Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Distributing Treasures”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Origin clarifies that he will not immediately give Humanity Palace to Fang Yan. Since the Human Race currently needs its only Supreme Treasure, he will retain it until Fang Yan becomes a Universe Lord, effectively “leasing” it from Fang Yan on the race’s behalf.
• Fang Yan agrees, recognizing that he lacks the strength to safely possess such a powerful treasure. In the hands of a weaker expert, Humanity Palace could attract the attention of rival races.
• Origin proposes dividing the enormous haul of seized treasures into three portions:
  • 30% for the Universe Lords who participated in the operation.
  • 10% as rewards for contributions during the upcoming campaign against the Insect Race.
  • 60% for the Human Race Treasure Vault, allowing meritorious experts to exchange their accumulated Supreme Treasure Points for valuable treasures.
• The other leaders approve the plan. Chaos Lord, Giant Axe Lord, and Void Gold Master each select a Peak Treasure:
  • Chaos Lord takes the Nine Light God-Slaying Spear.
  • Giant Axe Lord takes the Blood Pivot Great Axe.
  • Void Gold Master chooses a Peak Treasure saber.
• Each of the three expresses gratitude to Fang Yan and promises to support him in future matters.
• Hei Lian, the only remaining participant who has not chosen a treasure, offers her entire share to Fang Yan. Fang Yan refuses, claiming he has no current use for a Peak Treasure and dismissing her share as insignificant.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan demonstrates caution and maturity by accepting Origin’s decision to retain Humanity Palace. He understands that possessing a Supreme Treasure without sufficient strength would make him a target.
• Fang Yan’s influence within the Human Race grows substantially. Because several powerful Universe Lords now owe him major favors, he becomes the most influential figure in the race after Origin.
• Origin is portrayed as wise, practical, and focused on the Human Race’s long-term prosperity. His distribution plan balances personal rewards, military preparation, and institutional development.
• Chaos Lord, Giant Axe Lord, and Void Gold Master gain powerful treasures and become personally indebted to Fang Yan.
• Hei Lian openly displays her loyalty and closeness to Fang Yan by offering him her entire portion, reinforcing the understanding that she recognizes him as her master.

Significant Themes

• Power must be matched by strength and responsibility: Fang Yan understands that possessing a Supreme Treasure prematurely could endanger him rather than benefit him.
• Collective welfare versus individual gain: Origin prioritizes strengthening the Human Race as a whole rather than allowing the spoils to be divided solely among the operation’s participants.
• Merit and institutional fairness: Depositing most of the treasures into the Treasure Vault allows past contributions to be properly rewarded and makes the Human Race’s merit system more meaningful.
• Influence through loyalty and obligation: Fang Yan’s growing authority comes not from formal rank alone, but from the gratitude and debts of powerful allies.
• Trust and long-term planning: Origin’s agreement to return Humanity Palace when Fang Yan becomes a Universe Lord reflects mutual trust between them.

Important Character Interactions

• Origin and Fang Yan reach an understanding over Humanity Palace, with Fang Yan respectfully entrusting it to Origin.
• Origin presents his distribution plan, and the major Human Race leaders unanimously support it.
• Chaos Lord, Giant Axe Lord, and Void Gold Master each thank Fang Yan after choosing their treasures and promise to treat his future affairs as their own.
• Hei Lian offers Fang Yan her share in a soft but public declaration of loyalty. Fang Yan declines, responding with confidence and apparent disdain for the value of the offered treasure.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Hei Lian reviews the Human Race’s treasure exchange list and selects Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens, a top-grade Supreme Artifact longsword.
• She converts the rest of her reward into Supreme Treasure Points, first repaying the ten-point debt she incurred from renting the race’s Origin Supreme Treasure to heal her damaged divine body. The remaining points are saved, likely for Fang Yan’s benefit.
• Three powerful Peak Treasures remain undistributed—Ice River Domain, Heavenly Profound Palace, and Chaos Origin Core—so Origin stores them in the Human Race Treasure Vault for future use.
• Origin pays Fang Yan five hundred Supreme Treasure Points as one hundred epochs of rent for his Humanity Palace.
• With the Insect Race’s five Universe Lords suppressed, Origin and the other leaders discuss exploiting the opportunity to expand into Insect Race territory. Chaos Lord and Giant Axe Lord strongly support immediate military action.
• Origin announces that the Human Race will hold its first Supreme Race Conference in three days, requiring all Venerables and above to attend. Fang Yan is specifically invited.
• Afterward, Fang Yan asks Chaos Lord to add Gu Worms to the Virtual Universe Company’s exchange list. His proposed list contains enormous varieties across Ranks One through Five.
• Fang Yan explains that the Gu Master Lineage relies on borrowing the power and abilities of different Gu Worms, making a broad selection essential. He offers to supply the Gu Worms through a soul slave whose Divine Kingdom cultivates them.
• Chaos Lord agrees, with the company taking a ten percent commission, while Fang Yan will determine the prices.
• As Fang Yan returns home, he notices a young man enduring the intense pressure radiating from the gate of Xun Universe Estate.

Character Developments

• Hei Lian demonstrates responsibility and loyalty by repaying her debt to the Human Race and apparently preserving her remaining resources for Fang Yan.
• Fang Yan’s position within the Human Race continues to rise. He receives substantial compensation for Humanity Palace, is invited to a major strategic conference, and actively promotes his Gu Master Lineage throughout the Virtual Universe.
• Fang Yan also reveals that he has developed a reliable supply network for Gu Worms through one of his soul slaves, showing his preparation and long-term planning.
• Origin acts as both treasurer and military leader, fairly distributing rewards while immediately shifting attention toward exploiting the Insect Race’s weakness.
• Chaos Lord treats Fang Yan warmly and supports the expansion of the Gu Master Lineage, indicating growing trust and cooperation.
• Giant Axe Lord displays his straightforward, aggressive nature by eagerly advocating war against the Insect Race.

Significant Themes

• Reward and responsibility: Treasures and wealth are distributed according to contribution, while Hei Lian’s repayment highlights the obligations accompanying power.
• Strategic expansion: The Human Race recognizes that defeating the Insect Race’s leaders creates a rare opportunity to seize territory and strengthen itself.
• Innovation and institutional support: Fang Yan’s Gu Master Lineage moves beyond personal cultivation and becomes integrated into the Virtual Universe’s economic and exchange systems.
• Trust and cooperation: Fang Yan’s relationships with Origin and Chaos Lord deepen as his ideas and resources become increasingly valuable to the Human Race.
• Endurance and qualification: The final image of the young man resisting the pressure of Xun Universe Estate introduces a test of willpower, strength, or worthiness.

Character Interactions

• Hei Lian discusses her rewards indirectly through her repayment and exchange with Origin.
• Origin formally compensates Fang Yan and commands him to attend the upcoming Supreme Race Conference.
• Fang Yan and Chaos Lord have a respectful but increasingly familiar exchange: Fang Yan requests support for his Gu Worm trade, and Chaos Lord agrees after questioning the source and logistics.
• Origin, Chaos Lord, and Giant Axe Lord share a unified response to the Insect Race’s defeat, with the latter two openly expressing enthusiasm for war.
• The chapter ends by shifting attention from Fang Yan’s political and commercial activities to the mysterious young man attempting to withstand the Xun Universe Estate’s pressure.

Chapter Summary: “Thunder Mountain”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fang Yan recognizes Kandri, a talented young genius he encountered earlier and who will eventually become the guardian of the Chaos Stele.
• Kandri meditates outside the gates of the Xun Universe Estate, enduring the pressure radiating from the estate’s inscription. After fifteen minutes, he successfully withstands it and resolves to improve further.
• Upon seeing Fang Yan, Kandri is shocked and respectfully greets him as the Red Lotus King. Fang Yan asks for his name before entering the estate, leaving Kandri excited and encouraged.
• Fang Yan considers cultivating Kandri, partly because Kandri’s future ability to create countless clones resembles Fang Yan’s own plan to use the Tianxi Puppets as numerous combat clones. However, Fang Yan intends to test him first rather than immediately accept him as a disciple.
• Three days later, Fang Yan attends the first supreme Human Race meeting in Thunder Island, a special plane created by Origin within the Virtual Universe.
• Origin explains that Venerables and stronger experts can cultivate laws on Thunder Island as if they were in the Primordial Universe. Each Venerable is assigned a location to build a palace.
• When Fang Yan begins choosing a site with the other Venerables, Origin stops him and reveals that Fang Yan has a special residence at the mountaintop.
• Fang Yan is shown the grand Xun Universe Divine Temple, alongside the palaces of the Universe Lords. Origin grants Fang Yan his own exclusive Xun Universe Plane and authority equal to that of a Universe Lord.
• Origin explains that this privilege is justified by Fang Yan’s immense contributions to the Human Race, then summons him to the upcoming Temple of All Gods meeting.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan continues to demonstrate foresight and strategic thinking. He recognizes Kandri’s future potential and considers how Kandri’s clone-related abilities could complement his own plans.
• Fang Yan’s status rises significantly. Although not explicitly a Universe Lord, he receives equivalent authority and treatment, confirming the Human Race’s profound trust in and appreciation for him.
• Kandri displays perseverance, discipline, and ambition by enduring the Xun Universe inscription’s pressure. His encounter with Fang Yan strengthens his motivation and confidence.
• Origin is portrayed as both powerful and considerate. He personally arranges Fang Yan’s exceptional residence, signaling respect and approval.

Significant Themes

• Recognition through perseverance: Kandri’s ability to withstand the estate’s pressure symbolizes that talent must be proven through endurance and determination.
• Mentorship and potential: Fang Yan evaluates Kandri as a possible future disciple, emphasizing the importance of nurturing promising individuals without rushing the process.
• Status earned through contribution: Fang Yan’s elevated privileges are presented as a reward for his contributions rather than mere personal strength.
• Preparation for future power: Both Fang Yan’s plans for clone armies and Origin’s creation of Thunder Island reflect the Human Race’s long-term preparation for greater conflicts.
• Legacy and foresight: Fang Yan’s knowledge of Kandri’s future role allows him to plan around events and talents that have not yet fully emerged.

