Chapter Summaries

While Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor and a young man fought in the void, Ratlike sent Huang Yutian to summon Zhao Ruiming to Wilderness Forest. Meanwhile, Jiang Yang returned to Third Cultivation University, where the staff had just discussed assigning him work, and the chapter ended with news that he had arrived.

• Wang Chi refused to join Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor and the young man in their battle, insisting he was only passing by.
• Ratlike considered an alliance with the human race and ordered Huang Yutian to tell Zhao Ruiming to meet him in Wilderness Forest.
• Huang Yutian flew toward United Great City, crashed against its protective array, and entered the city seeking Zhao Ruiming.
• Jiang Yang returned to Third Cultivation University after more than three years away.
• The new principal and Director Zhang discussed assigning Jiang Yang work, then learned he was already at the university gate.

Jiang Yang began working as a cleaner at Third Cultivation University and used his System to simulate what lay ahead. After the simulation showed students bullying him to death, he vowed to fight for humanity and take revenge, while Gu Yuan realized the System was trying to provoke him.

• The principal assigned Jiang Yang to logistics work near the library and offered him a small house.
• Jiang Yang visited the library to borrow cleaning tools, where Gu Yuan briefly spoke with him.
• Jiang Yang used his System to simulate his first days as a cleaner and saw students attack and kill him.
• The System told Jiang Yang it would die if he did, and he suggested it bind itself to Gu Yuan instead.
• Jiang Yang declared he would fight for humanity, slaughter demons and monsters, and avenge his grievances.

Ratlike and Zhao Ruiming discussed an alliance between the demons and Humanity, while Zhao and Bai Changdu planned to strengthen Humanity through a new cultivation initiative. The chapter ended with Zhao discovering that Song Shanhe’s remains had already been flushed away, thwarting his plan to whip the corpse.

• Jiang Yang resumed cultivating as the system and Gu Yuan watched.
• Ratlike met Zhao Ruiming by video call, and Zhao later sent Huang Yutian back to Wilderness Forest with travel money.
• Humanity announced plans to improve relations with Wilderness Forest’s animals and expand rail transportation between cities.
• Zhao Ruiming told Bai Changdu that a demon had appeared and been killed by A Brief History of Humanity, then proposed the Great Cultivation Era Plan.
• Bai Changdu agreed to support Zhao’s plan to expand cultivation facilities and control medicinal pill prices.
• Zhao decided to whip Song Shanhe’s corpse, but Bai Changdu explained that sanitation workers had disposed of it by flushing it down a toilet.

Jiang Yang kept his identity hidden while working as a masked cleaner at Third Cultivation University, then discovered students were discussing him online. Meanwhile, a demon expert went to investigate humanity and was killed by the unknown force protecting Zhao Ruiming, leaving Zhao to conclude the Demon King had not returned.

• Jiang Yang spent seven days sweeping the university grounds under the alias Yang Jiang and made steady progress in his cultivation.
• Female students recognized Jiang Yang as the mysterious masked cleaner from the university forum, prompting him to check the posts and take greater care to conceal his identity.
• A demon in the demons' world worried about Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor's absence and decided to investigate humanity himself.
• The second-tier Nine Tribulations demon arrived in United Great City and confronted Zhao Ruiming, who had retrieved A Brief History of Humanity.
• An unknown force killed the demon expert, and Zhao Ruiming felt relieved that the Demon King had apparently not returned.

Humanity continued improving through cultivation reforms while Zhao Ruiming strengthened cooperation with Ratlike. At the library, Wang Chi returned in a panic and warned Gu Yuan that they needed to run.

• Humanity advanced its cultivation reforms, and Zhao Ruiming reached the middle stage of Void Shattering.
• Zhao Ruiming and Ratlike discussed cooperation on tourism and educational exchanges between humans and the Demon Race.
• Jiang Yang borrowed Treatise on Demons from Gu Yuan and read Zhao Ruiming’s account of the demons’ enslavement of humanity.
• Wang Chi arrived at the library in a panic and warned Gu Yuan that they needed to run before it was too late.

Wang Chi returned from watching the Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor’s fight and settled back down with Gu Yuan, while the Great Emperor’s opponent escaped using the Containment Center’s upgraded return function. The Great Emperor learned that stronger experts might pursue him and considered fleeing, reflecting on his long history with his system and his goal of strengthening the Demon Race.

