Chapter Summaries

Wang Qi followed the labyrinth toward the ruin’s main path and discovered that Li Jijiu had destroyed a golden guardian made of dangerous Soul Steel. A Stone Demon he created overheard the Ancient Method Cultivators arguing over their plan, and Wang Qi learned that Li Jijiu expected the restriction to fall within three days.

• Wang Qi used probability calculations to find an optimal route through the labyrinth and reached the main corridor toward the exit.
• Wang Qi identified shattered golden metal as Soul Steel contaminated by Li Jijiu’s world-purifying evil power, then discovered that it absorbed his Holy Light and animated a Stone Demon.
• Zhen Chanzi explained that Soul Steel contained countless Demon Souls and warned Wang Qi that it was dangerous to touch.
• Zhai Difeng and Li Jijiu argued beside the blue restriction, and Li Jijiu said it would dissolve on its own within three days.
• A small Stone Demon overheard the Ancient Method Cultivators’ conversation, and Wang Qi learned that they expected to enter the temple in three days.

Wang Qi used Soul Steel armor and his holy powers to fight the Golden Core cultivators guarding the ruins. After transforming the armor and regaining control, he flew toward the ruins.

• Wang Qi realized the Soul Steel guardians were hollow armor and wondered if he could wear one past the restriction.
• Wang Qi used Mechanism Beasts and the Seeking Dao Jade to assemble a suit of Soul Steel armor, then brought it to life with holy light.
• Wang Qi charged the Golden Core cultivators, whose attacks failed to damage the armor, and struck one of them with a metal ring.
• Li Jijiu’s demonic evil power disrupted Wang Qi’s control, so Wang Qi used Holy Flame to transform the armor into a three-headed wolf form.
• Wang Qi used the armor to burn a Golden Core cultivator, regained control with holy light, and flew toward the ruins.

Wang Qi escaped into the Demon Race temple in Soul Steel armor, then entered a dream to resist the Ancient Demon Race wills that had flooded his soul. There, Zhen Chanzi and Wang Qi encountered a powerful middle-aged scholar who knocked Zhen Chanzi aside with one finger.

• Wang Qi flew through the barrier in the animated Soul Steel armor and ran into the temple before the Holy Light ran out.
• Wang Qi dismissed the armor, suffered dizziness, and pulled Zhen Chanzi's consciousness into a dream to explain the armor's danger.
• Wang Qi showed Zhen Chanzi the martial scenes formed from Ancient Demon Race consciousness fragments and explained how he had isolated his soul from his brain.
• Wang Qi asked Zhen Chanzi to help clear harmful illusions, but a middle-aged scholar appeared and praised Wang Qi's cultivation method.
• Zhen Chanzi tried to attack the scholar, who flicked him away with one finger, prompting Wang Qi to call him useless.

Wang Qi met Zhilong, a surviving true spirit and Middle Ages master of the School of Numbers, who offered him a legacy trial. Wang Qi negotiated for different rewards and began Zhilong’s mathematical test.

• Wang Qi watched Zhen Chanzi lose to the middle-aged scholar, who explained that he had been drawn by Wang Qi’s cultivation method and protective dream technique.
• Wang Qi recognized the scholar as Zhilong, a renowned School of Numbers master from the Middle Ages, and introduced himself as a disciple of the modern Myriad Dharma Sect and School of Separation.
• Zhen Chanzi told Zhilong that the Myriad Dharma Sect had become the greatest sect under heaven and that mathematics had become a foundation for cultivators seeking the Dao.
• Zhilong offered Wang Qi a legacy containing magical power, cultivation methods, and an immortal artifact, with a choice between mathematical and combat trials.
• Wang Qi asked to exchange the rewards, and Zhilong agreed to consider his request if he answered every question; Zhilong then posed his first problem about Demon Emperor Taiyi’s cattle on Fusang.

Wang Qi answered Zhilong Zhenren’s cattle puzzle and explained how later mathematical advances made the problem solvable. Zhilong then asked about famous compass-and-straightedge problems, and the supposed trial turned into Wang Qi’s lecture on mathematics.

• Zhilong Zhenren recited the cattle problem and worried that Wang Qi might not be able to solve it.
• Wang Qi gave the smallest solution to the first question, explained that the second solution had over 206,500 digits, and described the Heavenly Origin Formula and Heavenly Position Method.
• Wang Qi solved the cattle problem using systems of equations, prompting Zhilong Zhenren to marvel at the mathematical advances of later generations.
• Zhilong Zhenren asked whether cube doubling, circle squaring, and angle trisection were possible with compass and straightedge, and Wang Qi explained that they were not.
• Zhen Chanzi watched as the trial became a lecture, with Wang Qi teaching Zhilong Zhenren about transcendental numbers and Group Theory.

