Chapter Summaries

Zhao Fu revealed himself as the God Lord of the Pantheon of Myriad Gods and used the Evil Demon Abyss Flower to control Di Ling and the people around her. When Di Ling’s mother arrived and attacked him, Zhao Fu fought back and trapped her beneath a tide of pale roots.

• Zhao Fu compelled the people in the divine hall to kneel, then used evil demon energy to control Di Ling and make the others obey him.
• Di Ling warned Zhao Fu that her mother was on her way, and Zhao Fu welcomed her arrival.
• Di Ling’s mother confronted Zhao Fu, who admitted he was the God Lord of the Pantheon of Myriad Gods and urged her to submit.
• Di Ling’s mother attacked with diamond-shaped stones and waves of yellow power, but Zhao Fu countered with roots and struck her through her barrier.
• After Di Ling’s mother released a storm of divine power, Zhao Fu shouted “Seal!” and buried her beneath thousands of pale roots.

Zhao Fu subdued the Earth God while controlling Wolf Poison’s body, but her six divine daughters arrived and attacked him. He unleashed his remaining evil demon power against them as the battle continued.

• Zhao Fu used his evil demon power to bind the beautiful woman and take control of her, exhausting most of his strength.
• Di Leng, Di Shui, Di Lan, Di Yin, Di You, and Di Jing arrived to rescue their mother and discovered that Zhao Fu was controlling Wolf Poison’s body.
• Di Leng ordered her sisters to kill Zhao Fu and recover Wolf Poison’s Godhead, and the six goddesses struck him with divine power.
• Zhao Fu defended himself with Wolf Poison’s Godhead power, then transformed his body and attacked the goddesses with pale spears, crescents, claws, and roots.
• The goddesses shattered Zhao Fu’s attacks and closed in, while he sent more roots at them to fend them off.

Zhao Fu fought the goddesses with demonic roots, overpowering several of them before Di You wounded him and he burned Wolf Poison's life force to unleash more power. After his final attack was dispelled, the goddesses struck him down, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Zhao Fu shattered a goddess's barrier, bound her with roots, and used her body to force the attacking goddesses to retreat.
• Zhao Fu knocked two goddesses into craters, but Di You's sword strike broke his root shield and wounded him.
• Zhao Fu burned Wolf Poison's life force and used roots to bind Di You, overwhelming her with demonic power.
• The other goddesses attacked Zhao Fu as one of them freed and caught the unconscious Di You; Zhao Fu healed his wound with roots.
• Zhao Fu's evil flower trapped three goddesses in an illusion until the goddess holding Di You cut it apart with a sword strike.
• With his demonic power and strength exhausted, Zhao Fu was cut into pieces by three sword lights from the goddesses.

Zhao Fu abandoned Wolf Poison’s exhausted body and took control of the Earth God faction’s mother, defeating her daughters and forcing the Earth God and other factions to join the Pantheon of Myriad Gods. The Pantheon’s population and army doubled as Di Ling tried to persuade her captive family to submit.

• After finding the Earth God faction’s mother unconscious, the goddesses wondered who had controlled Wolf Poison and how to awaken her.
• Zhao Fu took control of the mother’s body and defeated the four goddesses, then declared himself their master; Di Ling pleaded for her mother and sisters’ lives.
• Zhao Fu ordered Wolf Poison’s faction, the Earth God faction, and twelve other factions to join the Pantheon of Myriad Gods, and gave Wolf Poison’s godhead to Di Ling.
• The newly joined factions brought the Pantheon’s population to four hundred million and its army to more than thirty million, nearly doubling both.
• Di Ling tried to persuade her chained mother and sisters to submit to Zhao Fu while he reviewed intelligence reports.

Zhao Fu secured the Earth Goddess and her daughters’ submission to the Pantheon of Myriad Gods, then had them contribute divine power to the Myriad Gods Spear. The spear strengthened the entire Pantheon, while Zhao Fu continued preparing for the hostility he expected from other factions.

• Zhao Fu read a memorial reporting that all sides were intensely hostile to the Pantheon of Myriad Gods and ordered faster assimilation, stricter soldier training, and preparations for war.
• Di Ling persuaded the Earth Goddess to submit, and Zhao Fu released the Earth Goddess and her six daughters from their chains and sealed the Six Desires Demonic Qi within them.
• Di Ling led the women to the Pantheon of Myriad Gods, where the Earth Goddess recognized the Myriad Gods Spear’s inheritance power and felt her new position would benefit her.
• Zhao Fu ordered the Earth Goddess and her daughters to pour their divine power into the Myriad Gods Spear, which grew stronger and upgraded the Pantheon’s attributes.
• Zhao Fu let the exhausted women withdraw to recover, then inspected the Myriad Gods Spear’s attributes.

