Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Qin Shujian heads back into the Otherworldly Void to gather stars and star cores for the Heavenly Cycle Star Chart. He explains that Fu Moyan is a carefully controlled pawn: a hidden heavenly jade can kill him if he betrays Qin or exposes the jade to the Real World’s Heavenly Dao.
• Qin’s larger strategy is to weaken the four invading Player Worlds indirectly while the Great Thousand World gradually absorbs their power. He plans to recruit suitable player informants in the other worlds as well, avoiding actions that might provoke a devastating invasion.
• Baheduo, badly wounded in his battle with Qin, discovers that his Rule Stele is damaged and could take ten thousand years to repair normally. With the Demon Abyss approaching, he orders his clan’s Demon Emperors to obtain large amounts of living flesh and blood within ten years, threatening to sacrifice them if they fail.
• The Baheduo Clan proposes a joint attack on the Great Thousand World to gather the needed flesh and blood. Moxialuo agrees and orders his own clan to collect the remains of those killed.
• Yelvis realizes the attack is likely intended to heal the Demon Monarchs’ injuries. He suspects the clans were all hurt in their recent battle and sees a possible opportunity, though he must first reach the Demon Monarch realm.
• The Baheduo, Moxialuo, and Yezuo clans assemble an army of ten billion Void Fiends. Their mobilization alarms explorers and forces the Celestial Court and the Myriad Races to prepare for war.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian reveals himself as a patient strategist, treating Fu Moyan as expendable while pursuing a long-term plan against the Player Worlds. The Godslayer Saber voices concern about Fu’s loyalty, but Qin dismisses the risk.
• Baheduo is furious and shaken by his defeat, and his desperation to repair his Rule Stele drives him to demand sacrifices from his subordinates.
• Chester prioritizes Baheduo’s command over the lives of his clansmen, showing the Void Fiends’ ruthless hierarchy.
• Yelvis is cautious and politically perceptive: he consults Moxialuo rather than accepting the proposal outright, then privately interprets the Demon Monarchs’ motives. Moxialuo, in turn, recognizes Baheduo’s desperation but conceals his own condition.

Significant themes

• Power and hierarchy: Demon Emperors wield authority over their clans but remain subordinate to Demon Monarchs, while ordinary clansmen are treated as expendable.
• Strategy and deception: Qin and the Demon Monarchs alike conceal their intentions and manage information to gain advantage.
• War’s consequences: A pursuit of recovery and power turns into a massive military mobilization, threatening both cultivators and players.
• Gradual transformation versus immediate force: Qin seeks to let the Great Thousand World strengthen over time while quietly weakening its invaders, rather than provoking an overwhelming assault.

Key plot points and events

• The Celestial Court receives word that several Void Fiend clans are mobilizing on the Outer Battlefield. The Heavenly Emperor, Qin Shujian, cannot be reached, but the gods believe the Demon Monarchs will stay out of the fighting unless victory seems certain.
• As the Void Fiend armies approach, Emperor Zhao leads a counterattack. The Five Directional Emperors and the other gods break into the enemy formation, with Myriad Races cultivators and players joining the battle.
• Emperor Zhao overwhelms a Demon Sovereign with his Ancestral Weapon. The Dog Emperor disrupts the advancing army, while Si Hanhai’s blood-cloud attacks cause heavy casualties. Si Hanhai then engages Langfellow, a Demon Sovereign seeking to avenge Troy, whom Si Hanhai killed in the previous battle.
• Elsewhere, Qin Shujian spends three days fighting a colossal Void Beast, ultimately killing it with the Godslayer Saber and the Investiture of the Gods List. The saber absorbs the beast’s remains and says it needs one more comparable beast to begin its tribulation.
• Qin continues exploring the Otherworldly Void, drawing in and sealing a powerful star for the Great Thousand World. He also uses Star Beast blood to attract and eliminate more Void Beasts.
• The Investiture of the Gods List signals that an immortal god has fallen in the battlefield. Qin immediately uses the list to summon the fallen god’s True Spirit, beginning the resurrection process.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao Chengfeng assesses the Demon Monarchs as cautious and unlikely to intervene, and explains why the newly formed Heavenly Soldiers should not yet be risked in battle.
• Emperor Zhao takes command of the response and demonstrates the power of his spear, while the Dog Emperor and the other emperors join the assault.
• Si Hanhai is increasingly driven by the strength he gains through devouring Void Fiends. Though eager to consume more, he recognizes that a Demon Monarch remains far beyond his current ability.
• The Soulguard Emperor, strengthened by restoring his rules, sees the battle as a chance to advance. The resurrection guarantee has made him—and other True Immortals—less afraid of death.
• Langfellow confronts Si Hanhai over Troy’s death. Though wary of his opponent, he fights rather than retreating.
• Qin Shujian remains focused on strengthening the Great Thousand World, while also supplying the Godslayer Saber with powerful remains. His discovery of the fallen god interrupts his exploration and draws his attention back to the battle.

