Recaps

Zhao Fu completed the initial construction of Wrath of the War God by raising a vast aerial island and empowering it with the God Clan Stone and Immortal Peach. He then considered Great Qin’s expansion and chose to investigate and target the Corpse Cloth World first.

• Zhao Fu transplanted the Immortal Peach to the site of Wrath of the War God and gathered Great Qin’s talisman masters to build a region-wide formation.
• Zhao Fu placed the Myriad-Weight Source Stone in the formation, causing the land to rise into a colossal aerial island one hundred thousand li across.
• Zhao Fu placed the God Clan Stone and transplanted the Immortal Peach, greatly improving Wrath of the War God’s defenses, flight, and vitality.
• Zhao Fu considered expanding into the Charm Demon World and learned that the Demon Horn Empire planned to attack the Mermaid World.
• Zhao Fu weighed expansion toward the Corpse Cloth World or an unknown neighboring world and chose to clarify and target the Corpse Cloth World first.

Zhao Fu entered the Corpse Cloth World to investigate its people and military capabilities, discovering a world ruled by seven continent-spanning factions. Shi Xiao and the other leaders feared Great Qin’s coming attack, while Zhao Fu’s findings showed that conquering the unified world would be difficult.

• Zhao Fu arrived in the Corpse Cloth World and learned that its residents used yin-soaked bandages as weapons and armor.
• Zhao Fu threatened a village into revealing information, then traveled to larger cities to investigate the world.
• Zhao Fu learned that Shi Xiao and six other inheritors each ruled a continent and had established powerful nations.
• Zhao Fu studied the Corpse Cloth World’s unusual combat methods, which relied on beast materials and controllable bandages.
• Shi Xiao and the other six leaders discussed the danger Great Qin posed, while keeping the threat secret from ordinary people.

Zhao Fu investigated Corpse Cloth World and returned to Great Qin to prepare for a future attack. Before he could travel onward, the Wind God Empire arrived in the region, seized a continent of Charm Demon World, and massacred its inhabitants, alarming the surrounding powers.

• Shi Xiao and the other leaders of Corpse Cloth World secretly prepared forbidden methods to resist Great Qin, while Zhao Fu gathered intelligence about their weapons, weaknesses, and rumored Netherworld treasure trove.
• Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin and ordered preparations for an attack on Corpse Cloth World, though the invasion had to wait while Great Qin consolidated Spirit Light World.
• An Emperor Heaven Realm cultivator announced that the Wind God Empire claimed the world beneath Charm Demon World, and three billion Tier 3 soldiers seized a continent there.
• The Wind God Empire's soldiers slaughtered nearly all the Charm Demons on the continent, prompting panic and defensive preparations across the region.
• Representatives from the Inner Guti Domain sought to learn the Wind God Empire's intentions, while Yao Ming recognized that its arrival had made it the region's strongest power.

Zhao Fu investigated the Wind God Empire’s sudden arrival and visited the Charm Demon World, where Mei Xianggu told him a continent’s ruler sought a powerful man’s protection. He headed there, while Yao Ming arrived first to contend for the ruler’s favor.

• Zhao Fu tried to enter the world where the Wind God Empire had appeared, but its barrier blocked him, so he sent Mosak and Yu Ling through to gather intelligence.
• Zhao Fu visited the Gurao Kingdom and asked Mei Xianggu about the Charm Demon Empire’s response to the Wind God Empire.
• Mei Xianggu told Zhao Fu that Mei Qiangu, ruler of a continent, sought a powerful man who could conquer her and protect her land; Zhao Fu agreed to go meet her.
• Yao Ming arrived before Zhao Fu and challenged several Charm Clan men, while Mei Qiangu recognized him as the ruler of the Demon Horn Empire.

Mei Qiangu sought protection for her continent by negotiating with Yao Ming, but Zhao Fu arrived and drove the Demon Horn Empire king away. She then pledged herself and her four female generals to Zhao Fu, leaving their alliance with Great Qin established.

