Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Mage World, with help from two other worlds, defeats the Chaos World's forces, obtaining Chaos Child corpses but no First-Generation Chaos Traits.
• The victorious worlds consider the value of the Chaos World before deciding to wage war or divide the world cluster.
• The Chaos World, despite losses, sends forces to eliminate the Mage World's new bases near their territory.

Character Developments

• Yog-Sothoth, the Chaos World's space god, leads a counterattack against the Mage World.
• Nyarlathotep, a Chaos World entity, realizes the Mage World's perspective is limited, likening it to a frog in a well.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and alliances among different worlds.
• Limited perspectives and understanding of the universe's vastness.
• The cost of war and resource consumption.

Character Interactions

• The Mage World, Oumia, and the Housai World form an alliance to defeat the Chaos World's forces.
• The Chaos World's entities, including Yog-Sothoth and Nyarlathotep, respond to the Mage World's actions and plan countermeasures.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Black Witch World retreats behind the Gray Star Clan, intending to use them as cannon fodder and slaves.
• The Mage World plans to pressure the Gray Star Clan into signing contracts for protection, aiming to enslave them.
• A Peak Fifth Order world is being transformed into a war world by the Machine Race, leading to a racial extinction event within it.

Character Developments

• Yang Mu, the Black Witch, schemes to enslave the Gray Star Clan and use them as cannon fodder.
• The Eighth Order beings of the Gray Star Clan are unaware of their ability to lock onto their pasts, ensuring they will reach Eighth Order.
• The Machine Race Eighth Order gods and Seventh Order members are transforming a nearby world into a war world.

Significant Themes

• Manipulation and enslavement: Yang Mu's plans to exploit the Gray Star Clan.
• Power dynamics: The vast difference in power between the great worlds and lesser ones, leading to exploitation and extinction.
• Time and scale: The contrasting perceptions of time between low-order and top-tier lifeforms.

Character Interactions

• The Black Witch World (Yang Mu) interacts with the Gray Star Clan, manipulating them into a position of vulnerability.
• The Machine Race interacts with a Peak Fifth Order world, leading to its transformation and the extinction of its inhabitants.
• The Mage World is mentioned as a potential threat to the Gray Star Clan, but their interactions are not directly shown in this chapter.

Key Plot Points and Events

• A War Fortress, a mechanical construct from another plane, arrives in the Morei Plane, firing a spatial cannon and entering through a created breach.
• The War Fortress exterminates all humans and large creatures in the plane with a single energy blast.
• Nanobots from the War Fortress transform the plane into a metal world.
• Fierce ghosts, the plane's supernatural entities, emerge but are swiftly exterminated by the War Fortress's advanced war machines and artillery.
• The War Fortress constructs Void Battleships using the world's resources and departs, leaving behind a Mechanical Mind.
• The cycle of extermination, transformation, and fusion of worlds continues in surrounding voids.

Character Developments

• No individual characters are introduced in this chapter; the focus is on the War Fortress and the plane's inhabitants collectively.

Significant Themes

• Extinction and Survival: The War Fortress's sole purpose is to carry out the Extinction Order, leading to the annihilation of all life in the Morei Plane.
• Technology vs. Supernatural: The War Fortress's advanced machinery easily overpowers the plane's supernatural fierce ghosts, highlighting the theme of technology's dominance over the supernatural.
• Resource Exploitation: The War Fortress transforms the plane's resources into Void Battleships, emphasizing the exploitation of resources for gain.

Character Interactions

• As no individual characters are present, there are no character interactions in this chapter. The focus is on the interactions between the War Fortress and the plane's environment and inhabitants.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Oumia World has assembled a massive Void fleet and built war fortresses and stars, but energy remains its limiting factor.
• Housai World has conquered Housai, turning its inhabitants into slaves and resources, and created a Philosopher's Stone, a powerful energy source.
• Yog-Sothoth arrives to find not one, but three powerful worlds (including Black Witch World), each representing a different civilization, outnumbering his forces.

Character Developments

• Yog-Sothoth is surprised and concerned by the unexpected situation, realizing the gravity of the challenge ahead.

Significant Themes

• Energy as a limiting factor for civilizations and worlds.
• The law of Equivalent Exchange, with different interpretations between worlds (absolute vs. relative value).
• The expansion and influence of top-tier great worlds.

