Chapter Summaries

Key events

• Demon Emperor Daochen and the Heavenly Dao Saint King discuss their 120 million merit points with Aman. The Saint King says he can spend only 45 million, crediting Daochen with killing three perfection-realm foes.
• Daochen asks about advanced weapons and exchanges for a Combat Core Brain production line, materials to make roughly a thousand devices, and scarce Heavenly Dao-class defensive equipment. Aman warns that the impressive-sounding Annihilation Cannon has serious drawbacks and recommends more practical weapons and combat arts.
• The Saint King makes more conventional purchases, including slaves and weapons. Both men leave quickly to return to the wars and earn more merit.
• On the way back, Daochen points out that other visitors seemed pleased to see Aman lavish attention on them. He suspects the Crimson Feather Race’s kindness has a hidden motive, and the Saint King agrees they should be cautious.
• Back in the Saha World, Aman and Scarlet Feather reveal that Daochen and the Saint King are the people their progenitor has been searching for. Their arrival may help the progenitor reach half-step Hongmeng, raising the Crimson Feather Race’s status.
• Daochen installs the production line in Mechanical Race territory, protects it with illusion formations, and orders the Mechanical Commander to master its technology and eventually develop improved devices.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen demonstrates practical judgment, technical curiosity, and sharp observation. He chooses useful, scalable equipment rather than the showy Annihilation Cannon, and recognizes that the Crimson Feather Race’s flattery may conceal an agenda.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King defers to Daochen’s greater contribution and later admits he missed the suspicious reactions of the other guests. He becomes wary after Daochen explains what he noticed.
• Aman is an enthusiastic host and acts as Daochen’s purchasing adviser, but his excessive courtesy is later revealed to be tied to the Crimson Feather Race’s interest in the visitors.
• Scarlet Feather confirms the race’s hopes and plans to inform their secluded progenitor.
• The Mechanical Commander is excited by the unfamiliar technology and accepts Daochen’s demanding assignment to study and improve it.

Significant themes

• Caution amid apparent hospitality: Generous treatment can hide strategic motives.
• Practical preparation for war: Daochen prioritizes defensive equipment and technology that can strengthen the Primordial World’s forces.
• Power and status: Daochen’s achievements inspire awe, while the Crimson Feather Race sees his arrival as a possible route to greater influence.
• Technology and progress: The Combat Core Brain may give the Primordial World an advantage, but only if the Mechanical Race can understand and advance the technology.

Key plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen establishes a production line for Combat Core Brains, devices that improve battlefield decisions and cultivation. It can produce only ten per day, so equipping the Primordial World will take time; buying more production lines requires rapidly earning merit points.
• He organizes a new expedition to rescue forces in the Saha World. The Primordial World will operate independently: Daochen will target three enemy Five-Star Battle Worlds, while his troops handle easier Three- and Four-Star Worlds and avoid unnecessary losses.
• Participation is voluntary. One hundred weakened or less confident squads withdraw. Daochen assigns them to hunt isolated Three-Star Worlds near home instead, prioritizing the collection of resources needed to make more Core Brains.
• Human Sovereign Shennong is left in command of these home-front operations. He is instructed to strip captured worlds of resources before harvesting their origins, since harvesting an origin causes the world and its remaining resources to collapse.
• Daochen departs with five hundred squads and a thousand Three-Star soldiers. He brings all fifty available Core Brains and selects five squads to test them. To avoid favoritism, he excludes Qingchan and Qingxuan’s squads from the official trial but privately gives them two Core Brains he bought himself.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shows strategic foresight and concern for both efficiency and troop safety. He makes participation voluntary, assigns missions suited to different groups, and tries to separate personal interests from the Primordial World’s.
• Shennong is entrusted with the dangerous but methodical task of hunting weaker worlds and gathering resources. Daochen’s choice reflects his confidence in Shennong’s caution and judgment.
• The Primordial World’s squads are enthusiastic after their previous expedition’s success, but a hundred choose to stand down after suffering losses.
• Daochen balances fairness with personal loyalty: he keeps Qingchan and Qingxuan out of the public selection process while privately ensuring they receive Core Brains.

Significant themes

• Strength through preparation: The Core Brains promise a major increase in combat effectiveness, but producing them requires patience, resources, and further victories.
• Risk management and consent: Daochen emphasizes preserving lives and allows forces to opt out rather than compelling them to fight.
• Practical resource exploitation: The expedition seeks to gather materials and recruit survivors while delaying the destruction of captured worlds until their resources are collected.
• Fairness versus private bonds: Daochen attempts to distribute shared assets transparently while still helping people close to him.

Key plot points and events

• The Demon Emperor’s coalition heads to the Bone Cavern battlefield through a World Bridge, with a huge force taking nearly a day to pass through.
• They arrive to find the allied side badly outnumbered: two Perfection Realm fighters are being pressed by at least six enemies, while more Supreme Powerhouses continue entering the battle.
• Demon Emperor Daochen orders Human Sovereign Fuxi to reinforce the wider battle and personally joins the fight, taking on two Perfection Realm enemies.
• Daochen uses Extreme Speed to land a surprise attack on several opponents fighting the bone devils, weakening them. He then batters the two Perfection Realm fighters with the Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• The enemies switch to trading wounds, but Daochen’s defenses hold. He smashes one opponent’s skull, breaking their confidence and forcing them to call for help.
• Four enemies converge, preventing Daochen from pressing his advantage. He shifts to defense, stabilizing the fight rather than winning it outright.
• Daochen invokes a ruler technique, and beams of Sacred Light—revealing the Heavenly Dao Saint King’s intervention—restrain the four enemies. Daochen enlarges his ruler and prepares a devastating strike. Two enemies break free, but their escape allows the Saint King to hold the other two more firmly.

Character developments

• Demon Emperor Daochen proves himself a powerful and composed battlefield leader. He adapts from surprise attacks to direct combat, then to defense when outnumbered, and exploits the opening created by the Saint King.
• Human Sovereign Fuxi responds to Daochen’s orders by leading his troops into the wider battle, helping relieve pressure across the fronts.
• The bone devils gain a reprieve from the arrival of reinforcements and express gratitude to Daochen.
• The opposing Perfection Realm fighters initially dismiss Daochen, then become cautious, desperate, and finally forced to request help as his attacks overwhelm them.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King, whose absence Daochen had regretted, turns out to be present and intervenes at a crucial moment.

