Ch. 1621Card

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Dao Lord's emissary uses a terrifying gray divine radiance, which is neither one nor myriad, nothing nor something, defying comprehension.
  • The King of Light uses the Mind Driver to transform the Blood Saint and Primordial Ancient God into cards, then loads them as a shield and sword.
  • The King of Light uses the Blade of Judgment against Dao Lord's emissary.

Character Developments

  • Dao Lord's emissary reveals more about their power and origins, hinting at a greater force manipulating events.
  • The King of Light demonstrates her understanding of the true world of the strong, using the Mind Driver to harness the power of anchors from different eras.

Significant Themes

  • The struggle between Dao Lord and the King of Light, and the mysterious force manipulating events from behind the scenes.
  • The concept of before and after, and the true world of the strong, where time and order are not absolute.
  • The power of anchors and the use of extraordinary lives as weapons.

Character Interactions

  • The King of Light and Dao Lord's emissary face off, each using their unique powers and understanding of the world to gain an advantage.
  • The Blood Saint and Primordial Ancient God are transformed into weapons by the King of Light, highlighting their importance as anchors in the struggle.

Ch. 1622Just Who Is It

Key Plot Points and Events

  • King of Light's slash contains pure heart power, severing even a Dao Lord's divine power.
  • Dao Lord's envoy unleashes the Crimson Origin Calamity, transforming reality into a surreal, fantastical world.
  • King of Light counters with a powerful strike that destroys the dimension, leaving only reincarnation cycles unaffected.
  • Dao Lord's envoy retreats, taking the cores of eight light people, four Divine Lords, and two stone people from other dimensions.
  • The dimension recovers, and living beings reappear, but they are not the same as before.
  • Zhao Xiaoxiang asks Zhao Dong to identify the most likely candidate for the Dao Lord's envoy within the Cosmic Federation.

Character Developments

  • King of Light demonstrates immense power, using her "Epoch" ability for absolute offense and defense.
  • Dao Lord's envoy reveals his true power and retreats after a fierce battle, hinting at future plans.
  • Zhao Dong, an ordinary Great Lord, is overwhelmed by the battle's scale and intensity.

Significant Themes

  • The power of the heart and imagination versus structured, absolute power.
  • The cyclical nature of life, death, and existence within a dimension.
  • The hidden nature of the enemy and the struggle to identify them.

Character Interactions

  • King of Light and Dao Lord's envoy engage in a climactic battle, testing each other's limits.
  • Zhao Xiaoxiang and Zhao Dong discuss the potential identity of the Dao Lord's envoy within their ranks.

Ch. 1623The Path to Sainthood

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The multiverse has been reshaped, with no trace of the great battle that occurred.
  • The Saints' teachings spread, and the dream of becoming a Saint becomes widespread.
  • A path to sainthood, the Saint Path, emerges, offering a shortcut to Immortality with no side effects.
  • The Eleventh Pillar acts as a wishing machine, fueling the intense wishes of all beings.
  • The Saints remain silent, aware of the dangers of the Seventh Epoch and the impending return of the Dao Lord's envoys.
  • Legends of the Great Heavenly Venerable saving the world circulate, but no miracle occurs.

Character Developments

  • The Saints try to find a way out but remain silent, hoping to avoid attracting unnecessary attention.
  • The Dao Lord's envoys and other powerful beings from the previous battle do not reveal their existence, maintaining a low profile.

Significant Themes

  • The power of wishes and the mind's potential.
  • The danger of moving too fast in cultivation and the risks of the Seventh Epoch.
  • The slim hope for a miracle and the Saints' attempt to interfere with time.

Character Interactions

  • The Saints communicate silently among themselves, sharing their concerns and hopes.
  • All living beings share the dream of becoming a Saint, their wishes fueling the birth of the Saint Path.
  • The Great Heavenly Venerable's legend is discussed, but no interaction with the character occurs in this chapter.

