Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen’s possession of a combat art frightens the surrounding Heavenly Dao Realm powerhouses. They back down, while a hidden figure from a three-star world warns that revealing such a technique could bring disaster upon Daochen’s world.
• The Sea God Clan, rulers of the beginner region, learns of Daochen. Its leaders see him as a threat—and as a possible source of combat-art knowledge—and plan to use smaller worlds to weaken him.
• A representative of the two-star Dragon Demon Race approaches Daochen, warning that the Sea God Clan intends to purge the region under the pretext of eliminating combat-art-bearing races.
• She proposes an alliance to overthrow the Sea God Clan. Daochen refuses to be used as cannon fodder, arguing that the smaller worlds will be targeted eventually too and doubting they can destroy him easily.
• Daochen agrees to consider helping if paid in Tongtian Tokens. After bargaining, they settle on a maximum of 2,000 tokens. He then offers to trade Heavenly Dao-Class Weapons for more, revealing that he may possess considerable resources.
• The Dragon Demon representative, impressed by his apparent wealth, asks whether he would sell his combat art.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains guarded and self-assured, refusing to trust the Dragon Demon Race’s proposal without compensation. He recognizes both the Sea God Clan’s threat and the alliance’s attempt to exploit him, and negotiates aggressively.
• The Dragon Demon representative shifts from recruiting Daochen to bargaining with him. Her urgency shows how desperate her people are to escape Sea God rule; his offer of weapons makes her see him as a valuable potential trading partner.
• Little Monkey envies Daochen’s combat art, believing such a technique might have saved his destroyed world.
• The Sea God Clan’s leaders treat Daochen as both a danger to eliminate and an opportunity to seize.

Significant themes

• Power and deterrence: A combat art can let one fighter threaten entire worlds, but possessing one also makes its owner a target.
• Manipulation and self-interest: The Sea God Clan uses smaller worlds to preserve its dominance, while the Dragon Demon Race seeks Daochen’s strength for its own rebellion.
• Trust and leverage: Daochen avoids committing to an alliance until he secures a concrete reward, showing that cooperation in this region is transactional.
• Unequal rule: The three-star power maintains control by preventing smaller worlds from rising beyond it.

Key plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen negotiates with a flower attendant representing a coalition of worlds. He offers to teach them the combat art Sword Slash in exchange for help acquiring Tongtian Tokens.
• The attendant says the coalition cannot provide Upper Realm Species as captives, but proposes a deal: they will help Daochen attack three Slave Worlds subordinate to the Sea God Clan, while their coalition learns the combat art.
• Daochen learns that Tongtian Tokens likely accumulate from Slave Worlds destroyed in the Ultimate Battlefield, and that the novice region contains many such worlds. The Sea God Clan controls eight worlds, while the attendant’s coalition includes over a hundred.
• Daochen accepts the alliance and secures three thousand Tongtian Tokens, including a thousand added during negotiations.
• Returning to the Primordial World, he announces that their first battle in the Gate World is approaching. Their opponents have six to eight thousand Heavenly Dao Realm fighters, but lack combat arts, advanced weapons, and equipment. Daochen believes his own side’s superior armament gives them an advantage.

Character developments

• Daochen proves himself a shrewd negotiator, extracting additional tokens while weighing the long-term value of the alliance.
• He grows more troubled by the system behind the tokens, recognizing that each may represent a Slave World’s destruction. He also reflects on the possibility that his own world was forced into its status as a Slave World.
• The flower attendant is eager to obtain Sword Slash but wary of the risks; despite his irritation at Daochen’s bargaining, he follows through on the agreement.

Significant themes

• Power and leverage: Combat arts and Tongtian Tokens become bargaining tools that can reshape military strength.
• Exploitation and resistance: Slave Worlds appear to be drawn into a brutal, unequal system, while weaker worlds form alliances to challenge powerful rulers.
• Trust and pragmatism: The parties rely on shared interests rather than contracts, reasoning that agreements matter only when both sides have reason to honor them.
• War’s hidden cost: Daochen’s realization that tokens may be remnants of destroyed worlds gives the promised gains a grim human cost.

Character interactions

• Daochen and the flower attendant negotiate through mutual suspicion and opportunism, ultimately reaching a deal based on shared opposition to the Sea God Clan.
• Daochen tests the attendant’s claims about the region’s power structure and uses the attendant’s eagerness to learn the combat art to improve his terms.
• Daochen addresses his people with confidence, framing the coming battle as manageable because their equipment and preparation outweigh the enemy’s advantages in numbers.

Key plot points

• Demon Emperor Daochen receives confirmation that the war against the Three-Star World is going badly: two allied two-star worlds have already fallen. He nevertheless leads ten Avengers toward Slave World Number One, intending to open a World Bridge so Chaos Heaven’s warriors can join the fight.
• Daochen sees the conflict as a chance for the Demon Emperor and his people to rise—and hopes a powerful opponent will emerge.
• The World Alliance’s five strongest two-star worlds debate whether to keep fighting or retreat. The Dragon Demon Race’s leader argues that the Sea God Clan’s attacks are too powerful and the Alliance should buy time until its members master the combat arts.
• The Alliance leaders decide to wait and see how the newly joined slave world performs. Its strength and widespread possession of combat arts might make it capable of challenging the Three-Star World.
• Though they discuss sending support, the leaders remain safely hidden behind proxies and are reluctant to risk their own lives. They have already distributed the combat arts to their clansmen.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen remains confident despite grim news. His ambition and appetite for a worthy fight motivate him to lead the expedition personally.
• The Dragon Demon Race’s leader is more cautious than the other Alliance representatives. He challenges their optimism, proposes retreat and regrouping, then settles on waiting because the new slave world may shift the balance.
• The other Alliance leaders are reluctant to abandon the coalition they built, but their willingness to fight is limited by fear of the Sea God Clan and concern for their own survival.
• The Alliance representatives debate openly, weighing collective unity against self-preservation; ultimately, the newly joined slave world becomes their main source of hope.

