Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai discovers the Divine Eagle Essence Cannon, a powerful weapon capable of firing essence cannonballs that can shatter earth and evaporate lakes, but requires a quarter-hour recharge.
• The Sky Steel Qilin, a Grandmaster-rank secret treasure, is revealed to have an energy-absorption device for continuous use of the cannon.
• Li Hai decides to use the Sky Steel Qilin as his personal transport with Demon-Subduing Warriors as bearers.
• In the North Forest Garden, Li Hai finds high-level Demon-Subduing Warrior remains but fails to activate them.
• Brother Blade informs Li Hai that the remains' components can upgrade their group's strength, but a fully functional Warrior Workshop is needed.
• Li Hai unlocks the Technique Library, learning 93 martial arts techniques and thickening his martial arts foundation by 3 points.
• Li Hai unlocks a Warrior Workshop and initiates the upgrade process for Brother Blade and his group using components from the North Forest Garden's warrior remains.

Character Developments

• Li Hai's desire for power and status grows as he seeks to improve his Demon-Subduing Warriors to match his own strength.
• Brother Blade demonstrates resourcefulness and knowledge about the warrior remains' components.

Significant Themes

• The pursuit of power and strength is a central theme, as Li Hai continually seeks to upgrade his weapons and allies.
• The importance of luck and opportunity is highlighted, as Li Hai unlocks several valuable buildings in quick succession.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai interacts with Brother Blade, seeking his expertise on the warrior remains and their potential upgrades.
• Li Hai's thought process is revealed through his internal monologue, showing his ambition and satisfaction with his recent gains.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai upgrades his Demon-Subduing Warriors to be nearly invincible against non-Grandmasters.
• A Yellow Spring Territory appears suddenly, swallowing a city named Peach Blossom City.
• Li Hai receives a mission from the Demon-Slaying Division to investigate and cleanse the new Yellow Spring Territory.

Character Developments

• Li Hai demonstrates his responsibility and commitment to his role as the Grand Military Governor.
• Feng Heyue shares her knowledge about the origins of Evil-Worshipping Lands and Yellow Spring Territories, revealing the role of malice in their creation.

Significant Themes

• The accumulation and detonation of malice leading to the creation of haunted grounds.
• The responsibility of leaders and the consequences of their actions on their subordinates.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai and Feng Heyue discuss the sudden appearance of the Yellow Spring Territory and its potential origins.
• Feng Heyue shares a story illustrating the creation of haunted grounds, educating Li Hai on the true nature of these phenomena.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter begins with a grim description of the Yellow Spring Ghost Territory, filled with eerie sights and sounds.
• Two Demon-Slaying Captains, Xu Shuo and Gao Guang, find themselves trapped in this territory and despair of escape.
• A silver-black giant zither, carried by four cloaked figures, appears and disperses the ghosts, freeing the trapped souls.
• Xu Shuo and Gao Guang, believing they are dead, approach the zither, thinking it's the Yama Son of Heaven's sedan chair.

Character Developments

• Xu Shuo and Gao Guang, initially despairing, gain hope upon seeing the zither, thinking it's a sign from the Yama Son of Heaven.
• They reveal their recognition of Li Hai's voice and appearance, showing they've observed his inauguration ceremony and written reflections on it.

Significant Themes

• Despair and Hope: The characters initially feel despair but find hope in the appearance of the zither.
• The Supernatural: The chapter explores the eerie and supernatural elements of the ghost territory and the mysterious zither.

Character Interactions

• Xu Shuo and Gao Guang interact as brothers-in-arms, supporting each other in their despair and approaching the zither together.
• Li Hai, though not physically present, interacts with Xu Shuo and Gao Guang through his voice, expressing displeasure at their kneeling and asking about their recognition of him.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai arrives at the Yellow Spring Ghost Land, encountering Xu Shuo and Gao Guang.
• He offers them a choice to stay or leave, with the promise of merit if they stay.
• Li Hai's carriage, with its Qilin patterns and Essence Cannon, is revealed to be incredibly powerful.
• Li Hai deduces that the Bodhisattva of Sorrow and Evil, a Yin Soldier-level ghost, is responsible for the mutations in Peach City.
• Li Hai clears the fog around him, revealing a large area and allowing him to spot something southeast.

Character Developments

• Li Hai demonstrates his power and influence, offering opportunities to subordinates.
• Xu Shuo and Gao Guang show loyalty and eagerness to gain merit by staying with Li Hai.
• Li Hai's analytical skills are shown as he deduces the nature of the ghost causing the mutations.

