Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “A Deeply Calculating, Flawless Great Dao”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Hongjun realizes that the Great Dao has manipulated events for countless ages, deliberately setting him and Qin Fen against each other.
• The Great Dao gave Hongjun pure power while granting Qin Fen seemingly useless fortune and absurd opportunities. This caused Hongjun to underestimate Qin Fen and overlook him as a threat.
• Qin Fen’s apparently ridiculous adventures—including obtaining the Pangu Axe, using the Moonlight Box, receiving Heavenly Dao rewards, and completing the Six Paths and Three Thousand Worlds—were all interconnected parts of the Great Dao’s long-term plan.
• The Great Dao engineered conflicts of interest between Hongjun and Qin Fen by exploiting the Dao Ancestor’s identity and creating mutual suspicion. This prevented them from cooperating and allowed the Great Dao to remain hidden.
• Its objective was to make the two powerful figures fight, weaken each other, and then claim the benefits as the final victor.
• Hongjun recognizes that even his actions against Qin Fen, including releasing Chiyou, ultimately helped the Great Dao’s plan by maintaining a balance between the two sides.
• Once the laws were completed and the Immortal-Mortal Separation caused the Great Dao’s consciousness to awaken, it began preparing to harvest the results of its scheme.
• Hongjun and Qin Fen finally understand that they have been manipulated and decide not to wait passively for destruction. They secretly coordinate an attack.
• Pangu suddenly attacks the Great Dao with the Dao-Breaking Spear while shouting that the Great Dao talks too much. However, the Great Dao remains calm, implying that it anticipated the assault.

Character Developments

• Hongjun: His confidence collapses as he recognizes the depth of the Great Dao’s intelligence. He admits that he underestimated Qin Fen and was inferior in strategic insight, but he regains his resolve and prepares to resist.
• Qin Fen: He is offended by Hongjun’s description of his past as “fooling around,” since he had actually been building the Heavenly Court and reshaping the world. More importantly, the crisis awakens his rarely used intellect. He realizes that the Great Dao may have granted him not only the “Shit Pit” fortune but also extraordinary wisdom.
• The Great Dao: It is revealed as an exceptionally patient, calculating entity that manipulates both events and emotions. It prides itself on having deceived everyone, including Hongjun and Qin Fen, and remains confident even when attacked.
• Pangu: Acting in coordination with Qin Fen, he launches the first direct strike against the Great Dao. His bluntness and impatience contrast with the Great Dao’s elaborate scheming.

Significant Themes

• Manipulation and free will: The chapter questions whether the characters’ achievements and choices were truly their own or merely outcomes arranged by the Great Dao.
• Underestimation and hidden potential: Qin Fen’s foolish or absurd outward behavior concealed both his growing power and his intelligence.
• Information as power: The conflict arose because Hongjun and Qin Fen lacked knowledge about each other. The Great Dao’s victory depended on controlling what each side knew.
• Balance and opportunism: The Great Dao deliberately maintained equilibrium between Hongjun and Qin Fen so that their eventual conflict would weaken both.
• Pride and overconfidence: The Great Dao’s need to explain and display its perfect plan may create an opening, reflecting the idea that villains can be undone by talking too much.
• Intelligence versus strength: Pangu represents overwhelming physical power, while Qin Fen begins to reveal a deeper strategic intelligence capable of challenging the Great Dao’s calculations.

Character Interactions

• Hongjun confronts the Great Dao and openly acknowledges its superior planning, while also expressing regret over failing to recognize Qin Fen’s importance.
• The Great Dao taunts Hongjun, explaining how it exploited his pride, suspicion, and impulsiveness.
• Qin Fen and Hongjun share mutual frustration at having unknowingly served the Great Dao’s plan, but their realization brings them into cooperation.
• Qin Fen and Pangu coordinate without speaking, using their conversation with the Great Dao to distract it and create an opportunity for attack.
• The chapter ends with the Great Dao mocking Hongjun and praising Qin Fen’s greater intelligence, while effortlessly appearing prepared for Pangu’s assault.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Great Dao reveals that he secretly tampered with the Dao-Breaking Spear, causing it to revert into a spine and return to Kunlun Mountain. This confirms that Kunlun, being within the Heavenly Dao’s jurisdiction, had been under his control all along.
• Qin Fen explains that the Great Dao deliberately kept him and Hongjun balanced, encouraging them to fight each other while preventing either from becoming dominant.
• Qin Fen deduces that the Great Dao originally possessed almost no independent power. He had divided his strength among the Heavenly Dao, Hongjun, and the laws of heaven and earth, while waiting for the combined attack of Qin Fen and Hongjun to restore his strength.
• Qin Fen reconstructs the Great Dao’s entire long-term plan:
  • He created humanity to generate knowledge and creativity.
  • He introduced WeChat and encouraged the Mortal Realm’s development so that human science could supplement the Daoist system’s supernatural laws.
  • The Immortal-Mortal Separation was designed to free humanity from the Heavenly Dao’s restrictions and allow civilization to advance independently.
  • By absorbing the knowledge of the Three Realms, the Great Dao hopes to perfect himself, transcend Chaos, and discover—or create—a world beyond it.
• The Great Dao confirms that Qin Fen is largely correct. He admits that the earlier battle was staged so he could absorb the power released by Qin Fen and Hongjun’s strongest combined strike.
• The Great Dao declares that absorbing both opponents and incorporating the Mortal and Celestial Realms will restore him to his peak and complete his evolution.
• He then uses his authority to seize the Pangu Axe, revealing that he forged the weapon and never truly allowed Qin Fen to control it.
• With Hongjun’s Dao-Breaking Spear and Qin Fen’s Pangu Axe both removed, the two are left apparently helpless as the Great Dao prepares to end the conflict.

