Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary:

Clan Turmoil

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fang Yan gives Heart Scar Venerable the secret technique “My Heart Is Like Gold,” believing it may help her overcome her long-standing bottleneck at the Universe Overlord level and break through to become a Universe Lord.
• A meeting of the Human Race’s highest leaders—Origin Ancestor, Chaos Lord, Giant Axe Lord, Qing Dong Lord, and Fang Yan—is held after Annihilation Lord successfully breaks through to the Universe Strongest realm.
• Annihilation Lord renames himself Demon Ancestor and asks whether the Hell Race may officially be recognized as a peak race.
• The leaders agree that acknowledging the Hell Race is wiser than destroying it. Pressuring the Hell Race further could unite other races against the Human Race and create an unsustainable conflict.
• Origin Ancestor officially grants the Hell Race peak-race status. Fang Yan chooses Fallen Angel as Heavenly Court’s envoy to deliver congratulations.
• News of the decision spreads across the Primordial Universe, further establishing the Human Race’s overwhelming influence over the current political order.
• In Demon Race Territory, Beast Ancestor becomes furious and alarmed at the Hell Race’s rise. He hears a dangerous rumor that no one can become a True God without the Human Race’s approval, based on the destruction of the Crystal Race Sacred Lord and Demon Ancestor’s decision to seek Human Race recognition.
• At the end of the chapter, Shock Horn Lord visits Meng Tu Lord and reveals that he is close to breaking through to the True God realm. He intends to ask Beast Ancestor for guidance about overcoming the final barrier.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan demonstrates generosity and trust by giving Heart Scar Venerable a powerful secret technique. He also acts strategically by supporting recognition of the Hell Race rather than pursuing its destruction.
• Heart Scar Venerable shows restrained gratitude and renewed determination. Her acceptance of the technique suggests she is preparing to seek a breakthrough after many eras of stagnation.
• Origin Ancestor continues to display calm political judgment. He recognizes that granting the Hell Race official status will secure its loyalty while avoiding unnecessary hostility.
• Chaos Lord, Giant Axe Lord, and Qing Dong Lord all acknowledge that the Human Race lacks the strength to dominate the entire Primordial Universe by force and must avoid provoking a coalition against it.
• Beast Ancestor becomes increasingly resentful and insecure as the Human Race reshapes the balance of power. His anger reflects the Demon Race’s declining position.
• Shock Horn Lord reaches a crucial point in his cultivation and reveals unusual vulnerability by admitting that he needs guidance.
• Meng Tu Lord serves as a confidant for Shock Horn Lord, receiving the revelation of his impending breakthrough.

Significant Themes

• Political restraint versus domination: The Human Race chooses recognition and diplomacy over annihilation, understanding that excessive aggression could produce widespread resistance.
• The Human Race’s growing authority: The decision regarding the Hell Race suggests that the Human Race has become the central power capable of determining the status and survival of other peak races.
• Rumor and perception as political weapons: The idea that Human Race approval is required to become a True God may be untrue, but its spread causes fear and resentment, potentially destabilizing the entire Primordial Universe.
• Breakthrough as an internal transformation: Both Heart Scar Venerable and Shock Horn Lord are shown to be near major breakthroughs, emphasizing that advancement requires more than accumulating power—it also depends on insight, soul, will, and an opening of the mind.
• The consequences of shifting power: The destruction of the Crystal Race, the rise of the Hell Race, and the separation of the Starry Sky Behemoth lineage all signal the collapse of the old order.

Character Interactions

• Fang Yan and Heart Scar Venerable share a formal but meaningful exchange in which he entrusts her with the secret technique and encourages her breakthrough.
• The Human Race leaders debate how to respond to Demon Ancestor’s request. Chaos Lord warns against overextension, while Giant Axe Lord and Qing Dong Lord support a cautious diplomatic approach.
• Fang Yan and Chaos Lord exchange a brief but pointed interaction when Fang Yan names Fallen Angel as Heavenly Court’s envoy, hinting at strategic implications behind the choice.
• Beast Ancestor confronts the implications of the Human Race’s dominance through a tense exchange with his subordinates, whose report about the spreading rumor intensifies his fury.
• Shock Horn Lord confides in Meng Tu Lord about his imminent breakthrough and his desire to seek Beast Ancestor’s experience, introducing a possible source of future conflict or political tension within the Demon Race.

Chapter Summary: “Mengtu’s Ambition”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Shock Horn Lord asks Meng Tu Lord how to persuade the Beast Ancestor to help him break through to the True God realm. He considers offering one of his Peak Treasures, but Meng Tu explains that the Beast Ancestor is too wary of potential rivals to provide genuine guidance, regardless of the gift.
• Meng Tu suggests that Shock Horn instead seek help from Starry Sky Ancestor, who bears a grudge against the Beast Ancestor after being forced out of the Demon Race and used as a scapegoat.
• Meng Tu then reveals that he possesses a complete True God breakthrough inheritance. His price is that, after becoming a True God, Shock Horn must help drive the Beast Ancestor out of the Demon Race.
• Shock Horn initially considers the demand insane, but Meng Tu explains that both he and the Beast Ancestor can unleash only Sixth-Order Universe Lord strength within the Primordial Universe. With Shock Horn, Starry Sky Ancestor, and potentially the Human Race joining them, they could overpower and expel the Beast Ancestor.
• Shock Horn accepts the deal. Meng Tu gives him a dark-gold sphere containing the breakthrough inheritance and instructs him to break through outside Demon Race territory, then secretly contact him.
• The scene shifts to Fang Yan’s Spring Autumn Cicada Clone traveling through the Universe Ocean. He reaches the remains of Kong Luo’s battlefield, where the lingering effects of Kong Luo’s secret technique, “Desolate Autumn Solitude,” have turned the Chaos currents withered yellow and created soul-infused rain.
• Fang Yan activates “Time Reversal,” reversing the aftermath of the technique and gathering a fragment of Kong Luo’s soul from the river of time. The effort consumes roughly sixty percent of Fang Yan’s divine body.
• To preserve the unstable soul fragment, Fang Yan places it inside the One Leaf World gifted by the Wood Beast God, whose vitality can temporarily sustain it. He then travels toward Kong Luo’s ruined Small Universe, which has been shattered and looted.

Character Developments

• Meng Tu Lord is revealed as calculating, ambitious, and openly opposed to the Beast Ancestor. He manipulates Shock Horn’s desire for advancement while presenting a carefully constructed political and military plan. His true goal is not merely helping an ally break through, but restructuring power within the Demon Race.
• Shock Horn Lord changes from anxious dependence on the Beast Ancestor to reluctant cooperation with Meng Tu. Though frightened by the proposed betrayal, his fear of wasting his cultivation and his desire to become a True God ultimately overcome his hesitation.
• The Beast Ancestor is portrayed indirectly as selfish and distrustful. His fear of rivals prevents him from sincerely helping other powerful beings, contributing to the conspiracy against him.
• Starry Sky Ancestor is established as a potentially important ally whose resentment toward the Beast Ancestor may be exploited.
• Fang Yan demonstrates extraordinary mastery of the Time Law and a willingness to sacrifice most of his divine body to rescue Kong Luo’s soul. His actions show both immense capability and loyalty toward the fallen Kong Luo.

Significant Themes

• Ambition and power struggles: Meng Tu’s plan reflects the constant competition among powerful beings and the unstable political structure of the Demon Race.
• Betrayal and revenge: Starry Sky Ancestor’s history and Meng Tu’s proposed alliance show how past betrayals continue to shape present alliances.
• Trust versus manipulation: Shock Horn must decide whether to trust Meng Tu, whose offer is both generous and self-serving.
• Sacrifice and preservation: Fang Yan’s destruction of sixty percent of his divine body emphasizes the cost of saving Kong Luo’s remaining soul.
• The limits of power: Even supreme beings are constrained by the Primordial Universe’s Sixth-Order ceiling, making alliances and strategy as important as individual strength.

Character Interactions

• Meng Tu dominates the conversation with Shock Horn, first dismantling his plan to bribe the Beast Ancestor, then offering two alternative paths: seeking Starry Sky Ancestor’s help or accepting Meng Tu’s inheritance in exchange for rebellion.
• Shock Horn’s emotional progression—from embarrassment and anxiety, to shock and outrage, and finally reluctant agreement—drives the first half of the chapter.
• Fang Yan’s interaction with Kong Luo is largely one-sided, since Kong Luo exists only as a damaged soul fragment. Nevertheless, Fang Yan’s efforts to retrieve and protect him establish a strong bond of loyalty and responsibility.
• The chapter links the two storylines through a shared focus on alliances, betrayal, and attempts to alter the balance of power among the Universe’s strongest beings.

Chapter Summary: Heaven Above Heaven

Key Plot Points and Events

• At the bottom of a dried lake, Fang Yan attempts to revive Kong Luo by releasing his soul phantom from the One Leaf World into the wreckage of Kong Luo’s shattered Small Universe.
• Kong Luo’s Small Universe instinctively supplies energy to its returning master. His soul begins to stabilize, his divine body starts regenerating, and his True God Heart beats again.
• The Supreme Rule immediately intervenes, recognizing Kong Luo’s revival as an unnatural reversal of death. It targets Kong Luo with overwhelming judgment while leaving Fang Yan untouched.
• To prevent Kong Luo from being destroyed by the Supreme Rule, Fang Yan personally shatters Kong Luo’s newly restored True God Heart. Kong Luo’s body dissipates, and the Supreme Rule withdraws after losing its target.
• One year later, Fang Yan recreates Kong Luo’s True God Heart within his Divine Kingdom. This time, the Supreme Rule does not intervene because the revival occurs through the Divine Kingdom rather than by directly restoring Kong Luo in the Universe Ocean.
• Since Kong Luo’s Small Universe is destroyed and can no longer sustain him, Fang Yan sacrifices ten thousand Dao Marks from his Divine Kingdom to nourish the True God Heart. The recovery is extremely slow, suggesting that trillions of Dao Marks would be necessary for a complete restoration.
• Before the process can continue, Kong Luo’s True God Heart transforms. It rises beyond Fang Yan’s original heavens, cracks apart, and expands into a new layer of sky filled with mournful autumn landscapes and cold rain.
• This new realm embodies Kong Luo’s signature secret technique, “Desolate Autumn Solitude.” Fang Yan names the new layer the Second Heaven, and Kong Luo’s divine body begins recovering beneath it.
• Kong Luo awakens and realizes that he has become closely connected to the Second Heaven, functioning almost like its heavenly will. He asks whether this makes him a lifeform of Fang Yan’s Divine Kingdom.
• Fang Yan explains that Kong Luo remains himself, but his existence is now fundamentally tied to the Divine Kingdom. The chapter ends with Kong Luo asking about Thunder Garb, and Fang Yan replying that Thunder Garb is likely still alive in the core region of the Universe Boat.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan: Demonstrates both his mastery of Time Reversal and his willingness to make severe sacrifices for others. He kills Kong Luo temporarily to protect him from the Supreme Rule, then spends a significant portion of his Divine Kingdom’s resources attempting to restore him. His actions reveal loyalty to Great Dream Mortal World and a willingness to accept imperfect outcomes.
• Kong Luo: Moves from death, to partial revival, to a new form of existence tied to Fang Yan’s Divine Kingdom. He retains his identity but becomes integrated with the Second Heaven, gaining an existence unlike that of an ordinary Divine Kingdom lifeform.
• Thunder Garb: Remains absent but is confirmed to possibly still be alive, establishing a future objective or unresolved concern.

