Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Prince Aman approaches Qingchan’s group, first pretending to be injured before admitting he simply wants to join them. The group ignores him, but he follows, confident that they cannot threaten him.
• Qingchan and the others briefly restrain Aman to test him. He turns transparent and escapes, impressing them—though the group’s powerful members had been secretly ready to intervene.
• Aman insists on accompanying them. Qingchan sets conditions: he must prove his abilities and show he can contribute. Aman reveals the World-Destroying Serpent, whose poison can make its victims destroy themselves. The others recoil, fearing he might endanger them.
• To reassure the group, Aman offers to hand over his origin so they could control his life. He also boasts that he would use the poison against anyone who tried to harm his new companions. After much debate, the group accepts him.
• Aman rejects their original plan to hunt Three-Star Worlds as too modest and pushes them toward a weakened Four-Star World. They agree, but warn him he must demonstrate more than his serpent’s power.
• At the target world, Qingchan breaks through its barrier and draws out its defenders. The team restrains one expert, and Qingchan attacks while Kong Xuan immobilizes the others with his Five-Colored Divine Light.

Character developments

• Aman shifts from arrogant show-off to eager, if socially clumsy, would-be teammate. He wants adventure and companionship, and his willingness to entrust the group with his origin shows he is serious about earning their trust.
• Qingchan and the team remain wary of Aman, especially because of his dangerous poison and powerful backing, but eventually accept him and give him a chance to prove himself.
• Qingchan takes the lead in setting terms and planning the raid. Kong Xuan contributes both caution and decisive force, using his divine light to disable the defenders.

Significant themes

• Trust and belonging: Aman’s persistence forces the group to decide whether to trust someone whose power is frightening but whose intentions seem sincere.
• Power and responsibility: The World-Destroying Serpent could be catastrophic, making the group question whether Aman can safely fight beside them.
• Ambition and risk: Aman pushes the team toward a stronger target, raising the stakes of their mission.
• Appearance versus reality: Aman’s exaggerated act and arrogance conceal genuine isolation and a desire for experience beyond the protection of his household.

Character interactions

• The team mocks Aman’s unconvincing attempt to appear wounded, then tests his escape ability and questions his motives.
• Aman repeatedly pursues them despite their attempts to leave, while Qingchan and Qingxuan warn him that neither side should casually provoke the other.
• The group’s alarm at his serpent clashes with Aman’s assurances that he would never poison his companions; his offer to surrender control of his origin eventually helps win acceptance.
• During the raid, the team executes Qingchan’s coordinated plan: she draws the defenders out, the others restrain them, and Kong Xuan prevents them from intervening.

Plot points and events

• After Kong Xuan’s breakthrough, his Five-Colored Divine Light becomes far stronger and incorporates laws, letting him immobilize the group’s opponents long enough for Qingchan to kill one. The survivors flee, and the team finds and claims a four-star world origin before continuing their search for more origins.
• A summons from the Mechanical Race brings the group back to the Primordial World, which is surrounded by the Barbarian Emperor and forces from several Five-Star Battle Worlds. Demon Emperor Daochen and the Heavenly Dao Saint King prepare to defend it; Daochen assigns Human Sovereign Fuxi to lead the defenders and chooses to fight outside the world to protect its origin.
• Daochen faces the Barbarian Emperor while the Saint King holds off the other attackers. Using the Heaven Measuring Ruler, Daochen overwhelms and humiliates his foe, then kills him with the Mortal Weapon and Ultimate Yang Fire.
• Aman, kept inside the world, watches Qingchan and Qingxuan’s team kill enemies with startling efficiency. Recognizing the Primordial World’s potential—and realizing the war began at his instigation—he asks to negotiate.
• Aman reveals himself as the Crimson Feather Crown Prince of the Six-Star Saha World. The attackers recognize his lineage and stand down. Daochen confronts Aman for provoking the conflict, but accepts his apology and a large payment of four-star origins.

Character developments and interactions

• Kong Xuan has advanced beyond simply strengthening his divine ability: his Five-Colored Divine Light now embodies laws.
• Qingchan and her team work effectively together, claiming resources and later proving formidable in battle. Qingchan protects Aman from being sent into danger, while also asserting that the recovered origins belong to the team.
• Daochen displays confidence, tactical restraint, and overwhelming combat ability. His insistence on fighting outside the Primordial World reflects his determination to protect it. He is also defiant toward powerful lineages, but willing to accept compensation once Aman makes amends.
• Aman shifts from boastful, somewhat careless outsider to a cautious strategist who recognizes the Primordial World’s promise. Though frightened of Daochen, he uses his status and resources to end the battle.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King is wary of Daochen’s confidence and plan, but follows his lead and helps hold back the enemy forces.

Significant themes

• Power and growth: Individual breakthroughs and teamwork reshape the balance of battle.
• Protecting one’s world: Daochen prioritizes the Primordial World’s origin over the advantage of fighting on home ground.
• Reputation and potential: The Primordial World’s strength impresses Aman enough to reconsider it as a future ally rather than an enemy.
• Conflict, responsibility, and negotiation: The war’s cause is traced to Aman’s actions, and it ends through his apology and payment rather than further bloodshed.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen refuses to let the invading forces enter the Primordial World, despite the Heavenly Dao Saint King’s concern that he will face numerous powerful opponents alone.
• The Saint King intercepts the allied attackers, who claim they are acting because Daochen and his allies have offended the six-star Saha World. He briefly wonders whether their earlier seizure of a three-star world origin has been exposed.
• Daochen confronts the Barbarian Emperor. The Barbarian Emperor claims he only needs to delay Daochen until the Saint King is defeated, but his lingering fear and hatred reveal how deeply Daochen’s earlier victory affected him.
• Using the Heaven Measuring Ruler, Daochen destroys the Barbarian Emperor’s sword, evades him with sudden movements, and traps him in a barrage of attacks. The Barbarian Emperor is battered and humiliated before Daochen sends him crashing into a barrier.
• Meanwhile, Qingchan’s group prepares to join the fighting. Qingchan leaves Aman behind because the battle is too dangerous and she doubts he would work well with the squad. Aman feels disappointed at being excluded, but takes comfort in watching the battle through the Primordial World’s viewing method.

