Chapter Summaries

Yi Tian recruited Fan Wu and reached level 50 as Chen Mo cleared the Trial Secret Realm and defeated the Ghost Race team seeking the Nether God Divine Godhead Fragment. Yi Tian discovered his tier-three advancement quest was already complete.

• Fan Wu followed Yi Tian on the strength of Master Ji Yuan's instructions, and Yi Tian delayed assigning him a class until he reached level 50.
• Chen Mo sent the Netherworld Arbiters to kill the Ghost Race members surrounding him, then led his undead legion deeper into the Trial Secret Realm.
• Six tier-three Yaksha Ghosts confronted Chen Mo, but he trapped them in his Netherworld Domain and his forces killed them before they could alert the Ghost King.
• Chen Mo wiped out the Ghost Race team, headed deeper into the Secret Realm for the Nether God Divine Godhead Fragment, and leveled up.
• Yi Tian shared experience from Chen Mo, reached level 50, and found that he had already completed both requirements for his tier-three advancement quest.

Yi Tian completed his tier-three advancement and gained team-formation skills, cheaper employee benefits, and the ability to recruit nonhumans. After assigning his employees to teams, he began recruiting Fan Wu and his god-tier class.

• Yi Tian discovered that Ye Xiu's King rank and Chen Mo's international mercenary ranking fulfilled the world-level honor requirement, completing his tier-three quest.
• Yi Tian advanced to tier three, reducing Employee Benefits costs and unlocking Assign Teams, Team-Building, and nonhuman recruitment.
• Yi Tian formed Team One with Bai Qiu Li, Wan Jiang, Jiang Che, Ye Xiu, and Zhou Mo Yao, then assigned the other employees to Lifestyle Team, Team Two, and World-Destroying Team.
• Yi Tian learned that Team-Building could send teams to trials in random worlds, where they would revive if they died and earn rewards for success.
• Yi Tian gained additional Promotion slots and decided to recruit Fan Wu first, handing him a golden contract after spending forty funding points.

Yi Tian recruited Fan Wu as a God-Tier Demon-Subduing Vajra and learned that his master, Master Ji Yuan, had foretold their meeting. As a stronger Ghost Domain approached, Yi Tian recognized Lesser Ghost King Ye Jiu and detected another Special Potential within the mist.

• Fan Wu signed Yi Tian’s contract and received the God-Tier Demon-Subduing Vajra class, its Demon-Subduing Pestle, and powerful anti-ghost abilities.
• Yi Tian assigned Fan Wu to Team Two and saw Great Xia’s civilization points rise by ten, moving its rank up seven places.
• Fan Wu told Yi Tian that Master Ji Yuan had predicted their meeting and instructed him to follow Yi Tian.
• After the Ghost Domain around the Trial Secret Realm dissipated, the Wusheng Ghost King sent Moshiluo and Ye Jiu to investigate the destroyed Ghost Race team and prioritize recovering any Divine Godhead Fragment.
• Ye Jiu led a stronger Ghost Domain against Yi Tian and Fan Wu, and Fan Wu crushed its vanguard with one swing of the Demon-Subduing Pestle.
• Yi Tian recognized Ye Jiu as a Lesser Ghost King and detected another Special Potential deeper in the ghost mist.

Yi Tian watched Fan Wu use his Wrathful Vajra Avatar to overwhelm Lesser Ghost King Ye Jiu while Moshiluo refused to join the fight and fled. After Fan Wu killed Ye Jiu, Yi Tian collected the Ghost King's soul, while Chen Mo reached the final stage of the Trial Secret Realm seeking the third Nether God Divine Godhead Fragment.

