Chapter Summaries

Wang Quan killed the experts who came after him and gained the Ten Thousand Eras trait, then defeated Rebel King Great Sun with the Peach Blossom Martial Emperor’s martial Divine Ability. He wondered whether he could use the rebel king banners to control the evil beings and prevent the Era Cataclysm.

• After killing the spear-wielding youth, Wang Quan learned from his memories that more Heavenly World experts were coming and waited for them.
• The Seventy-Two Paths of Smoke and Dust produced a Ten Thousand Eras banner, granting Wang Quan a trait that reduced the suppression he faced across eras.
• Wang Quan discovered that the banner let him transmit orders to evil beings under Myriad Generations and considered making them loyal to him.
• Rebel King Great Sun left his followers and rushed toward Wang Quan, intent on killing him for a reward from an important figure.
• Rebel King Great Sun attacked Wang Quan with a storm of blades, but Wang Quan used the Peach Blossom Martial Emperor’s martial Divine Ability to cut her into pieces and take her head.
• Wang Quan told the defeated Rebel King Great Sun that her martial methods bore traces of the Peach Blossom Martial Emperor’s art, who might have founded the Heavenly World’s martial arts.

Wang Quan waited for his final enemy after killing many foes and collecting traits, then faced Chariot Youth, a powerful cultivator with a Legend Rating. Chariot Youth came to kill Wang Quan for planning to change history, and Wang Quan taunted him for obeying [Young Master].

• Wang Quan gained numerous traits from the enemies he killed and studied the flags on the Seventy-Two Paths of Smoke and Dust.
• After days without another enemy, Wang Quan decided to hunt down the last rebel king, but a scarlet ocean appeared in the sky.
• Chariot Youth arrived in a chariot, using the Red Sea to drain the essence, energy, and spirit of the evil beings it swept up.
• Chariot Youth declared that his Legend Rating and Heavenly World origins made him stronger than Wang Quan, but Wang Quan dismissed his claims.
• Wang Quan told Chariot Youth he planned to enter a Historical Fragment and kill a Historical Anchor Point to disrupt history fixed by [Young Master].
• Chariot Youth refused to help, explaining that [Young Master] had ordered history not to be changed, and Wang Quan mocked him for obeying.

Wang Quan fought the chariot youth on a silk-ribbon bridge and tested the martial Divine Abilities he had just acquired. After their evenly matched warm-up, Wang Quan announced that the real fight to the death was about to begin.

• The chariot youth challenged Wang Quan to fight, and Wang Quan accepted his invitation to step onto the silk-ribbon bridge.
• The chariot youth battered Wang Quan with a rapid assault, then realized the battered Wang Quan was a double.
• The chariot youth proposed that they join forces, while Wang Quan suggested they fake their deaths and change history together.
• Wang Quan's double burst into starlight, and the chariot youth revealed golden markings that formed a giant baby silkworm.
• Wang Quan and the chariot youth fought across the bridge with martial arts and Divine Abilities, neither gaining the upper hand.
• Wang Quan revealed he had only been testing newly acquired martial Divine Abilities and declared that their real fight was starting.

Wang Quan and Snow-Treading Madmen battled the chariot youth on a river of stars, using Divine Abilities and Magic Treasures to wear him down. As the youth’s healing made him stronger, Wang Quan gathered his weapons and expanded his Greater Divine Ability, preparing to unleash its full power.

• Snow-Treading Madmen appeared on a black-canopied boat and refused the chariot youth’s offer to serve him.
• Wang Quan fought the chariot youth with the Peach Blossom Martial Emperor’s Divine Abilities, but the youth slowed Wang Quan and wounded him.
• Snow-Treading Madmen struck the chariot youth with his lantern, and Wang Quan used the river of stars to slow the youth and resume their fight.
• Wang Quan switched to immortal-cultivation Divine Abilities and Magic Treasures while Snow-Treading Madmen occasionally struck the youth from the boat.
• The baby silkworm healed the chariot youth after each injury, making him tougher, so Wang Quan gathered his Divine Abilities and Magic Treasures into a hundred-armed form and expanded the river of stars.
• Wang Quan warned that the youth would face the Greater Divine Ability’s full power, and the youth said he was not ready.

