Chapter Summaries

After Great Qin repelled the Flame army, Zhao Fu struggled to prepare for renewed attacks by the Flame Kingdom and the Demon Horn Empire while the Alliance and Second Wind God Empire weighed whether to join them. He ordered preparations for a catastrophic last resort: opening the fissure to the Chaos World, which could destroy Great Qin and the rest of the Apocalypse World alike.

• Zhao Fu learned Great Qin had lost 1.5 billion soldiers and ordered its defenses reinforced before summoning his ministers to discuss the crisis.
• Zhao Fu sent envoys bearing treasures and supplies to persuade the Alliance and the Second Wind God Empire to stay out of the war.
• The Alliance debated whether to destroy Great Qin or avoid empowering the Flame Kingdom, while Fengshen Sha listened as her ministers argued over whether to attack or remain cautious.
• Zhao Fu concluded that Great Qin might not withstand another attack by the Flame Kingdom and the Demon Horn Empire, especially if the Demon Horn Empire broke through the land of curses.
• Zhao Fu decided to prepare to open the Chaos World fissure if the factions attacked, knowing the insect beasts could destroy Great Qin and every other force in the Apocalypse World.

Zhao Fu prepared a V-shaped passage to direct the insect beast tide into the sealed rift and learned how to craft a powerful Fallen Angel Gate from Alasna. They began forging the gate, and the ritual was underway when the chapter ended.

• Zhao Fu went to the Chaos World and told Alasna that Great Qin might need to lure the insect beasts into the rift to protect Qin Land.
• Alasna offered a method for crafting a Fallen Angel Gate, which could defend itself, attack enemies, intimidate weaker creatures, and repel rushing foes.
• Zhao Fu ordered the construction of a sturdy V-shaped passage and gathered materials to craft the gate.
• Zhao Fu and Alasna forged an enormous gate from epic-grade Dark Divine Iron and assembled over a hundred million Fallen Angel corpses around a magic formation.
• Alasna and twenty-four divine envoys activated the formation as the Fallen Light Angels offered their blood, the corpses melted into the gate, and carvings of Fallen Angels appeared across it.

Zhao Fu tested the completed Fallen Angel Gate and prepared defenses around the fissure beneath Xianyang. After ordering scouts to gather intelligence on Great Qin’s enemies and Alchemy World, he was approached by three women connected to Li Baiqing.

• Alasna demonstrated the Fallen Angel Gate’s defense, its ability to summon ten million metallic fallen angels, its repulsion force, and its intimidating aura.
• Zhao Fu praised the gate, and Alasna asked for a reward and invited him to stay in Chaos World after he finished his other work.
• Zhao Fu expanded the space around the fissure beneath Xianyang and ordered forceful teleportation formations, an iron cage, and other defenses to protect the capital.
• Zhao Fu sent out scouts to learn how Li Baiqing and the Demon Horn Empire planned to attack Great Qin and to gather information on Alchemy World.
• Three women connected to Li Baiqing came to find Zhao Fu.

Liu Yuexian, Zhang Shuyun, and Liu Yuyan tried to persuade Zhao Fu to reconcile with Li Baiqing, but he refused and threatened their imprisoned family. Their attempt to use seduction to change his mind failed, and they left the hall in fear.

• Liu Yuexian, Zhang Shuyun, and Liu Yuyan visited Zhao Fu and urged him to reconcile with Li Baiqing to end the conflict with Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu rejected their plea, vowed to imprison them and Li Shan and Li Zhe indefinitely, and threatened to capture and cripple Li Baiqing.
• Zhao Fu ordered the three women to become the lowest-ranking palace maids.
• Liu Yuexian and Zhang Shuyun embraced Zhao Fu and offered themselves to him, and Liu Yuyan joined them in an attempt to sway him.
• Zhao Fu shoved the women away and threatened to kill them and Li Shan and Li Zhe unless they left, so the three women dressed and hurried out.

