Chapter Summaries

The allied factions surrounding the Yellow Springs Kingdom abandoned their attacks and began building defenses, but Zhao Fu seized the chance to launch an assault before their preparations were complete. His army’s opening barrage struck the allied defensive barrier, which began to crack under the arrows.

• Zhao Fu waited for the enemy to attack, but the allied factions held back and discussed defending themselves against the Yellow Springs Kingdom.
• The allied factions agreed to stop attacking and build defensive lines, while Zhao Fu withdrew his troops to the second defensive wall to tempt them into a trap.
• When the allies refused to enter the Yellow Springs Kingdom’s defenses, Zhao Fu gathered 2.1 billion soldiers and ordered an attack before the enemy could finish constructing its defenses.
• The allied army formed a defensive formation and raised a gray energy barrier against the Yellow Springs Kingdom’s arrows.
• The first wave of arrows slammed into the barrier, spreading sharp light and fierce winds as cracks opened across it.

Great Qin and Yellow Springs Kingdom launched attacks against the allied armies on four fronts, using rune arrows, blood spheres, and ghostly forces to devastate the enemy. The battle spread into a full assault, with the three other fronts meeting the allied advance at their prepared defenses.

• Great Qin’s rune arrows shattered the allied army’s barrier and slaughtered tens of millions of soldiers.
• Wild God and twelve blood-robed women summoned blood spheres that gathered the dead soldiers’ blood and attacked the allied army with draining tentacles.
• The allied army sent ghost tigers against the blood spheres, but the blood creatures and ghostly flames clashed amid heavy losses.
• Great Qin fired another volley of rune arrows, then its soldiers charged into the allied army as its defenses collapsed.
• The allied armies attacked Yellow Springs Kingdom from three other directions, where prepared defenders used rune arrows, Destruction Crystals, Yellow Springs Beasts, and Great Qin’s legion manifestations to counter them.

Zhao Fu’s forces defeated the allied armies attacking Yellow Springs Kingdom, then captured more Nation-Guarding Artifacts and established a subsidiary Heaven-Sealing Earth-Suppressing Formation in the Netherworld. The formation created an Earth Book, while the main formation’s Book of God became the Human Book.

• Yellow Springs Kingdom’s defenders fought off the allied armies at the city walls while Wild God strengthened Great Qin’s soldiers in the battle near Ghost Tiger Kingdom.
• Zhao Fu appeared among the allied Kings, killed several with Great Qin’s empowered Nation-Guarding Artifact, and helped rout their army.
• Zhao Fu ordered his forces to attack the defeated factions’ territories, and the allied armies in the other directions withdrew.
• A few days later, Zhao Fu used more than two hundred ghost-attributed Nation-Guarding Artifacts to build a subsidiary Heaven-Sealing Earth-Suppressing Formation in Yellow Springs Kingdom.
• The formation produced a gray book called the Earth Book, and the main formation’s Book of God changed its name to the Human Book.

Zhao Fu inspected the transformed Human Book and Earth Book, then paused the Yellow Springs Kingdom’s expansion to consolidate its new conquests. After visiting the Chaotic Realm, he learned that Qin Land had grown to control a third of an ordinary world but faced powerful enemies on every side, especially Chaos races in the east.

• Zhao Fu examined the Earth Book and Human Book and learned that they recorded people’s names and controlled the power of heaven and earth.
• Zhao Fu decided to stabilize the Yellow Springs Kingdom and absorb its western conquests before attacking factions to the east, south, and north.
• Zhao Fu reunited with the twelve Yellow Springs Queens and then traveled to the Chaotic Realm to ask Alasna about Qin Land’s progress.
• Alasna told Zhao Fu that Great Qin controlled about a third of Qin Land and had cleared nearby dangerous regions, but its expansion had been slowed by creatures that could only be killed.
• Alasna warned Zhao Fu that tens of millions of Chaos races in the east controlled over ten billion insect beasts, while Great Qin had only three billion troops stationed there.

Zhao Fu assessed the threats surrounding Great Qin and prepared to expand the Sword-Wielding Demonifications by targeting the Ancient Sword Sect. Before he could act, a mysterious world collided with Apocalypse World, opening a new battlefield and imposing severe rules on its factions.

