Chapter Summaries

Key plot points

• Demon Emperor Daochen prepares to lead 100,000 troops through a wormhole to defend the Spacetime Reactor near the Hunters Guild. Director Luo instructs him to keep the disturbance low, avoid attracting Dark Beast Kings, and retreat if necessary.
• Daochen accepts a jade slip explaining how an emperor’s body is forged: a powerhouse absorbs the space-time origin of great worlds, survives long ages of refinement, and is eventually reconstructed through a Spacetime Furnace. Of ten furnaces, only one truly serves this purpose; the others provide nourishment and conceal which one is genuine.
• Daochen assigns Qingchan, Qingxuan, Zhunti, and Jieyin to defend the four directions, then enters a furnace to investigate it himself.
• Inside, he discovers a barren microcosm filled with the lingering resentment of dead powerhouses. He realizes that the furnaces are deadly contests in which entrants compete to absorb energy—and that many have perished there.
• Daochen purifies the spirits’ resentment with Buddhist power and the Rebirth Mantra. A thousand years later, after clearing the microcosm, he still cannot find the other powerhouses he sensed.
• The chapter ends by revealing that another entrant is present in the same place, watching Daochen and expecting him to die.

Character developments

• Demon Emperor Daochen is cautious but curious, and eager to pursue the emperor’s body. Once inside, he shows compassion by purifying the dead rather than focusing on the merit he gains.
• Director Luo is pragmatic and candid about the danger, though he cannot fully predict what the furnaces contain.
• The unseen powerhouse is revealed as a long-standing, observant survivor who views new entrants as likely victims.

Significant themes

• Ambition and sacrifice: Only a tiny number of candidates survive the attempt to forge an emperor’s body.
• Hidden danger and uncertainty: The furnaces conceal their true purpose and the fate of those inside.
• Compassion amid peril: Daochen uses his power to ease the suffering of the dead, even in a life-or-death undertaking.
• Time’s erosion: Time wears away bodies, memories, and lives.

Character interactions

• Daochen negotiates with Director Luo for the promised method and receives both instructions and a warning.
• Daochen delegates the external defense to Qingchan, Qingxuan, Zhunti, and Jieyin before entering the furnace alone.
• Inside, he encounters no one directly, but senses other entrants; the final reveal confirms another powerhouse has been sharing the microcosm with him unseen.

Chapter Summary: “Spacetime Corrosion”

Key plot points and events

• The Spacetime Furnace traps countless powerful cultivators in overlapping timelines, preventing them from meeting. Its true function is to corrode their bodies with the Law of Time and turn them into nourishment.
• Demon Emperor Daochen understands the furnace’s nature and stops searching for others. He remains still as time erodes him: first weakening him, then petrifying him, until he becomes a lifeless stone statue.
• Within the furnace, hundreds of thousands of years pass while only a few thousand years pass outside. The other trapped cultivators also become statues, and the furnace eventually falls quiet.
• Outside, Qingchan and the others defend the area against increasingly numerous Dark Beasts, all exceptionally powerful. They refuse to leave while the Demon Emperor remains trapped, believing his survival is vital to the Primordial World.
• A call of “Father” somehow reaches Daochen and awakens him. When he tries to move, his petrified body collapses, leaving only his skeleton.
• Daochen absorbs the surrounding spacetime origin to rebuild himself. A drop of blood appears at his heart, restarting his heartbeat; his body regenerates as the stone fragments merge into it. He gains immense power, though he is relieved to discover that the internal worlds in his acupoints—and their inhabitants—remain unharmed.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen moves from investigating the furnace to enduring its corrosion with calm resolve. After awakening, he confronts the near-destruction of his body and uses the furnace’s origin to transform himself, emerging far more powerful.
• Qingchan is deeply worried about her father and silently prays for his return, while helping uphold the defense against the Dark Beasts.
• Daochen’s allies insist they must hold their position until he returns. They reassure Qingchan that the bond between blood relatives would alert them if he were truly lost.

Significant themes

• Time as an inescapable force: Even the strongest beings can be worn down by time, and the furnace turns that erosion into its purpose.
• Isolation and endurance: The trapped cultivators suffer not only physical decay but also profound loneliness.
• Renewal through transformation: Daochen’s apparent destruction becomes the means for rebuilding his body with spacetime origin.
• Duty and family bonds: Qingchan and the others risk their lives to protect the way back for Daochen, while his concern for the beings within his inner worlds underscores his responsibility as their ruler.

Plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen awakens inside the Spacetime Furnace and realizes that even his powerful body is slowly decaying. Neither he nor the former Spacetime Emperor truly achieved immortality.
• He cannot escape because the furnace’s unusual spacetime laws prevent him from breaking through.
• Daochen discovers an unrefinable wisp of aura inside himself. Over hundreds of millions of years, he uses his soul to refine it and concludes that it is likely eternal aura—a trace of power from a realm beyond the Spacetime Sovereign.
• The furnace begins to open as warriors from the Primordial World gather outside, seeking the Spacetime Sovereign.
• Daochen realizes that many prisoners are trapped in separate spacetime nodes. His eternal aura lets him cross the barriers, so he enters one node and finds a prisoner whose mind and memories have been damaged by prolonged confinement.
• The prisoner refuses to leave, insisting he must forge an emperor’s body and become the Spacetime Sovereign. Daochen knocks him unconscious, intending to save him.

