Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• The Core Brain and Human Sovereign Fuxi agree that protecting the Primordial World’s Heavenly Dao is essential. They decide to gather their resources and relocate together to the Primordial World, though the Beastfolk cannot join the Independent Alliance without the Demon Emperor’s authorization.
• Ghost Grandson forces Demon Emperor Daochen into a staged fight with a Nine-Headed Hellhound, supposedly as punishment for passing through his territory. Daochen and the Hellhound secretly cooperate: the Hellhound appears to kill Daochen, allowing them both to escape Ghost Grandson’s control.
• Afterward, the Hellhound chooses Daochen as his master. He explains that Hellhounds are a summoning race whose members independently select worthy masters. Daochen accepts him as a mount but cannot arrange contracts for his whole race.
• Riding the Hellhound, Daochen travels through dangerous Hellhound territories to the Light God Clan. He seeks the technology for making great-accomplishment god puppets.
• A Light God Clan powerhouse reveals that the Kings are nearly finished evolving into great-accomplishment gods. Shocked, Daochen realizes events are unfolding far faster than he expected.

Character developments and interactions

• Fuxi and the Core Brain move from discussion to a shared commitment to defend their home, even at the cost of their lives.
• Daochen survives through speed, deception, and quick negotiation. Though surprised that the Hellhound chooses him, he tries to turn the arrangement into a broader alliance before accepting the individual contract.
• The Nine-Headed Hellhound shows intelligence and independence beneath his fawning manner: he helps Daochen fool Ghost Grandson, then chooses a master based on his own judgment.
• Ghost Grandson mistakes the staged death for a genuine victory and leaves satisfied.
• Daochen and the Light God Clan representative conduct a tense but civil exchange, with the representative warning him that the puppet technology may soon lose its relevance.

Significant themes

• Protecting home and the future: The Primordial World’s survival motivates the alliance’s plans.
• Adaptability and deception: Daochen and the Hellhound outwit a stronger authority by performing the outcome Ghost Grandson wants to see.
• Choice and mutual benefit: Hellhounds choose their own masters, while Daochen seeks cooperation that could benefit both his race and theirs.
• Rapid change and uncertainty: The Kings’ unexpectedly swift evolution threatens to make Daochen’s mission obsolete.

Plot points

• Demon Emperor Daochen learns that the Dead are absorbing Divine Light faster, causing the Divine Gate to dim. The Light God Clan explains that this may speed the Dead’s evolution, but the gate’s ten-thousand-year duration is fixed by law, so the Blood War will not end early.
• Daochen buys the Light God Clan’s technology for Great Accomplishment God puppets, paying with supplies to make up for a shortage of nine-star origin.
• The Light God Clan warns him that a powerful Abyss Empire faction forbids contracts with Hellhounds and will attack anyone who makes one. Daochen acknowledges the risk but insists that his existing contract cannot be broken.
• Daochen rides his Nine-Headed Hellhound back toward the Primordial World, hiding in its fur. They pass through Hellhound and Ghoul territory without being harmed.
• Ghost Grandson spots the Hellhound and, hoping to become its master, chases it. The Hellhound flees to keep Daochen hidden; their pursuit cuts a half-month journey to one week before Ghost Grandson finally stops near the Independent Alliance.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen prioritizes returning quickly over bargaining, accepts the political danger attached to his Hellhound contract, and remains committed to keeping his word. He also acts cautiously by hiding during the trip.
• The Light God Clan expert is both a technology seller and a source of political intelligence. His pride in his clan’s technological success gives way to a serious warning about the Hellhound ban.
• The Nine-Headed Hellhound protects Daochen’s secret by fleeing Ghost Grandson, though its panic makes the chase conspicuous.
• Ghost Grandson, recalling his earlier fight with the Hellhound, turns that history into hopeful ambition: he believes he might persuade it to choose him as master. His pursuit becomes an unintended comic complication.

Significant themes

• Technology as power and commerce: The Light God Clan sells its inventions widely, including to the Abyss Empire, helping shape the balance between rival empires.
• Loyalty and obligation: Daochen refuses to dissolve a contract even when it may bring powerful enemies.
• Political risk and security: A seemingly personal choice—contracting with a Hellhound—has consequences for entire races.
• Comic misunderstanding and irony: Ghost Grandson interprets the Hellhound’s desperate escape as a reason to chase it harder, while Daochen hides just out of sight.

Key plot points and events

• After escaping the Ghouls’ territory, Demon Emperor Daochen senses something ominous near the Primordial World and urges the nine-headed hound to hurry there.
• In the Independent Alliance, the Dead return after completing their evolution into Great Accomplishment Gods. The Ant Race’s newly evolved fighters are still awaiting birth, leaving the defensive line exposed.
• The Core Brain and Human Sovereign Fuxi organize the defense. Beastfolk Beast Kings and Emperors help stabilize one front, but the other sides continue to collapse under the Dead’s reckless, seemingly suicidal assault.
• Fuxi orders a retreat and activates the Alliance’s superweapon network. Energy nets annihilate waves of attackers, though the weapons rapidly consume power.
• The Dead try to bypass the blockade with terrain techniques, only to run into concealed underground barriers. Fuxi ultimately orders the weapons shut down and the enemy allowed inside, judging that continued firing would waste precious energy.

