Chapter Summaries

The Demon Horn Empire overwhelmed the White God Clan, and Yao Ming killed the White God World’s strongest expert as the defenders began to flee. The Thirteen Divine Maidens appeared to empower the White God Clan, but Yao Ming shattered their barrier and sent them flying, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Blue-eyed beasts and Demon Horn soldiers attacked the White God Clan’s walls, breaking through its defenses and turning the battle into a slaughter.
• Yao Ming killed the White God World’s strongest expert, prompting White God Clan soldiers to retreat or try to escape.
• Yao Ming ordered the Demon Horn army to pursue as the White God Clan’s defense collapsed.
• The Thirteen Divine Maidens raised thirteen pillars of light that strengthened fleeing White God Clan members and weakened the Demon Horn soldiers.
• Yao Ming attacked the Divine Maidens, and their leader joined the others in raising a barrier that his blade shattered, sending all thirteen flying and extinguishing the pillars.

Zhao Fu defeated the Demon Horn Empire’s immediate attack, then forced the White God Clan to submit to Great Qin and appointed its thirteen goddesses as priestesses of the God of Light. He learned that the Demon Horn Empire had withdrawn because another Demon Horn army had already breached the White God World.

• Zhao Fu arrived as Yao Ming attacked the thirteen goddesses, and the two fought while Great Qin’s army charged the Demon Horn forces.
• The Demon Horn Empire retreated, leaving Great Qin and the White God Clan facing each other in a tense standoff.
• Zhao Fu rejected the White God Clan’s offer of territory and demanded that its members surrender or die.
• Great Qin attacked as the White God Clan fled, and Zhao Fu asked the thirteen goddesses why they had not run.
• Zhao Fu offered the White God Clan as the life-bound god clan of the God of Light and appointed the thirteen goddesses as priestesses; Leng Fei'e accepted his authority.
• Zhao Fu discovered that another Demon Horn army had already breached the White God World.

Great Qin and the Demon Horn Empire fought a devastating war over the White God World, then stopped after suffering heavy losses and divided the world between them. Zhao Fu brought the thirteen divine maidens to meet a true god being nurtured by Great Qin, leaving them shocked by the revelation.

• Zhao Fu ordered Great Qin to attack the White God World, and Great Qin and the Demon Horn Empire each occupied two of its four continents.
• Yao Ming gathered his troops and fought Great Qin, but both empires suffered heavy losses before their rulers ordered their armies to stop and withdraw.
• The White God World was split between the two empires, and Zhao Fu planned to relocate the White God Clan to Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu brought the thirteen divine maidens to the Hall of Light, where they saw a holy woman whose presence revealed her to be a true god.
• The divine maidens worried that the god could gain faith and seize power, unaware that Great Qin's monarch's authority placed even gods beneath its rule.

Zhao Fu made the White God Clan Rexi’s natal divine clan, greatly strengthening the God of Light and granting her control over the clan. Afterward, Leng Fei'e asked Zhao Fu to kill Yao Ming for murdering her father, and he promised he would.

• Zhao Fu told Rexi he planned to make the White God Clan her natal divine clan, and Rexi accepted the thirteen divine maidens as her priestesses.
• Rexi and the thirteen divine maidens performed a ritual as White God Clan members offered their faith and blood, forming a Faith Blood Crystal for Rexi.
• Rexi absorbed the Faith Blood Crystal, gained control of the White God Clan, and greatly increased her divine power.
• Zhao Fu examined Rexi’s new blessings and divine arts, then was intimate with Rexi and the thirteen divine maidens.
• Leng Fei'e asked Zhao Fu to kill Yao Ming for murdering her father, and Zhao Fu promised to do it before they made love.
• Leng Fei'e told Zhao Fu that surrendering to him seemed no different from being taken by Yao Ming, and Zhao Fu said he would treat her as his woman.

After a cavern collapsed beneath Great Qin, Zhao Fu descended into its depths and discovered a damaged seal releasing chaotic turbulent qi from beyond the realms. Alasna warned him that breaking the seal could let in creatures capable of destroying Great Qin and countless worlds.

• An explosion collapsed part of Great Qin’s underground passages, and Li Wen reported a vast, dangerous opening to Zhao Fu.
• Zhao Fu entered the opening with the Imperial Killing Sword, while Great Qin’s ministers summoned Alasna to assist him.
• Giant worms attacked Zhao Fu as he fell, but he cut them down with the Imperial Killing Sword and its Sword Dao.
• Zhao Fu cleared the worms and found a jade floor with a chained sealing formation whose cracked center released a terrifying aura.
• Alasna identified the aura as chaotic turbulent qi from beyond the realms and warned Zhao Fu that the seal might conceal a passage through which invading creatures could endanger Great Qin and many worlds.

