Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Qin Fen returns home with Nian’s egg, which he casually calls a “bouncy ball.” He tells his parents he’ll stay two days and try to come home for weekend dinners, and reflects that he should finally devote proper attention to reopening his teahouse.
• Meow-Meow visits to report on a captured thief. Qin Fen deduces that the animals deliberately let events unfold so they could follow the trail to the people behind the theft.
• The thief was taken from them by someone called Old Gun and brought to a farmhouse near an orchard. Qin Fen decides not to go there that night, judging that the case involves another group and that the thief is only a low-level accomplice.
• Qin Fen instructs Meow-Meow to keep watch and sends Little Bean back to guard the house. His priority remains uncovering information about the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl.
• Thinking about his need to improve his fashion-design work, Qin Fen considers buying Luban’s Missing-One School, an advanced form of Mechanism Arts. It costs three thousand merit, and its ominous reputation—its practitioners supposedly suffer disabling injuries or misfortune—makes him hesitate.

Character development and interactions

• Qin Fen shows affection for his parents by promising more frequent visits, but remains practical and focused on business and his larger goals. His sharp deductions repeatedly frustrate Meow-Meow, who had hoped to impress him. He also admits he needs to develop his own design skills rather than rely on Weaver Girl.
• Meow-Meow is eager to show off its investigation and prove its usefulness, but Qin Fen reads its motives and strategy almost immediately. Despite its annoyance, it accepts his instructions.
• Qin Fen and his parents share a brief, warm domestic exchange, though his father is puzzled by Qin Fen’s claim that Nian’s egg is a toy.

Significant themes

• Intelligence and deduction: Qin Fen infers the animals’ plan and the involvement of a second group from small details, reinforcing his exceptional perceptiveness.
• Responsibility and long-term priorities: Rather than rushing into a confrontation, he chooses surveillance and keeps his attention on the more important search for the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl.
• Ambition versus risk: Qin Fen wants the abilities Mechanism Arts could provide, but its high cost and frightening legends give him pause.
• Family and work-life balance: He recognizes that easy money has distracted him from his teahouse and resolves to spend more time with his family.

After absorbing a surge of information, Qin Fen began expanding his influence in the Heavenly Court and discovered that his messages had guided Moses to the Ten Commandments. Moses mistook Qin Fen for an almighty being, leaving Qin Fen confused about his identity and the clues to the River Diagram.

• Qin Fen absorbed the information from Nian, suffered a nosebleed, and went to sleep with 23,000 merit remaining.
• Old Gun captured the shadowy figure near Qin Fen’s house and beat him while demanding to know his connection to Qin Fen; the figure insisted he was a thief drugged by Little Bean.
• Qin Fen sent his Doraemon manga collection to the Earth God to translate and publish under the name Natural Daoist.
• Qin Fen reflected on his plans for modernizing the Heavenly Court, searching for the River Diagram and Sea-Calming Divine Pearl, and making money.
• Moses thanked Qin Fen for guiding him to the Tablets of the Ten Commandments and knelt to worship him as an almighty being, leaving Qin Fen bewildered.

Qin Fen discovered that Moses’s supposed Ten Commandments tablet was actually the River Diagram, which WeChat absorbed and turned into a strange screen protector. He tried writing the Commandments himself, and a new stone tablet appeared before Moses as the chapter ended.

• Moses showed Qin Fen the tablet he believed held the Ten Commandments, but Qin Fen recognized its markings as the River Diagram.
• Nian began to pulse as purple fortune flowed into his egg, though he did not hatch.
• The River Diagram vanished from Moses’s hands and appeared to become a golden-sheened screen protector on Qin Fen’s phone.
• Qin Fen told Moses he would teach him the Ten Commandments and hinted that he should adapt to the missing tablet, while Moses misunderstood his words as divine instruction.
• Qin Fen wrote out the Ten Commandments with the Stylus, and the words vanished as a stone tablet appeared before Moses in golden light.

Qin Fen realized that his Stylus, the River Diagram and Luo Writing, and WeChat had enabled him to create the Ten Commandments for Moses, restoring Moses’s path as a prophet. While Moses prepared to act, Qin Fen received a suspicious message from a nearby stranger and agreed to meet for a movie.