Character developments and interactions

• Ant Race Overlord: Anxious for the Alliance to hold out until its children are born, and relies on the Core Brain’s forces to buy time.
• Core Brain: Shows growing understanding of the Primordial World and its Overlords, while coordinating the defense and making difficult choices about weapons and retreat.
• Human Sovereign Fuxi: Takes a pragmatic, increasingly severe approach as losses mount—first preparing an evacuation and then conserving energy by letting the Dead advance.
• Beastfolk leaders: Under the Behemoth Beast Emperor, they strengthen one threatened front, demonstrating their importance to the Alliance.
• The Dead’s taunts and apparent delight in battle reveal their fanaticism and disregard for their own destruction.

Significant themes

• Attrition and sacrifice: The Alliance’s puppet forces are expendable, but every loss weakens its defenses.
• Resourceful strategy versus overwhelming numbers: Superweapons and hidden barriers slow the Dead, yet limited energy and the enemy’s terrain skills prevent an easy victory.
• Cooperation under pressure: Ants, Beastfolk, puppets, and the Wisdom Race must coordinate to survive.
• Pragmatism in crisis: Fuxi’s final order favors conserving resources over maintaining an apparently powerful defense.

Plot and events

• The alliance follows Fuxi’s plan to lure the suicidal Dead deeper into the underground defenses, where the Superweapon can strike them. The weapon kills many enemies, but the alliance’s defensive line keeps shrinking.
• After half a month, origin energy is running low, and the energy net is too costly to use. The Ant Race’s newly born offspring prove too inexperienced to match the Dead’s battle-hardened fighters.
• The leaders debate retreating to the Primordial World. The Wisdom Race’s Core Brain warns that relying on its Heavenly Dao would drain the world’s origin, so retreat must remain a last resort.
• Spirit Realm Teacher proposes opening a passage to escape and retrieve resources from other bases. The alliance agrees that the Behemoth Beast Emperor must protect him.
• The two break through the blockade. Teacher then reveals that he understands the Beast Emperor’s real motive for leaving: avoiding being trapped if the situation worsens. He also suggests the Beast Emperor carries the seeds of every race within his body.

Character developments and interactions

• Fuxi remains determined, insisting that the alliance can endure with its remaining puppets and that the Demon Emperor may return.
• The Ant Race Overlord recognizes that the Ant Race cannot compensate for the alliance’s dwindling strength, and learns that defending the Primordial World would carry its own serious cost.
• The Behemoth Beast Emperor is shaken by the Dead’s suicidal fighting style and repeatedly worries about the alliance’s prospects. Though he agrees to protect Teacher, his private priority is securing a way out.
• Spirit Realm Teacher proves perceptive and quietly confronts the Beast Emperor about his motives, hinting at the importance of the racial seeds he carries.
• The other leaders find the Beast Emperor’s fearfulness damaging to morale, but reassure him that the Beastfolk will be safe while he is gone.

Significant themes

• Survival under scarcity: The alliance must weigh every weapon, resource, and possible retreat.
• Duty versus self-preservation: The Beast Emperor’s concern for escape contrasts with the others’ efforts to hold the line.
• The cost of victory: Even retreating to the Primordial World could damage its origin, showing that no option is without consequences.
• Strength beyond combat: Experience, strategy, and knowledge matter as much as raw power against the Dead.

Plot points and events

• Spirit Realm Teacher reveals that the Demon Emperor anticipated the Beastfolk might flee and left contingency plans in the fifth and sixth bases, including suicidal Primordial God puppets.
• The Demon Emperor also prepared a powerful auxiliary mecha for the Behemoth Beast Emperor and asked him to lure the Dead’s Great Accomplishment Gods toward the sixth base, where a self-destruct formation could destroy them.
• Unsure whether the plan would endanger him—and aware that the Beastfolk’s survival depended on him—the Beast Emperor eventually agrees to take the risk.
• The mecha boosts his combat abilities far beyond expectations. He repeatedly attacks the Dead’s forces, retreats to the sixth base, and draws pursuers into battles with the puppets.
• After two days of heavy fighting and major losses among the Dead, a larger group of enraged Great Accomplishment Gods heads for the base. Suicidal Primordial Gods appear behind the Beast Emperor, setting up the next stage of the trap.

Character development

• Behemoth Beast Emperor: Moves from suspicion and fear to a calculated gamble, choosing to protect his people rather than flee. The mecha’s effectiveness strengthens his confidence in the plan.
• Spirit Realm Teacher: Acts as the Demon Emperor’s trusted messenger and openly stakes his own credibility on the Demon Emperor’s reliability.
• Demon Emperor: Though absent, is shown as a strategic planner who prepares for betrayal and equips allies, while his character is described as kind toward his own people and ruthless toward enemies.

Themes

• Trust under pressure: The Beast Emperor must decide whether to trust the Demon Emperor when the consequences could determine his people’s survival.
• Loyalty and responsibility: His choice reflects the burden of leadership and the need to protect the Beastfolk.
• Preparation and sacrifice: The Demon Emperor’s contingencies and the suicidal puppets show that survival may require carefully planned risks and expendable forces.

Character interactions

• The Beast Emperor challenges Spirit Realm Teacher about the plan’s dangers; Spirit Realm Teacher cannot force him and instead appeals to trust in the Demon Emperor.
• Once persuaded, the Beast Emperor and Spirit Realm Teacher coordinate a strategy: the Beast Emperor provokes and lures the Dead, while the teacher supports him with puppet forces.
• The Dead’s Great Accomplishment Gods respond to the trap with collective fury, turning their desire for revenge into the next threat.