Zhao Fu and Alasna investigated a damaged seal near Great Qin, then used the Heaven-Sealing Sword to open it and entered the space beyond. They found an underground passage and learned more about the powerful master of the Great Void Ruins.

• Zhao Fu discovered that the seal was damaged and feared creatures from beyond the world could threaten Great Qin.
• Alasna said Great Qin lacked the strength to reseal it, but Zhao Fu refused to alert other powers because he needed to protect Great Qin's secrets.
• Zhao Fu ordered Yu Ling and Mosak to weaken the seal, then used the Heaven-Sealing Sword to absorb its sealing power and widen the opening.
• Zhao Fu and Alasna entered the rift and found a vast, artificially excavated underground space with a dark passage.
• Alasna told Zhao Fu that the master of the Great Void Ruins had nearly reached immortal strength and had sealed her beyond the world.

Zhao Fu and Alasna entered the Outer Realm Battlefield and discovered they had reached a relatively safe frontier region. Alasna explained how factions survived there, and Zhao Fu began considering how Great Qin could establish itself and prepare for future battles.

• Zhao Fu and Alasna passed through a bone-filled passage and opened a powerful metal gate leading deeper into the Outer Realm Battlefield.
• Zhao Fu and Alasna emerged into a secluded canyon beneath a star-filled sky, where Alasna explained that the Outer Realm had twelve moons at night and eight suns by day.
• Alasna surveyed the area and told Zhao Fu that they were in a relatively low-risk frontier region, though even immortals could perish through carelessness.
• Alasna advised Zhao Fu to establish a gathering place, build defenses, gather soldiers and supplies, and prepare formations or Sunlight Gems to protect against the eight suns.
• Alasna warned Zhao Fu that Outer Realm creatures were difficult to subdue and suggested capturing some for experiments to develop stronger Spirit-Extinguishing Crystals.

Zhao Fu and Alasna hunted outer world creatures before dawn, capturing many kinds to prepare for a settlement and strengthen Spirit-Extinguishing Crystals. As eight suns rose, they encountered and captured a humanoid outer world creature, then returned toward Great Qin.

• Alasna warned Zhao Fu that outer world creatures could appear during the day and urged him to prepare a settlement before dawn.
• Zhao Fu captured Fire-Red Ants and hunted many other outer world creatures, earning Outer World Points and collecting over twenty creature types.
• Eight suns rose, forcing Zhao Fu to shield himself from the intense sunlight as Alasna called him “Husband” and they headed for the hidden passage.
• Zhao Fu encountered a humanoid outer world creature that attacked with a stone spear, shattered the weapon, bound the man, and took him back to Great Qin.

Zhao Fu oversaw Great Qin’s research into creatures beyond the realm, leading to the creation of Blood Spirit Crystals that helped weapons pierce their defenses. He also learned the language of the world beyond the realm from a captured humanoid creature, leaving Great Qin better equipped to fight and study its enemies.

• Zhao Fu ordered Bai Shan and Great Qin’s researchers to investigate captured creatures beyond the realm, and they found the creatures resisted spiritual energy and had unusually strong defenses.
• The scholars used blood from the creatures to make Blood Spirit Crystals, and a soldier showed that a crystal-enhanced spear pierced a Green Kiln Bug more easily.
• Zhao Fu ordered Blood Spirit Crystals produced in large quantities while the researchers continued work on improved Spirit-Extinguishing Crystals.
• Researchers tested a captured humanoid creature and found that ordinary healing medicine had little effect on creatures beyond the realm.
• A scholar gave Zhao Fu a Language Stone that taught him the humanoid creature’s language, and Zhao Fu learned it.

Zhao Fu established a fortified settlement in the Outer Realm, using the Sunblazing Immortal Emperor Formation to shield Great Qin from the eight suns and gather Sun God Stones. After the Corpse soul Guards defeated a swarm of Pale-Eyed Rats, Zhao Fu and Alasna hunted stronger creatures to earn points for an exchange stele.

• Zhao Fu chose the Sunblazing Immortal Emperor Formation and brought Alasna and one hundred thousand Corpse soul Guards into the Outer Realm.
• The Corpse soul Guards built a circular wall overnight and repelled several small attacks by Outer Realm creatures.
• Zhao Fu activated the formation, whose nine Golden Crows absorbed sunlight and protected the settlement while producing Sun God Stones.
• Zhao Fu and Alasna lured one hundred thousand Pale-Eyed Rats to the settlement, where the Corpse soul Guards killed them without letting them breach the wall.
• Zhao Fu left a General in charge of the settlement and went with Alasna to hunt stronger creatures for exchange points.
• Alasna killed thousands of flying Tier 3 seahorse-like creatures with dark divine power, and Zhao Fu regretted that they could not be subdued for Great Qin.