• Mei Qiangu accepted Yao Ming's offer of support and invited him to conquer her physically according to the Charm Clan's customs.
• Zhao Fu arrived with Mei Xianggu and struck Yao Ming back when he tried to seize Mei Qiangu.
• Mei Qiangu recognized Zhao Fu as the Emperor of the Great Qin Empire and rejected Yao Ming, provoking him to attack her.
• Zhao Fu fought Yao Ming and forced him to escape from Mei Qiangu's territory.
• Mei Qiangu thanked Zhao Fu, led him into her tent, and introduced her four female generals.
• Mei Xianggu and the four generals joined Zhao Fu and Mei Qiangu in the tent.

Zhao Fu fused seventy-two Saint Domains into his Six Desires Demon Gods Saint Domain and broke through to the Saint Realm. As the Wind God Empire threatened the Charm Demon World, he arranged for the Charm Bone Kingdom and Gurao Kingdom to move their forces to Great Qin, while Yu Ling and Mosak returned with news.

• Zhao Fu began cultivating after discovering he was close to a breakthrough, while Mei Xianggu persuaded Mei Qiangu and the four female generals to follow her lead in serving him.
• Zhao Fu released the pressure of his Holy Blood as he formed his Saint Domain, frightening Mei Qiangu, Mei Xianggu, and the four female generals into leaving.
• Zhao Fu absorbed the seventy-two Saint Domains he had fused into his body and officially reached the Saint Realm.
• Yao Ming abandoned plans to expand toward the Mermaid World, sent envoys to other kingdoms, and considered joining forces against the Wind God Empire.
• Zhao Fu ordered Mei Qiangu and the Gurao Kingdom to relocate most of their forces to Great Qin, and their forces began moving.
• Yu Ling and Mosak returned to Great Qin with news from their world.

Zhao Fu learned that the Wind Spirit World might be allied with the Wind God Empire and took steps to protect Great Qin by alerting the empire’s rival, the Demon Cloud Empire. With nearby wars easing, he also planned to expand the Imperial Killing Sword World by turning Ancient Sword Sect disciples into Sword-Wielding Demonifications, and went to Lin Yan’er for help.

• Zhao Fu learned that Wei Daozhe ruled the Wind Spirit World’s Central Continent and considered whether the Wind God Empire was an enemy or ally of the Wind Spirit World.
• Zhao Fu discussed preparations with his ministers, investigated the Wind God Empire, and leaked news of its movements to its mortal enemy, the Demon Cloud Empire.
• The Demon Cloud Empire verified the reports and mobilized troops, while Zhao Fu ordered Great Qin to strengthen itself and planned to seek support from Inner Domain nations.
• Zhao Fu focused on the Imperial Killing Sword World’s ability to create ten thousand Sword-Wielding Demonifications and chose the Ancient Sword Sect as a source of sword cultivators.
• Zhao Fu visited Lin Yan’er to ask for help understanding the Ancient Sword Sect, and found Ling Feixue there as well.

Zhao Fu and Lin Yan'er planned to capture ten thousand Ancient Sword Sect enforcement cultivators by using a captured elder’s token to summon them. Lin Yan'er lured the elder’s beloved disciple, Liu Nan, out of the sect, setting their trap in motion.

• Ling Feixue surrendered to Zhao Fu and asked him to spare some members of the Ancient Sword Sect, and he promised he would.
• Zhao Fu learned from Lin Yan'er that the Ancient Sword Sect’s enforcement squad had more than eighty thousand sixth-order sword cultivators.
• Zhao Fu planned to capture an enforcement elder and use his token to gather ten thousand squad members, relying on his Nation-Guarding Artifact to overcome the elder.
• Lin Yan'er suggested luring out the elder by capturing his cherished disciple, Liu Nan, and said Liu Nan would come if she contacted him.
• Lin Yan'er summoned Liu Nan, who arrived delighted to see her and believed she had missed him.

