Chapter Summaries

Shi Hao fought his system-created counterpart to a standstill, then used shameless flattery to distract him and gain the upper hand. After the counterpart vanished when his time ran out, Meng Chuan urged Shi Hao to cultivate and learned that Shi Hao had delayed his Human Emperor Ceremony until Meng Chuan returned.

• Qin Hao watched Shi Hao's fierce battle and wondered whether only his brother could challenge him, while Shi Ziling and Shi Zhongtian said they were happy in Stone Village.
• Meng Chuan proposed Shi Qingfeng as the next Human Emperor, explaining that the role would help him fulfill his potential, while Qin Hao refused because he wanted to roam and catch up with Shi Hao.
• Shi Hao and his counterpart unleashed powerful techniques in their battle, and Shi Hao distracted the other man with extravagant praise before beating him.
• The counterpart dispersed when his allotted time ended, and Shi Hao lamented losing his kindred spirit and demanded another fight with him.
• Meng Chuan scolded Shi Hao and threatened to seal his cultivation, prompting Shi Hao to leave for training.
• Shi Ziling told Meng Chuan that Shi Hao had postponed his Human Emperor Ceremony until Meng Chuan returned, and Meng Chuan resolved to make a grand appearance.

Meng Chuan returned to Stone Village and used the Reincarnation Fire to cultivate his Fourth Immortal Qi, preparing to enter the True God realm. As Shi Hao watched, Meng Chuan’s three strands of Emperor Qi began forming a hazy ring as his body and Great Dao were transformed.

• Meng Chuan left the Stone Kingdom Imperial Capital for Stone Village, asking only to be notified of Shi Hao’s Human Emperor ceremony.
• Meng Chuan sat beneath Willow God and began cultivating, explaining that he had found a way to surpass Three Immortal Qi.
• Meng Chuan tempered himself with the Reincarnation Fire, drawing the attention of Willow God, Little Pagoda, and the Heavenly Desolate Halberd.
• Meng Chuan’s cultivation stirred the laws of Heaven and Earth, and Willow God brought Shi Hao from the Imperial Capital to witness it.
• Meng Chuan’s three strands of Emperor Qi began forming a cycle as his body filled with divine power and the Fourth Emperor Qi appeared.

Meng Chuan cultivated his fourth stream of Immortal Qi and ignited Divine Flame, but the Weird and the Unknown still did not appear. He then comprehended godhood through the world’s concepts of gods and transformed into a True God, creating a Divine Kingdom and domain.

• Meng Chuan cultivated his fourth stream of Immortal Qi, transforming Stone Village into a Holy Land as its residents and surroundings benefited.
• Meng Chuan ignited Divine Flame and waited for the Weird and the Unknown, but they did not appear.
• Meng Chuan asked Willow God and the others to recount ordinary people’s beliefs about gods, and their answers fed his Divine Flame.
• Meng Chuan declared that he was God, gathered countless concepts of godhood, and advanced into the True God realm.
• Meng Chuan created a Divine Kingdom in a separate Dimension and spread a divine domain in which all Laws belonged to him.

Meng Chuan completed his transformation into a True God and declared that he would preserve the Divine Way through the changing eras. As his presence strengthened Stone Village, its people advanced rapidly, and Shi Zhongtian broke through to the Venerable realm.

• Meng Chuan finished transforming into a True God, filling Stone Village with divine might and a True God's Dao resonance.
• Meng Chuan called for a celebration, while Willow God and Little Pagoda questioned the nature of his path.
• Meng Chuan explained that he would stand as the Divine Way's lone companion and preserve it after other eras and paths faded.
• Meng Chuan resolved to carry the Chaotic Ancient Method forward and raise it toward the heights of an undying system.
• Shi Zhongtian broke through to the Venerable realm, while other Stone Village residents advanced and Shi Yunfeng neared the Inscription Realm.

Factions from across the Eight Domains traveled to the Stone Kingdom for Shi Hao’s Human Emperor Ceremony, while Immortal Mountain debated whether to attend. In the palace, Meng Chuan reflected on becoming a True God before encountering the Fire Emperor and asking why he was still alive.

• Shi Hao threatened to hide during the next calamity and later kill every enemy whose faction skipped his ceremony, prompting Factions across the Eight Domains to attend.
• Immortal Mountain’s Deity ordered the faction to bring generous gifts, citing Qin Changsheng’s warning not to oppose those who had rescued Kunpeng's Son and taken Qin Hao.
• Immortal Mountain’s leaders decided not to warn other Factions about what they knew, hoping those rivals would also suffer a calamity.
• Stone Village’s people gathered in the Stone Kingdom Imperial Palace ahead of Shi Hao’s ceremony, while its children explored the palace.
• Meng Chuan contemplated how becoming a True God made the world feel connected to him, then greeted the Fire Emperor by asking how he was still alive.