Zhao Fu and Alasna cleared nearby Outer Realm creatures and established an exchange stele in their settlement, where he discovered rewards of unimaginable power. He decided to develop the Outer Realm Battlefield as a long-term resource and potential refuge for Great Qin.

• Zhao Fu killed fourth-order Outer Realm creatures near the settlement and received an Apocalypse World Exchange Stele.
• Zhao Fu and Alasna placed the stele in the settlement, and Zhao Fu examined its rewards, including resurrection, time reversal, and immortality.
• Zhao Fu concluded that the Outer Realm Battlefield offered valuable rewards, ruins, and resources, and decided to develop it for Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu brought Outer Realm corpses to Great Qin to produce Blood Spirit Crystals and materials, then transferred talented people to the battlefield.

Great Qin attacked Corpse Cloth World but was stopped by a deadly Ghost Infant Curse made from tens of millions of infants. Zhao Fu summoned the God of Light and the Saints of Spirit Light World to purify the curse, while the Corpse Cloth Clan debated whether to use its last remaining method.

• Zhao Fu sent soldiers into Corpse Cloth World, but a curse killed both the ground scouts and the flyers.
• An old Daoist priest identified the danger as a powerful curse and revealed its ghost infants with talismans.
• The priest reported that the curse had likely been formed using tens of millions of infants, and Zhao Fu summoned Rexi and the Saints of Spirit Light World to purify it.
• The God of Light and the Saints drove back the gray aura and ghost infants, though purification progressed slowly.
• A bald man asked Shi Xiao whether the Corpse Cloth Clan should use its next method, and a woman warned that it would leave them with no choice but to fight Great Qin head-on.

Great Qin withdrew from Corpse Cloth World after the Demon Horn Empire attacked its territories, giving Zhao Fu time to prepare another way to dispel the cursed land. Zhao Fu then opened Great Qin’s imperial examination as the court’s factional tensions over female officials continued.

• Shi Xiao considered agreeing to use the proposed method to defend Corpse Cloth World when a soldier announced that Great Qin had withdrawn.
• Yao Ming’s Demon Horn Empire attacked Great Qin’s three occupied continents, forcing Zhao Fu to redirect his forces and temporarily halt the campaign.
• Yao Ming ordered the Demon Horn army to retreat after Great Qin returned to defend its territories, while Zhao Fu prepared to dispel the cursed land and turned to domestic affairs.
• Zhao Fu presided over the imperial examination as students gathered in the royal city to compete for official posts.
• Zhao Fu and his ministers watched the examination while Wang Jian oversaw the military examination and Bai Qi guarded the three continents.
• The chapter described how Li Muqing, Shangguan Wan'er, Lu Lingxuan, and Li Xiaoling faced bias and suppression from male officials despite Zhao Fu’s stated support for equality.

As Great Qin’s social order settled, Zhao Fu observed the rise of rival men’s and women’s organizations and listened as Li Muqing recommended women to strengthen their position in government. The civil examination results were announced, and its top ten candidates were brought before Zhao Fu.

• The Flower-Washing Pavilion and Poetry Sword grew into rival organizations whose large-scale poetry contests once required the court to send troops to restore order.
• Members of Flower-Washing Pavilion, Poetry Sword, noble families, and the Hundred Schools of Thought entered the civil examination with ambitions to shape Great Qin.
• Li Muqing recommended women she favored to Zhao Fu, seeking to increase female officials’ influence and resist their suppression.
• Zhao Fu listened to officials’ recommendations and paid attention to the talented people they put forward.
• The civil examination results were announced, and the top ten candidates knelt and bowed before Zhao Fu.

Zhao Fu oversaw the imperial examinations and rejected ministers’ attempts to use the results to limit women’s advancement. He then left the martial examination for the Charm Demon World, where Mei Xianggu told him the Wind God Empire had ordered its inhabitants to evacuate within three days or face extermination.

• Zhao Fu asked the examination’s ten top students to introduce themselves, then silenced ministers who argued that men deserved greater support and women should be barred from important positions.
• Li Muqing and Lu Lingxuan defended women’s abilities, but Zhao Fu ended the dispute and warned the ministers against internal conflict while Great Qin faced tensions beyond its borders.
• Zhao Fu watched the martial examination with Wu Zetian until a soldier summoned him to the Charm Demon World; Wu Zetian asked him to return that night.
• Mei Xianggu told Zhao Fu that the Wind God Empire had given everyone in the Charm Demon World three days to leave or be killed, and Zhao Fu realized the threat could lead to a massacre.

Zhao Fu warned the Charm Demon leaders that the Wind God Empire’s expansion threatened Great Qin and brought them under Great Qin’s protection. As Qian Lile began relocating her kingdom, Ye Qingqing’s resistance forced Zhao Fu to demonstrate his power in her royal palace.