Character Interactions

• Yog-Sothoth's arrival sets the stage for potential conflict or negotiation with the three worlds, but no direct interactions occur in this chapter.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Mage World's plan involves harvesting top-tier worlds in the Void, with Oumia and Housai Worlds being the first targets.
• Yog-Sothoth, representing Chaos World, contacts Oumia and Housai Worlds to propose cooperation, offering Chaos Traits and vast Void territory in exchange.
• Oumia World's supercomputer calculates the risks and rejects Yog-Sothoth's proposal, choosing to maintain cooperation with the Mage World instead.

Character Developments

• Yang Mu, the narrator, reveals his thoughts, showing his understanding of the complex political landscape and the Mage World's ambitions.
• Yog-Sothoth demonstrates strategic thinking by attempting to cooperate with other worlds rather than immediately attacking.
• Oumia World's supercomputer shows pragmatic decision-making, prioritizing survival over potential gains from Chaos World's offer.

Significant Themes

• The complexity and ruthlessness of interstellar politics, with alliances shifting based on self-interest.
• The importance of strategic planning and long-term vision in dealing with complex situations.
• The value of technology and resources in expanding influence and power.

Character Interactions

• Yog-Sothoth attempts to negotiate with Oumia and Housai Worlds, but his proposal is ultimately rejected by Oumia World.
• The Mage World, Oumia World, and Housai World maintain their alliance, understanding that they need to work together to face Chaos World's threat.
• The supercomputers of Oumia World and the Mage World demonstrate their strategic thinking and decision-making capabilities.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter discusses the technological gaps between worlds, using the Alchemy Art developed by the Martial Ancestor as an example, which led to the creation of the Law Potion.
• Yog-Sothoth launches a war against the forward bases of three top-tier worlds to shift the main battlefield, but Nyarlathotep refuses, seeing more opportunities in their mutual hostility.
• The Gray Star Clan, after being devastated, signs a contract with the Mage World for protection, with three Eighth Order beings signing contracts of servitude.
• The three Eighth Order beings from the future are eliminated because their time line no longer exists after the past is altered.

Character Developments

• Yog-Sothoth: Shows strategic thinking by trying to shift the battlefield to weaken Chaos World.
• Nyarlathotep: Demonstrates long-term planning and manipulation, seeing the value in the mutual hostility of the three top-tier civilizations.
• The Gray Star Clan: Shows desperation and willingness to sign a contract with the Mage World for survival.
• The three Eighth Order beings: Display recklessness and underestimation of the consequences of interfering with past time lines.

Significant Themes

• The power of small accumulations and seemingly insignificant details in technological development.
• The manipulation and long-term planning of old schemers in the multiverse.
• The consequences of interfering with past time lines, especially for Eighth Order beings.

Character Interactions

• Yog-Sothoth and Nyarlathotep: Their differing views on the war strategy highlight their unique perspectives and goals.
• The Gray Star Clan and the Mage World: Their contract signing illustrates the power dynamics between them and the desperation of the Gray Star Clan.
• The three Eighth Order beings and Yang Mu: Their attempt to interfere with Yang Mu's past shows their overconfidence and underestimation of the consequences.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Anthony's actions in the River of Time didn't erase the others, suggesting their timeline shift was intentional.
• Yog-Sothoth decides not to wipe out the three civilizations but keeps them under pressure to prevent them from supporting Brahma World.
• Over tens of thousands of years, more than a dozen top-tier great worlds send people to the Void, leading to constant war and invasion.
• Nyarlathotep infiltrates various civilizations to gather information and manipulate events.

Character Developments

• Yog-Sothoth becomes increasingly worried about the growing number of powerful worlds and the potential threat they pose.
• Nyarlathotep faces a challenge with the sheer number of worlds and their constant conflicts but finds ways to infiltrate and manipulate them.

Significant Themes

• The complexity of time and the interconnectedness of timelines.
• The struggle for power and resources among different worlds and civilizations.
• The manipulation of events and alliances for personal gain or survival.

Character Interactions

• Yog-Sothoth and Nyarlathotep discuss strategies and share concerns about the growing number of worlds and their potential threat.
• Nyarlathotep interacts with various civilizations, infiltrating them and manipulating events to his advantage.
• Different worlds engage in conflicts and alliances, with some joining forces to restrain the Abyss World.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yog-Sothoth, an Eighth Order being, is outsmarted and suffers significant losses due to a complex scheme involving multiple worlds.
• The scheme is based on a simple mathematical puzzle, the "missing dollar" problem, but is convoluted to confuse Yog-Sothoth.
• Yog-Sothoth summons Nyarlathotep to help, but by then, he has already lost a significant portion of his forces and territory.
• Yang Mu, a character from the Mage World, notices the anomaly and decides to investigate.

