Chapter Summaries

Cheng Han met the Light Shuttle God General, who told him the Heavenly Killing God Monarch would soon arrive to lead the campaign against the Calamity Insect Swarm. Cheng Han revealed that he had built the Myriad Trees Spirit Secret Net with the Forest Will’s help, and the God General promised to introduce him to the Divine Lord.

• The Light Shuttle God General told Cheng Han that the Heavenly Killing God Monarch would arrive within half a month to oversee the extermination of the Calamity Insect Swarm across eight Small Worlds.
• The Light Shuttle God General praised Cheng Han’s survival, discovery of the Calamity Worms, and recruitment of more than eight thousand Spirit Monkey Tribes into 3,386 White Halls.
• Cheng Han demonstrated the Myriad Trees Spirit Secret Net, explaining that it used the Forest Will to detect Calamity Worms throughout the forest.
• The Light Shuttle God General praised Cheng Han’s network and said it would interest the Heavenly Killing God Monarch, whom Cheng Han would meet upon his arrival.

Cheng Han mobilized the Spirit Monkey tribes to prepare for the Calamity Insect Swarm, while two God Generals watched from above and discussed his plan. At dawn, Calamity Worms erupted from the lakes across the crater region, and Cheng Han faced the beginning of the Epoch Calamity.

• Cheng Han warned Que Er that a war of destruction would begin by the next day and told the Three Leaves Tribe to hold its White Hall for a revelation.
• Cheng Han visited the other tribes with White Halls, prompting them all to mobilize against the approaching swarm.
• The Light Shuttle God General and the Star Evolution God General observed the tribes gathering around the crater region and inferred that Cheng Han meant to use them to slow the swarm and buy time for the Forest Will.
• At dawn, lakes across the crater region erupted in towering columns of water, releasing Calamity Worms into the sky.
• Cheng Han watched the swarm emerge from a Giant Tree and recognized that the Epoch Calamity had begun.

Cheng Han watched the Calamity Worms emerge and saw their disciplined combat tactics and terrifying breeding speed. As the God Generals chose to observe, a Dusk Dragonfly swarm attacked an unwarned Spirit Monkey Tribe and began slaughtering its members.

• Calamity Dusk Dragonflies formed disciplined vanguard, main-force, and rearguard units after falling into the crater.
• Dusk Worms hunted Water Worms in coordinated squads, devoured their prey, and rapidly produced egg sacs; Cheng Han assessed their breeding abilities and feared stronger varieties existed.
• Star Evolution God General and Light Shuttle God General counted 6.87 million Calamity Worms, sensed more powerful ones underground, and decided to wait and see what Cheng Han would do.
• A swarm of more than two hundred Dusk Dragonflies found an unwarned Spirit Monkey Tribe without a White Hall and launched a massacre.
• A Dusk Dragonfly killed a fleeing Spirit Monkey couple, wounded their young monkey, and began tearing off and eating its arms.

Cheng Han showed the Forest Will the Calamity Insect Swarm’s growing threat after it annihilated a Spirit Monkey Tribe, then persuaded the World Will to act. The Forest Will erupted in rage, leaving Cheng Han satisfied that it had finally been convinced.

• The Dusk Dragonflies killed the Spirit Monkey Chieftain by infecting it with Black Qi, and a young Dusk Dragonfly emerged with evolved Sucker Structures.
• Cheng Han watched the Spirit Monkey Tribe’s destruction and noted that the Dusk Dragonflies had multiplied from just over two hundred to more than a thousand.
• Cheng Han replayed the Chieftain’s death for the Forest Will and warned that the insect swarm would eventually consume the forest.
• Cheng Han showed visions of giant Black Beetles devouring trees and transforming the Senluo Realm into a lifeless wasteland.
• The Forest Will responded with a violent gale, and Cheng Han concluded that he had persuaded it to act.

