Chapter Summaries

Zhao Fu and his group traveled toward the center of the Divine World with Shen Xiaoyi joining them, but their journey was interrupted by dark beasts fleeing a nearby Darkness Land. After Zhao Fu saved a group of villagers, their leader offered a secret in exchange for protection and was bound when he tried to bargain.

• Zhao Fu agreed to let Shen Xiaoyi travel with the group to the center of the Divine World, where they planned to watch the Trial of the Gods.
• As the group continued in Yueshen Ya's crowded carriage, Zhao Fu considered the yin powers he still needed to help awaken her Ten Yin Immortal Body.
• A group of villagers fled toward Zhao Fu's carriage, pursued by more than a thousand dark beasts from a nearby Darkness Land.
• Zhao Fu killed the charging beasts with a sweep of force, and the villagers thanked him and asked him to protect them.
• The villagers' leader offered Zhao Fu a secret in return for taking them in, and Zhao Fu bound him with pale roots as the other villagers fled.

Zhao Fu read the village chief's memories and uncovered how the villagers created their protective Divine Trees by sacrificing girls in horrific rituals. The memories ended as the villagers prepared to sacrifice a seventeen-year-old girl after torturing her family to deepen her resentment.

• Zhao Fu used fiendish power to control the old man and read his memories, learning the secret behind the village's prosperity.
• The villagers had buried living girls beneath saplings from Darkness Land every ten years, creating Divine Trees that protected and empowered the village.
• After their intended sacrifice died, the villagers welcomed a family seeking refuge and seized them when the deadline arrived.
• The villagers tied the seventeen-year-old elder sister to a Divine Tree and tortured her father, mother, and younger brother in front of her to increase her resentment.
• The old man, who had been the village chief, declared that the girl's torment was sufficient and ordered the villagers to begin the sacrifice.

Zhao Fu learned how the young girl became a monster after the villagers tortured her and the Divine Trees unleashed their Dark Beasts. He defeated the girl’s clone and offered to save her true body if she submitted to him and provided dark yin energy.

• The bound girl absorbed the Divine Trees’ auras, gained terrifying power, and killed the villagers who tried to attack her as Dark Beasts slaughtered most of the village.
• Zhao Fu understood the village’s destruction by reading the old man’s memories.
• Several thousand Dark Beasts surrounded Zhao Fu’s carriage, and their young-girl-and-beast leader demanded that he move aside.
• Zhao Fu struck the leader back, then killed the attacking Dark Beasts with chains that pierced their bodies.
• Zhao Fu offered to save the leader from losing her reason if she submitted and provided dark yin energy, but she attacked him again.
• Zhao Fu cut the leader’s clone in two with his sword and realized her true body remained in the village.

Zhao Fu suppressed the Divine Trees, rescued the girl’s family, and made the girl agree to become his subordinate. He began helping her devour the Divine Tree’s power to prevent it from consuming her.

• Zhao Fu controlled the fleeing villagers and led them to the village’s bloodied Divine Trees.
• Zhao Fu healed the girl’s parents and younger brother with Life Spring Water and his power.
• When the girl threatened Zhao Fu and the trees began releasing Dark Beasts, Zhao Fu bound all thirty-two trees with iron chains and suppressed them.
• The girl recognized her healed family, thanked Zhao Fu, and agreed to become his subordinate in return for his help.
• After learning that the Divine Tree was consuming the girl, Zhao Fu placed a black magic formation on her abdomen and began channeling power for her to devour it.

The girl devoured the power of the Divine Trees, transforming into a powerful being with a vertical eye, bone horns, and overwhelming dark energy. After the oldest tree’s death stirred Darkness Land, the sealing force contained the disturbance, and the girl thanked Zhao Fu for helping her gain her new strength.

• The girl devoured the first Divine Tree’s power, transformed, and accepted Zhao Fu’s restriction.
• She absorbed the power of the remaining Divine Trees while Zhao Fu freed her parents and younger brother from the pillars and covered them with garments.
• The girl devoured the oldest and largest Divine Tree, gaining bone horns, longer hair, and thirty-two tomoe in her vertical eye.
• The deaths of the Divine Trees unleashed a vast dark aura from Darkness Land, but a powerful seal prevented it from spreading.
• The girl’s transformation ended, and Zhao Fu judged her strength to be close to that of an ordinary god.
• The girl thanked Zhao Fu and said she would not let him down.

