Chapter Summaries

Fengdu defeated the Female Immortal Ling Ji by using his power over time to destroy her Undying Kingdom Domain and seize the Undying Heavenly Palace. Ling Ji opened the gates of Houtu Star Palace, declaring that its legacy belonged to her rather than Jun Heaven Immortal Lord.

• Fengdu demanded that the Female Immortal Ling Ji release her captives, then descended into night and forced his way into her Undying Kingdom Domain.
• Fengdu’s power over time rotted the Undying Kingdom’s citizens and weakened Ling Ji as she repeatedly tried to revive her domain.
• Ling Ji collided her Undying Kingdom Domain with Fengdu’s bright moon, but Fengdu’s Immortal Body shattered the domain and defeated her.
• Fengdu seized the Undying Heavenly Palace and confirmed that the sealed Mountain Masters and Tree Herding Gods were unharmed.
• Ling Ji declared that she was entitled to inherit the legacies of the ancient West God and Houtu Great God, then used a token to open the gates of Houtu Star Palace.

Ling Ji opened the Immortal Mountain Divine Palace gate, hoping to claim the Houtu Star Palace, but found the Undying Divine Tree and the sleeping Ancient Golden Immortal known as West God within. West God awoke, and Forbidden Trees and Mountain God Vines across the world began growing wildly.

• Zhou Yang and other observers feared Ling Ji would claim the Houtu Star Palace and control Earth, while supernatural organizations and online forums around the world learned of the unfolding crisis.
• Ling Ji entered the Immortal Mountain Divine Palace, where the ruins and tangled vines shattered her vision of an ancient celestial realm.
• The Undying Divine Tree revived and revealed the sleeping body of an Ancient Immortal God fused with its core.
• Ling Ji recognized the awakened Ancient Golden Immortal as West God and retreated in terror.
• West God opened her eyes, causing Forbidden Trees and Mountain God Vines around the world to surge skyward.

West God, an Ancient Golden Immortal, awakened above the Pacific Ocean as the Mountain God Vines lit up beneath the entire Earth. After revealing her colossal form to the planet, she vanished with the Immortal Palace, leaving the world reeling from what it had witnessed.

• Mountain God Vines across the world illuminated the land and seas, alarming people and supernatural organizations everywhere.
• West God bound Ling Ji with the Undying Tree’s vines and marked her with the Golden Immortal Great Dao, deepening her connection to the Houtu Star Palace.
• West God looked toward Fengdu Immortal Lord, who identified himself as the Heavenly Court’s new Jun Heaven Immortal Lord, before her figure dispersed atop the divine tree.
• A colossal image of West God leaned over Earth and circled the planet, stunning people around the world.
• West God vanished, the Immortal Palace closed and disappeared, and the Forbidden Trees and Mountain God Vines retreated into the earth.

After the Pacific battle, Fengdu returned the Undying Heavenly Palace and reassured world leaders that the abducted Tree Herding Gods and Mountain Masters would be freed. As Earth awaited the Ancient Golden Immortal’s next move, Ling Ji unexpectedly came to Sky City, and Fengdu congratulated her on becoming a disciple of the West God.

• Fengdu brought the Undying Heavenly Palace back to Sky City after Ling Ji disappeared into Houtu Temple, while the ocean liner and its survivors returned safely to port.
• The survivors described the battle to reporters, and people around the world speculated about the otherworldly god and the events over the Pacific.
• World ambassadors questioned Fengdu, who said the abducted Tree Herding Gods and Mountain Masters were sealed inside the Undying Heavenly Palace and would awaken once he broke the seal.
• Fengdu told the ambassadors that the Ancient Golden Immortal’s intentions remained unknown, but that powerful ancient gods would not act recklessly and the Ancient Heavenly Court was about to reopen.
• Fengdu freed the Tree Herding Gods and Mountain Masters, and government agencies retrieved them and announced that the crisis had subsided.
• Ling Ji arrived at the top floor of Sky City, and Fengdu congratulated her on becoming a disciple of the West God.