Key plot points and events

• The Behemoth Beast Emperor and the Spirit Realm Teacher lure a huge force of Great Accomplishment Gods to the Sixth Base, where suicidal Primordial God puppets wear down the attackers.
• Following the Demon Emperor’s plan, the Beast Emperor stays inside rather than breaking out. Once the enemy reaches a critical threshold, the Spirit Realm Teacher leaves and the Beast Emperor triggers a massive explosion at the base.
• The blast destroys many attackers but leaves the Beast Emperor gravely injured. The Spirit Realm Teacher retrieves him through an underground passage and begins treating him, discovering that he survived and protected the space containing his people’s seeds.
• The surviving Great Accomplishment Gods respond to the loss of their comrades with even greater fury and launch a renewed assault on the Independent Alliance.
• Exhausted defenders retreat toward the Primordial World. Fuxi and the other leaders realize they cannot hold the line, while the Ant Race organizes defenses and the Wisdom Race laments their dwindling resources.
• Hearing the explosion, the Demon Emperor rushes back toward the Primordial World. There, Hongjun prepares to face the enemy’s final advance.

Character developments

• Behemoth Beast Emperor: Follows the Demon Emperor’s strategy despite not understanding it, showing how much he now relies on the Demon Emperor. He accepts the explosion without resisting and, even near death, prioritizes protecting the seeds of his race.
• Spirit Realm Teacher: Carries out the plan, escapes the blast, and takes responsibility for saving the Beast Emperor. His confidence gives way to worry about how long they can survive.
• Demon Emperor: Remains away until the explosion alerts him to the danger, then hurries back to aid the defenders.
• Fuxi and the allied leaders: Their exhaustion and helplessness become clear as they order a retreat and confront the possibility that their defenses may fail.
• Hongjun: Takes position as the Primordial World’s final major defender, gathering the power of the Heavenly Dao.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and loyalty: The Beast Emperor risks his life to protect his people’s future.
• Trust under uncertainty: He follows the Demon Emperor’s instructions without knowing the full plan.
• Escalating desperation: The explosion buys a moment at enormous cost, but provokes the enemy rather than ending the threat.
• The limits of resistance: Even powerful, evolved defenders face exhaustion, depleted resources, and overwhelming odds.
• Hope amid catastrophe: The Beast Emperor survives, and the Demon Emperor is returning, but the coming assault remains dire.

Character interactions

• The Spirit Realm Teacher coordinates with the Beast Emperor, signals him when the time is right, and later rescues and treats him.
• The Beast Emperor’s obedience to the Demon Emperor’s plan reflects their growing reliance and trust.
• Fuxi and the allied leaders coordinate a retreat as their forces falter; the Ant Race and Wisdom Race leaders voice their fear and frustration.
• The Demon Emperor reacts to the blast by ordering the hellhound to speed back, while Hongjun stands ready to confront the attackers’ final charge.

Key plot points and events

• The Primordial World faces a swarm of Great Accomplishment God dead. Human Sovereign Fuxi invokes the Human Race’s accumulated faith, summoning fortune golden dragons that empower the lawless Primordial God Puppets. The puppets repel the first wave.
• Fuxi warns that the dragons draw on a limited reserve of faith and may only sustain the defense for three days. They cannot empower the Ant Race warriors, whose own Great Daos protect them.
• As the monsters renew their reckless assault, Fuxi and the Core Brain prepare a full Superweapon fire network to support the puppet defenses.
• Demon Emperor Daochen reaches the devastated Sixth Base and destroys the Great Accomplishment Gods surrounding it with the surviving nine-headed Hellhound’s Perfect God-level flames. He finds Spirit Realm Teacher alive and learns the Primordial World is holding, for now.
• Daochen prioritizes establishing a production line for Great Accomplishment God puppets. Since the Sixth Base is destroyed, he orders the group to open the Seventh Base, where materials are stored.
• Daochen revives the badly damaged Behemoth Beast Emperor and rouses him from unconsciousness. The Beast Emperor recalls detonating Daochen’s explosives but not what happened afterward. The chapter ends as they arrive at the supply-rich Seventh Base.

Character developments and interactions

• Fuxi demonstrates strategic leadership and realism: he deploys the fortune dragons to strengthen the puppets, but clearly explains the defense’s time limit and constraints.
• Daochen is decisive and practical, focusing on puppet production rather than immediately joining the defense. He also shows his power by destroying attackers, restoring the Beast Emperor’s body, and waking him through a soul-shaking command.
• The Behemoth Beast Emperor survives the explosion but is left physically and mentally impaired. He is shaken by the explosives’ force, while Daochen teases him for underestimating the danger.
• Spirit Realm Teacher greets Daochen with relief and enthusiasm, then welcomes the plan to manufacture more puppets.

Significant themes

• Strength through collective faith: The Human Race’s accumulated belief can temporarily transform weak puppets into formidable defenders.
• Limits and trade-offs: The fortune dragons offer only a short-lived advantage, while individual Great Accomplishment Gods cannot benefit from them.
• Preparation over brute force: Both Fuxi’s defensive network and Daochen’s focus on mass-producing puppets show that survival depends on planning and resources.
• The cost of overwhelming power: Daochen’s explosives are potent enough to devastate a base and nearly kill a Perfect God, underscoring their danger.