Wang Quan repeatedly crushed the chariot youth with his dreamlike warship, but the youth revived each time and challenged him to use his lifebound divine ability. Wang Quan finally prepared to unleash it, and the world suddenly went pitch-black as the youth charged.

• The chariot youth grew giant to oppose Wang Quan's warship, but it crushed him, and Wang Quan explained that they had killed him in a dream before approaching his remains in reality.
• The chariot youth revived from his blood and flesh, questioned Wang Quan about the lantern, then charged again and was crushed repeatedly by the warship.
• Wang Quan tried to bind the youth's remains aboard the ship, but the youth revived again while Wang Quan's divine ability began to collapse.
• The chariot youth claimed he was the strongest invader and urged Wang Quan to use his lifebound divine ability, so Wang Quan rose above the Seventy-Two Paths of Smoke and Dust and prepared to fight.
• The chariot youth charged at Wang Quan as his Purple Mansion and Golden Core appeared, but the evil world abruptly turned pitch-black despite the sea of fire still hanging in the sky.

Wang Quan unleashed his Lifebound Divine Ability, [The Starry River Turns Above, the Curtains Fall Upon the Mortal World], which erased nearly everything within a thousand li and trapped the chariot youth. As the youth charged into the collapsing starry river, he realized the Divine Ability reached backward through time and wondered whether it had killed him in childhood.

• Wang Quan summoned an unprecedented black night that swallowed the Evil beings and other things within a thousand li, leaving their True Spirits to join the starry river.
• Wang Quan sensed another hidden being near him and replenished his Dharma Power with Golden Cores and Outer Elixirs to strengthen his Divine Ability.
• The chariot youth gathered the sea of fire into a scarlet cape, merged the silkworm with his chariot, and charged toward the starry river.
• The chariot youth realized he could not escape the Divine Ability and that even the silkworm would die with him.
• The chariot youth remembered seeing a similar starry river in childhood and concluded that Wang Quan's Divine Ability could kill across the past and present.

Wang Quan’s Divine Ability killed the Chariot Youth and the youth in black, revealing its three transformations. After the last of the seventy-two rebel kings died, Wang Quan’s Seventy-Two Paths of Smoke and Dust began transforming into a Magic Treasure.

• The Chariot Youth attacked the youth in black, then abandoned the fight when the river of stars formed an eye and cut off his life force.
• The youth in black shrank back into essence, qi, and spirit, and his True Spirit merged into the river of stars.
• Wang Quan explained that his Divine Ability had three transformations and that the Chariot Youth had died to its first change within its second form.
• The Chariot Youth’s True Spirit merged into the river of stars, and the last of the seventy-two rebel kings died.
• Wang Quan’s Dao Seal and Seventy-Two Paths of Smoke and Dust pulsed, and the smoke and dust began transforming into a flight-escape Magic Treasure bearing seventy-two banners.

Wang Quan's seventy-two traits merged into Havoc, granting him Divine Abilities tied to rebellion, war, and death. He tested Death Declaration by making an epitaph for Chariot Youth, whose figure appeared on it as the chapter ended.

• Wang Quan watched the seventy-two traits combine into Havoc, which gave him the traits Calamity: Rebellion, Calamity: War, and Calamity: Death.
• Wang Quan learned that Raise the Banner of Revolt empowered rebels, War Horn incited fighting, and Death Declaration bound the dead as Historical Anchor Points in his history.
• Wang Quan summoned paper workers to forge a gravestone and carved an epitaph for Chariot Youth.
• Wang Quan used Death Declaration to proclaim Chariot Youth dead, spending one hundred thousand streams of Dharma Power.
• Chariot Youth's figure appeared on the epitaph after Wang Quan's declaration burned into it.

