Chapter Summaries

Wang Qi defended his attack on the Calculation Lord’s ideas and explained why he favored the Master of Calculation’s approach to mathematics. He left with Mo Zhenzhen and Huangfu Lian, turning their attention to how they would answer the coming challenge from other Myriad Dharma Sect cultivators.

• Chen Youjia stopped Wang Qi with her sword and scolded him for his arrogance, but sheathed it after he challenged her reasoning.
• Chen Feng privately urged Chen Youjia and Wang Qi to communicate more plainly about the trouble Wang Qi had stirred up.
• Mo Zhenzhen and Huangfu Lian questioned Wang Qi’s harsh criticism of the Calculation Lord, and Wang Qi explained his view of the dispute between the mathematical schools.
• Wang Qi argued that mathematical intuition could be taught and reproduced, and that concepts such as limits and infinity were necessary to mathematics.
• Wang Qi said they needed to consider how to respond to the declaration of war.

Wang Qi considered how to challenge the Lord of Mathematics without wasting effort on destructive criticism, then headed to the Divine Capital outpost library with renewed resolve. Meanwhile, Pang Jialai confronted Master of Mathematics Xiboche and proposed a wager that would decide which of them had to leave.

• Wang Qi reflected on the Russell Paradox and the limits of the Lord of Mathematics' approach to mathematical logic.
• Wang Qi decided that challenging the Lord of Mathematics directly would make enemies, and that comprehensively surpassing him would take too long.
• Wang Qi pushed open the door and headed to the library at the Divine Capital outpost, eager to face the debate.
• Pang Jialai expelled the disciples around Xiboche from the Myriad Immortal Illusion Realm and mocked Xiboche's monograph.
• Pang Jialai proposed a wager: if he lost, he would go back, and if Xiboche lost, Xiboche would go in his stead.

Wang Qi struggled alone to prove the consistency of an arithmetic system, then recommitted himself to the work because he was a disciple of the Myriad Dharma Sect. After nearly half a month away from work, he returned with three papers and announced that he was about to make big news, leaving Chen Feng and Chen Youjia worried that he had lost his mind.

• Wang Qi found proving consistency without the mathematical tools of later generations far harder than he expected and grew frustrated working alone.
• Wang Qi questioned whether the work mattered, then decided his sense of duty as a Myriad Dharma Sect disciple compelled him to continue.
• After Wang Qi had skipped work for nearly half a month, Chen Feng encountered him on the street and noticed his sharpened soul and exhausted appearance.
• Wang Qi met Chen Feng and Chen Youjia at breakfast, ordered noodles, and said he planned to make big news by submitting a paper.
• Wang Qi handed Chen Feng three papers, whose titles made Chen Feng and Chen Youjia think they were literature reviews, and Chen Feng offered him paid leave to rest.

Wang Qi enjoyed his unexpected paid leave, submitted his papers, and borrowed Chen Feng’s calculator to enter the Myriad Immortal Illusion Realm. Feng Luoyi summoned him and demanded that he win against his peers because of a wager.

• Wang Qi remembered that his three papers could count toward his monthly literature-review quota and headed to the Divine Capital branch altar with Chen Feng and Chen Youjia.
• Chen Youjia submitted a paper but declined to list Wang Qi as a coauthor after he said he had not contributed to it.
• Wang Qi returned to the Empirical Department courtyard and borrowed Chen Feng’s calculator to enter the Myriad Immortal Illusion Realm.
• Wang Qi unexpectedly appeared in Feng Luoyi’s study, where Feng Luoyi said that he would be summoned whenever he entered the realm.
• Feng Luoyi told Wang Qi that his dismissal of Lord Calculator’s paper had spread and that many disciples wanted to challenge him.
• Feng Luoyi said he needed Wang Qi to defeat all his peers because of a wager.

Feng Luoyi explained that Master of Calculation and Master Xi had only three months to settle their mathematical wager because Master of Calculation had been absent from Divine Land while guarding a secret realm. He urged Wang Qi to help Master Xi’s side by winning the Daoist Artifact Prize, leaving Wang Qi alarmed by Feng Luoyi’s assumption about the Bo family.

