Recaps

As the third round of turmoil drew near, Jiang Chen killed an incomplete Yin God summoned by Setuolei, though the battle cost two cities in the Polar Bear Empire their people. Uncle Wei and the Yama King returned to the Nine Provinces with half-step Dao Master strength, and Jiang Chen revealed that he had already defeated a Yin God.

• Yue Chi recovered his body and concealed himself, Ba disappeared into a sub-restricted zone, and Er Leng left the Nine Provinces without explaining why.
• Setuolei summoned an incomplete Yin God, and Jiang Chen transformed into Kunpeng and fought it outside the Gods' Mausoleum until he narrowly won.
• The Yin God drained the blood of people in two Polar Bear Empire cities during the battle, while Jiang Chen returned wounded but closer to a Nine-Star Card.
• Zhao Gujin attacked Jiang Chen in the Nine Provinces, and Zhou Tai, Xiaohai, Zhou Hei, and Jiang Xiao Chen used the Mountains and Rivers Dream Formation to hold him back.
• Uncle Wei and the Yama King returned, and the Yama King attacked Zhao Gujin while Uncle Wei greeted the people of the Underground City.
• Jiang Chen told Uncle Wei that he had killed an incomplete Yin God, leaving Uncle Wei stunned as the others confirmed it.

Jiang Chen reunited with Uncle Wei and pretended to condemn the King of Reincarnation, only to reveal he was angry that Reincarnation had left him to govern the Nine Provinces. After Uncle Wei learned the truth, he declined Jiang Chen’s offer to take the Reincarnation position and revealed that he had become half a Yin God in the Restricted Zone.

• Jiang Chen welcomed Uncle Wei back to the Underground City after the Yama King pursued Zhao Gujin away.
• Uncle Wei asked Jiang Chen whether he had gotten rid of the King of Reincarnation, and Jiang Chen theatrically declared there was no place for Reincarnation in the Nine Provinces.
• Uncle Wei grew furious and threatened Jiang Chen until King Chujiang explained that Reincarnation had abandoned the Nine Provinces and left Jiang Chen to lead the fight for nearly a month.
• Uncle Wei apologized after learning the truth, while Jiang Chen concealed his amusement and offered him the position of King of Reincarnation.
• Uncle Wei declined the position and revealed that he had become half a Yin God after an encounter with the Yama King in the Restricted Zone.

Uncle Wei recounted how he and the Yama King survived the Fengdu Forbidden Domain, gained immense strength, and met Zhao Qingyi and the Previous Yama King. After returning, Uncle Wei explained that the Restricted Zones and the Mortal World were natural opposites rather than enemies driven by hatred.

• Uncle Wei described how he and the Yama King endured deadly trials in the Restricted Zone, grew to the eighth tier of supreme powerhouse, and were nearly killed by a Servant God.
• Zhao Qingyi rescued them, restored the Yama King, and revived Uncle Wei with a Yin God's corpse before leaving them at her dojo.
• Uncle Wei and the Yama King continued deeper into the Restricted Zone, grew stronger, and were saved from a Yin God by the Previous Yama King.
• The Previous Yama King explained his return from death in Fengdu, sheltered the pair, and guided them until they reached half-step Dao master before leaving the Restricted Zone.
• After hearing their account, the gathered listeners questioned whether Zhao Qingyi and the Previous Yama King had defected, and Uncle Wei explained that the Restricted Zones were natural opposites of the Mortal World, not enemies motivated by hatred.

Yama King restored Jiang Lao with a Netherworld Flower, and the Nine Provinces grew much stronger as their leaders distributed treasures and raised new powerhouses. As the third round of upheaval began, Yuan Tiansuan foresaw a dire fate for the variable he believed was Jiang Chen, while Jiang Chen focused on hunting Yin Gods.

• Yama King apologized to Jiang Lao for failing to kill Zhao Gujin and used a Netherworld Flower to give Jiang Lao a powerful new body.
• Jiang Lao entered the True Dao, and Yama King and Uncle Wei distributed treasures to strengthen the Nine Provinces’ powerhouses.
• Six people, including Xiaohai, Zhou Tai, and Old Celestial Master, reached the True Dao, while many others advanced and the Nine Provinces became the world’s greatest openly known force.
• The sky darkened and enormous fissures appeared as the Heavenly Dao and the Restricted Zones entered their final confrontation, heralding the third round of upheaval.
• Yuan Tiansuan warned that the variable in his ancestor’s prophecy would face a great tribulation, glancing toward Jiang Chen as Jiang Chen considered how to hunt Yin Gods.

