Chapter Summaries

Yang Fan led the group through the Earth-Rank Secret Realm with his overwhelming mechanical army, impressing the other gods as it crushed every threat in its path. As the exploration revealed valuable spirit plants, his allies watched in dismay while the Intelligent Gundams trampled them.

• Lu Wan showed Yang Fan her small force of twenty million Martial Disciples and ten million Martial Masters, making him realize his own army dwarfed the others' preparations.
• Sima Tianci volunteered to lead the way, and Yang Fan ordered his five billion artificial lifeforms and Intelligent Gundams to move out.
• The mechanical army steamrolled mutated plants and poisonous attacks without slowing, prompting Han Jue to ask how Yang Fan's mechanical path had become so powerful.
• Yang Fan explained that his Divine Kingdom focused mainly on the mechanical path, and Han Jue and Sima Tianci discussed its costs and advantages.
• After several months of rapid exploration, Han Jue and Qin Zheng warned Yang Fan as the Intelligent Gundams trampled valuable Rank B and Rank A spirit plants.
• Han Jue cried out for Yang Fan to slow the army down, lamenting the lost Divinity Points.

Yang Fan’s overwhelming War Weapons devastated part of the Earth-Rank Secret Realm, so the group handed its exploration over to artificial lifeforms and collectors. After Lu Wan offered him one hundred trillion Divinity Points to support his resource-hungry Divine Kingdom, Yang Fan refused for now and resolved to treat her well.

• Yang Fan used an Intelligent Gundam’s Air Cannon to destroy hundreds of enormous pythons, but the blast also flattened a spiritual mountain and its valuable plants.
• Lu Wan proposed letting artificial lifeforms and Otherworld Collectors lead the exploration, with War Weapons reserved for threats they could not handle, and Han Jue agreed.
• Yang Fan recalled his Intelligent Gundams and left five billion second-tier artificial lifeforms under Yang Er’s command while the group’s collectors and Robots organized the Secret Realm’s exploration.
• Back in the Real World, Lu Wan offered to transfer her one hundred trillion Divinity Points to Yang Fan because she worried that his mechanical Divine Kingdom would run short of funds.
• Yang Fan reassured Lu Wan that he would ask for help if he needed it, then went upstairs and privately resolved to be a good man and treat his wife better.

Yang Fan learned that the mechanical civilization had developed the Annihilation Fighter 1.0, a powerful new weapon for future Divine Kingdom wars. He ordered broader military research and reviewed Yang Da’s cautious plan to buy S-class resource buildings through the Dark Web.

• Yang Fan watched the Five Great Families’ heirs discuss strategic information in Han Jue’s Feixun group, but decided he no longer needed to rely on such intelligence for resources.
• After another 1,500 years passed in his Divine Kingdom, Yang Da reported a major breakthrough in the mechanical civilization’s research.
• Yang Fan watched the Annihilation Fighter 1.0 roll off the production line and learned that its destructive power exceeded the F3500 Fighter’s by more than ten times, though its propulsion and endurance still needed improvement.
• Yang Fan ordered Yang Da to expand research into weapons for land, air, ocean, deep-sea, and unusual combat environments.
• Yang Da reported that he was buying assorted S-class resource buildings in batches to avoid attracting the Han Military Command’s attention, including buildings from the Siren Race, Insect Race, Undead Race, and Beastkin.

Yang Fan reviewed the growth of his Divine Kingdom and learned that the Myriad Forms Martial Court was lagging behind other cultivation factions. He witnessed its first Martial Emperor break through, marking a major step for the martial arts system.

• Yang Fan considered limiting his purchases of S-Rank resource buildings through the Dark Web so they would not attract attention before the Yang Group grew large enough to explain his funds.
• Yang Da reported that Secret Realm populations had approached one hundred billion and that cultivation reforms were improving believers’ strength and motivation.
• Yang Da explained that martial arts believers faced the greatest pressure because the Myriad Forms Martial Court developed more slowly than the immortal cultivation path.
• Yang Fan sensed a breakthrough in the Myriad Forms Martial Court and recognized that someone was reaching the Martial Emperor realm.
• The Great General emerged beneath the Myriad Manifestations War Stele as a golden giant surrounded by immense blood energy, successfully becoming the first Martial Emperor.
• Yang Fan praised the breakthrough, wondered whether the golden body was the Undying Body, and withdrew his consciousness from the Divine Kingdom.