Ch. 1624Chapter 1617

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Zhao Cheng's Dao contest with the Dao Lord is still ongoing, but Zhao Cheng has abandoned his foundation, suggesting a significant internal issue.
  • Zhou Yu and the Blood Saint, both in their respective Dao Fields, reflect on their journeys and the lack of progress in their wishes over ten thousand years.
  • The Blood Saint realizes that even his immense power is insufficient against enemies of far higher origins (eighth-rank Heavenly Venerables).
  • The Dao Lord's envoy observes the dimension, expecting some response to Zhao Cheng's miracle but finding none.
  • Zhao Xiaoxiang, at the dimension's summit, anticipates a chain of dimensional collisions in another ten thousand years.
  • The Dao Lord's envoy plans to harvest Zhao Cheng's fate and karmic ties in the mortal world during the collision.
  • A wisp of platinum radiance appears briefly and vanishes, hinting at a potential new development.

Character Developments

  • Zhou Yu and the Blood Saint both show introspection and acceptance of their current limitations.
  • The Blood Saint acknowledges his lack of strength against higher-ranked enemies, demonstrating self-awareness.
  • The Dao Lord's envoy reveals more of his plans and confidence in attaining the highest Dao.

Significant Themes

  • The limitations of power and the struggle against overwhelming odds.
  • The passage of time and the lack of progress in wishes and goals.
  • The anticipation of future events and their potential consequences.

Character Interactions

  • Zhou Yu and the Blood Saint, though not interacting directly, share similar reflections on their journeys and the lack of progress.
  • The Dao Lord's envoy and Zhao Xiaoxiang, both observing the dimension, have similar expectations for the future, though their goals differ.

Ch. 1625Escalation

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Dimensions are drawn closer due to an impending collision, causing informational interferences and brief overlaps.
  • These overlaps introduce Gray Calamity mutations from other dimensions, intensifying the apocalypse in dimensional spacetime.
  • Saints struggle to contain the apocalypse, creating temporary safe zones but failing to halt its spread.
  • No new powerhouses from other dimensions appear, and existing entities (Dao Lord envoys, mysterious beings) remain silent, awaiting the great collision of dimensions.

Character Developments

  • Saints are overwhelmed and can only slow down the apocalypse's progress.
  • The King of Light and the Great Heavenly Venerable card are mentioned as potential threats, deterring other powerhouses from acting.

Significant Themes

  • Obsession and Survival: Lifeforms from other dimensions, driven by an extraordinary obsession to survive and advance, will seek out the Great Heavenly Venerable karmic opportunity.
  • Power and Sacrifice: Obtaining Heavenly Venerable-level power without the corresponding realm is difficult and requires a significant sacrifice, affecting recovery.
  • Momentum: Schemes and plots can be shattered through force, but an open scheme is force itself, making it difficult to counter.

Character Interactions

  • Powerhouses from other dimensions are expected to interact once the great collision arrives, potentially seeking the Great Heavenly Venerable karmic opportunity.
  • The King of Light and the mysterious beings are aware of each other's intentions but are currently at a stalemate due to their respective situations.

Ch. 1626Fate Disappears

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The apocalypse causes civilizations to contract rapidly.
  • Powerful beings from other dimensions, unaffected by the apocalypse, arrive at the central dimension.
  • Seven Yuanshi-level beings, equivalent to half-dimension level, form an alliance to attack the Civilization Alliance.
  • The King of Light uses the "Sky Vault Plugin" and the Great Heavenly Venerable Card to transform into the Super Demon God Form, defeating the alliance but suffering losses.
  • The King of Light's power cannot be restored, and his karmic ties with Zhao Cheng diminish with each use.

Character Developments

  • The King of Light demonstrates his power and versatility but faces a dire situation due to the non-restorable power.
  • The seven Yuanshi-level beings show their strength and cunning, revealing the threat of external forces.

Significant Themes

  • The relentless nature of the apocalypse and its impact on civilizations.
  • The power dynamics between dimensions and the threat of external forces.
  • The consequences of using power that cannot be restored, symbolized by the Great Heavenly Venerable Card.

Character Interactions

  • The King of Light faces off against the alliance of seven powerful beings, showcasing his might and desperation.
  • The King of Light's allies learn about the non-restorable power and the diminishing karmic ties with Zhao Cheng, causing concern and despair.

