Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Two days after the Celestial Court’s victory over the Void Fiends, its ten Dao Artifact cities remain the main footholds in the Otherworldly Void. The Court and the Myriad Races plan to build more fortified cities, since ordinary structures cannot withstand the void’s dangers.
• Many players stay in the cities, eager to hunt Void Fiends for the large amounts of experience they provide. They rest and replenish themselves before venturing farther into the void.
• Liu Qinghong, Cao Hong, and their companions discuss exchanging fiendstones for Merit Points. They learn that Merit Points can buy major resources or, at higher levels, a position on the Investiture of the Gods List. Players value the status such a position might bring, while native cultivators prize the chance to be resurrected after death.
• The group visits a Celestial Court branch, where players trade Experience Stones for jade Merit Point talismans and can browse stalls selling equipment, pills, formations, and other goods.
• Liu Qinghong discovers that Stabilizing Talismans, which shield users from the God-Slaying Astral Wind, have limited energy. A new talisman costs ten Spirit Martial Merit Points and lasts a month under normal use. He protests the price, but the seller, Kong Ye, insists the cost is standard and necessary for survival outside the city.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Qinghong is practical and politically minded: he argues that a divine title could give players valuable standing even if they can already resurrect. His concern shifts to alarm when he realizes his own Stabilizing Talisman is wearing out.
• Cao Hong asks questions and helps the group investigate how Merit Points and the branch’s exchange system work.
• The players are drawn by the Void Fiends’ experience rewards, but their discussion shows they are also weighing the social advantages of gaining Celestial Court status.
• Kong Ye, a high-ranking member of the Nine-Headed Dog Race, sells Stabilizing Talismans. He explains their cost and necessity, then returns to resting; he is also exploring the Otherworldly Void in hopes of reaching True Immortality.

Significant themes

• Opportunity and danger: The Otherworldly Void offers players abundant experience, but survival requires costly protection and preparation.
• Status and power: The Investiture of the Gods List represents not just resurrection for native cultivators, but political standing and access to benefits for players.
• Commerce in wartime: Merchants quickly establish businesses in the new frontier, where access depends on influence as much as money.
• The gap between players and natives: Players can revive after death, but remain socially and politically disadvantaged; natives face permanent death but may gain immortality through the List.

Plot and key events

• Liu Qinghong confirms that a Stabilizing Talisman is essential for surviving outside the city in the Otherworldly Void. Before buying one, he asks Kong Ye what merit points can purchase.
• Kong Ye sells him a jade talisman containing the Celestial Court’s merit-exchange lists. Liu discovers that incomplete and complete rules—key resources for achieving immortality—cost one million and ten million merit points, respectively. The exchange system also has tiers for different cultivation levels.
• At a Celestial Court assembly, a god proposes creating a force of Heavenly Soldiers to defend the Outer Battlefield. Qin Shujian agrees, setting a minimum cultivation level and announcing that both recruits and potential Heavenly Generals will face tests.
• Xi Yang asks to give his promised divine position to Su Zhan. Qin instead reveals plans for a Heavenly Artifact Bureau and an Artifact God position, reserved for the first Forging Master to reach the Third Array Dao Realm. He explains that similarly qualified pioneers in other professions—such as array formation and alchemy—may also earn divine positions.
• Qin Shujian later searches his memories of the Third Era for the Heavenly Soldiers’ battle formation. He finds an incomplete recollection and believes he can reconstruct the missing parts. News of the recruitment then begins to spread.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Qinghong shows caution by seeking information before spending his resources, then eagerly trades a fiendstone for access to the exchange lists. The rules he discovers reveal a possible route to immortality, though one currently beyond his means.
• Kong Ye helps Liu while amused that Liu does not realize everyone receives the same information on their first merit exchange.
• Qin Shujian shifts attention from the Celestial Court’s elite strength toward institutional organization: building its military, filling specialized offices, and restoring an old military formation.
• Xi Yang advocates for Heavenly Generals and seeks a divine position for Su Zhan. Qin redirects the proposal toward a potentially more valuable future role.
• The assembled gods support the military plan but become wary when Qin’s new divine positions promise substantial authority—and may favor the Human Race, which currently leads in many technical professions.

Significant themes

• Power through organization: Individual strength matters, but disciplined forces and formations can let weaker cultivators challenge far stronger opponents.
• Knowledge and merit: Merit points provide access to extraordinary resources, including rules that can enable immortality, but the highest rewards remain prohibitively expensive.
• Competition and institutional power: Divine positions bring not just prestige but control over professions and resources, intensifying rivalry among the races.
• Restoring and adapting the past: Qin draws on incomplete memories from an earlier era to rebuild the Celestial Court’s military capabilities for present-day threats.

Plot points and events

• The Celestial Court is recruiting Heavenly Soldiers. The minimum requirement—reaching the fourth heavenly-being level—excludes most cultivators, and applicants must still pass an assessment.
• The Origin Sect’s leaders discuss competing for posts in the Celestial Court. Though the Qianyuan Sacred Ground has a different Sacred Lord, the Origin Sect remains its strongest sect in terms of experts and foundations, largely thanks to its founder, the Heavenly Emperor Qin Shujian.
• The sect aims to secure Heavenly General positions for its three members on the Battle General List: Shi Jianfeng, Ning Xuan, and Zhang Ergou. Shi and Ning are confident in their chances, though the assessment is unknown; Zhang is absent and cannot be contacted.
• They also consider divine positions awarded to the first cultivators in Alchemy, Array, and Forging to reach the third realm. The Origin Sect’s strongest contender is Shen Yuhua in Alchemy, while its Array and Forging leaders admit they trail rivals from Great Zhao and the sacred ground.

