Chapter Summaries

Fang Yu told the Queen he was leaving the royal palace to evade elders who were pressuring him over Zhang Ruochen, then asked the lady boss to gather cultivation resources. He continued cultivating with the supplies she collected and planned to reward her, while keeping his destination secret.

• Fang Yu warned the Queen to avoid meddling in his affairs or Zhang Ruochen’s and said he was leaving the palace for a while.
• Fang Yu visited the lady boss, requested ten times the resources he had needed before, and explained that he was leaving to escape the elders bothering him.
• The lady boss gathered about one-third of the requested resources and promised to collect the rest as quickly as possible.
• Fang Yu assured the lady boss that others would handle the trouble caused by her gathering resources and offered her the prospect of future benefits, including a chance to become a Saint King.
• Fang Yu used the resources to cultivate and decided to give the lady boss valuable items to help her advance.

Fang Yu left the commandery but realized that leaving would fulfill the wishes of the old enemies who wanted him separated from his younger brothers. He returned and vowed to stay, determined to thwart their plans.

• Fang Yu left silently after the proprietress gathered enough resources, leaving letters for several important people.
• Fang Yu reconsidered as he departed, realizing that leaving would give his enemies what they wanted, and turned back.
• The proprietress asked Fang Yu why he had returned, and he repeatedly insisted that he would not leave or let his enemies succeed.
• The proprietress tried to calm Fang Yu and agreed with him as he resolved to return and face the old enemies.

Fang Yu returned after realizing the old immortals had manipulated him into leaving, and he refused to leave Zhang Ruochen again. He promised to help Zhang Ruochen change his fate and prevent the tragedies the immortals planned, while vowing to uncover and destroy their schemes.

• Zhang Ruochen was shocked when Fang Yu returned after previously saying he would leave.
• Fang Yu explained that the old immortals had tricked him into leaving, so he had come back to defy their plans.
• Zhang Ruochen urged Fang Yu to leave and said he would use the immortals' resources to grow stronger and follow the fate he could not escape.
• Fang Yu accused Zhang Ruochen of repeating the immortals' arguments and admitted he intended to use Zhang Ruochen to prevent future tragedies.
• Fang Yu vowed to stop the immortals from turning Zhang Ruochen into an emotionless puppet and threatened to destroy them if they continued their schemes.

Zhang Ruochen confronted Fang Yu, who insisted on staying by his side to disrupt the plans of the old seniors, while Zhang Ruochen accused him of pursuing his own goals and demanded that he leave. Fang Yu recognized that the speaker was not Zhang Ruochen, and the chapter ended with him saying he understood the danger of remaining in this world.

• Fang Yu declared that he would stay with Zhang Ruochen to prevent the old seniors' plans from succeeding.
• Zhang Ruochen argued that Fang Yu was acting for his own goals and demanded that he leave and stop interfering with his life.
• Zhang Ruochen accused Fang Yu of trying to control him like a puppet and urged him to leave this world for other worlds.
• Fang Yu claimed the speaker was not Zhang Ruochen and demanded that Zhang Ruochen's body be returned.
• Zhang Ruochen repeatedly told Fang Yu to attend to his two wives and leave, while Fang Yu said he would only leave if Fang Yu did.
• Fang Yu said he understood the warning that he should not exist in this world.

Zhang Ruochen's brother insisted that he would stay, defy the senior figures, and prevent their plans and tragedies, while warning Zhang Ruochen that his Spacetime Divine Martial Imprint was his only leverage. He left Zhang Ruochen with the claim that he must grow strong enough to save the world and universe or face a horrific fate.

• Zhang Ruochen's brother rejected the suggestion that he leave and vowed to disrupt the senior figures' plans and prevent future tragedies.
• Zhang Ruochen's brother declared that he intended to kill the senior figures and their backups, even if doing so required Zhang Ruochen's death to expose their weakness.
• Zhang Ruochen warned that defeating the senior figures could cost his brother his life, but his brother insisted he would make them pay for manipulating him.
• Zhang Ruochen's brother said he might not help Zhang Ruochen because he had more important goals of his own, while Zhang Ruochen argued that he had to act to protect his loved ones.
• Zhang Ruochen's brother told him that his Spacetime Divine Martial Imprint was his only bargaining power and that he had to grow strong enough to save the world and universe.