Character developments

• Daochen remains confident and protective of his world, insisting he can handle the Perfection Realm opponents. His skill with the Heaven Measuring Ruler demonstrates why others fear him.
• The Barbarian Emperor is shown to be driven by vengeance: Daochen’s past attack cost him a limb, depleted his hard-won power, and seemingly cut off his path to the Hongmeng Realm. Despite his arrogance, he is afraid of Daochen.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King is cautious but follows Daochen’s plan, taking responsibility for holding off the other attackers.
• Aman reveals admiration for Daochen’s audacity, then retreats when he learns who Daochen is. He wants to fight alongside his companions but is sidelined.
• Qingchan protects Aman from a dangerous battle, though she also considers him unreliable as a teammate.

Significant themes

• Power and survival: The strong prey on the weak, and the conflict is framed as a struggle to buy time and protect the world’s origin.
• Consequences and revenge: Daochen’s victory has permanently damaged the Barbarian Emperor’s prospects, turning their conflict into a matter of life and death.
• Courage versus recklessness: Daochen’s confidence is backed by formidable ability, while Aman’s own bravado gives way to caution.
• Belonging and exclusion: Aman’s desire to fight with his companions clashes with their decision to leave him behind.

Character interactions

• The Saint King questions Daochen’s plan; Daochen reassures him and assigns him to stop the other attackers.
• The Barbarian Emperor taunts Daochen but betrays his fear, while Daochen methodically outmaneuvers and humiliates him.
• Qingchan scolds Aman, explains her father’s reputation, and later sends Aman away from the combat squad for his safety.
• Aman observes Qingchan and the others depart, feeling excluded before turning to the battle’s view from inside the Primordial World.

Key plot points

• While watching the battle, Aman sees the Demon Emperor overwhelm the Barbarian Emperor and kill him with a single devastating sword technique followed by Ultimate Yang Fire.
• Aman is struck by the Demon Emperor’s power and recognizes that the Primordial World has extraordinary potential. He decides that making enemies of it is unwise.
• Believing the war began because of him, Aman asks Human Sovereign Fuxi to let him intervene. Fuxi agrees but sends Chaos Heaven and other experts to watch over him.
• Outside the Primordial World, Aman claims his authority as crown prince of the Crimson Feather Race and orders the fighting to stop. The opposing experts recognize his token and lineage.
• The Demon Emperor refuses to be intimidated by Aman’s powerful family, confronts him, and demands an explanation. Terrified, Aman admits the Barbarian Emperor influenced him and offers more than a hundred four-star origins as compensation.
• The Demon Emperor accepts the payment, calls Aman sensible, and sends him away.

Character developments

• Aman shifts from a presumptuous outsider to a cautious pragmatist. He recognizes the Demon Emperor’s strength and the Primordial World’s promise, then uses his status and wealth to end the conflict.
• The Demon Emperor proves both fearsome and defiant: he kills the Barbarian Emperor, dismisses the threat of a powerful lineage, and turns Aman’s apology into compensation.
• Human Sovereign Fuxi is wary of Aman but allows him to act, balancing concern for his safety with the possibility that he can stop the war.
• The Barbarian Emperor is defeated and killed after his body fails to withstand the Demon Emperor’s attacks and flames.

Significant themes

• Strength commands respect: Aman’s view changes after witnessing the Demon Emperor’s overwhelming combat ability.
• Power versus status: The Demon Emperor is unimpressed by Aman’s royal rank and powerful family, insisting that their influence does not excuse aggression.
• Pragmatism and reconciliation: Aman chooses to end the fight through an apology and payment rather than escalate it.
• Potential and survival: Aman concludes that the Primordial World’s future could be immense, making it wiser to befriend it than destroy it.

Character interactions

• Aman asks Fuxi for permission to enter the battlefield; Fuxi agrees while arranging protection.
• Aman invokes his Crimson Feather identity to command the enemy experts, who recognize and kneel to him.
• The Demon Emperor challenges Aman’s claim of authority, frightens him with his killing aura, and accepts his costly apology.
• The Demon Emperor dismisses the opposing experts’ warnings about the Crimson Feather household and invites its leader to confront him directly.

Key plot points and events

• Aman returns after giving Demon Emperor Daochen more than a hundred four-star origins in exchange for his life. The other experts are stunned by the payment and by Daochen’s ability to kill a Perfection Realm opponent while still in the Great Accomplishment Realm.
• Daochen demands further compensation from the remaining Five-Star Battle World experts, offering each a choice: a hundred four-star origins or two thousand three-star origins.
• When they threaten to join forces against him, Daochen explains that they would need several fighters just to protect Aman, leaving others vulnerable. He also warns that, if his allies withdraw, his forces could retaliate against their worlds and holdings.
• The experts bargain, proposing a hundred four-star origins total. Daochen raises the demand to two hundred—half for himself and half for the Heavenly Dao Saint King, who gladly accepts.
• The defeated experts agree, though they angrily promise revenge. Daochen dismisses their threats and refuses to hear their names.
• Aman invites Daochen to visit the Crimson Feather Race. Daochen says only Aman's father has the standing to invite him. Aman eagerly promises to arrange it and mentions bringing Daochen’s children, prompting Daochen to glare at him. Aman quickly retreats.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen demonstrates that his strength is matched by political cunning: he uses Aman’s status and the threat to the experts’ territories to secure an enormous settlement without fighting further. He is contemptuous of his defeated opponents but remains conscious of the trouble excessive aggression could bring upon the Primordial World.
• Aman is relieved to survive, then openly admires Daochen’s strategy and laughs at the defeated experts. His enthusiasm about meeting Daochen’s family inadvertently makes Daochen suspicious, and he backs off.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King benefits from Daochen’s negotiation despite not having intended to demand payment, accepting that conflict with the surrounding worlds is already unavoidable.
• Qingchan and Qingxuan react to the vast wealth Aman surrendered. Qingchan corrects Qingxuan’s claim that Daochen swindled him, insisting the payment was justified by the threat to Aman’s life.
• The Five-Star experts shift from threats to reluctant bargaining once Daochen lays out the risks to their allies, worlds, and economic networks. Their humiliation fuels promises of future revenge.