Wang Quan revived Chariot Youth and the black-clad youth as tombstone-bound guardians, then organized evil beings to expand his influence in the Third Layer before visiting the Fourth Layer. He learned the Fourth Layer’s safe-zone efforts were progressing and heard that Black Hand was thriving and might have found a fortuitous opportunity.

• Wang Quan carved an epitaph for the black-clad youth, named him Abrupt Youth, and bound him alongside Chariot Youth to guard history.
• Chariot Youth and Abrupt Youth argued and tried to fight, then realized Wang Quan had left them trapped in the silent land.
• Wang Quan washed and refined evil beings’ brains, organized them into seventy-two rebel forces, and sent them expanding across the Third Layer.
• Wang Quan visited the Fourth Layer, where Ruo Jinghong and Mei Niang told him that establishing a safe zone had become easier and that its temporary area had grown to three feet across.
• Mei Niang told Wang Quan that Black Hand was thriving and seemed reluctant to return, prompting Wang Quan to wonder whether he had found a fortuitous opportunity.

Black Hand built an enormous army of evil creatures and dreamed of ruling the fourth-layer world. Wang Quan gave him the [Heavenly Tribulation Killer] Divine Ability, intensifying Black Hand’s ambition, and Black Hand began organizing his followers into an army to conquer the world.

• Black Hand gathered more than a hundred million evil creatures and declared that he would unite the fourth-layer world and be crowned king.
• Wang Quan arrived and asked Black Hand whether he had found a route for the Route Runners, but Black Hand refused to return to route running.
• Wang Quan gave Black Hand the modified [Heavenly Tribulation Killer] Divine Ability so he could nurture Tribulation Qi Magic Treasures.
• Black Hand’s followers tried to attack Wang Quan by swinging chains of evil creatures at him, but Wang Quan escaped on the Seventy-Two Paths of Smoke and Dust.
• The Divine Ability strengthened Black Hand’s ambition, and he named his followers imperial guards and ordered them to make banners, armor, and weapons for his army.
• King Black Hand led his newly organized forces to wage war in every direction and help him be crowned king.

King Black Hand’s repeated rebellions and battles caused strange objects to emerge from his belly, while Wang Quan’s planted Divine Ability eventually produced a Tribulation Qi Magic Treasure. Wang Quan prepared to return to the Mortal World before entering the third historical fragment, despite warnings about its dangers.

• King Black Hand grew stronger by leading Evils through repeated rebellions, slaughtering rebels and absorbing their survivors.
• Black Hand’s belly split open, releasing a black pearl that flew toward the ruins corresponding to Stone City; more strange objects emerged after later battles.
• In the Fourth Layer Evil World, Evils were drawn into Wang Quan’s Purple Palace Magic Treasure, where their essence, qi, and spirit helped it evolve.
• Wang Quan’s Seventy-Two Paths of Smoke and Dust captured the black pearl, revealing that his [Heavenly Tribulation Killer] Divine Ability had produced a weak Tribulation Qi Magic Treasure.
• Wang Quan told Mei Niang and Ruo Jinghong that he would return to the Mortal World to prepare for the third historical fragment, which he had promised the [All-Under-Heaven Dao Court] to enter.

Wang Quan returned to the Historical Fragments after checking on the safe zone and learned that Ying Jiaren had left a message asking him to visit. He entered her Historical Fragment and found herb spirits rebuilding the palace, but they fled at the sight of him and called him the bad master.

• Wang Quan refused to take Ruo Jinghong and Mei Niang into a Historical Fragment, telling them to focus on establishing a safe zone in the Fourth Layer Evil World.
• Wang Quan inspected the rapidly expanding safe zone in the Second Layer Evil World, then contacted the All-Under-Heaven Dao Court about the third round of Historical Fragments.
• Wang Quan learned that the third batch had already opened and that cultivators had explored more than a thousand fragments, losing over thirty million Golden Core Cultivators.
• A great cultivator gave Wang Quan a pearl containing Ying Jiaren's message asking him to come see the maid, and helped him enter her Historical Fragment.
• Wang Quan arrived at the ruins and found herb spirits repairing the palace; they recognized him as the bad master and ran away.