Character Developments

• Qin Fen demonstrates exceptional intelligence and insight. He successfully analyzes the Great Dao’s motives, power limitations, emotional weaknesses, and centuries-long scheme.
• Qin Fen recognizes that the Great Dao is driven not only by ambition but also by loneliness, fear, and an obsessive desire to discover what lies beyond the universe.
• Hongjun shifts from disbelief to shock. He initially rejects Qin Fen’s deductions but is forced to accept them as the Great Dao confirms each point. His confidence collapses when both his spear and Qin Fen’s axe are taken.
• The Great Dao is revealed as an almost incomprehensibly calculating mastermind. He has manipulated Qin Fen, Hongjun, humanity, the Heavenly Dao, and the structure of the Three Realms for the sake of self-perfection and transcendence.
• The Great Dao also displays arrogance and emotional detachment, refusing to admit that uncertainty about the outside universe constitutes fear. Nevertheless, his fixation on escaping the “box” exposes a deep existential insecurity.

Significant Themes

• Knowledge as a path to perfection: The Great Dao seeks to combine Daoist supernaturalism with Mortal Realm science, believing that neither system is complete alone.
• Control versus free will: The apparent choices made by Qin Fen and Hongjun were carefully engineered by the Great Dao, who manipulated weapons, realms, conflicts, and destinies from behind the scenes.
• Fear of the unknown: The Great Dao’s pursuit of transcendence stems from anxiety about being trapped within a finite universe and never knowing whether anything exists beyond it.
• Creation and manipulation: Humanity, the Immortal-Mortal Separation, and the development of the Three Realms were not benevolent acts but components of a vast experiment.
• The limits of intelligence: Qin Fen’s reasoning uncovers the truth, but understanding the Great Dao’s plan does not provide a way to defeat him. Knowledge alone may be insufficient against overwhelming power and preparation.
• Existential solitude: The Great Dao’s original isolation in Chaos shaped his desire to create life, civilization, and ultimately a larger reality beyond himself.

Character Interactions

• The Great Dao openly praises Qin Fen’s intelligence, creating a tense relationship of mutual recognition between them.
• Qin Fen acts as the primary analyst of the situation, explaining the Great Dao’s motives to Hongjun and challenging the Great Dao psychologically.
• Hongjun depends on Qin Fen’s deductions but remains emotionally resistant to the idea that he has been manipulated.
• The Great Dao responds to Qin Fen’s accusations with amusement and pride, confirming them one by one while emphasizing that such knowledge is useless because his victory is already secured.
• The chapter ends with the Great Dao confronting both Qin Fen and Hongjun directly, weapons in hand, as an overwhelming danger closes in and the balance of power becomes completely one-sided.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Qin Fen realizes that Great Dao’s claim of being “tired” is a deception meant to intimidate him and Hongjun. He deduces that Great Dao cannot remain manifested indefinitely because his immense power is incompatible with the incomplete laws of the current world.
• Hongjun confirms the theory: Great Dao’s power was divided among the Heavenly Dao System, Qin Fen, and the laws of the world. Because of the Immortal-Mortal Separation, the system cannot fully contain him, meaning he will eventually dissipate unless he devours Qin Fen and Hongjun to stabilize himself.
• Great Dao admits that he has limited time but believes he can kill and consume them before then. He chooses to pursue Hongjun first, while avoiding directly attacking Qin Fen because Qin Fen’s body is the vessel Great Dao prepared for himself.
• Qin Fen deliberately charges forward, baiting Great Dao into switching targets and exposing his preference for attacking Hongjun. Hongjun is forced to flee, unable to fight effectively because ordinary spells would only replenish Great Dao’s power.
• Qin Fen and Hongjun attempt to stall Great Dao, but the strengthened laws restrict Hongjun’s teleportation. Great Dao can track him easily and continues his relentless pursuit.
• Qin Fen eventually reveals that he never truly abandoned Hongjun. He attacks Great Dao from behind with the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl, using it as leverage rather than as a straightforward weapon.
• Great Dao cannot destroy the pearl because it contains the Three Thousand Lesser Worlds, whose destruction would damage the Six Paths, weaken the connection between the Mortal and Celestial Realms, and ruin Great Dao’s entire plan.
• Qin Fen successfully exposes Great Dao’s limitation and mocks him for being unable to attack directly. Great Dao, normally composed, loses his temper and accuses Qin Fen of constantly “screwing people over.”

