Chapter Summaries

Qin Xi gave Ao Xin three Xiantian Spiritual Treasures, then returned to the Small Wooden House to write the Tao Te Ching. Ao Xin borrowed his Primordial World adaptation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and began reading it.

• Qin Xi gave Ao Xin the Twelfth-Grade Merit Golden Lotus, Green Lotus Treasure Banner, and Blessing Divine Pestle, explaining that he could not use them.
• Flame Spirit considered accepting Hongjun’s proposal to let an avatar carry out her duty, while acknowledging her innate companion treasures.
• Qin Xi told Yu Xue to store the leftover fish, urged Ao Xin and Flame Spirit to cultivate, and headed to the Small Wooden House.
• Flame Spirit began cultivating in the Blessed Land as Qin Xi wrote the Tao Te Ching.
• Ao Xin asked Qin Xi about his books, borrowed Primordial World: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and opened its first page.

Ao Xin read Romance of the Three Kingdoms of the Primordial World and received the fortune of the Cao Wei Dragon Soul. She resolved to keep reading in hopes of bringing Cao Wei’s characters and forces into reality.

• Ao Xin read about the Yellow Turban uprising and the wars of Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan, which ended with Sima Yi taking over Cao Wei.
• A voice startled Ao Xin awake after she experienced the book’s events as if they had lasted more than five hundred thousand years.
• A purple dragon aura appeared around Ao Xin’s Divine Soul, granting her the fortune of the Cao Wei Dragon Soul.
• Ao Xin considered reading the book again to make Cao Wei’s generals real and obtain the Mandate of Heaven: Imperial Jade Seal.

After Qin Xi used his Three Kingdoms story to explain that Devil Ancestor Luohou had engineered the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation for his own gain, Ao Xin realized the Dragon Clan might be facing a vast scheme. She decided to return to the Dragon Palace and warn her father, then found an ancient golden scroll titled Three Kingdoms Investiture of the Gods.

• Qin Xi asked Ao Xin what she had learned from Primordial World: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and she praised several heroes while favoring Cao Wei.
• Qin Xi compared the Three Kingdoms conflict to the war among the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans, identifying Devil Ancestor Luohou as both the instigator and the intended beneficiary of the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation.
• Qin Xi left Ao Xin to ponder his explanation, and she suspected that a powerful expert had schemed against the three clans.
• Ao Xin resolved to return to the Dragon Palace and report her suspicion to her father.
• Ao Xin turned to the final page of the book and found an ancient golden scroll titled Three Kingdoms Investiture of the Gods.

Ao Xin used her inherited Cao Wei Dragon Soul to read Qin Xi’s rankings in the Three Kingdoms Investiture of the Gods and learned that Shu Han held five of the top ten general places. After she told Qin Xi she needed to warn the Dragon Palace about the hint behind Three Families Return to Jin, he let her go and she flew home, while the scroll began to glow as she left the Heavenly Dao Dojo.

• Ao Xin asked Qin Xi about the golden scroll, and he explained that it contained rankings of generals, civil officials, beauties, extraordinary people, and monarchs.
• Ao Xin used the purple dragon aura in her eyes to read the General Ranking List, which placed Roaring Tiger Lu Bu at Mid-Quasi-Sage and Dragon-Courage Zhao Yun at Early Quasi-Sage.
• Ao Xin saw that Shu Han held five of the top ten places, while Cao Wei’s Xu Chu and Dian Wei were both Peak Great Luo Golden Immortals who could fight especially well together.
• Ao Xin told Qin Xi that she had understood the hint behind Three Families Return to Jin and asked permission to return to the Dragon Palace to warn her father.
• Qin Xi let Ao Xin leave but warned her not to spread word of the Heavenly Dao Dojo; she transformed into a little golden dragon and flew toward the Dragon Palace.
• As Ao Xin left the Heavenly Dao Dojo, the Three Kingdoms Investiture of the Gods shone with golden light and the souls within seemed ready to awaken.

Qin Xi acquired Gensokyo’s World Origin and realized he needed more to continue exploring the strange world within him. The Dimensional Chat Group upgraded to let him extract world origins through bounty quests and gained five new members, whose introductions quickly turned chaotic.

