Chapter Summaries

The Chat Group enabled temporary cross-world travel, sending The Ancient One and Dugu Baitian to Han Li's world while Meng Chuan stayed behind to face the villains. Meng Chuan unleashed his Heavenly Emperor Treading Through Time technique and charged the three attackers as a Time Dragon.

• The Chat Group announced that wartime status had enabled temporary cross-world travel.
• The Ancient One and Dugu Baitian traveled to Han Li's world to help Han Li.
• Meng Chuan concluded that the Villain Chat Group might be targeting the Chat Panels by killing Group Members.
• Liu Tuan and two allies attacked Meng Chuan using a Formation that amplified their power.
• Meng Chuan walked through the River of Time, erased their combined attack, and transformed the river into a Time Dragon that surged toward them.

Meng Chuan overwhelmed Liu Tuan, Wutian, and Thanos in a battle that shook the Universe, while the villains began arguing over whether to flee. As Meng Chuan prepared to strike again, a mysterious pair of eyes appeared among the stars and froze the entire Universe.

• Liu Tuan and Wutian unleashed their powerful attacks alongside a wounded Thanos, and their clash with Meng Chuan shattered the laws of space and sent turmoil across the Universe.
• Meng Chuan emerged unharmed while the three villains suffered severe wounds, and they realized they could not defeat him through strength alone.
• Meng Chuan pierced the three villains with a ray of time, leaving them weakened and prompting Liu Tuan and Wutian to consider escaping.
• Thanos protested that Liu Tuan and Wutian had been brought to help him, but Liu Tuan refused to die for him as their alliance was only a transaction.
• A crushing pressure suddenly immobilized Meng Chuan, the three villains, and the entire Universe as a pair of indifferent eyes appeared among the stars.

Meng Chuan and his allies drove back the Villain Chat Group’s invaders, but a mysterious being from the Origin of the Laws appeared and warned them away. After repairing the damage to the Marvel Universe, Meng Chuan learned more about the enemy and accepted The Ancient One’s invitation to tea.

• A being from the Origin of the Laws froze the Universe, expelled Wutian, Liu Tuan, and the comic-book Thanos, and warned them not to return; it then told Meng Chuan that his road was destined to fail before vanishing.
• Meng Chuan confirmed that the Chat Group had controlled the danger and concluded that the two groups’ first formal clash had ended in victory, though half the Scattered Star Sea had been destroyed.
• The Ancient One told Meng Chuan that her opponents were probably unrecorded-world villains and Veteran Members of the Villain Chat Group; she said her injuries were not serious.
• Meng Chuan reversed time to repair the damage to the Marvel Universe and decided to avoid visiting it unless necessary.
• The Ancient One invited Meng Chuan to Kamar-Taj to try tea leaves from other Dimensions, and he accepted.

After returning from Marvel, Meng Chuan worried over the mysterious eyes and whether Dao Venerable had noticed him, but the Chat Group refused to explain. He then caught up on five centuries of changes in Shrouding the Heavens and helped Zhong Yue with a looming possession, while his teasing of Meng Qi ended with Zhong Yue pointing out that Meng Chuan had no wife.

• Meng Chuan returned to Shrouding the Heavens after visiting Kamar-Taj and spent time pondering the eyes that had appeared in Marvel.
• Meng Chuan realized Dao Venerable might have noticed him during his visits to The One and Only, but the Chat Group would only advise him not to explore matters beyond his abilities.
• Meng Chuan learned that Gai Jiuyou and Xiang Yufei had become the celebrated Junior Golden Duo and had named themselves the Black-and-White Fiends.
• Zhong Yue asked Meng Chuan for help because Junior Sister Shui was about to be possessed by Celestial Phenomenon Mother, and Meng Chuan told him the problem should be easy to handle.
• Meng Chuan teased Meng Qi by suggesting he might name a son after him, prompting Meng Qi to vow to name a daughter Meng Chuan before discovering he had been muted.
• Zhong Yue reminded Meng Chuan that he did not even have a wife, leaving Meng Chuan stunned.

Meng Chuan urged Zhong Yue to abandon the Sun and Moon Spirits and attempt to sense a Universe Spirit, while sending him a Pearl to help defeat Celestial Phenomenon Mother and save Shui Qingyan. Despite Kindling's warnings that the Universe Spirit could kill him, Zhong Yue decided to pursue the strongest path, alarming Meng Qi.