Ch. 1627Intervention Across Dimensions

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The King of Light and Zhou Yu discuss the unusual state of reincarnation and Zhao Cheng's disappearance.
  • The King of Light reveals that crucial power is being stolen from the Multiversal Civilization Alliance.
  • The alliance begins a great migration to contract its sphere of influence, but secret attacks continue.
  • The King of Light decides to use the Crown of the Most Sacred to evolve a pure land and wait for a turning point.
  • Rank Eight lifeforms from alien dimensions strike across dimensions to target the alliance.

Character Developments

  • The King of Light temporarily reclaims her past Wisdom and shows resolve to destroy everything if necessary to prevent the enemy from obtaining the crucial power.
  • Zhou Yu's form has aged significantly, indicating a change that shouldn't occur at his realm.

Significant Themes

  • The merciless nature of the Great Dao and the insignificance of living beings in its eyes.
  • The importance of feelings and attachments, even for the strong.
  • The hidden third party manipulating events from behind the scenes.

Character Interactions

  • The King of Light and Zhou Yu discuss the current situation and the King of Light shares her insights.
  • The King of Light makes a decision to protect the alliance, showing her determination to prevent the enemy from obtaining the crucial power.

Ch. 1628A Tiny Bit Too Late

Key Plot Points and Events

  • More than a dozen weakened eighth-rank beings attack, threatening to destroy the dimension.
  • The King of Light (Zhao Cheng) uses the Gray Card to defend, but at great cost.
  • The Multiversal Civilization Alliance seeks refuge in the Crown of the Most Sacred, which becomes a sanctuary.
  • Powerful beings from other dimensions pursue the Alliance, seeking the Crown of the Most Sacred.
  • The dimension evolves and changes, with new lifeforms and organizations emerging.
  • A Stonefolk Civilization discovers the Crown of the Most Sacred's location.
  • Zhao Cheng reincarnates and returns to the dimension.

Character Developments

  • The King of Light (Zhao Cheng) demonstrates her power and determination, willing to destroy the world as a last resort.
  • Zhao Xiaoxiang expresses concern about Zhao Cheng's potential actions.
  • The Stonefolk Civilization's foundation is revealed, with the Stone Emperor merging with the dimension to keep their race alive.

Significant Themes

  • Power and its consequences: The eighth-rank beings' attack and Zhao Cheng's use of the Gray Card highlight the destructive power of high-level forces and the potential costs of using such power.
  • Survival and perseverance: The Multiversal Civilization Alliance's struggle to survive and the Stonefolk Civilization's endurance against the Gray Calamity emphasize the characters' resilience in the face of adversity.
  • Reincarnation and destiny: Zhao Cheng's reincarnation and return suggest that fate or destiny may be at play, guiding him back to the dimension.

Character Interactions

  • The King of Light (Zhao Cheng) and the Multiversal Civilization Alliance: Zhao Cheng's actions protect the Alliance, but her willingness to destroy the world raises concerns among its members.
  • The King of Light (Zhao Cheng) and Zhao Xiaoxiang: Their thoughts reveal their shared worry about the situation and Zhao Cheng's potential actions.
  • The Stonefolk Civilization: The Stonefolk discuss their discovery of the Crown of the Most Sacred and their hopes for the future, showcasing their unity and determination.

Ch. 1629The Pure Heart of a Child

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The Eleventh Pillar reappears, bringing forth flames that refine hope and miracles from the ashes of doomsday.
  • The Heavenly Origin Dao Fruit, previously melted down, reappears and fuels the flames.
  • Zhao Cheng's form rapidly ages from an infant to a five-year-old child.

Character Development

  • Zhao Cheng's physical age regresses to five years old, symbolizing a return to childhood innocence and potential.
  • He gains immense vitality, curiosity, and a desire to explore, indicating a fresh start and renewed growth.

Significant Themes

  • Childlike Innocence and Potential: The younger one is, the greater the potential for growth. Zhao Cheng's regression to childhood signifies immense possibilities for development.
  • Defying Heaven and Natural Laws: Zhao Cheng's state is extraordinary, even defying the natural laws of growth and aging, suggesting a unique path to progression.
  • The Three Great Domains (Mortal, Dao, Fruit) and the Heavenly Chasms: The division of ranks into these domains emphasizes the difficulty in progression, particularly the leap from the Mortal Realm to the Dao Realm.