Significant themes

• Power backed by strategy: Daochen’s leverage comes not only from combat strength but also from understanding his opponents’ vulnerabilities.
• The cost of survival and defeat: Aman’s life is exchanged for wealth, while the defeated factions pay to avoid worse losses.
• Status and political influence: Aman's lineage makes him valuable, but Daochen makes clear that his father—not Aman—has the authority to invite him.
• Restraint amid overwhelming strength: Daochen is not afraid of further conflict, yet limits his actions partly to give the Primordial World time to grow.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Prince Aman departs under escort after attempting to return to the powerful figure he met. He boasts that this figure may one day become a Half-Step Hongmeng or Hongmeng expert, but his guards dismiss the claim and hurry him toward the Saha World.
• In the Primordial World, Demon Emperor Daochen hosts a banquet to thank the Sacred Light World’s forces for helping win the battle. He gives the Heavenly Dao Saint King the promised hundred four-star origins and affirms their alliance.
• Daochen and the Saint King discuss four-star origins. The Saint King warns that consuming one nearly killed him, but Daochen swallows one without visible harm and grows stronger.
• Daochen proposes that origins have properties, and a cultivator may safely absorb an origin that matches them. He tests this theory on a Great Accomplishment Realm expert, carefully removing incompatible energy. After more than a hundred attempts, he finds a compatible origin and proves the idea can work.
• The discovery suggests a possible route for the Saint King—and perhaps others—to reach Perfection Realm. The chapter explains that Sacred Light blessings heal injuries caused by absorbing three-star origins, but cannot prevent the catastrophic damage caused by the more violent energy of four-star origins.

Character developments

• Prince Aman remains impulsive and self-important, but his confidence in the figure he met hints that he recognizes the figure’s extraordinary potential.
• Demon Emperor Daochen shows both overwhelming strength and scientific curiosity. Rather than merely using power, he investigates how origins work and demonstrates precise control over energy.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King becomes more convinced that Daochen is an exceptional ally and potential pathfinder. He shifts from caution to excited hope as Daochen’s theory proves true.

Significant themes

• Strength and hidden potential: Daochen’s concealed power reshapes others’ sense of what is possible.
• Alliance and mutual support: Daochen and the Saint King reinforce their partnership, treating cooperation as essential to facing future threats.
• Discovery through experimentation: A dangerous, long-standing limitation may be overcome by understanding compatibility rather than relying on brute force.
• Ambition and possibility: Daochen rejects the idea that higher realms are unreachable, while the new discovery opens a possible path to advancement.

Character interactions

• Aman boasts to his guards about the figure he met; they respond with skepticism and restrain him when he tries to turn back.
• At the banquet, Daochen publicly thanks the Sacred Light World and reassures the Saint King of their alliance.
• In private, Daochen challenges the Saint King’s assumptions about four-star origins, demonstrates his own ability to consume one, and then conducts a careful compatibility test.
• The Saint King watches anxiously as the test proceeds, then reacts with astonishment and hope when it succeeds.

Chapter Summary: “Increasing Potential”

Key plot points and events

• The Heavenly Dao Saint King and Demon Emperor Daochen consider the consequences of using a Five-Star World’s origin to evolve. If the theory proves true, Five-Star Worlds may be hunted for their origins, just as Three- and Four-Star Worlds are.
• The Saint King suspects that the Saha World has been deliberately destroying and replacing Five-Star Battle Worlds to harvest their origins, with the Six-Star Battle Realm acting as a “sheepdog” that manages them.
• Daochen plans to absorb the origins he has acquired and eventually attack nearby Five-Star Worlds, but the Saint King warns that the origins alone cannot carry him to the Perfection Realm.
• The real obstacle is the Primordial World’s limited potential. To support higher-level experts, it must rise from a Three-Star World to a Four-Star World.
• The Saint King explains that the Primordial World’s slave-world shackles prevent its potential from increasing. Removing them may require the enslaving world’s consent; otherwise, Daochen would need to change the slave laws entirely.
• Daochen approaches Jim and the other Fallen Angels, asking them to contact their superiors and negotiate the removal of the shackles. He offers to pay whatever price is required.

Character developments

• Demon Emperor Daochen realizes that his own advancement depends on his world’s potential, not merely on the origins he absorbs. He shifts his focus toward freeing the Primordial World from its slave status.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King reveals a broader and darker interpretation of inter-world politics, suggesting that powerful realms may cultivate and eliminate Five-Star Worlds to harvest their origins.
• Jim and the Fallen Angels recognize Daochen’s new strength—he has reached the Great Accomplishment Realm—and become aware that their former usefulness to him has diminished.

Character interactions

• The Saint King advises Daochen on the limits imposed by the Primordial World and explains why its slave shackles are the central barrier to future growth.
• Daochen thanks the Saint King, then leaves to speak with Jim and the Fallen Angels.
• Daochen acknowledges that he treated the Fallen Angels as tools for making Tongtian Tokens and says the tokens are no longer important. He asks them instead to negotiate with their superiors on his behalf.
• Jim warns that liberation will come at a steep price, but Daochen eagerly says he can bear it.

