Chapter Summaries

Qi Wu and his companions pushed through the Imperial Capital’s middle-ring ruins, where Di Tian used increasingly coordinated Demons to test and obstruct them. After defeating a Demon that was retrieved through the Four Fiends Formation, Qi Wu increased his pace and varied his attacks as the group advanced toward the center.

• Qi Wu rejected Gale’s proposed detour and entered a clearing where a four-armed Demon attacked him and siphoned away some of his residual Spiritual Power.
• Qi Wu overwhelmed the Demon with alternating Blue and Red attacks and a Black Flash, but Di Tian retrieved it through a fissure marked by the Four Fiends Formation.
• Qi Wu, Gale, Jiang Qingyue, and Xiao Tiance continued through the ruins, fighting growing numbers of Demons while maintaining their formation.
• Qi Wu and Gale noticed that the Demons had become smarter and more coordinated, and Qi Wu identified the Four Fiends Formation as the source of the pressure.
• Qi Wu increased his attack speed and used World-Cutting Slash, a lightning Cursed Technique, and the Ice Law to destroy successive waves of Demons.

Qi Wu faced Di Tian’s Four Fiends Formation, whose coordinated powers disrupted his attacks and forced him to retreat. Using his Six Eyes, Qi Wu analyzed the formation’s energy cycle and found a tiny, briefly exposed point where all four powers intersected.

• Qi Wu tested different Cursed Techniques against the Demons and found their strengths and limitations.
• Di Tian’s projection activated the Four Fiends Formation, using Taotie to devour attack energy, Qiongqi to rebound attacks, Hundun to distort Qi Wu’s perceptions, and Taowu to delay his Cursed Techniques.
• The combined formation broke Qi Wu’s rhythm and forced him to retreat several steps.
• Qi Wu studied the formation with his Six Eyes and explained how its four powers circulated energy between one another.
• Qi Wu spotted a tiny intersection that briefly appeared during each cycle, and exclaimed that he had found it.

Qi Wu repeatedly disrupted the Four Fiends Formation by striking its resonance nodes with Cursed Techniques of different frequencies, forcing Di Tian to alter the formation. The intersection then began moving through a shifting network, and Qi Wu prepared to face the new challenge.

• Qi Wu used a precise Cursed Technique to expose a brief synchronization gap in the Four Fiends Formation and explained its cycle to Di Tian.
• Qi Wu launched seven Cursed Techniques with different frequencies, temporarily stopping all four formation patterns at once.
• Qi Wu increased his attacks to twelve and then sixteen Cursed Techniques, extending the formation’s recovery time as his analysis improved.
• Di Tian changed the formation’s phase differences and reshaped its fixed cycles into a shifting, interwoven network.
• Qi Wu realized the formation’s intersection was moving and welcomed the challenge.

Qi Wu discovered the Four Fiends Formation’s fixed phase sequence and used its weakness to create an opening. He fused the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Realm and the Infinite Void Realm into Boundless Myriad Phenomena, which dismantled all four patterns and left the formation on the brink of collapse.

• Qi Wu tracked the formation’s moving intersection and realized its jumps followed a repeating sequence of Taotie, Qiongqi, Hundun, and Taowu.
• Qi Wu identified the node’s deviation during Taowu’s phase and repeatedly struck it, causing the formation’s pauses to lengthen and cracks to spread through Di Tian’s projection.
• Qi Wu waited for a pause that stopped all four patterns at once, then unfolded the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Realm and the Infinite Void Realm in the same space.
• Qi Wu fused the two domains into Boundless Myriad Phenomena, which flooded the formation with recursive information while cutting its rules.
• Boundless Myriad Phenomena destroyed Taotie’s, Hundun’s, Taowu’s, and Qiongqi’s patterns in succession, bringing the Four Fiends Formation to the brink of collapse.

Qi Wu held off Di Tian’s Four Fiends Annihilation with Boundless Myriad Phenomena as the attack began to overwhelm his defense. Under the strain, Qi Wu awakened the True Lord’s divinity and opened the Heavenly Eye, leaving the battle poised for his next move.

• Qi Wu dismantled the Four Fiends Formation, and Di Tian absorbed its remaining energy into his body.
• Di Tian condensed the energy into a new attack and launched Four Fiends Annihilation at Qi Wu.
• Qi Wu formed a shield with Boundless Myriad Phenomena, but Four Fiends Annihilation began seeping through it as his spiritual power dwindled.
• Qi Wu sensed the True Lord’s divinity awakening within him and guided it toward his forehead while maintaining his defense.
• Qi Wu opened the Heavenly Eye, revealing the Eyes of God on the battlefield.

