Chapter Summaries

Zhao Fu established the Pantheon of Myriad Gods and began consolidating its five factions, with the Goldstone Goddess pledging loyalty and the new faction celebrating its merger. He then reviewed its modest military strength and examined how the soldiers had been changed by the power of myriad gods.

• Zhao Fu kept the Goldstone Goddess behind, and she pledged loyalty to him and promised that her son would not seek revenge.
• Zhao Fu sent the Goldstone Goddess to handle her faction’s affairs, then went to the Jade Temple while the Myriad Gods Palace was being built.
• The five goddesses announced that their factions had merged into the Pantheon of Myriad Gods, and Zhao Fu ordered a celebration to unite its citizens.
• Zhao Fu reviewed the Pantheon of Myriad Gods’ twenty regions, more than 180 cities, roughly sixty million people, and around four million soldiers.
• Zhao Fu summoned more than a thousand divine soldiers and sensed that the Myriad Gods Spear had given them metal-leaning power with a sharp, attack-focused aura.

Zhao Fu examined the Pantheon of Myriad Gods’ resistance to divine power and tested its Godslayer Spear against the Jade Goddess. After she acknowledged its lethal strength, he summoned the five women and the four-million-strong army to take control of his forces.

• Zhao Fu considered how the Pantheon of Myriad Gods’ power could resist and devour divine power, though its small size left it vulnerable.
• Zhao Fu ordered a thousand soldiers to form a Godslayer Spear, an ability inherited from the Myriad Gods Spear that was designed to kill gods.
• The Jade Goddess used a jade shield to block the spear, which cracked her defense before losing its power.
• The Jade Goddess warned that a larger group of soldiers could kill even a god, then told Zhao Fu the weapon was extremely strong.
• Zhao Fu dismissed the thousand soldiers and summoned the five women and four million god soldiers to take military authority into his hands.

Zhao Fu began drilling the Pantheon of Myriad Gods' soldiers to make them ruthless and obedient, first forcing them to butcher beasts and punishing those who vomited. He then ordered them to execute more than a hundred thousand bound people, but some soldiers still refused to kill the helpless civilians.

• Zhao Fu gathered the generals and soldiers, then began training them himself to emulate Great Qin Soldiers.
• Zhao Fu ordered the soldiers to hack wild beasts into mincemeat, and some soldiers vomited at the sight and smell of blood.
• Zhao Fu had the soldiers who vomited beaten with military lashes, increasing their fear of him.
• After several hours, Zhao Fu ordered the soldiers to stab more than a hundred thousand bound people, including elderly people and children.
• Many soldiers obeyed and killed the captives, while some remained unable to strike the women, children, and elderly.

Zhao Fu faced resistance to his order to kill prisoners and their families in the Pantheon of Myriad Gods. He slaughtered the soldiers and generals who objected, leaving the rest too terrified to speak against him.

• Soldiers objected to killing elderly people and children, and about a hundred thousand stepped out of formation to leave the army.
• Several generals also opposed Zhao Fu's order and offered to resign rather than carry it out.
• Zhao Fu drew the Imperial Killing Sword and killed the hundred thousand soldiers with a single attack.
• Zhao Fu killed the generals who had objected, while the remaining soldiers froze in terror.
• Zhao Fu demanded to know who still had objections, and no one dared answer.

Zhao Fu forced the soldiers of the Pantheon of Myriad Gods to submit to him, then began reforms to secure their loyalty and expand his military. He left the chapter planning to unify the gods’ holy scriptures as the Scripture of Myriad Gods, linking worship of individual gods to loyalty to the Pantheon and, through it, to himself.

• Zhao Fu killed several stubborn resisters and forced the soldiers to kneel and swear loyalty to him.
• He rewarded the soldiers with ten military merits each and left their ongoing training to his generals.
• After returning to the Pantheon of Myriad Gods, Zhao Fu improved soldiers’ status and treatment to encourage enlistment.
• Zhao Fu decided not to destroy the gods’ holy scriptures because they sustained the gods’ faith and power.
• He planned to revise and unify the scriptures as the Scripture of Myriad Gods, placing the Pantheon above its gods while preserving each god’s teachings.