Yin Gods emerged across the world, forcing the Nine Provinces’ strongest fighters to confront them while Jiang Chen stayed ready to defend the Fengdu Forbidden Domain. When the Blood-Eyed King appeared above the Blood-Colored City Restricted Zone, the King of Equality called on the others to fight.

• Uncle Wei confronted a powerful Yin God from Barren Earth and held him back with his life-and-death Great Dao.
• The Yama King attacked an Ancient Evil God from the Fourth Restricted Zone near the Gods' Mausoleum, while Po Jun and the Big Dipper fought a Six-Winged Spectral Angel.
• Jiang Chen sent Zhou Hei, wielding the Yin God Hammer, and Tie Zhu to fight the sword-bearing Yin God in the Sage Domain.
• The Blood-Eyed King appeared above the Blood-Colored City Restricted Zone, and the King of Equality urged the gathered fighters to face him.

Jiang Chen confronted a top-tier Yin God as the Nine Provinces came under attack, and his crimson flames burned away the creature’s essence. The Yin God rebuilt its body and struck Jiang Chen with its bronze axe, but a notification revealed that he had gained 150 million Ghost Qi.

• Zhou Tai rallied the Nine Provinces’ powerhouses, and their mountains and rivers struck the Blood-Eyed Monarch and drove it beyond the Nine Provinces.
• Su Ling led the Netherworld’s younger generation to kill people and creatures corrupted by the Yin God while Jiang Chen watched Ghost Gate Pass.
• A top-tier Yin God emerged from Ghost Gate Pass, and Jiang Chen faced it alone as his body ignited with crimson flames.
• Jiang Chen charged through the top-tier Yin God’s bronze axe and burned it with his flames, but the Yin God destroyed its own head and formed a new body.
• The rebuilt Yin God cursed and wounded Jiang Chen with its bronze axe, and Jiang Chen received a notification that he had gained 150 million Ghost Qi.

Jiang Chen fought the Horse-Face Giant Ghost and Tunxiang while the King of Reincarnation intercepted another Yin God. As black crows arrived from the east, the Nine Provinces faced yet another attack.

• Jiang Chen battled the Horse-Face Giant Ghost as people across the Nine Provinces watched and feared for their lives.
• Tunxiang emerged from Formless City, drained the vitality of over a million people through its chanting, and joined forces with the Horse-Face Giant Ghost against Jiang Chen.
• Jiang Chen summoned the Li Fire Banner and formed an ancient Heavenly Fire Grand Formation to hold off both Yin Gods.
• The King of Reincarnation arrived and cut a giant-faced Yin God in two before engaging it in battle.
• A flock of black crows flew in from the east, and another Yin God set its sights on the battlefield.

Jiang Chen and the Nine Provinces forces faced successive Yin God attacks, but Zhao Dayuan and Luo Li arrived to hold back the invaders. The battle briefly stabilized before Demon-Prison Hell unleashed the Heavenly Stems Army and Earthly Sha Army, and another blood-covered Yin God appeared with no reinforcements left to answer.

• The Black Crow Yin God blinded the Nine Provinces experts and attacked until a giant emerged and fought him, but the Yin God killed the giant by invading his heart.
• A second giant, identified by Jiang Chen as Zhao Dayuan, arrived and forced the Black Crow Yin God to continue fighting instead of joining the Blood-Eyed King's battle.
• Luo Li appeared with ghostly forces, stopped one Yin God with his Ghost Generals, and sent another flying with his Ghost Compass.
• The King of Reincarnation exchanged banter with Luo Li while the defenders fought on and the battlefield temporarily gained no new Yin Gods.
• Demon-Prison Hell opened and released more than thirty servant gods from the Heavenly Stems Army and Earthly Sha Army, who formed a powerful ancient battle formation.
• Another blood-covered Yin God emerged as the King of Reincarnation neared victory, leaving the Nine Provinces' defenders without any remaining reinforcements.

Jiang Chen revealed his Red Emperor true form and destroyed the Horse-Face Ghost God’s true body and god-origin power, turning the tide against the invading Yin Gods. The Yin Gods fled in panic as Jiang Chen pursued them, sustained by the embryonic primordial immortal jade.