Cheng Han’s ambush tactics helped the Three Leaves Tribe hold off a Ming Ling swarm, buying time for the Forest Will. The Sharp Tooth Tribe ignored the White Hall’s instructions, suffered a devastating defeat, and its chieftain Bai Ya died regretting his arrogance.

• The Three Leaves Tribe lured Ming Lings into its Tree Hollows, where hidden warriors trapped and killed the insects with Booming Guns, though one monkey died when a badly damaged Ming Ling struck back.
• Cheng Han observed the successful defense and deduced that the tribes could delay the insect swarms for at least three days.
• Bai Ya ordered the Sharp Tooth Tribe to face a Ming Ling swarm in the open, and the insects outmaneuvered the monkeys and killed or injured more than fifty warriors.
• The Dusk Cicadas pursued the fleeing tribe, captured Bai Ya, and tortured him as his tribe was destroyed.
• Bai Ya remembered Cheng Han’s warning to remain humble before a Scorpion Tail struck and killed him.

As the Calamity Insect Swarm devastated the Senluo Realm, Cheng Han gave the Three Leaves Tribe a way to evacuate by water while preserving only a fraction of its people. He then provoked the Forest Will with visions of the insects’ atrocities and urged it to destroy the Calamity Nest.

• Que Er received a secret art from the Venerable One for crafting Spirit Fish Boats and told the Three Leaves Tribe to prepare for a safer evacuation by water.
• Cheng Han observed that the insect swarm had grown sevenfold and the Spirit Monkey population had fallen by more than seventy percent, and he noted that only obedient tribes would receive his help.
• Cheng Han showed the Forest Will an illusion of Calamity Aphids torturing and devouring captured Spirit Monkeys, then warned that giant aphids would turn the Senluo Realm into a lifeless desert.
• The Forest Will erupted in a violent gale after Cheng Han urged it to take revenge on the insects.
• Cheng Han pointed toward the pit area and told the Forest Will to destroy the Calamity Nest.

Cheng Han’s White Hall network triggered the Forest Will’s counterattack, causing the giant trees to slaughter Calamity Worms across the Senluo Realm. After observing the swarm’s communication and a force collecting slain leaders’ Soul Origin, Cheng Han realized he had found a way to locate the Calamity Nest.

• Cheng Han used a Time-Space Beacon to identify the hidden Calamity Nest and learned that its concealment resembled the Lord of Dark Deceit's Hidden Power.
• The Forest Will awakened and attacked the Calamity Worms, while the Light Shuttle God General and the Star Evolution God General recognized that Cheng Han’s White Hall network had provoked the response.
• The forest’s branches tore apart a Calamity Ming Worm swarm and drained its bodies, but a blurry shadow escaped from the leader as it died.
• The Forest Will rescued a Spirit Monkey Tribe by killing most of the attacking Ming Ling swarm and forcing the survivors to flee.
• Cheng Han deduced that the Calamity Nest issued orders to the swarms and that a strange force collected the Soul Origin of powerful worms, giving him a way to guide the forest toward the nest.

Cheng Han used the Star Evolution Chart to locate the Calamity Nest and convinced the Forest Will to attack it. As the Forest Will fought the Nest and risked falling into a long slumber, Cheng Han asked the God Generals to help seal and remove it from the Senluo Realm.

• Cheng Han deduced the Calamity Nest's location from the insect swarm's movements and showed the Forest Will his evidence.
• The Forest Will grew enraged at the hidden commander and sent giant roots into the ground near the pit region.
• The roots uncovered the Calamity Nest beneath the lakes, and the Forest Will began battling its powerful Black Qi in a war of attrition.
• Light Shuttle God General received Cheng Han's message that the Forest Will might fall into a long slumber and could be sealed and taken away.
• Star Evolution God General agreed that a God Monarch might seal the manifested Forest Will, and Light Shuttle God General set out to contact Heavenly Killing God Monarch.

