Recaps

At the end of the banquet, a mysterious phenomenon awakened and enhanced the abilities of people across the world, including the Subconscious Actors aboard the Endless. Zhang Guangmu learned that the Duo Civilization had caused the mass awakening as a malicious tactic to distort Earth’s fighters’ traits before the coming battle.

• Li Xiaoxiao joked that Zhang Guangmu might receive an Above Excellent evaluation, while Mooncake insisted he would and meowed instead of speaking.
• As the banquet ended, Zhang Guangmu saw milky-white light envelop everyone, and the phenomenon triggered changes in people across the world.
• Luo Zhuan, Tang Lanshan, Jiang Ling, Chu Fan, and Zhao Zhengrong displayed physical changes as their existing specialties were enhanced.
• News outlets named the mass awakening the Transcendent Awakening Syndrome, and Zhang Guangmu learned from Emperor Li Xuanji that the Duo Civilization had caused it to weaken Earth’s side through information warfare.

Zhang Guangmu gained a usable ability point from the Dimensional Reduction Strike Scroll and received visitors Wang Shangqing and Yue Yiji. Yue Yiji delivered messages about the coming Path of the Great Emperor, where Duo Civilization had seized most production authorities but participants would earn increased pay and experience.

• Zhang Guangmu gained a usable ability point after the Dimensional Reduction Strike Scroll depicted him compressing Lin An's avatar into a page.
• Wang Shangqing and Yue Yiji visited Zhang Guangmu, and Wang Shangqing criticized him for keeping Mooncake at home and becoming weak.
• Yue Yiji conveyed Fang Yi and Ling Xu's hope that everyone would cooperate against their common enemy and show mercy if they became opponents.
• Yue Yiji explained that Duo Civilization would send elite Subconscious Actors, give seven of them a first-mover advantage, and control the script, Character Setting, Control Group, and Director for The Path of the Great Emperor.
• Yue Yiji said participants would receive six times the experience and ten times the pay, with Dragon Duke and Dragon Marquis titles and extra Dragon Shields going to the third- and second-place finishers.

Yue Yiji and Wang Shangqing challenged Zhang Guangmu to claim the Dragon Throne and become the Subconscious Film Emperor, reigniting Zhang Guangmu’s determination to win. Three days after the Empire revealed the threat of Duo Civilization, the Path of the Great Emperor began filming on May first, with Lin An arriving at the Production Building and finding the Endless warship’s crew gathering.

• Yue Yiji explained that the Dragon Throne title was unique and came with one hundred thousand Dragon Shields, while Wang Shangqing declared he would claim it and use it to thwart Zhang Guangmu’s dream.
• Zhang Guangmu vowed that the Dragon Throne and the title of Subconscious Film Emperor would be his, and Wang Shangqing left delighted to have his rival’s fighting spirit back.
• Three days later, the Empire publicly revealed information about Duo Civilization, prompting Zhang Guangmu to question how it had learned about Earth’s elite Subconscious Actors.
• Netizens debated the extraterrestrial threat and argued over the strength of Wu Ran, Lin An, Zhang Guangmu, and other Dragon Generals.
• On May first, Lin An arrived early at the Production Building and found Ma Wu exercising there; Zhang Guangmu, Zhao Zhengrong, Li Xiaoxiao, Chu Fan, Tang Lanshan, Luo Zhuan, Jiang Ling, and Mooncake then arrived.

As billions of Earthlings prepared to enter the unprecedented Subconscious Film World, Nalan Yuan provoked Zhang Guangmu to push him to overcome his flaws and grow stronger. Zhang Guangmu entered the Infiltration Pod with Mooncake as the battle against the Duo Civilization began.