Significant themes

• Combat arts as a strategic equalizer: Their value lies not only in strengthening individuals but in raising an entire world’s fighting capacity, potentially allowing numerous weaker fighters to challenge stronger opponents.
• Unity versus self-interest: The Alliance’s numbers could be powerful, but its members lack cohesion, and its hidden leaders prioritize survival.
• Power, ambition, and uncertainty: Daochen views the war as an opportunity, while the Alliance waits to learn whether the slave world can turn that opportunity into a real chance of victory.

Key plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen breaches a Slave World’s barrier and discovers more than ten thousand Heavenly Dao Realm fighters waiting for him. Despite recognizing the ambush, he attacks rather than retreating.
• Daochen and his five hundred warriors overwhelm the defenders with superior combat arts and Heavenly Dao-Class weapons. He opens World Bridges, bringing in reinforcements; five thousand Heavenly Dao Realm fighters help destroy the world’s leading forces.
• Daochen orders the world’s origin and resources seized. His forces collect hundreds of sets of Heavenly Dao-Class weapons and other valuable materials.
• At two other Slave Worlds, the inhabitants surrender. Little Monkey advises against sparing them, arguing that their sealed potential makes them an unnecessary burden. Daochen agrees and orders their destruction.
• After extracting all three worlds’ origins, Daochen learns the ambush suggests a traitor has revealed the alliance’s plans. He considers withdrawing rather than risking his forces against the powerful Three-Star World.
• The Dragon Demon Race summons him to an alliance meeting, hoping to make his world the alliance’s sixth member. Daochen suspects they want to use his forces as cannon fodder and refuses to join the war, saying he has already fulfilled his obligations. The Flower Maid warns that the alliance may collapse without his help.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen demonstrates confidence in his combat abilities and ruthlessness toward the Slave Worlds, but becomes cautious once he recognizes the larger strategic danger. He directly challenges the Dragon Demon Race’s expectation that he will keep fighting.
• Little Monkey acts as Daochen’s strategic adviser, urging him to reject the surrendered worlds and conserve resources.
• Chaos Heaven celebrates the campaign’s spoils and backs Daochen’s next moves.
• The Flower Maid conveys the Dragon Demon Race’s urgent appeal, but her message cannot persuade Daochen to commit.

Significant themes

• Power and technological advantage: Combat arts and superior weapons let Daochen’s forces defeat far larger numbers.
• Survival over mercy: In a brutal world war, surrender offers no lasting safety, and Daochen chooses extermination over taking on the burden of conquered populations.
• Distrust and political calculation: The ambush points to a traitor, while Daochen suspects the alliance values his forces chiefly as expendable support.
• The cost of expansion: The victories bring valuable resources, but they also deepen the Primordial World’s involvement in a conflict Daochen may not want to continue.

Key plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen warns Flower Maid that challenging a three-star world directly is too dangerous. He agrees to strike a nearby two-star world before withdrawing, while leaving open the possibility of joining the World Alliance.
• He arrives at a battle where the two-star world is resisting an attack. Leading five thousand elite troops, he overwhelms and kills its three thousand Heavenly Dao Realm defenders, who wield combat arts and Heavenly Dao-class equipment. Alliance forces destroy the world and take its origin before Daochen can claim any additional spoils.
• Flower Maid warns that the slain warriors belonged to the Sea God Clan, whose survivors will seek revenge. She again invites Daochen to join the Alliance.
• A force of nearly one hundred thousand Sea God Clan warriors arrives shortly afterward. Enraged by the massacre, they launch a fierce campaign against the Alliance, devastating weaker worlds and driving many two-star worlds to retreat.
• Daochen’s forces return to the Primordial World with the captured weapons and armor. He and his allies debate whether joining the Alliance would provide useful protection and intelligence or expose them to greater danger.
• Daochen concludes that their reliance on the Tongtian Token limits their growth. He orders all Ultimate Powerhouses to temper their ultimate will, offering Heavenly Dao-class gear and a custom weapon forged from world origin to those who break through first.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen acts pragmatically: he seeks a manageable victory, secures valuable equipment, and withdraws before the Sea God Clan’s reinforcements arrive. Though cautious about joining the Alliance, he recognizes that his world cannot depend on the Token forever and turns toward self-driven advancement.
• Flower Maid provides coordinates, negotiates over possible Alliance membership, and warns Daochen of the consequences of killing Sea God Clan warriors.
• Chaos Heaven suggests consulting Monkey about the Alliance decision.
• Little Monkey initially feels unqualified to advise, but argues that the Alliance could offer protection and intelligence—and that the Sea God Clan is likely to target it regardless. His perspective helps shift the discussion toward cooperation and long-term survival.