• Fan Wu used his Buddhist powers and Demon-Subduing Pestle to crush the Ghost Race troops as Yi Tian watched the hidden figure in the Ghost Domain.
• Lesser Ghost King Ye Jiu attacked Fan Wu, but Fan Wu transformed into his Wrathful Vajra Avatar and countered Ye Jiu's strength.
• Moshiluo appeared, refused Ye Jiu's demand to help, and fled after sizing up Yi Tian.
• Fan Wu killed Ye Jiu, and Yi Tian collected the Lesser Ghost King's Soul and stored it in his inventory.
• Chen Mo cleared the previous wave of Ghost Race competitors and reached the Trial Secret Realm's final stage, expecting to find the third Nether God Divine Godhead Fragment.

Chen Mo cleared the Trial Secret Realm, obtained the third Nether God Divine Godhead Fragment and the Soul Flame ability, then left to continue pursuing the remaining fragments. Outside, he reunited with Yi Tian and Fan Wu, learned they had repelled a Ghost Race attack, and set off while Yi Tian headed back toward East China.

• Chen Mo's undead legion quickly killed three hundred Darkwood Tree Fiends, collecting undead-type materials and clearing the final trial stage.
• Chen Mo claimed the third Nether God Divine Godhead Fragment and gained Soul Flame, which granted him and his undead legion soul-burning attacks.
• Chen Mo learned that collecting all seven fragments would form the Nether God Divine Core and grant authority over the Nether Realm.
• Chen Mo emerged from the Secret Realm and found ghosts scattered across the ground with Yi Tian and Fan Wu, who had fought off a Lesser Ghost King and the Ghost Race forces.
• Yi Tian introduced Fan Wu as a strong ally against the Ghost Race and recommended that Chen Mo visit Spirit Forgemaster Ou Ye Gu to craft equipment from his materials.
• Chen Mo left to search for more fragments, while Yi Tian took Fan Wu toward East China and received news about Wei Yuan's exploration of the Yagu Continent while passing through Dingcheng.

The Yagu Dynasty prepared a full-scale invasion, strengthened by the World Tree, and Yi Tian set out to revive Nidhogg so he could confront the god. He returned to the Dragon Ancestor's Forbidden Land, where the Azure Emperor appeared and blocked his path.

• Wei Yuan showed Yi Tian footage of the Yagu Dynasty massing its army, with every soldier protected by emerald shields that boosted their strength.
• Yi Tian confirmed that the Black Prince could deal with the World Tree and told Wei Yuan to prepare an attack on the Yagu Continent once he returned.
• Yi Tian asked Wei Yuan to arrange supplies and a place to stay for Fan Wu, then used Void Traversal to return to the Forbidden Land with the Black Prince.
• Yi Tian and the Black Prince headed toward Nidhogg's buried body, but the Azure Emperor appeared before them, and Yi Tian suspected an ambush.

Yi Tian and the Black Prince confronted the Azure Emperor in the Forbidden Land, where she fought to prevent them from reclaiming the Black Emperor’s body. After the White Emperor and the World Tree prepared the Yagu Dynasty for a counterattack, a War of Supremacy alert revealed that the Azure Emperor had been slain.

• Yi Tian and the Black Prince realized the Azure Emperor could enter the Forbidden Land because she had never betrayed the Black Emperor.
• The Azure Emperor explained that she supported whoever could best lead the Dragon Race, and Yi Tian recognized that she would never ally with Great Xia.
• The Azure Emperor attacked Yi Tian with a barrage of elemental spells, but his Golden Bell Shield reflected most of them as he prepared to strike back.
• At the World Tree, the White Emperor arranged blessings for the Yagu Dynasty’s forces and vowed to capture Nidhogg before he could reclaim his body.
• A War of Supremacy notification reported the death of a second top-five combatant, and the White Emperor identified the slain Azure Emperor and realized the enemy had reached the Forbidden Land.

After killing the Azure Emperor, Yi Tian discovered he could invest in reviving Nidhogg’s corpse, but the World Tree’s will manifested in the Forbidden Land and attacked them. Yi Tian used the Netherworld Domain to restrain the World Tree while Nidhogg prepared to revive.

