Ch. 661Spreading the News

Chapter Summary: “Spreading the News”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • After more than six months gathering intelligence in the Origin Continent, Su Xinghai and Bai Meng return to the Eternal Divine Dynasty.
  • Li Xuancang struggles with the Divine Dynasty’s worsening position against the Abyss, the Insect Race, and the Origin Continent. He considers replacing the Eternal God Emperor in suppressing the passage connected to the Heaven-Abandoned Land, which might allow the God Emperor to escape and recover.
  • This plan would likely require abandoning the Heaven-Abandoned Land, leaving Li Xuancang uncertain how its countless inhabitants could be saved.
  • Su Xinghai reports that the Origin Continent is constructing fortresses and grand formations to seal the route from the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms, effectively cutting them off from escape.
  • Because the Origin Continent would unite against any attempt by the Divine Dynasty to enter, Li Xuancang realizes that war is imminent. He orders Su Xinghai and Bai Meng to focus on breaking through to the Late-stage Cave Heaven Realm.
  • After they leave, Li Xuancang exposes the Origin Continent’s plans to the entire Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms. He also spreads messages urging them to abandon their current resistance and force their way into the Origin Continent.
  • The revelation enrages the forces fighting the Abyss and Insect Race. They feel betrayed, believing the Origin Continent used them as expendable soldiers while secretly preparing to seal them in.
  • The Origin Continent is thrown into panic and anger. Its factions realize that if the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms stop resisting, the Abyss and Insect Race may quickly conquer the region and attack the Origin Continent.
  • A massive vanguard army of more than ten million beings advances toward the Origin Continent while its defensive fortresses are still incomplete.
  • When the army arrives, the Origin Continent’s forces prepare to reject them. Their previous cooperation is revealed to have been merely a strategy to weaken the Abyss and Insect Race.
  • The chapter ends as the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms army reaches the defensive line, still believing it will be welcomed into the Origin Continent, while the Origin Continent views them as inferior “contaminants.”

Character Developments

  • Li Xuancang becomes more calculating and proactive. Pressured by the impossible political and military situation, he chooses psychological and informational warfare, using the truth about the Origin Continent to provoke a crisis.
  • He also shows concern for the people of the Heaven-Abandoned Land, recognizing that saving the Eternal God Emperor may require sacrificing an entire population.
  • Su Xinghai and Bai Meng demonstrate loyalty and urgency. They acknowledge their insufficient strength and leave to pursue breakthroughs before the coming war.
  • The Origin Continent’s factions are exposed as arrogant and hypocritical. Their apparent assistance to the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms was a deliberate manipulation rather than genuine solidarity.
  • The forces of the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms shift from determined resistance to desperate survival. Their hope of finding refuge in the Origin Continent blinds them to the hostility awaiting them.

Significant Themes

  • Betrayal and manipulation: The Origin Continent exploits the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms while secretly planning to abandon them.
  • Information as a weapon: Li Xuancang’s announcement destabilizes the entire strategic situation more effectively than a direct military attack.
  • Desperation and survival: With their escape route being sealed, the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms become willing to take extreme action.
  • Pride and prejudice: The Origin Continent’s belief in its own superiority fuels its contempt for outsiders and threatens to turn a defensive crisis into a catastrophic war.
  • Sacrifice and responsibility: Li Xuancang’s dilemma over the Heaven-Abandoned Land highlights the cost of saving individuals or realms during an existential conflict.

Character Interactions

  • Li Xuancang questions Su Xinghai and Bai Meng about their intelligence from the Origin Continent and gives them instructions before they depart.
  • Su Xinghai delivers the crucial report revealing the fortress-building operation and the Origin Continent’s exclusionary policies.
  • Li Xuancang’s public statements influence the emotions and decisions of countless factions, turning them against the Origin Continent.
  • The Origin Continent’s forces confront the arriving army, while both sides misunderstand the other: the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms expect refuge, whereas the Origin Continent intends to repel them.

Ch. 662At Daggers Drawn

Chapter Summary: “At Daggers Drawn”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Refugees from the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms arrive at Origin Continent seeking shelter from the Abyss and Insect Race. Liu Feng respectfully requests passage, promising repayment.
  • Xue Tu of the Blood God Hall contemptuously rejects them and orders them to leave, revealing Origin Continent’s hostility toward the refugees.
  • Refusing to retreat after their long journey, the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms forces attempt to break through by force. Origin Continent responds immediately and launches a massacre.
  • Xue Tu defeats Liu Feng with a single punch, while Origin Continent’s superior forces inflict devastating casualties. The survivors flee, and Xue Tu orders that any future refugees be killed on sight.
  • News of the massacre spreads throughout the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms. Public opinion turns furiously against Origin Continent, with many calling for retaliation—even if it means abandoning resistance against the Abyss and Insect Race.
  • Leaders of the Ten Thousand Realms Alliance gather in the Profound Realm. Old Man Xuan Kong admits that their homeland is ultimately doomed and argues that entering Origin Continent is their only chance of survival.
  • Since Origin Continent cannot be conquered by their current strength, Bai Ze proposes seeking help from the Eternal Divine Dynasty, which possesses two Heavenly Human Realm cultivators and shares the goal of entering Origin Continent.
  • The alliance decides to send influential representatives to persuade Li Xuancang, despite his unpredictable nature and previous refusal to meet them.
  • Meanwhile, Origin Continent’s factions meet to discuss the consequences. They recognize that the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms must continue resisting the Abyss and Insect Race, or Origin Continent itself may face a massive invasion.
  • Elder Chu Yun emphasizes that the Eternal Divine Dynasty’s position is decisive. If it joins the conflict, it could unite the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms into a serious threat.
  • Shen Tianyi suggests winning over the Eternal Divine Dynasty, but the other factions reject the idea because of their hatred and resentment toward it.

Character Developments

  • Xue Tu is shown as arrogant, ruthless, and openly contemptuous of the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms. His massacre and command to kill refugees demonstrate Origin Continent’s brutal policy.
  • Liu Feng, despite being a Cave Heaven Realm cultivator, is humiliated and overwhelmed by Xue Tu, highlighting both his vulnerability and the overwhelming power gap.
  • Old Man Xuan Kong adopts a grimly realistic outlook, acknowledging that continued resistance cannot ultimately save the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms.
  • Bai Ze demonstrates strategic insight by recognizing that the Eternal Divine Dynasty’s actions regarding Origin Continent reveal shared interests.
  • Li Xuancang remains mysterious and unpredictable. His refusal to aid the alliance makes him the key uncertainty in the conflict.
  • Shen Tianyi acts pragmatically, proposing cooperation with the Eternal Divine Dynasty despite past enmity, but his suggestion is dismissed by emotionally driven allies.

Significant Themes

  • Survival versus dignity: The refugees seek survival, but Origin Continent’s contempt forces them into a desperate and disastrous confrontation.
  • Power inequality and cruelty: The massacre illustrates how the strong exploit or destroy the weak when political interests outweigh compassion.
  • Desperation and hopelessness: The Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms recognize that their resistance may only delay inevitable destruction.
  • Political pragmatism versus hatred: Cooperation with the Eternal Divine Dynasty could offer the best chance of survival, but resentment prevents rational diplomacy.
  • Fragmentation in the face of crisis: Both sides are divided by fear, anger, and mistrust, weakening their ability to respond to the larger threat posed by the Abyss and Insect Race.
  • Shared enemies creating unstable alliances: The possibility of cooperation between the alliance and the Eternal Divine Dynasty emerges because both seek entry into Origin Continent, despite their hostility.

Character Interactions

  • Xue Tu and Liu Feng: Their confrontation exposes the contempt Origin Continent holds for the refugees and ends with Xue Tu easily defeating Liu Feng.
  • The refugees and Origin Continent: Their attempted negotiations collapse into violence, turning former potential allies into sworn enemies.
  • Old Man Xuan Kong and the alliance leaders: He urges them to abandon the doomed homeland and seek refuge, prompting debate over how to overcome Origin Continent’s resistance.
  • Bai Ze and the alliance: Bai Ze persuades the leaders that the Eternal Divine Dynasty may share their objectives and should be approached.
  • Shen Tianyi and Origin Continent’s factions: His proposal to reconcile with the Eternal Divine Dynasty is rejected because the other leaders prioritize vengeance over strategy.
  • The Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms versus the Eternal Divine Dynasty: The alliance hopes to recruit Li Xuancang, while the Eternal Divine Dynasty remains aloof and potentially pursues its own interests.

Ch. 663Abandoning Resistance

Chapter Summary: “Abandoning Resistance”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Origin Continent strengthens its fortresses and prepares both to defend itself and to launch attacks into Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms.
  • The Ten Thousand Realms Alliance sends three elders to seek Li Xuancang’s help, but he claims to be in seclusion and refuses to meet them.
  • The Alliance tries to persuade other leaders of the Eternal Divine Dynasty, including Lei Tianjue, Linghu Shanhe, Zhang Ruoxuan, and Dongfang Shenhuo. However, they decline to interfere, understanding that Li Xuancang has already made his decision.
  • After remaining in the Imperial Capital for six months without success, the Alliance leaves in frustration and concludes that it must rely on itself.
  • Xuan Kong High Person announces that the Alliance will withdraw its forces from the fight against the Insect Race and launch a desperate assault on Origin Continent. The Alliance abandons several great worlds and commits nearly all of its strength to the attack.
  • Origin Continent responds by entering the conflict directly, occupying several worlds and building defensive lines against both the Insect Race and the advancing Alliance.
  • Su Xinghai and Bai Meng return after breaking through to the Late-stage Cave Heaven Realm. Li Xuancang secretly conceals their breakthroughs, giving the Divine Dynasty four Late-stage Cave Heaven Realm experts.
  • Li Xuancang orders the Divine Dynasty’s army—over ten million elite soldiers—to attack Origin Continent.
  • The Ten Thousand Realms Alliance reaches the unfinished Yellow Heaven Fortress with tens of millions of troops. A brutal battle begins immediately.
  • Xuanku clashes with the Blood God Hall’s First Elder, while the White Tiger tears through Origin Continent’s army. The Alliance initially inflicts severe losses.
  • The battle changes when the Blood God, a Heavenly Human Realm cultivator, appears. His overwhelming presence paralyzes the Alliance forces and restores Origin Continent’s confidence.
  • Despite the hopeless situation, some Alliance warriors reject surrender and urge everyone to continue fighting, since retreat would only lead to death.