Zhao Fu reshaped the Pantheon of Myriad Gods with strict religious rules balanced by a weekly festival, increasing faith and loyalty. After consulting the goddesses about nearby factions, he ordered them to demand submission from thirteen neighboring god factions or face death.

• Zhao Fu imposed rules for clothing, buildings, conduct, and religious practice, while allowing one festival day each week.
• The new rules increased faith in the Pantheon of Myriad Gods and support for Zhao Fu, while its soldiers gained a cold, murderous aura.
• Zhao Fu explained that absorbing divine inheritances strengthened his connection to the God Race Imperial Star and might eventually let him awaken it.
• The Ironstone Goddess described thirteen nearby god factions and warned that the Pantheon could not defeat them if they united.
• Zhao Fu ordered letters sent demanding that the thirteen factions join the Pantheon of Myriad Gods or face death.

After the thirteen divine factions rejected the Pantheon of Myriad Gods’ demands and prepared for war, Zhao Fu attacked one faction’s hall to weaken their alliance. He tortured its god into submission and left him under orders to obey the Pantheon, then departed for his next target.

• The thirteen divine factions received Zhao Fu’s letters and agreed to attack the Pantheon of Myriad Gods.
• Zhao Fu broke into the black-clad god’s hall and demanded that he submit or die.
• Zhao Fu blasted the black-clad god away, killed the handsome young man, and struck down the other defenders.
• Zhao Fu tortured the black-clad god with Godslaying Lightning until he agreed to submit.
• Zhao Fu placed a restriction on the god, ordered him to obey the Pantheon’s people, and vanished.

Zhao Fu attacked the Wood Tree Temple after its leaders rejected the Pantheon of Myriad Gods’ demand to submit, killing the temple’s god and defeating its defenders. The surviving youth surrendered to Zhao Fu.

• The Wood Tree Temple’s leaders decided to join the other factions in destroying the Pantheon of Myriad Gods and seizing its faith.
• Zhao Fu killed the guards and the young man in green, then demanded that the temple submit or die.
• The elder and his followers attacked Zhao Fu, but he wounded the middle-aged man, killed the beautiful woman, and defeated the elder.
• Zhao Fu extracted the elder’s Godhead, killing him, and the surviving youth knelt in terror and surrendered.

Zhao Fu subdued another divine faction by defeating its leader, a seductive woman, and ordered her troops to join the Pantheon of Myriad Gods. The woman gathered her forces and set out for the Pantheon while the Pantheon’s people arrived to take over her faction.

• Zhao Fu warned a young man he had placed under restriction to control his faction, then flew toward another divine faction.
• The faction’s leaders debated whether to attack the Pantheon of Myriad Gods, but Zhao Fu arrived and demanded their submission.
• The seductive woman challenged Zhao Fu, and he blocked her attacks before cutting apart her tornado with the Imperial Killing Sword.
• The seductive woman admitted defeat, submitted, and received sealed demonic qi from Zhao Fu.
• Zhao Fu ordered the woman to bring her troops to the Pantheon of Myriad Gods, promising her a Hall Lord position if she performed well.
• The seductive woman gathered her forces and set out for the Pantheon as its people arrived to take over her faction.

Zhao Fu confronted the seven gods who had gathered to attack the Pantheon of Myriad Gods and overwhelmed them with his power. After killing one god, he left the remaining gods facing the threat of his assault.

• The seven gods planned to let the Pantheon of Myriad Gods and nearby factions weaken each other before claiming the spoils.
• Guards reported that the five divine factions near the Pantheon of Myriad Gods had been destroyed, and some had joined it.
• Zhao Fu arrived and sent one god flying with a single sword slash as the seven gods attacked him.
• The lecherous fat man broke Zhao Fu’s defensive barrier, but Zhao Fu kicked him into a crater.
• Zhao Fu activated Immortal Mode, repelled the charging gods, and turned their arrows back on their soldiers, killing tens of thousands.
• Zhao Fu severed the burly man’s broadsword and split him apart with a single colorful sword arc.

Zhao Fu defeated the gods and armies of seven factions, forcing the surviving gods and soldiers to submit. The Pantheon of Myriad Gods took control of all thirteen factions in the region, and the campaign yielded about 240 million people.

