s legacy.
• A phantom of King of Jiangling explained that he had hidden his Emperor trait to keep King Zhouyi from finding it and entrusted humanity to Shen Qian.
• The system absorbed King of Jiangling’s consciousness avatar and became complete, gaining the ability to draw on energy from anywhere and use a controllable Emperor Storm.
• Shen Qian saw the Witch Emperor’s shadow behind the clouds and activated Auto-Play, surrendering control of his body.

As the Witch Emperor approached Earth, Shen Qian stopped the Hope from fleeing and confronted the ancient Emperor alone. Their devastating clash ended in blinding light, and Earth’s protective formation vanished, revealing a clear blue sky.

• Marquis Wu Ding and the Wang Hou gathered in space as the Witch Emperor’s approach ravaged Earth, while the Hope launched with an escort toward deep space.
• Shen Qian halted the Hope and returned it to Earth, then appeared before the Wang Hou and told them to withdraw as the Witch Emperor charged.
• Shen Qian absorbed the Witch Emperor’s stardust body, moved their battle away from Earth, and shattered its attacks and curses.
• The Witch Emperor unleashed Witch’s Descent, and Shen Qian summoned the King of Jiangling, the Buddha Venerable, the Demon King, the Emperor of Heaven, and the White Emperor for a clash of six Emperors.
• Jiang Huan, Marquis Wu Ding, and the other Wang Hou retreated to Earth and activated the formation to shield the planet from the distant clash.
• After the battle’s shockwave passed, the formation disappeared and the sky cleared; the Wang Hou hoped Shen Qian would return alive.

Five years after the World-Ending War, Shen Qian returned to Earth and reunited with Ding Yi, Ji Ruoshui, Huo Ling'er, and his senior brothers before preparing to face the Heavenly Dao. As Earth’s location was exposed, he left through the River of Time, determined to complete the Nine Forbidden and confront the force threatening the universe.

• At the North Capital martial arts hall, Jiang Xuan arrived but hurried away after receiving a call, while trainees discussed Shen Qian’s reputation as the Divine Martial King.
• Ding Yi emerged from seclusion, and Wang Hous across North Capital flew south; Jiang Huan gave Wei Sijian a lift to find Shen Qian.
• At the Sky-Reaching Tower, Ding Yi, Ji Ruoshui, and Huo Ling'er reunited with Shen Qian, who explained that he had spent centuries exploring the River of Time and might soon leave again.
• Ding Yi asked Shen Qian to give her a child before departing, and Huo Ling'er and Ji Ruoshui also showed they wanted the same; that night, Shen Qian toasted empty seats for his lost teacher, Fourth Senior Brother, and Dantai, promising to bring them back.
• A month later, the Heavenly Dao found Earth, and Shen Qian saw its people form the words “Waiting for you to come home” in lights before he entered the River of Time to face the ultimate enemy.