Recaps

Great Qin overwhelmed the Demon Horn Empire, and Zhao Fu killed Yao Ming after stopping his escape. With their king dead, the empire collapsed as its people fled and Great Qin captured its cities.

• Bai Qi activated the Seven Killings Star, empowering Great Qin's soldiers as they slaughtered the Demon Horn Army.
• After the Demon Horn Empire's fate weakened, Yao Ming ordered his forces to cover his retreat, but Zhao Fu pursued him with the Progenitor Divine Statue.
• Zhao Fu broke through the Demon Horn soldiers protecting Yao Ming, killed the ministers who tried to delay him, and pinned Yao Ming to the ground.
• Zhao Fu revealed his Emperor Heaven Realm cultivation and beheaded Yao Ming.
• The Demon Horn Empire fell into chaos, its remaining soldiers fled or surrendered, and Great Qin captured city after city.

After Great Qin defeated the Demon Horn Empire and killed Yao Ming, the Wind God Empire and the Alliance withdrew from their standoff with Great Qin. The Alliance and Wind God Empire then pillaged the fallen empire, while Long Yang, Xiong Xiao, and Mo Li turned back and distant kingdoms began to worry about Great Qin’s growing power.

• After hearing that Yao Ming had died and the Demon Horn Empire had fallen, Fengshen Sha ordered the Wind God Army to retreat, and Arthur Tina warned her that Great Qin would soon target the Wind God Empire.
• The Alliance army, relieved that it had not fought Great Qin, withdrew under Wang Jian’s watch without being attacked.
• Alliance factions that had stayed behind voided their agreements with the Demon Horn Empire and attacked it to seize its people, supplies, and treasures.
• The Wind God Empire joined the looting, plunging the Demon Horn Empire into further chaos and despair.
• Long Yang, Xiong Xiao, and Mo Li learned of Yao Ming’s death before reaching the empire and returned to their own factions.
• Distant kingdoms learned of the Demon Horn Empire’s destruction and began reconsidering Great Qin as a future threat.

Zhao Fu completed Great Qin’s conquest of the Demon Horn Empire, absorbed its fortune, and reviewed the war’s spoils and the plight of its blinded Blue-Eyed citizens. He then summoned Yao Ming’s women and began asserting his claim over them, while Yao Yue defied him and Lan Shanshui willingly approached him.

• Zhao Fu occupied the Demon Horn Empire’s Land of Inheritance, and its demon dragon dissipated as its fortune flowed into Great Qin.
• Bai Qi reported that Great Qin had killed more than twenty billion soldiers, subdued over seven billion, conquered seven worlds, and gained two hundred billion people and abundant resources.
• Zhao Fu ordered Great Qin to seek ways to restore the sight of more than two billion Blue-Eyed People whose eyes had been gouged out.
• Zhao Fu dismissed the surrendered ministers and summoned more than two hundred women, including Yao Ming’s consorts and members of the royal clan.
• Yao Yue refused to submit to Zhao Fu, while Lan Shanshui approached him willingly and praised Great Qin for caring for the Blue-Eyed People.

Zhao Fu forced Yao Yue and the remaining women of the Demon Horn Empire to submit, then returned to Great Qin and planned to destroy the Wind God Empire. He learned that various kingdom factions intended to intervene in the region.

• Zhao Fu threatened to torture the families of the women who refused him, and most of them yielded to protect their loved ones.
• Yao Qian, Kong Liuye, and Yao Yue submitted after Zhao Fu ordered their relatives and friends tortured.
• Zhao Fu told Yao Yue he would spare her family and grant her the status of a Great Qin consort, then left the Demon Horn main hall.
• Zhao Fu decided Great Qin should stabilize its new gains while preparing to destroy the Wind God Empire.
• Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin and learned that several kingdom factions planned to intervene in the region.

