Chapter Summaries

1. Key plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen negotiates with Murong Qingliu of the Spacetime Administration about equipment costs and rewards for opening a new battlefield. Renting or buying equipment does not change the standard reward of 10,000 points per dark beast; the Administration prefers rentals because its production capacity is limited.
• Daochen seeks a written contract and Great Dao oath guaranteeing the reward rate and any additional incentives. Murong Qingliu cannot approve this herself but agrees to submit the request to the Director.
• While awaiting approval, Daochen assesses the Primordial World’s forces. It has 130,005,008 Grand Ancestor Gods, including 3,508,002 Buddhist Sect experts, and a population exceeding a hundred trillion.
• He assigns experts above Sage level to regular missions, while those below Sage level are told to focus on cultivation.
• The Primordial World has only about 2.7 billion points, so Daochen contributes 70 billion and orders the points spent on combat suits and Darkslayer Blades. He plans to start with a small battlefield and rotate groups of fighters every three days.
• At the Points Exchange Center, Daochen realizes that opening a new battlefield is more dangerous than fighting on established fronts. Dark beasts may gather to crush the new force, and equipment alone will not suffice: the operation also requires logistics, medical support, and specialized combat teams.

2. Character developments

• Demon Emperor Daochen is practical and impatient to get the Primordial World fighting again, but he also shows caution by demanding firm guarantees and researching battlefield requirements before committing his forces.
• Murong Qingliu explains the Administration’s policies and constraints, and offers to pursue possible benefits, while making clear that she lacks authority to promise them.
• Human Sovereign Fuxi provides the force tally and points total, demonstrating efficient organization, though the limited reserve of points contrasts with Daochen’s resources.

3. Significant themes

• War as recovery: Daochen sees battlefield earnings as a way to obtain resources, improve cultivation, and restore morale after the Primordial World’s destruction and flight.
• Preparation and risk: Opening a new front offers opportunity but invites a stronger enemy response, making planning and support systems essential.
• Institutional rules and negotiation: The Administration sets firm reward policies, while Daochen tries to secure transparent, enforceable terms.
• Collective strength: The Primordial World’s huge population and growing expert base are presented as vital foundations for rebuilding.

4. Character interactions

• Daochen challenges Murong Qingliu on equipment prices, reward rates, and the possibility of future changes; she answers with policy explanations and agrees to seek approval for a formal contract.
• Daochen consults Fuxi for military figures, then issues directives on mission assignments, equipment purchases, and troop rotation.
• Daochen’s exchange-center research shifts his approach from simply buying weapons to recognizing that a successful new battlefield requires coordinated logistical, medical, and combat support.

Plot points

• While considering establishing a battlefield, the Demon Emperor is mocked by the leader of a large combat team, who doubts that a Great Spirit God and his relatively weak people could manage it.
• The man then explains that many races have been ruined after establishing battlefields. Success transfers full responsibility for defense to the race: the Spacetime Administration provides no reinforcements until the defenders are effectively wiped out.
• The warning alarms the Demon Emperor, who realizes the Primordial World could face relentless attacks from powerful Dark Beasts without help. He thanks the man and says he will reconsider.
• Before the Demon Emperor leaves, the man reveals his motive: he can offer a mercenary opportunity on a battlefield belonging to a race nearing collapse. Mercenaries could access its resources and earn rewards without signing a binding contract, allowing them to withdraw if danger becomes severe. The Demon Emperor agrees to hear more.

Character developments and interactions

• The Demon Emperor moves from irritation at the man’s ridicule to cautious respect for his warning. He weighs the risks of establishing a battlefield against the potential rewards, while remaining interested in the independence and profits it could bring.
• The combat-team leader shifts from openly mocking the Demon Emperor to advising him politely, then admits he had a self-interested reason for approaching him: recruiting mercenaries.
• Their exchange turns from confrontation into negotiation, though the mercenary offer still carries risks—especially that hired fighters may leave when the battlefield becomes dangerous.

Themes

• Ambition versus survival: Establishing a battlefield promises resources and growth but can expose an entire race to destruction.
• Institutional rules and harsh consequences: The Spacetime Administration’s strict policies leave successful battlefield holders responsible for their own defense.
• Trust and hidden motives: The leader’s warning appears altruistic, but his later offer reveals a practical business interest.
• Risk, independence, and compromise: The Demon Emperor must compare the freedom of owning a battlefield with the safer, less binding option of serving as a mercenary.

Plot points and events

• The Demon Emperor visits the Mission Administration Office intending to open a battlefield, but learns that many races’ existing battlefields are in crisis as Dark Beast attacks intensify.
• More than a thousand races compete to recruit him as a mercenary. The White Tiger Sky Race’s representative, Bai Qingyun, says his people are close to extinction and offers compensation; other races make competing offers.
• The Demon Emperor leaves with cards from 3,561 races and roughly thirty billion points in contributions.
• Recognizing that launching a battlefield now would be dangerously unrealistic, he gives the contacts to Human Sovereign Fuxi and asks him to assess the races’ situations and defenses, looking for both lessons and potential allies.
• Fuxi warns that the Spacetime Administration’s defensive line is in serious trouble and that their own settlement may be near the border. The Demon Emperor decides they must cooperate with the Administration rather than consider siding with the Dark Beasts.