Significant themes

• Battlefield adaptability: Daochen changes tactics as circumstances shift, showing that survival depends on more than raw strength.
• Courage and fear: The enemy fighters understand that hesitation can mean defeat; nevertheless, Daochen’s overwhelming resilience eventually shatters their confidence.
• Cooperation versus individual strength: The allied forces’ coordinated response and the enemies’ need to combine forces shape the balance of the battle.
• The cost of strategic misjudgment: Daochen initially believes leaving the Saint King behind was a mistake, but the Saint King’s timely appearance changes the fight.

Character interactions

• Daochen coordinates with Fuxi, assigning him to support the broader front while Daochen handles the strongest opponents.
• The bone devils ask Daochen’s identity and promise repayment; he identifies himself and tells them to hold off the remaining enemies.
• Daochen’s taunts and decisive attacks provoke the Perfection Realm fighters, whose confidence gives way to a plea for reinforcements.
• The Saint King’s restraint creates the opening for Daochen’s ruler strike, while the enemies’ escape forces the Saint King to concentrate his power on those still trapped.

Chapter summary

Demon Emperor Daochen and the Heavenly Dao Saint King defeat the last two of their six Perfection Realm opponents on the Cavebone Battlefield. The enemies’ bodies regenerate even after being crushed, but Daochen burns them to ash with Red Lotus Karmic Fire. The Saint King reveals that the Saha World concealed the presence of six Perfection Realm experts, effectively sending Daochen into the fight without full warning. Despite this, Daochen has proved powerful enough to hold off several foes and turn the battle around.
With two enemies dead, the balance shifts. Daochen secures the World Bridges linking to two Five-Star Battle Worlds, recognizing that capturing those worlds is worth more than defeating additional Perfection Realm opponents. He orders his allies to stabilize the bridges, then moves to stop the four surviving enemies from escaping.
The Saint King briefly pins one opponent with Sacred Light, giving Daochen the opening to kill him and destroy his origin. The other three escape. Daochen regrets missing the chance to claim more merit, though he also fears that killing too many powerful experts might provoke the Silent Netherworld. Bone Demon and his companion are stunned by Daochen’s strength and the coordination between him and the Saint King.
The battle then turns to the surviving enemy forces. Great Accomplishment Realm warriors fight relentlessly to delay Daochen’s army, while vast numbers of Heavenly Dao Realm soldiers keep charging even without their commanders. Daochen admires their resolve but orders that none be spared, viewing their refusal to surrender as a future danger. He personally leads the slaughter, destroying three ten-thousand-strong units, and ends by reflecting on the enemy’s “terrifying will.”

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen demonstrates overwhelming power, strategic priorities, and hard pragmatism. He secures the valuable World Bridges, kills another Perfection Realm expert, and ruthlessly eliminates resisting forces, even while acknowledging their courage.
• Heavenly Dao Saint King arrives in support and works in close coordination with Daochen. He admits the Saha World withheld crucial information, explaining why Daochen had been forced to act under false assumptions.
• Bone Demon and his companion witness the Demon Emperor’s strength firsthand and recognize that his potential could rival that of a supreme Perfection Realm expert.
• The enemy survivors abandon their earlier advantage and flee once the tide turns. One is trapped and killed, while the others prioritize escape over helping him. Their rank-and-file forces, however, continue resisting to the death.

Significant themes

• Unyielding resolve: The enemy soldiers’ refusal to retreat or surrender is both admirable and frightening.
• Power and strategy: Daochen’s strength changes the battle, but his decision to prioritize the Five-Star worlds shows that victory also depends on choosing the most valuable objective.
• Loyalty and self-preservation: The fleeing Perfection Realm fighters leave a trapped comrade behind, contrasting with the rank-and-file warriors who fight for one another even when defeat is certain.
• The cost of warfare: Both sides suffer heavy losses, and Daochen’s respect for the enemy’s courage does not soften his determination to destroy them.

Key plot points and events

• After clearing the remaining enemies, Demon Emperor Daochen thanks Bone Demon’s people for their resilience. Bone Demon explains that losing a world can leave survivors with a broken origin and no future, making desperate resistance preferable to surrender.
• Daochen agrees that worlds must keep advancing or perish, then leads the Primordial World forces and the Heavenly Dao Saint King to clear three weakened Five-Star Battle Worlds.
• Rather than taking only the worlds’ origins, Daochen gathers their resources, recognizing that the Primordial World needs minerals and equipment to support larger, more frequent battles.
• He observes that combat Core Brains greatly improve soldiers’ coordination and tactical decisions, giving him a clearer sense of the capabilities of Six-Star Worlds.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King recommends preserving the conquered Five-Star Worlds as resource worlds. He explains that capturing them still earns merit, and demonstrates that primary Merit Badges can also communicate and add contacts.
• Daochen uses the badge to connect with several people, including Bone Demon, then stores the three conquered worlds in Hidden World Orbs. The group emerges within the Silent Netherworld’s sphere of influence, and Daochen sends Fuxi and the others away.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shifts from focusing mainly on personal combat to thinking about the Primordial World’s military needs, resource supply, and strategic development. He also embraces the idea of risking everything to keep advancing.
• Bone Demon reveals the lasting costs of losing a world and why its people fought to the end. His exchange with Daochen gives the Demon Emperor a deeper understanding of the stakes.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King acts as a practical adviser, guiding Daochen on resource management, merit rules, and the Merit Badge’s communication features.
• Daochen is intrigued by the badge’s technology but treats it as a useful extra rather than a priority. His attempt to connect with one unresponsive contact ends without further effort.

