Chapter Summaries

Key points and events

• The author explains why the Douluo arc focused on changing a world where a person’s martial soul could determine and limit their future.
• The protagonist, as a “Great Emperor of the Human Race,” was duty-bound to challenge that system and give everyone a chance to cultivate. He therefore engraved the Dao throughout the Douluo universe and passed on the Shrouding cultivation method; Bibi Dong was responsible for spreading the specific teachings.
• The author clarifies that the Great Emperors’ insights reached the protagonist through the Chat Group, as did his travel between worlds, though the explanation was intentionally saved for later.
• The five God Kings who opposed him were manifestations of heaven-and-earth laws, not native gods.
• The author acknowledges that the arc’s execution was uneven and may have seemed jarring or left readers confused. He thanks readers for their support and says the story will return to the Shrouding the Heavens world.

Character and interaction notes

• The protagonist’s defining trait is responsibility: he acts on the conviction that humanity should not be constrained by birth or innate talent.
• Bibi Dong has a practical role in spreading the cultivation method.
• The author directly addresses readers’ objections, clarifies disputed points, and expresses gratitude to supporters.

Significant themes

• Equal opportunity: Every living being deserves a chance to improve, regardless of innate gifts.
• Duty and ideals: The protagonist’s identity as a human Great Emperor obliges him to challenge an unjust system.
• Limits of execution: The author stands by the arc’s premise while admitting shortcomings in clarity, pacing, and experience.
• Reader–author relationship: The chapter closes with thanks, requests for continued engagement, and an announcement of the story’s next direction.

Plot and events

• Four hundred years after returning from Douluo World, Meng Chuan completes his fifth transformation. His Divine Kingdom grows stronger, and the Great Dao Jade Disc gains a quality resembling the Beginning of the Dao.
• His time in Douluo has brought exceptional gains: the world’s Great Dao Purple Qi helped him glimpse its foundations and advance his Dao Shi Dao, Divine Kingdom World, and Dao Fire Furnace. He reflects that changing Douluo’s cultivation system was, in effect, devouring its Dao.
• Planning to further strengthen his Divine Kingdom, Meng Chuan decides to seek Chaos Immortal Soil, which may contain rare materials and sources of power.
• As he searches the cosmos, he finds the escaped Life Forbidden Zones. He chooses not to destroy them yet: his divination predicts a long period without Dark Turmoil, and he expects the Supremes may be useful in his future cultivation.
• Meng Chuan locates Chaos Immortal Soil hidden in a remote stretch of space. Before entering, he secretly alters its gateway: he embeds selected cultivation methods and carefully limited Dao Shi laws, adds the Great Dao Purple Qi and mist from his Divine Kingdom, then erases all traces of his actions.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan emerges from seclusion at the height of his power, confident in his gains but still cautious about opponents such as Emperor Zun. He combines ambitious cultivation plans with long-term strategic thinking.
• Ji Lianxing (Tiger Girl) privately calls the Heavenly Emperor restless as she watches him set off again. Her teasing contrasts with the universe’s reverence for his tireless concern for its people.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes remain unaware of Meng Chuan’s decision to spare them for now—and of his intention to treat them as future resources or trials.

Significant themes

• Growth through exchange and transformation: Teaching Douluo’s people and enabling their world to advance also gave Meng Chuan profound insights and power.
• The distinct foundations of worlds: Each world has laws that outsiders can only glimpse with a special “key” or overwhelming strength.
• Power tempered by foresight: Meng Chuan’s divination shapes his choices, allowing him to delay action against the Forbidden Zones while retaining control over the future.
• Benevolence and self-interest intertwined: He frames his restraint as protecting future generations, but openly admits that the Supremes’ usefulness to his cultivation is the main reason he spares them.

Plot and key events

• Meng Chuan creates a spectacular cosmic vision: a purple divine bridge, a passage filled with immortal mist, and a distant Immortal Gate. Across the universe, cultivators believe it may be a route to the Immortal Domain.
• Meng Chuan enters the passage, then appears to approach the gate as immortal music, maidens, Dao flowers, and other auspicious signs surround him. Convinced he may attain immortality, Quasi-Emperors race toward the bridge, even using dangerous techniques. The space before the gate stretches, however, slowing their progress.
• The apparent celestial spectacle is actually a performance for Meng Chuan’s chat group. He explains that its wonders are familiar artifacts and effects—the Other Shore Purple Bridge, Gate of All Wonders, Nine Heavens Immortal Blossom, Heavenly Dao Merit, and the Immortal Cauldron’s bell.
• The group jokes about the “movie,” including Yao Chen’s secret collection of Ultra Five Brothers and Lu Mingfei’s attempts to expose him.
• Meng Chuan reveals that he is not luring a fish but a bird: the elusive Undying Heavenly Emperor. He turns toward a distant five-colored immortal light and calls out to him.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan demonstrates playful confidence, using an elaborate illusion to draw attention and provoke a hidden target rather than genuinely seeking immortality.
• The Quasi-Emperors move from awe and hope to frantic competition, believing Meng Chuan’s apparent journey could offer them a chance at immortality or longer lives.
• The chat group provides comic contrast to the cosmic spectacle. Members tease one another—and Meng Chuan—while treating the scene as entertainment.
• Meng Chuan’s closing challenge suggests he has a strategy for locating the Undying Heavenly Emperor even if the latter refuses to reveal himself.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: A vision that seems to herald immortality is staged, while the real purpose is to flush out a concealed enemy.
• Ambition and desperation: The Quasi-Emperors’ willingness to risk themselves reflects their longing for longevity and transcendence.
• Power expressed through playfulness: Meng Chuan can manipulate the universe’s attention while casually chatting with friends.
• Cunning over direct confrontation: The chapter’s title points to Meng Chuan’s idea that a weapon—or a plan—can succeed without its obvious, expected component.