• Meng Chuan asked Zhong Yue about his cultivation and urged him to seek a Universe Spirit instead of the Sun and Moon Spirits.
• Kindling warned Zhong Yue that sensing a Universe Spirit could make the Universe's power burst his head.
• Meng Chuan sent Zhong Yue a Pearl that could help kill Celestial Phenomenon Mother and let Shui Qingyan inherit her Jing Martial Arts experience.
• Kindling examined the Pearl and warned Zhong Yue against risking his life for a Universe Spirit.
• Zhong Yue announced to the group that he wanted to sense a Universe Spirit, prompting Meng Qi to cry out, "Taihuang, you fool!"

Meng Chuan promised Klein support against Ince Zangwill and advised Yang Jian to wait until he was stronger before bringing forth the New Heavenly Rules. The chapter ended when the Chat Group posted a video and interrupted Meng Chuan again.

• Meng Chuan gave Zhong Yue the Ling of a small universe to help him build a stronger foundation without affecting his original opportunities.
• Klein told Meng Chuan that his team had received the commission concerning Madam Sharon, and Meng Chuan promised to help when Klein used their code phrase.
• Klein left to carry out his mission, hoping to defeat Ince Zangwill, protect his teammates, and eventually reunite with his family.
• Yang Jian told Meng Chuan he wanted to split Mount Hua and bring forth the New Heavenly Rules, but Meng Chuan advised him to reach level 100 first and offered help.
• Yang Jian accepted Meng Chuan's advice and logged off, and then the Chat Group interrupted Meng Chuan by posting a video.

The Chat Group members joked while waiting for a new member, and Meng Chuan insisted the newcomer would be a man. He watched the newcomer’s video and was shocked to recognize her.

• Klein Moretti clarified that visiting Mrs. Sharon was part of a mission, while the group teased him about it.
• Yan Chixia and Fei Peng announced that another newcomer was joining, and Meng Chuan teased them for appearing in the chat.
• Bibi Dong hoped a woman would join and privately vowed to bring Hei Fu and Yue Mingshang together, though she planned to do so regardless.
• The group members traded boasts until Meng Chuan urged everyone to watch the newcomer’s video.
• Meng Chuan opened the video and exclaimed that the woman had really appeared.

Meng Chuan recognized the woman in the group’s new video as Zixia and the groom as Supreme Treasure from A Chinese Odyssey. After he explained who they were, the Chat Group presented two more videos.

• Meng Chuan watched Zixia threaten Supreme Treasure with her sword before Supreme Treasure moved her with a tearful speech about love.
• Meng Chuan saw Zixia’s hopeful vision of her destined hero and a final shot of her smiling at the camera.
• Bibi Dong celebrated the prospect of a female group member, while Lu Mingfei threatened to vote against her.
• Meng Chuan realized only members who knew the story could hear the voice-over describing Supreme Treasure’s words as a lie.
• Meng Chuan told the group that the pair were Zixia and Supreme Treasure from A Chinese Odyssey, and the Chat Group displayed two more videos.

Meng Chuan showed the Chat Group three videos about Supreme Treasure’s romantic entanglements and explained the candidates’ connections to him. The members rejected Madam Niu and Bai Jingjing, accepted Zixia, and she woke in the desert to find herself a full member of the Chat Group.

• Meng Chuan showed the group videos featuring Supreme Treasure with Madam Niu and Bai Jingjing, prompting jokes about his many romantic ties.
• Yao Chen asked Xiao Yan about Zixia and Supreme Treasure, and Xiao Yan reflected on becoming Sun Wukong as people grew older.
• Meng Chuan explained that Zixia, Madam Niu, and Bai Jingjing were candidates, and the group voted on whether to admit them.
• Madam Niu and Bai Jingjing were rejected, while Zixia was accepted after collapsing in the desert.
• Zixia awoke to the Chat Group panel, read the members’ messages, and introduced herself by asking whether they were immortals or monsters.

Zixia joined the Chat Group and asked to see the record of her fate, while The Ancient One announced she was entering seclusion to attempt a breakthrough. After The Ancient One uploaded Zixia’s Fate Instance, Zixia entered it hoping to learn how her story with Supreme Treasure ended.

• Meng Chuan welcomed Zixia and learned that only she, not Qingxia, could access the Chat Group.
• Zixia introduced herself, asked whether the Buddha knew about the group, and said she had woken in a desert.
• Zixia asked to view her Fate Instance, and Meng Chuan asked The Ancient One to handle the upload.
• The Ancient One announced she would enter seclusion after gaining new insights and attempting to become undying, prompting congratulations from the group.
• Dugu Baitian said he had advanced four steps and felt a major breakthrough was near.
• The Ancient One uploaded Zixia’s two memory instances, and Zixia entered the Fate Instance to discover how her story with Supreme Treasure ended.