• The King of Reincarnation drove the giant-faced Yin God into retreat, then held off the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Sha Army.
• Zhao Dayuan transformed into a Rakshasa to fight the flesh-and-blood Yin God, while the North Yin Feng Lord secretly weakened Tunxiang and Jiang Chen wounded it.
• A powerful rain-wielding upper Yin God arrived, and Tunxiang threatened to devour the people of the Nine Provinces to recover its strength.
• Jiang Chen burst into flames, revealed his Red Emperor true form, and seized the Horse-Face Ghost God before blasting its true body and god-origin power apart.
• Tunxiang and the other Yin Gods fled as Jiang Chen, sustained by the embryonic primordial immortal jade, pursued them and knocked the black crow Yin God from the sky.

Jiang Chen and his allies routed the Yin Gods, killing several and driving the rest back into the Restricted Zones. After returning to the Underground City, the King of Reincarnation reclaimed his command seat while Tie Zhu briefed him on the city’s systems and future plans.

• Jiang Chen trapped the Black Crow Yin God and Flesh Yin God in Ten Directions Flame Purgatory, destroyed their bodies, and watched a Forbidden pull the Black Crow Yin God’s remnant soul into a Restricted Zone.
• Jiang Chen and the other fighters pursued the fleeing Yin Gods, killing five in total as the surviving enemies retreated to their Restricted Zones.
• The wounded fighters celebrated in the Underground City, where Jiang Chen boasted about his victories and earned Ghost Qi from the crowd’s reactions.
• Tie Zhu welcomed the King of Reincarnation back and offered him the main seat, while Jiang Chen teased him about yielding it to Tie Zhu.
• The King of Reincarnation kept the command seat, and Tie Zhu explained the Mountains and Rivers Guards system, recruitment standards, and Mass Cultivation Method plans.

After the Nine Provinces repelled the Yin Gods, Jiang Chen entered seclusion to grow stronger as enormous phantom altars gathered power above the Nine Provinces and the Restricted Zone portals. The altars threatened to bring the next disaster within days, while the Nine Provinces’ leaders and Jiang Chen’s allies continued their desperate cultivation.

• The King of Reincarnation praised Tie Zhu’s leadership, then asked Jiang Chen to let Tie Zhu serve as his deputy, and Jiang Chen mocked him before they all turned to seclusion.
• Jiang Chen spent 56.7 billion Ghost Qi on Nine-Star Cards and summoned Candle Dragon and Eastern Emperor, then saved his remaining resources toward a Ten-Star Card.
• Jiang Chen used the Yin God Hammer and Primordial Immortal Jade to absorb the Yin Gods’ remains and strengthen Tie Zhu and Jiang Xiao Chen during ten days of seclusion.
• Jiang Chen emerged to find a thousand-foot phantom altar above the Underground City, and Zhou Tai explained that it fed on negative emotions and was growing toward the arrival of the Yin Gods.
• Jiang Chen learned that enormous altars had appeared above nearly every Restricted Zone portal and that the King of Reincarnation, Luo Li, Zhao Dayuan, Uncle Wei, and the Yama King were all cultivating to regain or reach the Dao Master Realm.
• Jiang Chen sensed that Tie Zhu, Jiang Xiao Chen, and Zhou Hei were growing stronger in their chambers, and he placed particular hopes on Zhou Hei’s breakthrough.

The King of Reincarnation and Luo Li returned to the Dao Master Realm as the Yin Gods’ invasion began, and Jiang Chen declared he could face a forbidden being without sacrificing to the Dao. As the Yin Gods attacked the Nine Provinces, the two Dao Masters and the other defenders held the western front while Jiang Chen faced six enemies alone in the north.

• The King of Reincarnation and Luo Li emerged from a spiritual power tide and announced that they had returned to the Dao Master Realm.
• The King of Reincarnation asked Jiang Chen whether he would sacrifice to the Dao in a crisis, but Jiang Chen said he could contend with a forbidden being and warned that the disaster was near.
• The Yin Gods emerged from the sacrificial altars and attacked the Nine Provinces, while the King of Reincarnation and Luo Li drove several of them beyond its borders.
• Uncle Wei, the Yama King, Jiang Xiao Chen, Tie Zhu, Zhou Hei, and the Mountains and Rivers Dream Formation formed a defensive line in the west.
• Jiang Chen transformed into the Ancestral Qilin and completely demonized as six Yin Gods approached him in the north.