Character developments

• Daochen shifts from believing he has nearly attained immortality to recognizing that time can still erode even the mightiest body. His discovery of eternal aura gives him new power, and he uses it to cross the furnace’s barriers. He also shows a protective, practical streak toward the deranged prisoner.
• The prisoner has been worn down by isolation and time. His obsession with becoming the Spacetime Sovereign persists despite his lost memories and deteriorating mind.

Significant themes

• Mortality and the limits of power: Even supreme strength cannot, by itself, defeat time.
• The pursuit of transcendence: Eternal aura hints at a state beyond the known hierarchy of power, while the furnace and emperor’s body may be only incomplete steps toward it.
• Time’s corrosive effects: Long confinement damages both body and mind.
• Compassion and control: Daochen’s attempt to rescue the prisoner is forceful, reflecting the difficulty of saving someone who cannot recognize his own peril.

Character interactions

• Daochen investigates the aura within himself through prolonged, patient effort.
• He encounters the prisoner, tries to persuade him to leave, and responds to his refusal by knocking him unconscious to prevent him from dying in the furnace.
• Outside, Primordial World warriors accuse the Time Management Bureau of wasting lives and believe breaking the furnace will reveal the Spacetime Sovereign.

Key plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen travels through more than 800 spacetime nodes, finding prisoners in varying states of decay: some are dead, some exist only as souls, and others remain alive despite severe bodily damage.
• He encounters an ancient emperor who revived in the Spacetime Empire. The man is focused solely on forging an Emperor Body and pursuing eternity, and dismisses the empire’s destruction as irrelevant.
• Daochen leaves the ancient emperor behind and rescues nearly 1,200 other powerful beings, all World King-level experts roughly equal to him in strength.
• Once freed from the Spacetime Furnace, the survivors restore their bodies and begin recovering from the time-law erosion.
• Dark Beast Kings surround the group, but Daochen’s power makes them recoil. He leads the rescued experts through a nearby wormhole before it closes.
• The Dark Beast Kings let them go and report to their Dark Beast Emperor, who recognizes Daochen and plans to consult the Dark Emperor.
• The Dark Beast Emperor discovers a tiny fissure in the furnace and realizes that decaying power leaking from it provides valuable nourishment. He seals off the area and absorbs that energy.

Character developments

• Demon Emperor Daochen demonstrates growing strength and compassion by risking the escape to rescue nearly 1,200 prisoners. He shows restraint by driving off the Dark Beast Kings rather than killing them.
• The ancient emperor is revealed as wholly self-interested: he cares only about survival, cultivation, and achieving eternity, not the empire that once surrounded him.
• The Dark Beast Emperor appears cautious and calculating. Rather than pursue Daochen, he defers to the Dark Emperor and exploits the furnace’s newly revealed energy source.

Significant themes

• Self-preservation versus responsibility: The ancient emperor abandons concern for the empire, while Daochen takes responsibility for rescuing others.
• The pull of eternity and power: The looming end of the world drives powerful figures to pursue eternal bodies and survival.
• Decay as both destruction and resource: The furnace’s corrosive energy ruins prisoners but also nourishes the Dark Beasts.
• Urgency and escape: The shrinking wormhole makes timing crucial, forcing the group to prioritize survival over explanation or confrontation.

Character interactions

• Daochen challenges the ancient emperor’s indifference to the Spacetime Empire’s destruction, but recognizes their values are irreconcilable and leaves without trying to recruit him.
• The rescued experts follow Daochen through the wormhole, suppressing their questions as they recognize the danger.
• The Dark Beast Kings hesitate to attack Daochen’s powerful group; their emperor then asserts authority, restrains them, and turns his attention to the furnace’s fissure.

Key plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen and the rescued experts emerge from the wormhole and reunite with Qingchan, Qingxuan, and the others. The survivors seem strangely ancient because of the different flow of time, though they expect to adjust.
• A rescued expert explains that the Spacetime Empire is being hunted and that its collapse was foretold. The Dark Side is overtaking the world, transforming living beings into Dark Beasts and threatening to erase their memories and identities.
• The experts describe Eternals as rare beacons in the coming “night,” able to shelter only a small number of lives. Daochen initially wonders whether his Buddhist power offers a way to resist the Dark Beasts, but the experts compare it to a firefly’s glow: useful for survival, yet no guarantee of safety.
• Rather than let despair spread, Daochen urges the Primordial World’s people to unite. He presents the Buddhist Dao as a path to becoming “fireflies” who can endure and protect one another, and calls for continued cultivation and preparation to make their world a sanctuary.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen moves from alarm at the cosmic threat to sober acceptance, then chooses leadership over despair. He asks probing questions, keeps the darkest revelation from spreading, and inspires his people with a modest but meaningful hope.
• The rescued experts provide the grim history and cosmic perspective. Their firefly analogy clarifies the limits of ordinary resistance, while their warnings deepen the group’s understanding of the danger.
• Qingchan and Qingxuan welcome Daochen anxiously; Qingchan notices his unfamiliar ancient aura, prompting the explanation about time’s differing flow.
• The Primordial World’s warriors are initially shaken, but pledge loyalty to Daochen and regain a measure of hope through his appeal to solidarity and the Buddhist Dao.