Character Developments

• Yog-Sothoth: Realizes his naivety and lack of experience in dealing with complex schemes, leading to significant losses.
• Yang Mu: Shows keen observation and understanding of complex situations, deciding to investigate the issue.

Significant Themes

• The importance of experience and cunning in navigating complex political landscapes.
• The dangers of underestimating opponents and the consequences of naivety.
• The interconnectedness and shared history of the various worlds and their inhabitants.

Character Interactions

• Yog-Sothoth vs. Multiple Worlds: Yog-Sothoth is outsmarted and suffers losses due to a joint scheme by multiple worlds.
• Yang Mu's observation: Yang Mu notices the anomaly and decides to investigate, showing his understanding of the situation.
• Yang Mu vs. Old Geezers: Yang Mu is cautious when dealing with the old, experienced beings, showing respect for their cunning and experience.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Power Lending Bureau closes, causing major worlds to check their energy losses.
• Nyarlathotep helps Yog-Sothoth understand the tactics players' strategy, leading Yog-Sothoth to exclaim, "You tactics players are all black-hearted!"
• Nyarlathotep joins the game, stabilizing the situation and making other players take things seriously.
• Yog-Sothoth returns to Brahma World, finding that Nyarlathotep has left and the war's progress is steady but slow.
• The Emperor and Sals become grand legion commanders in Brahma World, slowing Chaos World's advance.

Character Developments

• Yog-Sothoth: Realizes the tactics players' strategy and decides to leave for Brahma World.
• Nyarlathotep: Joins the game, stabilizes the situation, and is recognized as a formidable opponent.
• The Emperor and Sals: Become grand legion commanders, significantly improving Brahma World's military capabilities.

Significant Themes

• The relativity of happiness and suffering.
• The importance of skill and strategy in competition and conflict.
• The value of experience and training in personal growth.

Character Interactions

• Yog-Sothoth and Nyarlathotep: Nyarlathotep helps Yog-Sothoth understand the tactics players' strategy, leading to Yog-Sothoth's exclamation and departure.
• Nyarlathotep and other players: Nyarlathotep's exceptional skill makes other players take the game seriously.
• The Emperor and Sals: They become grand legion commanders together, improving Brahma World's military capabilities and slowing Chaos World's advance.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yog-Sothoth, initially expecting a grand role, finds himself a powerful general rather than a grand legion commander due to the abundance of commanders and the risks of multiple voices on the battlefield.
• As Brahma World's power unifies, mages become freelance mercenaries, harvesting corpses from smaller battlefields and the edges of the main battlefield.
• Yog-Sothoth, now a grand legion commander, recognizes the unfavorable situation: their front is stretched thin, and they're consuming resources without advantage.
• A newly born Outer God, Echo, representing eternal slumber, is born from Father God's deep slumber, indicating Father God's satisfaction with the chaos.
• Brahma World's commander changes, and Yang Mu reveals Sals's position to the old immortals who planted people in Brahma World.
• The war's dynamics change, with increased slaughter rates and faster advance, benefiting the mages.
• Sals receives Seventh Order corpses and attempts to refine the External Incarnation and Severing the Three Corpses techniques.

Character Developments

• Yog-Sothoth evolves from expecting a grand role to understanding his position as a powerful general.
• Sals, now a Fifth Order lifeform, receives considerable profits and attempts to refine advanced techniques.

Significant Themes

• The risks and benefits of multiple commanders on the battlefield.
• The mages' role in harvesting corpses and their growing influence.
• The impact of Father God's slumber and the birth of Echo on the war.
• The old immortals' manipulation of the war through their planted agents.

