Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• The Abyss Empire is under mounting pressure: the Illusion God Race has counterattacked, the Inner Demon Race has lost its former threat after heart-refinement trials, and the Angels are attacking on another front.
• The Abyss Lord regrets starting the conflict but, under the Abyssal Will’s influence, remains determined to destroy the Illusion God Race. He orders a stronger assault.
• The Hell Lord proposes opening the Ninefold Hell and offering imprisoned Evil Gods freedom in exchange for fighting the Illusion God Race. Though other Abyssal leaders warn that the prisoners are dangerous and hard to control, the Abyss Lord approves the plan and says he will bind them with an abyssal brand.
• Throne Angel reinforcements reach the Illusion God Race. Grateful for Alice’s support, the Illusion God Lord agrees that his people will become a subordinate race of the Angel Empire.
• Alice encourages the Illusion God Lord to hold on, predicting the Abyss Empire will eventually collapse. Privately, he doubts the war can end soon, given the Abyss Empire’s vast population and ability to replenish its forces.
• The Illusion God Lord raises concerns that the war is disproportionately costing the Power and Wisdom Angels, whose gifted fighters are being lost while other races avoid full commitment.

Character developments and interactions

• Abyss Lord: His regret gives way to escalating ruthlessness. His readiness to unleash the Ninefold Hell suggests the Abyssal Will has greatly compromised his judgment.
• Hell Lord: He takes a calculated risk by proposing the prisoners’ release. He claims the abyssal brand can control them, but is also testing how much of the Abyss Lord’s own will remains.
• Illusion God Lord: He accepts subordination to the Angel Empire as a practical means of survival, yet remains privately pessimistic about the war’s duration and outcome.
• Alice: She provides political and military support, presenting alliance with the Angel Empire as mutually beneficial. The Illusion God Lord’s comments about Angel casualties touch a sensitive issue for her.

Significant themes

• Power and control: The Abyss Lord’s reliance on the Abyssal Will and the proposed branding of prisoners raise questions about who truly commands the Abyss.
• Desperation and risk: The Abyss Empire considers releasing dangerous criminals as its war effort falters.
• Unequal sacrifice and alliance: The Angel Empire’s support helps the Illusion God Race, but the burden of fighting falls heavily on the Power and Wisdom Angels.
• Hope versus realism: Alice offers confidence in eventual victory, while the Illusion God Lord sees the conflict’s immense scale and doubts that survival will be easy.

Plot points and events

• Alice accepts the Throne Angel Legion’s deployment as a necessary sacrifice for the Angel Empire, concealing her dissatisfaction with the decision in front of outsiders. The Illusion God Lord notices and stores that resentment as a possible future advantage.
• The Abyss Lord brings Ninefold Hell’s forces to the front and decides to command the assault personally. He believes the Throne Angels are dangerous but expects no Angel Chiefs to be present.
• With the Throne Angels supporting them, the Illusion God Race counterattacks and initially drives the Abyssal army back. The Illusion God Lord, long accustomed to defeat, celebrates the reversal and orders his forces to press forward.
• The Abyss Lord has deliberately allowed the attackers to move beyond the protection of the Illusion Formation. Ninefold Hell’s fighters then strike from all directions, scattering the Throne Angels and breaking the Illusion God Race’s Fusion Beasts. The counterattack becomes a rout.
• The Illusion God Lord tries to flee, but the Abyss Lord and Hell Lord block his escape. He uses Illusion God Pools to vanish, yet the Abyss Lord catches sight of a nearly invisible figure.
• The pursuers discover the Illusion God Lord’s secret: he is actually an Illusion Spirit, a normally weak, bodiless being that has taken control of an Illusion God’s body and risen to rule the race.

Character developments and interactions

• Alice presents herself as dutiful and selfless, despite private discontent over the Angel Empire’s sacrifices.
• The Illusion God Lord is exhilarated by his army’s brief success but exposed as cautious and deceptive when his hidden nature comes to light. He has also learned that Alice’s dissatisfaction may be useful later.
• The Abyss Lord reveals himself as a patient strategist: he withholds his attack until the enemy leaves the Illusion Formation’s range, then personally moves to trap the Illusion God Lord.
• The Hell Lord warns the Illusion God Lord to surrender, but he refuses. The two leaders’ confrontation reinforces the danger closing around the Illusion God Race.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and political leverage: Alice’s public loyalty masks resentment that others may exploit.
• Deception and hidden identity: The apparent Illusion God Lord is revealed to be an Illusion Spirit controlling another being’s body.
• Overconfidence and reversal: The Illusion God Race mistakes an early battlefield advantage for a real victory, only to be ambushed.
• Power through adaptation: Illusion Spirits are individually fragile, but their ability to inhabit Illusion Gods lets them gain strength and influence.

Key plot points and events

• The Abyss Lord and Hell Lord expose the Illusion God Lord as a low-ranking illusion spirit after his Illusion God Body is destroyed. They mock him and continue their pursuit.
• Facing the loss of his identity and status, the Illusion God Lord panics and turns murderous, vowing to kill everyone who has seen his true form. He blames his pursuers for forcing him into this situation; the Abyss Lord answers that the strong prey on the weak.
• The chase leads into the increasingly dangerous depths of the Sea of Illusion Gods. The Abyss Lord recognizes that the Illusion God Lord may be luring them there, but is willing to accept the risk to destroy him.
• At the Angel Council, Alice reports that the Abyss Empire has deployed powerful fighters from Ninefold Hell. The Throne Angel forces have collapsed, leaving the Illusion God Race close to defeat.
• The Angels decide to reinforce the Sea of Illusion Gods, sending Alice and the Throne Angel Chief to lead the response.
• On arrival, Alice uses Sword of Retribution, Radiant Slash to split the Sea of Illusion Gods. The attack creates a lethal chasm: a Hell powerhouse who steps into it is disintegrated by countless blades of light. The Abyss Lord and Hell Lord realize the Angel reinforcements have arrived.