Plot points

• At the Seventh Branch Base, the Demon Emperor begins studying the technical data for a Great Accomplishment God production line. Because key materials are missing, he sends the Spirit Realm Teacher and another companion to collect supplies from the Eighth and Ninth Bases while he works alongside Mechanical Race members.
• In the Primordial World, the defense weakens after three days of attacks, and many Primordial God Puppets are lost. Human Sovereign Fuxi orders Ant Race warriors to replace them.
• The Ant Race warriors charge fearlessly and briefly push the enemy back, but the Great Accomplishment God dead prove stronger and more experienced.
• Fuxi and Heavenly Dao Hongjun unleash the Primordial World’s destructive divine thunder. It wipes out the attackers with precision while sparing the Ant Race, but Fuxi warns that using such power consumes too much of the world’s origin to be sustained.
• The invaders are startled and briefly frightened, yet resume their attacks. Over the following month, both sides continue battling in a costly stalemate. By the chapter’s end, the Primordial World is faltering, the Ant Race’s losses are nearly outpacing its replacements, and its defenders anxiously await the Demon Emperor.

Character developments and interactions

• The Demon Emperor shows formidable technical skill and a deep sense of responsibility: although the Mechanical Race could handle the analysis, he stays involved to ensure it progresses quickly.
• Fuxi acts pragmatically, conserving the dwindling puppet forces and later tempering the defenders’ confidence by explaining the limits of the world’s strongest attack.
• Hongjun supports Fuxi by preparing the laws’ destructive power.
• The Ant Race Overlord and his warriors demonstrate courage and sacrifice, but the Overlord’s anguish grows as his forces suffer mounting casualties.
• The invaders are momentarily shaken by the Primordial World’s power, but their immortality and aggression soon overcome their fear.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and courage: The Ant Race fights despite knowing the cost.
• Power with limits: The divine thunder is devastating, but its enormous energy cost prevents repeated use.
• Growth and resilience: Both the Demon Emperor and the Primordial World have been developing in strength.
• Hope under mounting pressure: The defenders hold on, but their survival increasingly depends on the Demon Emperor’s return.

Plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen watches the Primordial World’s defensive line and realizes the dead Great Accomplishment Gods are acting unnaturally fearlessly. Blood-red eyes suggest they are being controlled.
• After a month of observation, he spots insects emerging from a Great Accomplishment God and assembling into humanlike figures. He identifies them as the Witchcraft Insect Gods, a race known for controlling hosts.
• Daochen mobilizes the Spirit Realm Teacher, the Behemoth Beast Emperor, Nine Heads, and an army of Great Accomplishment God puppets. His forces hold off the controlled dead while targeting the Insect Gods themselves.
• Once the exposed Insect Gods are defeated, many of the dead regain control. Daochen then uses subtle traces left by the insects to find and surround hidden ones. Their defeat weakens the remaining attackers, though some are still influenced, suggesting undiscovered Insect Gods remain.

Character developments

• Daochen proves patient and observant, waiting until he understands the threat before acting. He uses his knowledge of the Insect Gods’ weaknesses and his allies’ strengths to take control of the battle.
• The controlled Great Accomplishment Gods shift from seemingly fearless attackers to confused, unwilling combatants once the insects’ influence falters.
• Daochen’s allies take on coordinated defensive roles: the Beast Emperor and Nine Heads hold back the charging dead, while the puppets help surround and destroy the Insect Gods.

Character interactions

• Daochen coordinates his allies through direct orders, assigning each a specific role.
• The Insect Gods control the dead Great Accomplishment Gods and drive them to attack the defenders—and later to try to rescue their controllers.
• As the Insect Gods are eliminated, their control over the dead weakens, changing the balance of the battle in Daochen’s favor.

Significant themes

• Observation and strategy: Daochen’s patience and attention to detail reveal the true enemy and its method.
• Control and agency: The dead are dangerous not simply by choice, but because their wills and bodies are manipulated.
• Knowledge as power: Records from the Angel Race enable Daochen to recognize the Insect Gods and discover how to expose them.
• Tactical leadership: Attacking the force controlling the horde proves more effective than fighting its pawns alone.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points

• After the Witchcraft Insect God Race’s influence was broken, the great-accomplishment god dead withdrew from their assault on the Primordial World. Demon Emperor Daochen returned, revealing that he had been hunting the race behind the attackers’ unusually relentless behavior.
• Daochen explained that the insect gods had manipulated many of the dead and sought to destroy the Primordial World. He praised the world’s leaders for holding together in his absence.
• He thanked the Ant Race Overlord and the Wisdom Race’s Core Brain for helping defend the world, and gave them techniques for making great-accomplishment god puppets. They said they lacked the resources to use them, so Daochen left behind supplies and puppets.
• Believing the weakening Gate of Divine Light might be sustaining the calamity, Daochen proposed investigating it. He and the Behemoth Beast Emperor, accompanied by Nine Heads, approached the gate.
• Daochen sensed a powerful living being trapped beyond it, apparently calling for help. He and the Behemoth Beast Emperor struck the gate until it cracked.
• A giant hand forced the gate open from the other side, but the portal slammed shut and severed the being’s head. The ox-headed captive, Caesar, survived and celebrated his escape from imprisonment by the Abyss and Angel Empires.
• Daochen examined Caesar’s detached head, estimating that he was at least a grand ancestor god. Caesar was astonished that Daochen could touch him.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen returns as a confident leader, but also shows gratitude and pride in the Primordial World’s unity. He rewards its defenders, makes preparations for continued attacks, and investigates the gate rather than assuming its purpose.
• The Core Brain and Ant Race Overlord are recognized for their service, though they modestly downplay their contributions and admit their forces are depleted.
• The Behemoth Beast Emperor eagerly joins Daochen in testing the gate, while most others decline, judging themselves too weak.
• Caesar enters the story as a powerful, furious escapee. His severed head’s survival and Daochen’s ability to handle him raise new questions about his nature and the gate.