• Feng Luoyi explained that Master of Calculation and Master Xi had three months to produce results in their wager.
• Feng Luoyi told Wang Qi that Master of Calculation had drawn a mission guarding a secret realm, leaving Master Xi in control of mathematics in Divine Land.
• Feng Luoyi said survival was the Immortal Alliance’s foremost purpose and hinted at an enemy that only Free and Unfettered cultivators could confront.
• Feng Luoyi explained that Master Xi’s side could rely on Wang Qi’s Completeness Theorem, while neutral cultivators and Myriad Dharma Sect grandmasters would judge the results.
• Feng Luoyi urged Wang Qi to win the Daoist Artifact Prize and said the Bo family would likely support him, prompting Wang Qi to question that assumption.

In the Myriad Immortal Illusion Realm, Xiboche’s group reviewed Wang Qi’s paper and arranged for Aike Man to assist him while Feng Luoyi taught him. After enduring an exhausting lesson, Wang Qi returned to Chen Youjia and Chen Feng just as an inner disciple of the Myriad Dharma Sect arrived asking for him.

• Feng Luoyi presented Wang Qi’s paper, and Xiboche recognized that Wang Qi was trying to use transfinite induction to attack the consistency problem.
• Feng Luoyi judged Wang Qi’s approach feasible but unconventional, and Xiboche assigned Aike Man to help him while Feng Luoyi relayed their questions and results.
• Feng Luoyi agreed to teach Wang Qi mathematics, sword techniques, and spells, requiring him to attend instruction for one shichen each day.
• Wang Qi emerged from the Myriad Immortal Illusion Realm exhausted and told Chen Youjia that Feng Luoyi had no idea how to teach disciples.
• Chen Feng offered to take Wang Qi and Chen Youjia to a restaurant, but an inner disciple of the Myriad Dharma Sect arrived and asked for Wang Qi.

Jiang Lin challenged Wang Qi on behalf of a faction of School of Separation disciples who resented his remarks about their mathematics. Wang Qi accepted a martial contest at the Dalian Xianglong Camp drill ground seven days later, and Chen Feng began to think Wang Qi might be able to win.

• Jiang Lin, a peak Qi Refining disciple of the Myriad Dharma Sect, went to the Department of Empirical Proof to confront Wang Qi.
• Jiang Lin delivered Wang Qi a challenge letter and named Qin Chuan as his side’s representative for a contest of words; Wang Qi chose martial combat instead.
• Jiang Lin set the fight for seven days later at the Dalian Xianglong Camp drill ground in the eastern suburbs.
• Chen Feng warned Wang Qi that he might lose, but Wang Qi said he had faced stronger opponents and was confident he could win.
• Chen Youjia redirected Wang Qi from eating too much meat, and Chen Feng realized Wang Qi’s Flame of Life was rapidly restoring his strength and spirits.

Wang Qi trained under Feng Luoyi while preparing to face Suo Wenhong’s challenge, but Feng Luoyi insisted that mathematics remain his priority. On the seventh day, Wang Qi headed to the Xianglong Camp training grounds, where Suo Wenhong and Ran Yingwei waited with the cultivators set to witness the fight.

• Wang Qi told Feng Luoyi about his recent events and asked for targeted training, but Feng Luoyi directed him to keep studying mathematics and not disrupt his rhythm.
• Feng Luoyi worked through increasingly difficult mathematical problems with Wang Qi and taught him spells and martial techniques when Wang Qi reached his limits.
• Suo Wenhong asked Ran Yingwei to witness his planned duel with Wang Qi, believing Wang Qi would choose a martial contest.
• Chen Youjia and Chen Feng questioned Wang Qi’s confidence, and Chen Feng offered to witness the fight to make sure Wang Qi recovered quickly afterward.
• On the seventh day, Suo Wenhong and Ran Yingwei waited with eight cultivators at the Xianglong Camp training grounds as Wang Qi approached with a large crowd.