Significant themes

• Power and self-reliance: External advantages such as the Tongtian Token have limits; lasting growth must come from personal effort.
• Risk, alliances, and survival: Cooperation may offer protection and information, but joining a group can also tie a world to its conflicts.
• The cost of escalation: A tactical victory brings valuable spoils but provokes a powerful enemy and worsens the wider war.
• Accumulation and preparation: Three-star worlds’ strength comes from long development, making them difficult for less-established worlds to challenge.

Key events

• The Demon Emperor reflects on the value and scarcity of world origins, which can be used to create powerful Personal Weapons. He realizes the defeated three-star world must have gained around a hundred origins in the war, potentially allowing it to produce many elite fighters.
• He grows increasingly suspicious that the Gate World battlefield is a trap: worlds are drawn in, but survivors who leave the beginner zone are often killed in ambushes. Escaping seems far harder than entering.
• After the Primordial World’s victory, its people begin training intensely, using illusion formations to harden their wills. The looming threat of the Weird World challenge and the destruction of other slave worlds make them fear that they may be next.
• The Demon Emperor also resumes serious cultivation, troubled by the uncertainty of how to advance beyond the initial stage of the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Six months later, Flower Maid arrives with an urgent appeal: the Sea God Clan is relentlessly hunting the Dragon Devil Race. Though they have trained fighters in Combat Arts, they cannot withstand the Sea God Clan alone. The alliance of worlds has fallen below eighty members, with more than twenty worlds tracked down in roughly half a year.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen shows greater strategic awareness, recognizing the battlefield’s dangers and the potential military value of world origins. The growing uncertainty also pushes him to overcome his recent indolence and cultivate again.
• Little Monkey is portrayed as shrewd: he had correctly judged that following the Demon Emperor—even as a slave world—would benefit his people.
• Flower Maid comes to the Demon Emperor in a pleading, urgent manner, asking him to intervene on behalf of the Dragon Devil Race. Her request also highlights how rapidly the alliance is weakening.

Significant themes

• Power and scarcity: Personal Weapons depend on rare world origins, making them both a mark of strength and a strategic resource.
• Fear as motivation: The danger of the battlefield and the destruction of other worlds drive the Primordial World’s people to train relentlessly.
• Uncertainty and entrapment: The Gate World War appears designed to pull worlds in without offering a clear way out.
• Survival through alliances: As the Sea God Clan hunts the Dragon Devil Race and the wider alliance collapses, cooperation becomes increasingly vital.

Key plot points

• Demon Emperor Daochen learns that the Flower Maid’s people struggle to master Sword Slash: they have trained only two thousand experts, and expect just five to eight thousand after another six months.
• He offers to train them in the Primordial World, bargaining first for world origins and then for Heavenly Dao-Class weapons and armor. The Dragon Demon Race raises the deal to ten world origins in exchange for training fifty thousand experts.
• Daochen worries that strengthening the group could create a future enemy, but the Alliance invites him to join and promises that its six worlds will fight the Sea God Clan together. He accepts, reasoning that this will keep his world safe while he focuses on developing powerful experts.
• Daochen travels to meet the Alliance’s leaders, taking precautions by surrounding the Primordial World with illusion formations. He meets the masked representatives of the Dragon Demon Race, Sacred Dragon Clan, Snow Pear Clan, Kingdom of the Dead, and Fire God Clan.
• To demonstrate his strength, Daochen reveals his enormous Three-Legged Golden Crow true form. His overwhelming presence impresses the five leaders, who recognize that his power rivals that of a Two-Star World.
• Just as the meeting settles, Daochen senses a strange law approaching: “War.” The others identify it as a possible Three-Star World’s War Edict.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen moves from surprise at the Flower Maid’s slow training results to a calculated alliance with the Dragon Demon Race and its partners. He remains pragmatic and cautious, protecting his home world even as he commits to the deal.
• The Flower Maid acts as the intermediary, negotiating on behalf of the Dragon Demon Race and conveying its agreement and offers.
• The five Alliance leaders initially conceal their identities, then introduce themselves in person. Daochen’s display of power changes their attitude from wary observers to impressed allies.

Significant themes

• Power and self-reliance: Daochen believes lasting strength must come from within, so he prioritizes training experts with ultimate will.
• Pragmatic alliances: Cooperation offers immediate protection, but also carries the risk of empowering potential rivals.
• Reputation and recognition: Daochen’s true form makes the Alliance leaders reassess his world’s potential.
• Escalating danger: The approaching War Edict hints that a much larger conflict—and a more powerful force—is near.

Plot points and events

• The group initially fears that a Three-Star World’s war decree means the Primordial World is in grave danger. Holy Maiden Xue Lier argues instead that the decree reflects the Demon Emperor’s formidable strength: the World Manager apparently judges the conflict to be roughly even.
• Xue Lier proposes that the World Alliance commit to an all-out war, pool its strength, and exchange supplies for Tongtian Tokens and combat-art training. Rather than keeping other alliance members at arm’s length, the Primordial World should help them grow and strengthen its own position within the alliance.
• The Holy Dragon Clan, Dragon Demon Race, and other representatives support her proposal. Demon Emperor Daochen agrees to provide 500,000 training slots within a month, in return for all required supplies. The alliance allocates 80,000 slots to each of its five leading worlds and 100,000 to the wider alliance.
• The alliance begins delivering resources, and Daochen receives one-sixth of its profits as part of the agreement. He tells Chaos Heaven that Primordial World resources must be earned through the Demon God Pavilion; Chaos Heaven can exchange his accumulated contribution points for world origin.
• Daochen then receives news that Human Sovereign Xuanyuan has become the first person to break his shackles through will alone, using a weapon formed from his ultimate will. The Lord of Darkness and Lord of Fate soon achieve the same breakthrough.