Zhao Fu learned that the King of Gods event would offer the Fire of the Gods, a crucial material for forging the Primordial Great Cauldron, and planned to enter the competition. With the event still half a year away, he decided to strengthen the Pantheon of Myriad Gods before traveling to the Divine Domain.

• Zhao Fu tested the strengthened Myriad Gods Spear, then returned to handling affairs in the Pantheon of Myriad Gods.
• Jade Goddess reported that time gods were rare and exceptionally powerful, and Zhao Fu asked her to keep searching for information about them.
• Jade Goddess told Zhao Fu that the King of Gods event would begin in half a year and that its first-place prize included the Fire of the Gods.
• Zhao Fu realized the Fire of the Gods could help Ling Ji forge the Primordial Great Cauldron and decided to develop the Pantheon before leaving for the Divine Domain.
• Jade Goddess asked to accompany Zhao Fu, but he told her to remain and increase her power while the other four oversaw the Pantheon.

Zhao Fu learned that the materials for the Heaven-Sealing Earth-Suppressing Formation had been gathered and discussed with the goddesses how he would reward them. He then began reorganizing the Pantheon of Myriad Gods’ growing forces and handling its government affairs.

• The Goldstone Goddess reported that she had collected the materials for the Heaven-Sealing Earth-Suppressing Formation, which could sever the Divine World’s connection to the Divine World and bring it under Great Qin.
• The Goldstone Goddess and Jade Goddess asked Zhao Fu to favor them, but he explained that he had to abstain while cultivating the Six Desires Immortal Scripture and promised to grant their request later.
• The Ironstone Goddess reported that the new soldiers and generals needed to be reorganized, while the Silverstone Goddess reported that the Pantheon of Myriad Gods needed construction and stronger unity.
• Zhao Fu embraced the five goddesses, then began handling military affairs by splitting the newly joined soldiers among separate armies to weaken their former faction ties and prevent rebellion.

Zhao Fu reorganized the Pantheon of Myriad Gods’ army and expanded its administration before inspecting the troops and meeting the people. The citizens’ fervent devotion confirmed his growing authority over the faction.

• Zhao Fu ordered the army’s former factions dispersed, resentful soldiers executed, and generals reassigned according to their abilities.
• Zhao Fu expanded the Pantheon’s facilities and gathered border residents into safer settlements.
• Four days later, Zhao Fu inspected the newly organized armies and left their further training to the Ironstone Goddess.
• The Silverstone Goddess led Zhao Fu to a gathering of citizens, where he appeared as the Lord of Myriad Gods.
• Zhao Fu addressed the kneeling crowd, whose devotion showed that he had gained spiritual as well as political authority over them.

Zhao Fu strengthened the citizens’ devotion to the Pantheon of Myriad Gods while preparing to divert its rivals’ hostility. After presenting his faction as harmless, he began a nighttime operation against the nearby Mountain God Faction.

• Zhao Fu addressed the citizens and used the Myriad Gods Spear to bathe them in divine light, healing some of their injuries and illnesses.
• Goldstone Goddess and the other four observed the citizens’ fervent devotion and wondered about the power of Zhao Fu’s nation in Apocalypse World.
• After reviewing intelligence, Zhao Fu ordered his people to investigate major factions and planned to exploit their mutual grudges.
• The Pantheon of Myriad Gods sent lavish gifts and promised peaceful coexistence, leading some factions to underestimate it while others remained intent on destroying it.
• At night, Zhao Fu began an operation against the Mountain God Faction, which had about four hundred million people, an army of more than thirty million, and six relatively powerful gods.

Zhao Fu controlled Mountain God soldiers and used them to attack the Bear God Faction, triggering the old enemies to go to war. As the two factions fought, Zhao Fu watched from concealment, pleased that his plan had succeeded.

• Zhao Fu secretly controlled more than five hundred thousand Mountain God soldiers stationed near the Bear God border.
• Zhao Fu sent the controlled soldiers to attack the Bear God Faction, where they seized the walls and massacred soldiers and civilians.
• The Bear God Faction blamed the Mountain God Faction for the attack, gathered its troops, and launched a retaliatory assault.
• The Mountain God Faction, unable to deny its soldiers' actions and unwilling to let itself be attacked, fought back.
• Zhao Fu watched the battle between the Bear God and Mountain God factions from the void and smiled.