Key plot points

• After Meng Chuan’s spectacular display at the Divine Bridge, spectators mistake his smile for a promise to take them to the Immortal Domain. Instead, he abruptly vanishes to confront someone secretly watching him.
• Meng Chuan’s Great Dao Jade Disc clashes with a Five-Colored Heavenly Blade. The weapon’s wielder emerges beside the legendary Flying Immortal Waterfall: the Undying Heavenly Emperor, a figure from the Primordial Era who has survived for over a million years.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor asks how Meng Chuan found him despite his safeguards. Meng Chuan reveals that he traced the strand of divine sense the elder used to investigate him.
• Meng Chuan accuses him of secretly setting a Stone Fetus on the path to the Space-Time Passage and of watching Meng Chuan’s earlier battle against four enemies. The Undying Heavenly Emperor has no convincing defense.
• Meng Chuan attacks. Their exchange shakes the universe, and the watching Quasi-Emperors fear that the much younger Meng Chuan may be outmatched by an opponent who has lived since the Primordial Era.
• The chapter ends with the Undying Heavenly Emperor blasted backward through countless starfields.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan reveals that his apparent departure was a calculated move: he staged events to draw out the hidden observer. His mastery of Karma lets him locate the Undying Heavenly Emperor, and he confronts him directly rather than accepting his denials.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor is exposed as a cautious, manipulative observer. He admits, through his silence, that he used the Stone Fetus to test the situation and assess Meng Chuan, though he claims he has not attacked Meng Chuan directly. His immense age and power make him a formidable rival.
• The onlookers move from awe at Meng Chuan’s apparent ascension to confusion, then alarm and concern as they realize he is fighting a legendary figure.

Significant themes

• Deception and hidden motives: The Heavenly Emperor’s public spectacle conceals his plan to expose a watcher; the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s careful concealment cannot hide his past interference.
• Power across generations: The fight pits Meng Chuan’s exceptional, rapidly developed strength against an ancient survivor’s experience and longevity.
• The pursuit of immortality: The Flying Immortal Waterfall embodies the Supremes’ attempts to reach eternal life and the Immortal Domain.
• Accountability: Meng Chuan challenges the Undying Heavenly Emperor over the consequences of his supposedly indirect “tests.”

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan, the Heavenly Emperor, catches the Undying Heavenly Emperor off guard and sends him flying, leaving the watching Quasi-Emperors stunned.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor struggles to accept that someone only two thousand years old could overpower him. He recognizes that Meng Chuan’s strength resembles that of a Battle Immortal, though Meng Chuan has not fully attained that state.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor proposes that they stop fighting, claiming only the two of them remain on the Immortal Path. Meng Chuan rejects the idea and resumes his assault, determined to kill him.
• Their battle shakes the universe and even time itself, alarming the Forbidden Zone Supremes and awakening the Empress and the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body.
• Meng Chuan’s Great Dao Jade Disc overwhelms the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s Five-Colored Heavenly Blade. The Undying Heavenly Emperor realizes that Meng Chuan’s weapon is extraordinary—and forged without Immortal Gold because, as Meng Chuan declares, “My weapon is my Dao!”
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor is steadily driven back and badly wounded. Though he has reached his limits, Meng Chuan appears to have strength to spare.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan remains calm and confident, refusing to explain his strength or negotiate with his opponent. He recognizes the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s formidable power even while dominating the fight.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor shifts from disbelief and attempted persuasion to grim recognition that the conflict cannot end peacefully. He is powerful, but cannot match Meng Chuan’s seemingly inexhaustible strength.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes are shaken into questioning whether their pursuit of immortality through withdrawal and self-preservation was mistaken.
• The Empress clarifies to the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body that neither combatant has become an Immortal; both are still walking the path.
• The onlookers marvel at Meng Chuan’s Jade Disc and compare the scale of the battle with the greatest figures of earlier eras.

Significant themes

• The pursuit of immortality: The battle prompts ancient Supremes to reconsider their choices and wonder whether the two combatants represent a truer road to immortality.
• Exceptional talent and power: Meng Chuan’s youth makes his dominance especially startling, while the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s long survival underscores his own extraordinary strength.
• The Dao embodied in one’s weapon: Meng Chuan’s Jade Disc is not merely a crafted artifact; it expresses his Dao itself.
• Respect amid conflict: Meng Chuan intends to kill his opponent but still openly acknowledges the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s immense ability.

