Chapter Summaries

Zhao Fu decided to send Great Qin’s army into Card World and launched an attack on Thunder Kingdom, while the Earthtail People’s arrival drew the neighboring kingdoms’ attention. The chapter ended with Thunder Kingdom scrambling to defend itself as Great Qin’s army approached.

• After sensing Zhao Fu’s aura, the Earthtail People feared his strength, though they mistakenly believed he came from Card World.
• Zhao Fu decided Great Qin should expand into Card World without provoking the Earthtail People, and returned to Great Qin to brief his ministers.
• Zhao Fu ordered Bai Shan to research Card World and directed Bai Qi to begin the campaign with more than three billion Tier 2 soldiers.
• Nearby kingdoms gathered to discuss resisting Earthtail Kingdom, while Thunder Kingdom reinforced its defenses against a possible attack by Locke Kingdom.
• Zhao Fu led Great Qin’s army toward Thunder Kingdom, whose soldiers spotted the approaching force and summoned troops to defend the kingdom.

Thunder Kingdom’s defenses faced a surprise attack by demon beasts and Great Qin Soldiers. After the barriers fell and the Great Qin forces stormed the walls, Thunder Kingdom’s troops were defeated and fled, though some Cavalry units continued fighting.

• Thunder Kingdom soldiers activated lightning barriers and attacked the incoming demon beasts with arrows, cards, and spear radiance.
• Powerful streaks of light pierced the defensive barriers, killing soldiers on the walls as black-armored Great Qin Soldiers charged toward the city.
• Demon beasts broke through the defenses and attacked Thunder Kingdom’s soldiers while Great Qin Soldiers climbed the walls and fought their way inside.
• Great Qin Soldiers overwhelmed Thunder Kingdom’s troops, who suffered heavy losses and fled.
• Some Thunder Kingdom Cavalry units refused to retreat and gathered to charge the Great Qin Soldiers.

Bai Qi’s Great Qin forces destroyed the opposing cavalry and launched a full-scale invasion of Thunder Kingdom, capturing territory with overwhelming speed. Thunder Kingdom’s prince learned that his royal family had likely been captured or killed, while other factions began seeking allies against Great Qin and Earthtail Kingdom.

• The cavalry charged through Great Qin soldiers and demonic beasts, but Great Qin Archers and Ballistas killed most of the regiment.
• Hundreds of demonic beasts overwhelmed the remaining cavalry, and Bai Qi ordered a full-scale attack on Thunder Kingdom.
• Great Qin soldiers swept through Thunder Kingdom and rapidly captured its territories as civilians fled.
• A soldier told the Thunder Kingdom Prince that his royal family had likely been captured or killed, and the other faction leaders refused to lend him troops.
• The Thunder Kingdom Prince left with his people, while news of Thunder Kingdom’s destruction shocked nearby factions, including Earthtail Kingdom.

Great Qin conquered the Thunder Kingdom, and Zhao Fu demanded that its ruler and royals kneel and submit. The Thunder Kingdom King challenged Zhao Fu, was struck down, and his family faced a choice between submission and death.

• Great Qin soldiers surrounded the Thunder Kingdom King and his people after destroying the royal palace, and Zhao Fu revealed his faction.
• The Thunder Kingdom King agreed to submit after Zhao Fu rejected his request to preserve the kingdom's royal status and territory.
• The Minister of Internal Affairs and several elders refused to submit, and the Thunder Kingdom King challenged Zhao Fu to a fight.
• Zhao Fu knocked the Thunder Kingdom King into a crater with a single blow, leaving him badly injured.
• The Thunder Kingdom King's consorts and children gathered around him, and two consorts declared they would die with him.
• The bewitching consort apologized, making the others suspect she intended to choose a different fate.

Zhao Fu took control of Thunder Kingdom, accepted two consorts’ submission, and claimed several royal women while the King of Thunder Kingdom was imprisoned. Great Qin captured the kingdom’s territories and prepared to use them as a base for further expansion in Card World.

• The alluring consort and frosty consort offered to submit to Zhao Fu, and he silenced the ministers who condemned them.
• Zhao Fu had the unwilling royals taken away and brought four consorts, two princesses, and the Minister of Internal Affairs into the main hall.
• Great Qin Soldiers captured Thunder Kingdom’s territories, while Bai Qi counted over two billion citizens and more than two hundred million soldiers among the spoils.
• Bai Qi found Zhao Fu occupied in the main hall and gathered the generals to plan Great Qin’s next moves.
• Bai Qi and the generals decided to use Thunder Kingdom as Great Qin’s base for expansion throughout Card World.