Yang Fan learned that Ma Huainan had used Sima Family privileges to investigate his Divine Kingdom and personal connections, then recognized that Sima Tianci was urging him to report Ma Huainan as part of a family power play. The chapter left Yang Fan aware of the threat and Sima Tianci’s candid about his motives.

• Yang Fan woke in the Real World and felt the strength gained from his Divine Kingdom’s rapid evolution.
• Sima Tianci summoned Yang Fan to the Virtual World and gave him investigative data about Yang Fan’s Divine Kingdom, family, and Subordinate Gods.
• Sima Tianci explained that Ma Huainan had used Sima Family access to bypass Federation restrictions and obtain the information.
• Yang Fan suspected Ma Huainan wanted to deduce his Divine Kingdom’s coordinates and grew wary of the threat.
• Sima Tianci urged Yang Fan to report Ma Huainan, and Yang Fan identified the suggestion as killing with a borrowed blade.
• Sima Tianci admitted he had his own motives, explaining that the Sima Family was divided by factional struggles.

After Sima Tianci revealed that Ma Huainan had secretly investigated Yang Fan’s Divine Kingdom, Yang Fan gathered Lu Wan and Gu Le in a private Virtual World space to decide how to respond. The chapter ended with Yang Fan asking what they should do about Ma Huainan.

• Sima Tianci told Yang Fan that Ma Huainan had investigated his Divine Kingdom and offered him evidence to use against Ma Huainan.
• Yang Fan considered attacking Ma Huainan but recognized the risks posed by the Frontline safe zone and Federation surveillance.
• Yang Fan summoned Lu Wan from a shareholders’ meeting and asked her to join him and Gu Le in the Virtual World.
• In the Gu Family’s private space, Yang Fan shared Sima Tianci’s evidence with Lu Wan and Gu Le.
• Lu Wan explained the rivalry between the Gu and Qin families, and Yang Fan asked the two women how they should deal with Ma Huainan.

Yang Fan and his wives agreed to eliminate Ma Huainan and planned to uncover his Divine Kingdom coordinates through their families’ connections and Divine Kingdom Deduction Cards. Gu Le and Lu Wan rejected Yang Fan’s offer to attack him personally, warning that the Sima Family and Federation could become involved, and insisted they hire specialists instead.

• Yang Fan consulted Gu Le and Lu Wan about Ma Huainan, and both women concluded he had to be killed.
• Lu Wan and Gu Le proposed investigating Ma Huainan through their family connections and using Divine Kingdom Deduction Cards to find his coordinates.
• Lu Wan outlined a plan to hire attackers, shield their companies from legal risks, and arrange lawyers and compensation for those who took the blame.
• Yang Fan asked to attack Ma Huainan himself so he could claim his Divine Kingdom Core, but both wives refused.
• Gu Le and Lu Wan warned that Yang Fan’s direct involvement could expose him to danger, Sima Family retaliation, and a Federation investigation, and urged him to leave the work to specialists.

Yang Fan learned that a Divine Kingdom War depended on resources, and Lu Wan and Gu Le agreed to handle Ma Huainan without exposing Yang Fan’s Divine Kingdom Coordinates. Lu Wan laid out a plan to pressure Sima Yurou into discovering the investigation herself and forcing Ma Huainan to apologize.

• Gu Le explained that gods could be hired to defend a Divine Kingdom and said Lu Wan had greater liquid resources than Sima Yurou.
• Lu Wan promised Yang Fan that she and Gu Le would investigate Ma Huainan and find his Divine Kingdom Coordinates.
• After returning to the Real World, Lu Wan reentered the Virtual World and told Gu Le they had to work together because Yang Fan lacked the resources to resolve the matter.
• Lu Wan proposed using Gu Le’s shares in All-Spirit Biopharmaceutical to pressure Sima Yurou and secretly having her investigative companies look into both Sima Yurou and Ma Huainan.
• Lu Wan planned to let Sima Yurou uncover the investigation herself, hoping she would force Ma Huainan to apologize, and said she could shield her companies by filing for bankruptcy if needed.

Lu Wan and Gu Le arranged to gather funds and seek a Blade Race contact to eliminate Ma Huainan, while Yang Fan prepared a massive stockpile of war supplies and mobilized his forces for a hidden attack on Ma Huainan's Divine Kingdom. After ordering purchases through Yang Group, Yang Fan went to the Gu Family's internal special-building exchange.

