Chapter Summaries

Thomason placed the Shadow Emperor’s resources and treasures on Yi Chen’s victory, while Yi Chen arranged for the Shadow Race to gather even more wealth for further bets. The betting pool reached a record three and a half quadrillion as spectators debated whether betting on Daniel was a free win or a trap, and the duel was about to begin.

• Thomason gradually bet on Yi Chen after the odds shifted, eventually wagering the Shadow Emperor’s resources and the winnings from Yi Chen’s previous matches.
• Yi Chen ordered Marys to hand over unused resources and told the Shadow Emperor to gather wealth from the Shadow Race.
• Yi Chen set up a Defense Array and Teleportation Array on an Uninhabited Planet, allowing the Shadow Emperor to bring five trillion Low-Grade Immortal Stones from the Shadow Race’s base.
• Thomason bet the resources Marys supplied, then used the Shadow Race’s new contribution to keep wagering on Yi Chen as the odds rose again.
• The betting pool exceeded three and a half quadrillion when the channel closed, setting Zhu Lu Arena’s highest single-match total in two thousand years.
• Spectators argued over the odds, with most betting on Daniel and some experienced gamblers placing smaller bets on Yi Chen before the duel began.

Before his third gladiator match, Yi Chen secretly drained Daniel’s luck and began draining the luck of a level 210 Earth Tree Race Expert. He arrived at the arena in the final minute and avoided Daniel’s opening attack, leaving the spectators surprised by the strength he still displayed.

• Shadow Emperor took Yi Chen to Daniel’s palace, where Daniel and twelve Earth Tree Race Experts were gathered to prepare him with treasures and immortal materials.
• Yi Chen drained Daniel’s luck, then selected the two experts with blue luck and began with the level 210 expert.
• Daniel left for the arena with the experts, while Yi Chen continued draining the level 210 expert’s luck until a few minutes before the match.
• Yi Chen teleported to the arena and arrived in the final minute, prompting the spectators to anticipate Daniel’s victory.
• When the match began, Daniel attacked with a barrage of silver-gray leaves, but Yi Chen dodged and cut them down with his Immortal Sword.

Yi Chen faced Daniel in a Death Duel, where Daniel used powerful treasures to hinder and trap him. The spectators believed Yi Chen was cornered and doomed, but he had concealed much of his strength.

• Daniel coveted Yi Chen’s Top Grade Pills and attacked him with a sweeping branch strike.
• Daniel used a treasure made from a Flying Winged Bird Race bird crown to slow Yi Chen, but Yi Chen’s Bodyguard Shield blocked its effect.
• Yi Chen dodged Daniel’s strike and cut through a vast net of branches with Sword Qi and ten Immortal Swords.
• Daniel used a Lustrous White Silk Scroll to fill the gaps Yi Chen cut, driving him into a corner of the arena.
• The spectators assumed Yi Chen had no chance to escape, unaware that he had not revealed his true strength.

Yi Chen used Fire Element Law Power to burn through Daniel’s defenses during their life-and-death battle. Daniel’s treasures delayed his defeat, but Yi Chen remained unharmed as Daniel’s shields and resources were rapidly depleted.

• Yi Chen revealed Fire Element Law Power, and his growing Fire Sea forced Daniel’s net of branches and leaves to retreat and burn.
• Daniel activated a Black Giant Stone to raise an Energy Shield, while the Earth Tree Race Experts worried that his borrowed treasures could only delay defeat.
• Daniel released a pine-needle tree that attacked across the arena, but Yi Chen’s Fire Sea burned away the needles before they could harm him.
• The pine needles also struck Daniel, collapsing his Energy Shield and draining his Defense Shield by more than half, while Yi Chen remained unharmed.

Yi Chen defeated Daniel in the third life-and-death duel after Daniel panicked and misused his borrowed treasures, then burned him to ash with the Fire Sea. The Earth Tree Race experts who lost heavily sealed off Zhu Lu Planet, apparently planning to take back their losses from Yi Chen or his backer.