Significant themes

• Resistance versus surrender: When defeat can destroy a people’s future, fighting to the end may seem preferable to survival under permanent decline.
• Advancement and vitality: Daochen sees striving forward—even at great risk—as essential to a world’s continued life.
• Preparation for war: Resources, equipment, coordination, and technology matter increasingly as conflicts grow larger.
• The hidden depth of powerful worlds: Long histories can create enormous differences in strength, making even similarly ranked worlds difficult to compare.

Chapter Summary: “Deep in Enemy Territory”

Key plot points and events

• After seizing three Five-Star Battle Worlds, Demon Emperor Daochen and the Heavenly Dao Saint King try to return home. Carrying the Hidden World Orbs prevents them from using the World Bridge, since the clash between worlds could destroy both.
• Lost in the Silent Netherworld, they discover that the region’s strange magnetic field has disrupted their sense of direction. A colossal skeleton appears, and the Saint King realizes they have been lured into a trap.
• The skeleton’s owner, the Illusion Butterfly Wuyi, has trapped them in an innate illusion called the Skeleton Domain. Daochen and the Saint King flood the area with heavenly fire and sacred light, forcing Wuyi to reveal himself.
• The illusion vanishes, exposing more than a dozen Perfection Realm cultivators who have surrounded them. The Saint King identifies their location as Death Valley in the genuine Six-Star territory of the Silent Netherworld and recognizes Wuyi as a renowned illusionist.
• Daochen learns that the Saha World lies due north and attempts to escape with the Saint King using Extreme Speed, but the enemy’s combined energy barrier stops them.
• As the enemy mocks them, Daochen gathers an enormous amount of energy into the Heaven Measuring Ruler, preparing a potentially devastating strike. The chapter ends before he attacks.

Character developments

• Demon Emperor Daochen remains composed and confident despite being lost, deceived, and surrounded. He quickly sees through the illusion’s likely nature, takes charge of their response, and begins preparing a direct assault on the barrier.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King is alert to danger and helps expose the ambush. He uses his connections to identify their location and provide Daochen with the direction home, though he regrets having suggested taking the Five-Star Battle World.
• Illusion Butterfly Wuyi is revealed as a skilled and cunning opponent whose innate illusion can fool even Daochen, but his trap relies on an illusion rather than overwhelming combat strength.

Significant themes

• The risks of conquest: Capturing worlds can leave victors vulnerable, especially when those worlds are located inside enemy territory.
• Deception and perception: The strange landscape and Wuyi’s illusion exploit the travelers’ disorientation, showing how easily appearances can conceal a trap.
• Confidence under pressure: Daochen and the Saint King respond to danger with assessment and action rather than panic.
• Power versus coordination: Daochen’s immense personal energy now faces a barrier built from the combined forces of many opponents.

Character interactions

• Daochen and the Saint King work as a team: Daochen confronts and pressures the illusionist, while the Saint King gathers intelligence and identifies the way out.
• Wuyi warns his allies that the pair are dangerous, while the surrounding cultivators initially underestimate them and taunt their failed escape.
• Daochen answers the enemy’s confidence with a calm promise that he will break through, then begins concentrating his power into the Heaven Measuring Ruler.

Key plot points and events

• Wuyi and the Silent Netherworld observers flee when the Demon Emperor’s aura becomes overwhelming.
• Demon Emperor Daochen uses Annihilation Slash to shatter Death Valley’s energy barrier, blasting a passage through the supposedly indestructible valley and escaping with the Heavenly Dao Saint King.
• The observers decide not to pursue: stopping him could cost them their lives and risk a wider war between Six-Star Worlds. Wuyi pretends her talent is failing so she can leave without further confrontation.
• Drained by the attack, Daochen devours Energy Blocks and more than fifty Four-Star Origins to recover. His bodily perfection advances toward his head, though he still needs to perfect his organs, bones, and soul to reach the Perfection Realm.
• The pair reach the border battlefield, where a Saha World expert informs Daochen that he is banned from the Five-Star War and will face “war charges” for entering Death Valley and nearly provoking a Six-Star conflict.
• Daochen theatrically threatens to defect to the Silent Netherworld. Five Perfection Realm experts immediately welcome him, while the Saha representative and Scarlet Feather scramble to reassure him that the charges are only a warning and will not lead to punishment.
• Daochen claims his world has returned in chains after enduring hardship and refuses to submit. The chapter ends with Scarlet Feather choosing not to challenge his dramatic account.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen demonstrates immense power but also reveals the heavy cost of his ultimate technique. His rapid recovery and continued bodily advancement underline his unusual capacity. He also uses a mock defection to pressure the Saha World.
• Wuyi is frightened by Daochen and resolves never to make an enemy of him again. She avoids scrutiny by pretending her vision and abilities are impaired.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King supports Daochen during his escape and watches in disbelief as he consumes vast quantities of rare resources.
• The Silent Netherworld observers weigh personal danger and political consequences over pursuit; their offer to accept Daochen intensifies the Saha World’s concern.
• Scarlet Feather tries to calm Daochen and minimize the charges, while the Saha representative shifts from accusation to reassurance once defection seems possible.

Significant themes

• Power and fear: Daochen’s strength changes how every faction behaves, making even powerful observers reluctant to confront him.
• Political maneuvering: The “war charges” are presented as a formality, but Daochen exploits them to expose the Saha World’s fear of losing him.
• The cost of power: His devastating attack leaves him nearly depleted, requiring extraordinary resources to recover.
• Performance and face-saving: Daochen’s claims of suffering clash humorously with his spotless appearance, yet the others avoid calling him out.

Key plot points and events

• A Saha World envoy accuses the Demon Emperor and his ally of nearly provoking war with the Silent Netherworld, and says he will file charges. He leaves once Scarlet Feather arrives, effectively handing the dispute over to him.
• Scarlet Feather reassures the Demon Emperor that the Crimson Feather Race will protect him, but the Demon Emperor questions why Scarlet Feather is so intent on winning his favor.
• Scarlet Feather privately explains that the Crimson Feather Race and the Demon Emperor share a bloodline. Daochen realizes this may explain his connection to the race and to his subordinate Jin Yang, and accepts Scarlet Feather’s explanation.
• Scarlet Feather offers the Crimson Feather Race’s help while warning Daochen not to antagonize more powerful Saha World races. He dismisses the envoy’s threat as unlikely to matter, since the Saha World and Silent Netherworld generally avoid open war.
• Daochen explains that he entered the Silent Netherworld’s territory to retrieve a five-star world in a Hidden Realm Orb. Scarlet Feather clarifies that the Silent Netherworld keeps such worlds as slave worlds and that Daochen escaped only because greater powers were occupied elsewhere.
• Daochen asks where they are and how far they are from the Silent Forest, underscoring his unfamiliarity with the region.