Significant Themes

• Power and influence: Li Hai's position and abilities allow him to offer opportunities to others.
• Compassion vs. evil: The Bodhisattva of Sorrow and Evil's twisted compassion leads to its evil nature.
• Analytical skills: Li Hai's ability to deduce the nature of the ghost based on the symptoms.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai interacts with Xu Shuo and Gao Guang, offering them a chance to gain merit.
• Li Hai's power and influence are recognized by Xu Shuo and Gao Guang, leading to their respect and loyalty.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai and his team encounter a massive clay Bodhisattva statue, the Bodhisattva of Sorrow and Evil, in a ruined city.
• Li Hai uses his Dharma Power to summon thunder and attacks the Bodhisattva with his Divine Eagle Essence Cannon.
• Despite significant damage, the Bodhisattva continues to regenerate, leading to a prolonged battle.
• Li Hai eventually annihilates the Bodhisattva, and its Soul Remains are absorbed by him.
• Li Hai then uses his Boundless Dharma Power technique to purify the entire Yellow Spring Ghost Territory.

Character Developments

• Li Hai demonstrates his immense power and skill, first by attacking the Bodhisattva with thunder and artillery, and then by using his Boundless Dharma Power technique to purify the territory.
• Xu Shuo and Gao Guang, initially terrified by the Bodhisattva, gain confidence in Li Hai's abilities and are awestruck by his display of power.

Significant Themes

• Power and Authority: Li Hai's overwhelming strength and ability to purify the territory reinforce his position as a powerful and authoritative figure.
• Good vs. Evil: The battle against the Bodhisattva of Sorrow and Evil represents the struggle between good (Li Hai and his team) and evil (the Bodhisattva and the Yellow Spring Ghost Territory).

Character Interactions

• Li Hai interacts with Xu Shuo and Gao Guang primarily through his voice, reassuring them of his capabilities and guiding them through the battle.
• Xu Shuo and Gao Guang interact with each other through their shared awe and admiration for Li Hai's power, as well as their initial fear of the Bodhisattva.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai returns to the Junior Military Governor's Mansion and unlocks a new building, a vast wasteland, using a high-tier Soul Remains.
• He discovers a World-Crossing Portal in the wasteland's ruins, which could potentially allow travel between worlds.
• Li Hai finds a spherical indentation beneath the portal, suggesting it needs a "battery" to activate.
• His precognitive power guides him to the Ice Lake, where he finds several hundred golden, spherical objects that might serve as the portal's battery.
• Li Hai retrieves a dozen golden spheres and returns to the World-Crossing Portal to attempt activation.

Character Developments

• Li Hai demonstrates determination and curiosity in exploring new territories and pursuing the possibility of inter-world travel.
• His precognitive power becomes more active and reliable, guiding him to the Ice Lake.

Significant Themes

• Exploration and discovery of new worlds and possibilities.
• The pursuit of knowledge and understanding of the unknown.
• The power of intuition and precognition.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai interacts with the World-Crossing Portal and the golden spheres, attempting to activate the portal.
• His precognitive power is presented as an interactive force, guiding him to the Ice Lake.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai activates the World-Crossing Portal, which opens as a black sphere.
• Li Hai decides not to enter the portal immediately due to uncertainty and potential risks.
• He plans to use a matured Soul-Mimic Ape to test the portal's safety.

Character Developments

• Li Hai demonstrates caution and risk aversion, prioritizing his safety and future growth.
• He shows resourcefulness in using the Soul-Mimic Ape for testing.

Significant Themes

• The bizarre and unpredictable nature of the Great Thousand World.
• Li Hai's growing confidence in his future potential and his desire to avoid risks.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai interacts with the Soul-Mimic Ape, preparing to possess and control it.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai successfully possesses the Soul-Mimic Ape but struggles to control it due to its sluggishness and lack of sensory feedback.
• He sends the demon ape Avatar through the World-Crossing Portal and finds himself in a strange, enclosed, metallic room filled with scientists and advanced technology.
• The Avatar is shot and destroyed by soldiers, and Li Hai decides to send another, better-equipped Avatar.
• Over three days, Li Hai force-matures another demon ape Avatar and studies the newly acquired vampire species form, finding it weak but capable of rapid growth in Yu Province's environment.

Character Developments

• Li Hai demonstrates adaptability and resilience in facing challenges, showing no fear in the face of the unknown.
• He displays strategic thinking and resourcefulness in preparing his second Avatar and studying the vampire form.