Character Developments

  • Li Xuancang remains secretive and calculating. His refusal to meet the Alliance suggests that he has deliberately chosen not to commit the Divine Dynasty prematurely, while his concealment of Su Xinghai and Bai Meng’s breakthroughs reveals his strategic caution.
  • The Ten Thousand Realms Alliance shifts from diplomacy to desperation. After failing to secure the Eternal Divine Dynasty’s support, its leaders adopt a “fight with our backs to the river” strategy.
  • Xuan Kong High Person demonstrates decisive leadership by accepting enormous losses and abandoning several worlds to force a final confrontation.
  • Su Xinghai and Bai Meng become Late-stage Cave Heaven Realm cultivators, significantly strengthening the Divine Dynasty’s hidden military power.
  • Xuanku displays courage and composure by confronting the Blood God Hall’s First Elder directly.
  • The White Tiger acts as a devastating battlefield force, personally leading the assault and massacring Origin Continent’s troops.
  • The Blood God establishes the overwhelming superiority of the Heavenly Human Realm simply through his arrival, turning the battle in Origin Continent’s favor.

Significant Themes

  • Desperation and last stands: The Alliance abandons conventional resistance and commits everything to a final assault.
  • Power imbalance: The appearance of a Heavenly Human Realm expert shows that even overwhelming numbers of Cave Heaven Realm cultivators cannot compensate for a gap in supreme cultivation.
  • Strategic secrecy and political calculation: Li Xuancang’s silence and hidden preparations contrast with the Alliance’s increasingly open and desperate actions.
  • Sacrifice versus survival: The Alliance knowingly risks annihilation rather than submit or allow Origin Continent to dominate uncontested.
  • Unstable alliances: The Eternal Divine Dynasty’s refusal to help exposes the fragility of cooperation among the various realms.

Character Interactions

  • Li Xuancang and Wei Tianfeng: Wei Tianfeng reports the Alliance’s arrival, but Li Xuancang orders him to dismiss them without a meeting.
  • The Ten Thousand Realms Alliance and the Divine Dynasty’s upper ranks: The Alliance attempts to gain support from several officials, but they refuse to oppose Li Xuancang’s decision.
  • Xuanku and the Blood God Hall’s First Elder: Their confrontation reflects the longstanding hostility between the Buddhist Sect and the Blood God Hall, culminating in a direct clash between Buddhist power and the Blood Spear.
  • The White Tiger and Origin Continent’s army: The White Tiger becomes a major destructive force, breaking through the battlefield and slaughtering troops.
  • The Blood God and the Alliance: His arrival creates overwhelming fear, leaving even powerful figures such as Xuanku and the White Tiger nearly unable to resist.

Ch. 664Despair of the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms

Chapter Summary: Despair of the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The Blood God overwhelms the forces of the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms with the pressure of his Heavenly Human Realm cultivation.
  • Several warriors who voice resistance are instantly killed, their bodies and souls destroyed. The Cave Heaven Realm experts—including White Tiger and Xuanku—are severely injured and rendered nearly helpless.
  • The Blood God offers to spare their lives if they retreat and return to fight the Abyss and Insect Race, revealing that he wants to use them to weaken those enemies rather than exterminate them.
  • White Tiger refuses to submit, accusing the Blood God of manipulating both sides. The Blood God pins him down and crushes his bones with overwhelming pressure.
  • Beast Realm cultivators rush to rescue White Tiger but are instantly annihilated. More than a dozen Cave Heaven Realm experts die, terrifying the remaining army and pushing them toward surrender.
  • Just as the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms are preparing to retreat, Li Xuancang appears and dispels the Blood God’s pressure.
  • Li Xuancang attacks without speaking. His single punch shatters the Blood God’s defensive techniques, pierces his palm, and forces him backward.
  • Although the Blood God manages to break the punch at the last moment, the clash makes the difference between them unmistakable: despite both being in the Heavenly Human Realm, Li Xuancang is vastly stronger.

Character Developments

  • The Blood God: Initially arrogant and completely confident, he treats the opposing army as insignificant ants. Li Xuancang’s arrival forces him to become serious and cautious. After being injured by a single punch, he recognizes that he cannot defeat Li Xuancang even by risking his life.
  • White Tiger: Demonstrates his defiant, proud nature by refusing to submit despite unbearable pressure and physical destruction. His resistance inspires the Beast Realm cultivators to attack in his defense.
  • Li Xuancang: Establishes himself as an overwhelming powerhouse. His arrival restores hope to the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms while terrifying the Origin Continent forces. His silent, decisive attack confirms the frightening reputation of his ability to fight multiple Heavenly Human Realm opponents.
  • The Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms forces: Their initial determination collapses under the Blood God’s power, and fear drives them toward retreat. Li Xuancang’s appearance rekindles their hope.

Significant Themes

  • Powerlessness before absolute strength: The lower-realm cultivators discover that courage alone cannot bridge the gap between realms.
  • Defiance and dignity: White Tiger’s refusal to submit contrasts with the others’ fear and willingness to retreat.
  • Despair versus hope: The army is on the verge of annihilation until Li Xuancang arrives as a last-minute source of salvation.
  • The hierarchy of power: The battle shows that even within the same cultivation realm, the difference in individual strength can be enormous.
  • Strategic manipulation: The Blood God’s offer to spare the army is not mercy but an attempt to use them against the Abyss and Insect Race.

Important Character Interactions

  • The Blood God repeatedly orders the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms to retreat, attempting to intimidate and manipulate them.
  • White Tiger openly challenges the Blood God’s motives and refuses to yield, provoking harsher treatment.
  • The Beast Realm cultivators respond loyally to White Tiger’s suffering, sacrificing themselves in an unsuccessful rescue attempt.
  • Li Xuancang’s intervention completely reverses the emotional balance of the battlefield: the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms regain hope, while the Origin Continent forces fear for the Blood God.
  • The confrontation between Li Xuancang and the Blood God becomes the chapter’s central clash, decisively demonstrating Li Xuancang’s superiority.

Ch. 665Beating the Blood God Senseless

Summary of “Beating the Blood God Senseless”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Li Xuancang confronts the Blood God across an immense distance, refusing to be intimidated by the Origin Continent’s authority.
  • The Blood God attempts to stall for reinforcements from the Origin Continent, but Li Xuancang immediately attacks.
  • A fierce battle erupts between the two Heavenly Human Realm experts. Although the Blood God fights with everything he has, Li Xuancang overwhelmingly dominates him through sheer physical strength.
  • Li Xuancang repeatedly injures the Blood God, eventually punching through his chest and forcing him to use the Blood God Great Art to escape as blood mist.
  • Rather than immediately pursuing him, Li Xuancang targets the fortress being constructed by the Origin Continent. The Blood God realizes the danger but is too badly injured and frightened to intervene.
  • Li Xuancang destroys the enormous fortress with a single devastating punch, erasing it piece by piece through brute force.
  • Horrified by Li Xuancang’s overwhelming strength, the Blood God finally abandons the battlefield and flees. The Origin Continent’s forces follow in panic.
  • The people of the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms initially celebrate Li Xuancang’s victory, but he disappears before they can speak with him.
  • With the fortress destroyed and both sides gone, the survivors are left uncertain whether to advance toward the Origin Continent or retreat.
  • A Cave Heaven Realm cultivator proposes joining the Eternal Divine Dynasty, believing it may offer their only remaining chance of survival.

Character Developments

  • Li Xuancang is established as vastly stronger than the Blood God despite both being in the Heavenly Human Realm. His fighting style is brutally simple: overwhelming force that can break through any technique.
  • The Blood God changes from a confident representative of the Origin Continent into a frightened and desperate survivor. He realizes that he cannot withstand Li Xuancang, even at his peak, and ultimately flees rather than risk death.
  • The Origin Continent’s cultivators lose their confidence after witnessing their champion defeated and their fortress destroyed. Their reverence for the Heavenly Human Realm is shaken.
  • The people of the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms gain temporary hope and exhilaration from Li Xuancang’s victory, but soon confront their continued vulnerability once he departs.
  • The Cave Heaven Realm cultivator emerges as a pragmatic voice, offering the Eternal Divine Dynasty as a possible path forward.

Significant Themes

  • Overwhelming strength versus authority: Li Xuancang’s actions demonstrate that the Origin Continent’s reputation cannot protect its agents from superior power.
  • The collapse of faith and hierarchy: The Blood God’s defeat undermines the belief that Heavenly Human Realm experts are invincible or untouchable.
  • Helplessness and survival: Although the immediate threat is defeated, the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms remain trapped between a dangerous future and certain destruction if they retreat.
  • Hope amid desperation: The proposal to join the Eternal Divine Dynasty provides a narrow possibility of survival after all other options appear closed.
  • The cost of power: Li Xuancang’s victory inspires others, but his detached departure emphasizes that the survivors cannot rely indefinitely on a single powerful protector.

Character Interactions

  • Li Xuancang and the Blood God engage in a one-sided confrontation in which the Blood God relies on evasion and escape while Li Xuancang relentlessly attacks.
  • The Blood God attempts to use the Origin Continent’s prestige to intimidate Li Xuancang, but Li Xuancang’s immediate assault dismisses the threat.
  • The Origin Continent’s cultivators depend on the Blood God for protection, then flee after witnessing his defeat and the destruction of their fortress.
  • The Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms’ survivors admire and celebrate Li Xuancang, hoping to approach him, but he vanishes before they can interact.
  • In Li Xuancang’s absence, the survivors debate their next move and rally around the suggestion of seeking protection through the Eternal Divine Dynasty.