After learning that another Great Thousand World was approaching Apocalypse World and that an unknown calamity was near, Zhao Fu prioritized Great Qin’s preparations over attacking the Wind God Empire. He left the officials to carry out plans for the Primordial Great Cauldron, the Immortal Realm, and the two Imperial Stars before the calamity arrived.

• Zhao Fu learned that neighboring factions were backing the Alliance and the Wind God factions, so he decided Great Qin needed to destroy the Wind God Empire quickly and began preparing for war.
• A teacher from Imperial Path Academy warned Zhao Fu that another Great Thousand World was approaching Apocalypse World and that an unknown calamity was near.
• Zhao Fu considered how the new interworld war could worsen Apocalypse World’s situation and recognized that Great Qin would be affected.
• Zhao Fu set four priorities: create the Primordial Great Cauldron, find an Immortal Realm fissure or the Half-Immortal Realm, awaken the Spirit Race and Water Race Imperial Stars, and strengthen Great Qin by attacking other factions.
• Zhao Fu informed Great Qin’s officials, who supported his plans, and changed the original schedule for attacking the Wind God Empire.

Zhao Fu assessed the forces surrounding Great Qin in Alchemy World and decided to approach the Earth Water Flower Alliance to keep it from joining the other alliances. The alliance rejected Great Qin’s offer of friendship and a nonaggression contract, leaving Zhao Fu’s plan unresolved.

• Zhao Fu brought Great Qin’s main forces to Alchemy World and learned that three alliances surrounded them with nineteen billion second-tier soldiers and more than thirty thousand War Holy Beasts.
• Zhao Fu ruled out a direct assault and chose to target the Earth Water Flower Alliance, hoping to avoid fighting its six billion soldiers.
• Zhao Fu sent Ling Feng and other envoys with gifts to meet the Earth Water Flower Alliance’s leaders.
• Ling Feng offered friendship and a contract promising Great Qin would never invade the alliance, but the leaders refused to trust Great Qin and told the envoys to leave.

Ling Feng tried to persuade the Alchemy family heads that Great Qin was far stronger than their alliance and invited them to verify his claims. The Earth Family Head and a group of trusted subordinates followed Ling Feng into Qin Land, where Great Qin’s soldiers and Holy Beasts left them shocked.

• Ling Feng told the Alchemy family heads that they could not resist Great Qin, but the Flower Family Head and Water Family Head argued that their alliance had nineteen billion soldiers and thirty-six thousand Alchemy Holy Beasts.
• Ling Feng revealed that Great Qin controlled seventeen worlds, had a population of eight hundred billion and seventy billion soldiers, and could also control Alchemy Holy Beasts.
• The Earth Family Head agreed to visit Great Qin before discussing friendship, and he joined more than thirty subordinates sent by the families to investigate.
• Ling Feng led the group to Great Qin’s base in the Alchemy World, where the soldiers at the gate admitted them after checking his command token.
• The Alchemy visitors followed Ling Feng into Qin Land and were shocked by its Alchemy Soldiers and enormous Holy Beasts.

After seeing Great Qin’s overwhelming strength, the Earth Water Flower Alliance agreed to sign a contract and stay out of the coming conflict. Zhao Fu rewarded Ling Feng for securing the agreement, then summoned his generals to prepare for war.

• Ling Feng showed the Earth Family Head and the others a portion of Great Qin’s forces and brought them to witness the empire’s true power.
• The Earth Water Flower Alliance learned more about Great Qin and agreed that it could not defeat the empire, so its family heads chose to sign a contract.
• Ling Feng returned to the alliance, where the Water Family Head and Flower Family Head apologized and expressed their willingness to befriend Great Qin.
• Ling Feng reported his success to Zhao Fu, who praised him and promised that Li Si would arrange an official post for him.
• Zhao Fu summoned his generals to begin preparing for war against the two alchemy factions.

Great Qin launched an assault on the Water Forest Alliance, whose defenses were initially confident but were overwhelmed by Great Qin’s alchemy forces. Zhao Fu’s army broke through the alliance’s barriers and Forest Alchemy, leaving the battlefield in ruins as the fighting continued.