Character Interactions

  • While there are no direct interactions with other characters in this chapter, Zhao Cheng's transformation and new state set the stage for future interactions, as his growth and potential will likely influence his relationships with others.

Ch. 1630Five Years Old, Invincible

Summary of Chapter: "Five Years Old, Invincible"

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Zhao Cheng, after attaining the Dao, skips cultivation stages and enters the Calamity Realm directly, reaching the Seven Calamities.
  • He creates countless Dao Fruits with a single thought, causing dimensional spacetime to become ruins.
  • Zhao Cheng cultivates the true Calamity Realm while still in the mortal realm using a wisp of Afterglow from transcendence.
  • He creates a new Panel displaying his current state: a five-year-old with 32% completion of the True Calamity Seed, possessing the Miracle ability with 0 Miracle Points.
  • Numerous powerful lifeforms fill the ruined dimension, wary yet greedy towards Zhao Cheng.

Character Developments

  • Zhao Cheng: Becomes an unprecedented innate true-calamity lifeform, but is currently weak due to his young age (five years old).

Significant Themes

  • The extraordinary nature of Zhao Cheng's cultivation, skipping stages and defying norms.
  • The concept of true calamity and its cultivation through annihilation.
  • The price of Zhao Cheng's power and the consequences of his actions.

Character Interactions

  • The powerful lifeforms in the ruined dimension interact with Zhao Cheng, viewing him with wariness and greed.

Ch. 1631A Brand New Realm

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Zhao Cheng, now a True Calamity powerhouse, is the only source of light in a dimension filled with eternal silence and darkness.
  • The timeline has advanced far, with countless great dimensional collisions occurring. The Void's gray gauze is nearly invisible, and the ultimate horror within is close to being born.
  • Zhao Cheng faces dark lifeforms who have merged with the apocalypse and reached the ninth rank, the theoretical ceiling for pure power.

Character Developments

  • Zhao Cheng has transcended existence and nonexistence, becoming the eternal sun in the ruined dimension. His life and mind radiate with white-gold flames, unaffected by the eternal silence.
  • The dark lifeforms, once powerful beings who yielded to the apocalypse, are now savage, greedy, twisted, and mad, driven by an urge to destroy the light Zhao Cheng represents.

Significant Themes

  • Light vs. Darkness: Zhao Cheng's radiant life and mind stand out starkly against the eternal silence and darkness of the ruined dimension, symbolizing hope and resistance against the apocalypse.
  • The Power of Hope: Despite the bleak circumstances, Zhao Cheng's presence stirs an urge to destroy within the dark lifeforms, highlighting the power of hope and the threat it poses to those who have given in to despair.
  • The Price of Resistance: The timeline has advanced far, with countless lives having been lost in the resistance against the apocalypse. The ultimate horror within the Void is close to being born, suggesting that the cost of resistance may ultimately be too high.

Character Interactions

  • Zhao Cheng and the dark lifeforms are poised for conflict, with the dark lifeforms driven to destroy Zhao Cheng due to his radiant presence.
  • Zhao Cheng's past and future are interconnected, with his actions in the past affecting the present and his current struggles potentially influencing the ultimate horror gestating within the Void.

Ch. 1632Who Can Compete

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Zhao Cheng, now a True Calamity Seed, realizes his immense potential and the possibility of reaching the unprecedented "Ten Calamities."
  • He annihilates countless dark lifeforms with a single glance, demonstrating his unique power and "weakness" as a hatchling True Calamity.
  • A stone man, one of the first eighth-rank lifeforms to descend into dimensional spacetime, recognizes Zhao Cheng as the Great Heavenly Venerable and is terrified by his appearance.

Character Developments

  • Zhao Cheng: Realizes his immense potential and the possibility of reaching the "Ten Calamities," demonstrating his power and uniqueness as a True Calamity Seed.
  • Stone Man: Briefly regains clarity and recognizes Zhao Cheng, revealing his fear and understanding of the Great Heavenly Venerable's power.

