Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qing learned why Sheep Venerable had endured inside the Time Cage: to reveal that He had no secrets and prepare Yang Man to inherit His position. After Sheep Venerable died, Hu Sisi returned to Tiger Imperial City, leaving Zhang Qing and Yang Man in Sheep Emperor City.

• Zhang Qing considered the factions surrounding him and formed a plan that required making all the Highnesses Venerable Lords.
• Zhang Qing spoke with Sheep Venerable in the Time Cage, where Sheep Venerable explained that He had survived to tell Zhang Qing He had no secrets and to protect Yang Man's future inheritance.
• Sheep Venerable described the first-generation Sheep Venerable's rise through the Cooperation Sequence and said that fortune and the Star Array were the two halves of the 'One.'
• Zhang Qing removed the Starfire canopy, and Sheep Venerable died inside the Time Cage.
• Zhang Qing told Hu Sisi that Sheep Venerable was gone; Hu Sisi asked about His final words, then returned to Tiger Imperial City.
• Yang Man asked Zhang Qing if the Grand Elder was gone, and they reflected on why Hu Sisi had stayed so long.

Zhang Qing gathered the Highnesses to prepare for their simultaneous ascension as Lords, then joined the Sea Emperor in the Sea World to unify its ritual spirits. The Sea Emperor manifested its true body, overwhelming the world and winning the spirits’ submission.

• Zhang Qing told Yang Man that the Highnesses should prepare to ascend together, and Yang Man agreed to urge them along.
• Zhang Qing visited the Martial Path Tower, where he learned Ghoul Mother had become a Martial God and tempered her True Spirit with Sea World faith.
• Zhang Qing and the Sea Emperor traveled to the Sea World with the Progenitors and began the unification through Yun Xiaoxi’s power of faith.
• The Sea Emperor synchronized with the Sea World, then manifested its enormous true body and made the ritual spirits submit.

Zhang Qing used Flower Lord’s overwhelming faith to win Sea World’s allegiance and began resurrecting Great Xia’s dead. He continued pulling True Spirits from the River of Time despite Kid Brother’s warning, leaving a few hundred thousand still to bring back.

• The giant fish entered Sea World and became two small fish, while Wisteria Flowers bloomed worldwide and Flower Lord announced its name to every living being.
• Zhang Qing directed Yun Xiaoxi to have the High Priests build the Star Array patterns and used Flower Lord’s overflowing faith to resurrect Great Xia’s dead.
• Great Xia’s people returned through the Spark Giant Gate, and the nation notified their families and friends.
• Kid Brother confronted Zhang Qing for disturbing the cosmic order, but Zhang Qing insisted he was acting within the law and said he would stop after reviving the remaining people.
• Kid Brother restrained a head trying to burst out of his body, and it faded after he persuaded it to wait.

After taking Great Xia’s True Spirits, Zhang Qing returned to the Sea World and began shaping a path for its warriors to fight back against other divine kingdoms. He defined martial arts anew and wrote the Martial Path Outline, leaving Yun Xiaoxi to distribute it and test whether anyone could advance beyond Martial God.

• Kid Brother decided Zhang Qing’s plan to give Yun Xiaoxi control of the Astrology World violated the rules and resolved to devour his trump cards.
• Zhang Qing returned to the Sea World, where Yun Xiaoxi reported that the unified people were eager to attack the divine kingdoms that had tried to seize their world.
• Zhang Qing rejected borrowing Jie's method and told Yun Xiaoxi he would establish a path to Martial Saint.
• Zhang Qing reconsidered Chen Lan’s teachings and defined martial arts as the cultivation of essence, qi, and spirit, free from the Sequence’s influence.
• Zhang Qing created the Martial Path Outline and asked Yun Xiaoxi to distribute it so they could see whether anyone in the Sea World could advance beyond Martial God.

Zhang Qing began advancing the Dark Realm’s Highnesses while Hao secretly prepared to use a coming crisis to drive the Ultimate Leap. Hao then ordered Sky City to launch an extermination war, sending a vast machine fleet toward the Dark Realm.