Significant themes

• Unity and collective endurance: The Primordial World survived because its leaders and races cooperated, even under severe strain.
• Leadership and recognition: Daochen acknowledges those who protected the world and supports them with knowledge and resources.
• Escalation and mystery: The weakening gate may connect the dead’s invasion to a larger conflict, while Caesar’s imprisonment by two empires hints at a broader political struggle.

Key plot points and events

• The Demon Emperor discovers that Caesar, an ox-head rescued from the Divine Light Gate, exists in a separate layer of space. The Demon Emperor can nevertheless touch him, unlike the Behemoth Beast Emperor.
• Caesar restores his enormous body, then explains that the Angel Empire and Abyss Empire capture Grand Ancestor Gods from other races and use their origins to trigger calamities and the Ten-Thousand-Year Blood War.
• Caesar escaped by sacrificing an arm and leaving another body inside the Gate as a decoy. He hides inside one of the Nine-Headed Hellhound’s heads, sprouting horns that make it resemble an ox.
• The Demon Emperor infers that Caesar is only partly free: half his power or body remains in the Gate. Caesar recognizes the Demon Emperor’s unusual abilities but insists that his cultivation is far below his own.
• Asked how to survive the coming war, Caesar advises the Demon Emperor to flee and abandon his world. The Demon Emperor refuses, having reasons to stay.
• On seeing the Primordial World, Caesar discovers it has two awakened world-souls. Excited by its potential, he reverses course and asks to join—and become master of—the world, hoping to develop it into a rival to the two empires.

Character developments

• Demon Emperor Daochen remains daring and protective of his world. Though tactful around Caesar, he is willing to threaten him when Caesar seems dismissive, and he holds firm to his decision to defend the Primordial World.
• Caesar shifts from arrogant, guarded survivor to enthusiastic would-be ally once he sees the Primordial World. His escape remains precarious, and he is keenly aware of the Demon Emperor’s strange capabilities.
• The Nine-Headed Hellhound becomes Caesar’s temporary hiding place, though it has little agency in the encounter.

Significant themes

• Survival versus resistance: Caesar favors escape, while the Demon Emperor chooses to defend what matters to him.
• Power and vulnerability: Caesar is a Grand Ancestor God, yet his escape is incomplete and he must avoid drawing the Gate Guardian’s attention.
• Ambition and opportunity: The Primordial World’s awakened souls transform Caesar’s view of it from a place to abandon into a strategic base worth cultivating.
• Cunning and restraint: Both men gauge one another’s limits, balancing provocation with the need to avoid a disastrous confrontation.

Character interactions

• The Demon Emperor tests and questions Caesar, while Caesar probes the Demon Emperor’s nature and briefly tries to assert his superior status.
• Their tense exchange over Caesar’s advice nearly becomes a confrontation, but Caesar backs down rather than risk being recaptured.
• The Demon Emperor’s refusal to abandon his world initially puzzles Caesar; the world’s unusual qualities then persuade Caesar to seek a place within it.

Plot points and events

• Ox-Head Caesar earns the Heavenly Dao’s approval to join the Primordial World, receiving its origin mark. Hongjun clarifies that the approval was the Heavenly Dao’s decision, not his.
• Demon Emperor Daochen warns Caesar not to harm the world, while remaining cautious despite Caesar’s assurances.
• Daochen introduces Caesar to the Independent Alliance’s leaders: the Wisdom Race’s Core Brain Overlord and the Ant Race’s Gene Evolver, as well as Human Sovereign Fuxi.
• Caesar proposes taking the fortune golden dragon as his disciple, claiming he can teach it—and possibly others—to wield world power.
• He says Earthly Dao is the only other Overlord he considers notably strong, while the rest may study under him if they prove capable.
• Daochen invites Caesar to teach the Primordial World’s Overlords. Caesar agrees to give a lesson at Purple Heavens Palace in three days, and Fuxi is told to summon everyone.

Character developments

• Daochen remains vigilant about Caesar’s motives, but is willing to use his knowledge if it can strengthen the Primordial World.
• Caesar presents himself as sincerely committed to the world, yet his arrogance is unmistakable. His interest in joining is also tied to the chance to study and cultivate world power.
• Fuxi quickly understands Daochen’s plan and accepts the task of organizing the gathering.
• The Core Brain Overlord and Gene Evolver become more wary of challenging the Primordial World after learning that a Grand Ancestor God has joined it.

Themes and interactions

• The chapter explores trust and vigilance: Heavenly Dao approval suggests Caesar’s goodwill, but Daochen refuses to rely on it alone.
• Power and potential are central. Caesar argues that world power surpasses other forms of energy and could help the Primordial World resist the Angel Empire.
• Caesar’s lofty, condescending manner contrasts with Daochen’s practical restraint. Daochen tolerates the insults because the promised instruction could benefit the whole world.
• By inviting everyone to the lesson, Daochen turns Caesar’s arrival into an opportunity for the Primordial World to grow stronger.

Chapter Summary: “The Ghoul Invasion”

Key events

• Ghost Grandson discovers that a nine-headed Hellhound carries the fresh scent of an alien race. Suspecting the Hellhound serves a foreign master, he investigates and confirms that it works for someone outside the Abyss Empire and the Light God Clan.
• To uncover the Hellhound’s master, Ghost Grandson gathers a large ghoul force and negotiates passage through the territory of the dead. He persuades their leader—a Great Void God—to let the ghouls pass, invoking the threat of the Divine Gate Calamity and the powers able to sustain or destroy the Gate of Divine Light.
• Ghost Grandson leads the ghouls in an attack on the Independent Alliance, which includes the Primordial World. The dead, formerly hostile to the ghouls, unexpectedly let them through.
• Human Sovereign Fuxi warns Demon Emperor Daochen that the Primordial World is under attack. Daochen goes to the border, sees the dead and ghouls cooperating, and suspects another powerful force controls the dead.
• Daochen sets aside the mystery and directs the defense, deploying scarce Great Accomplishment God puppets alongside Primordial God Puppets. As he questions the ghouls’ apparent lack of strength, a giant hand suddenly reaches down to seize him.

