Chapter Summaries

Zhao Fu encountered Bing Qixue, a renowned prodigy ranked ninth on the Guti Ranking, at an inn in the Inner Domain. When Long Yang tried to drive out the inn’s guests, Bing Qixue’s identity forced him to withdraw, while Zhao Fu kept his distance from the gathering.

• Bing Qixue approached Zhao Fu to make his acquaintance, but Zhao Fu initially refused before replying politely in a Guti Domain language.
• Long Yang entered the inn with seven women and demanded that everyone leave because he had reserved the place.
• Long Yang revealed that he was the Young Sect Master of the Eight Dragon Origin Sect and ranked nineteenth on the Guti Ranking, prompting the guests to prepare to leave.
• The woman in black announced that Bing Qixue was the Icefield Kingdom’s eldest prince and ranked ninth, stunning the guests and reminding Zhao Fu of Long Yang’s earlier attack on Lelai Kingdom.
• Long Yang challenged Bing Qixue to a future contest after cultivating the Eight Dragon Sacred Art, then left with his people.
• Bing Qixue remained at the inn, while Zhao Fu returned his attention to his important business and avoided further involvement.

Zhao Fu learned about the Great Void Ruins from Bing Qixue, who recognized that Zhao Fu was dangerous and far from ordinary. The next day, Zhao Fu bought a large supply of corpses from the Ten Thousand Dragons Merchant Group and arranged for future purchases.

• Bing Qixue explained that the Great Void Ruins would open in two years and that the Ten Thousand Dragons Merchant Group was selling Great Void Tokens.
• Bing Qixue warned the woman in black that Zhao Fu was extremely dangerous and that even he might not defeat him without using the World Seal.
• Zhao Fu visited the Ten Thousand Dragons Merchant Group and asked to buy a large quantity of corpses above the second stage.
• Zhao Fu purchased one million second-stage corpses, one hundred thousand third-stage corpses, and ten thousand fourth-stage corpses for thirty million gold coins.
• Zhao Fu asked the gray-robed middle-aged man to keep supplying corpses, and the man agreed.

Zhao Fu missed the auction for the Great Void Tokens and refused offers from Bing Qixue and Long Yang. He chose to try climbing the Ten Thousand Dragons Platform to obtain the merchant group’s remaining token.

• Zhao Fu arrived after the auction ended and learned that all the Great Void Tokens had been sold.
• Bing Qixue offered Zhao Fu a token, but Zhao Fu hesitated to accept the favor.
• Long Yang mocked Zhao Fu and tossed a Great Void Token at him as a humiliating reward, prompting Bing Qixue to object.
• Zhao Fu asked the attendant whether another token was available and learned that one remained atop the Ten Thousand Dragons Platform.
• Despite warnings and mockery from Bing Qixue, Long Yang, and the onlookers, Zhao Fu had the attendant lead him to the platform.

Zhao Fu went to the Ten Thousand Dragons Platform to attempt its impossible ascent, drawing a crowd because of his connections to Bing Qixue and Long Yang. The manager dismissed his chances, while Zhao Fu stood before the platform as the crowd watched.

• Long Yang and his companions mocked Zhao Fu’s plan to climb the Ten Thousand Dragons Platform, while Bing Qixue doubted he could succeed.
• Zhao Fu followed the attendant toward the platform, and news of his attempt spread through the city because he was connected to Bing Qixue and Long Yang.
• The crowd gathered before the thousand-meter-tall platform, whose steps and dragon-carved pillars lay beneath dangerous restrictions surrounding a hoard of treasures.
• The attendant reported the situation to the manager, who said no one had ever climbed the platform and instructed him to keep serving Zhao Fu and help find a Taixu Token.
• Millions of people surrounded the platform and focused their attention on the cloaked Zhao Fu.

Zhao Fu climbed the Ten Thousand Dragons Platform and defeated its first three trials with overwhelming strength. He reached the fourth trial at the one hundred and nineteenth step as a massive golden dragon pearl formed above him.

• Zhao Fu resisted the platform’s oppressive aura and rapidly climbed to the thirtieth step, where he blasted away the first trial’s silver dragon pillar.
• Zhao Fu reached the fifty-ninth step and shattered the second trial’s golden dragon claw with a punch, earning the crowd’s astonishment and Long Yang’s attention.
• Zhao Fu faced the third trial’s golden divine dragon and defeated it with the Black Dragon that burst from his body.
• Zhao Fu climbed to the one hundred and nineteenth step, where a colossal golden dragon pearl formed for the fourth trial.

Zhao Fu shattered the fourth trial’s Dragon Domain and passed the fifth trial, revealing power that alarmed the spectators and rival heavenly prides. He reached the sixth trial, where a pair of silver dragon eyes appeared in the sky as the challenge began.