Significant Themes

  • The potential and possibilities of Zhao Cheng's new path as a True Calamity Seed.
  • The power and uniqueness of True Calamity, as demonstrated by Zhao Cheng's annihilation of countless dark lifeforms with a single glance.
  • The fear and awe inspired by the Great Heavenly Venerable, as shown by the stone man's reaction to Zhao Cheng's appearance.

Character Interactions

  • Zhao Cheng interacts with the dark lifeforms, annihilating them with a single glance and causing them to question his identity and the nature of their own existence.
  • The stone man briefly interacts with Zhao Cheng, recognizing him as the Great Heavenly Venerable and expressing his fear and understanding of Zhao Cheng's power.

Ch. 1633The Dao is Destroyed, The Heart Emerges

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The stone man (Zhao Cheng) awakens after an eternity and encounters a figure of legendary power.
  • Zhao Cheng and the Dao Lord's battle has caused the destruction of countless dimensions and lives.
  • Zhao Cheng's power, though immense, seems weakened compared to his legendary status.
  • Zhao Cheng faces numerous ninth-rank dark lives, each with a vitality surpassing the sun, created by the Dao Lord's power.
  • Zhao Cheng effortlessly destroys the dark lives with a single stroke of his sword, demonstrating his true calamity power.

Character Developments

  • Zhao Cheng: Revealed to have reached an unimaginable realm, his current state is weakened but still powerful. He demonstrates his true calamity power, "Miracle," which is not an offensive wondrous state but the foundation of his realm.

Significant Themes

  • The destruction of the Dao and the emergence of the heart's power.
  • The liberation of the heart's power as the foundation of true calamity.
  • The vast difference in power between Zhao Cheng's current state and his legendary status.

Character Interactions

  • The stone man (Zhao Cheng) and the figure of legendary power (Dao Lord) are mentioned to have battled, causing widespread destruction.
  • Zhao Cheng faces numerous ninth-rank dark lives, easily defeating them with his true calamity power.

Ch. 1634The Stone Man Bows His Head in Worship to the Great Venerable

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Zhao Cheng's Mystic Realm, the Miracle Mystic Realm, allows all living beings to tap into the divine power of the mind, making it unique and miraculous.
  • A dark lifeform, the Tyrant of the Fist, briefly awakens and laments its lost power and past, then burns itself out in a futile attempt to escape the apocalypse.
  • Another dark lifeform, the Stone Man, witnesses the Tyrant's reincarnation gate opening due to Zhao Cheng's remembrance of its past.
  • Zhao Cheng annihilates all remaining dark lifeforms, leaving only the Stone Man, who then bows in worship to Zhao Cheng.

Character Developments

  • Zhao Cheng demonstrates his power and understanding of the apocalypse, showing compassion by remembering the Tyrant's past and allowing its reincarnation.
  • The Tyrant of the Fist, despite its power, succumbs to the apocalypse and laments its lost glory, showing a moment of vulnerability and regret.
  • The Stone Man, initially unnamed, is left as the sole survivor and bows to Zhao Cheng, implying a shift in its perspective or allegiance.

Significant Themes

  • The power of emotion and the heart in resisting the apocalypse and achieving True Calamity.
  • The contrast between the ruthless, emotionless approach to cultivation and the path of life and emotion.
  • The concept of reincarnation and the lingering attachment to one's past, which can defy the apocalypse's annihilation.

Character Interactions

  • Zhao Cheng and the dark lifeforms: Zhao Cheng demonstrates his power and understanding, while the lifeforms struggle against the apocalypse and ultimately succumb.
  • The Tyrant of the Fist and the Stone Man: The Tyrant's brief awakening and subsequent destruction are witnessed by the Stone Man, who is left shocked and worshipful.

Ch. 1635Higher

Key Plot Points & Events

  • Zhao Cheng, indifferent to the stone man, ascends above the dimensions to retrieve something from a hollow.
  • The stone man regains reason, gaining a sliver of possibility to continue existing.
  • Zhao Cheng, now a true calamity, stands above the dimensions without calamity.
  • He observes the Infinite World, seeing dimensions as isolated islands in a boundless ocean of nonexistence.
  • The hollow's distortive force causes a prolonged collision of dimensions, potentially threatening the Infinite World.