• Yi Tian killed the Azure Emperor, reached level 51, and collected the Dragon of Ten Thousand Laws Crystal from his corpse.
• Yi Tian inspected Nidhogg’s dragon corpse and found an investment opportunity for a Progenitor-Level Dragon Race Bloodline.
• Yi Tian told Nidhogg to have his own hand place a print on the investment contract.
• The World Tree’s will manifested and attacked Yi Tian with thorny roots throughout the Forbidden Land.
• Yi Tian activated the Netherworld Domain, restricting the World Tree’s power, and used Soul Flame to hold it off while Nidhogg prepared to revive.

Yi Tian’s undead legion weakened the World Tree’s will inside the Netherworld Domain while the Black Prince completed Nidhogg’s recruitment and restored the Black Emperor’s body. After Nidhogg reunited with his body and Yi Tian gained his abilities, Yi Tian canceled the domain, leaving the World Tree’s will face-to-face with his ancient enemy.

• Yi Tian used Soul Flame and his undead legion to damage the World Tree’s will inside the Netherworld Domain, though the domain’s limited duration threatened to reverse the advantage.
• The Black Prince placed Yi Tian’s contract on his dragon claw, recruiting Nidhogg’s soulless body and restoring its vitality.
• Yi Tian inspected Nidhogg’s powerful abilities as Nidhogg fused with his body and roared that he lacked nothing now.
• Yi Tian gained Nidhogg’s shared attributes and abilities, including Despair and Ruin, and canceled the Netherworld Domain.
• The World Tree’s will turned and saw Nidhogg’s furious Golden Eyes, then cried out his name.

Nidhogg returned to life and confronted the World Tree’s will manifestation, revealing the history behind the World Tree’s betrayal and killing the manifestation. After Yi Tian collected a Divine Godhead Fragment, Nidhogg turned his gaze toward him.

• The World Tree recalled how Nidhogg conquered worlds, wounded and killed a guardian god, and prompted the World Tree to plot his assassination with the White Sovereign.
• Nidhogg pinned the World Tree’s will manifestation down, tore him apart, and inflicted wounds that the World Tree could not heal.
• Nidhogg overwhelmed and destroyed the manifestation, then devoured its remains and absorbed its life-type divine power.
• Yi Tian gained a level, received Profit Sharing, and collected the Divine Godhead Fragment left behind by the World Tree’s manifestation.
• With only Yi Tian and Nidhogg left in the Forbidden Land, Nidhogg looked around and fixed his gaze on Yi Tian.

After restoring Nidhogg’s body, Yi Tian watched him emerge from the Forbidden Land and unleash his power against the Yagu Dynasty’s forces. With the Black Emperor leading the counteroffensive, Yi Tian sent Wei Yuan the order to attack.

• Great Xia’s commanders learned that the Azure Emperor had been slain, Great Xia had gained 20 civilization points, and the Yagu Dynasty had lost 35.
• Nidhogg considered Yi Tian, then called him “Boss” and agreed to lead the counteroffensive against the Yagu Continent.
• Nidhogg emerged over the Yagu Continent, shocking the World Tree and the White Emperor.
• The World Tree summoned blessed Dragon Race legions to surround Nidhogg, but Nidhogg used Word Spirit: Emperor to overwhelm them with fear.
• Yi Tian sent Wei Yuan the message, “Attack!”

Wei Yuan led Great Xia’s East China army through the Otherworld Passage to begin its counterattack on the Yagu Continent. There, the troops found the Dragon Race already battling Nidhogg, whose power overwhelmed both the White Emperor and the World Tree.

• Yi Tian sent Wei Yuan the attack signal, and Ling Hua and Ling Luo joined Great Xia’s forces for the counterattack.
• Wei Yuan led the army through the Otherworld Passage, then ordered one legion to seize territory and another to capture resource sites while he, Jiang Yuan Shuang, and two others flew to reinforce Yi Tian.
• Nidhogg attacked Heragel, the White Emperor, after using Word Spirit-Emperor to cow the Dragon Race’s elite legions.
• The World Tree struck Nidhogg with divine light, but the Black Emperor devoured the attack with Despair.
• Wei Yuan and the others arrived and realized that the terrifying Black Emperor was the ally Yi Tian had found.