• Yang Man and Hu Feiyun discussed Zhang Qing’s increasingly hurried plans as they waited for him in Tiger Imperial City.
• Zhang Qing arrived and ordered the Highnesses to gather, and nine Highnesses advanced simultaneously as the Dark Realm shook.
• Hao watched events unfold and expected Yun Xiaoxi to die in Astrology World, pushing Zhang Qing toward the Ultimate Leap.
• Hao issued a Supreme Decree ordering Sky City’s twelve Venerable Lords to invade and destroy the Dark Realm, leaving Si Bei Li dreading another clash with Zhang Qing.
• Sky City mobilized resources and sent a black tide of intelligent machines toward the Dark Realm, stunning Yang Man, Su Yue, Hou Qing, and the others.

Zhang Qing prepared the Sea World to invade Mad Blood World while the Imperial City fought off Sky City’s vast machine army in the Dark Realm. Ji Yan Hua warned that the machines’ wreckage might form a Steel Dark Realm, but reassured Zhu Qi and Gou Mang that Dragon Venerable was leading the plan.

• Ghoul Mother and Little Lion told Zhang Qing that Hao was moving vast resources into the Dark Realm and that Sky City was extinguishing stars to harvest them.
• Zhang Qing ordered the Sea World’s War Soldiers to prepare to land, and Madblood Ancestor chose Mad Blood World as their first target.
• Yun Xiaoxi began mobilizing the Sea World’s forces, though the invasion would take several days to prepare.
• Hu Feiyun and the Imperial City Lords fought Sky City’s Lords while Zhu Qi, Gou Mang, and Ji Yan Hua destroyed waves of intelligent machines.
• Ji Yan Hua warned that the machine wreckage might gather into a Steel Dark Realm and be rammed into the Dark Realm, then told Zhu Qi and Gou Mang that Dragon Venerable was leading the team.

Mad Blood World mobilized against the Wisteria Divine Kingdom, and Zhang Qing battled the out-of-control Mad Blood in the void. During the fight, Zhang Qing discovered that his dragon claw had triggered the Golden Divine Rule, suggesting the universe was becoming more complete.

• The High Priest learned that Sea World had invaded with billions of War Soldiers and ordered Mad Blood World to mobilize its full force.
• Mad Blood lost control when the Madblood Divine Kingdom's sacrificial spirit prayed, and Zhang Qing dragged Him beyond Astrology World to fight.
• Zhang Qing and Mad Blood unfolded their true bodies and battled while the War Soldiers watched from their respective worlds.
• Zhang Qing adapted to colossal-body combat and blasted Mad Blood away with a dragon-claw strike that revealed the Golden Divine Rule.
• Zhang Qing concluded that the new rule reflected the universe becoming more complete as Kid Brother and the others devoured Sovereigns.

Zhang Qing unleashed his full strength and captured Mad Blood, crushing the resistance of Mad Blood World. After the Flower Lord swallowed the temple and absorbed Mad Blood’s reflection object, Mad Blood learned that the ritual spirit he had fought was only a substitute.

• Zhang Qing sensed the Star of Golden Divine Rule and considered replacing a Waypoint with the metal attribute, but turned his attention to Mad Blood as the War Soldiers prepared to clash.
• Zhang Qing’s Starfire grand momentum overwhelmed the Progenitors’ cognition, and his Dragon Venerable True Body swallowed Mad Blood before spitting it out as a blood droplet beneath the Flower Lord’s petal.
• Hao and Jie watched Zhang Qing’s full-strength display, while the defeated Mad Blood left its War Soldiers without the will to fight.
• The Wisteria Divine Kingdom advanced through Mad Blood World, and the Flower Lord swallowed the Mad Blood Temple.
• The Flower Lord released Mad Blood and digested the blood shadow controlling 51% of it; Mad Blood then realized that the ritual spirit it had fought was a substitute, while the real Mad Blood accused others of stealing its power.