• Moses received the tablets, read the Ten Commandments, and thanked Qin Fen, whom he believed was God.
• Qin Fen realized that he had written the tablets himself using the Stylus and wondered whether he had somehow become God.
• Moses and his companions knelt before the tablets as light gathered into them, then Moses rallied his followers to act that night.
• Qin Fen ignored Moses’s calls and accepted a friend request from a nearby stranger who suggested they watch a movie.
• Qin Fen told the stranger he was at Ice World in Wanda, and the stranger asked him to wait fifteen minutes with an ice cream.

Qin Fen outsmarted a girl who tried to trick him into meeting her and went to the cinema with Female Hooligan. Meanwhile, Moses and his people broke through a blockade and headed for the Red Sea as troops mobilized around them.

• Qin Fen recognized that a girl messaging him was trying to lure him into a meeting, and he teased her while staying where she could see him.
• Female Hooligan told Qin Fen she had transferred the money, and he invited her to meet him at Wanda to watch a movie.
• Qin Fen spotted Female Hooligan arriving in a gray trench coat, greeted her, and led her away to the cinema.
• Qin Fen told the girl who had been messaging him that her unchanged People Nearby distance had revealed her deception.
• A traitor caused a crisis in Moses's camp, and Moses rallied his people to break through a blockade and rush toward the Red Sea.

While Qin Fen went shopping with Sun Yating, Moses and the Israelites were trapped between the Red Sea and Pharaoh’s pursuers. Qin Fen answered their desperate prayers by opening a passage through the sea, and the Israelites hailed the miracle.

• Qin Fen remembered that his birthday was December twenty-fourth and used it as an excuse to take Sun Yating shopping for clothes for the Heavenly Court Fashion Show.
• Moses led the Israelites toward the Red Sea, but their escape left many dead and the people feared they would be trapped by the sea and Pharaoh’s pursuers.
• Moses raised the Ten Commandments and urged the despairing Israelites to trust in God and pray for salvation.
• Qin Fen saw the Israelites’ messages on WeChat and drew a line with the Stylus, though he worried he could not create a boat without seeing the sea.
• A passage opened through the Red Sea, and the Israelites shouted that a miracle had occurred.

Qin Fen’s accidental command split the Red Sea for Moses and his people, but the Egyptian high priest summoned Anubis to attack them. As Moses called for light, Qin Fen wrote a declaration that echoed across the sky, leaving the confrontation poised for another miracle.

• Qin Fen’s accidental stroke parted the Red Sea and revealed a smooth road, allowing Moses’s people to believe they were witnessing a miracle.
• Moses praised the heavenly Father while the Egyptian general hesitated to advance against what seemed like divine power.
• The general summoned the army’s high priest, who used a feather and golden balance to call on Anubis and send darkness over the land.
• The high priest ordered the Egyptian soldiers to attack as Anubis’s head lunged toward Moses and his people.
• Moses called on the Father for dawn and light, and Qin Fen wrote, “I said let there be light, and only then was there light!”
• Qin Fen’s declaration rang out from the sky, startling the Egyptian soldiers.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Fen’s Magic Brush produces a miraculous declaration of light, instantly driving back the darkness and weakening Anubis’s approaching projection.
• Moses interprets the miracle as proof that their “Father in Heaven” or “God” has appeared, despite Qin Fen’s repeated insistence that he is not actually a god.
• Anubis’s high priest prepares to sacrifice a captured slave to strengthen the underworld god’s manifestation. Moses and the others recognize the victim as one of their companions.
• Anubis’s jackal-headed projection becomes increasingly solid as the sacrificial ritual begins. He demands to know the identity of the opposing deity.
• Moses announces Qin Fen as “God,” while Qin Fen responds with deliberately nonsensical and irreverent statements, including that he believes he can pick up money tomorrow.
• Qin Fen and Anubis communicate through divine thought. Instead of engaging in a dignified divine confrontation, Qin Fen insults Anubis and claims he has come to teach him a lesson.
• Anubis loses his temper, threatening Qin Fen and displaying increasingly violent divine power. Qin Fen continues mocking him, comparing his black appearance and rage to an unattractive lack of elegance.
• Anubis’s emotional outburst—“So what if men don’t like me!”—shocks everyone and creates widespread confusion and comedic speculation about his personal life.
• The high priest begins doubting Anubis, wondering whether the god’s lack of success is connected to his own supposed preferences rather than the priest’s insufficient devotion.