Key plot points

• Meng Chuan continues his battle with the Undying Heavenly Emperor, who is furious at being compared to an opponent Meng Chuan once defeated with one hand. Their clash escalates into a fight to the death.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor unleashes his ultimate technique, the Undying Immortal Phoenix Seal. Meng Chuan counters with Great Dao Return to the Origin, dismantling the attack and nearly cleaving his opponent in two.
• A final exchange leaves the Undying Heavenly Emperor helpless. He reveals that, as a child, he fell from the Immortal Domain into the mortal world and had spent ages hoping to return. Meng Chuan kills him with the Great Dao Jade Disc.
• The cosmos turns red with grief at the death of the ancient emperor. Meng Chuan takes the keening Five-Colored Heavenly Blade, gaining more Immortal Gold and bringing him closer to his collection goal.
• The watching Quasi-Emperors gather around Meng Chuan. He explains that the Undying Heavenly Emperor survived by hunting ancient rulers in their final years and using Extreme Dao Blood to undergo repeated transformations. He also reveals that the Heavenly Emperor caused the Great Perfection Saint Spirit’s appearance and had been watching Meng Chuan, who set a trap to draw him out.
• The chapter ends with the spectators asking whether the Immortal Domain truly exists, leaving the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s claim unresolved.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan proves decisively stronger than the ancient emperor, though he admits becoming an Immortal remains far beyond him. He reflects that the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s desire to return home did not justify the lives he took.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor is revealed as both a relentless survivor and a tragic figure: his longing for his lost home drove his pursuit of immortality, but his methods made him a predator. Even in defeat, he acknowledges Meng Chuan as stronger than Emperor Zun.
• Ji Lianxing (“Tiger Girl”) bluntly teases Meng Chuan about his boastful comparisons and asks naïve questions about immortality and longevity. Meng Chuan jokes at her expense, while the others avoid speaking as freely.
• Qingyue asks whether Meng Chuan is close to becoming an Immortal, with a hint of personal feeling; Meng Chuan recalls having once invited her to pursue that path with him.
• Jiang Daoran cautiously asks whether the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s story about the Immortal Domain was true.

Significant themes

• Power and ambition: Meng Chuan’s hard-won strength contrasts with the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s desperate, predatory pursuit of greater power.
• The cost of longing: The emperor’s desire to return home evokes sympathy, but Meng Chuan rejects it as an excuse for sacrificing others.
• Mortality and legacy: The cosmos mourns the fall of a ruler who endured across ages, underscoring the scale of his death.
• Mystery beyond the mortal world: The possible existence of the Immortal Domain remains an open question.

Summary

• The author announces that the book will become a premium title at midnight on New Year’s Day and jokes that there will be no more chapters this year—only because the new year is about to begin.
• They thank readers for their tips, votes, bookmarks, comments, and quiet support, and express gratitude to editor YY for patient guidance and help improving the story.
• The author connects the timing of the launch and New Year’s fresh start to protagonist Meng Chuan, humorously suggesting the coincidence was fated.
• They outline the release schedule: five chapters on launch day, followed by three chapters per day.
• The author asks readers to subscribe and cast monthly tickets, promising bonus chapters if the book reaches the monthly-ticket top ten or receives enough tips.

Character and relationship notes

• The chapter is an author’s message rather than a story installment, so it contains no plot developments or character interactions. Meng Chuan is mentioned only in a playful comparison about fate.

Themes

• Gratitude and community: The author acknowledges readers and their editor as important sources of support.
• Ambition and perseverance: They share hopes for the book’s success and pledge to keep writing.
• Fate and fresh beginnings: New Year’s Day is framed as a symbolic new start, linked jokingly to the story’s themes.

Chapter Summary

• The Immortal Domain is confirmed to exist. Meng Chuan explains that the nearby fragment of the Immortal Domain contains no true Immortals. What people call “becoming Immortal” is simply attaining longevity within the Human Dao Realm. The universe can no longer naturally produce an Immortal Phoenix.
• The Quasi-Emperors react with awe and hope. They are thrilled to learn that the Immortal Domain is real, and the Light Clan’s Quasi-Emperor asks whether Meng Chuan can fight his way inside. Meng Chuan says no, advising them instead to cultivate strength enough to live long in the Mortal World. He then leaves to explore the Chaos Immortal Soil.
• Meng Chuan streams his exploration to the group chat. Meng Qi’s tip of a worthless roadside flower prompts teasing, especially after Meng Chuan notices that Meng Qi has grown a little hair and jokes that he must have been expelled from Shaolin. Meng Qi insists on being called “Young Hero,” but the others keep calling him “Bald Young Hero” and “Fierce Vajra.”
• The group catches up on absent members. The Ancient One says Daigu is preparing for his wedding and a move to Mars; Lu Mingfei guesses Yan Chixia is busy hunting demons; and the group learns Fei Peng has been visiting Xi Yao. Their romantic updates prompt joking, while Yao Chen threatens to go beat Xiao Yan instead. Meng Chuan calls Fei Peng a “traitor” for contributing to the group’s growing number of couples and misses the absent Zhang Sanfeng.
• Meng Chuan finally enters the Chaos Immortal Soil. After the group urges him to stop lingering at the entrance—and Yao Chen’s crude joke makes him demand that everyone keep things respectable—Meng Chuan steps inside. He finds the realm vast, bordered by Chaos Qi where the Great Dao is absent, and scattered with ruins bearing traces of an ancient Dao. He suspects they may date from the Chaotic Ancient Era or even earlier.