Character developments and interactions

• The Demon Emperor revises his ambitious plan after seeing how badly established battlefields are faring. He remains strategic, treating the recruitment offers as a chance to gather intelligence and build alliances rather than simply taking the money.
• Bai Qingyun shifts from confident recruiter to desperate petitioner, pleading for help as his race nears collapse.
• Human Sovereign Fuxi supports the Demon Emperor’s assessment with his own findings and adds concern about the Primordial World’s vulnerable location.

Significant themes

• The cost of overconfidence: Opening a battlefield without adequate strength could be disastrous.
• Crisis creates opportunity: The races’ desperation gives the Primordial World a chance to learn from them and forge alliances.
• Security versus unchecked growth: The Spacetime Administration’s strict laws limit certain cultivation practices, but its protection offers the Primordial World time and room to develop.
• Pragmatic cooperation: Faced with the Dark Beasts, the Demon Emperor recognizes that the Administration is the only viable partner.

Chapter Summary

Plot and events

• The Demon Emperor concludes that his people need resources to survive and eventually grow powerful enough to establish a Spacetime Empire. The Spacetime Battlefield offers the quickest opportunity, so he decides to visit it with a large force.
• He summons Zhunti, Jieyin, Qingchan, Qingxuan, Heavenly Dao Hongjun, and Human Sovereign Xuanyuan. The Buddhist leaders gather 10,000 disciples, while Xuanyuan and Hongjun organize another 90,000 experts—half from the Human Race and half from other races.
• Daochen reviews his children’s progress in the Buddhist Dao: Qingchan has taken five steps and reached “I am Buddha,” while Qingxuan has taken three steps and reached “compassion for all living beings.” He praises Qingxuan’s effort, prompting Qingchan to scold and slap her younger brother for secretly working hard.
• Daochen brings both children along to learn about battlefield dangers firsthand. He warns the assembled 100,000 fighters to be cautious and gives them the option to withdraw, but everyone chooses to stay.
• The Buddhist disciples demonstrate their progress. Though still at the great prosperity god level, they have nearly mastered the Buddhist Fundamental Dao and are close to breaking through. Daochen orders the troops arranged in squads of ten, with nine fighters and one Buddhist disciple, to train together.
• He exchanges points for 100,000 basic combat sets, each containing a Spacetime Combat Suit and Yin-Slaying Saber, and arranges delivery to the Primordial World. He also surveys the Spacetime Administration’s broad stock of resources and battlefield weapons, including the costly Space-Shattering Cannon, which can trap Dark Beasts by breaking space rather than killing them.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen acts as a cautious commander and father: he prepares the expedition carefully, emphasizes protecting his people, and wants Qingchan and Qingxuan to learn to think independently in danger.
• Qingchan is highly talented and domineering, both in cultivation and in her relationship with Qingxuan. Qingxuan is disciplined and increasingly advanced, but remains intimidated by his sister.
• Hongjun and Xuanyuan coordinate the broader troop mobilization, while Zhunti and Jieyin provide the Buddhist contingent.
• The Buddhist disciples’ preparation suggests their faction is becoming a central part of the planned battlefield force.

Significant themes

• Preparation and caution: Strength alone is not enough; organization, equipment, and restraint are essential to surviving the battlefield.
• Growth through hardship: The expedition is intended to build experience and help fighters advance in cultivation.
• Resource-driven ambition: The battlefield is dangerous, but it may supply what the Primordial World needs to become stronger.
• Family hierarchy and discipline: Qingchan’s teasing dominance over Qingxuan adds humor while showing the siblings’ familiar dynamic.

Plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen spends most of his remaining points on battlefield equipment, including space-shattering cannons and tens of thousands of Spacetime Weapons. He refuses the Spacetime Administration’s offer of a loan and cannot yet afford a large spacetime shuttle.
• After the equipment arrives, Daochen gives it to Heavenly Dao Hongjun and the others. The group spends over ten days learning to use it, while Daochen obtains battlefield coordinates from Bai Qingshan of the White Tiger Sky Race.
• The Primordial World group travels to the battlefield. Daochen first inspects the defensive sector rather than immediately accepting responsibility, confirming that the assignment is manageable and that Bai Qingshan has been truthful.
• Though Bai Qingshan says ten thousand fighters should suffice, Daochen deploys twenty thousand from his hundred-thousand-strong force, prioritizing his warriors’ safety.
• When the handover barrier falls, a huge Dark Beast army attacks. Daochen recognizes that the front is under strain, but sees no Dark Beast Kings yet. He prepares the Buddhist Sect cultivators to fight in coordination.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains cautious and practical: he rejects debt, checks the battlefield before committing, and strengthens the defensive deployment beyond what was requested.
• Bai Qingshan welcomes Daochen, explains the crisis and the sector’s requirements, and reassures him that the position is not overly dangerous. Daochen’s inspection validates that reassurance.
• Hongjun, Zhunti, Jieyin, and the other warriors show understandable anxiety as first-time battlefield participants. Daochen steadies them and later directs the Buddhist cultivators.
• The group’s training and coordinated arrival establish them as a prepared force, though the coming battle will test that preparation.

Significant themes

• Preparation and caution: Daochen’s refusal to rush into danger shapes both his equipment choices and battlefield decisions.
• Leadership and responsibility: He balances the mission with concern for the hundred thousand warriors under his command.
• Cooperation under strain: The mercenaries and the White Tiger Sky Race must work together as the wider defensive network faces shortages.
• Escalating danger: The immense Dark Beast numbers reveal the severity of the battlefield crisis, while the potential arrival of Dark Beast Kings remains the greatest threat.