Character Interactions

• Yog-Sothoth interacts with Shub-Niggurath and Abhoth, discussing the war's unfavorable situation.
• Yang Mu interacts with the old immortals, revealing Sals's position and receiving their praise.
• Sals receives guidance and resources from the old immortals, attempting to refine advanced techniques.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yang Mu, a primary planner in the war, acquires an Eighth-Order corpse and Seventh-Order corpses, retreating from the battlefield to focus on research.
• He aims to create his first Eighth-Order Undead and perfect the Ancient Immortal Method up to the Eighth Order.
• Yang Mu explores the Black Prison Space's Inheritance Spheres, finding a problematic but useful Forbidden Path inheritance left by a mad self.
• Seven thousand years later, Yang Mu completes the Seventh-Order cultivation method for the Ancient Immortal Method, enabling Tian Jue's impending breakthrough to 'Immortal' status.
• Yang Mu studies and understands the Three Corpses Severing Method with Tian Jue's help.

Character Developments

• Yang Mu: Becomes more reclusive, focusing on research and knowledge acquisition. He demonstrates patience and dedication in perfecting the Ancient Immortal Method.
• Tian Jue: Advances towards a breakthrough to the 'Immortal' level, showing ambition and determination.

Significant Themes

• The pursuit of power and knowledge: Characters strive to advance their cultivation levels and understanding, often at great personal cost.
• The consequences of obsession: The Forbidden Zone Lord's story illustrates the dangers of single-minded pursuit of power.
• The value of knowledge sharing and collaboration: Characters benefit from each other's research and discoveries.

Character Interactions

• Yang Mu and his teacher/senior brothers collaborate to perfect the Ancient Immortal Method's theoretical framework.
• Yang Mu and Tian Jue work together to understand and apply the Three Corpses Severing Method.
• Characters in the Black Prison Space share and learn from each other's inheritances, fostering a community of knowledge exchange.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yang Mu is extremely busy managing experiments across twelve worlds within his Mage Tower, focusing on refining Eighth-Order Undead and researching the Three Corpses Severing Method.
• He realizes he needs a Primordial Magic Treasure for Corpse-Slaying but struggles to find one in the Void.
• After analysis, he discovers that Primordial Qi (wisp of breath from a world's birth) is crucial, and World Source can replace it, but consumes vast amounts.
• Yang Mu learns that his Devouring-Heaven Demon Jar can refine World Source by refining worlds, providing a stable source.
• He shares this with the Treasure Realm Overlord and others, who help establish the theoretical framework for the Ancient Immortal Method.
• During the great war, Yang Mu refines World Source and distributes it among his senior brothers and teacher in exchange for resources.

Character Developments

• Yang Mu becomes increasingly busy and responsible, managing multiple worlds and research projects.
• He demonstrates analytical skills in understanding the essence of the Three Corpses Severing Method.
• He shows foresight in recognizing the value of a stable World Source supply and shares it with others.

Significant Themes

• The importance of time and patience in high-level cultivation and research.
• The value of stable resources and channels in the Void's economy.
• The interconnectedness of knowledge and resources among high-level beings.

Character Interactions

• Yang Mu interacts with the Treasure Realm Overlord and others, seeking their expertise in establishing the Ancient Immortal Method's theoretical framework.
• He shares World Source with his senior brothers and teacher, fostering a mutually beneficial exchange of resources.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yang Mu is preparing to cultivate the Three Corpses Method, making him nearly impossible to kill.
• The war across the Void stabilizes due to energy and resource shortages, with all top-tier civilizations struggling to maintain their intensity.
• The intensity of direct warfare decreases, but conflicts in other areas, like diplomacy and assassinations, escalate.

Character Developments

• Yang Mu: He continues to prepare for his powerful cultivation method, further solidifying his status as an unbeatable force.
• The leaders of various civilizations: They become more cautious and strategic, focusing on recuperation and backstabbing rather than direct combat.

Significant Themes

• Resource Scarcity: The war's high intensity has led to a shortage of energy and resources, forcing civilizations to reassess their strategies.
• Power Dynamics: The balance of power shifts as civilizations struggle to maintain their strength, leading to increased diplomatic tensions and covert operations.

Character Interactions

• Yang Mu and Other Civilizations: Yang Mu's preparation for the Three Corpses Method puts him at odds with other civilizations, who may try to eliminate him before he becomes invincible.
• Civilization Leaders: They engage in constant diplomacy, forming alliances and arguing in the Joint Council while plotting against each other outside.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Void's civilizations face energy drain issues due to Eighth Order beings' retrieval attempts.
• Yang Mu severs his Evil Corpse, intending to infiltrate another civilization.
• Yang Mu and his Evil Corpse decide to send it to the Abyss, a chaotic and powerful region of the Void.
• The Abyss's unique characteristics are explored: it's uncontrollable, grows rapidly, and its Demons advance by devouring others or earning the Abyssal Will's favor.