Significant themes

• Mortality and transformation: The Dark Side’s victory is portrayed as a fate akin to death because it destroys memory and thought.
• Hope amid overwhelming odds: Becoming an Eternal is nearly unattainable, but small lights of resistance still matter.
• Unity and mutual care: The Primordial World’s refusal to abandon one another becomes a source of strength.
• Leadership through truth and encouragement: Daochen acknowledges the danger without letting it extinguish his people’s resolve.

Key events

• Demon Emperor Daochen reports that his group found a revived former Spacetime Emperor inside the Spacetime Furnace. The mysterious figure is trying to forge a Great Emperor Body, but Daochen could not identify him.
• The Primordial World’s defenders held the furnace longer than the Guardians in other regions, but ultimately failed to keep it. Daochen tells Deputy Director Luo about the Dark Beasts surrounding the furnace, including signs that some are Emperors.
• Luo reports that ancient powerhouses have appeared in the Blazing Bird Territory and are trying to reach the furnaces. He and Daochen discuss using them against the Dark Beasts and perhaps reclaiming the Spacetime Empire.
• Crimson rain begins to fall, accompanied by mournful cries. Luo recognizes it as a sign that the Spacetime Emperor has died, and collapses in grief.
• Daochen warns that whoever defeated the Emperor may be an even greater threat. Luo, too distraught to manage affairs, leaves with the Hunters’ Guild elder, putting Daochen in charge of the Guild’s relocation. Daochen is then told he must also collect Hunter Points.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen reflects that greater heights remain to be reached and is determined to keep advancing. He remains guarded about his own brief contact with Eternal Power, sharing only what is necessary about the furnace. Though not yet a Quasi-Emperor, he steps into a leadership role after Luo’s departure.
• Deputy Director Luo shifts from anxious concern about the furnaces to profound grief over the Emperor’s death. He entrusts Daochen with the Guild’s affairs before rushing back to the Administration.
• Daochen and Luo exchange intelligence about the furnaces, the ancient figures, and the growing danger. Daochen supports Luo after the news, while Luo’s sudden departure leaves Daochen with responsibilities but little guidance.
• The Primordial World’s powerhouses affirm their loyalty to Daochen and their willingness to follow his pursuit of higher power.

Significant themes

• Ambition and perseverance: Reaching one peak only reveals higher ones; the pursuit of power continues despite failure.
• Fragile security and looming catastrophe: Even powerful defenders can be overwhelmed, and the Empire’s heartland is no longer safe.
• Loss and collective grief: The Emperor’s death affects the people through a deep connection to their empire, while the crimson rain marks a cosmic-scale tragedy.
• Leadership amid uncertainty: Daochen must take on urgent duties without clear instructions, as the old order collapses around him.

Plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen visits the Hunters’ Guild to spend the points earned by the Primordial World. After initially receiving the guild official’s personal warehouse list by mistake, he is shown the actual inventory.
• Daochen questions the value of a damaged Quasi-Emperor Puppet but buys it anyway, then spends lavishly on rare materials, imperial treasures, and a Dao Enlightenment Pool.
• The Spacetime Administration’s points suddenly arrive in his account. With no guidance from Director Luo, Daochen redeems nearly all the guild’s valuable stock.
• The guild official leads him to the Spacetime Empire’s Northern Granary, where the redeemed goods and the Administration’s remaining supplies are supposedly stored. But the abandoned warehouse cannot be opened.
• The official explains that the guild is giving Daochen several worlds as compensation, that his own body is a puppet set to shut down in three days, and that Director Luo has ordered the Spacetime Administration to relocate. Its remaining points have been left to Daochen.
• Qingchan arrives with news that the Primordial World has been expelled from spacetime and that the Administration has abandoned it. The Angel Empire reports that the Administration has distributed its resources among the Overlords and may be heading to the Spacetime Empire for a final stand.
• Daochen concludes that the Administration’s leaders intend to die alongside their fallen Sovereign, possibly at the imperial mausoleum. He orders three days of prayers in their honor.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen moves from irritation and opportunistic excitement to anger when he realizes the promised supplies are inaccessible and the Administration is leaving. Once he understands the officials’ despair, his anger gives way to solemn respect. He recognizes that his own lack of loyalty to the Spacetime Empire sets him apart from them.
• The guild official remains calm despite Daochen’s threats. He admits the warehouse is inaccessible, explains the guild’s compensation and the Administration’s departure, and reveals that he is only a temporary puppet vessel.
• Qingchan brings urgent news to her father, confirming the Primordial World’s expulsion and conveying reports from the Angel Empire.
• Daochen and the guild official clash over the unusable warehouse, while Daochen’s exchanges with Qingchan shift the scene from a personal dispute to the fate of the wider Administration.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and sacrifice: The Administration’s leaders appear willing to die with their fallen Sovereign, while Daochen admits he would not make the same choice.
• Loss and finality: The Sovereign’s death has shattered the Administration, prompting its leaders to abandon their former position and perhaps seek a final end.
• Power and pragmatism: Daochen treats points and resources as opportunities for practical gain, even as others’ actions are driven by grief and loyalty.
• Farewell and respect: Daochen’s order for three days of prayers marks a change from self-interest to acknowledgment of the Administration’s sacrifice.