Key plot points and events

• The Demon Emperor, Daochen, joins the Buddhist Sect’s fight against the Dark Beasts. Zhunti and Jieyin are impressed by his Buddhist cultivation, which has advanced beyond their own; his affinity for Buddhism and years of practice in the Buddha Realm explain his unusual progress.
• Daochen leads from the front, using Buddha power to weaken and purify the beasts. He sends the weakened enemies to squads led by Qingchan and Qingxuan, giving the New Generation fighters valuable battlefield experience.
• As the fighting strains the Buddhist Sect’s defensive line, Daochen reorganizes the troops into rotating groups, with reserves and an emergency force. Their coordination improves, and they become able to finish off beasts without first weakening each one completely.
• Their sector becomes unusually efficient. After more than ten days, the force has earned nearly three hundred billion points, with Daochen responsible for two hundred billion. A Dark Beast King notices their success and orders attacks intensified against them.
• Bai Qingshan delivers the White Tiger Sky Race’s reward and warns Daochen that the Dark Beast Kings may target his force. Daochen agrees to be cautious and asks Bai to take his people to exchange their points for supplies, then leave the supplies at the Primordial World’s coordinates.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen proves both a formidable Buddhist cultivator and an effective commander. He shifts from overwhelming enemies himself to deliberately leaving some resistance for his troops, helping them grow, and adjusts the defense when it begins to falter.
• Zhunti and Jieyin recognize that Daochen has surpassed them in Buddhist cultivation, though their own experience still makes them powerful battlefield leaders.
• Qingchan, Qingxuan, and the squads move from fear and uncertainty to greater confidence and coordination as they gain experience against the Dark Beasts.
• Bai Qingshan expresses concern for Daochen’s safety and for the reinforcements he brought, while Daochen relies on him to handle logistics.

Significant themes

• Cultivation through practice: Combat experience strengthens the younger fighters and improves their teamwork.
• Leadership and adaptation: Daochen’s rotating formations and reserve force turn a weakening defense into a stable operation.
• Buddhist power and merit: Daochen’s purification of Dark Side power both weakens the beasts and yields merit that further refines his aura.
• Success brings danger: The force’s exceptional efficiency earns rewards but also attracts the attention of a Dark Beast King.

Chapter summary: “First Blood Against a King”

Key plot points and events

• After learning that a Dark Beast King might target their position, the Demon Emperor has Heavenly Dao Hongjun return to bring reinforcements and convert accumulated points into greater fighting strength. His troops begin rotating their rest periods.
• The Demon Emperor uses a Spacetime Gun to slow the Dark Beasts and a Space-Time Cage to capture them for points and experimentation.
• The Dark Beast King arrives, strengthens the attacking Dark Beast Warriors, and tries to slip through the horde toward the Primordial World battlefield.
• The Demon Emperor intercepts him. Using the Buddhist Sect’s Six-Character Mantra and its power, he suppresses the King and steadily neutralizes his Dark Side energy—a counter the King has never encountered.
• Unable to escape, the Dark Beast King self-detonates. The Demon Emperor contains the blast and senses the King’s consciousness escaping, suggesting the encounter has exposed him to the other Kings.
• The Demon Emperor earns a huge reward: 100 billion points and a summons to meet the Spacetime Administration’s Director. He orders a withdrawal, expecting further attacks, and reports his victory to Bai Qingshan.

Character developments

• Demon Emperor Daochen demonstrates confidence, tactical restraint, and an unexpectedly effective counter to Dark Beasts: Buddhist power. He recognizes that the victory may make him a target, but remains determined to face future threats.
• The Dark Beast King is revealed as both powerful and cunning, but also arrogant enough to underestimate Daochen. Once trapped and weakened, he chooses self-destruction rather than capture.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun is entrusted with returning for reinforcements and helping turn the group’s points into practical strength.

Character interactions

• Daochen dismisses Hongjun to organize support, then coordinates with Bai Qingshan about taking over the defensive line.
• The Dark Beast King taunts Daochen for challenging a King, while Daochen answers his attack with Buddhist suppression.
• Their confrontation shifts from the King’s initial confidence to desperation as Daochen’s power erodes his Dark Side energy.

Significant themes

• Preparation and adaptation: Daochen changes tactics by resting troops, capturing enemies, and using specialized tools.
• Unexpected counters to overwhelming power: Buddhist power proves uniquely effective against the Dark Side, challenging the assumption that Dark Beast Kings cannot be meaningfully harmed.
• Victory and its consequences: Defeating a King brings enormous rewards but also reveals Daochen’s methods and may draw stronger enemies.
• Arrogance and caution: The King’s overconfidence costs him, while Daochen recognizes that multiple Kings would still pose a serious danger.

