Chapter Summaries

Gu Qingyue and Xiao He settled into Chen Nian’s home and learned about modern life, until Ye Hongling arrived seeking help finding Vermilion Bird blood essence for her Divinity Advancement. The chapter ended with Gu Qingyue greeting Ye Hongling with poised hospitality as the two women met at Chen Nian’s house.

• Gu Qingyue explored modern life at Chen Nian’s home, while Shangze Sakura taught her to bathe and Xiao He learned to shop at a supermarket.
• Xiao He and Shangze Sakura became friends and shared the housework, leaving Chen Nian hopeful for a peaceful New Year.
• Ye Hongling called Chen Nian, teased him about remembering her naked, and asked where she could find genuine Vermilion Bird blood essence.
• Chen Nian offered to ask Gu Qingyue, but Ye Hongling claimed she was already at his door and rang the doorbell.
• Xiao He let Ye Hongling into the home, and Gu Qingyue welcomed her while gauging her intentions.

Chen Nian learned that Su Jinyu’s Divinity might contain a remnant consciousness, and Ye Hongling offered two ways to deal with it. After their nap, they joined Gu Qingyue and the others for dinner, where Gu Qingyue served dishes mocking Chen Nian and Ye Hongling.

• Ye Hongling went upstairs to sleep in Chen Nian’s room, while Gu Qingyue pressed Chen Nian about their relationship.
• Gu Qingyue said her people had found traces of the Vermilion Bird, but insisted Ye Hongling ask her directly for details.
• Ye Hongling told Chen Nian that Su Jinyu’s Divinity might retain consciousness and affect her temperament.
• Chen Nian napped with Ye Hongling, who described brute force or fulfilling the Divinity’s unresolved obsession as ways to remove its residual consciousness.
• Gu Qingyue served chives called “Green, Green Grassland” and pastries called “Red Apricot Blossoms Reaching Over the Wall,” mocking Chen Nian and Ye Hongling.

Gu Qingyue and Ye Hongling competed for Chen Nian’s attention at dinner, but Chen Nian eventually obtained the Vermilion Bird’s whereabouts and agreed to search for it with Ye Hongling the next morning. That night, he secretly visited Gu Qingyue, who spoke of marriage and warned him that their world might contain other kinds of humans.

• Gu Qingyue challenged Ye Hongling at dinner by asking her to wash the dishes, while Chen Nian struggled to stay out of their rivalry.
• Tang Rou agreed to come wash Chen Nian’s dishes after he offered her legendary equipment and promised to improve her standing in the guild.
• Chen Nian spent a small fortune to get the Vermilion Bird’s whereabouts, then agreed to leave with Ye Hongling the next morning.
• Gu Qingyue monopolized the bedding and kicked Xiao He out of bed, so Xiao He went to sleep with Shangze Sakura.
• Chen Nian used Hidden Shadow to enter Gu Qingyue’s room, where they kissed and discussed marriage and betrothal gifts.
• Gu Qingyue told Chen Nian that their world might contain other kinds of humans and asked him to return for their New Year celebration.

Chen Nian and Ye Hongling traveled to the Lost Continent to find the Vermilion Bird and obtain its blood essence for Ye Hongling’s Divinity. They met an Eastern Wilderness tribe pursuing the bird, and the high priest sent them to face its trial while secretly planning to use them to break through its barrier.

• Ye Hongling teased Chen Nian about spending the night with Gu Qingyue and revealed that she had invited Su Jinyu to Chen Nian’s house for New Year.
• Chen Nian and Ye Hongling followed Gu Qingyue’s map to a mountain where they sensed strong fire energy and were surrounded by spear-bearing tribespeople.
• The tribe’s high priest learned that the visitors were seeking the Vermilion Bird and agreed to take them to its trial.
• The high priest’s people revealed that the Vermilion Bird had fled from the Eastern Wilderness and that they planned to capture it to nourish their sacred spring.
• After Chen Nian mocked the high priest as a veteran actor, the priest sent him and Ye Hongling to the Vermilion Bird’s barrier, intending to use them to break it.

Chen Nian and Ye Hongling reached the Vermilion Bird in its cavern, where Chen Nian’s Qilin’s Blessing calmed the hunted beast and earned its trust. The Vermilion Bird revealed that it came from the Eastern Wilderness, home to the Beast God, and Chen Nian suspected the Beast God might be another Heavenly Torrent Rank being.

• Ye Hongling set a Red Lotus Flame Explosion formation on the cavern wall, and she and Chen Nian entered the Vermilion Bird’s trial.
• Chen Nian and Ye Hongling fought through the cavern’s relentless flame beasts and broke through the Vermilion Bird’s barrier.
• The high priest ordered Poison Thorn Incense prepared so he could capture Chen Nian, Ye Hongling, and the Vermilion Bird.
• The Vermilion Bird threatened Chen Nian and Ye Hongling, but Chen Nian revealed his Qilin’s Blessing and calmed it.
• The Vermilion Bird told Chen Nian that it had fled from the Eastern Wilderness, where the Beast God ruled, and Chen Nian suspected the Beast God was a Heavenly Torrent Rank being.

