Chapter Summaries

The Water God begged Bai Qinchen to continue after their encounter, while he used the danger of discovery by the God of Fire to make her promise anything he wanted. He left her prostrate on the jade throne and teased her without giving her release, ending as her desire overwhelmed her brief thoughts of her husband.

• The Water God clung to Bai Qinchen and begged him not to send her away, admitting she could no longer bear to part from him.
• Bai Qinchen warned that he could be executed if the God of Fire discovered them, and the Water God promised to do anything if he continued.
• Bai Qinchen ordered the Water God to lie on the jade throne, and she obeyed after he promised not to abandon her.
• Bai Qinchen teased the Water God by holding back instead of continuing, and she pleaded with him to satisfy her.
• Bai Qinchen asked what the God of Fire would think if he saw his wife, and the Water God’s desire quickly overwhelmed her momentary clarity.

Bai Qinchen manipulated the Water God’s desperate craving and revealed his identity, but she continued to submit to him despite knowing he was a feared enemy of the Divine Realm. The chapter left Bai Qinchen questioning whether she still cared about keeping her status as a principal deity.

• The Water God begged Bai Qinchen to continue and called him her husband, setting aside her marriage to the God of Fire.
• Bai Qinchen interrupted his advances and pressed the Water God to admit that their tryst meant more to her than her public standing.
• The Water God promised to do anything for Bai Qinchen, even betray the Divine Realm, and he revealed that he was Bai Qinchen.
• The Water God recognized Bai Qinchen as a notorious threat but said her craving mattered more than her fear.
• Bai Qinchen attacked the Water God and questioned whether she still wanted to remain a principal deity.

The Water God surrendered to Bai Qinchen, then learned from the God of Light that he had also won over the God Kings of Goodness and Life and several future God Kings’ wives. The Water God was left reeling by the revelation that those women had killed their husbands to be with Bai Qinchen.

• The Water God abandoned her resistance and submitted to Bai Qinchen, who overwhelmed her before she crawled to him and worshipfully cleaned his Baguette.
• The God of Light entered the hall and teased the Water God, whose first reaction was to consider silencing her as a witness.
• The God of Light explained that she had brought Bai Qinchen to the Water God knowingly, and told the Water God that the God King of Goodness and Life God King had also been conquered by him.
• The God of Light revealed that the wives of Chang Gongwei, A Dai, and Rong Nianbing had killed their husbands to leave their past lives and be with Bai Qinchen.
• The Water God stared in shock as she absorbed the revelation about the future God Kings and their families.

The Water God killed the God of Fire after Bai Qinchen pressured her to prove her loyalty, then broke down as the Five Great God Kings arrived to investigate. The God of Destruction and God of Evil discovered that the God of Fire’s divine core and soul had been completely destroyed.

• The God of Light asked the Water God whether she could personally kill her husband, the God of Fire, and the Water God responded by choosing to obey Bai Qinchen.
• Bai Qinchen continued his encounter with the Nine-Colored Goddess as a despairing cry from the Water God’s Divine Hall rang across the Divine Realm.
• Bai Qinchen told the Nine-Colored Goddess that the Water God had completed her task, and the Nine-Colored Goddess realized that the God of Fire had been killed.
• The Five Great God Kings gathered at the Water God Divine Hall, where the sobbing Water God pointed them toward the inner hall.
• The God of Destruction and God of Evil found the God of Fire dead and confirmed that his divine fire core and divine soul had been destroyed.

The Water God deceived the God Kings about the God of Fire’s death, while the God King of Goodness and Life revealed they were in on her act. At the Divine Realm Hub, Lei Xiang taunted the God of Evil, triggering a clash that ended with Lei Xiang being driven back.

• The Water God told the God Kings that a strange black shadow had killed the God of Fire, and the God of Asura found no traces of an outsider.
• The God of Destruction ordered a Divine Realm lockdown, while the God of Asura, God of Destruction, and God of Evil went to activate the alert array.
• After the three God Kings left, the Water God stopped pretending to cry, and the God King of Goodness praised her performance as the Life God King giggled.
• Tang San and his companions arrived at the Divine Realm Hub from the future, where Lei Xiang mocked the God of Evil for his earlier refusal to help them.
• The furious God of Evil attacked Lei Xiang with demonic spears as the God of Destruction unleashed a sea of lightning, and Lei Xiang met the attack with his Mad God power.
• The forces collided and shattered the space around them, driving Lei Xiang back several yards.