• Lu Wan asked Gu Le to gather her funds and approach her father for a channel to a High-Tier God from the Blade Race.
• Lu Wan told Gu Le that she acted out of love for Yang Fan, leaving Gu Le stunned.
• Yang Fan ordered Yang Da to buy Divine Kingdom Deduction Cards, produce Corpse Cores, and spend 500 trillion Divinity Points on expendable weapons and supplies.
• Yang Fan planned to use his secret Zombie Army against Ma Huainan while preparing for the Sima Family's possible intervention.
• Yang Fan instructed Ma Yu to spend 100 trillion Divinity Points buying war supplies and arrange daily deliveries to the front lines.
• Yang Fan descended onto the Gu Family Clan Grounds and opened its special-building exchange.

Yang Fan bought 200 million Ten-Thousand Corpse War Tombs for 200 trillion Divinity Points, prompting a review by the Gu Family. Gu Xuanting approved the purchase and learned that Le'er had also asked for a high-tier Blade Race god’s contact details, leaving him and Lu Qinglan curious about what the two young gods were facing.

• Yang Fan searched the Gu Family’s restricted listings and found the Rank A Ten-Thousand Corpse War Tomb, a mobile fortress with a large pocket space for zombie believers.
• Yang Fan purchased 200 million Ten-Thousand Corpse War Tombs for 200 trillion Divinity Points to expand the Zombie Kingdom’s capacity.
• The Gu Family’s artificial lifeform flagged the unusually large transaction and sent it to Gu Xuanting for review.
• Gu Xuanting approved Yang Fan’s purchase and told Lu Qinglan that Yang Fan had spent the entire sum on Corpse Cultivation war structures.
• Gu Xuanting revealed that Le'er had asked him for a high-tier god from the Blade Race’s contact details, and he and Lu Qinglan wondered what the two young gods were dealing with.

Yang Fan prepared his forces and supplies for a planned attack on Ma Huainan while waiting for Lu Wan and Gu Le to finish investigating him. Meanwhile, Sima Yurou learned that Gu Le had used her control of All-Spirit Biopharmaceutical to remove Sima Yurou from its board, leaving her unable to find anyone who could intervene.

• Yang Fan paid the Gu Family two hundred trillion Divinity Points for two hundred million Ten-Thousand Corpse War Tombs, which arrived in his Divine Kingdom through a Dedicated Spatial Wormhole.
• Yang Fan ordered Yang Da to load the tombs into the Eternal Corpse Mine and keep buying Clone Nutrient Pods to expand the Zombie Kingdom.
• Yang Fan stocked five to six hundred trillion Divinity Points' worth of expendable war supplies while waiting for Lu Wan and Gu Le to investigate Ma Huainan.
• Sima Yurou smashed her Virtual Helmet after learning that Gu Le controlled enough shares of All-Spirit Biopharmaceutical to remove her board seat.
• Ma Huainan acted concerned outside Sima Yurou's room, then privately resented her and the Sima Family's influence.
• Sima Yurou read messages confirming that no one could stop Gu Le from removing her from the board and wondered why Gu Le had called the meeting specifically to target her.

After Gu Le removed Sima Yurou from All-Spirit Biopharmaceutical’s board, Sima Yurou and her brother suspected Ma Huainan had provoked Gu Le through his conflict with Yang Fan. Half a month later, Yang Fan’s Zombie Kingdom had strengthened and prepared for war, but a visitor interrupted Yang Da’s report.

• Sima Yurou vented to Sima Zhao about losing her board seat, and he told her to consider whether she had offended someone close to Gu Le.
• Sima Yurou recalled Ma Huainan’s bad blood with Yang Fan, so Sima Zhao ordered an investigation into Ma Huainan through the Sima Family’s internal channels.
• Sima Yurou ordered Zero to investigate Ma Huainan and obtain basic background information on Yang Fan, Gu Le, and Lu Wan.
• Over the next half month, Yang Fan’s Zombie Kingdom replenished its troops, accumulated more corpse miasma, and saw many zombies evolve, including several Zombie Kings reaching White Jiangshi.
• Yang Da reported on the Zombie Kingdom’s Corpse Cores and war supplies as Yang Fan prepared for war, but someone knocked on the door.

