Chapter Summaries

Chen Nian discovered that Su Jinyu had obtained a Divine Gene, but chose to invite her to Linhai City because he genuinely liked her, not to use her for advancement. When Su Jinyu arrived, she learned from reporters that Chen Nian was being called Qin Yu’s boyfriend.

• Su Jinyu called Chen Nian to complain that he had not contacted her, then told him she had earned a Divine Gene by killing the most monsters on Heavenly Demon Island.
• Chen Nian invited Su Jinyu to Linhai City with a joke about his cat doing backflips, and Su Jinyu canceled her schedule to visit him.
• Chen Nian reflected on his history with Su Jinyu, realized he liked her, and ordered a cat trained to do backflips.
• Su Jinyu arrived in Linhai City and heard reporters asking Qin Yu about her relationship with Chen Nian.
• Su Jinyu searched online and found reports and an interview presenting Chen Nian and Qin Yu as a couple.

After learning Chen Nian had a girlfriend, Su Jinyu began her Demon God Rank advancement challenge and defeated Heart Demon's clone when the Divine Gene inside her awakened. Exhausted afterward, she encountered thugs at the seaside, where Chen Nian found her and called her his girlfriend.

• Su Jinyu saw a photo of Chen Nian with another girl, abandoned her plan to visit him, and went alone to the seaside.
• Su Jinyu activated her Demon God Rank advancement challenge and faced the Mind-Bewitching Demon God · Clone in the Demon God Temple.
• Heart Demon exploited Su Jinyu's heartbreak to provoke her, but the Divine Gene awakened and let her destroy his clone with the Nine Swords Heavenly Mystic Formation.
• Chen Nian failed to reach Su Jinyu, searched Linhai City with Heavenly Eye, and asked Li Yunwei to help locate her phone.
• After recovering from the challenge, Su Jinyu encountered a group of thugs at the seaside, and Chen Nian arrived, put an arm around her, and declared her his girlfriend.

Chen Nian took Su Jinyu home after clearing up her misunderstanding about his relationship with Qin Yu, and learned that she had advanced to third tier by defeating the Mind-Bewitching Demon God. He brought Su Jinyu through a portal to the Garden of Eden, leaving her amazed by the beautiful place.

• Chen Nian restrained the thugs who tried to intervene and convinced Su Jinyu that his relationship with Qin Yu was fake.
• Chen Nian messaged Qin Yu, who confirmed their cover story and said she hoped to join Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace.
• Su Jinyu told Chen Nian she had defeated the Mind-Bewitching Demon God and become a third-tier transcendent after a mysterious power restored her rationality.
• Chen Nian brought Su Jinyu to his home, where she showered and met his ragdoll cat.
• Chen Nian took Su Jinyu's hand and opened a portal to the Garden of Eden, where he told her its name.

Chen Nian and Su Jinyu tried to make the Tree of Evolution bear the fruit he needed to advance, but Su Jinyu’s divinity repeatedly took control and attacked him. They concluded they needed to manage her powerful divinity while finding safer ways to hasten the fruit’s growth.

• Chen Nian explained that intimate contact between two people with Divine Genes beneath the Tree of Evolution would make it bear the fruit he needed to reach tier two, and he and Su Jinyu began kissing beneath it.
• As the fruit started to form, Su Jinyu’s demeanor changed and she struck Chen Nian, then later drew a sword and stabbed it into the grass beside his head.
• Chen Nian and Su Jinyu recalled that she had experienced similar takeovers while fighting the Demon God and suspected her divinity was influencing her behavior.
• Chen Nian connected Su Jinyu’s evolved ability, Nine Swords Heavenly Mystic Formation, to the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens and suggested they wait until one of them could control or suppress her divinity.
• Chen Nian proposed that they try less intense forms of intimacy to help the fruit ripen without provoking Su Jinyu’s divinity.

Chen Nian gave Su Jinyu an advanced skill scroll, then ate the Divine Evolution Fruit and advanced to the third tier. After the guild teased them over their relationship, Su Jinyu joined Chen Nian in bed, but stopped him from getting closer with a sword.

• Chen Nian gave Su Jinyu an advanced skill scroll, and she learned a powerful ability after asking them to call each other Xiao Yu and Chen Nian.
• Chen Nian picked and ate the Divine Evolution Fruit, advancing to the third tier and gaining immunity to mental attacks.
• Chen Nian read the guild chat as members teased him about meeting girls and asked Su Jinyu whether she was at his place.
• Su Jinyu confirmed she was sleeping at Big Brother Buyu's place and sent the group a hand-holding photo with Chen Nian as proof.
• Su Jinyu got under the covers with Chen Nian, but when he edged closer later that night, she stopped him with a sword.