Character developments and interactions

• Xue Lier emerges as a bold strategist, reframing the war decree as evidence of Daochen’s strength and persuading the alliance to stop acting defensively.
• Daochen shifts from concern over the Primordial World’s limited strength to accepting a leadership role in a broader coalition. He offers substantial training while deliberately limiting the number of slots to avoid empowering potential rivals too much.
• Longhua and Dragon Demon openly endorse Xue Lier’s call for decisive action, admitting that fear of falling behind has made the alliance overly cautious.
• Chaos Heaven eagerly asks for world origin and an upgraded weapon, but Daochen insists that valuable resources must be obtained through earned contribution.
• Xuanyuan, the Lord of Darkness, and the Lord of Fate demonstrate that ultimate will can break shackles without Tongtian Tokens, validating their belief in its potential.

Significant themes

• Cooperation over suspicion: The alliance decides that shared growth is more valuable than guarding against its members.
• Pressure as a force for progress: The coming war pushes the group to reject complacency and mobilize its full potential.
• Power, contribution, and restraint: Daochen supports allies and rewards service, but carefully controls access to resources and training.
• Will and perseverance: The new breakthroughs show that relentless effort can overcome limits by an unconventional path.

Chapter Summary: Breaking the Shackles

Key plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen declares Fuxi, Shennong, and a third powerhouse tied for first in a contest, awarding each world origin. He also announces that breakthroughs earn points exchangeable for origin.
• Fuxi and Shennong obtain origin through accumulated contributions and resources. The Buddha Patriarchs Zhunti and Jieyin, the Three Pure Ones, Lady Pingxin, and Nüwa also acquire origin, strengthening their realms. The Buddha Race pays a heavy price in resources.
• Zhunti and Jieyin swear to serve the Buddha Race, reflecting a change from their former self-interest.
• Daochen returns to the Demon Realm and gives Qingchan and Qingxuan Heavenly Dao-Class Personal Weapons, sealed so they can use them only in mortal danger. He has prepared them through years of training and hopes they will eventually become Ultimate Powerhouses.
• Though exhausted, Daochen leaves again to address the continuing crisis. Nüwa agrees to protect the Demon Realm and raise its promising younger generation.
• Daochen trains members of the Alliance in combat arts. After recognizing that different worlds learn and think differently, he adapts his teaching method. Half a month later, he sends them into real combat to put their training to use.
• In a small council, leaders discuss the slave shackles binding Daochen’s people. They conclude that breaking the laws behind the shackles would require a Hongmeng-level powerhouse, but ultimate will can gradually wear them down. They decide to help the affected people strengthen their wills.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shows himself as both a strategic leader and a devoted protector: he shares world origin to encourage progress, prepares weapons for the children, and personally trains the Alliance despite his fatigue.
• Nüwa worries about Daochen’s relentless work and urges him to rest. She accepts responsibility for guarding their home and nurturing the Demon Race’s next generation.
• Qingchan and Qingxuan are portrayed as unusually gifted young cultivators, already surpassing Daochen’s youthful level, though their weapons are restricted for safety.
• Zhunti and Jieyin demonstrate greater loyalty and responsibility by publicly pledging themselves to the Buddha Race.
• The Alliance members gain respect for Daochen as they see how carefully he adapts his instruction to their different abilities.

Significant themes

• Power tied to responsibility: Origin and powerful weapons bring obligations as well as strength.
• Leadership and sacrifice: Daochen continues working despite exhaustion because he wants security and a lasting home for those he protects.
• Growth through adaptation and discipline: Effective learning requires understanding different minds, and theory must be tested in real combat.
• Freedom from oppression: The chapter’s central concern is how to overcome the slave shackles—through ultimate will when direct force is insufficient.
• A changing moral outlook: The Buddha Patriarchs’ pledge suggests that Daochen’s influence is reshaping powerful figures toward service and collective responsibility.

Key plot points

• Deathfire explains that undead grow stronger by intensifying their will and obsessions, sometimes through soul torment. His first suggestion—using undead to torment trainees—is rejected as too disturbing.
• The group settles on a more controlled method: expose trainees to hellfire that burns the soul, supported by medicinal treasures that restore and stabilize it.
• They visit Demon Emperor Daochen, only to find him already cultivating with soul-burning flames. He explains that netherworld ghostfire and Red Lotus Karmic Fire helped him and two others break their shackles by strengthening their souls and will.
• The visitors offer hellfire and Soul Elixirs in exchange for more places in combat-art training. Daochen accepts the supplies and directs them to Chaos Heaven and the others, who now manage the training program. Each place costs Soul Elixirs.
• Daochen begins organizing large-scale training for the Primordial World’s experts. All Saint Realm Experts gather at Purple Heavens Palace, including Qingchan and Qingxuan, with no one given special treatment.