• Earth's production buildings and Infiltration Pods filled as 2.93769 billion people prepared to participate in The Path of the Great Emperor.
• Zhang Guangmu saw many old friends and rivals in the production building, but they kept silent and entered their Infiltration Pods.
• Nalan Yuan told Zhang Guangmu that he had awakened the Planet Guardian-level ability Starfall Elegy and claimed he was stronger than him.
• Nalan Yuan insulted Zhang Guangmu's vanity and lack of ambition, hoping to leave a warning in his subconscious and spur him to improve.
• Mooncake snarled at Nalan Yuan and chose to enter the Subconscious Film World alongside Zhang Guangmu.
• Zhang Guangmu carried Mooncake into the Infiltration Pod and summoned the Book of Flames to ask for points.

Zhang Guangmu perfected his foundation with Imperial Body Forging Technique, reached a total ability rating of 38, and learned the Dragon General title granted permanent intermediate Transcendent talent and special fortune in The Path of the Great Emperor. He agreed to speak with all seven Seven Stars before the final battle against Duo Civilization.

• Zhang Guangmu raised Imperial Body Forging Technique to 24, reached the Marked Dao Traces realm, and foresaw the Jiazi Bone Casting cycle.
• Zhang Guangmu realized that his accumulated knowledge would let him advance rapidly and bring his total ability rating to 38, nearing the standard for Great Power Belongs to the Individual.
• Zhang Guangmu learned that his Dragon General title guaranteed permanent intermediate Transcendent talent and special fortune whenever he entered The Path of the Great Emperor.
• A female voice told Zhang Guangmu that all seven Seven Stars had chosen him for their Interaction Before the Final Battle calls, and he accepted the conversations.

Zhang Guangmu spoke with the current Seven Stars before entering the world of All Heavens. After the pod completed infiltration, he arrived in a new role as the Guangmu Fairy, where suitors immediately offered him rare gifts.

• Shiina Hayate declared that he would rise from last place among the Seven Stars and make Zhang Guangmu acknowledge his strength.
• Ling Xu asked Zhang Guangmu to carry him to victory, and Zhang Guangmu agreed.
• Shirley Einstein said she cared little about Earth, but Zhang Guangmu warned her not to betray its civilization, and she promised to remain loyal.
• Alexander Stuart offered to serve Zhang Guangmu for sufficient power and money, while Fang Yi and Matt Morgan declared their ambitions to surpass Zhang Guangmu and save Earth.
• Li Yan said he would protect Earth and the royal family's honor, and Zhang Guangmu finished speaking with all seven members of the Seven Stars.
• Zhang Guangmu entered the All Heavens world and was welcomed as the Guangmu Fairy by people offering him pills and a Sun Flame Gu Lin.

Zhang Guangmu entered the Xuan Yan Realm as the beautiful Long River Fairy, a fifth-rank goddess of the Taiqing Sect, and discovered that suitors had been bewitched into falling for him. Recognizing that his privileged status could dull his drive, he sought advice from his abnormally behaving senior brother, Qin Zhe.

• Zhang Guangmu awoke as a female cultivator and used a treasure mirror to inspect his striking appearance.
• After the Little White Balls explained that the Script Hint had bewitched his suitors, Zhang Guangmu rejected them and escaped the persistent ones using Incense Power.
• Zhang Guangmu realized he was the Long River True God, a fifth-rank goddess whose divine strength equaled the Golden Core Realm.
• Zhang Guangmu recognized that the Taiqing Sect's support could trap him in a comfortable life and weaken his fighting spirit.
• Zhang Guangmu went to Duyuan Academy to ask his senior brother, Qin Zhe, for advice about advancing cultivation and the divine path together.

Zhang Guangmu gathered intelligence from Duo Civilization observers and visited Duyuan Academy, where he decided to pursue cultivation alongside the Divine Dao. Qin Zhe explained Zhang Guangmu’s fame as the Study Fairy and urged caution, while the new disciples learned who she was.

• Zhang Guangmu overheard Duo Civilization’s Little White Balls discussing Earth’s warriors, their plans to eliminate Earth’s survivors, and their strategy of suppressing Zhang Guangmu and others.
• Zhang Guangmu arrived at Duyuan Academy and saw Qin Zhe warning new disciples never to underestimate opponents and to destroy enemies completely.
• Qin Zhe greeted Zhang Guangmu, and she said she wanted to discuss cultivation and try cultivating in addition to following the Divine Dao.
• Qin Zhe warned Zhang Guangmu that pursuing both paths could limit her progress, then explained how she had led the Taiqing Sect to victory in the Wenyuan Grand Competition and earned the title Study Fairy.
• The new disciples recognized Zhang Guangmu, and one disciple’s disrespectful remark provoked Ke Shanlong to defend her.