• Qin Xi sensed a small world within his body, rooted in Gensokyo, and concluded that he needed more World Origin.
• The Dimensional Chat Group upgraded, giving Qin Xi the ability to extract world origins when members completed World Bounty Quests, with stronger resistance raising quest difficulty and rewards.
• The upgrade welcomed Dragon Witch, Hammer God, I Want to Eat Mutton, Idiotic Goddess, and Billy♂King to the group.
• Qin Xi speculated that Hammer God was Thor and that the new members’ unusual ratings reflected conditional strengths.
• The newcomers argued in the group chat, with Thor threatening the others, Aqua objecting to her name, Dragon Witch denouncing gods, Billy♂King inviting members to wrestle, and King Gray Wolf protesting the machine in his head.

Qin Xi considered the potential of five newly revealed worlds, while the chat group welcomed Thor, who mistook it for a curse after returning victorious from Jotunheim. Thor planned to ask Odin for help, unaware that Loki had also noticed the group.

• Qin Xi considered devouring the origins of the Marvel, Fate, Konosuba, Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, and another world, but worried their bounty missions would be difficult.
• The group members teased Leona about her past fight after she had mistaken the chat group for an enemy and attacked its members.
• Thor joined the Dimensional Chat Group and declared, “Feel the power of Thor!”
• After returning from Jotunheim with Loki, the Warriors Three, and Lady Sif, Thor complained that a strange curse was buzzing in his mind and resisting his power.
• Thor decided to ask Odin to remove the curse, while Loki asked how Thor knew about it and then denied saying anything.

The group discussed the Marvel World Bounty Quest to protect Thor after Odin sealed his divine power, while Thor angrily denied the prediction. Neeko, Nine-to-Five Admiral, and Istar Battle Spirit volunteered to join the A+ rank quest.

• Qin Xi shared the Marvel quest, which required participants to protect Thor until he regained his divine power and warned that the World Will could retaliate against powerful intruders.
• Thor threatened the group members who said Odin would strip him of his power, but they brushed off his threats.
• Qin Xi tried to join the quest but was warned that the World Will would self-destruct with him if he entered Marvel.
• Neeko, Nine-to-Five Admiral, and Istar Battle Spirit volunteered, while several others declined or said they were forbidden from participating.

Five members of the World Bounty Quest prepared to enter the Marvel Universe to protect Thor until he regained his divine power. In Asgard, Odin stripped Thor of his powers, cast him to Earth, and enchanted and sent Mjolnir after him.

• Plain Reaper, Leona, Dragon Witch, I Want to Eat Mutton, Idiotic Goddess, and Billy♂ King discussed the quest, and five participants were selected: Niko, Kizaru, Douluo, Jeanne Alter, and Billy.
• Thor taunted the quest participants, unaware that Odin was about to seal his divine power and cast him out of Asgard.
• Odin confronted Thor over attacking the Frost Giants, while Thor defended his actions and challenged his father's rule.
• Odin declared Thor unworthy, sealed his divine power, shattered his armor, and hurled him from the Bifrost toward Earth.
• Odin enchanted Mjolnir so that only the worthy could wield Thor's power, then sent the hammer through the Bifrost portal.

Thor was exiled to Earth with his divine power sealed and was captured by a military squad in New Mexico. Unable to summon Mjolnir, he begged the Dimensional Chat Group for help and learned that its members were coming to rescue him.

• Thor crashed unconscious into the ground during a storm and woke surrounded by Black Hawk Helicopters and special forces soldiers.
• Thor called for Mjolnir and the Bifrost, but neither answered, and the soldiers mistook him for a mentally unstable man.
• A soldier shot Thor in the cheek, and the squad subdued and restrained him.
• Thor asked the Dimensional Chat Group to rescue him, and its members teased him before the group leader said a team was already heading over.
• After reading the chat history, Thor decided to abandon his pride and flatter the group leader while he waited for help.

Billy♂King rescued Thor from the special operations soldiers who had captured him and invited him to enter the hall of the New World. As the group chat reacted to Billy♂King, Dragon Witch warned that a green giant and two flying metal objects were approaching.

• Thor asked the soldiers to loosen his ropes, but they teased him and ignored his pleas.
• Billy♂King arrived, and the soldiers opened fire on him, but the bullets bounced off his muscles.
• Billy♂King knocked out the soldiers, disabled their Black Hawk Helicopters, and rescued Thor.
• Thor thanked Billy♂King, who invited him to join the hall of the New World.
• The group chat joked about Billy♂King and his invitation, while Dragon Witch warned that a green giant and two flying metal objects were approaching.
• Qin Xi imagined Odin's reaction if Thor returned from Earth having entered the hall of the New World.