Character developments and interactions

• Xu Yuanming, now the Origin Sect’s Sect Master and a seventh-level heavenly being, directs the discussion and urges the sect to pursue opportunities in the Celestial Court.
• Zheng Fang supports his assessment, while Niu Feng cautions that few Origin Sect members are positioned to become Heavenly Generals.
• Shi Jianfeng relies on his Fleshly Sainthood strength; Ning Xuan, Qin Shujian’s disciple, is similarly confident because of the Heaven-Evolving Path. Xu Yuanming sees Ning as the sect’s greatest long-term asset, since the Celestial Court would likely grant him a divine position if he attains Immortality.
• Shen Yuhua is willing to compete for an Alchemy Dao position despite her relatively low cultivation. Shen Yuqing and Xiang Haoqian are more realistic about their weaker prospects in Forging and formations; Shen Yuqing, in particular, is content with his achievements and lacks strong ambition for further advancement.

Significant themes

• Opportunity and hierarchy: Even the lowest Celestial Court rank carries prestige, but demanding qualifications and limited posts make competition fierce.
• Foundations versus age: Qin Shujian’s legacy has given the Origin Sect exceptional strength, yet its short history limits its progress in specialized disciplines.
• Different paths to power: Members debate the relative advantages of Fleshly Sainthood and the Heaven-Evolving Path, while recognizing the costs and difficulty of each.
• Ambition and contentment: Some characters pursue greater status, while others accept their accomplishments without seeking more.

Plot points and events

• Xu Yuanming offers Shen Yuhua sect resources to help her advance in the Alchemy Dao, hoping she can compete for a divine seat. Shen says high-grade materials could help her reach the Second Realm within a few years; she cannot guarantee reaching the Third. Xu agrees that the Second Realm would be enough to compete—and would benefit the sect even if she fails.
• Zhang Ergou, exhausted from roaming the Eastern Continent for resources to develop his star acupoints, complains that he should have chosen an easier cultivation path. The Heaven and Earth Bow suggests hunting powerful creatures instead. It recommends the Otherworldly Void or the Death Sea, warning that the Void is especially dangerous. Zhang chooses the Death Sea and sets off toward Eastern Pattern Prefecture.
• Qin Shujian senses something stirring in a volcano within his inner world. Two Phoenixes emerge from the magma, creating a Phoenix rule and making his world more complete. Other life forms begin appearing too: within a month, dozens have emerged, ranging from Heavenly Beings to Great Powers.
• Qin continues recovering from his injuries while his inner world develops. Each new rule strengthens his foundation, and he expects his power to grow far more dramatically as the world’s inhabitants mature. When his middle thousand world becomes a Great Thousand World, he will reach the Dao Fruit Level.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Yuhua shows confidence in her potential but remains realistic about how far she can advance. Xu Yuanming is willing to invest heavily in her because her success could strengthen the Origin Sect amid the quiet rivalries between factions.
• Zhang Ergou is frustrated by the demands of his chosen cultivation path, but his conversation with the Heaven and Earth Bow gives him a practical new direction. Their familiar, teasing exchange reflects years of companionship.
• Qin Shujian remains a careful observer of his inner world. He chooses not to interfere with its natural development, while recognizing that its growth is also a route to his own advancement.

Significant themes

• Factional competition and investment: Even in a seemingly unified Human Race, sects maneuver for influence; cultivating a powerful alchemist and securing a divine seat could help the Origin Sect.
• The costs of chosen paths: Zhang’s world-evolving method offers great potential but demands exhausting travel and dangerous resource hunting.
• Growth through world-building: Qin’s inner world develops its own life and rules, steadily increasing his strength and laying the groundwork for a future Dao Fruit breakthrough.
• Natural development versus interference: Qin lets the Phoenixes and other creatures emerge and shape the world on their own, treating its changes as part of a natural process.

Key plot points and events

• Qin Shujian returns to the Qianyuan World and sees that the steles containing the Universe-Inquiring Dao Scripture and Human Emperor Immortal-Slaying Art are close to becoming Ancestral Weapons. Their widespread use has filled them with faith, while the steles for auxiliary arts lag behind.
• The Godslayer Saber discusses advancing through its sixth tribulation. It estimates needing the deaths of roughly 500 First-Tier True Immortals, or potentially twice that many to ensure success. Qin Shujian suggests the Death Sea’s beasts and the Void Fiends may provide enough opponents.
• Qin Shujian visits Muyang, the Osmanthus Tree, who has advanced to the Tenth Heavenly Being level and is nearing True Immortality. He tells Muyang to unite the scattered Spirit Race after becoming an immortal and promises him a Celestial Court position.
• Muyang chooses to accompany Qin Shujian. The tree uproots itself, alarming powerful cultivators in the Qianyuan World. Qin Yuanbai and the others relax only after realizing the Heavenly Emperor is responsible.
• At the Celestial Court, Qin Shujian assigns Muyang to guard the Heavenly Palace. Muyang takes root beneath it, spreads his canopy over it, draws in star power, and releases spiritual energy that enriches the Court.
• Xiao Chengfeng, reflecting on the recent battle with Yelvis, is frustrated that he failed to kill the Demon Emperor. He nevertheless expects to advance from fourth- to fifth-stage immortal soon. The Heaven-Splitting Halberd warns that the approaching Demon Abyss may bring another major war.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian shows confidence in the Human Race’s growing strength and a gentler, supportive side toward Muyang. He also makes clear that coming wars will require stronger weapons and allies.
• Muyang has grown from a small tree into a powerful being approaching True Immortality. His loyalty to Qin Shujian leads him to leave the Qianyuan World and accept the duty of protecting the Heavenly Palace.
• The Godslayer Saber reveals its ambition to grow stronger, though its enormous demand for victims surprises Qin Shujian.
• Xiao Chengfeng is humbled by the gap between himself and Qin Shujian, but his competitive pride remains. He uses his recent defeat as motivation to grow stronger.
• Qin Yuanbai and the Qianyuan cultivators respond to Qin Shujian with awe and deference, illustrating his overwhelming authority.