Significant Themes

• The limits of resurrection: Death cannot simply be reversed without consequences. The Supreme Rule permits certain loopholes but punishes those directly restored through forbidden means.
• Sacrifice and responsibility: Fang Yan repeatedly sacrifices power and resources to preserve Kong Luo, even when the result threatens the growth of his own Divine Kingdom.
• Transformation through survival: Kong Luo does not return exactly as he was. His revival creates the Second Heaven, turning his legacy and secret technique into a permanent part of Fang Yan’s Divine Kingdom.
• Identity and dependence: Kong Luo remains “himself,” yet his existence is now dependent on Fang Yan’s Divine Kingdom, raising questions about autonomy, immortality, and what it means to truly return from death.
• Legacy after death: Kong Luo’s “Desolate Autumn Solitude” survives as a living heavenly realm, suggesting that a powerful cultivator’s techniques and will can outlast the physical body.

Character Interactions

• Fang Yan directly intervenes when the Supreme Rule begins destroying Kong Luo, shattering Kong Luo’s True God Heart himself to prevent a more absolute annihilation.
• Later, Fang Yan uses his own Divine Kingdom’s Dao Marks to restore Kong Luo, despite recognizing that the process may consume enormous resources.
• After Kong Luo awakens, he and Fang Yan discuss the nature of Kong Luo’s new existence. Kong Luo expresses uncertainty about his status, while Fang Yan reassures him that he remains himself despite being bound to the Divine Kingdom.
• Their conversation ends by shifting attention to Thunder Garb, linking Kong Luo’s revival to the wider fate of their surviving allies.

Key plot points

• Kong Luo praises Thunder Garb for hiding in the Universe Boat’s Core Land, where the First Reincarnation Era’s powerful figures are unlikely to pursue him. He then declares his intention to kill Shadow Shuttle Lord. Fang Yan agrees to use the Human Race’s forces in the Universe Ocean to locate him.
• In Tusita Palace, Yan Lei trains with the Thunderclap Twenty-Eight Needles under the Thunder Beast God’s guidance. She corrects his timing, helping him synchronize seven needles more precisely.
• The Flint Lord’s identity plaque cracks, signaling that he is lost again in Liuzhong Mountain. Yan Lei views a message and uses Fixed Immortal Travel to reach him.
• The Flint Lord has found a Seven-Colored Origin Stone, which he estimates is worth at least 1,000 Supreme Treasure Points. Yan Lei charges him 150 points for transporting him and his treasure, then opens a portal with the Seven-Turn Star Gate Immortal Gu. The Flint Lord returns to Tusita Palace first, and Yan Lei follows.
• Back at the palace, the Thunder Beast God reveals the Thunder Immortal Bottle, a Top-Tier Origin Supreme Treasure. By placing three needles inside, she alters their lightning and allows the other twenty-five needles to operate without consuming power.

Character developments and interactions

• Kong Luo shifts from reflecting on Thunder Garb’s cleverness to openly vowing revenge against Shadow Shuttle Lord; Fang Yan supports him by offering the Human Race’s help.
• Yan Lei shows patience and discipline in training, accepts the Thunder Beast God’s critiques, and efficiently rescues the Flint Lord while enforcing the agreed transport fee.
• The Thunder Beast God acts as both instructor and inventive collaborator: she coaches Yan Lei and demonstrates how the bottle can enhance the needles.
• The Flint Lord remains exuberant and somewhat foolish, delighted by his treasure and dependent on Yan Lei to escape Liuzhong Mountain. Their exchange is practical and familiar, while the Thunder Beast God teases him for getting lost again.

Significant themes

• Cooperation and mutual support: allies pool their skills and resources, whether searching for an enemy or rescuing a lost companion.
• Ingenuity and mastery: patient training and experimentation reveal new ways to control and improve powerful treasures.
• The costs of aid: Yan Lei’s rescue is generous but transactional, with a clear fee for transporting the Flint Lord and his find.

Plot points and events

• The Flint Lord takes the Seven-Colored Origin Stone and leaves to restore his divine body. Yan Lei and the Thunder Beast God remain in the side hall, where the Beast God demonstrates that the Thunder Immortal Bottle lets even a King-Level Immortal use the Thunderclap Twenty-Eight Needles at Universe Overlord strength without excessive divine-power expenditure.
• The Thunder Beast God explains that he once spent more than three thousand years lost in Liuzhong Mountain and lost a fifth of his divine body before learning that Fang Yan’s Fixed Immortal Travel and Star Gate Immortal Gu could bring Heavenly Court members out. He stays near Tusita Palace because Forgotten Heaven Mountain offers him a refuge.
• Yan Lei suddenly freezes, then recovers and activates Tusita Palace’s central hub. A bounty appears throughout the palace: 40 Supreme Treasure Points for information on the Shadow Shuttle Lord, 300 for killing him, and 800 for capturing him alive and delivering him to Tusita Palace.
• The bounty reaches the Ice Mountain Lord in the Tilted Peak Realm. Suspecting the Shadow Shuttle Lord may be there, he sends a Hong Alliance-wide beacon to alert the Universe Lords exploring the realm.
• Three eras later, the Shadow Shuttle Lord has stolen a High-grade Supreme Artifact and is hiding at Myriad Bones Peak. The Qing Hua Lord pursues him for hundreds of light-years and, after a detection wave, appears to locate his hiding place. When the Shadow Shuttle Lord tries to escape, Qing Hua still follows. The Shadow Shuttle Lord realizes the Human Race may have been alerted and asks whether Qing Hua called for help; Qing Hua’s smile suggests he did.
• Fang Yan travels through the Universe Ocean aboard Humanity Palace, accompanied by his teacher, the Immortal-Sweeping Lord, and the Swallowing Evolution Lord. As they near their destination, Fang Yan opens the palace wall, and the Immortal-Sweeping Lord launches into the Chaos currents.

Character developments and interactions

• Thunder Beast God is pleased with his invention and openly boasts of his ingenuity. His past ordeal in Liuzhong Mountain also shows his caution and explains his continued proximity to Tusita Palace.
• Yan Lei shifts from discussing the Thunder Immortal Bottle to issuing the bounty, demonstrating his authority over Tusita Palace. His brief unexplained freeze suggests an incoming message or sudden trigger, though its cause is not stated.
• Ice Mountain Lord responds quickly and strategically, using a restricted Hong Alliance beacon to mobilize nearby allies.
• Shadow Shuttle Lord is confident in his escape technique but grows suspicious and uneasy when Qing Hua refuses to stop pursuing him.
• Qing Hua Lord remains silent and persistent, apparently using the chase to delay or expose the Shadow Shuttle Lord until help can arrive.
• Fang Yan appears composed and travels with trusted allies. The Immortal-Sweeping Lord’s boastful confidence contrasts with Fang Yan’s calm manner, while his address of Fang Yan as “Teacher” reflects their close bond.

Significant themes

• Power and strategy: The Thunder Immortal Bottle makes a formidable weapon usable by weaker practitioners, while the bounty turns the Shadow Shuttle Lord into a target for coordinated pursuit.
• Networks and coordination: Heavenly Court’s transport methods and the Hong Alliance’s beacon show how information and rapid communication can change the balance of power.
• Pursuit and refuge: The Shadow Shuttle Lord relies on stealth, but his enemies use persistence and collective intelligence; the Thunder Beast God, by contrast, stays near a dangerous region because it offers a strategic escape route.

Chapter Summary: “Shadow Shuttle Caught”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Shadow Shuttle Lord attempts to escape through the rock crevices of Myriad Bones Peak after realizing he is being pursued.
• Immortal-Sweeping Lord uses his strongest fusion technique, Moon Sends Spring Breeze, to slow Shadow Shuttle Lord and strip away his shadow-based concealment, exposing his true body.
• Fang Yan activates the Blood Sun Remnant Immortal Gu, transforming his Cosmic Wind Haze Beast body into a massive crimson-gold sun that incinerates surrounding energy fragments and destabilizes the terrain.
• Using the Wisdom Sword Immortal Gu, Fang Yan fires successive jade-green sword beams. The attacks pierce Shadow Shuttle Lord’s defenses and rapidly destroy a large portion of his divine body.
• In desperation, Shadow Shuttle Lord uses Shadow Escape: Ten Directions Return to Ruin, splitting into ten nearly identical figures and fleeing in different directions.
• Swallowing Evolution Lord employs Equal Silence Astral Current, annihilating nine of the shadow copies and identifying the true body.
• Fang Yan expands the Humanity Palace, using its purple-gold sealing chains to restrain and capture Shadow Shuttle Lord. The palace then contracts back into a palm-sized object.
• Qing Hua Lord, shocked by Fang Yan’s power and by the presence of two Fifth-Order Universe Lords, formally acknowledges Fang Yan. Fang Yan treats him as an equal now that Qing Hua has become a Universe Lord.
• Ten years later, Fang Yan brings the imprisoned Shadow Shuttle Lord to his Divine Kingdom, where the weakened Kong Luo confronts him.
• Kong Luo uses the single word “Fear” to trap Shadow Shuttle Lord in an overwhelming spiritual torment, repeatedly crushing his will and forcing him to experience amplified terror.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan demonstrates overwhelming control, coordination, and emotional composure. He combines multiple powerful artifacts and techniques to defeat and capture an enemy who specializes in escape and concealment.
• Immortal-Sweeping Lord proves his value as the initial pursuer and suppressor, preventing Shadow Shuttle Lord from activating his escape technique effectively.
• Swallowing Evolution Lord displays precise battlefield awareness by distinguishing Shadow Shuttle Lord’s true body from his clones.
• Shadow Shuttle Lord shifts from confidence in his escape abilities to shock, terror, and helplessness as his divine body is destroyed and his techniques fail one after another.
• Qing Hua Lord gains a new status as Fang Yan’s peer after becoming a Universe Lord, though he remains deeply awed by Fang Yan’s strength.
• Kong Luo, despite still appearing physically weakened, reveals terrifying spiritual power. His recovery is progressing, but his ability to dominate Shadow Shuttle Lord’s mind remains formidable.