Character developments

• Illusion God Lord: His confidence gives way to desperation and madness as his true nature is revealed. His fear of losing the position he gained through great sacrifice—including betraying his master—drives his violent resolve.
• Abyss Lord: He is triumphant and determined, accepting heavy risks in pursuit of the Illusion God Lord. He sees the latter as an irritant and treats the conflict as an expression of power and dominance.
• Alice: She shifts from council strategist to decisive battlefield leader, demonstrating her power by striking the terrain itself rather than the enemy army.
• Angel Chiefs: Though initially surprised by the collapse, they quickly identify Ninefold Hell’s fighters as the decisive factor and commit to intervention.

Significant themes

• Power and predation: The Abyss Lord’s “strong devour the weak” outlook frames the conflict as a struggle in which weaker factions are expendable.
• Identity and status: The Illusion God Lord’s hidden origin threatens the authority and self-image he fought to secure.
• The cost of arrogance: The Illusion God Lord’s pride and misjudgment contribute to the Illusion God Race’s collapse.
• Escalation and sacrifice: Both sides are willing to expend lives and accept danger to achieve strategic goals.

Character interactions

• The Abyss Lord and Hell Lord ridicule the Illusion God Lord and hunt him together; their contempt intensifies his fear and rage.
• The Illusion God Lord protests that his race posed no threat, but the Abyss Lord dismisses the appeal with a blunt statement about strength and survival.
• The Angel Chiefs debate whether to abandon or reinforce the Sea of Illusion Gods, then cooperate in sending a relief force.
• Alice’s devastating strike halts the pursuing forces and signals to the Abyss and Hell Lords that the Angels have entered the battle.

Key plot points

• The Abyss Lord and his forces corner the wounded Illusion God Lord in the Sea of Illusion Gods. The Illusion God Lord considers surrendering, but distrusts the Abyss Lord’s promise to spare him.
• He reveals that the Abyss Lord’s army has entered a trap and activates a catastrophic power tied to the Sea. He merges into it, setting off a surge that sends Illusion Spirit and Illusion God beings swarming through the Abyssal forces.
• The beings seize control of Abyssal fighters and drag them into the Sea, apparently turning them into nourishment. The Illusion God Lord, now hollow-eyed and mindless, attacks the Abyss Lord and merges into his body, pulling him into the Sea as well.
• The remaining Abyssal forces flee. Power Angel Alice and the Throne Angel Chief are also attacked but escape.

Character developments and interactions

• Illusion God Lord: Fearful of death and unwilling to trust his longtime enemy, he chooses a final, destructive stand rather than surrender. His sacrifice becomes an uncontrollable force that threatens both sides.
• Abyss Lord: Initially offers mercy to coax a surrender, but his confidence gives way to terror when the Sea’s power turns against him. He is ultimately swallowed by the Illusion God Lord.
• Hell Lord and the other Abyssal leaders: They pursue the Illusion God Lord and obey the order to kill him, but are powerless against the ensuing catastrophe.
• Alice and the Throne Angel Chief: They avoid the worst of the attack and escape.

Significant themes

• Distrust and deception: The Illusion God Lord’s suspicion prevents him from accepting the Abyss Lord’s offer.
• Desperation and self-destruction: Facing defeat, the Illusion God Lord chooses a final act that may annihilate his own people along with his enemies.
• The terror of the unknown: The Abyss Lord’s strength and authority offer no protection against a phenomenon he cannot understand.
• Power’s cost: The Sea’s defense devastates the Illusion God and Abyssal forces alike, suggesting survival may come at the price of identity and consciousness.

Plot points and events

• The Sea of Illusion Gods devours the Abyss Empire’s army and the Angel forces caught within it. Only two Angel Chiefs escape; the Abyss Lord’s body remains trapped, while his soul is consumed.
• The Hell Lord returns to the Abyss Empire in shock. The abyssal will takes control of him and orders the Devil Race to mobilize and recover the Abyss Lord’s body, which it needs to gain physical form.
• The Angel Empire’s council learns of the catastrophe. Seeing the Abyss Empire weakened and the Abyss Lord missing, the Wisdom Angel urges an all-out war to seize its territory. Other leaders warn that the expanding Sea of Illusion Gods may threaten the entire Great Void.
• The Giant Mouth Overlord rejects the abyssal will’s order to enter the deadly Sea of Illusion Gods. He chooses to abandon the Abyss Empire and seek membership in the Independent Alliance.
• Demon Emperor Daochen consults the Alliance. Its members defer to his judgment and express trust in his decision.

Character developments and interactions

• The Hell Lord is shaken by the disaster and becomes a puppet of the abyssal will.
• The abyssal will reveals its urgent need for the Abyss Lord’s body and is willing to risk the Devil Race to retrieve it.
• The Wisdom Angel sees the crisis as a chance to defeat the Abyss Empire, while Alice and the Throne Angel Chief emphasize the danger posed by the Sea of Illusion Gods.
• The Giant Mouth Overlord acts independently, choosing survival and autonomy over obedience to the Abyss Empire.
• Daochen weighs the strategic risk of accepting the defectors; the Alliance shows confidence in his leadership.