Character developments and interactions

• Ghost Grandson proves observant and decisive: he follows up on a suspicious scent, then uses diplomacy and leverage to secure the dead’s cooperation.
• The leader of the dead resents being threatened but yields because his people depend on the Gate of Divine Light and fear the powers behind it.
• Demon Emperor Daochen shifts from puzzlement about how the ghouls crossed the dead’s territory to urgent defense of the Primordial World. His encounter with the descending hand leaves his immediate fate unresolved.
• Fuxi acts as the messenger who alerts Daochen and highlights the surprising alliance between the ghouls and the dead.

Significant themes

• Hidden loyalties and unseen controllers: The dead’s sudden cooperation suggests a powerful influence beyond the faction Daochen previously identified.
• Power and coercion: Ghost Grandson secures passage not through trust, but through shared fears and strategic threats.
• Scarcity and survival: The Primordial World’s defense is constrained by limited resources and too few powerful puppets.
• Escalating uncertainty: The ghouls’ motives and the mysterious force behind the dead remain unclear as the chapter ends on a direct attack against Daochen.

Plot points and events

• Ghost Grandson attacks Demon Emperor Daochen, but Caesar intervenes, revealing power on the level of a Great Void God. His warning about the Divine Light Gate makes Ghost Grandson hesitate.
• Caesar restrains Daochen and negotiates a settlement rather than risk escalating the conflict. Ghost Grandson demands tens of thousands of five-star origins as compensation for his lost standing, and the Ghouls withdraw.
• Caesar privately promises to teach Daochen more of his signature techniques in exchange for the origins. Daochen accepts, insisting that Caesar also teach him about world power.
• The armies of the dead resume surrounding the Primordial World but stop short of attacking. Daochen sees this uneasy calm as an opportunity to focus on learning.
• Daochen fills the Purple Heavens Palace and introduces Caesar as the teacher of a lecture on world power.

Character developments

• Daochen realizes his strength is falling behind and resolves to seek a breakthrough to the Primordial God realm. Though humiliated by the payment, he is reassured by Caesar’s promise of instruction and willingly becomes his student.
• Caesar demonstrates formidable strength but remains cautious, choosing negotiation over killing Ghost Grandson to avoid drawing more powerful enemies into the conflict. He is also reluctant to be pulled back into a life of captivity.
• Ghost Grandson backs down when confronted with Caesar’s aura and warning, but remains resentful and plans to return with reinforcements.

Themes

• Pragmatism over pride: Caesar makes concessions to prevent a wider war, while Daochen swallows an insult in exchange for a chance to grow stronger.
• Power and restraint: Strength matters, but using it carelessly can invite even greater threats.
• Learning and hierarchy: Daochen accepts that ability and knowledge—not status—should determine who teaches.
• Fear of enslavement and death: The dead armies and powerful gods resist the Divine Light Gate’s control, even when influenced toward battle.

Character interactions

• Caesar protects Daochen, then restrains him to keep him from reigniting the fight. Their private bargain turns the compensation into an exchange for lessons.
• Daochen and Ghost Grandson trade threats, but Caesar’s intervention forces a negotiated pause.
• Daochen publicly frames Caesar’s expertise as valuable to everyone, setting up a respectful lesson for the alliance.

Plot points and events

• Caesar teaches the overlords how to use world power, a rare force drawn from an entire world and normally accessible only to those recognized by it.
• He explains two techniques: World Armor, which forms protective armor, and World Spear, which concentrates world power into a devastating attack. World power can be retrieved and reused, but cannot ordinarily be created by converting other powers.
• The Demon Emperor, Daochen, questions Caesar about generating world power. Caesar says it would require the Heavenly Dao to absorb and transform other forces—a process he himself has not mastered.
• Daochen realizes that the Heavenly Dao’s cooperation could make world power easier to cultivate. Since he already has more world power than he can store, he focuses on learning to use it effectively.
• After three days of training, the overlords have learned both techniques. Daochen decides the Primordial World should train its people to use them, strengthening its defenses and ability to repel intruders.

Character developments and interactions

• Caesar enjoys the audience’s admiration and boasts about his discoveries. He mistakenly believes the group’s reverence is for him, when it is actually directed toward the Demon Emperor. Despite his pride, he gives useful instruction and answers Daochen’s questions.
• Daochen listens critically, identifies gaps in Caesar’s knowledge, and quickly grasps the strategic potential of world power. He shifts from using it in crude bursts to considering disciplined, collective training.
• The overlords come to appreciate the value of the power the Demon Emperor gave them and learn the new techniques together.

Significant themes

• Power and its limits: World power surpasses ordinary cultivation forces, but access to it is rare and depends on a world’s recognition.
• Knowledge through questioning: Daochen’s probing questions reveal both the limits of Caesar’s understanding and new possibilities for working with the Heavenly Dao.
• Collective strength and defense: Properly trained, the Primordial World’s people could turn a rare personal gift into a coordinated advantage.
• Pride and misrecognition: Caesar’s vanity creates a humorous contrast with the respect actually owed to Daochen.