Key events

• Three thousand years after the Demon Emperor’s campaigns began, Daochen and his forces have reclaimed the Mountain and River World, the Essence Light World, and other territories from the Dark Beasts.
• Explosions from the Spacetime Empire are revealed to be the destruction of its ten Spacetime Furnaces. Their detonation unleashes a vast shock wave, apparently bringing the empire to an end.
• Daochen orders his forces to fortify the newly secured region, using its great spacetime rift and narrow passages as natural defenses.
• After the last nearby Dark Beasts are cleared, Daochen gathers the Primordial World’s powerhouses at the Northern Granary. Under Hongjun’s guidance, they use the world’s Great Dao laws to erode the warehouse’s intricate spacetime defenses.
• After a thousand years, the defenses are finally overcome. Daochen announces that the stored resources will be distributed through a contribution-based exchange.

Character development and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen is shown as a powerful, decisive ruler: he reflects on the Spacetime Empire’s destruction, directs defensive preparations, and leads the effort to open the granary. Though he needs little for himself, he makes the resources available to reward service to the Primordial World.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun acts as the Primordial Heavenly Dao’s guide and representative, directing the Great Dao’s power and identifying the exceptional laws stored in the granary.
• The Ancient Supreme Powerhouse provides Daochen with insight into the furnace explosions and confirms the shock wave carries an eternal aura.
• The gathered powerhouses express loyalty to Daochen and cooperate under his command, while recognizing the Primordial World’s growing strength.

Significant themes

• Power and transformation: The Primordial World’s complete laws, Buddhist purification, merit, and newly acquired Yin-Slaying Saber techniques have helped it rise into a formidable spacetime great world.
• Collective effort and leadership: Opening the granary takes the coordinated power of the whole world and a thousand years of persistent work.
• Destruction and aftermath: The Spacetime Empire’s self-destruction marks the end of an old power, while its legacy—including the granary’s concentrated laws—strengthens the Primordial World.
• Merit and responsibility: Resources are not distributed freely; access depends on contributions to the world.

Key plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen leads his followers into the Northern Granary, where he confirms the Hunters’ Guild’s claim that it contains a quasi-emperor puppet.
• They discover the War Giant: a towering Spacetime Giant whom an ancient emperor killed on the road to emperorship and refined into a guardian puppet. Daochen stores the puppet away, insisting it remain a last-resort reserve rather than be used casually against the Dark Beasts.
• The granary is vast and packed with supreme-grade materials, revealing the immense wealth once held by the fallen Spacetime Empire.
• Daochen orders Human Sovereign Fuxi to direct the resources toward strengthening the Primordial World, especially helping near-perfected Great Spirit Gods pursue breakthroughs to World King. He also tells Fuxi to support ancient Supreme Powerhouses while learning from both their achievements and their failed paths.
• After leaving the granary, Daochen begins fortifying the region’s limited Spacetime Rift entrances with magic formations. He assigns Zhunti and Jieyin to organize guards and maintain constant vigilance.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen balances confidence in his forces with caution. Though his followers dismiss the Dark Beasts after recent victories, he remembers that they overwhelmed the Spacetime Empire and destroyed the Spacetime Administration. He advocates hiding, building defenses, and turning resources into strength.
• Human Sovereign Fuxi is entrusted with managing the granary’s resources and advancing the Primordial World’s strongest cultivators.
• Zhunti and Jieyin receive direct responsibilities for guarding the fortified approaches.
• Daochen’s followers admire the War Giant’s power and imagine deploying it, but Daochen restrains their enthusiasm and frames it as a strategic reserve.

Significant themes

• Prudence over overconfidence: Recent victories do not erase the far greater threat posed by the Dark Beasts.
• Strength through investment: Resources matter chiefly when converted into capable fighters.
• Learning from history: The ancient Supreme Powerhouses offer both models to emulate and mistakes to avoid.
• Preparedness and survival: Concealment, fortification, and restraint are essential while the Primordial World remains vulnerable.

Plot points and events

• With a hundred thousand cultivators stationed at each rift, the Demon Emperor’s forces can hold off the Dark Beasts. They must also guard against rival worlds seeking control of the region and its valuable resources.
• The Demon Emperor leads a hundred-thousand-strong force, including gifted young cultivators Qingchan and Qingxuan, to the Blazing Bird Territory. His aim is to secure access to one of the remaining Seas of Laws, where his disciples can study spacetime and pursue the World King Realm.
• The journey through dangerous territory and a stable wormhole consumes scarce resources, prompting the Demon Emperor to warn the group not to waste the opportunity. They arrive safely and are greeted by the Angel King.

Character developments

• The Demon Emperor (Daochen) shows himself as both a strategic leader and a demanding mentor. He wants the Primordial World’s rising talents to advance, but resource pressures make him increasingly strict.
• Qingchan, Qingxuan, and the other young cultivators are talented and ambitious, yet intimidated by Daochen’s training and threats. Their experience under his harsh instruction has made them stronger and more disciplined.
• The Demon Emperor’s own progress has slowed: after reaching World King and comprehending eternal power, he must cultivate it gradually, a process that may take a very long time.

Character interactions

• Daochen explains why the young cultivators need the Seas of Laws and urges them to make the most of the chance; they respond with confidence and promises to succeed.
• He threatens to punish them if they squander the resources spent on the expedition. Their silence reflects both fear of his painful training and determination to advance.
• The Angel King welcomes Daochen warmly and asks whether the Primordial World has eliminated the Dark Beasts.