Zhang Guangmu investigated Qin Zhe’s sudden improvement and inferred that he had gained combat-focused power through a dangerous encounter. Qin Zhe admitted she was wise but said he could not reveal what had happened.

• Newly inducted disciples crowded around Zhang Guangmu to flatter her, and Qin Zhe dispersed them before resuming their conversation.
• Zhang Guangmu rejected Qin Zhe’s advice to focus on divine cultivation and pointed out that he also cultivated martial arts.
• Zhang Guangmu questioned Qin Zhe about his frequent disappearances, change of post, rapid progress, and the blood and despair she sensed on him.
• Zhang Guangmu guessed that Qin Zhe had faced a weak-looking enemy, missed an opportunity, and possibly lost an important friend.
• Qin Zhe praised Zhang Guangmu’s insight but said he could not tell her the truth.

Zhang Guangmu stayed in the Taiqing Sect, cultivated with the Incense Power provided to him, and advanced to the Sixth-Rank Goddess level while his Imperial Body Forging Technique improved. After discovering he had become a Voice Mimic Master, he learned that the rule governing the civilization war had finally been announced.

• Qin Zhe promised to protect the Taiqing Sect and find Zhang Guangmu the best entry-level cultivation manual before leaving in a hurry.
• Zhang Guangmu decided to remain in the Taiqing Sect, strengthen himself, and wait for flaws to appear in Duo Civilization's script.
• Zhang Guangmu secluded himself and refined the excess Incense Power, advancing from the Fifth-Rank Goddess level to the Sixth-Rank Goddess level.
• His Imperial Body Forging Technique improved through cultivation, strengthening his hearing and control over his voice without using Usable Ability Points.
• Zhang Guangmu combined Acting Skill 6 and Driving 3 and became a Voice Mimic Master.
• The Little White Balls' conversation revealed that the Great Rule for victory, defeat, and civilization survival in the war had been announced.

Zhang Guangmu learned that Earth Civilization would fight Duo Civilization across the Three Thousand Worlds, then obtained a cultivation scripture and prepared for the main plot. She reached the Body Tempering Realm and created the divine ability Listening Beast.

• Zhang Guangmu learned that the battle would be decided by occupying four of the seven Main Worlds, while Earth Civilization faced Duo Civilization on enemy territory.
• Qin Zhe brought Zhang Guangmu the Immortal Prison Scripture, cultivation notes, and pills.
• Zhang Guangmu began cultivating, reached the Body Tempering Realm, and earned the Immortal Cultivation (Bronze) achievement.
• Zhang Guangmu spent another day preparing trump cards and created the divine ability Listening Beast.

Zhang Guangmu perfected his Listening Beast ability and overheard Qing Yu threatening Qin Zhe in a remote part of the Taiqing Sect. He rushed to intervene, but the chapter ended with Qin Zhe confronting Qing Yu while Zhang Guangmu was still on his way.

• Zhang Guangmu expanded Listening Beast’s range to fifteen hundred kilometers and began working to make it passive.
• Zhang Guangmu overheard Qing Yu threaten White Moon and immediately flew toward the voices.
• Zhang Guangmu realized White Moon was his senior brother Qin Zhe and that Qing Yu was Qin Zhe’s longtime enemy.
• Qing Yu revealed that he had lured Qin Zhe to the Taiqing Sect’s dump and planned to kill him, abduct Zhang Guangmu, and use them as divine-nature fertilizer for his second Martial Way Tree.
• Qin Zhe accused Qing Yu of obtaining information about the Taiqing Sect and vowed that the sect would pursue him whether Qin Zhe lived or died.