Significant themes

• Power and potential: A world’s rank and laws determine how far its inhabitants can advance.
• Exploitation and control: Slave-world status is not just political oppression; it restricts a world’s capacity to grow.
• Predatory balance between worlds: The cultivation and destruction of Five-Star Worlds may be part of a deliberate resource-harvesting system.
• The cost of freedom: Daochen is willing to pay heavily to break the shackles holding back his world.

Plot points and events

• Jim’s Fallen Angels squad demands large quantities of three- and four-star origins in exchange for helping remove the Primordial World’s slave shackles. Daochen suspects they intend to exploit him and negotiates a promise to pay 1,000 three-star origins after the shackles are lifted.
• The World Manager agrees to witness the deal but privately demands Daochen’s five-star origin as the price of staying out of the way. Daochen reluctantly gives it up.
• Daochen and Jim swear their respective promises. Jim explains that a successful breakthrough to the great accomplishment realm will alert the Angel Race, prompting them to remove the shackles. He uses a three-star origin and a special potion—one Daochen recognizes as the Potion Master’s—to break through.
• Jim’s breakthrough lifts the Primordial World’s shackles, allowing it to develop rapidly. The World Manager urges Daochen to return and organize the world’s advancement.
• The World Manager prevents Jim’s squad from following, citing the rule that Fallen Angels who reach the great accomplishment realm must leave the World Battlefield. The squad is expelled and cannot return; the manager plans to collect the promised origins from Daochen later.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen acts cautiously and pragmatically, bargaining to protect his world while accepting a costly compromise with the World Manager. He is shocked to discover Jim’s potion and the scale of Jim’s breakthrough.
• Jim is ambitious and confident, using the bargain to advance his cultivation. His confidence turns to alarm when he realizes the Primordial World may be advancing beyond what its supposed shackles should allow.
• The World Manager shows overwhelming power and self-interest: he takes Daochen’s five-star origin, enforces the agreement, and expels the Fallen Angels. He treats the squad’s fate as insignificant.
• Daochen and Jim each make binding promises before the manager, while the manager quietly extracts his own price from Daochen.

Significant themes

• Exploitation and power imbalance: The Fallen Angels seek to profit from Daochen’s desperation, while the World Manager also uses his authority to claim a valuable possession.
• Freedom and growth: Removing the shackles unleashes the Primordial World’s suppressed potential and opens the way for rapid advancement.
• Compromise and cost: Daochen secures his world’s freedom but sacrifices his five-star origin and promises further payment.
• The disposable and the powerful: Jim’s squad is treated as expendable by both the Angel Race and the World Manager, despite its members’ ambitions.

Key plot points and events

• During the banquet, the Primordial World begins ascending. The Heavenly Dao Saint King warns the outsiders to leave, while Demon Emperor Daochen returns and gathers everyone at the world’s origin for its baptism.
• The baptism raises everyone’s potential rather than directly granting strength. As their limits lift, people draw on energy already stored in their bodies and grow stronger.
• The Lone Wanderers who have supported Daochen—including Chaos Heaven—are recognized by the world as natives. Their contributions and commitment earn them the Primordial World’s acceptance.
• The world completes its ascension to four-star status. Its four-star marks appear on everyone’s foreheads, but Daochen discovers they can be hidden at will.
• The Avengers abandon their old hatred and integrate into the world. Jin Yang and the powerful person he had enslaved end their master-slave relationship and become friends.

Character developments

• Demon Emperor Daochen is relieved that the world’s barrier is overcome and pleased by the group’s success. Seeing the Lone Wanderers’ sincere joy moves him to thank them and affirm his faith in the Primordial World’s future.
• The Lone Wanderers find belonging and recognition after a life marked by restricted growth, isolation, and distrust from other worlds.
• Chaos Heaven gains greatly in strength and completes his bodily transformation to perfection, though Daochen remains confident he is stronger.
• The Avengers and Jin Yang’s former captive let go of past grievances and begin anew.

Significant themes

• Belonging and recognition: Loyalty and contribution can turn outsiders into members of a community.
• Potential and growth: The ascension lifts limits, allowing existing reserves and future ability to flourish.
• Trust and reconciliation: The Lone Wanderers overcome mutual suspicion, while former enemies and rivals lay down old conflicts.
• Building a home: The Primordial World becomes not just a place to survive, but a shared home worth serving.

Character interactions

• Daochen guides the crowd through the baptism and later thanks and congratulates them individually.
• The Lone Wanderers approach him together to celebrate their recognition; his response deepens their sense of belonging.
• Jin Yang and the person he once enslaved reconcile as equals.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King protects his people by leading the Sacred Light World’s delegation away before the ascension.

Key plot points and events

• The Primordial World’s inhabitants awaken stronger and more proud of their world, while Demon Emperor Daochen realizes that worlds exert a subtle influence on their people.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King explains the marks that identify worlds: they are mostly for recognition, and a world’s true importance lies in its strength. Some exceptionally powerful six-star worlds can even rival seven-star ones.
• Daochen has met the requirements to reach the Perfection (Supreme) Realm. The Saint King recommends a rare, month-long visit to a place that helps perfect the soul—a crucial step toward Primordial Chaos.
• The journey carries risks: Daochen would be absent while hostile worlds might attack, and the Hidden World Orb cannot reliably protect the Primordial World amid powerful battles. Daochen accepts that danger may be part of the world’s fate.
• Three-star worlds receive ten places at the destination. Daochen decides to choose participants carefully and use the month before departure to secure the Primordial World.
• He orders a major overhaul of the Silent Forest, proposing illusion formations across the entire region to conceal the Primordial World and prevent outsiders from finding it.