The Madblood Sacrificial Spirit was devoured, freeing the Madblood Ancestor from the Star Array Civilization’s hidden control while strengthening the Flower Lord. As Zhang Qing’s forces prepared to expand, he secretly visited Phoenix Venerable in the Dark Realm to ask for more Nirvana Marks.

• Zhang Qing suppressed the Madblood Sacrificial Spirit, allowing the Flower Lord to refine it and claim its faith and power.
• The Madblood High Priest realized the ancient plan had failed, and Mad Blood crushed him to death.
• Yun Xiaoxi reported that the Mechanical Divine Kingdom had collapsed, while Zhang Qing ordered the Progenitors to swallow the Mad Blood World and continue expanding.
• Zhang Qing urged Yun Xiaoxi to develop the Flower Lord and planned a knowledge treasury for Great Xia, while the other Astrology Worlds remained strangely uninvolved.
• Zhang Qing secretly hid on Phoenix Venerable’s shoulder in the Dark Realm using the power of years, then asked whether she had any more Nirvana Marks.

Zhang Qing realized the Reincarnation Divine Rule could let Kid Brother reset the universe, so he chose to make the first move and drew Yun Xiaoxi into a plan involving Jie's bid to become the Material Supreme Lord. He expected Jie to take the opportunity, leaving the story poised for Zhang Qing’s gamble.

• Ji Yan Hua told Zhang Qing that Phoenix Imperial City could not reproduce the Nirvana Mark, and she realized he had met the Phoenix Venerable to create an information gap that might mislead Jie.
• Zhang Qing examined the Reincarnation Divine Rule at the River of Destiny and deduced that Kid Brother could use it to reset the universe and erase the current variables.
• Zhang Qing decided he would make the first move and returned to the Mad Blood World, where the twelve Progenitors were integrating it into the Wisteria Divine Kingdom.
• Zhang Qing told Yun Xiaoxi not to take up residence as the Material Supreme Lord immediately, because the divine rules would attack her and someone else needed to bear the cost.
• Zhang Qing explained that Jie could claim the Material Supreme Lord through his Imperial Ultimate Martial Path and predicted that Jie would gamble on the opportunity he had been given.

Zhang Qing prepared the Flower Lord for Ultimate Sublimation by conquering Astrology Worlds, gathering their power of faith, and rallying the Lords and Progenitors. The Flower Lord began its evolution as the twelve worlds launched grand sacrifices.

• Zhang Qing explained that the Progenitors had reason to support him, while Yun Xiaoxi planned to limit Jie's power with Star Array patterns.
• The Wisteria Divine Kingdom conquered twelve Astrology Worlds, and the Flower Lord gathered their power of faith.
• Yun Xiaoxi and more than a hundred High Priests engraved Star Array patterns as the Flower Lord evolved toward its limit.
• Zhang Qing and the Progenitors defeated the intelligent machines, while the twenty-four Lords swept through the remaining Astrology Worlds.
• The eleven Imperial City Lords departed to guard the Dark Realm, and the twelve Progenitors went to their assigned worlds to aid the Flower Lord.
• The twelve worlds began grand sacrifices, sending their power of faith to the Flower Lord and starting its evolution.

Zhang Qing used the Progenitors’ source power and the Astrology Worlds’ faith to complete Flower Lord’s transformation into a Material Venerable Lord. As Flower Lord became independent, Jie entered the fray and the divine rules began their attack.

• Jie rejected Fan Adkin’s warning and decided to gamble by trying to bring the Great Xia Research Institute through a Waypoint.
• Destiny Kid Brother planned to restart the universe through the Reincarnation Divine Rule after Flower Lord’s transformation.
• Zhang Qing ordered the Progenitors to channel their source power and the Astrology Worlds’ faith into Flower Lord.
• Yun Xiaoxi activated the Star Array patterns as the Astrology Worlds became Flower Lord’s divine kingdoms and broke free from the Progenitors.
• Flower Lord completed its ultimate transformation and became an indestructible Material Venerable Lord.
• Jie entered the space around Flower Lord as the divine rules began their slaughter.