Ch. 666Origin Continent Compromises

Chapter Summary: “Origin Continent Compromises”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • News that outsiders could not enter the Origin Continent causes widespread despair throughout the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms.
  • Many great worlds lose hope, surrender themselves to the Abyss, and strengthen it. Some even seek to drag the rest of creation into destruction.
  • The Origin Continent grows frantic because the Abyss becomes increasingly powerful, threatening its own survival.
  • In a surprising move, the Insect Race launches a fierce attack on the Abyss. Its motives remain unknown, with many suspecting it is acting for profit.
  • The major forces of the Origin Continent gather at the Primordial Sect to discuss the crisis. Recognizing that continued hostility toward the Eternal Divine Dynasty would weaken both sides, they agree to let it enter the Origin Continent.
  • The Clear Origin Domain is offered as the Divine Dynasty’s foothold because it contains the only major passage through which enemies can attack the Origin Continent. This effectively makes the Eternal Divine Dynasty responsible for guarding the passage.
  • Numerous forces from the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms seek refuge under the Eternal Divine Dynasty, but Li Xuancang rejects them, unwilling to take on additional burdens.
  • The rejected forces leave resentful and vow revenge.
  • Meanwhile, the Divine Dynasty prepares to migrate into the Origin Continent. As the Heaven-Abandoned Land recovers, spiritual energy increases, treasures appear, and many cultivators begin breaking through. Wei Qingzhou reaches the Mid-stage Cave Heaven Realm.
  • Representatives of the Origin Continent formally visit the Eternal Divine Dynasty and invite it to enter the Origin Continent.
  • Li Xuancang accepts after negotiating the conditions. The Divine Dynasty must:
    • Avoid obstructing the construction of the fortress.
    • Help protect and complete the fortress.
    • Cooperate with the Origin Continent’s efforts to delay the destruction of the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms.
    • Avoid launching unauthorized attacks there.
  • The Divine Dynasty begins constructing teleportation formations and organizing the mass relocation of its population and the inhabitants of more than a dozen great worlds.
  • The Origin Continent sends formation masters to assist, eager for the Eternal Divine Dynasty to occupy the Clear Origin Domain and serve as a defensive shield.
  • The chapter ends with the migration preparations underway while the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms continue approaching their final destruction.

Character Developments

  • Li Xuancang demonstrates restraint, foresight, and political judgment. He refuses the allegiance of additional forces because the Divine Dynasty already has too many responsibilities, but he accepts the Origin Continent’s compromise when it becomes necessary for the survival of his people.
  • Lei Tianjue and Linghu Shanhe show ambition and practical interest in expanding the Divine Dynasty’s strength, but they ultimately follow Li Xuancang’s decision.
  • Wei Qingzhou advances to the Mid-stage Cave Heaven Realm, reflecting the Divine Dynasty’s growing strength.
  • Ling Yunzi acts as the diplomatic representative of the Origin Continent and presents its terms to Li Xuancang.
  • The leaders of the Origin Continent display pragmatism by abandoning old hostility and cooperating with a former rival.

Significant Themes

  • Pragmatism over hostility: Former enemies compromise when mutual survival is at stake.
  • Despair and collapse: The hopelessness of the wider realms drives entire worlds to surrender to the Abyss.
  • Burden of leadership: Li Xuancang prioritizes the survival of the Human Race, even though relocating them will consume vast resources.
  • Political calculation: The offer of the Clear Origin Domain is both a sincere compromise and a strategic attempt to use the Eternal Divine Dynasty as a shield.
  • Survival amid catastrophe: Every faction is forced to choose between cooperation, sacrifice, or destruction as the Abyss grows stronger.

Important Character Interactions

  • The Origin Continent’s leaders debate whether to admit the Eternal Divine Dynasty and ultimately agree that cooperation is necessary.
  • Lei Tianjue and Linghu Shanhe ask Li Xuancang whether to accept the forces seeking refuge; he orders them to reject everyone.
  • Ling Yunzi formally negotiates with Li Xuancang, offering the Clear Origin Domain in exchange for the Divine Dynasty’s cooperation and military restraint.
  • Despite past enmity, Li Xuancang receives the Origin Continent’s representatives calmly and reaches a mutual agreement.
  • The two sides begin working together through their formation masters, even as distrust and hidden calculations remain beneath the alliance.

Ch. 667Slaves and Servants

Chapter Summary: “Slaves and Servants”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The Abyss launches a devastating assault on the Profound Realm, headquarters of the Ten Thousand Realms Alliance. As the realm’s defenses collapse, allied forces lose hope and flee despite the Profound Realm’s inhabitants attempting to hold the line.
  • After months of resistance, the Profound Realm exhausts its resources. Its strongest expert, Xuan Kong, sacrifices himself by detonating his Cave Heaven in a final attack against the Demonic Beasts.
  • With Xuan Kong dead, the Profound Realm is destroyed and begins disintegrating. More than a hundred Heaven-and-Earth Origins emerge, attracting powerful factions eager to seize them.
  • Su Xinghai, using the Purple-Gold Gourd and his Cave Heaven, captures forty-three Heaven-and-Earth Origins—the largest share. He also slaughters numerous Abyss Demonic Beasts with the gourd’s flying blade.
  • The Insect Race intervenes to seize Origins as well, worsening the Abyss Demonic Beasts’ fury. Although powerful forces from the Origin Continent and elsewhere confront one another, none directly engage.
  • Li Xuancang leads the Divine Dynasty away rather than risk a confrontation, recognizing that migration is more important than fighting over the ruined Profound Realm. Su Xinghai returns the Purple-Gold Gourd to Li Ling’er so she can refine the captured Origins.
  • The Profound Realm’s destruction shatters the remaining resistance of the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms. Many factions submit to the Origin Continent, accepting the humiliating status of slaves and servants in exchange for survival.
  • Li Xuancang begins a large-scale evacuation of the Divine Dynasty using warships, ordering the Second and Seventh Legions to escort the civilians. The Second Legion is to remain on the Origin Continent and help establish governance once teleportation arrays are built.
  • After a secret meeting with the God Emperor, Li Xuancang unexpectedly orders the population of the great worlds to be transferred first, suggesting that he has received important information or instructions.
  • At the Yellow Heaven Fortress, the arriving survivors witness the enormous fleet of the Eternal Divine Dynasty entering without resistance. This surprises everyone, who had expected the Origin Continent to attack.

Character Developments

  • Xuan Kong is portrayed as the Profound Realm’s last defender. His final self-sacrifice emphasizes his loyalty and determination, but his death also marks the irreversible fall of the realm.
  • Su Xinghai demonstrates overwhelming strength, decisiveness, and opportunism. Rather than merely surviving the collapse, he exploits it to seize a large number of Heaven-and-Earth Origins and attacks the Abyss forces obstructing him.
  • Li Xuancang acts pragmatically and responsibly. He abandons the ruined battlefield, prioritizes the survival of the Divine Dynasty’s population, and accepts the immense cost of evacuation. His grave reaction after meeting the God Emperor hints at a deeper plan or looming danger.
  • Li Ling’er receives the captured Origins for personal refinement, suggesting that Su Xinghai’s gains will strengthen her power and possibly the Divine Dynasty.
  • The countless factions of the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms undergo a collective loss of dignity and independence, choosing servitude over extinction.

Significant Themes

  • Collapse and despair: The destruction of the Profound Realm symbolizes the failure of organized resistance and the breaking of the alliance’s morale.
  • Survival at any cost: Formerly proud factions willingly become slaves and servants, showing how desperation can override freedom, honor, and resistance.
  • Sacrifice and duty: Xuan Kong’s death and Li Xuancang’s evacuation efforts contrast heroic self-sacrifice with practical responsibility for preserving lives.
  • Opportunism amid catastrophe: While the Profound Realm’s inhabitants perish, Su Xinghai, the Insect Race, and other factions compete to harvest its Heaven-and-Earth Origins.
  • Shifting power structures: The Origin Continent changes its policy once submission becomes advantageous, revealing that its acceptance of the refugees is based on power and utility rather than compassion.
  • Uncertainty and hidden agendas: The God Emperor’s private conversation with Li Xuancang and the unexplained passage of the Eternal Divine Dynasty’s fleet suggest political maneuvering and future conflict.

Character Interactions

  • Xuan Kong leads the Profound Realm’s defenders and ultimately sacrifices himself against the Abyss Demonic Beasts.
  • Su Xinghai directly clashes with the Abyss forces while competing with them and the Insect Race for the Heaven-and-Earth Origins.
  • Su Xinghai and Li Ling’er are connected through the Purple-Gold Gourd; after the battle, he returns it so she can refine the captured Origins.
  • Li Xuancang commands Linghu Shanhe to organize the Divine Dynasty’s evacuation and instructs the military to protect the civilian fleet.
  • Qin Shouqian summons Li Xuancang to meet the God Emperor, leading to a secret discussion that changes the evacuation priorities.
  • The Eternal Divine Dynasty’s unexplained arrival at the Yellow Heaven Fortress creates confusion among the submitted factions and raises questions about its relationship with the Origin Continent.