Wang Qi used his conversation with Zhilong Zhenren to imprint his will on his soul, then transformed the invading Demon Race wills into an orderly civilization modeled on humanity. He gathered the assimilated wills and prepared to unite them under his control.

• Zhilong Zhenren concluded that the mathematicians of Wang Qi's era had surpassed those of his own age and turned to discussing the inheritance.
• Wang Qi declined Zhilong Zhenren's help and explained that he had mingled his will with the foreign soul-force to create a false personality.
• Wang Qi became a giant of light and crossed from the stage into the stands, where the Demon Race wills gathered.
• Wang Qi's will reshaped the demonic beasts into a cooperative civilization that developed tools, cultivation, and dharma artifacts.
• The demonic beasts gradually became human figures, and Wang Qi gathered their wills, ordering them to unite or take refuge.

Wang Qi subdued the Demon Race will, secured Zhilong Zhenren’s agreement to reforge his immortal artifacts, and decided to establish his Foundation Base before the ruin collapsed. He then split the false will into controlled personalities and sent one to fight in the martial trial.

• Wang Qi fused his consciousness with the Demon Race will, shaped it into a false personality, and returned to the dreamscape to discuss Zhilong Zhenren’s inheritance.
• Zhilong Zhenren revealed the immortal artifact Discrete and agreed to reforge it together with the Mathematics Ring, warning that doing so would leave the ruin only a few hours before collapse.
• Wang Qi chose to proceed with Foundation Establishment and showed Zhilong Zhenren the Dao-Seeking Jade’s artifact blueprint, which the ancient cultivator struggled to understand.
• Wang Qi divided the false will into four spheres representing fanaticism, cunning, glory, and joy, then added fabricated memories to make its personalities easier to control.
• Wang Qi relinquished control of his body to a savage false personality, and Zhilong Zhenren opened the martial trial so it could fight a demon beast.

Wang Qi used Di Liu Jiang and his own soul origin to build a cellular automaton that temporarily increased his computing power as he prepared for Foundation Establishment. His consciousness expanded, leaving the breakthrough underway inside the collapsing Demon God Palace.

• Wang Qi recorded the Demon God Palace with Mechanism Beasts and hurried to its main hall to search for spiritual medicine.
• Wang Qi found Di Liu Jiang and a million-year-old Thousand Mile Light petal, then realized the Di Liu Jiang could restore his soul power.
• Wang Qi devised a method to expel and refine his soul origin into Yin Yang Yaos, replenishing it with Di Liu Jiang.
• Wang Qi used a Cellular Automaton spell to coordinate the shifting Yin Yang Yaos, and his consciousness expanded.

Wang Qi established a first-grade Foundation Base by combining his cultivation methods into a new system. Zhilong Zhenren revealed that Mathematics and Discrete belonged to a set of twelve linked immortal artifacts, leaving Wang Qi wondering whether he had begun a quest to collect them all.

• Wang Qi expanded his consciousness through Yin Yang Yaos and used his mana to unite them with the Geometry Book and Tianyan Tulu into a Foundation Base.
• Wang Qi completed Foundation Establishment without the usual pain or complications and realized that his entire body could now carry mana beyond his meridians.
• Wang Qi found Mathematics and Discrete devouring the origin of his soul, and Zhilong Zhenren told him they were nearing completion.
• Zhilong Zhenren explained that the School of Numbers had created a set of immortal artifacts that could combine into a single measuring instrument, with Mathematics as its core.
• Wang Qi recognized the combined artifact's form and asked whether the sages had made twelve sets.

Zhilong Zhenren told Wang Qi that a calamity had struck the Immortal Heavens and charged him with delivering the mathematical schools’ clues to the Immortal Alliance. As the ancient city crumbled, Wang Qi discovered that his Foundation Establishment had let him wield high-dimensional swordsmanship.

• Zhilong Zhenren explained that the immortal artifact Mathematics had been lost after Geometric Devil Jimide was killed, and that the remaining artifacts and their forging methods had been hidden in inheritance sites.
• Zhilong Zhenren revealed that he and his companions had died after a calamity struck the Immortal Heavens, and urged Wang Qi to pass on their clues to the mathematical schools.
• Wang Qi accepted the jade slip and promised to deliver the message before Zhilong Zhenren’s phantom dissipated.
• The ancient city began to collapse after Zhilong Zhenren’s lingering thought vanished, and Wang Qi resolved to carry the warning back to the Immortal Alliance.
• Wang Qi tested his newly strengthened Foundation Establishment body and mastered high-dimensional swordsmanship up to six dimensions.