Zhang Qing and Jie fought the divine law incarnation as Flower Lord faced karmic punishment, while Yun Xiaoxi’s remaining Star Array pattern left Jie’s claim incomplete. As the battle intensified, Hao waited to ensure events followed the future he had witnessed, and Phoenix Venerable prepared to join the fight.

• Jie tried to merge with Flower Lord’s true body as karmic divine punishment attacked its True Spirit.
• Zhang Qing entered the fight, and Jie realized Zhang Qing was using him to bear the punishment for Yun Xiaoxi.
• Yun Xiaoxi revealed that she still held a fragment of Flower Lord’s Star Array pattern, leaving Jie’s claim incomplete.
• The divine law incarnation appeared, and Zhang Qing and Jie fought it while Dragon Venerable attacked.
• Hao watched from the sidelines and resolved to prevent anyone from changing the future he had seen.
• As the divine law incarnation grew stronger and Jie struggled to endure, Phoenix Venerable prepared to enter the battle.

Zhang Qing’s allies fought the Divine Law Incarnation while Hao arrived with thirteen Lords and shifted the battle against them. As Yun Xiaoxi prepared to join Jie in the Flower Lord, Zhang Qing suspected the Star Array Civilization still had survivors, and the Progenitor’s body began lighting up with Star Arrays.

• Zhang Qing and twenty-three Lords attacked the Divine Law Incarnation, forcing it back but failing to defeat it because its power was constrained.
• Hao arrived with twelve Sky City Lords and attacked Zhang Qing’s group, leaving the Divine Law Incarnation room to approach the Flower Lord.
• Yun Xiaoxi explained that Jie was building a connection to the Flower Lord’s true body, while the Flower Lord’s instincts called for her formation pattern.
• Zhang Qing told Yun Xiaoxi not to rush into the Flower Lord and said he suspected survivors of the Star Array Civilization remained.
• Zhang Qing spotted Star Arrays lighting up across the Progenitor’s body as the Progenitors fought without restraint.

The Star Array Civilization revealed a contingency from a previous era, disrupting the battle and forcing Hao to reconsider Zhang Qing as an enemy. After Jie died and the Venerable Lords fought over Flower Lord's body, Zhang Qing withdrew from the battlefield, leaving the changed fate of the universe in others' hands.

• Jie warned Zhang Qing that Flower Lord's twelve divine kingdoms were collapsing, but Zhang Qing told him to hold steady.
• Kid Brother recognized the Progenitor's Star Array as remnants of a previous era, while the Star Array Civilization's hidden figures and worlds appeared.
• Hao stopped fighting Zhang Qing after the future changed and identified the old schemer behind the disruption as the true enemy.
• Zhang Qing demanded that Jie surrender the Time Sequence, and Jie chose to die standing rather than give it up.
• The Divine Rule incarnation struck Flower Lord and shattered Jie's True Spirit; Zhang Qing and the Venerable Lords then fought to seize Flower Lord's true body.
• Zhang Qing withdrew from the battlefield to consolidate his foundation as fate shifted and the Star Array Civilization targeted Kid Brother.

Zhang Qing decided to leave the collapsing universe and take the Dark Realm with him, urging his allies to use the chaos to attempt the Ultimate Leap. The group agreed to divide the Dark Realm into twenty-four pieces and carry them through the leap.

• Kid Brother accepted that Zhang Qing had taken Flower Lord's true body and planned to reclaim it after dealing with the remnants of the previous epoch.
• Hao began searching for ways to redirect the derailed plot, while Zhang Qing packed up and prepared to leave the universe.
• On the way back, Zhang Qing told his allies to pack up the Dark Realm and take it with them.
• Zhang Qing explained that Divine Law was occupied with Star Array Civilization and that the Ultimate Leap offered their best chance to escape Destiny's plan to restart the universe.
• The Venerable Lords and Progenitors agreed to divide the Dark Realm into twenty-four pieces and carry one piece each through the Ultimate Leap.