Character developments

• Demon Emperor Daochen becomes less suspicious after learning of the shared bloodline, and begins reconsidering his origins and the source of his Golden Crow heritage. He remains confident but keeps his strength and intentions understated.
• Scarlet Feather reveals the real reason for his attention: the Crimson Feather Race hopes to connect with Daochen through their shared ancestry. He shifts from evasive persuasion to candid reassurance.
• The envoy asserts his world’s dignity and threatens formal consequences, but his authority over the matter appears limited once Scarlet Feather intervenes.

Significant themes

• Ancestry and inherited power: Daochen’s Golden Crow bloodline may be connected to the Crimson Feather Race, raising questions about where he came from and what his lineage might enable.
• Diplomacy and suspicion: Alliances depend on trust, and Scarlet Feather’s unexplained eagerness initially makes Daochen wary.
• Power and restraint: The six-star worlds compete while avoiding war, and Daochen’s survival reflects both circumstance and the value of not revealing his full strength.
• Exploitation and power imbalance: The Silent Netherworld’s use of lesser worlds as slave worlds exposes the harsh hierarchy between worlds.

Character interactions

• The envoy confronts Daochen’s side with accusations; Scarlet Feather dismisses the threat and promises protection.
• Daochen directly challenges Scarlet Feather to explain his motives. Scarlet Feather then confides in him privately, easing their tension.
• Scarlet Feather cautions Daochen about stronger races, while Daochen questions him about the envoy and the surrounding battlefield.
• Their discussion of the Hidden Realm Orb highlights a difference in perspective: Daochen sees a successful escape, while Scarlet Feather sees a fortunate break amid larger conflicts.

Plot points

• Scarlet Feather explains that the Demon Emperor is on the far eastern edge of the Saha World, at least ten days’ walk from home. He offers to send someone to return the Hidden World Orb, since he has no interest in it.
• Daochen asks about other battles and learns that the current war among five-star worlds is nearly over. Scarlet Feather describes more dangerous designated battlefields between six-star worlds, where five-star worlds fight and powerful six-star races compete for resources.
• Rather than heed Scarlet Feather’s warning about the danger, Daochen decides he wants to visit one of those battlefields after redeeming his merit. The Heavenly Dao Saint King declines to join him, saying his priority is the wounded Sacred Light World.
• A distress message arrives from the Primordial World: two reinforced five-star battle worlds have driven Daochen’s forces away and taken the five-star origins they had claimed.
• Daochen and Scarlet Feather travel to the Cavebone Battlefield, where Bone Demon is standing up to the two intruders. Daochen confronts them and demands the stolen origins, along with compensation. The intruders claim the Thunderbird Race’s protection; Scarlet Feather confirms the race is powerful, though still considered minor.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen remains bold, acquisitive, and eager to pursue danger and profit. He accepts Scarlet Feather’s help partly because he values the relationship and wants to repay the karmic debts he feels he owes.
• Scarlet Feather acts as a practical adviser and protector, repeatedly warning Daochen about risks and accompanying him to prevent him from escalating the dispute recklessly.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King shows caution and loyalty: he agrees to redeem merit with Daochen but refuses the six-star battlefield, citing the Sacred Light World’s devastation.
• Bone Demon hesitates before opposing the intruders but stands firm out of confidence in Daochen’s strength.
• The two intruders underestimate Daochen and threaten him with the Thunderbird Race’s backing; he answers with a demand that puts them on the spot.

Significant themes

• Ambition versus caution: Daochen is attracted to danger and opportunity even when warned of overwhelming odds.
• Power and reputation: The intruders rely on their backers’ status, while Bone Demon and Daochen rely on Daochen’s fearsome reputation.
• Obligation and karma: Daochen’s willingness to accept Scarlet Feather’s help is tempered by his desire to repay favors and avoid unresolved karmic ties.
• War as competition for resources: Conflicts between worlds are driven by spoils, merit, and access to powerful resources.

Key plot points and events

• Scarlet Feather proposes that two Perfection Realm cultivators fight Demon Emperor Daochen together for the five-star origins at stake. They accept, assuming his lower cultivation makes him an easy target.
• Daochen overwhelms them with his bare hands and superior speed. They concede, surrender the two origins, and offer a third as an apology.
• Daochen asks whether the three defeated worlds count toward his merit, then returns with Scarlet Feather to the Saha World. He gives one origin to the Heavenly Dao Saint King in recognition of his help and keeps the rest.
• Daochen earns 150 million merit points for defeating the three experts and worlds. To qualify for instruction in forging Personal Weapons, he exchanges another five-star origin for 50 million points.
• He hopes to learn forging so he can supply equipment to future Perfection Realm experts and train talented smiths in the Primordial World.
• Scarlet Feather warns that Daochen’s token number—540—puts hundreds of applicants ahead of him. The Divine Master teaches only two students a day, so Daochen may wait more than a year. Instruction consists of core principles and a manual, rather than close, one-on-one mentorship.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen confidently challenges both opponents and proves his strength far exceeds what his cultivation rank suggests. He is pragmatic about merit and resources, but his ambition extends beyond personal gain: he wants to strengthen the Primordial World’s forging capabilities.
• The two cultivators move from dismissive and greedy to cautious, then commit out of wounded pride. Once they realize they are outmatched, they surrender quickly and make amends.
• Scarlet Feather arranges a seemingly fair contest while clearly steering events in Daochen’s favor, then gives him candid advice about the long wait for training.
• The Heavenly Dao Saint King is rewarded by Daochen for his timely contribution in battle.