Character Developments and Interactions

Meng Chuan remains confident and playful, balancing a serious explanation about cultivation with showmanship and banter. Meng Qi is delighted by his new hair but remains the target of affectionate mockery. Fei Peng’s relationship with Xi Yao and Daigu’s upcoming wedding highlight the group’s changing personal lives, while Meng Chuan’s wistful comments about Zhang Sanfeng reveal his fondness for the chat’s older, more solitary members.

Significant Themes

The chapter contrasts myth and reality: the Immortal Domain exists, but it does not offer the simple immortality people imagine. It also emphasizes self-reliance in cultivation, the persistence of ancient mysteries, and the warm, irreverent camaraderie of the group chat.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan explores ancient ruins whose atmosphere blurs illusion and reality, reminding him of his Heavenly Emperor’s Divine Kingdom.
• He recognizes the ruins’ Dao Patterns as traces of the Chaotic Ancient cultivation method. Studying them offers valuable insight and strengthens his foundations, though he regrets that the complete method is lost.
• Meng Qi admits he cannot obtain Dharmakaya-level techniques through the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Meng Chuan reassures him that his safety matters more.
• Meng Qi reveals that his next mission is in the Demon Realm Fragment, where he expects to obtain the first form of Tathagata’s Palm.
• Meng Chuan reflects on Meng Qi’s seemingly unavoidable fate: he must either die or accept the immense burden of becoming Primordial Heavenly Venerable. He privately considers acting soon but keeps his intentions to himself.
• Meng Chuan reaches the ruins’ central hall, the strongest source of the illusion, just as Meng Qi reminds him that a three-year deadline has expired.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan remains composed and curious, treating the ruins as a chance to deepen his understanding rather than gain immediate power. His concern for Meng Qi and his unspoken plan hint at a growing willingness to intervene.
• Meng Qi accepts that knowing his fate may not let him escape it, but his joking manner persists. He is also preparing for a mission that could change his standing and grant him Tathagata’s Palm.
• Yao Chen and Fei Peng show interest in Meng Qi’s coming mission and help lighten the discussion. Yao Chen’s awkward change of subject amuses Meng Chuan and Meng Qi.
• Lu Mingfei continues to tease the group, while Meng Chuan pointedly ignores him and Meng Qi as the group’s “black sheep.”

Significant themes

• Illusion and reality: The ruins’ strange nature echoes Meng Chuan’s Divine Kingdom and raises questions about what is real.
• Learning across traditions: The Chaotic Ancient method may be incomplete and obsolete, yet Meng Chuan recognizes the value of its distinct insights.
• Fate and agency: Meng Qi’s foreknowledge has not given him a viable escape from his destined choices, prompting Meng Chuan to question the cost of a “good” ending.
• Quiet loyalty and intervention: Meng Chuan prioritizes Meng Qi’s safety and appears to be preparing to help without announcing it.

Character interactions

• Meng Chuan explains his discoveries to the group, turning his exploration into a shared lesson.
• Meng Qi praises Meng Chuan’s luck and later tells him about his mission; Meng Chuan responds with reassurance and concern.
• The group’s banter—including Yao Chen’s ghost joke and interest in Tathagata’s Palm—balances the chapter’s heavier reflections.
• The chapter ends on comic tension: Meng Chuan is poised to enter the central hall when Meng Qi’s reminder about the expired deadline irritates him.

Key plot points

• Meng Chuan enters a palace in the Chaos Immortal Soil and finds a Void God Realm Fragment, a remnant of the spiritual world from the Immortal Ancient and Chaotic Ancient eras. He takes it, judging it more valuable than Immortal Gold.
• Group members react to the discovery. Meng Qi promises to distribute upgraded communication spheres someday, prompting Meng Chuan to privately doubt he can do it.
• Curious about the palace’s origins, Meng Chuan reverses time within the Immortal Soil. He travels backward through the Desolate Antiquity and Primordial eras, sensing traces of powerful figures such as Ruthless and the Fighting Saint Emperor.
• In the Chaotic Ancient Era, the Immortal Soil remains a ruin until Meng Chuan reaches a particular point, where everything changes. The chapter ends before revealing what he finds.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan’s discovery and time-reversal feat reinforce his confidence and immense power. He approaches the past as an investigator, undeterred by the growing resistance of time.
• Fei Peng admires the legendary world beyond his own, but reminds himself that he is nearing a higher level of strength.
• Yao Chen’s ambition to improve his alchemy is highlighted through his fascination with the Void God Realm. His relationship with Xiao Yan has grown closer, though he still comically disciplines him during training.
• Quasi-Emperors outside the Immortal Soil mistake Meng Chuan’s temporal power for a possible battle; Qingyue recognizes that he is reversing time.