Plot points and events

• Bai Qingshan rejects the Demon Emperor’s claim that he killed a Dark Beast King, since the Demon Emperor is only a Great Spirit God. After the Demon Emperor leaves, Bai realizes the claim may be true and warns that the Dark Beast race could retaliate. He decides to request reinforcements for the White Tiger Sky Race’s battlefield.
• The Spacetime Administration confirms that a Dark Beast King has died and that the points went to a Great Spirit God. Its directors, Lu Yao and Luo, conclude that the Demon Emperor must be protected and that the Great Dao behind his victory—and anyone else who has cultivated it—must be investigated.
• The news excites the Administration’s staff, who have long lacked an effective way to fight Dark Beasts beyond developing the Yin-Slaying Saber.
• The Demon Emperor receives an invitation from the two directors. He decides to explain that Buddhist Dao power enabled the victory, hoping its recognition will benefit the Buddhist Sect and the Primordial World. However, he intends to negotiate for meaningful benefits rather than simply give the Sect over to the Administration.
• He sends Zhunti and Jieyin back with the group to collect points and exchange them for Spacetime Sets, then travels to the Administration. Guards initially challenge him for arriving directly, but a director confirms that he was invited. Inside, he senses that the Administration’s true nature extends beyond its visible surroundings.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Qingshan shifts from disbelief to alarm and takes responsibility for warning his clan about the danger.
• The Demon Emperor remains cautious about attracting attention, but recognizes that revealing Buddhist Dao power could advance both the Buddhist Sect and the Primordial World. He plans to protect their interests in discussions with the Administration.
• Lu Yao and Luo treat the Demon Emperor as a valuable potential ally, ordering confidentiality and an investigation into the Dao’s practitioners.
• The Demon Emperor entrusts Zhunti and Jieyin with the group’s points before departing. At the Administration, guards confront him, but the directors’ invitation resolves the misunderstanding.

Significant themes

• Power beyond appearances: The Demon Emperor’s Great Spirit God rank conceals the ability to defeat a World King-level enemy.
• Knowledge as strategic advantage: The Buddhist Dao could change the balance of the war against Dark Beasts.
• Protection and negotiation: The Administration seeks to secure a powerful resource, while the Demon Emperor aims to ensure his world receives fair value.
• Escalating consequences: One victory triggers both concern about Dark Beast retaliation and hope for a broader counteroffensive.

Key plot points

• Demon Emperor Daochen visits the Spacetime Administration’s director, Lu Yao, and deputy director Luo to discuss Buddhist Dao power, which can weaken and assimilate the Dark Beasts’ corrupting power.
• The directors recognize its value and ask Daochen to share its cultivation method. He agrees, but negotiates compensation: a newly reclaimed, lifeless greater world for the Primordial World to merge with or devour, plus one trillion points.
• Daochen questions whether the world is safe, since it may lie near the Administration’s border. The directors argue that Buddhist Dao power could help turn the tide against future Dark Beast attacks.
• Daochen asks what larger organization the Administration belongs to. Lu Yao reveals that it is a department of the Spacetime Empire, which has fallen to the Dark Beasts. Several other surviving imperial organizations remain, but the beasts continue to overrun them.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen is respectful but practical: he demonstrates his power, agrees to help, and carefully negotiates terms rather than giving it away outright. His concern for the Primordial World’s safety shapes his questions.
• Lu Yao and Luo are eager to obtain Buddhist Dao power and treat Daochen cordially, presenting the offer as both useful to the Administration and valuable to him.
• The directors’ explanation expands Daochen’s understanding of the crisis: the Administration is not an independent power but one of the last remnants of a fallen empire.

Significant themes

• Cooperation through negotiation: A potentially war-changing power is exchanged for concrete protection and resources.
• Goodness versus corruption: Buddhist Dao power counters the Dark Beasts because it embodies benevolent intent, though Daochen believes goodness ultimately depends on one’s heart, not merely on power.
• Survival amid collapse: The proposed world is empty and vulnerable, while the surviving imperial institutions face an enemy that spreads and is difficult to kill.

Key plot points

• Demon Emperor Daochen exchanges a complete record of Buddhist Dao Power for Spacetime Administration support. As part of the agreement, he also asks for help becoming a World King—a request the directors consider easy.
• He receives one trillion points and chooses the corrupted Flower Dew Great World as the Primordial World’s next destination. Rather than merge the two worlds, he plans to absorb Flower Dew’s World Origin to strengthen the Primordial World.
• Daochen entrusts the Primordial World’s relocation to Human Sovereign Fuxi. The move is arranged through the Spacetime Transfer Device at no cost under the agreement.
• Daochen begins training for the World King breakthrough. An instructor explains that he must advance his Great Daos to the limit of a world’s Origin Great Dao while also evolving his body.
• The instructor discovers that Daochen’s body is extraordinarily strong and still developing, and senses hidden power within it. Daochen refuses to reveal the secret of the worlds concealed in his acupoints.
• Daochen enters the Sea of Laws, where ten thousand years pass for every year outside, and begins studying the Great Daos. After more than a thousand outside years, his instructor is still waiting for him.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen acts confidently in negotiations and plans carefully for the Primordial World’s future. He is eager to cultivate, especially the Great Dao of Strength, but remains fiercely protective of the secret within his body.
• The two directors are surprised by Daochen’s modest request for World King assistance, then focus on studying the Buddhist Dao Power he provides.
• The instructor recognizes Daochen’s unusual physique and respects his refusal to disclose private information. He supervises Daochen’s training, though the long wait begins to test his patience.
• Fuxi is assigned responsibility for managing the Primordial World’s relocation.

Significant themes

• Bargaining and cooperation: Daochen trades valuable knowledge for resources and assistance, while the Administration gains access to a new form of Dao power.
• Growth through cultivation: Becoming a World King requires both mastery of the Great Daos and physical evolution.
• Secrecy and trust: Daochen accepts outside help but keeps the most important secret of his world hidden.
• Scale and sacrifice: A trillion points and the relocation of an entire world are significant undertakings, yet still modest compared with the Primordial World’s needs and the long years of cultivation ahead.