Significant themes

• Faith and collective belief: Shared devotion can transform objects into powerful, potentially sentient Ancestral Weapons.
• Power, responsibility, and loyalty: Muyang’s reward for years of loyalty is both an honored position and the serious responsibility of guarding the Heavenly Palace.
• Rapid cultivation and changing eras: The current age offers opportunities for advancement that would have been extraordinary in ancient times.
• Preparation for conflict: The characters’ focus on stronger weapons, cultivation, and defense signals that a wider war with the Void Fiends and Demon forces is approaching.

Key events

• Qin Shujian leaves the Celestial Court in secret, instructing Muyang to turn away visiting gods and consult Scattered Flowers if needed. He also gives Muyang an item for Emperor Zhao’s Heavenly Soldiers’ assessment.
• He enters the Otherworldly Void to seek stars whose energy could strengthen the Great Thousand World and to gather materials for a true Heavenly Cycle Star Chart. The damaged ancient stars have weakened the Celestial Court’s supply of Star Power, making the growth of powerful cultivators urgent.
• During his journey, Qin casually kills numerous void fiends, collecting their fiendstones. He finds that even a weak star can contain valuable star sulfur slurry and a star core.
• Knowing he needs at least 365 star cores to forge the formation diagram, he investigates an ancient star beast’s corpse and extracts a powerful core from its heart. The core is over a hundred times stronger than the one from the small star.
• As he stores the corpse, a powerful presence approaches; the void shatters and a beast roars, setting up a likely confrontation.

Character development and interactions

• Qin is shown as practical and strategically minded: he prioritizes strengthening the Celestial Court, keeps his departure secret, and weighs the dangers of disturbing stars that may contain sleeping star beasts.
• His curiosity and resourcefulness drive him to explore the void and recognize that star-beast corpses may contain the cores he needs.
• Muyang obeys Qin’s instructions, while the Godslayer Saber offers information about how rare void beasts are.

Significant themes

• Preparation against looming danger: The Great Thousand World must quickly build up its strength for a future conflict.
• Resourcefulness and opportunity: Qin turns dangerous void fiends, overlooked stars, and old corpses into useful assets.
• Power and restraint: Although Qin can destroy stars, he avoids provoking sleeping star beasts that could bring disaster.
• Declining legacies: The loss of legendary forging experts leaves Qin facing the challenge of recreating an artifact once made by masters of the past.

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Chapter Summary

Key events

• Qin Shujian encounters a seventh-level Immortal Void Beast drawn to the corpse of a powerful star beast. He defeats it in battle and refines its body with the Truth-Severing Red Lotus.
• The refinement barely strengthens Qin Shujian—about one ten-thousandth of his power—making him question whether his body has reached its current limit. He concludes that gathering enough energy to break through to the Dao Fruit realm by refining powerful beings is probably impossible. Instead, he decides to use further refinements to strengthen the Red Lotus itself.
• Using the star beast’s blood as bait, Qin Shujian attracts and slays more Void Beasts. The Red Lotus burns through many weaker beasts, while he kills the stronger ones with his saber. He also captures a second, powerful star in the Investiture of the Gods List and continues searching the void, hoping to strengthen the Red Lotus and advance the Godslayer Saber’s tribulation.
• In the Moxialuo Clan, Yelvis orders his people to kill Great Thousand World cultivators who enter the void, lest they discover the clan’s location. Langfellow fears the Great Thousand World may again overwhelm the Void Fiend Clans as it did more than a million years ago. Yelvis dismisses the concern, focusing instead on becoming a Demon Monarch.
• The Celestial Court prepares a selection for Heavenly Soldiers and Generals. Emperor Zhao receives the Heavenly Emperor’s instructions and announces a dangerous assessment: candidates must enter a nine-story pagoda. Soldier candidates must clear five floors; General candidates must clear all nine. Each must obtain a floor’s Command Token to leave safely, and those who fail the first floor may die.
• Many candidates withdraw, but Qin Yuanbai enters first, followed by Shan Hao and Huo Zhan. Others follow before the quarter-hour deadline. Emperor Zhao then seals the entrance, disqualifying everyone who stayed outside.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian recognizes that ordinary bodily refinement can no longer meaningfully increase his strength. Rather than abandon the Truth-Severing Red Lotus, he shifts his goal to developing it as a powerful weapon against reality and illusion. He also continues building up the Godslayer Saber.
• Yelvis is revealed to be near the Demon Monarch realm after recovering and advancing through the Demon Pool. He is ambitious and confident that greater strength will let him pursue his own interests. Langfellow, by contrast, is wary of the Great Thousand World’s rapid rise and the weakened state of the Void Fiend Clans.
• Qin Yuanbai, despite already being a prominent Sacred Lord, seeks a place in the Celestial Court and accepts the assessment without hesitation. His resolve influences others.
• Huo Zhan consults Qin Yuanbai about the unknown assessment, then joins after seeing others take the lead, partly hoping to make a favorable impression. Shan Hao also steps forward.
• Emperor Zhao explains the risks without pressuring anyone. His emphasis on courage as well as strength establishes that the Celestial Court wants candidates capable of surviving and serving in war.