Yi Tian and Nidhogg faced the World Tree while Wei Yuan’s group joined the battle, and Yi Tian used his Netherworld Domain to counter the god’s roots. Elsewhere, East China Army squads captured the Yagu Dynasty’s resource-producing Secret Realms to weaken the World Tree.

• Wei Yuan, Jiang Yuan Shuang, Ling Luo, and Ling Hua joined Nidhogg’s fight against the White Emperor while Yi Tian watched for the World Tree’s intervention.
• The World Tree trapped Wei Yuan’s group and Nidhogg in a root cage that drained life, but Nidhogg used Despair to consume some of the god’s divine power.
• Yi Tian spread his Netherworld Domain, withering the World Tree’s roots, and rejected the god’s demand that Great Xia abandon Nidhogg.
• Wei Yuan said the East China Army would support them as the army’s squads fought across the Yagu Continent.
• Wan Jiang, Ye Xiu, and Jiang Che captured three medium and eleven small Secret Realms, aiming to seize the enemy’s resources and weaken the World Tree.

Wan Jiang, Ye Xiu, and Jiang Che used Yi Tian's team buff to seize enough Yagu Dynasty resource sites for Great Xia to fulfill a victory condition and begin plundering its fortune. The World Tree weakened as Nidhogg grew stronger, and he killed one of the Yagu Continent's top five fighters before turning toward the World Tree and White Emperor.

• Wan Jiang, Ye Xiu, and Jiang Che entered another Secret Realm and seized it with the All-Rounder Squad buff.
• Great Xia captured two-thirds of the Yagu Dynasty's resource sites and triggered the first victory condition, causing its fortune to be drained.
• The World Tree weakened, and she ordered the elite Dragon Race army to return and defend the lost Secret Realms.
• Nidhogg attacked again, empowered by the despair spreading through the Yagu Dynasty, while Jiang Yuan Shuang and Ling Luo cut through the World Tree's weakened roots.
• A guardian dragon challenged Nidhogg, who killed him instantly with Ruin.
• Nidhogg turned toward the World Tree and White Emperor and declared that they were next.

Nidhogg killed the White Emperor as Great Xia gained the upper hand in the War of Supremacy. With the White Emperor dead, Great Xia’s fighters and Nidhogg turned toward the last surviving member of the Yagu Continent’s top five, bringing victory within reach.

• Fan Wu fought at the vanguard of the East China Army as Great Xia pressed its advantage over the Yagu Dynasty.
• As the Yagu Dynasty’s forces retreated and despair spread, Nidhogg’s power grew and he charged the World Tree, the White Emperor, and the Dragon Race’s army.
• Nidhogg used [Word Spirit: Emperor] and [Crime and Punishment] to overpower and bind the White Emperor, then killed him with attacks that ignored defenses.
• Nidhogg’s victory raised his level to 53 and left the Dragon Race’s army more fearful, while Great Xia met its victory conditions.
• Wei Yuan, Jiang Yuan Shuang, Ling Luo, and Ling Hua attacked the elite dragon commander from four directions as Nidhogg flew toward him.

The World Tree resurrected the White Emperor and a World Tree Guard, reversing the battlefield’s momentum. Yi Tian killed the revived White Emperor in one punch and gained a level, then looked to the World Tree as if hoping for another resurrection.

• The World Tree repelled Nidhogg, Wei Yuan, and the others, then gathered his divine power and unleashed an emerald tide that healed the White Emperor.
• The World Tree revealed that he could resurrect the dead, restoring the White Emperor and a World Tree Guard while preparing another tide.
• The revived White Emperor used Royal Authority to suppress Great Xia’s fighters, but Yi Tian teleported in unaffected.
• Yi Tian struck the White Emperor with the power of Ruin and killed him instantly, rising from level 53 to level 54.
• Yi Tian looked toward the World Tree expectantly, and the World Tree froze with another resurrection tide already gathering.