Plot points and events

• The Spacetime Mentor grows impatient after discovering that Demon Emperor Daochen has spent over a thousand outside years—more than ten million years inside the Sea of Laws—cultivating without realizing he already knew enough to reach World King.
• Daochen explains that no one told him what level of comprehension was required, so he kept training until he expected to hit a bottleneck. In that time, he greatly advanced his understanding of the Great Dao of Strength, Time and Space, and even Buddhist Dao.
• The Mentor confirms Daochen is ready to break through. Daochen insists that the Spacetime Administration’s Director promised to help him, so the Mentor remains to guide him.
• Three days later, Daochen undergoes the Spacetime Tribulation Lightning. After enduring eighty-one Thunder Dragons, he reaches the World King realm and awakens the rare Golden Bloodline.
• Director Lu Yao acknowledges Daochen’s status by doubling the points the Primordial World can earn, though Deputy Director Luo suspects Lu is deliberately limiting the reward.
• The chapter closes with Daochen thanking the officials and preparing to leave; Director Lu’s polite farewell makes clear that Daochen is no longer welcome to stay.

Character development and interactions

• Daochen is revealed as both extraordinarily diligent and somewhat naïve about the expectations of his training. His long cultivation makes him far more powerful, and his breakthrough brings him a new bloodline.
• The Spacetime Mentor moves from frustration to surprise at the depth of Daochen’s achievements, then patiently helps him complete his breakthrough.
• Director Lu Yao offers a restrained reward and remains resentful that Daochen’s use of the Sea of Laws prevented the Administration from using it for a thousand years.
• Deputy Director Luo recognizes the reward as modest compared with Daochen’s achievement.
• The exchange between Daochen and the officials is courteous but tense: Daochen thanks them, while Lu effectively dismisses him.

Significant themes

• Miscommunication and mismatched expectations: Daochen’s prolonged training results from not knowing when he was supposed to stop.
• Patience and persistence: His refusal to leave the Sea of Laws leads to extraordinary mastery and eventual breakthrough.
• Power and institutional interests: Daochen’s achievement is celebrated, but the Administration also weighs its cost and carefully controls the benefits it grants him.
• Unity and spiritual cultivation: The chapter notes that the Primordial World’s harmony and openness to Buddhist teachings support the spread of Buddhist Dao, though cultural differences limit its progress.

Plot and world developments

• Director Lu tells Demon Emperor Daochen that access to the Spacetime Administration’s sea of laws can be bought for 100 million points per year, beginning each January. He then hurries away, and the others ignore Daochen, leaving him aware that his attempt to win them over has failed.
• Daochen teleports to the Primordial World, which is devouring more than half of the Flower Sea World. He expects the process to take about a thousand years, after which the Primordial World will become a great spacetime world and raise its inhabitants’ potential, giving them a chance to reach World King.
• While waiting, Daochen studies the world’s people and the balance of talent among its realms and races.

Character developments and relationships

• Daochen’s perception of talent reveals Qingchan and Qingxuan as the brightest figures after himself. Nüwa ranks next; he attributes her improved potential to their marriage and intimacy, regarding it as an unexpected benefit.
• Hongjun’s talent is also exceptionally high, thanks to the Heavenly Dao’s special favor. Already a Great Spirit God, he may soon become a World King. Daochen admits he had underestimated him.
• The Human Sovereigns Xuanyuan and Shennong stand out among the Human Race, whose large population produces many gifted individuals.
• The Three Pure Ones remain powerful leaders of the Immortal Realm, while Tongtian’s inclusive teaching attracts people with limited prospects elsewhere.

Races, realms, and themes

• The Human Race is positioned to spread throughout the Six Realms, largely because its rapid reproduction creates a broad population base. Its advantages may eventually overcome its individual weaknesses.
• Chi You responds to the Human Race’s rise by reshaping the Devil Race: members must have offspring before becoming saints, while those with little potential are culled and the strong preserved. The chapter presents this as deliberate, ruthless selection.
• The Immortal Realm is declining because it has few native people and descendants, and its old role as a gathering place for powerful figures has lost its appeal. Daochen blames the Three Pure Ones’ choices, though their power remains formidable.
• The Demon Race continues to grow through abundant resources, Daochen’s rising strength, and increasingly complete laws; it is feared across the Primordial World.
  Key themes: population and cultivation as sources of collective power; the consequences of leadership and policy; competition and natural selection among realms; and the rising potential of a world as it evolves.

Key plot points and events

• The Demon Emperor’s influence among the Demon Race remains limited: the race is growing stronger, but fierce internal competition and Nüwa’s hands-off stance prevent unified progress.
• In the Spacetime Empire, a High Priest reveals that he can create an army of identical Dark Beast Emperors. He devours a reporting Emperor, then sends the resulting “Holy War Corps” against the Spacetime Administration.
• The Administration confirms that the Emperor-level legion is approaching. Director Lu orders a defensive barrier and preparations to relocate the entire organization aboard the Spacetime Shuttle. The Imperial Clan Benevolence Office agrees to delay the enemy, but resources and time are running short.
• Meanwhile, Dark Beasts infiltrate several races and seize the bodies of powerful World Kings. A thousand years later, the possessed experts from four races open a vast spacetime wormhole through mass self-sacrifice, apparently to bring their god into the realm.
• Director Lu and Director Luo arrive too late to stop the summoning. Lu Yao recognizes that the world is doomed and orders “Spacetime Severance,” prioritizing the Administration’s escape.
• The Primordial World has finished devouring a great spacetime world. The Demon Emperor receives instructions to prepare for immediate traversal, while the surrounding worlds rush toward the Shuttle to escape the coming Dark Beast assault.