Significant themes

• Death and recovery: The Investiture of the Gods List changes the risks of combat by allowing fallen gods to be resurrected, encouraging greater courage.
• Power through conflict: Fighting and consuming powerful enemies help cultivators advance, but the same enemies remain dangerous.
• Strategic restraint: The Celestial Court avoids committing its untrained Heavenly Soldiers and expects the Demon Monarchs to wait until they have a clear advantage.
• Expansion and survival: Qin’s star-gathering and the Celestial Court’s campaigns reflect their efforts to strengthen their world and remove threats in the hostile void.

Key plot points and events

• The Moon Emperor is reborn through the Investiture of the Gods List and tells Qin Shujian that the Void Fiend Clans have launched a major assault on the Outer Battlefield. She died after several Demon Kings overwhelmed her, though no Demon Monarchs have yet joined the fighting.
• Qin Shujian returns to the battlefield, worried that the Celestial Court lacks enough top-tier fighters to withstand a Demon Monarch attack in his absence. He believes the Demon Monarchs may be holding back because they do not know he has left the Court.
• The battle has raged for days, with both sides collecting the remains of their fallen: the myriad races take fiendstones, while the Void Fiends gather cultivators’ flesh and blood. The Mountain-Breaking and Thousand-Eyed Emperors suspect the Void Fiends need the flesh for a secret ritual or to heal an injured Demon Monarch.
• Void Fiends attempt to possess cultivators and infiltrate the Great Thousand World. The Mountain-Breaking Emperor detects and kills one, prompting the defenders to tighten their guard.
• The Shadow Emperor confronts Chester, who is stunned that an opponent he previously killed has returned. The Shadow Emperor’s revival is possible because he is listed among the Heavenly Cycle Constellations, but Chester kills him again and collects his remains.
• A terrifying force descends on Chester, prompting him to call for a Demon Monarch’s help. Qin Shujian intercepts the attack. His arrival lifts the myriad races’ morale and forces the hidden Demon Monarchs—Baheduo, Moxialuo, and Yezuo—to reveal themselves. The chapter ends with the strongest fighters on both sides poised to clash.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian remains composed but recognizes how dependent the Celestial Court is on him. His brief exchange with Baheduo shows that he has recovered from his earlier injuries and grown slightly stronger.
• The Moon Emperor is ashamed of being killed by Demon Kings, but her rebirth allows her to return to the war.
• The Mountain-Breaking and Thousand-Eyed Emperors cooperate in defending the battlefield and passage, while investigating the Void Fiends’ motives.
• Xi Yang withdraws injured after underestimating the enemy’s Demon Kings.
• The Shadow Emperor demonstrates the value of the gods’ ability to return after death, while Chester responds with increasing alarm and violence.
• Baheduo is unsettled by Qin Shujian’s increased strength and avoids acting recklessly until the other Demon Monarchs emerge.

Significant themes

• The cost of dependence on a single powerhouse: The Celestial Court’s defenses are vulnerable whenever Qin Shujian is absent.
• War’s brutality and uncertainty: Combat ignores fairness, and even powerful immortals can fall to ambushes or overwhelming numbers.
• Death and revival: The Investiture of the Gods List can restore fallen gods, but their return does not erase their injuries or the danger they face.
• Hidden motives and escalation: The Void Fiends’ collection of flesh and blood, their infiltration attempts, and the Demon Monarchs’ delayed intervention suggest that the assault has a larger purpose.

Plot points and events

• Qin Shujian and the injured Demon Monarchs face off in the Otherworldly Void. Neither side is confident of winning a renewed battle, so Baheduo orders the demon clans to retreat.
• Qin prevents the myriad races from pursuing, warning them not to corner a desperate enemy. He orders a battlefield assessment and announces that the next Heavenly Soldier and Heavenly General selections will take place later in the Fallen Immortal Domain.
• Back at the Celestial Court, Qin releases more than a dozen stars from the Investiture of the Gods List and seals them into the Heavenly Cycle Star Chart, greatly increasing its star power and affecting the Great Thousand World.
• Qin learns that Muyang is nearing true immortality. He explains three possible paths: Heaven-Evolving, fleshly sainthood, and attaining the Dao through rules. Since Heaven-Evolving would force Muyang to start over, Qin offers him a choice between the other two.
• Qin passes Muyang the Violetcloud Divine Thunder Scripture, which could help him pursue fleshly sainthood, but warns that the route is dangerous and leaves the decision to him.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian shows restraint in dealing with the Demon Monarchs, recognizing that neither side can safely risk an all-out fight. He also acts as a mentor to Muyang, sharing a powerful technique while respecting his autonomy.
• Baheduo and the Demon Monarchs choose survival over renewed combat and withdraw rather than gamble on a potentially fatal confrontation.
• Muyang is revealed to be close to a breakthrough. Though initially uncertain about the paths to true immortality, he receives an opportunity—and a serious risk—to pursue the more physically powerful route.
• Qin’s warning to the myriad races prevents the retreat from turning into a potentially disastrous pursuit. His exchange with Muyang emphasizes both his confidence in the younger cultivator’s talent and his caution about the costs of cultivation.