Yi Tian killed the White Emperor, the World Tree Guard, and the Dragon Race legion commander, securing Great Xia's victory in the War of Supremacy. The Yagu Continent became Great Xia's subordinate territory, with Yi Tian named the war's greatest contributor and granted half the authority to establish its world rules.

• Yi Tian killed the resurrected White Emperor with one punch, shocking both Great Xia's forces and their enemies.
• Yi Tian instantly killed the newly resurrected World Tree Guard, then targeted the Dragon Race legion commander.
• The World Tree abandoned his attempt to resurrect more fighters, and Yi Tian killed the legion commander.
• The War of Supremacy ended after Great Xia fulfilled two victory conditions, prompting the Yagu Dynasty's Dragonkin to surrender and Great Xia's East China Army to celebrate.
• The passage became one-way in Great Xia's favor, and the Yagu Continent was designated Great Xia's subordinate territory.
• Yi Tian was named the war's greatest contributor and received 50% of the decision-making authority over the Yagu Continent's world rules.

After Great Xia won the War of Supremacy, Nidhogg began killing the World Tree while Wei Yuan and the others prepared to claim the Yagu Continent. Back in East China, Great Xia’s civilization points surged, revealing the scale of its victory to watching races.

• The Yagu Dynasty’s armies collapsed after the War of Supremacy ended in Great Xia’s victory.
• The World Tree conceded defeat to Yi Tian, but Nidhogg attacked his roots and began exacting revenge.
• Yi Tian left the World Tree to Nidhogg while Wei Yuan and the others arranged to claim the Yagu Continent’s spoils.
• Yi Tian gained wealth, decision-making authority, and reputation value from the victory.
• Three hours after the East China Army entered the Yagu Continent, Great Xia’s civilization points rose to 517 and its rank reached 7726.

Great Xia’s victory over the Yagu Continent sent its civilization score soaring and changed how Blue Star’s other races viewed it. As the continent’s new rulers began clearing the battlefield, Yi Tian received word that headquarters wanted him at a postwar meeting.

• Great Xia’s victory raised its civilization score by 180 points and brought the Yagu Continent and its secret realms under its control.
• Elf Queen Elvira ordered a thirty-percent price cut on the Elven Royal Family’s resource shipment to Great Xia, while the Wusheng Ghost King instructed the Ghost Race to avoid conflict.
• The Void Insect Mother moved her entire race out of Han Country to get farther from Great Xia.
• Great Xia’s senior officials celebrated the victory, planned benefits for Classholders, and discussed how to reward Yi Tian.
• Wei Yuan directed the East China Army to clear the battlefield as Yi Tian checked his funds and Ning Jing arrived to investigate the continent’s relics.
• Two military personnel summoned Yi Tian to headquarters’ postwar meeting, and he agreed to go.

After the War of Supremacy, Yi Tian traveled to headquarters, where officials celebrated his victories and debated whether to follow him as the Child of Prophecy. The meeting ended with Yi Tian asking headquarters to find information on Nether God Divine Godhead Fragments.

• Yi Tian traveled to headquarters with Fan Wu and Zhou Yuan, while Wei Yuan stayed behind to handle postwar affairs on the Yagu Continent.
• Yi Tian saw that his renown had risen to "renowned in the region" and wondered whether it would attract talented people to join him.
• Old Li argued that the prophecy could be wrong and declared that he would treat Yi Tian as the Child of Prophecy regardless.
• Yi Tian arrived at headquarters and received a standing ovation from the senior officials.
• Old Sun promised to fulfill Yi Tian's requests, and Yi Tian asked headquarters to help locate information on Nether God Divine Godhead Fragments.