Ch. 668Ten Thousand Buddhas Relic

Chapter Summary: “Ten Thousand Buddhas Relic”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The Eternal Divine Dynasty’s fleet enters the Origin Continent’s fortress openly and without resistance, shocking the enslaved forces from the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms.
  • Envious and resentful slaves question why the Divine Dynasty is treated with respect while they were forced into servitude. The Origin Continent publicly executes hundreds of thousands of them, using the massacre to reinforce their subordinate status.
  • News spreads that the Origin Continent itself invited the Eternal Divine Dynasty to enter and allowed it to become a regional overlord. This deepens the other forces’ jealousy, resentment, and despair.
  • Over the next two years, the Eternal Divine Dynasty begins relocating its population to the Origin Continent, though the enormous migration remains far from complete.
  • The Buddha Realm, besieged by the Insect Race and the Abyss, nears destruction. Forces from the Origin Continent move toward it, hoping to claim its Heaven-and-Earth Origin.
  • Li Xuancang secretly visits the Buddha Realm to negotiate for the Ten Thousand Buddhas Relic, a powerful orb formed from the cultivation and Buddhist insights of tens of thousands of deceased eminent monks.
  • The relic contains immense energy and profound Buddhist knowledge but also the monks’ lingering thoughts, creating dangerous distracting thoughts that could overwhelm anyone who tried to refine it.
  • The Buddha Realm agrees to give Li Xuancang the relic in exchange for the Eternal Divine Dynasty buying the Buddha Realm one year of time. Li immediately accepts.
  • After receiving the relic, Li orders ten million troops to support the Buddha Realm. Linghu Shanhe, Su Xinghai, and Bai Meng accompany the army.
  • The Eternal Divine Dynasty establishes defensive lines around the Buddha Realm’s central territory, leaving the surrounding forces puzzled about its sudden intervention.

Character Developments

  • Li Xuancang is shown to be decisive and pragmatic. He agrees instantly to the Buddha Realm’s demand because obtaining the relic is more important than questioning their motives.
  • He remains wary of the Buddhist leaders, sensing a contradiction between their claims of compassion and their limited visible action. Nevertheless, he focuses on his own objectives rather than judging them.
  • Xuanku and the Buddha Realm’s eminent monks demonstrate both self-sacrifice and strategic calculation. They want to prevent their followers from falling into the Abyss, yet they are willing to surrender their most valuable treasure to gain time.
  • Linghu Shanhe, Su Xinghai, and Bai Meng reinforce their roles as important commanders or figures within the Divine Dynasty by personally joining the relief army.
  • The enslaved beings from the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms lose the last remnants of their confidence and dignity after witnessing the executions.

Significant Themes

  • Social hierarchy and oppression: The Origin Continent enforces a brutal distinction between respected overlords and powerless slaves.
  • Jealousy and resentment: The enslaved forces are tormented by the Divine Dynasty’s privileged treatment, seeing it as proof of their own humiliation.
  • Dignity versus survival: The chapter contrasts those who retain political independence with those forced to surrender their freedom merely to live.
  • Compassion and contradiction: The Buddha Realm presents itself as devoted to saving living beings, but its inaction and secret bargaining make its motives difficult to understand.
  • Power and sacrifice: The Buddha Realm sacrifices the Ten Thousand Buddhas Relic to preserve its people, while the Divine Dynasty uses military strength to pursue both strategic and personal goals.
  • Dangerous inheritance: The relic embodies the accumulated wisdom and power of past monks, but also their unresolved thoughts, making great power inseparable from great risk.

Important Character Interactions

  • The Origin Continent’s authorities interact with the enslaved beings through threats and public execution, forcing them to acknowledge their inferior status.
  • Xuanku and the Buddhist elders negotiate directly with Li Xuancang, offering the Ten Thousand Buddhas Relic in return for military protection.
  • Xuanku warns Li not to misuse the relic, while Li privately doubts whether the Buddhist leaders are sincerely compassionate or merely acting hypocritically.
  • The Eternal Divine Dynasty’s sudden alliance with the Buddha Realm surprises the wider world, prompting widespread speculation about Li’s true motives and the strategic value of the relic.

Ch. 669Battle in the Buddha Realm

Summary: “Battle in the Buddha Realm”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • A massive battle rages in the Buddha Realm between the Eternal Divine Dynasty and the invading Insect Race. The Insect Race consumes all sources of energy and has evolved numerous lifeforms, even devouring Demonic Beasts in preparation for entering the Abyss.
  • The Eternal Divine Dynasty’s army holds the defensive line despite overwhelming attacks. Li Ling’er, wielding the enhanced Purple-Gold Gourd, single-handedly suppresses the fiercest Insect Race assaults.
  • Observers from the Origin Continent praise the Divine Dynasty’s strength, while survivors from the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms condemn it for failing to intervene earlier, blaming it for allowing their worlds to be destroyed.
  • The Abyss deliberately remains on the sidelines, hoping to weaken both the Insect Race and the Divine Dynasty. The Abyss and the Insect Race are mutual enemies despite both being invaders.
  • After six months of brutal fighting, millions of Divine Dynasty soldiers have died, but reinforcements maintain the defensive line.
  • The Buddha Realm suddenly begins transforming. Buddhist light fills the realm, a phantom temple appears, and silent monks produce enormous Sanskrit scriptures that form radiant Word Shackles. The realm contracts, gathering its power for an unknown purpose.
  • Demonic Beasts emerge through a rift, apparently attempting to stop the Buddha Realm’s transformation. Li Xuancang orders the Divine Dynasty to intercept them.
  • Su Xinghai uses a massive black hole to devour countless Demonic Beasts, while Linghu Shanhe destroys large groups with overwhelming attacks. Their strength reveals that the Divine Dynasty possesses multiple Late-stage Cave Heaven Realm experts.
  • The Abyss attacks directly through a scarlet vertical eye, a giant skeletal hand, and a powerful blade beam. Su Xinghai shields the army, Tai Haotian counters the enemy’s bell with the Mountain-River Drum, and Linghu Shanhe wounds the skeletal hand, though he suffers severe backlash.
  • Bai Meng destroys the incoming blade beam and attacks the Abyssal Rift with the World-Destroying Mill. White Bone Demon Saint and Dao Wuji emerge to block him, but Bai Meng’s immense strength and the mill’s crushing weight overwhelm them.

Character Developments

  • Li Ling’er demonstrates extraordinary battlefield power, functioning like an entire army and becoming a crucial pillar of the Divine Dynasty’s defense.
  • Su Xinghai reveals terrifying control over his black-hole ability, using it both offensively against the Demonic Beasts and defensively to protect the army from the scarlet eye’s attacks.
  • Linghu Shanhe displays immense courage and strength by confronting the Abyssal skeletal hand, but the clash leaves him badly injured.
  • Bai Meng emerges as one of the Divine Dynasty’s most powerful fighters. His physical strength, combined with the World-Destroying Mill, overpowers two Late-stage Cave Heaven Realm opponents.
  • Tai Haotian supports the army through battlefield coordination, using the Mountain-River Drum to counter the Abyss’s bell-like attack.
  • White Bone Demon Saint and Dao Wuji are shown as powerful Abyssal defenders, but they are unable to withstand Bai Meng’s pressure.

Significant Themes

  • The cost of survival: The Divine Dynasty’s successful defense comes at the price of millions of soldiers, emphasizing the brutal cost of resisting extinction.
  • Resentment and moral responsibility: The survivors of the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms question whether the Divine Dynasty’s delayed intervention makes it partly responsible for their suffering.
  • Conflicts among evil forces: The Abyss and Insect Race are both invaders, yet they also oppose each other because each seeks to consume or exploit the other.
  • Overwhelming power and escalation: The battle reveals increasingly powerful techniques, weapons, and experts, suggesting that the conflict is approaching a decisive stage.
  • Transformation and hidden purpose: The Buddha Realm’s contraction, Buddhist scriptures, and Word Shackles hint at a major awakening, sacrifice, or defensive mechanism whose purpose remains unclear.

Character Interactions

  • The Divine Dynasty’s forces cooperate closely: Li Ling’er holds back the Insect Race, Su Xinghai protects the army, Tai Haotian counters enemy sound attacks, and Linghu Shanhe confronts the Abyss directly.
  • Li Xuancang commands the response to the Demonic Beast invasion, demonstrating his authority over the army.
  • Linghu Shanhe’s attack on the skeletal hand provokes an immediate counterattack from the Abyss, which Bai Meng intercepts.
  • Bai Meng then directly clashes with White Bone Demon Saint and Dao Wuji, overpowering them with the World-Destroying Mill.
  • The Origin Continent’s admiration contrasts sharply with the resentment of the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms, highlighting the Divine Dynasty’s controversial reputation.

Ch. 670A Great Divide

Summary: “A Great Divide”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • White Bone Demon Saint and another expert are forced to retreat when they can no longer withstand the World-Destroying Mill. Their escape allows the mill to crash into the Abyssal Rift, severely cracking it and annihilating countless Demonic Beasts.
  • Bai Meng pursues them, using overwhelming physical strength and the World-Destroying Mill to suppress both experts. His brutal, straightforward combat style reminds observers of the legendary Li Xuancang.
  • Two additional Late-stage Cave Heaven Realm experts emerge from the Abyss. Su Xinghai attacks them alone, using the Devouring Heaven Demon Art to consume surrounding matter, Demonic Beasts, and even enemy attacks to strengthen himself.
  • A large-scale battle erupts between the Eternal Divine Dynasty and the Abyss. Although the Dynasty has fewer experts, Bai Meng and Su Xinghai hold back the Abyss’s strongest fighters, while Marshal Linghu Shanhe coordinates the other battlefields and prevents the Dynasty’s forces from collapsing.
  • After half a month of fighting, most combatants are exhausted, but Bai Meng and Su Xinghai remain increasingly formidable. Their endurance and combat abilities make them the central forces sustaining the Dynasty’s defense.
  • Recognizing them as future threats, White Bone Demon Saint and the other Abyssal experts develop intense killing intent toward the pair.
  • The Buddha Realm suddenly trembles violently. Its Buddhist radiance suppresses the Abyssal forces, weakening the Demonic Beasts by roughly thirty percent. In response, the Abyssal Rift expands and the supreme Abyssal Will descends.
  • Two Heavenly Human Realm experts from the Abyss intervene, supported by the Alms Bowl Ancestral Artifact. Their power instantly immobilizes and overwhelms Bai Meng and Su Xinghai, leaving them helpless before the enormous hands sent to kill them.
  • Just as the two are about to die, Li Xuancang appears and destroys both hands with a single fist. Bai Meng and Su Xinghai escape, and the observers regain hope that the Eternal Divine Dynasty can still survive the crisis.