Qi Wu defeated Di Tian’s projection and ordered the Northern Expedition Army to advance on the Imperial Capital. The army reached the breached walls and prepared to assault the inner city once the unstable formation’s residual spiritual power subsided.

• Qi Wu used the Heavenly Eye’s divinity to strengthen Boundless Myriad Phenomena and withstand Di Tian’s attack.
• Di Tian said, “Time’s up,” then his projection and dark red material shell dispersed, leaving Qi Wu wondering what he meant.
• Jiang Qingyue checked on Qi Wu, and he told her to keep advancing.
• The Northern Expedition Army cleared the remaining Demon soldiers and reached the Imperial Capital’s breached walls.
• Xiao Tiance reported that the advance route was clear but the formation’s interior remained unstable, so Qi Wu ordered the army to wait for safe passage levels before attacking the inner city.

Qi Wu led the Northern Expedition Army into the Imperial Capital and followed the Demon clusters to a Mandala Society formation, where three Great Elders and a fourth figure trapped him in Ten Thousand Demons Return to the Void. Gale entered the formation and engaged one Elder, leaving Qi Wu to face the other three.

• Qi Wu found that the Four Fiends Formation's underground conduits still carried residual energy, but he chose to let them drain rather than risk collapsing the buildings above.
• The Northern Expedition Army cleared scattered Demons until organized clusters guided them through a narrowing passage to a circular formation site.
• Three of the Mandala Society's surviving Great Elders and a fourth figure activated Ten Thousand Demons Return to the Void, isolating Qi Wu from the army.
• Gale entered the barrier and forced one Elder back, then attacked the Elder with bone spikes at Qi Wu's direction.
• Gale disrupted one formation node by engaging the bone-spiked Elder, while Qi Wu turned to face the remaining three figures.

Qi Wu and his allies disrupted the formation nodes to weaken the gray-shelled terminal, while Xiao Tiance found a way through the barrier. With Gale and Jiang Qingyue suppressing the other nodes, Qi Wu headed through the shrinking gap toward Di Tian.

• Qi Wu told Xiao Tiance to avoid forcing the barrier and search for another entrance, while Jiang Qingyue passed through the Demons and took position outside it.
• Jiang Qingyue identified the gray-shelled figure as the formation's terminal node, and Qi Wu explained that destroying the other nodes first would accelerate its strengthening.
• Qi Wu approached the terminal despite the interceptors' probing, while Gale drove back the bone-spiked figure and called for a switch.
• Jiang Qingyue's chain caught one formation node as Gale struck another, disrupting the energy flow and deepening the cracks in the terminal's shell.
• Xiao Tiance opened a gap in the barrier from the side, entered, and held it open with his Sky-Piercing Halberd.
• Gale told Qi Wu to target Di Tian, and he headed for the shrinking gap.

Qi Wu left Ten Thousand Demons Return to the Void as Gale, Jiang Qingyue, Lilith, and Xiao Tiance continued fighting the elders and disrupting the formation. Their coordinated attacks weakened the nodes and redirected the formation’s energy, while Xiao Tiance guided the Second Elder’s strikes into the barrier itself.

• Qi Wu passed through the barrier’s gap and continued down the passage, leaving the battle behind.
• Gale studied the bone-spiked figure’s movements while Jiang Qingyue used her chains and demon god curse mark to infiltrate the third node.
• Lilith spread her Blood God Kingdom projections to confine the scale-armored figure, and Gale cut a dark red energy flow feeding the formation.
• Xiao Tiance held the barrier’s edge against the Second Elder’s precise slashes, deflecting them with increasingly accurate halberd movements.
• Gale wounded the bone-spiked figure as its regeneration slowed, while Jiang Qingyue reversed the third node’s flow and sent incompatible energy toward the terminal node.
• Lilith compressed her blood moon projections above the fourth node, and Xiao Tiance redirected the Second Elder’s attacks into the barrier until they began dismantling it.

Jiang Qingyue, Gale, and Xiao Tiance destroyed the Myriad Demons Return to the Void formation and defeated the Second Elder. Xiao Tiance led the group toward the inner city, where Qi Wu had already reached a door.

• Jiang Qingyue reversed the third node’s energy flow while Gale defeated the bone-spiked figure.
• Xiao Tiance struck the Second Elder’s shoulder joint and cut the energy pathway linking him to the formation.
• Jiang Qingyue locked the third node’s reverse connection in place, cutting off two-thirds of the terminal node’s output.
• Gale destroyed the fourth node as the formation collapsed, and Xiao Tiance’s halberd strike split the Second Elder apart.
• Xiao Tiance led Gale, Jiang Qingyue, and Lilith toward the inner city while Qi Wu reached a door beyond the final defensive line.