Significant Themes

• The failure of escape before overwhelming strength: Shadow Shuttle Lord’s identity and techniques center on evasion, but Fang Yan’s allies systematically eliminate every possible route of escape.
• Coordination and complementary abilities: Immortal-Sweeping Lord suppresses movement, Fang Yan delivers devastating attacks, and Swallowing Evolution Lord identifies the true target, showing the effectiveness of teamwork among powerful cultivators.
• Power and hierarchy: Qing Hua’s changed status reflects the shifting hierarchy of the cultivation world, while the presence of multiple Fifth-Order Universe Lords establishes Fang Yan’s growing influence.
• Psychological domination: The final confrontation shows that physical defeat is only the beginning. Kong Luo attacks Shadow Shuttle Lord’s will and soul, turning fear itself into a weapon.
• Composure versus terror: Fang Yan remains calm and expressionless throughout the capture, contrasting sharply with Shadow Shuttle Lord’s escalating panic and Kong Luo’s horrifying mental assault.

Character Interactions

• Fang Yan and the two beast-god Universe Lords cooperate seamlessly to capture Shadow Shuttle Lord.
• Fang Yan reassures Qing Hua Lord that they should now regard each other as peers rather than superior and subordinate, signaling respect and a change in their relationship.
• Qing Hua is visibly stunned by Fang Yan’s strength but accepts the new arrangement respectfully.
• Fang Yan later brings Shadow Shuttle Lord before Kong Luo, linking the physical capture in the Tilted Peak Realm with a subsequent spiritual punishment.
• Kong Luo’s brief command, “Fear,” completely overwhelms Shadow Shuttle Lord, establishing a powerful and frightening interaction between the former captive and his new tormentor.

Chapter Summary: Hunting Universe Lords

Key Plot Points and Events

• Shadow Shuttle Lord is trapped by Fear’s binding, which suppresses every trace of his independent will and prevents him from detonating himself or escaping his torment.
• He endures three days of continuous terror and internal destruction while Kong Luo remains silent and motionless, eventually disintegrating completely.
• Shadow Shuttle Lord’s divine body transforms into three rivers containing:
  • 5,000 Universe Dao Marks
  • 5,000 Cosmic Dao Marks
  • 10,000 other Dao Marks
    These merge into the surrounding law structure, increasing the light sea’s total Dao Marks from 90,000 to 110,000.
• Fang Yan recognizes how efficiently killing Universe Lords produces Dao Marks, but notes that he cannot target Lords backed by True Gods.
• He issues a new bounty offering fifty Supreme Treasure Points for information about known lone Universe Lords.
• Over the next ten epochs, Fang Yan, disguised as Blood Cloud Palace Master, hunts several lone Universe Lords:
  • Two Second-Order and one Third-Order Lord in the Universe Ocean
  • Two recently advanced Second-Order Lords in the Primordial Universe
• Fang Shui Clone, operating undercover in the Three Swords Alliance, provides Fang Yan with the location of Bitter Tree Lord in the Divine Wood Forest.
• Fang Yan travels there in Blood Cloud Palace and attacks Bitter Tree Lord without attempting negotiation.
• His first three sword strikes severely damage Bitter Tree Lord, but the latter’s enormous plant-based body and Thousand Vine Armor allow him to regenerate and withstand the assault.
• Bitter Tree Lord realizes Fang Yan intends to kill him and prepares for a prolonged battle. Fang Yan pauses, studying the increasingly powerful defensive network around his opponent.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan becomes increasingly ruthless, calculating, and efficient. He treats lone Universe Lords as hunting targets and focuses on maximizing Dao Mark gains while avoiding politically dangerous enemies protected by True Gods.
• Kong Luo is portrayed as cold, controlled, and utterly unyielding. He does not react emotionally to Shadow Shuttle Lord’s suffering and simply resumes recovering after the execution begins.
• Shadow Shuttle Lord loses all agency under Fear’s control, ultimately collapsing mentally and spiritually before his soul completely disintegrates.
• Bitter Tree Lord shifts from pleading and fear to defiance. Initially he claims to be harmless and lacking valuable treasures, but after Fang Yan attacks, he decides to resist and rely on his regeneration and immense body.
• Fang Shui Clone continues to function effectively as an undercover informant within the Three Swords Alliance, supplying valuable intelligence to Fang Yan.

Significant Themes

• Absolute control and helplessness: Shadow Shuttle Lord’s inability to resist Fear emphasizes the horror of having one’s will completely suppressed.
• Power as resource extraction: Fang Yan views slain Universe Lords primarily as sources of Dao Marks, reducing vast beings to fuel for cosmic expansion.
• Predation and survival: The chapter presents the Universe Lords as hunters and hunted, with lone Lords especially vulnerable to Fang Yan’s systematic campaign.
• Caution amid ambition: Fang Yan is aggressive but not reckless; he avoids enemies protected by True Gods and carefully gathers intelligence before striking.
• Regeneration versus overwhelming offense: Bitter Tree Lord’s enormous body and Thousand Vine Armor introduce a possible battle of attrition against Fang Yan’s precise, destructive sword techniques.

Character Interactions

• Kong Luo and Shadow Shuttle Lord: Kong Luo’s silent presence and refusal to relent contrast with Shadow Shuttle Lord’s prolonged suffering.
• Fang Yan and the Heavenly Court: Fang Yan uses the bounty system to mobilize the organization’s members in locating lone Universe Lords.
• Fang Shui Clone and Fang Yan: Their covert information exchange demonstrates the importance of infiltration and intelligence in Fang Yan’s hunting strategy.
• Fang Yan and Bitter Tree Lord: Bitter Tree Lord begs for mercy and insists he has no valuable treasures, but Fang Yan responds only with attacks. Bitter Tree Lord eventually abandons negotiation and challenges him, creating the chapter’s central confrontation.

Chapter Summary: Abundant Divine Kingdom

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bitter Tree Lord attempts to negotiate with Fang Yan, offering all his Life-Breath Soil in exchange for survival.
• Fang Yan reveals that the Blood Cloud Palace is actually the disguised Humanity Palace, a supreme treasure.
• He expands the palace to three light-years, enveloping Bitter Tree Lord and his Thousand Vine Armor. Blood chains suppress and seal the Wood-based powerhouse despite his desperate resistance.
• Fang Yan brings Bitter Tree Lord back to his Divine Kingdom, where Kong Luo destroys him with a single word—“Fear.” His body dissolves into Dao Marks:
  • 5,000 Universe Dao Marks
  • 20,000 Wood Dao Marks
  • 7,000 miscellaneous Dao Marks
• These Dao Marks merge into Fang Yan’s Divine Kingdom, raising its total to nearly 200,000 and greatly strengthening its Wood-related aspect. Bitter Tree Lord’s Thousand Vine Armor remains as a Peak Treasure.
• Fang Yan distributes Immortal Gu to allies, including Ganwu, Kandri, Hai Xi, Xin Qing, and Si Fan. He gives Si Fan a Heart-Linking Gu so they can sense each other across great distances.
• He provides protective Immortal Gu to the children Si Yi and Li Ye, distributing nearly a hundred Gu Worms in total.
• At Soul Shaking Mountain, seven Universe Lord-level Gallstones regenerate. Fang Yan shatters and absorbs them, enduring a three-day soul-fusion process that raises his soul strength to that of an ordinary Fifth-Order Universe Master.
• Fang Yan examines the World Rings of seven Universe Lords he previously killed. The first six offer little of use, but Bitter Tree Lord’s ring contains a powerful aura of life, suggesting valuable treasures within.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan: Demonstrates overwhelming strategic power by concealing the Humanity Palace until the decisive moment. He becomes increasingly formidable through the absorption of Dao Marks and soul origin, while also showing greater responsibility toward his allies and family.
• Bitter Tree Lord: Shifts from aggressive combatant to desperate negotiator, but is ultimately sealed, stripped of his Dao Marks, and killed. His defeat further establishes Fang Yan’s fearsome reputation.
• Kong Luo: Displays absolute control over soul-related power, killing Bitter Tree Lord effortlessly with a single command.
• Si Fan and Fang Yan’s allies: Though mostly off-page, their importance grows as Fang Yan equips them with Immortal Gu and communication tools.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and inevitability: Fang Yan’s hidden supreme treasure turns Bitter Tree Lord’s resistance into futile struggle.
• Growth through conquest: Enemies are not merely defeated; their Dao Marks, treasures, and soul origins become resources that strengthen Fang Yan’s Divine Kingdom.
• Strategic preparation: Fang Yan balances personal advancement with long-term support for his allies by distributing specialized Immortal Gu.
• Life, death, and transformation: Bitter Tree Lord’s death enriches the Divine Kingdom, while his life-based power may continue to benefit Fang Yan through the treasures in his World Ring.
• Accumulation toward supremacy: Fang Yan’s Divine Kingdom and soul steadily approach higher realms, though the emergence of eighth-order Immortal Gu remains a distant goal.

Character Interactions

• Fang Yan and Bitter Tree Lord engage in a brief negotiation before Fang Yan reveals the Humanity Palace and captures him.
• Kong Luo acts as Fang Yan’s executioner, destroying Bitter Tree Lord within the Divine Kingdom.
• Fang Yan indirectly supports Ganwu, Kandri, Hai Xi, Xin Qing, Si Fan, Si Yi, and Li Ye through the distribution of Immortal Gu.
• Fang Yan’s Heart-Linking Gu creates a continuing spiritual connection between himself and Si Fan.
• His interaction with Soul Shaking Mountain is primarily one of cultivation: he extracts and absorbs the seven Gallstones to strengthen his soul.