Significant themes

• Catastrophe creates political opportunity: the Abyss Empire’s losses invite the Angel Empire to attack and prompt defections.
• Survival versus loyalty: the Giant Mouth Overlord refuses a likely death sentence, while the abyssal will treats its people as expendable.
• Trust and leadership: the Independent Alliance’s members place their decision in Daochen’s hands.
• A threat beyond political rivalries: the Sea of Illusion Gods’ unchecked expansion may endanger the whole Great Void.

Plot and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen decides the Independent Alliance will support the Giant Mouth Tribe’s rebellion and seize the Abyss Empire’s Western Region. Though his allies fear provoking the Abyss Empire, he argues that the Alliance is already likely to become a target, and that helping the Giant Mouth Tribe will bring territory, resources, and a stronger ally. The group ultimately accepts his decision.
• The Abyss Empire is weakened as many of its powerful races search the Sea of Illusion Gods for the Abyss Lord’s body. The Angel Empire exploits the depleted defenses, sending resurrected Throne Angels to the front and capturing more territory.
• Several races in the Western Defense Zone—the Giant Mouth Tribe, Hellhounds, Fallen Angels, and One-Eyed Giants—rebel and align with the Independent Alliance. Their leaders have practical reasons: survival, existing ties, or a lack of viable alternatives.
• Abyss Empire commanders are alarmed but cannot spare troops to suppress the rebellion while fighting the Angel Empire. They also do not know the full extent of the crisis within the empire.
• The Abyssal Will remains desperate to recover the Abyss Lord’s body. The Inner Demon Overlord reports that illusion power has immobilized it, so it must be moved forcibly and may be damaged. The Abyssal Will orders its retrieval regardless.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen shows strategic resolve, persuading his hesitant allies that cooperation with the Giant Mouth Tribe is worth the risk.
• The Splitting Devil Overlord and One-Horned Demon Overlord react with anger and helplessness to the western rebellions, frustrated that the empire cannot respond.
• The Giant Mouth Overlord emerges as a pragmatic organizer, risking betrayal by recruiting other races to the rebellion.
• Wisdom Angel Ellus takes advantage of the Abyss Empire’s distraction to reinforce the front with resurrected angels.
• The Abyssal Will appears increasingly panicked and fixated on the Abyss Lord’s body, while the Inner Demon Overlord delivers the grim news about its condition.

Significant themes

• Opportunism amid crisis: Rival powers and smaller races exploit the Abyss Empire’s vulnerability.
• Pragmatism and survival: Rebellious races choose the alliances most likely to preserve them, rather than remain loyal to a failing empire.
• Escalation and overextension: The Abyss Empire’s fixation on recovering the Abyss Lord leaves its borders exposed and its forces stretched thin.
• Uncertainty and declining control: The Abyssal Will cannot recover the body or prevent defections, suggesting its authority is weakening.

Key plot points

• The Abyssal Will accepts the Inner Demon Overlord’s proposal. Searching the Sea of Illusion Gods, the Overlord finds the Abyss Lord’s body among the corpses of other Abyssal powerhouses. Though their souls are mostly gone, their bodies remain faintly alive—an extraordinary chance for the Inner Demon Race to gain lasting bodies.
• The Abyss Lord’s body returns to the Abyss Empire, but the Inner Demon Overlord is controlling it. The Abyssal Will takes over and expels him, then confirms the body is largely intact despite its depleted power.
• With the Abyss Lord restored, the Abyssal races end their suicidal advance. The Lord announces that he will transform and orders preparations to end the war with the Angel Empire.
• The Angel army, led by Wisdom Angel Ellus, has taken Luwandas and nearly a tenth of Abyss territory. The Abyss Lord appears on the battlefield, reveals that he has reached High World King strength, and demands a ceasefire. He threatens to destroy the Angels’ reincarnation pools if they refuse.
• Ellus withdraws and reports to the Angel Council that the Abyss Lord can kill a Low World King. The council debates whether his peace offer is genuine or a ploy to buy time; the chapter ends before they settle on a response.

Character developments and interactions

• The Inner Demon Overlord eagerly pursues a body for himself and his race, but the Abyssal Will ultimately takes control of the recovered Abyss Lord.
• The Abyssal Will shifts from reckless sacrifice to protecting the Abyss Empire, recovering its ruler and halting the advance.
• The Abyss Lord returns with overwhelming confidence and uses his newfound strength to demand peace on his terms.
• Ellus recognizes the danger but remains wary, questioning the sudden offer and assessing the Abyss Lord’s power.
• The Angel Council is divided between suspecting a bluff and believing that ending the war may be strategically sensible.

Significant themes

• Bodies, identity, and survival: The Inner Demon Race’s longing for bodies turns the battlefield’s dead into an opportunity.
• Power and coercion: The Abyss Lord’s strength lets him frame peace as a threat rather than a negotiation.
• Uncertainty and strategy: Both empires must judge whether the other’s actions are sincere or calculated.
• The shifting balance of war: The Angels’ territorial gains are suddenly overshadowed by the Abyss Lord’s return.

