Chapter Summaries

Shi Hao returned to the besieged Klan imperial city despite his mother's desperate warning and stood between Kelin Xiaoman and a Saint Apex attacker. He declared that he would protect his family and country even if it cost him his life, drawing the attention of the watching Highgod.

• Kelin Xiaoman, Grand Duke Kelin, and the Frost Dragon fought desperately on separate fronts, each believing Shi Hao was safely outside the city.
• Shi Hao appeared on a ridge outside the city, and Kelin Xiaoman cried out for him to flee.
• Shi Hao ignored her command, crossed the battlefield, and took a position in front of his wounded mother.
• Kelin Xiaoman rebuked Shi Hao for returning, but he insisted that his duty was to protect her and the Klan people.
• Shi Hao declared that he would rather die fighting than flee and let his Dao Heart be corrupted.
• The opposing Saint Apex experts watched Shi Hao with scorn, while the Highgod took a new interest in the unfolding crisis.

Shi Hao fought a supreme Saint to protect Kelin Xiaoman, but a killing blow sent him crashing into a crater, leaving his life uncertain. Driven to the brink by her son’s apparent death, Kelin Xiaoman broke through the Saint realm and attained godhood.

• Shi Hao unleashed his full physical power and rose into the sky to hold off one supreme Saint, easing the pressure on Kelin Xiaoman.
• Kelin Xiaoman defended the battlements while using her remaining Water Law to shield and heal Shi Hao as he endured the Saint’s attacks for two hours.
• The supreme Saint unleashed a killing slash that shattered Shi Hao’s defenses and hurled him into a deep crater, where he lay motionless.
• Kelin Xiaoman abandoned her defenses and burned her soul essence, blood essence, and cultivation reserves in a desperate outburst.
• Kelin Xiaoman shattered the boundary of the Saint realm and attained godhood amid the destruction of Klin Royal City.

Kelan Xiaoman reached the God realm, killed the two Saint Apex attackers, and healed Shi Hao before joining Grand Duke Kelin and the Frost Dragon against the invading gods. As a Midgod trapped the three and launched a killing blow, Shi Hao rose to shield them, awakening a mysterious power whose strength remained unknown.

• Kelan Xiaoman ascended to the God realm and annihilated the two Saint Apex experts attacking her.
• Kelan Xiaoman healed Shi Hao, shielded him in the crater, and went to aid Grand Duke Kelin on the western battlefield.
• Kelan Xiaoman suppressed a Lowgod while Grand Duke Kelin rushed to support the Frost Dragon, briefly stabilizing the fighting.
• Adkins ordered a Midgod to end the battle, and the Midgod forced the two Lowgods aside before trapping Kelan Xiaoman, Grand Duke Kelin, and the Frost Dragon in his God Domain.
• The Midgod prepared a killing attack, but Shi Hao broke through Kelan Xiaoman's shield and stood in front of the three as a primeval power awakened within him.

Shi Hao burned his life and foundation to shatter the Midgod’s God Domain attack, but collapsed as the Midgod prepared a stronger strike against his helpless family and Kelan Imperial City. Shiheng’s distant soul arrived too late to stop it, while Beirut, moved by Shi Hao’s feat, secretly decided to intervene.

• Shi Hao sacrificed his life force and unleashed a punch that destroyed the Midgod’s God Domain killing move.
• Shi Hao’s body and soul were exhausted, and the Midgod dismissed him before gathering an even stronger attack.
• Shiheng’s divine soul reached the battlefield and threatened the Midgod, but his true body remained too far away to save his family in time.
• The Midgod resumed his attack as Shi Hao, Kelan Xiaoman, Grand Duke Kelin, and the Frost Dragon remained unable to resist.
• Beirut watched from the Dark Forest, recognized Shi Hao’s unprecedented feat, and decided to intervene against the Midgod.

Shi Hao was dying after defending his family when the Clan-Suppressing Jade Seal chose him as its master and saved him from death. Its barrier stopped the Midgod’s attack, and as the Midgod launched another assault to seize the treasure, the seal unleashed its full imperial might.

• The Clan-Suppressing Jade Seal broke free and crossed the planes to reach the dying Shi Hao, recognizing the imperial blood in him.
• The seal touched Shi Hao’s blood, acknowledged him as its sole rightful Human Emperor, and used the Human Race’s power of faith and destiny to keep him alive.
• The Midgod’s lethal attack struck the seal’s golden barrier without causing any damage, shocking the gods and everyone on the battlefield.
• Adkins recognized Shi Hao as a variable for all realms, while Shiheng and Beirut watched in astonishment as the seal chose the boy over its former wielder.
• Greedy for the seal, the Midgod burned his divine core and launched another barrage, prompting the Clan-Suppressing Jade Seal to blaze with the young emperor’s imperial might.

