Chapter Summaries

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.

After Great Qin defeated the Golden Claw Family’s allies and amassed enough alchemy points, Zhao Fu exchanged for the Dao-Seeking Stone and gave it to Ling Ji to forge the Primordial Great Cauldron. Ling Ji began drawing on the Human World’s origin power and melting rare materials, leaving the forging underway as she brought out the Dao-Seeking Stone.

• Great Qin finished its four-day war against numerous families, gaining over twenty billion people, more than two billion soldiers, and over three thousand War Holy Beasts.
• Zhao Fu exchanged most of Great Qin’s alchemy points for the Dao-Seeking Stone and returned to Great Qin after assigning Wang Jian to manage Qin Land.
• Zhao Fu gave the Dao-Seeking Stone to Ling Ji and told her to begin forging the Primordial Great Cauldron.
• Ling Ji summoned the Human World’s origin power and drew strength from all living things to melt the divine iron and more than a thousand rare materials.
• Ling Ji merged the materials into the molten Origin Divine Iron, then took out the Dao-Seeking Stone to continue the forging.

Ling Ji forged the Primordial Great Cauldron from the power of heaven, earth, and all things, and it survived the heavenly punishment that followed. Zhao Fu claimed it as the Human Realm’s realm-stabilizing artifact and assigned the Nine Paths of Reincarnation to stabilize the Earth Realm, completing the set for the Three Realms.

• Ling Ji used the Dao-Seeking Stone and Fire of the Gods to purify and refine the gathered power into a mass of black liquid.
• Ling Ji shaped the black liquid into the Primordial Great Cauldron by sending her soul power into it, and it formed with images of the world on its surface.
• Heavenly punishment struck the cauldron with waves of destructive lightning, but Ling Ji’s black light protected it until the thunder suddenly vanished.
• Zhao Fu sensed that someone had looked at him, but he could not identify anyone and stopped investigating.
• Zhao Fu took the completed Primordial Great Cauldron and chose it as the Human Realm’s realm-stabilizing artifact, with the Myriad Gods Spear for the Heaven Realm and the Nine Paths of Reincarnation for the Earth Realm.

Ling Ji began devouring the Heaven Realm and Earth Realm consciousnesses with the Primordial Cauldron while Zhao Fu sought a way to find an Immortal Realm rift or Half-Immortal Realm. The mighty expert gave him a method involving a World Heart and a Void Ring, leaving Zhao Fu with a dangerous search ahead.

• Ling Ji used the Primordial Cauldron to refine the Heaven Realm and Earth Realm auras as she devoured their consciousnesses.
• Zhao Fu returned to the Great Qin Imperial Palace and asked his people for ways to find an Immortal Realm rift or Half-Immortal Realm, but they had no answers.
• Zhao Fu consulted the mighty expert through the Heavenly Spirit Stele, and it explained how Immortal Realm rifts and Half-Immortal Realms formed.
• The mighty expert told Zhao Fu to use a World Heart to search the endless void, but Zhao Fu could not take the Human World's World Heart without risking the world's destruction.
• The mighty expert gave Zhao Fu a Void Ring to help him travel through the endless void.

Zhao Fu learned that the Ring of Void could carry him across vast distances in the endless void, and asked Ling Ji to help locate the crack leading to the Immortal Realm. After arranging Great Qin’s affairs, Zhao Fu and Ling Ji began their search, reaching a sea of stars but finding no trace of their destination yet.

• Zhao Fu learned about the Ring of Void and asked Ling Ji to sense for the Half-Immortal Realm and the crack, which she admitted might be beyond her abilities to locate.
• Zhao Fu arranged for Bai Qi and Li Si to manage Great Qin, assigned the goddesses to oversee the Pantheon of Myriad Gods, and entrusted the other worlds to their appointed guardians.
• Zhao Fu instructed the twelve Yellow Springs Queens to monitor the Yellow Springs Imperial Riders and told Wang Jian to keep Great Qin’s development in the Alchemy World discreet.
• Zhao Fu and Ling Ji traveled from the Human World into the endless void using the Ring of Void, but Ling Ji could not sense anything around them.
• Zhao Fu used the ring again to reach a sea of stars, where they continued their search amid the dangers of the endless void.

Zhao Fu and Ling Ji searched the Star Sea for worlds before finding two battling Star Beasts. Zhao Fu killed both beasts and began examining their corpses to learn about them.

• Zhao Fu asked Ling Ji to sense for nearby worlds, but she found nothing, so they continued searching.
• Zhao Fu and Ling Ji sensed powerful battle fluctuations and approached two enormous Star Beasts fighting in the Star Sea.
• Zhao Fu attacked the Star Insect, wounding it, then struck the Star Fish and left it severely injured.
• The Star Insect tried to flee, but Zhao Fu used chains to pierce and kill it.
• The Star Fish fled, but Zhao Fu caught up and killed it with a sword strike through its wound.
• Zhao Fu examined the Star Beast corpses to study their abilities and materials firsthand.