Key plot points and events

• The Angel Council agrees to peace talks with the Abyss Empire, but the Abyss keeps the territory it has already seized. Both sides intend to stop fighting.
• The Abyssal Will, controlling the Abyss Lord, urges the Overlords to end the war at any cost. It cares little about lost land or rebellious races; its priority is securing a peaceful setting in which to complete its transformation into a physical being.
• At negotiations in Luwandas, the Angel Empire seeks compensation for its losses, while the Abyss Empire demands the return of occupied territory. Neither side concedes, and threats of renewed war accompany their bargaining.
• They settle on the existing borders, with troops permitted along them but no further conflict. The Abyss Empire’s rebellious races are to be punished, and territory taken by the Independent Alliance is placed under Angel administration. No compensation is paid, and the war ends.
• The Independent Alliance’s member races face pressure from the Abyss Empire to surrender. Demon Emperor Daochen secures permission for the Primordial World to shelter them, though they must give up their former strongholds. The Giant Mouth and Fallen Angel Overlords agree to join the Alliance; only a few scapegoats are handed over to satisfy the Abyss Empire.

Character developments and interactions

• The Abyssal Will reveals its true priorities: peace is a means to personal transformation, not a concern for the empire’s losses. Its overwhelming presence silences the Overlords when they question the cost of peace.
• The Lord of Hell wins the Abyss Lord’s trust and leads the negotiations. He stands firm against the Angel representatives, using the threat of a final war to strengthen his position.
• Wisdom Angel Ellus argues that the Abyss Empire should compensate the angels harmed by the war, but rejects the Abyssal side’s demand to return territory.
• Demon Emperor Daochen accepts substantial territorial and resource losses to protect the displaced races. Their leaders respond by pledging themselves to the Independent Alliance.

Significant themes

• Peace through compromise and power: The war ends not through reconciliation but through hard bargaining and mutual fear of renewed conflict.
• Self-interest behind political decisions: The Abyssal Will pursues peace for its own transformation, while the empires prioritize their strategic interests over the Independent Alliance.
• Protection at a cost: Daochen’s sheltering of the persecuted races requires them to abandon their old strongholds and become part of the Alliance.

Key plot points

• After the Abyss Empire ends the war, Demon Emperor Daochen warns that the truce is only temporary: both empires are using the pause to recover and strengthen themselves.
• Daochen orders intensive training across the Primordial World, determined to build enough strength that his people no longer have to depend on others’ mercy or schemes.
• He studies the Poison Source Race, refines world power, and develops the method of Incorporating Worlds into the Body. Meanwhile, the Primordial World stays largely isolated and secretive.
• The chapter highlights how the Angel Empire controls its allies’ advancement. Although it shares knowledge and training opportunities, it blocks progress beyond the Grand Ancestor God level and withholds powerful technologies.
• After tens of thousands of peaceful years, the Insect Queen brings Daochen, the Dark God King, and other rising experts to the former territory of the Great Void God Race, hoping to learn how its destruction might reveal a path to greater power.
• Hidden near the site, they overhear Angel warriors confirm that the Angel and Abyss Empires destroyed the Great Void God Race and sacrificed its members. The warriors also report strange disturbances at the Great Void Altar and an unsettling sense that the race may return.
• The Insect Queen cautions the group not to approach the altar. Daochen leads them forward cautiously, using his Illusion Beasts and a moving formation to avoid detection.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen grows more determined to make the Primordial World self-reliant. He is cautious and disciplined, silencing the group and directing their covert advance.
• The Insect Queen reveals her impatience with the long peace and her ambition to discover a way past the limits facing allied races. She remains wary of the altar.
• The Dark God King is intrigued by the altar and the mystery of the Great Void God Race, while the group’s reaction to the overheard conversation turns to unease.
• The Angel warriors’ casual conversation exposes their role in the Great Void God Race’s destruction and foreshadows a possible return.

Significant themes

• Strength and independence: Daochen believes power is essential to freedom and security.
• Control disguised as opportunity: The Angel Empire’s open alliance masks restrictions designed to keep subordinate races dependent.
• Secrecy and suppressed knowledge: Advanced cultivation methods and technology are withheld from outsiders.
• Uneasy peace and looming danger: The empires are rebuilding, while the altar’s disturbances suggest the past may not be finished.

Key plot points and events

• After years of searching the Great Void Sacred Land for a way to advance, Demon Emperor Daochen, the Insect Queen, and the Dark God King reach the Great Void Altar. The Insect Queen insists her source said the altar could help them break through, but refuses to reveal who provided the information.
• Daochen sees ghostly figures inside the altar that his companions cannot perceive. When the figures notice the group, he senses imminent danger and leads everyone out.
• Outside, they find the Angel Race gathered around the altar. The Angels cannot see the apparitions, so they feed them Insect Race puppets and then living insects to keep them at bay. The creatures repeatedly emerge to devour the offerings and retreat.
• Five years pass. The Angel Race worries that the apparitions are multiplying and may eventually threaten the whole Great Void World. Once the danger seems to subside, Daochen and his two companions enter the altar; their other followers have been consumed.
• Inside, Daochen recognizes that the now-clearer monsters look exactly like members of the Great Void God Race. The chapter ends with the Insect Queen asking what he has seen.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains wary and observant: he trusts his sense of danger, protects the Insect Queen and Dark God King, and waits until the apparitions seem less threatening before entering. His discovery leaves him horrified.
• The Insect Queen is defensive about her secret source and outraged when the Angel Race uses her people as bait, despite having treated them as expendable herself.
• The Dark God King accompanies the others but has little individual focus.
• Daochen signals his companions to flee and later to stay quiet as they slip past the Angels. He also calms the Insect Queen when she reacts to the insects’ treatment.