Shi Hao became the Human Emperor as the Clan-Suppressing Jade Seal merged with his Divine Soul and humanity’s fortune transformed his body. His decree shattered the Heavenly Dao’s restraints on humanity, awakening humans across the worlds and leaving the entire race in the midst of a sweeping rise.

• Shi Hao’s ruined body healed and transformed as humanity’s fortune and the Clan-Suppressing Jade Seal poured power into him.
• Shi Hao experienced humanity’s ages of oppression and suffering through the memories branded into his Divine Soul.
• Shi Hao claimed the Clan-Suppressing Jade Seal and declared himself humanity’s Human Emperor, vowing to protect humanity and end its enslavement.
• Shi Hao’s decree shattered the Heavenly Dao’s shackles on humanity, and human cultivators across the worlds felt their Dao Hearts, cultivation, and hope revive.
• Two hidden human experts in the Hell Plane broke through from peak Six-Star Fiends to Seven-Star Fiends as the human fortune reached them.
• Human cultivators throughout the heavens received the blessing of humanity’s fortune, triggering a vast collective rise in cultivation, talents, and bloodlines.

Diyan’s long imprisonment ended when the Human Emperor’s fortune united his fire laws, freed him, and raised him to Asura-level strength. Above the Yulan Continent, Shi Hao suppressed the other-race Midgods and declared that the Human Emperor would punish anyone who invaded human territory or harmed humans.

• The Human Emperor’s fortune reached Diyan in the Fifteenth Layer of the Tomb of the Gods and fused the five conflicting fire origins within him.
• Diyan broke through to the Asura level as the purgatorial flames healed him and the god-binding chains crumbled away.
• Diyan looked toward the Yulan Continent, wept with relief, and welcomed humanity’s rise under the Human Emperor.
• Shi Hao’s racial authority suppressed the other-race Midgods’ divine power and shattered their attacks.
• Shi Hao raised his hand, empowered the Clan-Suppressing Jade Seal, and declared that the Human Emperor would execute any of the other races who invaded Human Territory or harmed human lives.

Shi Hao became a Lowgod through the Human Race’s faith and fortune, forging a divine body without a divine core and enduring the Heavenly Dao’s punishment. After surviving all nine lightning bolts, he freed Kelin Xiaoman and the other human experts by destroying the nonhuman Midgods’ God Domains with one punch.

• The Clan-Suppressing Jade Seal gathered the Human Race’s faith around Shi Hao, transforming his Berserk Secret Art into the Human Emperor Berserk Divine Ability and his body-refinement arts into the Human Emperor God-Refinement Art.
• Shi Hao crossed into godhood without a divine core, becoming a Lowgod whose body carried his divine path, and the Heavenly Dao summoned nine bolts of destructive punishment against him.
• Shi Hao endured all nine bolts, including a final strike with the power of an early-stage Highgod, and emerged with his Divine Body perfected.
• At the high-altitude battlefield, Kelin Xiaoman and two other human experts remained trapped and weakened inside three nonhuman Midgods’ God Domains.
• Shi Hao destroyed the God Domain barriers with one punch, freeing Kelin Xiaoman and her companions and ending their confinement.

Shi Hao defeated two Lowgods and crippled a Midgod after breaking the divine oppression over the battlefield, but a peak Five-Star Fiend Highgod threatened to overwhelm him. Shiheng arrived just as the Highgod prepared to strike, leaving the two powerful newcomers facing each other before battle began.

• Shi Hao broke the Midgod's God Domain, freeing Kelin Xiaoman and the other surviving human experts and revealing his Human Emperor manifestation.
• Shi Hao condemned the three nonhuman deities for their crimes against humanity and killed both Lowgods with the Human Emperor Divine Fist.
• Shi Hao struck the Midgod with his third punch, grievously wounding them and destroying their cultivation.
• A peak Five-Star Fiend Highgod from Gorba Prison emerged from the clouds, leaving the battlefield's survivors fearing for Shi Hao and humanity.
• Shiheng arrived at the battlefield, fixed his gaze on the Highgod and the dying Midgod, and faced the Highgod as their murderous presences collided.

Shiheng arrived at the devastated Klan Empire and erupted with fury over Shi Hao's dangerous ascension and the destruction around him. Ao Ditian overwhelmed and immobilized Adkins, who realized Shiheng was his master and begged for his life.

• Shiheng surveyed the ruined Klan Empire and saw Kelin Xiaoman, Grand Duke Kelin, and the Frost Dragon gravely wounded.
• Shiheng recalled Shi Hao's perilous ascension and the deaths and destruction caused by the battle, then unleashed his suppressed anger and killing intent.
• Ao Ditian released his peak Six-Star Fiend power and suppressed Adkins, a peak Five-Star Fiend Highgod.
• Ao Ditian asked Shiheng whether he should kill Adkins, and Adkins realized Ao Ditian was Shiheng's contracted mount.
• Adkins abandoned his arrogance, bowed to Shiheng, and repeatedly begged for mercy.