Lin Yan'er lured Liu Nan into summoning his master, then killed him and joined Zhao Fu to ambush the arriving elder. After killing the elder, Zhao Fu gathered ten thousand Ancient Sword Sect law-enforcement sword cultivators and trapped them with the Imperial Killing Sword's Ghost Lord ability.

• Lin Yan'er tricked Liu Nan into calling his master, then killed him after revealing that Zhao Fu was her husband.
• Zhao Fu and Lin Yan'er waited for the elder, and Zhao Fu ambushed him with the Bronze Giant before killing him after several exchanges.
• Zhao Fu used the elder's token to order ten thousand law-enforcement sword cultivators to gather at their location.
• Zhao Fu revealed himself and trapped the gathered cultivators inside a black-blood-colored barrier.
• Zhao Fu activated Ghost Lord, and ghostly figures began dragging the law-enforcement sword cultivators into the void.

Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin after killing the Ancient Sword Sect’s forces and learned that the Demon Horn Empire had broken up the alliance and attacked the isolated White God World. The White God Clan fought back against the invading demon beast army, but the chapter left their defenses under assault.

• Zhao Fu escaped with Lin Yan'er after the Imperial Killing Sword World consumed the Ancient Sword Sect cultivators, and the sect began searching for him.
• Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin and heard from Arthur Tina that the Demon Horn Empire’s promises to four worlds had caused the alliance to collapse.
• The Demon Horn Empire attacked the White God World from the Stone Spirit World and the Half-Werewolf World, while the White God World established two defensive lines.
• The White God Clan activated its crystal pillars and fired beams of White Spirit Light at the advancing demon beast army.

The Demon Horn Empire overwhelmed the White God Clan, and Yao Ming killed the White God World’s strongest expert as the defenders began to flee. The Thirteen Divine Maidens appeared to empower the White God Clan, but Yao Ming shattered their barrier and sent them flying, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Blue-eyed beasts and Demon Horn soldiers attacked the White God Clan’s walls, breaking through its defenses and turning the battle into a slaughter.
• Yao Ming killed the White God World’s strongest expert, prompting White God Clan soldiers to retreat or try to escape.
• Yao Ming ordered the Demon Horn army to pursue as the White God Clan’s defense collapsed.
• The Thirteen Divine Maidens raised thirteen pillars of light that strengthened fleeing White God Clan members and weakened the Demon Horn soldiers.
• Yao Ming attacked the Divine Maidens, and their leader joined the others in raising a barrier that his blade shattered, sending all thirteen flying and extinguishing the pillars.

Zhao Fu defeated the Demon Horn Empire’s immediate attack, then forced the White God Clan to submit to Great Qin and appointed its thirteen goddesses as priestesses of the God of Light. He learned that the Demon Horn Empire had withdrawn because another Demon Horn army had already breached the White God World.

• Zhao Fu arrived as Yao Ming attacked the thirteen goddesses, and the two fought while Great Qin’s army charged the Demon Horn forces.
• The Demon Horn Empire retreated, leaving Great Qin and the White God Clan facing each other in a tense standoff.
• Zhao Fu rejected the White God Clan’s offer of territory and demanded that its members surrender or die.
• Great Qin attacked as the White God Clan fled, and Zhao Fu asked the thirteen goddesses why they had not run.
• Zhao Fu offered the White God Clan as the life-bound god clan of the God of Light and appointed the thirteen goddesses as priestesses; Leng Fei'e accepted his authority.
• Zhao Fu discovered that another Demon Horn army had already breached the White God World.

Great Qin and the Demon Horn Empire fought a devastating war over the White God World, then stopped after suffering heavy losses and divided the world between them. Zhao Fu brought the thirteen divine maidens to meet a true god being nurtured by Great Qin, leaving them shocked by the revelation.