Character Developments

  • Bai Meng: Demonstrates extraordinary strength, endurance, and fearlessness. His reliance on overwhelming force allows him to suppress multiple Late-stage Cave Heaven Realm experts, marking him as a successor-like figure to Li Xuancang’s battlefield presence.
  • Su Xinghai: Reveals the terrifying potential of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art. He becomes stronger as the battle continues by absorbing matter and enemy attacks, making him nearly impossible to exhaust. His power and future potential alarm the Abyss.
  • Linghu Shanhe: Acts as the strategic center of the Dynasty’s forces. Rather than focusing solely on his own opponent, he constantly reinforces endangered battlefields and stabilizes the army.
  • Li Xuancang: Reenters the battle at the critical moment, proving that his reputation is justified. His effortless destruction of the Heavenly Human Realm attacks restores confidence among the spectators and the Dynasty’s fighters.
  • White Bone Demon Saint and the Abyssal experts: Shift from merely resisting the Dynasty to deliberately targeting Bai Meng and Su Xinghai, recognizing that allowing them to mature could create future calamities for the Abyss.

Significant Themes

  • The divide between realms: Even the strongest Late-stage Cave Heaven Realm experts are powerless before Heavenly Human Realm beings, emphasizing the vast gap between cultivation levels.
  • Genius and future threat: Bai Meng and Su Xinghai’s performance shows that extraordinary talent can reshape a battlefield, but it also makes them targets before they can reach their full potential.
  • Overwhelming power versus strategy: Bai Meng relies on direct strength, Su Xinghai on absorption and adaptation, while Linghu Shanhe uses coordination and battlefield judgment.
  • Hope amid despair: The battle appears lost when the Heavenly Human Realm intervenes, but Li Xuancang’s arrival demonstrates that overwhelming danger can still be reversed by an even greater power.
  • Hidden strength and restraint: Outside factions refuse to help immediately, preferring to test the Eternal Divine Dynasty’s true limits. This suggests that the battle is also a contest of concealed power and political calculation.

Character Interactions

  • Bai Meng relentlessly attacks White Bone Demon Saint and another expert, forcing them into a defensive retreat.
  • Su Xinghai independently engages two newly arrived Late-stage Cave Heaven Realm experts, later joining Bai Meng against six powerful Abyssal opponents.
  • Linghu Shanhe relies on Bai Meng and Su Xinghai to hold off the Abyss’s strongest fighters while he protects the rest of the battlefield.
  • White Bone Demon Saint and the Abyssal experts recognize Bai Meng and Su Xinghai as dangerous future enemies and seek to eliminate them.
  • The Abyss’s Heavenly Human Realm experts directly target Bai Meng and Su Xinghai, but Li Xuancang intervenes and saves them, reestablishing himself as the decisive force in the conflict.

Ch. 671No longer what he once was

Key plot points and events

  • The Nethersea King and Scarlet Spirit King emerge from the Abyss and attack Li Xuancang, hoping to stop him from opposing the Alms Bowl and the Abyssal Will.
  • Li defeats both with a single punch, shocking them: when they fought him before, they had been his equals.
  • He turns on the Alms Bowl and steadily overpowers its full-strength attack. When the two kings join it, Li still dominates all three.
  • Li enlarges to a colossal form, knocks the Alms Bowl far into space, and pins the kings beneath his foot. A black spear strikes at his brow, giving them just enough time to escape; Li shatters the spear and crushes the space beneath his foot.
  • Li then directs his blood qi against the Abyssal Will. Together with the Buddhist light, it pushes the encroaching black mist back. He continues fighting the two kings and the Alms Bowl while maintaining that pressure.

Character developments

  • Li Xuancang displays a dramatic increase in power and composure, confronting threats he once had to flee from. His strength remains difficult for observers to explain: they wonder whether he has grown rapidly or was hiding his true capabilities.
  • The Nethersea King and Scarlet Spirit King move from confident attackers to frightened, repeatedly outmatched opponents. Though they briefly escape when Li is distracted, they recover enough courage to attack again.
  • The Alms Bowl acts independently, returning to the battlefield after Li sends it flying, demonstrating the intelligence of an Ancestral Artifact.

Significant themes

  • Escalating power and the limits of understanding: Li repeatedly exceeds others’ expectations, making his cultivation seem almost unfathomable.
  • Protection and hope: His strength inspires belief that the Divine Dynasty can endure and encourages Origin Continent observers who hope he will safeguard their future passage.
  • Unity against a greater threat: Li’s blood qi and the Buddhist light combine to push back the Abyssal Will.

Character interactions

  • Li’s clashes with the two kings establish the gulf between his present strength and their former parity with him.
  • He overpowers the Alms Bowl, then fights it and both kings simultaneously.
  • The Abyssal Will’s advance is countered by the combined force of Li’s blood qi and the golden Buddhist light.
  • The Divine Dynasty’s forces rally around Li’s example, while Origin Continent observers shift from awe and fear to cautious optimism.

Ch. 672Contending for the Buddha Realm

Chapter Summary: “Contending for the Buddha Realm”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • After a month of fierce combat, Li Xuancang successfully holds back the Abyss, forcing its forces to retreat and saving the Buddha Realm.
  • Despite the victory, the Buddha Realm begins shrinking rapidly. Its inhabitants chant Buddhist invocations, gradually sacrificing their bodies and souls to merge with the realm.
  • Li Xuancang orders Marshal Linghu Shanhe to withdraw the Divine Dynasty’s army, eventually leaving the Buddha Realm himself as its compression becomes increasingly dangerous.
  • The Buddha Realm condenses to only ten miles across, containing enough power to destroy heaven and earth. Its inhabitants perish through meditation, and the realm suddenly launches into the starry sky.
  • The Abyss and the Insect Race attempt to seize or destroy it using demonic hands, tentacles, and the Alms Bowl. Their attacks repeatedly fail, though the Buddha Realm’s energy is gradually depleted.
  • Li Xuancang joins the struggle, intending to prevent his enemies from obtaining the realm. He is injured by its Buddhist power but resists its spiritual attacks and attempts to pull it away.
  • When all three sides attack simultaneously, the Buddha Realm repels them, though its Buddhist light weakens significantly.
  • Li Xuancang briefly manages to seize the Buddha Realm, but combined attacks from the Abyss, Insect Race, the Scarlet Spirit King, and other Heavenly Human Realm experts force him to abandon it.
  • The three factions form an uneasy standoff, each afraid to claim the Buddha Realm first and become the target of the other two.
  • The Ten Thousand Buddhas Relic on Li Xuancang’s body suddenly resonates with the Buddha Realm. Realizing this may allow him to control it, Li Xuancang makes a final attempt.
  • The Buddha Realm recognizes the relic’s aura and stops resisting. Li Xuancang captures and shrinks it, then escapes through the void before the Abyss and Insect Race can react.
  • Furious at being outmaneuvered, the Scarlet Spirit King and the others can only withdraw.
  • Li Xuancang returns safely to the Divine Dynasty with the Buddha Realm and another bead in his possession, then goes to see Li Ling’er.

Character Developments

  • Li Xuancang is established as a powerful and decisive protector of the Buddha Realm. He is cautious enough to avoid a hopeless confrontation but opportunistic enough to seize the decisive moment. His willingness to take the Buddha Realm from both enemies shows his strategic thinking and hostility toward the Abyss and Insect Race.
  • His injuries demonstrate the danger of the Buddha Realm, even to a Heavenly Human Realm expert. Nevertheless, he suppresses its spiritual attacks and ultimately uses the Ten Thousand Buddhas Relic to gain its trust.
  • Linghu Shanhe follows Li Xuancang’s orders and safely withdraws the Divine Dynasty’s forces, showing loyalty and discipline.
  • The beings of the Buddha Realm willingly sacrifice themselves through meditation, revealing their absolute devotion and their role in transforming the entire realm.
  • The Scarlet Spirit King and the enemy forces are shown to be powerful but frustrated by their inability to claim the Buddha Realm. Their anger emphasizes how thoroughly Li Xuancang outmaneuvers them.

Significant Themes

  • Sacrifice and transcendence: The Buddha Realm’s inhabitants surrender their bodies and souls to strengthen and transform their world, portraying faith as an ultimate act of self-sacrifice.
  • Power and possession: The Abyss, Insect Race, and Li Xuancang all seek control of the Buddha Realm, treating it as both a weapon and a source of immense power.
  • Strategic restraint: No faction can seize the realm openly without exposing itself to the others, creating a tense balance in which timing and deception matter more than brute strength.
  • Faith and recognition: The Ten Thousand Buddhas Relic allows Li Xuancang to connect with the Buddha Realm, suggesting that spiritual affinity can overcome force.
  • Three-way conflict: The struggle reflects a broader contest among the Divine Dynasty, Abyss, and Insect Race, with each side willing to sabotage the others rather than allow a rival to benefit.

Character Interactions

  • Li Xuancang commands Linghu Shanhe to evacuate the Divine Dynasty’s army for their safety.
  • He confronts the Buddha Realm directly, enduring its Buddhist aura and spiritual scripture attacks while trying to capture it.
  • The Abyss and Insect Race repeatedly attack the realm and later join forces indirectly against Li Xuancang when he attempts to take it.
  • The Scarlet Spirit King and allied experts intervene, forcing Li Xuancang to abandon his first attempt.
  • Li Xuancang ultimately uses the Ten Thousand Buddhas Relic to establish a connection with the Buddha Realm, allowing him to capture it without resistance.
  • Upon returning, he reassures the worried members of the Divine Dynasty that he is unharmed before going to meet Li Ling’er.