Shiheng rejected Adkins’s pleas and killed the peak Five-Star Fiend Highgod after sentencing him for the slaughter and devastation he had brought to the Yulan Continent. A dying Midgod who witnessed Adkins’s death realized how badly he had underestimated Shiheng and Shi Hao’s allies.

• Adkins claimed that mortals were beneath him and insisted that his status and future plans made him impossible to kill.
• Ao Ditian mocked Adkins’s boast about obtaining a Sovereign Artifact, and Shiheng refused Ao Ditian’s offer to kill him.
• Shiheng condemned Adkins for ravaging the Yulan Continent and unleashed a lethal attack using the powers of four systems of rules and two fused variant laws.
• Adkins burned his divine essence and raised his power to briefly rival a Six-Star Fiend, but Shiheng’s attack broke through his defenses and annihilated his Divine Soul.
• A dying Midgod watched Adkins fall and understood that he and his allies had gravely misjudged Shiheng and Shi Hao’s group.

After Shiheng annihilated Adkins and ended the divine calamity, Kelin Xiaoman, Grand Duke Kelin, the Frost Dragon, and Shi Hao recovered from the battle and grasped the scale of their survival. The ruined land of Yulan began to emerge from despair as peace and vitality returned.

• Kelin Xiaoman recalled how Shi Hao had become a god and defeated the invading Lowgods and Midgod before Shiheng arrived and killed Adkins with one strike.
• Kelin Xiaoman felt grateful that Shi Hao was her son and Shiheng was her beloved.
• Grand Duke Kelin released his fear and relief after seeing the hostile gods destroyed and the empire saved.
• The wounded Frost Dragon relaxed as it recognized that the father and son had ended the calamity.
• Shi Hao remained calm, certain that Shiheng's victory reflected his father's unmatched strength.
• Daylight broke through the clouds, and vitality returned to the shattered land of Yulan.

After Shiheng and Shi Hao defeated the gods who had ravaged the Yulan Continent, the last surviving Midgod begged for mercy and was destroyed. Shiheng imposed a decree on the remaining fugitives, while Shi Hao vowed to protect the Human Race and the continent entered a new era of peace.

• The wounded Midgod knelt before Shiheng and begged to be spared, but Shiheng declared that he did not deserve to remain a god.
• Shiheng located the remaining fugitives from Gorba Prison, ordered them to report to the Kelan Imperial Palace within three days, and tasked Ao Ditian with sealing the continent’s escape routes.
• Shi Hao rejected the Midgod’s pleas and destroyed him, leaving only his divine core preserved.
• Kelin Xiaoman mourned the devastation, while Shiheng promised that no god would dare threaten Yulan again.
• Shi Hao swore by the Human Dao to protect the Human Race and declared that any invader who harmed its people could be killed.

After the Klan Empire’s recovery, Shiheng left Shi Hao to safeguard it and traveled to the devastated Baruch Empire, where he learned how its defenders had defeated the invading forces. With both empires’ crises resolved and their leading experts strengthened, the survivors stood at the summit of power on the Yulan Plane.

• Shiheng urged Shi Hao to protect the Klan Empire and its people, then set out for the Baruch Empire to investigate the catastrophe.
• Shiheng found the Baruch imperial palace in ruins but reached the intact Baruch Castle, where Tarrossa and the other experts welcomed him unharmed.
• Tarrossa and the others explained that Linley, Desri, and Oliveira had broken Gorba Prison’s seals, freeing deities and Saints whose rampage had devastated the Yulan Continent.
• The experts said Tarrossa had reached Highgod and defended Baruch with the War God, Kailin, Emperor Star, and other newly advanced Midgods, annihilating the invading force.
• Shiheng told Kailin that every demonic enemy in the Klan Empire had been killed, and the gathered experts recognized that they now stood at the pinnacle of power on the Yulan Plane.

Shiheng organized the hunt and expulsion of escaped Gorba Prison criminals, then realized that fate was guiding events back toward their original course. After a month of meditation, he reached the pinnacle of the Fate Lowgod realm while holding to his own path.

• Shiheng laid out rules for handling escaped criminals, and Tarrossa and Shi Hao took charge of hunting those who caused trouble and eliminating hidden dangers.
• The group discussed leaving the Yulan Plane, with Kailin choosing the Life Divine Plane, Desri and others choosing Hell, and Lin Feng staying behind to cultivate.
• Shiheng recognized that fate was correcting disruptions and restoring the story to its original course, then began meditating on the Great Way of fate.
• Lin Feng noticed Shiheng's month-long retreat and sent a messenger to reassure Kelin Xiaoman, Shi Hao, and the others in the Klan Empire.
• Shiheng's Fate Laws reached ninety-nine percent comprehension, but he suppressed a breakthrough to preserve the balance of his four Laws.
• Shiheng rejected the idea of relying on Lin Feng's fortune and resolved to continue his own path without interfering with the protagonist's destiny.