Zhao Fu rescued Ye Lanxi and her family, then took Ye Lanxi to the edge of Darkness Land while he investigated its dark power alone. He reached the seal at the massive pit, but its force seriously injured him and kept him from entering.

• Ye Lanxi reunited with her parents, Ye Long and Ye Xiaolan, and her younger brother, Ye Jun, and explained how Zhao Fu had saved them.
• The Ye Family asked Zhao Fu to deal with the villagers who had tortured them, and Zhao Fu killed the villagers with a wave of his hand.
• Zhao Fu sent Ye Long, Ye Xiaolan, and Ye Jun to the carriage, then brought Ye Lanxi to Darkness Land; she sensed its sealing power and stayed outside while he went in.
• Zhao Fu flew through Darkness Land, fought off waves of dark beasts with the Imperial Killing Sword, and reached a massive pit marked by traces of ancient battles.
• A force burst from the pit and blasted Zhao Fu away, leaving him seriously injured and unable to enter the sealed area.

Zhao Fu left the Dark Forbidden Land with Ye Lanxi, whose transformation gave her immense potential, and continued traveling after recovering from his injuries. At a Battle God festival, he secretly prepared to participate, and the first match began with Stone God facing the newly arrived Emperor God.

• Zhao Fu emerged from the Dark Forbidden Land injured and took Ye Lanxi and her family with him after failing to overcome the restrictions inside.
• Three days later, the group arrived at a faction holding the Battle God festival, where Zhao Fu learned that gods from any faction could compete for the title.
• Ye Lanxi bought Zhao Fu a crystal necklace, while he left the group briefly to handle business.
• The festival began, and Stone God entered the coliseum to cheers that filled the arena with faith power.
• The announcer introduced Emperor God as Stone God's opponent, prompting an uproar from the crowd.

Zhao Fu entered the God-Fighting Festival as the God Emperor and defeated Stone God with one kick. He then overwhelmed Long Halberd God with a single dragon-claw attack, leaving the crowd cheering for him.

• Zhao Fu appeared at the arena as the God Emperor and faced Stone God.
• Stone God charged Zhao Fu, but Zhao Fu dodged his punch and kicked him unconscious.
• The crowd cheered for Zhao Fu, and the host announced his next match against Long Halberd God.
• Long Halberd God attacked with her strongest technique, summoning a ferocious green deer through her halberd.
• Zhao Fu transformed his hand into a black dragon claw, shattered the green deer, and defeated Long Halberd God with one strike.

Zhao Fu continued the Battle God matches and overwhelmed the defensive Beetle God with a single Black Dragon attack. The Beetle God was left unconscious, and the event organizers and rival factions spread word of Zhao Fu’s terrifying strength.

• Ye Lanxi’s family marveled at Zhao Fu’s strength, and Ye Lanxi promised to ask him about helping them cultivate.
• The chubby young man arranged for the injured Halberd God to receive treatment and announced the Beetle God’s match against Zhao Fu.
• The Beetle God raised five barriers, summoned a giant beetle, and prepared a shield to defend against Zhao Fu.
• Zhao Fu summoned a Black Dragon that shattered the beetle, broke through all five barriers, and smashed the Beetle God into a wall, leaving him unconscious.
• The chubby young man ordered the Beetle God rescued and treated, while he and people from other factions spread news of Zhao Fu’s power.

Zhao Fu continued through the Fighting God Festival, defeating Dog God with one strike and making Root God surrender, while more gods either fell to him or gave up. As the crowd roared for Emperor God, Shen Xiaoyi led Yueshen Ya and her guards toward the commotion.

• Zhao Fu faced Dog God, who charged with his spiked club, and knocked him hundreds of meters away with a single strike.
• The fat young man announced Zhao Fu's victory, and the crowd cheered for Emperor God.
• Root God surrendered before Zhao Fu attacked, unwilling to risk the injuries suffered by the other gods.
• More gods came forward and were either defeated in one move or surrendered as the crowd's excitement grew.
• Shen Xiaoyi heard the cheers from a nearby arena and took Yueshen Ya, Wu Wu, and Wu Yi to investigate.