Character developments

• Qin Fen: Demonstrates exceptional insight, strategic deception, and confidence. He quickly identifies Great Dao’s weakness, uses himself as bait, manipulates Great Dao’s priorities, and protects Hongjun while pretending to abandon him. His willingness to exploit both enemies and allies highlights his calculating nature.
• Hongjun: Initially believes Qin Fen’s plan is simply to let him serve as cannon fodder. He becomes frightened and frustrated when Great Dao targets him, but gradually understands Qin Fen’s strategy. His desperation and complaints add humor while revealing how outmatched he is in direct combat.
• Great Dao: His apparent invincibility is undermined by several limitations: his unstable existence, dependence on Qin Fen’s body, and inability to damage the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl. His calm and superior façade breaks down as Qin Fen repeatedly manipulates him.

Significant themes

• Strategy over brute force: Since Great Dao has absorbed their strongest attacks and controls the laws, Qin Fen and Hongjun cannot defeat him through conventional combat. Their only chance is to exploit his weaknesses and delay him.
• Deception and psychological warfare: Qin Fen deliberately creates the impression that he is abandoning Hongjun, causing Great Dao to misjudge the situation. His verbal warnings are also calculated traps.
• Power constrained by dependence: Great Dao possesses overwhelming strength but is limited by his incompatibility with the world, his need for Qin Fen’s body, and the importance of preserving the existing cosmic structure.
• Unstable alliances: Qin Fen and Hongjun cooperate because they share a common enemy, yet Hongjun distrusts Qin Fen and repeatedly feels betrayed. Their alliance is both genuine and comically antagonistic.
• Arrogance being exploited: Great Dao’s confidence and desire to preserve his perfect plan prevent him from using his full power, allowing Qin Fen to turn his own ambitions against him.

Character interactions

• Qin Fen informs Hongjun of Great Dao’s limited existence, giving them hope that stalling may lead to victory.
• Great Dao dismisses Qin Fen’s insight and attacks Hongjun instead, revealing that he values Qin Fen’s body as a future vessel.
• Hongjun angrily accuses Qin Fen of sacrificing him, while Qin Fen calmly insists that they are allies and orders him to keep running.
• Qin Fen later proves that he was protecting Hongjun all along by attacking Great Dao from behind.
• The Sea-Calming Divine Pearl forces Great Dao into a dilemma, and Qin Fen openly calls attention to his inability to destroy it. The chapter ends with Great Dao finally losing his composure and cursing Qin Fen for manipulating him.

Chapter Summary: “Hongjun Wanted to Cry, and So Did the Great Dao”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qin Fen realizes that the Great Dao intends to eliminate Hongjun first, then possess Qin Fen’s body, which is more powerful and valuable.
• He also identifies the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl as the Great Dao’s greatest weakness. Unlike Qin Fen’s other treasures, the pearl was not created or controlled by the Heavenly Dao; it was independently repaired by Qin Fen and linked to WeChat.
• Because the Great Dao has not yet fully devoured Qin Fen or merged WeChat with the Heavenly Dao, he cannot control or directly confront the pearl.
• Qin Fen repeatedly attacks the Great Dao with the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl, shouting “Behold my Sea-Calming Divine Pearl!” each time. The Great Dao is forced to dodge helplessly.
• Hongjun watches in disbelief as the supposedly invincible Great Dao is humiliated and driven back by Qin Fen’s unconventional tactics.
• The Great Dao retaliates by throwing the Pangu Axe at Hongjun, but Qin Fen uses the pearl to interfere. The Great Dao avoids allowing the axe to collide directly with the pearl, confirming that he fears the weapon.
• Enraged, the Great Dao seals off heaven and earth to prevent Hongjun from escaping, then manages to grab the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl when Qin Fen attacks too predictably.
• Qin Fen immediately abandons Hongjun and runs, leaving him alone with the Great Dao.
• However, Qin Fen discovers that sending the WeChat emoji causes the pearl to return automatically. He summons it back, leaving the Great Dao furious and humiliated once again.

Character Developments

• Qin Fen: Demonstrates sharp tactical thinking, exploiting the Great Dao’s inability to control the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl. He remains confident, mischievous, and shamelessly opportunistic, even abandoning Hongjun when convenient.
• The Great Dao: His image of absolute intelligence and invincibility is badly damaged. He becomes increasingly frustrated, embarrassed, and enraged as Qin Fen repeatedly exploits a loophole connected to WeChat.
• Hongjun: Suffers repeatedly from being caught between Qin Fen and the Great Dao. His resentment toward Qin Fen briefly turns into admiration when Qin Fen appears to protect him, but this trust collapses when Qin Fen leaves him behind. Hongjun is portrayed as both unlucky and exasperated.