Character developments

• Daochen moves from curiosity about the world’s mark to a focus on strength and the coming spiritual breakthrough. Though he takes the threat of an attack seriously, he is willing to accept risk and responds with decisive preparations.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King acts as a guide, sharing knowledge he had withheld until Daochen reached four-star status and explaining both the opportunity and its dangers.
• The Primordial World’s inhabitants respond with loyalty and enthusiasm, accepting Daochen’s orders and recognizing the promise of greater security.

Significant themes

• Strength over status: World rankings and marks matter less than actual power.
• Growth through risk: Daochen’s advancement could leave his world exposed, forcing him to balance personal cultivation with responsibility.
• Collective protection: The world’s safety depends on coordinated effort, not solely on its ruler.
• World and identity: The Primordial World’s influence fosters greater strength and pride among its people.

Character interactions

• Daochen questions the Saint King about world marks and learns how they function.
• The Saint King urges Daochen to pursue soul perfection, while warning him that his absence could invite an attack.
• Daochen consults no one before accepting the danger, but then rallies his followers around a defensive plan. They voice concerns about the resources required, yet praise the idea and pledge to carry it out.

Chapter summary

Key events

• Demon Emperor Daochen orders the Human Sovereign, Fuxi, and the other formation masters to build a vast, layered illusion formation across the Silent Forest. Nearby three- and four-star worlds are forced to relocate to the Giant Hills.
• The relocation reveals that the Primordial World’s slave mark has vanished and it has risen to four-star status, silencing the displaced worlds’ complaints.
• After repeated explanations and revisions, the formation work begins: Fuxi handles the central formation, other Human formation masters build the four directional realms, and Daochen supervises.
• An envoy from the Mark Tribe demands that Daochen surrender the Silent Forest, claiming it belongs to his master under an agreement with the Saha World. The envoy then prepares to self-destruct. Daochen swallows him, containing the blast but suffering some injury.
• Daochen orders everyone to prepare for battle and activates the unfinished formations early, using himself as the central formation eye. An orb he produces channels energy among the formations.
• Enemy forces enter the forest and are trapped in the illusion, where they see monsters and disappear from view. Daochen realizes the invasion is real. A distress signal from the Heavenly Dao Saint King indicates the Meihe Plains is under attack too, suggesting a much broader war.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen displays meticulous knowledge of formations and firm command, but must improvise under pressure by becoming the formation eye himself. The attack leaves him alarmed and suspicious of a wider conflict.
• Fuxi serves as Daochen’s principal collaborator, organizing the central formation and responding to his emergency instructions, though the idea of a living formation eye initially shocks him.
• The envoy shifts from making a political demand to threatening violence, revealing that the dispute is not merely diplomatic.
• The displaced worlds’ fear of the newly liberated Primordial World shows how much its former slave status had constrained its perceived power.

Significant themes

• Preparation under pressure: A carefully planned project must be activated before completion when danger arrives.
• Power and liberation: The Primordial World’s rise in status changes how others view it.
• Uncertain conflict: The sudden attacks across multiple territories suggest a coordinated war whose cause remains unknown.
• Cooperation and sacrifice: The formation depends on many specialists, while Daochen personally takes on the dangerous role of its core.

Plot points and events

• While the Demon Emperor’s power is tied into the central Illusion Formation, Fuxi and the others finish building it, using a Mechanical Race core. Once it activates, Daochen is freed and rushes through the World Bridge to aid the besieged Sacred Light World.
• Daochen finds the Heavenly Dao Saint King surrounded by three Perfection Realm invaders, while the Sacred Light Clan is suffering heavy losses. He identifies the attackers as forces from another Six-Star World waging war against the Saha World, with smaller worlds caught in the conflict.
• Daochen joins the fight. The Saint King activates the Sacred Light Blessing before it is fully charged, rallying his people and stabilizing the battlefield. Daochen holds off all three Perfection Realm experts long enough for the invaders to retreat.
• Though badly damaged, the Sacred Light World survives. Daochen urges the Saint King to evacuate to the Silent Forest and send his four-star followers there too. The Saint King spends a quarter of an hour gathering more than a hundred worlds before joining him.
• Daochen opens the Illusion Formation’s entrance for the refugees and says he has prepared defenses in the Silent Forest against the next assault.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen demonstrates loyalty and courage by leaving his own home’s defense to rescue the Saint King. He also shows strategic urgency, balancing compassion for the refugees with the need to protect the wider alliance.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King moves from shock and desperation to determined action. He risks the Sacred Light Blessing prematurely to defend his people, then chooses to preserve his followers rather than abandon them.
• Fuxi and the formation team complete the Illusion Formation under pressure, freeing Daochen to intervene.
• Daochen’s rescue deeply moves the Saint King, strengthening their trust and alliance. Their brief disagreement over rescuing the four-star worlds reflects the tension between immediate military necessity and responsibility to followers.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and mutual aid: Daochen risks his own position to help an ally, and the Saint King in turn works to save the worlds that depend on him.
• The human cost of war: The Sacred Light World suffers catastrophic losses, while ordinary soldiers and followers are portrayed as essential foundations of a civilization.
• Leadership and responsibility: Both rulers must make urgent choices to protect their people and preserve the strength of their worlds.
• Wider conflict and uncertainty: The invasion reveals that the fighting is part of a much larger war, with smaller worlds serving as collateral or cannon fodder.