Cheng Han helped the Forest Will damage the Calamity Nest, glimpsed its true form, and deduced that it shared a contamination source with other powerful entities. The wounded Calamity Nest escaped into another world, while Cheng Han learned Eternal Secret Power and resolved to seek a way to strengthen his True Flame Profound Imprint.

• Cheng Han guided the Forest Will into breaking open the Calamity Nest's stone shell and used the Eye of Omniscience to reveal its true form as a vast, incorporeal worm.
• Cheng Han was contaminated by seeing the Calamity Nest, but the True Flame Profound Imprint purified him; he suspected that the Calamity Nest and other contaminated gods shared a source.
• The Calamity Nest counterattacked with Black Beetles, then tried to flee, and Cheng Han warned the Forest Will to bind it.
• The Calamity Nest broke into segments and escaped through space, leaving behind a smaller, badly damaged form.
• Cheng Han deciphered Eternal Secret Power and completed the Phantom World Secret Spirit Profound Imprint, raising his Spirit Value to 954.6.
• Cheng Han decided to visit the Celestial God Star Sea after leaving the Senluo Realm to find a way to improve the True Flame Profound Imprint.

Ten days after the Calamity Nest was severely damaged, the Heavenly Killing God Monarch praised Cheng Han and approved his proposals to destroy the Senluo Realm and relocate the Spirit Monkey Clan. He ordered Cheng Han and the Light Shuttle God General to inspect other Small Worlds, leaving Cheng Han expecting a reward for his service.

• The Heavenly Killing God Monarch met Cheng Han and praised him for helping the Forest Will damage the Calamity Nest.
• Cheng Han recommended destroying the Senluo Realm to prevent the Calamity Nest from returning, and the God Monarch agreed.
• Cheng Han proposed relocating the Spirit Monkey Clan to preserve them as future allies, and the God Monarch approved.
• The Heavenly Killing God Monarch ordered Cheng Han and the Light Shuttle God General to inspect Small Worlds for a suitable home and search for the fleeing Calamity Nest.
• The Heavenly Killing God Monarch declared that Cheng Han's discovery and plan deserved a reward.

Heavenly Killing God Monarch gave Cheng Han two bottles of the rare Myriad Years Banyan Aroma Secret Medicine, and Cheng Han used them to transform his body and soul. His spiritual power reached saturation, allowing him to advance to High Rank Profound Master with an unusually powerful Ten Leaves Soul Solidifying Imprint.

• Heavenly Killing God Monarch gave Cheng Han two True Illusion Bottles containing Myriad Years Banyan Aroma Secret Medicine, and Cheng Han retrieved them using his mastery of reality and illusion.
• Cheng Han stored the bottles in a Space Pocket he had created through the Void Boundary Profound Imprint, astonishing the God Generals with his progress.
• Cheng Han agreed to inspect the various worlds with Light Shuttle God General the day after tomorrow.
• The next day, Cheng Han inhaled a bottle of the secret medicine, and the Myriad Mysteries Spirit Banyan Sprout and Pistil enveloped him in a flower bud for a full day.
• After the flower bud dispersed, Cheng Han found that his Spirit Value had risen to 1012.4 and his body and soul had transformed.
• Cheng Han advanced to High Rank Profound Master as his Soul Solidifying Imprint grew from Six Leaves to an unprecedented Ten Leaves.

Cheng Han traveled with the Light Shuttle God General through Great Void Space to the Bewildering Sand Realm, where he learned the Small World had died and prepared to search for the Calamity Nest. He was met by a fleet of Mystic Boats and greeted as the Divine Lord’s envoy.

• The Light Shuttle God General remarked on Cheng Han’s rapid advancement and noticed his unusually clear, harmonious mental state.
• The Light Shuttle God General took Cheng Han through Great Void Space, demonstrating how he used Space Turbulence to propel them across vast distances.
• They arrived in the Bewildering Sand Realm, and the Light Shuttle God General said outposts had been established there before departing.
• Cheng Han observed the realm’s immense sandstorms and deduced that its altered Laws had caused its World Will to perish.
• Cheng Han resolved to search for signs of the Calamity Nest, and a fleet of Mystic Boats arrived to welcome him as the Divine Lord’s envoy.