Zhao Fu captured the Sun Holy Son and gained the Sun Holy Maiden’s submission as part of his plan to provoke a war between the Sun God Faction and a neighboring faction. The Sun Holy Son began massacring a city while Zhao Fu and the Sun Holy Maiden watched from hiding.

• Zhao Fu chose the powerful Sun God Faction as his second target and decided to use its Sun Holy Son to create conflict.
• Zhao Fu appeared before the Sun Holy Son and used his fiendish power to take control of him.
• The Sun Holy Maiden submitted to Zhao Fu to avoid being controlled, and he took her and the Sun Holy Son to a neighboring faction.
• Zhao Fu hid with the Sun Holy Maiden while the controlled Sun Holy Son attacked a city and slaughtered its citizens.

Zhao Fu arranged the Sun Holy Son’s death, prompting war between the Sun God Faction and the faction that sheltered him. He then set his sights on sparking a conflict between the Fire God Faction and the Star God Faction, and prepared an assassination in the Star God Faction.

• The Sun Holy Son was killed by the City Lord after charging into the city, and Zhao Fu ordered the Sun Holy Maiden to return and report to him while placing a restriction on her.
• The Sun God Faction rejected the other faction’s apology, executed the surrendered City Lord, and launched a war that the faction was forced to resist.
• Zhao Fu chose the Fire God Faction and the Star God Faction as his next targets, planning to use a staged assassination to provoke them into war.
• Zhao Fu controlled six people from the Fire God Faction with evil demon qi and brought them to the Star God Faction to target a respected elderly priest.
• After waiting until nightfall, Zhao Fu prepared to act while the priest wrote scriptures by lamplight in the rain.

Zhao Fu engineered the assassination of a beloved Star God priest and framed members of the Fire God faction, provoking the two factions into all-out war. After watching the battle begin, Zhao Fu returned to the Pantheon of Myriad Gods, where surprising news arrived two days later.

• Zhao Fu ordered his controlled followers to kill the old priest, while the young priest hid beneath the bed and witnessed the murder.
• Zhao Fu left the youth alive as a witness and arranged for soldiers to discover the assassins carrying the priest’s head.
• The Star God faction identified the dead assassins as members of the Fire God faction, and both sides prepared for war.
• The Star God faction launched an assault, and the Fire God faction met it in battle as Zhao Fu watched from the void.
• Zhao Fu returned to the Pantheon of Myriad Gods, and several surprising pieces of news reached him two days later.

Zhao Fu received reports of wars shifting attention away from the Pantheon of Myriad Gods and met an envoy seeking its aid against the Fire God Faction. He accepted Xing Lingyue’s submission after using Six Desires Demonic Qi to torment her, leaving the alliance negotiations poised to continue.

• Zhao Fu learned that the Mountain God and Bear God Factions had been forced to unite against a third party, while the Sun God Faction had destroyed another faction and become a major threat.
• Star God’s forces, struggling in their war against Fire God, sent an envoy to ask the Pantheon of Myriad Gods to join an attack on the Fire God Faction.
• Zhao Fu received the envoy, a priestess named Xing Lingyue, who offered an alliance, a share of the spoils, treasures, and women.
• Zhao Fu suggested that Xing Lingyue herself be part of the offering, then bound her and infused her with Six Desires Demonic Qi.
• After more than an hour of torment, Xing Lingyue said she was willing to submit to Zhao Fu.

Zhao Fu allied the Pantheon of Myriad Gods with the Star God Faction and launched an attack on the Fire God Faction. The battle began with the Fire God forces breaking through the Pantheon’s shield and inflicting casualties on its troops.

• Zhao Fu released Xing Lingyue, sealed her Six Desires Demonic Qi, and ordered her to report on the Star God Faction and return to prepare for an attack on the Fire God Faction.
• The Star God welcomed the Pantheon of Myriad Gods’ alliance, while Zhao Fu refused the Fire God Faction’s request to stay out of the conflict.
• Zhao Fu sent more than thirty million soldiers to attack the Fire God Faction’s flank as the Star God Faction launched its own assault.
• The Fire God Faction’s two commanders raised a fiery barrier that blocked the Pantheon’s arrows, and their soldiers hurled Fireballs at the advancing army.
• The Pantheon’s white-gold shield stopped the first wave of Fireballs, but the Fire God soldiers shattered it with larger blasts and then killed some Pantheon soldiers with arrows.