Meng Chuan reunited with the Fire Emperor and learned how the Fire Nation survived the first calamity. As Shi Hao and Huo Ling'er bickered over his duties as Human Emperor and Yun Xi’s arrival, Meng Chuan and the Fire Emperor left their relationship to unfold naturally.

• The Fire Emperor told Meng Chuan that he and Little Red had reached the Divine Way and survived the calamity with help from a Formation Diagram Ling'er obtained from the Enchanted Cottage.
• The Fire Emperor warned Meng Chuan that the Great Calamity was not over, and Meng Chuan assured him he was prepared for the next attack.
• Shi Hao argued with Huo Ling'er, who complained to Meng Chuan after scolding and kicking him.
• Shi Qingfeng told Shi Hao that Yun Xi had arrived and asked him to welcome her, prompting Huo Ling'er to protest before Shi Hao hurried out.
• Huo Ling'er followed Shi Hao, while Shi Qingfeng joked that women were tigers and Meng Chuan and the Fire Emperor laughed.
• The Fire Emperor asked Meng Chuan about Shi Hao and Ling'er, and Meng Chuan said they should leave the young people to sort things out themselves.

Shi Hao’s Human Emperor Ceremony drew powerful factions to the Imperial Capital, where the Stone Kingdom and Fire Nation’s strength discouraged them from acting. As the ceremony began, Shi Hao appeared on the central dais amid the Stone Kingdom’s acclaim.

• Venerables from across the Eight Domains arrived for Shi Hao’s ceremony and reconsidered their plans after sensing the Stone Kingdom’s and Fire Nation’s forces.
• The Fire Emperor asked Meng Chuan about the ceremony’s purpose, and Meng Chuan explained that it would lure enemies out, proclaim the Stone Kingdom’s power, and establish authority.
• Meng Chuan asked what the Fire Emperor would do if only one Human Emperor could remain, and the Fire Emperor said the Fire Clan could survive even if the Fire Nation disappeared.
• The Human Emperor Ceremony began in the Imperial Palace with visitors and officials gathered before the central dais.
• Shi Hao appeared on the dais as the Stone Kingdom’s people shouted their acclaim.

At the Human Emperor Ceremony, Shi Hao announced that he intended to unite the Eight Domains under the Stone Kingdom and impose a unified set of Laws. The Outer Regions’ factions rejected his claim, and a strange force descended from the sky as one of them mocked the Stone Kingdom.

• Shi Hao presided over the ceremony with an imperial presence that astonished the assembled Venerables.
• Shi Hao declared himself the Human Emperor, and the Stone Kingdom’s people bowed to him.
• Shi Hao announced that all land and people across the Eight Domains belonged under the Human Emperor’s rule, provoking angry protests from the Outer Regions’ factions.
• Meng Chuan calmly told the Fire Emperor that uniting the Eight Domains was no great challenge and explained how the Stone Kingdom could gather Fortune through Divine Investiture.
• Shi Hao silenced the protesters with Word Follows Deed and declared that the Eight Domains needed one set of Laws.
• After a speaker mocked the Stone Kingdom, space warped and an oppressive force descended from the sky.

Shi Hao launched a battle against the Outer Regions' Venerables as a second great calamity approached and their Cult Masters forced their way toward the Eight Domains. The fighting continued while Meng Chuan watched the descending forces and noted how determined they were to capture Shi Hao.

• Shi Hao condemned the Outer Regions' Venerables for misleading people and attacked them, prompting the Stone Kingdom and Fire Nation's Venerables to join the fight.
• The Imperial Capital Formation contained the battle's shockwaves, and Meng Chuan secretly reinforced it while Huo Ling'er worried about Shi Hao.
• Immortal Mountain's forces stayed out of the battle, while the Fire Emperor and others held the Outer Regions' Deities at bay.
• Shi Hao fought through the Venerables with strength amplified by Imperial Dao Might and the Imperial Capital Formation.
• Meng Chuan saw artifacts and Cult Masters forcing their way toward the Eight Domains and remarked that they were determined to capture Shi Hao.

Meng Chuan and his allies prepared for powerful visitors from the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, but a much larger group of Giants descended on the Eight Domains. The Giants targeted Shi Hao for his Ten Fiend Treasure Techniques, leaving him under crushing pressure as he defiantly challenged them.