Chen Nian and Ye Hongling obtained Vermilion Bird blood essence after promising to protect the Vermilion Bird’s sister, then turned the Eastern Wilderness people’s poison trap against them. The high priest survived Ye Hongling’s explosion, but Chen Nian captured him alive to bring to Gu Qingyue.

• The Vermilion Bird gave Chen Nian and Ye Hongling his blood essence after asking them to protect his egg-bound sister from the Eastern Wilderness people.
• When poisonous mist filled the cavern, Chen Nian used Judgment Domain to block it, and the Vermilion Bird burned himself away, leaving a drop of blood essence for each of them.
• Chen Nian and Ye Hongling lured the Eastern Wilderness people into the cavern, where Ye Hongling’s Red Lotus Flame Explosion Array destroyed them and collapsed much of the mountain.
• The high priest emerged from the rubble and attacked Chen Nian, but Chen Nian summoned the Primordial Divine Ape to defeat and capture him alive.
• Chen Nian decided to take the high priest to Gu Qingyue as a New Year’s gift.

Su Jinyu arrived at Chen Nian’s home and found Gu Qingyue and Shangze Sakura there while Chen Nian was away with Ye Hongling. Chen Nian returned to Changnian City, left a captive from the Eastern Wilderness for the princess, and departed before the city’s people could learn his identity.

• Su Jinyu rushed to Chen Nian’s villa with Zi Nan after Gu Qingyue invited her to spend New Year’s there.
• Su Jinyu found Gu Qingyue and Shangze Sakura at the villa, learned Chen Nian had gone out with Ye Hongling, and agreed to wait with them for a New Year’s meal.
• Chen Nian and Ye Hongling visited Changnian City, where they saw the city under construction and a statue modeled after Chen Nian.
• A girl recognized Chen Nian as the hero, so he flew away with Ye Hongling to avoid revealing his identity.
• Chen Nian dropped off a captive from the Eastern Wilderness for the princess, and the generals celebrated the gift and discussed urging the princess to marry him.

Chen Nian absorbed the Vermilion Bird's blood essence, awakened the Heavenly Brilliance Word Spirit, and defeated an Eastern Wilderness squad that came after the Vermilion Bird phenomenon. Ye Hongling completed her Divinity advancement, and Chen Nian left no pursuers alive.

• Chen Nian absorbed the Vermilion Bird's blood essence, gained permanent attributes, and awakened the Heavenly Brilliance Word Spirit.
• Chen Nian tested Heavenly Brilliance, melting a huge boulder and the ground beneath it with a crimson beam.
• As Ye Hongling's Divinity advancement neared completion, its Vermilion Bird phenomenon attracted an Eastern Wilderness squad led by Huang Gu.
• Chen Nian used darkness to kill Huang Gu's subordinates, then had the Primordial Divine Ape break Huang Gu's arms before killing him.
• Chen Nian found an Eastern Wilderness scout who had witnessed the fight, let her flee, then caught her again and had the Primordial Divine Ape kill her.
• The Vermilion Bird phenomenon disappeared as Ye Hongling successfully completed her advancement.

Chen Nian returned to Linhai City and found the women in his home preparing for Spring Festival while Su Jinyu fretted over Ye Hongling’s scent on his pillow. He delayed going home after seeing the couplets and ended the chapter calling Tang Rou during her family’s New Year’s dinner.

• Ye Hongling rewarded Chen Nian with a kiss after her breakthrough, and they agreed to return home the next morning.
• Su Jinyu scrubbed Chen Nian’s pillowcase to remove Ye Hongling’s perfume, then accepted udon from Shangze Sakura and offered her a place to stay.
• Su Jinyu and the others prepared for Spring Festival, while she complained that Chen Nian had not returned yet.
• Chen Nian and Ye Hongling came home and found mocking couplets about his fickle love life; Chen Nian went to greet his neighbor instead of entering with Ye Hongling.
• Chen Nian delayed returning home and called Tang Rou while she was having New Year’s dinner with her family.

Tang Rou was brought by Chen Nian to his crowded New Year's dinner, where Su Jinyu and Ye Hongling clashed over him while the guests ate and competed for his attention. After Gu Qingyue performed a dance, the guests noticed that the room had suddenly grown cold.

