Recaps

The Guti Domain considered intervening to reconcile Great Qin, Wind God, and Demon Horn, while the Flame Kingdom grew wary of Great Qin’s rise. In Great Qin’s palace, Liu Yuexian, Zhang Shuyun, and Yang Yuyan tried to trade themselves for the release of their imprisoned relatives, but Zhao Fu turned on them.

• The Guti Domain decided to send envoys to try to keep the three newly risen kingdoms from fighting and to discourage outside interference.
• The Flame Kingdom recognized Great Qin as a kingdom and regarded it as a far greater threat.
• Zhao Fu received Liu Yuexian, Zhang Shuyun, and Yang Yuyan after telling them that Li Baiqing had lost again and fled to the Fire Flame Kingdom.
• Liu Yuexian, Zhang Shuyun, and Yang Yuyan offered themselves to Zhao Fu in exchange for the release of Li Baiqing, Zhang Shuyun’s husband, and their other imprisoned relatives.
• Zhao Fu mocked Liu Yuexian, then blasted the three women away and seized Liu Yuexian by the throat with an invisible force.

Zhao Fu spared Liu Yuexian, Zhang Shuyun, and Yang Yuyan after Sen Yin intervened, and Sen Yin advised them to win his consideration through genuine care. After Great Qin’s rise to kingdom status drew envoys from across the region and Azure Province, Zhao Fu welcomed them while they explored Great Qin and assessed its power.

• Zhao Fu nearly strangled Liu Yuexian, Zhang Shuyun, and Yang Yuyan, but Sen Yin persuaded him to release them.
• Liu Yuexian explained why the three women had tried to gain Zhao Fu’s favor, and Sen Yin warned them to show him sincere concern instead.
• Zhao Fu received envoys from the Guti Domain and other regions, including Bing Qixue, Yin Ruoshi, and several prominent figures from Azure Province.
• Zhao Fu welcomed the envoys and hosted a banquet at the imperial palace.
• The visiting factions toured Great Qin to gather information, impressed by its sudden rise and uncertain about the source of its strength.

Bing Qixue and the others learned that Qingmu Rou and Jiu Xiaoyun had become Zhao Fu’s women and were keeping Great Qin’s secrets, prompting warnings not to provoke Great Qin. Meanwhile, Azure Province Domain’s representatives argued over whether to approach Great Qin peacefully or try to seize its methods by force.

• Gu Qingyue asked Qingmu Rou and Jiu Xiaoyun why they had become Zhao Fu’s women, and Qingmu Rou refused to reveal Great Qin’s secret.
• Jiu Xiaoyun warned Bing Qixue and the others that Great Qin was beyond their imagination, and Yin Ruoshi advised them to avoid entangling themselves with it.
• Jiu Xiaoyun teased that Yin Ruoshi would eventually become Zhao Fu’s woman, while Yin Ruoshi blushed and denied having feelings for him.
• Youquan praised Great Qin’s beauties, while Shi Shuge, Ming Jian, and Niu Hu warned that Great Qin was powerful and should not be provoked.
• Ye Kuang proposed attacking Great Qin to seize its methods and treasures, but Niu Hu refused, and Shi Shuge stopped the two men from fighting.

Leaders visiting Great Qin pressed Zhao Fu to reveal how it had gained alchemy and Alchemy Holy Beasts, but he refused to share Great Qin’s secrets. He gave them Philosopher’s Stones instead, then rejected a further request for the method to conquer an Alchemy Clan family.

• A mild-tempered young man asked Zhao Fu how Great Qin had obtained the power of alchemy and Alchemy Holy Beasts.
• Zhao Fu said Great Qin had made Philosopher’s Stones and conquered an Alchemy Clan family, but refused to disclose the methods.
• The visitors offered payment, gratitude, and friendship in exchange for the secrets, but Zhao Fu declined and gave each of them Philosopher’s Stones.
• The visitors examined the stones and considered studying them to learn how to make their own.
• A round-faced young man asked Zhao Fu for the method to conquer an Alchemy Clan family, but Zhao Fu angrily refused and told them to research it themselves.