Significant Themes

• Cleverness versus overwhelming power: Qin Fen cannot overpower the Great Dao directly, but he gains an advantage through creativity and knowledge of the pearl’s unique properties.
• The danger of loopholes: The Great Dao’s grand plan fails because he cannot account for an exception—the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl’s independence from his control.
• Humiliation and wounded pride: The chapter comically undermines the Great Dao’s self-image as an infallible, supreme being.
• Unreliable alliances and survival: Qin Fen and Hongjun cooperate only when useful, while self-preservation ultimately outweighs loyalty.
• Comic reversal: The powerful Great Dao is forced to flee from a pearl and repeatedly becomes the victim of Qin Fen’s taunts.

Character Interactions

• Qin Fen uses the pearl and verbal provocation to toy with the Great Dao, repeatedly forcing him to dodge.
• Hongjun mocks the Great Dao for being outmaneuvered, which intensifies the Great Dao’s humiliation and motivates him to target Hongjun.
• The Great Dao attempts to turn the situation around by attacking Hongjun and sealing the battlefield.
• Qin Fen and Hongjun briefly coordinate their movements, but Qin Fen ultimately betrays the partnership by escaping.
• The final exchange leaves Qin Fen amused, Hongjun desperate, and the Great Dao furious after the pearl returns to Qin Fen once again.

Chapter Summary

• Plot and events: The Great Dao finally loses patience with Qin Fen’s constant taunting and threatens to torture his soul. Qin Fen responds by repeatedly using the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl to interfere with him. Because the battlefield is sealed, Qin Fen advises the Great Dao to circle around him while attacking, effectively forcing Hongjun to act as a shield and cannon fodder.
• The Great Dao chases Hongjun while Qin Fen rescues him just enough to prevent his death. Hongjun is struck repeatedly, suffers heavy injuries, and becomes increasingly resentful of both men. When the Great Dao attempts to attack again, he seizes the returning Sea-Calming Divine Pearl and uses the opening to reach Qin Fen. He punches and restrains Qin Fen, warning him to stop provoking him.
• Qin Fen admits that he has underestimated the situation and agrees to be more cautious, but he continues provoking the Great Dao from a distance, even waving at him while holding his phone. Enraged, the Great Dao suppresses Pangu and Chef Qin, throws Hongjun onto Qin Fen, and repeatedly stomps them while taunting Qin Fen to attack.
• With Hongjun pinned down and the Pangu Axe poised to strike, Qin Fen realizes that provocation alone cannot overcome the Great Dao’s overwhelming power. Hongjun, badly wounded and fearing that he will be devoured, finally snaps. He declares that he would rather merge with Qin Fen than allow the Great Dao to consume him, releasing golden light toward Qin Fen.

Character developments

• The Great Dao shifts from controlled annoyance to open fury. His pride and obsession with maintaining control are repeatedly challenged by Qin Fen’s mockery, eventually driving him to abandon restraint and physically dominate the battlefield.
• Qin Fen relies on cunning, provocation, and tactical harassment rather than direct strength. Though he briefly suffers a serious beating, he remains defiant and uses his apparent vulnerability to frustrate the Great Dao.
• Hongjun changes from a reluctant, terrified victim into a desperate participant. After being repeatedly used as cannon fodder, he becomes furious and chooses a drastic act of self-preservation by attempting to merge with Qin Fen.

Themes

• Humiliation and pride: The Great Dao’s rage stems less from physical injury than from being mocked and manipulated.
• Cunning versus absolute power: Qin Fen’s tricks work temporarily, but the chapter emphasizes that cleverness cannot guarantee victory against overwhelming strength.
• Being exploited and scapegoated: Hongjun repeatedly suffers because Qin Fen and the Great Dao use him as a shield, highlighting his comic but tragic “always the one getting hurt” role.
• Desperation and survival: Hongjun’s attempted fusion shows how fear and helplessness can push a character toward extreme choices.
• Dark comedy amid danger: The brutal fight is framed with insults, game and dungeon metaphors, and absurd complaints, balancing the serious threat with slapstick humor.