Significant themes

• True strength versus appearances: Daochen’s lower realm misleads his opponents, whose assumptions prove costly.
• Greed and judgment: The two cultivators’ desire for the origins overcomes their caution.
• Merit and sacrifice: Daochen trades valuable resources for a long-term capability he believes will benefit many.
• Preparation for future conflict: His interest in weapon forging reflects the growing scale of warfare and the need to equip powerful allies.
• Limited access to knowledge: Even with eligibility, learning from a renowned master requires patience and does not guarantee personal guidance.

Key plot points and events

• Scarlet Feather explains that Demon Emperor Daochen’s newly purchased cultivation opportunity is only a method and guarantee of nothing; he must wait for the Saha World to contact him and succeed through his own effort.
• Feeling his merits might have been better spent elsewhere, Daochen decides to visit the World Battlefield and asks about rewards for killing Perfection Realm experts.
• Scarlet Feather gives him a pair of Smart Glasses that display wanted targets, their rankings, estimated merits, and other information. Daochen sees that Scarlet Feather himself is ranked 80th and carries an 80-million-merit bounty.
• Daochen asks for 108,000 pairs, then learns they cost 50 million merits each. A production line costs 12 billion and makes two pairs per day, though Scarlet Feather claims it can repay its cost in 120 days.
• Scarlet Feather describes the glasses’ functions: displaying wanted notices, enabling long-distance communication, and assessing energy fields. Their readings are limited and can misrepresent someone’s real combat strength.
• Daochen learns that battlefield bases prohibit violence among Saha World members, but outside the bases even allies may be dangerous. Scarlet Feather declines to join him, though he offers to send members of his race.

Character developments

• Demon Emperor Daochen is practical and entrepreneurial: he considers buying glasses in bulk and asks whether he could manufacture them. He ultimately decides against further investment, recognizing that the device’s combat assessments are unreliable and its direct value is limited.
• Scarlet Feather is revealed as a high-value target who is cautious about entering the battlefield. He is also knowledgeable about its technology and rules, and readily offers assistance through his people.

Significant themes

• Cultivation depends on individual effort: access to a method does not guarantee success.
• Technology has limits: the glasses provide useful information but cannot capture the full complexity of combat ability.
• Trust and survival: battlefield safety is limited to protected bases; outside them, even supposed allies may pose a threat.
• Merit and value: the exchange highlights how costly resources are and how characters weigh potential gains against practical usefulness.

Character interactions

• Daochen challenges Scarlet Feather about the value of his wanted-list ranking, and Scarlet Feather explains that his strength, potential, and status account for it.
• Scarlet Feather demonstrates the glasses’ features and explains why Daochen’s fluctuating energy reading reflects his changing power.
• Daochen invites Scarlet Feather to the battlefield, but Scarlet Feather refuses because his bounty makes him a target and offers Crimson Feather fighters in his place.

Key plot points and events

• Scarlet Feather introduces Demon Emperor Daochen to the Saha World’s War Command Headquarters, where he can join the Battle Soldiers, receive valuable benefits, and take missions in exchange for answering the world’s call during a major war.
• Daochen registers as a Battle Soldier and accepts a beginner mission: kill one Great Accomplishment Realm soldier from another world. Its reward is a Combat Core Brain, a scarce and valuable item in many worlds.
• Hoping to secure more Core Brains, Daochen brings thousands of Great Accomplishment Realm cultivators from the Primordial World to register. Scarlet Feather warns that conscription could put them in danger and urges Daochen to leave people behind to protect their home world.
• Daochen proceeds. The six thousand recruits earn him the rank of Battle General, allowing them to fight as a single battalion rather than be separated if conscripted.
• The battalion travels toward the World Battlefield with a guide. Near the gathering point, a huge explosion and cries of pain reveal that a battle involving at least Perfection Realm experts is underway.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen proves practical, ambitious, and protective of the Primordial World. He values the Saha World’s benefits but also recognizes that joining early may be safer than resisting conscription later. He ignores Scarlet Feather’s caution, yet plans to bring the Primordial World itself to the battlefield, where he can defend it.
• Scarlet Feather acts as Daochen’s guide and adviser. He explains the risks and tries to limit the number of people Daochen exposes to danger, but ultimately accepts Daochen’s decision and rewards his contribution.
• The guide warns the newcomers to stay near the gathering point, where they should be relatively safe before completing their assessment mission.

Significant themes

• Benefits and obligations: Battle Soldier status grants access to resources and missions, but requires service in wartime.
• Protection versus risk: Daochen must balance safeguarding his people at home against preparing to defend them in a larger conflict.
• Scale and vulnerability: A large battalion offers strength and unity, but also attracts attention—and the sudden fighting shows that the battlefield may be far more dangerous than expected.

Plot points and events

• The Demon Emperor and Chaos Heaven leave their group to observe a clash between Peng Tan, an Abyssal Demon City powerhouse, and Duanmu Zhang, a Saha World defender. Duanmu Zhang holds the advantage, but neither fighter uses their full strength.
• The Demon Emperor reassesses his own power after witnessing the capabilities of Six-Star World Perfection Realm cultivators. He decides to keep a lower profile rather than rush into battle.
• Peng Tan withdraws after taunting Duanmu Zhang. Duanmu learns that the Abyssal Demon City has attacked across the battlefield, tying down defenders while seizing the latest allocation of world resources.
• Suspecting the resource raid conceals a larger objective, Duanmu orders an investigation. The evidence points to a Golden Sacred Dragon from Dragon Abyss being the true target, and he leads forces deeper into the battlefield.
• At Dragon Abyss’s gathering point, the Golden Sacred Dragon is surrounded by three powerful Abyssal Demon Seeds: Yuan Tao, Hu Ben, and Spirit Consort. A spectral dragon protects him, but the dragon is exhausted and bleeding. Otherworld powerhouses gather nearby, watching greedily rather than helping.

Character developments

• The Demon Emperor becomes more cautious after seeing how formidable Six-Star World fighters are, recognizing that his own strength may only match theirs.
• Duanmu Zhang shifts from responding to a local attack to investigating the broader scheme, then takes action to uncover the situation.
• Spirit Consort remains confident despite the defenders’ resistance and plans to rely on her spirit beast to break through the spectral dragon’s protection.
• The Golden Sacred Dragon is shown as powerful and ferocious, but increasingly worn down by the attackers.