Zhang Guangmu arrived at the swamp and helped Qin Zhe after the All Heavens Transfer Station annihilated Qing Yu. As Zhang Guangmu and Qin Zhe prepared to face the remaining World Crossers, one of them offered a Spirit Pet Egg to buy their lives.

• Qing Yu revealed the All Heavens Transfer Station’s power before the station master annihilated him for leaking its intelligence.
• The surviving World Crossers attacked Qin Zhe, who fought back while waiting for a chance to use his trump card.
• Zhang Guangmu arrived disguised in white ritual cloth and told Qin Zhe he had come to help.
• Qin Zhe used his Deceitful Beast Divine Ability to confirm Zhang Guangmu was telling the truth, then joined him against the World Crossers.
• One of Qing Yu’s companions offered Zhang Guangmu a valuable Spirit Pet Egg in exchange for sparing their lives.

Zhang Guangmu defeated Qing Yu’s team after recognizing their hydrogen bomb and disabling it before it could detonate. He saved Qin Zhe and the other survivors, who still did not know which Taiqing Sect senior he was.

• The temporary representative of Qing Yu’s team threatened Zhang Guangmu with a hydrogen bomb, claiming it could kill even a Sixth-Order cultivator.
• Zhang Guangmu analyzed the bomb’s workings and realized its principles could help him develop a killing divine ability.
• Zhang Guangmu attacked, shattered the representative’s bones, and prevented the bomb from functioning by subtly altering its structure.
• The representative died, and Zhang Guangmu took his Storage Ring before using divine power to subdue the remaining members of Qing Yu’s team.
• Qin Zhe thanked Zhang Guangmu and asked which Taiqing Sect senior he was.

Zhang Guangmu rescued Qin Zhe from the Qing Yu team, then left without revealing his identity or joining the All Heavens Transfer Station. After gaining resources and a newly hatched kitten-like pet, he received a visit from the gifted new disciple Ye Tan.

• Zhang Guangmu told Qin Zhe to think independently about his identity and the Transfer Station before seeking him out again, then departed.
• The Duo Civilization's Little White Balls debated Qin Zhe's survival, Zhang Guangmu's power, and the risks of the All Heavens Transfer Station.
• Qin Zhe considered recruiting the mysterious senior as a teammate, but Zhang Guangmu left before he could make the offer.
• Zhang Guangmu collected cultivation and military resources from the defeated group and incorporated his nuclear weapon knowledge into the world's cultivation system.
• The orange Pet Egg hatched into a clever, affectionate kitten, and the new Taiqing Sect disciple Ye Tan arrived at Zhang Guangmu's cave abode.

Zhang Guangmu met Ye Tan, who revealed that he was Golden Neck, White Moon’s former comrade and the Taiqing Squad’s vice-captain. Golden Neck invited Zhang Guangmu to join as the squad’s strategist and explained that a mission at the All Heavens Transfer Station had confirmed Zhang Guangmu was the one who saved White Moon.

• Zhang Guangmu used his Listening Beast ability to learn about Ye Tan before letting him into his cave dwelling.
• Zhang Guangmu named the sleeping kitten Mooncake and wondered whether Duo Civilization had placed her near him as part of a larger scheme.
• Ye Tan introduced himself as Golden Neck, a former All Heavens Squad comrade of White Moon, and asked Zhang Guangmu to become the Taiqing Squad’s sole strategist.
• Golden Neck explained that the squad could use a Recruitment Quota and Limited Knowledge Right to invite Zhang Guangmu without risking annihilation.
• Zhang Guangmu confirmed he had saved White Moon and asked how Golden Neck had figured it out.
• Golden Neck said he had been away handling an important matter at the All Heavens Transfer Station, one related to Zhang Guangmu.

Ye Tan tried to recruit Zhang Guangmu into his All Heavens Transfer Station team, revealing that copying her would cost thirty-three thousand points and confirming she was the Taiqing Sect figure who saved Bai Yue. Zhang Guangmu refused to join until the team could prevent annihilation, but offered to trade resources and intelligence, and Ye Tan began to reveal the team’s most valuable piece of information.