Significant themes

• Restraint and survival: Even powerful enemies may avoid battle when victory is uncertain and the cost could be death.
• Power and risk: Fleshly sainthood may offer greater strength, but it is far more dangerous than the traditional path.
• Individual choice: A cultivation path’s superiority is not absolute; the cultivator’s own ability matters most.
• Mentorship and responsibility: Qin shares rare knowledge selectively, mindful that an opportunity can also lead to ruin.

Plot and events

• Qin Shujian examines his Inner World and realizes he has overlooked a major opportunity: he has studied the rules of the Celestial Court’s gods, but not those of many other races’ True Immortals. He plans to seek out the survivors and comprehend their rules once the battlefield is cleared.
• His Inner World has grown to roughly the size of the Eastern Continent and continues expanding, though more slowly as it nears the limits of an ordinary middle-thousand world.
• The world’s first inhabitants are developing rapidly. Jianmu is the strongest, nearing True Immortality; Feng and other early beings have reached at least the Seventh Heavenly Being’s Great Power stage. Each race has only one or two members, but Qin judges that their rules could allow them to reappear even if they die. He observes some beings fighting without intervening.
• Realizing that leaving the Great Thousand World could expose the Celestial Court to another Void Fiend attack, Qin orders all immortals and gods to search the Otherworldly Void for suitable stars and star cores instead of going himself.
• Emperor Zhao immediately delegates battlefield duties to Shan Hao and sets out. Other immortals and gods also suspend their work to join the search.
• Ning Xuan visits Qin. Qin welcomes him warmly, reminding him that although Ning is now a Celestial Court general, he is also Qin’s disciple and may address him as “Master” in private.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin is strategic and increasingly attentive to the risks of his own absence, choosing to remain in the Great Thousand World rather than personally lead the search.
• He views the Inner World’s inhabitants with detached curiosity, allowing their evenly matched conflicts to unfold.
• Ning Xuan’s formal deference gives way to comfort when Qin reassures him of their teacher–disciple bond.
• Emperor Zhao acts promptly on Qin’s order, while Shan Hao accepts responsibility for the Outer Battlefield without hesitation.

Significant themes

• Untapped potential and loss: Qin recognizes the knowledge he has yet to gain, while regretting that many potential sources of insight died in recent wars.
• World-building and renewal: The Inner World is expanding and generating life and rules; even extinction may be temporary while a race’s rules endure.
• Duty and caution: Qin balances advancement with protecting the Celestial Court from catastrophic threats.
• Hierarchy softened by personal bonds: Qin’s authority as Heavenly Emperor coexists with his affection and familiarity as Ning Xuan’s master.

Plot points and events

• Qin Shujian explains the Heaven-Evolving Path to his disciple Ning Xuan. After opening all 129,600 star acupoints, a cultivator forms an inner world; later progress is measured by small, middle, and great thousand worlds, with the final stage reaching Dao Fruit-level strength.
• He advises Ning Xuan to study many rules rather than focus on just one, and says the Celestial Court’s abundant star power will help him open star acupoints.
• Qin appoints Ning Xuan to oversee the selection of heavenly soldiers and generals, names him a Thousand-Guard, and places him under the Eastern Pole War God. The Investiture of the Gods List then grants Ning Xuan power, advancing his cultivation toward the seventh heavenly being stage.
• Qin explains that a higher rank would exceed Ning Xuan’s current strength and could harm him: godhood requirements have risen as the Celestial Court’s fortune and power have grown.
• Qin leaves to meet the myriad races’ true immortals. He appears in the Ice Race’s hall, startling the current Ice Emperor, and the chapter closes as the emperor reflects on his race’s weakened position.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian takes a more attentive role as Ning Xuan’s master, sharing cultivation guidance and acknowledging that he has not supported him enough before. He balances his disciple’s promotion with caution about matching rank to ability.
• Ning Xuan shows respect and gratitude, accepts his new command, and benefits immediately from the divine appointment.
• The Godslayer Saber questions whether Thousand-Guard is too low; Qin explains why it is appropriate.
• The Ice Emperor is deferential and anxious before Qin, whose unexpected arrival underscores his immense authority. The emperor has reached true immortality, but that achievement carries less weight in the current era.

Significant themes

• Power and responsibility: A title must match its holder’s strength; excessive status can be dangerous.
• Cultivation and foresight: Qin’s advice emphasizes long-term preparation and the distinctive potential of the Heaven-Evolving Path.
• Changing times: The Celestial Court’s growing fortune and widespread star power are reshaping cultivation and diminishing the rarity of true immortals.
• Hierarchy and dependence: The races’ political standing is affected by their strength, while the Celestial Court increasingly sets the terms of power.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• The Ice Emperor considers how the Ice Race might rise from a mid-sized race to a major one. He believes that securing a position in the Celestial Court would be crucial, but doubts his chances because True Immortals are numerous and divine offices are scarce. Qin Shujian’s unexpected arrival gives him new hope.
• Fu Moyan emerges from the Game Pod and discovers that the Heavenly Jade has followed him into the real world. This confirms Qin Shujian’s warning that the game is a genuine world and that its powerful beings can affect reality—including the ability to kill players.
• Afraid that the Heavenly Jade’s presence could attract dangerous attention, Fu Moyan keeps it hidden and withdraws to a secluded cultivation chamber.
• He spends eight or nine days replacing his old cultivation method with the Violetcloud Divine Thunder Scripture. The process lowers him from True Martial Eighth Level to Sixth Level, but he believes his actual strength has stayed the same or improved.
• Pleased by the scripture’s unusual signs of power—violet light and thunder in the chamber—Fu Moyan contacts the Heavenly Jade, knowing further benefits require completing missions.