Character Developments

• Qin Fen: Demonstrates that the Magic Brush can seemingly create reality-altering miracles, though he remains uncertain about how it works. He adopts the accidental identity of “God” while using sarcasm, profanity, and trolling to provoke Anubis. His confidence and irreverence allow him to dominate the encounter psychologically.
• Anubis: Initially appears powerful, dignified, and confident in his own territory. However, Qin Fen’s insults quickly expose his impulsive temper and emotional vulnerability, transforming him from an imposing god into the object of ridicule.
• Moses: Becomes increasingly convinced that Qin Fen is a divine savior. He confidently speaks on Qin Fen’s behalf, though his declarations repeatedly frustrate Qin Fen by reinforcing the mistaken belief that Qin Fen is God.
• The High Priest: Starts as a devoted servant preparing a sacrifice, but his awe at Qin Fen’s miracle and confusion over Anubis’s behavior weaken his faith and confidence.
• The Captured Slave and Moses’s Followers: The threatened sacrifice emphasizes their vulnerability, while their reaction to Qin Fen’s miracle strengthens their belief in him and turns the divine confrontation into a source of hope.

Significant Themes

• Power through belief and language: Qin Fen’s words create miraculous effects through the Magic Brush, while Moses’s interpretation of those events turns him into a god in the eyes of his followers.
• Conflict between dignity and irreverence: Anubis represents traditional divine authority, ritual, and solemnity; Qin Fen undermines that authority through jokes, insults, and modern internet-style trolling.
• Faith and misunderstanding: Qin Fen does not accept the identity of God, yet others impose that identity on him. The chapter humorously explores how religious belief can transform ordinary actions into miracles.
• Comedy as a weapon: Qin Fen’s mockery destabilizes Anubis more effectively than a direct battle, showing that psychological provocation can challenge even a powerful deity.
• Questioning divine authority: The high priest’s doubts reveal how quickly faith can weaken when a god behaves in an unexpected or embarrassing manner.

Character Interactions

• Qin Fen and Moses clash over Qin Fen’s unwanted title as “God,” with Moses repeatedly glorifying him despite Qin Fen’s objections.
• Qin Fen and Anubis engage in a hostile exchange that quickly becomes an absurd insult battle rather than a formal divine confrontation.
• Anubis threatens Qin Fen with violence, while Qin Fen responds with increasingly personal jokes designed to provoke him.
• The high priest and Anubis are connected through the sacrificial ritual, but the priest’s confidence begins to crumble as Anubis loses control.
• Moses’s followers interpret Qin Fen’s actions as divine miracles and react with celebration, while Anubis’s followers become confused and embarrassed by their god’s behavior.

Qin Fen taunted Anubis until the god attacked Moses and his followers, then used the fortune surrounding the Ten Commandments to strike back with a gigantic Shit Bomb. The attack buried Anubis’s avatar up to its head, leaving the god stunned.

• Qin Fen mocked Anubis’s words until the Egyptian soldiers suspected the god and his high priest had kinky tastes.
• Anubis abandoned the verbal sparring and summoned black mist to attack Moses and the people gathered by the Red Sea.
• Moses recited words of praise, and Qin Fen sensed fortune flowing from the Ten Commandments into Nian.
• Qin Fen realized the Ten Commandments were a sacred source of fortune and decided to protect Moses’s followers from Anubis.
• Qin Fen launched a massive Shit Bomb at Anubis’s avatar, terrifying the soldiers and burying the projection until only its head remained exposed.

Qin Fen defeated Anubis with explosive emoji gifts while the Heavenly Court was overwhelmed by demand for his Doraemon manga. After Moses declared the day Christmas, Qin Fen protested that Christmas was on his birthday, and Moses asked when that was.