Ch. 673Seven-Colored Divine Lotus

Plot points and events

  • Li Xuancang lets Li Ling’er’s Purple-Gold Gourd devour the compressed Buddha Realm. Though he had considered using it to strengthen Su Xinghai, he chooses to give the rare chance to the gourd, hoping it will become an ancestral artifact and protect Li Ling’er.
  • The Buddha Realm’s destruction worsens the crisis across the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms. Factions submit to the Origin Continent, sacrifice worlds to the Abyss, or resist and perish; the Divine Dynasty continues evacuating its people to the Origin Continent.
  • Li Xuancang uses the Ten Thousand Buddhas Relic to heal the God Emperor. The relic restores much of his vitality, while the God Emperor’s hardened soul easily withstands its lingering thoughts.
  • The God Emperor reveals that his soul is fused with the Heavenly Dao and cannot simply be separated. He intends to risk everything in one final struggle to save the Heaven-Abandoned Land. Li Xuancang promises to arrange matters so he can act without distraction.
  • Over the next three years, the Divine Dynasty grows stronger as its leaders advance in cultivation. Meanwhile, the Beast Realm—the last top-tier great world—collapses. Su Xinghai and Bai Meng seize strands of its world-origin, as do the Insect Race, the Abyss, and the Origin Continent.
  • A group of outsiders witnesses the devastation and decides to investigate the Insect Race and Abyss for the Heavenly Court. With more than two-thirds of the worlds lost, the Eternal Divine Dynasty is expected to be the invaders’ next target.
  • To support the God Emperor’s coming attempt, Li Xuancang obtains the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus from the Primordial Sect Master in exchange for owing him a favor.

Character developments and interactions

  • Li Xuancang makes a strategic sacrifice by prioritizing Li Ling’er’s future protection over Su Xinghai’s immediate strength. He also takes responsibility for supporting the God Emperor and securing the lotus.
  • Li Ling’er readily entrusts Li Xuancang with the gourd, showing her trust in him; its transformation could give her a powerful means of self-defense.
  • The God Emperor has recovered much of his body but remains bound to the throne and in pain. His resolve to fight for the Heaven-Abandoned Land is undiminished, while his soul’s endurance reflects the cost of serving as the Torch for ten thousand years.
  • The Primordial Sect Master turns the lotus exchange into a personal favor owed by Li Xuancang, gaining a valuable future obligation while assuring him that the request will not be excessive.
  • Su Xinghai and Bai Meng demonstrate their growing strength by successfully competing for the Beast Realm’s world-origin.

Significant themes

  • Sacrifice and prioritization: Rare power must be allocated carefully, and Li Xuancang chooses long-term protection for Li Ling’er over another character’s immediate gain.
  • Endurance and duty: The God Emperor’s suffering and steadfast soul embody the burden of protecting others.
  • Collapse and survival: The destruction of worlds forces factions to choose between submission, sacrifice, resistance, and flight.
  • Power and obligation: The lotus is gained not through a simple price but through a favor that may shape future events.

Ch. 674Agony

Key plot points and events

  • With the Abyss and Insect Race poised to attack, Li Xuancang orders the Divine Dynasty to accelerate the evacuation of people from the great worlds into the Heaven-Abandoned Land and puts every army and department on a war footing.
  • He summons Su Xinghai, Bai Meng, and Li Ling’er, then seals the Imperial Palace. This alarms the public, who suspect he may be moving against the God Emperor.
  • Inside the palace, the God Emperor rises from the Imperial Throne for the first time in ten thousand years. His departure releases the Abyssal Rift beneath the throne, and demonic energy begins pouring into the Heaven-Abandoned Land.
  • Li Xuancang takes the God Emperor’s place on the throne, using his blood essence to hold back the demonic energy. The throne inflicts unbearable pain on him.
  • The God Emperor enters the Torch to refine it and attempt to separate his divine soul from it. The Torch reignites, frightening the people, who do not know what is happening.
  • Lei Tianjue reassures the capital and sends officials back to their posts, while he and Linghu Shanhe manage the crisis. Meanwhile, the Abyssal Will orders an all-out assault on the Eternal Divine Dynasty.

Character developments and interactions

  • Li Xuancang accepts the torment of the throne to keep the Heaven-Abandoned Land from being consumed. His ordeal deepens his admiration for the God Emperor, whose endurance he now understands.
  • The God Emperor remains composed as he relinquishes the throne and undertakes the dangerous work of restoring the Torch.
  • Li Ling’er hears her brother’s screams and wants to rush to him, but Bai Meng faithfully enforces Li Xuancang’s order barring anyone from entering.
  • Lei Tianjue and Linghu Shanhe support Li Xuancang’s plan, calming and directing the Divine Dynasty despite public confusion.

Significant themes

  • Sacrifice and duty: Li Xuancang takes on agony to protect the realm, while the God Emperor has endured the same burden for millennia.
  • Trust amid uncertainty: The people fear the palace lockdown and the Torch’s sudden awakening, but must rely on leaders who cannot yet explain events.
  • Imminent catastrophe: Evacuation, preparations for war, and the Abyss’s mobilization create a sense that the Divine Dynasty is facing its final battle.

Ch. 675Attack on the Eternal Divine Dynasty

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

  • An Abyssal Rift opens above the Eternal Divine Dynasty’s Imperial Capital, unleashing countless Demonic Beasts.
  • Linghu Shanhe commands the Divine Dynasty army to engage the invasion while the Imperial Capital Array activates to protect the city.
  • Powerful Dharma Body and Cave Heaven Realm Demonic Beasts join the battle, intensifying the attack.
  • Origin Continent sends reinforcements, honoring its agreement to support the Eternal Divine Dynasty.
  • Thirteen Late-stage Cave Heaven Realm Demonic Beasts emerge from the Abyss. Lei Tianjue and Linghu Shanhe intercept them, while Su Xinghai and others join the battlefield.
  • Qin Shouqian leads several thousand Imperial Guards into combat. Their appearance shocks both allies and enemies, since the guards have always remained in the Imperial Palace. Their strength—mostly at the Dharma Body Realm or higher—significantly pushes back the Abyssal forces.
  • The Abyss continues attacking recklessly under the orders of the Abyssal Will, which seeks to prevent the Eternal God Emperor from recovering. The battle becomes increasingly desperate, with heavy casualties on both sides.
  • Three Heavenly Human Realm experts—the Nethersea King, Scarlet Spirit King, and Rock King—suddenly arrive above the Imperial Capital and attempt to kill the Eternal God Emperor.
  • Purplefire King uses the Eternal Divine Flame to confront them. The Nethersea King stays behind to fight him, while Scarlet Spirit King and Rock King continue toward the Torch.
  • An Ancestral Artifact flying dagger wounds the two attackers. Rock King restrains the dagger, allowing Scarlet Spirit King to advance through the sea of divine flames.
  • The Eternal God Emperor is inside the Torch, using the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus to refine and separate his divine soul. Scarlet Spirit King breaks through the flames and interrupts the process with a powerful palm strike.
  • The God Emperor is injured and forced to stop his recovery. The chapter ends with Scarlet Spirit King charging at him, determined to kill him after being shaken and humiliated by the God Emperor’s calm, imposing gaze.

Character Developments

  • Linghu Shanhe and Lei Tianjue demonstrate courage and leadership by confronting the Abyss’s strongest Cave Heaven Realm attackers without hesitation.
  • Qin Shouqian reveals his advancement to the Late-stage Cave Heaven Realm and proves himself capable of commanding the Divine Dynasty’s elite Imperial Guards in a major battle.
  • The Imperial Guards are shown to be an extraordinarily powerful hidden force, consisting of several thousand Dharma Body Realm cultivators and multiple Cave Heaven Realm experts.
  • Purplefire King displays a playful, almost childish personality while wielding extremely dangerous power through his flames and the Eternal Divine Flame.
  • The Eternal God Emperor remains calm despite his incomplete recovery and serious injury. His composure unsettles Scarlet Spirit King, reinforcing the impression of immense hidden strength.
  • Scarlet Spirit King becomes enraged and determined after briefly fearing the God Emperor. His desire to erase that humiliation drives his direct assault.
  • Rock King reveals a defensive transformation that turns his body into stone, allowing him to restrain the Ancestral Artifact.

Significant Themes

  • Desperate resistance and collective defense: The Divine Dynasty, Origin Continent, and Imperial Guards unite against the Abyss despite the overwhelming scale of the invasion.
  • Hidden strength and concealed power: The Imperial Guards’ immense cultivation and the God Emperor’s mysterious abilities surprise allies and enemies alike.
  • Sacrifice and overwhelming warfare: Both sides commit vast forces and accept heavy losses, showing that the Abyss is willing to destroy itself to eliminate the God Emperor.
  • Time and interrupted recovery: The God Emperor’s attempt to restore himself is repeatedly threatened, making his survival and recovery the central objective of the battle.
  • Pride and humiliation: Scarlet Spirit King’s fear of the God Emperor wounds his pride, turning the confrontation into both a strategic attack and a personal vendetta.

Character Interactions

  • Linghu Shanhe commands the Divine Dynasty army, while Origin Continent responds by sending reinforcements.
  • Lei Tianjue and Linghu Shanhe work together to block the thirteen Late-stage Cave Heaven Realm Demonic Beasts.
  • Su Xinghai, Bai Meng, Linghu Shanhe, Lei Tianjue, and Qin Shouqian jointly battle the Abyss’s powerful experts but are initially suppressed.
  • Qin Shouqian leads the Imperial Guards into combat, changing the battlefield and astonishing the people of Origin Continent.
  • Purplefire King confronts the Nethersea King and the other two Heavenly Human experts, using his flames to defend the Torch.
  • The Nethersea King deliberately holds Purplefire King back so Scarlet Spirit King and Rock King can pursue the God Emperor.
  • Rock King restrains the flying dagger while Scarlet Spirit King breaks through the Eternal Divine Flame and attacks the recovering God Emperor.
  • The chapter concludes with the wounded but composed God Emperor facing Scarlet Spirit King in a direct confrontation.