Significant themes

• Deception and hidden motives: The group may have been deliberately lured to the altar, though the source and purpose remain unknown.
• The cost of survival: Both the Angels and the Insect Queen treat the Insect Race as expendable, exposing the cruelty behind their struggle to contain the threat.
• The unknown and mounting danger: The invisible, multiplying apparitions are a threat whose true nature is only partly revealed.
• Identity and horror: The apparitions’ resemblance to the vanished Great Void God Race raises unsettling questions about what they are.

Plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen reveals that the seemingly empty Great Void is filled with illusory beings resembling the Great Void God Race. They can devour life, though they appear sated for now.
• Near an altar, Daochen finds a pebble containing a hidden microcosm. Inside is a message from an old Great Void God Race Librarian, whom Daochen once taught a spatial technique.
• The Librarian explains that his people repeatedly pass through cycles of birth and extinction, each time devouring a world. They do not want to continue this pattern, so they have set up a trial and invite visitors to destroy the altar, supposedly to open their legacy and give others a chance to survive.
• Daochen, the Dark God King, and the Insect Queen each realize they have received similar personal experiences or instructions. They suspect the invitation is a deliberate, coordinated lure.
• The three debate whether to break the altar. Fearing that it might release more of the dangerous beings—or revive the Great Void God Race and destroy their world—they decide to leave it untouched.
• After they depart, an Angel Race member enters, intent on claiming the title of Angel King.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen acts cautiously and questions the Great Void God Race’s motives, even while feeling tempted by the promised power for being first to open the trial.
• The Dark God King is surprised that Daochen’s encounter resembles his own, confirming the experience was not unique.
• The Insect Queen likewise reports receiving help and concludes that the altar’s invitation may be a trap designed to resurrect the Great Void God Race.
• The three compare their experiences, share their concerns, and agree to prioritize safety over potential rewards.
• The unnamed Angel intruder provides a sharp contrast: unlike the cautious trio, he appears driven by ambition.

Significant themes

• Trust and manipulation: A seemingly benevolent offer may conceal a dangerous agenda.
• Cycles of destruction: The Great Void God Race’s repeated rebirth comes at the cost of consuming worlds.
• Caution versus ambition: The heroes reject a tempting chance at power, while the Angel’s arrival suggests others may act recklessly.
• Legacy and choice: The Great Void God Race claims to offer others a way to survive, but its motives remain uncertain.

Key plot points and events

• After the Demon Emperor, the Angel King, and the Abyssal Will leave the Great Void Altar, a huge upheaval shakes heaven and earth. Lightning fills the Starry Sea, and people across the Great Void feel dread, grief, and a sense of approaching disaster.
• The Angel King warns the chief Seraph that the Great Void Laws are signaling a potentially world-ending catastrophe. He orders the Seven Archangels to prepare, though he remains in seclusion.
• The Abyssal Will, preparing to take physical form, interprets the upheaval as opposition to his plan and vows to emerge regardless of the consequences.
• On returning to the Primordial World, Demon Emperor Daochen recognizes the phenomenon as a warning from the Great Void Laws. He suspects someone may have opened the altar and regrets not doing so himself, since that might have kept events under control.
• With the danger’s nature still unknown, Daochen places the Primordial World on its highest alert: it is sealed, defenses are strengthened, supplies gathered, personnel recalled, and far-flung territories abandoned.
• He also summons the Independent Alliance. Some former Abyss Empire factions return to the Primordial World, while he urges the other allied races to unite against the coming crisis.

Character developments and interactions

• Angel King: Shows unusual concern and takes the warning seriously, but chooses to remain in seclusion while directing the Angel Race’s preparations through the chief Seraph.
• Abyssal Will: His eagerness to gain a physical body hardens into defiance and fury; he believes the catastrophe may be aimed at him.
• Demon Emperor Daochen: Moves quickly from frustration and uncertainty to decisive leadership. He accepts the cost of abandoning territory and prioritizes the survival of the Primordial World.
• The chief Seraph is relieved to hear the Angel King’s voice and asks whether he will emerge; the king clarifies that he will not yet.
• The Primordial World’s Overlords obey Daochen’s emergency orders, while the Independent Alliance is asked to coordinate rather than face the crisis separately.

Significant themes

• Foreboding and uncertainty: The warning is unmistakable, but no one knows what threat is coming.
• Preparedness and sacrifice: Daochen gives up valuable holdings to concentrate resources and protect his people.
• Unity in crisis: The chapter emphasizes that alliances and coordinated action may be essential to survival.
• Ambition versus catastrophe: The Abyssal Will refuses to abandon his personal goal, even as the whole world faces danger.