Significant themes

• Competition and insecurity: With the Spacetime Administration gone, powerful worlds act independently and vie for territory, resources, and access to the Seas of Laws.
• Mentorship through hardship: Daochen’s brutal training is presented as a force that has helped cultivate the next generation.
• Scarcity and responsibility: The Primordial World’s rapid growth depends on vast resources, making efficiency and the success of the expedition especially important.
• Ambition and uncertainty: The cultivators hope to become World Kings, but even access to a Sea of Laws cannot guarantee enlightenment or a breakthrough.

Key events

• The Demon Emperor Daochen reunites with the Angel King, who remarks on Daochen’s growing strength. They discuss the declining appeal of becoming a Space-Time Guardian, whose power comes with the drawback of being bound to one’s own world.
• The Angel King explains that the Sea of Laws’ opening now requires participating worlds to contribute resources, and warns that Daochen’s eligibility is uncertain because the Primordial World is outside the Blazing Bird Territory.
• He offers to help Daochen gain admission by trading Buddhist materials, which are scarce and highly valued. Daochen cannot easily provide buddha-powered weapons, so he offers a large supply of Buddhist Sect sariras instead. The Angel King believes these will be enough to secure access.
• Daochen also asks the Angel King to introduce him to the other Spacetime Overlords. He wants to build trade relations and eventually establish a safer, indirect wormhole route between the Primordial World and the wider spacetime realms.
• The Angel King brings Daochen, Qingchan, and Qingxuan to the Void God Realm, where the Overlords are gathering to discuss the Sea of Laws.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shows a pragmatic, outward-looking approach: he seeks access to the Sea of Laws, but also plans broader diplomacy and trade while prioritizing the Primordial World’s safety.
• The Angel King acts as an ally and intermediary, arranging introductions and recognizing Daochen’s world as a potential source of valuable Buddhist resources. His eagerness also reflects the Angel Empire’s weaker position among the established Great Worlds.
• Daochen and the Angel King speak candidly about power, political standing, and their worlds’ prospects. The Angel King envies the Primordial World’s ability to resist Dark Beasts, while Daochen entrusts him with negotiations.

Significant themes

• Power versus freedom: Space-Time Guardians gain an advantage in their own world but are constrained by it; the path of contention offers greater independence.
• Resource diplomacy: Scarce Buddhist materials become leverage for political access and trade.
• Growth and competition: The Primordial World’s rapid rise contrasts with the Angel Empire’s relative weakness and the established worlds’ control of resources.
• Security and connection: Daochen seeks trade with the outside realms, but designs the route to keep the Primordial World protected.

Key plot points and events

• At a gathering of hundreds of Overlords ahead of the western Sea of Laws opening, Demon Emperor Daochen learns that unrest is spreading across the Blazing Bird Territory. With the Spacetime Administration no longer keeping major worlds in check, powerful worlds are threatening annexation, and competition for scarce resources may lead to war.
• Daochen realizes the Primordial World could become a target, though he has prepared defenses by sealing its routes. He concludes that the immediate priority is protecting his world.
• The Angel King introduces Daochen to Azure God and other Overlords, who are interested in the Primordial World’s Buddhist Dao Power and weapons. Daochen directs them to negotiate through the Angel King.
• Daochen proposes creating a secure transit hub with a stable Spacetime Wormhole for trade, keeping commerce separate from the Primordial World itself. The Angel King suggests expanding it into a trading city connected to the Blazing Bird Territory and the Hunters’ Guild.
• The group enthusiastically considers joining forces and sharing the city’s revenue. The Angel King offers to arrange contact with the Hunters’ Guild, though its cooperation remains uncertain.
• Azure God ends the discussion with a warning: the Primordial World may no longer be safe amid the growing tensions.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shifts from assessing the threat to pursuing a practical response: strengthen security while building alliances and trade. He remains wary of the Hunters’ Guild, which previously caused serious trouble for his world, but recognizes the value of reconnecting with it.
• The Angel King acts as Daochen’s guide among the Overlords and takes responsibility for handling trade in Buddhist Dao Power. He supports the trading-city plan and offers to use his Guild connections.
• Azure God welcomes the Angel King and provides a sobering assessment of the region’s instability.
• Other Overlords approach Daochen as a valuable potential partner, seeking his resources and proposing cooperation against Dark Beasts.

Significant themes

• Rising insecurity and the law of the jungle: Scarcity and weakened oversight are pushing powerful worlds toward conquest and conflict.
• Self-preservation and alliance-building: Daochen recognizes that the Primordial World needs both strong defenses and reliable partners.
• Trade as cooperation and strategy: The proposed hub could bring resources and shared prosperity while limiting outsiders’ access to the Primordial World.
• Power and vulnerability: Though the Primordial World is growing, Daochen knows it still trails established worlds and may attract hostile attention.