• The golden Dragon Domain pressed against Zhao Fu’s Emperor Domain, but two dragon roars and black and purple flames strengthened him until he shattered it.
• Zhao Fu climbed to the one hundred and fiftieth step and used his Kingly Profound Meaning to destroy the half-human, half-dragon monsters, passing the fifth trial.
• Bing Qixue recognized Zhao Fu’s strength and became concerned about his Emperor’s aura, while Long Yang and the seven beauties beside him reacted with dismay.
• The attendant told the manager that Zhao Fu had passed the fifth trial, and they hurried to the Ten Thousand Dragons Platform to witness his progress.
• Zhao Fu climbed to the one hundred and seventy-ninth step and triggered the sixth trial, summoning a pair of silver dragon eyes that made the onlookers feel fear.

Zhao Fu defeated the sixth trial of the Ten Thousand Dragons Seal by summoning his terrifying eyes, which overwhelmed the Annihilation Dragon Eyes. He reached the seventh trial, where the Ten Thousand Dragons Platform summoned a Dragon God, and the crowd waited to see whether he could overcome it.

• The Annihilation Dragon Eyes attacked Zhao Fu, cracking his Emperor Domain and tearing at his body.
• Zhao Fu unleashed three kinds of flames and revealed a terrifying pair of eyes that made the Annihilation Dragon Eyes collapse in fear.
• Zhao Fu overcame the sixth trial and climbed from the one hundred eightieth step toward the seventh trial.
• Zhao Fu reached the two hundred ninth step and triggered the seventh trial, darkening the sky and gathering a vast vortex of spiritual energy.
• The Ten Thousand Dragons Platform manifested a powerful Dragon God holding a dragon halberd, leaving everyone to wonder whether Zhao Fu could defeat it.

Zhao Fu faced the Dragon God in the seventh trial, enduring its devastating attacks and revealing that he still had immense power in reserve. He unleashed the full power of the four dragons of fortune and summoned countless chains that sealed the sky, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The Dragon God warned Zhao Fu to withdraw, but Zhao Fu declared that he had slain gods and refused to retreat.
• The Dragon God attacked with a hurricane and a destructive beam, cracking Zhao Fu's Emperor Domain and forcing him back.
• Zhao Fu summoned a four-colored spear and hurled it at the Dragon God, but the Dragon God cut it apart with its halberd.
• Zhao Fu unleashed the full power of the four dragons of fortune, surprising the Dragon God and terrifying the onlookers.
• Zhao Fu clenched his hand, and countless powerful chains shot forth to seal the sky.

Zhao Fu defeated the Dragon God and cleared the Seventh Trial on the Ten Thousand Dragons Platform, astonishing the crowd and the Ten Thousand Dragons Merchant Group. He advanced toward the Eighth Trial as the group’s highest ranks learned of his feat.

• The Dragon God broke Zhao Fu’s chains with its full power, but Zhao Fu summoned a four-colored dragon sword and killed it with one slash.
• The Seventh Trial was declared cleared, and the crowd celebrated Zhao Fu as the greatest heaven-chosen on the Guti Ranking.
• Bing Qixue recognized the vast gap between himself and Zhao Fu, while Long Yang decided to stay and see whether Zhao Fu could clear the final trial.
• The manager ordered an attendant to report Zhao Fu’s achievement to the Ten Thousand Dragons Merchant Group’s highest ranks.
• A messenger interrupted the group’s meeting and reported that Zhao Fu had cleared the Seventh Trial and was advancing toward the Eighth.

Zhao Fu reached the eighth and final trial of the Ten Thousand Dragons Platform, where ten thousand dragons nearly crushed him. His suppressed imperial aura then erupted, forcing the crowd to kneel and revealing the overwhelming nobility of his identity.

• The upper ranks of the Ten Thousand Dragons Merchant Group rushed to the platform after learning that Zhao Fu had passed the seventh trial, and news drew millions of onlookers.
• Zhao Fu stepped onto the final stair, awakening ten thousand dragons whose combined might pressured everyone nearby to retreat.
• The dragons’ roar shattered Zhao Fu’s Emperor Domain and sent him crashing onto the steps, leading the crowd to believe he had failed.
• Zhao Fu released his full imperial aura, which overwhelmed the crowd and made nearly everyone kneel.
• Bing Qixue recognized Zhao Fu as an imperial heir, while Long Yang regretted provoking him and the merchant group was stunned by his status.