Key plot points and events

• Ox-Head Caesar finishes teaching the use of world power, including strengthening the body by nourishing its cells. Demon Emperor Daochen ends the lesson before Caesar can launch into another story about himself.
• Caesar explains that Grand Ancestor Gods can wield world power and that powerful beings may exploit it to drain worlds or turn captives into test subjects. Daochen resolves to defy anyone who threatens him.
• Daochen asks how to become a Primordial God. Caesar says the breakthrough comes through fusing with the great void laws; Daochen’s lack of a bottleneck means he and his people may not yet have reached their potential, so they should keep cultivating.
• Confident that the Primordial World can now defend itself better, Caesar announces he is leaving to explore the Great Void. He admits he fears the Ghoul’s likely retaliation but argues he has already repaid the people who rescued him.
• Daochen resents Caesar’s departure but accepts that Caesar owes them nothing. Before leaving, Caesar warns that the Abyss Empire may discover the Primordial World’s intelligent Heavenly Dao—a dangerous trait associated with worlds that eventually challenge the great empires—and urges Daochen to flee.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shows growing self-reliance and defiance, but Caesar’s departure reveals that he had begun depending on him. He is angry at Caesar’s apparent reversal, yet recognizes Caesar’s past help and does not try to stop him.
• Caesar moves from teaching and boasting to openly acknowledging his fear of the Ghoul and his desire to leave. Although proud in front of Daochen, he privately believes the threat is serious. His final warning suggests concern for the Primordial World despite his decision to go.
• Daochen and Caesar clash over loyalty: Daochen sees Caesar as abandoning a world he had promised to help, while Caesar maintains he has fulfilled his obligations. Their parting is tense but not hostile.

Significant themes

• Self-reliance versus dependence: Daochen realizes that protection cannot rest on Caesar and resolves to face future threats himself.
• Power and exploitation: Greater strength may bring not freedom but enslavement, experimentation, or the destruction of one’s world.
• Growth takes time: A true breakthrough depends on reaching one’s limits and fusing with the laws, not forcing progress.
• Worlds and empire: An intelligent Heavenly Dao may make the Primordial World a target, foreshadowing a larger conflict with the Abyss Empire.

Key plot points and events

• Caesar leaves after the Demon Emperor admits he has no way to stop him. The Emperor returns to the Primordial World and pushes its people to train harder, hoping to strengthen it before the Divine Light Gate disaster ends in fewer than three thousand years.
• Ghost Grandson asks the Ghoul Clan’s grand ancestor god, Ghost Sage, to retaliate against Caesar and those who humiliated the ghouls. On seeing Caesar’s likeness, Ghost Sage recognizes him as an old enemy who has escaped from the Divine Light Gate—though he suspects only part of Caesar got out.
• Ghost Sage takes Ghost Grandson to the Independent Alliance, where Caesar has already fled. Discovering another intelligent newborn world, he orders the ghouls to seize it and sends Ghost Grandson back to mobilize troops.
• Caesar senses Ghost Sage pursuing him and hurries to escape. Meanwhile, Ghost Grandson assembles an army and orders it to capture the Primordial World within three days, provoking the assembled great void gods, who consider the deadline unrealistic.
• The Demon Emperor and his allies had anticipated a ghoul attack and were preparing for war, though the Emperor had hoped Ghost Grandson might show restraint.

Character developments and interactions

• The Demon Emperor recognizes his helplessness against Caesar but remains focused on saving the Primordial World through training and preparation.
• Caesar is revealed to be a notorious fugitive from the Divine Light Gate, pursued by Ghost Sage. His escape also exposes him to the Abyss Empire’s attention.
• Ghost Grandson turns his humiliation into an attempt to command the ghoul forces. Despite being mocked as a newly ascended expert, he invokes Ghost Sage’s authority and imposes a severe deadline.
• Ghost Sage shifts from investigating Caesar to pursuing him, while opportunistically ordering an attack on the newly discovered intelligent world. His relationship with Caesar is defined by deep hostility and a history the chapter only hints at.
• The ghoul great void gods resent Ghost Grandson’s authority and reject his timetable as foolish, but obey Ghost Sage’s order and march to war.

Significant themes

• Imminent catastrophe and preparation: The Primordial World faces a narrow window to grow stronger before disaster.
• Ambition and exploitation: Ghost Sage treats an intelligent world as a prize to conquer, while Ghost Grandson seeks revenge and standing within his clan.
• Power, authority, and resentment: Ghost Grandson’s command is challenged, revealing tensions between rank, legitimacy, and obedience.
• Old threats resurfacing: Caesar’s escape links current events to a larger history and draws powerful empires into the conflict.

Key plot points and events

• Ghost Grandson betrays the Independent Alliance despite having accepted the Demon Emperor’s benefits, leading a Ghoul army against the Primordial World.
• Demon Emperor Daochen orders a tactical withdrawal to lure the attackers inside. He plans a surprise strike using World Spears, while Heavenly Dao Hongjun distorts the Ghouls’ perceptions and prevents them from escaping.
• The Ghouls’ Great Void Gods laugh at the Primordial World’s defenders, assuming their ordinary-looking weapons pose no threat. But the World Spears pierce them and unleash world power, which rapidly destroys them.
• Ghost Grandson, watching from the rear, cannot understand how his elite forces are vanishing. A second Ghoul attack is stopped by the Primordial World’s Puppets, and he orders a retreat.
• With the invasion ended, the Primordial World celebrates a decisive victory. The Independent Alliance recognizes that the world has become a major power.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Emperor Daochen demonstrates strategic restraint and confidence, coordinating the trap rather than revealing the Primordial World’s full strength prematurely.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun supports the plan by manipulating the enemy’s perception and trapping the Ghouls within the battlefield.
• Ghost Grandson’s betrayal is exposed, but his arrogance gives way to confusion and fear when his army is destroyed. He ultimately orders the retreat.
• The Independent Alliance’s leaders, including the Core Brain and Ant Race Overlord, shift from seeing the Primordial World as a refuge to recognizing its formidable strength.
• Ghost Sage remains unaware of the battle, occupied with tracking Caesar, whose actions indirectly draw him away from the conflict.