Ch. 676Taking his place

Key plot points and events

  • The Scarlet Spirit King attacks the weakened God Emperor, but the God Emperor stops him with a single palm strike and unleashes the Torch’s divine flame.
  • The flames annihilate the demonic-beast army, including Cave Heaven Realm cultivators, and force the Scarlet Spirit King, Nethersea King, and their ally to flee. The Abyssal Rift then closes.
  • In the palace, the God Emperor reveals that his soul has fused completely with the Heavenly Dao, making separation impossible. He will instead merge with the Heaven-Abandoned Land’s Heavenly Dao, gaining its authority but becoming permanently bound to the land.
  • The Torch takes the God Emperor’s place suppressing the Abyss Channel. Li Ling’er uses the Purple-Gold Gourd to reinforce the seal, while the Purplefire King adds further protection.
  • Li Xuancang organizes the Divine Dynasty’s response, as the Imperial Guards secure the palace and the realm prepares for possible attacks from both the Abyss and the insect race.

Character developments and interactions

  • The God Emperor proves overwhelmingly powerful despite his weakened soul, then calmly accepts his new, binding role. He thanks Li Xuancang for his efforts and speaks gently to Li Ling’er.
  • Li Xuancang transitions from carrying out a plan to managing the Divine Dynasty’s defense. Others increasingly look to him for reassurance and leadership.
  • Li Ling’er reunites with her brother, meets the God Emperor respectfully, and agrees to remain in the palace to guard him.
  • The Scarlet Spirit King and his allies abandon the fight after witnessing the God Emperor’s power, while the surviving demonic forces are destroyed.

Significant themes

  • Sacrifice and duty: The God Emperor gives up his freedom to protect the Heaven-Abandoned Land.
  • Faith and reassurance: The Divine Dynasty’s people see the God Emperor’s return as a miracle, while they come to rely on Li Xuancang as a stabilizing leader.
  • Resilience and vigilance: Victory ends the immediate invasion, but the looming threats of the Abyss and insect race keep the realm on alert.

Ch. 677Intimidating the Cosmos

Chapter Summary: “Intimidating the Cosmos”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • As the Eternal Divine Dynasty prepares for total war, the major factions of the Origin Continent send reinforcements to help it fight the Insect Race and the Abyss.
  • The Abyss forcibly opens a passage into the Heaven-Abandoned Land and launches an invasion. After more than six months of fighting, the Divine Dynasty suffers nearly ten million casualties.
  • The Insect Race also invades the Heaven-Abandoned Land. Although the Insect Race and the Abyss are normally enemies, they temporarily cooperate to destroy the region, attacking the Divine Dynasty from opposite sides.
  • More than ten million reinforcements and over seventy Cave Heaven Realm experts from the Origin Continent are still unable to halt the enemy advance. Retreat is impossible because the fall of the Heaven-Abandoned Land would expose the Origin Continent to invasion.
  • Su Xinghai uses the Devouring Heaven Demon Art to fight like a living black hole, devouring enemies and stabilizing one part of the battlefield. Bai Meng, wielding the World-Destroying Mill, similarly overwhelms his opponents through immense physical strength.
  • Other major experts, including Lei Tianjue, Linghu Shanhe, and Qin Shouqian, join the battle as the Divine Dynasty commits all its strength.
  • The decisive confrontation occurs when Li Xuancang faces six Heavenly Human Realm experts while also resisting the Alms Bowl and the Abyssal Will.
  • After taking a devastating attack from Scarlet Spirit King, Li Xuancang deliberately holds him in place and uses his body as a shield against the other enemies’ attacks. Both are severely injured, but Li Xuancang’s recovery ability allows him to survive.
  • The Insect Race and Abyssal experts then attack both men, hoping to kill them simultaneously. Li Xuancang nevertheless regenerates and emerges carrying the unconscious Scarlet Spirit King, whom he seals inside a Cave Heaven within his body.
  • Li Xuancang’s feat shocks both armies. His strength appears to have reached, or surpassed, the Mid-Heavenly Human Realm, forcing the remaining enemy experts to retreat and reconsider attacking him.
  • The Eternal Divine Dynasty’s soldiers are inspired by Li Xuancang’s victory, and their morale surges.
  • Observers investigating the Insect Race conclude that the Origin Continent may be a fragment of the shattered Primordial Realm. They become excited because discovering it could earn them enormous merit and rewards from the Heavenly Court.

Character Developments

  • Li Xuancang is revealed as an overwhelmingly powerful and highly ruthless combatant. His willingness to endure injuries, use an enemy as a shield, and capture Scarlet Spirit King alive demonstrates both his terrifying physical resilience and his tactical cunning. His strength is now understood to exceed ordinary early Heavenly Human Realm experts.
  • Su Xinghai proves capable of independently holding an entire section of the battlefield through his devouring techniques.
  • Bai Meng continues to display unmatched destructive strength, becoming a major stabilizing force for the Divine Dynasty’s army.
  • Scarlet Spirit King shifts from a confident Heavenly Human Realm expert to a helpless captive after being used by Li Xuancang and severely injured.
  • The Divine Dynasty’s soldiers and allied forces move from fear and exhaustion toward renewed confidence after witnessing Li Xuancang’s victory.
  • The hidden investigators become increasingly ambitious, viewing the Origin Continent not merely as a battlefield but as a potentially priceless remnant of the Primordial Realm.

Significant Themes

  • Sacrifice and survival: The immense casualties and desperate defense emphasize the cost of protecting the Heaven-Abandoned Land.
  • Overwhelming power: Li Xuancang’s performance radically changes the balance of the war and shows how a single superior expert can influence an entire battlefield.
  • Temporary alliances against a greater threat: The Abyss and Insect Race cooperate despite being enemies, united by their desire to destroy the Divine Dynasty.
  • Morale and leadership: Li Xuancang’s victory transforms despair into confidence, showing how powerful leaders can determine the spirit of an army.
  • Hidden value and cosmic ambition: The revelation that the Origin Continent may be linked to the Primordial Realm expands the conflict beyond survival, introducing the possibility of immense rewards and larger powers becoming involved.

Important Character Interactions

  • The Abyss and Insect Race coordinate attacks against the Divine Dynasty despite their mutual hostility.
  • Su Xinghai and Bai Meng each hold crucial sections of the battlefield, supporting the wider defense.
  • Li Xuancang battles six Heavenly Human Realm opponents while simultaneously resisting the Alms Bowl and Abyssal Will.
  • Li Xuancang traps Scarlet Spirit King and forces him to absorb the impact of their allies’ attacks.
  • Nethersea King and Rock King attempt to rescue Scarlet Spirit King but are thwarted by the Insect Race’s decision to attack both sides.
  • The surviving enemy experts become fearful of Li Xuancang and withdraw from direct confrontation.
  • Hidden observers report Li Xuancang’s strength and identify the Origin Continent as a possible Primordial Realm fragment worthy of Heavenly Court attention.

Ch. 678A New Heavenly Dao

Chapter Summary: A New Heavenly Dao

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Li Xuancang launches a fierce assault against Nethersea King, the Insect Race, and the Abyss. Despite fighting several Heavenly Human Realm experts alone, he gains the upper hand, shocking the Origin Continent’s observers.
  • Soul Emperor becomes terrified of Li Xuancang, while the Taiyi Sect Master angrily blames Soul Emperor for deceiving him and making him Li Xuancang’s enemy.
  • The Primordial Sect Master and other Origin Continent factions rejoice over their previous decision to allow the Eternal Divine Dynasty into the Clear Origin Domain. They now view Li Xuancang and his army as essential defenders of the Origin Continent.
  • The Abyss and Insect Race attempt to exhaust the Eternal Divine Dynasty through their overwhelming numbers. Their strategy is to destroy the Heaven-Abandoned Land while keeping Li Xuancang occupied.
  • Their plan is interrupted when the Heaven-Abandoned Land suddenly manifests the power of a Heavenly Dao. Golden lotuses, heavenly flowers, purple qi, and other auspicious phenomena appear as the entire world seems to awaken.
  • The newly awakened world power annihilates countless Abyss Demonic Beasts and Insect Race members. Nethersea King is horrified because the Heavenly Dao had supposedly been destroyed ten thousand years earlier.
  • The Abyssal Will intervenes through a powerful tentacle, shielding the enemy forces and opening a path for their retreat. Li Xuancang attacks it, but the tentacle can redirect his power through an unknown space. Neither side gains a decisive advantage, and the Abyss and Insect Race successfully withdraw.
  • After the battle, Li Xuancang returns to the Imperial Palace. The God Emperor reveals that he has successfully become the new Heavenly Dao.
  • With the Purple-Gold Gourd no longer needed to suppress the passage, Li Ling’er is allowed to rest. Purplefire King requests ten types of Heavenly Strange Flames as compensation for his efforts, and Li Xuancang agrees to provide them whenever they are found.
  • The God Emperor announces that, as the new Heavenly Dao, he can move the entire Heaven-Abandoned Land. The Eternal Divine Dynasty will prepare for six months before relocating to the Origin Continent.

Character Developments

  • Li Xuancang demonstrates overwhelming combat ability, establishing himself as a force capable of defeating multiple Heavenly Human Realm opponents. His calmness and confidence show that he has strategically relied on the Divine Dynasty’s endurance and the God Emperor’s transformation rather than rushing to finish the battle.
  • Soul Emperor loses his confidence and becomes fearful of confronting Li Xuancang again.
  • Taiyi Sect Master regrets opposing Li Xuancang and feels betrayed by Soul Emperor, realizing that his alliance may have placed him in mortal danger.
  • Primordial Sect Master is confirmed to have made a highly profitable political decision by exchanging the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus for Li Xuancang’s favor.
  • The God Emperor reaches a major turning point by becoming the new Heavenly Dao, gaining control over the Heaven-Abandoned Land and enabling the Divine Dynasty’s planned migration.
  • Li Ling’er is relieved of her exhausting duty guarding the passage with the Purple-Gold Gourd.
  • Purplefire King remains concerned with rewards and status, but his relationship with Li Xuancang is cooperative; Li Xuancang recognizes his potential and is willing to nurture him.