Significant themes

• Power and aspiration: Characters compare their strength with greater realms and strive to rise further.
• The value of knowledge and connection: The Void God Realm represents a remarkable way for distant people to communicate, while Meng Chuan sees it as a treasure worth studying.
• History and discovery: Meng Chuan’s journey through time turns the Immortal Soil’s past into a mystery—and ends on the promise of a major revelation.

• Key events: The author announces that the book is now available for sale and asks readers to vote with their monthly tickets and subscribe. They admit nerves led to a typo in the title, then say the remaining two updates will come the next day. The chapter closes with New Year’s wishes.
• Character development: The author comes across as excited but flustered about publishing their first book, openly sharing their embarrassment and enthusiasm.
• Themes: The chapter centers on the excitement and vulnerability of a first publication, gratitude for reader support, and celebration of the New Year.
• Interactions: The author speaks directly to readers, requesting their support and offering them warm holiday wishes.

Key plot points and events

• While investigating Chaos Immortal Soil, Meng Chuan senses a battle between beings he believes are Immortal Kings. The clash is so powerful that it tears him out of the River of Time and injures him; he realizes the soil was formed around a fragment displaced by that ancient conflict.
• Meng Chuan decides to accelerate his transformations, though he recognizes he is still far from the power of the Immortal Kings.
• He concludes the Void God Realm fragment he found may help him solve a major problem. He plans to study it and possibly create a new Void God Realm, but acknowledges that opening such a world will be difficult.
• After collecting the Chaos Immortal Soil, Meng Chuan visits Ruthless Great Emperor. He explains that the fragment belonged to a spiritual world where cultivators could communicate, cultivate, and fight across any distance.
• Ruthless recognizes the scale of Meng Chuan’s ambition and warns that his plan amounts to “devouring” all living beings.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan is shaken by the immense power of the Immortal Kings, but turns the discovery into a new opportunity. He is ambitious and practical, openly admitting he may need Ruthless’s help.
• Ruthless Great Emperor shows keen interest in the fragment and quickly grasps the consequences of Meng Chuan’s plan. Her warning suggests she sees a potentially dangerous side to his ambition.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body is impressed by Meng Chuan’s audacity, especially his deliberate baiting of the Undying Heavenly Emperor.
• The Ancient One continues to demonstrate her strength and vigilance, killing a Dimensional Demon while considering the possibility of creating a spiritual world.
• Meng Qi and Lu Mingfei provide brief comic interruptions through the livestream chat.

Significant themes

• The scale of power: Even distant traces of an Immortal King battle can wound Meng Chuan, emphasizing how far above him such beings are.
• Ambition and risk: The Void God Realm could transform communication and cultivation, but Meng Chuan’s goal may carry a profound cost.
• Knowledge as opportunity: A remnant from an ancient era offers Meng Chuan a possible solution to problems he has not yet solved.
• Trust and reciprocity: Meng Chuan seeks Ruthless’s future assistance without assuming she will help him unconditionally.

Character interactions

• Meng Chuan trades jokes with the livestream viewers, then confides his plans to the Ancient One and Ruthless.
• He candidly admits to Ruthless that he baited the Undying Heavenly Emperor to remove a watcher at his back.
• Ruthless listens silently, asks for the purpose of his visit, and ultimately challenges the implications of his proposal with her “devour” warning.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan explains his plan to create a universal spiritual world where beings can communicate, exchange knowledge, and advance their cultivation. Their progress would help him advance as well.
• Ruthless Great Emperor calls this “eating” all living beings: Meng Chuan would draw nourishment from their wisdom and Daos. Meng Chuan counters that he is helping them reach heights they otherwise could not attain, so their contribution to his Dao is a fair exchange.
• After considering the plan’s risks and enormous potential, Ruthless agrees to help. She expects the spiritual world to improve her own chances of becoming an Immortal.
• Meng Chuan says he must first develop the method, then jokes about having grown stronger over the past four centuries—by roughly one Undying Heavenly Emperor.
• Before leaving, he teases the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body with a story about a “great taboo” covered in red fur. His companion takes the tale seriously, but Meng Chuan refuses to reveal more.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan emerges as an ambitious, confident architect of a project that could transform cultivation across the universe. His humor and shameless boasting contrast with the seriousness of his plans.
• Ruthless Great Emperor remains cool and discerning, but agrees to cooperate once she recognizes the plan’s benefits. Her decision reflects both ambition and a pragmatic willingness to accept its moral ambiguity.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body is impressed and unsettled by Meng Chuan’s power and proposal. He is also curious about the mysterious red-furred being and about Meng Chuan’s travels.

Significant themes

• Mutual benefit and moral ambiguity: The spiritual world could uplift countless beings while also turning their insight into fuel for Meng Chuan’s advancement.
• Collective knowledge as power: Shared learning may accelerate cultivation and illuminate the Great Dao.
• Ambition and risk: The plan could make Meng Chuan an Immortal—and perhaps carry him beyond—but its scale makes its consequences difficult to judge.
• Humor amid grandeur: Banter and exaggeration soften a discussion about world-shaping power.