• Ye Tan told Zhang Guangmu that perfectly copying her would cost thirty-three thousand points, far more than the team could afford.
• Ye Tan identified Zhang Guangmu as the mysterious white-clad person who had saved Bai Yue and praised her knowledge while asking her to join his team.
• Zhang Guangmu recognized that the All Heavens Transfer Station’s offer might be a trap and refused to join until Ye Tan’s team had a reliable way to prevent annihilation.
• Zhang Guangmu proposed an alliance and offered to trade self-created divine abilities for valuable goods or intelligence, while explaining the limits on sharing Taiqing Sect teachings.
• Ye Tan accepted that Zhang Guangmu would not join and said the team’s most valuable asset, besides its reserve points, was a piece of intelligence.

Ye Tan explained the All Heavens Transfer Station’s role in controlling worlds and how he and White Moon joined the Taiqing Sect, then formed an alliance with Zhang Guangmu. After discussing the squad’s needs for its next mission, Zhang Guangmu gave Ye Tan a book called Listening Beast.

• Ye Tan told Zhang Guangmu that the station used missions and All Heavens Points to help it occupy the Three Thousand Worlds and the Seven Great Main Worlds, including their birthplace, Xuan Yan Realm.
• Ye Tan explained that he and White Moon had joined Taiqing for protection and access to its Dao luck, and Zhang Guangmu inferred that top sects valued character and compatibility over natural aptitude.
• Ye Tan recounted how he and White Moon defeated a supposedly Eighth Order Void Returning cultivator in a low-grade Immortal Heroic World.
• Ye Tan and Zhang Guangmu agreed to share All Heavens intelligence, seek a way to prevent annihilation, and provide strategic and enhancement advice to each other.
• After Ye Tan described possible detection abilities for the next mission, Zhang Guangmu rejected them and handed him a purple-covered book titled Listening Beast.

Zhang Guangmu gave Ye Tan the Listening Beast manual, helping his team complete a dangerous mission with fewer casualties. After gathering books and growing closer to Qin Zhe and Ye Tan, Zhang Guangmu chose the code name Tian Guang as he considered traveling across worlds.

• Zhang Guangmu gave Ye Tan an original Listening Beast manual, and Ye Tan praised her generosity before leaving with the books she had shared.
• Zhang Guangmu immersed himself in the books Ye Tan had brought, reading while cultivating and caring for Mooncake.
• Qin Zhe and Ye Tan completed a mission in another world, returned with books and specialties, and credited the Listening Beast ability with preventing deaths.
• Qin Zhe advised Zhang Guangmu to use a code name when traveling across worlds, and Zhang Guangmu chose Tian Guang.

Zhang Guangmu secluded himself to cultivate and develop an offensive divine ability based on nuclear reactions. After reaching the Qi Refining Realm, he began experimenting with the delivered materials, but his first attempt caused a grotesque mutation in his palm before he destroyed it and sensed that Usable Ability Points had been credited.

• Qin Zhe and Ye Tan delivered nuclear materials to Zhang Guangmu, who assured them he could safely handle their radiation.
• After they left, Zhang Guangmu decided he needed a powerful offensive method and began a prolonged period of secluded cultivation.
• Zhang Guangmu advanced in God Dao cultivation, reached the Qi Refining Realm, and upgraded Cultivation (Copper) to Cultivation (Iron) in his achievement column.
• Zhang Guangmu used uranium, plutonium, lithium deuteride, and spiritual energy to test his theory for creating a divine ability.
• A deformed golden face grew from Zhang Guangmu's palm, and he burned it away with divine power before sensing that Usable Ability Points had been credited.

Zhang Guangmu gained control of his radiation and shock waves, perfected his signature killing move, and named it the Great Fission Technique. He then learned that an ancient powerhouse reincarnated in the Xuan Yan Realm was coming to the Taiqing Sect to meet him.