Significant themes

• Power and restraint: The Demon Emperor learns that strength varies greatly between worlds and chooses caution over bravado.
• Deception and strategy: The attack on the gathering points disguises the Abyssal Demon City’s real aim: capturing a rare Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Greed and opportunism: The dragon’s rarity makes him a coveted prize, while gathered outsiders wait for a chance to benefit rather than offer aid.
• Uneasy alliances and shifting rules: The resource seizure violates the established system of equal distribution and threatens to destabilize relations among the worlds.

Character interactions

• The Demon Emperor and Chaos Heaven disregard their guide’s warning and go to watch the duel, though they keep their distance.
• Peng Tan and Duanmu Zhang exchange threats and taunts before Peng Tan retreats, leaving Duanmu to assess the damage and uncover the larger attack.
• Spirit Consort directs Yuan Tao and Hu Ben as they try to break the spectral dragon’s defense.
• The Golden Sacred Dragon and his spectral protector face the Abyssal Demon Seeds while surrounding powerhouses look on, motivated by the dragon’s value rather than concern for his safety.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points

• Demon Emperor Daochen and Chaos Heaven follow the other cultivators into the conflict, hoping to take advantage of the chaos.
• Daochen senses an intense urge to devour the Golden Sacred Dragon. He learns that the dragon’s flesh can advance others’ perfect evolution, while the dragon itself can absorb the attributes and talents of anything it eats.
• A cultivator explains that Golden Sacred Dragons are nearly extinct, exceptionally powerful, and descended from Spirit Beasts associated with the legendary Spirit Realm.
• Spirit Consort summons a colossal Starry Sky Behemoth through a portal to the Spirit Realm. Its tentacles repeatedly batter the Golden Sacred Dragon’s protective barrier, making it clear that her Spirit Beast possesses Hongmeng-level power.
• The Golden Sacred Dragon accuses Spirit Consort’s Abyssal Demon City of provoking war with the Dragon Abyss. His confidence fades as the barrier weakens, but he remains protected behind it.
• Once the barrier breaks, the dragon reveals a final trump card: the shattered dragon-shaped phantom merges with him, rapidly boosting him to the peak of the Perfection Realm.
• Spirit Consort merges with her own tentacled Spirit Body, and the two powerful beings clash at tremendous speed. Daochen judges that the Golden Sacred Dragon will eventually lose because his strength depends on an external power rather than his own.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen is both wary and fascinated by the Golden Sacred Dragon. He recognizes the dragon as valuable prey and quietly considers how to claim a share, while remaining puzzled by the combatants’ choices.
• The Golden Sacred Dragon shifts from fear and concealment to bold defiance when his barrier falls. His last-resort fusion restores his strength, though it appears unsustainable.
• Spirit Consort demonstrates extraordinary power and persistence. She continues attacking despite the dragon’s threat and then fuses with her summoned Spirit Body to confront him directly.
• The nearby cultivators provide information about the dragon’s rarity and abilities, while their greed reflects the danger gathering around it.

Significant themes

• Greed and temptation: The dragon’s value makes nearly everyone around it consider exploiting or consuming it.
• Power and vulnerability: Even exceptional beings rely on defenses, allies, or special techniques—and those advantages can fail.
• Risk and ambition: The chapter frames boldness as potentially rewarding but also fatal, as the Golden Sacred Dragon’s decision to enter the conflict leaves him surrounded by enemies.
• Uncertain motives: Daochen cannot understand why the dragon stays with the crowd instead of fleeing, emphasizing that the combatants may have hidden goals.

Key plot points and events

• The Golden Sacred Dragon battles the Spirit Consort and her allies, but his power is waning. A Dragon Demon detonates itself and infects the Spirit Consort’s strongest Spirit Beast with demonic qi, taking control of it and sharply weakening her.
• The Golden Sacred Dragon’s guards and other Dragon Demons join the fight. Peng Tan, Yuan Tao, and Hu Ben protect the Spirit Consort, while the attackers realize killing the dragon will be difficult.
• Hiding his identity and suppressing his aura, Demon Emperor Daochen uses the Heavenly Dao Saint King’s Sacred Light Blessing to cleanse the Spirit Beast. The Spirit Consort regains control, and the beast’s power produces numerous copies. Daochen then disappears.
• The Spirit Consort turns the tide, attacks the Golden Sacred Dragon, and urges the gathered experts to help kill him. Dragon Demons seize control of several Spirit Beast duplicates, but masked perfection-realm experts block the dragon’s escape and behead him.
• As the victors begin eyeing the corpse and one another, a terrifying aura suddenly appears beside them.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen acts covertly and decisively, using his knowledge of Dragon Demons and a sacred technique that directly counters their demonic qi. He avoids revealing himself.
• The Spirit Consort moves from severe disadvantage to renewed confidence after Daochen frees her Spirit Beast. She openly commits to killing the Golden Sacred Dragon and accepts the political danger.
• The Golden Sacred Dragon shifts from defiant confidence to desperation as his strength fades and his escape is cut off; he dies cursing those who attacked him.
• Peng Tan, Yuan Tao, and Hu Ben protect the Spirit Consort and engage the Golden Sacred Dragon’s guards, while masked experts cooperate to finish the dragon.

Significant themes

• Hidden power and intervention: Daochen’s unseen aid changes the battle’s outcome.
• Power, knowledge, and countermeasures: Understanding the Dragon Demons’ technique—and possessing the right sacred ability—overcomes their control.
• Greed and shifting alliances: The experts unite to kill the dragon for the advancement his death may enable, then immediately turn wary of one another.
• Political consequences: The Spirit Consort knowingly risks Dragon Abyss’s retaliation, while the dying dragon invokes it as a final threat.