Cheng Han investigated the Bewildering Sand Realm and used his Life Crown Profound Imprint to discover that Stone-Eating Ants had hollowed out the rock beneath distant dunes. He realized the Sand Ants could help him search the vast realm for the Calamity Nest, and ordered the investigation to continue.

• Cheng Han led Mystic Masters and Mystic Adepts across the desert while demonstrating his Void Illusionary Realm secret art.
• Cheng Han sensed that distant dunes were about to collapse and ordered Nie Zhou to strike a nearby spot with his Earthshaking Secret Art.
• The strike triggered a chain of collapses that reduced several enormous dunes and confirmed Cheng Han's prediction.
• Cheng Han explained that Stone-Eating Ants had hollowed out the rock beneath the dunes by feeding on Black Phosphorus Rock.
• Cheng Han ordered the Outpost Towers to search for underground Sand Ants and send samples, recognizing them as a way to find the Calamity Nest.

Cui Zhibin watched Envoy Cheng identify a powerful Sand Worm through a batch of Sand Ants and join a fleet sent to hunt it. Cheng Han killed the enormous creature in one strike, leaving Cui Zhibin stunned by the envoy’s strength.

• Cui Zhibin saw a Mystic Boat from Central Tower No. 18 deliver Sand Ants to Envoy Cheng at Central Tower No. 1.
• Cheng Han inferred from the Sand Ants that a powerful creature lurked in Central Tower No. 18’s jurisdiction, and Profound Warrior Liu confirmed that an Outpost Tower had found its trail.
• Cheng Han identified the creature as a powerful Sand Worm and ordered men from both jurisdictions to accompany him on a hunt.
• The fleet reached the No. 18 Outpost District, where the Sand Worm’s cry overwhelmed Cui Zhibin and other Mystic Adepts.
• Cheng Han killed the Sand Worm with one strike, and several hundred Mystic Adepts dug out its five-hundred-meter corpse.
• Cui Zhibin struggled to believe that Cheng Han, a Profound Master, had proved stronger than a Profound Overseer.

Cheng Han killed a powerful Sand Worm through a deceptive strategy, then discussed the exile legion and Calamity Nest with the Star Evolution God General. The God General’s visit left Cheng Han suspecting that the Supreme Divine Court was trying to keep him from being recruited by other Small Worlds.

• Cheng Han secretly sent an Avatar through the Sand Worm’s shield and killed it with a Space Blade, then gave its spoils to personnel from both districts.
• The Star Evolution God General arrived, praised Cheng Han’s tactics and morale-building, and explained that the exile legion was meant to remove unreliable people before a coming Storm.
• Cheng Han told the Star Evolution God General that the Calamity Nest had likely operated in the Bewildering Sand Realm and that he expected a definite result within ten days.
• The Star Evolution God General revealed his bet with Light Shuttle and promised Cheng Han a share of the winnings if he was right.
• After the God General left, Cheng Han concluded that the visit and bet were pretexts to keep him in place while other Small Worlds sought his talents.

Cheng Han expanded Sand Worm hunts and Sand Ant breeding, improving the Profound Warriors’ prospects and income through new rewards and long-term exchanges. After he uncovered the greed of two Mystic Masters but let events proceed, both died in an ambush by three Sand Worms.

• Cheng Han located eight Sand Worms and arranged for districts that helped hunt them to share in the spoils.
• Cheng Han secured supplies and favorable exchange terms for Sand Ant eggs, then ordered breeding farms established across the districts.
• At Central Tower No. 1’s breeding factory, Cheng Han used the Life Crown Profound Imprint to influence Grit Ants and explained that cultivating them could raise egg production by about twenty percent.
• Cheng Han secretly discovered that two Mystic Masters had skimmed benefits during construction, but praised them and allowed them to continue their work.
• Two days later, three Sand Worms ambushed a group of Profound Warriors from Central Tower No. 1, killing many, including the two Mystic Masters.