Character interactions

• Qin Fen constantly taunts and directs the Great Dao, turning the fight into a psychological battle.
• The Great Dao retaliates by attacking Hongjun, then Qin Fen, and finally both together, using them against one another.
• Hongjun resents Qin Fen for treating him as cannon fodder but also recognizes that Qin Fen has repeatedly saved his life.
• Qin Fen and Hongjun briefly cooperate against the Great Dao, though their relationship remains hostile and unreliable.
• The chapter ends with Hongjun attempting to merge with Qin Fen, creating a new threat and potentially changing the balance of the battle.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Great Dao realizes that Qin Fen and Hongjun could fuse, a possibility it never anticipated. Their combined powers—Qin Fen’s fortune and Hongjun/Pangu’s strength—could make them strong enough to defeat it.
• The Great Dao admits that it deliberately manipulated Hongjun by pretending to favor Qin Fen, encouraging their mutual hatred and preventing them from uniting. However, Qin Fen’s repeated traps and schemes have thrown the Great Dao’s calculations into chaos.
• After learning that the Great Dao engineered his suffering, Hongjun’s hatred intensifies. Although he and Qin Fen remain enemies, Hongjun recognizes that they share a common foe.
• Hongjun fuses with Qin Fen, transferring his power and raising Qin Fen’s strength beyond the level of the Heavenly Dao—into a state of transcendence. The Great Dao is horrified that its own manipulation has caused its enemies to unite.
• The Great Dao attempts to regain control by threatening Qin Fen with the Pangu Axe and exploiting his doubts. It then launches a surprise possession attempt, infiltrating Qin Fen’s body while claiming that even a moment of hesitation is enough to defeat him.
• Qin Fen reveals that he has noticed the Great Dao’s weakness: it has only forty-nine of the fifty necessary components of the complete Great Dao because it has not yet fused with “The One That Escaped.”
• Qin Fen, as the administrator, still possesses the fiftieth component—even though he temporarily “unfollowed” the relevant entity. The Great Dao’s acknowledgment of this fact triggers Heavenly Dao verification, confirming Qin Fen’s legitimacy.
• With the Great Dao already partially inside his body and unable to escape, Qin Fen uses the Supreme Set’s Golden Mouth, Jade Words ability and the final Wish Stone to forcibly restart and seize control of the Heavenly Dao’s “backend.”
• Qin Fen declares himself the Great Dao and begins devouring the Great Dao, completely reversing the situation. The Great Dao realizes that Qin Fen has been setting this trap deliberately from the beginning.

Character Developments

• Qin Fen: Demonstrates that his apparent vulnerability and uncertainty are part of a larger strategy. He remains calm under pressure, exploits technicalities in the Great Dao’s structure, and turns possession into an opportunity to absorb and control his enemy.
• Hongjun: Moves from absolute hostility toward Qin Fen to an uneasy alliance. His hatred of the Great Dao becomes stronger than his hatred of Qin Fen, leading him to sacrifice himself by fusing with Qin Fen.
• The Great Dao: Changes from a confident manipulator into a desperate and humiliated opponent. Its overconfidence, psychological tactics, and attempts to control every variable ultimately cause the very alliance it feared.

Significant Themes

• Scheming and reversal: The chapter repeatedly overturns expectations, with each side attempting to trap the other. Qin Fen’s ability to turn the Great Dao’s plans against it is central.
• Unity against a common enemy: Former enemies can cooperate when faced with a greater threat, as shown by Hongjun and Qin Fen’s fusion.
• Overconfidence and self-defeat: The Great Dao’s belief in its superior control causes it to underestimate Qin Fen and create its own downfall.
• Fate versus choice: The Great Dao questions whether fate can be overcome, while Qin Fen’s actions suggest that cunning, willpower, and exploitation of loopholes can overturn predetermined outcomes.
• Power and legitimacy: The conflict is not based solely on strength; administrative authority, the number of Dao components, and control over the Heavenly Dao are equally decisive.

Character Interactions

• Hongjun and Qin Fen shift from enemies to reluctant partners, with Hongjun demanding a promise that Qin Fen will help destroy the Great Dao.
• The Great Dao taunts Qin Fen and attempts to undermine his confidence, but Qin Fen later uses the same “who is the mouse?” insult against it.
• Qin Fen and the Great Dao engage in a battle of psychological manipulation: the Great Dao stalls while invading Qin Fen’s body, believing Qin Fen has lost hope, while Qin Fen secretly waits for the right moment to expose its incomplete nature.
• The chapter ends with Qin Fen decisively turning the Great Dao’s possession attempt into a counterattack, claiming the title and power of the Great Dao for himself.

Qin Fen outwitted and absorbed the Great Dao, becoming the ruler of heaven and earth as the Heavenly Dao restarted. He restored Hongjun’s public legacy, then returned to the Queen Mother as the world settled into peace.

• The Great Dao realized Qin Fen was absorbing him and pleaded to survive by offering to serve under him.
• The Great Dao secretly sent the Pangu Axe at Qin Fen, but Qin Fen grabbed him and used him to take the blow.
• Qin Fen rejected the Great Dao’s deception and absorbed his consciousness, ending the Great Dao’s plot and the Heaven and Earth Calamity.
• The Heavenly Dao restarted under Qin Fen, who erased the records of Hongjun’s descent into darkness and restored memories of him as a hero.
• Qin Fen returned to the Queen Mother, who pulled him onto the bed and kissed him.