• Wang Chi warned Gu Yuan that the Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor was dangerous, then calmed himself and began watching beauty videos.
• The Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor wounded the Myriad Heavens Containment Center expert and tried to seal off space to prevent his escape.
• The expert used the Containment Center’s special return function, burning points to vanish despite the Great Emperor’s attempt to stop him.
• The Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor learned from his system that the upgraded return function had worked and that powerful experts might come after them.
• The Great Emperor lamented the Demon Race’s disadvantages and recalled how he had accidentally bonded with the system as a young demon beast.

The Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor tried to escape after learning that the Myriad Heavens Containment Center was pursuing him, but a Myriad Laws expert caught and killed him. The expert then found system avatars in the human world and stripped the systems from Jiang Yang and Wu Yan, leaving both unconscious.

• The Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor began a system-assisted escape, but a terrifying presence interrupted the transmission.
• Wang Chi sensed a Myriad Laws expert's arrival as a strange projection appeared in the sky, alarming people across the human world and Demon Race.
• The unknown expert seized the Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor, killed him, and took his system.
• The expert detected other system avatars and sent energy toward the human world, prompting Wang Chi to flee the library.
• Jiang Yang and Wu Yan collapsed after the expert removed their systems, and the sky anomaly vanished.

After Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor died, Zhao Ruiming learned the news and prepared to develop humanity without fear. The Demon and Monster World split among rival rulers and plunged into war, leaving humanity free from immediate threat.

• At the Myriad Heavens Containment Center, a middle-aged Myriad Laws cultivator asked his great-nephew to bring him another mission, while the young man complained he had gained nothing and needed treatment.
• Gu Yuan failed to bestow the Qi Refining Formula on the vanished Myriad Laws cultivator’s energy strand, then saw that Jiang Yang was unconscious and badly weakened.
• A Brief History of Humanity informed Zhao Ruiming that Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor was dead, and Zhao Ruiming ordered the department heads to gather so he could issue instructions.
• In the Demon and Monster World, several Nine Tribulations cultivators declared themselves Great Emperors, while demons and monsters argued and fought over Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor’s death.
• Sacred Heaven Great Emperor and the rival rulers divided the Demon and Monster World into four regions, and campaigns erupted as the demons and monsters turned against one another.

Wang Chi said farewell to Gu Yuan as he prepared to return to the Nine Heavens Sect, while Gu Yuan planned to leave the world soon. After recovering from severe injuries without his system, Jiang Yang registered to join humanity’s war against the demons.

• Wang Chi told Gu Yuan he had deepened his understanding of the Law of Metal and was returning to the Nine Heavens Sect, where he was an inner disciple.
• Gu Yuan revealed that he had reached the seventh level of Nine Tribulations and said he would leave the world in a few days.
• Wang Chi departed using a token, and Gu Yuan realized he had forgotten to ask him about the wider universe and Azure Origin Patriarch’s destination.
• Jiang Yang woke injured in a small room, found that his system no longer answered, and began healing himself through spiritual energy and a recovery manual.
• After a month, Jiang Yang registered at the Third Great City recruitment office to join the campaign against the demons, declaring that he would fight for humanity.

Gu Yuan discovered that Mo Tianxing had comprehended an Ancient Qi Refining Formula while traveling through the Old Sea, then shifted his attention to the Azure Origin Patriarch in the Middle Ring. After learning more about the perilous Outer Sea, Gu Yuan watched the Patriarch plan to send disciples to spread his teachings.

• Mo Tianxing comprehended an Ancient Qi Refining Formula aboard a flying vessel in the Old Sea, and Gu Yuan appeared beside him and inspected his status.
• Gu Yuan left Mo Tianxing and observed the Azure Origin Patriarch, now known as Lin Xiao, conclude a lecture at Cangyuan Palace.
• Lin Xiao returned to his hall and contemplated advancing his karmic law pattern, while Gu Yuan learned that he had reached the First Stage of Nine Tribulations.
• Gu Yuan learned through Lin Xiao's memories that the Old Sea's Outer Sea was divided into three rings, with stronger experts and greater opportunities farther inward.
• Lin Xiao decided to send disciples out to spread the Qi Refining Formula rather than venture out himself.