Chapter Summary: “The Flaws of the Heavenly Court”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fang Yan acquires the Heavenly Gate Sword, a Peak Treasure-class melee weapon specializing in penetration and armor-piercing. It fills the major gap in his combat equipment.
• He visits Chaos City and exchanges more than 23,000 Supreme Treasure Points for the Earth Goblet River, a Peak Domain Treasure capable of covering over a hundred light-years and weakening enemies’ movement and law manipulation.
• With the Eternal Armor, Heavenly Gate Sword, Wisdom Sword Immortal Gu, and Earth Goblet River, Fang Yan’s equipment and combat strength reach the level of a Fifth-Order Universe Master.
• Fang Yan transfers his remaining treasures—three Peak Treasures, eleven top-tier treasures, and hundreds of ordinary treasures—into the Human Race Treasure Vault, greatly strengthening the Human Race’s resources.
• He decides that, now that the Human Race can increasingly dominate the Primordial Universe, the alien races within the Heavenly Court should eventually be suppressed. He even considers turning the Heavenly Court into nourishment for his Divine Kingdom once the Human Race dominates the Universe Ocean.
• In the Black Heaven Secret Realm, Fang Yan uses 100,000 cubic meters of Life-Breath Soil to nourish the embryonic One Leaf World. Its diameter grows from one to two light-years, and its internal laws begin to develop.
• The Law of Wood becomes overwhelmingly dominant, while the other nine fundamental laws—metal, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, light, space, and time—also begin evolving. Fang Yan’s comprehension of the Law of Wood reaches complete perfection.
• However, the Life-Breath Soil is quickly exhausted, and One Leaf World’s growth returns to a slow pace. Fang Yan learns that only 320,000 cubic meters remain in the Heavenly Court Treasury, which he considers insufficient.
• Fang Yan orders the Heavenly Court’s Universe Lords to gather and announces that they will travel to the Divine Wood Forest to obtain more Life-Breath Soil.
• Ten years later, Fang Yan leads Heart Scar Lord, Black Sky Lord, Purple Crystal Lord, Radiant Light Lord, Immortal-Sweeping Lord, and other Heavenly Court experts to the outskirts of the Divine Wood Forest.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan becomes increasingly powerful and strategically prepared. His arsenal is now balanced across defense, melee combat, ranged attacks, and domain suppression.
• His mastery of the Law of Wood reaches perfection, but he remains unsatisfied because One Leaf World still lacks the resources needed for large-scale growth.
• Fang Yan’s ambitions expand beyond personal strength. He plans to consolidate Human Race dominance, suppress the alien races of the Heavenly Court, and potentially sacrifice the Heavenly Court to advance his Divine Kingdom.
• Heart Scar Venerable has secretly broken through and is now a Universe Lord, thanks to Fang Yan’s secret technique. She remains a loyal and efficient steward of the Heavenly Court.
• Black Sky Lord and the other Universe Lords are positioned as Fang Yan’s forces in a larger resource-gathering and consolidation campaign.

Significant Themes

• Power and preparation: Fang Yan systematically completes his equipment and builds an overwhelming tactical foundation before undertaking major actions.
• Resource scarcity and ambition: Even vast quantities of Life-Breath Soil prove inadequate for Fang Yan’s goals, emphasizing the enormous cost of cultivating a world and advancing toward greater power.
• Growth and evolution: One Leaf World’s expansion mirrors Fang Yan’s own development, with laws gradually emerging and intertwining into a more complete system.
• Political domination: The Human Race’s rise shifts Fang Yan’s focus from survival to control, particularly over the alien races within the Heavenly Court.
• Utilitarian ruthlessness: Fang Yan views the Heavenly Court and its resources as potential fuel for his Divine Kingdom, showing that loyalty and institutions are secondary to long-term advancement.

Character Interactions

• Fang Yan tests the Heavenly Gate Sword personally, confirming its effectiveness and satisfaction with his new melee capability.
• At the council hall, Heart Scar Lord reports her breakthrough and the remaining Life-Breath Soil. Fang Yan acknowledges her advancement but immediately focuses on the shortage of resources.
• Heart Scar Lord understands Fang Yan’s intentions without resistance and prepares to execute his order.
• Fang Yan commands the Heavenly Court’s strongest Universe Lords to accompany him to the Divine Wood Forest, establishing him as the unquestioned leader of the group.

Summary: “Occupying Divine Wood Forest”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fang Yan leads nearly twenty Heavenly Court Universe Lords into the core region of Divine Wood Forest, where Life-Breath Soil forms over ten times faster than in the outskirts.
• He deploys the Earth Goblet River, a peak domain Supreme Treasure that expands to cover a diameter of 300 light-years. Its twelve enormous rivers suppress space and slow chaotic currents.
• The weaker Universe Lords already occupying the region—mostly Second-Order Universe Masters, with only a few at the Third Order—recognize Fang Yan and the overwhelming strength of the Heavenly Court. Rather than resist, they flee.
• Fang Yan orders them to withdraw 800 light-years, effectively claiming the most fertile part of the forest while allowing them to escape alive.
• He assigns the Heavenly Court Lords to search the newly secured territory for Life-Breath Soil. All collected soil is to be returned to Tusita Palace and exchanged at a rate of one Supreme Treasure Point per 100 cubic meters.
• Over ten epochs, the Heavenly Court thoroughly searches the region. Hei Lian, whose plant-life nature gives her an exceptional sensitivity to the soil, gathers 300,000 cubic meters alone. The other Universe Lords collect substantial amounts as well.
• The group obtains 1.8 million cubic meters during the expedition. Combined with the Heavenly Court’s existing 320,000 cubic meters, their total reserve reaches 2.12 million cubic meters.
• Once the search is complete, Fang Yan recalls the Earth Goblet River and leads the group away, leaving the forest’s chaotic currents to resume their normal turbulence.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan demonstrates overwhelming authority and strategic confidence. He secures a valuable resource region without needing to fight, relying on his own strength, the Earth Goblet River, and the reputation of the Heavenly Court and Origin Ancestor.
• He also displays effective leadership by coordinating nearly twenty Universe Lords and establishing a centralized system for distributing their gains.
• Hei Lian reveals her usefulness as a resource-gatherer. Her plant-based body gives her superior perception of Life-Breath Soil, enabling her to collect twice as much as most of the others. Although outwardly cold, she feels pride in earning Fang Yan’s approval.
• Black Sky Lord, Heart Scar Lord, Purple Crystal Lord, Radiant Light Lord, and the other Heavenly Court members act as disciplined and efficient subordinates. Their ability to search safely under Fang Yan’s protection highlights the growing strength of the faction.
• The weaker independent cultivators are characterized as cautious survivors. Their decision to retreat emphasizes the gap between Fang Yan’s faction and unaffiliated Universe Masters.

Significant Themes

• Power and authority: Fang Yan’s reputation and military strength allow him to claim territory without direct conflict.
• The advantages of organization: The chapter stresses Fang Yan’s realization that a powerful faction dramatically improves efficiency. His subordinates can act freely because he provides protection and control.
• Resource accumulation and faction-building: Life-Breath Soil becomes an economic and strategic asset, strengthening the Heavenly Court’s treasury and future cultivation capabilities.
• Pragmatic dominance: Fang Yan does not unnecessarily slaughter the weaker cultivators; he gives them a clear retreat distance, combining intimidation with restraint.
• Growth through opportunity: The occupation of Divine Wood Forest provides both material wealth and a safe environment for the Heavenly Court Lords to gain experience and operate more boldly.

Character Interactions

• Fang Yan commands the Heavenly Court Lords with concise, unquestioned orders, and they immediately obey.
• The fleeing Universe Masters react to Fang Yan’s arrival with fear and recognition, identifying him as the Heavenly Court Lord and understanding the backing of the Ninth-Order True God Origin Ancestor.
• Hei Lian personally reports her harvest and presents Fang Yan with the World Ring, receiving his approving response of “Not bad.”
• The other Universe Lords return one by one to report their collections, creating a cooperative and disciplined atmosphere within the group.
• Fang Yan remains above the search effort, observing and protecting the operation while his subordinates carry out the work, reinforcing his position as the faction’s central leader.

Chapter Summary:

Hei Lian’s Opportunity

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fang Yan returns to Heavenly Court’s Black Heaven Secret Realm with the other members and retreats to a sealed meditation chamber.
• He pours over two million cubic units of Life-Breath Soil into the One Leaf World Prototype, causing the world to expand rapidly. The Law of Wood grows dominant, reaching over ninety percent coverage and suppressing the other nine laws.
• To correct this imbalance, Fang Yan summons Hei Lian, the lord of the Black Sky Lotus Race. He orders her to enter the One Leaf World in her true form and restrain the overwhelming Law of Wood.
• Hei Lian transforms into a gigantic black lotus with 10,800 petals. She draws the Law of Wood toward herself, allowing the Laws of Gold, Fire, and the other elements to begin developing independently.
• The absorbed Law of Wood greatly benefits Hei Lian. Her genetic multiplier begins increasing, and her lotus petals evolve from black to deep purple and eventually dark gold.
• Fang Yan enters deep meditation, observing the ten laws develop naturally over tens of thousands of years.
• Elsewhere, Cao Benqi, disguised as the Northern Prison Master, finishes slaughtering the remnants of the Sky Silkworm Race and prepares to leave.
• Xin Qing, the Icefire Venerable, arrives and attacks him with her Icefire Two Thousand Swords. She recognizes his methods as resembling the destruction of Battle Emperor Starfield and confronts him as the Northern Prison Master.
• Cao Benqi realizes Xin Qing suspects him of being the evil Gu Master responsible for the earlier massacre. Rather than correct the misunderstanding, he decides to kill her while maintaining his disguise, preserving Cao Benqi’s innocent identity.
• Xin Qing confirms that Fang Yan’s previous judgment about the Northern Prison Master was correct. Her admiration and obsession with Fang Yan intensify as she prepares to fight.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan: Demonstrates careful control and long-term planning. He recognizes that the One Leaf World’s excessive Wood affinity is hindering its growth and finds a solution that benefits both the world and Hei Lian. His prolonged meditation shows his increasing focus on comprehending the natural interaction of the ten laws.
• Hei Lian: Gains a major opportunity for advancement. By absorbing and controlling the excess Law of Wood, she not only stabilizes One Leaf World but also strengthens her own body and raises her genetic multiplier. Her obedience to Fang Yan remains absolute, though the power she gains suggests significant future development.
• Cao Benqi: Reveals a ruthless and calculating side beneath his gentle public persona. He consciously accepts Xin Qing’s mistaken belief that he is the Gu Master, intending to kill her and protect his identity, his connection to Fang Yan, and his claim to the Tribulation Armor.
• Xin Qing: Becomes more certain in her suspicions about the Northern Prison Master. Her trust in Fang Yan’s judgment is reinforced, and her admiration takes on an increasingly obsessive, unhealthy quality.

