Chapter Summaries

Yi Tian reviewed the rewards from the day’s battles, which had raised Great Xia to 2,100th place and made his reputation renowned far and wide. As he planned a visit to the Spirit Race, hundreds of meteors began falling from the sky.

• Chen Mo and Yi Tian agreed that Chen Mo needed to take command of the Nether Realm, and Zhou Yuan promised to help him while Jiang Yuan Shuang stayed to protect North China.
• Yi Tian’s Management Log awarded him 300 funding points for completing the Spirit Race’s order, seizing the River of Life and Death, wiping out the Ghost Race, and obtaining the complete Nether God Divine Core.
• Great Xia’s civilization points rose to 1,276, moving it to 2,100th place in the Ten Thousand Races Rankings.
• Yi Tian’s reputation reached Renowned Far and Wide at 60%, and he planned to send employees to the Spirit Race to choose artifact spirits.
• Yi Tian sensed danger and saw hundreds of meteors falling across the night sky.

Yi Tian rushed to the Yagu Continent after realizing the meteor swarm was an ordinary catastrophe aimed at Great Xia’s territory and suspecting Nidhogg was involved. He found Yggdrasil dead and Nidhogg beside its corpse, where a solemnly dressed boy greeted him with delight.

• Yi Tian determined the meteors were not Belial’s natural disaster and saw that they were heading for the Yagu Continent.
• Yi Tian hurried through the military-controlled passage, while Wan Jiang ordered the guards to keep watch and not disturb him.
• Meteors devastated the Yagu Continent as dragons and Great Xia Classholders fled toward the passage.
• Yi Tian reached the World Tree’s location and found Yggdrasil uprooted and disintegrating, with Nidhogg coiled over its corpse.
• A boy in a black suit turned to Yi Tian and exclaimed, “Boss, you're finally here!”

After the World Tree fell, Nidhogg told Yi Tian that its life divine core was reforming and could grant immense benefits, but would attract powerful gods. Yi Tian initially refused to get involved, then stopped when Nidhogg revealed he had a plan that needed Yi Tian’s help.

• Yi Tian met Nidhogg’s soul form beside the fallen World Tree as meteors struck the Yagu Continent.
• Nidhogg explained that a god who commanded the law of life could reform a complete life divine core after death, allowing the World Tree to revive if nobody took it.
• Nidhogg described how a life divine core could extend lifespan, elevate existence, and potentially raise a god’s divine throne rank.
• Nidhogg warned that powerful gods would sense the forming core and come to claim it, so Yi Tian decided to leave it to him.
• Nidhogg asked whether Yi Tian would still hand over the core if he had a way to deal with the gods, then revealed a plan requiring Yi Tian’s help.
• Yi Tian heard Nidhogg’s plan and called it insane.

Nidhogg revealed that he had summoned the meteors to strengthen himself before the coming battle for the life divine core, then asked Yi Tian to help create an even greater disaster. Yi Tian persuaded Great Xia to abandon the Yagu Continent, severing its connection to Great Xia, as powerful factions began gathering to compete for the core.

• Nidhogg told Yi Tian that he had drawn the meteors to the Yagu Continent to increase his strength through [Avatar of Despair], and asked Yi Tian to help make an even bigger mess.
• Yi Tian warned Great Xia's leaders that a dangerous battle would soon erupt on the Yagu Continent and convinced them to abandon it.
• Great Xia's leaders unanimously approved the withdrawal, and Yi Tian's order caused the Otherworld Passage to vanish, severing the connection between Great Xia and the Yagu Continent.
• Yi Tian returned to the Yagu Continent and saw powerful gods gathering near the place where the life divine core was about to form.
• Yi Tian recognized the Starsea Empire's Nebula Race and greeted Chief Bai Yue of the Spirit Race, who warned him that many Ancient Races were joining the competition.
• A futuristic spaceship arrived carrying the Human Race from the Origin Martial World, and Bai Yue cautioned Yi Tian not to expect them to help him just because they were human.

Yi Tian watched the Origin Martial World, Titankind, and the Abyss arrive to compete for the life divine core, while Mills and the Demon Emperors demonstrated their power. The gathering was interrupted when a rift opened in the sky and a colossal tentacle with an enormous eye emerged.

• Bai Yue explained that the Origin Martial World’s Starsea Battleship used source essence, then identified Mills as its commander-in-chief and a Greater God.
• Mills killed two Nebula Race members who were hiding in the thunderclouds, and the Nebula Race withdrew rather than challenge him.
• Heracles arrived, followed by Demon Emperor Gu Yue and Dark Star Demon Emperor Lux, whom Bai Yue described as a destroyer of planets; Heracles revealed that they had ambushed him.
• Yi Tian considered how difficult it would be to seize the life divine core from the powerful factions and wondered whether Nidhogg’s plan could succeed.
• A crash fractured the sky and forced the Nebula Race out of the clouds, then a huge purple tentacle bearing a golden-pupiled eye emerged from the rift and surveyed everyone.