Zixia watched her Fate Instance, then left the Chat Group to seek out the Bull Demon King and experience the love she had seen. Bibi Dong resolved to grow stronger so she could fight the Villain Chat Group when war came.

• Zixia watched her Fate Instance and wept over Supreme Treasure’s love before logging off to find the Bull Demon King.
• Meng Chuan told the group to welcome Zixia when she returned, reminded Klein to call him during the final battle in Tingen, and said goodbye to The Ancient One as she went into seclusion.
• Meng Chuan unmuted Meng Qi, then visited Lu Mingfei with food and jokes about his impending death.
• Bibi Dong considered the coming war between the Chat Groups and resolved to become strong enough to fight ordinary members of the Villain Chat Group.

Bibi Dong decided to accelerate World Ascension because the Gods’ Divine Seats and old cultivation path were hindering the world’s growth, and a coming crisis demanded that she become stronger. She told Hei Fu and Yue Mingshang she would no longer wait for the cosmos to be ready.

• Bibi Dong realized that Gods tied to important Divine Seats were suppressing the Laws as they shifted toward Douluo’s version of Body as a Seed.
• Bibi Dong resolved to move her World Ascension plan forward and grow stronger to help face a tremendous coming crisis.
• Bibi Dong met Hei Fu and Yue Mingshang at the foot of the mountain and announced that she was accelerating the plan.
• Hei Fu and Yue Mingshang were startled, and Yue Mingshang asked whether anyone in the world could threaten Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong told them that danger had always existed and that someone had been carrying the burden while pressing onward.

Meng Chuan visited Ruthless after she comprehended the Longevity Method for her Eighth Lifetime, then discovered that her Dao Fruit had revealed what was missing from his Three Pure Ones Wheels. He resolved to study the Daode Dao Fruit, but as he prepared to enter seclusion, he realized someone had been looking for him.

• Meng Chuan congratulated Ruthless on preparing to live her Eighth Lifetime and discussed her cultivation and travels between worlds.
• Meng Chuan sensed the phantom of one of Ruthless’s Dao Fruits and felt something stir within himself; he wished her success and left.
• Ruthless quietly wished Meng Chuan success and reflected that he must be carrying a heavy burden.
• Meng Chuan discovered that the Lingbao Wheel and Daode Wheel within his Eight Paths of Reincarnation were trembling because they needed Dao Fruits to become complete.
• Meng Chuan decided to study how to refine a Daode Dao Fruit, then wondered who had been trying to reach him.

Meng Chuan answered Bibi Dong after forgetting her messages, and she asked him to create teleportation devices so she could unite the Douluo Universe and prepare it for World Ascension. He agreed to make them, leaving Bibi Dong’s expansion plan underway.

• Meng Chuan noticed Bibi Dong’s messages and apologized, while Klein and Fei Peng teased him in the chat.
• Bibi Dong told Meng Chuan she wanted teleportation devices that could reach every inhabited planet because she planned to conquer the Douluo Universe.
• Meng Chuan realized Bibi Dong intended to unite the universe to help the Douluo World ascend, and she confirmed that she had no interest in ruling it afterward.
• Meng Chuan agreed to make Teleportation Arrays or other devices, and Klein suggested using giant spiders.

Meng Chuan set his Other Selves to craft Teleportation Arrays for planets throughout the Douluo Universe while Bibi Dong gathered the continent’s leading factions. She asked their leaders to help her unite the entire universe.

• Meng Chuan ordered his Other Selves to make Teleportation Arrays reaching every planet in the Douluo Universe.
• Meng Chuan visited his garden and encouraged the regrowing Fortune Spiritual Root, which pleaded with him not to strip it bare again.
• Bibi Dong ordered Hei Fu, Yue Mingshang, and Hu Liena to summon the leaders of major factions across the continent.
• Bibi Dong reflected that the Douluo-style Body-as-Seed Method had spread widely, though the path beyond Great Power remained incomplete.
• Hei Fu and the others brought the faction leaders to the Shrouding the Heavens Hall, where Bibi Dong asked them to help unite the entire universe.

Bibi Dong announced a campaign to unite the universe and promised that the Dao Ancestor would return if the plan succeeded. She gathered support from the factions on Douluo Star while forbidding indiscriminate killing and warning that anyone who jeopardized her plan would be punished.