Zhao Fu visited Li Shan and Li Zhe in prison to tell them Li Baiqing had returned and to taunt them with the prospect of his defeat. He left with the three women after provoking the prisoners, then returned to his state affairs.

• Zhao Fu told Li Shan and Li Zhe that Li Baiqing had returned with Inner Domain forces and attacked Great Qin.
• Li Shan worried that Zhao Fu might use the prisoners to threaten Li Baiqing, but Zhao Fu said he intended to defeat him and reunite the family in prison.
• Li Zhe threatened Zhao Fu, who summoned Liu Yuexian, Liu Yuyan, and Zhang Shuyun to show them to him and taunt him.
• Liu Yuexian, Liu Yuyan, and Zhang Shuyun asked Zhao Fu to favor them, but he pushed them away and left.
• Zhao Fu returned to his affairs of state while the three women went back to their room.

Li Baiqing gathered representatives of the Demon Horn Empire, the Alliance, and the Second Wind God Empire to discuss destroying Great Qin, while Zhao Fu searched for ways to strengthen Great Qin. Zhao Fu discovered that Flying Insect Nest Dragons could digest Philosopher's Stones and began testing how many they could consume.

• Li Baiqing invited the Demon Horn Empire, the Alliance, and the Second Wind God Empire to unite against Great Qin, and Yao Ming eagerly joined the meeting.
• Yao Ming raised the cursed land blocking the Demon Horn Empire, while the Alliance and Second Wind God Empire withheld their support as they weighed the benefits of attacking Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu considered Great Qin's undeveloped options, including Moonlight Silver Dragons, Philosopher's Stones, and Blood Demon Snake Mosquitoes, but saw that they lacked the time or numbers to help.
• Zhao Fu wondered whether Flying Insect Nest Dragons could digest Philosopher's Stones, as Blood Demon Snake Mosquitoes did, and fed one stone to a dragon.
• Zhao Fu confirmed that the Flying Insect Nest Dragon could convert a Philosopher's Stone into chaotic alchemical power, then brought out many more stones to test its limits.

Zhao Fu used an alchemy array and Philosopher's Stones to transform a Flying Insect Nest Dragon into a powerful Mechanical Flying Dragon, then learned it could not safely be fitted with cannon barrels in its current state. He ordered research and plans to transform the remaining dragons before returning to government affairs, where Li Si reminded him that the New Year was approaching.

• Zhao Fu had an alchemy array built to help the Flying Insect Nest Dragon digest Philosopher's Stones.
• The Flying Insect Nest Dragon consumed hundreds of Philosopher's Stones and became fully mechanized, more than doubling its power and defenses.
• Zhao Fu tested the dragon's black beam attack, which destroyed a mountain and left a massive crater.
• Mu Minxian told Zhao Fu that cannon barrels could not safely be implanted into the mature dragon without understanding and modifying its structure.
• Zhao Fu ordered research into the dragon's structure and began preparations to transform the remaining four thousand Flying Insect Nest Dragons.
• Li Si reminded Zhao Fu that the New Year was near, and Zhao Fu realized the Apocalypse World was entering its eleventh year.

Zhao Fu attended Great Qin’s New Year banquet before inspecting the completed passage and defenses linking Qin Land to Chaos World. With the Azure Dragon Gate and the Fallen Angel Gate installed, he found the defenses ready for further formations and restrictions.

• Zhao Fu ordered Li Si to let Great Qin relax and celebrate, then joined his wives and guests at the New Year banquet.
• Great Qin and the surrounding forces celebrated for one day before tensions returned, while Zhao Fu continued handling state affairs.
• Zhao Fu inspected the V-shaped passage to Chaos World, its two fortified walls, and the Azure Dragon Gate on the first wall.
• Zhao Fu confirmed that the Fallen Angel Gate guarded the second wall and that additional formations and restrictions were still needed.
• Zhao Fu inspected the rift area, where forced teleportation formations, jade paving, and black metal barriers had been installed.