• Great Qin divided its forces between the Water Forest Alliance and the northwestern Jin Alliance, with Zhao Fu leading the Water Forest attack and Wang Jian assigned to the other front.
• The Water Forest Alliance’s leaders prepared to defend their territory, unaware that Earth Water Flower had secretly allied with Great Qin.
• The Water Forest Alliance fired its War Holy Beasts at Great Qin, but Holy Light Envoys shielded the soldiers while alchemy defenses protected them from the beams that broke through.
• Great Qin counterattacked with Holy Light Envoys, War Holy Beasts, and Mechanical Flying Dragons, shattering the alliance’s defensive barriers before Zhao Fu ordered a charge.
• The Forest Family head activated Forest Alchemy, causing giant trees to erupt and inflict casualties while blocking Great Qin’s advance.
• Zhao Fu ordered the Mechanical Flying Dragons to bombard the forest, blasting the trees apart and leaving the battlefield filled with pits and wreckage.

Zhao Fu led Great Qin’s assault on the Water Forest Alliance, breaking its defenses with a Forbidden Sphere of the Fire Family and powerful destruction-crystal weapons. Great Qin charged through the breached wall, where the two armies began a bloody battle.

• The Water Forest Alliance’s barriers repelled Great Qin’s first attack, but Zhao Fu ordered his soldiers to advance again.
• Zhao Fu threw a Forbidden Sphere of the Fire Family at the city wall, blasting a huge gap through the defenses and killing many alliance soldiers.
• Great Qin’s Mechanical Flying Dragons, Holy Light Envoys, and alchemy holy beasts attacked as over a thousand Dragon-Shooting Ballistas fired destruction-crystal arrows.
• Great Qin’s soldiers charged through the breach while the Water Forest Alliance rushed to defend it.
• The Great Qin and Water Forest Alliance armies clashed beneath the city walls, killing soldiers on both sides.

Great Qin defeated the Water Forest Alliance in battle, forcing its army to flee or surrender, then advanced into the alliance's territories. As alchemy families fled in mass migrations, the Great Qin Empire's name spread across the surrounding worlds.

• Great Qin's chaos formation countered the Water Forest Alliance's water formation, and the alliance's leaders concluded they could not hold the army back.
• The Water Family Head ordered a retreat, and Zhao Fu sent Great Qin's forces after the fleeing soldiers, accepting those who surrendered.
• The Forest Family Head's ancient tree seeds formed a forest that delayed Great Qin's pursuit, allowing more alliance soldiers to escape.
• After the battle, Zhao Fu ordered Great Qin's troops to rest and build defenses before sending them in three directions into the alliance's territories.
• Terrified alchemy families fled their homes, spreading news of Great Qin across ten worlds.

Wang Jian led the Great Qin army in an assault on the Gold Alliance, whose defenses struggled against the Wrath of the War God and Great Qin’s weapons. Great Qin reached the walls and inflicted heavy losses, while the alliance’s soldiers were weakened by the Wrath of the War God’s power.

• Wang Jian’s Wrath of the War God and three billion Great Qin troops faced the Gold Alliance’s defenses and endured its opening cannon barrage.
• The Wrath of the War God destroyed the alliance’s metal shields, and Wang Jian ordered the Great Qin army to charge.
• The Gold Alliance’s soldiers hurled metal spears, but the Great Qin army advanced behind a bronze shield as the Wrath of the War God blocked cannon fire.
• Great Qin reached the walls, and the Wrath of the War God’s cannon attack pierced the alliance’s shields and killed soldiers.
• Wang Jian brought forward Dragon-Shooting Ballistas, whose Calamity Pearl arrows devastated the alliance’s soldiers and alchemical holy beasts.
• The Wrath of the War God unleashed War God’s Might, slowing and weakening the alliance’s soldiers.