Ling Ji returned to claim the Undying Heavenly Palace and announced that Houtu Temple would open and organize the gods of the present age under West God. Three days later, Houtu Divine Mountain appeared above the Pacific, and gods from around the world answered its summons and entered Houtu Temple.

• Fengdu returned the damaged Undying Heavenly Palace to Ling Ji, who told him that Houtu Temple would open in three days and that West God had become Houtu Great God.
• Ling Ji declared that the gods of Houtu Star Palace had to join Houtu Temple, receive divine offices, and be allowed to answer its summons; Fengdu agreed.
• Houtu Divine Mountain rose from the Pacific Ocean, and its temple appeared above the clouds as Mountain God Vines and Forbidden Trees summoned the gods of the present age.
• Gods across the world answered the summons, while one Tree Herding God in an Alaska laboratory awakened and caused plants to overrun the experimental base.
• Mountain Masters and Tree Herding Gods traveled to the Pacific, passed through a golden gate above the clouds, and arrived before Houtu Temple.

Present World Gods entered Houtu Temple, awakened powers linked to the Undying Divine Tree, and received divine offices that established a new order alongside cultivators. After the investiture was completed, Fang Xiu prepared to leave for Clockwork City while Chen Jin took up the role of Houtu Great God.

• The Female Immortal issued an edict appointing the kneeling Present World Gods as deities of Houtu Star Palace under Houtu Temple.
• Mountain Master Li Jun and the other Mountain Masters and Tree Herding Gods cultivated before the Undying Divine Tree and comprehended new divine abilities.
• Ling Ji assigned divine positions according to the gods’ cultivation and talents, and Li Jun vowed to return as a Present World Orthodox God.
• The Present World Gods left Houtu Temple under guard, establishing it as their ancestral temple and the hub of their faith and power.
• Fang Xiu told Chen Jin to govern the present world as the West God of the Ancient Era and Houtu Great God, then said he would leave for Clockwork City the next day.
• Ling Ji returned with the divine edict and reported that the investiture was complete and the deities had departed.

Wind Crow Roster Joel prepared to take Fang Xiu through the Shadow Realm to Clockwork City, where a Time-Space Management Conference was approaching. Fang Xiu left Chen Jin and Black Fiend behind to watch over the worlds, then departed with Wind Crow as the rift closed behind them.

• Wind Crow Roster Joel located its route home on the Clockwork City chart and announced that the coordinates were ready.
• Fang Xiu instructed Chen Jin to monitor the Immortal Dragon Plane and wait for his return before taking further action.
• Black Fiend asked Fang Xiu not to leave, but he reassured her and said she should stay home until he returned.
• Fang Xiu hugged Chen Jin and Black Fiend, then ordered Wind Crow Roster Joel to open a passage to the Shadow Realm.
• Fang Xiu checked the conference invitation in his Dominator of Time and Space Log, which showed less than three months remained.
• Fang Xiu rode Wind Crow Roster Joel through the rift toward Clockwork City, leaving Chen Jin and Black Fiend in the library.

John Vogel returned to the present world as an ascended God and Devil, resolved to explore alchemy there, and founded Alchemy City in the Atlantic Ocean. Meanwhile, a wave of ascensions swept the Mountain Sea World, culminating in the Heavenly River Old Ancestor breaking his seal and attaining enlightenment.

• John Vogel explained his vision of a Mythical City and ordered the Vogel Family to leave Sky City and prepare to build one.
• John Vogel visited Fengdu but found the domain sealed and Fengdu Daoist absent.
• John Vogel descended over the Atlantic Ocean with his Mythical Alchemy Tower and began building Alchemy City, inviting people from around the world to join.
• Alchemy City attracted scientists and practitioners of alchemy and became a leading Extraordinary City.
• The Heavenly River Old Ancestor broke Fengdu Immortal Lord's seal after centuries of cultivating virtue, survived his tribulation, and ascended.