Cheng Han wrote letters and sent gifts to Qian Qingqing and Lan Jiayao before visiting the Ant Palace to investigate the restless sand ant swarm. His attempt to use the Star Evolution Chart to deduce the Calamity Nest failed, and he decided to seek contact with the Ant Swarm Collective Consciousness.

• Cheng Han wrote to Qian Qingqing about the Bewildering Sand Realm and sent her a Bewildering Sand Dream, ant eggs, armor, and a Folding Great Spear.
• Cheng Han wrote to Lan Jiayao to ask about the Ocean Battlefield.
• Cheng Han visited the Ant Palace, where more than ten million sand ants had been stored and added to the Star Evolution Chart.
• Cheng Han noticed the chart's countless dots writhing and suspected the Ant Swarm Collective Consciousness had sensed danger from the Calamity Nest.
• Cheng Han tried to deduce the Calamity Nest through the sand ant swarm, but the attempt failed, so he resolved to find a way to contact the Ant Swarm Collective Consciousness.

Cheng Han began contacting the Sand Ant swarm by sending messages to its Queen Ants, but his mental power ran low before he could finish. After learning about Cloud Light in the Cloud Sea Realm, he resumed studying the ants and sensed an unknown presence watching him.

• Cheng Han filtered the Star Evolution Chart for Queen Ants and began sending each one a message so the swarm could relay it to every Sand Ant.
• After half a day, Cheng Han stopped with less than a third of the Queen Ants contacted because the transmissions had consumed most of his Spirit Value.
• Cheng Han asked a Mystic Adept from the Cloud Sea Realm about Cloud Light and heard a rumor that it came from the soul of a powerful being who died when the realm was established.
• Cheng Han reasoned that Cloud Light was the fading old World Will and confirmed that it had once appeared more often and even during the day.
• Cheng Han resumed studying the Sand Ants, then felt an indescribable presence watching him.

Cheng Han contacted the Sand Ant Swarm Collective Consciousness, which he called Ant Lady, and showed it the Calamity Worms’ devastation in the Senluo Realm to persuade it to cooperate. Ant Lady then revealed a vision of a Black Meteor approaching the Bewildering Sand Realm, confirming Cheng Han’s suspicion that the Calamity Nest had left a contingency plan there.

• Cheng Han recognized the strange consciousness as the Sand Ant Swarm Collective Consciousness and addressed it as Ant Lady.
• Cheng Han showed Ant Lady an illusion of the Calamity Worms devastating the Senluo Realm and warned that the Calamity Aphids could wipe out the sand ants.
• Ant Lady responded with a vision of a sandstorm and a Black Meteor descending toward it.
• Ma Xuandu entered, recognized the Black Meteor as the Calamity Star, and realized Cheng Han had uncovered information about it.
• Cheng Han concluded that the Calamity Nest had come to the Bewildering Sand Realm and left a contingency plan, then began a Deduction.

Cheng Han used the Ant Swarm Collective Consciousness to locate the Calamity Star and ordered the Outpost Legion to launch an extermination operation. After declining the Light Shuttle God General’s offer to remain in the battlefield, Cheng Han prepared to head to the War Zone.

• Cheng Han deduced that the Calamity Star had landed 150,000 kilometers northeast eight years earlier, matching the Senluo Realm meteor shower.
• Cheng Han thanked the Ant Lady and ordered more than half the personnel from every Central Tower within 150,000 kilometers to assemble for the battle.
• Cheng Han threatened execution for those who delayed, shirked, fled, or disobeyed, and ordered the extermination operation to begin within four hours.
• Cheng Han reported the discovery to the Light Shuttle God General, who agreed to oversee the battle and offered to help him advance to God General.
• Cheng Han declined the offer, saying he would rather serve the Void Wind Realm, then ordered a Mystic Boat prepared so he could go to the War Zone.