• Zhao Fu killed the sleazy fat man and restrained the seven gods' colossal beasts with chains.
• Zhao Fu killed the Great Han, destroyed the beasts, and slaughtered many soldiers.
• Zhao Fu killed a young god, then accepted the cold and beautiful woman's surrender; two other gods surrendered as well.
• Zhao Fu made the soldiers and three surviving gods kneel, while the Pantheon of Myriad Gods arrived.
• The Pantheon of Myriad Gods took control of all thirteen factions and unified the region.
• The gods reported that the thirteen factions held 1,200 cities and about 240 million people.

After the Pantheon of Myriad Gods destroyed thirteen factions, Zhao Fu consolidated his new territory, appointed five new gods, and strengthened the Myriad Gods Spear with divine power. With the region stabilizing, he ordered another investigation of nearby factions because he still wanted the Pantheon to grow stronger.

• Nearby factions learned that the Pantheon of Myriad Gods had destroyed thirteen factions, and they began preparing to resist it or seek protection.
• Zhao Fu ordered the five goddesses to govern and stabilize the conquered territory, then gave five erased godheads to five talented successors connected to the former gods.
• Over the next five or six days, the five successors became gods, and the Pantheon of Myriad Gods issued its scripture and rules to integrate the region.
• Zhao Fu brought the thirteen subdued gods into the Pantheon and absorbed their divine power, strengthening his godhead.
• The thirteen gods poured divine power and inheritance power into the Myriad Gods Spear, which transformed and grew much stronger.
• Zhao Fu ordered people to investigate nearby factions because he was not satisfied with the Pantheon of Myriad Gods' strength.

Zhao Fu postponed plans to expand the Pantheon of Myriad Gods and focused on strengthening its army and addressing its lack of priests. After testing his powers on the Myriad Gods Spear, he found that the Emperor's Eye's chain power could grant the army a new ability and began infusing it into the spear.

• Zhao Fu decided against confronting nearby factions or leaving the Pantheon of Myriad Gods, choosing instead to stabilize its population and strength.
• Zhao Fu recognized that the Pantheon of Myriad Gods needed a stronger army and priests, but the deities could offer no useful abilities.
• Zhao Fu tested his powers on the Myriad Gods Spear, finding that several damaged it or faded without effect.
• Zhao Fu discovered that his Emperor's Eye chain power could merge with the Myriad Gods Spear and grant its soldiers the ability to control Godbinding Chains.
• Zhao Fu released golden chains from his left eye and began pouring their energy into the Myriad Gods Spear.

Zhao Fu strengthened the Myriad Gods Spear and his army by granting them chains that could restrain gods, then ordered the selection of female priests for the Pantheon of Myriad Gods. Jade Goddess brought more than a hundred chosen women to meet Zhao Fu.

• Zhao Fu fused the power of his chains into the Myriad Gods Spear, creating Myriad Gods Chains that spread through the Pantheon of Myriad Gods before retracting into the spear.
• Zhao Fu had the soldiers test their bronze chains, which bound an opponent and resisted a blade strike.
• A thousand soldiers used their chains to pull at Jade Goddess' barrier, but she shattered them with her true divine power and praised their strength.
• Zhao Fu ordered Jade Goddess to select beautiful, capable women to serve as priests, and she agreed after asking him not to pursue them.
• Jade Goddess selected more than a hundred women from over two hundred million citizens and brought them in white robes to meet Zhao Fu.

Zhao Fu empowered the Pantheon of Myriad Gods’ chosen sacrifices with the Myriad Gods Spear and discovered they could sing a hymn that put listeners to sleep. He appointed four women to manage the Pantheon, then empowered ten thousand more sacrifices, leaving the organization with a formidable battlefield ability.

• Jade Goddess presented Zhao Fu with selected women, and he used the Myriad Gods Spear to grant them the power of the myriad gods.
• Zhao Fu discovered that the women had gained a platinum mark and could sing a beautiful song that caused people to fall asleep.
• The women demonstrated their ability, and Zhao Fu ordered their song recorded as the Sacred Hymn of the Pantheon of Myriad Gods.
• Zhao Fu appointed the four women at the front to manage the Pantheon and asked Jade Goddess to select another group of sacrifices.
• Jade Goddess selected ten thousand men and women, and Zhao Fu empowered them with the Myriad Gods Spear.