• Zhao Fu learned about the Chaos creatures surrounding Qin Land, ordered Great Qin to focus on defense, and was pleased that millions of Blood Demon Snake Mosquitoes had been raised.
• Zhao Fu returned to Apocalypse World and prepared to capture one hundred thousand talented sword cultivators from the Ancient Sword Sect to strengthen the Sword-Wielding Demonifications.
• A colossal blood-red world struck Apocalypse World, causing world-spanning destruction and tremors that lasted over an hour.
• Zhao Fu received notices that the Alchemy Battlefield had opened and that Duchy-level factions could enter it or the Chaos Battlefield to fight Outer Realm creatures for points.
• Zhao Fu learned that Duchy-level factions faced monthly point requirements and that repeated failure could strip away their nation, while internal fighting and betrayal carried severe punishments.

With Apocalypse World facing invasions from two worlds, Zhao Fu prepared to investigate the unknown invader through the Alchemy Battlefield. He entered the battlefield with Di Moji, Molafei, and Yu Ling, leaving their destination and the danger ahead uncertain.

• Apocalypse World made battlefield participation mandatory and threatened traitors and their clans with severe punishment as it faced invasions from two worlds.
• Zhao Fu summoned Great Qin's ministers, set aside his plan to visit the Ancient Sword Sect, and decided to investigate the new invading world himself.
• Zhao Fu chose Di Moji for her strength, Molafei for his void abilities, and Yu Ling for his power to break barriers and teleport between worlds.
• Zhao Fu visited Yu Ling and Yu Clear Water, then left with Yu Ling after reassuring her that he would protect him.
• Zhao Fu activated the Gate of War and led Di Moji, Molafei, and Yu Ling into the Alchemy Battlefield.

Zhao Fu and his group explored the Alchemy World, where living creatures had fused with machinery and were powered by Philosopher's Stones. After learning that the world’s creatures were dangerous and that their mechanical parts could be valuable, Zhao Fu decided to venture deeper.

• Zhao Fu led his group through the strange, blood-red Alchemy World to search for a place to establish a settlement.
• A mechanical bear attacked, and Molafei killed it only after cutting its body apart and destroying its Philosopher's Stone.
• Zhao Fu examined the bear's Philosopher's Stone and concluded that it powered the creature while its head controlled its movements.
• Molafei killed a mechanical tiger, and Zhao Fu found that its blue Philosopher's Stone had the same functions as the bear's.
• Zhao Fu and his group killed more creatures, confirmed that they contained Philosopher's Stones, and collected their mechanical parts as potential materials for Great Qin.
• After assessing the nearby area's dangers, Zhao Fu decided to explore deeper into the Alchemy World.

Zhao Fu and his companions encountered a swarm of alchemical monsters, and he discovered that consuming Philosopher’s Stones let them transform into a powerful Giant. He captured the regenerating Giant for Great Qin to study.

• Di Moji protected Zhao Fu and the others from more than ten thousand low-intelligence monsters with an energy barrier.
• Zhao Fu provoked the monster leader and killed it with the Massacre Sword, prompting the other monsters to fight over its corpse.
• One monster swallowed the leader’s Philosopher’s Stone and absorbed the stones and flesh of nearby monsters, transforming into a ten-meter-tall Giant.
• The Giant struck Di Moji’s barrier, survived after Zhao Fu cut it in two, and fled with the other monsters.
• Zhao Fu bound the Giant with iron chains and sealed it away to be studied after they returned to Great Qin.

Zhao Fu and his companions encountered a giant mechanized turtle fortress carrying a squad from the Alchemy World. After the squad opened fire, Yu Ling teleported them onto the turtle’s head, leaving them poised to attack.

• Zhao Fu’s group explored the land and heard the pounding footsteps of a ten-thousand-meter mechanical turtle.
• The squad aboard the turtle discussed the interworld war, while their captain kept watch over the surroundings.
• The turtle detected Zhao Fu’s group, and both sides recognized each other as enemies from opposing worlds.
• The fat young man demanded that Zhao Fu surrender Di Moji, but Zhao Fu ignored him.
• The captain ordered an attack, and the turtle fired countless powerful beams at Zhao Fu’s group.
• Yu Ling raised a silver barrier and teleported the group onto the turtle’s head.

Zhao Fu and Di Moji defeated a squad operating a giant mechanical turtle and captured its members. After killing the fat young man, Zhao Fu discovered that his Philosopher’s Stone still held part of his soul and could revive him with enough flesh and blood.

• The squad activated the Turtle Spirit Array, but Zhao Fu bound the mechanical turtle with chains and dragged it down.
• Di Moji struck the squad’s defensive barrier three times with her demonic sword, shattering it.
• The squad tried to flee, but Zhao Fu bound every member with chains and stopped their escape.
• The fat young man begged to submit, but Zhao Fu killed him and cut open his body.
• Zhao Fu found a Philosopher’s Stone containing part of the fat young man’s soul and resolved to prepare carefully before entering Alchemy World.