Character developments and interactions

• Deathfire moves from an unsettling, extreme proposal to a more acceptable plan involving hellfire.
• Daochen is pleased to have found a way to improve his soul, but also takes charge of making the method available to others. His presence reassures trainees and lets him oversee their safety.
• The five visitors admire the Primordial World’s willingness to endure soul-burning trials and offer valuable resources to secure greater access to training.
• Daochen deals practically with the visitors, setting the exchange terms and referring them to the officials responsible for training.

Significant themes

• Will forged through hardship: enduring soul-burning flames can strengthen both the soul and resolve.
• Risk and ambition: reaching greater heights requires accepting danger, though the trials must be managed.
• Leadership and trust: Daochen serves as both overseer and source of reassurance.
• Exchange and cooperation: resources are traded for training opportunities, while a proven method is expanded for collective benefit.

Key plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen introduces a harsh new method for strengthening the soul, warning that anyone unwilling to endure the pain may leave. The nearly one million gathered experts instead pledge to continue.
• He covers the assembly in Red Lotus Karmic Fire, netherworld ghostfire, and hellfire—flames that torment the soul. The pain steadily intensifies and changes in character, eventually forcing the crowd into anguished cries.
• Daochen joins the training and discovers that his Golden Crow fires merge with the other flames. As a fire-controlling divine beast, he can withstand the ordeal far more easily than the others.
• Inspired by his composure, the experts resolve to endure. Daochen stops some from hurting themselves to distract from the pain, instructing them to adapt rather than escape it.
• Over time, their tolerance improves. The flames go out on those whose souls have become sufficiently resilient, and many announce that they have succeeded.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen demonstrates resolve and leadership by undergoing the same training he prescribes. He also learns that his nature as a Golden Crow explains his unusual resistance, though the exercise still strengthens his soul.
• The assembled experts, including newcomers Qingchan and Qingxuan, begin fearful and overwhelmed but persist. Seeing Daochen endure the flames motivates them to keep going, and their success gives them confidence that they can develop the will of the Ultimate Dao.
• Daochen directly guides the group, discouraging self-injury and emphasizing endurance and adaptation.

Significant themes

• Endurance and resilience: Pain is presented as a trial that can strengthen the soul when faced rather than avoided.
• Leadership by example: Daochen earns admiration by sharing the hardship instead of merely demanding it of others.
• Collective resolve and future readiness: The training prepares the experts for future battle and reflects the Primordial World’s determination to grow stronger despite having less time than rival worlds.

Plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen oversees the cultivators’ progress. Qingchan and Qingxuan have forged ultimate wills and are close to becoming Ultimate Powerhouses; he urges them to break their shackles through cultivation.
• After more than six months in seclusion, Daochen learns that the Weird World and Sea God Clan have joined forces against the alliance of worlds. Dragon Demon and the other leaders admit they have kept combat-art training restricted, despite Daochen’s order to make it widely available.
• Daochen rebukes their mistrust and argues that empowering the alliance will strengthen it and conceal who is directing its efforts. Since their opponents hold the advantage in elite fighters, the alliance should rely on its numbers.
• Before the leaders can act, the two Three-Star Worlds launch a million-strong offensive, including more than ten thousand top experts equipped with personal Heavenly Dao-Class Weapons. The alliance’s worlds begin to fall.
• With retreat no longer viable, Daochen orders an all-out assault on the Sea God Clan’s stronghold, hoping to destroy its foundation. Though others doubt that a Two-Star force can breach a Three-Star barrier, Daochen insists it can be done with enough strength.
• The army sets out, and Daochen reveals his personal weapon, the Heaven Measuring Ruler.

Character developments and interactions

• Qingchan and Qingxuan are proud of their progress but understand that they must become strong enough to protect those they love, rather than rely on their father.
• Dragon Demon and the other leaders reveal their fear of empowering allied worlds, exposing the distrust within the coalition. Daochen challenges them to put cooperation ahead of preserving their own standing.
• Xue Lier voices the alliance’s practical concern about penetrating a Three-Star World’s defenses. Daochen answers with confidence, rallying the group behind his high-risk plan.
• The Primordial World experts recognize Daochen’s familiar resolve when he finally draws his weapon.

Significant themes

• Growth through struggle: Forging an ultimate will is only the start; real advancement requires breaking one’s shackles.
• Trust and cooperation: An alliance cannot succeed if its leaders hoard strength or treat allies as threats.
• Power and sacrifice: Faced with overwhelming enemies, the coalition must choose between a desperate offensive and inevitable defeat.
• Resolve against limits: Daochen’s confidence reflects the belief that barriers can be overcome when sufficient strength and determination are brought to bear.

Key plot points

• Demon Emperor Daochen selects his old weapon, the Heaven Measuring Ruler, and uses it to attack the Three-Star World’s barrier. The World Alliance’s forces are amazed by his strength and speculate about his cultivation.
• After an initial strike fails, Daochen reveals even greater power and momentum, shattering the barrier on his own. The army rushes into the world.
• A million Heavenly Dao Realm experts and nearly ten million Ultimate Powerhouses overwhelm the Sea God Clan defenders left behind. Daochen kills their strongest remaining expert with a single blow.
• The Sea God Clan forces fighting elsewhere learn of the invasion. Their commander avoids sending troops back piecemeal, recognizing they must regroup to have any hope of saving their homeland.
• Unable to quickly locate the Three-Star World’s Origin Land, Daochen orders the complete destruction of the Sea God Clan’s remaining presence. His forces kill, loot, and take resources, including corpses and Sea God Clan eggs, intending to leave nothing behind.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen demonstrates that his strength is far beyond what others had assumed. His mastery of momentum suggests exceptional potential, and he takes command decisively, prioritizing the enemy’s destruction over a search that would delay the assault.
• The World Alliance’s observers and commanders shift from speculation to awe as they witness Daochen break the barrier and kill a Heavenly Dao Realm great accomplishment expert.
• The Dragon Demon and others urge a joint attack to save time, but Daochen insists on acting alone.
• The Sea God Clan commander shows strategic discipline by gathering his forces rather than sending them back in disorganized groups, though the decision cannot immediately halt the devastation.