• Zhao Fu ordered Great Qin to attack the White God World, and Great Qin and the Demon Horn Empire each occupied two of its four continents.
• Yao Ming gathered his troops and fought Great Qin, but both empires suffered heavy losses before their rulers ordered their armies to stop and withdraw.
• The White God World was split between the two empires, and Zhao Fu planned to relocate the White God Clan to Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu brought the thirteen divine maidens to the Hall of Light, where they saw a holy woman whose presence revealed her to be a true god.
• The divine maidens worried that the god could gain faith and seize power, unaware that Great Qin's monarch's authority placed even gods beneath its rule.

Zhao Fu made the White God Clan Rexi’s natal divine clan, greatly strengthening the God of Light and granting her control over the clan. Afterward, Leng Fei'e asked Zhao Fu to kill Yao Ming for murdering her father, and he promised he would.

• Zhao Fu told Rexi he planned to make the White God Clan her natal divine clan, and Rexi accepted the thirteen divine maidens as her priestesses.
• Rexi and the thirteen divine maidens performed a ritual as White God Clan members offered their faith and blood, forming a Faith Blood Crystal for Rexi.
• Rexi absorbed the Faith Blood Crystal, gained control of the White God Clan, and greatly increased her divine power.
• Zhao Fu examined Rexi’s new blessings and divine arts, then was intimate with Rexi and the thirteen divine maidens.
• Leng Fei'e asked Zhao Fu to kill Yao Ming for murdering her father, and Zhao Fu promised to do it before they made love.
• Leng Fei'e told Zhao Fu that surrendering to him seemed no different from being taken by Yao Ming, and Zhao Fu said he would treat her as his woman.

After a cavern collapsed beneath Great Qin, Zhao Fu descended into its depths and discovered a damaged seal releasing chaotic turbulent qi from beyond the realms. Alasna warned him that breaking the seal could let in creatures capable of destroying Great Qin and countless worlds.

• An explosion collapsed part of Great Qin’s underground passages, and Li Wen reported a vast, dangerous opening to Zhao Fu.
• Zhao Fu entered the opening with the Imperial Killing Sword, while Great Qin’s ministers summoned Alasna to assist him.
• Giant worms attacked Zhao Fu as he fell, but he cut them down with the Imperial Killing Sword and its Sword Dao.
• Zhao Fu cleared the worms and found a jade floor with a chained sealing formation whose cracked center released a terrifying aura.
• Alasna identified the aura as chaotic turbulent qi from beyond the realms and warned Zhao Fu that the seal might conceal a passage through which invading creatures could endanger Great Qin and many worlds.

Zhao Fu and Alasna investigated a damaged seal near Great Qin, then used the Heaven-Sealing Sword to open it and entered the space beyond. They found an underground passage and learned more about the powerful master of the Great Void Ruins.

• Zhao Fu discovered that the seal was damaged and feared creatures from beyond the world could threaten Great Qin.
• Alasna said Great Qin lacked the strength to reseal it, but Zhao Fu refused to alert other powers because he needed to protect Great Qin's secrets.
• Zhao Fu ordered Yu Ling and Mosak to weaken the seal, then used the Heaven-Sealing Sword to absorb its sealing power and widen the opening.
• Zhao Fu and Alasna entered the rift and found a vast, artificially excavated underground space with a dark passage.
• Alasna told Zhao Fu that the master of the Great Void Ruins had nearly reached immortal strength and had sealed her beyond the world.

Zhao Fu and Alasna entered the Outer Realm Battlefield and discovered they had reached a relatively safe frontier region. Alasna explained how factions survived there, and Zhao Fu began considering how Great Qin could establish itself and prepare for future battles.

• Zhao Fu and Alasna passed through a bone-filled passage and opened a powerful metal gate leading deeper into the Outer Realm Battlefield.
• Zhao Fu and Alasna emerged into a secluded canyon beneath a star-filled sky, where Alasna explained that the Outer Realm had twelve moons at night and eight suns by day.
• Alasna surveyed the area and told Zhao Fu that they were in a relatively low-risk frontier region, though even immortals could perish through carelessness.
• Alasna advised Zhao Fu to establish a gathering place, build defenses, gather soldiers and supplies, and prepare formations or Sunlight Gems to protect against the eight suns.
• Alasna warned Zhao Fu that Outer Realm creatures were difficult to subdue and suggested capturing some for experiments to develop stronger Spirit-Extinguishing Crystals.