Zhao Fu gave the visiting factions Philosopher's Stones to ease their hostility toward Great Qin and secure their goodwill, while secretly planning to use Great Qin’s control over the stones to influence them later. The factions left excited by his generosity, and news of Great Qin’s offers quickly spread.

• Zhao Fu offered to sell Philosopher's Stones to the visiting factions at a suitable price and hinted that Great Qin might give them away to close friends.
• Zhao Fu reasoned that distributing the stones would reduce jealousy and hostility, build Great Qin’s influence, and provide leverage because Great Qin could control the stones’ power of time.
• Zhao Fu gave each faction a storage ring containing three hundred thousand Philosopher's Stones and promised more stones and War Holy Beasts to those who helped Great Qin.
• Shi Shuge and Yin Ruoshi doubted Great Qin’s motives and planned to have their experts inspect the stones and seek the production method.
• The factions left Great Qin excited and reported Zhao Fu’s offer, causing rumors about the stones and War Holy Beasts to spread quickly.

Great Qin distributed Philosopher's Stones to visitors, drawing many supporters away from the Demon Horn Empire and the First Wind God Empire. As those factions struggled to respond, their remaining allies pledged support and Long Yang demanded the women of Great Qin’s Imperial Palace as his price for joining the campaign against it.

• Many visitors received Philosopher's Stones from Great Qin and praised it, while others left the Demon Horn Empire and the First Wind God Empire to seek its rewards.
• Jian Yin and other supporters discussed Great Qin's growing influence, and Fengshen Sha urged them to trust that the First Wind God would eventually help destroy it.
• Jian Yin offered to persuade the Ancient Sword Sect to support the First Wind God Empire, and Fengshen Sha thanked him.
• Yao Ming reassured the Demon Horn Empire's remaining allies that those who stayed were its true friends, and Xiong Xiao and Long Yang pledged their support.
• Long Yang agreed to have the Eight Dragon Origin Sect support the Demon Horn Empire, but demanded that the women of Great Qin's Imperial Palace belong to him if they breached Great Qin.

Long Yang, Xiong Xiao, and Yao Ming discussed the women they planned to seize if they conquered Great Qin, while the Alliance worried about the growing power of Great Qin, Demon Horn, and Wind God. As other factions studied Great Qin’s Philosopher’s Stones and sought to stay on friendly terms with it, Zhao Fu began planning a careful strategy against the Alliance and left the main hall after hearing immense sword cries.

• Long Yang, Xiong Xiao, and Yao Ming agreed to enjoy Great Qin’s women if they breached the empire.
• The Alliance members regretted helping Demon Horn and Wind God become kingdoms and decided to focus on Great Qin while guarding against the other two kingdoms.
• The factions failed to understand how Great Qin produced Philosopher’s Stones, so they maintained friendly relations with Great Qin while cautiously testing the stones.
• Zhao Fu judged the Alliance to be Great Qin’s greatest threat and ordered information gathered on its factions so he could plan a less destructive approach.
• Zhao Fu reviewed Alliance intelligence with Li Si and Bai Qi, then left the main hall after hearing immense sword cries.

Zhao Fu inspected Great Qin’s newly completed Five Elements Flying Swords and watched a thousand sword cultivators bind themselves to the living weapons and demonstrate their destructive power. Impressed by the result, he left Ge Nie to train more cultivators to wield the millions of swords Great Qin had prepared.

• The Five Elements Sword Embryos finished their long cultivation and became living Five Elements Flying Swords.
• Zhao Fu asked Ge Nie to present the sword cultivators he had trained, and a thousand men and women stepped forward.
• The sword cultivators bound the flying swords to themselves by letting the swords absorb their blood, then gained precise control over them.
• The cultivators used Ge Nie’s Ten Thousand Swords Art to direct the thousand swords in an attack that carved a vast pit into the ground.
• Zhao Fu praised the swords’ power and assigned Ge Nie to train more sword cultivators, since Great Qin had only about five hundred and ten million swords to wield.