Zhao Fu tested the passageway and discovered that insect beasts attacked the soldiers on its walls instead of following it. He used formations to guide Apocalypse World aura along the passageway, and a new swarm raced toward the rift; he left the plan ready for further testing.

• Great Qin Soldiers lured over a swarm of insect beasts, but the beasts entered the passageway and attacked its walls and defenders.
• Zhao Fu learned that the insect beasts targeted living people rather than continuing down the passageway, making the original plan ineffective.
• Zhao Fu tested luring the beasts himself and saw them ignore him to pursue the people inside Qin Land.
• Zhao Fu gathered formation masters and talisman masters, who devised formations to draw Apocalypse World aura along the passageway.
• Zhao Fu had the formations activated and another swarm lured over, and the insect beasts followed the aura straight toward the rift.

Zhao Fu tested a method to teleport and kill insect beasts entering Apocalypse World, then considered converting the unfinished Wrath of the War God into a massive mobile fortress. Mu Minxian agreed to research the transformation, and she told Zhao Fu that several captured people wished to submit to him.

• Zhao Fu watched insect beasts pour through the rift and get teleported to waiting soldiers, who killed them without harming Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu and the array and talisman masters developed an aura sphere to attract large numbers of insect beasts when needed.
• Zhao Fu inspected the unfinished Wrath of the War God and considered equipping it with millions of cannon barrels.
• Zhao Fu asked Mu Minxian to study whether alchemy could transform Wrath of the War God into a war fortress, and she said it might surpass ten thousand War Holy Beasts in power.
• Zhao Fu told the array and talisman masters to begin researching the transformation, and Mu Minxian offered several captured people who wished to submit.

Zhao Fu visited the Flower Domain and asked the master wives when they could regain their strength, but they said it would take decades. They revealed that his master had known how to cultivate an evil demon army, and the chapter ended with the master wives offering to explain the method in bed.

• Zhao Fu agreed to let Mu Minxian use the former prisoners, whom she hoped would become allies within Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu found Rainbow Butterfly playing with Mei Mei, Bai Bai, and Taozi in the sea of flowers.
• Zhao Fu visited the Flower Domain Palace and asked the master wives when they could recover their full strength; the eldest master wife said it would take decades.
• The eldest master wife told Zhao Fu that his master had a faster method for cultivating an evil demon army.
• Zhao Fu asked the master wives to explain the method, and they began undressing and invited him to discuss it in bed.

Zhao Fu learned how the Evil Demon Army could use mass-produced evil flower seeds to control beings of any cultivation level and strengthen itself by absorbing life force and consuming other seeds. He began cultivating ten billion seeds in the Demon Profound World by summoning a colossal Evil Demon Abyss Flower, and the seeds floated around it as he scattered them.

• Zhao Fu learned from First Master's Wife that semi-Evil Demon Abyss Flower seeds could be produced in vast quantities, control creatures at matching cultivation levels, and grow into stronger seeds by absorbing life force or devouring other seeds.
• Zhao Fu chose the Demon Profound World for its abundant demonic qi and arranged a formation covering one-tenth of the continent to gather it.
• Zhao Fu summoned an enormous Evil Demon Abyss Flower, weakening his origin power and making the surrounding area perilous to enter.
• Zhao Fu set out to cultivate ten billion evil flower seeds, taking flower seeds from the Flower Domain for the task.
• Zhao Fu scattered the seeds, and the Evil Demon Abyss Flower's demonic light controlled them and suspended them around the flower.

Zhao Fu cultivated evil flower seeds and arranged for Great Qin’s inheritance beasts and Sea Beast Kings to grow stronger. He left the Sea Beast Kings with Ling Ji to absorb the world origin core’s power as Great Qin prepared for a future counterattack against the Alchemy World and Huo Yan’s army.