Wang Qi tested his abilities after reaching Foundation Establishment and assessed how much stronger he had become. He recorded new cultivation questions, including why fallen immortals failed to pass the Heavenly Gate, and planned an experiment involving Qu Jian Ji.

• Wang Qi practiced high-dimensional swordsmanship and derived a limited movement technique from his sword arts.
• Wang Qi compared the spatial effects of Myriad Dharma Sect spells with the vacuum spiritual energy drawn by the Yu Liu Type 3 mechanism, then set aside research into combining them.
• Wang Qi tested his Holy Light, Holy Flame, electromagnetic spells, and other arts, finding that Foundation Establishment had greatly increased his strength and opened a path into the Jimie Fentian Palm.
• Wang Qi estimated that his weighted value was at least seventeen and considered himself capable of challenging powerful Ancient Method Cultivators, though he feared being surrounded.
• Wang Qi failed to enter the Myriad Immortal Illusion Realm and recorded questions about space-time, mana, fallen immortals, and the relationship between soul and will.
• Wang Qi planned to persuade Chen Feng to let him observe fallen immortals who had received Qu Jian Ji.

After equipping the reforged immortal artifacts, Wang Qi asked Zhen Chanzi for a battle plan and decided to target two Ancient Method Golden Cores. Meanwhile, Li Jijiu used mortals as sacrifices to break the barrier, releasing a powerful Demon as it collapsed.

• Wang Qi equipped Dispersion and Mathematics, then joked with Zhen Chanzi about following the Geometric Devil's example by fighting with his clothes off.
• Wang Qi described the enemy forces and his goal of killing Ancient Method Golden Cores, and Zhen Chanzi advised him to inspect the divine temple for something that could turn the tide.
• Gao Yunliang obeyed Li Jijiu's orders, forced the mortals into the spirit array, and watched as they were transformed into sacrifices.
• Li Jijiu used the sacrifices' baleful power to shatter the barrier, and a powerful Demon announced that it had been imprisoned for a million years.

Wang Qi used a demon relic and a false persona to impersonate an ancient demon and intimidate the Ancient Method Cultivators. Zhai Difeng recognized Wang Qi beneath the armor and tried to recruit him, but the encounter ended with Zhai Difeng wounded.

• Wang Qi’s disguised guardian released the Demon Emperor’s Might, terrifying the Ancient Method Cultivators and declaring that they were trespassing in his territory.
• Wang Qi and Zhen Chanzi watched the bluff from a dream-formed space, where Zhen Chanzi explained that the armor, fabricated memories, and sacred petal relic helped sustain the disguise.
• The false persona walked past the cultivators without attacking, but Zhai Difeng blocked the guardian and asked why he knew human language.
• Wang Qi took control, lifted the faceplate, and revealed himself to Zhai Difeng, who mistook him for an ancient demon possessing the missing young cultivator.
• Zhai Difeng explained that the human race ruled the Divine Land and urged the ancient demon to join the orthodox cultivators, but the guardian dismissed the suggestion as meaningless and struck his arm.

Wang Qi’s false persona fought off a group of Golden Core Cultivators while the Demon Emperor’s lingering Demon's Might concealed his weakness. After Yan Xiong was badly wounded by mana combustion, the other cultivators hesitated, while Wang Qi realized the persona’s technique was draining the power that kept his armor active.

• Wang Qi’s false persona severed Zhai Difeng’s hand, but Li Jijiu rescued Zhai Difeng and began attacking with his staff.
• Wang Qi evaded most of Li Jijiu’s strikes using subtle footwork and spatial arts, then faced a four-person siege.
• The false persona unleashed a ring of fire that burned Yan Xiong and two sword-wielders, then seized Yan Xiong at close range.
• Yan Xiong struck through Wang Qi’s armor, but the false persona ignited Yan Xiong’s mana and left him severely burned.
• Wang Qi protested from within the dream that the false persona’s entropy-increasing technique would shorten the time he could remain armored.

Wang Qi drove off the Golden Core experts by posing as the ancient demon, then hid and prepared another disguise. He approached Lin Jing’s group as a Modern Dharma Cultivator and attacked her with Golden Experience.

• The black-armored demon overwhelmed Wang Qi until Zhai Difeng’s sword strike disrupted the fight, then fled into the forest.
• Zhai Difeng ordered Li Jijiu, Mr. Qian, and Lin Zongdi to pursue the demon while Lin Jing stayed to treat Yan Xiong and prepare the group to leave.
• Wang Qi concealed his aura, stored his armor and sacred relic petals, and watched the Golden Core experts split up in pursuit.
• Wang Qi disguised himself as a frivolous Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator and confronted Lin Jing, asking about the missing mortals before declaring his dream to wipe out the orthodox cultivators he called locusts.
• Lin Jing attacked Wang Qi with her flying sword, but a yellow soul behind him knocked it aside; Wang Qi then sent the soul, Golden Experience, lunging at her.