Lu Wan gave Yang Fan detailed information on Ma Huainan and Sima Yurou and took charge of deducing Ma Huainan’s Divine Kingdom Coordinates. At the Sima Family’s villa, Sima Yurou punished Ma Huainan for investigating Yang Fan, leaving him kneeling and resentful.

• Lu Wan presented Yang Fan with extensive records about Ma Huainan, including Divine Kingdom Coordinates, and explained that her investigation had required careful effort.
• Lu Wan revealed that she had also investigated Sima Yurou and deliberately let her know, while using Lu Family legal channels to delay the case against her Tianyuan Star Domain investigation company.
• Yang Fan thanked Lu Wan, agreed to let her team handle the deductions, and passed further arrangements to Yang Da.
• Sima Yurou slapped Ma Huainan and berated him for using the Sima Family’s authorization to investigate Yang Fan, costing her influence and exposing both their Divine Kingdoms to scrutiny.
• Sima Yurou ordered Ma Huainan to kneel for the rest of the day, and he clenched his fists in anger after she left.

Ma Huainan reflected on why he had tried to eliminate Yang Fan, then worried that Yang Fan would discover his Divine Kingdom Coordinates. Sima Zhao ordered Sima Yurou to make peace with Yang Fan and divorce Ma Huainan, and she reluctantly accepted that ending the marriage was the most rational choice.

• Ma Huainan recalled that he had resented Yang Fan and tried to strike first before Yang Fan could outpace him in developing his Divine Kingdom.
• Ma Huainan worried that Yang Fan would uncover his Divine Kingdom Coordinates and considered asking the Sima Family for help.
• Sima Zhao told Sima Yurou to apologize to Yang Fan with Ma Huainan, offer compensation, and sign a contract forbidding both sides from investigating each other's Divine Kingdom Coordinates.
• Sima Zhao instructed Sima Yurou to draft a divorce petition and reclaim Ma Huainan's shares, arguing that his actions had harmed her interests.
• Sima Yurou reluctantly agreed that she should end the marriage after weighing Ma Huainan's misconduct against his considerable talent.

Yang Fan and Lu Wan refused to meet Sima Yurou and Ma Huainan after their investigation into Divine Kingdom information turned them into enemies. Sima Yurou ended her marriage with Ma Huainan and demanded the return of his shares, leaving him to realize she had seen through his schemes all along.

• Lu Wan said she wanted to eliminate Ma Huainan as a threat, and Yang Fan ordered Robot to tell their visitors no one was home.
• After Robot turned them away, Ma Huainan tried to reconcile with Sima Yurou and promised to support her and buy her All-Spirit Biopharmaceutical someday.
• Sima Yurou told Ma Huainan she had filed for divorce, demanded that he return the shares her family had given him, and warned him he would lose if he contested the prenuptial agreement.
• Sima Yurou mocked Ma Huainan's attempts to manipulate her, then left and told him to transfer the shares back if he wanted to remain on friendly terms.
• Ma Huainan realized Sima Yurou had long understood his tactics and felt like a clown.

Sima Yurou told Sima Zhao that Lu Wan and Gu Le had finalized the divorce and planned to sue, and he suspected Lu Wan was acting out of love for Yang Fan. Meanwhile, Yang Fan spent heavily trying to deduce Ma Huainan and Sima Yurou’s Divine Kingdom Coordinates, then learned his forces had found a Black Armored Beetle Clan god’s coordinates and postponed that invasion until Ma Huainan was dealt with.

• Sima Yurou reported to Sima Zhao that Lu Wan refused to meet her, finalized the divorce, and planned to sue through her Investigation Company.
• Sima Zhao concluded that Lu Wan had likely fallen in love with Yang Fan and reassured Sima Yurou that the Lu Family and Gu Le would probably target Ma Huainan rather than her.
• Yang Fan ordered his artificial lifeforms to keep buying Divine Kingdom Deduction Cards to find Ma Huainan’s and Sima Yurou’s coordinates, despite spending five trillion Divinity Points.
• Yang Da told Yang Fan that his forces had deduced the coordinates of a Black Armored Beetle Clan god using Li Tianheng’s Foreign-Race Divine Kingdom Core.
• Yang Fan ordered the coordinates recorded and deferred the invasion until after Ma Huainan was dealt with.