Great Qin defeated the Water Forest and Gold alliances, seized their territories, and gained billions of people, Alchemy Soldiers, and War Holy Beasts. After reassuring the Earth Water Flower Alliance that it would not attack for now, Zhao Fu asked Wang Ergou for news of the surrounding areas.

• The Gold Alliance’s leaders ordered a retreat after learning the Water Forest Alliance had fallen, and Wang Jian’s forces routed them and seized their territory.
• Great Qin’s armies captured lands across both alliances as the Alchemy Families fled, while Zhao Fu received reports of Great Qin’s gains and losses.
• The three heads of the Earth Water Flower Alliance visited Zhao Fu to congratulate him, and he welcomed them at a banquet and assured them through his actions that Great Qin would not attack them.
• After the visitors returned home reassured, Zhao Fu asked Wang Ergou what news had emerged from the surrounding areas.

Zhao Fu sent envoys to the alchemy families to present Great Qin as a peaceful friend and prevent them from uniting against it. Most families accepted the offer, while those that rejected it became isolated targets for Great Qin, which still planned to earn alchemy points by conquering them.

• Wang Ergou told Zhao Fu that most alchemy families were undecided about attacking Great Qin, though a few openly called for its destruction.
• Zhao Fu ordered Li Si to send eloquent envoys and gifts to the alchemy families and the Earth Water Flower Alliance.
• Great Qin's envoys reached the families, prompting debate; many agreed to remain peaceful, while others drove the envoys away or killed them.
• Zhao Fu planned to strengthen ties with friendly families and attack those who rejected Great Qin's goodwill after Great Qin had recovered from its recent conquests.
• The Earth Water Flower Alliance accepted Great Qin's gifts and returned gifts, deepening their friendship.

After improving relations with friendly alchemy families, Zhao Fu sent Great Qin armies to conquer the factions that still opposed it. One army captured a city, killing many defenders and civilians, and continued its advance toward the faction’s other cities.

• Zhao Fu strengthened Great Qin’s ties with alchemy families through goodwill and trade, and the Earth Water Flower Alliance opened its borders to Great Qin’s commoners.
• Zhao Fu divided six billion Great Qin Soldiers into thirty armies and sent them to attack the hostile factions while Wang Jian remained at the base to command overall operations.
• A Great Qin general offered a small alchemy family the chance to submit, but when it gave no answer, he ordered the soldiers to attack its city.
• Great Qin Soldiers breached the city and killed many defenders and fleeing civilians, while some civilians surrendered and were gathered under guard.
• The Great Qin Soldiers took control of the city and marched toward the faction’s other cities.

Great Qin conquered Alchemy Families that had opposed it, slaughtering those who resisted while accepting the surrender of weaker families. As Zhao Fu reviewed the spoils, envoys arrived from families that had openly challenged Great Qin.

• Great Qin Soldiers stormed Alchemy Family cities, killing civilians and punishing those who resisted with executions and torture.
• Several weaker Alchemy Families surrendered, and Great Qin generals took control of their factions.
• Other families watched Great Qin's advance and debated whether to intervene, with most deciding that resistance would be suicidal.
• Zhao Fu reviewed Great Qin's gains, including people and War Holy Beasts, and noted that its losses had been small.
• Envoys from several families that had previously opposed Great Qin arrived before Zhao Fu.

Zhao Fu rejected the alchemy families’ pleas for forgiveness and insisted they must submit to Great Qin or face destruction. After Great Qin’s campaign ended, Zhao Fu relocated its captives and gave conquered territories to friendly factions, while stronger families began noticing Great Qin.

• Envoys from families that had opposed Great Qin apologized to Zhao Fu and begged him to spare them, but he offered only submission or destruction.
• Zhao Fu ordered his soldiers to throw the envoys out, and they returned to their families with his ultimatum.
• Great Qin’s returning soldiers brought back five billion people, four hundred million alchemy soldiers, and eight hundred Holy Beasts after destroying seventy families.
• Zhao Fu ordered the conquered territories distributed freely to nearby friendly factions, easing their fears and hostility toward Great Qin.
• The families that had resisted Great Qin regretted their choice as friendly factions received territory, while Great Qin’s growing fame drew the attention of stronger families.