Significant themes

• The limits of power: Qin Shujian discovers that even refining a powerful immortal yields negligible gains once he reaches his current physical limit.
• Strength as security: Yelvis treats strength as the answer to political danger, while the struggle among the Celestial Court and Void Fiends shows how shifting power can determine entire clans’ survival.
• Courage and judgment: The pagoda assessment tests not only ability but willingness to face danger. Candidates must balance ambition against the value of their lives.
• Ambition and opportunity: Entry into the Celestial Court offers status and possible future advancement, prompting candidates to risk death despite uncertain rewards.

Key plot points and events

• Qin Yuanbai enters the Treasure Pagoda’s Heavenly General assessment. On the first floor, he must defeat two opponents at his own cultivation level. He quickly finds that the constructed opponents have unusually potent energy and regeneration but cannot use the power of rules.
• After defeating them, Qin receives a Command Token marked “one.” An hour later, the pagoda transports him to the second floor, where he faces three opponents. The number of opponents appears to rise with each floor.
• Outside the pagoda, Emperor Zhao explains the lights that track the assessment: green means advancement, yellow means someone has left, black means death, and white points show how many people remain alive on each floor. A wounded cultivator who withdraws reports that challengers face opponents at their own realm and that the test is extremely demanding.
• Ning Xuan, despite being only at the fifth heavenly being realm, advances rapidly because his actual strength rivals that of tenth-level cultivators. On the fifth floor, however, he encounters a sixth-level opponent who can wield rules—a major increase in difficulty. He defeats it effortlessly and reaches the ninth floor.
• By the time half a day has passed, no one else has died after the early fatalities, and the eighth floor is the furthest reached by anyone besides Ning Xuan. On entering the ninth floor, Ning finds himself in a star-filled space and reacts with surprise.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Yuanbai approaches the assessment analytically, inferring how the opponents are generated and recognizing that the early floors test combat strength directly. His confidence is reinforced by his easy victories.
• Ning Xuan demonstrates extraordinary ability and composure. His low cultivation rank belies his power, and Emperor Zhao compares his potential to Qin Shujian’s at a similar stage.
• Emperor Zhao guides the assembled observers by explaining the pagoda’s signals and watches the challengers from within his role as the pagoda’s bound owner.
• The wounded cultivator’s account informs the crowd of the assessment’s rules and danger, prompting concern about the later floors.

Significant themes

• Strength beyond cultivation rank: Ning Xuan’s performance shows that a cultivator’s realm does not necessarily reflect their true ability.
• Escalating trials and adaptation: The pagoda increases the challenge through growing numbers of opponents and, later, opponents from a higher realm who can use rules.
• Power and limitations: The constructed fighters are formidable but lack the rule-based amplification of living cultivators—until the fifth floor introduces a sharper challenge.
• Risk, endurance, and choice: Challengers can withdraw using their Command Tokens, but doing so means giving up further progress; the assessment tests not only power but also judgment.

Key plot points and events

• On the Treasure Pagoda’s ninth floor, Ning Xuan faces a perfect replica of himself. Their sword skills and strength match, so he tries to identify weaknesses in his own fighting rather than overpower his opponent.
• Qin Yuanbai is the first to pass the Heavenly Generals assessment. He credits extensive combat experience and a breakthrough during the fight, and realizes that defeating oneself can bring major gains. Over the following days, Ning Xuan, Shi Jianfeng, and other candidates also pass, though several powerful fighters fail.
• Emperor Zhao gathers those who passed, seals the Treasure Pagoda, and prepares to take them to the Celestial Court.
• Elsewhere in the Star River, Qin Shujian and the Godslayer Saber discuss the saber’s progress toward its sixth tribulation. It needs the energy of roughly ten more upper-third-tier true immortals.
• The saber suggests breaking apart ancient stars to hunt the powerful Star Beasts within. Qin Shujian considers the idea but delays, wary that a Star Beast—possibly even a Half-Step Dao Fruit being—could endanger the Celestial Court.
• Qin Shujian continues exploring, collecting stars and star cores. The Investiture of the Gods List becomes so overloaded that its power strains his sea of consciousness. As he prepares to return, he senses that the surrounding space has changed.

Character developments and interactions

• Ning Xuan learns that his greatest challenge is recognizing his own flaws; the prolonged fight forces him to study his techniques with unusual clarity.
• Qin Yuanbai emerges with increased combat insight and confidence that he can reach half-immortal strength after consolidating his gains. He also doubts whether Ning Xuan’s limited combat experience will serve him well.
• Qin Shujian remains cautious and strategic, prioritizing the safety of the Celestial Court over immediate rewards.
• The Godslayer Saber is ambitious and eager to advance, pressing Qin Shujian to pursue dangerous targets. Their exchange reflects a familiar dynamic: the saber proposes bold plans, while Qin Shujian judges the risks.

Significant themes

• Self-knowledge and self-mastery: Fighting an equal reveals flaws that ordinary victories conceal; overcoming oneself is both difficult and transformative.
• Growth through hardship: Qin Yuanbai’s assessment battle produces lasting gains even beyond the qualification it earns him.
• Power and responsibility: Qin Shujian’s increasing strength and resources do not eliminate the need for caution, especially when risks could threaten the wider world.
• Limits of power: Even a formidable divine weapon such as the Investiture of the Gods List can be pushed beyond its capacity.