Zhao Fu consolidated Great Qin’s control of Thunder Kingdom while neighboring powers and the Knights Guild assessed the new faction. He agreed to release the Thunder Kingdom King under confinement and with his power sealed, then left to handle other affairs.

• Bai Qi screened Thunder Kingdom ministers who submitted to Great Qin and assigned them to help govern and rebuild.
• Earthtail Kingdom investigated Great Qin’s strength and planned to establish friendly relations after Thunder Kingdom stabilized.
• The Knights Guild ordered information gathering and preparations to rescue its members trapped in Thunder Kingdom, while Elena and the elders remained unconcerned about Great Qin.
• Helensa asked Zhao Fu to release the Thunder Kingdom King, and Hasami agreed to submit if he protected her relatives.
• Zhao Fu agreed to confine the king and seal his power, then left the grand hall after learning Bai Qi had settled the kingdom’s affairs.

After Great Qin conquered Thunder Kingdom, Zhao Fu reorganized its territory and administration while the Thunder King remained imprisoned and furious. The former kingdom became the Great Qin Garrison, and attention turned to rebuilding its cavalry forces.

• Helensa, Hasami, and the consorts visited the imprisoned Thunder King, who rejected their pleas and vowed revenge on Zhao Fu.
• The Thunder Prince learned that his parents had been captured rather than killed and felt relieved.
• Great Qin abolished Thunder Kingdom's name, established the Great Qin Garrison, and merged Locke Kingdom into it.
• Zhao Fu released Thunder Kingdom's Knights Guild members and arranged for Elena and her knights to gather intelligence for Great Qin.
• Hillary remained queen and managed the garrison, while Helensa and Hasami took on administrative duties.
• The chapter detailed the surviving Locke Cavalry, the near-total destruction of the Thunder Cavalry, and the damaged treasure gear salvaged from its fallen soldiers.

Zhao Fu agreed to an alliance with Earthtail Kingdom, and Great Qin helped it attack two neighboring nations by forcing their would-be rescuers to withdraw. Earthtail Kingdom’s armies continued advancing against Dori Kingdom and Nether Axe Kingdom.

• Zhao Fu considered how Great Qin could develop its own cavalry regiments and assigned the research to his subordinates, with Bai Qi joining them.
• An envoy from Earthtail Kingdom visited Great Qin with gifts and proposed an alliance, which Zhao Fu accepted.
• Earthtail Kingdom attacked Dori Kingdom and Nether Axe Kingdom, prompting the two nations to call on their neighbors for help.
• Great Qin sent forces to threaten several nations, compelling them to withdraw troops they had planned to send against Earthtail Kingdom.
• Earthtail Kingdom’s armies advanced under a rain of arrows and used bursts of yellow light to deflect the attacks.

The Earthtail Kingdom broke through Dori Kingdom’s defenses and drove its soldiers into retreat. An azure-armored cavalry regiment briefly tore through the Earthtail army before being wiped out, and the Earthtail Kingdom went on to capture Dori territory.

• The Earthtail Kingdom’s soldiers smashed through Dori’s azure barrier, scaled the city walls, and defeated the defenders in fierce fighting.
• Dori’s soldiers retreated as the Earthtail Kingdom pursued them from the captured walls.
• A cavalry regiment of more than three hundred thousand azure-armored riders charged into the Earthtail army and shattered its earthen walls.
• The cavalry regiment opened a devastating passage through the enemy ranks, but the Earthtail Kingdom regrouped and killed every rider.
• The Earthtail Kingdom encountered no further resistance and swiftly captured territory across Dori; the other battlefield had a similar outcome.

After Great Qin and Earthtail Kingdom allied, Zhao Fu weighed the danger of confronting Dragon King Kingdom and decided to leave Card World’s affairs to his subordinates while he returned to Great Qin. He summoned Hillary to the Imperial Palace to ask how much she had learned about Great Qin.

• The surrounding states formed an encirclement around Great Qin and Earthtail Kingdom, while Earthtail Kingdom paused its attacks and began studying Card World.
• Zhao Fu accepted Earthtail Kingdom’s gifts, arranged for Elena and the others to rescue Knights Guild members, and discussed future plans with his generals.
• Zhao Fu learned that Dragon King Kingdom possessed forty billion people and a forty-million-strong Dragon King Knights cavalry corps, making an immediate conquest too dangerous.
• Zhao Fu decided to set aside Card World’s affairs, entrust its administration and defense to Wei Liao and his subordinates, and leave Bai Qi in Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin and summoned Hillary from her tour to ask whether she understood its affairs.