Qi Wu confronted Di Tian beneath the ruined dome, where Di Tian revealed that he had absorbed the Four Fiends Formation’s residual energy and formed four pairs of wing bones. After assessing Qi Wu’s fully unleashed abilities, Di Tian launched the battle, and Qi Wu prepared to meet him.

• Qi Wu entered the underground chamber and found Di Tian waiting beneath a breach in the dome.
• Di Tian explained that he had used Ten Thousand Demons Return to the Void to gather the Four Fiends Formation’s residual energy into his body.
• Di Tian formed four pairs of dark red wing bones from the incomplete remnants of the formation.
• Qi Wu unfolded the boundary of Boundless Myriad Phenomena and advanced as Di Tian assessed his abilities.
• Di Tian spread the wing bones, reversing the wind and tearing through the clouds, while Qi Wu’s boundary wavered and stabilized.
• Qi Wu said they should begin, and Di Tian vanished from the floor as he launched himself at him.

Qi Wu and Di Tian fought for control of the space inside the dome as Di Tian adapted to Qi Wu’s output modes. The battle continued with Qi Wu separating Unlimited Void’s recursive information into a new release channel while Boundless Myriad Phenomena attacked Di Tian’s shrinking hexahedron.

• Di Tian pressed four wing bones against the boundary of Boundless Myriad Phenomena, creating a rift that spread across the dome’s floor and walls.
• Qi Wu switched Boundless Myriad Phenomena to output mode and spread Unlimited Void’s recursive information over the wing bones, briefly slowing Di Tian’s attack.
• Di Tian detected the brief instability caused by Qi Wu’s mode switch and recalibrated his wing bones to resist the recursive information and widen the rift again.
• Di Tian formed four converging arcs into a shrinking hexahedron that compressed Qi Wu’s boundary, while their opposing forces canceled out in patches.
• Qi Wu moved Unlimited Void’s recursive information into a separate release channel and used Boundless Myriad Phenomena’s rule-based slashes against the hexahedron, but Di Tian repeatedly overwrote the resulting cracks.

Qi Wu and Di Tian continued their battle as Qi Wu awakened the first layer of the Primordial Era’s complete authority, damaging Di Tian’s wing markings. The fight intensified beneath the dome, ending with Di Tian challenging Qi Wu to a final fight to the death.

• Qi Wu’s rule slashes pierced Di Tian’s hexahedron, and Qi Wu’s golden forehead fissure began awakening the power of the Primordial Era.
• Di Tian enclosed them in a contracting ring of dark red light, but Qi Wu briefly reached the complete authority layer and severed a marking on Di Tian’s left wing.
• Qi Wu’s fissure reopened in brief bursts despite the strain on his body, while he and Di Tian continued trading increasingly fast attacks.
• After Qi Wu’s field expanded across the space beneath the dome, Di Tian folded his four wing bones and gathered their markings into a denser structure across his torso.
• Qi Wu advanced and announced he would speed up, and Di Tian answered, “Come on. This is the final fight to the death!”

Qi Wu and Di Tian both manifested as enormous colossi and fought amid the destruction of the dome. Their battle left both injured, but Di Tian demanded they continue.

• Qi Wu unleashed Heaven-and-Earth Manifestation, expanding Boundless Myriad Phenomena and transforming into a golden colossus.
• Di Tian also became a colossus, drawing the Four Fiends Formation's remaining energy into his body and forming armor-like beast phantoms.
• Di Tian attacked with punches and kicks, while Qi Wu blocked, dodged, and countered as their blows shattered the platform and walls.
• Di Tian drove Qi Wu to the dome's wall, then grabbed his shoulders and forced him to his knees before Qi Wu pushed him away.
• Both colossi showed cracks from the fight, and Di Tian called for another clash.

Di Tian and Qi Wu fought as colossal giants, trading heavy blows through the ruined upper level before their clash sent them crashing into the structure below. They continued fighting amid the lower-level ruins as the Imperial Capital shook.

• Di Tian and Qi Wu exchanged punches, elbows, and knees, damaging each other as their healing slowed.
• Di Tian compressed the four Fiend Beast phantoms into himself, and he and Qi Wu met each other’s full-force punches, shattering the floor beneath them.
• Di Tian and Qi Wu fell into the level below, where the cramped space forced them to fight among pillars, walls, and rubble.
• Di Tian pressed Qi Wu against a load-bearing wall, but Qi Wu grabbed his trapped arm and hurled him through another wall.
• Di Tian and Qi Wu charged at each other again, and their renewed clash shook the entire Imperial Capital.