Zhao Fu tried to divide the Alliance by offering selected factions protection and Philosopher's Stones. The factions accepted the gifts but hesitated to use them, leaving their allegiance undecided.

• Zhao Fu sent Night Soldiers to deliver letters offering selected Alliance factions friendship, Philosopher's Stones, and a warning that refusal would make them targets for Great Qin.
• The factions weighed Great Qin's offer against the dangers posed by the Wind God Empire, the Demon Horn Empire, and the Alliance, then asked for time to consider without rejecting Zhao Fu outright.
• Zhao Fu ordered Wang Ergou to send each faction a large quantity of Philosopher's Stones, and storage rings containing one hundred million stones arrived at their bases.
• The faction leaders realized using the stones could strengthen them but expose their connection to Great Qin, so they kept the gifts unused rather than return them.
• Zhao Fu learned that the factions had not used the Philosopher's Stones and was surprised by their restraint.

Zhao Fu ordered Ye Qiuye to have the White Sect secretly sell Philosopher's Stones throughout the Alliance, and their growing popularity provoked a dispute among Alliance factions. The Alliance leaders were unable to agree on banning the stones and were urged to preserve their unity against Great Qin, Demon Horn, and Wind God.

• Zhao Fu gave Ye Qiuye Philosopher's Stones and ordered her to arrange their concealed sale within the Alliance.
• Ye Qiuye's subordinates distributed the stones through intermediaries, auction houses, and shops, and buyers flocked to acquire them.
• Alliance factions split between those who wanted to ban Great Qin's stones and those who wanted to use them to strengthen their forces.
• Small factions and Great Qin's supporters pushed back against the ban, arguing that the stones offered security and power.
• A mediator called on both sides to unite against Great Qin, Demon Horn, and Wind God, and the factions calmed down.

The Alliance allowed each region to decide whether to use the Philosopher's Stone, and Zhao Fu was pleased that Great Qin’s allies could strengthen themselves with its supplies. After hearing about his relatives’ troubles, Zhao Fu searched the Heavenly Spirit Pavilion for ways to draw power from the Immortal Realm, but realized the search could lead Great Qin into danger.

• The Alliance rejected a general ban on the Philosopher's Stone and left its use to each region, while factions connected to Great Qin planned to use their supplies in batches.
• Zhao Fu visited the White Sect's palace and heard from Mei Xiaoyan that his older cousin lived quietly with his wife Zheng Qiu and their son, Zhao Feihu, while other relatives demanded status and official positions.
• Zhao Fu dismissed the complaints about Zheng Qiu and his relatives, then left for the Heavenly Spirit Pavilion the next morning.
• Zhao Fu found information explaining that immortal qi entered Half-Immortal Realms through cracks between realms, and concluded that Great Qin would need to locate such a crack without provoking a saint-grade faction.

Zhao Fu entered the Return to Ruin to establish a formation that could draw its power into the newly formed three realms, but found himself in a lawless, endless void with nowhere to build it. After days of searching, he discovered a bone-covered platform and faced the choice of approaching it.

• Zhao Fu learned that the Return to Ruin was a terrifying realm where all things, even worlds and immortals, eventually ended.
• Zhao Fu prepared a plane-breaking formation and traveled with Ling Ji to the Land of Reincarnation, where he activated it and descended into the Return to Ruin.
• Zhao Fu arrived in a void without space, time, laws, or any visible landmarks, thwarting his plan to construct a return formation.
• Zhao Fu searched forward for several days, then descended through the darkness for several more, finding nothing until he spotted a huge hexagonal platform covered in white bones.
• Zhao Fu stopped before the platform, sensed its unknown terror, and wondered whether to approach it.

Zhao Fu triggered a sealed monster while exploring a bone-covered platform in the Ruins of Return, but six divine generals emerging from stone pillars destroyed its clone. He realized the monster’s true body might be an immortal-level existence and recognized that the ruins were far more dangerous than he could handle.