• Daniel used the treasures lent by the twelve powerful figures without a plan, and his collapsing composure left their effects negligible.
• Daniel recklessly attacked Yi Chen with enormous branches, but Yi Chen dodged and trapped him in the Fire Sea until he died.
• Yi Chen collected Daniel's Space Stone as the stage's Defense Restriction vanished and the arena declared him the victor.
• Spectators argued over Daniel's defeat and Yi Chen's unexpected strength, while the few who had bet on the upset celebrated their winnings.
• Earth Tree Race experts left the arena and sealed off Zhu Lu Planet, hoping to seize Yi Chen's treasure or reach the big shot backing him.

After winning more than three quadrillion Low-Grade Immortal Stones in Zhu Lu Arena, Yi Chen used the Shadow Emperor to locate and drain the luck of twelve Earth Tree Race Experts. He then planned to ambush the strongest expert and take the valuable treasures the group still had, with Marys joining the attack.

• Marys praised Yi Chen for winning more than three quadrillion Low-Grade Immortal Stones, but Yi Chen said Zhu Lu Arena had been picked clean and he needed rarer materials for the Fourth Generation Blessed Grotto Heaven.
• Yi Chen sent the Shadow Emperor to gather the auras of the twelve Earth Tree Race Experts while Marys summoned Thomason to the palace, allowing the group to leave Zhu Lu Planet undetected.
• The Shadow Emperor tracked the experts one by one, and Yi Chen used the Luck Incantation to drain all twelve dry over more than ten hours.
• Yi Chen decided to seize the experts' remaining valuable treasures and chose the level 210 Earth Tree Race Expert as the first target.
• The Shadow Emperor gave Marys and himself Mid-Grade Immortal Materials to boost their attacks, then took Marys to ambush the level 210 expert while Yi Chen prepared to follow with his own attack.

The Shadow Emperor and Marys ambushed and killed a level 210 Earth Tree Race Expert above Zhu Lu Planet. They then concealed themselves and moved toward another Earth Tree Race Expert, with Marys preparing to attack alone.

• The Shadow Emperor used Stealth Ability to bring Marys beside the level 210 Earth Tree Race Expert without being detected.
• Marys struck the Earth Tree Race Expert's roots, and Luck Drained made him dodge instead of strengthening his Defense Shield, leaving him heavily injured.
• While Marys kept attacking, the Shadow Emperor stabbed the Earth Tree Race Expert from behind with his Shadow Spear, and Marys destroyed his body and Divine Soul.
• The Shadow Emperor took the Earth Tree Race Expert's Space Stone as nearby Earth Tree Race Experts waited for a reply to their messages.
• The Shadow Emperor concealed himself and brought Marys toward another Earth Tree Race Expert, telling Marys to make the next attack alone.

Shadow Emperor and Marys ambushed and killed all twelve Earth Tree Race Experts, then brought Yi Chen to Lost Soul Planet. As Shadow Emperor appraised their Space Stones, Yi Chen’s investment in Marys paid off with several treasures suited to strengthening him.

• Marys ambushed and killed the first two Level 200 Earth Tree Race Experts while Shadow Emperor concealed them and took their Space Stones.
• Shadow Emperor and Marys killed the remaining Earth Tree Race Experts in succession, wiping out all twelve in about half an hour.
• Yi Chen ordered Shadow Emperor to take him and Marys through Zhu Lu Planet’s Space Crack to Lost Soul Planet and told Marys to gather information on potential Death Duel opponents.
• Yi Chen used fortune to strengthen Marys, then had Shadow Emperor appraise the twelve Space Stones before they signed up for another Death Duel.
• Shadow Emperor found Marys a Top-Grade Treasure made from Ten Thousand Spirits Stone, another treasure that increased his attack power, and an immortal material that permanently improved comprehension.