Character developments and interactions

• Director Lu shifts from trying to defend the Administration to accepting that survival requires retreat. He remains resolute despite the dwindling resources and the scale of the threat.
• Director Luo contributes by arranging help from the Imperial Clan Benevolence Office and supports the evacuation plan.
• Lu Yao recognizes that the wormhole’s appearance makes the realm’s destruction nearly certain and urges the Administration to abandon it rather than risk total loss.
• The High Priest and possessed World Kings show fanatical devotion to their “god,” willingly sacrificing others—and themselves—to bring it forth. Their actions sharply contrast with the Administration’s pragmatic efforts to preserve lives and resources.
• The Demon Emperor remains unaware of the crisis unfolding around him until the Administration’s order to prepare for traversal arrives.

Significant themes

• Survival through retreat: The Administration repeatedly faces the choice between defending a failing world and abandoning it to preserve what remains.
• Fanaticism and manipulation: The Dark Beasts’ ability to seize bodies and warp minds turns powerful leaders into willing instruments of destruction.
• Escalating danger: The conflict rises from Dark Beast Kings to an organized army of Emperors and a potentially world-ending summoning.
• Uneven progress and divided power: The Demon Race grows stronger overall but lacks unity, while the Spacetime Administration’s dwindling resources limit its ability to resist.

Plot and events

• The Demon Emperor learns that the Dark Beasts have seized the bodies of entire races, including the White Tiger Sky Race, and forced the Spacetime Administration into a desperate retreat.
• The Administration’s escape has cost it heavily: its resources are depleted, and its sole fully organized force, the Spacetime Empire’s Holy War Army, has been lost. With help from the Imperial Clan Court, the surviving Spacetime Great Worlds flee together rather than risk scattering.
• After a long transfer, the Administration reaches Blazing Bird Spacetime on the Empire’s southwestern border. The Spacetime Rift currently shields the region, giving them an estimated hundred thousand years before the Dark Beasts can reach it.
• Lu Yao urges the Overlords to settle and help bring Blazing Bird Spacetime back under the Administration’s control. When they question whether they are being asked merely to flee and reclaim territory, he reveals that the Hunters’ Guild has found traces of the former Spacetime Sovereign, King A-Liu.
• Lu says their plan is to rebuild their strength and await the king’s return, which could make it possible to reorganize the armies and fight back.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen shifts from confusion about the hurried retreat to understanding the scale of the threat. He is intrigued—and cautiously hopeful—when he hears that King A-Liu may still be alive.
• Lu Yao takes responsibility for reassuring the displaced Overlords. He presents a concrete purpose for their retreat: reclaim territory, gather strength, and wait for the Sovereign.
• The Overlords are frightened and disillusioned by the Empire’s losses. Some consider abandoning the Administration, but they remain together because scattering would leave them vulnerable. They challenge Lu for a plan beyond endless flight, then respond with renewed hope to the news of A-Liu.
• The Administration’s officials continue holding off the Dark Beast Kings long enough for the wormhole to close, leaving the pursuing Kings stranded.

Significant themes

• Survival through unity: The Great Worlds remain safer together than they would be as isolated fugitives.
• Hope amid collapse: The possible return of King A-Liu offers a reason to endure and rebuild.
• Retreat as strategy: The characters frame giving up territory not as surrender, but as a way to buy time and preserve strength.
• Uncertainty and political loyalty: As the Empire’s defenses fail, its allies question whether continued allegiance is worthwhile.

Plot and events

• Blazebird Realm’s Mechanical Legion surrounds the newly arrived Spacetime Administration and demands that it submit to local rule. Its commander refuses to transfer authority, arguing that the empire has collapsed and Blazebird must protect itself.
• Deputy Director Luo attacks on Lu Yao’s orders. Using his Time Clock talent, he dismantles the Mechanical Legion with Time Reversal and renders Blazebird’s fighters unconscious with Spacetime Seal. He then releases them, but the commander accepts the transfer of authority.
• The Administration negotiates with Blazebird’s commander and settles the displaced great spacetime worlds along the realm’s edges, partly to prepare for a future fight against the Dark Beast Legion. The Primordial World receives territory of its own.
• The Primordial World begins absorbing the leftover energy of the great worlds to strengthen itself. Daochen helps its experts train, while the Administration shares techniques and creates simulated battlefields to improve everyone’s combat ability.

Character developments and interactions

• Lu Yao initially faces an unfamiliar challenge but asserts the Administration’s authority and authorizes force after weighing the situation.
• Deputy Director Luo demonstrates overwhelming power and turns a hostile standoff into a decisive victory. His control over his talent is clear: he restores Blazebird’s fighters after defeating them.
• The Blazebird commander shifts from defiant resistance to a pragmatic surrender once confronted with Luo’s strength, prioritizing his people’s survival.
• Daochen takes an active role in strengthening the Primordial World and developing its fighters.
• The great spacetime worlds are wary observers during the confrontation, then become settlers under the Administration’s negotiated arrangement.

Significant themes

• Power and authority: The Administration’s claim to imperial legitimacy is tested, but superior force ultimately secures compliance.
• Self-reliance amid collapse: Blazebird’s resistance reflects the breakdown of the empire and the need for territories to protect themselves.
• Practical compromise: After the battle, negotiation provides a place for the displaced worlds while maintaining the Administration’s order.
• Preparation through growth and training: The Primordial World’s evolution and the simulated battlefields help build strength for the coming conflict with the Dark Beast Legion.