• Chen Nian arrived at Tang Rou's home with New Year's gifts and persuaded her mother to send Tang Rou with him to his dinner.
• Tang Rou joined the gathering at Chen Nian's home, where Su Jinyu and Ye Hongling immediately argued over each other's presence.
• Chen Nian and Zi Nan convinced Su Jinyu that she had been invited but that Tang Rou had forgotten to tell her.
• Su Jinyu and Ye Hongling fought over a serving of pork belly with their chopsticks, and Su Jinyu skewered the remaining meat for Chen Nian.
• Gu Qingyue performed a dance for Chen Nian and toasted him after the guests applauded.
• The guests remarked that the room had suddenly become cold.

Zhao Yixue arrived at Chen Nian’s New Year’s reunion dinner, prompting him to flee when Li Yunwei reported a Demon God Rank Calamity Beast in Linhai City. The Skybreaking Demon God overwhelmed the enforcement team and sent Qin Yu plummeting toward the ground.

• Zhao Yixue appeared at Chen Nian’s dinner and sat on his lap, provoking protests from the other women.
• Chen Nian received Li Yunwei’s call about a Demon God Rank Calamity Beast attacking Linhai City and left to help.
• The Skybreaking Demon God tore through the city while the enforcement team struggled to hit him.
• Qin Yu shot an arrow at the Skybreaking Demon God, who grabbed her and dropped her from the sky at lethal speed.

Chen Nian saved Qin Yu from a fatal fall, then fought the Skybreaking Demon God high above Linhai City and sent him crashing to the ground. The law enforcement squad confirmed that the Demon God was dead.

• Chen Nian caught Qin Yu just before she hit the ground, canceling her fall without injuring her.
• Li Yunwei ordered the law enforcement squad to evacuate civilians while Chen Nian confronted the Skybreaking Demon God in the sky.
• Chen Nian pursued the Demon God to thirty thousand meters, teleported behind him, and cut off both his wings.
• Chen Nian used the Heavenly Eye to blast the falling Demon God toward the ground at several times the speed of sound.
• The Demon God struck the ground and created a crater, and the law enforcement squad confirmed he had died.

After Chen Nian killed the Demon God, Qin Yu realized he had saved her and thanked him. Back at home, Zhao Yixue used her Heart Moon technique to make the women reveal their feelings for Chen Nian, then fled with a recording of their confessions as they chased her.

• Qin Yu reunited with her friends and family, suspected Chen Nian had saved her, and messaged him; he replied, "Happy New Year," and she thanked him.
• With Chen Nian away, Zhao Yixue challenged Su Jinyu, Ye Hongling, and Gu Qingyue to reveal whether they liked him.
• Zhao Yixue's Heart Moon technique made Su Jinyu, Ye Hongling, Gu Qingyue, Xiao He, and Shangze Sakura blurt out their true feelings and thoughts.
• Zhao Yixue revealed she had recorded the confessions and escaped as the women pursued her.
• Chen Nian watched from afar and thought it was fortunate he had not gone back.

After the New Year gathering, Chen Nian and Su Jinyu set out across the Lost Continent to investigate a dangerous place revealed in the Vermilion Bird’s memories and grow stronger. They reached a remote plain near a colossal tree, where they spotted an isolated wooden cabin and wondered who could live there.

• Gu Qingyue, Xiao He, Zhao Yixue, and Ye Hongling left, and Ye Hongling told Chen Nian where to find the dangerous place from the Vermilion Bird’s memories.
• Chen Nian stayed with Su Jinyu for two days, then arranged for Shangze Sakura to stay with Tang Rou while he and Su Jinyu prepared to leave.
• Chen Nian and Su Jinyu traveled through Heavenly Demon Island and the World Gate into the Lost Continent, hunting Desolate Beasts as they headed south.
• Seven days later, Chen Nian and Su Jinyu crossed a mountain after defeating a pack of high-tier Desolate Beasts and saw the enormous tree they had been seeking.
• After crossing a vast plain, Chen Nian and Su Jinyu spotted a wooden cabin and approached it, puzzled that anyone could live in such a dangerous place.

Chen Nian and Su Jinyu found a strange, drunken old man near a wooden hut but learned nothing useful from him, so Chen Nian planned to search the forest. Meanwhile, the Beast God decided to open the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone, and Chen Nian saw something terrifying with his Heavenly Eye.

• Su Jinyu wounded a Heaven-Capturing Bird to save the old man, who then woke, drank from his gourd, and passed out again.
• The old man teased Chen Nian and Su Jinyu, and Su Jinyu stayed with him while Chen Nian searched the surrounding plain for clues.
• The Beast God learned that his forces had failed to capture the Vermilion Bird and decided to take Black Sun's territory and open the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone.
• After two days of fruitless searching, Chen Nian decided to explore the great forest with Su Jinyu the next day.
• Chen Nian activated his Heavenly Eye from the hut's roof, then stiffened with fear and broke into a cold sweat.