Key plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen privately recognizes that he is the only World King in the Primordial World. He has come to help its promising disciples grow stronger, since the rising world is attracting powerful rivals.
• He plans to establish a transit station and receives assurances from other leaders that they will help guard it.
• A four-armed, two-headed World King arrives and turns the gathering’s discussion toward the Sea of Laws. He argues that outsiders should be barred from benefiting from the northern region’s resources.
• Daochen realizes the proposal is aimed at people like him. The Angel King explains that the speaker is a powerful, unaffiliated “Rogue Person” who champions his many descendants’ interests and is feared because of his strength and vindictive retaliation.
• Azure God adds that the Rogue Person is backed by an organization of survivors from fallen Spacetime Great Worlds. Their growing unity lets them exert influence over the region.
• Concluding that resistance would be too dangerous, Daochen drops any thought of confronting them and decides to focus on protecting his own group.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shifts from cautiously planning for the Primordial World’s future to pragmatically avoiding a conflict he cannot win. He conceals how isolated his world’s strength is from the other leaders.
• The Angel King acts as Daochen’s adviser, explaining the Rogue Person’s reputation and offering to let Daochen enter the Sea of Laws under the Angel Empire’s name.
• Azure God broadens the explanation, revealing that the Rogue Person is part of a larger power structure rather than an isolated threat.
• The four-armed World King uses regional solidarity rhetoric to advance his own faction’s interests, while the gathering’s leaders voice support and avoid challenging him.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Even a strong ruler can be isolated when facing a larger coalition.
• Self-interest and political rhetoric: Appeals to regional unity conceal competition over valuable resources.
• Collective strength: Rogue Persons, individually scattered, become formidable when organized.
• Pragmatism and responsibility: Daochen chooses safeguarding his people over a risky show of defiance.

Key plot points

• The Four-Armed Devil-Race Rogue Person leads the northern Overlords in clearing rival Overlords from their region. Resistance sparks clashes, but he argues that outsiders should not consume northern resources without cause.
• The northern Overlords’ unity and the Rogue Person’s influence force the challengers to back down. Outsiders are allowed limited access to the Sea of Laws, but only in exchange for extra resources and a few cultivation slots.
• At the gathering afterward, most attendees gravitate toward the Rogue Person, while smaller groups—including Demon Emperor Daochen’s allies—stick together to protect their interests. Daochen and the Angel King also meet Overlords from major worlds.
• The Angel King uses Daochen’s name to share information about the supply of Buddha Power weapons, apparently pursuing a plan of his own.
• As Daochen prepares to leave, an emissary summons him on behalf of the Four-Armed Demon Venerable. The emissary claims his master knows how to open the Northern Granary Storehouse. Daochen refuses and reacts coldly, recognizing the approach as an attempt to target his possessions.

Character developments and interactions

• Four-Armed Demon Venerable: Shows political skill as well as strength, uniting the northern Overlords and presenting their actions as a defense of regional interests. His growing influence alarms Daochen.
• Demon Emperor Daochen: Remains cautious and protective of the Primordial World’s territory. He dislikes being cornered and refuses to engage when he suspects manipulation.
• Angel King: Displays social skill by networking broadly and hints at a larger strategy involving Buddha Power weapons.
• Smaller organizations: Form practical alliances for mutual protection, giving Daochen’s group potential partners—and a counterweight to the Demon Venerable’s rising dominance.

Significant themes

• Power and political unity: A coordinated alliance can prevail over individually strong rivals.
• Legitimacy and self-interest: The northern Overlords justify exclusion as resource protection, while also securing an advantage for themselves.
• Caution and trust: Daochen’s refusal to reveal interest in the storehouse reflects the danger of drawing powerful rivals’ attention.

Summary

Plot and events

• In the exchange hall, the Four-Armed Demon Venerable is angered that Demon Emperor Daochen refused his invitation. Though he considers retaliating, other Overlords warn that the Primordial World’s Buddhist Dao is valuable against the Dark Beasts. He reluctantly backs off for now and orders an investigation into the Primordial World’s strength.
• The Demon Venerable’s real motive is to obtain a Quasi-Emperor Puppet hidden in the Northern Granary. He hopes to use it to seize the Blazing Bird Territory’s resources and advance to Quasi-Emperor.
• Meanwhile, the Angel King escorts Daochen to the Angel Empire. They discuss its recovery, its newly risen World King—the Might Angel, now Angel Chief—and the Sea of Laws’ role in helping worlds produce powerful cultivators.
• The two reminisce about the Great Void World, whose unusual ability to absorb and merge with lesser worlds once made it vast and resource-rich. They agree that its former struggles for supremacy now seem small compared with the wider world of spacetime.

Character developments and interactions

• The Four-Armed Demon Venerable shows caution beneath his pride: he recognizes Daochen may be more formidable than he appears and yields to practical concerns, though he remains furious and ambitious.
• Daochen is cordial and congratulates the Angel King, while admitting the Primordial World struggles to support its vast realm.
• The Angel King reassures Daochen and demonstrates how much he knows about the Primordial World. He respects its hidden military strength, formations, and three powerful Daos, and sees maintaining friendly ties as strategically important.
• The Angel King and Daochen share nostalgia for their former home and mutual understanding of how limited their knowledge was then.

Significant themes

• Power and restraint: Pride may prompt conflict, but strategic dependence forces the Demon Venerable to hold back.
• Hidden strength and political calculation: The Primordial World conceals formidable abilities, making others cautious and encouraging alliances.
• Growth through resources: The Sea of Laws and world resources shape the rise of powerful beings and empires.
• Nostalgia and changed perspective: The characters look back on their old rivalries as trivial after discovering the vastness of the wider cosmos.