Zhao Fu captured the Alchemy clansmen and sealed their mechanical turtle war fortress after learning that its clan marks were needed to control it. Back in Great Qin, he questioned the surrendered captain about Alchemy World and learned about its families, alchemical power, and Philosopher's Stones.

• Zhao Fu burned the fat young man's soul in the Philosopher's Stone, then inspected the mechanical turtle and decided it might be useful to Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu killed a young man who refused to submit, while three women and two young men, including the captain, agreed to surrender; he kept the other captives alive for research.
• The captain explained that the turtle was a Level Four sacred beast and that the family owned several dozen, but surrender had erased the captives' Alchemy Family marks and left them unable to control it.
• When the captain sensed Alchemy Family members approaching, Zhao Fu sealed the mechanical turtle in his sealing space, and he and his companions returned to Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu questioned the captain and learned that Alchemy World was ruled by families and organizations, and that Philosopher's Stones supported its alchemical power and perhaps the world itself.

Zhao Fu learned how alchemy power, Philosopher’s Stones, and family Sacred Beasts worked, then prepared Great Qin to establish a foothold in the Alchemy World. He began testing whether chaotic energy could counter alchemy power using Mu Minxian and a captured insect beast.

• Zhao Fu learned that alchemy power required an Alchemy World bloodline and that Sacred Beasts were tied to families’ alchemy marks and nests.
• Zhao Fu gave the Philosopher’s Stones to Bai Shan for research and asked Gongsun Zhu and Gongsun Lin to study materials from the Alchemy World for weapons.
• Zhao Fu and his officials decided to send five hundred million troops to the Alchemy World to establish and defend a base before expanding further.
• Zhao Fu brought Mu Minxian to a testing ground to investigate whether chaotic energy could restrain alchemy power, where soldiers held a ferocious captured insect beast in chains.

Zhao Fu tested how Chaos World materials affected Alchemy creatures and began building a fortified stronghold in the Alchemy World. After discovering the expanded exchange rewards and their power to grant titles, territory, and people, he assigned Wang Jian to lead the stronghold and planned to use Mu Minxian’s cooperation to prepare for future conquests.

• Zhao Fu ordered the soldiers to release the insect beast, and Mu Minxian blocked its charge with a metal wall before a soldier killed it with a spear.
• Zhao Fu found that Chaos World materials disrupted Alchemy Power and decided Great Qin needed fused materials for its defenses and weapons.
• Zhao Fu sent powerful experts into the Alchemy World to build a stronghold using walls made from fused materials, formations, and mechanisms.
• Zhao Fu inspected the updated exchange stone steles and found Dao-Seeking Stone, world-grade titles, and options to exchange for eligible territories and their people.
• Zhao Fu put Wang Jian in charge of the stronghold and planned to strengthen its defenses before attacking elsewhere, while Mu Minxian shared information about the surrounding area to advance her own claim to lead the Wood Turtle Family.

Great Qin defended its newly built base when three hundred million alchemy soldiers and more than a thousand war sacred beasts attacked. Zhao Fu's forces broke the enemy's assault on the walls and destroyed some sacred beasts, but the attackers kept rebuilding their metal stairways.

• Three hundred million alchemy soldiers and more than a thousand war sacred beasts attacked Great Qin's base with volleys of metal spears.
• Zhao Fu activated Great Qin's gray defensive barrier, which withstood the spear attack but cracked under the assault.
• The war sacred beasts shattered the barrier with their cannon fire, and Zhao Fu sent fifty thousand holy light envoys to bombard them, destroying several dozen.
• The alchemy soldiers charged while their allies used an alchemy spell formation to extend metal stairways toward Great Qin's walls.
• Zhao Fu ordered the holy light envoys to destroy the stairways, but the alchemy soldiers' allies quickly extended them again.

Zhao Fu’s Great Qin forces fought off the Alchemy army’s assault on the city walls with specialized ballista arrows, Holy Light defenses, and a Void Beast ambush. The battle continued as both sides exchanged devastating attacks, leaving the fate of the siege unresolved.

• Zhao Fu ordered Tier 2 ballistas to fire insect-beast and Apocalypse World metal arrows, which pierced the Alchemy soldiers’ armor and weakened their alchemy power.
• Zhao Fu sent archers against the soldiers climbing the metal stairways, while Holy Light Envoys raised barriers to block the Sacred Beasts’ cannon beams.
• Alchemy soldiers reached the walls and clashed with Great Qin Soldiers in close combat as casualties mounted on both sides.
• Void Beasts emerged behind the Alchemy army and attacked the stairway builders, then retreated into the void under heavy fire.
• Zhao Fu ordered the metal stairways destroyed, and Great Qin soldiers smashed the unpowered structures, sending alchemy soldiers falling.
• The Alchemy army fired metal spears and Sacred Beast beams at the walls, while Great Qin ballistas and Holy Light Envoys returned fire, triggering massive explosions.