Zhao Fu overcame the Ten Thousand Dragons Platform’s eighth trial, revealing a status that left the crowd and the Guti Domain’s powerful figures in awe. After collecting the platform’s treasures, he approached its silver dragon pearl, which awakened and shook the platform when he touched it.

• Zhao Fu crushed all ten thousand attacking dragons beneath the pressure of his emperor’s bearing and completed the eighth trial.
• The crowd watched in shock as Zhao Fu stood atop the platform, while Bing Qixue accepted their difference in status and the woman in black regretted her earlier treatment of him.
• Long Yang and the seven women fled, and the Ten Thousand Dragons Merchant Group’s higher-ups silently allowed Zhao Fu to claim the platform’s treasures.
• Zhao Fu spent half an hour collecting the treasures, then approached the silver dragon pearl at the platform’s center.
• Zhao Fu touched the silver dragon pearl, causing it to shine, roar, and shake the entire platform.

Zhao Fu absorbed the Ten Thousand Dragons Demon Pearl and the dragons’ power, then became an elder of the Ten Thousand Dragons Merchant Group and arranged to obtain corpses for Great Qin. News that he had conquered the Ten Thousand Dragons Platform spread through the Guti Domain, where people mistook him for an imperial son.

• The Ten Thousand Dragons Demon Pearl and the dragon phantoms entered Zhao Fu, leaving a silver mark on his chest and draining the Ten Thousand Dragons Platform of its power.
• The Ten Thousand Dragons Merchant Group’s president offered Zhao Fu an elder position, and Zhao Fu accepted and received a Silver Dragon Token.
• Zhao Fu refused the president’s invitation to host him, then befriended Bing Qixue and returned with treasures and corpses after arranging cheap supplies for Great Qin.
• News of Zhao Fu’s success spread throughout the Guti Domain, and people investigated the story and believed he was an imperial son of an empire.

After returning to Great Qin, Zhao Fu counted the treasures he had gained from the Ten Thousand Dragons Platform and put several of the most valuable to use. He began cultivating a holy-light godhead fragment as Great Qin’s exclusive deity, while the kingdom prepared to enter its sixth year.

• The Icefield Kingdom praised Bing Qixue for befriending Zhao Fu, while the Eight Dragon Origin Sect recalled Long Yang, reprimanded him, and confined him for a year.
• Zhao Fu and his people counted the Ten Thousand Dragons Platform’s treasures, valued at eight billion gold coins, and set aside the Great Void Tokens for a future visit to the Great Void Ruins.
• Zhao Fu gave Bai Shan the Dragon-Shooting Ballista blueprint to study and ordered Great Qin to begin making the weapons.
• Zhao Fu used the Flower Spirit Pearl to help the World Flower grow and integrated the Dragon Soul Jade into the Flying Dragon Nest, increasing its strength and daily output.
• After Golden Dragon explained that the godhead fragment could be restored into an exclusive deity, Zhao Fu fused it into a Light Crystal in a new temple and left it to gather faith and incense offerings.
• Zhao Fu watched the snow outside the main hall and reflected that Great Qin’s sixth year would begin in a few days.

Zhao Fu celebrated the New Year in Great Qin, then strengthened his control over the Darkwater Continent by using brain worms on its remaining system City Lords. He decided to postpone unification and focus on recruiting system City Lords from other continents to protect Great Qin’s growing faction.

• Zhao Fu spent the New Year in Great Qin, invited his grandparents to the palace, and celebrated with his ministers and generals.
• Zhao Fu traveled to the Fish Scale World to assess Great Qin’s influence on the Darkwater Continent as the three-year pact neared its end.
• Zhao Fu acquired 1,000 brain worms and used them to control the remaining system City Lords, bringing his faction to 4,200 City Lords and 400 million troops.
• Zhao Fu chose to delay unifying the Darkwater Continent, worried that other continents might interfere or attack afterward.
• Zhao Fu decided to recruit system City Lords from other continents to strengthen and secure his faction.

Zhao Fu hired players to stage repeated attacks on a system faction’s cities, hoping to frighten them into joining his faction. The defenders remained confused and unsettled as the attackers repeatedly charged and withdrew without fighting.

• Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin to consult his generals, then sent letters across the Fish Scale World seeking system factions willing to join him.
• Zhao Fu learned that only a little over twenty cities had agreed to join, and he planned to drive others toward his faction by staging player attacks.
• Zhao Fu brought more than a billion gold coins to hire players, while Great Qin continued clearing the Netherwater Continent and drawing away the Fish Scale World's destiny.
• Millions of hired Fish Scale players charged a small faction's cities, causing the defenders to prepare for battle, but the army repeatedly retreated before reaching them.
• The city lords finally ventured beyond the walls, fled when more than twenty powerful auras appeared, and watched the hired players charge and withdraw again without fighting.