Zhan Cheng convened a high-level meeting on Crimson Planet to announce a new expansion campaign, despite unrest among the recently conquered Sixteen Races. He set out a five-year plan to conquer hundreds of races and ordered four allied races to mobilize, leaving the Sixteen Races' leaders uneasy about the scale and timing.

• Zhan Cheng opened the meeting and announced that the Great Flame Empire would begin a new round of expansion.
• The Sixteen Races' leaders remained troubled by growing resistance to the Human Race's rule and doubted that the empire could expand while internal unrest continued.
• Zhan Cheng presented a star-system map and named the Liuma, Flame Whale, and Flying Fox races as the first targets of a five-year campaign.
• Zhan Cheng said the Demon Race, Black Tiger Race, Spirit Heart Race, and Swiftfoot Race would lead the first three campaigns, and ordered them to assemble vanguard troops within a day and their main armies within ten days.
• The four races' patriarchs readily agreed, eager to gain military merits, resources, and treasures through the expansion.

Zhan Cheng set the Sixteen Races’ troop deadlines and offered to have the Great Flame Empire and the Four Races suppress their rebellions if internal unrest delayed the expedition. The clan leaders agreed to handle the rebels themselves, and armies across the races began mobilizing for the campaign.

• Zhan Cheng ordered the Sixteen Races’ clan leaders to join the Vanguard Army within a day, their elites to join the Expeditionary Force within ten days, and their armies to assemble within half a year.
• The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader and the other leaders warned that withdrawing their leaders and elites would let rebel forces grow, prompting Zhan Cheng to offer the Great Flame Empire and the Four Races’ help in suppressing them.
• Chief Nika said the Great Flame Empire and the Four Races could crush the rebellions by force, and the Sixteen Races’ clan leaders recognized the threat of resisting the empire.
• The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader and the other fifteen leaders pledged to dispatch troops on time and suppress their own rebels more forcefully.
• Zhan Cheng approved their decision and ended the meeting, after which the various races began urgently redeploying their armies.

The Great Flame Empire’s one-billion-strong Vanguard Army split into three forces and arrived at the home planets of the Running Horse, Flame Whale, and Flying Fox races to demand their surrender. At the Running Horse Race’s palace, the clan leader gathered his higher-ups, some of whom favored fighting while others weighed surrender, and the chapter left their decision unresolved.

• The Vanguard Army assembled on the Crimson Planet and split into three forces commanded by Gu Li, Tai Shan, and Luo Ge, while Zhan Cheng and Zong Shan remained behind.
• The three forces reached the home planets of the Running Horse, Flame Whale, and Flying Fox races, and Yi Chen’s Flying Magic Treasures cleared the way for them.
• Gu Li sent a surrender ultimatum to the Running Horse Race, giving it three hours before the Great Flame Empire Army attacked.
• The Running Horse Clan Leader summoned more than thirty level 120 higher-ups to discuss the ultimatum.
• The Eighth Elder and other Running Horse Race elders urged an attack, while many others considered surrender and worried the Great Flame Empire might later abandon its generous policies.

The Running Horse Clan debated what to do after defeating the Great Flame Empire’s army, recognizing that they could not withstand a full invasion and would likely need to surrender for better terms. The Clan Leader and elders set aside the question of surrender, finalized a plan to ambush the empire’s ranged attack army, and mobilized their forces.

• A Running Horse Clan elder raised the question of what the clan should do after winning, and the leaders weighed surrendering for better treatment against forming a coalition to resist the Great Flame Empire.
• The elders mostly favored winning first and then negotiating surrender, while agreeing to avoid inflicting heavy casualties that could lead to the clan being assigned a harsh rank.
• The Clan Leader called for a battle plan, and the elders proposed using underground warfare to ambush and seize the Great Flame Empire’s ranged attack army.
• The Clan Leader and elders finalized their plan within just over an hour and issued orders through Communication Stones to guard against the empire’s Assassination Team.
• Elite Armies gathered urgently inside the Running Horse Race Old Nest to prepare for the assault.