Yi Tian and the others witnessed the arrival of the Thousand-Eyed Old God, a True God of decay from the Ancient God Race, followed by the Demon of Eternal Night of the True Demon Race. Heracles explained that the two ancient races had fought for hundreds of thousands of years because they drew power from the same source, and the chapter ended as the Demon of Eternal Night confronted C'Thun.

• The Thousand-Eyed Old God emerged through a rift, and Bai Yue identified him as a True God of the Ancient God Race, ranked fourth among the ten thousand races.
• Yi Tian learned that the Thousand-Eyed Old God wielded the law of decay and prepared to use Exile the Venerable King against him.
• Heracles revealed that the Thousand-Eyed Old God's appearance would draw the Ancient God's enemies, and the Demon of Eternal Night arrived amid overwhelming darkness.
• Bai Yue identified the newcomer as a True Demon, ranked third, and Heracles explained that the True Demons and Ancient Gods weakened each other by claiming power from the same source.
• The Demon of Eternal Night turned toward the Thousand-Eyed Old God and called him C'Thun.

Yi Tian watched the Demon of Eternal Night and the Thousand-Eyed Old God battle as life divine power gathered on Central Island, while Mills tried to recruit him. Alice suddenly appeared and confronted Mills over his role in abandoning her squad, then threatened to kill him.

• The Demon of Eternal Night and the Thousand-Eyed Old God fought above Central Island, shaking the island as a life divine core neared birth.
• Mills learned Yi Tian came from Blue Star and directed his Starsea Battleship toward him to offer an alliance.
• Alice emerged from a Void Gate and recognized Mills, whom she blamed for sealing her squad inside an Origin-Matter Wormhole.
• Alice recounted how Mills abandoned her squad to suffer abyssal corruption, leading all twelve members to take their own lives.
• Mills offered Alice compensation if she returned to the Origin Martial World, but Alice formed a demon-tainted blade and vowed to send him to hell.

Yi Tian shattered the Starsea Battleship’s shield and wounded Mills while defending Alice, forcing Mills to abandon his attempt to recruit him and retreat. Yi Tian reassured Alice that Mills would soon face danger even without her taking action.

• Alice’s demon-powered slash cracked the Starsea Battleship’s shield, and Mills revealed that her actions had helped earn him his promotion.
• Mills attacked Alice, but Yi Tian absorbed the blast and sent it back, breaking the shield and cutting Mills’s arm.
• Bai Yue mocked Mills after Yi Tian called out his poor combat skills, while the battle between the Demon of Eternal Night and the Thousand-Eyed Old God shook the battleship.
• Mills tried to recruit Yi Tian, but Yi Tian rejected and ridiculed him, so Mills retreated to focus on obtaining the life divine core.
• Alice struggled to restrain her desire for revenge, and Yi Tian told her Mills would soon have a hard time surviving even without her lifting a finger.

Yi Tian warned Bai Yue and Heracles to leave before the life divine core appeared, then summoned Belial as the Demon of Eternal Night sealed Central Island inside his domain. As the rival factions gathered for the core, Yi Tian and Alice vanished, leaving Belial behind as his calamity power erupted.

• Yi Tian refused Bai Yue and Heracles’s offer to join forces and urged them to leave the Yagu Continent.
• After Bai Yue and Heracles departed, the life divine core emerged and the Demon of Eternal Night sealed Central Island inside a sphere of darkness.
• Yi Tian summoned the unconscious Belial with his [On-Call] ability, intending to unleash the calamity power stored within him.
• Mills offered to ally with Yi Tian to seize the core while the gods prepared to fight for it.
• Yi Tian snapped his fingers and vanished with Alice, leaving Belial behind as his destructive power erupted.

Yi Tian escaped the Demon of Eternal Night’s domain with Alice, while Belial’s calamity power summoned a devastating void calamity wind over Central Island. As the trapped gods and demons struggled to survive, a black dragon swallowed the newly formed life divine core.

• Yi Tian used [Hold a Meeting] to take Alice beyond the Demon of Eternal Night’s domain, then told her that their enemies should worry about escaping alive.
• Belial’s calamity power took control of his unconscious body and summoned a violent void calamity wind that engulfed Central Island.
• The calamity wind eroded the True Gods’ divine power, battered the Starsea Battleship, and left Mills and the Abyss Demon Emperors trapped inside the domain.
• The Demon of Eternal Night tried to seize the fully formed life divine core and escape the storm.
• A black dragon burst from beneath the ground and swallowed the life divine core along with the surrounding soil.