Significant Themes

  • Power and deterrence: Li Xuancang’s strength changes the political calculations of the Origin Continent’s factions, turning the Eternal Divine Dynasty into a vital defensive force.
  • Transformation and renewal: The emergence of a new Heavenly Dao represents the rebirth of a cosmic order thought to have been destroyed.
  • Strategic patience: Li Xuancang allows the prolonged battle to continue because the Divine Dynasty can endure for years, buying time for the God Emperor’s breakthrough.
  • Alliance and political consequences: Characters who previously opposed or distrusted Li Xuancang begin to regret their choices, while those who supported him are rewarded.
  • Migration and survival: The Divine Dynasty’s next challenge is no longer merely defeating its enemies, but safely moving an entire world through a dangerous and unstable cosmos.

Character Interactions

  • Li Xuancang’s overwhelming assault causes fear among Nethersea King, Soul Emperor, and the other enemy leaders.
  • The Taiyi Sect Master angrily confronts Soul Emperor indirectly through his accusations, blaming him for creating the conflict.
  • The Origin Continent’s factions collectively praise Li Xuancang and the Eternal Divine Dynasty, viewing them as protectors.
  • Li Xuancang reassures and supports Li Ling’er by telling her to rest once the God Emperor becomes the Heavenly Dao.
  • Purplefire King negotiates directly with Li Xuancang for Heavenly Strange Flames, and Li Xuancang agrees to support his cultivation.
  • The God Emperor informs Li Xuancang of his ascension and explains the plan to move the Heaven-Abandoned Land, shifting the Divine Dynasty toward its next major objective.

Ch. 679Moving the Great World

Chapter Summary: “Moving the Great World”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • After leaving the Imperial Palace, Li Xuancang issues orders throughout the Eternal Divine Dynasty. He keeps Su Xinghai at his side and promises to help him devour the Scarlet Spirit King so that Su Xinghai can rapidly increase his strength.
  • Over the next six months, the Divine Dynasty strips the resources from the great worlds under its control and abandons them as the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms collapse. Because the population cannot all be evacuated, the Dynasty prepares to move the Heaven-Abandoned Land to the Origin Continent.
  • The Imperial Capital activates a massive formation. The Torch and Purple-Gold Gourd—both revealed to be Ancestral Artifacts—combine with the God Emperor’s power to protect the Heaven-Abandoned Land.
  • The entire great world begins moving through the starry sky, shocking everyone. Li Xuancang clears stars, meteorites, and world fragments from its path, while the Dynasty’s strongest figures stabilize and shield the world from destruction.
  • The Abyss and Insect Race learn that the Heaven-Abandoned Land is moving toward the Origin Continent. The Nethersea King realizes that the Eternal Divine Dynasty and the Origin Continent could become a formidable alliance, so he orders an immediate attack to stop or destroy the migrating world.
  • Abyssal Demonic Beasts and recently defected beings from the fallen worlds charge toward the Heaven-Abandoned Land. Linghu Shanhe leads the Divine Dynasty’s prepared forces, using warships and formations to repel the first wave, though the enemy continues advancing in overwhelming numbers.

Character Developments

  • Li Xuancang demonstrates decisive leadership and immense power. He not only coordinates the evacuation and relocation plan but personally clears the path ahead of the Heaven-Abandoned Land and prepares the Dynasty for an attack.
  • Su Xinghai becomes increasingly eager and ambitious, seeing the chance to devour the Scarlet Spirit King as a crucial opportunity to overcome his current limitations.
  • The Nethersea King shifts from disbelief to urgent alarm after witnessing the moving great world. He recognizes the strategic danger of the Eternal Divine Dynasty joining forces with the Origin Continent.
  • Linghu Shanhe proves his reliability as a military commander by rapidly organizing the Divine Dynasty’s defenses.
  • Defectors from the fallen worlds are consumed by resentment and the Abyss’s influence, becoming fanatical enemies of the Eternal Divine Dynasty.

Significant Themes

  • The scale of power and ambition: Moving an entire great world illustrates the extraordinary resources and capabilities of the Eternal Divine Dynasty.
  • Survival amid collapse: The destruction of countless worlds forces the Dynasty to make harsh choices, abandoning territories and prioritizing the survival of its remaining population.
  • Unity versus annihilation: The planned alliance between the Dynasty and the Origin Continent threatens the Abyss, turning the relocation into a strategic struggle over the future of the realms.
  • Resentment and corruption: Those who defect to the Abyss lose their homes and gradually become corrupted, allowing hatred of the Dynasty to overwhelm their judgment.
  • Order amid catastrophe: The Dynasty carefully prepares the population and coordinates its forces, contrasting its disciplined response with the chaos and desperation of the collapsing realms.

Character Interactions

  • Li Xuancang personally supports Su Xinghai’s cultivation by offering to help him devour the Scarlet Spirit King.
  • Li Xuancang commands the Divine Dynasty’s departments and military forces, while the God Emperor, Purplefire King, and Li Ling’er cooperate to stabilize and protect the moving world.
  • The Nethersea King reacts to the Dynasty’s actions and orders the Abyssal forces to intercept it.
  • Linghu Shanhe coordinates the defensive response, sending warships against the incoming Demonic Beasts.
  • The Dynasty’s forces clash with the Abyss and resentful defectors, beginning a large-scale battle to protect the Heaven-Abandoned Land’s journey to the Origin Continent.

Ch. 680Battle Among the Stars

Chapter Summary: “Battle Among the Stars”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • A massive battle erupts in space as the Abyss and Insect Race attempt to prevent the Heaven-Abandoned Land from reaching the Origin Continent.
  • Li Xuancang charges into the battlefield and annihilates countless enemies with overwhelming power. His strength has increased significantly over the past six months.
  • Five Heavenly Human Realm experts—three from the Insect Race and two from the Abyss—join forces against him, but they struggle to contain him.
  • Li Xuancang attacks the Nethersea King, piercing his chest with a single punch. The injury is difficult to heal because it contains Li Xuancang’s Undying Dao Resonance.
  • The Rock King intervenes with the Alms Bowl, allowing the Nethersea King to survive. The Insect Race experts also surround Li Xuancang, temporarily setting aside their hostility toward the Abyss to face their common threat.
  • Despite being attacked by several powerful enemies, Li Xuancang relies on his indestructible body and rapid recovery to overwhelm them. His opponents can barely injure him, while his own attacks leave them seriously wounded.
  • On the main battlefield, the Eternal Divine Dynasty struggles to repel the invading Demonic Beasts and Insect Race forces.
  • The Purplefire King and the Purple-Gold Gourd defend the Heaven-Abandoned Land, using wind blades and divine flames to stop enemies from crossing the defensive line.
  • More than one million elite disciples from the Primordial Sect arrive through teleportation arrays, led by ten Cave Heaven Realm experts. Their reinforcements greatly reduce the Divine Dynasty’s pressure.
  • The Primordial Sect supports the Eternal Divine Dynasty partly to strengthen their alliance and secure a powerful partner against the growing threat of the Abyss and Insect Race.
  • The God Emperor accelerates the Heaven-Abandoned Land while Li Xuancang clears the path ahead.
  • Realizing they can no longer stop its escape, the Insect Race orders a retreat, forcing the Abyss to withdraw as well. The Heaven-Abandoned Land continues toward the Origin Continent.

Character Developments

  • Li Xuancang: Demonstrates a dramatic increase in combat strength and becomes the decisive force of the battle. His immense physical power, Undying Dao Resonance, and regenerative abilities make him nearly impossible for multiple Heavenly Human Realm experts to defeat.
  • Nethersea King: Suffers a severe injury from Li Xuancang and is temporarily unable to assist his allies effectively. His struggle to remove the lingering Dao Resonance emphasizes the lasting danger of Li Xuancang’s attacks.
  • Rock King: Acts defensively to save the Nethersea King and help restrain Li Xuancang, but becomes exhausted and recognizes the helplessness of their situation.
  • Insect Race experts: Their fear and frustration turn into greed when one of them realizes that devouring Li Xuancang could allow the Insect Race to study and reproduce his powerful body.
  • Primordial Sect Master and disciples: The Primordial Sect openly commits substantial forces to aid the Eternal Divine Dynasty, signaling a developing political and military alliance.
  • God Emperor and Purplefire King: Continue coordinating the Heaven-Abandoned Land’s defense and escape, with the Purplefire King proving essential in protecting the land from enemy forces.

Significant Themes

  • Overwhelming individual strength: Li Xuancang’s power changes the balance of an entire interstellar war, showing how one extraordinary cultivator can dominate numerous powerful opponents.
  • Temporary alliances against a greater threat: The Abyss and Insect Race set aside their conflict to confront Li Xuancang, while the Primordial Sect allies with the Eternal Divine Dynasty for mutual survival.
  • Strategic retreat and survival: Although the Abyss and Insect Race are not completely defeated, they recognize that stopping the Heaven-Abandoned Land is impossible and withdraw.
  • Power and evolution: The Insect Race’s desire to obtain Li Xuancang’s genes highlights their obsession with absorbing and adapting the strengths of others.
  • Political calculation and loyalty: The Primordial Sect’s aid is both an act of support and a strategic investment in a powerful future ally.
  • Momentum shifting in war: The arrival of reinforcements and Li Xuancang’s intervention transform what began as a desperate defense into a successful escape.

Important Character Interactions

  • Li Xuancang repeatedly clashes with the Nethersea King, Rock King, and three Insect Race Heavenly Human Realm experts.
  • The Rock King interrupts Li Xuancang’s pursuit of the injured Nethersea King, creating a temporary united front against him.
  • The Abyss and Insect Race cooperate despite their usual opposition because Li Xuancang becomes their shared enemy.
  • Linghu Shanhe and the Divine Dynasty leaders express gratitude to the Primordial Sect for arriving at a critical moment.
  • The Primordial Sect’s assistance strengthens its relationship with the Eternal Divine Dynasty and lays the foundation for a broader alliance against the Abyss and Insect Race.
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