Zhao Fu used the Evil Demon Flower Pupils to control the five goddesses, then revealed that he was an emperor from the Apocalypse World. He ordered the Pantheon of Myriad Gods to halt its expansion and extend goodwill to nearby factions, leaving them surprised by its sudden change in approach.

• Zhao Fu tested his demonic power on the five goddesses and used pale roots to overwhelm their divine resistance and control them.
• Zhao Fu released the goddesses from his control, and they asked about his identity and why he had kept it secret.
• Zhao Fu told the five goddesses that he was an emperor from the Apocalypse World.
• Zhao Fu ordered the five goddesses to announce that the Pantheon of Myriad Gods would stop expanding and invite gods to join.
• The five goddesses arranged for gifts to be sent to surrounding factions, whose members were astonished by the Pantheon's change in policy.

Zhao Fu secretly infiltrated nearby divine factions and used the Evil Demon Abyss Flower to seize control of a sheep-headed beast god, forcing him to submit to the Pantheon of Myriad Gods. He then moved on to infiltrate a river god’s temple, where she was meditating.

• Zhao Fu chose a small faction led by a sheep-headed beast god as his first target and infiltrated it at night.
• Zhao Fu used demonic aura to control the guards, then wrapped the sleeping god in pale roots and seized control of his body.
• Zhao Fu gave the sheep-headed god a choice between submitting and losing his soul, and the god agreed to join the Pantheon of Myriad Gods.
• Zhao Fu ordered the sheep-headed god to conceal the coercion and make his faction’s submission appear voluntary the next day.
• Zhao Fu infiltrated another faction and found its young river goddess meditating in a temple beside a great river.

Zhao Fu used the Evil Demon Abyss Flower to capture the River God and force her to join the Pantheon of Myriad Gods. He then killed an uncooperative Flower God and continued toward the next faction.

• Zhao Fu sensed the temple and its hidden guards, then used pale roots to capture the River God and her soldiers.
• Zhao Fu forced the River God to submit and ordered her to join the Pantheon of Myriad Gods the next day.
• Zhao Fu arrived at the Flower God's faction and found the ugly fat god with two handsome men.
• The Flower God kicked one of the men toward Zhao Fu's roots, but Zhao Fu captured him and devoured his soul.
• Zhao Fu left an order for the Flower God to join the Pantheon of Myriad Gods and vanished to control more gods.

Zhao Fu expanded his control to twelve gods and pressured the Ram-Headed God and the River God to submit their factions to the Pantheon of Myriad Gods. The Ram-Headed God secured his followers’ obedience, while the River God faced objections from her people.

• Zhao Fu stopped controlling gods at dawn after bringing the number under his control to twelve.
• The Ram-Headed God summoned his faction’s leaders, announced his submission to the Pantheon of Myriad Gods, and persuaded them to pledge loyalty and follow his preparations.
• Zhao Fu praised the Ram-Headed God and withdrew his consciousness from his body.
• The River God summoned her city lords and generals and announced that she would submit her entire faction to the Pantheon of Myriad Gods.
• A bearded middle-aged man and an old man questioned the River God’s decision and urged her to reconsider.

The River God discussed Zhao Fu and the Pantheon of Myriad Gods with her companion, while Zhao Fu, controlling the ugly fat man, announced that his faction would submit to the Pantheon. The ugly fat man’s wife confronted him, but Zhao Fu defeated her soul-controlling power and killed her guards, leaving her to realize someone else controlled her husband.

• The River God told her companion that Zhao Fu was the God Lord of the Pantheon of Myriad Gods and recounted what had happened between them the night before.
• The River God and her companion agreed that joining the Pantheon of Myriad Gods was the best choice, and the companion asked to meet Zhao Fu at the River God Temple.
• Zhao Fu, controlling the ugly fat man, ordered the faction’s generals and city lords to submit to the Pantheon of Myriad Gods.
• The ugly fat man’s wife arrived and claimed the faction belonged to her mother, the Earth God, then tried to use a flower-shaped mark to control his soul.
• Zhao Fu resisted the mark, killed the wife’s guards, and threatened to subdue her family after conquering their faction.
• The wife realized the ugly fat man was being controlled by someone else and demanded to know who Zhao Fu was.