Zhao Fu visited the Flower Family and learned about its flower-growing arts as its head sought to strengthen ties with Great Qin through a marriage proposal. The proposed bride, Hua Qingyi, tried to assassinate Zhao Fu and declared that killing him could make Great Qin collapse, leaving the Flower Family’s fate uncertain.

• After Great Qin resumed its campaigns, Hua Qianye invited Zhao Fu to visit the Flower Family, whose territory was filled with vibrant, enduring flowers.
• Hua Qianye explained Flower Alchemy and revealed that the Flowering Season Spirit Array could rapidly grow flowers but required Flower Family bloodline.
• Hua Qianye offered to send Flower Family members to help Great Qin and proposed that Zhao Fu take her daughter Hua Qingyi as a consort.
• Hua Qingyi suddenly attacked Zhao Fu with a sword, but Zhao Fu stopped the blade between two fingers.
• Hua Qianye ordered Hua Qingyi seized, and Hua Qingyi resisted, saying she refused to marry Zhao Fu and that killing him could bring down Great Qin.

Zhao Fu spared Hua Qingyi after Hua Qiangmi offered to serve him, then used a banquet to bring the Flower Family leaders under his control. He revealed that Great Qin planned to absorb the Flower Family and nearby Alchemy factions, leaving Hua Qianye to ask the other branch family heads what they thought.

• Hua Qianye slapped Hua Qingyi and offered her to Zhao Fu, while the other family heads disavowed her actions.
• Hua Qiangmi begged Zhao Fu to spare Hua Qingyi, and Zhao Fu agreed if Hua Qiangmi performed well.
• Hua Qianye arranged a banquet, where she and Hua Qiangmi served Zhao Fu and the family heads tried to please him.
• Zhao Fu forced the women, including Hua Qingyi and several branch family heads, into sexual acts that lasted until nightfall.
• Zhao Fu told Hua Qianye and the other women that Great Qin would eventually annex the Flower Family and nearby Alchemy factions, and he offered them a chance to join willingly.
• Hua Qianye asked the other branch family heads what they thought of Zhao Fu's offer.

Zhao Fu secured the Flower Family’s submission to Great Qin and used its inheritances to help activate formations around Great Qin’s three wonder flowers, which showed signs of blooming. The next day, Jin Tie, head of the Golden Claw Family, appeared over Qin Land with a formidable Emperor Heaven Realm aura.

• Hua Qianye agreed that the Flower Family would submit to Great Qin, and Hua Qingyi joined Zhao Fu despite her conflicted feelings.
• Zhao Fu claimed the Flower Family’s Inheritance Stone, obtained Hua Qianye’s blood and the family’s inheritances, then brought the women back to Great Qin while keeping the submission secret.
• Zhao Fu brought Hua Qianye and the other women to Great Qin’s Flower Domain, where they set up Flower Season Formations around the World Wonder Flower, Evil Demon Abyss Flower, and Nether Night Ghost Flower.
• Zhao Fu summoned three Time Goddesses to complete the time formations, and all three flowers showed signs of blooming when the formations activated.
• Jin Tie, head of the Golden Claw Family, descended over Qin Land and revealed the attention Great Qin’s conquests had drawn from powerful alchemy families.