After resolving the calamity and becoming the Great Dao, Qin Fen discovered that Queen Mother and Female Hooligan were linked incarnations and that their relationship had become awkwardly complicated. As Qin Fen headed home with them for New Year, a Heart Demon was born in Heaven, destined to become his son.

• Qin Fen woke beside Female Hooligan and learned from Yao Chi that Queen Mother had been with him the previous night, while Female Hooligan had reappeared after Queen Mother split into three incarnations.
• Queen Mother told Qin Fen that her younger sister had gone to the Earthly Immortal Realm with his Moonlight Box to manage Kunlun and establish a maternal and child healthcare service.
• Qin Fen explained that he had resolved the calamity, transcended the Heavenly Dao, and become the Great Dao, leaving the Imperial Lords and Saints to oversee the Heavenly Court.
• Qin Fen calculated what would happen to the Heavenly Dao and sensed a black vapor escape from a stone in Heaven.
• A baby marked with a heart-shaped rune was born in a hospital as the Heart Demon, and Qin Fen recognized him as his son.
• Qin Fen left for home with Queen Mother and Female Hooligan to celebrate New Year.

Chapter Summary: “A Pit Within a Pit—Now This Is a Shit Pit!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Great Dao realizes that Qin Fen and Hongjun could potentially fuse. Since Pangu represents overwhelming strength while Qin Fen represents fate and fortune, their fusion could create a being powerful enough to destroy the Great Dao.
• The Great Dao admits that it deliberately manipulated the conflict between Qin Fen and Hongjun. It allowed Qin Fen to remain unharmed and repeatedly provoked Hongjun in order to deepen their hatred and prevent them from joining forces.
• Learning the truth about the Great Dao’s schemes pushes Hongjun to the brink. Though he and Qin Fen are enemies, they share a common foe. Hongjun asks Qin Fen to fuse with him and swear to kill the Great Dao.
• Qin Fen agrees. Hongjun transforms into golden light and merges into Qin Fen, bringing Qin Fen’s power to the level of transcendence—beyond the Heavenly Dao.
• Qin Fen taunts the Great Dao, reversing its earlier “mouse” insult. However, the Great Dao still possesses the Pangu Axe and attempts to regain control through psychological manipulation.
• The Great Dao tricks Qin Fen into lowering his mental guard, then begins infiltrating and taking over his body. It argues that Qin Fen cannot properly absorb Hongjun’s power and that the Great Dao has the advantage because it controls heaven, earth, and the battlefield.
• Qin Fen reveals that the Great Dao has not yet fused with “The One That Escaped,” meaning it possesses only forty-nine of the fifty necessary components for perfection.
• Qin Fen, however, has access to all fifty through his administrator status. His apparent loss of the final connection was intentional: Big Chef had “unfollowed,” but the slot remained available and could be restored at any time.
• By provoking the Great Dao into acknowledging this loophole, Qin Fen causes the Heavenly Dao to confirm his claim. He then uses the Supreme Set’s Golden Mouth, Jade Words ability and the final Wish Stone to forcibly restart and seize control of the Heavenly Dao’s underlying system.
• The Great Dao realizes too late that Qin Fen has turned its possession attempt into a trap and is now devouring it instead.

Character Developments

• Qin Fen: Demonstrates exceptional cunning and long-term planning. Even while apparently losing control of his body, he remains composed and uses the Great Dao’s arrogance against it. His fusion with Hongjun elevates him to a transcendent state, and his administrator authority ultimately gives him the decisive advantage.
• Hongjun: His hatred of Qin Fen gives way to a temporary alliance when he recognizes that the Great Dao is their true enemy. His willingness to fuse with Qin Fen marks a major shift from absolute rivalry to cooperation for survival and revenge.
• The Great Dao: Its confidence collapses as its carefully constructed plan backfires. Though powerful and manipulative, it repeatedly underestimates Qin Fen and becomes trapped by its own arrogance, incomplete perfection, and desire to possess Qin Fen’s body.
• Big Chef: Although not physically present, his “unfollow” status becomes crucial. The vacant slot remains available, preserving Qin Fen’s access to all fifty components and enabling the final reversal.

Significant Themes

• Fate versus calculation: The Great Dao believes it has planned every possibility, but Qin Fen’s unpredictable schemes overturn its calculations.
• Temporary alliances against a greater enemy: Qin Fen and Hongjun’s enmity is suspended when they recognize that the Great Dao is responsible for their suffering.
• Arrogance and self-destruction: The Great Dao’s confidence, mockery, and psychological tactics cause it to overlook Qin Fen’s true plan.
• Power versus legitimacy: Raw strength and the Pangu Axe are not enough; Qin Fen’s administrator status and authority over the Heavenly Dao ultimately matter more.
• Turning traps back on the trapper: Qin Fen repeatedly allows the Great Dao to think it is in control, only to reveal that its actions have advanced his own plan.