• Zhao Fu cautiously explored the platform and found bones from many races, then walked toward its center.
• A surge of blood erupted, and a tentacle struck Zhao Fu, shattering his three defensive barriers and badly injuring him.
• Zhao Fu entered the Myriad Gods state and blasted the tentacle apart with a beam from the mirror on his forehead.
• The colossal, one-eyed monster emerged, restrained Zhao Fu, and attacked him with multiple tentacles.
• Six divine generals burst from stone pillars and destroyed the monster’s body, which Zhao Fu suspected was only a clone of a sealed immortal-level being.

Zhao Fu returned to the dangerous platform in the Ruins of Return after failing to find another place for a teleportation base point. He used the power of his seven Imperial Stars to repair the seal imprisoning an Immortal-grade monster, leaving the platform safe to use for a Teleportation Array.

• Zhao Fu searched the endless void for several days but found no alternative base point, so he returned to the platform and decided to use it.
• Zhao Fu sensed that the sealed creature was an Immortal-grade monster, and discovered that a crack in its seal had allowed its power to escape.
• Zhao Fu summoned his seven Imperial Stars and used their power to repair the crack in the seal.
• The monster roared and threatened Zhao Fu, but he ignored it and completed the repair, preventing the monster and its avatars from escaping.

Zhao Fu completed a teleportation array on the sealed platform and prepared to return to the Earth Realm, but the imprisoned monster contacted him and offered a deal. After signing a soul contract and receiving the monster’s limited knowledge, Zhao Fu asked what it knew about the Return to Ruin.

• Zhao Fu finished the teleportation array at the center of the platform, intending to use it to channel Return to Ruin power into the Earth Realm.
• The sealed monster called out to Zhao Fu and offered to give him what he wanted if he freed it after becoming powerful.
• Zhao Fu negotiated for immediate benefits, and he and the monster signed a soul contract before it transmitted its mastered inheritances and secret arts.
• Zhao Fu learned that the monster was a Spirit of Return to Ruin sealed by a Profound Immortal, then asked it to share what it knew about the Return to Ruin.

Kedom explained the Return to Ruin to Zhao Fu and gave him the Ten Nether Earth Transmission method, which could draw a world’s power and origin into another world. Zhao Fu used it to channel Return to Ruin power into Reincarnation Space, where it fused with reincarnation power as Zhao Fu mastered the new power.

• Kedom told Zhao Fu that the Return to Ruin was a vast resting place for things from other realms and that even mighty experts could easily die there.
• Kedom said it knew no way to bring immortal energy into the lower realm but transmitted the Ten Nether Earth Transmission method to Zhao Fu.
• Zhao Fu returned to the Earth Realm and spent a day gathering materials and setting up the formation in Reincarnation Space and the Return to Ruin.
• Zhao Fu activated the formation, drawing vast quantities of Return to Ruin power into Reincarnation Space.
• The Return to Ruin power fused with reincarnation power to create a new law, and Zhao Fu absorbed and mastered the power before leaving the pillar of light.

Zhao Fu found no information about Immortal Realm rifts at Heavenly Spirit Pavilion, then ordered Wang Ergou to expose selected Alliance factions as Great Qin collaborators. The leak alarmed Great Qin’s hostile opponents, who gathered to discuss how to prevent the Alliance from splitting.

• Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin after failing to find information about the Immortal Realm and reviewed the Alliance’s divided stance on Philosopher’s Stones.
• Zhao Fu told Wang Ergou to discreetly leak that some Alliance factions were in contact with Great Qin, adding uninvolved factions to the list.
• A Southern Dipper Kingdom official loyal to Great Qin deliberately revealed the secret at a tavern, where the other faction’s intelligence network overheard him.
• The official reported to Wang Ergou, who promised to arrange his promotion when Great Qin captured the area.
• The hostile Alliance factions learned of the alleged contacts, feared the Alliance would collapse, and gathered to decide how to respond.