Great Qin repelled the Alchemy World’s assault, but Zhao Fu learned that the wider Apocalypse World was losing badly and began worrying that it might be destroyed. He resolved to keep preparing for the possibility of escaping into the endless void, uncertain whether Great Qin could survive there.

• Great Qin shattered the alchemy army’s metal stairway, burned climbing soldiers with fire oil, and forced the Alchemy World to withdraw.
• Zhao Fu ordered the battlefield cleared, the dead Great Qin soldiers preserved, and defenses urgently strengthened for another attack.
• Zhao Fu learned from the Heavenly Spirit Forum that nearly seventy percent of factions fighting the Alchemy World for the first time had lost.
• Zhao Fu saw that the Alchemy World’s central and core regions held even more powerful Holy Beasts and alchemy arts, while the Apocalypse World had shifted to defense.
• Zhao Fu worried the Apocalypse World might be destroyed and considered taking Great Qin into the endless void, though he did not know what fate awaited them there.

Zhao Fu learned how Philosopher's Stones were formed and decided to find powerful metal power to create one himself. He traveled to Metal Land to seek the Metal-Eating Beast King, then used the Imperial Killing Sword to drive the beasts into a panic.

• Bai Shan explained that Philosopher's Stones were built from alchemy power and twenty-four runes, while Zhao Fu ordered the Scholars to focus on researching their weaknesses.
• Zhao Fu concluded that he needed powerful metal power and learned that the Metal-Eating Beast King in Metal Land possessed king-grade metal-devouring power.
• Zhao Fu traveled alone to Metal Land and entered its deepest area, where he drew the Imperial Killing Sword and unleashed a storm of sword qi that panicked the Metal-Eating Beasts.

Zhao Fu defeated the Metal-Eating Beast King and absorbed its metal energy, strengthening his bones and gaining the ability to metallize his body. He wondered whether fusing the Five Elements might help awaken his Spirit Race Supreme Imperial Star, then returned to Great Qin to fuse the twenty-four alchemy runes.

• Zhao Fu used the Nation-Guarding Artifact to withstand the Metal-Eating Beasts’ attacks and killed many of them with black swords of light.
• Zhao Fu bound the Metal-Eating Beast King with chains and roots created by the Evil Demon Abyss Flower, then devoured its power.
• Zhao Fu absorbed the metal energy, which strengthened his defense, gave his bones metal spirit, and let him metallize his body.
• Zhao Fu considered fusing the Five Elements as a possible opportunity to awaken his Spirit Race Imperial Star.
• Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin to begin fusing the twenty-four alchemy runes, despite the possible conflict between the Alchemy World and the Apocalypse World.

Zhao Fu planned to study the twenty-four Alchemy Runes by acquiring the bloodlines of the people most closely connected to them, so Great Qin could create its own runes using Apocalypse World’s powers. He sent Eternal Night to capture those twenty-four people, who were bound to an altar in the Alchemy World.

• Zhao Fu discussed the risks and requirements of fusing with an Alchemy Clan bloodline with Mu Minxian, then decided to target the twenty-four people strongest in each rune attribute.
• Zhao Fu ordered Liu Mei, Wang Ergou, Wu Qian, Zhao Sha, and the other Eternal Night members to capture the targets, with Mu Minxian guiding them.
• Eternal Night operatives used ambushes, deception, and force to seize the rune bearers, killing some of their companions in the process.
• After more than three days, Eternal Night captured all twenty-four targets and bound them to pillars atop an altar in the Alchemy World.

Zhao Fu sacrificed twenty-four captives to fuse their bloodlines and gathered alchemy power to condense twenty-four Alchemy Runes. After fusing the runes into his body, he faced a far more powerful storm of heavenly punishment lightning.

• Zhao Fu activated the Eight Forbidden Blood Art and turned the twenty-four captives into blood-red flames by draining their lives.
• Zhao Fu absorbed the flames and alchemy power, then endured taboo lightning to condense Yang and Yin runes of lightning, fire, metal, and wood.
• Zhao Fu completed all twenty-four Alchemy Runes and fused them into his body, unleashing immense alchemy power.
• A vastly stronger lightning storm descended, and Zhao Fu raised an energy barrier because he could no longer safely absorb its strikes.