Plot points and events

• Qin Shujian enters a region of the Otherworldly Void where the laws of nature are violently disordered and a sinister aura erodes the minds of living beings.
• He identifies the disturbance as the lingering influence of a Dao Fruit-level being. Because no living Dao Fruit expert appears to exist in the current era, he concludes the source is likely dead and decides to investigate rather than retreat.
• Qin and the Godslayer Saber encounter Void Beasts and Void Fiends driven into mindless violence by the dead being’s will. Qin destroys the creatures they meet, both because they cannot be restored and because they pose a threat.
• After traveling for many days, they discover an enormous blood-colored continent. Bloody hands reach from it to seize nearby beings, forcing Qin to cut them off and retreat.
• Qin recognizes the continent as the Demon Abyss. The Godslayer Saber recalls its ancient descent, when a bloody sky preceded the arrival of evil fiends and widespread slaughter.
• Qin realizes the Demon Abyss is not simply a place created by a Dao Fruit expert: it is a world formed from the body of a fallen Dao Fruit existence. Evil fiends are born from that being’s flesh and blood, explaining why they are so difficult to kill.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian remains composed in the face of a terrifying, unknown domain. His knowledge of Dao Fruit-level beings helps him interpret what he sees, and his investigation leads him to revise his understanding of the Demon Abyss.
• The Godslayer Saber is repeatedly shaken by the revelations and initially urges Qin to flee. Qin reassures him that the source is likely dead, then explains the nature of Dao Fruit power and the Demon Abyss.
• Their relationship is marked by the Saber’s caution and Qin’s confidence; the Saber asks questions while Qin guides and instructs him.

Significant themes

• The lingering power of the dead: A fallen Dao Fruit being’s will can still corrupt creatures and disrupt the laws of an entire region.
• The boundary between life, death, and world-making: The Demon Abyss is an entire world born from a powerful being’s corpse.
• The cost of transcendent power: Dao Fruit existence surpasses ordinary rules, but its remains can continue to shape and endanger the universe long after death.
• Knowledge and revision: Qin’s direct discoveries overturn his prior assumptions about the Demon Abyss and the origins of evil fiends.

Plot and events

• Qin Shujian encounters the approaching Demon Abyss, a blood-red continent formed from the body of a fallen Dao Fruit expert. Its corrupted creatures are dragged inside and consumed.
• He explains that the evil fiends are trapped within the Demon Abyss. They can escape only if its blood-colored barrier is broken, a feat that would require one of them to reach Dao Fruit status. The fiends may seek to devour the Great Thousand World’s origin to achieve this.
• Qin Shujian cannot be sure the being whose body became the Abyss is truly dead, though resurrection after a genuine Dao Fruit death is virtually impossible. He decides not to attack: the Abyss’s barrier and multiple half-step Dao Fruit fiends make it too dangerous.
• Seeing the Abyss firsthand makes the approaching calamity feel far more urgent. Qin Shujian returns to the Great Thousand World, where expanded defensive cities form an array across the Outer Battlefield. He warns the guards to prevent Void Fiends from infiltrating through the Heaven-Earth Passage.
• Back in the Celestial Court, he finds that the Heavenly Soldier and Heavenly General selection is complete. Thirty-five thousand soldiers and twenty-nine generals have been chosen, including familiar cultivators such as Shi Jianfeng and Ning Xuan. Zhang Ergou did not pass the Star Tower’s final trial, which tests comprehension as well as strength.
• Qin Shujian returns the Star Tower to public use. He removes its seals, sending it to the Fallen Immortal Domain, and announces that cultivators may spend 100 merit points per attempt. Clearing five floors refunds the cost; clearing all nine earns an additional 1,000 points. The city’s cultivators eagerly consider trying it as a safer alternative to hunting Void Fiends.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian shifts from a relaxed journey to a more urgent awareness of the coming disaster. He remains cautious and refuses to gamble his life against the Demon Abyss, while continuing to strengthen the world’s defenses and make the Star Tower useful to cultivators.
• The Godslayer Saber questions whether the Dao Fruit being behind the Abyss might still be alive. Qin Shujian gives a measured answer, emphasizing the uncertainty surrounding beings at that level.
• Emperor Zhao reports the completed Heavenly Soldier and General selection and returns the Star Tower to Qin Shujian.
• The Celestial Court’s gods, including Xiao Chengfeng, gather at Qin Shujian’s order. The soldiers and generals, meanwhile, remain unaware of his return because they cannot detect him.

Significant themes

• The scale and uncertainty of power: Dao Fruit beings are so extraordinary that even their death and possible return are difficult to judge.
• Prudence in the face of calamity: Qin Shujian recognizes that the threat is serious but avoids a reckless attack he is unlikely to survive.
• Preparation and collective defense: The battlefield array, guarded passage, and organized Celestial Court reflect efforts to prepare for an approaching invasion.
• Risk, merit, and opportunity: The Star Tower offers cultivators a controlled but still dangerous way to earn rewards, contrasting with the lethal uncertainty of fighting Void Fiends.

Plot and major events

• After reopening the Star Tower, Qin Shujian sets a goal of recruiting 100,000 Heavenly Soldiers and 1,000 Heavenly Generals. Though many in the court doubt such troops can matter against true immortals, Qin reveals that he has a secret formation capable of letting 100,000 soldiers kill one.
• He assigns the Four Pole War Gods—led by Xiao Chengfeng—to command the troops, gives them the formation method, and forbids anyone else from learning or revealing it.
• Qin warns the court that the Demon Abyss is moving toward the Great Thousand World. Xiao Chengfeng explains that it creates a spreading forbidden zone, forcing void fiends either to be consumed by it or attack the Great Thousand World for its origin. The fiends believe that consuming the world’s origin could let their Demon Monarchs reach the saint-demon realm.
• Qin orders the Celestial Court to recruit troops, send suitable immortals into the Otherworldly Void to hunt void fiends, and collect star cores for the Heavenly Cycle Star Chart. He warns them not to shatter ancient stars, which contain immensely powerful sealed Star Beasts.
• Qin explains that the Investiture of the Gods List can revive its recorded immortals after most deaths, but a Dao Fruit being could erase someone’s existence across past, present, and future, defeating even the list’s protection.
• After the court disperses, Qin visits the Innate Supreme Treasure Scattered Flowers, which muses that a path may exist beyond its current state and that attaining it will be difficult.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian emerges as a strategic, forward-looking leader: he values massed troops because of their formation, prepares for conflict with the void fiends, and seeks star cores to strengthen the Celestial Court’s defenses.
• Xiao Chengfeng, secretly the reincarnation of the ancient Immortal Lord Haocang, demonstrates detailed knowledge of the Otherworldly Void and the Demon Abyss. He warns the court that the void fiends may attack and urges Qin to prepare.
• The Demon Emperor and other gods initially question the value of recruiting ordinary Heavenly Soldiers, but Qin’s revelation about the formation makes them reconsider. Emperor Zhao privately recognizes that the Celestial Court’s military formation surpasses Great Zhao’s.
• Scattered Flowers speaks with Qin about the limits of its existence. Qin suggests that gaining a flesh-and-blood body might allow it to reach Dao Fruit; Scattered Flowers remains uncertain but hopes to advance beyond its current rank.