Key events

• Demon Emperor Daochen confirms that the Primordial World is exceptionally powerful, but prefers not to interfere unless provoked.
• The Angel King asks why powerful figures are appearing across the region. Daochen reveals a dire warning passed on by Director Luo and ancient Supremes: the spacetime world may soon undergo a reincarnation, plunging into darkness and destruction.
• Daochen explains that Dark Beasts are creatures of this “twilight” age, resistant to the laws that govern ordinary life. Becoming an Eternal may be the only way to survive and protect one’s people.
• The Angel King realizes that worlds’ frantic efforts to grow stronger are driven by the struggle to survive. He then proposes exploiting the crisis to seize control of the Blazing Bird Territory: lure Dark Beasts into rival worlds, then reclaim the territory and its resources.
• His plan relies on a Spacetime Administration superweapon—a Spacetime Nuclear Bomb whose shockwaves could carry Buddha power and destroy Dark Beasts on a vast scale. Daochen sees the plan’s potential but doubts whether they can overcome its immense technical and resource demands.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shifts from cautiously sharing information to confronting the Angel King with the coming apocalypse. Though he wants to protect the Angel Empire, he remains wary of the King’s dangerously ambitious strategy.
• The Angel King moves from probing for information to accepting the scale of the threat, then responds with a bold, opportunistic plan to unify the territory.
• Their exchange is candid but guarded: Daochen warns that the revelation must remain secret, while the Angel King tests both the truth of the danger and Daochen’s willingness to cooperate.

Significant themes

• Survival in an approaching apocalypse: Power and advancement become necessities rather than ambitions.
• Light versus darkness: Ordinary laws may fail against beings adapted to a different cosmic state.
• Power and moral compromise: The Angel King’s strategy could save his people or exploit catastrophe at the cost of other worlds.
• Trust, secrecy, and uncertainty: Even the leaders do not know whether the prophecy is certain, yet they must plan as if it is.

Key plot points and events

• The Angel King reveals that the Angel Empire has advanced its Superweapon research, but manufacturing Spacetime Nuclear Bombs at scale requires large quantities of concentrated Buddha power.
• He proposes a partnership: the Primordial World supplies Buddha power, while the Angel Empire supplies finished bombs. He refuses to share the core manufacturing technology, fearing the Primordial World could later destroy his empire.
• Demon Emperor Daochen weighs the risk that the weapons might eventually threaten his own side. He decides to buy bombs in bulk and rely on the Primordial World’s experts to study and reverse-engineer them.
• The Angel King explains that the bombs devastate beings below World King level but pose little danger to World Kings. They were designed to counter the Dark Beasts’ overwhelming numbers, so a separate plan will be needed to deal with powerful World Kings.
• The parties agree on an exchange rate of one unit of concentrated Buddha power for four bombs. They also agree to cooperate amicably, though producing the Buddha power will be difficult.
• Daochen asks the Angel King to arrange access to the Sea of Laws so the Primordial World can gain more World Kings. The Angel King promises to negotiate with the Four-Armed Demon Venerable. The chapter ends as the factions wait for the Sea of Laws to open.

Character developments and interactions

• The Angel King emerges as a more capable and calculating leader than Daochen had assumed. He protects his empire’s interests by withholding technology while offering a deal that balances both sides’ weapons stockpiles. He also commits to helping with the Sea of Laws.
• Demon Emperor Daochen becomes more cautious and strategic. He recognizes both the danger of the Angel Empire’s technology and the Primordial World’s shortage of World Kings, and negotiates for immediate protection rather than trust.
• Their tense but practical negotiations reveal mutual wariness: they need one another against the Dark Beasts, yet each fears the other could become a future enemy. Both also recognize the Four-Armed Demon Venerable as a major threat.

Significant themes

• Power and deterrence: The bomb exchange is intended to keep the two sides balanced rather than give either a decisive advantage.
• Cooperation under mistrust: Shared danger forces an alliance, but neither side is willing to expose its most valuable secrets.
• Preparation and vulnerability: The bombs address the Dark Beasts’ masses, while the scarcity of World Kings leaves the Primordial World exposed to powerful opponents.
• Technology and strategic adaptation: The factions must combine weapons development, resource gathering, reverse-engineering, and plans to hunt World Kings to survive.

Plot points and events

• The Angel King warns Demon Emperor Daochen that the Four-Armed Demon Venerable is investigating those who shelter outsiders, likely targeting Daochen. With the Sea of Laws due to open in a month, Daochen decides to confront him.
• The Four-Armed Demon Venerable plans to use the dispute to pressure Daochen’s organization and strengthen his bid to lead the Northern Alliance. He assumes the newly promoted Daochen will back down.
• Daochen arrives alone at the Rogue Alliance and mocks the Demon Venerable’s arrogance. When the Demon Venerable orders his forces to attack, Daochen’s hammer devastates the palace.
• The Demon Venerable flees, but Daochen pursues him. Their chase leads to the Northern Granary, where Daochen deduces that the Demon Venerable’s real goal is the War Giant kept inside.
• Cornered by the War Giant—a Quasi-Emperor-level puppet—the Demon Venerable begs for his life and offers his Soul Imprint. Daochen hesitates: killing him could destabilize the Northern Alliance, but an imprint may not reliably control someone with Eternal Power.