Yang Fan continued trying to deduce Ma Huainan’s Divine Kingdom Coordinates while celebrating the secret realm’s profits with his allies. After learning Sima Yurou had divorced Ma Huainan, Yang Fan and Lu Wan discussed how to eliminate him without triggering a costly war with the Sima Family.

• Yang Fan spent over a thousand years inside his Divine Kingdom and nearly thirty trillion Divinity Points trying to deduce Ma Huainan’s and Sima Yurou’s coordinates.
• Han Jue told Yang Fan that their group had cleared the Earth-Rank Secret Realm, earning resources worth roughly four hundred and sixty trillion Divinity Points.
• At a celebratory dinner, Sima Tianci told Yang Fan that Sima Yurou had divorced Ma Huainan and lost her seat on All-Spirit Biopharmaceutical’s board.
• Sima Tianci reflected that Yang Fan was more terrifying than he had imagined, since the outcome had weakened Sima Zhao’s branch while benefiting him.
• On their way home, Lu Wan explained that Ma Huainan’s death could bring a Federal Government investigation and that the Sima Family might support him if a Divine Kingdom War began.
• Lu Wan told Yang Fan that the priority was finding Ma Huainan’s coordinates and a way to destroy his Divine Kingdom before the Sima Family’s support made the conflict much larger.

Yang Fan learned that Ma Huainan’s Divine Kingdom Coordinates had been successfully deduced and ordered preparations for an invasion, while continuing to investigate Sima Yurou’s coordinates for a future opportunity. The chapter ended with Ma Huainan facing a sharp decline in income and Divine Kingdom development after losing the Sima Family’s support and his company dividends.

• Lu Wan explained that deducing Divine Kingdom Coordinates could take years or even centuries, and Yang Fan learned that his artificial lifeforms had already found Ma Huainan’s coordinates.
• Lu Wan respected Yang Fan’s privacy and said that lasting relationships relied on trust and supporting each other’s independence.
• Yang Fan ordered Yang Da to continue deducing Sima Yurou’s coordinates, though he planned to wait until he was strong enough before acting.
• Yang Fan gave Yang Da, Yang Yi, and Yang Shi fifty years of Divine Kingdom time to prepare for an invasion of Ma Huainan’s Divine Kingdom.
• Ma Huainan’s Supreme Artificial Lifeform reported that his subsidies and company dividends had ended, leaving his Divine Kingdom developing at only twenty percent of its previous rate.

Ma Huainan resolved to rebuild his Divine Kingdom through his own efforts after his divorce, while Yang Fan enjoyed Lu Wan’s care and inspected the rapidly assembled forces in his Divine Kingdom. His zombie army had reached a hundred billion and stood ready for war.

• Ma Huainan ordered low-yield assets sold and assigned a hundred million entry-tier believers to cultivate resources, determined to rise without a rich partner’s support.
• Lu Wan served Yang Fan Blood Dragonfish and a Clear Spirit Pill, explaining that she had obtained the fish from her mother.
• Yang Fan enjoyed breakfast and a massage while reflecting on how Lu Wan had introduced him to a more luxurious way of life.
• Yang Fan inspected the Eternal Corpse Mine and saw Ten-Thousand Corpse War Tombs filled with ordinary zombies, zombie generals, and zombie kings.
• The White Jiangshi believers continued condensing Corpse Cores as the number of zombie believers ready for war reached a hundred billion.

Yang Fan ordered Yang Shi to lead a careful invasion of Ma Huainan’s Divine Kingdom, aiming to destroy his forces and lower the Sima Family’s willingness to support him. As the zombie vanguard began to deploy, Ma Huainan failed to secure more funding from Qin Xue, who feared the consequences of doing business with him.

• Yang Shi reported that the Zombie Kingdom’s troops and supplies were ready, and Yang Fan ordered him to advance steadily while focusing on destroying Ma Huainan’s believers and Divine Kingdom.
• Yang Fan promised Yang Shi Mechanical Hearts for an upgrade after the war, and Yang Shi began deploying the zombie vanguard through a spatial channel.
• Ma Huainan asked Qin Xue to increase his loan limit and offered a War God Codex as collateral.
• Qin Xue refused to lend Ma Huainan more Divinity Points, explaining that his risk rating had risen and that her company’s Gu Family shareholders made helping him dangerous.