• Zhang Guangmu read the Hydrogen Bomb Scroll, gained an Ability Point, and raised his Driving ability to 4.
• Zhang Guangmu sensed that his abilities were nearing the standard for an Achievement Fruit Status to descend into reality.
• Zhang Guangmu successfully confined radiation and shock waves in his palm and named the attack the Great Fission Technique.
• Zhang Guangmu learned that an ancient powerhouse who had reincarnated into the Xuan Yan Realm would visit the Taiqing Sect soon and had specifically asked to meet him.

Zhang Guangmu strengthened his skull by advancing the Imperial Body Forging Technique to level 26, then went to meet Evil Leader Long Hong at Taiqing. Long Hong presented a mysterious magical treasure from a new era, drawing the attention of everyone in Yuanjing Hall.

• Zhang Guangmu learned that the notorious Evil Leader Long Hong was coming to Taiqing and prepared to face him.
• Zhang Guangmu advanced the Imperial Body Forging Technique to level 26, strengthening his skull and defenses against soul attacks.
• Mooncake brought Zhang Guangmu a paper crane announcing that Long Hong had arrived, and Zhang Guangmu went to meet him.
• Zhang Guangmu reached Yuanjing Hall, greeted Qin Zhe and Ye Tan, and freely ate the sect’s precious pills and spiritual medicines.
• Long Hong praised Zhang Guangmu’s unrestrained manner, and Zhang Guangmu told him that he was very strong.
• Long Hong removed a strange strip-shaped magical treasure and told the gathered guests he had brought something new from a new era.

Evil Lord Long Hong introduced the Apocalypse Tide, a wristwatch-like treasure that sent users into a realistic world where they could die and start over without bodily harm. He secretly intended to use the Ten Great Immortal Sects as laborers in his former apocalypse world, and Zhang Guangmu entered the new world with a group of Taiqing Sect disciples.

• Long Hong presented wristwatches to the gathered sects and claimed the Apocalypse Tide could make disciple training at least three times more efficient.
• Long Hong suppressed a Script Hint urging him to kill Zhang Guangmu, but secretly planned to have Julien test him and possibly trade his life for Zhang Guangmu's.
• Zhang Guangmu recognized that Long Hong's claims of seeking indirect immortality were an act, while Long Hong intended to draw the immortal sects into his former apocalypse world to advance his own cultivation.
• Taiqing Sect experts inspected the wristwatches for hidden dangers and then sent batches of disciples into the Apocalypse Tide.
• Zhang Guangmu was selected with the Taiqing Sect's thirty-fourth-generation disciples and entered the Apocalypse Tide world.

Zhang Guangmu entered Long Hong’s Apocalypse Tide world through a wristwatch and recognized that it was a carefully disguised real wasteland used to refine the cultivators’ hearts. Seeing little value in playing by Long Hong’s rules, he considered taking over the world and raising a Fourth Catastrophe of his own.

• Long Hong gave Zhang Guangmu a wristwatch and told him to silently recite the password to enter the Red Dust Heart Refining World.
• After letting more than a dozen cultivators enter first, Zhang Guangmu followed and arrived in the Apocalypse Tide world in a weak, resource-starved body.
• Zhang Guangmu realized his true self remained in the Xuan Yan Realm and that he could sever his connection to the world whenever he wished.
• The cultivators marveled at the world’s realism as Earth’s little white balls and Duo Civilization’s demon balls argued over who would prevail.
• Zhang Guangmu recognized Long Hong as the evil leader and decided that taking over Apocalypse Tide would be better than merely playing under the enemy’s rules.

Zhang Guangmu explored the apocalyptic wasteland and learned that players could treat it as a game, then tested the promised freedom by shooting faction leader Julien. The chapter ended with Julien facing Zhang Guangmu’s gunshot.

• Zhang Guangmu surveyed the Survivor Camp and learned about its Zombies, Mutated Creatures, and the different groups that entered the world.
• Zhang Guangmu visited Base Leader Julien to obtain the beginner equipment offered to new players.
• Julien tried to bewitch Zhang Guangmu and then lower his confidence, but neither tactic worked as intended.
• Zhang Guangmu took Julien’s favorability drop as a sign that he could kill him and fired his pistol at the faction leader.