Zhao Fu and Alasna hunted outer world creatures before dawn, capturing many kinds to prepare for a settlement and strengthen Spirit-Extinguishing Crystals. As eight suns rose, they encountered and captured a humanoid outer world creature, then returned toward Great Qin.

• Alasna warned Zhao Fu that outer world creatures could appear during the day and urged him to prepare a settlement before dawn.
• Zhao Fu captured Fire-Red Ants and hunted many other outer world creatures, earning Outer World Points and collecting over twenty creature types.
• Eight suns rose, forcing Zhao Fu to shield himself from the intense sunlight as Alasna called him “Husband” and they headed for the hidden passage.
• Zhao Fu encountered a humanoid outer world creature that attacked with a stone spear, shattered the weapon, bound the man, and took him back to Great Qin.

Zhao Fu oversaw Great Qin’s research into creatures beyond the realm, leading to the creation of Blood Spirit Crystals that helped weapons pierce their defenses. He also learned the language of the world beyond the realm from a captured humanoid creature, leaving Great Qin better equipped to fight and study its enemies.

• Zhao Fu ordered Bai Shan and Great Qin’s researchers to investigate captured creatures beyond the realm, and they found the creatures resisted spiritual energy and had unusually strong defenses.
• The scholars used blood from the creatures to make Blood Spirit Crystals, and a soldier showed that a crystal-enhanced spear pierced a Green Kiln Bug more easily.
• Zhao Fu ordered Blood Spirit Crystals produced in large quantities while the researchers continued work on improved Spirit-Extinguishing Crystals.
• Researchers tested a captured humanoid creature and found that ordinary healing medicine had little effect on creatures beyond the realm.
• A scholar gave Zhao Fu a Language Stone that taught him the humanoid creature’s language, and Zhao Fu learned it.

Zhao Fu established a fortified settlement in the Outer Realm, using the Sunblazing Immortal Emperor Formation to shield Great Qin from the eight suns and gather Sun God Stones. After the Corpse soul Guards defeated a swarm of Pale-Eyed Rats, Zhao Fu and Alasna hunted stronger creatures to earn points for an exchange stele.

• Zhao Fu chose the Sunblazing Immortal Emperor Formation and brought Alasna and one hundred thousand Corpse soul Guards into the Outer Realm.
• The Corpse soul Guards built a circular wall overnight and repelled several small attacks by Outer Realm creatures.
• Zhao Fu activated the formation, whose nine Golden Crows absorbed sunlight and protected the settlement while producing Sun God Stones.
• Zhao Fu and Alasna lured one hundred thousand Pale-Eyed Rats to the settlement, where the Corpse soul Guards killed them without letting them breach the wall.
• Zhao Fu left a General in charge of the settlement and went with Alasna to hunt stronger creatures for exchange points.
• Alasna killed thousands of flying Tier 3 seahorse-like creatures with dark divine power, and Zhao Fu regretted that they could not be subdued for Great Qin.

Zhao Fu and Alasna cleared nearby Outer Realm creatures and established an exchange stele in their settlement, where he discovered rewards of unimaginable power. He decided to develop the Outer Realm Battlefield as a long-term resource and potential refuge for Great Qin.

• Zhao Fu killed fourth-order Outer Realm creatures near the settlement and received an Apocalypse World Exchange Stele.
• Zhao Fu and Alasna placed the stele in the settlement, and Zhao Fu examined its rewards, including resurrection, time reversal, and immortality.
• Zhao Fu concluded that the Outer Realm Battlefield offered valuable rewards, ruins, and resources, and decided to develop it for Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu brought Outer Realm corpses to Great Qin to produce Blood Spirit Crystals and materials, then transferred talented people to the battlefield.