Character Interactions

• Fang Yan and Kandri share a brief but meaningful encounter: Kandri respectfully greets Fang Yan, and Fang Yan asks his name, leaving Kandri deeply impressed.
• Fang Yan privately reflects on Kandri’s future and potential, considering whether to make him a registered disciple.
• Origin publicly introduces Thunder Island to the Venerables and privately guides Fang Yan to the mountaintop.
• Origin reassures Fang Yan that his special treatment is deserved, establishing a relationship of mutual respect before they proceed to the Temple of All Gods meeting.

Chapter Summary: “Over-the-Top Treatment”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fang Yan follows Origin into the Temple of All Gods, a grand council hall built for the Human Race’s highest-ranking leaders.
• The hall’s throne arrangement reflects the hierarchy of the Human Race:
  • Origin sits on the highest black throne as the sole Universe Strongest.
  • Six golden thrones are positioned beneath him. Five belong to known Universe Lords, while the sixth is reserved for Fang Yan.
  • Lower levels are occupied by Top Universe Overlords, Universe Overlords, and Venerables of various ranks.
• Origin tells Fang Yan that the empty golden throne is his and insists that Fang Yan deserves the position. Fang Yan accepts, while Origin explains that Fang Yan’s identity is concealed from everyone except the Universe Lords by a veil of mist.
• The gathered experts react differently to Fang Yan’s hidden throne. Peng Gong Venerable notices the indistinct figure but chooses not to investigate, recognizing that the occupant must be an existence of extraordinary status.
• Fang Yan observes the Human Race’s current strength, including familiar figures such as Ice Peak Venerable, Darkness Venerable, and Flame Ruins Venerable. He feels pride upon seeing Flame Ruins Venerable, his family ancestor, among the Medium Venerables.
• Origin summons the assembly to discuss the Insect Race. He reveals that he has single-handedly suppressed all five of the Insect Race’s Universe Lords.
• The revelation shocks the entire council. The Human Race’s leaders realize that the Insect Race’s strongest combatants have been removed, creating an unprecedented opportunity for expansion.
• Origin displays a star map of the two races’ territories, divides the Insect Race’s territory into numerous sections, and begins assigning military deployments.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan: His status rises dramatically. He is formally treated as a Universe Lord and given a throne beside the Human Race’s most powerful leaders. Though initially surprised, he accepts the recognition and begins viewing himself as an important part of the Human Race’s leadership.
• Origin: His overwhelming strength and authority are emphasized. He commands the council effortlessly and reveals that he has defeated the Insect Race’s entire group of Universe Lords.
• Peng Gong Venerable: His awe and respect toward the upper ranks deepen after witnessing Fang Yan’s mysterious position and hearing Origin’s announcement. He understands that Fang Yan is beyond his level of authority.
• Qing Dong Venerable: He suspects that Fang Yan’s hidden figure may be connected to the victory over the Insect Race, but wisely refrains from probing further.
• Flame Ruins Venerable: His presence among the Medium Venerables highlights the Fang family’s growing importance and potential. Fang Yan believes his ancestor may eventually rise to a higher rank.
• The Human Race’s leaders: They shift from surprise to confidence as Origin’s revelation makes clear that the balance of power has changed in their favor.

Significant Themes

• Hierarchy and recognition: The throne arrangement visually represents the Human Race’s strict power structure, while Fang Yan’s special seat confirms his unprecedented status.
• Concealed identity and strategic secrecy: Fang Yan’s identity is hidden from most of the council, emphasizing the importance of protecting powerful figures and sensitive information.
• Overwhelming power: Origin’s suppression of all five Insect Race Universe Lords demonstrates the enormous gap between the strongest beings and ordinary experts.
• Opportunity amid conflict: The defeat of the Insect Race’s leaders creates a rare chance for the Human Race to expand its territory.
• The Human Race’s long-term development: Despite its impressive current forces, Fang Yan recognizes that the race remains weaker than it will become in the future and still has a long path ahead.

Character Interactions

• Origin personally brings Fang Yan into the council and grants him the sixth golden throne, reinforcing their close relationship and Origin’s confidence in him.
• Fang Yan and Origin briefly discuss Fang Yan’s right to the throne and the concealment of his identity.
• Peng Gong Venerable and Qing Dong Venerable observe Fang Yan’s mysterious position but do not challenge or question it.
• Fang Yan silently reflects on the presence of Flame Ruins Venerable, connecting his rise in status to the fortunes of his family.
• Origin addresses the entire council with absolute authority, while the assembled leaders respond with shock, respect, and obedience to his announcement and battle orders.

Chapter Summary: “Seizing the Secret Realm”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Origin announces the Human Race’s hundred-era campaign against the Insect Race. The territory is divided into attack zones with assigned routes and timetables.
• Spoils will be distributed with 70% going to individuals and 30% to the race, while war contributions will be exchanged for Supreme Treasure Points, greatly motivating the Venerables.
• The Human Race will formally receive half of the Insect Race’s territory, with the Demon Race receiving the other half. However, Origin makes clear that actual control will depend on who occupies resource-rich areas first.
• Chaos Lord and Dragon Walker Lord are tasked with leading the Human Race’s occupation efforts and ensuring that no territory or resources are lost to the Demon Race.
• Fang Yan realizes that the coming war requires him to accelerate his own plans in the Tianxi Secret Realm rather than waiting for the Puppet Master Competition’s finals or the appearance of Tianxi Lord.
• In Mingxuan Residence, Fang Yan prepares the Sixth-Rank As You Please Immortal Gu, which has accumulated hundreds of millions of thoughts containing complete imprints of his personality.
• He activates the immortal killing move “Heaven-Human World,” sending these thoughts throughout the Tianxi World in an attempt to possess and assimilate the entire secret realm.
• Because the inhabitants are soulless puppets animated only by the secret realm’s wills, Fang Yan believes they can be possessed more easily than true living beings.
• The thoughts begin entering people across the world, including Xiangxiang. Their eyes become vacant before taking on the same blood-red brightness, signaling that Fang Yan’s will is spreading through them.
• Fang Yan’s consciousness disperses across the world, turning the Tianxi World into an extension of his mind and the puppets into something resembling his new cells.
• The chapter ends by shifting to a desolate ruin where Zhu Jiajia sits alone, implying that she may become significant in the next stage of Fang Yan’s plan.

Character Developments

• Origin demonstrates strategic leadership and ruthless pragmatism. Although he honors the territorial agreement with the Demon Race, he intends to exploit the practical contest over who can occupy valuable regions first.
• Chaos Lord and Dragon Walker Lord are entrusted with a critical military and territorial mission, reinforcing their importance within the Human Race.
• Flame Ruins Venerable becomes visibly excited by the prospect of earning Supreme Treasure Points, especially because he currently possesses only one high-grade Supreme Artifact.
• Fang Yan shifts from observing the broader war to actively pursuing his own objective. He abandons his patient approach in Tianxi Secret Realm and begins an aggressive attempt to seize the entire world through mass possession and assimilation.
• Xiangxiang is the first clearly shown person to be affected by Fang Yan’s spreading will, suggesting that her individuality may already be compromised.
• Zhu Jiajia is introduced in a remote ruin, creating suspense about whether she can resist or respond to Fang Yan’s takeover.

Significant Themes

• Competition beneath formal agreements: The Human and Demon Races have divided the Insect Race Territory on paper, but actual possession will be determined by speed, strength, and strategic occupation.
• War as an opportunity for advancement: The campaign is not only about defeating the Insect Race but also about accumulating resources and Supreme Treasure Points to strengthen individuals and the Human Race.
• Individuality versus collective consciousness: Fang Yan’s Heaven-Human World erases the separation between his mind and the minds of others, transforming an entire population into extensions of himself.
• Possession and control: The soulless nature of the Tianxi puppets allows Fang Yan to treat them as vessels or biological components rather than independent beings.
• Expansion of self: Fang Yan’s will literally becomes the world’s consciousness, presenting his ambition as a transformation from an individual cultivator into a world-spanning entity.

Character Interactions

• Origin addresses the assembled Venerables and establishes the campaign’s rewards and objectives.
• Origin privately directs Chaos Lord and Dragon Walker Lord to secure as much of the Insect Race Territory as possible, while Fang Yan observes and understands the hidden intent behind the territorial agreement.
• Fang Yan shares a warm domestic setting with Xiangxiang before using her as the first visible target of his possession technique, contrasting ordinary intimacy with his increasingly overwhelming ambition.
• Fang Yan does not directly interact with Zhu Jiajia in this excerpt, but the final scene places her in apparent opposition or potential danger as his consciousness spreads across the Tianxi World.

Chapter Summary: “The Father God Appears”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhu Jiajia detects Fang Yan attempting to possess the Tianxi Secret Realm. She resists the invasion with her Venerable-level soul power, while another powerful outsider also blocks Fang Yan’s influence.
• Fang Yan ignores Zhu Jiajia and continues taking control of the realm’s puppets. His possession progresses from 10% on the first day, to 20% on the second, and 30% on the third.
• As Fang Yan’s control expands, he begins to sense the immense “weight” and power of Tianxi World.
• On the third day, the mysterious silver-armored figure launches a massive laser from the realm’s core. The attack tears open the secret realm’s sky, destroying space, formations, and floating structures.
• Zhu Jiajia immediately seizes the opportunity to escape through the opening. Exhausted and badly shaken, she flees into the void before the passage closes.
• Fang Yan confronts the silver-armored man, who reveals that Tianxi Secret Realm is the inheritance ground he intended to claim after the Puppet Master Competition.
• The man accuses Fang Yan of recklessly damaging the inheritance by forcibly possessing the realm. He transforms countless mechanical components into a giant fortress and prepares to attack.
• He identifies himself as the Mechanical Father God, the supreme existence of the Machine Race and a being immune to soul attacks.
• Recognizing the danger, Fang Yan crushes a coordinate token given to him by Origin to summon assistance. The chapter ends as a powerful figure appears in Tianxi World.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan: Displays growing control over Tianxi World and increasing confidence, but his aggressive possession provokes a powerful rival. Upon learning his opponent’s identity, he quickly abandons direct confrontation and calls for reinforcements.
• Zhu Jiajia: Demonstrates strong vigilance and formidable soul resistance. Her survival instincts take over when the realm is breached, allowing her to escape despite exhaustion and fear.
• Mechanical Father God: Is introduced as calm, arrogant, and extremely powerful. He possesses advanced mechanical technology, immense destructive ability, and immunity to soul-based attacks. His claim over the secret realm establishes him as Fang Yan’s immediate adversary.
• Origin: Though absent, his earlier preparation becomes crucial through the coordinate token Fang Yan uses to summon help.