• Qin Fen hit Anubis with shit that ignited into Karmic Fire, then threw another bomb that unleashed Samadhi True Fire and made Anubis vanish.
• Anubis reappeared in the void badly burned and started a fight with two gods who were discussing him.
• Children and adults crowded the Heavenly Court Library to buy Qin Fen's Doraemon manga, leaving the daily duty star official lamenting its popularity.
• With Anubis gone, the Egyptian soldiers retreated, and Moses and the others celebrated their safety at the passage through the Red Sea.
• Moses proposed making the day Christmas, and Qin Fen insisted Christmas fell on his birthday before Moses asked for the date.

Qin Fen tried to mislead Moses about his birthday, but learned that December 24 was Christmas Eve and wondered whether he had somehow caused the date to become associated with Jesus. While Sun Yating tried on clothes and told him her sister admired him, Qin Fen discovered that his children’s book had made him an idol in the Heavenly Court.

• Qin Fen told Moses his birthday was December 25, then explained to Sun Yating that he had said December 24 was the day before Christmas.
• Sun Yating told Qin Fen that Christmas fell on December 25 and that December 24 was Christmas Eve, leaving him worried he had influenced the date associated with Jesus's birth.
• Qin Fen watched Sun Yating try on clothes and told her he would rather avoid fame and return to his quiet life after his trip to Capital City.
• Sun Yating said her younger sister wanted a boyfriend like Qin Fen after watching A Bite of China, and Qin Fen wondered whether they had met.
• Qin Fen opened the Heavenly Court group chat and found more than 999 messages praising his book and calling him an idol and role model.

Chapter Summary: “I Really Didn’t Mean to Go Off the Rails”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Fen’s children’s books, especially Doraemon, become an unexpected sensation among the Heavenly Immortals and other powerful figures.
• Instead of merely entertaining children, the books inspire the group to analyze modern medicine, technology, food, clothing, transportation, and agriculture.
• Medicine Master studies the book’s depiction of injections and concludes that Qin Fen’s medical knowledge is extraordinarily advanced.
• Food God gains inspiration from the dishes in the books, while Du Kang learns to make sake from its ingredients.
• Luban and Zhang Mingfeng connect the books’ depictions of cars, airplanes, bicycles, and machinery to Qin Fen’s previous inventions and assume he has a vast technological plan.
• Du Kang proposes that the books are intended to show how technology can improve the lives of mortals in the Earthly Immortal Realm. He links this to the accumulation of Merit.
• The group concludes that Qin Fen is secretly planning widespread education, enlightenment, and the expansion of his followers.
• Qin Fen privately realizes that his actual goal was far simpler: to introduce useful ideas that he could later sell for Merit, support Haitian City’s development, and expand trade. He never intended to establish a sect or launch a large-scale educational movement.
• When Qin Fen questions the group about their reaction to the books, their admiration only confirms their exaggerated interpretation of his intentions.
• Food God asks when Qin Fen will “open the mountain gates,” meaning establish a sect or openly accept disciples. Qin Fen refuses to commit, but the group interprets his hesitation as deliberate modesty and tacit approval.
• After Qin Fen leaves, the others silently agree to cooperate, develop new technologies, and expand their organization.
• The chapter ends by showing that the consequences are already spreading: Anubis’s conflict in the Egyptian Divine Kingdom has escalated into a large-scale factional battle, while crowds of adults and children gather at the Heavenly Court’s library to obtain the books.

Character Developments

• Qin Fen: Becomes increasingly overwhelmed and frustrated as everyone misunderstands his harmless commercial plan. He recognizes that his existence continually creates unintended consequences and “variables.”
• Medicine Master: Treats the fictional medical techniques in the books as advanced knowledge and gains new respect for Qin Fen’s abilities.
• Food God: Finds inspiration in the books’ cuisine and enthusiastically embraces the idea of following Qin Fen in a grand undertaking.
• Luban and Zhang Mingfeng: Believe the books explain Qin Fen’s earlier inventions and reveal a sophisticated plan to modernize society.
• Du Kang: Takes on the role of the chapter’s main interpreter, arguing that the books contain a philosophy of improving mortal life and earning Merit through practical advancement.
• Moon Rabbit: Focuses on the books’ clothing and imagines the imminent expansion of their organization and followers.
• The broader group: Becomes united by a shared, mistaken belief that Qin Fen has approved a major campaign of education, technological development, and institutional expansion.