• Meng Chuan told Huo Ling'er and his allies that the visitors from the Three Thousand Dao Provinces were approaching with gifts.
• Willow God, Little Pagoda, the Heavenly Desolate Halberd, and Kunpeng's Son prepared to face the descending Cult Masters alongside Meng Chuan.
• Numerous Giants and Dharma Artifacts descended into the Eight Domains, far more than Little Pagoda had expected.
• Willow God explained that Shi Hao's Ten Fiend Treasure Techniques and the Enchanted Cottage had drawn the Giants to the Lower Realm.
• The Giants located the battle at the Stone Kingdom Imperial Capital and focused their overwhelming pressure on Shi Hao, who defiantly threatened to beat them all to death.

Shi Hao provoked the Upper Realm Cult Masters, who tried to seize him over his Ten Fiend Treasure Technique and Stone Race bloodline. He retreated behind Meng Chuan, who answered their attacks by throwing Little Pagoda at them.

• A Cult Master identified Shi Hao as a descendant of Sin Blood, and Shi Hao angrily defended the Stone Race against the accusation.
• The Cult Masters attacked one another as they competed to capture Shi Hao and claim his Ten Fiend Treasure Technique.
• Shi Hao called for Meng Chuan's help and hid behind him, while the Cult Masters noticed Meng Chuan was a True God and decided to seize him too.
• Meng Chuan told Shi Hao he had a clever plan, grabbed Little Pagoda, and hurled him into the Cult Masters' attacks.
• Little Pagoda ricocheted through the sky under the blows, and Meng Chuan declared that this was his plan.

Little Pagoda battled the Yin-Yang Daoist while the Upper Realm giants watched for a chance to seize his tiers. Shi Hao mocked the giants, and Meng Chuan’s intervention came as Kunpeng’s Son arrived to strike them.

• The Yin-Yang Daoist attacked Little Pagoda to reclaim and unite his tiers, while the other giants held back and waited for an opening.
• Little Pagoda fought the Yin-Yang Daoist, and Meng Chuan urged him to engage more opponents so they could not seize his tiers.
• Little Pagoda sent the Yin-Yang Daoist’s two tiers crashing toward other giants and drew two more into the battle.
• Shi Hao taunted the giants for failing to defeat Little Pagoda, and one giant attacked him with a Spear of Demonic Aura.
• Kunpeng’s Son arrived wielding the Heavenly Desolate Halberd, shattered the spear, and sent the attacking giant flying.

Kunpeng's Son and the Heavenly Desolate Halberd faced the Upper Realm giants, and the halberd attacked the heirs of those who had ambushed Kunpeng. After rejecting the giants’ offer to leave, Kunpeng's Son charged them, beginning a battle against many foes alone.

• The Heavenly Desolate Halberd attacked several Upper Realm giants, demanding to know where Ao Ling and the Immortal Hall remnant were.
• The giants fighting the halberd struggled against its strength, while Kunpeng's Son watched the others and the halberd targeted enemies tied to Kunpeng’s ambush.
• A Western Sect giant questioned whether the Immortal Heavenly Venerable had freed Kunpeng's Son, but Kunpeng's Son denied it and said other fellow Daoists had rescued him.
• The giants offered Kunpeng's Son freedom if he withdrew and threatened to kill him if he stayed.
• Kunpeng's Son mocked the giants, challenged them to take his life, and charged them with his wings.

Meng Chuan and his companions held off the invading Cult Masters, while the remaining foes suspected Meng Chuan was connected to the Enchanted Cottage. When they refused to leave, Meng Chuan had Shi Hao call for help, and Willow God appeared to attack them.

• Little Pagoda, the Heavenly Desolate Halberd, and Kunpeng's Son fought multiple Cult Masters at once, while the remaining invaders watched Meng Chuan.
• Meng Chuan offered the Cult Masters without personal grudges a chance to return home, but they instead questioned him about the Enchanted Cottage.
• Meng Chuan told Shi Hao to call for help, and Shi Hao shouted for Willow God to save him.
• Willow God sent branches from the Void to lash at the remaining Cult Masters.

Willow God emerged from the Void and overwhelmed the Cult Master Giants, turning the battle against the invaders. As Shi Hao celebrated, Meng Chuan took credit for directing events, but Shi Hao privately asked whether he was simply too weak to fight.

• Willow God appeared in the Void and struck the Cult Masters, sending them into the Outer Regions and gravely wounding one.
• Willow God attacked the Cult Masters again, breaking apart one Giant and forcing the group to fight together.
• Willow God unleashed her Divine Abilities and drove the Cult Masters toward defeat as Shi Hao praised her.
• Meng Chuan claimed his planning had secured the advantage without his needing to fight.
• Shi Hao whispered to Meng Chuan that he suspected Meng Chuan was only watching because he could not beat the Giants.