Significant themes

• Preparation and collective strength: Individually weak soldiers may become formidable through coordination and disciplined training.
• The cost of survival: The approaching Demon Abyss leaves the void fiends with desperate choices, making conflict over the Great Thousand World’s origin likely.
• Limits of protection and power: Even the Investiture of the Gods List has limits, while the Dao itself may extend beyond seemingly ultimate states.
• Leadership amid uncertainty: Qin prepares for multiple threats while acknowledging that the enemy may possess methods the Celestial Court does not yet understand.

Plot and events

• Qin Shujian uses the Investiture of the Gods List to summon more than a dozen stars from the Otherworldly Void. He compresses them and installs them in a manifestation of the Heavenly Cycle Star Chart, with Scattered Flowers and the Constellation Seals helping stabilize it.
• The chart extracts the stars’ energy and spreads concentrated stellar power across the Celestial Court and the Four Great Continents. Cultivators benefit immediately, and some break through their bottlenecks.
• Qin explains that this is a temporary, costly measure: the stars will be drained within months to a few years, and prolonged use could exhaust much of the available supply. He accepts the cost because rapid cultivation may be essential before the coming catastrophe.
• Qin then tells Niu Dali and Chu Kuangtu that he has located the Demon Abyss. They fear he intends to attack it, but he clarifies that the real concern is its origin: the Abyss formed from the body of a genuine Dao Fruit cultivator.
• The group considers whether the being might still retain awareness or power. Qin asks whether any remains of Dao Fruit cultivators survived from the First or Second Era. Chu Kuangtu says Second Era bodies were destroyed; Niu Dali says no First Era remains are known, though some Dao Fruit cultivators reportedly fell in an early battle.
• Qin concludes that the Demon Abyss’s source is probably not from the first three eras, which eases his concern somewhat. He urges Niu Dali and Chu Kuangtu to regain their strength so they can confront the Abyss if necessary.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian shows pragmatic urgency. He knowingly sacrifices long-term resources for immediate strength, reasoning that survival matters more than preserving the stars. He also takes the Demon Abyss threat seriously while remaining willing to fight it.
• Scattered Flowers reflects on the limits placed on Innate Supreme Treasures: they cannot acquire true bodies without defying the universe’s laws and inviting heavenly punishment. Though now serving the Celestial Court, he assists Qin by lending power to stabilize the star chart.
• Niu Dali is wary of Qin’s impulsiveness and initially assumes he wants to launch a reckless assault. Once he understands the danger, he contributes a reasoned assessment of what a Dao Fruit body might imply.
• Chu Kuangtu shares Niu Dali’s initial alarm, then calmly recounts the destruction of the Second Era and its lost lives, revealing how thoroughly time has dulled his grief. He agrees that the Abyss’s approach could signal a surviving threat.
• Qin’s exchange with both men shifts from comic apprehension to grave discussion, ending with reluctant agreement to prepare.

Significant themes

• Short-term survival versus long-term preservation: Qin’s “drain the pond to catch the fish” strategy trades future resources for immediate power.
• Limits and hierarchy of power: Even supreme treasures are constrained by universal laws, while true Dao Fruit beings stand far above all lesser cultivators.
• Catastrophe and uncertainty: The Demon Abyss may be more than a drifting remnant; its approach could reflect the lingering will or power of an ancient being.
• The erosion of memory and emotion: Chu Kuangtu’s recollection of his era’s destruction shows how endless time can reduce grief to mere memory.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• The Celestial Court’s conquest of part of the Otherworldly Void has drawn cultivators from the Myriad Races into the Outer Battlefield. They seek merit points by hunting Void Fiends, despite the Void’s dangerous energy and powerful enemies.
• Players treat the battlefield like a high-risk instance, forming teams and hiring specialist “bounty hunters,” including formation experts.
• Fu Moyan leads a team back to a small Void Fiend outpost they previously encountered. They plan a surprise attack, using two formations to conceal the team, block communications, and trap the fiends.
• The team launches its assault, killing a guard before the outpost can respond. The formations contain the Void Fiends, while Fu Moyan keeps their leader, Antoine, occupied.
• The players steadily gain the advantage, but Antoine—facing defeat and the destruction of his force—compresses his shadowy body and detonates himself.
• His explosion kills four or five players, injures the survivors, and shatters both formations. The chapter ends with the battle’s outcome suddenly uncertain.

Character developments and interactions

• Fu Moyan has abandoned the years-long search for the elusive Bronze Token and redirected his efforts toward the more practical opportunities of the Outer Battlefield. He shows careful planning and leadership, though Antoine’s self-sacrifice puts his team in grave danger.
• Lu Liang and Shen Wenyao, hired bounty hunters and formation specialists, provide the team’s concealment and battlefield control. Lu Liang is a newly promoted Formation Grandmaster whose formations are useful but vulnerable to a powerful opponent.
• Antoine, the outpost commander, is anxious about his expendable frontline position and the losses among his subordinates. Once he sees defeat is unavoidable, fear turns to desperation, and he chooses to take his enemies with him.
• The fight depends on cooperation: Fu Moyan restrains Antoine while the other players attack, and the formation experts support the team. Antoine’s explosion disrupts that coordination and devastates the group.