Shiheng reunited with Xifaman and Nalan Jingyu, remembered their shared past, and repaid their kindness with guidance and rare treasures. After helping Xifaman break through his martial bottleneck and giving the couple gifts, he left for the Klan Empire.

• Shiheng met Xifaman at Baruch Castle, greeted him warmly, and accepted his invitation to visit his home.
• Shiheng reunited with Nalan Jingyu, and the three shared a meal and recalled their youthful adventures.
• Xifaman mourned Huohe and Nalan Ruoshui, while Shiheng kept silent about their possible future rebirth.
• Before leaving, Shiheng taught Xifaman how to comprehend force, helping him break through his bottleneck and take the first step toward the Saint level.
• Shiheng gave Nalan Jingyu a Soul Gold Bead and gave both her and Xifaman Lowgod Divine Cores, then departed for the Klan Empire.

After ten years in the Tomb of the Gods, Shiheng returned to the peaceful Yulan Continent and visited Kelan Kai in the border city he guarded. They reunited over food and wine, and Kelan Kai spoke of the quiet life and family security he had finally achieved.

• Shiheng traveled through the countryside, letting the calm of mortal life ease the strain of his years in the Tomb of the Gods.
• Shiheng arrived in Kelan Kai’s border city and went to the City Lord’s Mansion to see his former military superior.
• Kelan Kai recognized Shiheng and greeted him with formal respect, but Shiheng urged him to treat him as an old friend.
• Kelan Kai took Shiheng to a riverside restaurant, where they shared a meal and recalled their years in the military camp.
• Kelan Kai told Shiheng that he had fulfilled his dream of becoming a city lord and could now provide for his elderly mother and protect his family.

Shiheng reunited with Kelan Kai in the border city, where their conversation about mortal peace and divine burdens brought Shiheng’s Dao Heart back to clarity. After restoring Kelan Kai’s missing arm and blessing his elderly mother with longevity, Shiheng left the city resolved to travel to higher Planes.

• Kelan Kai reminisced about their youth, and Shiheng said he envied his old friend’s peaceful, fulfilled mortal life.
• Shiheng told Kelan Kai he would soon leave the Yulan Continent to explore the wider heavens and higher God-level Planes, and Kelan Kai promised his city would always welcome him back.
• Shiheng used divine power to regenerate Kelan Kai’s left arm and strengthen his body, bringing him to the threshold of Saint-level potential.
• Kelan Kai’s mother arrived to thank Shiheng, who treated her respectfully and secretly used Life Law to extend her life.
• After saying farewell to Kelan Kai and his mother, Shiheng left the city and found his Dao Heart clear, ready to pursue the divine path across higher Planes.

Shiheng settled in a border town and reunited with Xiaoyuan’s family, who were working to brew wine for the town lord. There he encountered the disgraced Third Young Master of the Lin Family, who explained that he had mobilized the town to fulfill a deal for a divine artifact.

• Shiheng found Xiaoyuan’s family and learned that Xiaoyuan had become a sixth-level warrior and that the family was helping brew wine for unusually high wages.
• The Third Young Master of the Lin Family entered the courtyard, recognized Shiheng, and respectfully greeted him as the God Venerable.
• The Third Young Master told Shiheng that the God-Demon Calamity had killed his grandfather and destroyed the Lin Family, forcing him to flee to the Klan Empire and become a town lord.
• Shiheng asked why the town was brewing a hundred thousand tonnes of wine, and the Third Young Master revealed that a God-level powerhouse had promised him a divine artifact in exchange for the wine.
• The Third Young Master said he had staked his savings and ordered the townspeople to brew the wine because he could not bear to miss the opportunity.

Shiheng agreed to accompany the Third Young Master of the Lin Family when he delivered the city’s liquor in three days, suspecting the divine-artifact offer concealed a deadly trap. He promised to protect the city and Xiaoyuan’s family, leaving the coming confrontation poised to unfold.

• Shiheng learned that only three days remained before the liquor deal’s deadline and recognized the offer as a likely trap.
• Shiheng promised to meet the divine powerhouses with the Third Young Master of the Lin Family and stop any schemes against him or the border city.
• The Third Young Master of the Lin Family knelt in gratitude, and Shiheng instructed him to protect Xiaoyuan’s family.
• The Third Young Master of the Lin Family left to finish the brewing work and prepare for the delivery.
• Xiaoyuan and his family realized Shiheng was a God Venerable, and Shiheng told them the deadly turmoil would unfold in three days.