Character developments and interactions

• Fu Moyan shifts from partial disbelief to complete conviction that the game’s world is real. His excitement at possessing the Heavenly Jade is tempered by fear, so he acts cautiously and isolates himself to cultivate.
• The Ice Emperor remains ambitious for his people, but Qin Shujian’s arrival rekindles his hope of gaining influence through the Celestial Court.
• Fu Moyan gives his housekeeper clear instructions not to let anyone disturb him; she responds respectfully and complies.

Significant themes

• The boundary between game and reality: The Heavenly Jade’s appearance in Fu Moyan’s real-world Sea of Consciousness proves the two worlds are connected.
• Power and risk: The Jade and the cultivation scripture offer major advantages, but may also expose Fu Moyan to deadly threats and demand missions in return.
• Transformation through cultivation: Switching methods costs Fu Moyan two levels, yet may make him stronger, emphasizing that apparent rank does not always reflect true ability.
• Ambition and opportunity: The Ice Emperor’s hopes for the Ice Race depend on winning a rare position in the Celestial Court.

Plot points

• Fu Moyan contacts the Heavenly Jade with his Divine Sense and sees an avatar of Qin Shujian appear.
• The avatar explains that it is only a fragment of the Heavenly Emperor’s power, offers cultivation guidance, and warns Fu Moyan never to reveal the Heavenly Jade in the Real World.
• In return for the Heavenly Emperor’s help, Fu Moyan must eliminate designated targets. The avatar says the Jade can detect targets only within about five kilometers, so Fu Moyan will need to travel to find them.
• Fu Moyan worries that the work will leave him no time to enter the game. The avatar argues that he no longer needs to grind there: it can guide his cultivation and provide manuals, matching fiendstones, and other support.
• The avatar also notes that Fu Moyan’s stored resources should carry him roughly to the Great Power level. Convinced, Fu Moyan rethinks his priorities and uses the Heavenly Jade to access the target information.

Character developments

• Fu Moyan shifts from treating the game as his main route to advancement to recognizing that the Heavenly Emperor’s guidance and resources make him an exceptional case. He accepts the mission and begins to see himself as more than an ordinary player.
• The Heavenly Emperor’s avatar establishes clear limits on its power while asserting authority over Fu Moyan through their agreement.

Character interactions

• Fu Moyan addresses the avatar with reverence and eagerly welcomes its guidance.
• The avatar balances instruction with blunt correction, especially when questioning why Fu Moyan still assumes he must spend so much time in the game.
• Their relationship is transactional: the avatar offers knowledge and support, while Fu Moyan agrees to carry out its assignments.

Significant themes

• Power and obligation: Receiving extraordinary help comes with a duty to serve.
• Changing perspective: Fu Moyan must abandon the habits of an ordinary player now that he has a powerful patron.
• Knowledge as a resource: The avatar’s cultivation experience may be more valuable than direct strength.
• World history and legacy: The name “Wilds Great World” recalls the former Primordial World and the Heavenly Alliance, linking past organizations to the present.

Plot points and events

• The Heavenly Emperor’s avatar uses the Heavenly Jade to search for a suitable target. Its first map shows no one within ten miles of Fu Moyan’s home.
• Fu Moyan prepares to leave, tells his household and parents, and brings money—since game Storage Rings cannot yet be made in the real world.
• While traveling through a world transformed by returning spiritual energy, Fu Moyan and the avatar discuss technology versus cultivation. Fu Moyan dismisses technology as inferior; the avatar argues that any system could reach comparable heights.
• The Heavenly Jade detects a moving target. Fu Moyan follows the map to a crowded shopping mall, where the target’s exact identity cannot be revealed without exposing too much of the Jade’s power.
• After tracking the red dot through the mall, Fu Moyan identifies a middle-aged man and follows him discreetly, waiting for a chance to act.

Character developments

• Fu Moyan is cautious about protecting his secret identity as a Realm Traitor and avoids speaking to the avatar aloud in public.
• He learns to communicate through divine sense using a method the avatar teaches him, gaining access to a skill usually mastered at the Spirit God Realm.
• His confidence in cultivation—and contempt for ordinary technology—are challenged by the avatar’s broader perspective.

Significant themes

• Different paths to power: The avatar maintains that cultivation and technology may converge at their limits.
• Secrecy and caution: Fu Moyan must pursue his mission without drawing attention or revealing the Heavenly Jade’s capabilities.
• Spiritual energy’s impact: Its return has reshaped travel and society, making cultivation central to daily life.