Plot and major events

• A masked powerhouse defeats the gathering’s resistance long enough to take the Golden Sacred Dragon’s head and part of its tail, then disappears. The Demon Emperor also slips away, concealing his aura.
• Spirit Consort claims half of the dragon’s remaining body, while the other powerhouses divide the rest. Hidden cultivators rush in to drink the scattered Dragon Blood, accepting that doing so may make them targets of the Dragon Abyss.
• Enraged by the Golden Sacred Dragon’s death, a Half-Step Hongmeng powerhouse in the Dragon Abyss calls for war against Abyssal Demon City. Dragons mobilize toward the city.
• Spirit Consort confirms that the dragon’s flesh will let her complete her evolution and advance toward Half-Step Hongmeng. The Abyssal Demon Seeds prepare for war, hoping to use the rare dragon remains to strengthen their race.
• Back at the Saha gathering place, Demon Emperor Daochen finds that dragon meat has greatly advanced his body’s evolution. Chaos Heaven reports that a mouthful of Dragon Blood has brought him to Perfection Realm, though he doubts his weak foundation will let him reach Hongmeng.

Character developments and interactions

• Spirit Consort overcomes her reluctance to challenge the masked powerhouse, then confidently stakes her advancement on the dragon’s remains. Her ambition helps turn the conflict into a coming war.
• Demon Emperor Daochen benefits enormously from the dragon meat: his internal organs evolve, bringing him closer to Perfection Realm. He remains modest about his gains when Chaos Heaven remarks on them.
• Chaos Heaven reaches Perfection Realm but recognizes that his earlier shortcuts left his foundation unstable. Daochen encourages him, praising his achievement and urging him to uphold the Primordial World’s standing.
• The Dragon Abyss responds to the killing with fury, while Abyssal Demon City’s Half-Step Hongmeng leader dismisses the threat and backs Spirit Consort.
• At the Saha gathering, cultivators trade dramatic accounts of the battle, eager to discuss what they missed.

Significant themes

• Power and ambition: The dragon’s remains are coveted as a means of rapid advancement, motivating both individual breakthroughs and preparations for war.
• The cost of shortcuts: Chaos Heaven’s quick rise brings immediate strength but leaves him doubtful about his long-term prospects.
• Dangerous rewards: The cultivators knowingly consume Dragon Blood despite the likelihood of retaliation from the Dragon Abyss.
• Escalating conflict: The struggle over the Golden Sacred Dragon’s body turns a single killing into a looming confrontation between major powers.

Plot points

• Survivors recount the battle in which the Golden Sacred Dragon was killed, crediting a masked expert with purifying demonic qi and an overwhelmingly powerful figure with taking the dragon’s head. One cultivator says he drank scattered dragon blood and gained a major increase in soul power, beginning a breakthrough toward a perfect soul.
• Duanmu Zhang recruits cultivators who consumed the blood, offering them elder status and support from the Duanmu Clan. He gathers nearly all of them before other groups can arrive.
• Scarlet Feather explains to Demon Emperor Daochen why Golden Sacred Dragons are so prized: their blood can greatly improve potential, and their rare lineage gives the Dragon Abyss the means to strengthen its dragons. Their rarity and slow reproduction make every death a serious loss.
• Daochen realizes that Chaos Heaven also benefited from dragon blood. He says the young man has reached the Perfection Realm and is consolidating his cultivation, while privately deciding to keep the dragon flesh and blood for Nüwa, Qingchan, and Qingxuan.
• Scarlet Feather warns Daochen to keep Chaos Heaven’s improvement secret, then remarks that Daochen’s bloodline feels familiar. Daochen suspects Scarlet Feather may have recognized a connection to one of the masked experts, but dismisses the hint with a false story about his unknown parents and absent brothers.

Character developments and interactions

• The dragon-blood cultivator rises from an ordinary Perfection Realm fighter to a promising contender, gaining the Duanmu Clan’s patronage.
• Duanmu Zhang uses the dragon blood’s value to recruit talent quickly, securing an advantage over arriving factions.
• Scarlet Feather shows knowledge of the Golden Sacred Dragons’ importance and concern for Daochen’s safety and Chaos Heaven’s future.
• Daochen is protective and strategic: he keeps the most valuable dragon remains for a select few, hides Chaos Heaven’s gains, and conceals his reaction to Scarlet Feather’s observation.
• Daochen and Scarlet Feather share a cautious exchange. Scarlet Feather probes Daochen’s lineage; Daochen evades the implication without openly confronting him.

Significant themes

• Power and opportunity: A rare resource can transform an individual’s prospects and attract powerful patrons.
• Rarity and survival: The Golden Sacred Dragons’ scarcity makes them both coveted and essential to the Dragon Abyss’s strength.
• Secrecy and suspicion: Gains must be guarded, and hints of hidden identities or bloodline ties remain unresolved.

Key plot points and events

• Scarlet Feather visits Demon Emperor Daochen, urges him to nurture Chaos Heaven, then leaves. Daochen suspects Scarlet Feather came to investigate the Golden Sacred Dragon’s death and may be one of the masked men. Since Daochen has already eaten the dragon’s flesh, he decides the suspicion no longer matters.
• Daochen takes six thousand cultivators to the World Battlefield to complete a warrior mission. With the battlefield crowded by experts searching for traces of dragon blood, his forces ambush travelers near Dragon Abyss. After three days, they have killed more than two thousand Great Accomplishment Realm cultivators, earning a fearsome reputation.
• The Dragon Clan surrounds the Abyssal Demon Seed World and declares war on Abyssal Demon City over the Golden Sacred Dragon’s death. Demon Seed God Pandas refuses to punish those who took the dragon’s flesh, arguing that the strong prey on the weak. He and the Dragon Clan Ancestor—also called the Dragon Emperor—leave the city to fight away from the younger combatants.
• The conflict escalates into a war between Six-Star Worlds. King Anan of the Saha World declares all-out war on Dragon Abyss, and his forces—including Daochen’s battalion—are conscripted.
• Rather than attack Dragon Abyss directly, King Anan goes to Abyssal Demon City, seeking to stop the conflict. He argues that the Golden Sacred Dragon entered the battlefield at its own risk and that the established rules should apply. The Dragon Emperor rejects his reasoning and launches an attack that engulfs both Anan and Pandas.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen remains calculating and guarded. He suspects Scarlet Feather’s motives, but focuses on survival and the mission; the sudden world-level war leaves him anxious about whether he can protect his troops.
• Scarlet Feather shows interest in Chaos Heaven’s newly enhanced potential and may be probing Daochen about the dragon affair.
• Pandas stands by his allies and refuses to sacrifice them, despite the danger his decision brings to Abyssal Demon City.
• King Anan acts as a mediator, trying to halt the war before both sides suffer severe losses.
• The Dragon Emperor is uncompromising, insisting that Golden Sacred Dragons are protected by special rules and treating their death as grounds for war.