Significant Themes

• Balance and controlled growth: The One Leaf World cannot develop properly while the Law of Wood dominates. True growth requires harmony among all ten laws.
• Mutual benefit through power: Hei Lian’s assignment is both a command and an opportunity. Her strength is used to stabilize Fang Yan’s world, while the process simultaneously accelerates her own evolution.
• Identity and deception: Cao Benqi’s disguise allows him to separate his public identity from his violent actions. The chapter emphasizes the danger of mistaken identity and the strategic value of maintaining false appearances.
• Trust versus obsession: Xin Qing trusts Fang Yan’s conclusions, but that trust has become emotionally distorted into near-obsession.
• Long-term cultivation: Fang Yan’s silent meditation over vast stretches of time reflects the patient, gradual nature of mastering cosmic laws.

Important Character Interactions

• Fang Yan gives Hei Lian a direct order, and she accepts without hesitation, establishing both their hierarchy and mutual dependence.
• Hei Lian’s transformation directly supports Fang Yan’s cultivation by freeing the suppressed laws within One Leaf World.
• Xin Qing confronts Cao Benqi, verbally linking his slaughter of the Sky Silkworm Race to the destruction of Battle Emperor Starfield.
• Cao Benqi internally decides to exploit Xin Qing’s misunderstanding, choosing violence and deception to preserve his identity.
• Xin Qing’s faith in Fang Yan shapes her interpretation of the confrontation, making her even more convinced that she understands the Northern Prison Master’s nature.

Summary of “Xin Qing’s Breakthrough”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xin Qing and Cao Benqi engage in a catastrophic battle between two Top Universe Overlords. Their attacks tear open space, destroy stars, and kill countless weaker lifeforms caught in the surrounding starfields.
• Xin Qing’s Icefire Two Thousand Swords grows stronger with every strike. However, the repeated destruction and restoration of Cao Benqi’s divine body strengthens his Flame God Race bloodline and gradually raises his genetic multiplier.
• Cao Benqi remains largely defensive because his combat techniques are inferior to Xin Qing’s, but the battle awakens deeper powers within his bloodline. His body begins forming a scarlet-gold cocoon as his genetic multiplier approaches a breakthrough.
• When Xin Qing prepares to unleash the final sword—several times stronger than her peak attack—the Origin Law Ocean descends, signaling Cao Benqi’s breakthrough into a higher stage of genetic evolution.
• Mountain Guest appears and orders Xin Qing to withdraw while Cao Benqi transforms, promising not to interfere once the breakthrough is complete.
• While observing Cao Benqi’s evolving Flame God Race secret patterns, Xin Qing gains insight into the pure origin of fire. This completes the missing flame aspect of her Water-Fire Origin Great Dao.
• Xin Qing experiences her own breakthrough simultaneously with Cao Benqi. A second Law Ocean descends, and her divine body begins reconstructing through a harmonious fusion of ice and fire.
• Three days later, Cao Benqi completes his transformation with a genetic multiplier of 9,114 times. His Flame God Halberd also becomes significantly more powerful.
• Mountain Guest is privately disappointed because Cao Benqi’s achievement falls far short of the greater potential he had hoped for, such as an Infinite Divine Body or the divine power breakthrough path.
• Cao Benqi, however, is satisfied and immediately intends to kill Xin Qing while she is still completing her transformation.
• Before he can attack, Mountain Guest once again appears between Cao Benqi and Xin Qing, blocking his path.

Character Developments

• Xin Qing: Her mastery of the Water-Fire Origin Great Dao reaches completion. She evolves from forcing ice and fire into opposition toward achieving a natural, balanced harmony between the two forces. Her breakthrough occurs because Cao Benqi’s bloodline transformation reveals the final principles she lacked.
• Cao Benqi: His prolonged battle with Xin Qing awakens and purifies his Flame God Race bloodline. His divine body becomes stronger, his genetic multiplier rises to 9,114 times, and his weapon gains greater power. Despite his breakthrough, he remains aggressive and focused on killing Xin Qing.
• Mountain Guest: He demonstrates overwhelming authority by pacifying the descending Law Ocean and controlling the battlefield through sheer presence. He protects the integrity of both breakthroughs but remains emotionally detached. His disappointment reveals that he had expected far greater potential from Cao Benqi.
• Xin Qing and Cao Benqi: Their battle unintentionally enables both characters’ breakthroughs: Xin Qing’s sword attacks temper Cao Benqi’s bloodline, while Cao Benqi’s transforming Flame Law patterns complete Xin Qing’s understanding.

Significant Themes

• Mutual growth through conflict: The battle strengthens both opponents rather than producing an immediate victor.
• The relationship between destruction and transformation: Cao Benqi’s repeated injuries become the means by which his bloodline evolves, while Xin Qing’s attacks ultimately provide the conditions for his breakthrough.
• Balance and harmony: Xin Qing’s breakthrough centers on reconciling ice and fire, showing that true mastery comes from natural unity rather than forced opposition.
• Potential versus achievement: Cao Benqi celebrates his impressive progress, but Mountain Guest judges it against a much higher standard, emphasizing the gap between ordinary greatness and ultimate cultivation potential.
• Power restrained by authority: Mountain Guest’s intervention shows that even an immense battle can be controlled by a superior existence, while also establishing limits on when he is willing to interfere.

Character Interactions

• Xin Qing relentlessly attacks Cao Benqi with increasingly powerful sword strikes, while Cao Benqi endures and taunts her to continue.
• Cao Benqi’s endurance frustrates Xin Qing’s efforts to finish the battle, but his evolving bloodline gives her the insight needed for her own breakthrough.
• Mountain Guest orders Xin Qing to stand down during Cao Benqi’s transformation. She initially resists but becomes absorbed in studying the Flame Law patterns.
• After completing his breakthrough, Cao Benqi turns his killing intent toward Xin Qing’s still-transforming body. Mountain Guest blocks him again, setting up a renewed confrontation between Cao Benqi and his master-like protector.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Mountain Guest stops Cao Benqi from ambushing Xin Qing while she is undergoing her breakthrough. Although Cao Benqi outwardly obeys, Mountain Guest is deeply disappointed by his poor temperament and inadequate genetic amplification.
• Ice Peak Lord arrives to protect Xin Qing, followed by Chaos Lord, Void Gold Master, and Fang Jin. Four Human Race Universe Lords guard her against possible enemies.
• After three years, Xin Qing successfully breaks through to the Universe Lord realm. She chooses the title Ice-Fire Dao Lord, reflecting her mastery of the combined water-and-fire path.
• Thirty years later, the Human Race establishes the Ice-Fire Chaos Stele, adding it as the thirty-sixth Chaos Stele and preserving Xin Qing’s cultivation path for future generations.
• Around the same period, Cao Benqi also becomes a Universe Lord and adopts the title Yan Emperor. His rise causes Xin Qing to question whether he was truly responsible for the earlier destruction of the Battle Emperor Tribe.
• In the Demon Race territory, Shock Horn Lord returns after successfully breaking through to become a Universe Strongest, demonstrating his newly acquired power by making the surrounding laws retreat.
• Shock Horn Lord meets Meng Tu Lord and confirms that Starry Sky Ancestor has agreed to cooperate against the Beast Ancestor. They reject the idea of involving Origin Ancestor, fearing he would consume or dominate the entire Demon Race.
• Meng Tu Lord and Shock Horn Lord prepare to begin their plan against the Beast Ancestor.

Character Developments

• Mountain Guest: Becomes increasingly disillusioned with Cao Benqi. He had hoped Cao Benqi would possess a bold, heaven-defying temperament, but instead sees weakness in both his talent and morality. He leaves to inspect the race developing on Origin Star.
• Cao Benqi/Yan Emperor: Reveals a willingness to attack an opponent during a breakthrough, suggesting a ruthless and dishonorable nature. Nevertheless, he successfully becomes a Universe Lord and takes great pride in his new title.
• Xin Qing/Ice-Fire Dao Lord: Completes her breakthrough and gains recognition as a Universe Lord. She adopts a title symbolizing her fusion of ice and fire and establishes a lasting legacy through the Ice-Fire Chaos Stele.
• Ice Peak Lord: Shows gratitude and warmth toward Xin Qing, remembering that her earlier guidance helped him break through. He now treats her as an equal rather than a junior.
• Shock Horn Lord: Advances to the level of Universe Strongest and gains greater confidence, though he remains willing to follow Meng Tu Lord’s strategic judgment.
• Meng Tu Lord: Demonstrates caution, political awareness, and leadership by rejecting Origin Ancestor’s involvement and directing the campaign against the Beast Ancestor.

Significant Themes

• Trust and betrayal: Cao Benqi’s attempted ambush contrasts sharply with the Human Race’s collective protection of Xin Qing, highlighting the difference between treachery and loyalty.
• Legacy and succession: The creation of the Ice-Fire Chaos Stele ensures Xin Qing’s path will guide future generations and become part of the Human Race’s permanent heritage.
• Power and responsibility: Breakthroughs bring immense strength, but characters’ choices reveal whether they can use that power honorably and wisely.
• Political suspicion: Meng Tu Lord understands that alliances can conceal ulterior motives; inviting Origin Ancestor might solve one problem while creating an even greater threat.
• Parallel advancement: Xin Qing and Cao Benqi rise to the Universe Lord realm at nearly the same time, but their contrasting personalities and reputations emphasize that strength does not determine character.

Character Interactions

• Mountain Guest confronts Cao Benqi indirectly by preventing his attack and reminding him that Xin Qing’s breakthrough must be respected.
• Ice Peak Lord openly protects Xin Qing and congratulates her afterward, while Xin Qing respectfully acknowledges his past help and requests future guidance.
• Chaos Lord, Void Gold Master, and Fang Jin join Ice Peak Lord to form a defensive perimeter around Xin Qing, demonstrating the Human Race’s caution toward its enemies.
• Xin Qing’s new title prompts Chaos Lord to allude to the deeper relationship between the fusion of ice and fire and the laws of time and space.
• Shock Horn Lord reports his success to Meng Tu Lord, asks whether Origin Ancestor should be involved, and ultimately accepts her decision to exclude him.
• Meng Tu Lord and Shock Horn Lord unite around a shared objective: forcing the Beast Ancestor out of the Demon Race’s internal power structure.