Significant Themes

• Adaptation and growth in new environments.
• The contrast between the strength of a bloodline and a martial artist at the same level.
• The initiative and control in exploring new realms.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai interacts with the scientists and soldiers in the strange world, though briefly and hostilely.
• Li Hai's relationship with his demon ape Avatars is one of control and preparation, with him equipping and sending them into the unknown.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai sends an avatar to another world through a World-Crossing Portal.
• He confirms that the world is in an age of dharma decline, with a chaotic and turbid essence of heaven and earth, making cultivation difficult.
• Li Hai destroys a vampire laboratory and a street filled with vampires using a Yellow Talisman, causing chaos and destruction.
• He discovers that his Cave Heaven Portal can be activated in the alien world, suggesting it might be in the same space-time as Yu Province.

Character Developments

• Li Hai demonstrates his power and ruthlessness, showing no mercy towards the vampires.
• He exhibits curiosity and a desire to explore the alien world.

Significant Themes

• The decline of cultivation and the difficulty of practicing arts in the alien world.
• The power dynamics between Li Hai and the vampires, with Li Hai holding the upper hand.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai interacts with no one in this chapter, as he is alone in the alien world.
• However, his actions affect the vampires, causing them to suffer and die.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai (Avatar) kills wounded vampires in the sunlit environment, which is unusual as vampires are typically sun-averse.
• Li Hai's main body experiments with sunlight in his world, confirming that vampires there are indeed sun-averse.
• Li Hai (Avatar) explores New Town city, discovering it's inhabited solely by vampires (white) and werewolves (black), with no humans (yellow) present.
• He finds a black man carrying an Asian human head in a plastic bag.

Character Developments

• Li Hai demonstrates his ruthlessness and curiosity, seeking answers about the world's peculiarities.
• The black man shows fear and aggression initially but submits to Li Hai's violence.

Significant Themes

• The unusual coexistence of vampires and werewolves in a world without humans.
• The impact of the Age of Dharma Decline on creatures' strengths and abilities.
• Li Hai's curiosity and thirst for knowledge about this new world.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai confronts and assaults the black man, demanding information about the human head.
• The black man initially shows defiance but eventually submits to Li Hai's force.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai, enraged by the revelation that humans are food for vampires and werewolves, goes on a rampage, killing numerous vampires and werewolves in a supermarket and on the streets.
• He encounters a parade of vampires and werewolves advocating for LGBTQ+ rights and human rights, which further angers him.
• Li Hai captures a dual-ranked vampire-werewolf elder and priest, Xiuran, and uses her as a bargaining chip.

Character Developments

• Li Hai's anger and desire for vengeance grow as he learns more about the world's true nature.
• Xiuran, though not yet developed, is introduced as a dual-ranked vampire-werewolf elder and priest.

Significant Themes

• The cruel reality of the world, where humans are reduced to food for vampires and werewolves.
• The struggle for human rights and equality, represented by the vampire-werewolf parade.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai interacts violently with numerous vampires and werewolves, killing them without mercy.
• He captures Xiuran, setting the stage for potential future interactions and developments.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai snatches a wolf-blood hybrid girl, Marina, during a parade.
• Agents from an unknown organization (possibly government) respond and attempt to rescue Marina.
• Li Hai uses talismans to fend off agents and helicopters, causing chaos in the city.
• Li Hai interrogates Marina and learns about the world's geography, history, and power system.

Character Developments

• Li Hai demonstrates his power and ruthlessness, using torture to extract information.
• Marina, initially terrified, provides information about the world under duress.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and the struggle for control.
• The disparity between the elite and commoners in society.
• The existence of a Cultivation-like system, disguised as a bloodline rank system.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai and Marina: Li Hai tortures Marina for information, while Marina fears for her life and provides details about the world.
• Li Hai and the agents: Li Hai displays his superior power and tactics, easily defeating the agents and their helicopters.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai learns about the vampire bloodline ranks and their corresponding powers.
• He kills Marina, the vampire Elder, to find out Ao Heiniu's location.
• Li Hai flies to Washington at supersonic speed, causing destruction and drawing military attention.
• The U.S. military bombards Li Hai's route with carpet bombing, destroying his Demon Ape Avatar.
• A stone gate appears in the aftermath, with a black sphere inside.

Character Developments

• Li Hai demonstrates his ruthlessness and determination to find Ao Heiniu.
• Marina shows her loyalty to her father, revealing his location before dying.
• The U.S. military shows their desperation to stop Li Hai, using excessive force.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and hierarchy, reflected in the vampire bloodline ranks.
• The consequences of reckless actions, as seen in the destruction Li Hai causes.
• The futility of conventional weapons against powerful entities, as demonstrated by the military's inability to stop Li Hai.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai interacts with Marina, extracting information before killing her.
• Li Hai's actions draw the attention of various powerful figures, including Ao Heiniu and the U.S. military.
• The U.S. military and Li Hai engage in a one-sided conflict, with Li Hai ultimately destroyed (though not permanently).