Chen Nian agreed to take Ning Ziqing and Tang Rou to the capital after the regional tournament qualifiers, though he planned only to watch the national tournament. In the capital, a mysterious Heart Demon approached Murano Shota and urged him to prove that Uesawa Ueki was stronger than Buyu.

• Chen Nian turned down Ye Hongling’s invitation to compete directly in the capital and later agreed to enter the regional selection after Ning Ziqing asked him to take her to the capital.
• Chen Nian invited Tang Rou to join the trip, and she accepted with surprise.
• The regional qualifiers ended, and powerful fighters from across the country traveled to the capital for the tournament.
• Murano Shota argued on a Dragon Country forum that Uesawa Ueki was stronger than Buyu, then smashed his phone after users mocked him.
• A dark figure merged into Murano Shota’s shadow, called itself Heart Demon, and urged him to prove his claim.

Chen Nian watched the Transcendent Tournament in the capital with Ning Ziqing and Tang Rou, but Ye Hongling found him and joined them. Before going to compete, Ye Hongling led Chen Nian to a quiet corner and offered to let him have a little fun.

• Chen Nian attended the tournament’s top hundred finals with Ning Ziqing and Tang Rou, while the host announced the champion’s rewards and introduced Ye Hongling as a special guest.
• Ye Hongling arrived amid the crowd’s cheers, and Chen Nian kept his head down because he had recently turned down her invitation.
• During the lunch break, Ye Hongling sat beside Ning Ziqing and Tang Rou, claimed to be Chen Nian’s girlfriend, and teased Chen Nian when he returned with food.
• Ye Hongling watched the afternoon matches with Ning Ziqing and Tang Rou before saying it was time for her to compete.
• Ye Hongling led Chen Nian to a deserted corner of the passage and offered to let him have a little fun.

While Chen Nian and Ye Hongling talked away from the arena, Murano Shota used the Mind-Bewitching Demon God's power to make Dragon Country's Transcendents surrender without fighting. As public anger mounted, General Ye ordered Ye Hongling to return and face him.

• Chen Nian rejected Ye Hongling's teasing, but she persuaded him to stay and let her show him around the capital.
• Murano Shota took Meng Chang's place after making Meng Chang believe he was worthless, then announced that he was from Sakura Country and challenged Dragon Country's Transcendents.
• Ye Qiuhao approved Wu You's fight against Murano Shota, but Murano's power made Wu You and another Transcendent kneel, kowtow, and withdraw.
• Murano continued provoking the crowd, and every Transcendent who stepped forward surrendered under the Mind-Bewitching Demon God's influence.
• Ning Ziqing and Tang Rou realized something was wrong, while officials and spectators reacted with fury to the nationally televised tournament chaos.
• Ye Qiuhao refused to send in troops and ordered Ye Hongling to return to the arena to fight Murano Shota.

Chen Nian and Ye Hongling returned to the stadium, where the Mind-Bewitching Demon God had driven Murano Shota and dozens of Transcendents into a rampage. Ye Hongling resisted his mind control by setting herself on fire to stay focused, but the Heart Demon sent the controlled Transcendents against her.

• Chen Nian and Ye Hongling learned that Transcendents were attacking people at the stadium and rushed back.
• Chen Nian rescued Tang Rou and Ning Ziqing from a telekinetic Transcendent, then identified Murano Shota as the source of the chaos.
• Ye Hongling confronted Murano Shota, whose violet-eyed mind control failed to take hold of her.
• Ye Hongling revealed that she kept her mind clear by burning herself and enduring the pain.
• Murano Shota sent dozens of controlled Transcendents to attack Ye Hongling.

Ye Hongling attacked Murano Shota but was overwhelmed by the Mind-Bewitching Demon God's possession ability, so Chen Nian stepped in and pretended to be controlled. The Demon God abandoned its host to possess Chen Nian, leaving the battle at its most dangerous point.

• Ye Hongling fought through the controlled Transcendents and killed Murano Shota, but an energy blast struck her from behind as the Demon God transferred between hosts.
• Chen Nian caught Ye Hongling and explained that the Mind-Bewitching Demon God could move among the people it controlled.
• Chen Nian resisted the Demon God's psychic attack but pretended to lose control, then attacked Ye Hongling and unleashed Word Spirit.
• The Demon God, impressed by Chen Nian's strength, left its female host and possessed Chen Nian, exulting in the power of his body.