Character interactions

• Meng Chuan and Ruthless debate whether his plan is exploitative or a fair exchange, then agree to work together.
• Meng Chuan boasts to Ruthless about his growth; she studies him closely, while he interprets her scrutiny as admiration.
• Meng Chuan affectionately calls the Sacred Body “Brother Red Fur” and hints at another being like him, leaving him bewildered.
• After Meng Chuan departs, the Sacred Body asks Ruthless about his travels and talkative manner. Ruthless offers only the reserved assessment: “He is extraordinary.”

Plot points and events

• Meng Chuan leaves the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land in a good mood after chatting with a beautiful woman, but grows irritated recalling Meng Qi’s antics during a livestream. He mutes Meng Qi, briefly unmutes him, then goes offline.
• Meng Qi is furious at being silenced and blames Meng Chuan. When restaurant patrons recognize him as the Human Rankings fighter “Fierce Vajra,” he becomes even more embarrassed and angry.
• Back in his Divine Kingdom, Meng Chuan produces the corpse of the Undying Heavenly Emperor, an Immortal Phoenix. He plans to use it to strengthen his Divine Kingdom and, later, his mental world. He regrets that the Heavenly Emperor did not possess the Immortal Phoenix’s precious art, then begins studying the corpse’s Great Dao.
• Meanwhile, Meng Qi asks the group for an imposing nickname for his upcoming visit to the Six Doors. The suggestions—such as “Five Tigers Mad Monk,” “Vajra-Man,” and “Little Vajra Gourd”—only make him more miserable.
• Zhang Sanfeng returns to the group after a long absence. The others catch him up on events, and Meng Chuan and the Ancient One suspect his prolonged seclusion was spent studying the system of divinity Meng Chuan had sent him. Zhang Sanfeng announces that he may be close to transcending his world.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan shows both playful authority and ambition: he teases Meng Qi, then turns his attention to cultivating from the Immortal Phoenix’s remains. A divine-sense fragment lets him keep chatting even while he is personally in seclusion.
• Meng Qi remains prideful and eager to impress, but his nickname dilemma and the group’s jokes leave him exasperated. He also enjoys provoking others, as shown by his suggestion that Lu Mingfei might suffer for marrying the Dark Dao Princess.
• Zhang Sanfeng returns feeling welcomed by the group and grateful to Meng Chuan. His confidence that he may transcend his world suggests his studies have brought him to a major breakthrough.
• The group teases one another freely, but also shows genuine interest in each other’s progress. Meng Chuan and the Ancient One quickly connect Zhang Sanfeng’s absence with the gift he received.

Significant themes

• Cultivation and transcendence: Meng Chuan seeks continual improvement, while Zhang Sanfeng may be approaching a breakthrough beyond his world.
• Power and camaraderie: Meng Chuan’s administrator privileges let him bully Meng Qi, but their conflict is played for comedy within a lively, familiar group.
• Legacy and ancient power: The Immortal Phoenix’s corpse and Meng Chuan’s reflections on the Ten Fiends evoke a lost era of extraordinary beings and techniques.
• Reputation and identity: Meng Qi’s concern over his public nickname contrasts with the respect—and embarrassment—his existing title brings him.

This is an author’s announcement, not a story chapter. Over the first three days of the New Year, every 300 monthly votes will unlock an extra chapter; with 758 votes, two bonus chapters are currently owed. The author plans to publish at least three chapters daily once the book becomes premium, except in special circumstances, and will deliver the two owed chapters one per day.
The author thanks readers for their tips, subscriptions, and monthly votes, and asks them to keep voting and subscribing.

Key plot points and events

• Since his hundredth-birthday banquet, Zhang Sanfeng has united the Central Plains martial factions under the Ming Cult, purged its corrupt members, and helped Zhu Yuanzhang build a powerful rebellion against the Yuan dynasty.
• Zhang’s influence keeps the factions committed to the uprising, while his training makes the Wudang Seven Heroes formidable fighters. After receiving a reward from Meng Chuan, Zhang enters seclusion; when he emerges, the Ming army is nearing the Yuan capital.
• During seclusion, Zhang reaches the Martial Dao Primordial Spirit realm—an extraordinary feat in his world—helped by Meng Chuan’s Divine God System theory and earlier gifts.
• Zhang senses that his world can no longer contain him. Rather than leave it behind, he plans to raise the world’s level alongside himself by establishing an Earthly Divine Dynasty and an Earthly Dao Kingdom.
• Meng Chuan believes the plan may work and agrees to help when Zhang is ready, despite Zhang joking that he may need Meng Chuan as a “tool.”
• From Wudang, Zhang sees the Yuan’s Fortune Golden Dragon fade and a Fire Virtue Divine Dragon rise, signaling the Yuan’s fall and Ming’s coming rule. He waits for the dynasty’s formal founding before beginning his plan.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhang Sanfeng grows from an influential martial master into a world-transcending cultivator with a bold vision: to elevate his homeland rather than abandon it. His resolve is rooted in both ambition and attachment to the world and its memories.
• Zhu Yuanzhang flourishes under Zhang’s guidance and becomes the effective leader of the Ming Cult’s growing rebellion.
• The martial factions, including Miejue’s faction, rally behind the uprising, confident that Zhang’s backing makes victory likely.
• Meng Chuan is impressed by Zhang’s achievement and offers practical support; other group members respond with astonishment and admiration.
• The chapter closes on Zhang’s private memories of his past, especially the girl who remains vivid in his heart.