Zhao Fu arranged for Arthur Tina to guard the Card World while Hillary returned there to handle its affairs, then prepared to leave Great Qin for the Spirit Domain. Before he could depart, the Moonlight Silver Dragon Nest finished transforming after absorbing a great-mighty-one-grade Dragon Soul, unleashing immense dragon power across Great Qin and beyond.

• Zhao Fu told Hillary he would soon leave for the Spirit Domain and asked her to return to the Card World and form a Cavalry regiment.
• Hillary recommended Arthur Tina to guard the Card World, and Zhao Fu summoned her and agreed to send her there after learning she also wanted to develop in that world.
• Zhao Fu informed Great Qin's ministers that he would be leaving, and they recognized they would need to govern cautiously in his absence.
• A tremendous dragon roar interrupted Zhao Fu as he prepared to depart, and he flew toward the source of the dragon power.
• Zhao Fu witnessed the Moonlight Silver Dragon Nest finish transforming after absorbing the Dragon Soul, sending terrifying dragon might across Great Qin and alarming nearby nations.

Zhao Fu defeated the remnant dragon soul that emerged from the Moonlight Silver Dragon Nest and transformed it into the Saint Realm-grade Golden Night Heavenly Dragon. He planned to use its rapidly spawning dragons as mounts for a powerful cavalry regiment.

• A silver dragon emerged from the pillar of light and declared that it would not accept Zhao Fu as its master.
• The dragon tried to break free of the restrictions in its body so it could attack Zhao Fu.
• Zhao Fu summoned the Demon Race Supreme Imperial Star, crushed the dragon's body, and sent its soul power into the nest.
• Zhao Fu discovered that the nest had become the Saint Realm-grade Golden Night Heavenly Dragon, capable of spawning five dragons each day.
• Zhao Fu planned to make the Golden Night Heavenly Dragons mounts for a dragon cavalry regiment.

Zhao Fu traveled through the Heaven Domain toward the Spirit Domain and learned that the major factions were preparing for a looming calamity. There, he encountered Ziyun, a former enemy who tried to claim him, and their confrontation began with Zhao Fu attacking.

• Zhao Fu left the Golden Night Heavenly Dragon's nest in trusted hands and set out for the Spirit Domain through the Heaven Domain.
• After half a month of travel, Zhao Fu rested at an inn and heard that Apocalypse World was deadlocked against Card World while the Heaven Domain's major factions gathered supplies for an approaching disaster.
• Zhao Fu continued his journey and encountered Ziyun, who recognized his resemblance to someone from his past and demanded he remove his cloak.
• Ziyun and his followers threatened Zhao Fu, but Zhao Fu attacked Ziyun and two of the men with three beams of power.
• Ziyun blocked the attack with a purple barrier, which cracked under the impact, and admitted Zhao Fu was not ordinary.

Zhao Fu fought Ziyun, an expert of the Imperial Path Academy, and revealed his Immortal Mode to withstand Ziyun’s powerful attacks. He then transformed his runes into swords of light and launched them at Ziyun.

• Zhao Fu charged Ziyun and overpowered him with a punch and a Black Dragon attack, driving him back.
• Ziyun unleashed his full power, formed purple ribbons around his body, and struck at Zhao Fu.
• Zhao Fu activated Immortal Mode, using a ring of seven-colored runes to deflect Ziyun’s attacks.
• Ziyun formed enormous violet hands and slammed them into Zhao Fu’s rune circle, but Zhao Fu dispersed them.
• Zhao Fu turned the rune circle into swords of light and sent them flying toward Ziyun.

Zhao Fu defeated Ziyun in battle, then revealed that Ziyun had already guessed his identity before leaving. Ziyun let his male companions go and watched Zhao Fu disappear.

• Ziyun unleashed his purple aura to summon ninety-nine powerful men, but Zhao Fu destroyed them with a seven-colored sword strike and wounded Ziyun.
• Zhao Fu refused Ziyun's proposal to become a woman and follow him, then turned to leave.
• Ziyun asked Zhao Fu to reveal his identity, and Zhao Fu told him he had already guessed.
• Ziyun realized Zhao Fu's identity, but Zhao Fu transformed into a streak of light and vanished.
• Ziyun told his male companions they were no longer his possessions and sent them away.

Ziyun transformed into a woman, renamed herself Blue Moon, and set off after Zhao Fu. As Zhao Fu neared the Imperial Path Academy, he encountered Jian Liuyue and Cang Kongyue fighting and wondered whether to visit the powerful expert who had helped him.