Fang Xiu and Wind Crow Roster Joel traveled through the Shadow Realm toward Clockwork City and encountered Red Moon, an astral merchant aboard a Mythical Floating City. Red Moon invited them to stop at the City of Destiny, where travelers in the Shadow Realm could dock.

• Fang Xiu asked Wind Crow Roster Joel how long their journey to Clockwork City would take, and Joel estimated 0.13 Standard Time.
• Fang Xiu spotted a strange light approaching them, and Joel explained that it appeared to be an object from an upper temporal dimension rather than a shadow creature.
• Red Moon identified herself as an astral merchant and invited Fang Xiu and Wind Crow Roster Joel to visit the City of Destiny.
• Wind Crow Roster Joel introduced himself, while Fang Xiu claimed to be the Clockwork City envoy Dark Crow.
• Fang Xiu asked about the City of Destiny, and Wind Crow Roster Joel explained that it had real and shadow sides and served as a docking place for travelers.

Fang Xiu and Wind Crow Roster Joel explored the Shadow Realm’s City of Destiny, where lives unfolded according to stories written in a vast book. After hearing how people could buy roles and experiences in the book, Fang Xiu left the Shadow Realm with Joel for the City of Destiny in multidimensional spacetime.

• Fang Xiu saw that every person in the Book of Destiny had a predetermined life, while angels altered their threads of fate.
• Wind Crow Roster Joel explained that the City of Destiny was built by a High God who studied destiny and created worlds within a book.
• Joel described the Era of the Evil Dragon, in which a dragon ruled the Augulas Kingdom and defeated generations of heroes.
• Red Moon said a female True God had bought the evil dragon’s protagonist role, and Joel explained that visitors could purchase destinies and stories.
• The book turned a page, and Wind Crow Roster Joel opened an exit that led Fang Xiu into the City of Destiny in multidimensional spacetime.

Fang Xiu visited Red Moon Floating City, the Star Realm Merchant Alliance’s vast trading city, and explored its shops and attractions. He bought a Divine Bull Horn and Clockwork Rings, then left Wind Crow there while he descended toward the City of Destiny.

• Fang Xiu and Wind Crow Roster Joel approached Red Moon Floating City, a heavily armed fortress docked outside the world barrier.
• The Star Realm Merchant Alliance opened the city for a month, and its streets filled with visitors, shops, performances, and goods from across the planes.
• Wind Crow browsed the city excitedly and urged Fang Xiu to buy a Witch held in a slave cage.
• Fang Xiu toured the Floating City, bought a Divine Bull Horn, and exchanged for Clockwork Rings.
• Fang Xiu told Wind Crow to wait in Red Moon Floating City while he went to see the City of Destiny, and Wind Crow asked him for more money.

Fang Xiu arrived at the City of Destiny and learned that the Lord of Destiny was inside the Book of Destiny. Archangel Jesse explained that Fang Xiu could meet him by purchasing a character and entering the book.

• Fang Xiu descended into the City of Destiny and followed the statue's directions to the Destiny Library.
• Fang Xiu saw three visitors enter the Book of Destiny through a gray vortex created by an angel.
• Archangel Jesse recognized Fang Xiu as a main god, welcomed him, and answered his questions about the Lord of Destiny.
• Archangel Jesse told Fang Xiu that the Lord of Destiny was inside the Book of Destiny and that he could meet him by purchasing a character.

Fang Xiu entered the Book of Destiny to experience the mysteries of time and meet the Lord of Destiny, taking the role of the Time Wheel in a world inhabited by immortal snow elves. The Time Wheel awakened and froze the snow mountain and everyone on it, leaving Fang Xiu trapped in the story until its next scene.