Chapter Summary: “Visitors from the Saha World”

Key plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen discovers that he can control the Silent Forest’s Illusion Formations as if he were their core, and confirms that the Primordial World is safe. He and the Heavenly Dao Saint King begin guiding rescued worlds to shelter there using Hidden World Orbs.
• A Perfection Realm intruder enters the forest. Daochen confronts him with the Saint King; the enemy is surprised by Daochen’s strength and flees when the two move to surround him. They choose not to pursue, prioritizing the protection of their forces.
• Daochen and the Saint King clear out other intruders, then enter the Demon River Plains to protect additional four-star worlds. Their efforts help drive the remaining combatants away, but the surprise attack has already destroyed more than half the region’s four-star worlds and badly weakened the Sacred Light Clan.
• A Pacification Envoy from the Saha World arrives to investigate the invasion. He is followed by Scarlet Feather, a powerful Perfection Realm Supreme, who announces that the Saha World and Silent Netherworld are at war.
• Scarlet Feather orders the Demon River Plains and Silent Forest forces to attack three five-star battle worlds. He offers a Merit Recorder to track contributions and promises compensation and additional Soul River places, but insists that the mission must be carried out despite their recent losses.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen grows more confident after discovering his unusual bond with the Illusion Formations. He remains decisive in battle, but also shows restraint by refusing to chase the fleeing Supreme when doing so could endanger his forces.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King acts as Daochen’s practical partner: helping organize the refugees, backing him in combat, and respectfully explaining their losses to Scarlet Feather.
• The fleeing Supreme arrives arrogant and threatening, but quickly loses confidence when Daochen proves unexpectedly powerful; he escapes rather than risk a fight against both leaders.
• Scarlet Feather commands authority but recognizes that Daochen is no ordinary ruler. His order creates tension because the local forces are already depleted.
• Daochen and the Saint King respond cautiously to the Saha World’s demand, emphasizing the cost of the recent attack rather than accepting the mission without question.

Significant themes

• Protection amid catastrophe: Daochen and the Saint King prioritize sheltering survivors and preserving what remains of their worlds.
• Strength and restraint: Daochen demonstrates formidable power while choosing not to pursue a fleeing enemy when the risks outweigh the benefit.
• War’s human and political cost: The region suffers devastating losses, yet larger powers quickly turn its survivors toward another campaign.
• Duty versus capacity: The Saha World’s survival is presented as a collective responsibility, but its demands clash with the local forces’ weakened state.

Key plot points and events

• The Demon Emperor Daochen and the Heavenly Dao Saint King learn that destroying worlds earns both merit points and slots. A Three-Star World offers a slot, while destroying a Five-Star World yields all of its thousand slots and fifty million merit points; killing a Perfection Realm expert brings an additional ten million.
• Daochen asks whether rewards can be redeemed during the war, hoping to secure them as he goes rather than risk the organizers reneging later. Scarlet Feather provides a detailed rewards chart.
• Daochen is especially interested in rare rewards, including commissioned weapons from a god-tier craftsman and an apprenticeship with the master. The apprenticeship costs ten million merit points, but could let him bring bespoke weapon-making techniques back to the Primordial World.
• Scarlet Feather says every world connected to either Six-Star World will be drawn into the war. He encourages Daochen to fight without holding back, explaining that once a world reaches Five-Star status, it is generally nurtured rather than suppressed: Six-Star Worlds benefit from cultivating potential allies.
• After Scarlet Feather leaves, Daochen and the Saint King discuss the danger and opportunity ahead. Daochen hints that his world has a hidden trump card capable of answering even a half-step Hongmeng-level Six-Star King.

Character developments

• Daochen shows both strategic caution and ambition. He plans to claim rewards promptly, studies the exchange system, and sees weapon-making as a way to strengthen his world. He is also confident that his concealed resources can protect him from powerful enemies.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King becomes increasingly impressed by Daochen, realizing that Daochen’s strength has grown beyond his own and that the Primordial World hides extraordinary potential. He begins to view Daochen as a powerful ally to rely on.
• Scarlet Feather acts as an encouraging representative of the Six-Star Saha World, revealing how the war’s reward system works and urging Daochen to develop his world.

Significant themes

• War as both danger and opportunity: Destruction brings valuable resources, status, and chances to strengthen one’s world.
• Power and self-interest: Daochen’s insistence on redeeming rewards during the conflict reflects his distrust of those who control the system.
• Cultivation and alliances: Six-Star Worlds support promising worlds once they reach a certain level, because future strength can become a valuable ally.
• Hidden potential: Daochen’s confidence points to secrets within the Primordial World that may alter the balance of power.

Character interactions

• Daochen questions Scarlet Feather about rewards and redemption, revealing his practical, wary approach. Scarlet Feather answers and then encourages him to pursue advancement.
• The Saint King praises Daochen’s talent and reacts with shock to his implied trump card. Daochen remains composed, suggesting they proceed cautiously and take opportunities as they arise.

Plot points and events

• The Saha World and its allies launch a full mobilization for war against the Silent Netherworld. The badly weakened Sacred Light Clan and the worlds it saved must still provide nearly all available forces, including their strongest experts.
• Demon Emperor Daochen gathers thousands of Three-Star Worlds and nearly ten thousand Great Accomplishment Realm experts. He assigns forces to destroy enemy Three- and Four-Star Worlds, while he and other major forces engage the three enemy Five-Star Battle Worlds: the Samo Rat Race, Huokun Race, and White Jade Star Race.
• Daochen rejects a request from a depleted Three-Star World to withdraw or rest, stressing that participation is compulsory in a war between Six-Star Worlds.
• Both sides assemble near the Silent Forest. Daochen leads the charge, confronting the enemy’s three supreme experts himself.
• Bai Yuxing, the White Jade Star expert, initially welcomes close combat but cannot overcome Daochen alone. The Rat Race and Huokun Race experts join him, coordinating their attacks against Daochen.
• Daochen’s sword strikes prove less effective than expected against Bai Yuxing, whose body can resist and partially counter them. Daochen puts away Juque and draws the Heaven Measuring Ruler, preparing a different approach.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen demonstrates confidence and commanding authority, but also discipline: he refuses to underestimate the enemy and recognizes the trio’s coordination as dangerous. His decision to change weapons shows adaptability.
• The Three-Star Supreme Powerhouse voices the exhaustion and losses suffered by smaller worlds, but Daochen’s refusal makes clear that they have little choice in the conflict.
• Bai Yuxing and the other two supreme experts quickly cooperate when Bai Yuxing proves unable to win alone. Their teamwork contrasts with Daochen’s individual challenge and makes him more cautious.