The Pantheon of Myriad Gods overwhelmed the Fire God army and breached the city wall. Zhao Fu defeated the two Fire Gods, killed the male Fire God, and captured the female Fire God as the surviving defenders fled.

• The Pantheon of Myriad Gods soldiers pierced the Fire God army’s defenses with platinum-white spears and stormed the city wall.
• The Fire God soldiers were outnumbered and overpowered, and Zhao Fu appeared before the two Fire Gods.
• Zhao Fu struck down the female Fire God and sent the male Fire God flying before cutting him in two.
• Zhao Fu bound the female Fire God with chains and sealed Six Desires Demonic Qi inside her.
• Zhao Fu extracted the male Fire God’s godhead, and the Fire God soldiers fled, allowing the Pantheon of Myriad Gods to capture the wall.

The Pantheon of Myriad Gods and the Star God Faction defeated the Fire God Faction and agreed to divide its territory. After gaining the Star Gods’ trust, Zhao Fu secretly planted a Six Desires Demon Seed in an injured Star God woman while healing her.

• The Star God army broke the Fire God army’s defenses after the Pantheon of Myriad Gods breached the city wall, and the Fire Gods fled as their forces collapsed.
• The Star Gods pursued the Fire Gods, killing one and driving the other two away severely wounded.
• Zhao Fu’s forces occupied the city and subdued its civilians, killing those who resisted.
• Zhao Fu and the five Star Gods discussed dividing the defeated Fire God Faction, and Zhao Fu offered to split its territory equally.
• Zhao Fu healed the injured Star God woman and secretly planted a Six Desires Demon Seed in her body.

After the Pantheon of Myriad Gods gained territory and population by helping the Star God Faction destroy the Fire God Faction, Zhao Fu subdued both goddesses and revealed his plan to unite the region’s factions. He set the plan in motion by publicly offering the Pantheon’s help to other factions, hoping they would seek alliances themselves.

• Zhao Fu considered how the Pantheon could use alliances and joint attacks to expand, and noted that its population had grown to eight hundred million after the war.
• Zhao Fu forced the Fire God and Star God to submit to him, then agreed not to harm the other Star Gods unless necessary.
• The Star God agreed to strengthen her control over her faction so the Pantheon could annex it later, while Zhao Fu told both goddesses he intended to unite the god factions.
• Zhao Fu discussed his expansion strategy with the Fire God and the Pantheon’s members, who agreed that other factions should propose alliances first.
• Zhao Fu identified weaker factions’ fear of the powerful Sun God Faction as an opportunity and announced that the Pantheon was willing to coexist peacefully and help anyone in need.

Zhao Fu formed an alliance between the Pantheon of Myriad Gods and fifteen factions threatened by the Sun God Faction, while secretly planning to expand his influence within them. The alliance’s immense strength halted the Sun God Faction’s expansion and left the Sun God Hall vulnerable to a possible attack.

• Zhao Fu sent gifts to factions around the Sun God to encourage them to seek an alliance with the Pantheon of Myriad Gods.
• Envoys from the threatened factions asked Zhao Fu for help, and he agreed to support them after they framed the alliance as a righteous defense against the Sun God Faction.
• Zhao Fu secured permission for Pantheon of Myriad Gods personnel to enter the allied factions and for its soldiers to garrison there, intending to infiltrate their populations and militaries.
• Zhao Fu confirmed an alliance with fifteen divine factions and celebrated its formation at a banquet.
• The alliance’s combined population reached 1.7 billion with 120 million soldiers, prompting the Sun God Faction to halt its expansion and worry that the alliance might attack the Sun God Hall.

The Sun Gods formed an alliance with nineteen factions to counter the Pantheon Alliance, while Zhao Fu brought the Star God Faction into his own alliance. With the Sun God Alliance unable to agree on attacking, Zhao Fu turned to targeting factions that had refused to join the Pantheon Alliance.

• The Sun God Faction recruited nineteen factions, creating the Sun God Alliance with 2.2 billion people and 150 million troops.
• The Sun Gods proposed attacking the Pantheon Alliance, but several alliance members opposed the plan.
• Zhao Fu recruited the Star God Faction, bringing the Pantheon Alliance close to the Sun God Alliance in strength.
• After learning that the Sun God Alliance would not attack, Zhao Fu gathered the Pantheon Alliance's deities and named the factions that had refused to join.
• The deities agreed to destroy those factions and divide their supplies among the alliance.