Nidhogg devoured the life divine core on Central Island, restoring his body and transforming his powers into those of a Dragon God. Yi Tian watched Nidhogg’s attributes change in the Meeting Room as the gods faced the newly empowered dragon.

• Nidhogg burst from beneath Central Island and swallowed the life divine core before the Demon of Eternal Night could stop him.
• Nidhogg revealed how he had hidden his soulless body beneath the World Tree’s roots and returned his soul when the core formed.
• Nidhogg absorbed the core, healed his injuries, and unleashed a shock wave of divine power.
• Yi Tian saw Nidhogg’s status surge and learned that his talents had fused into the Dragon God talent.
• Nidhogg’s Avatar of Despair began drawing power from the fear and legends surrounding dragons, the Dragon God, and Nidhogg.

Nidhogg devoured the life divine core and ascended as the Dragon God, gaining new powers that Yi Tian also shared. As Nidhogg fought the Demon of Eternal Night, he unlocked the Word Spirit: World and began drawing on the power of the Yagu Continent.

• Nidhogg devoured the life divine core, healed his old wounds, regained his peak power, and ascended as the Dragon God; Yi Tian gained Nidhogg's enhanced abilities but not his level.
• The Demon of Eternal Night attacked Nidhogg with a massive hand of demon energy while the other gods struggled against the calamity wind.
• Nidhogg used his enhanced powers of Despair and Ruin to withstand the attack, though the Demon of Eternal Night continued forcing him down.
• Yi Tian returned with Alice and reassured her that Nidhogg had not lost as Nidhogg began chanting in Ancient Dragon Language.
• Yi Tian identified Nidhogg's chant as a Word Spirit and revealed that devouring the World Tree's life divine core had given Nidhogg sovereignty over the Yagu Continent, unlocking Word Spirit: World.

Nidhogg fused with world power to fight the Demon of Eternal Night, while the battle damaged the Yagu Continent and the Demon’s sealing domain weakened. After the domain vanished, the Origin Martial World forces tried to retreat, but Alice attacked Mills.

• Nidhogg used World Power to amplify his strength sixteenfold, and the Thousand-Eyed Old God recognized the fusion before withdrawing.
• Nidhogg and the Demon of Eternal Night fought evenly, but the Demon discovered that Nidhogg’s growing strength was damaging the Yagu Continent.
• The Demon of Eternal Night attacked Central Island, but he hesitated to leave the domain and risk letting everyone escape.
• The calamity wind wore away the sealing domain until it dissipated, and the Origin Martial World forces moved to retreat aboard the Starsea Battleship.
• Alice attacked Mills with her Twelve-Wing Lightwheel Blades as he tried to escape with his exhausted forces.

Alice drove Mills and his forces from the Starsea Battleship, while the Demon of Eternal Night destroyed the Yagu Continent trying to flush out Nidhogg. With Nidhogg gone and his world power lost, Yi Tian intervened by overpowering the Demon of Eternal Night’s divine sense, saying he would help him one last time.

• Alice attacked Mills and damaged the Starsea Battleship, but Mills used a treasure to escape to the Origin Martial World with several guards, abandoning his remaining subordinates.
• Demon Emperor Gu Yue and Dark Star Demon Emperor Lux fled, while Nidhogg used world power to evade the Demon of Eternal Night.
• The Demon of Eternal Night blasted the Yagu Continent apart to force Nidhogg to appear, but Nidhogg had already escaped after obtaining the life divine core.
• Bai Yue and Heracles reunited with Yi Tian and explained that they had stayed to help break the Demon of Eternal Night’s domain.
• The Demon of Eternal Night spread his divine sense to track Nidhogg, but Yi Tian blocked it with his mental power and said, “Let me help you one last time.”

Yi Tian’s defiance drove the Demon of Eternal Night to flee, while Nidhogg appeared only to say goodbye and leave. Yi Tian revealed that he had known Nidhogg would defect, leaving Alice shocked and the reason for his departure unexplained.

• Yi Tian stood in the Demon of Eternal Night’s way, and the demon fled after fearing the Ancient God Race was closing in.
• Bai Yue and Heracles were amazed by the demon’s retreat, while Yi Tian said he did not know why it had happened.
• Nidhogg appeared in soul form, thanked Yi Tian, and stayed silent when asked whether he would return to Great Xia.
• Nidhogg said goodbye and vanished, prompting Alice to accuse him of betrayal.
• Yi Tian called Nidhogg’s choice a defection and confirmed to Alice that he had known it was coming.

Yi Tian helped Nidhogg escape the Demon of Eternal Night, then returned to Great Xia and told Wan Jiang about the destruction of Yagu Continent. Wan Jiang realized he had grown complacent and resolved to resume training.