Character interactions

• Fu Moyan follows the avatar’s instructions but debates its view of technology.
• The avatar coaches him in discreet divine-sense communication and explains the limits of the target-tracking map.
• Fu Moyan carefully shadows the apparent target rather than confronting him immediately.

Key plot points and events

• Qin Shujian senses Fu Moyan returning to reality with the Heavenly Jade while he travels among the Four Great Continents, challenging every race that has a True Immortal.
• Three new seeds of rules appear in Qin’s inner world, strengthening it slightly. He reflects that seeds alone cannot create a powerful Great Thousand World: its inhabitants must cultivate the rules until they mature.
• Through the Heavenly Jade, Qin’s incarnation and true self remain mentally connected. He orders the killing of as many children of fortune in the Wilds Great World as possible, then leaves to continue his challenges and rule comprehension.
• In Qin’s inner world, Jianmu begins a breakthrough to True Immortal. A thunder tribulation forms above him, accompanied by the Mother River of Rules.
• Feng, the world’s first human, recognizes the event as a rare chance to learn about the True Immortal breakthrough. He identifies Jianmu’s method as fleshly sainthood, a middle path between the Heaven-Evolving Path and attaining the Dao through rules.
• Jianmu faces the tribulation behind a barrier formed from the world’s spiritual energy. The lightning strikes through it, and Jianmu’s trunk begins turning purplish-black as Dao resonance emerges.

Character developments

• Qin Shujian remains focused on growing stronger, but understands that his inner world’s long-term advancement depends on its inhabitants, not simply his own accumulation of rule seeds.
• Feng is shown as knowledgeable yet inexperienced: he understands the possible routes to True Immortality but has no model for how to achieve them.
• Jianmu displays confidence and resilience as he confronts the tribulation without fear.

Significant themes

• Growth through cultivation: Rule seeds are only beginnings; true strength comes from developing them over time.
• Forging a path without precedent: The inner world’s cultivators must discover how to reach True Immortality for themselves.
• Interdependence: Qin’s inner world can grow only through the efforts of the beings living within it.
• Violence and survival: Qin’s order to eliminate the Wilds Great World’s children of fortune underscores the brutal stakes of his struggle against the Demon Abyss.

Character interactions

• Qin communicates indirectly with Fu Moyan through their shared connection via the Heavenly Jade, then issues an order concerning the Wilds Great World.
• Feng and the other inner-world cultivators observe Jianmu’s breakthrough from afar; Jianmu’s tribulation becomes a potential guide for their own future cultivation.

Plot points and events

• Jianmu begins his Immortality Tribulation. Qin Shujian chooses not to intervene, trusting Jianmu’s strong foundations and viewing the trial as a chance for the Inner World’s inhabitants to learn how to become True Immortals.
• Qin reflects that powerful living beings help strengthen the Inner World. Jianmu’s success, along with the emergence of more True Immortals, would benefit the world and potentially provide strength Qin can draw upon.
• Qin visits the Wood Spirit Emperor and asks him to spar within the River of Rules governed by the Wood Spirit Emperor Rule.
• The Wood Spirit Emperor panics, assuming Qin may be seeking revenge or intends to kill him. Qin reassures him that the fight will be harmless, noting that he could defeat the Wood Spirit Race regardless.
• Inside the rule, its River of Rules surges against Qin, but its resistance cannot affect him. Qin urges the Wood Spirit Emperor to attack and hints that the Wood Spirit Race might someday receive a seat of godhood. Encouraged, the emperor agrees and strikes first.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Shujian shows confidence in Jianmu’s abilities and a pragmatic interest in how powerful beings contribute to the Inner World. He also seeks to study or gain insight from the Wood Spirit Emperor Rule through combat.
• The Wood Spirit Emperor moves from fear and submission to cautious reassurance, then becomes energized by the possibility of a godhood seat. His interaction with Qin highlights the immense power gap between them.
• Qin treats Jianmu’s tribulation as a test he must face alone, while his exchange with the Wood Spirit Emperor mixes blunt reassurance with an incentive to cooperate.

Significant themes

• Growth through trials: Jianmu’s tribulation is presented as a necessary test and a model for future True Immortals.
• World and individual strength: Strong inhabitants can reinforce the world, while different cultivation paths affect the world in different ways.
• Power and hierarchy: Qin’s overwhelming strength shapes his dealings with others, even when he means no harm.
• Incentives and cooperation: The promise of future recognition motivates the Wood Spirit Emperor to engage in the spar.

Key plot points and events

• Qin Shujian battles the Wood Spirit Emperor in the River of Rules, suppressing almost all his power so they can spar safely. After three days, Qin gains some insight into the Wood Spirit Emperor’s difficult-to-comprehend rule, while the Emperor also learns from Qin’s powerful Dao resonance.
• When Qin’s inner world reacts, he ends the bout, subdues the Wood Spirit Emperor, and returns with him to the Wood Spirit Race’s grand hall. Qin then departs, and the Emperor reflects on the vast gap between their strengths.
• Qin successfully brings the Wood Spirit Emperor’s rule into his inner world.
• Elsewhere, Jianmu survives a thunder tribulation. His withered appearance gives way to a vast, flourishing tree, accompanied by auspicious signs across heaven and earth. He declares the establishment of the Spirit Race, gathering all spiritually awakened plants under its name.
• Heaven and earth’s purple qi strengthens Jianmu from a newly advanced first-tier immortal to a stable fourth-tier immortal. Plants across the world receive nourishment, and many awaken into spirits who recognize Jianmu as their emperor.
• Feng witnesses Jianmu’s transformation and is overwhelmed by the difference in power between true immortals and heavenly beings. Jianmu’s founding of the Spirit Race also prompts new thoughts in him.