Suo Wenhong and the Myriad Dharma Sect disciples waited all day for Wang Qi to appear at their arranged duel, while the Seventh Prince and Ran Yingwei watched. Wang Qi finally arrived with Chen Youjia and explained that the challenge letter had not specified a time, leaving the duel’s start unresolved.

• Suo Wenhong and Ran Yingwei discovered that a crowd of Shenjing Ancient Method Cultivators had entered the training grounds, and Ran Yingwei confronted them.
• Wen Huang, the Seventh Prince, recognized Ran Yingwei and negotiated to stay and watch the battle.
• Suo Wenhong urged the Myriad Dharma Sect disciples to stay calm as they waited through the day for Wang Qi.
• The Seventh Prince arranged food and shelter while the waiting disciples grew impatient and angry at Wang Qi’s absence.
• A Myriad Dharma Sect disciple went to check for Wang Qi, then shouted when he found Wang Qi, Chen Youjia, and Chen Feng arriving with candied hawthorn.
• Suo Wenhong accused Wang Qi of deliberately arriving late to wear down their resolve, but Wang Qi showed that the challenge letter had not named an exact time.

Wang Qi faced the local Divine Capital cultivators and challenged ten opponents at once, then quickly gained the upper hand against Gong Shu with precise swordplay. After Gong Shu tried to retreat, Wang Qi pressed forward and swept Sword Qi toward the entire opposing group.

• The Seventh Prince and his guards discussed Wang Qi’s confidence and watched the two Modern Dharma sides enter the field.
• Wang Qi announced that he wanted to fight ten opponents at once, though Chen Youjia noted that only eight were present, counting the arbiters.
• Gong Shu attacked Wang Qi, but Wang Qi repeatedly struck the weak points in his sword momentum and forced him into a desperate defense.
• Suo Wenhong called for Gong Shu to retreat, but Wang Qi advanced past him and sent a net of Sword Qi across the opposing group.

Wang Qi tested his No-Error Sword Net against the Myriad Dharma Sect disciples, using its structure to frustrate their coordinated attacks. As Suo Wenhong ordered the six-man formation to scatter, Wang Qi released a burst of silver radiance.

• Wang Qi’s sword net blocked the Misty Palace butterflies and absorbed Suo Wenhong’s counterattack, though the stronger magical force drove Wang Qi back.
• Wang Qi fought three Myriad Dharma Sect disciples at once, then launched his No-Error Sword Net against the others again.
• Suo Wenhong stopped Bai Zonghu from joining the fight, while Old Xiao admitted he could not understand Wang Qi’s swordsmanship.
• Wang Qi used gaps in the six-man formation to disrupt the Myriad Dharma Sect disciples’ coordination and borrow their force.
• Suo Wenhong ordered the six disciples to scatter, but Wang Qi let out a long howl and silver radiance flashed within the formation.

Wang Qi turned the six Myriad Dharma Sect disciples’ formation against them, defeated their assault, and damaged Ran Yingwei’s mechanism butterfly. Chen Feng stopped Wang Qi from fighting Suo Wenhong and began leading him and Chen Youjia away, but Ran Yingwei called Wang Qi a coward, and Chen Feng stopped.

• Wang Qi used the No-Error Sword Net to trap the six Myriad Dharma Sect disciples and withstand their combined attack.
• Wang Qi redirected their force and slashed two wings from Ran Yingwei’s mechanism butterfly.
• Wang Qi challenged Suo Wenhong, but Ran Yingwei mocked his choice of opponents, and Wang Qi demonstrated that he could have used more destructive techniques.
• Chen Feng arrived, offered to replace Ran Yingwei’s butterfly, and dragged Wang Qi and Chen Youjia away without a fight.
• Ran Yingwei called Wang Qi a spineless coward, and Chen Feng stopped.