Wang Quan visited Ying Jiaren and the maidservant from the Great Unification Era, learned the maidservant wanted him to ask the Taboo Emperor to visit, and waited for Ying Jiaren to regain consciousness. Ying Jiaren described her accomplishments and demonstrated her modified Lifebound Divine Ability with Wang Quan as they transformed and clashed outside.

• Wang Quan found Ying Jiaren cultivating amid Sandalwood Incense and learned from the maidservant that she wanted him to ask the Taboo Emperor whether he remembered her and would visit.
• The maidservant recounted how the Emperor had ended ancient calamities through slaughter, and Wang Quan agreed to speak with him.
• Ying Jiaren regained consciousness, explained that she had mastered a method for slowing her sense of time, and taught Wang Quan the cultivation method [Withering and Flourishing].
• Ying Jiaren said she had mastered and refined Golden Core Realm spells and divine abilities, then offered to teach Wang Quan her modified Lifebound Divine Ability.
• Ying Jiaren transformed into a phoenix and Wang Quan into a dragon, and they clashed outside as she revealed her ability: “the bright moon rises over the sea; across the ends of the earth, we share this moment!”

Wang Quan learned that Ying Jiaren would leave seclusion after refining her Golden Core abilities, and she gave him a vast collection of prepared divine abilities. After hearing that the Dao Court wanted him at a meeting in three years, Wang Quan went to the source of the Fury River, where he found cultivators of every level discussing an unusual duel.

• Wang Quan and Ying Jiaren ended their battle and discussed the Mortal World, and Ying Jiaren said she would establish Bitter Cold City after sorting out her gains through more historical resets.
• Ying Jiaren gave Wang Quan a box containing a hundred and eight thousand refined divine abilities, explaining that she had made a second set for herself.
• Wang Quan left the historical fragment and learned from the great cultivator that the All-Under-Heaven Dao Court wanted him to attend a meeting in three years.
• Wang Quan traveled to the source of the Fury River intending to spar with the [Taboo Emperor] and ask about the maidservant.
• Wang Quan noticed that cultivators and monsters along the river were discussing a duel, and he realized even primordial spirit dharma form and Dao Seal Cultivators were interested.

Wang Quan learned that New-Method Cultivators were gathering to fight for the Fury River’s source, then spoke with Nine-Tailed Yaoyao about the Peach Blossom Martial Emperor. After he revealed that he had found the Martial Emperor’s imperial scripture in the Third Layer of the Underworld, Yaoyao broke down in tears.

• Wang Quan learned that powerful New-Method Cultivators had formed an army and were advancing upstream along the Fury River, with some Orthodox Cultivators joining them.
• Wang Quan met Nine-Tailed Yaoyao near the source and heard her describe its benefits and her long years of dreaming about people and things she had lost.
• Wang Quan hesitated to tell Yaoyao that he had found a scroll of the Peach Blossom Martial Emperor’s Daoist scriptures.
• Wang Quan told Yaoyao that the imperial scripture mentioned a fox demon, peach blossoms, and Drunken Life, Dreaming Death, and Yaoyao began sobbing uncontrollably.

Wang Quan collected Yaoyao’s tear-gems and delivered her message to the Taboo Emperor, who gave him a box for her and explained his history with the Peach Blossom Martial Emperor. The Taboo Emperor urged Wang Quan to become an immortal so he could enter the true source, leaving Wang Quan plotting to find a faster way to improve.

• Wang Quan gave Yaoyao sacks to collect her gemstone tears, then brought her the Peach Blossom Martial Emperor’s Imperial Scripture, which made her weep again.
• Wang Quan told the Taboo Emperor about the maid’s situation, and the Taboo Emperor gave him a box to deliver to her.
• Wang Quan challenged the Taboo Emperor and was badly beaten despite using the Peach Blossom Martial Emperor’s techniques.
• The Taboo Emperor explained that he had sparred with Peach Blossom and described how Pathway pioneers and Martial Progenitors were recognized in his era.
• The Taboo Emperor urged Wang Quan to reach immortality so he could enter the true source and help confirm the traces of a living being.
• Wang Quan left the Era Fragment and considered harvesting Bump Spirit Monsters to accelerate his cultivation.