Significant Themes

• Unintended consequences: Qin Fen’s modest plans repeatedly produce results far beyond his intentions.
• Miscommunication and overinterpretation: The group treats ordinary creative decisions as clues to a vast master plan.
• Innovation and modernization: The books introduce ideas about medicine, transportation, agriculture, food, and daily life that could transform the Immortal Realm.
• Merit and social improvement: The characters connect technological progress and education with the accumulation of enormous Merit.
• The power of ideas: Even fictional children’s stories influence immortals, inventors, educators, and entire societies.
• Comedic irony: Qin Fen knows the truth, but every attempt to clarify matters only strengthens the others’ belief in his supposed brilliance.

Character Interactions

• The group chat becomes a forum where the immortals collectively praise and analyze Qin Fen’s books.
• Qin Fen tries to question their opinions, but Food God, Zhang Mingfeng, and Moon Rabbit respond with excessive reverence rather than normal conversation.
• Du Kang persuades the others that the books are part of a plan to improve mortal welfare, and the group quickly adopts his interpretation.
• Moon Rabbit comments on the revealing clothing in the books; Qin Fen silences her concern by comparing it to the relatively open clothing of the Tang Dynasty.
• Food God’s question about “opening the mountain gates” exposes how far the group’s assumptions have progressed.
• Although Qin Fen never gives explicit approval, the group treats his words and silence as authorization to expand their power and begin developing new projects.

Qin Fen's misunderstanding with Sun Yating over a caught clothing clasp embarrassed her in a crowded shop. Meanwhile, the Daily Duty Star Officer struggled to manage overwhelming demand for the book sets and feared a major incident was coming.

• Sun Yating beckoned Qin Fen to a changing room and asked him to help with something, while Qin Fen mistakenly thought she was inviting him to fool around.
• Sun Yating explained that the clasp on her back had caught on her clothes, but nearby customers and a salesgirl had already misunderstood the situation.
• The Daily Duty Star Officer found that adults and children alike were clamoring for book sets, leaving a huge crowd outside and preventing him from going home.
• The Daily Duty Star Officer stopped distribution, prompting the crowd to erupt, and he worried that something big was about to happen.

While Qin Fen took Female Hooligan to a movie, the Heavenly Court descended into chaos over a rush for copies of Natural Daoist’s books. The duty star official faced a mass protest led by Li Tingyu and ended surrounded by children demanding the right to read.

• Female Hooligan bought two outfits with Qin Fen and headed with him to the movie, while he warned that his bad luck might bring her trouble.
• The duty star official stopped distributing Natural Daoist’s books as crowds of immortal children and adults gathered outside the Library.
• A heavenly soldier reported that the crowd was about to fight, and the duty star official rushed outside to find the Library surrounded.
• Li Tingyu led the children in demanding books, unfurled a banner saying “We want to read,” and rallied them to chant for their rights.
• The duty star official threatened Li Tingyu with arrest, but the adults remained seated in tents and silently refused to cooperate.

The duty star officer struggled to control a crowd of Heavenly Court children and immortals demanding copies of Natural Daoist’s Doraemon books. As more adults arrived with quilts to wait for the books, he feared the Jade Emperor would blame him for the growing commotion.

• The duty star officer tried to scare Li Tingyu and the other children into leaving, but Li Tingyu invoked the Old Man of the South Pole and refused.
• He offered to delay the children until the next day, but Li Tingyu demanded a copy for everyone and praised Natural Daoist’s books as educational.
• Little Fatty Cao thanked the duty star officer for establishing the Library, making him worry that the immortals would credit Natural Daoist and anger the Jade Emperor.
• The duty star officer asked the attending immortals to take responsibility, but they claimed they were merely gathering and insisted on staying for the books.
• A crowd of adult immortals descended from the clouds carrying quilts, and the duty star officer feared the Jade Emperor already knew about the growing crisis.