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Blood Clan celebrates Li Hai's first avatar's defeat with a banquet, using the avatar as the main course.
• Scientists discover the humanoid avatar's similarity to humans, causing confusion among the Blood Clan high-ups.
• Li Hai's second avatar causes destruction in XX City, shifting the Blood Clan's focus to dealing with it.
• Li Hai's true body arrives, killing a search team and heading towards Washington.
• Li Hai appears at a Blood Clan banquet in Washington, killing a high-up and revealing his human origin.

Character Developments

• Li Hai becomes more powerful and determined to save humans, now classified as Level 4.
• Blood Clan high-ups are shown to be arrogant, indulgent, and terrified when faced with Li Hai's power.

Significant Themes

• The dehumanization of humans in this world and their treatment as livestock.
• The power dynamics between the Blood Clan and humans.
• The struggle for survival and dominance between species.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai interacts with the Blood Clan high-ups, displaying his power and revealing his human origin.
• Blood Clan members interact with each other, showing fear, confusion, and despair when faced with Li Hai's threat.
• Li Hai interrogates Marina, learning about the humans' living conditions and intelligence levels.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai eliminates four Emperor-tier vampires, increasing his Stronger Fragment count to 24, allowing him to level up by 24 instantly.
• He flies towards the edge of the sky, suspecting it has a physical boundary.
• Li Hai discovers that the sun's Yang energy is inaccessible, and both Blood Clan and Werewolves fear the sun.
• He plans to remove the barrier isolating the sun to eliminate both factions.
• Li Hai reaches the firmament's edge, finding a crystal canopy with a fake sun projected on it.
• He realizes the sky, sun, moon, and stars are just images on a giant screen.

Character Developments

• Li Hai's power grows significantly, reaching level 4 with the ability to instantly surge 24 levels.
• His strategic thinking evolves as he plans to use the sun to eliminate his enemies.

Significant Themes

• The false nature of reality: The sky, sun, moon, and stars are revealed to be illusions.
• Power and growth: Li Hai's increasing strength and the consequences of his actions.
• Manipulation and control: The true sky's barrier and the fake sun's projection suggest a hidden power controlling the world.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai interacts with no other characters in this chapter, focusing on his personal journey and discoveries.

Title: "The Invitation"

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter begins with Cui Heng, a high school student, receiving a mysterious invitation to a "game" from an unknown sender.
• Cui Heng attends the game, held in an abandoned amusement park, where he meets other participants: Lin Wei, a confident and competitive student council president; Zhou Yu, a reserved and intelligent honor student; and Liu Fei, a cheerful and energetic class clown.
• The game's rules are revealed: each participant must find a hidden key within the park to escape. The last one remaining will face a "punishment."
• Cui Heng and Lin Wei form a temporary alliance, while Zhou Yu and Liu Fei stick together. They search for the key, facing various challenges and traps set up by the game's organizers.

Character Developments

• Cui Heng: Initially passive, he becomes more proactive and strategic as the game progresses.
• Lin Wei: Reveals a manipulative and ruthless side, prioritizing her own survival over others.
• Zhou Yu: Shows unexpected courage and resourcefulness, stepping up to protect Liu Fei.
• Liu Fei: Demonstrates resilience and determination, proving to be more than just a comedic relief.

Significant Themes

• Survival of the fittest: The game forces participants to prioritize their own survival, leading to moral dilemmas and betrayals.
• Trust and alliances: Characters form alliances based on convenience and self-interest, with trust being fragile and easily broken.
• The dark side of competition: The intense competition brings out the worst in some participants, revealing their hidden ambitions and ruthlessness.

Character Interactions

• Cui Heng and Lin Wei: Initially allies, they clash over their differing strategies and priorities.
• Zhou Yu and Liu Fei: Their bond deepens as they protect each other, forming a strong emotional connection.
• All participants: Tensions rise as they compete against each other, leading to mistrust and betrayals.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai opens the Cave Heaven Portal and destroys the boundless canopy above the Bloody Federal United States, causing a catastrophic collapse.
• The collapse reveals a desolate, withered wasteland beyond the world inhabited by the Blood Clan and Werewolves.
• The destruction of the canopy exposes the Blood Clan and Werewolves to true sunlight, causing them to burn and perish.
• A meteor shower of canopy fragments descends, further decimating the remaining population.
• Li Hai observes that the world of the Blood Clan and Werewolves is a Box Garden World, enclosed by a blue ice wall and supported by massive stone pillars.