Chapter Summary: “After the Recuperation”

Key plot points and events

• In the Primordial World, Demon Emperor Daochen inspects newly completed simulated-battlefield halls. Their realistic combat scenarios are intended to help cultivators adapt to the unfamiliar tactics and spacetime abilities they will face in spacetime greater worlds, though entering the simulations carries some risk.
• The Spacetime Administration summons more than a thousand world overlords. The Spacetime Hunter Guild has asked for help: it is recruiting hunters and is under attack by the Holy War Army.
• The Administration plans a major reinforcement operation against the Dark Beasts. Each greater world must provide at least 100,000 Great Spirit God-level troops, with Deputy Director Luo leading. The mission is meant to weaken the Dark Beasts and divert the Spacetime Empire’s attention, buying the Administration time to recover.
• New Buddha-powered weapons and stored Buddha power have given the Administration effective ways to suppress and weaken Dark Beasts, though not destroy them outright. The growing demand for Buddha power has made it highly valuable, while the promotion of Buddhism also strengthens the Buddha Realm and the Primordial World through vow power.
• The overlords travel through a spacetime passage to the Hunter Guild headquarters. Many have secretly brought far more troops than required: Daochen alone has an army of 100 million, hoping to earn merit, resources, and Hunter Guild points.
• At the headquarters, the Guild’s vice president welcomes Director Luo and explains that the attack came unexpectedly, forcing the Guild to request aid. The chapter ends as they reach the Command Center and learn the Dark Beasts are advancing from three directions: the Essence Light World, the Ocean World, and the Mountain and River World.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen shows ambition and strategic foresight. He is impressed by battlefield simulations and envious of rare spacetime talents, particularly Director Luo’s. He also turns the relief mission into an opportunity to deploy a huge force and gain rewards.
• Director Luo takes command of the operation and presents the intervention as mutually beneficial: helping the Hunter Guild also protects the Spacetime Administration.
• Lu Yao is startled by the enormous hidden forces the overlords bring, especially when Daochen’s passage sharply drains the transfer energy.
• The Hunter Guild vice president and Director Luo greet each other warmly but candidly. The vice president promises substantial payment for aid, and Luo warns that the Administration has brought a formidable number of troops.

Significant themes

• Adaptation and preparation: Simulations and new tactics help cultivators prepare for warfare in unfamiliar spacetime worlds.
• Coalition and mutual survival: The Administration supports the Guild because its survival is tied to the Administration’s own prospects.
• Pragmatism and self-interest: The relief effort serves strategic goals and offers rewards, merit, resources, and political advantage.
• Power through cooperation: Buddha power strengthens combat forces, while Buddhist practice benefits both the Buddha Realm and the Primordial World.

Key plot points and events

• The Hunters’ Guild reveals that Essence Light World, Ocean World, and Mountain and River World have been corrupted by Dark Beasts. The beasts turn living creatures into more of their kind, making each world’s vast population a formidable enemy.
• The Guild divides its forces to contain the three fronts. Demon Emperor Daochen and three hundred elite legions are assigned to Ocean World; Director Luo leads another three hundred legions against Essence Light World, where many Dark Beast Kings have gathered. Other worlds defend against Mountain and River World.
• Daochen enters Ocean World alone and confronts its enormous army of corrupted sea creatures. Using custom Yin-Slaying Sabers and Buddha Light, he purifies and slaughters the beasts, though most of the army continues toward the defensive line.
• At the front, coordinated forces use Buddhist weapons to weaken the Dark Beasts and strip away much of their near-immortality. They successfully stop the first wave.
• Daochen then travels through the enemy army to assess its strength. After nearly a year, he reaches its rear and finds no Dark Beast King commanding it. He suspects the Kings have concentrated in Essence Light World and decides Ocean World may be the more manageable front.

Character developments

• Demon Emperor Daochen demonstrates both confidence and practical judgment: he takes the fight directly to the enemy, then probes its ranks to understand the threat. He is frustrated that his Warhammer cannot be adapted for the available weapons, but makes effective use of the Yin-Slaying Sabers.
• Daochen’s Buddhist power is shown to be a major strategic asset, reinforcing the strength of the Buddhist Sect in the Primordial World.
• Director Luo takes responsibility for a dangerous front, personally leading forces against the enemy’s main avenue of attack.

Significant themes

• Scale versus individual strength: Even elite hunters are poorly suited to a war against an entire world’s population; endless numbers can overwhelm individual prowess.
• Coordination and specialized tools: Defensive formations, elite legions, and weapons designed to counter Dark Beasts prove more effective than relying on powerful individuals alone.
• Purification against corruption: Buddhist light weakens the beasts and removes their unnatural resilience, making large-scale resistance possible.
• Hidden strategic choices: The absence of a King in Ocean World suggests the enemy has concentrated its leadership elsewhere.

Character interactions

• Daochen is briefed by Guild representatives on the crisis and accepts responsibility for defending Ocean World.
• Daochen’s forces operate within a broader coalition, though each world ultimately guards its own assigned sector, with Guild experts ready to reinforce a collapsing line.
• Daochen’s encounter with the Dark Beasts is largely one-sided combat; his assessment of their army leads him to infer that their Kings are massed against Director Luo’s front.