Zhang Qing and the twenty-four Venerables divided up and swallowed the Dark Realm, causing the River of Destiny to burst its banks, then began the Ultimate Leap through the Chaos Sea. As Kid Brother faced the Star Array Civilization and Hao saw a chance to become the protagonist, Zhang Qing was revealed to be dragging the even larger Steel Dark Realm behind him.

• The twenty-four Venerables immobilized and sorted the Dark Realm's inhabitants, divided its territory and Dark Side, then swallowed the realm in twenty-four pieces.
• The River of Destiny burst its banks, increasing the Sequence's power, and Zhang Qing led the Venerables into the Chaos Sea to begin the Ultimate Leap.
• Kid Brother raged at Zhang Qing's departure and fought the Star Array Civilization's artificial Progenitors, while Hao believed Zhang Qing's absence had restored the future he wanted.
• Hu Feiyun and the other Sovereign Lords saw Zhang Qing bringing up the rear, dragging the Steel Dark Realm behind him with the roots of a Wisteria Flower.

Zhang Qing revealed that Yun Xiaoxi had returned as the Flower Lord, restoring the Divine Kingdom and securing their faith, then had her absorb the Steel Dark Realm. With their preparations complete, the Lords and Progenitors set off toward the Chaos Sea, leaving Kid Brother furious and the Star Array Civilization envious.

• Zhang Qing summoned Yun Xiaoxi, who entered the Flower Lord's true body and completed its Star Array, becoming the genuine Flower Lord once more.
• Zhang Qing introduced Yun Xiaoxi as his wife and Lord partner, and the others realized Jie had sacrificed himself as a substitute for them.
• Yun Xiaoxi restored the Divine Kingdom's power of faith, transformed the Flower Lord's appearance, and swallowed the Steel Dark Realm.
• Yun Xiaoxi linked everyone with the power of faith, and Zhang Qing's group set off toward the Chaos Sea and the Other Shore.
• Kid Brother realized Zhang Qing had outplayed him, while the Star Array Civilization watched the Ultimate Leap depart with envy.

Zhang Qing and the Sovereigns approached the Lightning Calamity while discussing how to survive beyond the universe and whether to develop a new power system. As the others prepared to cross, Zhang Qing spotted the Golden Divine Rule Star above the Calamity and realized Kid Brother had made a major mistake.

• Hu Feiyun explained that the Sovereigns had to rely on their reserves to travel, while the Tiger Venerable used the faith power in Flower Lord's divine kingdoms to supply them.
• Zhang Qing wondered why they could not exchange power with the Chaos Sea and proposed adapting to new power or establishing another power system before the Ultimate Leap.
• Kid Brother grew furious as Zhang Qing's group carried away the universe's Dark Realm, Hao's Steel Dark Realm, and other valuable assets, while Hao and the Star Array Civilization continued fighting.
• Hu Feiyun announced that they were nearing the Lightning Calamity and asked whether they should stack together like the previous generation of Sovereigns.
• Zhang Qing refused to stack up and saw the Golden Divine Rule Star spinning above the Lightning Calamity, realizing it had been born there and that Kid Brother had made an enormous mistake.

After deducing that the universe was still developing and that its Divine Rules could be stolen, Zhang Qing decided to settle in the Chaos Sea and plunder its growth. He endured the Lightning Calamity to reach the Gold Divine Rule Star, then brought the Venerable Lords and Progenitors above the clouds to help Yun Xiaoxi claim it.

• Zhang Qing concluded that the Chaos Sea held only one immature universe, which needed to nurture Divine Rules, and decided to steal them as they appeared.
• When Yun Xiaoxi warned him that the lightning was coming, Zhang Qing charged into the Lightning Calamity and endured its destructive strikes.
• Zhang Qing asked Little Loli to prepare the Star Array and told Yun Xiaoxi to contain the Gold Divine Rule, which could strengthen her Divine Kingdom and aid him later.
• Zhang Qing pushed above the clouds, where his true body began healing, while Yun Xiaoxi started claiming the Gold Divine Rule Star.
• Zhang Qing brought the Venerable Lords and Progenitors above the clouds, spat out the Dark Realm, and announced that they would settle down there.