Zhao Fu exploited the Alliance’s suspicions to divide it into rival camps, then planned an attack on the Demon Horn Empire. The chapter ended with Great Qin gathering forces from all three realms and envoys arriving at the Alliance to learn whether it would intervene.

• The Alliance’s major factions discussed weakening and eventually attacking the smaller factions tied to Great Qin, while Zhao Fu ordered Wang Ergou to leak the plot to those factions.
• The smaller and medium-sized factions met, learned the major factions were considering an attack, and decided to stay vigilant and recruit allies rather than strike first.
• Zhao Fu learned the Alliance had divided into two wary camps and judged it a reduced threat, while deciding the Wind God Empire was too difficult to attack for now.
• Zhao Fu gathered intelligence on the Demon Horn Empire and planned an assault, considering ways to keep the Alliance and other supporters from interfering.
• Zhao Fu ordered Great Qin’s army and the Earth Realm and Heaven Realm armies to assemble, then sent envoys to the Alliance to learn its stance; the envoys came from factions connected to Great Qin.

Great Qin secured the neutrality of wavering Alliance factions and mobilized its forces to attack the Demon Horn Empire. As its army marched, the other powers realized that a devastating war was about to begin.

• Alliance factions debated whether to intervene, and Great Qin envoy Li Luo warned them that joining the war could leave them vulnerable to other powers.
• The factions chose not to oppose Great Qin, and Li Luo returned to report their decision to Zhao Fu.
• Great Qin assembled its armies across the God Realm, Earth Realm, and human realm, keeping the first two forces in reserve.
• Bai Qi rallied the Great Qin Soldiers, then led the army as it marched under the Black Dragon Banners.
• Zhao Fu left the throne with Wang Ergou and Liu Mei as Great Qin officially dispatched its troops against the Demon Horn Empire.
• Other powers learned of Great Qin's mobilization and braced for a brutal war that could shatter the existing order.

The Alliance, Wind God Empire, and Demon Horn Empire prepared to resist Great Qin’s invasion as Zhao Fu brought thirty billion troops to the Demon Horn border. After Great Qin’s attacks failed to break Demon Horn’s defenses, Zhao Fu summoned a colossal head from the ground.

• Yao Ming gathered the Demon Horn Empire’s forces and requested aid from the Alliance, the Wind God Empire, and supportive factions.
• Fengshen Sha mobilized Wind God soldiers, while major Alliance factions assembled to help; mid-tier and smaller factions refused to join.
• Great Qin deployed thirty billion troops against the Demon Horn Empire, whose weakened army numbered about thirty-two billion.
• Zhao Fu challenged Yao Ming to surrender, then ordered War Holy Beasts and Mechanical Flying Dragons to bombard the city walls.
• Demon Horn’s defensive barrier withstood the first barrage, and more than twenty thousand blue eyeballs counterattacked Great Qin’s weapons.
• Zhao Fu pressed his hand to the ground, causing a gigantic circular pattern to appear and a colossal head to rise.

Zhao Fu led Great Qin’s assault on the Demon Horn Empire, breaking its defenses and meeting Yao Ming’s all-out counterattack in a battle of colossal forces. The Progenitor Divine Statue and the demon dragon fought while both armies’ beasts and weapons clashed across the battlefield.

• Zhao Fu used the Progenitor Divine Statue to shatter the Demon Horn Empire’s defensive barrier and ordered Great Qin’s forces to attack.
• Yao Ming drew on the empire’s fate and summoned its restored demon dragon, staking the Demon Horn Empire’s strength on the battle.
• Zhao Fu armed the Progenitor Divine Statue with a blood-colored sword, and it clashed with Yao Ming’s demon dragon.
• The Progenitor Divine Statue and demon dragon traded blows as Great Qin’s beasts and the Demon Horn Empire’s demon beasts began a savage battle.
• Great Qin’s alchemical Holy Beasts and Mechanical Flying Dragons attacked the Demon Horn Empire’s blue eyeballs, which defended themselves with barriers.