Gu Yuan chose to descend into an ancient treasure aboard the flying boat, discovering it was an electric fan and modifying it. He left Mo Tianxing behind in the storeroom as he transformed the fan’s operation and powers.

• After Mo Tianxing completed the ancient Qi Refining Formula, Gu Yuan decided to find a suitable ancient treasure to descend into.
• Gu Yuan spotted an electric fan among the treasures in the flying boat’s storeroom and guided Mo Tianxing toward it.
• Mo Tianxing entered the storeroom with his prospective true disciple access, but the formation warned him not to touch the fan.
• Gu Yuan descended into the electric fan and found that it used essence blood and a cumbersome process to release wind laws.
• Gu Yuan spent energy points modifying the fan’s activation procedures, sacrifice requirement, and wind laws.

The Profound Light Sect disciples entered a special world, where Xue Xiao died almost instantly after releasing his divine sense. Gu Yuan, still in the form of a little electric fan, was picked up by a village child and carried toward a small village.

• The Profound Light Sect's flying vessel reached a special-world passage, and Protector Elder prepared the disciples to enter separately.
• Xue Xiao was the last to enter the passage, carrying Gu Yuan, while Mo Tianxing also went in.
• Xue Xiao awoke in a field and died when he released a trace of divine sense.
• A child spotted Xue Xiao's blood droplets but ignored them, then picked up Gu Yuan, mistaking him for a strange statue.
• The child carried Gu Yuan through the crops until a small village appeared.

Gu Yuan, disguised as an electric fan, gave Elder Wu Seven and his wife the Qi Refining Formula, and the fan’s light announced that the Heavenly Dao had collapsed and all living beings would receive protection. The village master predicted the next day’s rules and spread them through the village, while Elder Wu Seven’s family knelt before the fan to cultivate.

• Elder Wu Seven’s son brought home an electric fan, and his parents warned him about the village’s deadly daily rules.
• Gu Yuan used the Qi Refining Formula to transmit knowledge to Elder Wu Seven and his wife.
• The electric fan shone over the village and declared that all living beings would receive protection, astonishing the villagers and the village master.
• At midnight, the village master predicted that people must not laugh loudly, wear black, or squat, then announced the rules through a loudspeaker.
• Elder Wu Seven and his wife knelt before the fan and began cultivating the Qi Refining Formula.

Gu Yuan devised a recruitment system for spreading the Qi Refining Formula, and Elder Wu Seven introduced it to his mountain village. After clever villagers obtained the method directly from the god and set out to spread it elsewhere, Elder Wu Seven arranged for the frail Village Teacher to receive it through his son.

• Gu Yuan improved the Qi Refining Formula with a three-tier agent hierarchy and rewards for recruiting cultivators, then let Elder Wu Seven and his wife organize the agents.
• Elder Wu Seven gathered villagers before the electric fan altar and offered them the gods' cultivation method.
• The Village Teacher noticed Elder Wu Seven's nervousness, while villagers accepted the method from him and left.
• Several villagers prayed directly to the god, received the cultivation technique, and hurried to nearby villages to spread it.
• The Village Teacher realized his health had improved but could not travel, so Elder Wu Seven offered to have his son receive the method for him.
• The Village Teacher transmitted the method to Elder Wu Seven's son, and Elder Wu Seven hoped the teacher would live longer and continue making predictions.

Gu Yuan controlled the Village Master's body and used Mo Tianxing as a messenger to spread the law. He investigated the mysterious blood beads and kept holding one despite the growing numbness as villagers watched.

• Gu Yuan took control of the Village Master's body, searched his memories, and learned how he predicted the rules.
• Mo Tianxing awoke with no memory, and Gu Yuan guided him into believing he was a divine messenger sent to spread the law.
• Gu Yuan went outside to observe the village and considered how villagers were spreading the Qi Refining Formula to nearby areas.
• Gu Yuan found the Village Master's stored blood beads and decided to test what made them inauspicious.
• Gu Yuan gripped a blood bead until his scalp and body went numb, while villagers wondered whether he was sensing rules or having a fit.

Gu Yuan discovered that the Blood Pearl sent his consciousness into a dreamlike space where he could open treasure chests, and he met Li Ying, a cultivator from another universe. After learning that a Rule Card could replace a survival rule, Gu Yuan killed Li Ying and left the space.