• Ziyun gave the alluring young men storage rings, transformed herself into a beautiful woman, and took the name Blue Moon before pursuing Zhao Fu.
• Zhao Fu flew toward the Spirit Domain, planning to use an empire's Teleportation Array to speed his journey.
• A sword strike from a nearby battle hit Zhao Fu's defensive barrier, and he flew over to investigate.
• Zhao Fu recognized Jian Liuyue and Cang Kongyue, who were fighting near the Imperial Path Academy.
• Zhao Fu realized he was close to the Imperial Path Academy and considered visiting the expert who had helped him, but feared his identity might be exposed.

Zhao Fu confronted Jian Liuyue and Cang Kongyue, revealing power far beyond theirs and demanding that Jian Liuyue become his woman. Cang Kongyue’s reinforcements arrived, but Xiang Qianqian reacted intensely to Zhao Fu, recognizing him as the mysterious man she had long yearned to meet again.

• Jian Liuyue and Cang Kongyue stopped fighting when Zhao Fu appeared, and both learned he had grievances with them.
• Jian Liuyue attacked Zhao Fu, but he repelled her with a sword strike and revealed his Emperor Heaven Realm strength.
• Zhao Fu demanded that Jian Liuyue repay her elder sister’s debt by becoming his woman, and she refused.
• Xiang Qianqian arrived with three Emperor Heaven Realm experts after Cang Kongyue had called for help.
• Xiang Qianqian became flushed and agitated near Zhao Fu, recognizing him as the mysterious man she had regretted not leaving with.

Zhao Fu overwhelmed three Emperor Heaven Realm experts while Jian Liuyue and Cang Kongyue escaped. Back at the Sword Sect, Jian Yiyue recognized Zhao Fu as the owner of seven imperial stars and decided to keep his return secret.

• Xiang Qianqian recognized Zhao Fu, but Cang Kongyue ordered three Emperor Heaven Realm experts to attack him.
• Zhao Fu repelled the three attackers, while Jian Liuyue used a sword talisman to escape and Cang Kongyue fled with Xiang Qianqian.
• Zhao Fu let the three Emperor Heaven Realm experts go, abandoned his trip to the Imperial Path Academy, and left the area.
• Jian Liuyue returned to the Sword Sect and told Jian Yiyue about the hooded man; Jian Yiyue recognized his aura from the sword intent she had been studying.
• Jian Yiyue identified Zhao Fu as the owner of seven imperial stars and told Jian Liuyue not to reveal that he had returned to the Heaven Domain.

Jian Yiyue and Jian Liuyue decided to pursue Zhao Fu to witness his power and comprehend his Immortal-Slaying Sword Intent, while Xiang Qianqian set out to find him as well. Blue Moon also tracked his route toward the Spirit Domain, where Zhao Fu continued flying unaware that three groups were following him.

• Jian Yiyue decided to seek Zhao Fu and comprehend his Immortal-Slaying Sword Intent, and Jian Liuyue joined her.
• Cang Kongyue returned to his faction with Xiang Qianqian and planned to send stronger experts after Zhao Fu, while Xiang Qianqian left alone under the pretense of returning to Myriad Desires Palace.
• Blue Moon traced Zhao Fu's route toward the Spirit Domain and suspected he intended to awaken the Spirit Race Imperial Star.
• Jian Yiyue and Jian Liuyue followed the direction indicated by their crystal ball, believing Zhao Fu was heading to awaken his eighth Imperial Star.
• Xiang Qianqian used her body's reaction to Zhao Fu to sense his direction and flew after him.
• Zhao Fu stopped concealing his aura and continued toward the Spirit Domain, unaware that the three women were pursuing him.

Zhao Fu entered a demon-clan duel tournament to win an Emperor Heaven Demon Horse Stone for his planned imperial cavalry, and he watched the preliminary fights from a guest room. The chapter ended as two young dragon clan members entered the arena to face each other.

• Zhao Fu learned that the tournament’s prize included an Emperor Heaven Demon Horse Stone and decided to compete for it.
• Zhao Fu registered as Demon Night and demonstrated his Emperor Heaven Realm cultivation, earning a place directly in the final tournament.
• A sheep-headed attendant led Zhao Fu to a guest room overlooking the arena, where he watched the preliminary duels.
• A bull-horned demon clansman defeated a Lionfolk fighter, and a sinister-looking youth in white robes later defeated a Great Han.
• A young girl with black dragon horns and a handsome youth with dragon horns entered the arena as the crowd anticipated their match.