• Yi Tian told Alice that he had helped Nidhogg because they had worked together and Nidhogg was still bound by their contract.
• Nidhogg flew away from Yagu Continent and Blue Star, reaching an unfamiliar world of giants, fairies, and dragons.
• Yi Tian returned to Great Xia with Alice and Belial after seeing Bai Yue and Heracles depart.
• Yi Tian recounted the battle on Yagu Continent to Wan Jiang, who was alarmed by the threat posed by the True Demon Race and Ancient God Race.
• Wan Jiang admitted he had neglected his strength while learning East China's military affairs and promised to train harder.

Yi Tian returned to Dingcheng with 007’s powerful armed robots, and Wei Yuan learned that 007 could build more kinds of robots for Great Xia. Recognizing the need for resources to support 007 and Great Xia’s growth, Wei Yuan and Yi Tian agreed that Great Xia should expand across Blue Star.

• Yi Tian found 007’s M-01 Nether Realm Armed Robots lined up at Dingcheng’s gate, where they greeted him as their boss and embarrassed him.
• Wei Yuan tested the robots and learned from 007 that each M-01 required rare materials and a diluted wisp of Yi Tian’s Netherworld Power.
• 007 explained that it could make equally powerful or stronger robots without Yi Tian’s power outside the Nether Realm, and that support and rescue robots required fewer materials.
• Yi Tian agreed to leave 007 with Great Xia Headquarters, where it could use the nation’s resources to manufacture robots.
• Wei Yuan proposed that Great Xia expand outward to acquire more resources, and Yi Tian agreed that it should begin with the large secret realms across Blue Star.

Yi Tian learned that Great Xia had expanded its territory and risen in the Ten Thousand Races Rankings before meeting Xiao Ziyan, the Flame Emperor, who sought his help saving her Vermilion Bird from an Abyss curse. When Xiao Ziyan revealed that Mills had publicized Yi Tian’s possession of the Life Divine Core, Yi Tian’s killing intent turned toward Mills.

• 007 reported that Great Xia had incorporated three Large Secret Realms, expanded its territory, and risen to 1,900th in the Ten Thousand Races Rankings.
• Yi Tian sensed a fire Greater God entering Great Xia and went to meet Xiao Ziyan, who arrived with a Vermilion Bird.
• Xiao Ziyan introduced herself as the Flame Emperor from the Radiant Stars Nation and explained that the Vermilion Bird had been branded with the Turbid Heart Seal.
• Xiao Ziyan asked Yi Tian to use the Life Divine Core to prolong the Vermilion Bird’s life, believing he had obtained the core.
• Xiao Ziyan said Mills had spread the news about the Life Divine Core, and Yi Tian reacted with killing intent.

Yi Tian told Xiao Ziyan that Mills had falsely claimed he took the Life Divine Core, which had actually been devoured. As Xiao Ziyan prepared to leave with the Vermilion Bird still dying, Yi Tian offered a way to save her that required signing a contract, and Xiao Ziyan left the decision open.

• Yi Tian explained to Xiao Ziyan that Mills had framed him and that the Life Divine Core had been devoured rather than taken.
• Xiao Ziyan said she would help clear Yi Tian's name if she could, then prepared to leave because she had no way to save the Vermilion Bird.
• Yi Tian stopped Xiao Ziyan and said he might be able to save the Vermilion Bird by restoring her suppressed powers.
• Yi Tian told Xiao Ziyan that saving the Vermilion Bird required signing a contract with him, though it would not impose compulsory conditions or affect their bond.
• Xiao Ziyan reacted with resistance, then said she needed time to think it over.

A Demon Tide led by Demon Emperor Turbid Heart descended on Great Xia, targeting Xiao Ziyan and the Vermilion Bird. Yi Tian refused to let Xiao Ziyan lure the Demon Emperor away and prepared Great Xia to face the invasion, leaving the armies mobilized for battle.

• A vast Abyss rift opened above Great Xia, and Yi Tian returned to East China as the Demon Tide began pouring through.
• Wan Jiang ordered the East China Army to defend against the demons while Yi Tian identified the creature in the rift as a Demon Emperor.
• Xiao Ziyan arrived on the Vermilion Bird and revealed that Demon Emperor Turbid Heart had placed the Turbid Heart Seal on it and was likely hunting her.
• Xiao Ziyan offered to lure Turbid Heart away, but Yi Tian refused and said Great Xia needed the battle and could handle the Demon Tide.
• Yi Tian told Xiao Ziyan to recover and promised to tear the Demon Emperor apart himself.
• The East China Army surged toward the battlefield as Dingcheng transformed into a war fortress.