• Zhao Fu scattered ten billion seeds around the Evil Demon Abyss Flower so they could absorb its power and become first-tier evil flower seeds.
• Zhao Fu summoned Arthur Tina, Zhen Yi, and Geluofei to inspect their inheritance beasts and proposed cultivating them as Great Qin’s beasts that safeguarded the nation.
• Arthur Tina, Zhen Yi, and Geluofei agreed, and Zhao Fu ordered supplies sent to support the beasts’ cultivation while keeping them with their owners.
• Zhao Fu gathered Great Qin’s eight Sea Beast Kings, which had grown to fifteen thousand meters, and brought them to Ling Ji.
• Zhao Fu entrusted the Sea Beast Kings to Ling Ji so she could use the world origin core’s power to transform them.

Several Guti Domain factions sent their heirs to Great Qin, hoping to force Zhao Fu to accept vassalage while Great Qin faced mounting enemies. Zhao Fu rejected them, and the delegation’s negotiations gave way to a clash after Jian Yin erupted in anger.

• The Inner Guti Domain watched as Flame Kingdom joined the conflict, while several factions offered to protect Great Qin if it submitted to them.
• Bear Mountain Kingdom, Ancient Sword Sect, Green Wood Kingdom, Ancient God Sect, Wine Cloud Kingdom, Icefield Kingdom, and Eight Yuan Dragon Sect sent prominent heirs to try to subdue Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu received the delegation in Great Qin’s great hall and asked what business had brought them.
• Jian Yin demanded that Great Qin submit to Ancient Sword Sect, but Zhao Fu refused and told the delegation to leave.
• Qingmu Rou, Xiong Xiao, and Long Yang mocked Jian Yin and Ancient Sword Sect, provoking Jian Yin to unleash a burst of sword qi.

Jian Yin and the other envoys tried to recruit Great Qin, but Zhao Fu rejected every offer to submit or join another faction. After the envoys departed, Zhao Fu and Li Si worried that the powerful Inner Domain kingdoms might threaten Great Qin before it had time to grow stronger.

• Jian Yin and Xiong Xiao nearly fought in Great Qin's court until Zhao Fu unleashed his imperial aura and ordered everyone to stop or leave.
• Jian Yin, Xiong Xiao, Long Yang, Bing Qixue, Qingmu Rou, and Jiu Xiaoyun each presented offers for Great Qin to join their factions, but Zhao Fu refused them.
• Bing Qixue asked whether Zhao Fu had visited the Inner Guti Domain, and Zhao Fu denied it to conceal his identity.
• Jiu Xiaoyun offered to marry Zhao Fu and let him remain emperor while the Wine Cloud Kingdom aided Great Qin, but Zhao Fu declined.
• Gu Qingyue urged Zhao Fu to join the Ancient God Sect, then left after he refused.
• Li Si warned Zhao Fu that the Inner Domain kingdoms might endanger Great Qin, and Zhao Fu agreed that Great Qin needed time to grow stronger.

Li Baiqing and Demon Horn joined forces to attack Great Qin, but Zhao Fu countered their assault with a vast curse that turned the western battlefield into a Cursed Land. The invading armies retreated, leaving them to seek a way to break the curse.

• Li Baiqing and Yao Ming gathered their troops to attack Great Qin from the west, while Demon Horn sent two hundred billion troops and kept the same number at home.
• The Flame Kingdom and Demon Horn armies united and advanced on Great Qin as the alliance, the Second Wind God, and Jian Yin's group waited to see what would happen.
• Zhao Fu led Great Qin's forces to the western battlefield and ordered its curse masters to prepare insect eggs for a large-scale curse.
• The combined armies charged Great Qin, and the curse masters unleashed insect phantoms that passed through defenses and attacked the soldiers.
• Li Baiqing and Demon Horn ordered their armies to retreat after the curse spread across the western battlefield, making it deadly to enter.

After Great Qin repelled an earlier attack, the Alchemy army launched a fourth assault with two billion soldiers and seven thousand War Holy Beasts. Zhao Fu prepared to inflict severe damage, but the chapter ended as the Alchemy forces overcame Great Qin’s defenses and hurled a rain of spears at the city wall.