• The Blood Pearl drained of color and cracked as Gu Yuan fell asleep and found himself in a blood-mist dream.
• Gu Yuan opened a treasure chest and found an ordinary spear, then realized the Blood Pearl Space contained chests to loot.
• Gu Yuan encountered Li Ying and opened a nearby chest, finding an orange-lit Rule Card.
• Li Ying explained that a Rule Card could replace one of the second day's survival rules and that Blood Pearls let people open treasure chests.
• Gu Yuan learned that the space blocked discussion of worlds and personal information, then killed Li Ying, who dissolved into starlight.

Gu Yuan tested the Blood Pearl Space card, then rewarded villagers who spread the teachings and saved Wang San from a deadly rule. Meanwhile, Mo Tianxing arrived at Border Village, announced that he would spread the Dharma on behalf of the deity, and drew the whole town’s attention.

• Gu Yuan discovered that the blank card could alter tomorrow’s rules, stored it and his spear in his body, and chose not to use the card yet.
• Gu Yuan used the electric fan to grant two villagers Qi Refinement cultivation for spreading the teachings.
• When Wang San nearly died after smiling, Gu Yuan protected him with one use of immunity from all laws, spending energy and imposing a restriction.
• The villagers who witnessed Gu Yuan’s power became more determined to spread the teachings.
• Mo Tianxing entered Border Village, sat at the village teacher’s table, and declared that he was walking the mortal realm to bestow the Dharma.
• Mo Tianxing’s voice drew the townspeople to the center, while the old man wondered who he was.

Mo Tianxing destroyed the village deity’s house and won the villagers’ worship by claiming he could teach them to defeat evil gods. Gu Yuan reentered the Blood Pearl Space, grabbed a haul of objects and a cultivator, and drew the attention of a half-step Myriad Laws expert who tried to block him from returning.

• A voice from the deity’s house accused Mo Tianxing of crossing the line, so Mo Tianxing slapped the house into dust and convinced the villagers to kneel and seek his teachings.
• Gu Yuan entered the Blood Pearl Space again but found no treasure chests, so he used spatial laws to grab whatever he could just before the space expelled him.
• A young man saw Gu Yuan’s enormous hand through a cube-like object, recorded his aura, and tried to bar him from entering again.
• Gu Yuan emerged with assorted treasures and a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator, whom he killed with one slap before continuing to inspect the loot.
• Gu Yuan returned to the Blood Pearl Space and reached toward a streak of white light before being expelled again, while the young man cursed and placed more restrictions on the cube.

Gu Yuan repeatedly raided the Blood Pearl Space until it shut him out, then exploited the village’s rules and watched the villagers adapt to a new day. He turned his attention to Mo Tianxing in Border Village, where the locals followed the no-speaking rule while continuing their cultivation.

• Gu Yuan entered the Blood Pearl Space seven times to kill and loot, but the space eventually barred him, while its hidden young controller decided to wait until reaching Myriad Laws before confronting him.
• The young man predicted that Gu Yuan’s raids would prevent his breakthrough and chose to leave his hiding place to enjoy himself for a few days.
• Villagers returned after spreading the Qi Refining Formula, and Gu Yuan devised the next day’s rules by imitating the force that produced them.
• Gu Yuan announced that villagers could not thank others or speak and could not leave their hands empty, so the villagers prepared by sealing their mouths and tying objects to themselves.
• At dawn, villagers communicated with muffled sounds and held objects, while Gu Yuan failed to reenter the Blood Pearl Space and decided to check on Mo Tianxing.
• Mo Tianxing remained silent in Border Village and continued overseeing cultivation after its people received the new rules.

An Changhai sold his horse to buy grain and spread cultivation manuals by offering free porridge to beggars in a city where speaking was forbidden. After the beggars received the manuals, a spoiled young master’s thugs captured them and An Changhai, then brought them to a grand residence and fed them.

• An Changhai rode into the city, learned that speaking was forbidden, and sold his horse to buy grain.
• An Changhai cooked porridge, set up a sign offering free food and cultivation manuals, and attracted a group of beggars.
• An Changhai distributed manuals to the beggars, who reacted with excitement before eating the porridge.
• A spoiled young master arrived with thugs, had the beggars tied up, and ordered them to take An Changhai too.
• At the residence, servants put An Changhai and the beggars in a woodshed and served them meat, which they ate.