The Nine Provinces’ defenders fought wave after wave of Yin Gods, but the Sacrificial Altars summoned another five Top Yin Gods even after Zhou Hei and the King of Reincarnation held off the previous wave. As the new enemies began to materialize, an unknown voice challenged them to fight.

• The King of Reincarnation, Luo Li, Jiang Chen, Zhou Hei, Uncle Wei, the Yama King, and Zhao Dayuan battled the Yin Gods as the Nine Provinces struggled to hold its ground.
• Five more Top Yin Gods arrived, leaving the defenders badly wounded, restrained, or exhausted; Jiang Chen had killed one Top Yin God but was shackled by another’s Secret Art.
• The King of Reincarnation used the Blood Sacrifice Sword Diagram to trap and suppress three Top Yin Gods, while Zhou Hei shed his evil Dao aura and severely wounded two others with Immortal Dao power.
• Jiang Chen broke free enough to tear apart his opponent with the Ancestral Qilin’s Divine Ability, while Luo Li took on the Upper Yin Gods and the defenders survived the latest assault at great cost.
• The Sacrificial Altars ignited with blood-red divine fire and summoned another five Top Yin Gods, prompting a voice from the horizon to challenge them all.

Er Leng revealed that he was the latest incarnation of the Martial Lord and reached the Top Dao Master realm, then fought five supreme Yin Gods. Zhao Gujin joined the battle on humanity’s side, and the Nine Provinces regained the upper hand.

• Er Leng arrived and revealed that he had killed his master, recovered the memories of his past incarnations, and entered the Top Dao Master realm.
• Er Leng fought the five supreme Yin Gods and held them to a draw as Tie Zhu celebrated his return.
• Zhao Gujin appeared as a Dao Master of unorthodox Martial Arts, and Jiang Lao explained his unusual path.
• Zhao Gujin proposed competing with Er Leng to kill Yin Gods, and Er Leng challenged him to kill at least half as many.
• Zhao Gujin charged into battle and relieved Zhou Hei, while King Chen, Er Leng, and Zhao Gujin drove the Yin Gods back.

Jiang Chen and the Dao Masters defeated the invading Yin Gods, but the Nine Provinces were left devastated and the Sacrificial Altars threatened another assault. After a brief recovery and preparations to face the Forbidden beings, the fighters heard an eerie murmur as the next enemies arrived.

• Jiang Chen and the Dao Masters killed or drove off the Yin Gods, then returned to the Underground City with lasting Dao Injuries as the Nine Provinces lay in ruins.
• Zhao Gujin argued with Er Leng over who had killed more Yin Gods, and Er Leng recounted how Zhao Gujin had once claimed a draw after losing their fights.
• Zhao Gujin and Er Leng helped restore the King of Reincarnation and Luo Li to their prime during a ten-day ceasefire, while Po Jun reunited with Big Dipper and Uncle Wei.
• The Dao Masters discussed their chances against the Forbidden beings, with Zhao Gujin and the King of Reincarnation willing to perform Sacrifice to the Dao if necessary.
• The Sacrificial Altars began glowing red again, and the fighters heard an eerie murmur announcing the Forbidden beings' arrival.

As forbidden beings descended across the Nine Provinces, Zhao Qingyi and the Previous Yama King destroyed Fengdu’s descent ritual, sacrificing themselves to protect the world. The Fierce Lands then arrived to confront the remaining threats, with Mount Fangcun charging toward the Sage Domain.

• Jiang Chen realized his Ten-Star Card was his last system-provided card and that strengthening it would determine the battle’s outcome.
• Zhou Hei warned that Fengdu’s forbidden being was nearly at the Ancestor level and could not be defeated by the Nine Provinces’ forces alone.
• Zhao Qingyi and the Previous Yama King attacked the Fengdu forbidden being and destroyed its descent ritual, ending its projection.
• Zhou Hei said supreme figures in Fengdu would annihilate Zhao Qingyi and the Previous Yama King, while the Nine Provinces mourned their sacrifice.
• The Fierce Lands appeared across the Nine Provinces as their supreme figures prepared to fight the descending forbidden beings.
• Mount Fangcun charged toward the Sage Domain after an aged voice vowed to face its most dangerous threat.

The Fierce Lands fought the Restricted Zones while Jiang Chen and the others defended the Nine Provinces from the Forbidden beings. Lu Yao sacrificed himself to return Zhou Hei to his original body, and Zhou Hei awakened as Zhou Heavenly Dao, making every fighter recoil.