Significant Themes

• Control versus ownership: Fang Yan’s possession of the realm conflicts with the Mechanical Father God’s claim that it is his inheritance.
• Power and escalation: Fang Yan’s growing strength attracts an opponent far beyond ordinary experts, forcing him to rely on outside aid.
• Survival and opportunism: Zhu Jiajia escapes by exploiting the opening created by the Father God’s attack, while Fang Yan uses a prepared emergency resource rather than fighting recklessly.
• Mechanical power versus spiritual power: Fang Yan’s possession and soul abilities are contrasted with the Father God’s emotionless mechanical technology and immunity to soul attacks.
• Hidden identities and rising stakes: The revelation that the opponent is the legendary Mechanical Father God dramatically raises the danger surrounding Tianxi Secret Realm.

Important Character Interactions

• Fang Yan’s attempted possession directly pressures both Zhu Jiajia and the unidentified silver-armored figure.
• The Mechanical Father God attacks the secret realm, unintentionally creating Zhu Jiajia’s escape route.
• Fang Yan and the Father God exchange accusations over who has the right to control Tianxi Secret Realm.
• After recognizing the Father God’s identity and overwhelming power, Fang Yan summons help through Origin’s coordinate token, ending the chapter on the arrival of a new combatant.

Chapter Summary: “Who Else?!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Origin, the Human Race’s Universe Strongest, suddenly appears in the Tianxi Secret Realm while Mechanical Father God is present.
• Mechanical Father God immediately becomes wary and transforms his mechanical fortress into a defensive formation.
• Origin reveals the Humanity Palace, a palace-type Supreme Treasure with powerful sealing abilities. Mechanical Father God is shocked, recognizing its immense significance.
• Origin activates the palace, causing it to expand and envelop the surrounding void. Mechanical Father God attempts to escape into the Dark Universe while deploying 1,008 top-tier Supreme Treasure puppets as distractions and protection.
• Purple-gold chains emerge from the palace and capture every puppet individually. At the same time, Origin uses the seventh-rank secret technique Illusory Martial Nine-Link, strengthened by the palace’s suppression, to immobilize Mechanical Father God.
• Origin then forms a giant purple palm that seizes Mechanical Father God and drags him into the Humanity Palace. The palace closes, successfully suppressing both Mechanical Father God and all 1,008 puppets.
• Origin remarks that the operation has produced a substantial gain and states that he must continue suppressing Mechanical in the Initial Universe.
• Fang Yan, who witnesses the entire battle, realizes that the changes he set in motion have accelerated the downfall of two future peak races. He privately celebrates his influence with the triumphant thought, “Who else?!”
• Origin questions Fang Yan about his unusual method of controlling the secret realm, suggesting that it resembles possession. Fang Yan confirms this but insists that his secret realm is unique.
• Origin begins speculating about whether secret realms—and perhaps even the Primordial Universe—could be used in a similar way. Fang Yan becomes alarmed but cannot openly stop him.
• Origin leaves to deal with Mechanical Father God, while Fang Yan remains behind and resumes meditating.

Character Developments

• Origin: Demonstrates overwhelming strength, tactical control, and possession of a Supreme Treasure capable of suppressing even Mechanical Father God. His curiosity about Fang Yan’s secret-realm possession method reveals his willingness to explore unconventional and potentially dangerous possibilities.
• Mechanical Father God: Shifts from confidence to alarm once Origin appears. Despite deploying a large number of powerful puppets and attempting to escape, he is completely overpowered and captured, marking a major defeat.
• Fang Yan: Gains confirmation that his earlier actions have dramatically altered the future of the Primordial Universe. He is both proud of his influence and anxious about Origin’s interest in his unique abilities.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and strategic superiority: Origin’s Humanity Palace, secret technique, and precise coordination allow him to defeat Mechanical Father God decisively.
• The consequences of change: Fang Yan recognizes that his actions have accelerated major historical events, turning future conflicts into present disasters.
• Curiosity and unintended consequences: Origin’s interest in possessing or controlling secret realms hints at potentially dangerous developments beyond Fang Yan’s original intentions.
• The balance between confidence and danger: Fang Yan’s triumphant attitude contrasts with his unease over how far Origin might take the ideas he has introduced.

Character Interactions

• Origin confronts Mechanical Father God calmly, addressing him as an old acquaintance while making it clear that the Human Race’s territory is not open to intrusion.
• Mechanical Father God responds through defensive action rather than words, revealing his immediate recognition of Origin as a serious threat.
• After the battle, Origin treats Fang Yan with interest rather than hostility, questioning the nature of his secret-realm control.
• Fang Yan respectfully answers Origin while cautiously attempting to discourage further investigation into the technique.
• Origin departs on his own mission, leaving Fang Yan to reflect on the consequences of the rapidly changing world.

Chapter Summary: “Tianxi’s Past”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fang Yan continues extending his consciousness throughout Tianxi World, using hundreds of millions of strands of intent to seize control of the secret realm.
• Over nine days, his influence expands from 40% to 80%, with the world’s streets, buildings, inhabitants, and puppets gradually becoming extensions of his will.
• When Fang Yan reaches the remaining areas, the Tianxi World resists. The entire realm trembles, and the phantom of the Tian Xi Lord appears above his statue.
• The Tian Xi Lord criticizes Fang Yan for attempting to possess the entire inheritance realm rather than patiently studying the Puppetmaster Path. However, he ultimately accepts Fang Yan’s actions and allows him to take control.
• Fang Yan questions why the Tianxi Civilization focused so exclusively on puppetmasters instead of developing multiple paths.
• The Tian Xi Lord explains that the Tianxi Race arose too late in the previous Reincarnation Era. By then, most resources and territories had already been claimed by older peak races.
• After discovering the inheritance of a fallen Machine Race True God, the Tian Xi Lord made the Mechanical or Puppetmaster Path the foundation of the entire civilization, hoping to produce a Universe Strongest before the end of the era.
• To preserve his people, he eventually refined himself and countless treasures into the Tianxi Secret Realm, hoping to break through and become a True God.
• His attempt failed. The secret realm became a powerful domain-type peak treasure with its own consciousness, while the Tian Xi Lord could no longer advance.
• He acknowledges that Fang Yan has nearly succeeded in possessing the secret realm and reveals the poem Fang Yan previously saw: “Those who sit and watch the fishermen are all successors!”

Character Developments

• Fang Yan demonstrates increasingly overwhelming control and confidence. Rather than merely inheriting the Tianxi Lord’s teachings, he attempts to absorb the entire secret realm, showing his unconventional and forceful approach.
• He also reveals intellectual curiosity and strategic judgment by questioning the Tianxi civilization’s one-sided development.
• The Tian Xi Lord is revealed not as an all-powerful ruler, but as a weary survivor who sacrificed himself for his race. His bitterness comes from knowing that his extreme strategy was flawed, yet unavoidable.
• He moves from mild criticism of Fang Yan to resignation and acceptance, recognizing Fang Yan as a legitimate successor despite his unorthodox methods.

Significant Themes

• Survival versus balanced development: The Tianxi Race sacrificed diversity and long-term stability for the immediate goal of producing a True God before extinction.
• The burden of leadership: The Tian Xi Lord accepted immense personal sacrifice, transforming himself into the secret realm in an attempt to save his civilization.
• Failure and legacy: Though the Tian Xi Lord failed to become a True God, his efforts created the inheritance and secret realm through which a successor might continue his hopes.
• Inheritance through action: Fang Yan’s aggressive attempt to claim the entire realm suggests that successors are judged not only by patience or conformity, but by their ability to seize opportunity.
• Civilizational desperation: The chapter shows how the approaching end of a Reincarnation Era forced an entire race into an extreme and dangerous path.

Character Interactions

• Fang Yan and the Tian Xi Lord engage in a direct conversation after Fang Yan’s possession of the realm triggers the Lord’s appearance.
• The Tian Xi Lord first rebukes Fang Yan for trying to take over the entire secret realm, while Fang Yan remains calm and continues his possession.
• Fang Yan challenges the Lord about the Tianxi Race’s distorted social and cultivation structure.
• The Tian Xi Lord explains the historical pressures behind that decision, allowing Fang Yan to understand—and partially sympathize with—his desperation.
• Their exchange ends with the Tian Xi Lord accepting Fang Yan’s near-complete takeover and implicitly recognizing him as the successor foretold by the inscription.