Significant themes

• Personal power versus collective uplift: Zhang chooses to raise his entire world rather than seek advancement alone.
• Leadership and political change: His martial authority unites rival factions and helps bring down the Yuan.
• Attachment to home and memory: Zhang’s decision is driven partly by the people and experiences he cannot bear to leave.
• Ambition and possibility: The group’s reactions underscore how audacious—and perhaps achievable—his plan is.

Plot points and events

• After Zhu Yuanzhang establishes the Great Ming dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng is honored as imperial preceptor, with the court accepting his elevated status.
• Zhang proposes holding the ancient Fengshan rites at Mount Tai. Officials turn the ceremony into a grand display of imperial authority, demanding that neighboring states send envoys. Zhang leaves the preparations to them.
• While the court prepares, Zhang travels the Central Plains to trace its dragon veins. He asks Meng Chuan to help strengthen the world; Meng lays down a Heaven-Refining Formation to draw energy from the surrounding chaos.
• On the ceremony’s day, Zhang transports the emperor, court, and envoys to Mount Tai using Tai Chi energies. Zhu performs the customary imperial rites, after which Zhang bows to Heaven and Earth with his Martial Dao Primordial Spirit.
• The ritual causes extraordinary signs—thunder, purple qi, and a dragon-shaped cloud—as the world’s dormant consciousness begins to awaken. During Zhang’s final bow, Dao-Blocking Heavenly Demons attack. Meng protects the gathered people and holds the demons back so Zhang can complete the rite.
• The world consciousness awakens and connects with Zhang, marking the beginning of the world’s transformation and eventual ascension. Meng studies its nature, then enters the consciousness himself. Zhang senses a strange voice and notices that Meng has disappeared.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhang Sanfeng uses his position not for political power but to guide his world toward ascension. The ceremony reveals the limits of his strength: awakening the world consciousness nearly overwhelms him, and he needs Meng’s protection.
• Zhu Yuanzhang remains devoted to Zhang, believing the realm is his because the Daoist entrusted it to him. He performs the emperor’s part in the ceremony without questioning Zhang’s authority.
• Meng Chuan acts as Zhang’s ally, strengthening the world beforehand and shielding the participants during the ritual. His curiosity eventually leads him to enter the newly awakened world consciousness.
• Empress Ma questions what Zhang and Meng are doing, but Zhu trusts Zhang completely. The envoys, confronted with Zhang’s supernatural power, are left wondering whether their states should simply submit.

Significant themes

• Faith and legitimacy: Zhu’s rule rests on his trust in Zhang, whose power places him beyond ordinary political hierarchy.
• World transformation and cooperation: The world’s ascension requires both Zhang’s communion with Heaven and Earth and Meng’s practical intervention.
• The limits of power and the value of allies: Zhang can guide the world but cannot safely handle every obstacle alone.
• Wonder and curiosity: Even a low-martial world contains mysteries that intrigue Meng—and tempt him to go beyond merely observing.

Key events

• Meng Chuan returns from retreat stronger after gaining insights from the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s corpse. He realizes his chat-group divine thought has vanished and asks the group where it went.
• Meng Qi jokes with Meng Chuan and is promptly muted for trying to pressure him with the promise of Tathagata’s Palm. The group teases Meng Qi, while Yao Chen loudly sides with Meng Chuan.
• Zhang Sanfeng explains that Meng Chuan’s divine thought disappeared after helping him, but it did not return to Meng Chuan or remain in Zhang’s world.
• After reviewing the group chat, Meng Chuan discovers the truth: his autonomous divine thought has grown powerful enough to attain a Martial Dao Primordial Spirit and is attempting to take its entire world through ascension. Meng Chuan briefly opens a passage to check, is startled by what he sees, and welds the passage shut.
• Daigu returns to the group and says he has moved to Mars. He chose to leave Earth with his future family to avoid suspicion about his connection to Ultraman Tiga and prevent tensions with humanity.
• Fei Peng thinks fondly of Xi Yao. Chonglou arrives seeking another fight, but Fei Peng defeats him again.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan is pleased with his progress but astonished by how independently and powerfully his separated divine thought has developed.
• Meng Qi remains the group’s comic troublemaker. His playful exchanges with Meng Chuan and teasing with Jiang Zhiwei show their easy rapport; Jiang keeps calling him “young monk,” despite his protests.
• Daigu makes a cautious, considerate choice to leave Earth, prioritizing peace over remaining in a place where people may suspect him.
• Fei Peng shows his affection for Xi Yao through a quiet smile, while Chonglou remains a stubborn rival who keeps challenging him despite repeated defeats.
• The group’s banter reinforces its familiar, affectionate dynamic, even as members comment on how unusually full of transmigrators—and powerful figures—it has become.