Chen Feng challenged Ran Yingwei after sensing hostility from his group, while Wang Qi prepared to fight Suo Wenhong. Ran Yingwei and Chen Feng revealed techniques that gave them nearly limitless mana, and Chen Feng launched the first attack; the author also announced a one-day break for the Ghost Festival.

• Chen Feng confronted Ran Yingwei and the Seventh Prince's group about their hostility, then challenged Ran Yingwei to settle their dispute on the drill ground.
• Chen Feng asked Wang Qi to fight Suo Wenhong, and Wang Qi agreed to handle him without help.
• Ran Yingwei summoned Mechanism Butterflies that drew power from the Infinite Vacuum Sea, while Chen Feng used his Qi Vein Roots and Flame of Life to replenish his mana.
• Chen Feng stepped forward and threw a punch powered by immense mana, beginning the fight.
• The author announced that there would be no more updates that day and that the next day would be a day off for the Ghost Festival.

Chen Feng and Ran Yingwei fought a brutal duel of endlessly replenished mana, with Ran Yingwei’s mechanism butterflies disrupting Chen Feng’s attacks. Ran Yingwei detonated his butterflies and appeared to defeat Chen Feng, but Chen Feng’s illusion technique let him confront Ran Yingwei from behind.

• Chen Feng attacked Ran Yingwei with a life-enhanced punch, but Ran Yingwei’s mechanism butterflies disrupted the mana and protected him.
• Ran Yingwei countered with a sword technique while Chen Feng accelerated around the arena and repeatedly struck the butterfly swarm, damaging the drill ground with their clashes.
• Ran Yingwei’s concentration faltered, allowing Chen Feng to break through the swarm’s defenses and meet his gaze.
• Ran Yingwei detonated all his Yu Liu mechanisms, blasting Chen Feng’s broken body across the arena and claiming victory despite suffering backlash.
• As Ran Yingwei returned to his formation, Chen Feng appeared behind him through an illusion and repeated, “Nothing much after all.”

Chen Feng defeated Ran Yingwei by using an illusion to make him self-destruct his mechanism butterflies, then Wang Qi prepared to challenge Suo Wenhong. The chapter ended with Wang Qi proposing that Suo Wenhong suppress half his mana for an unrestricted spell duel.

• Chen Feng revealed that Ran Yingwei had truly self-destructed his mechanism butterflies after Chen Feng used an illusion, and explained how he had overcome him.
• Ran Yingwei collapsed after Chen Feng criticized his reliance on his past and praised his secret technique; Wen Huang objected to Chen Feng using Mind Reading, and Chen Feng cited his authority as an Enforcement Officer.
• Wang Qi reasoned that Ran Yingwei had been unable to cast spells because maintaining the chaotic butterfly swarm consumed his computational power.
• Wang Qi accepted the upcoming match against Suo Wenhong, while Chen Youjia explained how the Myriad Dharma Sect's True Disciple ranks worked.
• Suo Wenhong entered the field and challenged Wang Qi, who proposed an unrestricted spell duel with Suo Wenhong suppressing half his mana.

Wang Qi challenged Suo Wenhong to a sword duel and used Holy Light with a lifespan-burning secret art to boost his power. Their battle grew into a slow, intricate contest of swordsmanship, leaving both poised for a decisive strike.

• Wang Qi explained his Holy Light technique and convinced Suo Wenhong that suppressing half his power would be enough for the duel.
• Suo Wenhong and Wang Qi charged and exchanged sword strikes, with Suo Wenhong's stronger attacks forcing Wang Qi back.
• Wang Qi used the No-Error Sword Net to withstand Suo Wenhong's barrage, drawing admiration from the watching Myriad Dharma Sect disciples.
• As Suo Wenhong's assault waned, Wang Qi transformed the sword net into a precise counterattack, and Suo Wenhong answered with Myriad Dharma Sect sword arts.
• Wang Qi and Suo Wenhong shifted into a slow sword exchange in which each stroke contained many possible changes, making a return to swift attacks potentially decisive.