Chapter Summary: Tian Xi Acknowledges a Master

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tian Xi Lord reveals that the inheritance’s central principle is that every failed inheritor must prepare the path for future successors. Fang Yan is expected to continue this tradition if he eventually fails.
• The era of the Tianxi Race is declared over, and Tian Xi Lord formally acknowledges Fang Yan as his master.
• Fang Yan gains complete control over the Tianxi Secret Realm, becoming its new master and receiving the title Fang Yan Gong.
• Using his consciousness, Fang Yan activates the realm’s mechanisms, assembles a massive metal throne, and manifests the secret realm within the Primordial Universe.
• The domain-type Peak Treasure is completed. Fang Yan renames it Tianxi World, gaining control over an area with a radius of one billion kilometers. Within this territory, he can reshape the realm and generate powerful suppressive domains.
• The inheritance of the mysterious Machine Race True God begins merging into Fang Yan’s memories. Fang Yan suspects this inheritance may have been connected to Mechanical Father God’s future advancement to the Universe Strongest realm.
• Returning to Chaos City, Fang Yan visits Humanity’s Treasure Vault to replace his old World-Ending Sword. He purchases the top-grade supreme treasure Moon God Sword for 122 Supreme Treasure Points.
• Fang Yan notices that Humanity is offering captured Insect Race Universe Lords for exchange, including the Insect Race Empress and Nether Lotus Lord, suggesting major developments in the impending race war.
• Outside the City Lord’s Residence, Fang Yan encounters Ice Peak Venerable and Darkness Venerable. Though he initially tries to avoid them, Origin summons all three to the council hall.
• Origin praises Fang Yan’s contribution to suppressing Mechanical Father God and asks Fang Yan whether he is willing to become his personal disciple.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan rises dramatically in status by inheriting the Tianxi Secret Realm and becoming its absolute controller. His new title, Fang Yan Gong, reflects his elevated position.
• He gains a powerful new domain treasure, expanded strategic influence, and portions of a mysterious True God’s inheritance.
• Fang Yan becomes more deeply involved in the coming race war, replacing his old weapon and recognizing that he can no longer remain entirely detached from major conflicts.
• His relationship with Origin reaches a turning point. Origin’s offer to accept him as a personal disciple indicates great trust and recognition of Fang Yan’s potential.
• Tian Xi Lord completes his final duty by acknowledging Fang Yan and transferring the legacy of the Tianxi Race to him before disappearing.

Significant Themes

• Inheritance and succession: The chapter emphasizes that failed inheritors still contribute to the success of future successors, presenting inheritance as a chain of sacrifice and preparation.
• The end of an era: The Tianxi Race’s decline contrasts with Fang Yan’s rise, showing how legacies survive by passing into the hands of new masters.
• Power and responsibility: Fang Yan’s control over Tianxi World grants him immense authority, but the approaching race war forces him to decide how actively he will use it.
• Recognition and advancement: Fang Yan’s acquisition of the Moon God Sword and Origin’s discipleship offer both practical and symbolic confirmation of his growing importance.
• Mechanical civilization and hidden legacies: The mysterious Machine Race True God’s inheritance hints at deeper connections between Tianxi World, Mechanical Father God, and the future balance of power.

Character Interactions

• Tian Xi Lord and Fang Yan: Tian Xi Lord respectfully acknowledges Fang Yan as his master, explains the inheritance’s principle, and transfers control of the secret realm to him.
• Fang Yan and the inheritance: Fang Yan responds decisively, commanding the secret realm’s mechanisms and transforming it into Tianxi World.
• Fang Yan, Ice Peak Venerable, and Darkness Venerable: Their meeting is initially distant and restrained. Fang Yan has little prior interaction with either figure and tries to pass without engaging them.
• Origin and Fang Yan: Origin summons Fang Yan back, praises his role in defeating Mechanical Father God, and makes the major offer for Fang Yan to become his personal disciple.

Chapter Summary: Nether Lotus as a Servant

Key Plot Points and Events

• Origin offers Fang Yan the chance to become his disciple, but Fang Yan firmly refuses, saying that people who follow different paths need not become connected in that way.
• Ice Peak Venerable and Darkness Venerable willingly accept Origin as their master. However, Origin makes them only nominal disciples, requiring each to kill ten alien Universe Overlords before he formally accepts them.
• After the two Venerables leave, Origin offers Fang Yan another reward in place of discipleship.
• Fang Yan cannot think of anything he needs because he already possesses powerful defensive treasures, weapons, inheritances, and cultivation resources.
• Origin therefore gives Fang Yan Nether Lotus Lord, who has been soul-enslaved by him. Her task is not to protect Fang Yan directly, but to recover his supreme treasures and deliver them to one of his clones if he dies.
• Origin explains that Fang Yan’s excessive caution has prevented him from breaking through from Peak Immortal to Venerable. By placing himself in genuine danger, Fang Yan may gain the life-or-death inspiration necessary for advancement.
• While traveling through the Primordial Universe, Fang Yan observes that Nether Lotus Lord’s personality and combat strength remain largely intact despite the soul enslavement.
• Remembering that he once called Nether Lotus “Mother” while using the Spring Autumn Cicada’s shell, Fang Yan mischievously orders her to call him “Dad,” provoking intense shock, disgust, resistance, and killing intent.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan: Demonstrates independence by refusing Origin’s offer of discipleship. His vast collection of treasures and inheritances highlights his strength, but Origin identifies his excessive caution as his main obstacle to reaching the Venerable level. Fang Yan also reveals a playful, provocative side when teasing Nether Lotus.
• Origin: Acts as a powerful and perceptive mentor-like figure despite Fang Yan’s refusal to become his disciple. He recognizes Fang Yan’s psychological weakness and devises a dangerous method to force potential growth. His soul enslavement preserves Nether Lotus’s abilities and personality while placing her under Fang Yan’s authority.
• Ice Peak Venerable and Darkness Venerable: Both eagerly accept Origin’s conditions, showing their desire for his recognition. Their willingness to undertake the challenge of killing ten alien Universe Overlords reflects their ambition and loyalty.
• Nether Lotus Lord: Remains proud, aloof, and emotionally vivid despite being soul-enslaved. She accepts Fang Yan’s commands but does not show him respect, making clear that control over her actions has not erased her personality or dignity.

Significant Themes

• Independence versus mentorship: Fang Yan refuses to submit to Origin as a disciple, emphasizing that power and guidance do not necessarily require formal allegiance.
• Growth through danger: Origin argues that excessive caution can prevent breakthroughs, suggesting that true advancement may require facing the possibility of death.
• Power and autonomy: Nether Lotus’s soul enslavement raises the contrast between control over someone’s actions and the preservation of their thoughts, emotions, and personality.
• Humor amid power struggles: Fang Yan’s demand that Nether Lotus call him “Dad” turns a serious situation involving enslavement and cosmic power into a deliberately awkward and comedic interaction.

Character Interactions

• Origin and Fang Yan have a respectful but independent relationship: Origin admires Fang Yan’s refusal while still attempting to guide his development.
• Ice Peak Venerable and Darkness Venerable respond to Origin with reverence and determination, accepting his demanding conditions.
• Fang Yan and Nether Lotus immediately establish a tense dynamic. Fang Yan tests his authority, while Nether Lotus responds with cold indifference and open disdain.
• Fang Yan’s “Dad” command humiliates Nether Lotus and reveals the lingering resentment and emotional history between them, though the soul contract prevents her from acting on her hostility.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bound by the Soul Enslavement contract, Nether Lotus Lord is forced to obey Fang Yan’s humiliating commands despite her status as a Universe Lord.
• Fang Yan orders her to call him “Daddy,” remove her armor, and submit to his control within Tianxi World, a sealed domain formed by his Peak Treasure.
• Nether Lotus Lord resists emotionally, displaying intense humiliation, anger, and disgust, but the contract compels her to comply.
• The encounter becomes sexual; afterward, Fang Yan reflects that Nether Lotus Lord’s earlier words have seemingly become prophetic, and that he has lost his virginity to her despite initially believing he was in control.
• Seven days later, Fang Yan travels through the Dark Universe in Wind Moon Mansion at 500 times the speed of light toward the Insect Race Territory.
• His destination is the Myriad Thorn Race, whose strongest expert, Myriad Thorn Venerable, is a Medium Venerable. Fang Yan intends to challenge him in a fight to the death.
• Meanwhile, in the Myriad Thorn Race’s council hall, Myriad Thorn Venerable and the Grand Elder discuss the three fallen Kings of their race, who have not been resurrected after thirty years. Their attempts to contact the Insect Race’s Mother Empresses have received no response, causing growing frustration and fear that the subordinate race has been abandoned.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan: His disciplined, battle-hardened exterior gives way to personal desire and cruelty. He knowingly exploits the contract to dominate Nether Lotus Lord, but later reveals vulnerability and surprise regarding the outcome of their encounter. He is also preparing to test himself in a genuine life-and-death battle against a powerful opponent.
• Nether Lotus Lord: Despite her immense power and pride, she is rendered helpless by the soul contract. Her anger, humiliation, and resistance remain intense, but she is forced to submit to Fang Yan’s commands. The episode further complicates the power dynamic between them.
• Myriad Thorn Venerable: Introduced as a powerful and frustrated leader. His inability to obtain help from the Insect Race’s higher authorities places him under pressure and suggests political instability within the alliance.
• Grand Elder: Acts as the voice of concern for the subordinate race, openly questioning whether the Mother Empresses have abandoned them.

Significant Themes

• Power and coercion: The Soul Enslavement contract turns absolute personal resistance into forced obedience, emphasizing the disturbing consequences of unequal power.
• Humiliation versus pride: Nether Lotus Lord’s identity as a supreme being clashes sharply with her inability to resist Fang Yan.
• Desire and self-control: Fang Yan abandons restraint in favor of indulgence, showing that even a veteran shaped by countless battles remains vulnerable to personal impulses.
• Political abandonment: The Myriad Thorn Race’s failed attempts to contact the Mother Empresses hint at neglect, weakening alliances, and possible upheaval within the Insect Race’s domain.
• Testing strength: Fang Yan’s journey toward a death match reflects his continued pursuit of combat, danger, and personal advancement.

Character Interactions

• Fang Yan and Nether Lotus Lord’s interaction is defined by the Soul Enslavement contract: he issues commands while she protests and resists emotionally but is ultimately forced to obey.
• Their relationship shifts from purely master and servant into a more complicated and intimate power dynamic, though the encounter remains rooted in coercion.
• Myriad Thorn Venerable and the Grand Elder share concerns about their race’s abandonment, revealing tension between the subordinate race and the Insect Race’s leadership.