Character Interactions

• The Great Dao privately analyzes Qin Fen and Hongjun, revealing its manipulative strategy and fear of their fusion.
• Hongjun openly asks Qin Fen for cooperation and demands a promise to kill the Great Dao.
• Qin Fen accepts the alliance without sentimentality, treating it as a necessary response to their shared predicament.
• After merging, Qin Fen taunts the Great Dao by asking who the “mouse” is now.
• The Great Dao attempts to intimidate and psychologically weaken Qin Fen, physically beginning to possess his body while boasting about its superiority.
• Qin Fen calmly exposes the Great Dao’s incomplete state, using its own admission about possessing only forty-nine components against it.
• The chapter ends with Qin Fen declaring himself the Great Dao and initiating the Heavenly Dao’s forced restart, leaving the Great Dao horrified as the hunter becomes the prey.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• The Great Dao realizes that Qin Fen has effectively absorbed and fused with him. Although the Great Dao believed he still represented the Heavenly Number’s “forty-nine,” Qin Fen has grown into the complete “fifty,” making Qin Fen the true embodiment of the Great Dao.
• The Great Dao’s elaborate plan—using Hongjun, manipulating Heaven and Earth, and attempting to possess Qin Fen—has completely backfired. His schemes ultimately helped Qin Fen transcend the Heavenly Dao and reach a higher level.
• Desperate to survive, the Great Dao pretends to submit, offering to manage the Heavenly Dao while Qin Fen takes the position of Great Dao. Qin Fen sees through the deception.
• The Great Dao secretly launches the Pangu Axe at Qin Fen during their conversation, but Qin Fen anticipated the attack. He catches the Great Dao, using him as a shield, causing the axe to strike the Great Dao instead.
• Qin Fen mocks the Great Dao for repeating his own manipulative behavior and reminds him that the Great Dao’s schemes and “teaching” helped create Qin Fen’s current personality and abilities.
• With no escape remaining, the Great Dao’s consciousness disperses. Hongjun is already gone, the conspiracy collapses, and the Heaven and Earth Calamity comes to an end.
• Qin Fen becomes the ruler and foundation of Heaven and Earth. The Heavenly Dao restarts and recognizes him as the administrator and true Great Dao.
• Qin Fen orders the Heavenly Dao to erase all memories of Hongjun’s madness, preserving Hongjun’s earlier heroic legacy as the creator and guardian of Heaven and Earth.
• After restoring peace, Qin Fen returns to his personal life. Queen Mother, relieved to see him alive, embraces and kisses him, leading to a humorous and romantic closing scene.

2. Character Developments

• Qin Fen fully completes his transformation from someone manipulated by higher powers into the supreme authority of Heaven and Earth. He combines overwhelming strength with the Great Dao’s cunning and personality, allowing him to anticipate every betrayal.
• Qin Fen also shows compassion and restraint by preserving Hongjun’s reputation rather than allowing his final madness to define his legacy.
• The Great Dao suffers a complete reversal of fortune. Once arrogant, confident, and convinced that he controlled the world, he becomes terrified of annihilation and resorts to pleading and deception. His humiliation comes from realizing that his own schemes created the person who defeated him.
• Hongjun remains absent in the final confrontation, but Qin Fen’s decision to preserve his legend portrays him as a tragic figure: a “chess piece” whose fate was worse than Qin Fen’s.
• Queen Mother demonstrates personal attachment to Qin Fen, reacting with relief and affection after believing he had been gone too long.

3. Significant Themes

• Schemes versus absolute power: The chapter suggests that once Qin Fen reaches a level beyond the laws governing Heaven and Earth, manipulation and strategy become useless against him.
• The creator being surpassed by his creation: The Great Dao’s own actions, traits, and schemes unintentionally produce Qin Fen, who ultimately absorbs and replaces him.
• Irony and reversal: The Great Dao’s grand plan succeeds only in elevating Qin Fen, and his attempted ambush becomes another source of humiliation.
• Identity and succession: The chapter questions who truly deserves to be called the Great Dao—the original entity occupying “forty-nine,” or Qin Fen, who completes the Heavenly Number and becomes the foundation of reality.
• Mercy and historical memory: Qin Fen chooses to erase Hongjun’s final disgrace, emphasizing that a person’s entire legacy should not be reduced to their final failure.
• Peace after calamity: After the cosmic conflict, the story returns to domestic humor and romance, contrasting the enormous scale of the battle with Qin Fen’s ordinary personal concerns.

4. Character Interactions

• Qin Fen and the Great Dao engage in a sarcastic power struggle. The Great Dao tries to negotiate and flatter Qin Fen, while Qin Fen ridicules him for his hypocrisy and failed schemes.
• Qin Fen deliberately echoes the Great Dao’s former mocking behavior, turning the Great Dao’s own mannerisms against him.
• Qin Fen and the Heavenly Dao interact as master and administrator. Once Qin Fen becomes the Great Dao, the Heavenly Dao obeys his commands without resistance.
• Qin Fen honors Hongjun through his final decision to preserve the Dao Ancestor’s heroic image.
• The closing interaction between Qin Fen and Queen Mother shifts the tone from cosmic confrontation to intimate comedy, ending the chapter—and nearly the novel—on an affectionate, playful note.