Shen Xiaoyi and Yueshen Ya discovered that the celebrated Emperor God at the Battle God Festival was Zhao Fu, who had defeated more than thirty gods. After powerful regional gods arrived to challenge him, Zhao Fu faced a silver-robed woman whose lightning attack began to crack his shield.

• Shen Xiaoyi and Yueshen Ya followed the excited crowd to the arena to see the Emperor God.
• Zhao Fu defeated a purple-haired god wielding a greatsword, and the spectators cheered his name.
• Yueshen Ya, Shen Xiaoyi, Wu Wu, and Wu Yi recognized Zhao Fu and watched his display of power.
• More than twenty powerful gods arrived, and a silver-robed, horned woman challenged Zhao Fu to a match.
• The silver-robed woman attacked Zhao Fu with lightning, but his Black Dragon-Pattern Shield blocked her first strike.
• The woman unleashed a barrage of lightning that cracked Zhao Fu's shield and shattered the ground around him.

Zhao Fu unleashed Godslaying Power and defeated the silver-robed Thunder God in one strike after she shattered his shield. The gods and spectators were left stunned as Zhao Fu challenged anyone else to face him.

• The silver-robed woman poured her power into the lightning pool and cracked Zhao Fu's Black Dragon-Pattern Shield.
• After the shield shattered, Zhao Fu released scarlet Godslaying Power and overwhelmed the silver lightning.
• Zhao Fu broke the silver-robed woman's defensive shield and sent her flying, leaving her unable to fight.
• The citizens and gods realized Zhao Fu's Godslaying Power was exceptionally strong, while Shen Xiaoyi, Wu Wu, Wu Yi, and Yueshen Ya watched him with grave expressions.
• The Ye Family celebrated Zhao Fu's strength, and Zhao Fu challenged the gods in the stands to send another fighter.

Zhao Fu defeated Strength God in the arena, revealing the terrifying power of his Godslaying Power. The crowd celebrated his victory as more people and gods rushed to see him.

• Strength God charged Zhao Fu with a series of powerful attacks, but Zhao Fu dodged and blocked them with a black dragon-patterned shield.
• Strength God shattered Zhao Fu’s shield with a forceful punch, but Zhao Fu caught his fist with a clawed hand.
• Strength God swung again, and Zhao Fu struck his abdomen with blood-colored lightning, defeating him in one blow.
• The gods in the stands reacted with dismay while the commoners, Ye Lanxi’s family, and Yueshen Ya cheered Zhao Fu.
• News of Zhao Fu’s victory spread through the beast-fighting arena, drawing more spectators and gods who wanted to see him.

Zhao Fu fought the Weapon God, the previous tournament’s Battle God, in the arena. After surviving a spear through the chest, Zhao Fu appeared behind him and knocked him unconscious, leaving the crowd stunned.

• The gods urged the stern young man, the previous tournament’s Battle God, to challenge Zhao Fu, and he revealed himself as the Weapon God.
• The Weapon God attacked with weapons controlled by his power, but Zhao Fu’s scarlet Godslaying lightning shattered them.
• The Weapon God threw a flaming spear that pierced Zhao Fu’s chest, leading the crowd to believe he had been killed.
• Zhao Fu appeared behind the Weapon God and struck him with a scarlet thunder dragon, blasting him into the arena wall and knocking him unconscious.
• The crowd stared in shock as Zhao Fu stood victorious over the defeated Weapon God.

After defeating the previous Battle God, Zhao Fu challenged the remaining gods to attack him together. He activated Immortal Mode and began overpowering their assaults, while the battle continued.

• Zhao Fu defeated the previous Battle God, prompting the gods and spectators to recognize his overwhelming strength.
• Zhao Fu told the remaining gods to attack him together, and more than twenty gods surrounded him.
• When the gods launched their attacks, Zhao Fu activated Immortal Mode, revealing seven-colored flames, radiance, and runes.
• Zhao Fu blasted a charging god with a seven-colored beam and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Zhao Fu’s rotating rune ring deflected several gods’ attacks, and his enormous seven-colored arm struck multiple gods and sent them flying.
• A god shot an arrow at Zhao Fu, but his rune ring’s invisible barrier blocked it.