Di Tian and Qi Wu fought a destructive battle in the ruins of the Imperial Capital, then concentrated their remaining power into a final clash. Their fists collided and unleashed a shock wave that tore the battlefield from the ground, leaving the victor unknown.

• Jiang Qingyue, Gale, Lilith, and Xiao Tiance watched from a safe distance as Di Tian and Qi Wu's giant forms ravaged the Imperial Capital.
• Di Tian and Qi Wu exchanged heavy blows, and Qi Wu forced Di Tian onto one knee before Di Tian surged back to his feet.
• Di Tian and Qi Wu agreed to settle the fight with one decisive blow and compressed their powers into their giant forms.
• Di Tian and Qi Wu charged across the ruins and struck each other's fists, unleashing a shock wave that ripped the battlefield from the ground.

Di Tian and Qi Wu exhausted their Heavenly Dharma Manifestations in a fierce battle across the Imperial Capital ruins. Both gathered the last of their power for a final attack, and their techniques collided, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Qi Wu trapped Di Tian's weakening fist and struck his chest with Compression Collapse, but Di Tian countered and attacked with a rapid barrage.
• Di Tian unleashed Four Fiends Exhaustion · Echoing Combo, and Qi Wu intercepted its phantom fists with a matching flurry of golden strikes.
• Both fighters' Heavenly Dharma Manifestations collapsed, leaving Di Tian and Qi Wu battered and gasping amid the ruins.
• Di Tian gathered the remnants of the Four Fiends while Qi Wu compressed the power of Boundless Myriad Phenomena for one final strike.
• Di Tian invoked Four Fiends Return to Origin · Emperor's Fall as Qi Wu unleashed Boundless Myriad Phenomena · Final Form · Annihilation.

Qi Wu defeated Di Tian, but learned that Di Tian’s death completed the broken Four Fiends seal and would give Hades the coordinates to descend. Qi Wu saw a pillar of darkness rising from Kunlun Main Peak, where Hades was about to arrive.

• Qi Wu’s divine power shattered Di Tian’s Four Fiends markings and Heavenly Dharma Manifestation, leaving a hole through Di Tian’s chest.
• Di Tian explained that the Four Fiends Formation was a seal sustained by his life, and that his death would let Hades descend.
• Di Tian died, leaving a dark red marking that extended northwest and released a wisp of smoke.
• Qi Wu looked toward Kunlun and saw a black pillar of light erupting from a fissure in Kunlun Main Peak as Hades’s descent neared.

After defeating Di Tian, Qi Wu discovered that Hades was beginning to descend at Kunlun and planned to corrupt the dragon vein, threatening to turn everyone who absorbed spiritual energy into Demons. Qi Wu set out alone to stop Hades, leaving the Northern Expedition Corps to defend the survivors and promising, "We'll win."

• Qi Wu defeated Di Tian, but realized Di Tian's death had shattered the seal that kept Hades from descending.
• Qi Wu saw a pillar of demonic energy at Kunlun and explained that Hades needed the Age of the Gods Totem to corrupt the Kunlun Dragon Vein and eventually transform humanity into Demons.
• Qi Wu announced that he would go to Kunlun alone, while Jiang Qingyue, Gale, Lilith, Su Li, and Xiao Tiance urged him to return alive.
• Xiao Tiance promised that the Northern Expedition Corps would protect everything behind Qi Wu as he faced Hades.
• Qi Wu turned toward Kunlun, gave a thumbs-up, and declared, "We'll win."

Qi Wu confronted Hades above Kunlun, refusing his offer to become a Divine Envoy. With Su Li using Deity Invocation to let the Northern Expedition Army watch, Qi Wu and Hades began a fierce hand-to-hand battle.

• Qi Wu arrived above Kunlun and found the Dragon Vein wrapped in black chains as Hades emerged from the darkness.
• Hades offered to make Qi Wu a Divine Envoy, but Qi Wu refused, joking that Hades did not look like he paid his employees.
• Su Li summoned an Eye of Insight so the Northern Expedition Army could witness Qi Wu facing Hades at Kunlun.
• Hades set aside divine powers and challenged Qi Wu to fight with physical techniques alone.
• Qi Wu and Hades traded punches, kicks, elbows, and knees above Kunlun, damaging the mountain as they charged at each other again.