Tony Stark and James Rhodes flew to investigate a superhuman threat in New Mexico and confronted Kizaru, who easily evaded their attacks. Kizaru kicked both armored men into the desert at the speed of light, leaving their fate unclear.

• Tony and Rhodes learned that a superhuman had destroyed Black Hawk helicopters and incapacitated special forces, so they flew toward the disturbance in their Iron Man Armors.
• Jarvis detected an energy reaction far beyond that of a nuclear bomb, and Tony and Rhodes stopped to face Kizaru in the sky.
• Kizaru identified himself as an admiral and asked the two men to stop, but Rhodes fired more than a dozen Repulsor Cannons at him.
• Kizaru effortlessly dodged Rhodes's supersonic attack and declared that speed was power.
• Kizaru transformed into light and kicked Tony and Rhodes into the desert before they could react.

Thor, powerless without Mjolnir, watched as Hulk attacked King Billy in the desert. King Billy blocked Hulk’s mountain-shattering punch, but the clash ended with a bone breaking and a terrifying aura rising from him.

• Thor admitted he could not access his divine power without Mjolnir and stayed quiet after Dragon Witch mocked him.
• King Billy called Hulk out, and the green giant crashed into the desert, nearly burying Thor in the shifting sand.
• Hulk charged King Billy with a punch powerful enough to destroy a mountain range.
• King Billy blocked Hulk’s punch with one hand, sending shockwaves through the air and forcing Thor backward.
• A bone broke beside the fighters, and King Billy’s smile faded as a terrifying aura spread from him.

King Billy subdued Hulk with quicksand and rescued Thor as the group regrouped to escape and search for Mjolnir. Istar Battle Spirit encountered Ancient One, whose S-class power and green gem posed a major threat.

• King Billy broke Hulk’s hand, then threw him into quicksand where his rage left him struggling without leverage.
• King Billy pulled Thor away from the quicksand and told the group Hulk would be occupied for a while.
• Qin Xi urged everyone to gather and evacuate, warning that the Marvel world’s forces would bring greater threats than the small Avengers team.
• King Billy reported that the Nine-to-Five Admiral, Dragon Witch, and Neeko had joined him, while Qin Xi told Istar Battle Spirit to find a safe place and search for Mjolnir.
• Istar Battle Spirit reported meeting Ancient One, whose strength rivaled a weaker S-class Apostle and whose green gem held terrifying energy.

Douluo and her companions told Ancient One they had come to protect Thor and help him recover his divine power. After the Time Stone showed Ancient One that Thor would otherwise die and Asgard would invade Earth, she invited the group to the New York Sanctum.

• Ancient One questioned the five newcomers because she could not see their futures with the Time Stone.
• Douluo said the group had come to protect Thor, restore his divine power, and leave, and warned that he might otherwise have been killed by special forces.
• Ancient One used the Time Stone and saw countless timelines in which Thor died and Asgard invaded Earth.
• Ancient One thanked the group for saving Earth and invited them to the New York Sanctum.
• Istar Battle Spirit asked the Group Leader what to do, and the Group Leader told them to accept Ancient One’s invitation.

Ao Xin returned to the Dragon Palace and told Ancestor Dragon that a reclusive expert had saved her and that he should withdraw from the Three Clans' war. After learning the Sun Star's avatar called the expert “Father God,” Ancestor Dragon suspected that Pangu had survived in hiding.

• Ao Xin used a Dragon Clan Teleportation Array to return to the Dragon Palace and request an audience with Ancestor Dragon.
• Ancestor Dragon rejoiced that Ao Xin had survived and promised to honor the reclusive expert who had saved her.
• Ao Xin asked Ancestor Dragon not to publicize the expert's identity and urged him to leave the great tribulation, warning that villains would target him.
• Ao Xin revealed that she had seen the Sun Star's avatar in a valley and that it called the reclusive expert “Father God.”
• Ancestor Dragon was shocked and wondered whether Pangu had survived and was living in seclusion.

Ao Xin told Ancestor Dragon that the secluded Valley Master had transformed her bloodline and protected her with Heavenly Dao blessing and Dragon Clan providence. She urged her father to retreat from the war before unseen threats could destroy him and the Dragon Clan.