• Penglai, Wuzhuang Temple, the River of Forgetfulness, Qingqiu, and the Dragon Palace attacked the Fierce Lands that had sided with the Restricted Zones.
• The peach tree from the Peach Garden suppressed Mount Sumeru Temple, while Qingqiu attacked the Gods' Mausoleum and the Dragon Palace struck Barren Earth.
• Jiang Chen used Demon Transformation: Eastern Emperor to fight the eight-winged Forbidden Spectral Angel, and the Big Dipper sacrificed their arms to summon a young man who struck down a Forbidden being.
• A Forbidden being unleashed a tide of souls against the Nine Provinces, and Lu Yao used a talisman to block it before handing his coffin to Zhou Hei and disappearing.
• Zhou Hei's heart entered the corpse in the coffin, and he awakened as Zhou Heavenly Dao, causing the Forbidden beings and the fighters behind the Fierce Lands to stop and retreat.

Zhou Heavenly Dao killed a Forbidden being but exhausted his strength as the remaining Forbidden beings attacked the Nine Provinces. King Tang and Bai Qi arrived with the armies of Great Tang and Qin to reinforce the defense, while the Eastern Emperor Bell erased an eight-winged Spectral Angel.

• Zhou Heavenly Dao killed a Forbidden being in Blood-Colored City, but the Abyssal Serpent God urged the other Forbidden beings to attack, and they descended on the Nine Provinces.
• Er Leng, Luo Li, the King of Reincarnation, and Zhao Gujin tried to hold off the attackers but suffered grievous injuries as Zhou Heavenly Dao fought two Forbidden beings.
• King Tang arrived with the soldiers of Great Tang and led them in surrounding a Forbidden being, easing the pressure on the Nine Provinces.
• Zhou Heavenly Dao exhausted his Immortal Qi and fell, while the Star Lord of the Big Dipper intervened to save him.
• Bai Qi led a million Terracotta Warriors from the Mausoleum of the First Emperor and ordered them to attack a Forbidden being, strengthening the Nine Provinces' defenses.
• The Eastern Emperor Bell rang, and an eight-winged Spectral Angel vanished from heaven and earth.

Jiang Chen confronted the supreme Forbidden being from Fengdu as Nine Provinces' armies and Dao Masters sacrificed themselves to destroy their foes. Zhou Heavenly Dao then gave up the last Earth Immortal's corpse to annihilate the final Forbidden being above the Nine Provinces.

• The supreme Forbidden being emerged from Fengdu and revealed the heads of the Previous Yama King and Zhao Qingyi, prompting Jiang Chen to fully demonize and clash with him.
• King Tang sacrificed Great Tang's soldiers to erase a newly ascended Forbidden being, while the Big Dipper Star Lord helped the Qin Army sacrifice itself to destroy another.
• The King of Reincarnation, Luo Li, and Er Leng sacrificed their Daos to kill a Forbidden being, and Zhao Gujin, the defiant man, and King Tang followed by sacrificing theirs to destroy another.
• The Yama King carried Zhou Heavenly Dao into the sky to face the last Forbidden being, and Zhou Heavenly Dao detonated the corpse of the world's last Earth Immortal to destroy it.

Jiang Chen and the allied Fierce Lands defeated the Forbidden after a devastating battle, but a new disturbance shook Blue Star as the seven Fierce Lands formed a defensive Immortal Formation around the Nine Provinces. The chapter ended with the sky darkening again, leaving the threat unresolved.

• The Mount Fangcun elder killed two Forbidden in succession, sacrificing his life to destroy one at Barren Earth.
• The Dragon Palace and Qingqiu defeated another Forbidden, then joined the other Fierce Lands to drive back the four rebel Fierce Lands.
• Jiang Chen killed the supreme Forbidden with a life-risking attack, and Tie Zhu caught his exhausted father as he fell.
• The Sacrificial Altars went dark, and the survivors grieved and celebrated their victory.
• The seven Fierce Lands arranged themselves around the Nine Provinces and raised a defensive Immortal Formation as a tremor shook Blue Star and darkness returned to the sky.

The six Weird Ancestors used the Sacrificial Altars to break Demon-Prison Hell and release the Weapon Ancestor. Jiang Chen transformed into Candle Dragon to defend the Nine Provinces, but his grandfather Old Zhang stepped in and struck the Weapon Ancestor back.