• Fang Xiu asked Archangel Jesse to arrange a brief story in which he would experience time and happen upon the Lord of Destiny, with no more than three days passing outside the book.
• Archangel Jesse sent Fang Xiu into The Time Wheel, a story set in the Era of the Evil Dragon.
• Fang Xiu arrived at a snow-covered mountain where silver-haired elves worshiped an ancient wooden wheel that granted them renewed youth.
• The Time Wheel tore free from the tower wall, destroyed the tower, and froze the mountain and its inhabitants in midair.
• Fang Xiu realized he had become the wooden wheel and could only wait for the story's next scene unless he broke free of its script.

Fang Xiu witnessed the Time Wheel’s history, from the rise of the Evil Dragon Fraster to the world’s collapse after people sought to defy destiny with divine artifacts. When the Time Wheel reversed time and broke fate, Fang Xiu emerged from the story’s darkness and reflected on the insights he had gained.

• Fraster enslaved the world and defeated the Titan giant, the giant spirit, the demon spirit, and Great Mage Gu Lade, who foretold that only time could oppose destiny.
• The Treefolk King and later visitors climbed the Mountain of the Time God, offering divine artifacts to the Time Wheel and triggering the loss of seasons, the freezing of time, and the collapse of the world’s order.
• A despairing mage offered Great Mage Gu Lade’s Gate of Truth and asked the Time Wheel to turn time back before anyone had climbed the mountain.
• The Time Wheel reversed time, snapped the strings of fate, and drew a remnant page of destiny from Fraster, killing her as darkness consumed the world.
• Fang Xiu emerged atop the Time Wheel among the mythological figures and contemplated the insights he had gained from manipulating time.

Fang Xiu met the Lord of Destiny after the story of Era of the Evil Dragon ended, and learned that the Lord had anticipated the book’s conclusion but could not control how it would happen. The Lord hinted that Fang Xiu had turned back time before and told him he would have to uncover his past himself; Fang Xiu then asked what the Dominator of Time and Space was.

• Fang Xiu watched the Time Wheel become a plaza where Tier Eight beings appeared as artifacts, and realized he had been given the role of the story’s final boss.
• The Lord of Destiny emerged from the mark of the Book of Destiny, and mythological beings congratulated him on completing the story.
• The goddess who had played Fraster thanked the Lord of Destiny for giving her the chance to become a True God beyond the world’s restraints.
• The Lord of Destiny recognized Fang Xiu as someone who had turned back time, but refused to explain Fang Xiu’s past, saying he would remember when the time came.
• After the other gods departed, the Lord of Destiny explained that he knew someone would end Era of the Evil Dragon but could not determine who or how.
• Fang Xiu asked the Lord of Destiny what the Dominator of Time and Space was.

The Lord of Destiny explained to Fang Xiu that Chaos Worms created matter and planes, while clocks like the Dominator of Time and Space stabilized spacetime and governed its order. After revealing his resentment toward that inborn duty, he restored the Dimensional World, and Fang Xiu departed, left wondering whether he too might one day grow weary of his role.

• The Lord of Destiny told Fang Xiu that Chaos Worms produced matter and planes, but stable spacetime required an imprint or clock to record laws and govern time.
• The Lord of Destiny revealed that the inhabitants of Clockwork City were clocks created to record time and govern spacetime, a duty he rejected.
• The Lord of Destiny said he had abandoned his original spacetime and created the Book of Destiny and its Dimensional World to escape the Dominator of Time and Space.
• Fang Xiu reflected that the Main Gods’ escape from their duties had left countless lives to perish, then questioned whether he might someday grow weary of his own role.
• The Lord of Destiny restored the collapsed Dimensional World with the Time Wheel, and Fang Xiu said farewell and left.

Fang Xiu received the Time Wheel book from Jesse and reflected on the consequences of shaping others’ destinies before heading toward Clockwork City. He arrived at Red Moon Floating City in his Time and Space Clock, collected Shameless Roast, and disappeared with him into the Shadow Realm.