Chapter Summary: “Expelling a True God”

Key Plot Points and Events

• At the Demon Race Ancestral Land, the Beast Ancestor learns that the Starry Sky Ancestor has returned. The Starry Sky Ancestor arrives with Shock Horn Lord and Meng Tu Lord, signaling a coordinated challenge to the Beast Ancestor’s rule.
• The three attackers immediately strike. Although the Beast Ancestor blocks their combined assault, Meng Tu Lord’s Dreamscale Armor—revealed to be a Supreme Treasure—damages his defenses and proves that she has reached formidable strength.
• Outnumbered and shocked by the betrayal, the Beast Ancestor unleashes his power and escapes through a spatial rift into the Universe Ocean rather than continue the battle.
• With the Beast Ancestor gone, Shock Horn Lord declares himself the Shock Demon Ancestor, while Meng Tu Lord announces that she will manage the Demon Race’s daily affairs. The Demon Race members enthusiastically accept her leadership, largely because many had previously benefited from her support.
• The Starry Sky Ancestor departs, having no remaining reason to stay with the Demon Race.
• In the Human Race Heavenly Court, Fang Yan receives news of the Beast Ancestor’s expulsion and considers using the event to eliminate or recruit him. He tells Fang Shui that, after dealing with the Beast Ancestor, they will tighten their campaign against the Three Swords Alliance.
• Fang Shui visits Galaxy Lord and proposes inviting the homeless Beast Ancestor to lead or protect the Three Swords Alliance. He argues that gaining a True God would eliminate the alliance’s greatest weakness and elevate it into a genuine peak power.
• Galaxy Lord hesitates because of the Beast Ancestor’s selfish, tyrannical, and untrustworthy reputation. Fang Shui counters that the Beast Ancestor’s previous conflicts resulted from competing True Gods and rival authority within the Demon Race, whereas the Three Swords Alliance has only one unquestioned leader: Galaxy Lord.

Character Developments

• Beast Ancestor: Loses control of the Demon Race after being confronted by three powerful former allies or rivals. His disbelief and fury reveal how completely he underestimated Meng Tu Lord and the changing balance of power. He becomes a wandering True God and a potential target or political asset.
• Meng Tu Lord: Reveals overwhelming combat ability and possession of a Supreme Treasure. Her hidden influence within the Demon Race allows her to assume practical control immediately after the Beast Ancestor’s defeat, demonstrating both ambition and long-term political preparation.
• Shock Horn Lord: Breaks with his former allegiance, helps expel the Beast Ancestor, and adopts the title Shock Demon Ancestor, marking his rise to power.
• Starry Sky Ancestor: Returns as part of the coup but does not remain to claim authority. His departure suggests that his primary objective was removing the Beast Ancestor and settling the old power conflict.
• Fang Yan: Takes a strategic, predatory view of the situation. He sees the Beast Ancestor not merely as an enemy but as a possible means of strengthening or destabilizing larger factions.
• Fang Shui: Acts as Fang Yan’s intermediary and political strategist. He carefully presents the Beast Ancestor’s recruitment as an opportunity while steering Galaxy Lord toward accepting a dangerous but powerful ally.
• Galaxy Lord: Shows caution and political awareness. He recognizes the potential benefit of recruiting a True God but fears that the Beast Ancestor could undermine the alliance from within.

Significant Themes

• The instability of absolute power: The Beast Ancestor’s long reign collapses once rivals unite against him, showing that isolated authority is vulnerable to coordinated opposition.
• Ambition and political preparation: Meng Tu Lord’s success comes not only from strength but from cultivating influence among the Demon Race before openly seizing power.
• Strength versus loyalty: The Beast Ancestor’s former allies turn against him, emphasizing that political alliances are often based on advantage rather than genuine allegiance.
• The danger of powerful allies: Recruiting the Beast Ancestor could transform the Three Swords Alliance into a peak faction, but his arrogance and history of betrayal could make him equally dangerous.
• Control through narrative: Fang Shui reframes the Beast Ancestor’s past conflicts to make recruitment seem reasonable, demonstrating how political outcomes depend on how events are interpreted.
• Changing balances of power: The expulsion of one True God and the emergence of new leaders reshapes the Demon Race and creates opportunities for the Human Race and the Three Swords Alliance.

Important Character Interactions

• The Beast Ancestor confronts the Starry Sky Ancestor, Shock Horn Lord, and Meng Tu Lord as a united force, leading to his defeat and exile.
• Meng Tu Lord and Shock Horn Lord immediately establish a new power structure after the Beast Ancestor’s departure, with Meng Tu Lord handling administration and Shock Horn Lord claiming the ancestral title.
• Fang Yan and Fang Shui coordinate their plans regarding the Beast Ancestor and the Three Swords Alliance.
• Fang Shui persuades Galaxy Lord to reconsider the Beast Ancestor’s flaws by contrasting the Demon Race’s divided leadership with the Three Swords Alliance’s centralized authority under Galaxy Lord.

Chapter Summary: “Triple Agent”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fang Shui persuades Galaxy Lord that Beast Ancestor, having defected from his former race, is unlikely to threaten the Three Swords Alliance. He argues that Beast Ancestor will be grateful for their support and can be used to strengthen the alliance.
• Galaxy Lord accepts this reasoning and publicly announces that the Three Swords Alliance will welcome Beast Ancestor as its leader and elevate the alliance into a peak power.
• Over six epochs, the news spreads throughout the Universe Ocean. Beast Ancestor, isolated and weakened after his exile, is overjoyed by the offer and immediately decides to join.
• Galaxy Lord gives Beast Ancestor an extravagant welcome. Three months later, the alliance holds a massive nine-year banquet celebrating Beast Ancestor’s arrival and the Three Swords Alliance’s rise to peak-power status.
• During the celebration, Beast Ancestor publicly pledges loyalty to the alliance, declaring that anyone who attacks it will become his enemy. Galaxy Lord is pleased because the plan appears to be working.
• After the banquet, Fang Shui secretly visits Beast Ancestor and reveals that Galaxy Lord possesses a Supreme Treasure capable of raising his strength to that of a Sixth-Order Universe Lord. With it, Galaxy Lord can temporarily contend with an ordinary True God in the Primordial Universe.
• Fang Shui also explains that Galaxy Lord’s influence is deeply rooted because he founded the alliance and supported most of its Universe Lords. Beast Ancestor therefore has little chance of taking power through normal means.
• Fang Shui instead urges Beast Ancestor to assassinate Galaxy Lord, seize the Supreme Treasure, and take control of the alliance while it is leaderless.
• Beast Ancestor is tempted by the plan and rewards Fang Shui by promising to retain him as strategist and accept him as a personal disciple. Fang Shui pretends to be grateful while secretly advancing his own agenda.
• Fang Shui proposes the Burial Basin in the Tilted Peak Realm as the battlefield. He intends to lure Galaxy Lord there by claiming that a Supreme Treasure is hidden at the location.
• Beast Ancestor travels to the Burial Basin to prepare the ambush. Three months later, Fang Shui approaches Galaxy Lord, who is still celebrating the alliance’s newfound prestige and reading congratulatory messages.

Character Developments

• Galaxy Lord: Becomes increasingly confident and proud after successfully elevating the Three Swords Alliance. He believes Beast Ancestor can be controlled or used as a symbol of strength, but remains unaware that Fang Shui is plotting against him.
• Beast Ancestor: Shifts from despair after exile to renewed hope upon receiving the alliance’s invitation. His ambition quickly resurfaces, and he begins considering murder and political seizure as ways to become the alliance’s true leader.
• Fang Shui: Reveals himself as the chapter’s most deceptive figure. He first persuades Galaxy Lord to invite Beast Ancestor, then secretly encourages Beast Ancestor to kill Galaxy Lord. He manipulates both sides while presenting himself as loyal to each.
• Fang Shui and Beast Ancestor: Their relationship changes from strategist and prospective ally to teacher and disciple, though the apparent loyalty between them is based on mutual ambition and manipulation.

Significant Themes

• Political manipulation and betrayal: Fang Shui plays both sides, guiding Galaxy Lord and Beast Ancestor toward conflict for his own benefit.
• Power versus legitimacy: Galaxy Lord possesses institutional authority and deep loyalty within the alliance, while Beast Ancestor possesses superior personal strength. The chapter contrasts formal leadership with the ability to seize power.
• Ambition and deception: Beast Ancestor wants control, Galaxy Lord wants recognition as a peak power, and Fang Shui wants genuine strength. Each character hides motives behind public loyalty.
• False unity: The grand banquet and public vows create the appearance of solidarity, while secret conspiracies already threaten the alliance from within.
• Strategic use of reputation: Beast Ancestor’s presence allows the Three Swords Alliance to gain prestige and attract defectors, showing how political influence can be weaponized even when an alliance’s internal relationships are unstable.

Important Character Interactions

• Fang Shui reassures Galaxy Lord that Beast Ancestor will be grateful and manageable, prompting Galaxy Lord to invite him into the alliance.
• Galaxy Lord publicly welcomes Beast Ancestor and presents him as a coequal symbol of the alliance’s strength.
• Beast Ancestor pledges to protect the alliance, satisfying Galaxy Lord and reinforcing the alliance’s new public image.
• Fang Shui privately undermines Galaxy Lord by revealing his hidden Supreme Treasure and lack of intention to share real authority.
• Fang Shui persuades Beast Ancestor that killing Galaxy Lord is the only practical path to power, while Beast Ancestor rewards him with a promised discipleship.
• The chapter ends with Fang Shui preparing to approach Galaxy Lord, setting the stage for a confrontation in the Burial Basin.