Chapter Summary: “Ten Thousand Thorns”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Myriad Thorn Race’s Grand Elder suggests defecting to the Machine Race if the Insect Race cannot be contacted within three days. Myriad Thorn Venerable agrees, revealing the race’s desperate political and military position.
• Fang Yan arrives at the Magnetic Chain Starfield, the Myriad Thorn Race’s core territory, intending to test his strength against Myriad Thorn Venerable, a Medium Venerable.
• Using Tianxi World, Fang Yan envelops the entire starfield in a vast metal domain and openly declares his challenge.
• Fang Yan attacks with his newly created peak secret technique, Wherever Flowers Fall, Crimson Flies, wielding the Top-grade Supreme Artifact Moon God Sword. Although Myriad Thorn Venerable is a realm above him, Fang Yan’s weapon and techniques allow him to fight him directly.
• Fang Yan shifts tactics by attacking the Myriad Thorn Race’s territory rather than focusing solely on the Venerable. His sword strikes devastate the populated regions, killing countless members.
• Myriad Thorn Venerable begs for peace and offers submission and all the race’s resources, but Fang Yan continues attacking. The Grand Elder is killed in one of the strikes.
• Driven by grief and despair, Myriad Thorn Venerable self-destructs. Fang Yan survives by retreating into Wind Moon Mansion, a palace-type supreme artifact immune to the explosion’s physical and soul damage.
• Fang Yan then releases the Cosmic Wind Haze Beast Clone and uses Mountain Wind Urges Rain to Life to exterminate the remaining King- and Marquis-level members of the Myriad Thorn Race.
• After destroying the race, Fang Yan converts the abandoned Ten Thousand Thorns Territory into a base for his Gu Worms. He transports numerous Gu Worms from his Divine Kingdom and commands them to establish habitats throughout the ruins.
• Fang Yan detects a hidden Mosha Clan infiltrator attempting to escape through teleportation. With Tianxi World, he suppresses a decoy body, but the Nether Lotus Lord identifies that the infiltrator’s true body has already fled beyond the domain.
• Fang Yan pursues the escaping true body, which is disguised as a Golden Horned Beast. He uses Time Pause to immobilize it and discovers that it is a sixth-stage World Lord.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan displays increasing confidence and ruthlessness. He openly challenges a Medium Venerable and demonstrates that his combat power, supreme treasures, secret techniques, clones, and battlefield control make him a major threat despite his immortal-level cultivation.
• He also shows strategic maturity: when direct combat cannot completely overcome the realm gap, he attacks the Myriad Thorn Race’s territory to force Myriad Thorn Venerable into an impossible choice.
• Myriad Thorn Venerable changes from a proud defender attempting to resist Fang Yan into a desperate leader willing to surrender everything. After witnessing the Grand Elder’s death and the destruction of his race, he loses all hope and chooses self-destruction.
• The Grand Elder is shown as a tragic, pragmatic figure. His willingness to defect reflects the Myriad Thorn Race’s fear of extinction, but he ultimately dies while trying to survive the attack.
• The Nether Lotus Lord continues to function as an important ally and observer, detecting the difference between the Mosha Clan decoy and its escaping true body.
• The captured Mosha Clan member is revealed to be more dangerous than it first appears, using a substitute body and a powerful disguise to conceal a sixth-stage World Lord true form.

Significant Themes

• Power and deterrence: Fang Yan’s ability to destroy an entire race demonstrates how overwhelming individual strength and supreme treasures can reshape the balance among races.
• Desperation and survival: The Myriad Thorn Race’s consideration of defection, Myriad Thorn Venerable’s plea for peace, and his final self-destruction all reflect the extreme choices made by a race facing annihilation.
• Ruthlessness versus mercy: Fang Yan refuses negotiation even after the enemy offers complete submission, emphasizing his uncompromising approach to eliminating threats.
• The cost of revenge and warfare: The conflict results in the deaths of an entire race, including innocents and the Grand Elder, showing the horrifying scale of inter-racial power struggles.
• Transformation and exploitation: Fang Yan turns the destroyed territory into a Gu Worm breeding ground, converting the remnants of destruction into a resource for further growth.
• Hidden threats and deception: The Mosha Clan infiltrator’s decoy body and Golden Horned Beast disguise suggest that even after a battlefield victory, concealed enemies and intelligence threats remain.

Important Character Interactions

• The Grand Elder and Myriad Thorn Venerable discuss defecting to the Machine Race, revealing their shared anxiety over the race’s future.
• Fang Yan confronts Myriad Thorn Venerable directly, but refuses his attempts to negotiate or ask for mercy.
• Myriad Thorn Venerable watches Fang Yan kill the Grand Elder and destroy the race’s territory, leading to his emotional collapse and self-destruction.
• The Nether Lotus Lord warns Fang Yan that the captured Mosha Clan body is only a decoy, enabling Fang Yan to pursue the real enemy.
• Fang Yan captures the disguised Golden Horned Beast and prepares to investigate its true identity after confirming that it is a sixth-stage World Lord.

Key plot points and events

• After capturing a Golden Horned Beast with a Mosha Clan clone, Fang Yan is intercepted by Venerable Han Qiang and a Giant Axe Dojo force sent to subdue the Myriad Thorn Race.
• Fang Yan reveals that he has already wiped out the race and asks Han Qiang to work for him. He proves his standing by contacting the Giant Axe Lord, who orders Han Qiang to obey. Fang Yan assigns him to coordinate a Gu Worm distribution system with the Virtual Universe Company and lets him claim the race’s wealth as payment.
• Fang Yan gives Ganwu the Golden Horned Beast so he can possess it before his next breakthrough, while retaining control over the choice of Ganwu’s future clones. He also provides the possession technique Bone-Replacement Sparrow-Restoration Body.
• Fang Yan presents the Flame Ruins Lord with the Fire God Trident, a High-grade Supreme Artifact, and learns that his father, Fang Lie, has recently become an Immortal.
• After visiting Fang Lie, Fang Yan heads to the Ancestral God Cult to continue his inheritance training and seek the Nine Nether Lord. He hopes to obtain a Nether Sea Avatar for Ganwu, who will have two clone slots remaining after possessing the Golden Horned Beast.
• Fang Yan discovers that the Nether Lotus Lord can enter the Ancestral God Cult: she is a fifth-level inheritor of the Light-Time Beast God Path.
• The Illusory Heart God General, Si Fan, visits and gives Fang Yan hundreds of Taihua Origin crystals, saying they came from the Wind Beast God, who had visited while Fang Yan was away. The chapter ends with Fang Yan considering whether to ask Si Fan more about the gift.

Character developments and interactions

• Fang Yan acts with growing authority and confidence: he commands a Venerable, organizes a race-wide logistics effort, supports his student and father, and plans strategically for Ganwu’s future.
• Venerable Han Qiang shifts from suspicion and anger to respectful cooperation after the Giant Axe Lord personally endorses Fang Yan.
• Ganwu is overwhelmed by Fang Yan’s lavish support and bows in gratitude, while accepting that his teacher will choose his future clones.
• The Flame Ruins Lord is deeply moved by Fang Yan’s gift, which reflects Fang Yan’s concern for his safety in the coming inter-race war.
• Fang Lie celebrates his new Immortal strength and greets Fang Yan warmly, though Fang Yan privately judges his father’s boast with affectionate skepticism.
• The Nether Lotus Lord surprises Fang Yan with her status as an inheritor and teases him for assuming she could not enter the cult.
• Si Fan enthusiastically welcomes Fang Yan back and presents the Taihua Origin on the Wind Beast God’s behalf.

Significant themes

• Power and responsibility: Fang Yan uses his growing influence to organize resources and protect allies, not merely to advance himself.
• Mentorship and generosity: His support for Ganwu and his gift to the Flame Ruins Lord reinforce the chapter’s focus on care expressed through practical, valuable help.
• Loyalty and cooperation: Fang Yan’s network expands through trusted relationships, formal authority, and mutual benefit.
• Humor amid high stakes: The chapter balances military power and impending war with playful banter, affectionate family teasing, and misunderstandings.

Chapter Summary: Fang Shui

Key Plot Points and Events

• With the Human and Demon races having divided the spoils of their recent victory, the Beast Gods are expected to become active again. Nether Lotus Lord warns Fang Yan that the Wind Beast God is comparable to a Universe Lord, but advises him to focus on advancing to the Venerable realm.
• Fang Yan withdraws into seclusion within his Divine Kingdom and uses the Taihua Origin to strengthen his Cosmic Wind Haze Beast body.
• The transformation greatly increases his physical size and genetic amplification:
  • His divine body grows to roughly 10,000 kilometers.
  • His genetic amplification rises to 4,000 times.
  • His base divine power nearly quadruples.
  • Fang Yan concludes that he can now kill a High-Level Venerable.
• Because the Rain Sword Immortal Gu is no longer essential to Fang Yan’s personal peak combat strength, he uses the As You Please Immortal Gu to extract a portion of his “intent” and implant it into an Immortal-Level Tianxi Puppet.
• The implanted intent manifests as an exaggerated, uncontrollable cheerfulness, causing the puppet to laugh wildly and call Fang Yan “Master.”
• Fang Yan equips the puppet with the Rain Sword Immortal Gu and its accompanying Mortal Gu, giving it the ability to use the killing move Mountain Wind Urges Rain to Life. At full strength, the puppet should possess Extreme King-level combat power.
• He names the puppet Fang Shui and sends it to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters to check on Fang Yan’s disciple, Kandri.
• Meanwhile:
  • Fang Yan’s Cosmic Wind Haze Beast clone enters the Ancestral God Cult’s Inheritance Land to absorb the Beast God Path inheritance and seek a breakthrough to the Venerable realm.
  • His Spring Autumn Cicada clone searches for the Nine Nether Sea but finds only partial clues because Nine Nether Lord has not yet become a Universe Lord.
• At the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, Fang Shui attempts to enter the Initial Universe. Since fewer than the required thousand people have gathered, the passage cannot open.
• Rather than being disappointed, Fang Shui reacts with hysterical delight, laughing at the situation. Just as staff members are about to intervene, the spatial passage suddenly begins to shake.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan: Becomes substantially stronger after absorbing the Taihua Origin. His confidence rises to the point where he believes he can defeat a High-Level Venerable. He also demonstrates strategic maturity by transferring the Rain Sword Immortal Gu to a powerful puppet while concentrating his own efforts on advancing toward the Venerable realm.
• Fang Shui: Emerges as Fang Yan’s new combat puppet and independent agent. Although created for a specific purpose, the intent implanted within him gives him an intensely cheerful and eccentric personality. His combat abilities are formidable despite his comic behavior.
• Nether Lotus Lord: Acts as a pragmatic adviser, warning Fang Yan about the coming movements of the Beast Gods and encouraging him to prioritize his own breakthrough.
• Nine Nether Lord: Remains below the Universe Lord level, limiting Fang Yan’s ability to locate the Nine Nether Sea.