Significant themes

• War’s unavoidable cost: Both sides commit nearly all their strength, and casualties are treated as inevitable.
• Duty versus individual need: The smaller worlds’ losses and exhaustion matter less than the demands of the larger war.
• Preparation put to the test: Daochen has spent a long time strengthening and equipping his forces; now the battle will reveal whether that preparation was enough.
• Adaptation and cooperation: Daochen adjusts his tactics, while the enemy’s coordinated alliance poses a serious threat.

Key plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen uses the Heaven Measuring Ruler to shatter Bai Yuxing’s white jade sword, revealing the weapon’s Shattering, Sharpness, and Force-Gathering Laws. Bai Yuxing flees rather than face another blow.
• Daochen overwhelms Huo Kun, while the Heavenly Dao Saint King traps Samo Rat with Sacred Light Shackles.
• Under threat of death, Samo Rat reveals the war is being fought over admission quotas for the Soul River: the victors claim the losing side’s slots. Daochen recognizes the Saha World’s plan to collect quotas and use them to cultivate more powerful fighters.
• Daochen kills Samo Rat despite his plea to surrender, then pursues Bai Yuxing and leaves the Saint King to clear the battlefield.
• The Primordial World’s forces are winning decisively. Daochen’s coordinated ten-person squads devastate Three-Star Worlds; Fuxi’s formations eliminate large groups of enemies; and the Three Pure Ones, the Ten Great Demon Marshals, and other factions fight effectively using their own methods.
• Watching the slaughter, the Saint King realizes the Primordial World is far more formidable than he had appreciated. The Devil Race especially troubles him because its demonic qi weakens enemies’ minds and combat ability.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen demonstrates overwhelming strength and confidence, but also strategic judgment: he learns the war’s real prize and considers the value of keeping Samo Rat alive before deciding the rewards make killing him preferable. He sends the Saint King to manage the battlefield while he pursues Bai Yuxing.
• Bai Yuxing is badly shaken when his sword breaks and escapes, while Huo Kun is killed after failing to withstand Daochen’s attacks.
• Samo Rat shifts from arrogance to desperation, offering surrender and service in exchange for his life. Daochen rejects him and kills him.
• The Saint King trusts Daochen’s superiority and, as he surveys the battle, gains a new respect—and fear—for the Primordial World’s collective strength.

Significant themes

• Power and competence: Recently advanced Perfection Realm fighters prove vulnerable when they cannot fully wield their new strength.
• War as a contest for resources: The Soul River’s admission quotas explain the invasion and reveal the Saha World’s broader ambitions.
• Collective strength and coordination: Organized squads and formations allow the Primordial World’s diverse factions to overwhelm much larger enemy forces.
• Mercy weighed against advantage: Daochen considers sparing Samo Rat but chooses strategic gain and authority over compassion.

Key plot points

• The Saint King studies Fuxi’s tactics, recognizing how large formations and elite squads can work together to create battlefield advantages.
• The Primordial forces overwhelm three Five-Star Battle Worlds. The Heavenly Dao Saint King and Demon Emperor Daochen kill their Supremes, including Bai Yuxing, leaving the enemy forces unable to recover.
• A Perfection Realm warrior from the Yellow Springs Clan arrives to claim the three Five-Star Worlds. Rather than risk war with a Six-Star power, Daochen lets them go—but demands and receives one hundred four-star origins. He also insists that the Yellow Springs forces leave no other worlds behind.
• Daochen’s army destroys the remaining Yellow Springs-affiliated Three- and Four-Star Worlds, gaining substantial spoils.
• Scarlet Feather arrives afterward, offers future military support, and invites Daochen’s forces to travel to another battlefield. Daochen chooses to return to redeem their merits and strengthen their forces first.

Character developments

• The Saint King gains a broader understanding of warfare through observing Fuxi’s combined-arms strategy.
• Demon Emperor Daochen shows strategic restraint: he avoids provoking the Yellow Springs Clan over the Five-Star Worlds, negotiates compensation, and prioritizes rebuilding before returning to battle.
• Scarlet Feather demonstrates respect for Daochen’s judgment and seeks to strengthen ties with him and his allies.

Significant themes

• Strategy over brute force: Coordinated formations and elite units can steadily dismantle larger forces.
• Pragmatism and restraint: Choosing not to fight a stronger power can be wise, especially when a valuable compromise is possible.
• Worlds as strategic assets: Five-Star Worlds are difficult to create and can eventually produce powerful Supremes, making them worth preserving.
• Power and bargaining: Daochen’s strength lets him demand payment even while conceding the worlds.

Character interactions

• Daochen and the Saint King coordinate their attacks and recognize the danger of escalating against the Yellow Springs Clan.
• Daochen confronts the Yellow Springs envoy, negotiates the price for his withdrawal, and enforces limits on what he may take.
• Scarlet Feather acknowledges Daochen’s choice, offers access to future battles, and provides his name as protection; Daochen accepts the invitation but sticks to his own timetable.