Tang San and his companions confronted the God Kings over the God of Fire’s death, but the God of Evil accused them of causing it and rejected their offer to cooperate. As the confrontation escalated, Ye Yinzhu challenged the God of Evil, and the God of Asura intervened again.

• Tang San rescued Lei Xiang from the God of Evil and the God of Destruction’s attacks, and the God of Asura halted the fight in the Divine Realm Hub.
• Tang San recounted the deaths and disappearances, urging the God Kings to help find the hidden culprit.
• The God of Evil blamed Tang San’s group for the God of Fire’s death and accused them of staging it to force cooperation.
• Lei Xiang charged at the God of Evil, but Tang San restrained him and admitted their arrival had caused upheaval.
• Ji Dong offered cooperation, and the God of Evil rejected the proposal, accusing them of a conspiracy.
• Ye Yinzhu asked why they would kill a chief god instead of targeting a God King, then defended himself with his zither as the God of Evil attacked.

After Darkness was reported dead, the God Kings suspected Tang San’s group when they learned Zi was absent. They rushed to find Zi wounded by an unseen attacker, leaving the God of Evil’s accusations challenged but the killer unidentified.

• The Godess of Kindness reported that Darkness had died, and the God of Asura asked whether Tang San’s people were all present.
• Tang San said Zi was away investigating clues, prompting the God of Evil to accuse the outsiders of staging the killings.
• Tang San warned that the killer might target Zi next and led the others to search for him.
• They found Zi badly wounded in a shattered Jade Terrain, and he said an attacker had struck once and vanished before he could see their face.
• Lei Xiang angrily challenged the God of Evil and the other God Kings after Zi’s attack undermined their accusations.

The God of Evil identified fire and dark divine power in Zi’s wound and accused him of killing the God of Fire and the God of Darkness, while Ye Yinzhu defended him and Lei Xiang clashed with the God of Evil. In the Nine-Colored Glazed Palace, Lie Yan and Xuanyue revealed that they had framed Zi on Bai Qinchen’s orders, and Lie Yan proposed killing the God of Food.

• The God of Evil sensed pure fire-type and darkness-type laws in Zi’s wound, and the gathered gods confirmed the traces matched the fallen God of Fire and God of Darkness.
• Ye Yinzhu insisted Zi could not have committed the killings, but the God of Evil pointed to Zi’s absence and injury as evidence against him.
• Lei Xiang accused the God of Evil of framing Zi, and the God of Evil attacked him with his magic spear as Lei Xiang defended himself with Moming.
• Lie Yan and Xuanyue told Bai Qinchen that they had planted fire and darkness imprints on Zi, leading the Divine Realm’s God Kings to suspect him.
• Lie Yan suggested killing the God of Food while the Nine-Colored Goddess remained with Bai Qinchen.

The God Realm’s leaders clashed over the deaths of the God of Fire and the God of Darkness as the Asura God defended Tang San and Lei Xiang from the God of Evil. Kindness and Life sided against Asura, leaving him isolated as the committee’s four other God Kings united against him.

• Bai Qinchen stopped attacking the Nine-Colored Goddess after Lie Yan argued that the God of Food should remain alive to preserve the cover-up surrounding the deaths of the God of Fire and the God of Darkness.
• Lei Xiang attacked the God of Evil, and Tang San and the Asura God intervened to stop their collision from escalating.
• The God of Evil accused the Asura God of favoring Tang San and disregarding the Divine Realm’s laws.
• The Godess of Kindness accused the Asura God of betraying the God Realm Committee, and the God of Life joined her in condemning him.
• The Asura God realized that Kindness, Life, Destruction, and Evil had united against him and continued to insist that the evidence against Zi could be misleading.

The Godess of Kindness accused the Asura God of betraying the Divine Realm by protecting Tang San and the suspected murderers of the God of Fire and the God of Darkness. She broadcast that accusation across the Divine Domain, turning the gathered gods against him as the four other God Kings prepared for conflict.

• The Asura God argued that the evidence against Zi was suspiciously convenient and urged the God of Kindness and the God of Life to reconsider.
• The Godess of Kindness dismissed his doubts, and the God of Life joined her in condemning him for shielding Tang San and the others.
• The God of Destruction declared that the four God Kings would fight the Asura God, while the Godess of Kindness broadcast that he had betrayed the Divine Realm.
• Gods from across the Divine Realm rushed to the ruins, saw the God Kings divided into opposing camps, and accused the Asura God of betrayal.
• The Asura God heard the assembled gods condemn him and shouted for them to be silent.