Significant Themes

• Power growth and advancement: Fang Yan’s cultivation and genetic transformation emphasize the constant struggle to reach higher realms of power.
• Preparation for future conflict: The Human and Demon races’ victory has created a temporary opening, but the Beast Gods and other opportunists are preparing to act.
• Division of identity and ability: By placing his “intent” and Rain Sword Immortal Gu into Fang Shui, Fang Yan separates part of his combat capability and personality into another being.
• Contrast between strength and absurdity: Fang Shui possesses extreme combat potential but behaves in an almost ridiculous, exuberant manner, creating comic tension.
• Parallel objectives: Fang Yan’s different clones pursue multiple goals simultaneously—inheritance, exploration, cultivation, and preparation for future battles.

Character Interactions

• Nether Lotus Lord counsels Fang Yan about the Beast Gods and his need to become a Venerable.
• Fang Yan creates Fang Shui and gives him both a name and a mission: investigate Kandri’s situation.
• Fang Shui enthusiastically accepts his role as Fang Yan’s servant and disciple-related agent.
• At the Virtual Universe Company, Fang Shui clashes humorously with the indifferent staff, who refuse to open the Initial Universe passage because there are not enough travelers. His bizarre laughter leaves them suspecting that something is wrong with him.
• The chapter ends on a cliffhanger as the passage reacts unexpectedly, potentially allowing Fang Shui to proceed despite the earlier shortage of people.

Chapter Summary: “Encountering Jiuyou”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The passage connecting the Initial Universe and another region finally opens. Fang Shui enters it, laughing mysteriously, and travels to Chaos City.
• In Chaos City, Origin observes the imprisoned Myriad Directions Lord and Mechanical Father God while Chaos Lord reports on Fang Yan’s unusual body-possession method.
• Kandri returns from the Virtual Universe after clearing the fourth level of the Heaven-Connecting Bridge. He narrowly survives a deadly Gu Master formation by using Pre-Qin Art Cosmic Step, derived from the Red Lotus Secret Manual.
• Several King-Level Immortals discuss Kandri’s talent and lament that the Heavenly Court Chaos Stele lineage lacks proper guidance because Red Lotus King is missing. They speculate that Kandri would be better off joining another lineage.
• Kandri reaches Xun Universe Estate, where Fang Shui unexpectedly appears and claims to be his master. Fang Shui proves his identity by using Mountain Wind Urges Rain to Life, a technique supposedly mastered only by Red Lotus King.
• Fang Shui explains that Kandri has become Red Lotus King’s nominal disciple by entering the estate. To become a personal disciple, Kandri must either develop a clone technique or sign the restrictive Immortal Dao contract Stick to the Rules.
• Despite the harsh terms—which grant the teacher control over his future resources and forbid betrayal even if Kandri is soul-enslaved—Kandri signs because he values the opportunity to receive Red Lotus King’s instruction.
• Fang Shui formally accepts Kandri as Red Lotus King’s second disciple, grants him twenty chances to study the Heavenly Court Chaos Stele, and orders him to reach at least the sixth Heaven-Connecting Bridge level before leaving the Initial Universe. He also gives Kandri the Gu Worms needed for the Rank Five killing move Striving Like the Wind’s Jealousy.
• Elsewhere, Fang Yan’s Spring Autumn Cicada Clone observes Nine Nether Lord’s blood-sea clone being pursued by Cold Whale, a Top Universe Overlord, within the Cold Whale Nine-Colored Waterfall.
• Fang Yan uses the Spring Autumn Cicada’s innate technique, Time Reversal, to reverse Cold Whale’s suction and help the blood-sea clone escape.
• Nine Nether Lord reveals that the blood sea is one of his clones and that his true body is a Universe Lord. He explains that he sought the Nine-Colored Mysterious Light Treasure Lotus, a cosmic treasure capable of producing a clone with Second-Order Universe Master combat strength.
• Nine Nether Lord’s true body cannot move, while a powerful clone would be detected by Cold Whale. His weaker clone was therefore unable to retrieve the treasure, forcing him to seek Fang Yan’s help.

Character Developments

• Fang Shui: Displays his eccentric, theatrical personality through constant laughter and unconventional behavior, but demonstrates genuine power and authority. He acts on Fang Yan’s behalf and successfully recruits Kandri for Red Lotus King’s lineage.
• Kandri: Grows from an ambitious but comparatively overlooked cultivator into Red Lotus King’s formally recognized disciple. His determination is shown by his willingness to accept an extreme master-disciple contract in exchange for access to a superior inheritance and guidance.
• Fang Yan: Shows strategic judgment and powerful temporal abilities by rescuing Nine Nether Lord’s clone. His intervention also allows him to uncover information about the Nine-Colored Mysterious Light Treasure Lotus and Jiuyou’s limitations.
• Nine Nether Lord: Is revealed to be a naturally born Universe Lord whose inability to move his true body severely restricts him. Despite his overwhelming status, he must rely on weaker clones and outside assistance.

Significant Themes

• Opportunity and sacrifice: Kandri accepts severe contractual restrictions to gain access to a rare path of advancement, demonstrating the price of extraordinary opportunities.
• Recognition of talent: Kandri’s achievement is underestimated by others, but Red Lotus King recognizes his potential and claims him as a disciple.
• Power does not eliminate weakness: Even Nine Nether Lord, a Universe Lord, is constrained by his immobile true body and the limitations of his clones.
• Strategy over brute force: Fang Yan defeats Cold Whale’s advantage not through superior strength, but through precise timing and the use of Time Reversal.
• Mentorship and inheritance: The chapter emphasizes the importance of lineage, guidance, and access to powerful inheritances in determining a cultivator’s future.

Character Interactions

• Fang Shui and Kandri: Their first meeting is tense and bewildering. Fang Shui’s strange behavior makes Kandri suspicious, but his demonstration of Red Lotus King’s technique convinces Kandri of his identity. Fang Shui then pressures him into accepting the restrictive discipleship contract.
• Kandri and the King-Level Immortals: The Kings discuss Kandri condescendingly, believing he lacks proper support and should change lineages. Kandri’s successful initiation into Red Lotus King’s tutelage implicitly proves their judgment premature.
• Fang Yan and Nine Nether Lord: Fang Yan rescues Jiuyou’s clone but remains skeptical of his exaggerated promises and salesmanship. Their interaction establishes a potential alliance centered on the Nine-Colored Mysterious Light Treasure Lotus.
• Fang Yan and Cold Whale: Their conflict is indirect but decisive. Fang Yan uses temporal reversal to disrupt Cold Whale’s attack, allowing Jiuyou’s clone to escape without confronting the vastly stronger beast directly.

Chapter Summary: Myriad Sword Demon Venerable

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fang Yan learns that Nine Nether Lord has not yet given birth to the Nine Nether Prince, making their previous plan impossible. He refuses Nine Nether Lord’s request to cooperate, explaining that he has urgent matters to handle.
• Nine Nether Lord cannot attack Fang Yan because of Fang Yan’s connection to the Wind Beast God. He reluctantly allows Fang Yan to leave and decides to steal the Nine-Colored Mysterious Light Treasure Lotus himself later.
• Fang Yan’s Cosmic Wind Haze Beast Clone makes his tenth attempt to break through the fourth level of the Ancestral God Cult’s inheritance but fails again. Although he has reached the pinnacle of the third level in less than twenty eras, Fang Yan feels his progress is too slow.
• Believing that life-and-death battles may be necessary for further advancement, Fang Yan returns to the Insect Race Territory with Nether Lotus Lord’s tacit approval.
• Fang Yan attacks Flower Thorn Venerable, a High-Level Venerable and leader of the Flower Thorn Race. Using the Moon God Sword, Tianxi World, and his powerful armor, he completely destroys her divine body.
• Human forces witnessing the battle are shocked that an Immortal could kill a High-Level Venerable. Fang Yan’s identity begins to be connected with the rumors surrounding the mysterious sword wielder.
• Over the next several eras, Fang Yan repeatedly raids the Insect Race’s rear territory, targeting Medium and High-Level Venerables from its vassal races. He appears without warning, kills his target, and immediately leaves.
• After more than thirty Venerables are slain over ten eras, Fang Yan earns the terrifying title “Myriad Sword Demon Venerable.” His existence greatly damages the morale of the Insect Race alliance.
• As the Human Race advances toward the final Insect Race starfield, Tang Xin Venerable despairs over the collapse of her race. Refusing to accept defeat, she suddenly breaks through from a Top Universe Overlord to a Universe Lord.
• Renamed Mantis Heart Lord, Tang Xin immediately reaches Third-Order Universe Master combat strength through her powerful genetic multiplier and treasures. She gathers the remaining Insect Race army into her World Rings and escapes before Chaos Lord and Dragon Walker Lord can stop her.
• After the Insect Race’s defeat, the former Insect Race Territory becomes a new border between the Human and Demon races. Meng Tu Lord and Chaos Lord meet but choose not to fight, recognizing that neither side benefits from an unnecessary war.
• The chapter concludes in Chaos City, where Origin announces that the Insect Race campaign’s spoils and military merits have been calculated. The surviving experts may exchange their merits for treasures using Supreme Treasure Points.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan: Becomes increasingly confident and ruthless in battle. Though still an Immortal, he develops the ability to kill High-Level Venerables and begins using combat as a means to overcome his cultivation bottleneck. His reputation transforms from mysterious expert to feared legend.
• Nine Nether Lord: Remains powerful but playful and helpless against Fang Yan because of the Wind Beast God’s protection. He accepts Fang Yan’s refusal and returns to planning his own theft of the treasure lotus.
• Tang Xin Venerable/Mantis Heart Lord: Undergoes the most dramatic transformation. Her despair over the Insect Race’s impending destruction turns into defiance, allowing her to break through at the critical moment and save the surviving race forces.
• Chaos Lord and Dragon Walker Lord: Represent the Human Race’s overwhelming military advantage, but they are unable to stop Mantis Heart Lord’s escape.
• Meng Tu Lord: Shows restraint by withdrawing with the Demon Race forces rather than provoking a costly conflict with the Human Race.