Character Developments

• Li Hai demonstrates his immense power and determination to eradicate the Blood Clan and Werewolves.
• Li Hai shows curiosity and surprise upon discovering the true nature of the world he's in.

Significant Themes

• The power of nature and the consequences of disrupting the balance.
• The insignificance of humanity in the face of cosmic scales.
• The mystery of the world's creation and its purpose.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai interacts with the environment, destroying the canopy and observing the world's true nature.
• The Blood Clan and Werewolves interact with the environment, perishing due to Li Hai's actions and the revelation of the true world.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai discovers a massive, sealed chamber behind a colossal metal gate.
• The chamber is empty except for faint, blurred characters carved into the wall at the far end.
• The characters reveal that the chamber, the Box Garden World, and the Wild Earth once belonged to the Dagon Clan.
• The Dagon Clan and their allies, the Wuxian Clan, relied on humans as their primary food source.
• The Dagon Clan created the Box Garden World to preserve their civilization in case of a doomsday catastrophe.
• The Vampires and Werewolves in the Box Garden World are degraded versions of the Dagon Clan's embryos.
• The Dagon Clan embedded technology and cultivation techniques into the bloodlines of the Vampire and Werewolf progenitors.
• The Power of the United States is a technological tool left behind by the Dagon civilization.
• The Calamity Lord caused the extinction of the Dagon civilization.
• Li Hai's personal interface grants him eligibility for the Transcendence Elementary Preschool entrance examination, with tasks related to the Calamity Lord.

Character Developments

• Li Hai learns about the true nature of the Dagon Clan and their relationship with the Vampires, Werewolves, and the Wuxian Clan.
• Li Hai's comprehensive academic level is assessed as that of a kindergarten middle-class student.

Significant Themes

• The cyclical nature of civilizations and their rise and fall.
• The relationship between different races and their power dynamics.
• The use of technology and cultivation to preserve and advance civilizations.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai interacts with the Dagon Clan's history through their inscriptions, leading to his eligibility for the Transcendence Elementary Preschool entrance examination.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai, a Void-Reality Grandmaster, is now a child in a preschool intermediate class according to the system's standards.
• The system issues an exam: find and eliminate the Calamity Lord to become a "quasi-student" of Transcendence Elementary School.
• Rewards for passing include 30 fragments, an absolute resurrection chance, and a trait characteristic upgrade that synchronizes all traits.
• Gong Shuohong, Li Hai's subordinate, goes missing during an audit in Baolan Province, likely due to a beast tide and the destruction of the archives.
• Li Hai suspects foul play by Qiu Zhenglong, the Baolan Province branch commander, and travels there to investigate.

Character Developments

• Li Hai: Realizes his relative strength in the system's hierarchy, accepts the exam challenge, and demonstrates concern for his subordinate's safety.
• Gong Shuohong: Goes missing under suspicious circumstances, highlighting her diligence and importance to Li Hai.

Significant Themes

• The system's perspective on power and cultivation, contrasting with Li Hai's understanding.
• Suspicion and intrigue within the military hierarchy, reflecting potential corruption and power struggles.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai interacts with his subordinates, demonstrating his authority and concern for their well-being.
• Li Hai's thoughts reveal his suspicions about Qiu Zhenglong, setting the stage for potential conflict.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Hai learns about the Knight Alliance (Chivalry Alliance), which has existed for over three thousand years and currently occupies a vast territory southwest of the Great Jing's frontier.
• The Great Jing's policies have led many martial artists to flee to the Knight Alliance's territory, known as the Chaotic Lands.
• Li Hai arrives at Baolan Province, where the Demon-Slaying Division Commander, Qiu Zhenglong, awaits him. Li Hai brings a hundred Steel Rank martial artists with him.
• Li Hai orders the arrest of Qiu Zhenglong.

Character Developments

• Li Hai demonstrates his growing power and influence, bringing a hundred Steel Rank martial artists as his private soldiers.
• Qiu Zhenglong is revealed to be corrupt and likely involved in illegal activities, as Li Hai orders his arrest.

Significant Themes

• The struggle between imperial power and martial artists' freedom.
• The consequences of harsh policies on society and the martial arts world.
• The potential for different natural laws and ecologies in the Knight Alliance's territory.

Character Interactions

• Li Hai and Qiu Zhenglong: Li Hai's arrival signals trouble for Qiu Zhenglong, who is likely involved in corruption or illegal activities.
• Li Hai and his private soldiers: Li Hai's soldiers from Ox-Horn Town demonstrate their loyalty and newfound strength by arresting Qiu Zhenglong.