• Ning Fengzhi questioned whether their soul-tool technology could support a campaign across the universe, and Bibi Dong revealed that the Dao Ancestor had created Teleportation Arrays connecting inhabited stars.
• Tang Hao asked about the strength of other factions, and Bibi Dong explained how cultivators at different levels of Dragon Transformation compared with the universe's powers.
• Tang Hao pledged the Haotian Sect's support, and the Silver Dragon King pledged the Spirit Beasts' support before others joined them.
• Bibi Dong said the Dao Ancestor might return and teach the Great Dao if the Shrouding the Heavens Church's plan succeeded, and she promised to seek his personal guidance for those who contributed greatly.
• Bibi Dong ordered the campaigners to subdue faction headquarters without committing pointless killings, and she threatened anyone who slaughtered or oppressed other planets' people.
• Bibi Dong warned that she could monitor the campaigners and would personally kill anyone who jeopardized her plan.

Bibi Dong began expanding Douluo Star’s reach into the universe, then entered the Divine Realm and told its Gods they could become New Gods or face the consequences. At the Divine Realm’s core, she took control and began merging with the universe’s rules as the God of Rules and the World.

• Bibi Dong gave Bibi Dong’s Teleportation Array to her, and Bibi Dong began sending Douluo’s sects across the stars.
• Bibi Dong entered the Divine Realm and told its Gods that they could accept becoming New Gods or choose the alternative she had not named.
• After Bibi Dong left, the Sea God, Destruction God King, Kindness God King, and Evil God King discussed their lack of real choices and remembered Dao Ancestor’s power.
• Bibi Dong placed a fragment of her Primordial Spirit in the Divine Realm’s core and took control of the realm.
• Bibi Dong used the core to connect with the universe’s rules, formed a Divine Seat, and declared herself the God of Rules and the World.

Meng Chuan reflected on Bibi Dong’s plan to strengthen Douluo World’s Laws and bring about World Ascension, while considering the realms beyond Immortal Emperor and his own growing power. He expected Bibi Dong to become a Saint and believed her success would bring him a fifth portion of Dao Source.

• Meng Chuan sensed Bibi Dong’s plan to strengthen unclaimed Laws and reinforce those held by Deities, and he admired how far she had come from her past hatred.
• Meng Chuan resolved to keep bearing his burdens so his group members could return to easier lives, and he let the Daode Wheel spin as he considered what Ruthless’s Dao Fruit had revealed.
• Meng Chuan speculated that a realm above Immortal Emperor must exist and guessed that Shi Hao, Ye Fan, and Chu Feng would eventually reach it and defeat the Weird Ancestors.
• Meng Chuan concluded that Bibi Dong’s future position sounded like that of a Heavenly Dao Saint and considered giving her Purple Qi, while expecting her to succeed in World Ascension.
• Meng Chuan reflected that completing the Eight Paths of Reincarnation and deepening his Dao had greatly increased his combat strength, then defended his right to be formidable.

Meng Chuan refined Supreme Clarity Daode Qi and considered how the Three Pure Ones Dao Fruit could support his Dao Shi Dao, while the other Emperors remained in seclusion. In the world of A Chinese Odyssey, Zixia reunited with the Bull Demon King and began exploring the Chat Group, where Yang Jian welcomed her as a newcomer.

• Meng Chuan refined Supreme Clarity Daode Qi and reasoned that the Daode Dao Fruit could reach Perfection, though the Lingbao and Primordial Beginning paths remained difficult.
• The Emperors and Ruthless continued their respective efforts in seclusion in the Depths of the Dao Realm.
• Zixia found the Bull Demon King and went with him to his lair, hoping to wait there for Supreme Treasure.
• Zixia remembered the Chat Group and spoke with Yang Jian, who explained the group and encouraged her to watch the members' Fate Instances.
• Zixia watched Yang Jian's Fate Instance, was moved by his tragic life, and spent hours asking him about the group and other worlds.
• Yang Jian asked Zixia to call him Second Brother, leaving both of them startled by the overly familiar request.

While guarding Chanis Gate, Klein celebrated saving Cohenli and prepared for Ince Zangwill’s arrival by contacting the Chat Group. Meng Chuan answered Klein’s call after being interrupted in seclusion.

• Klein reflected on saving Cohenli from Mrs. Sharon’s mission and vowed to protect his fellow Night’s Watchers.
• Klein received prayers from Audrey and Alger but postponed responding while he guarded Chanis Gate.
• Klein joined the Chat Group and told Yang Jian that Ince Zangwill would likely appear within days.
• Zixia greeted Klein and shared her edited Fate Instance, which Klein watched and praised as a chance for her to be with Supreme Treasure.
• Klein called for Meng Chuan, who interrupted his seclusion to ask what Klein needed.