Character Development

  • Zhao Cheng's character is further defined as a creator, granting possibilities to all beings, rather than seeking worship.
  • He becomes a true calamity, transcending dimensions, and gains unprecedented mental acuity.

Significant Themes

  • Creation vs. Plunder: The strong create, while the weak plunder, reflecting Zhao Cheng's Dao.
  • True Calamity: A state of supreme purity and power, but also a world of the heart with unknown consequences.
  • Dimensions & Life: Dimensions are the limit, but life can continually carve a path upward, transcending dimensions.

Character Interactions

  • Zhao Cheng interacts with the stone man, but pays little attention, showing his focus on his own path.
  • Zhao Cheng's past and future selves are implied to interact through the concept of true calamity attracting one another.

Ch. 1636Whose Subordinate General

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Zhao Cheng breaks free from his cage, opposing the mastermind's plan.
  • A monstrous entity, the embodiment of infinite power, is created within a hollow, aiming to become Ten Tribulations.
  • Zhao Cheng summons imprints of past cycles, revealing his grand plan and the events of this cycle.
  • Zhou Yu's "Burial Below" sword strike from a hundred thousand years ago eliminates numerous powerful beings and the Multiversal Civilization Alliance.
  • Zhao Cheng gathers the traces of countless cycles, surpassing the peak of all worlds, and provokes the guards of the hollow.
  • Ten powerful lifeforms, each with five kinds of calamity power, attack Zhao Cheng, while the phantom within the hollow watches intently.

Character Developments

  • Zhao Cheng: Breaks free from his constraints, surpasses the peak of all worlds, and faces off against the guards of the hollow and its master.
  • Zhou Yu: Unwittingly plays a crucial role in buying time for Zhao Cheng by unleashing the "Burial Below" sword strike.
  • The Phantom (Hollow's Master): Revealed to resemble Zhao Cheng and the Dao Lord, it remains emotionless and powerful, wielding calamity realm power.

Significant Themes

  • Cause and Effect: The cycles' calamities are set long before, and even Zhao Cheng's actions have unforeseen consequences.
  • Power vs. Possibility: The monstrosity in the hollow represents infinite power, while Zhao Cheng seeks the cause of infinite possibilities.
  • Tribulation and Fortune: The greater the tribulation, the greater the fortune, but also the fiercer the tribulation becomes.

Character Interactions

  • Zhao Cheng vs. The Hollow's Master: They engage in a silent, intense staring contest, with the master provoking its guards to attack Zhao Cheng.
  • Zhao Cheng vs. The Ten Guards: Zhao Cheng directly ignores the ten powerful lifeforms, focusing on the hollow's master instead.

Ch. 1637Strange

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Zhao Cheng faces the phantom within the void, which is an "ultimate life-form" and an Innate True Tribulation being.
  • The phantom senses similarities between Zhao Cheng and the Heavenly Origin Great Venerable but recognizes them as different.
  • Zhao Cheng understands that Innate True Tribulation allows for a unique state where even 'tribulation' itself can be extinguished, making it different from normal True Tribulation paths.
  • Zhao Cheng realizes that transcendence, if it exists, is beyond his comprehension and not something he believes he can achieve.

Character Developments

  • Zhao Cheng gains a deeper understanding of his own path and the nature of Innate True Tribulation.
  • He accepts that transcendence is beyond his current comprehension and not a goal he pursues.

Significant Themes

  • The limitations and possibilities of Innate True Tribulation.
  • The concept of transcendence and its relation to Zhao Cheng's journey.
  • The power dynamics and instincts of ultimate life-forms.

Character Interactions

  • The phantom within the void and Zhao Cheng interact, with the phantom exerting its will for Zhao Cheng to kneel, demonstrating its instinctual supremacy.