Key plot points and events

• The Heavenly Dao’s warning prompts Demon Emperor Daochen to withdraw the Primordial World’s forces from its outer territories and concentrate defenses at home.
• Many Independent Alliance members doubt the danger and resist abandoning their lands. The Wisdom and Ant Races ask to have their worlds included within the defensive perimeter, but Daochen refuses: spreading defenses too widely would leave the Primordial World vulnerable.
• The two races settle on partial evacuations—first proposing to send their young, then agreeing to move half their elite forces while the rest stay behind to defend their Heavenly Daos.
• The Fortune Clan, Fire Barbarian Race, and Clearwater Way choose to relocate entirely, trusting Daochen. Other races make mixed choices, and some opportunists ask to occupy the abandoned territories.
• Daochen accepts that each race must decide for itself and bear the consequences. He then confers with the Insect Queen and Dark God King, who have also withdrawn their forces after witnessing the Great Void Altar.
• The three leaders fear that their forces—and even vast numbers of expendable lives—may not be enough against the bizarre beings. Daochen admits he cannot understand the Great Void God Race’s plans or the meaning of “reincarnation,” and suspects the known creatures may not be the true source of the looming crisis.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen is presented as cautious, grave, and responsible. He urges the alliance to prioritize survival over territory, while respecting its members’ freedom to choose. His uncertainty about the threat underscores that his confidence does not extend to understanding its nature.
• The Wisdom and Ant Race overlords begin skeptical and reluctant to abandon their worlds. Daochen’s warning makes them reconsider, but they remain attached to their Heavenly Daos and choose a compromise rather than full evacuation.
• The Fortune Clan, Fire Barbarian Race, and Clearwater Way demonstrate strong trust in Daochen, based on his past success guiding the alliance.
• The Insect Queen and Dark God King share Daochen’s alarm and helplessness. Their exchange confirms that even the most powerful leaders have few options beyond withdrawal, mobilization, and hoping the Angel and Abyss Empires are prepared.

Significant themes

• Uncertainty and preparation: The crisis has not arrived, and its cause remains unknown, yet leaders must act before they can be certain.
• Collective survival versus attachment to home: Races weigh protecting their people against defending their worlds and Heavenly Daos.
• Leadership and responsibility: Daochen warns others but does not force them, insisting that each race own its choices.
• Powerlessness before the unknown: Even great leaders cannot decipher the Great Void God Race’s purpose or guarantee that their preparations will be enough.

Plot points and events

• The Angel King identifies the shattered Great Void Altar as the likely source of the prophesied world-level crisis. Its monsters remain unknown, and an Angel who entered the altar died; investigators confirmed it had broken apart.
• He advises the Seven Archangels to prepare by concentrating defenses and producing flesh-and-blood puppets, which the unusual life-forms may target. He leaves the final decisions to them.
• Wisdom Angel Ellus proposes protecting the Angel Empire’s core while relocating its people there, rather than abandoning its wider territory. Subordinate races or insect forces will occupy the outer regions. The other Archangels accept the plan, and preparations begin.
• The Abyss Empire makes little effort to prepare. Its puppet ruler, controlled by the arrogant Abyssal Will, ignores the warning. It instead reclaims western lands left undefended when Demon Emperor Daochen withdrew.
• For ten thousand years, Heavenly Dao power works to repair the Great Void World, but small spatial rifts persist and foreign power continues to erode its Heavenly Dao. The long delay causes most races to dismiss the warnings and resume normal activity.
• Daochen remains cautious. He knows the world has endured because the Heavenly Dao has been repairing it, and he senses that its surrounding space is weakening. Unable to mend space directly, he has spent the years placing formations amid the divine thunder to support the Heavenly Dao.

Character developments and interactions

• The Angel King acts as a cautious adviser rather than asserting authority, entrusting the crisis response to his Archangels.
• Ellus balances defense with the Angel Empire’s territorial interests, proposing a compromise that protects the core without surrendering the outer lands.
• Daochen shows sustained vigilance and practical resolve, continuing to help even though he cannot repair the damage himself.
• The Abyssal Will’s arrogance leaves the Abyss Empire dangerously unprepared, contrasting with the angels’ organized response and Daochen’s continued efforts.

Significant themes

• The danger of the unknown: The altar’s unexplained monsters and destruction make the crisis hard to predict or contain.
• Preparedness versus complacency: The angels and Daochen take precautions, while the Abyssal Will dismisses the warning and the wider world gradually grows careless.
• Leadership and responsibility: The Angel King delegates, Ellus weighs competing needs, and Daochen takes action despite limited power.
• Fragile stability: The apparent peace is not safety; it depends on the Heavenly Dao’s ongoing repairs, while the world’s spatial boundaries continue to deteriorate.

Plot points and events

• The Great Void’s Heavenly Dao rewards Demon Emperor Daochen for his past help by making it easier for him to comprehend the Great Dao. With the Five Elements Illusion Gods’ guidance, he rapidly improves in formations and illusion arts.
• The Great Void World’s defenses are failing. Its thunder grows weaker, and the Heavenly Dao seals every world behind protective barriers, trapping their inhabitants inside. Daochen recognizes this as the world’s last act of protection.
• A gigantic structure called the Thousand-Layer Tower appears in the Primordial World. Its rules promise fortune, world power, possible special talents, and—if someone completes it—the ability to protect their race.
• While people debate whether the tower is safe, Daochen alone notices countless invisible, monstrous beings gathering outside the shield. He suspects the Heavenly Dao’s weakened state has allowed them to arrive sooner.
• An announcement reports that Meng Chang has cleared the tower’s first floor, earning fortune protection, one world’s power, and the abilities Devouring, Great Void Eye, and Great Void Heart.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen grows more skilled but remains unable to advance his cultivation through a suitable method. He is perceptive about the Heavenly Dao’s limits and understands that its protection cannot last forever. Despite his unease, he has no way to fight the unseen creatures and must hope the tower offers a solution.
• The Five Elements Illusion Gods support Daochen’s development by teaching him, especially in illusion formations.
• Meng Chang, though unknown to the assembled leaders, becomes the first confirmed tower-clearer and offers a hint that its rewards may help counter the approaching threat.
• Several Overlords consult Daochen about the tower, while ordinary inhabitants react with confusion and fear to the barriers and uncertainty surrounding the new structure.