Character Developments

• Yang Mu's Evil Corpse exhibits independent thought and strategic planning, differing from Yang Mu's mage-like mind.
• Yang Mu and his Evil Corpse maintain a unique mental connection, allowing them to communicate and share thoughts.

Significant Themes

• The struggle for power and resources among civilizations in the Void.
• The Abyss's chaotic nature, rapid growth, and unique advancement system for its Demons.
• The potential consequences of unleashing the Abyss's full power in the current region of the Void.

Character Interactions

• Yang Mu and his Evil Corpse collaborate and communicate, making strategic decisions together.
• The chapter focuses on Yang Mu's internal dialogue and decision-making process, with no external interactions mentioned.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yang Mu returns to the Mage World to investigate his past fall, suspecting foul play by allies like Lolth or someone from Hell.
• He spends several thousand years refining his undead design in his Mage Tower.
• Unable to create a full Eighth-Order Undead, he creates a Pseudo-Eighth-Order Undead Servant, the Terminus Emperor, with three forms representing past, present, and future.
• The construction of the Decayed Emperor (present form) takes two hundred years, using Water of the River of Time and Yang Mu's Death Destiny.
• Upon completion, the Mage Tower's movement through the fast passage becomes chaotic, and spacetime begins to decay and die.

Character Developments

• Yang Mu becomes more determined to uncover the truth behind his fall and seeks to strengthen his powers.
• His Death Destiny reaches near-perfection and becomes the core ability of the Decayed Emperor.

Significant Themes

• Power and its consequences: The creation of the Terminus Emperor has unintended effects on spacetime.
• Betrayal and trust: Yang Mu suspects his allies of betraying him.
• Death and decay: The Terminus Emperor's powers and the consequences of its creation revolve around these themes.

Character Interactions

• Although not present in this chapter, Yang Mu's interactions with potential suspects like Lolth or someone from Hell are implied and will likely occur in future chapters.
• Yang Mu interacts with his undead creations, refining and improving them as he gains more power.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yang Mu needs to advance to Eighth Order or complete the Terminus Emperor before the Decayed Emperor's decay spreads too far into the past.
• He enters the Mage World's Radiation zone, expecting to be attacked, but finds it empty.
• He contacts a Demon Lord to perform a task, paying with Sixth-Order souls.
• The Demon Lord is wary of Yang Mu, given his Mage appearance and the reputation of the Dark Lord.
• The Demon Lord agrees to the task, throwing a special soul into the Abyssal Soul River.

Character Developments

• Yang Mu: He is cautious and prepared for battle upon entering the Mage World, showing his strategic and defensive mindset. He is also resourceful, using a Demon Lord to perform a task.
• The Demon Lord: He is wary of Yang Mu due to his reputation and the potential danger of the task. He is also cautious, ensuring he does his utmost to complete the task to avoid Tu Jing's wrath.

Significant Themes

• Trust and credibility in inter-world transactions, guaranteed by brokers like Tu Jing and the Broker Committee.
• The power dynamics between Mages and Demons, with Mages having the upper hand in contracts, leading Demons to refuse them.
• The consequences of violating transactions, which can lead to severe punishment or even death.

Character Interactions

• Yang Mu and the Demon Lord: Their interaction is tense due to the Demon Lord's wariness and Yang Mu's need for the task to be completed. They communicate efficiently, with Yang Mu providing clear instructions and the Demon Lord ensuring he understands the task's importance.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter focuses on a transaction between a Demon Lord and a broker, Yang Mu, involving an Evil Corpse.
• After the transaction, the Demon Lord unexpectedly gains a significant reward from the Abyss, becoming a Three-Star Demon Lord.
• The Evil Corpse, Yang Mu's soul, is washed into the Abyss, hatches as a unique black Demon Worm, and begins rapidly growing and consuming other Demon Worms.

Character Developments

• Yang Mu (Evil Corpse/Demon Worm): Yang Mu's soul transforms into a powerful, unique Demon Worm with the ability to absorb and grow rapidly.
• Demon Lord: The Demon Lord gains an unexpected reward from the Abyss after the transaction, becoming more powerful.