The Jade Emperor enjoyed a rare moment of leisure and became engrossed in a picture book about an imagined mortal world. When he discovered that Natural Daoist had written it, he spat blood and fainted from shock.

• The Jade Emperor reflected on his precarious standing, his lack of magical treasures, and his hopes of earning Heavenly Dao merit through the Heavenly Court’s projects.
• Taibai reassured the Jade Emperor that he would receive credit for the academy and matchmaking efforts, even though Natural Daoist was involved.
• The Jade Emperor found the servants reading a copy of Doraemon’s Magic Pocket, took their book, and praised its author’s imagination and ideas.
• The Jade Emperor decided to recruit the author into the Heavenly Court, then saw the name Natural Daoist and spat out blood as his vision went black.

The Jade Emperor and the star official of the Daily Duty Department struggled to contain the uproar caused by Natural Daoist’s books, while Qin Fen remained unaware of the full extent of the chaos. After waking, the Jade Emperor ordered Li Jing to take men to the Library and resolve the crisis.

• The Jade Emperor regretted praising Natural Daoist, coughed up blood, and fainted, prompting Taibai Venus to summon Imperial Physician Sun Simiao.
• Taibai Venus learned that the star official could not stop the books from spreading because the Immortal Herb Garden’s earth god and others had already copied them.
• The star official contacted Qin Fen for help with the crowds at the Library, but neither of them knew how to send the visitors away.
• After regaining consciousness, the Jade Emperor decided the book could not be distributed widely and ordered Li Jing to take men to the Library.

The Jade Emperor ordered the crowd dispersed and Doraemon books confiscated, hoping to curb Nature’s influence while appearing lenient. As the decree angered the immortals and children, Qin Fen faced a brewing confrontation in the Heavenly Court.

• The Jade Emperor agreed to pardon the star official on duty but ordered Thousand-Mile Eye and Wind-Following Ear to identify everyone who received books so they could be confiscated.
• The Food God gave Doraemon volumes to fellow kitchen servants, then explained how the books inspired chefs to serve people through food and preserve culinary culture.
• Taibai arrived with Li Jing and heavenly soldiers and read the Jade Emperor’s decree ordering the crowd to disperse and surrender their books.
• The star official on duty felt relieved, while Qin Fen recognized the Jade Emperor’s maneuver and watched the angry crowd as dark clouds gathered over the Heavenly Court.

Li Jing enforced the Jade Emperor’s order to confiscate the illustrated books, while Qin Fen’s attempt to interfere was cut off by a lost signal. Then enormous tribulation clouds gathered across the Heavenly Court, leaving the Jade Emperor and everyone nearby stunned.

• Taibai ordered the Daily Duty Department to help Li Jing confiscate the books, and Li Jing pressured the crowd to disperse and reprimanded Li Tingyu.
• Li Jing found the craftsmen discussing the knowledge in the books and demanded they hand them over, while Qin Fen prepared to retaliate through his phone.
• Qin Fen lost his signal before he could act, and the Jade Emperor praised Li Jing’s crackdown while expecting Natural Daoist to stay out of the way.
• Thousand-Mile Eye spotted vast tribulation clouds, and the Jade Emperor realized they were gathering across the Heavenly Court.
• Li Jing, Taibai, and the crowd saw the immense clouds overhead and feared that dozens of immortals were undergoing tribulations at once.

Chapter Summary: Heavenly Court Goes Viral: Thirty-Six Heavenly Immortal Tribulations