• Zhao Fu urged Mei Xianggu and the Charm Demon factions to relocate to Great Qin, promising to protect them from the Wind God Empire.
• Mei Xianggu introduced five leaders who agreed to join Great Qin: Xiang Yue, Gu Lili, Qian Lile, Di Wu, and Min Yeye.
• Zhao Fu accompanied Qian Lile to her palace, where Ye Li opposed submitting her kingdom to Great Qin.
• Ye Qingqing arrived with soldiers to defend Ye Li and challenge Qian Lile’s decision.
• Zhao Fu unleashed his sovereign pressure, and Qian Lile warned the palace that they should submit or face the consequences.

Zhao Fu forced the Charm Demon Kingdom to submit and began moving its people and resources into Great Qin. After learning that the Wind God Empire was expanding its army and might target Great Qin next, he decided to focus Great Qin's strength on the Outer Realm Battlefield.

• Qian Lile ordered the Charm Demon Kingdom's ministers to arrange its relocation after its forces submitted to Zhao Fu.
• Ye Li begged Qian Lile to spare Ye Qingqing, but Zhao Fu left them behind to oversee the kingdom's evacuation.
• Qian Lile led Ye Qingqing beside Zhao Fu while the kingdom's population, cities, and supplies were transferred through Teleportation Arrays.
• Zhao Fu returned to Gurao Kingdom and learned that Great Qin had gained over seven billion Charm Demon Clan members, while the Demon Horn Empire took around one billion.
• The Wind God Empire sent another one billion Tier 3 soldiers to the Charm Demon World, increasing Zhao Fu's concern that it would attack Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu concluded that Great Qin should concentrate its strength on the Outer Realm Battlefield, where it might obtain weapons capable of killing powerful enemies.

Zhao Fu led Great Qin’s forces into the Outer Realm Battlefield to hunt creatures and search for Sunlight Gem mines, then discovered a vast insect nest and experimented with its eggs. The eggs could absorb power and produce dangerous insect phantoms, so Zhao Fu left their nature unresolved after one killed a soldier’s life force.

• Zhao Fu built a vast city in the Outer Realm Battlefield, then sent half his army in eight directions to hunt creatures and search for Sunlight Gem mines.
• Zhao Fu’s force killed several waves of insect-like creatures with Blood Spirit Stone arrows and discovered a vast pit filled with insect beasts and glowing eggs.
• Zhao Fu ordered the army to lure the insect beasts out in batches and used flying dragons to kill them while preserving most of the eggs.
• Zhao Fu found that the eggs absorbed chaotic energy and Apocalypse World power, but one egg exploded after absorbing his Saint power.
• Zhao Fu had a soldier inject power into an egg, and a rhinoceros beetle phantom emerged and began devouring the soldier’s life force before Zhao Fu killed it with Saint power.

Zhao Fu fused an insect nest stone with a flying dragon and created a powerful Flying Insect Nest Dragon for Great Qin. He then led the army onward, where they found another insect nest of scarlet centipedes and prepared to attack.

• Zhao Fu fused insect beast blood into a flying dragon, then merged the insect nest stone into its body.
• The flying dragon transformed into a thousand-meter Flying Insect Nest Dragon with power comparable to a ninth-tier dragon species.
• Zhao Fu ordered his soldiers to collect the insect corpses and eggs before leading the army onward.
• Zhao Fu’s vanguard found another nest, where about one million scarlet centipedes guarded a scarlet-glowing hexagonal stone.
• Zhao Fu sent Great Qin’s army to attack, and the centipedes surged toward them.

Great Qin slaughtered the insect beasts, obtained six insect nest stones, and created a second Flying Insect Nest Dragon. After Alasna explained the limited uses and risks of insect eggs, Zhao Fu rested with her while Bai Xihan, Xu Liuyi, Sun Hanxiang, and Wei Qing arrived outside his room.

• Great Qin's soldiers and flying dragons killed most of the insect beasts, and Zhao Fu fused an insect nest stone into a scarlet-centipede-bloodline dragon to create a second Flying Insect Nest Dragon.
• Zhao Fu ordered the soldiers to collect insect beast corpses and eggs, then returned to Great Qin as dawn approached; the other teams brought back six insect nest stones, but no Sunlight Gem mines had been found.
• Alasna explained that insect eggs could create weak insect curses or dangerous insect souls, disappointing Zhao Fu's hopes of raising an insect beast army.
• Alasna embraced Zhao Fu, then kissed him and began undressing after he told her to leave him to rest.
• Bai Xihan, Xu Liuyi, Sun Hanxiang, and Wei Qing arrived outside Zhao Fu's room and heard the sounds within, leaving the women embarrassed.