Significant themes

• Risk and reward: Merit points and advancement opportunities draw cultivators into a battlefield where even a carefully planned victory can prove costly.
• Preparedness versus uncertainty: The players plan the ambush around intelligence and formations, but cannot fully control a desperate opponent’s final act.
• The human cost of conflict: Both sides suffer losses, and those treated as expendable—such as frontline Void Fiends—still fear death.
• Hierarchy and survival: Antoine’s resentment reflects the harsh status of weak fiends within their clan, while the players’ willingness to return to danger reflects their pursuit of opportunity.

Plot and key events

• After Antoine’s self-detonation, Fu Moyan’s team escapes with the fiendstones left behind. The explosion draws Kunte, a powerful Moxialuo Void Fiend, who tracks them down and attempts to seize their bodies.
• Kunte enters their consciousnesses, triggering a mysterious force that destroys him instantly. His fiendstone remains behind, and the team’s fragile cooperation collapses as everyone fights to claim it.
• Lu Liang and Shen Wenyao attack one another over the prize, while Fu Moyan breaks Lu Liang’s formation, cripples Shen Wenyao, and kills a teammate who also tries to take the stone. Fu Moyan escapes to a city in the rear of the Outer Battlefield, where fighting is forbidden.
• The fiendstone proves to be exceptionally valuable: it is from a True Immortal Second Level fiend.
• In the Celestial Court, Qin Shujian, Chu Kuangtu, and Niu Dali sense the brief appearance of the “power of reality.” Chu Kuangtu concludes it was likely a weak defensive force from a player’s consciousness, triggered when Kunte tried to possess a player. They decide it poses no immediate threat to the Universe.

Character developments and interactions

• Fu Moyan shifts from disciplined leader to ruthless competitor once the prize appears. He attacks Shen Wenyao and a teammate, then prioritizes securing the fiendstone and escaping.
• Lu Liang and Shen Wenyao, despite being partners, turn on one another when they see a chance to gain a decisive advantage. Shen Wenyao gets the stone but loses both arms; Fu Moyan takes it from her.
• Kunte’s attempt to possess the players ends in his sudden death, demonstrating that their consciousnesses carry an unexpected safeguard.
• Qin Shujian, Chu Kuangtu, and Niu Dali respond cautiously to the strange power. Chu’s experience infiltrating a Player World helps explain its origin, while Qin reassesses what protection players possess.

Significant themes

• Greed and betrayal: A single treasure destroys the team’s alliances and turns former companions against one another.
• Power and opportunity: The fiendstone could transform its holder’s standing, making it worth risking lives and loyalty.
• The boundary between reality and the Universe: The power of reality hints at the larger conflict between the Real World and the Universe, while showing that players are protected from possession in ways local beings may not understand.

Plot points and events

• Fu Moyan realizes his Second-Tier Immortal fiendstone could bring a huge reward. After reviewing the exchange catalog, he decides to trade it for 50,000 True Immortal merit points and spend them on the first part of the Violetcloud Divine Thunder Scripture, which costs 10,000 points. The manual will give him a cultivation path his current techniques lack; he plans to use the remaining points for other resources.
• Several dozen players, including Lu Liang and Shen Wenyao, confront Fu Moyan and demand a share of the fiendstone. He refuses, pushes through them, and heads for the Celestial Court Branch. They threaten to gather reinforcements and wait for him outside.
• Qin Shujian learns that a player is redeeming the Violetcloud Divine Thunder Scripture. The fiendstone came from a True Immortal likely killed when a Demon King attempted to possess a player and was destroyed by the player’s power of reality. Curious, Qin decides to handle the matter personally.
• After receiving his 50,000 points, Fu Moyan waits at the branch. Qin appears, confirms Fu Moyan wants the manual, and takes him upstairs. Other players try to follow, but the guards kill them for entering without permission.

Character developments and interactions

• Fu Moyan shifts from excitement and calculation to confident defiance. He protects his prize, rejects the group’s demand for a “fair” split, and relies on the Celestial Court’s protection while planning to strengthen himself.
• Lu Liang, Shen Wenyao, and the other players are angry and covetous; they try to pressure Fu Moyan but hold back from attacking inside the city. Their threats reveal the risk that his windfall will draw a much larger crowd.
• Qin Shujian is surprised by the unexpected redemption but honors the exchange rather than reversing it. He personally meets Fu Moyan, while explaining to the Godslayer Saber how the player’s power of reality could kill a Demon King.
• The Celestial Court guards enforce the branch’s restrictions, protecting the upper floor from unauthorized players.

Significant themes

• Windfalls and ambition: A rare fiendstone offers Fu Moyan a shortcut to power, but he must choose carefully how to use it.
• Scarcity and unequal access: The most valuable exchanges are priced beyond most players’ reach; Fu Moyan’s unusual fortune gives him a chance to advance.
• Self-interest and conflict: The players’ demand to share the prize contrasts with Fu Moyan’s determination to keep it.
• Power of reality: This force is potent enough to kill beings far stronger than players, even though players themselves remain weak.
• Authority and boundaries: The Celestial Court permits Fu Moyan access to Qin but strictly punishes others who try to follow.