Chen Nian saw the powerful Desolate Beasts sealed inside the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone and decided it was too dangerous to enter. As he and Su Jinyu left the next day, the tier-four Heavenly Cascade Beast God attacked Chen Nian and shattered his Judgment Domain.

• Chen Nian used his Heavenly Eye to see a horde of tier-six and tier-seven Desolate Beasts beyond the barrier, including the tier-six Taotie, and recognized the area as the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone.
• Chen Nian told Su Jinyu that the forbidden zone was too dangerous, and they decided to leave the next day after spending the night with the old man.
• Chen Nian sensed the approaching Beast God and ordered Su Jinyu to retreat while he faced the tier-four Heavenly Cascade alone.
• The Beast God dismissed Chen Nian as an insignificant human, but Chen Nian struck him back with the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art and then injured his palm with his Judgment Domain.
• The Beast God used Golden Lion's Roar to crush the plain's plants and gradually shrink Chen Nian's Domain until it shattered, while the old man's wooden house remained unharmed.

Chen Nian and Su Jinyu watched as the old man guarding the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone revealed himself as Li Bai and defeated the Beast God's Domain. The Beast God then summoned his Calamity Artifact, Desolation Breaker, leaving Chen Nian facing a new threat.

• Chen Nian stopped activating the God Descent Technique when the old man stepped in to face the Beast God.
• The old man dodged the Beast God's attacks and wounded him with sword strikes made using a wooden stick.
• The Beast God expanded his Domain, dragging Chen Nian and Su Jinyu into a desert filled with savage beasts.
• The old man used Azure Lotus Sword Song to shatter the Domain and reveal that he was Li Bai.
• The Beast God summoned his Calamity Artifact, Desolation Breaker, from a spatial rift.

Li Bai grievously wounded the Beast God, but the Beast God used Desolation Breaker to breach the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone’s barrier and unleash a tide of ferocious beasts. Chen Nian and Su Jinyu fought to contain the disaster, and the chapter ended with Su Jinyu scolding Li Bai for firing a sword shadow near Brother Chen Nian.

• Li Bai struck the Beast God down with Stars Turn, Heaven Moves, but the Beast God hurled Desolation Breaker into the barrier and opened a breach before fleeing.
• Chen Nian and Su Jinyu joined Li Bai in fighting the escaping beasts, and Chen Nian rushed to the breach to stop more from getting out.
• Chen Nian used the high-risk Word Spirit Zhurong to create a blazing inferno that drove the beasts back inside and blocked the breach.
• Li Bai unleashed Sword sunders... heaven and earth, raining tracking sword shadows across the plain and striking Taotie as it tried to escape.
• Su Jinyu praised Brother Chen Nian and scolded Li Bai for sending a sword shadow through the flames near him.

Chen Nian and Su Jinyu trained under Li Bai as the Eastern Wilderness Human Race prepared to invade Changnian City. Chen Nian joined the Continent Human Race faction, whose defeat would mean Gu Qingyue’s death, while Su Jinyu regretted being assigned to protect her.

• Li Bai said he could no longer guard the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone and offered to train Chen Nian and Su Jinyu before leaving.
• The injured Beast God ordered the Eastern Wilderness Human Race to march across the continent and destroy the other human race.
• Gu Qingyue learned the Eastern Wilderness army would reach Changnian City in twenty days, but she could not find Chen Nian to ask for help.
• Chen Nian received a faction-war notice, joined the Continent Human Race faction as Buyu, and learned that victory required defeating the Beast God while defeat meant Gu Qingyue’s death.
• Su Jinyu learned she would have to protect Gu Qingyue and asked whether she could still back out.

The faction war began with more than 100,000 extraordinary players, and the Eastern Wilderness Human Race held a roughly four-to-one strength advantage over Gu Qingyue's Continent Human Race faction. The players gathered near Changnian City, where Gu Qingyue knew defeat would mean a real disaster for her people.

• Chen Nian and Su Jinyu stayed away to train under Li Bai, while Buyu and the Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace guild joined Gu Qingyue's faction.
• Players from Sakura Country, Lighthouse Country, and other nations joined the Eastern Wilderness Human Race after their governments urged them to use the war to weaken Dragon Country.
• The preparation period ended with 102,349 participants: 71,902 in the Eastern Wilderness Human Race faction and 30,447 in the Continent Human Race faction.
• The factions opened their chat channels and contribution shop, revealing rewards such as legendary skill scrolls, mythic equipment, and Divine Genes.
• The faction war began, teleporting participants to the Lost Continent; the Continent Human Race players arrived near Changnian City, while the Eastern Wilderness Human Race assembled a vast force nearby.
• Gu Qingyue learned the stakes of the war and resolved that her faction could only win, because her city's people faced life and death consequences.