Shi Hao charged into the battle for Stone Kingdom and used Imperial Dao Might with the True Dragon Treasure Technique to overwhelm the Outer Regions’ Venerables. His display drew the Cult Masters’ attention to the Ten Fiend Treasure Techniques, but Willow God killed a Giant before he could pursue his ambitions.

• Meng Chuan kicked Shi Hao toward the Outer Regions’ Venerables and urged him to fight, while Shi Hao mistook Meng Chuan’s restraint for helplessness.
• Shi Hao attacked the Venerables alone, and the Fire Emperor and Stone Kingdom’s other Divine Flame cultivators joined the renewed battle against the Outer Regions’ forces.
• The Sacrificial Spirit of Heaven Mending Pavilion entered the Divine Way Battlefield and helped Stone Kingdom’s side gain the advantage.
• Shi Hao gathered Stone Kingdom’s Fortune in the Imperial Capital and used the True Dragon Treasure Technique to dominate the Venerables’ battlefield.
• The Cult Masters and Giants recognized Shi Hao’s complete True Dragon Treasure Technique and became convinced that the Enchanted Cottage might possess all ten Ten Fiend Treasure Techniques.
• A Giant vowed to claim the Eight Domains, but Willow God severed his head and erased his Primordial Spirit.

Willow God killed a Cult Master and unleashed the Willow God Technique, turning the battle against the Upper Realm Giants. With her help, Little Pagoda ambushed and killed the Yin-Yang Daoist, reclaiming his missing sections as the fighting continued.

• Willow God killed a Cult Master, shocking the other Giants and making their resistance falter.
• Meng Chuan watched the battle and reflected that the warriors he had gathered were beginning to bear fruit.
• Little Pagoda asked Willow God to help him kill the Yin-Yang Daoist and reclaim his missing pagoda sections.
• Willow God unleashed the Willow God Technique, forcing the Cult Masters fighting her onto the defensive.
• Little Pagoda and Willow God ambushed the Yin-Yang Daoist, overwhelmed him, and Little Pagoda erased his life imprint.
• Little Pagoda reclaimed his two missing sections and erased the Yin-Yang Daoist's imprints from them.

Little Pagoda erased the Yin and Yang Daoist’s Imprint and began merging with the two sections of his body, while the Cult Masters tried to stop him. Meng Chuan then revealed that Wuzhong’s Bell and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc obeyed him, confirming his transformation had succeeded.

• Little Pagoda erased the Yin and Yang Daoist’s Imprint from the two pagoda sections and discovered that the Daoist had tried to cultivate a Ling inside them.
• Willow God took over Little Pagoda’s opponents as he began merging with the two sections.
• The Cult Masters and Giants attacked Little Pagoda to interrupt the merging, and Wuzhong’s Bell and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc joined in.
• Meng Chuan rose into the air and approached Little Pagoda without entering Willow God’s battle.
• Meng Chuan told Wuzhong’s Bell and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc to settle down, and both Weapons obeyed and moved affectionately to his side.

Meng Chuan quieted the Bell of Wuzhong and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc, erased their wielders’ imprints, and took the artifacts for Willow God. Little Pagoda completed his fusion, shifting the battle’s balance as Meng Chuan left the battlefield.

• Meng Chuan sensed that the Bell of Wuzhong and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc had nearly extinguished Artifact Spirits and had been scarred by their battles against the Foreign Realm.
• The Bell of Wuzhong and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc flew to Meng Chuan, and he took them, erasing the imprints of their furious former wielders.
• Little Pagoda thanked Meng Chuan as he nearly completed his fusion with his missing levels.
• Meng Chuan told Willow God that the promised artifacts were ready, then swept away from the battlefield with the Bell of Wuzhong and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc.
• Little Pagoda completed the fusion, and the surge of light marked the end of the deadlock and a shift in the battle.

Little Pagoda merged with two layers of his body and joined the Heavenly Desolate Halberd, turning the battle against the Giants in their favor. As the fighting continued below, Meng Chuan aided Shi Hao’s allies and helped the Gourd Vine approach a breakthrough to True God, bringing the Human Emperor contest closer to a decisive turn.

• Little Pagoda merged with two layers of his body, then joined the Heavenly Desolate Halberd against the Giants.
• Little Pagoda and the Heavenly Desolate Halberd fought together, gaining the advantage as their battle crossed into another domain.
• Meng Chuan strengthened the Imperial Capital Formation, protecting the Stone Kingdom capital and helping its Venerables while Shi Hao fought the Outer Regions’ Venerables.
• Meng Chuan recognized the Gourd Vine’s potential and sent him insights into the True God realm.
• The Gourd Vine comprehended Meng Chuan’s words and began to unleash his accumulated power, nearing a breakthrough to True God.