Character developments

• Daochen proves far more formidable and decisive than the Demon Venerable expected. Though he sets out ready to kill, the possibility of political fallout and the weakness of the offered bargain make him reconsider.
• The Four-Armed Demon Venerable is exposed as a braggart and opportunist. Despite his grand ambitions, he is quick to retreat when threatened and ultimately grovels to survive.
• The Angel King acts as a cautious adviser, warning Daochen that the confrontation may be a trap.

Significant themes

• Arrogance versus actual strength: The Demon Venerable’s boasts collapse when challenged.
• Power and political ambition: The confrontation is tied to control of the Rogue Alliance and Northern Alliance, not merely personal hostility.
• Mercy versus prudence: Daochen must weigh vengeance against regional stability and the risks of trusting an unreliable pledge.
• Survival instinct: The Demon Venerable’s ability to judge danger helps him flee, but cannot save him once Daochen catches up.

Character interactions

• The Angel King tries to restrain Daochen and warns him not to face the Demon Venerable alone; Daochen brushes aside the concern.
• Daochen humiliates the Demon Venerable verbally, then attacks his gathering, prompting the latter to flee rather than fight.
• At the Northern Granary, the Demon Venerable submits and offers his Soul Imprint. Daochen is left weighing whether to kill him or accept a potentially ineffective surrender.

Plot points

• The Demon Emperor confronts the Four-Armed Demon Venerable and refuses to trust his proposed soul mark and Great Dao contract, knowing such protections could be erased.
• The Demon Venerable pretends to yield, then launches a concealed Blood Sword attack. But the Demon Emperor is only an illusion: the Quasi-Emperor Puppet restrains the attacker while Daochen crushes him with his Giant Hammer.
• Daochen absorbs the Four-Armed Demon Venerable’s eternal power, more than doubling his own strength. He anticipates that the Northern Alliance will become unstable without its leader.
• Returning to the Angel Empire, Daochen reports the Four-Armed Demon Venerable’s death. He and the Angel King turn their attention to the coming opening of the sea of laws.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen shows caution and confidence, seeing through the surrender ruse and defeating a powerful opponent without exposing himself to the real attack. He keeps the full extent of his strength private.
• The Four-Armed Demon Venerable reveals himself as treacherous, relying on deception even when apparently cornered; the illusion leaves him unable to defend himself.
• The Angel King is shocked by Daochen’s victory and grows more respectful—and fearful—of him. He worries about the Northern Alliance’s collapse but recognizes the advantage that disorder may bring. Their cooperation remains in place, including the promised exchange of nuclear bombs.

Significant themes

• Deception and vigilance: apparent surrender can conceal a lethal trap, and Daochen survives by anticipating betrayal.
• The brutal cost of power: eternal beings can grow stronger by consuming one another’s power, making the Emperor’s Path a bloody struggle with little prospect of peace.
• Power reshapes alliances: Daochen’s victory raises his status while threatening regional order, shifting how the Angel King views their partnership.

Plot points and events

• Young geniuses from several worlds gather in the Angel Empire, where the Angel King and Demon Emperor Daochen lead them to the Sea of Laws.
• The Angel King explains that the Sea helps its visitors comprehend laws, but its benefits diminish after reaching World King. He believes it once served as a training ground for the Spacetime Empire’s soldiers.
• The Four-Armed Demon Venerable and the Rogue Person Alliance fail to appear. The Angel King and Demon Emperor know the Venerable is dead and that the Alliance may now be vulnerable to its enemies.
• When the Overlords open the Sea, the Demon Emperor memorizes the procedure, intending to make the place a training ground for the Primordial World and eventually claim it.
• Before entering, he advises Qingchan, Qingxuan, and the others to focus first on the law best suited to them and reach World King before pursuing additional laws.
• Inside, Qingchan and Qingxuan recognize that the laws are more concentrated deeper in the Sea. They lead their group inward, where Qingchan secures a favorable area.
• The Primordial World’s experts’ impressive strength deters rival groups from challenging them. Qingchan then has her people spread out to reduce interference between their differing laws.
• Qingchan and Qingxuan begin cultivating and quickly enter states of sudden enlightenment. Other talented Primordial World experts do the same.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen remains cautious and discreet, while planning to secure the Sea for his world. He also supports his disciples’ cultivation through a rare reserve of eternal power.
• The Angel King understands Daochen’s guarded nature and shares his observations about the Sea and the missing Venerable.
• Qingchan demonstrates leadership and insight: she identifies the best cultivation area, recognizes that the group’s different laws interfere with one another, and reorganizes everyone accordingly. She focuses on the Great Dao of Strength and the heavy sword’s complementary Dao.
• Qingxuan also enters sudden enlightenment, benefiting from Daochen’s aid.
• Rival groups notice the Primordial World’s exceptional power and avoid confrontation, prioritizing their own cultivation.

Significant themes

• Preparation and specialization: The Demon Emperor urges the young cultivators to master one suitable law before broadening their studies.
• Power and advantage: Daochen’s accumulated resources give Qingchan and Qingxuan a major boost, prompting envy from others.
• Leadership and cooperation: Qingchan’s careful organization helps the group cultivate more effectively and safely.
• Opportunity amid upheaval: The Four-Armed Demon Venerable’s death leaves the Rogue Person Alliance exposed, while Daochen sees the Sea of Laws as a future asset for the Primordial World.