Chapter Summary: “The Might of Origin Ancestor”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fang Shui secretly informs Galaxy Lord that a Supreme Treasure is about to emerge in Burial Basin, Tilted Peak Realm. He persuades Galaxy Lord to travel there with Black Lotus Master and Liulan Star Lord.
• Fang Shui secretly reports the plan to Fang Yan, revealing that the supposed treasure is a trap designed to eliminate the Three Swords Alliance’s leadership.
• At the Human Race’s Supreme Conference, Fang Yan announces that Beast Ancestor has joined the Three Swords Alliance and will also be present at Burial Basin.
• Origin Ancestor organizes a three-part assault:
  1. He personally confronts Galaxy Lord, Black Lotus Master, Liulan Star Lord, and Beast Ancestor.
  2. The Insect Race Empress leads forces to seize the Three Swords Alliance’s headquarters and territory.
  3. Darkness Lord commands hidden Human Race forces to capture Beast Ancestor’s Small Universe after his death.
• Fang Yan’s Spring Autumn Cicada Clone accompanies Origin Ancestor to Burial Basin.
• Beast Ancestor lies in ambush, believing the Supreme Treasure will grant him both immense power and control over the Three Swords Alliance.
• When Galaxy Lord and his allies arrive, Fang Shui reveals the deception. Beast Ancestor attacks Galaxy Lord from behind.
• Origin Ancestor then appears and unleashes the enhanced ninth-order soul technique, Eye of the World, through the Supreme Treasure Eye of the True Realm.
• Black Lotus Master’s soul is destroyed instantly, leaving her divine body lifeless. Liulan Star Lord is killed by the second wave of the attack. Galaxy Lord’s soul defenses prove useless as Origin Ancestor’s attack turns toward him.

Character Developments

• Fang Shui confirms his role as a deeply embedded spy within the Three Swords Alliance. He remains calm and disciplined while successfully luring Galaxy Lord into the trap.
• Galaxy Lord is driven by ambition and greed. His desire to obtain another Supreme Treasure blinds him to the possibility of betrayal.
• Fang Yan demonstrates strategic confidence, recognizing that the alliance’s leaders can be eliminated in one decisive operation.
• Origin Ancestor displays overwhelming strength and authority. He personally takes responsibility for destroying the alliance’s core forces and uses a technique capable of killing powerful Universe Masters instantly.
• Beast Ancestor is portrayed as powerful but arrogant and opportunistic. He joins the alliance partly for personal gain and eagerly anticipates controlling its resources.
• Black Lotus Master and Liulan Star Lord are shown to be almost completely helpless against Origin Ancestor’s soul attack, emphasizing the enormous gap between their power and his.

Significant Themes

• Deception and strategic warfare: The supposed Supreme Treasure is fabricated as bait, while Fang Shui’s betrayal turns the alliance’s own plans against it.
• Overwhelming power: Origin Ancestor’s appearance shifts the battle instantly, establishing him as a near-unstoppable force.
• Ambition and vulnerability: Galaxy Lord and Beast Ancestor’s pursuit of greater power makes them susceptible to manipulation.
• Coordination and conquest: The Human Race’s operation is not merely an assassination attempt; it is a coordinated plan to destroy the alliance’s leadership and absorb its territory, resources, and inheritances.
• The contrast between composure and greed: Fang Shui and Origin Ancestor act with patience and precision, while Galaxy Lord and Beast Ancestor are driven by desire and overconfidence.

Character Interactions

• Fang Shui interrupts Galaxy Lord’s celebration and privately gains his trust before directing him into the trap.
• Fang Yan reports Fang Shui’s intelligence to Origin Ancestor, and the two cooperate in planning the ambush.
• Origin Ancestor assigns distinct missions to the Insect Race Empress and Darkness Lord, showing his command over the Human Race’s broader forces.
• Fang Yan requests to accompany Origin Ancestor, and Origin Ancestor agrees, promising to preserve the enemies’ divine bodies after killing them.
• Fang Shui’s sudden revelation shocks Galaxy Lord just as Beast Ancestor launches his attack.
• Origin Ancestor’s arrival completely overwhelms the battlefield, killing Black Lotus Master and Liulan Star Lord while preparing to eliminate Galaxy Lord.

Summary: “Three Million Dao Marks”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Galaxy Lord abruptly dies after three Fifth-Order Universe Masters are killed in rapid succession. Meanwhile, Beast Ancestor is overwhelmed by the Eye of the World’s ninth-order power, which destroys his defenses, will, and soul.
• Fang Yan’s Spring Autumn Cicada Clone pierces Beast Ancestor’s divine body and devours his immense energy. This causes the Dao Marks within Fang Yan’s Divine Kingdom to surge dramatically.
• The Insect Race Empress traps the Three Swords Alliance’s headquarters and 189 of its 256 Universe Masters inside the Myriad Crystal Domain.
• Fang Yan adds the Tianxi World to the crystal domain, creating a triple-layered suppression field of crystal planes, golden machinery, and Cosmic Wind Haze. He orders that none of the trapped enemies be spared.
• The pressure annihilates 177 First- and Second-Order Universe Masters, whose divine bodies are transformed into energy and absorbed into Fang Yan’s Divine Kingdom. Only twelve Third- and Fourth-Order Universe Masters remain temporarily capable of resisting.
• Chaos Lord and Giant Axe Lord are stunned by Fang Yan’s overwhelming massacre. Using coordinates provided by an alliance member, they divide their forces to hunt down other Three Swords Alliance survivors elsewhere.
• Immortal-Sweeping Lord and Swallowing Evolution Lord assist Fang Yan in destroying the remaining twelve Universe Masters. Fang Yan’s Cosmic Wind Haze devours their divine bodies and converts them into Dao Marks.
• The total number of Dao Marks in Fang Yan’s Divine Kingdom surpasses three million, triggering a major transformation throughout the realm. Its landscapes, treasures, and spiritual entities all react with renewed vitality.
• The breakthrough also awakens a deeper power in Fang Yan’s Spring Autumn Cicada bloodline. Its genetic multiplier rises rapidly, reaching 20,000 times as the clone’s body continues expanding and developing new law patterns.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan becomes increasingly dominant and ruthless. He no longer needs to personally fight every enemy; his domains and Cosmic Wind Haze can suppress, destroy, and absorb entire groups of Universe Masters. His order to “leave none alive” demonstrates his shift toward decisive, uncompromising warfare.
• Beast Ancestor is reduced from a powerful Seventh-Order True God to helpless prey under the Eye of the World’s power. His destruction provides Fang Yan with a massive influx of energy.
• The Insect Race Empress demonstrates her strategic value by deploying the Myriad Crystal Domain to immobilize nearly the entire Three Swords Alliance headquarters.
• Chaos Lord and Giant Axe Lord are visibly shaken by Fang Yan’s strength. Their reactions suggest that his current killing power surpasses anything the Human Race’s older generation previously displayed.
• Immortal-Sweeping Lord and Swallowing Evolution Lord directly support Fang Yan in eliminating the last resistant enemies, showing continued cooperation among the allied forces.
• Fang Yan’s Spring Autumn Cicada Clone begins a major bloodline evolution. Its dormant shackles break, its body expands, and its secret patterns become increasingly complex.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and transformation: Fang Yan’s growth reaches a new stage as both his Divine Kingdom and bloodline evolve simultaneously.
• Assimilation of enemies into strength: Defeated opponents are not merely killed; their divine bodies become Dao Marks that directly expand Fang Yan’s power.
• The cost of war and ruthless survival: Fang Yan’s refusal to accept surrender reflects the brutal logic of the conflict and the Heavenly Court’s need to eliminate threats permanently.
• Generational change: The older Human Race leaders recognize that Fang Yan has surpassed their former limits, signaling the emergence of a new central figure.
• World-building through cultivation: The three-million-Dao-Mark threshold affects the entire Divine Kingdom, showing that Fang Yan’s internal realm is becoming a living, increasingly complete world.

Character Interactions

• The Eye of the World destroys Beast Ancestor while Fang Yan exploits the opening to devour him.
• The Insect Race Empress provides the battlefield control necessary for Fang Yan’s massacre by trapping the Three Swords Alliance’s forces.
• Fang Yan commands the allied forces and rejects negotiations from a Fourth-Order Universe Master.
• Chaos Lord and Giant Axe Lord observe Fang Yan’s attack, acknowledge its terrifying scale, and redirect their forces to capture other survivors.
• Immortal-Sweeping Lord and Swallowing Evolution Lord cooperate with Fang Yan to eliminate the remaining twelve Universe Masters.
• Fang Yan’s return to his Divine Kingdom coincides with the Spring Autumn Cicada’s breakthrough, connecting the destruction of his enemies directly to his next stage of evolution.

Chapter Summary: Thirty Thousandfold Gene

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fang Yan’s Spring Autumn Cicada Clone breaks through its previous genetic bottleneck. Its gene multiplier rises from 10,081-fold to 30,000-fold.
• The clone’s body expands dramatically, stabilizing at 90,000 kilometers. New golden patterns appear across its carapace and wings, resembling three pairs of closed eyes.
• Fang Yan realizes he can now immediately break through to the True God realm using the divine power route, but deliberately chooses not to do so.
• He decides to pursue the greater goal of reaching 100,000-fold genes before becoming a True God. This could grant him a formless, shapeless divine body and allow him to comprehend the Great Dao of Life Origin, potentially making him invincible among Second-Order God Kings.
• The Spring Autumn Cicada Clone’s combat strength increases sharply. With its powerful innate technique, Nine Reincarnation Slashes, it advances from Fourth-Order combat power to the Sixth-Order Universe Lord level, surpassing Fang Yan’s Cosmic Wind Haze Beast Clone.
• In the Universe Ocean, Darkness Lord leads Silver Shadow Lord and Rock Armor Lord to the ruined Small Universe of the Beast Ancestor.
• They confirm that the Beast Ancestor is dead and enter through the cracks in the damaged universe shell.
• Inside, they discover enormous hoards of treasures and resources—roughly twice the wealth found in Kong Luo’s Small Universe. The three Human Race Universe Lords collect everything.
• Darkness Lord returns the resources to the Human Race’s treasury in the Initial Universe, then orders Silver Shadow Lord and Rock Armor Lord to remain hidden. He jokingly complains about repeatedly handling covert missions.
• Elsewhere, Chaos Lord and Ice Peak Lord pursue Tragic Peach Lord, the last surviving Fourth-Order Universe Master of the Three Swords Alliance.
• With his pursuers closing in, Tragic Peach Lord reaches Shihua Island and escapes into its chaotic mist, hoping its unique environment will protect him.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan: Experiences immense excitement at reaching 30,000-fold genes but quickly regains his composure. His ambitions expand beyond immediate power; he plans strategically for the 100,000-fold genetic realm and future advancement along the Life Origin path.
• Spring Autumn Cicada Clone: Undergoes a major physical transformation, becoming far larger and vastly more powerful. It now ranks above Fang Yan’s Cosmic Wind Haze Beast Clone in combat strength.
• Darkness Lord: Demonstrates efficiency, authority, and loyalty to the Human Race by retrieving the Beast Ancestor’s resources. His dry humor briefly reveals a more relaxed side.
• Silver Shadow Lord and Rock Armor Lord: Act as disciplined aides to Darkness Lord, helping secure and transport the Beast Ancestor’s vast wealth.
• Tragic Peach Lord: Becomes desperate and fearful while fleeing. His decision to enter Shihua Island shows his resourcefulness and determination to survive.