Significant themes

• Overwhelming power and hidden ability: Daochen’s true strength exceeds the expectations of both allies and enemies.
• Total war and retaliation: Daochen frames the invasion as a response to the Sea God Clan’s destruction of World Alliance worlds.
• Destruction of a people’s future: The campaign targets not just military forces, but the Sea God Clan’s resources, population, and capacity to recover.

Plot points and events

• The World Alliance conquers the Sea God Clan’s home in just six hours, killing its defenders before the clan’s million-strong army can return. The attackers leave without finding the world origin, but seize vast resources, hundreds of Heavenly Dao-Class weapon and armor sets, and many Sea God eggs.
• Demon Emperor Daochen takes 30 percent of the spoils. He urges the Alliance to relocate, build up its strength, and avoid direct confrontation while the Sea God Clan is unified and enraged.
• The Sea God of the Sea vows revenge and sends a million troops to attack a two-star world. Daochen refuses to risk the Alliance’s forces in a direct battle, instead going alone to breach the Sea God World’s barrier while Dragon Demon and others lead hundreds of thousands of troops to intercept the Sea God army.
• The Sea God leader leaves a rearguard to delay the Alliance and rushes home. There, he finds a lone attacker slaughtering Sea God troops and charging toward him. The chapter ends as he retreats and orders his forces to stop the assailant.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen is shown as decisive but cautious: he claims a substantial reward, thinks strategically about retaliation, and chooses to act alone rather than expose the Alliance to a trap.
• The Sea God of the Sea shifts from furious confidence to alarm when he realizes his home is under attack again and that the lone intruder may be stronger than he is.
• Dragon Demon and the Alliance forces support Daochen’s strategy by engaging the Sea God army and buying him time. The Alliance council accepts Daochen’s judgment.

Significant themes

• Strategy over brute force: Daochen uses mobility, diversion, and targeted pressure to wear down a stronger enemy.
• Retaliation and escalation: The raid provokes the Sea God Clan into a desperate counterattack, intensifying the conflict.
• The vulnerability of home: The attack shows that even a powerful army is exposed when its homeland is poorly defended.

Key plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen finds that the Sea God Clan’s patriarch, Xu Hao, has fled. Disappointed by his cowardice, Daochen lets him withdraw unchallenged.
• The Sea God of the Sea angrily orders an attack, but Daochen’s sudden return frightens him into hiding among his own people. Daochen warns the clan to leave the region, arguing that their weakened world cannot withstand the World Alliance.
• The Sea God of the Sea recognizes the danger and proposes retreating with the clan’s world. His people agree, seeing withdrawal as their only chance to recover.
• Back in the Primordial World, Daochen directs the Alliance to assemble its forces and attack the Weird World before it can respond. He expects the Sea God Clan to withdraw and believes fighting on two fronts would be too dangerous.
• The Alliance’s leaders agree to reveal themselves publicly and replace the hidden leadership structure with a council of six, anticipating that victory over two Three-Star Worlds will make the Alliance widely known.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen shows strategic restraint: he spares the fleeing Xu Hao, pressures the Sea God Clan to retreat, and prioritizes the Weird World over pursuing a weakened enemy. He also frames the campaign as the Alliance’s destiny, while recognizing that his chosen strategy chiefly benefits him.
• The Sea God of the Sea shifts from furious bravado to fear and reluctant pragmatism. Though humiliated, he accepts that preserving the clan is more important than fighting a losing battle.
• The Sea God Clan’s members support retreat, emphasizing their damaged foundation and need to rebuild. None volunteer to aid those covering the clan’s withdrawal.
• Dragon Demon, Longhua, and the other Alliance leaders question the risks of leaving the Sea God Clan intact, but ultimately accept Daochen’s plan. They also agree to step out of the shadows.

Significant themes

• Survival over pride: The Sea God Clan chooses retreat despite the humiliation, hoping to rebuild rather than face destruction.
• Power and intimidation: Daochen’s strength—and the clan’s awareness of its weakness—shapes the political outcome without a full battle.
• Strategic timing: The Alliance aims to exploit the Sea God Clan’s withdrawal and attack the Weird World before it can prepare.
• Ambition and public recognition: The Alliance moves from covert operations toward openly asserting its growing power.

Key plot points and events

• The World Alliance decides to attack an unfamiliar Three-Star World known as the Weird World. The Demon Emperor argues that striking first will build the Alliance’s reputation and deter other worlds; the council agrees.
• The Alliance summons the armies of its One- and Two-Star member worlds. More than a million troops assemble, alongside another 500,000 led by the powerful forces behind the Six-Person Council.
• The Demon Emperor’s Primordial World sends only a thousand soldiers, since its troops would add little to the campaign and the Demon Emperor himself is considered its greatest contribution.
• As the armies depart, Alliance members speculate about the council’s strength and recognize the Demon Emperor as a former Combat Arts instructor—once looked down upon because of his slave-race background.

