Chapter Summaries

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.

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.