Great Qin battled the Demon Horn Empire while Arthur Tina led fifteen billion soldiers to intercept Fengshen Sha’s Wind God Army. Fengshen Sha attacked after her teleportation was disrupted, and the armies clashed as Great Qin’s defenses began to crack.

• Great Qin and the Demon Horn Empire exchanged devastating attacks as their soldiers fought fiercely at the city walls.
• Fengshen Sha ordered her thirty billion troops to speed up their teleportation toward the battle.
• A Great Qin formation severed the Wind God Army’s Teleportation Array, and Fengshen Sha found more than fifteen billion Great Qin Soldiers blocking her path.
• Arthur Tina refused Fengshen Sha’s offer to rule the Wind God Empire together, so Fengshen Sha ordered her troops to attack.
• Great Qin Archers fired rune arrows that pierced the Wind God Army’s defenses, while Wind God Soldiers answered with Azure Wind Blades that cracked Great Qin’s shield wall.

Arthur Tina summoned Wrath of the War God against the Wind God army, while Great Qin's soldiers clashed with them in a brutal battle. As the Alliance forces traveled to attack Great Qin from the left, their Teleportation Arrays failed, and Great Qin troops appeared to intercept them.

• Arthur Tina summoned Wrath of the War God, and the Wind God army formed the Heavenly Wind God to shield itself from the fortress's cannon fire.
• The Heavenly Wind God pierced Wrath of the War God's defenses and sent the fortress crashing back, after which Arthur Tina ordered Great Qin's soldiers to attack.
• The Great Qin and Wind God armies charged into a savage battle, with soldiers on both sides suffering heavy casualties.
• The Alliance army of twenty-six billion soldiers traveled toward the battlefield through Teleportation Arrays to attack Great Qin from the left.
• The Alliance's Teleportation Arrays failed, and Great Qin soldiers appeared before them, leaving the Alliance troops wary and afraid.

The Alliance factions hesitated to support the Demon Horn Empire after Great Qin intercepted them, while Great Qin’s forces also blocked other reinforcements and the empire’s retreat. The Alliance settled into a standoff with Wang Jian, and the chapter returned to the main battlefield, where Great Qin’s forces continued fighting the blue eyeballs.

• Wang Jian ordered Great Qin’s soldiers to form a defensive line, and their arrows struck the Alliance army and killed millions.
• The Alliance factions decided not to attack Wang Jian’s force and instead held position, leaving both sides stalled.
• Meng Tian arrived behind the Demon Horn Empire with soldiers and formation masters, blocked incoming reinforcements, and cut off the empire’s retreat.
• Long Yang, Xiong Xiao, and Mo Li received 15 billion Tier 2 troops from their factions, but distance and Meng Tian’s isolation formation delayed their arrival.
• Zhao Fu prepared Heavenly Realm and Earth Realm forces to counter any large Alliance deployment.
• On the main battlefield, Great Qin’s Mechanical Flying Dragons and War Holy Beasts damaged the blue eyeballs and inflicted heavier losses on them.

Great Qin overwhelmed the Demon Horn Empire’s defenses as Zhao Fu defeated Yao Ming and grievously wounded the purple demon dragon. With the Empire’s morale collapsing and its reinforcements absent, Bai Qi raised the Seven Killings Sword and sent a blood-colored beam into the sky.

• Great Qin’s soldiers and beasts gained the upper hand against the Demon Horn forces, while the Blue-Eyed People ran out of pupils to summon more enormous blue eyeballs.
• Zhao Fu’s Progenitor Divine Statue battered Yao Ming’s purple demon dragon with a blood-colored disc and a powerful sword strike, leaving it barely alive and Yao Ming grievously injured.
• Yao Ming realized the absent reinforcements had likely been intercepted and feared the Demon Horn Empire would be destroyed.
• The Demon Horn Empire’s soldiers, beasts, and blue eyeballs lost the ability to hold back Great Qin after Yao Ming’s defeat.
• Bai Qi went to a small hill, drew the Seven Killings Sword, and sent a blood-colored beam into the sky.