Chen Nian pretended to be controlled by the Mind-Bewitching Demon God and lured it into his body, where his Heavenly Eyes destroyed it. After he proved himself with a world announcement, Ye Hongling learned the truth and started crying because he had hit her.

• Ye Qiuhao refused to leave while Ye Hongling was still fighting, as Ai Lan and her companion began to doubt that Buyu had been controlled.
• The Mind-Bewitching Demon God entered Chen Nian's body and realized Chen Nian had deliberately lured it in, but over a hundred Heavenly Eyes trapped and annihilated it.
• Chen Nian received genetic energy, a Divine Gene, and the legendary Mind-Bewitching Demon Pendant, but could not fuse with another Divine Gene.
• Ye Hongling mistook Chen Nian for a controlled enemy and prepared to unleash her ultimate attack until he announced that Buyu had killed the demon god.
• Ye Hongling learned Chen Nian had only pretended to be controlled, then cried because he had hit her.

Chen Nian, revealed as Buyu, killed the mind-controlling Demon God and turned Dragon Country’s public humiliation into worldwide praise. He left with Ye Hongling, while Ning Ziqing learned that her brother was Buyu and agreed to keep his identity secret.

• Ai Lan realized Buyu had killed the Demon God by using himself as bait, then left with her companion.
• Ye Qiuhao learned Buyu had slain the Demon God and praised his courage as global opinion shifted in Dragon Country’s favor.
• A reporter explained Buyu’s strategy, and the Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace guild chat celebrated his victory and spotted Ye Hongling beside him.
• Ning Ziqing recognized Chen Nian in the blurry footage, and Tang Rou made her promise to keep his identity secret.
• Ning Ziqing wondered where her brother had gone, while Chen Nian left with Ye Hongling, who remained upset with him.

After defeating the Mind-Bewitching Demon God, Chen Nian gave Ye Hongling a Divine Gene, and she awakened the Vermilion Bird Divinity. He fled the Capital before Su Jinyu could catch up, then learned that the World Gate was about to open.

• Chen Nian comforted Ye Hongling after their battle, but she teased him while he spoke with Su Jinyu, who threatened to come to the Capital and confront them.
• Chen Nian explained Divine Genes to Ye Hongling and gave her one he could not use himself.
• Ye Hongling fused with the Divine Gene and awakened the Vermilion Bird Divinity, whose sacred fire burned away her clothes.
• Ye Hongling kissed Chen Nian, and he hurried back to Linhai City with Tang Rou and Ning Ziqing before Su Jinyu arrived.
• A great battle involving sword energy and divine fire later erupted in the Capital, and Chen Nian learned that the World Gate was about to open.

Chen Nian entered the Lost Continent with Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace and established its guild base, learning that actions there affected national fortune. After seeing Dragon Country trail other nations, he decided to target their bases.

• Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace registered its fifty members for the World Gate, while Su Jinyu and Ye Hongling were unable to participate and Zhao Yixue belonged to another guild.
• Chen Nian entered the World Gate after the crowds and arrived on the Lost Continent, where he received a single-use Teleportation Crystal and a quest to establish a guild base.
• Amaterasu established the first base and raised Sakura Country's national fortune, while Chen Nian learned that the lowest-ranked country would be punished and the highest-ranked rewarded every three days.
• Chen Nian killed a Man-eating Ironclaw Bird, gathered the materials he needed, and established Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace's base by the sea, raising Dragon Country's national fortune.
• After checking the national fortune rankings and seeing Dragon Country in fifth place, Chen Nian decided to attack other guilds' bases.

Chen Nian discovered a Sakura Country guild’s stronghold and single-handedly defeated its fifty members, earning Dragon Country National Fortune Points. His first battle left extraordinary individuals across the continent stunned and wary of encountering him.

• Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace members gathered at Chen Nian’s stronghold and began developing it while being warned not to light fires.
• Chen Nian flew over the continent and spotted smoke rising from the Senbonzakura guild’s stronghold.
• When Senbonzakura members tried to capture Chen Nian, he killed the mustached man who had mocked him and earned the achievement for his first kill of another country’s extraordinary individual.
• The Senbonzakura members panicked and fled or surrendered, and Chen Nian captured their guild flag, earning Dragon Country National Fortune Points and another achievement.
• Extraordinary individuals across the continent reacted to Chen Nian’s victory, with Dragon Country celebrating and other countries fearing him.