Zhao Fu defeated the gods who challenged him after becoming the Battle God, overpowering their attacks and leaving every opponent down in the arena. He demanded their submission, and they lowered their heads without daring to refuse.

• Zhao Fu blasted a deity away and knocked back the gods who attacked him together with his seven-colored rune ring.
• A burly man, a middle-aged man with twin blades, and a youth attacked Zhao Fu in turn, but he severely injured each of them.
• Zhao Fu began attacking the remaining gods, blocking their strikes with a seven-colored rune barrier and blasting several of them away.
• A burly young man attacked Zhao Fu with a giant axe, but Zhao Fu dodged and kicked him away before breaking another god's defensive barrier with a punch.
• Zhao Fu defeated every god in the arena and asked who still refused to submit; the gods lowered their heads in silence.

Zhao Fu became the Battle God after defeating numerous powerful gods alone, and the festival ended early. After returning to the carriages, he left with his companions and went to a temple, where he announced himself as Emperor God and requested an audience with one of its gods.

• Zhao Fu defeated the gods in the Beast Arena and claimed the title of Battle God, drawing excited crowds.
• Zhao Fu and his companions left the arena as the Battle God Festival ended ahead of schedule.
• Ye Lanxi and the others praised Zhao Fu, while Shen Xiaoyi questioned his identity and learned from Yueshen Ya that it was more formidable than she imagined.
• Shen Xiaoyi refused Wu Yi and Wu Wu's request to leave, saying she wanted to stay with Yueshen Ya and learn more about Zhao Fu.
• Zhao Fu took a carriage to a temple and asked its guards to report that Emperor God wished to meet one of its gods.

Zhao Fu visited the local gods after becoming their Battle God, learned about their alliance, and attended the festival’s celebratory banquet. He left the gathered gods with a friendly toast as he sought to build relations and obtain their divine power.

• The guards welcomed Zhao Fu into the temple and notified the gods that the new Battle God had arrived.
• An elderly god explained that more than four hundred and fifty gods across ten worlds were bound together by the Battle God Festival, though its leader held no real authority.
• Zhao Fu learned that the region could potentially be unified, but he had no intention of staying to conquer it and was chiefly interested in the gods’ divine powers.
• After several days of celebration, Zhao Fu arrived at Moonwatch Terrace with the old man, Yueshen Ya, Ye Lanxi, and Shen Xiaoyi.
• The gods took their seats beneath Zhao Fu, including the previously defeated gods and War God, who accepted Zhao Fu’s position.
• Zhao Fu raised his wine and invited the gods to celebrate together in a gentle tone.

After becoming the Fighting God, Zhao Fu celebrated with the gods and asked them to condense divine power for him. He collected more than four hundred spheres and, eager to use them, returned to the temple with everyone.

• The gods toasted Zhao Fu and congratulated him on becoming the Fighting God, while Yueshen Ya, Shen Xiaoyi, and masked Ye Lanxi sat beside him.
• The former Fighting God, the Weapon God, asked Zhao Fu to reveal his identity, but Zhao Fu refused and said he would leave in a few days.
• Zhao Fu asked the gods to condense portions of their divine power for him, reassuring them that doing so would not harm them.
• After the banquet lasted several hours, Zhao Fu collected more than four hundred spheres of divine power.
• Late at night, Zhao Fu took the spheres and hurried back to the temple with everyone.

Zhao Fu absorbed the divine power of more than four hundred gods, transforming the Power of Myriad Gods and expanding his divine statue. He began using its power to temper the Heavenly Demon Sword as gods and onlookers gathered around the divine hall.

• Zhao Fu absorbed the divine power of more than four hundred gods into his godhead while Yueshen Ya and the others waited outside the divine hall.
• The godhead transformed, releasing a powerful divine aura and creating a five-thousand-meter divine statue that drew in the power of heaven and earth.
• Zhao Fu discovered the upgraded Power of Myriad Gods could suppress other gods, summon power-made versions of gods, and temper weapons into natal divine artifacts.
• Powerful figures and gods arrived near the divine hall and watched the divine statue's immense display of power.
• Zhao Fu sent the Heavenly Demon Sword out before the divine statue, which poured in the power of heaven and earth and then the Supreme Imperial Star's demonic power.