Significant Themes

• Power and Growth: The theme of gaining power and growing stronger is evident in the Demon Worm's rapid evolution and the Demon Lord's sudden increase in status.
• The Abyss: The Abyss is portrayed as a mysterious, powerful force that can bestow rewards and influence the growth of Demon Worms.
• Broker Profession: The broker profession's role and limitations are explored, particularly their relationship with Mages and their ultimate goal of protecting their profession's interests.

Character Interactions

• Yang Mu (Evil Corpse/Demon Worm) and Demon Worms: The Demon Worm interacts with and consumes other Demon Worms, demonstrating its power and disregard for other creatures.
• Demon Lord and Yang Mu: The Demon Lord and Yang Mu conduct a simple, straightforward transaction, with the Demon Lord showing no interest in inspecting the goods.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Evil Corpse, a reincarnated Yang Mu, evolves by consuming Demon Worms, absorbing their power, and transforming into a Little Demon.
• During evolution, the Evil Corpse devours Demon Worms that attempt to prey on it, accelerating its evolution process.
• After completing its evolution, the Evil Corpse kills and devours the remaining Demon Worms, demonstrating its newfound power.

Character Developments

• The Evil Corpse (Yang Mu) evolves from a Demon Worm to a Little Demon, showcasing its adaptability and ruthlessness in the Abyss.
• Demon Worms exhibit fear and greed, highlighting their instinctual nature and lack of intelligence compared to the Evil Corpse.

Significant Themes

• Survival of the fittest: The Abyss is a harsh environment where only the strongest survive. The Evil Corpse's evolution and subsequent actions emphasize this theme.
• Power dynamics: The Evil Corpse's evolution and transformation illustrate the power dynamics in the Abyss, where smaller, weaker creatures are preyed upon by larger, stronger ones.
• Adaptation: The Evil Corpse's ability to adapt to its new environment and exploit its surroundings for its own benefit is a crucial aspect of its survival and evolution.

Character Interactions

• The Evil Corpse interacts with Demon Worms, initially as prey and later as predator, demonstrating its dominance and power over them.
• The Demon Worms exhibit fear and greed in response to the Evil Corpse's presence, highlighting their instinctual reactions to a more powerful creature.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Evil Corpse leaves the Demon Riverbank, influenced by the Abyssal Will.
• He discovers he has magical abilities and improved physical attributes, equivalent to an Apprentice Mage.
• He encounters numerous Little Demons flying upward along the Endless Nether River.
• He stops to rest and devours a Little Demon, gaining strength and understanding the Abyss's second screening mechanism.
• He forges a trident using the Little Demon's remains and uses it to kill another Little Demon, consuming its soul.

Character Developments

• The Evil Corpse demonstrates his adaptability and resourcefulness by creating a weapon from the Little Demon's corpse.
• He shows his ruthlessness and opportunism by killing and consuming other Little Demons to gain strength.

Significant Themes

• Adaptation and Survival: The Evil Corpse adapts to his new environment and uses available resources to improve his chances of survival.
• Strength through Consumption: The Abyss's ecosystem is based on demons consuming souls and other demons to grow stronger.

Character Interactions

• The Evil Corpse interacts with other Little Demons, initially observing them and later engaging in combat, demonstrating his superiority.
• The Evil Corpse's actions reflect his internal monologue, revealing his thoughts and motivations.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Evil Corpse decides to stay longer and refines the Swallowing Heaven Demon Gourd using Little Demon corpses.
• He cultivates the Ancient Immortal Method to refine the gourd, which takes half a month.
• The refined gourd is white, covered in savage reliefs, and exudes a white aura of death.
• The Evil Corpse continues climbing the cliff, facing stronger Little Demons and fewer resting places.
• He kills and devours Little Demons to grow stronger and refines his gourd and weapon.
• He is close to reaching the Abyssal Plains but will take at least a month or two.

Character Developments

• The Evil Corpse grows stronger, reaching the High Apprentice Rank and nearing First-Order Lifeform status.
• He learns to use Ancient Immortal spells, attracting the Abyss's attention briefly but then being ignored.
• The Evil Corpse's unique existence, being half-illusory and half-real, allows him to see illusory content.

Significant Themes

• Growth and evolution through consuming others.
• The indifference of the Abyss towards different power systems.
• The Evil Corpse's unique perspective on illusory content.

Character Interactions

• The Evil Corpse interacts with other Little Demons, killing and consuming them.
• He communicates with Yang Mu's main body through refining talismans and artifacts, sharing insights about the Ancient Immortal System.