Fang Yu refused to leave and confronted the person behind the plans he believed had tried to manipulate him. He warned that their efforts to control everyone’s fates were impossible, and remained determined to disrupt their arrangements.

• After fooling Zhang Ruochen, Fang Yu saw someone who should not have appeared and insisted he would not leave.
• Fang Yu accused the other party of trying to drive him away so their plans could proceed, and mocked the plans as foolish.
• Fang Yu warned that violence against him would bring a terrible death, while arguing that the other party could not afford to force him out.
• Fang Yu criticized their attempt to control his fate, another person’s fate, and the future, saying their scheme would cause tragedies and fail.
• Fang Yu told the other party that they could not control everyone’s lives, deaths, plans, or fates, and should focus on what they could actually manage.

Fang Yu refused to leave, insisting that his presence was necessary to prevent tragedies and warning the elders that they could not force him out without risking consequences they could not bear. The elder accepted that they could not act against him, and Fang Yu urged them to leave while arguing that their plans to save Cangsheng were misguided.

• Fang Yu rejected repeated demands to leave and said he would stay to prevent tragedies from happening.
• The elder insisted on remaining to watch Fang Yu, fearing he might do something unexpected.
• Fang Yu warned that staying could lead the elder to attack him and meet death, while leaving might preserve a chance to live.
• The elder admitted that the old fossils had forbidden action against Fang Yu because the consequences would be unthinkable.
• Fang Yu urged the elder to leave and argued that the death of living beings was a natural law that could not be changed by their plans.
• Fang Yu told the elder to pass on his warning that he would not leave and would turn against them if they interfered with his life.

A returning woman confronted her sister-in-law and explained that only she could protect her younger brother from the dangers and manipulation surrounding him. She urged her sister-in-law to cooperate against the people controlling his fate, revealing that the brother was destined to lose her and become emotionally numb unless they changed that future.

• The woman insisted she would not leave, while her sister-in-law said she had come to ask her to protect her younger brother, not to drive her away.
• The woman claimed that only she could save her younger brother and described the dangers he would face if he followed others’ orders.
• The sister-in-law recognized that the woman wanted her to cooperate against the people threatening the younger brother.
• The woman said she wanted to create a brighter path for her brother and warned that his original fate included losing the person he loved most and becoming cold and unfeeling.

An unnamed speaker told Your Majesty that immortal elders across multiple worlds were manipulating her son and that no one could control his fate, then asked her to undertake tasks that would help his younger brother. Your Majesty agreed on the condition that the speaker never endanger or coerce her child, while the speaker promised not to use him carelessly but said he would not rescue him if danger arose.

• The speaker warned Your Majesty that immortal elders intended to use her son as a puppet and that her hopes of changing his fate were impossible.
• The speaker explained that immortal elders from their world, other worlds, and the Hell Realm had competing plans, then asked Your Majesty to handle tasks that would benefit his younger brother.
• Your Majesty promised not to reveal the speaker's disclosures but demanded that he never threaten her child or force him to do things he opposed.
• The speaker promised not to put his younger brother in danger, while clarifying that he would not intervene to save him if danger occurred.
• Your Majesty said she would not obstruct the speaker as long as he kept his promise, and the speaker said he wanted to resolve matters and save the world and universe.

The protagonist rejected a woman’s demand that she leave her younger brother, insisting she would stay to change tragedies while leaving his future alone. She warned the woman and the people behind her not to interfere, and the confrontation ended with her refusing to back down despite the dangers.

• The woman urged the protagonist to stay away from her child, but the protagonist refused to leave.
• The protagonist said she would not change her younger brother’s future but would act to prevent tragedies.
• The protagonist warned the woman not to interfere with her or trouble people around her, and argued that immortality was impossible.
• The woman warned that staying near the protagonist’s younger brother would bring grave dangers, but the protagonist refused to leave.
• The protagonist told the woman to pursue other chosen people instead and threatened to kill those who continued to provoke or obstruct her.

Fang Yu urged Zhang Ruochen to let him change the tragedies laid out for Zhang Ruochen, while Zhang Ruochen insisted Fang Yu should leave to prevent further suffering. Fang Yu refused and admitted he wanted Zhang Ruochen to follow his instructions for his own purposes.