The Godess of Kindness exposed the Asura God's double standard, causing him to doubt himself and withdraw his protection from Tang San and the others. The Divine Realm then moved to judge them, leaving Tang San and his companions under the overwhelming pressure of its united deities.

• The Godess of Kindness pointed to the laws of fire and darkness on Zi's wounds as evidence that he had killed the God of Fire and the God of Darkness.
• The Godess of Kindness challenged the Asura God for demanding an investigation now after arresting Bai Qinchen on the Future Transmigrators' claims without one.
• The Asura God questioned his own impartiality, lowered his greatsword, and declared that he would take no part in the matter.
• The God of Destruction and the God of Evil moved to seal off Tang San and his companions, while Lei Xiang defied the gathered deities.
• The Divine Realm's deities called for judgment, and their combined divine pressure forced Tang San, Sea Dragon, and the others to struggle to withstand it.

Tang San and the others were forced to surrender the gravely injured Zi to the Godess of Kindness’s Goodness Divine Hall, where Bai Qinchen mocked them and An Qi arrived to see her husband. The chapter left Zi imprisoned and unconscious, with An Qi entering the hall.

• The Godess of Kindness demanded Zi, and Tang San agreed to hand him over if she guaranteed his safety.
• Tang San’s group rejected the Evil Divine Hall and reluctantly accepted the Goodness Divine Hall after the Godess of Kindness allowed Zi’s family to visit.
• Tang San and the others carried the unconscious Zi into the Goodness Divine Hall and restrained Lei Xiang when Bai Qinchen taunted them.
• The Godess of Kindness gave no response when Tang San asked her to care for Zi.
• An Qi hurried into the hall and cried out for Zi.

Bai Qinchen forced An Qi to choose between submitting to him and watching him torture her husband Zi. The chapter ended as he struck Zi again while An Qi pleaded for him to stop.

• Zi woke briefly in the Divine Hall dungeon and tried to reassure An Qi, but he could not finish explaining why he had been imprisoned.
• Bai Qinchen passed through the cage’s light bars, seized An Qi, and struck Zi when he tried to protect her.
• Bai Qinchen kissed An Qi, and she shoved him away in horror.
• Bai Qinchen threatened to keep hurting Zi unless An Qi agreed to him, then struck Zi again as An Qi begged for mercy.
• Bai Qinchen launched another palm blast at Zi while An Qi remained trapped in his arms.

Bai Qinchen tortured Zi and coerced An Qi into submitting by threatening to kill her husband, then assaulted her while forcing Zi to watch. The chapter ended with Bai Qinchen beginning to rape An Qi as Zi screamed helplessly from his cage.

• Bai Qinchen told An Qi that no one would come to help because the disturbance had already been noticed, and threatened to keep beating Zi unless she obeyed him.
• An Qi agreed to Bai Qinchen's demand after Zi begged her not to, and she submitted while he taunted and abused her in front of her husband.
• Bai Qinchen forced An Qi to swallow his bodily fluids while Zi watched and pleaded for him to stop.
• Bai Qinchen continued humiliating An Qi, then began raping her while blocking Zi's view and mocking his helplessness.

Bai Qinchen continued sexually assaulting An Qi while taunting her and her imprisoned husband, Zi, and forced her to admit that Zi had never been able to satisfy her in the same way. He then used Zi’s life to pressure An Qi into pleading for him to continue, leaving her desperately denying Bai Qinchen’s claim that she had eagerly submitted.

• Bai Qinchen ignored An Qi’s pleas to stop and mocked Zi while An Qi endured the assault.
• Bai Qinchen forced An Qi to admit that Zi had never reached the same depths, leaving Zi devastated.
• After the assault reached its end, An Qi accidentally voiced admiration for Bai Qinchen and blushed when she realized Zi had heard her.
• Bai Qinchen continued kissing and tormenting An Qi, then demanded that she admit she wanted him to continue.
• Bai Qinchen threatened Zi’s life and made An Qi loudly beg him to continue, then taunted Zi that she had done so eagerly.
• An Qi protested that Bai Qinchen had twisted her words and denied that his claim was true.

Bai Qinchen tormented An Qi in front of Zi, whose despair deepened as he watched her body respond despite her shame and pleas. After Bai Qinchen carried An Qi away from Zi’s sight, she kissed him and begged him not to withdraw, leaving her increasingly dependent on him.