Character developments

• Qin Shujian advances his understanding of the Wood Spirit Emperor’s rule, though he has not fully mastered it.
• The Wood Spirit Emperor gains valuable insight from sparring with Qin and becomes even more aware of the Heavenly Emperor’s overwhelming power.
• Jianmu rises to the fourth stage of true immortals and becomes the founding emperor of the Spirit Race.
• Feng gains a humbling firsthand sense of the gulf between his level and that of true immortals, while beginning to consider the implications of the new race.

Significant themes

• Growth through challenge: Even a heavily unequal spar can help both participants advance.
• The scale of power: The contrast between Qin, Jianmu, and Feng underscores how immense the gap between levels of cultivation can be.
• Transformation and renewal: Jianmu’s apparent withering precedes a powerful rebirth, while his vitality revives other plants.
• Founding and belonging: Jianmu’s declaration turns scattered awakened plants into a unified race, reshaping the world’s order.

Character interactions

• Qin and the Wood Spirit Emperor develop through a respectful, mutually beneficial battle; the Emperor openly acknowledges Qin’s superiority afterward.
• Jianmu’s awakening inspires plants throughout the world to join the Spirit Race and pay homage to him.
• Feng observes Jianmu’s ascension from the mountainside, experiencing both awe and a shift in perspective.

Plot points and events

• Feng encounters a newly awakened blade of grass, a weak member of the newly established Spirit Race. He recognizes that all intelligent plants and trees belong to the race, but leaves the grass unharmed.
• Jianmu’s tribulation and ascension reveal how a living being can reach immortality. Feng realizes that the fleshly sainthood path requires a body strong enough to survive a thunder tribulation, and begins considering how to temper himself.
• Feeling lonely as the only one of his kind, Feng wonders whether he can establish a Human Race. A strong but unexplained intuition tells him this is the right course, though he has no idea how to bring other humans into existence.
• After a year of contemplation without finding an answer, Feng leaves the mountaintop and travels through the world, searching for a way to create the Human Race while continuing to grow stronger.
• Qin Shujian watches Feng and suspects the Human Race will soon emerge. He knows the simplest method—Clay-Pinching Creation—but chooses not to guide Feng, preserving the opportunity and rewards meant for the world’s first human.
• Qin Shujian notes that he has gathered the rules of the existing True Immortals and nearly a thousand rule seeds. The myriad races have reached their current limit for producing True Immortals, so he waits for those seeds to develop.

Character developments and interactions

• Feng grows more focused on immortality after learning from Jianmu’s breakthrough. The Spirit Race’s arrival also sharpens his loneliness and awakens his desire to create a people of his own. He is cautious toward the Spirit Race, mindful of its emperor’s power.
• Qin Shujian remains an observer rather than intervening in Feng’s path. His restraint reflects his respect for the world’s natural laws and his desire not to diminish Feng’s destined opportunity.
• Feng’s encounter with the grass is one-sided: the newly awakened spirit trembles under his attention, while Feng simply withdraws his gaze and lets it live.

Significant themes

• Natural development and noninterference: Qin Shujian believes that forcing progress would disrupt the world’s proper course.
• Creation, identity, and loneliness: Feng’s wish to establish the Human Race arises from his isolation and longing for others like himself.
• Learning from pioneers: Jianmu’s ascension makes immortality more attainable for those who follow.
• Limits and patience: Feng must keep searching for the means to create humanity, while Qin Shujian waits for the rule seeds to mature.

Plot and events

• In the Otherworldly Void, Cao Hong and his team discover a floating continent covered with Void Fiends. They suspect it is the fiends’ headquarters and realize that reporting its location could earn them a major Celestial Court reward.
• The team records coordinates and leaves several independent marks so they can find the continent again, then prepare to retreat.
• Yelvis detects them, freezes them with his power, and kills them before they can escape. Their marks are destroyed as well.
• Yelvis tells Langfellow that the intruders were only Divine Martial Realm beings, but their deaths revealed something unusual: their bodies vanished, and he could not seize their Spirit Gods.
• Yelvis also says he previously killed True Immortals who later appeared alive in a subsequent battle. Langfellow suggests the Heavenly Emperor may be protecting the Great Thousand World’s people, and concludes that their apparent immortality must have a weakness.