• Fang Yu complained that Zhang Ruochen’s association was bringing more people after him and tried to persuade Zhang Ruochen to accept his help.
• Zhang Ruochen told Fang Yu to leave, arguing that Fang Yu caused many of his tragedies and that separation would reduce them.
• Fang Yu said he wanted to change Zhang Ruochen’s arranged fate and prevent tragedies, but admitted he had ulterior motives and wanted to control Zhang Ruochen.
• Zhang Ruochen said he believed Fang Yu but doubted either of them could change the plans of the older immortals, and again asked Fang Yu to leave.
• Fang Yu refused to go, declared that he would not follow the older immortals’ plans, and agreed that he wanted Zhang Ruochen to obey his instructions.

A mysterious speaker condemned the protagonist as a source of suffering and urged him to die to spare others, while claiming the old bastards had arranged his life around tragedies to make him powerful. The protagonist rejected both the speaker’s demands and the old bastards’ plans, and the speaker said he would stop trying to help and watch what happened.

• The speaker said he acted for himself and called the protagonist trash who did not deserve the love and sacrifices of those around him.
• The speaker argued that the protagonist’s enemies would harm everyone connected to him and urged him to choose death to prevent those tragedies.
• The speaker claimed the old bastards had arranged the protagonist’s tragedies to strengthen him and turn him into a weapon they could control.
• The protagonist refused to obey either the speaker or the old bastards, accusing the speaker of trying to replace him and take his identity.
• The speaker insisted the old bastards had no good intentions, then said he would stop helping the protagonist and watch his life unfold.

Fang Yu confronted the Human Ancestor, who had disguised himself as Zhang Ruochen, over his decision to fill Zhang Ruochen’s life with tragedies. The Human Ancestor defended his plan as necessary for Zhang Ruochen’s growth, while Fang Yu accused him of acting out of fear and revenge and warned that fate could not be controlled.

• Zhang Ruochen revealed himself as the Human Ancestor after Fang Yu recognized his disguise.
• The Human Ancestor invited Fang Yu to sit and argued that Zhang Ruochen needed tragedy to grow strong enough to control the universe.
• Fang Yu argued that the Human Ancestor’s actions were revenge for losses he blamed on Zhang Ruochen, even though Zhang Ruochen had been his benefactor.
• Fang Yu accused the Human Ancestor of fearing that Zhang Ruochen would surpass him and warned that their lives were bound together by causality.
• Fang Yu insisted that destiny could not be changed by the Human Ancestor and urged him to stop trying to control Zhang Ruochen’s life.

Fang Yu confronted the old man over the tragedies he had arranged in another person's life, accusing him of trying to control that person's fate and secure mastery of the universe. The old man admitted he had come because Fang Yu threatened his plans, while Fang Yu argued that a temporal closed loop would ultimately make the old man lose.

• Fang Yu condemned the old man for arranging tragedies to control another person's life and claimed those tragedies could still be undone.
• The old man said Fang Yu's arrival might disrupt his arrangements but insisted he had no reason to regret them.
• The old man told Fang Yu to leave, warning that confronting him would only bring disaster and claiming Fang Yu could not destroy him without suffering unbearable consequences.
• Fang Yu said the old man had come out of fear that he would change the other person's fate and undermine his plans to become master of the universe.
• Fang Yu explained that the old man feared both him and the other person's future self, and said the temporal closed loop meant the old man's future defeat could not be changed.

Fang Yu argued that the old man could not change his fate by altering his younger brother’s destiny and urged him to leave. The old man refused, insisting that his actions were necessary and that he had done nothing wrong.

• Fang Yu told the old man that fate could not be changed and warned that changing his younger brother’s fate could erase the old man’s own existence.
• The old man accused Fang Yu of trying to make him leave so Fang Yu could control events and achieve his own aims.
• Fang Yu denied the accusation and repeated that the old man’s existence depended on his younger brother.
• The old man refused to leave, saying that leaving would hand Fang Yu an advantage.
• Fang Yu ended the argument, while the old man defended his choices and questioned why he should change.

Fang Yu confronted the old man over his plan to use every being in the universe as a chess piece, and they agreed to postpone their contest until the apocalypse. Fang Yu brought the old man to meet Zhang Ruochen, who learned that he had forgotten meeting the mysterious figure in this life and was urged to keep cultivating to save the universe.