• Ancestor Dragon examined Ao Xin's bloodline and realized it had surpassed his own, while Ao Xin confirmed the Valley Master had helped her.
• Ancestor Dragon said Ao Xin might one day surpass him and explained that Heavenly Dao blessing and Dragon Clan providence protected her.
• Ancestor Dragon told Ao Xin to build a relationship with the Valley Master, whom he suspected might be Great God Pangu's divine soul or another powerful recluse.
• Ao Xin recalled the Valley Master's extraordinary creations and feared that her father might be betrayed as the Dragon Clan's war reached its apparent turning point.
• Ao Xin urged Ancestor Dragon to take Dragon Clan experts and retreat at once to avoid a threat to their lives.

Ancestor Dragon reconsidered leading the Dragon Clan into the calamity after Ao Xin revealed the Three Kingdoms Investiture of the Gods and its connection to his past epiphany. He decided to visit The Valley in person to verify the warning, while Ao Xin recognized that his transformed appearance resembled a portrait by the Valley Master.

• Ancestor Dragon rejected Ao Xin's advice to delay and insisted he could not abandon the Dragon Clan's efforts in the calamity.
• Ao Xin revealed that the Valley Master had bestowed the Three Kingdoms Investiture of the Gods and that she had learned about it from a book.
• Ancestor Dragon recalled an epiphany in which a hazy being told him a story about the Three Kingdoms and the snipe and clam fighting.
• Ancestor Dragon decided to visit The Valley and said he would lead the willing Dragon Clan members into seclusion if the epiphany's warning proved true.
• Ancestor Dragon transformed into human form, and Ao Xin exclaimed that he resembled King of Qin Ying Zheng in the Valley Master's portrait.
• Ancestor Dragon wondered whether he had encountered the reclusive expert before and resolved to visit The Valley to determine the Dragon Clan's fate.

Ancestor Dragon and Ao Xin discussed the Valley Master’s possible identity as Great God Pangu and prepared to enter The Valley. Ancestor Dragon believed the Valley’s sealing Law and its Jade Rabbit residents posed no threat to him, but resolved to show them respect because of their connection to Pangu.

• Ao Xin pointed out the Valley Master’s residence, and Ancestor Dragon said the Valley Master was the mysterious figure who had guided him and might be Pangu’s divine soul.
• Ao Xin was shocked by the possibility that the Valley Master was Great God Pangu and asked why Pangu would live in seclusion during the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation.
• Ancestor Dragon speculated that Pangu might be watching the tribulation or planning a grand scheme, and reflected that the Qilin Clan’s attack had led Ao Xin to the Valley.
• Ao Xin warned Ancestor Dragon that his strength might be suppressed inside The Valley and told him the Jade Rabbit Clan lived there under the Valley Master’s protection.
• Ancestor Dragon said the Jade Rabbits’ cultivation must come from Pangu’s blessing, and he and Ao Xin entered the Heavenly Dao Dojo.

Ancestor Dragon visited Qin Xi to ask about the Dragon Clan’s future and found the Small Wooden House filled with profound laws beyond his comprehension. Qin Xi revealed that the war among the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans had been manipulated by someone seeking to claim its opportunities and attain sagehood.

• Ao Xin returned with Ancestor Dragon and introduced him to Qin Xi as her father.
• Ancestor Dragon entered the Small Wooden House, sensed its immense spiritual Qi, and was astonished by the laws displayed throughout it.
• Qin Xi asked Ancestor Dragon whether he had come to learn about the Dragon Clan’s future.
• Ancestor Dragon requested guidance, and Qin Xi explained that the clan war would have no victor and had been schemed against by someone pursuing its opportunities.

Qin Xi explained Luo Hou’s role in the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation and described the Sage Realm and its three paths. Ancestor Dragon learned how one might attain Sainthood, though Qin Xi warned that those chosen to receive Grandmist Violet Qi had already been decided.

• Ancestor Dragon asked who had plotted against the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans, and Qin Xi identified Luo Hou.
• Qin Xi explained that Luo Hou had founded the Demon Sect, fed on the clans’ losses, and was preparing to refine the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
• Qin Xi told Ancestor Dragon that the victor of the Demonic Path Strife between Luo Hou and Hongjun would become the first Heavenly Dao Sage.
• Ancestor Dragon eagerly asked Qin Xi to explain the Sage Realm and how to reach it.
• Qin Xi described Proving the Dao through Strength, Three Corpses Severing Dao, and Merit Proving Dao, then said that those granted Grandmist Violet Qi had already been chosen.