• Jesse gave Fang Xiu the Time Wheel book, and its dedication changed to name him as the great Dominator of Time and Space.
• The Destiny Library dissolved into bubbles containing lives and stories, leaving Fang Xiu to reflect on whether he treated others like pawns.
• Fang Xiu revealed his Silver Clock and set out through the void for Clockwork City.
• At Red Moon Floating City’s auction, Shameless Roast persuaded Red Moon to give him a sealed sailing ship for his collection.
• Fang Xiu’s enormous Time and Space Clock appeared over the city, and Red Moon recognized him as a Lord God.
• Shameless Roast flew to Fang Xiu, and Fang Xiu carried them both into the Shadow Realm.

Fang Xiu and Wind Crow Roster Joel traveled through the Shadow Realm toward Clockwork City on the Time and Space Clock. After following a juvenile Chaos Worm’s trail, they reached a gate marked with a sideways 8, which Fang Xiu knew opened into Clockwork City.

• Fang Xiu used the Time and Space Clock to speed up their journey, while Wind Crow Roster Joel complained about its effects and guarded its mailbag.
• Fang Xiu and Roster Joel saw a massive Chaos Worm drawing energy from the Origin of Time and Space and passing through their overlapping spacetime.
• Roster Joel identified the creature as a larva and explained that Chaos Worms were born near Clockwork City before traveling outward and eventually becoming planes.
• Fang Xiu and Roster Joel followed the Chaos Worm’s trail to the end of the Shadow Realm.
• Fang Xiu saw a gate bearing a sideways 8 and realized Clockwork City lay beyond it.

Fang Xiu entered the Clockwork City Universe and learned that it was a shared spacetime built by many Dominators of Time and Space. After receiving a Floating City and instructions to leave his Time and Space Clock behind, he set out with Wind Crow Roster Joel for the Crow Nest before the conference began.

• Fang Xiu and Wind Crow Roster Joel saw Clockwork City’s vast network of Time and Space Clocks and two pristine planets resembling Earth’s spacetime.
• Wind Crow Roster Joel explained that Clockwork City was a universe assembled by Dominators of Time and Space, while Fang Xiu’s enormous, non-magic Origin Spacetime seemed unusually strange.
• Fang Xiu approached the clocks, and they resonated as a Floating City materialized from the ocean and arrived to receive him.
• Tower Spirit Silver introduced itself and told Fang Xiu that Dominators temporarily left their Time and Space Clocks in Clockwork City, but brought them to the Origin of Time and Space during the conference.
• Fang Xiu decided to visit Wind Crow Roster Joel’s Crow Nest before the conference, and Joel eagerly prepared to tell the Wind Crows it had become a mythological being.

Fang Xiu and Wind Crow Roster Joel arrived at Crow Nest, a bustling amusement-park world centered around the Golden Moon Ship. After Roast was recognized by a Wind Crow envoy, Fang Xiu asked whether other main gods stayed there and held regular gatherings.

• Fang Xiu asked Wind Crow Roster Joel why they had encountered no Dominators of Time and Space, and Joel explained that they had traveled by ordinary means while others used super-long-distance teleportation gates.
• Fang Xiu's Floating City passed through a Space Teleportation Gate and emerged near Crow Nest, where Joel excitedly welcomed him to the Wind Crow homeland.
• Fang Xiu saw that Crow Nest was a lively entertainment world, with the Golden Moon Ship serving as a crowded port for gods and visitors from across Endless Spacetime.
• Fang Xiu's Floating City moored beside the Golden Moon Ship, where a Wind Crow envoy recognized Roast and asked why he had been away so long.
• Fang Xiu explained that Roast had assisted him, and the envoy accepted the explanation before asking what Fang Xiu wanted during his visit.
• Fang Xiu asked whether other main gods were staying in Crow Nest and whether they held regular gatherings or activities.