Chapter Summaries

Great Qin advanced to a kingdom, transforming its national fortune and granting kingdom-level powers and attributes. Zhao Fu reviewed the changes and planned to raise giant beasts, though he considered the method ordinary.

• The Kingdom Core merged into Great Qin’s Inheritance Stone, spreading black light across the nation and strengthening its citizens, land, and fortune.
• Great Qin’s national fortune manifested as nine black dragons, and Zhao Fu received notices that the nation had become a kingdom and gained kingdom-level artifacts, bloodline, and powers.
• Zhao Fu examined how Great Qin’s strengthened bloodline attributes would integrate its citizens, races, families, and factions more deeply into the nation.
• Zhao Fu learned that the Nation-Guarding Beast reward provided a method for binding creatures to Great Qin and raising them into giant beasts.
• Zhao Fu decided to raise some giant beasts despite judging the method less effective than Great Qin’s existing cultivation methods.

Zhao Fu reviewed Great Qin’s new kingdom attributes and learned that its population and military had grown substantially after conquering Forest World. Great Qin prepared to consolidate its rule as the Alliance, Demon Horn, and the Second Wind God discussed how to respond to its rise.

• Zhao Fu read about kingdom guardian beasts, Kingdom Protection, Kingdom Power, and Kingdom Domain, and concluded that Great Qin had gained the strength to defend itself.
• After the kingdom-creation phenomenon faded, Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin with Sen Yin and listened to reports from his ministers.
• The ministers reported that Great Qin had gained just over ten billion people from Forest World, bringing its population to over six hundred billion and its soldiers to sixty billion.
• Zhao Fu discussed Great Qin’s affairs with his ministers while the Alliance, Demon Horn, and the Second Wind God prepared for Great Qin’s next move.

The Alliance agreed to let Fengshen Sha’s Wind God Empire and Yao Ming’s Demon Horn Empire seize a world each so they could become kingdoms and better resist Great Qin. The two factions prepared to attack Pighead World and Mountain Stone World, whose leaders did not know the Alliance had abandoned them.

• The Alliance’s leaders discussed how to resist Great Qin and agreed to seek help from the Flame Kingdom and other powerful factions.
• Fengshen Sha proposed that the Alliance give the Wind God Empire one world, while Yao Ming said the Demon Horn Empire also needed a world to become a kingdom.
• Fengshen Sha and Yao Ming promised to take only the worlds’ territory and signed contracts pledging not to attack the other Alliance factions.
• The Alliance agreed and told every faction except Pighead World and Mountain Stone World not to interfere, while offering them the spoils.
• Pighead World and Mountain Stone World continued preparing defenses against Great Qin, unaware that the Alliance had abandoned them.
• Fengshen Sha and Yao Ming gathered intelligence and mobilized soldiers to destroy Pighead World and Mountain Stone World quickly.

The Demon Horn army invaded the Pighead World while the Alliance ignored the pigheads’ calls for help, and the Wind God Empire attacked the Mountain Stone World. Both invasions broke through the worlds’ defenses, leaving the Demon Horn and Wind God forces in control as the Alliance gathered at the front to ensure their advance into kingdoms.

• The Demon Horn army attacked the Pighead World, and the pigheads received no response after sending distress messages to the Alliance.
• The Demon Horn army and its demon beasts captured the Pighead World’s defensive wall and routed the pighead forces, prompting many to surrender or flee.
• The Mountain Stone Clan learned that the Wind God Empire was attacking and hurried troops to defend its wall.
• Fengshen Sha’s Wind God soldiers cut through the Mountain Stone Clan’s defenses, breached the wall, and defeated the forces gathered to resist them.
• Fengshen Sha ordered her soldiers to seize the Mountain Stone World, while the Alliance’s forces gathered at the front to ensure both empires advanced into kingdoms.

Great Qin held back from attacking the Alliance while the Demon Horn and Wind God factions annexed Pighead World and Mountain Stone World, becoming kingdoms. Their rise drew attention from nearby domains, which began investigating Guti Domain’s growing power.

• Great Qin chose to stabilize its new kingdom rather than attack the Alliance, whose army at the front was relieved.
• The Demon Horn army took control of Pighead World, while Fengshen Sha’s forces occupied Mountain Stone World.
• The Demon Horn and Wind God factions merged their fortune with the two worlds and made them territories of their empires.
• The Demon Horn King and a giant cyan bird appeared as their factions’ Nation-Guarding Artifacts, and both empires’ Inheritance Stones absorbed kingdom force.
• Nearby worlds and domains learned that three kingdoms had emerged in Guti Domain and sent people to investigate, while some considered weakening the region.

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.