Character developments and interactions

• Cao Hong and his team are cautious and methodical: despite their excitement over the possible reward, they make backup records before retreating. Their discovery ends in a swift, fatal confrontation with Yelvis.
• Yelvis is shown as powerful and merciless. He destroys the scouts with little effort and considers punishing the outpost guards who failed to prevent their entry.
• Langfellow is detached from the fate of the Void Fiends, even though they are his kin. He focuses instead on calmly interpreting the mystery of the Great Thousand World’s apparent resurrection.
• Their exchange establishes a contrast: Yelvis reports what he has observed, while Langfellow develops a theory and suggests that the immortality can be overcome.

Significant themes

• Discovery and danger: valuable intelligence can bring great rewards, but investigating enemy territory carries deadly risks.
• Apparent immortality and its limits: the fiends are unsettled by beings who return after death, yet Langfellow believes this protection is a specific mechanism that can be countered.
• Power and kinship: at the highest levels, Langfellow treats familial bonds as insignificant, underscoring how power has eroded ordinary attachments.

Key events

• Yelvis, a Demon Emperor of the Moxialuo Clan, kills Cao Hong and his companions. He intends to extract their spirit gods and search their memories, but a mysterious power protects them and prevents him from seizing them.
• The players revive in the city, identify Yelvis as their killer, and retain the Moxialuo Clan’s coordinates despite losing the mark they had placed there. They hurry to the Celestial Court branch to claim their quest reward before another team does.
• In the Celestial Court, Qin Shujian senses that someone is about to become immortal. Muyang, the Osmanthus Tree, enters the mother river of rules and emerges having opened his own river of rules—attaining True Immortal status.
• Muyang’s breakthrough draws attention from across the Celestial Court and the Four Great Continents. Emperor Zhao recognizes that this may bring the scattered Spirit Race together again.

Character developments and interactions

• Yelvis is shaken by the mysterious force protecting the players’ spirit gods and relieved he did not risk attempting body-seizure.
• Cao Hong and his companions recover from their shock, accept the cost of losing a level, and prioritize reporting their discovery.
• Qin Shujian supports Muyang’s breakthrough, recognizing it as his opportunity.
• Qin Yuanbai, a Heavenly General and current Sacred Lord of Qianyuan, is astonished—and privately disheartened—to see his junior Muyang attain immortality before him.
• Emperor Zhao views the ascension as a turning point for the Spirit Race.

Significant themes

• The mystery of the spirit-god protection: The force that safeguards the players remains unexplained and powerful enough to deter even a Demon Emperor.
• Progress through risk and perseverance: Qin Shujian’s dangerous cultivation and Muyang’s breakthrough show the stakes of advancing in power.
• Renewal and unity: Muyang’s ascension ends a million-year absence of a Spirit Race True Immortal and may reunite a race that has long been fragmented.

Key plot points and events

• At court, Minister Shan Hao reports that the sea near Eastern Pattern Prefecture has grown increasingly dangerous. Fierce beasts are appearing more often, and deadly, fiery-cloud-like disasters have killed anyone caught in them.
• Emperor Zhao explains that the Death Sea contains a sealed supreme being and many powerful beasts, including True Immortals. He orders people to avoid the region and sends troops to defend the coast. Nearby fishing villages have already been relocated.
• Meanwhile, Muyang reaches the Rule Stele and attacks it. He shatters the stele and ruptures the River of Rules, then begins absorbing a portion of its rules into his body using the fleshly-sainthood method.
• A thunder tribulation gathers. Before it can strike, Muyang leaves the Celestial Court.

Character developments and interactions

• Emperor Zhao shows caution and responsibility: despite his own strength, he admits he cannot confidently face the being sealed in the Death Sea and prioritizes protecting the human population.
• Shan Hao brings the sea-region crisis before the court, prompting a coordinated military response.
• Muyang commits to an unconventional path to immortality, following the method previously used by Xiao Chengfeng.
• Zhu Chen, nearing immortality himself, watches Muyang closely and considers whether this alternative path might be stronger, but remains wary of choosing without certainty.
• The myriad races’ True Immortals observe Muyang’s breakthrough, recognizing its significance and weighing what it might mean for their own cultivation.

Significant themes

• Security and restraint: Human strength has grown, but the Death Sea remains a threat that cannot be dismissed.
• Risk and responsibility: Emperor Zhao balances confidence in the human military with caution about the sealed being.
• Choosing a path to power: Muyang’s unconventional breakthrough raises questions about whether alternative cultivation methods offer greater strength—and whether the risks are worth taking.
• A changing order: The Celestial Court unites the races, while local governments and military forces remain essential for maintaining everyday stability.