Epilogue Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Hongjun’s demonic corruption and the Heaven and Earth Calamity are resolved, the Heavenly Dao erases the memories of the crisis. The Heavenly Court and Earthly Immortal Realm return to normal, and everyone celebrates the coming New Year.
• Qin Fen—now the true Great Dao, having surpassed even the Heavenly Dao—awakens in a chaotic hotel room beside Female Hooligan. Yao Chi arrives at the door, creating immediate confusion because Qin Fen realizes the woman he was with the previous night was actually Queen Mother of the West.
• Qin Fen reconstructs what happened: Female Hooligan, Queen Mother, and Qin Fen’s sister-in-law are connected incarnations sharing sensations and experiences. Female Hooligan had temporarily merged back into Queen Mother, causing Qin Fen to unknowingly spend the night with Queen Mother before the incarnations separated again.
• Qin Fen’s sister-in-law, embarrassed by the situation, leaves for the Earthly Immortal Realm using the Moonlight Box. She intends to help manage Kunlun and establish maternal, child-health, and gynecological services.
• Queen Mother confirms that Qin Fen has resolved the calamity, but she is shocked to learn that he has become the Great Dao rather than merely the Dao Ancestor. Qin Fen realizes that his new position may leave the Heavenly Dao without an administrator.
• While investigating, Qin Fen discovers that a hidden stone in Heaven has cracked, releasing black energy. A baby is born in a hospital, carrying Qin Fen’s blood essence and a distinctive heart-shaped rune.
• The child is revealed to be Qin Fen’s Heart Demon, a being connected to the seven emotions and six desires. Like other Heavenly Demons, the infant possesses an extremely weak presence and is largely ignored by those around him.
• Qin Fen accepts the child’s birth as the result of Heavenly Will and leaves with Queen Mother and Female Hooligan to celebrate the New Year with his parents.

Character Developments

• Qin Fen has reached the highest possible status, fusing with the Great Dao and becoming the eternal ruler of existence. Despite his overwhelming power, he remains mischievous, irreverent, and easily flustered by romantic and domestic complications.
• Queen Mother of the West becomes more openly connected to Qin Fen through her shared identity with Female Hooligan and the other incarnations. She is embarrassed by their situation but remains composed and perceptive, quickly recognizing that Qin Fen has manipulated or outmaneuvered some larger cosmic scheme.
• Female Hooligan learns or confronts the truth that she is an incarnation of Queen Mother. Though embarrassed by the complicated relationship, she accepts the situation and begins adjusting to her shared fate with Queen Mother and Qin Fen.
• Qin Fen’s sister-in-law responds to the awkward circumstances by temporarily separating herself from the group and taking on a constructive role in Kunlun, planning to provide medical and social services.
• The Heart Demon child is introduced as a new cosmic figure. Born from Qin Fen’s blood essence and the Nüwa Stone, he inherits Qin Fen’s traits while also possessing the Heavenly Demon ability to remain unnoticed.

Significant Themes

• Fate and Heavenly Will: The birth of the Heart Demon is presented as an inevitable consequence of destiny, even beyond Qin Fen’s control as the Great Dao.
• Cycles of identity and reincarnation: Queen Mother, Female Hooligan, and the sister-in-law are linked through divided and reunited incarnations, blurring the boundaries between individual identity and shared experience.
• Power versus ordinary life: Although Qin Fen has transcended the Heavenly Dao, the chapter places him in humorous, mundane situations involving family visits, romantic embarrassment, and New Year preparations.
• The continuation of conflict: The original calamity has ended, but the birth of the Heart Demon suggests that a new legend—and potentially a new source of disruption in the Celestial Realm—is beginning.
• Home and renewal: The peaceful snowfall, New Year celebrations, and Qin Fen’s decision to return home emphasize restoration, family, and the return to normal life after cosmic upheaval.

Character Interactions

• Qin Fen and Queen Mother share an awkward but intimate conversation about the previous night, the confusion caused by their merged incarnations, and the unresolved relationship among the three women.
• Queen Mother teases Qin Fen about his habit of “playing people into ruin,” implying that his rise to Great Dao status resulted from another elaborate manipulation.
• Female Hooligan reacts with embarrassment upon learning the truth of her identity and the circumstances surrounding Qin Fen and Queen Mother.
• Qin Fen, Queen Mother, and Female Hooligan ultimately set aside the awkwardness and prepare to return to Qin Fen’s family for the New Year, while the birth of the Heart Demon quietly sets the stage for the next chapter of the legend.