Gu Li learned that the Running Horse Race planned an underground surprise attack and let the Human Army face it independently. When the assault came, the prepared Human Army teleported away, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Gu Li reviewed the Running Horse Race's attack plan and decided the Human Army would handle the assault without other races' support.
• The Great Flame Empire launched its attack, and the Human Army's Fire Spells destroyed the Running Horse Race's First Defense Line almost instantly.
• The Running Horse Race's Grand Elder ordered more than ten million soldiers to burrow underground and attack the Human Army from below.
• The Human Army sensed the underground assault and teleported more than ten kilometers away according to its prepared plan.

The Human Army teleported away from the Running Horse Race’s surprise attack and used coordinated ice and fire assaults to devastate the Running Horse Race army. As the Running Horse Clan Grand Elder finally neared the Human Army, its commander ordered another teleport, leaving the Running Horse Race’s attack stalled.

• The Human Army vanished and reappeared more than ten kilometers away, baffling the Running Horse Race Grand Elder and his forces.
• The Human Army launched its planned assault, freezing the ground and sending an overwhelming Fire Sea against the Running Horse Race army.
• The Running Horse Clan Grand Elder led more than a hundred experts through the flames toward the Human Army while the Fire Dragons killed many Running Horse Clan warriors.
• The Human Army commander ordered a retreat, and all three hundred thousand soldiers teleported more than ten kilometers away again.

The Running Horse Race’s surprise attack was crushed by the Human Army’s rehearsed Collective Teleportation and ranged fire, forcing the Grand Elder to retreat and the surviving troops to surrender. At the Running Horse Clan’s palace, the Clan Leader ordered a withdrawal to the Second Defense Line as the Great Flame Empire advanced.

• The Human Army intercepted the Running Horse Race’s attacks while the Grand Elder realized his assault force had lost more than half its troops and its Level 100 Experts had been wiped out.
• The Running Horse Race Grand Elder ordered a retreat underground, and the Human Army commander halted the attacks and demanded the remaining five million troops surrender.
• Yi Chen’s Flying Magic Treasure carried the elite Vanguard Army toward the Running Horse Race’s old nest as the main army advanced past the First Defense Line.
• The Running Horse Clan Leader and elders acknowledged the defeat and chose to retreat to the Second Defense Line rather than surrender immediately.
• The Running Horse Clan ordered Assault Teams to delay the Great Flame Empire’s advance while its army and clansmen withdrew.

The Great Flame Empire's Assassination Team ambushed the Running Horse Race's palace and captured its leader and most of its powerful upper ranks. The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader demanded their surrender, and the captured Running Horse Clan leaders hesitated.

• The Flying Magic Treasure passed through the Running Horse Race's defenses and reached the palace's central hall, where Gu Li learned that the Running Horse Clan Leader and hundreds of experts were inside.
• Gu Li sent the Giant Ant Race Clan Leader and other experts to attack the hall's Defense Restriction while guards gathered outside.
• After the Defense Restriction collapsed, the Giant Ant Race Clan Leader charged the Running Horse Race experts, and Gu Li ordered the main ambush to begin.
• Four Level 130 powerhouses severely wounded the Running Horse Clan Leader, while the other attackers captured more than thirty elders and over a hundred other powerhouses.
• The attackers sealed the captives' energy with Immortal Vines and brought them into the Flying Magic Treasure, then the Giant Ant Race Clan Leader demanded that they surrender or face the destruction of their clan.
• The Running Horse Clan Leader and the captured higher-ups remained silent as they struggled to accept surrender.

The Running Horse Race surrendered its entire clan to the Great Flame Empire, allowing the empire’s armies to take over its defenses. Meanwhile, Human Federation General Jiang Chuanshan sent Scouts to investigate the empire, hoping to confirm that Yi Chen was in the Heavenly Spirit Star System.