Ch. 1638Five Swords

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Zhao Cheng faces the phantom on the Infinite Divine Throne and adapts to its radiance, becoming its guard.
  • Zhao Cheng reveals five divine swords, each representing a different calamity power: Formation, Abiding, Decay, Void, and Eternal Kalpa.
  • The first four swords shatter, scattering motes of light across the Infinite World that cause various transformations and deviations in different time and spaces.
  • Zhao Cheng enters the hollow created by the Eternal Calpa Sword and confronts the phantom.
  • Zhao Cheng sits upon the Infinite Divine Throne, causing the entire Infinite World to tremble and dimensional lines to go mad.

Character Developments

  • Zhao Cheng adapts to the phantom's radiance, becoming one of its guards, but he has no need for protection.
  • Zhao Cheng's curiosity is piqued by Zhao Cheng, leading him to take an interest in the young man.
  • Zhao Cheng reveals his true body after using the Eternal Calpa Sword, regressing in age to that of a three-year-old.

Significant Themes

  • Calamity and True Kalpa: Zhao Cheng's journey revolves around understanding and transcending calamity, with True Kalpa representing a state without calamity.
  • Adaptation and Transformation: Living beings adapt to Zhao Cheng's radiance and transform into his guards, while the motes of light scattered across the Infinite World cause transformations in various time and spaces.
  • Power and its consequences: The power Zhao Cheng wields has immense consequences, both for himself and for the worlds affected by the scattered motes of light.

Character Interactions

  • Zhao Cheng interacts with the phantom on the Infinite Divine Throne, ultimately confronting and defeating it.
  • Zhao Cheng's actions and power affect countless living beings across the Infinite World, altering the course of their lives and the worlds they inhabit.

Ch. 1639The Initial Obsession

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Zhao Cheng ascends to the Infinite Divine Throne, gaining unprecedented authority and power.
  • He learns that the current situation involves ultimate powerhouses seeking to explore the realm of Ten Calamities and resurrect a peerless great fiend who once contended with the Dao Sovereign.
  • Zhao Cheng considers the possibility of transcending by fusing his path with the Infinite Divine Throne's.

Character Developments

  • Zhao Cheng's mental strength is revealed to be unshakable, even by the Infinite Divine Throne's power.
  • He becomes aware of his potential to become the first life after the Dao Sovereign's transcendence to prove the Ten Calamities naturally.
  • Zhao Cheng's obsession from his first reincarnation is revealed to be the driving force behind his actions.

Significant Themes

  • The pursuit of power and transcendence at any cost.
  • The importance of mental strength and resolve in achieving greatness.
  • The consequences of manipulating and using others for personal gain.

Character Interactions

  • The chapter focuses on Zhao Cheng's internal monologue, with no direct interactions with other characters.
  • Zhao Cheng's thoughts reveal his awareness of other powerhouses and their plans, but no interactions occur.

Ch. 1640Reversing Samsara

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Zhao Cheng, after countless reincarnations, faces his final life. He can choose to advance and become a powerful being, or reverse reincarnation, undoing all that has happened.
  • He decides to reverse reincarnation, despite the risks and the loss of his ability to cleave open the void.
  • Reincarnation reverses, and Zhao Cheng is transported back to his childhood, standing on a voidlike mirror.

Character Developments

  • Zhao Cheng demonstrates his resolve and commitment to his obsession, choosing to reverse reincarnation despite the potential losses.
  • The Daoist in green robes, revealed to be a reflection of Zhao Cheng, provides guidance and confirms that transcendence is not the path for Zhao Cheng.

Significant Themes

  • Obsession vs. Dao: Zhao Cheng's obsession is his driving force, while the Dao represents the path of enlightenment and transcendence.
  • Choice and Consequence: Zhao Cheng's choice to reverse reincarnation has significant consequences, both for himself and the world.
  • Transcendence: The unknowable and undefinable nature of transcendence is a central theme, with the Daoist in green robes explaining that any transcendence that can be seen is not true transcendence.

Character Interactions

  • Zhao Cheng interacts with his reflection, the Daoist in green robes, who provides guidance and confirms the path Zhao Cheng must take.
  • Other wills in a strange realm react to the reversal of reincarnation, with one being attacked by Zhao Cheng using the Riding Six Dragons Through Time technique.
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