Character developments

• The Demon Emperor’s influence rises sharply: his ability to break through a Three-Star World’s barrier makes him indispensable to the Alliance.
• Qingchan and Qingxuan continue training despite already possessing Ultimate Will. They aim for the invincible will their father achieved, though they have not yet grasped what that requires.
• The Primordial World’s training system is taking shape: trials in a hundred illusory realms followed by soul-searing flames can cultivate Ultimate Will. Some trainees, however, may reach a different advanced form—Primordial World Will—rather than Invincible Will.

Significant themes

• Strength and political power: The Demon Emperor’s exceptional ability elevates his status and helps shape the Alliance’s strategy.
• Unity through security: The Alliance’s members obey because cooperation offers protection from neighboring threats.
• Will and perseverance: Invincible Will demands more than endurance; it grows through battles, accumulated momentum, and an unshakable resolve to keep advancing.
• Different paths to growth: The Primordial World’s training can produce distinct forms of powerful will, depending on each person’s nature and progress.

Character interactions

• The Alliance Leader formally seeks the Six-Person Council’s approval before ordering the advance, showing their authority over the Alliance’s military campaign.
• Alliance members discuss the council’s formidable troops and reassess the Demon Emperor, recalling their earlier prejudice and eventual respect for his Combat Arts instruction.
• The Demon Emperor allows his children to pursue their demanding training, aware that the method has limits but not interrupting their search for greater strength.

Key plot points and events

• The Demon Emperor studies the many forms of ultimate will emerging in the Primordial World. Some people anchor their will to their homeland, nation, world, or race, gaining strength through collective devotion. Others develop intense self-will, which makes them formidable when defending their own interests but prone to avoiding personal risk.
• New forms of will help more people reach ultimate will. The Demon Emperor sees this as part of the Primordial World’s transition from a dependent, enslaved realm into a free world with its own culture and future. He therefore prioritizes its stability, even while recognizing that the Weird World must be destroyed.
• At the Weird World’s edge, the World Alliance discovers that its inhabitants are trapped in a cycle of fear and slaughter. Powerful specters feed on smaller beings; inhabitants who gain the ability to see and fight the specters develop special powers, but may eventually become Strange Beings themselves. The specters also devour one another, growing stronger over time.
• When the Alliance approaches, the gigantic Strange Beings use a strange law to enthrall nearly everyone, drawing them toward their mouths. The Primordial World’s warriors resist, and Demon Emperor Daochen breaks the spell by attacking.
• Daochen’s fused hellfire and Red Lotus Karmic Fire devastate the Strange Beings, exploiting their vulnerability to karmic flames. The creatures retreat in fear. Realizing he is exceptionally well suited to fight them, Daochen enters the Weird World alone, and its strongest beings flee from him.

Character developments

• Demon Emperor Daochen displays strategic foresight: he has prepared a counter to the Weird World’s creatures and recognizes that his invincible will and flames make him their natural enemy. His confidence grows as he sees the effect of his attack.
• The Primordial World’s people are developing varied, powerful wills, suggesting growing independence and a distinct collective identity.
• People with self-will are portrayed as powerful but potentially unreliable, leading Daochen to monitor them closely.

Significant themes

• Will, faith, and identity: Devotion to one’s homeland, nation, world, or race can elevate individual will and protect a community.
• Freedom and cultural growth: The Primordial World stands at a turning point, with its future dependent on breaking free of external constraints and developing its own culture.
• Fear as both weapon and sustenance: The Weird World’s ecosystem is built on fear, predation, and endless cycles of transformation.
• Natural counters and preparation: Daochen’s targeted use of karmic fire turns the Strange Beings’ own nature against them.

Character interactions

• Daochen investigates and encourages the emergence of new kinds of will, while keeping a watchful eye on those whose self-interest might endanger the Primordial World.
• The Strange Beings treat the World Alliance as food and attempt to control its members; Daochen intervenes to free them through force.
• Once Daochen enters their domain, the Strange Beings’ response shifts from predatory confidence to panic and flight.

Key plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen hunts the hidden beings of the Weird World with Red Lotus Karmic Fire, refusing their surrender because their World Manager contracts could leave them a threat.
• As he destroys the world, he gathers its abundant resources. Some Supreme Kings escape with a city’s residents, revealing that the beings prioritize their own survival and growth over fighting to the end.
• Daochen finds the world origin after taking nearly two-thirds of the resources, then awakens the World Alliance and gives them the remaining third as compensation. The Alliance eagerly loots supplies and captures residents as slaves.
• Daochen warns that the group must advance to three-star status and leave the Newbie Zone for the Slaughter Battlefield. Back in the Primordial World, he gives Qingchan and Qingxuan his last energy crystals so they can cultivate toward the Ultimate Dao.
• He upgrades his Heaven Measuring Ruler and reinforces the Sumeru Mustard Seed Space with spatial minerals. However, he realizes the space cannot expand indefinitely alongside the growing Primordial World; it will eventually collapse unless he finds a space capable of growing with it.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen demonstrates ruthless pragmatism in battle and calculated generosity afterward: he shares resources to preserve the alliance, but makes clear that his own world takes the largest share. He also turns his attention to preparing for greater threats and solving the Primordial World’s mobility and storage limitations.
• The Supreme Kings first offer submission, then threaten revenge when Daochen continues the assault. A group ultimately flees with a city’s population rather than fight.
• Dragon Demon and the World Alliance acknowledge that they contributed little and were a hindrance. Dragon Demon hesitates to claim spoils, but the Alliance readily accepts its share and plunders the world.
• Qingchan and Qingxuan continue their cultivation under Daochen’s guidance, using his scarce energy crystals to pursue the Ultimate Dao.
• The Six-Person Council stays apart from the Alliance’s looting, while Daochen privately regards sharing the spoils as necessary to keep the coalition intact.