Zhao Fu used player harassment to frighten small, remote system factions into migrating to Darkwater Continent, where Great Qin was secretly orchestrating their welcome. The plan succeeded, and Darkwater Continent’s forces grew as more factions joined.

• The player army repeatedly charged toward the system city walls, then retreated, while the city lords feared a trap and refused to fight back.
• After several days of harassment, the city lords received a letter from Darkwater Continent and decided to seek refuge there.
• Darkwater Continent sent people to protect the city lords and assured them that they would be welcomed, encouraging them to begin migrating.
• The player army staged more charges during the migration, and Darkwater Continent’s forces drove them off, reassuring the newcomers.
• The city lords arrived in Darkwater Continent and were pleased by the united system main cities, unaware that Zhao Fu had arranged the harassment and welcome to draw them into Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu continued the scheme against small, remote factions, spending over one billion gold coins as more factions agreed to join Darkwater Continent.

Zhao Fu struck first while Darkwater Continent’s city lords gathered to plan an attack, using isolation formations and overwhelming force to capture the east. When the other factions finally assembled to counterattack, Zhao Fu’s army had grown stronger and held the advantage.

• More than ten thousand city lords and eight hundred million troops gathered to plan an attack on Zhao Fu’s faction, but a report revealed that his forces had already attacked the east.
• Isolation formations blocked many city lords from returning to their cities, allowing Zhao Fu to attack the east with four thousand city lords and four hundred million troops against a weakened defense.
• Zhao Fu’s Dragon-Shooting Ballistas killed nearly a hundred enemy city lords, while Destruction Crystals demolished the defensive wall and shattered the eastern forces’ resistance.
• Zhao Fu’s army routed the eastern defenders, captured the region, and gained strength as many system city lords surrendered.
• More than eight thousand city lords and six hundred million troops arrived to counterattack, but Zhao Fu’s faction had assembled over nine thousand city lords and more than six hundred million troops, leaving the opposing factions at a disadvantage.

Zhao Fu used Liuli to lead the system faction in a standoff against the players, but both sides backed down when Fish Scale leaders warned that Great Qin would threaten Darkwater Continent after their contract expired. The factions agreed to stop fighting for now, then withdrew to prepare for the coming conflict.

• Liuli taunted the players and called on system cities to join his side, while a player leader rejected his attempt to divide them.
• A white-haired elder and a blue-robed man urged the factions to unite against Great Qin, reminding them that their three-year contract would expire next year.
• The Fish Scale leaders agreed that Great Qin was their greatest threat, while Zhao Fu awkwardly listened among the crowd.
• Liuli announced that his side would temporarily stop attacking, and the players followed suit to avoid appearing selfish.
• The factions drew a boundary and withdrew, then both began strengthening their forces for the struggle over Darkwater Continent.

Zhao Fu weighed whether to abolish Great Qin’s hierarchy system after ministers argued over its harms and its role in punishing those who resisted conquest. He decided to investigate the conditions of the lowborn himself, while the debate exposed growing divisions within the court.

• After returning to Great Qin, Zhao Fu reviewed memorials warning that the commoner rank system fostered resentment and corruption, and summoned ministers to debate its future.
• Guli and other ministers defended retaining the system, arguing that those who resisted Great Qin deserved punishment and that abolishing it could encourage future resistance.
• Huaxia ministers argued that the hierarchy would create conflict and undermine unity, and urged Zhao Fu to abolish it; Li Si declined to advise him and left the decision to the emperor.
• Li Muqing urged Zhao Fu to visit the lowborn and see their circumstances, but a minister accused her of applying democratic principles and possibly plotting against Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu rebuked the accusation, affirmed that Li Muqing was not wrong, and said he needed to see the situation for himself.

Zhao Fu visited a canal construction site and discovered how rigid Great Qin’s hierarchy had become, with lowborn people afraid of punishment and shunned by others. Disturbed by the divisions, he began looking into their situation and offered a gold coin to the children who were being excluded.

• Zhao Fu left the imperial palace with Li Muqing and watched lowborn workers build a canal for Great Qin.
• When a worker accidentally splashed mud on Zhao Fu, the foreman and worker feared severe punishment, and Li Muqing explained that lowborn people faced harsher penalties and could lose their chance to rise in rank.
• After hearing that nobles considered lowborn places unlucky, Zhao Fu questioned how Great Qin’s hierarchy had become so rigid and asked the foreman to show him around.
• Zhao Fu saw a woman pull her child away from lowborn children, warning that associating with them could make the boy someone their Majesty disliked.
• Zhao Fu approached the lowborn children and gave them a gold coin to buy something tasty.