• Bai Qinchen taunted Zi by making him watch An Qi respond to his assault, while An Qi apologized and said she could not stop.
• Zi’s anger and resistance gave way to hollow despair as he watched An Qi in Bai Qinchen’s arms.
• Bai Qinchen carried An Qi into a dark corner beyond Zi’s view and continued tormenting her.
• An Qi kissed Bai Qinchen, then blamed him for changing her while responding to his mockery.
• When Bai Qinchen threatened to withdraw, An Qi panicked and pleaded with him not to pull away.

Bai Qinchen manipulated An Qi into becoming his lover, using the pleasure he gave her and Sula’s example to quiet her guilt over betraying Zi. After Sula and the Goddess of Kindness left, An Qi remained in Bai Qinchen’s arms, overwhelmed by the encounter.

• Bai Qinchen stopped An Qi from taking the lead and pressed her to decide whether she would become his woman.
• Bai Qinchen compared himself with Zi, and An Qi admitted that Zi could not give her the same pleasure before agreeing to be Bai Qinchen’s woman.
• The Goddess of Kindness and Sula entered the cell, and Sula teased An Qi while revealing that she, too, was one of Bai Qinchen’s women.
• An Qi took Sula’s betrayal of Ye Yinzhu as reassurance and abandoned her remaining guilt as Bai Qinchen continued the encounter.
• The Goddess of Kindness urged Bai Qinchen to hurry because other women were waiting, then left with Sula.
• Afterward, An Qi praised Bai Qinchen’s stamina, and he answered by resuming his assault.

An Qi fully turned away from Zi and agreed to a plan involving his coming meeting with Tang San and the others. When they arrived at the prison, Zi’s despair deepened as Ye Yinzhu begged to see him, and the Goddess of Kindness began opening the cage.

• Bai Qinchen brought An Qi to see Zi and taunted him with their relationship, while An Qi apologized and told Zi to forget her.
• After several days, the Goddess of Kindness told Bai Qinchen that Tang San and the others wanted to visit Zi, and An Qi asked to delay their arrival until she had finished.
• An Qi told Bai Qinchen that Zi had agreed to their arrangement, then went with him to the prison cell.
• Zi asked An Qi whether she had come to humiliate him again, and she said Tang San and the others would arrive soon and reminded him of what she had told him.
• The Goddess of Kindness and the Goddess of Life brought Tang San, Ye Yinzhu, and the others to the cell; Ye Yinzhu pleaded to enter, and the Goddess of Kindness began opening the door.

Zi stabbed Ye Yinzhu and self-detonated, destroying the Goodness Divine Hall and leaving both brothers presumed dead. As Lei Xiang accused the Goddess of Kindness, Tang San questioned An Qi, whose thoughts revealed that she and Bai Qinchen had driven Zi to despair.

• Zi stabbed Ye Yinzhu, said he had done what An Qi told him, and began to self-detonate.
• Ye Yinzhu and Tang San tried to defend themselves, but Zi's explosion destroyed the Goodness Divine Hall and drew the God of Evil and God of Destruction to the ruins.
• Lei Xiang found only two traces of ash in the crater and accused the Goddess of Kindness of causing Zi's death.
• The Goddess of Kindness blamed the men for opening Zi's cell, and Lei Xiang began to suspect Zi had been tied to other recent deaths.
• Tang San used the Sea God's Light to comfort An Qi and asked whether Zi had acted unusually; An Qi's thoughts revealed that she and Bai Qinchen had driven Zi to despair.

Tang San and the other God Kings left the ruins under suspicion after An Qi’s testimony turned them against Zi, while the God of Evil accused them and the Asura God of complicity. At Ye Yinzhu’s mourning hall, An Qi approached An Ya and called her sister.

• An Qi told Tang San and the others that Zi had repeatedly apologized to his brothers before his death, intensifying their suspicion of him.
• Lei Xiang nearly attacked the God of Evil, but Tang San restrained him and insisted they would investigate Yinzhu’s death and Zi’s secrets.
• The God of Evil accused Tang San’s group of failing to find clues and suggested Zi had accomplices among them, including the Asura God.
• Kindness defended the Asura God, ended the confrontation, and dismissed the gathered gods from the ruined Goodness Divine Hall.
• Tang San and the others left to prepare Ye Yinzhu’s funeral, while Sula and An Qi went to his mourning hall.
• An Qi addressed the grieving An Ya as her sister.