Plot points and events

• Fu Moyan visits Qin Shujian, the Heavenly Emperor, to redeem the first portion of the Violetcloud Divine Thunder Scripture for 10,000 true immortal merit points.
• Qin explains that the first portion only enables cultivation to the third heavenly-being layer; the full scripture is needed to reach true immortality. However, its unusual power makes it far more valuable than ordinary manuals: even its early stages can let cultivators defeat much stronger opponents.
• Qin offers Fu the complete scripture and other resources if he agrees to serve him. He then reveals that he knows about the Real World, players, and their supposed inability to die—and claims he knows how to kill them permanently.
• Frightened, Fu asks why Qin would target him. Qin says players kill the Great Thousand World’s inhabitants without concern, so he sees no reason to spare them on principle. He then reassures Fu that he will not kill him and offers him a mission instead.
• Qin promises Fu a chance to surpass true immortality and attain everlasting life in exchange for helping him kill selected people in the Real World. He says direct action would risk provoking consequences tied to secrets between the worlds, which he describes as matters involving the Heavenly Dao.
• Fu questions the offer and its implications, including whether accepting would make him a traitor to his world. Qin argues that Fu has little attachment to a greater cause, stresses the dangers of coming upheaval, and gives him fifteen minutes to decide. Fu accepts.

Character developments

• Fu Moyan begins anxious and deferential before Qin, then becomes terrified when he learns Qin understands the players’ connection to the Real World. He gradually regains composure, weighs the risks against the promised rewards, and ultimately chooses personal advancement over loyalty to his world.
• Qin Shujian presents himself as calm and authoritative, using both intimidation and tempting promises to recruit Fu. He claims extensive knowledge of the players and the limits on his own intervention, while keeping the larger purpose of the mission secret.

Character interactions

• Qin controls the conversation through measured silences, explanations, and threats, while Fu repeatedly asks practical questions about the scripture, the mission, and its rewards.
• Qin’s threat to permanently kill players leaves Fu shaken; his later reassurance and offer of power turn fear into cautious negotiation.
• Their exchange ends not with full trust, but with Fu accepting a partnership because the promised benefits outweigh his concerns.

Significant themes

• Power and coercion: Qin’s overwhelming authority shapes Fu’s choices, even while he presents acceptance as voluntary.
• Self-interest versus loyalty: Fu considers whether serving Qin is betrayal, but chooses personal survival and advancement over allegiance to the Real World.
• Moral perspective: Qin challenges the players’ assumption that the game’s inhabitants are expendable by applying their own logic to them.
• Knowledge and uncertainty: The revelation that Qin knows about the players destabilizes Fu’s understanding of the game, while Qin withholds the full stakes of the conflict between worlds.
• Ambition and temptation: The promise of power beyond immortality entices Fu despite the danger and ambiguity of the mission.

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Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Qin Shujian gives Fu Moyan the Heavenly Jade, a powerful artifact that identifies targets for his covert mission and enables communication. It also monitors Fu Moyan and will kill him if he betrays Qin. Taking it out in the Real World would expose Fu Moyan to dangerous beings, though it can serve as a last-resort means of escape.
• As compensation, Qin grants Fu Moyan the upper portion of the Violetcloud Divine Thunder Scripture. He explains that advancing through its heavenly-being stages requires surviving a thunder tribulation, so Fu Moyan must first strengthen his body. Further portions will be provided as he completes missions.
• After Qin disappears, Fu Moyan accepts the risks, hoping the Heavenly Emperor’s backing will bring him power and status. He abandons his old cultivation manual and spends his accumulated experience on the Violetcloud Scripture. Though his cultivation drops to Divine Martial First Level, its superior power makes him much stronger than an ordinary cultivator at that level.
• Fu Moyan plans to rebuild his strength by buying Experience Stones and body-tempering resources. He then announces that he is trading True Immortal Merit Points for Divine Martial- and Heavenly Human-level fiendstones.
• The announcement shocks the players in the Celestial Court Branch. Lu Liang and others realize Fu Moyan’s prize was far more valuable than they had assumed and fear how powerful he may become. Some blame Lu Liang’s group for provoking Fu Moyan; Lu Liang leaves rather than risk confronting him.
• Zhu Chen, an imposing expert, approaches Fu Moyan with an offer of fiendstones. Fu Moyan proposes that they negotiate somewhere private, and the two leave together.

Character developments

• Fu Moyan moves from reluctant captive to calculating collaborator. He accepts the Heavenly Jade and the mission, rationalizing his betrayal of his realm as worthwhile if it helps him grow stronger. His first experience with the Violetcloud Scripture convinces him that its long-term advantages outweigh the immediate loss of cultivation.
• Qin Shujian demonstrates both caution and generosity: he safeguards his mission with the Heavenly Jade while using the scripture’s later portions as leverage to keep Fu Moyan useful.
• Lu Liang recognizes that he has misjudged Fu Moyan’s prize and withdraws to avoid a dangerous confrontation.
• Zhu Chen shows interest in Fu Moyan’s True Immortal Merit Points and may become an important trading partner.

Significant themes

• Power as leverage: The Heavenly Jade, the scripture, and the True Immortal Merit Points all create dependence and influence.
• Ambition versus loyalty: Fu Moyan accepts becoming a realm traitor because he believes strength and opportunity matter more than allegiance.
• Short-term loss for long-term gain: His cultivation falls dramatically, but the superior manual promises greater potential.
• Fear and shifting alliances: Once Fu Moyan’s resources become known, other players’ attitudes turn from opportunism to anxiety and blame.

Character interactions

• Qin lays out the terms and dangers of Fu Moyan’s mission, while Fu Moyan submits but tries to frame the arrangement as a path to advancement.
• Fu Moyan’s public trade offer unsettles the players and indirectly turns them against Lu Liang’s group.
• Fu Moyan and Zhu Chen exchange cautious questions before agreeing to negotiate privately.