Plot and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen launches a rear attack on the Dark Beast horde, deploying nearly a hundred million cultivators from the worlds inside his body. Buddhist cultivators lead the combat squads, since Primordial World Buddha Power can resist the beasts’ corrupting influence.
• The Dark Beast Kings flee as soon as they recognize Daochen, following orders to avoid him. With no Kings directing them, the horde struggles to respond, and Daochen’s forces steadily carve away at it.
• Once the attack is secure, Daochen sends Qingchan and Qingxuan in separate directions to locate the Spacetime Great World’s spacetime origin and gather every useful resource. He summons far more cultivators—over a hundred billion, most of them Sage-level—and dispatches them to scour the world.
• The campaign becomes a long-term effort: after more than ten thousand years, the defenders are still retreating gradually, and many Dark Beasts remain. The frontline forces eventually notice the rear attack and realize Daochen’s group has eliminated a substantial portion of the horde.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shows both tactical skill and immense ambition: he exploits Buddha Power and the Kings’ absence, then shifts from battlefield command to searching for the world’s origin and stripping its resources.
• Qingchan and Qingxuan eagerly accept their father’s orders and lead the gathering effort.
• The Dark Beast Kings’ flight reveals that they fear Daochen personally, even though their behavior suggests they are intelligent enough to follow strategic instructions.
• The frontline defenders welcome the reduction in beasts at first, then resent the Primordial World’s apparent competition for hunter points.

Themes

• Power and fear: Daochen’s reputation is strong enough to make the Dark Beast Kings flee without a fight.
• Resource exploitation: Daochen treats a fallen world as an opportunity to seize its origin and resources, with little concern for preservation.
• Strategy and cooperation: Buddha Power counters corruption, while coordination and the Kings’ absence turn a dangerous horde into a vulnerable one.
• Competition amid crisis: Even as the defenders struggle against the beasts, they view Daochen’s intervention partly as a threat to their points.

Key plot points and events

• The Spacetime coalition finally exterminates every Dark Beast in the Ocean World after a long campaign. The Demon Emperor’s forces arrive behind the enemy and secure roughly a third of the spoils for the Primordial World, while the other Great Worlds share the rest.
• The Primordial World’s Buddhist Dao powerhouses prove especially effective against the Dark Beasts, helping the coalition win with fewer casualties than expected.
• The Demon Emperor proposes attacking the nearby Essence Light World and Mountain and River World from behind, hoping to seize their resources too. But the Dark Beast armies have already withdrawn after the Ocean World’s defeat made their offensive untenable.
• At the Hunters’ Guild, the coalition finds the organization and even its host Hunter World preparing to relocate. Rewards and point redemptions are postponed until they reach safety.
• Director Luo praises the Primordial World’s contribution and tacitly acknowledges that the Demon Emperor has taken most of the Ocean World’s resources. He accepts this as a likely precedent for future conflicts, while noting that the Spacetime Administration will claim a tenth of any gains.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen emerges as both a powerful commander and a calculating opportunist. He is pleased with the Primordial World’s windfall, offers other leaders a share of its points to maintain goodwill, and pretends not to know what happened to the Ocean World’s resources.
• The Spacetime Overlords initially resent Daochen’s disproportionate gains, but later flatter him and recognize that his forces helped secure a decisive victory with comparatively few losses.
• Director Luo confronts Daochen indirectly about the missing resources. Their joking denials reveal that both understand the truth, but neither pushes the matter further.

Significant themes

• Self-interest within cooperation: The coalition works together, but its members compete over spoils and influence.
• Power and political leverage: The Primordial World’s battlefield strength gives Daochen room to act boldly and makes others reluctant to challenge him.
• A turning point in the war: The complete victory in the Ocean World forces the Dark Beasts to retreat elsewhere and marks a major shift in the Spacetime Administration’s ability to fight them.

Plot points and events

• Director Luo suggests rewarding the Primordial World for its victories against the Dark Beasts, then proposes that it take responsibility for a battlefield in the Spacetime Empire.
• In private, Luo explains that violent clashes have occurred near the Empire’s former imperial mausoleum. He suspects one or more ancient emperors have returned and that Dark Beasts are gathering in ten regions where experts may be trapped.
• Luo asks Demon Emperor Daochen to garrison one region and support the emperors. Daochen suspects the mission has hidden motives and refuses when Luo will not explain the full plan.
• After Daochen leaves, the Hunters’ Guild president reveals that Spacetime Reactors at the ten sites may be helping an awakened emperor forge an earthly body. Protecting them is crucial to restoring the Spacetime Empire. The Guild president urges Luo to persuade the Primordial World, then departs.
• Luo reveals he knows Daochen has been listening and asks for his decision. Daochen’s sudden return leaves the outcome unresolved.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen is shrewd and cautious: he presses for rewards, recognizes that the proposed “rescue” is also a larger strategic operation, and refuses to risk his forces without knowing the truth. His return suggests he may reconsider after hearing the hidden stakes.
• Director Luo tries to recruit Daochen while withholding sensitive information. He presents the mission as beneficial but is frustrated by Daochen’s distrust.
• The Guild president is focused on saving the reactors and advancing the restoration of the Spacetime Empire. He admits the Primordial World’s strength—especially its Buddhist Dao experts—would be valuable against the Dark Beasts.
• Luo and Daochen negotiate over the mission; the president and Luo discuss the emperor’s return and the need to secure the ten sites.

Significant themes

• Trust versus secrecy: Daochen’s refusal reflects the difficulty of cooperation when leaders conceal their real objectives.
• Risk and reward: The mission offers potential favors and influence, but carries danger and uncertain costs.
• Power and strategic leverage: The Primordial World’s military strength makes it valuable to larger political plans.
• Legacy and restoration: The possible return of ancient emperors and the effort to rebuild the Spacetime Empire drive the unfolding conflict.