Wang Quan preached at the Fury River source, then agreed to join the coming spell duels between the New Method and the Old Cultivation Method. He returned to Stone City, recruited Officiant, Dream, and Fairy Qin, and began preparing for their journey to Drowning Dao Lower Court.

• Wang Quan preached for six hours, helping cultivators and spirits throughout the Fury River source gain insights and powers.
• Wang Quan found Nine-Tailed Yaoyao asleep, then agreed to join the spell duels after cultivators explained their significance and the unusual New-Method opponents.
• Wang Quan traveled back to Stone City and asked Ruo Jinghong and the others to participate, but they declined so they could focus on strengthening their foundations.
• Wang Quan invited Officiant, Dream, and Fairy Qin to the duels, and the three women eagerly agreed to prepare for the trip to Drowning Dao Lower Court.
• Wang Quan and the three women began arranging their supplies and life-saving measures before the journey.

Wang Quan prepared for the duel between the New Method and the Old Cultivation Method by recruiting Bump Spirit Monsters to help him harvest chives and assemble a grand entourage. He stored the brainwashers and more than a hundred thousand Monsters in Magic Treasure Blanks, ready to release them at the duel.

• Wang Quan visited the Bump Spirit Monsters and watched them wash the brains of Stone City residents, improving their cultivation as they worked.
• Wang Quan chose the 108 most skilled Bump Spirit Monsters and housed them in a garden Magic Treasure Blank, ordering them to wash brains and other body parts for him.
• Wang Quan summoned Great Wind-Driller and Little Wind-Driller and instructed them to recruit Monsters to bolster his presence at the duel.
• Great Wind-Driller and Little Wind-Driller assembled more than a hundred thousand Monsters for scattering flowers, waving flags, shouting, drumming, and carrying Wang Quan.
• Wang Quan stored the assembled Monsters in a small-city Magic Treasure Blank and installed it within the Seventy-Two Paths of Smoke and Dust.

Wang Quan hired Ghost Gods with Green Fly Coins to speed up construction of his title, promising further rewards if they finished before the Era Cataclysm. He learned they had been saving money to buy slots to become Innate Ghost Gods and promised to buy one himself, leaving the Ghost Gods working eagerly for a chance at a ten-thousand-mountain bonus.

• Wang Quan inspected the title construction and ordered the Ghost Gods to help build it faster.
• The Ghost Gods demanded Green Fly Coins, and Wang Quan agreed to pay them one mountain of money each day while their number remained at one thousand and one.
• The Ghost Gods explained that they wanted money to buy slots to become Innate Ghost Gods, and Wang Quan promised to buy a slot alongside them.
• The Ghost Gods took on the heavy construction work, greatly increasing the project's efficiency.
• Wang Quan promised each Ghost God ten thousand mountains of money if they completed the title before the Era Cataclysm, and they cheered and returned to work.

As Wang Quan prepared for a magical duel, his companions organized an elaborate show of support, from performances and special clothing to a cannon-powered fireworks display. Fairy Qin, Dream Nun, and the Officiant Daoist Nun finished their preparations and waited to cheer him on.

• Wang Quan asked Qian Xiuyue for more Green Fly Coins, which Qian Xiuyue considered insignificant beside the vast piles at the Drowning Dao Lower Court.
• Fairy Qin rallied three thousand demonesses and female spirits to accompany Wang Quan, perform at the banquet, and compete for his favor.
• Fairy Qin persuaded Dream Nun to design revealing clothes for their plans to entertain Wang Quan.
• The Officiant Daoist Nun awakened her spirit cannons and had them promise to fill the battlefield with fireworks after Wang Quan won.