Significant themes

• Protection and its limits: The Great Void can shelter its worlds only temporarily; eventually, its inhabitants must face danger themselves.
• Hope amid impending catastrophe: The tower’s powerful rewards may be humanity’s chance to survive, but its purpose and risks remain unclear.
• Fear of the unknown: The people cannot see the monsters, while Daochen can—but even he does not know how to stop them.
• Fate and design: Daochen believes the Heavenly Dao follows a preset order, suggesting its actions are part of a plan rather than responses to individual circumstances.

Key plot points and events

• As a first person emerges from the Thousand-Layer Tower, excitement spreads, and many enter to attempt its individual trials. Although the tower accommodates enormous numbers, its challenges require at least a thousand successful clearances.
• Demon Emperor Daochen stays outside at first, watching the strange creatures surrounding the Primordial World. His mental power cannot touch them; when he tests them with world power, they swarm toward and consume it.
• Human Sovereign Fuxi reports that a scout completed the first two floors. The trials involved fighting transparent creatures with a tower-provided weapon; the rewards included the Great Void Eye, which lets the user see those otherwise invisible beings.
• Daochen suspects the tower’s creatures are the same ones outside, but warns that the tower’s weapons are not currently available in the real world. Fuxi suggests recreating them, though the weapon’s material is unknown.
• To investigate, Daochen enters the tower himself, with Fuxi following. Daochen’s first-floor trial differs from the scout’s: he meets a scepter-bearing figure who says Daochen’s presence means the Great Void God Race has already been destroyed and that another cycle of reincarnation is near.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains cautious and analytical. He investigates the outside threat, recognizes that world power attracts the creatures, and enters the tower when reports leave key questions unanswered. His unusual trial suggests he may have access to knowledge or a role beyond ordinary challengers.
• Fuxi shows strategic caution by sending a scout ahead, then follows Daochen into the tower despite uncertainty.
• The scout provides practical information about the trials and the Great Void Eye, but cannot explain the weapon’s construction.
• Daochen and Fuxi exchange concerns about whether the invisible creatures are the looming crisis and whether the tower’s weapons could be reproduced.

Significant themes

• The unknown and the limits of power: Daochen’s usual abilities cannot affect the creatures, and world power only feeds them.
• Preparation versus uncertainty: Leaders gather information before acting, but the tower’s rules and the threat’s nature remain unclear.
• Cycles and fate: The mysterious figure presents reincarnation as an unavoidable law, suggesting events may be part of a recurring cosmic pattern.
• Unequal paths: The tower appears to give different people different trials, hinting that its challenges may be tailored to each entrant.

Key plot points

• Demon Emperor Daochen confronts a mysterious figure in the Thousand-Layer Tower, who identifies himself as a phantom of the last Great Void God King.
• The King explains that the Great Void God Race instinctively creates life. As life multiplies and consumes the Great Void’s energy, the world eventually triggers reincarnation: Purgers wipe out life, the world returns to chaos, and the God Race appears again.
• The God Race knew this fate and created the Thousand-Layer Tower with the Great Void Heavenly Dao. The Tower is meant to protect other races and conceal the way to defeat the strange void beings—knowledge granted only to those who clear it.
• The King urges Daochen to survive and face the monsters without fear, claiming they are not especially strong once their weakness is understood.
• After the King disappears, an illusory monster appears. Daochen finds an ordinary sword made of voidwood, suggesting this unremarkable material may be the key to fighting them.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen listens carefully and recognizes the God Race’s tragic position, but remains deeply suspicious of the King’s tidy explanation. He outwardly promises, “We will survive,” while privately questioning whether the story is true.
• The Great Void God King presents his people as compassionate creators who accept their own extinction but seek to give other races a chance. His reassurance and apparent willingness to reveal the Tower’s purpose leave Daochen unconvinced.
• Their conversation is measured and respectful: the King explains the cycle, while Daochen tests the logic and draws his own conclusions.

Significant themes

• Survival and coexistence: The Great Void’s instinct to protect itself conflicts with the survival of its inhabitants; neither side is simply right or wrong.
• Creation and consequence: Life brings richness to the world but also consumes the resources on which it depends.
• Truth and distrust: Daochen warns himself that what seems reasonable—or what one senses directly—may still be misleading.
• Scale and uncertainty: He wonders whether the Great Void is part of an endless hierarchy, then questions whether its supposed cycle of destruction is even imminent.

Plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen encounters a transparent void creature and tests its behavior. When it touches him, it breaks down and absorbs part of his body, then gradually copies his appearance.
• Daochen deliberately lets it consume more of him until it forms a solid double. The double speaks, identifying itself as part of the Great Void God Race, and declares that it intends to claim the world.
• The creature mirrors Daochen’s body, strength, and techniques, making their fight a stalemate. Daochen turns the tide by drawing on world power—an ability his copy cannot reproduce—and destroys its physical form.
• Daochen realizes void creatures are vulnerable to the Wooden Sword, while their physical doubles can be killed by ordinary attacks. He uses the sword to destroy the creature completely, though it begins to writhe and attempt to return to its void form.
• The trial awards him fortune protection, the power of one world, the Blood Sun talent, and the Great Void Eye and Great Void Heart.