• Zhao Fu left the cursed land’s defenses to his subordinates and returned to Great Qin to handle state affairs.
• Zhao Fu learned that the Alchemy army had attacked again and brought his forces and war behemoths to the city wall.
• Bai Qi reported that the Alchemy army had two billion soldiers and seven thousand War Holy Beasts, led again by Ice Cold and Fire Ghost.
• Ice Cold confronted Zhao Fu and ordered the Alchemy army to attack, while Zhao Fu taunted him.
• The War Holy Beasts destroyed Great Qin’s defensive barrier, and the Alchemy Soldiers buried the trenches before deploying metal stairs.
• Great Qin’s Chaos magic formation began breaking down the stairs, but the Alchemy army countered it and then launched a barrage of metal spears toward the city wall.

Great Qin fought off the Alchemy World's renewed assault with barriers, Holy Light Envoys, archers, and Icefire Flying Dragons. Its Dragon-Shooting Ballistas pierced the alchemy defenses, but the weaker Rune Stone arrows lacked the devastation of the earlier Calamity Pearl volley.

• Great Qin's second defensive barrier shattered under the War Holy Beasts' beams, though it weakened them and limited casualties.
• Holy Light Envoys destroyed the metal stairways as Great Qin's arrows cut down alchemy soldiers, who retaliated with explosive metal balls and arrows.
• Alchemy soldiers rebuilt the stairways and climbed Great Qin's walls while both sides exchanged attacks and the War Holy Beasts blasted the defenders.
• Swift-type War Holy Beasts charged the walls, and Great Qin's Icefire Flying Dragons rose to fight them.
• Great Qin fired thousands of Dragon-Shooting Ballistas at the War Holy Beasts, but the arrows pierced only the metal shields before breaking against the defensive barriers.
• The Alchemy World forces realized the ballista arrows carried Rune Stones rather than Calamity Pearls.

Great Qin’s Mechanical Flying Dragons ambushed the alchemy army’s War Holy Beasts, and both sides suffered heavy losses. Ice Cold activated three Ice Refining Eyes to freeze Great Qin’s walls and soldiers, while Zhao Fu launched three massive arrows at the eyes as they unleashed another wave of freezing power.

• Great Qin’s four thousand Mechanical Flying Dragons surprised the alchemy army and destroyed more than sixteen hundred War Holy Beasts in their opening attack.
• The alchemy army counterattacked with its War Holy Beasts, and the fierce battle brought losses to both sides.
• Ice Cold ordered three controllers to activate the Ice Refining Eyes, which froze Great Qin’s city walls and soldiers.
• Zhao Fu had three Dragon-Shooting Ballistae fire rune-covered arrows at the Ice Refining Eyes.
• The Ice Refining Eyes absorbed alchemy power and sent an advancing wave of cold that began freezing the battlefield toward Great Qin.

Great Qin repelled the alchemy army’s assault, then used concealed forced-teleportation formations to inflict a devastating loss and drive the survivors into retreat. Zhao Fu ordered repairs and a cautious pursuit before heading alone to another place.

• Great Qin destroyed the three ice-refining eyes, then fought off the alchemy army’s assault with its soldiers, dragons, and Void Beasts.
• Di Moji and Molafei failed to assassinate the enemy leaders, while two alchemy experts used Destruction Orbs to blast open sections of Great Qin’s city wall.
• Zhao Fu ordered a retreat, prompting Ice Cold and Fire Ghost to pursue and aim the War Holy Beasts’ cannons at him.
• Forced-teleportation formations appeared beneath the alchemy army and transported away 1.3 billion soldiers, leaving about 500 million troops after the battle’s deaths.
• The alchemy leaders ordered a full retreat, and Zhao Fu ordered a brief pursuit and repairs before heading alone toward a certain place.