Wang Qi fought Suo Wenhong, who used higher-dimensional swordsmanship to overcome Wang Qi’s calculations, but Wang Qi’s No-Error Sword Net held firm and earned him the victory. Wang Qi collapsed from exhaustion after Suo Wenhong admitted defeat, leaving the Myriad Dharma Sect humiliated.

• Wang Qi initially countered Suo Wenhong’s sword variations, but Suo Wenhong used the Technique of the Grand Universe to strike from impossible angles.
• Chen Youjia explained to Chen Feng that Suo Wenhong had used a higher-dimensional sword derived through calculations beyond Wang Qi’s abilities.
• Wang Qi rebuilt his No-Error Sword Net and blocked Suo Wenhong’s attacks, turning the duel into a stalemate.
• Wang Qi shouted that he could win, and the two fighters switched positions as Wang Qi took a wound to his left shoulder.
• Suo Wenhong admitted that he had lost, and Wang Qi discarded his sword and collapsed from exhaustion.
• Ran Yingwei said Suo Wenhong had used eighty percent of his strength at the final moment, as the Myriad Dharma Sect disciples reacted to the defeat.

Wang Qi defeated Suo Wenhong and learned that stronger cultivators might challenge him over his growing reputation. Back at Chen Feng’s courtyard, Wang Qi discovered that Chen Feng and Chen Youjia were also unwelcome figures, but Chen Youjia threatened to reveal Chen Feng’s embarrassing past before either explained why.

• Suo Wenhong conceded defeat to Wang Qi and warned that stronger School of Separation cultivators, and possibly other new disciples, would come challenge him.
• Chen Feng and Wang Qi headed back to the Divine Capital as Ran Yingwei warned Wang Qi about the pressure of being compared with Ai Qinglan.
• Chen Feng gave Wang Qi medicinal tea and used the Flame of Life to heal his wound.
• Wang Qi asked why Ran Yingwei disliked Chen Feng, but Chen Feng refused to explain and hinted that he and Chen Youjia were also unwelcome.
• Chen Youjia returned with food, traded barbs with Chen Feng, and threatened to reveal his embarrassing deeds when Wang Qi asked why people disliked them.

Wang Qi joked with Chen Feng and Chen Youjia about sharing their unpopularity, then thanked Chen Youjia for helping him understand Suo Wenhong’s sword technique. He asked to learn the Grand Universe Sword Art, and Chen Youjia agreed while quietly preparing to set him up.

• Wang Qi proposed that he, Chen Feng, and Chen Youjia explain why people disliked them, but Chen Youjia and Chen Feng refused.
• Chen Youjia brought three roast ducks, and the group ate them together.
• Wang Qi thanked Chen Youjia for exposing the principles behind Suo Wenhong’s sword technique, and she brushed off his gratitude.
• Chen Youjia explained that the Grand Universe Sword Art was a basic skill for many Myriad Dharma Sect disciples, while Zhen Chanzi lamented that it had once been considered rare.
• Chen Feng tried to recruit Zhen Chanzi into Yangshen Pavilion for soul research.
• Wang Qi asked to learn the Grand Universe Sword Art, and Chen Youjia agreed as she secretly prepared to set him up.

Wang Qi gave up learning the Sword of the Grand Universe during the Qi Refining stage and discussed whether Zhen Chanzi would help Chen Feng study his memories. In the Myriad Immortal Illusion Realm, Master of Calculation Pang Jialai gave He Wai'er his paper, On Constructive Computation, and asked him to compare it with his master's research.

• Wang Qi realized that Chen Youjia had tricked him into attempting swordsmanship that required more computational power than he had, and he abandoned the effort.
• Wang Qi and Zhen Chanzi discussed Chen Feng's proposed research into Zhen Chanzi's memories, and Wang Qi saw a chance to learn about his own unusual soul.
• Master of Calculation Pang Jialai met He Wai'er and criticized He Wai'er's master while asking about his recent research.
• He Wai'er said he knew only that his master's research concerned mathematics, and Pang Jialai gave him On Constructive Computation to read and assess.