Key Plot Points and Events

• Thirty-six people in the Heavenly Court begin undergoing Heavenly Immortal Tribulations simultaneously, creating thirty-six separate thundercloud formations across the sky.
• The event shocks the entire Heavenly Court and even reaches the Earthly Immortal Realm through the deafening thunder.
• Most immortals initially assume the phenomenon must be impossible or the result of some kind of cheating. Even powerful figures such as Lü Dongbin, Tathagata, Lord Lao, Zhen Yuanzi, the Queen Mother, and Yuanshi Tianzun are left speechless.
• Qin Fen realizes that the mass breakthroughs may be connected to the Heavenly Dao and the recent spread of Doraemon’s worldview, though he is confused because he does not believe he deliberately deceived anyone. He fails to recognize how strongly the Food God and others have interpreted and promoted his influence.
• Supporters of “Chef Qin” and the Patriarch—including the Food God, Medicine Master, Luban, and Du Kang—celebrate the event as proof of the Patriarch’s extraordinary power and believe he has set a new record in Heavenly Court history.
• Buddhist figures react with outrage and disbelief, viewing the mass breakthroughs as an unfair advantage for the Heavenly Court. Tathagata, Manjushri, and Ksitigarbha openly describe the event as “cheating.”
• At the end of the chapter, Li Jing discovers that the first people undergoing tribulation include the seemingly ordinary menial worker who had argued with him. Soon, four more tribulations appear nearby, bringing the local total to five.
• Li Tingyu innocently asks Li Jing whether these people were not supposed to be useless, publicly exposing his earlier judgment and becoming the first victim of the Heavenly Court’s equivalent of humiliating “bullet comments.”

Character Developments

• Qin Fen: Becomes increasingly anxious and confused as the consequences of his actions spiral beyond his control. He believes he has not deceived anyone, but the mass tribulations reveal that his ideas have had a much greater impact than he understands.
• Food God, Medicine Master, Luban, and Du Kang: Grow even more devoted to the Patriarch, treating the tribulations as evidence of his unmatched greatness. Their enthusiasm borders on fanaticism.
• Lü Dongbin and other immortals: Their confidence is replaced by fear and disbelief as they contemplate the danger of being caught in so many simultaneous lightning tribulations.
• Tathagata, Manjushri, and Ksitigarbha: Lose their usual composure and openly complain about the apparent unfairness of the Heavenly Court’s sudden advantage.
• Lord Lao and Yuanshi Tianzun: Both are forced out of their detached, composed states by the unprecedented event, demonstrating how extraordinary the mass tribulations are.
• Li Jing: Is humiliated when the people he dismissed as useless begin ascending to Heavenly Immortal status.
• Li Tingyu: Her innocent question unintentionally exposes Li Jing’s mistake and intensifies the public embarrassment.

Significant Themes

• Unintended consequences: Qin Fen’s influence has spread much further than he realizes, producing results he neither planned nor understands.
• Power of belief and interpretation: The Food God’s group interprets Qin Fen’s actions as profound teachings, transforming ordinary events into a movement capable of triggering widespread breakthroughs.
• Disruption of established order: Thirty-six simultaneous ascensions overturn the Heavenly Court’s traditional understanding of cultivation and advancement.
• Envy and factional rivalry: The Buddhist side views the Heavenly Court’s progress as cheating, emphasizing the growing competition between the two factions.
• Comedy through exaggeration: The chapter turns a normally sacred and terrifying event into absurd spectacle, with even Saints panicking, cursing, or losing composure.
• Public humiliation and viral exposure: Li Jing’s mistaken judgment is immediately exposed in front of everyone, reflecting the chapter’s broader theme of events spreading rapidly and becoming impossible to control.

Character Interactions

• Matchmaker Yue and the Eight Immortals struggle to explain the impossible situation, while Lü Dongbin privately fears being trapped in an endless chain of lightning strikes.
• The Food God’s group enthusiastically praises the Patriarch and speculates that he may eventually create Saints.
• Tathagata, Manjushri, and Ksitigarbha discuss the event with bitter disbelief, collectively condemning it as shameless cheating.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Qingfeng and Mingyue explain the enormous thunderclouds, though even Zhen Yuanzi admits the phenomenon is inconceivable.
• The Yan Emperor and Nüwa provide a father-daughter contrast: Nüwa wants her father’s attention, while he is distracted by the unprecedented spectacle.
• Yuanshi Tianzun and Yun Zhongzi investigate whether a powerful Dao lecture caused the breakthroughs, only to discover that nothing of the sort occurred.
• Li Jing, Taibai Venus, the duty star official, and the surrounding crowd are stunned as five nearby tribulations appear.
• Li Tingyu’s innocent remark turns Li Jing into the public target of ridicule, beginning the chapter’s first “viral” humiliation.