Chen Nian discovered that a Desolate Beast core was needed to upgrade the guild base and encountered a Hook Snake while searching for one. He killed the beast, earning Dragon Country a national fortune reward.

• Lu Ge and Tang Rou learned that Buyu had destroyed the Sakura Country guild Senbonzakura, raising Dragon Country's national fortune to 33.
• Chen Nian found that upgrading the guild base required a Desolate Beast core and flew out to search for a Desolate Beast.
• Chen Nian spotted three Dragon Country players fleeing a level 30 Hook Snake after it had killed their knight.
• Chen Nian tested the Hook Snake's attack against his Giant Spirit God Shield, then cut off its tail with the Startled Dragon Saber.
• Chen Nian hurled the saber into the Hook Snake's head, killing it and earning Dragon Country one point of national fortune.

Chen Nian killed a Desolate Beast, returned its core to Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace, and helped the guild become the first to upgrade its base to level two. As the Black Calamity arrived, the base’s barrier held back a vast swarm of bats while guilds elsewhere were wiped out.

• Buyu’s achievements announced that he had killed a Transcendent from another country, destroyed a foreign guild, and killed a Desolate Beast, whose corpse survivors later found.
• Chen Nian returned to Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace with a Desolate Beast core, the last material needed to upgrade the guild base.
• Tang Rou and Lu Ge received the core, and Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace became the first guild to upgrade to a level-two base, increasing Dragon Country’s national fortune.
• A triple world warning announced the Black Calamity, and the guild gathered inside its base and activated its defensive barrier.
• Chen Nian used Heavenly Eye to identify the approaching Black Calamity as a vast swarm of bats, which the barrier stopped as its energy rapidly drained.
• Announcements reported that Blue Whale, Wings of Death, and Never Sets had been wiped out.

Dragon Country’s national fortune fell as foreign guilds targeted its strongholds, leaving it far behind the leaders before the third-day tally. Chen Nian emerged at Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace’s flag, apparently preparing to reveal the guild’s position and locate others.

• Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace learned its level-two stronghold could reveal its location to nearby guilds or detect a lower-level stronghold each day, and its members chose to scan.
• The scan found the Dragon Country guild Clear Wind and White Moon, so Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace declined to attack and went out to level up.
• Clear Wind and White Moon, Yangtze River Flows East, and Pinnacle of Huaxia were captured, causing Dragon Country’s national fortune and ranking to drop as guilds from other countries gained ground.
• People in Dragon Country worried that the country would fall out of the top three before the third-day tally, while people from other countries mocked them online.
• On the third day, Chen Nian left the treehouse and approached the stronghold flag, alarming the guild members who thought he might raise it and reveal their position.

Chen Nian pulled up Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace’s flag, exposing its location and revealing nearby guilds on the map. He captured the Myriad Stars base and reached a Sakura Country guild, where its members attacked him after he warned them to leave.

• Chen Nian pulled up the base flag, revealing the locations of nearby guilds and his own base to all members.
• Chen Nian raced to Myriad Stars, identified himself as Buyu, and gave its members ten seconds to leave.
• Chen Nian used Death God Domain and Death God Possession to kill the Myriad Stars members who stayed, then destroyed their base and gained two Dragon Country National Fortune Points.
• Chen Nian reached a Sakura Country guild and blasted a lookout’s hand to draw its members out.
• Chen Nian identified himself as Buyu and gave the Sakura Country guild five seconds to leave, but its members attacked with fire and lightning as he invoked Word Spirit, Judgment.

Chen Nian captured guild strongholds one after another while scouts from many countries gathered near Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace and realized he was eliminating their guilds. He reached Irina’s Bear Country stronghold, where its members begged him for mercy, and he considered what to do.

• Chen Nian annihilated the Sakura Country Transcendents who attacked him, captured their stronghold flag, and moved on after taking another stronghold.
• Scouts from around thirty guilds gathered near Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace, where Irina warned the others not to act rashly.
• Transcendents from several countries assembled to attack, but Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace warned them off and the scouts learned that Buyu was capturing guild flags one by one.
• The scouts decided to return for reinforcements and attack Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace to force Buyu out of the area.
• Chen Nian arrived at Irina’s Bear Country guild stronghold, whose members pleaded that they had never targeted Dragon Country, and he came up with an idea.