Great Qin attacked Corpse Cloth World but was stopped by a deadly Ghost Infant Curse made from tens of millions of infants. Zhao Fu summoned the God of Light and the Saints of Spirit Light World to purify the curse, while the Corpse Cloth Clan debated whether to use its last remaining method.

• Zhao Fu sent soldiers into Corpse Cloth World, but a curse killed both the ground scouts and the flyers.
• An old Daoist priest identified the danger as a powerful curse and revealed its ghost infants with talismans.
• The priest reported that the curse had likely been formed using tens of millions of infants, and Zhao Fu summoned Rexi and the Saints of Spirit Light World to purify it.
• The God of Light and the Saints drove back the gray aura and ghost infants, though purification progressed slowly.
• A bald man asked Shi Xiao whether the Corpse Cloth Clan should use its next method, and a woman warned that it would leave them with no choice but to fight Great Qin head-on.

Great Qin withdrew from Corpse Cloth World after the Demon Horn Empire attacked its territories, giving Zhao Fu time to prepare another way to dispel the cursed land. Zhao Fu then opened Great Qin’s imperial examination as the court’s factional tensions over female officials continued.

• Shi Xiao considered agreeing to use the proposed method to defend Corpse Cloth World when a soldier announced that Great Qin had withdrawn.
• Yao Ming’s Demon Horn Empire attacked Great Qin’s three occupied continents, forcing Zhao Fu to redirect his forces and temporarily halt the campaign.
• Yao Ming ordered the Demon Horn army to retreat after Great Qin returned to defend its territories, while Zhao Fu prepared to dispel the cursed land and turned to domestic affairs.
• Zhao Fu presided over the imperial examination as students gathered in the royal city to compete for official posts.
• Zhao Fu and his ministers watched the examination while Wang Jian oversaw the military examination and Bai Qi guarded the three continents.
• The chapter described how Li Muqing, Shangguan Wan'er, Lu Lingxuan, and Li Xiaoling faced bias and suppression from male officials despite Zhao Fu’s stated support for equality.

As Great Qin’s social order settled, Zhao Fu observed the rise of rival men’s and women’s organizations and listened as Li Muqing recommended women to strengthen their position in government. The civil examination results were announced, and its top ten candidates were brought before Zhao Fu.

• The Flower-Washing Pavilion and Poetry Sword grew into rival organizations whose large-scale poetry contests once required the court to send troops to restore order.
• Members of Flower-Washing Pavilion, Poetry Sword, noble families, and the Hundred Schools of Thought entered the civil examination with ambitions to shape Great Qin.
• Li Muqing recommended women she favored to Zhao Fu, seeking to increase female officials’ influence and resist their suppression.
• Zhao Fu listened to officials’ recommendations and paid attention to the talented people they put forward.
• The civil examination results were announced, and the top ten candidates knelt and bowed before Zhao Fu.

Zhao Fu oversaw the imperial examinations and rejected ministers’ attempts to use the results to limit women’s advancement. He then left the martial examination for the Charm Demon World, where Mei Xianggu told him the Wind God Empire had ordered its inhabitants to evacuate within three days or face extermination.

• Zhao Fu asked the examination’s ten top students to introduce themselves, then silenced ministers who argued that men deserved greater support and women should be barred from important positions.
• Li Muqing and Lu Lingxuan defended women’s abilities, but Zhao Fu ended the dispute and warned the ministers against internal conflict while Great Qin faced tensions beyond its borders.
• Zhao Fu watched the martial examination with Wu Zetian until a soldier summoned him to the Charm Demon World; Wu Zetian asked him to return that night.
• Mei Xianggu told Zhao Fu that the Wind God Empire had given everyone in the Charm Demon World three days to leave or be killed, and Zhao Fu realized the threat could lead to a massacre.