Key plot points and events

• After the battle, Demon Emperor Daochen proposes dividing the rewards evenly between the Primordial World and Sacred Light World. The Heavenly Dao Saint King insists Daochen’s role in holding off and killing three Perfection Realm fighters deserves a personal share.
• Daochen accepts ten percent, leaving forty-five percent for each world. He and the Saint King plan to visit the Six-Star Saha World to exchange merits for supplies and learn about forging Personal Weapons.
• The battle’s cost becomes clear: the Sacred Light Clan lost nearly half its remaining Great Accomplishment fighters, and some Primordial World squads were wiped out. The fallen are brought to the Primordial World’s cemetery.
• Daochen honors the dead, promises to revive them someday, and urges survivors to prioritize staying alive and strengthening themselves.
• Before leaving, he tells Qingchan, Qingxuan, and Nüwa to remain home and cultivate. He plans to make custom Personal Weapons for them. Nüwa agrees to watch over the younger pair, who have been sneaking out to hunt.
• Daochen then meets the Heavenly Dao Saint King at their agreed location and asks whether he has made the necessary arrangements.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shows both modesty and leadership: he initially downplays his own contribution, but accepts a share after the Saint King presses him to take fair credit. His grief over the dead is matched by a firm commitment to protect and strengthen the survivors.
• The Saint King demonstrates fairness and gratitude, insisting that Daochen’s decisive role be recognized in the reward division.
• Nüwa’s battlefield prowess is highlighted: drawing power from the earth makes her exceptionally formidable, and her toughness and protection of Qingchan and Qingxuan reflect her devotion as their mother.
• Daochen’s conversation with the three women is protective and practical; Nüwa’s reply reassures him that she will keep the younger pair safe.

Significant themes

• The cost of war: Victory is overshadowed by heavy losses and the irreversibility of death.
• Duty and fairness: Leaders recognize one another’s contributions and distribute rewards equitably.
• Survival and preparation: The survivors are urged to cultivate and stay cautious as future battles are expected to be worse.
• Memory and hope: Daochen honors the fallen and promises to bring them back, even as he mourns them.

Plot points and events

• The Sacred Light World has lost most of its fighting strength, while the Primordial World has also suffered heavy casualties in the ongoing wars. The Heavenly Dao Saint King considers auctioning more access slots to raise funds, but Demon Emperor Daochen warns that drawing a six-star world’s attention could endanger the Sacred Light World.
• Daochen offers support: he will buy a thousand slots, give the Saint King his share of a thousand origins, and try to secure another thousand origins from the Primordial World in exchange for more slots. In return, he asks for extra sacred-light blessings later.
• The two plan how to rebuild. The Saint King wants slaves without world marks to replenish his people; Daochen recommends pairing the Sacred Light World’s healing blessing with a defensive combat art to reduce its costly, life-for-life approach to war. Daochen also intends to spend his merits on weapons, armor, and other supplies.
• They travel to the Saha World, where an envoy welcomes them and boasts that it protects five-star battle worlds and condemns the Barbarian Emperor Ancient Clan. The visitors privately doubt this account, seeing it as the victor’s version of events.
• The envoy directs them to merit exchanges and promotes the Saha World’s energy weapons. Daochen asks how to redeem a place studying under the Divine Forging Master, Lord Biste, specifically to learn how to forge exclusive Heavenly Dao-Class weapons.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen takes a protective, pragmatic role, balancing aid to the Saint King with the Primordial World’s own needs. He favors survival, defensive strength, and useful equipment over risking lives unnecessarily.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King is anxious about his world’s near-collapse but accepts Daochen’s help and agrees that his forces need better defenses rather than continuing costly exchanges of lives.
• The two leaders speak candidly and cooperate, while remaining wary of the Saha World’s self-serving claims. Daochen also shows ambition and foresight by seeking advanced forging knowledge.

Significant themes

• Survival and the cost of war: Repeated battles drain even powerful worlds, making preservation of forces essential.
• Mutual aid and exchange: Worlds trade origins, access slots, blessings, and manpower to meet their needs.
• Power and propaganda: The Saha World presents itself as a benevolent authority, but the visitors suspect its account reflects the winners’ interests.
• Preparation over sacrifice: Defensive arts, healing, and better weapons are presented as ways to improve survival rather than simply endure attrition.

Plot points and events

• The Envoy warns Demon Emperor Daochen that becoming Lord Biste’s apprentice is only the beginning: learning each forging technique costs extra, and Biste’s method for forging Heavenly Dao-grade exclusive weapons requires at least 300 million merit points. Since Daochen has far less, he abandons the plan for now and decides to exchange his points for something else.
• The Envoy guides Daochen and the Heavenly Dao Saint King through a Saha World city crowded with Perfection Realm experts. He explains that the Crimson Feather Race controls thirty cities, each staffed by a Perfection Realm expert, and commands powerful subordinate races. Their current war is only a minor conflict between Five-Star worlds; Six-Star worlds have protected, limited quotas of their own.
• At the exchange point, Aman arrives and pulls Daochen to the front of the line, brushing aside other Perfection Realm experts. He checks Daochen’s merit medal and announces that Daochen has more than 100 million points and helped defeat three Perfection Realm opponents.
• The crowd is astonished, assuming a Great Accomplishment Realm fighter from a four-star world achieved this alone. Daochen clarifies that he and the Heavenly Dao Saint King earned the points together. The others are relieved and impressed.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shows continued interest in mastering elite forging, but responds pragmatically when he learns the cost. He is also modest about his achievements, sharing credit with the Saint King.
• The Envoy cautions Daochen about Biste’s expensive, difficult training and offers context about the Saha World’s military strength.
• Aman demonstrates his influence and favoritism toward Daochen, openly treating him as an honored elder and using his status to bypass the queue.
• The onlookers shift from skepticism and disbelief to admiration after hearing Daochen’s record, then take comfort in learning the victories were shared.

Significant themes

• Power and scale: The Saha World’s abundance of Perfection Realm experts reveals how immense the gap is between Five- and Six-Star worlds.
• Merit and cost: Even exceptional knowledge is controlled by steep fees, making advancement a matter of resources as well as ability.
• Status and hierarchy: Aman’s privilege, the crowd’s deference to the Crimson Feather Race, and the protected status of Six-Star worlds all show how rank shapes daily life.
• Recognition and humility: Daochen’s feats earn attention, but he avoids taking sole credit.