• Fang Yu argued that human lives outweighed heaven and tried to persuade the old man to abandon his cruel plan, but the old man refused to turn back.
• The old man said he needed Fang Yu alive because Fang Yu's appearance had altered the closed loop between him and his creator, and Fang Yu agreed they would settle their conflict when the apocalypse arrived.
• The old man insisted on meeting his benefactor, so Fang Yu warned him against acting recklessly and then led him to Zhang Ruochen's palace.
• The old man recognized Zhang Ruochen's Spacetime Divine Martial Imprint, shocking Zhang Ruochen.
• Fang Yu explained that Zhang Ruochen had met the old man in this life but forgotten him, then told Zhang Ruochen to keep cultivating because the universe needed him to be saved.

Fang Yu drove away an old man who warned Zhang Ruochen against getting involved with him. Afterward, Fang Yu explained that the old man and Zhang Ruochen had arranged each other’s lives, then urged Zhang Ruochen to cultivate and seek answers for himself.

• The old man warned Zhang Ruochen not to get involved with Fang Yu, and Fang Yu angrily insulted him and demanded that he leave.
• The old man gave Zhang Ruochen a deep look before leaving, and Zhang Ruochen asked Fang Yu who he was.
• Fang Yu said the old man would eventually receive Zhang Ruochen’s Spacetime Divine Martial Imprint and that the two had arranged each other’s lives.
• Fang Yu told Zhang Ruochen not to hate the old man and said some answers could only be discovered for himself.
• Fang Yu urged Zhang Ruochen to cultivate, warned him not to trust everything the old man said, and called him the source of disaster.

Fang Yu tried to convince Zhang Ruochen that following his instructions would prevent future tragedies, while Zhang Ruochen insisted Fang Yu leave and accused him of intending to exploit him. Fang Yu refused to leave, saying he had come to stop the tragedies Zhang Ruochen was willing to accept.

• Zhang Ruochen told Fang Yu that his departure would benefit everyone and that he would try to prevent the predicted tragedies himself.
• Fang Yu argued that Zhang Ruochen could not change the future without the old immortals’ support and urged him to follow instructions.
• Zhang Ruochen accused Fang Yu of pursuing his own goals and manipulating him rather than acting for his benefit.
• Fang Yu demanded to know who had put those ideas in Zhang Ruochen’s head and insisted he had come because Zhang Ruochen would not care about the tragedies.
• Fang Yu declared that he would not leave and would prevent the tragedies, regardless of Zhang Ruochen’s objections.

A speaker warned the protagonist that the old turtle, also known as the Human Ancestor, sought immortality and would destroy the universe to achieve it. The speaker urged the protagonist to distrust him and remain vigilant, leaving the choice—and a sliver of hope—in the protagonist’s hands.

• The speaker said the old turtle had gone looking for the protagonist and wanted to control others’ lives to secure his own plans.
• The speaker warned that the old turtle was emotionless and would sacrifice everyone and the universe for immortality, urging the protagonist not to choose him.
• The speaker explained that the old turtle had become the first god, sought supreme authority, and took the lives of other gods when he could not attain immortality.
• The speaker said the Human Ancestor had created an existence to help him surpass himself by finding the person who had once changed his fate.
• The speaker urged the protagonist to stay wary of the old turtle, saying that vigilance could preserve hope for the world and universe.

Fang Yu tried to persuade Zhang Ruochen that his existence would cause future tragedies and urged him to kill himself, but Zhang Ruochen rejected his claims and refused to die. The confrontation ended with Zhang Ruochen insisting he would not trust Fang Yu or take his own life.

• Zhang Ruochen told Fang Yu he would never trust him again and demanded that he leave.
• Fang Yu offered Zhang Ruochen a blade and claimed his existence would cause tragedies unless he died or disappeared.
• Zhang Ruochen refused to look at the blade, saying he still had revenge to take.
• Fang Yu continued to condemn Zhang Ruochen and insisted that killing him would prevent future disasters.
• Zhang Ruochen accused Fang Yu of trying to trick him into suicide to protect himself from the senior elders.
• Fang Yu admitted that part of what Zhang Ruochen said was true, but Zhang Ruochen declared he would not kill himself.