Wang Qi used Golden Experience to overwhelm Lin Jing with healing punches and turn her belt into a demon, then revealed his true identity after taking her communication artifact. He prepared to kill Lin Jing in his true form, since his disguised strength had not been enough to defeat her.

• Lin Jing realized Wang Qi's golden soul was a ghost-path attack, but Golden Experience's punches flooded her with vitality and accelerated her consciousness.
• Wang Qi explained that Golden Experience could disrupt bodily functions and grant objects enlightenment, then used it to turn a rock and Lin Jing's belt into demons.
• Lin Jing cut through her own abdomen to sever the animated belt, but Wang Qi used a higher-dimensional Sword Light to take it along with her storage pouch and communication artifact.
• Wang Qi revealed that he had been disguised and using only half his true body's strength to keep Lin Jing from alerting the other Golden Core cultivators.
• Wang Qi identified himself as a passing Modern Dharma Cultivator, raised his sword, and prepared to fight Lin Jing in his true form.

Wang Qi killed Lin Jing, Yan Xiong, and the trapped Foundation Establishment cultivators with a counterattack using his palm technique and Stone Demon avatars. After recovering and evading the search, he prepared with Zhen Chanzi to plan for the next wave of Ancient Method Cultivators.

• Lin Jing fortified herself against Wang Qi while more than a thousand Stone Demons surrounded the wounded Foundation Establishment disciples behind her.
• Wang Qi struck Lin Jing’s protective qi with Entropy Remnant, disrupting it and killing her despite being pierced by her attacks.
• Wang Qi ordered the Stone Demons to self-destruct, killing the remaining Foundation Establishment cultivators, then finished Yan Xiong with a sword strike.
• Wang Qi recovered, washed the dye from his hair, and changed clothes while Zhen Chanzi warned that the search party would return within half an hour.
• Wang Qi credited Zhen Chanzi’s guidance for helping him evade the Golden Core searchers and asked him to plan tactics for the next wave.

Wang Qi realized he had to invent tactics his enemies did not know, then combined Di Liu Jiang and Holy Light to create plant demons he could control. He implanted a Demon Race divine rune into one and prepared to use his new tree-demon force against the enemy cultivators.

• Zhen Chanzi refused to advise Wang Qi, explaining that Wang Qi knew his own abilities and tactics better than anyone else.
• Wang Qi concluded that developing new techniques was the key to deceiving his enemies and asked Zhen Chanzi how they might respond to a surprise attack.
• Wang Qi used Golden Experience’s negative entropy force to rapidly grow plants, but found that it gave them nature without the life needed to become demons.
• Wang Qi spread diluted Di Liu Jiang over other plants, then used Holy Light to give them nature, turning them into demons whose will came from his own.
• Wang Qi implanted an Innate Divine Rune in a newly transformed plant demon, enabling it to unleash a peak strike through a life-burning cultivation method, and joked about becoming Raging Wind.

Wang Qi used scout mechanisms and an army of Plant Demons to ambush the four Ancient Method Golden Core Cultivators and separate them. He lured Qian Changsheng into a confrontation, where their second fight began.

• Zhai Difeng searched the forest for threats while Wang Qi monitored him through a scout bird mechanism.
• Wang Qi ordered the Plant Demons to attack the four Golden Core Cultivators at once and used their coded bell signals to draw Qian Changsheng away from the others.
• Qian Changsheng followed a garbled message toward Lin Jing, countering attacks with his Five Elements Illusory Wheel.
• Qian Changsheng detected Wang Qi's hidden sword with his protective spell and unleashed a powerful water attack.
• Wang Qi controlled the water with primordial magnetism, mocked Qian Changsheng's Five Elements magic, and began fighting him directly.

Wang Qi defeated Qian Changsheng by countering his Five Elements Illusory Wheel, then confronted the surviving cultivators as Li Jijiu summoned monsters from corpses. The chapter ended with Wang Qi and Li Jijiu sending their respective armies into battle.

• Wang Qi used electromagnetic control of water to defeat Qian Changsheng in less than a quarter-hour.
• Zhai Difeng found Lin Jing’s bells and concluded the mission had failed, while Li Jijiu argued against retreating.
• Demon auras surrounded Zhai Difeng, Li Jijiu, and Lin Zongdi, leaving them with no safe escape route.
• Li Jijiu spilled a mountain of corpses from a storage sack and used their deathly power to summon twisted monsters.
• Wang Qi gathered plants into green dragons, and the two sides charged into battle with their summoned forces.