• The six Weird Ancestors drove thirteen Sacrificial Altars into Demon-Prison Hell, weakening its formation until the Weapon Ancestor emerged.
• Jiang Chen transformed into Candle Dragon and stood between the Weapon Ancestor and the Nine Provinces.
• Old Zhang revealed himself as Jiang Chen’s grandfather and blasted the Weapon Ancestor backward with lightning orbs.
• Old Zhang faced the Weapon Ancestor and declared that it would be buried in the Nine Provinces.

Old Zhang was revealed as the immortal Daoist School Master, and the First Emperor emerged from his mausoleum to confront the Law Ancestor as Old Zhang fought the Weapon Ancestor. The Six Great Restricted Zones revived the Soul Ancestor, leaving Jiang Chen to face it while the three Ancestor-level battles began.

• Zhou Tai and the Peach Garden old woman identified Old Zhang as the Daoist School Master, who had hidden his identity to prevent an early Ancestor-level war.
• The Law Ancestor revealed itself, and the First Emperor emerged from the Mausoleum of the First Emperor to battle it, telling Tie Zhu to guard the Nine Provinces' dragon fortune for another thousand years.
• Old Zhang fought the Weapon Ancestor and drew their destructive battle away from the Nine Provinces as the First Emperor clashed with the Law Ancestor.
• Jiang Chen noticed the Sacrificial Altar fragments reassembling, and the Six Great Restricted Zones used their power to revive the Soul Ancestor.
• Jiang Chen confronted the Soul Ancestor, trapping it in darkness and beginning to reverse its body toward its shattered state, but its soul power briefly dazed him.

The seven Fierce Lands reforged the Yin God Hammer with their supreme treasures to aid Jiang Chen, who had been weakened by the Soul Ancestor’s power. Jiang Xiao Chen sacrificed himself to complete the hammer’s Immortal Dao, and the newly formed Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure flew toward the battlefield.

• The First Emperor countered the Law Ancestor’s foreign laws with his Human Dao Domain as the Fierce Lands revealed they had supported his rise.
• King Chen developed black soul spots and faltered, prompting the Peach Garden’s old woman to offer its Dao Treasure while the Dragon Palace warned that the Soul Ancestor’s Forbidden Soul Lamp made approaching the battlefield dangerous.
• Ao Lin used the Dragon Palace’s reserves to lead the seven Fierce Lands in reforging the Yin God Hammer, which gained an eternal aura and reached the level of an Immortal Artifact.
• Jiang Xiao Chen stepped forward and sacrificed himself to the Eternal Immortal Hammer, causing his blood and Immortal Dao to complete its transformation into an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure.
• The hammer flew toward the battlefield as the myriad Daos of Law yielded before it.

Jiang Chen defeated Soul Ancestor, but Soul Ancestor sacrificed itself to help Law Ancestor trap him in Dream Country. The chapter ended with the First Emperor and Old Zhang realizing Jiang Chen had vanished into the Restricted Zone.

• Jiang Chen summoned the Eternal Immortal Hammer, resisted Soul Ancestor's Forbidden Soul Lamp, and turned the battle in his favor.
• The First Emperor struggled against Law Ancestor while Old Zhang overpowered Weapon Ancestor, which retrieved its former weapon.
• Jiang Chen mastered Candle Dragon's power and used the Eternal Immortal Hammer to defeat Soul Ancestor, exiling parts of its body across countless eras.
• Soul Ancestor sacrificed itself through the Forbidden Soul Lamp, suppressing Jiang Chen's soul and leaving him unconscious.
• Law Ancestor used spatial power to help entomb Jiang Chen in Dream Country, and the First Emperor recognized the trap as Old Zhang cried out for his grandson.

The chapter recounted the century of cultivation and uneasy peace after the Battle of Yiwei, while revealing that the coming calamity might not have been averted. It then followed Jiang Chen as he woke from nightmares in a seemingly ordinary home and warned his worried parents that nighttime was dangerous.

• Humanity entered the Star Era after the Battle of Yiwei, and the Nine Provinces established laws that brought the population into an age of cultivation.
• Over the next century, new powers arose across the world as exceptional talents learned that the disaster might still be approaching.
• Jiang Chen woke from a nightmare as his mother comforted him and his father questioned whether he was pretending to be ill.
• Jiang Chen warned his parents not to go out at night, while they discussed his treatment and his mother's strained job and finances.
• Jiang Chen recognized that ghosts were behind recent murders, including the killings of a university teacher and her husband reported on television.