Significant themes

• Autonomy and unexpected growth: Meng Chuan’s small, semi-independent divine thought develops far beyond what he anticipated.
• Responsibility and restraint: Daigu leaves to avoid harming humanity or being forced into conflict with it.
• Comradeship and humor: Teasing, factional jokes, and ongoing rivalries sustain the group’s warm, lively atmosphere.

Plot points and events

• The Chat Group teases Daigu about his relationship with Camearra after he insists she is “just a friend.” His wife twists his ear and sends him to cook, amusing the group’s single members.
• The Ancient One asks Meng Chuan when he will complete his sixth transformation, then invites him to her world. She hopes he can advise her on advancing safely from Half-Saint to Saint, since her world lacks the tribulation needed to properly complete her cultivation.
• Meng Chuan considers the invitation but does not commit. He says he is going to deal with a “bastard,” suggesting a personal confrontation is imminent.
• The scene shifts to Shaolin, where Meng Qi—formerly known as Zhen Ding and now the Mad Blade, ranked first on the Human Ranking—has returned to visit.
• Meng Qi talks with his junior brother Zhen Hui, who recalls the heroic stories Meng Qi used to tell him. Zhen Hui then spots someone in the sky above Shaolin. He describes the stranger as resembling Meng Qi in bearing, but more handsome.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan remains focused on his difficult path toward further transformations, while his anger toward an unnamed target reveals a more combative, personal side.
• The Ancient One shows impatience to advance, but regains her composure and decides to continue cultivating the secret realms on her own for now.
• Meng Qi has become the celebrated top figure of the younger generation, yet remains inwardly calm despite his success and feels embarrassed by his youthful stories.
• Zhen Hui is perceptive and affectionate toward Meng Qi. His increased confidence is reflected in his claim that opening four apertures makes him a “high monk.”

Character interactions

• The group members playfully tease Daigu, while Daigu’s wife cuts short his excuses with a sharp ear-twist.
• The Ancient One seeks Meng Chuan’s help, but he responds cautiously and asks whether she has an urgent need.
• Fei Peng asks whether Meng Chuan will visit his world; Meng Chuan declines.
• Meng Qi and Zhen Hui share a warm reunion, with Zhen Hui expressing how much he worried about his senior brother and admiring how Meng Qi has become the kind of hero he once described.

Significant themes

• Cultivation and its costs: Meng Chuan’s later transformations become increasingly difficult, while the Ancient One weighs the risks of an unprepared breakthrough.
• Growth and changed circumstances: Meng Qi’s rise from former Shaolin disciple to top-ranked young martial artist contrasts with his humble past.
• Humor and affection: Group teasing and the brothers’ reunion provide levity alongside the chapter’s cultivation concerns and hints of conflict.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Qi visits Master Xuan Bei with junior brother Zhen Hui. Xuan Bei confirms he is Meng Qi’s uncle, gives him the Seven Truth Scripture, and hears Meng Qi’s explanation about Shaolin’s Yijin Scripture.
• An unseen presence with murderous intent stalks Meng Qi. It remains undetectable even to Xuan Bei, leading Meng Qi to suspect a powerful Dharmakaya-level enemy.
• Worried that the attacker might endanger his family, Meng Qi leaves Shaolin despite Xuan Bei’s attempt to keep him there. He is briefly challenged by the martial-arts-obsessed Zhen Ben, whom he defeats before departing.
• Meng Qi is transported to the Six Paths of Reincarnation space half a day earlier than expected. The mysterious presence follows him there, confirming that he is being pursued.
• His companions arrive, but Meng Qi notices that the space and its exchange system are unlike those he remembers. The chapter ends with the panel displaying a novel—The One and Only—whose protagonist is Meng Qi and whose world’s cultivation levels mirror his own.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Qi is more wary and protective than usual: he trusts his instincts, acts quickly when he senses danger, and leaves Shaolin to avoid putting Xuan Bei and Zhen Hui at risk. His reunion with his teammates lifts his spirits, but the altered reincarnation space soon alarms him.
• Xuan Bei is proud of Meng Qi’s maturity but troubled by the dangers accompanying his rapid rise. He resolves to train harder, aiming to reach Half-Step Dharma Body so he can better protect those close to him.
• Zhen Hui is cheerful around Meng Qi and, inspired by him, resolves to train harder—even planning to eat an extra bowl of rice each day.
• Zhen Ben remains earnest and obsessed with improving his martial arts; Meng Qi defeats him again, leaving him estimating how far behind he is.
• The teammates—Ruan Yushu, Qi Zhengyan, Zhang Yuanshan, and Fu Zhenzhen—rejoin Meng Qi. Their teasing and concern briefly restore the group’s familiar lightheartedness.

Significant themes

• Protection and responsibility: Meng Qi leaves Shaolin to keep danger away from his master and junior brother, while Xuan Bei and Zhen Hui respond by resolving to grow stronger.
• Power and risk: Meng Qi’s rise in rank appears to have drawn the attention of a formidable, unexplained enemy.
• Uncertainty and reality shifting: The stalker’s presence, the mission’s premature start, and the changed exchange panel suggest that the familiar rules of Meng Qi’s world may no longer hold.