Significant themes

• Pragmatism and survival: Both Daochen and the Weird World’s inhabitants make hard choices to secure their own future.
• Power and exploitation: Victory brings resources, slaves, and control over a defeated world.
• Alliance as necessity: Daochen shares spoils not from pure generosity, but to maintain cooperation.
• The cost of growth: The Primordial World’s expansion strains the space containing it, turning growth itself into a potential danger.
• Preparation for escalation: The planned advance to three-star status signals that the current battles are only a prelude to a harsher conflict.

Key plot points and events

• While forging his weapon, the Demon Emperor considers carrying the ever-growing Primordial World with him, but decides that doing so would be impractical. Instead, he continues strengthening the weapon’s subatomic space.
• Qingchan and Qingxuan stabilize their cultivation and become Ultimate Powerhouses. The Demon Emperor then takes them to pursue the fleeing Sea God Clan.
• They find the Sea God Clan’s world surrounded by three Supreme Kings from the ruined Weird World. The Weird beings swiftly overwhelm the Sea God Clan, using a wave that briefly controls their souls and prevents them from fighting effectively.
• The Demon Emperor reveals himself. The Supreme Kings flee, but stop when he threatens to exterminate their race. Recognizing their potential, he recruits them rather than killing them.
• The three Supreme Kings—Fear, Wrath, and Desire—lead the Weird beings in wiping out the Sea God Clan, as the Demon Emperor orders.
• The Demon Emperor begins placing the intact Sea God World inside the Heaven Measuring Ruler’s Mustard Seed Space. Its complete laws should strengthen the ruler, particularly by adding the world’s immense weight.

Character developments and interactions

• The Demon Emperor acts pragmatically: he abandons the impractical idea of carrying the Primordial World, exploits the Sea God Clan’s weakness, and turns the Weird Kings into useful followers. His exchange with them shifts quickly from threat to recruitment, then to a command to destroy the Sea God Clan.
• Qingchan and Qingxuan reach a major cultivation milestone, becoming Ultimate Powerhouses, and accompany the Demon Emperor on his pursuit.
• Fear, Wrath, and Desire reveal their survival instincts and willingness to serve the stronger Demon Emperor. They go from opposing forces to his obedient agents.
• The Sea God of the Sea protests that his clan should not be punished for the Weird World’s destruction, but proves unable to resist the soul-controlling attack and is killed along with his people.

Significant themes

• Pragmatism and power: The Demon Emperor makes decisions based on utility, sparing powerful Weird Kings because they may be valuable, while showing no interest in preserving the weak Sea God Clan.
• Adaptation and exploitation: A world’s laws and even its physical mass can be repurposed to enhance a weapon.
• Strength and survival: The Weird Kings submit to the Demon Emperor, while the Sea God Clan’s depleted strength and vulnerability leave it unable to survive.

Key plot points and events

• After conquering the Sea God World, Demon Emperor Daochen brings the bizarre beings he encountered there to live in it, then returns home.
• Looking for a way to give Qingchan and Qingxuan real combat experience, Daochen consults Xue Lier, who recommends using a developing One-Star World as a trial ground. Its inhabitants can participate under an agreement that limits danger to the juniors.
• Daochen and Xue Lier travel to the world, subdue its Heavenly Dao Realm scouts, and break its barrier to demonstrate their power.
• Xue Lier negotiates openly with the world’s leaders: they must cooperate with the training, or face annihilation. When one resists, she kills them. The survivors agree in exchange for a future chance to advance to a Two-Star World.
• Qingchan and Qingxuan enter the trial ground. Before they can get their bearings, more than ten powerful opponents launch a coordinated attack. Daochen questions whether this was permitted; Xue Lier reminds him that the exercise is real combat, not a harmless game.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen is eager to develop the twins’ fighting ability and invincible confidence, but his protective instincts show when the trial begins with an ambush.
• Xue Lier displays practical expertise and ruthlessness. She insists on clear rules and communication, explaining that misunderstandings between worlds can cause unnecessary deaths and losses.
• Qingchan and Qingxuan are placed in their first serious test, where they must respond under pressure rather than rely on cultivation alone.
• Daochen relies on Xue Lier’s guidance; she, in turn, challenges his assumptions about how controlled a trial should be.

Significant themes

• Strength requires experience: Cultivation without battle skills leaves young fighters vulnerable.
• The risks of invincibility: A flawless record can build confidence, but a defeat may shatter the mindset and even damage cultivation.
• Clear communication and control: Explicit agreements are essential when beings from different worlds may misunderstand one another.
• Power and moral compromise: The trial ground is founded on coercion, and its inhabitants’ survival depends on cooperation with stronger outsiders.