Significant themes

• Power and predation: Pandas invokes the principle that the strong devour the weak, while the Dragon Clan claims its own sacred rules override that logic.
• Escalation and consequences: One Golden Sacred Dragon’s death triggers a conflict involving entire worlds and forces ordinary cultivators into a much larger war.
• Self-interest and strategic calculation: The Dragon Clan’s defense of its Golden Sacred Dragons is tied to their role in strengthening the race; meanwhile, other factions weigh the risks of confronting Dragon Abyss.
• Rules versus survival: The characters disagree over whether the battlefield’s usual dangers apply to a Golden Sacred Dragon or whether its status demands special protection.

Key plot points and events

• During King Anan’s battle, he learns that the Silent Netherworld has launched a surprise attack on the Saha World, attempting to break its barrier. The Saha forces abandon the battlefield and rush home.
• Scarlet Feather tells Demon Emperor Daochen that the Saha World needs help. Daochen recognizes that Dragon Abyss and the Silent Netherworld together pose a major threat.
• The conflict widens: the Water Kingdom and Saint King Manor enter the war, but fight each other. Saint King Manor supports the Saha World, while the Water Kingdom keeps it occupied, leaving the Saha side at a disadvantage.
• The Silent Forest and other regions are invaded, with the Silent Netherworld deploying its slave worlds in a broad assault.
• Scarlet Feather and the Crimson Feather Race’s ancestor visit Daochen. They ask to use his pure bloodline as a catalyst to help the ancestor complete his ancestral return and reach half-step Hongmeng.
• Daochen initially demands control over a portion of the ancestor’s origin as protection. The ancestor agrees, but Daochen ultimately declines to take it, choosing to trust him. The bloodline breakthrough begins, though its result is not yet shown.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shows strategic awareness as he assesses the shifting alliances and growing danger. He also balances caution with confidence: he asks for mutual safeguards, then decides the Crimson Feather Race’s intentions are trustworthy.
• Scarlet Feather reveals that the race’s past support for the Primordial World was partly intended to help its ancestor advance. He offers protection for the Primordial World in return for Daochen’s help.
• The Crimson Feather ancestor demonstrates decisiveness and a willingness to accept risk, agreeing to Daochen’s proposed safeguard without hesitation.
• Their exchange marks a shift from an earlier relationship of assistance to an explicit bargain based on trust and mutual benefit.

Significant themes

• Unstable alliances and escalating war: Long-standing expectations of neutrality and cooperation break down as more worlds join the conflict.
• Trust balanced against self-preservation: Daochen seeks a safeguard before helping, but ultimately chooses faith over control.
• Mutual obligation and strategic dependence: The Crimson Feather Race needs Daochen’s bloodline, while the Primordial World may benefit from the ancestor’s future strength and protection.

Key plot points and events

• The Crimson Feather ancestor explains that, despite a lifetime of pursuing bloodline power, he has been unable to overcome the final barrier to the Hongmeng Realm. An unwanted trace in his bloodline has kept him from attaining the pure-blooded Golden Crow’s ultimate yang fire.
• Following the ancestor’s instructions, Demon Emperor Daochen lets him drink his blood. The ancestor regains his original Golden Crow form, but the newly awakened ultimate yang fire burns him painfully as he struggles to merge with it.
• The ancestor eventually completes his bloodline evolution. His eyes lose their bloody tint, his aura becomes more noble and powerful, and he credits Daochen for making a future breakthrough possible.
• The evolution immediately triggers a breakthrough. The group leaves the Primordial World and the Silent Forest’s illusory realm, then watches as the ancestor begins advancing toward Half-Step Hongmeng.
• During the process, the ancestor’s perfect body and soul begin fusing. Observing this gives Daochen new insight into his own cultivation.

Character developments and interactions

• Crimson Feather ancestor: Moves from frustration over a seemingly unreachable bloodline barrier to successful purification and an imminent realm breakthrough. He willingly endures the pain of merging with the ultimate yang fire and expresses gratitude to Daochen.
• Demon Emperor Daochen: Though uncomfortable with the idea of his blood being used for another’s evolution, he helps the ancestor and carefully observes the breakthrough. He realizes his own body-and-soul relationship may be blocking his physical evolution.
• Scarlet Feather: Watches the transformation with confusion at first, then follows Daochen’s guidance and helps ensure the breakthrough happens safely outside the dangerous illusory realm.
• Daochen and Scarlet Feather act cautiously alongside the ancestor, withdrawing from the Primordial World and Silent Forest to protect him while his aura and soul are vulnerable.

Significant themes

• Purity, evolution, and hidden potential: The ancestor’s missing ingredient was not simply greater bloodline purity, but the ultimate yang fire that defines the true Golden Crow.
• Pain as the price of transformation: The ancestor’s evolution requires enduring the scorching fire before he can claim its power.
• Observation and self-knowledge: Witnessing another’s breakthrough helps Daochen reconsider the limits of his own cultivation path.
• Secrecy and political caution: Half-Step Hongmeng cultivators conceal their strength, keeping the Six-Star Worlds from risking an all-out war whose true costs are unknown.

Daochen’s insight

Daochen concludes that breaking through to Half-Step Hongmeng involves bringing a perfect body and soul into fusion. Since his own body and soul have already fused once—and separating them harms his body—he considers a different approach: perfecting both while still in the great-accomplishment realm. This may explain why consuming dragon meat has failed to advance his body as expected: his soul could be the obstacle.