Significant Themes

• Growth through danger: Fang Yan’s progress depends increasingly on life-and-death combat rather than peaceful cultivation.
• The contrast between power and realm: Fang Yan’s Immortal status contrasts sharply with his ability to kill Venerables, while Mantis Heart Lord demonstrates how a breakthrough can instantly overturn the balance of power.
• The fall of great powers: The Insect Race’s collapse illustrates how even a race with a vast historical foundation can be destroyed after losing its strongest leaders.
• Defiance in desperation: Tang Xin’s refusal to accept extinction becomes the catalyst for her breakthrough and survival.
• Balance after war: Once the Insect Race is defeated, the Human and Demon races avoid immediate conflict, recognizing the need to establish a new political and military balance.

Character Interactions

• Fang Yan and Nine Nether Lord exchange sarcastic but respectful remarks. Fang Yan relies on the Wind Beast God’s protection to reject Nine Nether Lord without fear.
• Fang Yan’s massacre of Insect Race Venerables indirectly inspires awe and fear among both Human and Insect Race forces.
• Tang Xin’s final confrontation is primarily with the advancing Human Race forces, especially Chaos Lord and Dragon Walker Lord, who arrive too late to prevent her escape.
• Chaos Lord and Meng Tu Lord engage in a silent diplomatic confrontation after the Insect Race’s fall. Their mutual restraint prevents the conflict from expanding into a direct Human-Demon war.
• Origin formally closes the campaign by overseeing the distribution of military merits and rewards.

Chapter Summary: The Selfish Beast Ancestor

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Origin announces the rewards from the Insect Race campaign, the Venerables become excited about exchanging their military merits for treasures.
• Fang Yan checks his 101 Supreme Treasure Points—enough for a top-grade Supreme Artifact armor—but decides not to spend them because his existing Nine Beasts Devouring Heaven Armor is already adequate.
• Flame Ruins Lord obtains a High-grade Supreme Artifact armor, the Flame-Pattern Dark Armor, showing that Fang Yan’s ancestor also benefited from the war.
• Elsewhere, Mantis Heart Lord establishes an Insect Race base in a remote starfield after eliminating the local inhabitants. Due to Fang Yan’s influence, the Insect Race assumes the diminished position previously held by the Crystal Race and Hell Race.
• In the Demon Race’s territory, Beast Ancestor summons Meng Tu Lord, Shock Horn Lord, and several Venerables to discuss the spoils taken from the Insect Race.
• Meng Tu Lord presents a World Ring containing all seized Supreme Artifacts. Beast Ancestor declares that every Supreme Artifact will be centralized under his control for distribution.
• Meng Tu Lord cautiously questions whether even the treasures she and Shock Horn Lord personally seized will be confiscated. Beast Ancestor justifies his decision by claiming that his presence in the Demon Race’s rear prevented Origin and the Human Race from destroying the Demon Race as well.
• Beast Ancestor rewards Shock Horn Lord with a top-grade Supreme Artifact armor and Meng Tu Lord with a top-grade Supreme Artifact weapon.
• The remaining treasures are mostly heavy treasures, which Beast Ancestor orders Meng Tu Lord to distribute among the lower-ranking Venerables according to their military merits.

Character Developments

• Fang Yan: Demonstrates restraint and confidence by declining to exchange his military merits for a stronger armor, believing his current equipment is sufficient.
• Flame Ruins Lord: Gains a High-grade Supreme Artifact armor, reinforcing his improved standing after the war.
• Mantis Heart Lord: Becomes responsible for rebuilding the Insect Race’s influence in a new territory, though under circumstances shaped by Fang Yan’s actions.
• Beast Ancestor: Reveals himself as controlling, calculating, and self-serving. He takes all Supreme Artifacts for centralized distribution while emphasizing his own strategic importance to the Demon Race’s survival.
• Meng Tu Lord: Remains outwardly respectful but shows subtle resistance and dissatisfaction when Beast Ancestor claims the spoils. She carefully suppresses her emotions and accepts the responsibility of distributing the lesser rewards.
• Shock Horn Lord: Responds obediently and without protest, accepting his reward and Beast Ancestor’s authority.

Significant Themes

• Power and control: Beast Ancestor uses his authority to monopolize the most valuable spoils, demonstrating that military rewards are ultimately subject to political power.
• Unequal distribution: The leaders receive top-grade Supreme Artifacts, while the lower Venerables receive only heavy treasures despite their long service and battlefield contributions.
• Political justification: Beast Ancestor frames his selfish actions as necessary compensation for protecting the Demon Race from Origin and the Human Race.
• Restraint versus greed: Fang Yan’s decision to save his military merits contrasts sharply with Beast Ancestor’s eagerness to take control of all valuable resources.
• Changing balance of power: The Insect Race’s collapse reshapes the political landscape, allowing other factions to occupy its former position and influence.

Character Interactions

• Fang Yan and Flame Ruins Lord: Their brief encounter highlights the benefits both gain from the war, while also contrasting Fang Yan’s restraint with Flame Ruins Lord’s decision to claim a new armor.
• Beast Ancestor and Meng Tu Lord: Their exchange is the chapter’s central conflict. Meng Tu Lord cautiously challenges the fairness of the distribution, but Beast Ancestor intimidates her into submission by invoking his role in protecting the Demon Race.
• Beast Ancestor and Shock Horn Lord: Beast Ancestor rewards Shock Horn Lord for his contributions, and Shock Horn Lord responds with unquestioning obedience.
• Beast Ancestor and the Demon Race Venerables: The distribution scene exposes the hierarchy within the Demon Race: Beast Ancestor keeps control of the most valuable treasures, while the lower Venerables depend on his judgment for modest rewards.

Chapter Summary: Meng Tu Lord’s Scheme

Key Plot Points and Events

• After the Demon Race’s victory over the Insect Race, Beast Ancestor orders the demons to withdraw, recover, and absorb the gains of the war before planning their next move.
• Meng Tu Lord secretly shows hostility toward Beast Ancestor, though she conceals it carefully. Outside the hall, Shock Horn Lord questions whether the Ancestor has gone too far, but Meng Tu warns him that dangerous words cannot be taken back.
• Beast Ancestor gives Meng Tu control over distributing the war spoils. His allocation consists only of ordinary treasures, despite many demon experts having contributed supreme artifacts to the campaign.
• Meng Tu summons twenty-seven Universe Overlords and hundreds of venerables to her territory. She first displays the ordinary rewards, allowing everyone’s disappointment and resentment to surface.
• She then reveals four supreme artifacts from her own collection and awards them to Venerable Jiumeng, Venerable Blood Chisel, Venerable Cong Eye, and Venerable Coffin Bug.
• Meng Tu promises to personally compensate each of the twenty-seven overlords with a supreme artifact later. The overlords immediately accept her arrangement, while the venerables are pleased that more advanced treasures will remain available for them.
• She also promises to distribute the rewards secretly to prevent infighting among the demons.
• Several venerables begin to recognize the contrast between Beast Ancestor’s stinginess and Meng Tu’s generosity. Cong Eye and Coffin Bug privately suggest that, if both were Universe Strongests, they would support Meng Tu instead.
• After everyone leaves, Meng Tu implies that Beast Ancestor will soon face another Universe Strongest on his path—apparently referring to herself.
• Meanwhile, the Human Race has expanded to control 912 universe countries. Fang Yan notices serious communication delays in the newly enlarged territory, highlighting the administrative and logistical difficulties of expansion.
• Origin summons Fang Yan to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, where Ice Peak and Darkness will also attend. Fang Yan departs, uncertain about the purpose of the meeting.

Character Developments

• Meng Tu Lord: Reveals herself as calculating, politically astute, and ambitious. She uses her personal wealth to win the loyalty of the demon elites while quietly positioning herself as a rival to Beast Ancestor.
• Beast Ancestor: Appears increasingly authoritarian and short-sighted. His poor reward allocation alienates the powerful figures who fought for him.
• Shock Horn Lord: Shows concern about Beast Ancestor’s decisions but is cautious enough to heed Meng Tu’s warning.
• Venerable Blood Chisel, Cong Eye, Coffin Bug, and others: Their loyalty begins shifting toward Meng Tu because of her generosity and superior political judgment.
• Fang Yan: Acts responsibly within the rapidly expanding Human Race, noticing structural problems such as delayed communications. He is also drawn into a mysterious new development through Origin’s summons.
• Origin, Ice Peak, and Darkness: Their planned meeting suggests an important strategic or political matter is developing within the Human Race.

Significant Themes

• Political manipulation and power consolidation: Meng Tu transforms the distribution of rewards into a way to build personal allegiance and undermine Beast Ancestor.
• Leadership through generosity versus coercion: Beast Ancestor commands authority, but Meng Tu gains genuine support by rewarding sacrifice and respecting the ambitions of powerful subordinates.
• Loyalty and betrayal: The demon experts begin reconsidering whom they should support, showing how quickly loyalty can change when leaders mishandle power.
• The cost of expansion: The Human Race’s vast territorial gains bring logistical problems, especially communication delays and administrative strain.
• Hidden ambition: Meng Tu’s polite behavior conceals a direct challenge to Beast Ancestor, suggesting an eventual struggle for supremacy.