Significant themes

• Betrayal and broken trust: Ghost Grandson accepts aid but still turns against the Alliance.
• Arrogance versus hidden strength: The Ghouls’ contempt blinds them to the danger of the World Spears.
• Strategy and perception: The victory depends not just on force, but on luring the enemy in and concealing the nature of the attack.
• The rise of a new power: The Primordial World’s victory signals that it can now challenge empires such as the Angel Empire and Abyss Empire.

Key plot points and events

• After repelling another Ghoul attack, Demon Emperor Daochen recognizes that his hidden resources may still be inadequate against a Grand Ancestor God. He prioritizes strengthening the Primordial World, whose supplies are running low.
• He orders the Core Brain and Ant Race Overlord to search west for resources, and brings the Wisdom and Mechanical Races together to develop World-Class Weapons powered by recoverable world power rather than costly world origin.
• Daochen then seals the Demon Emperor Palace and enters uninterrupted seclusion, intending to emerge only after advancing his cultivation.
• His withdrawal brings a temporary lull: the surviving Dead wait for Lord Ghost Sage, the Ghouls stop their attacks, and the Independent Alliance’s surroundings grow quiet.
• More than two thousand years pass, with fewer than a hundred years remaining before the Divine Light Gate ends. Qingchan and Qingxuan emerge from seclusion as Primordial Gods. They meet Human Sovereign Fuxi, who shows them how the world has changed.

Character developments

• Demon Emperor Daochen shifts from relying on his own strength and accumulated trump cards to pursuing advancement while strengthening the world’s technology and resources.
• Qingchan and Qingxuan have grown into Primordial Gods and remain proud of their potential, while acknowledging that they still fall short of their father.
• Fuxi has also reached the Primordial God realm and acts as a guide to the younger pair.
• Ghost Grandson, shaken by the Primordial World’s defeat of many Great Void Gods, is left frightened and unwilling to act without Lord Ghost Sage.

Character interactions

• Daochen gives the Core Brain and Mechanical Commander joint research orders; they agree but explain that Overlords must help them extract world power. He accepts.
• Fuxi teases Qingchan and Qingxuan about boasting, then warmly takes them on a tour. Qingchan explains why Primordial World cultivators have become so powerful: their access to world power and Daochen’s insistence on building strong foundations before breakthroughs.
• Qingchan asks whether the Overlords can now contend with Great Void Gods, reflecting the pair’s interest in the Primordial World’s progress.

Significant themes

• Preparation against overwhelming threats: Daochen sees that surviving future battles will require more than personal strength.
• Resourcefulness and innovation: The shift toward recoverable world power aims to make weapons more sustainable.
• Patience and accumulated potential: Daochen’s cultivation strategy and the later surge in strength after breakthroughs emphasize the value of building foundations.
• A changing balance of power: The Primordial World has become the center of the Alliance, and its people have grown strong enough to challenge former superior forces.

Key plot points

• Human Sovereign Fuxi warns Qingchan to be discreet about the Primordial World’s strength, lest other races grow resentful. He explains that the Dead now visit the Alliance as “exchange students,” and that the Primordial Heavenly Dao is monitoring them.
• At Alliance Headquarters, Qingchan and Qingxuan meet Fuxi, the Core Brain, and the Ant Race Overlord. The leaders ask when the Demon Emperor will emerge, since the Primordial World may soon face the returning Ghost Sage, a Grand Ancestor God.
• Qingchan reports that the Demon Emperor’s cultivation showed a major surge, but Qingxuan says it was not a breakthrough and that they cannot afford to wait for him.
• Qingchan proposes rescuing Ox-Head Caesar’s true body from the weakened Divine Light Gate. Though the leaders fear he will flee rather than help them, she believes he has no remaining escape route and will cooperate to survive.
• After planning together, the Alliance secretly mobilizes a powerful force led by three senior leaders and sets out for the Divine Light Gate.

Character developments and interactions

• Fuxi acts as a cautious guide and political adviser, explaining the Alliance’s delicate relationship with the Dead and the need to avoid attracting hostility.
• Qingchan shows alertness, maturity, and confidence. She understands the leaders’ concerns and offers a practical strategy based on her assessment of Ox-Head Caesar.
• Qingxuan is bluntly realistic, ending the hope that the Demon Emperor will soon return and urging the group to find another solution.
• The Alliance leaders are anxious about the Demon Emperor’s absence and the threat of the Ghost Sage, but Qingchan’s proposal restores their confidence and wins their trust.
• The meeting shifts the group from waiting for their absent leader to taking coordinated action.

Significant themes

• Cooperation under threat: Even powerful factions must work together against an enemy beyond their individual strength.
• Pragmatism and leadership: Qingchan’s proposal turns fear and uncertainty into a concrete plan.
• Secrecy and political caution: The Alliance conceals the true limits of its strength to avoid provoking other races.
• The cost of overwhelming power: The Grand Ancestor God’s ability to annihilate enemies down to their cells makes ordinary numbers and defenses seem inadequate.