Character development

• Daochen’s curiosity leads him to take a dangerous risk, allowing the creature to copy him so he can learn what it is.
• His confidence gives way to a difficult realization: by feeding the creature his own flesh and blood, he has made it nearly his equal. He adapts by exploiting a power it cannot copy.

Character interactions

• Daochen initially approaches the creature cautiously, but it responds without immediate hostility after gaining a body, thanking him for the gift and claiming it wants to help fight its enemies.
• The exchange turns antagonistic when the creature decides Daochen is an enemy and announces its intention to consume the world. Their ensuing battle is a confrontation between Daochen and his own mirror image.

Significant themes

• Curiosity and risk: Daochen’s desire to understand the creature makes the trial harder.
• Identity and imitation: The copy reproduces his appearance and abilities but cannot replicate everything he possesses.
• Hidden vulnerabilities and adaptation: Daochen discovers that void creatures and their physical forms require different means of defeat—and that victory may not mean the threat is gone for good.

Key plot points and events

• After discovering that the Strange Being is difficult to kill, the Demon Emperor notices that his newly granted Great Void Heart absorbs its strange energy. The energy makes him feel stronger and oddly connected to the creature.
• He suspects the Thousand-Layer Tower is not simply helping its challengers: its trial may be designed to infect them, gradually transforming them into Strange Beings. He also doubts the motives of the Great Void God King and the Great Void God Race.
• On the second and third floors, the number of enemies doubles—from two to four—and their energy is absorbed automatically. When the Demon Emperor tries to end the trial, he finds himself trapped; enlarging his body only makes the trial space expand with him.
• He reasons that both losing and successfully advancing may lead to transformation, since the Tower’s laws have already marked him through the Great Void Heart.
• Looking for a way to resist, he sends the strange energy into the worlds within his acupoints. There it changes into Hongmeng power and nourishes those worlds without apparent harm.
• He concludes that the strange energy has its own constraints and perhaps a rudimentary, instinctive intelligence—but the Tower remains a trap, and he still lacks a full understanding of how to escape its influence.

Character development

• The Demon Emperor shifts from straightforward combat to wary investigation. Rather than simply destroying enemies, he studies how their energy works and searches for a way to counter the Tower’s laws.
• His suspicion deepens into alarm: he considers the possibility that the Primordial World is already being infiltrated and that people who returned from the Tower may be corrupted incarnations.
• He remains resourceful and analytical, using the independent laws of his inner worlds as a possible defense, though he recognizes that his understanding is incomplete.

Significant themes

• Corruption disguised as aid: The Tower’s reward may be a mechanism for infection rather than a genuine gift.
• The danger of hidden rules: Physical strength cannot overcome a trial governed by laws that alter its participants.
• Invasion and mistrust: The threat may already have spread beyond the Tower, making even apparent survivors suspect.
• Adaptation as resistance: The Demon Emperor’s inner worlds may counter the strange energy because they operate under different laws.

Character interactions

• The Demon Emperor fights the Strange Beings on successive floors, then deliberately absorbs and examines their energy.
• He addresses the Tower, asking to leave, but receives no response.
• He reflects on the Great Void God King and the Great Void God Race, questioning whether their involvement is part of the wider corruption.

Key plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen discovers he can safely absorb the tower’s strange energy by converting it into Hongmeng power, then world power. Clearing floors also earns him fortune and world power, while strengthening his Blood Sun ability.
• He races through the Thousand-Layer Tower, reaching the 901st floor after quickly defeating its strange creatures and harvesting their energy.
• The Great Void God King appears and urges Daochen to leave by defeating him, claiming the Primordial World is in danger. Daochen sees through the ploy, refuses to fight, and insists the God King obey the tower’s rules.
• Daochen continues clearing floors, thwarting the invaders’ plan to transform climbers into Strange Beings and use their escape to complete an invasion.
• On the thousandth floor, a vast, ferocious horde attacks. Daochen uses his Wooden Sword to cut them down.
• The Great Void God King gathers and swallows the remaining strange energy, then deduces that Daochen is a Time Traveler with other laws within him. He reveals that he is a World King in Daochen’s world and threatens to send someone of that rank after him.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen grows increasingly confident and opportunistic: he turns the enemy’s corrupting energy into a resource and presses on both to gain power and to find a way to rescue his trapped clansmen. He remains wary of the God King and refuses to be manipulated.
• The Great Void God King shifts from apparent helper to openly hostile adversary. He recognizes Daochen as an anomaly who threatens the invasion, then promises to confront him using the laws of Daochen’s world.
• Their encounter becomes a contest of deception and control: the God King tries to force Daochen out, while Daochen exposes the contradiction between the God King’s claims and the tower’s rules.

Significant themes

• Resistance to corruption: Daochen’s many worlds and their distinct laws let him withstand an energy designed to transform others.
• Power through adaptation: He converts the enemy’s weapon into strength and uses the tower’s own rewards to advance.
• Rules and manipulation: The God King’s authority is constrained by rules his side created, and Daochen exploits that constraint.
• Escalating threat: Daochen’s success disrupts the invasion, prompting the enemy to abandon subtle tactics and prepare a stronger response.