Chapter Summary

• Muyang attains immortality: After more than a year using the Violetcloud Divine Thunder Scripture to temper himself, Muyang undergoes a seven-day immortality tribulation in the astral wind layer. He survives, and signs of ascension appear across the Four Great Continents. Qin Shujian judges that Muyang’s strength and preparation gave him a strong chance of success.
• The Spirit Race awakens: Ancestor Heaven-Connecting senses the emergence of a new Spirit Race emperor and is deeply moved, though he regrets being unable to leave Heavenly Pattern Island to help. Across the Four Great Continents, dormant Spirit Race members awaken and journey toward the Fallen Immortal Domain.
• Muyang becomes a Celestial Court official: Qin Shujian appoints Muyang Guardian Divine General through the Investiture of the Gods List. Muyang now addresses him as sovereign rather than master. Qin orders him to reunite the Spirit Race, which may prove valuable against the Demon Abyss because the race’s life-infused spiritual energy counters demonic qi.
• The Spirit Race is re-established: Muyang declares that all plants across the Great Thousand World that awaken spiritual intelligence belong to the Spirit Race. In the Fallen Immortal Domain, his vitality nourishes plants and helps some awaken.
• Muyang creates a homeland: Demonstrating his immense new power, Muyang shatters and manipulates a vast stretch of void, then uses it to establish a small world for the Spirit Race.

Character Developments and Interactions

Muyang moves from Qin Shujian’s disciple to an immortal emperor and Celestial Court subordinate, taking responsibility for restoring his people. Qin acts as both mentor and sovereign, guiding Muyang’s cultivation and assigning him a strategic role. Ancestor Heaven-Connecting’s joy at the Spirit Race’s revival is tempered by his permanent confinement, while the awakening Spirit Race members rally toward their newly risen emperor.

Significant Themes

The chapter emphasizes renewal after long decline, as the Spirit Race returns after hundreds of thousands of years; duty and leadership, embodied by Muyang’s mission to unite his people; and power used to build as well as fight, shown by his creation of a homeland and the Spirit Race’s potential role against the Demon Abyss.

Key plot points

• Zhang Ergou continues cultivating in the Death Sea, killing Fierce Beasts and refining them with the Truth-Severing Red Lotus to turn their energy into Star Acupoints.
• After several years, he has opened over 38,000 acupoints, moving beyond the sixth Heavenly Being stage and approaching the seventh. His progress is rapid, but each new acupoint requires far more energy than the last.
• The Heaven and Earth Bow explains that it could advance from a five-seal to a six-seal Dao Artifact faster if Zhang supplied it with energy from Fierce Beasts. Zhang refuses to share, joking that he might help once he can hunt True Immortals.
• The Bow warns that beasts in the outer sea are no longer enough to help Zhang reach True Immortality. It urges him to enter the inner sea, where stronger prey—and greater risks—await. Zhang is tempted.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhang Ergou has become a formidable cultivator through relentless hunting, despite having only ordinary talent. His ambition is growing, but so is his awareness of the immense energy needed for further breakthroughs.
• The Heaven and Earth Bow acts as both companion and adviser. It bargains for nourishment, complains about Zhang’s selfishness, then offers practical guidance about where he can find stronger opponents.
• Their exchange is teasing and familiar: Zhang makes a vague promise to help the Bow someday, while the Bow doubts he will become strong enough anytime soon.

Significant themes

• Power comes at a cost: Each stage of cultivation demands exponentially more energy.
• Resourcefulness and risk: Zhang’s unusual method of refining Fierce Beasts fuels his rapid growth, but advancing further may require entering more dangerous territory.
• Ambition and limits: His strength is impressive, yet the gap between Heavenly Being and True Immortal remains daunting.

Key plot points

• Zhang Ergou enters the inner Sea Region. The disasters in his path are manifestations of power he himself left behind, and the Fierce Beasts avoid him, frightened by the baleful aura he has accumulated from years of slaughter.
• At the Celestial Court, Qin Shujian learns that an Otherworlder may have located the Moxialuo Clan. The area is heavily guarded, so the Court’s investigation has been costly; Qin judges that sending True Immortals to confirm the location would be an unnecessary risk.
• The Court has also identified likely locations for the Baheduo and Yezuo Clans, though none has been verified.
• Qin orders the Myriad Races to prepare for war and declares that the Celestial Court will attack all three Void Fiend Clans within five years. He rejects calls to delay, despite concerns that war would cause heavy casualties and weaken preparations against the Demon Abyss.
• Qin then collects stars and star cores from the gods to strengthen the Investiture of the Gods List. The contributions quickly fill its storage capacity.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhang Ergou appears increasingly formidable: his own past power now obstructs him, while his reputation as a slayer protects him from Fierce Beasts.
• Qin Shujian demonstrates firm, decisive leadership. He prioritizes eliminating the Void Fiend Clans before the Demon Abyss becomes an immediate threat and expects the Heavenly Soldiers to contribute meaningfully.
• The immortal gods, including the Moon Emperor, favor caution. They warn that postponing war could improve the Celestial Court’s odds and preserve the True Immortals needed to face the Demon Abyss. Qin’s refusal ends the debate.
• Emperor Zhao and the other gods respond to Qin’s request by surrendering their gathered stars and star cores.

Significant themes

• Power and its consequences: Zhang Ergou’s accumulated strength manifests both as a literal obstacle and as a shield.
• Leadership versus caution: Qin’s strategic urgency clashes with the gods’ concern over losses and long-term readiness.
• Preparation for a larger threat: The planned campaign against the Void Fiends is framed as a necessary step before confronting the Demon Abyss.
• Unity and sacrifice: The gods contribute valuable resources to strengthen the Celestial Court’s shared power.

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