Jin Tie, the Golden Claw Family’s young master, challenged Great Qin and attacked Zhao Fu, but Zhao Fu proved stronger and drove him back. The fight continued as Jin Tie unleashed more power and broke Zhao Fu’s shield, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Jin Tie threatened Great Qin and demanded that Zhao Fu kneel and surrender its women and wealth.
• Zhao Fu rejected Jin Tie’s threats and walked beyond the city walls despite Hua Qianye and Hua Qingyi warning him.
• Jin Tie attacked Zhao Fu with a metal claw, but Zhao Fu’s punch forced him back and left him bleeding.
• Jin Tie tried to flee, but Zhao Fu intercepted him with a powerful kick and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Jin Tie enlarged his metal arms and fired five golden crescent blades, which Zhao Fu blocked with a Black Dragon-Pattern Shield.
• Jin Tie shattered the shield with another claw strike, but Zhao Fu grabbed his arm and hurled him away.

Zhao Fu defeated Jin Tie, an Emperor Heaven Realm expert from the Golden Claw Family, and kept him in Great Qin rather than killing him. News of Zhao Fu’s strength spread, leaving other factions fearful of Great Qin and eager to learn its true power.

• Jin Tie unleashed golden alchemical power and mechanical arms, but Zhao Fu cut through them and shattered Jin Tie’s metal shield with the Imperial Killing Sword.
• Zhao Fu mocked Jin Tie, who apologized and offered compensation while promising that the Golden Claw Family would not attack Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu refused to trust Jin Tie’s promise and decided to keep him in Great Qin, then infused him with an immense force of evil.
• News of Jin Tie’s defeat spread, prompting factions across the region to investigate Great Qin and avoid offending it.
• The Earth Water Family sought to curry favor with Great Qin, while factions that had threatened it sent envoys to beg for another chance.

After Jin Hu led the Golden Claw Family’s army to demand Jin Tie’s release, Zhao Fu used his overwhelming strength to force the family into a one-year blood pact. Jin Tie was released, and the Golden Claw army returned home, while the pact left Great Qin free from the family’s interference in the region.

• After learning Jin Tie had been captured, Jin Hu led thirty billion Golden Claw Family soldiers toward Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu refused to release Jin Tie immediately and demanded that the Golden Claw Family not interfere in the region.
• Jin Hu rejected Zhao Fu’s demand that the family agree to do a task for Great Qin, and Zhao Fu challenged him to attack.
• Zhao Fu unleashed a terrifying aura that convinced Jin Hu and the other experts that attacking Great Qin could devastate their family.
• Jin Hu agreed to a one-year blood pact, with the family allowed to refuse tasks that would cause it heavy losses.
• Zhao Fu and the Golden Claw Family signed the pact, Zhao Fu released Jin Tie, and the army returned home.

After the Golden Claw Family backed down before Great Qin, other factions either sent gifts or prepared to flee. Zhao Fu used his agreement with the Golden Claw Family to block their escape, leaving the displaced families facing the two forces.

• Factions that had maintained friendly relations with Great Qin sent gifts, while hostile families decided to relocate after their pleas for mercy went unanswered.
• Zhao Fu left two billion troops to guard Qin Land and sent the remaining ten billion to attack the fleeing families.
• Zhao Fu asked the Golden Claw Family to intercept the fleeing factions, and they agreed, believing the task was easy and their contract would last only one year.
• As the families tried to teleport away, the Golden Claw Family activated isolation formations and cut off their Teleportation Arrays.
• The families cursed the Golden Claw Family for helping Great Qin, so the Golden Claw Family fired arrows that pierced their defenses and inflicted casualties.

Great Qin attacked the various families as they tried to escape, forcing them into a devastating battle. As the families began to surrender, the Golden Claw Family intervened to claim them for itself, leaving Zhao Fu dissatisfied but constrained by the contract.

• The various families rushed to break the isolation formation and build Teleportation Arrays while the Golden Claw Family held back.
• Great Qin arrived and its artillery shattered the families’ defenses before its soldiers and beasts charged into battle.
• Great Qin overwhelmed the families, and one family head surrendered to stop the slaughter.
• The Golden Claw Family entered the conflict and persuaded many families to submit to it, while others fled or died.
• Zhao Fu wanted to attack the Golden Claw Family for taking the families, but endured because the contract was difficult to break.