Significant Themes

• 突破 and limitless potential: Fang Yan’s breakthrough reveals that apparent limits may only be bottlenecks, reinforcing the theme of continued evolution.
• Long-term strategy over immediate power: Although Fang Yan can become a True God, he postpones the breakthrough to pursue a more powerful and advantageous foundation.
• Accumulation and resources: The Beast Ancestor’s hoarded wealth emphasizes the importance of resources in cosmic power struggles, while its redistribution strengthens the Human Race.
• Survival and pursuit: Tragic Peach Lord’s flight contrasts with the Human Race’s growing dominance and highlights the constant danger faced by weaker factions.
• Power and ambition: The chapter contrasts Fang Yan’s future-oriented ambition with the Beast Ancestor’s selfish hoarding and the Human Race’s organized use of resources.

Important Character Interactions

• Fang Yan internally weighs the advice and implications of the wider cultivation path, choosing not to rush into True Godhood.
• Darkness Lord commands Silver Shadow Lord and Rock Armor Lord during the raid, and they cooperate without resistance.
• Darkness Lord and Silver Shadow Lord comment on the Beast Ancestor’s selfishness and the astonishing wealth in his Small Universe.
• Darkness Lord reunites with the Human Race’s treasury operation, then dismisses his two companions to remain concealed.
• Chaos Lord and Ice Peak Lord work together to hunt Tragic Peach Lord, who ultimately escapes into Shihua Island.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chaos Lord and Ice Peak Lord arrive at Shihua Island to pursue Tragic Peach Lord, a remnant of the Three Swords Alliance.
• Shihua Island Lord, now a Universe Strongest, emerges from the mist holding Tragic Peach Lord captive. He explains that the prisoner trespassed on his territory and hands him over to Chaos Lord.
• Shihua Island Lord reminds Chaos Lord to convey his regards to Origin Ancestor and Heavenly Court Lord, emphasizing that he still remembers the favor and contract connected to the observation slots that helped him break through three hundred epochs earlier.
• Ice Peak Lord binds Tragic Peach Lord, who pleads for surrender, but Chaos Lord ignores his protests and takes him away.
• Meanwhile, Sky Wolf Venerable travels from the Seventh Battlefield toward the Demon Race’s territory, intending to pledge allegiance to Dream Demon Ancestor now that Beast Ancestor has been expelled and Meng Tu Lord controls the Demon Race.
• Evil King Venerable ambushes Sky Wolf Venerable on Heavenly Court Lord’s orders. A jade-green sword destroys Sky Wolf’s divine body, after which Evil King detonates a Spacetime Bomb to eliminate all possibilities of resurrection.
• In Mengtu Palace, Meng Tu Lord informs Black Dog Lord—Zhu Jiajia—that Sky Wolf is dead and dismisses the matter as an ordinary consequence of the Demon Race’s political transition.
• Meng Tu Lord rewards Zhu Jiajia with a High-grade Supreme Artifact palace for becoming a Universe Lord. Zhu Jiajia names it Black Dog Palace and swears unwavering loyalty to Meng Tu Lord.

Character Developments

• Shihua Island Lord is established as a powerful but detached Universe Strongest. Though isolated from external conflicts, he honors old debts and maintains ties to both the Human Race and Heavenly Court Lord.
• Chaos Lord demonstrates restraint and political awareness, accepting Shihua Island Lord’s assistance without pressing for further conflict.
• Sky Wolf Venerable reveals his opportunistic and anxious nature. He immediately seeks to secure Meng Tu Lord’s favor after the Demon Race’s leadership changes, but is killed before he can pledge loyalty.
• Evil King Venerable acts as Heavenly Court Lord’s ruthless assassin, carrying out his mission completely by preventing Sky Wolf’s resurrection.
• Meng Tu Lord consolidates her authority through efficient administration, calculated indifference, and strategic rewards.
• Black Dog Lord/Zhu Jiajia gains status as a newly ascended Universe Lord. Her gratitude toward Meng Tu Lord deepens into a firm personal allegiance.

Significant Themes

• Power transitions and political survival: The Demon Race’s change in leadership creates both opportunities and deadly risks. Sky Wolf’s attempt to adapt comes too late.
• Loyalty, favors, and contracts: Shihua Island Lord honors the debt that enabled his breakthrough, while Zhu Jiajia voluntarily binds herself to Meng Tu Lord through gratitude.
• Ruthlessness in the struggle for power: Evil King’s assassination and use of the Spacetime Bomb show that political enemies may be eliminated beyond even the possibility of resurrection.
• Consolidation of authority: Meng Tu Lord strengthens her control by reorganizing the Demon Race and rewarding useful allies.
• Isolation versus involvement: Shihua Island Lord remains secluded, yet his past agreements continue to influence major powers and events.

Important Character Interactions

• Chaos Lord and Shihua Island Lord: Their meeting is formal and respectful, shaped by old debts and political agreements.
• Chaos Lord and Tragic Peach Lord: Chaos Lord refuses to entertain Tragic Peach Lord’s pleas and treats him as a captured enemy.
• Evil King Venerable and Sky Wolf Venerable: Their encounter is a one-sided assassination, with Evil King striking before Sky Wolf can react.
• Meng Tu Lord and Zhu Jiajia: Meng Tu Lord asserts dominance while rewarding Zhu Jiajia, turning a political subordinate into a grateful and dependable ally.

Chapter Summary: “Immortal Gu Outbreak”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Meng Tu Lord ignores Black Dog Lord and withdraws into silence, while Zhu Jiajia leaves the main hall.
• In Human Race Heavenly Court, Fang Jin receives Evil King Venerable’s report that Sky Wolf has been eliminated and all traces erased. Fang Jin remains calm, suggesting the event fits Fang Yan’s larger plan.
• Inside Fang Yan’s Divine Kingdom, millions of Dao Marks trigger the mass birth of Immortal Gus throughout the Five Regions.
• A powerful Ninth-Turn Time Immortal Gu forms in Central Continent’s Heavenly Court. It appears as a translucent black-and-white Taiji-patterned Gu that distorts time.
• Fang Yan tests the Gu and discovers its first ability: it divides him into light and dark phantoms, each possessing his full strength. When the three bodies recombine, his power rises from over nine thousand genetic times to more than twenty-seven thousand, allowing him to reach Sixth-Order Universe Lord combat strength.
• The Divine Kingdom produces:
  • One Ninth-Turn Immortal Gu
  • Twelve Eighth-Turn Immortal Gus
  • Nearly a thousand Immortal Gus of Rank Seven and below
• Fang Yan identifies the Wave Sword Immortal Gu among the Eighth-Turn Gus. It completes the Five-Finger Fist-Heart Sword killing move, granting Fifth-Order Universe Master combat strength.
• Since Fang Yan has surpassed the move’s usefulness, he gives the complete sword technique and its associated Gus to Fang Jin.
• Fang Yan also brings Tianxi World out of the Black Heaven Secret Realm. With his Sixth-Order strength and Tianxi World’s support, he can now contend with a Seventh-Order True God, though he cannot defeat one.
• The remaining Eighth-Turn Immortal Gus are distributed among Fang Yan’s clones:
  • Three Flame Path Gus to Fang Yan
  • Two Water Dao Gus to Fang Shui
  • One Lightning Path Gu to Yan Lei
  • The final five are given to Fang Tu, Yan Guang, and Yan Feng after they are created from the emotional intentions of the As You Please Immortal Gu.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan: Experiences a major power increase, advancing to the threshold of Sixth-Order Universe Lord strength. He demonstrates greater strategic authority by organizing the new Immortal Gus and empowering his clones and allies.
• Fang Jin: Receives the Five-Finger Fist-Heart Sword and becomes capable of using a Fifth-Order Universe Master-level killing move. His role as Fang Yan’s principal subordinate and operational representative is strengthened.
• Fang Shui and Yan Lei: Gain Eighth-Turn Immortal Gus aligned with their respective Water and Lightning paths, increasing their future combat potential.
• Fang Tu, Yan Guang, and Yan Feng: Are newly created from the emotional intentions of the As You Please Immortal Gu:
  • Love creates Fang Tu
  • Falsehood creates Yan Guang
  • Pride creates Yan Feng
    They are immediately equipped with powerful Immortal Gus, establishing them as significant new clones.
• Meng Tu Lord: Remains mysterious and emotionally unreadable, refusing to respond to Black Dog Lord.
• Fang Jin and Fang Yan: Their relationship reflects a clear hierarchy, but also mutual trust; Fang Jin readily accepts Fang Yan’s decisions and inherited techniques.

Significant Themes

• Power growth and transformation: The birth of the Ninth-Turn Time Immortal Gu marks a major evolutionary leap for Fang Yan.
• Strategic distribution of strength: Fang Yan does not hoard resources; he assigns Immortal Gus according to each clone’s path and role.
• Unity and division of identity: The Time Immortal Gu’s ability to split Fang Yan into yin and yang manifestations reflects the broader motif of one individual multiplying into distinct but connected selves.
• Emotional embodiment: Fang Tu, Yan Guang, and Yan Feng demonstrate how abstract emotions—love, falsehood, and pride—can become independent beings with their own future significance.
• Supersession of former powers: The completed Five-Finger Fist-Heart Sword, once a decisive technique, is now insufficient for Fang Yan, showing how rapidly strength and standards change.
• Preparation for greater conflict: The destruction of Sky Wolf, Fang Yan’s rise in strength, the activation of Tianxi World, and the creation of new clones all indicate preparation for confrontations with higher-order enemies.

Character Interactions

• Meng Tu Lord and Black Dog Lord: Black Dog Lord speaks, but Meng Tu Lord refuses to engage, preserving her enigmatic and detached character.
• Fang Yan and Fang Jin: Fang Yan transfers the Five-Finger Fist-Heart Sword to Fang Jin and authorizes Tianxi World’s relocation, reinforcing Fang Jin’s importance within the Heavenly Court.
• Fang Yan and his clones: He personally evaluates and equips Fang Shui, Yan Lei, Fang Tu, Yan Guang, and Yan Feng, acting as commander and creator.
• Fang Yan and the newly born clones: The chapter ends with Fang Yan examining the seven empowered clones, suggesting that their individual capabilities and future roles will become important in the coming conflicts.