Character Interactions

• Meng Tu cautions Shock Horn Lord against openly criticizing Beast Ancestor.
• She publicly rewards selected venerables with supreme artifacts, creating gratitude and strengthening their loyalty.
• Her promise to compensate the overlords wins their immediate cooperation.
• Cong Eye and Coffin Bug privately compare Meng Tu favorably with Beast Ancestor and acknowledge her superior treatment of the demon forces.
• Origin’s unexpected summons draws Fang Yan into a new, unexplained development involving the Human Race’s leading figures.

Chapter Summary: Initial Establishment of the Virtual Universe

Key Plot Points and Events

• Origin summons Fang Yan, Ice Peak Venerable, and Darkness Venerable to accompany him to the Machine Race’s core territory.
• Because the Mechanical Father God has been captured and now falls under Origin’s control, the Machine Race’s upper echelon submits without resistance. Jiu Yi Lord confirms that control of the Machine Race’s databases, territory, and members above the immortal level has been transferred to Origin.
• The Machine Race is officially incorporated into the Human Race’s territory system. Ice Peak and Darkness are assigned to organize the Machine Race’s immortal-level forces and oversee the merger.
• Origin brings the Machine Race’s three Universe Lords and hundreds of venerables back to human territory, placing them under his control.
• In Chaos City, Origin begins replacing Myriad Directions Lord’s computational system with the Mechanical Father God. The replacement dramatically increases the available computing power, allowing the Mechanical Father God to control the Machine Race’s loyalty while inside the Primordial Universe.
• Myriad Directions Lord is removed and sealed within a new Virtual Universe Matrix at the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, creating the first major computational node.
• Origin installs additional Machine Race Universe Lords as nodes:
  • Jiu Yi Lord becomes the second node at the Giant Axe Dojo headquarters.
  • Ma Dou Lord becomes the third node at the former Insect Race–Human Race battlefield.
  • Hei Liao Lord and numerous Machine Race venerables are similarly suppressed and positioned throughout human territory.
• These nodes combine with the human race’s infrastructure to create a pan-galactic virtual network covering all 912 advanced human universe countries.
• After completing the network, Origin reveals his broader plan: the human race now possesses enormous wealth after conquering half of the Insect Race’s territory, but the Virtual Universe Company is not designed to manage finances.
• Origin decides to establish the Universe First Bank, a new super-faction responsible for wealth circulation, resource allocation, and financial administration.
• He offers Fang Yan leadership of the bank, but Fang Yan declines, preferring to establish his own faction after reaching the Universe Lord realm.
• Fang Yan recommends Dong Qing Venerable as the bank’s leader. Origin approves and summons Dong Qing’s projection.

Character Developments

• Origin demonstrates overwhelming authority, strategic foresight, and organizational ability. Rather than simply destroying the Machine Race, he exploits its programmed loyalty and uses its own infrastructure to strengthen humanity.
• Fang Yan continues to act as a knowledgeable observer who understands the significance of events because of his knowledge of the original story. He gains Origin’s respect by recognizing the value of the Machine Race’s computational systems and recommending Dong Qing.
• Ice Peak Venerable and Darkness Venerable are treated as Origin’s disciples and trusted administrators. Their assignment to integrate the Machine Race marks their growing importance within the human race.
• The Machine Race’s Universe Lords lose their independence but cooperate obediently after the Mechanical Father God comes under Origin’s control. Their bodies and computational abilities are repurposed as network nodes.
• Dong Qing Venerable is positioned to become a major political and financial figure through Fang Yan’s recommendation.

Significant Themes

• Control through systems rather than destruction: Origin conquers the Machine Race by taking control of its command structure and underlying logic, making resistance impossible.
• Technological infrastructure as power: The chapter emphasizes that computational capacity, information networks, and virtual systems are as strategically important as armies.
• Expansion and institutionalization: Military victories create vast new territory and wealth, requiring new bureaucratic and financial institutions.
• Fate and rewritten history: Fang Yan recognizes that events from the original story are occurring earlier because his intervention accelerated the destruction of the Insect Race and the expansion of humanity.
• Ambition and independence: Fang Yan refuses a powerful position because he wants to build his own faction through personal strength rather than rely on Origin’s appointment.
• Integration over annihilation: Former enemies are absorbed into humanity’s structure and transformed into tools for civilization-wide development.

Important Character Interactions

• Origin formally commands Ice Peak and Darkness to manage the Machine Race’s integration, reinforcing their master-disciple relationship.
• Jiu Yi Lord and the Machine Race’s leaders publicly acknowledge Origin’s authority and surrender control of their territory and databases.
• Origin and Fang Yan work together as observers of the Machine Race’s transformation, with Fang Yan silently appreciating Origin’s methods.
• Origin explains the need for the Universe First Bank to Fang Yan and tests whether Fang Yan is willing to lead it.
• Fang Yan’s refusal and recommendation of Dong Qing reveal both his ambition and his willingness to support capable individuals.
• Origin responds approvingly to Fang Yan’s judgment, indicating increasing trust and appreciation between them.

Chapter Summary: “The Price of the Ancestral God Cult”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Origin offers Dong Qing Venerable control of the Universe First Bank, explaining that he will teach Dong Qing how to become a Universe Lord.
• Dong Qing accepts the opportunity and promises to repay Fang Yan, recognizing that Fang Yan was responsible for the favor.
• Origin and the Beast Ancestor jointly announce that any race claiming to be a peak race without a Universe Strongest will be destroyed. This forces the Primordial Universe’s weaker races to downgrade their status or seek protection.
• The Lauda Race refuses to comply. Its leader, Laoda Lord, is killed by Giant Axe Lord and Shock Horn Lord, while the rest of the race is enslaved, transformed, or sold off. The incident becomes a brutal example of the law of the jungle.
• After an epoch, the Machine Race’s territory is fully incorporated into Human Race territory. The Human Race now controls 1,299 high-level universe countries, making it stronger than ever.
• Dong Qing quietly breaks through to become a Universe Lord and takes charge of the Universe First Bank. Origin rewards him on behalf of the Human Race with the palace-type supreme treasure Qingdong Hall.
• The Gu Master School becomes extremely popular among Human Race cultivators because Gu Worms can be purchased to improve combat power regardless of one’s chosen law. It becomes regarded as the strongest school below the immortal level.
• Origin announces plans to kill the Gold Beast God, with himself delaying the Ancestral God Cult while Giant Axe Lord and other Human Race experts launch the attack.
• Before preparations are completed, the Two-Faced Ancestral God announces that the Primal Star will open in ten years, far earlier than expected. Origin concludes that this is likely a delaying tactic designed to protect the Natural Beast Gods.
• The Human Race’s highest council is convened. Origin warns that the Primal Star will be extraordinarily dangerous, especially for Lower Venerables, and forbids Human Race members from attacking one another inside it.
• Fang Yan learns through his clone that more than ten Universe Lords—including Galaxy Lord, Black Lotus Master, and Liulan Star Lord—are gathering to attack the Fire Beast God.
• He exchanges a small amount of Supreme Treasure Points for the ordinary palace-type treasure Flowing Shadow Shuttle, renaming it the Titanic. He then travels toward the Lancou Star Field with a sacrificial Spring Autumn Cicada Clone and half a bottle of Spring Willow Weeping Flower Dew, intending to exploit the battle and possibly gain from the conflict.
• By the end of the chapter, the siege of the Fire Beast God has begun. Galaxy Lord, Black Lotus Master, Liulan Star Lord, and numerous other Universe Lords attack together.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Dong Qing Venerable changes from a Top Universe Overlord into a future Universe Lord and assumes responsibility for the Universe First Bank. His attitude toward Fang Yan shifts from ordinary familiarity to deep indebtedness.
• Fang Yan continues increasing his influence within the Human Race indirectly. By helping Dong Qing, he strengthens both the Human Race and his own political standing. He also demonstrates greater ambition and tactical flexibility by preparing to profit from the Fire Beast God’s crisis.
• Origin acts as the Human Race’s central strategist and authority. He consolidates Human Race territory, enforces its dominance over weaker races, recruits and supports allies, and plans offensives against the Beast Gods.
• Giant Axe Lord is established as the Human Race’s second-strongest expert, having reached the peak of the fourth order and nearing the fifth order. He remains willing to lead major battles, including the campaign against the Gold Beast God.
• Chaos Lord serves as Origin’s chief organizer, handling the Human Race’s response to the early Primal Star opening.
• Galaxy Lord, Black Lotus Master, and Liulan Star Lord cooperate in a large-scale assault on the Fire Beast God, showing that powerful Universe Lords are willing to form temporary alliances against a common target.
• The Human Race’s Venerables react differently to the Primal Star’s opening: some are excited by the opportunity for treasure, while others are concerned about the extreme danger.

Significant Themes

• Strength determines status and survival: The Primordial Universe recognizes only races backed by sufficient power. Those unable to keep pace are enslaved, annexed, or discarded.
• Power brings responsibility: Dong Qing’s promotion to Universe Lord is not merely personal advancement; he inherits control of a major institution and becomes part of the Human Race’s strategic foundation.
• Political consolidation: The Human Race grows through territory absorption, institutional control, alliances, and the forced reclassification of weaker races.
• Strategic opportunism: Fang Yan does not simply fight directly. He uses clones, sacrificial bodies, limited resources, and carefully chosen treasures to seek profit from conflicts between stronger powers.
• The danger of hidden agendas: The Primal Star’s premature opening is presented as a possible manipulation by the Ancestral God Cult, demonstrating that major events may serve political or military purposes beyond their apparent explanation.
• Internal unity versus external competition: Origin strictly forbids Human Race members from fighting each other in the Primal Star, emphasizing the need for unity while the Human Race competes with other peak powers.
• The cost of advancement: Opportunities such as the Primal Star, breakthroughs, and supreme treasures carry significant risks, including death, betrayal, and the sacrifice of clones.

Overall Significance

The chapter marks a major expansion of Human Race power and influence. Dong Qing’s breakthrough strengthens its institutions, the Machine Race’s territory has been absorbed, and weaker races are forced to submit. At the same time, the early opening of the Primal Star and the coordinated attack on the Fire Beast God signal the beginning of a larger period of conflict. Fang Yan positions himself to exploit both events, balancing long-term political influence with immediate gains from the battlefield.