• The Running Horse Clan Leader and the high-ranking members signed a surrender contract after confirming the terms, and the top geniuses bound them with Life-Death Contracts lasting one hundred years.
• The Running Horse Clan Leader informed his generals of the surrender, and the army laid down its resistance and left the Second Defense Line for the Great Flame Empire to occupy.
• Gu Li’s army completed its first objective, while the other two Vanguard Armies made similarly smooth progress.
• Jiang Chuanshan’s Large Warship arrived above the Running Horse Race Old Nest after the race had already surrendered, and he ordered Tai Ke Bo to send the Scouts into action.
• Jiang Chuanshan and his adjutant discussed whether the Great Flame Empire was Yi Chen’s Great Flame Kingdom and speculated that Yi Chen might have solved the Human Race’s low-talent problem.

Yi Chen ordered the intelligence organization to destroy a Federal warship investigating the Great Flame Empire, buying time to keep its secrets hidden. After the empire secured more planets and Yi Chen advanced to Dao Immortal Stage Second Level, he entered Lost Soul Planet to seek materials at the Bloodthirsty Arena.

• Fine Bee Race scouts departed the Federal warship, while a Shadow Race spy reported that it was investigating the Great Flame Empire and the Great Flame Kingdom.
• Bai Ruoxin relayed the intelligence organization’s dilemma to Yi Chen, who ordered it to stage an accident and destroy the warship to delay further investigation.
• Swiftfoot Race experts destroyed the Fine Bee Race craft and the Federal warship; the warship sent a distress signal before it was lost, and its commander dispatched an investigation.
• The Flame Whale Race and the Flying Fox Race surrendered, giving the Great Flame Empire more than fifty Life Planets, while its Vanguard Army routes rested and prepared for their next targets.
• Yi Chen’s cultivation reached Dao Immortal Stage Second Level as the empire began its next campaign, and Thomason returned with information about Lost Soul Planet.
• Yi Chen took his Flying Magic Treasure to Lost Soul Planet’s Bloodthirsty Arena to gather materials for the Fourth Generation Blessed Grotto Heaven, relying on Shadow Emperor’s stealth to escape danger.

Yi Chen registered at Bloodthirsty Arena as Clay and requested a life-and-death duel against an opponent no higher than level 154. After learning of Clay’s profitable and notorious run at Zhu Lu Arena, Ge Pu Tuo recognized the opportunity and considered how to arrange his match.

• Yi Chen used the Shapeshifting Technique to register at Bloodthirsty Arena as Clay, relying on his fame from Zhu Lu Arena.
• Yi Chen claimed to have advanced to Level 151 and requested an immediate life-and-death duel against any race, with the opponent limited to level 154.
• Ge Pu Tuo’s subordinate reported Clay’s request and explained his three victories at Zhu Lu Arena, including a final match with more than 350 trillion Low-Grade Immortal Stones in bets.
• The subordinate told Ge Pu Tuo that more than ten Earth Tree Race experts, including a level 210 expert, had died after Clay’s third match.
• Ge Pu Tuo became eager to use Clay’s fame to attract spectators and profits, then understood why the request for a level 154 opponent required his decision.

Ge Pu Tuo selected Terry, a Time Race Gladiator on an eleven-match winning streak, to face Clay in Bloodthirsty Arena’s biggest ring. After the arena publicized the match, crowds flocked to bet on Clay, whose identity as the Zhu Lu Arena sensation was confirmed.

• Ge Pu Tuo considered the risks of letting a potentially powerful young genius enter Death Duels and decided to report the situation to his boss.
• Ge Pu Tuo chose Terry, a Level 154 Gladiator who had won eleven consecutive matches, as Clay’s opponent.
• Ge Pu Tuo ordered the arena to promote the match widely and hold it in the largest Arena Ring.
• Bloodthirsty Arena staff spread news of the matchup, and spectators recognized Clay as the Zhu Lu Arena fighter.
• Thomason bet one trillion Low-Grade Immortal Stones on Yi Chen’s victory, sharply shifting the odds and drawing more spectators.