Chapter Summaries

Chu Tiannan returned from the reincarnation passage after living through nine lifetimes and reaching the ninth-turn lord level. The Five Emperors City Lord named him the Virtual World Group’s second in command and future successor, with his senior brothers accepting the decision.

• Chu Tiannan emerged from the reincarnation passage and learned that only one year had passed outside, despite his nine lifetimes within.
• Phoenix Heaven Lord and the others marveled at Chu Tiannan’s rapid rise to the ninth-turn lord level.
• The Five Emperors City Lord appointed Chu Tiannan the Virtual World Group’s second in command, granting him authority equal to his own.
• The Five Emperors City Lord asked Azure Heaven Lord and Big Dipper Lord whether they accepted Chu Tiannan as his successor.
• Azure Heaven Lord agreed, and Big Dipper Lord conceded that Chu Tiannan had earned the position.

The Five Emperors City Lord told Chu Tiannan that the Supreme Will of the Universe considered him the universe’s last hope because his soul and will transcended its rules. After the others departed, Desolate Heaven Throne asked Chu Tiannan what the Supreme Will had told him.

• Chu Tiannan sensed the spacetime mastery of Azure Heaven Lord and Big Dipper Lord and realized his strength had surpassed the Cosmic Lord rank.
• The Five Emperors City Lord told Chu Tiannan that the Supreme Will of the Universe had called him the universe’s last hope.
• The Five Emperors City Lord said someone in the Ancestral Palace Divine Domain would explain more to Chu Tiannan in a few days.
• Desolate Heaven Throne arrived and asked everyone to leave so he and the Five Emperors City Lord could speak with Chu Tiannan.
• Luo'er wished Chu Tiannan good luck before the others dispersed, and Desolate Heaven Throne raised a barrier and asked what the Supreme Will had told him.

Chu Tiannan told Desolate Heaven Throne and the Five Emperors City Lord that the Supreme Will of the Universe had warned him about the universe’s end, the Summit of the Universe, and the Apostles. Desolate Heaven Throne decided to take Chu Tiannan to the Ancestral Palace Divine Domain, where they would investigate the coming tribulation.

• Chu Tiannan reported that the Supreme Will of the Universe had mentioned the universe’s end, the Summit of the Universe, the Apostles, and the need to hurry.
• Desolate Heaven Throne reacted with alarm to the mention of the Apostles and asked who else knew about the warning.
• The Five Emperors City Lord said the Supreme Will had chosen Chu Tiannan for a reason, and Desolate Heaven Throne declared that the coming tribulation threatened every race in the universe.
• Desolate Heaven Throne removed the spatial barrier and volunteered to take Chu Tiannan to the Ancestral Palace Divine Domain.
• Desolate Heaven Throne told Chu Tiannan to say goodbye to his family and friends because the journey would keep him away for a long time, and Chu Tiannan departed through Teleportation.

Desolate Heaven Throne told the Five Emperors City Lord that Chu Tiannan was difficult to read and asked him to meet them at Thunder Island. Chu Tiannan went to the Luo God Domain to say goodbye to Luo'er, who greeted him with a sword before recognizing him.

• The Five Emperors City Lord asked Desolate Heaven Throne what he thought of Chu Tiannan, and Desolate Heaven Throne said Chu Tiannan was hard to see through.
• Desolate Heaven Throne opened a Gate of Space-Time to Thunder Island, and the Five Emperors City Lord followed him, still curious.
• Luo'er sat beside the Luo God River until Chu Tiannan appeared through a spatial wormhole, prompting her to draw the Luo God Greatsword and warn him away.
• Luo'er recognized Chu Tiannan and lowered her sword, while he teleported to her, lifted her, and said he had missed her.

Chu Tiannan told Luo'er that he had to leave for the Ancestral Palace Divine Domain, and she supported him despite their impending separation. After sharing an intimate farewell, he decided to say he was going into seclusion and hoped to return early.

• Chu Tiannan told Luo'er that the Supreme Will of the Universe had sent him to the Ancestral Palace Divine Domain, and he would be away for a while.
• Luo'er understood that Chu Tiannan needed to go and told him she would wait for him.
• Chu Tiannan and Luo'er held each other and shared a tender, passionate farewell.
• When Luo'er asked whether he had anyone else to say goodbye to, Chu Tiannan said he would call the trip a period of seclusion and leave early so he could return early.

Chu Tiannan said goodbye to Luo'er and traveled to Five Emperors City on Thunder Island. He reflected on the city’s meaning and spoke with Devour before turning his attention to the True Flame Pavilion.

• Chu Tiannan told Luo'er he would be away for a long time, embraced her, and entered the opened wormhole.
• Luo'er watched Chu Tiannan leave and silently expressed that meeting him was her everything, too.
• Chu Tiannan arrived at Five Emperors City as a Cosmic Lord and remembered the comrades and fallen powerhouses connected to it.
• Chu Tiannan contacted Devour, checked that it was safe, and ended the call so he could attend to other matters.
• Chu Tiannan prepared to teleport to the city lord's residence, then noticed the True Flame Pavilion and smiled.

Chu Tiannan returned to the True Flame Pavilion and reunited with his teacher, the True Flame Heavenly Venerable, bringing him a crate of rare wines. They shared a bottle and drank together, and the True Flame Heavenly Venerable asked what had brought Chu Tiannan back.

• The True Flame Heavenly Venerable finished teaching his students and returned to his residence.
• The True Flame Heavenly Venerable recognized Chu Tiannan, his former student, and greeted him.
• Chu Tiannan presented the True Flame Heavenly Venerable with a crate of rare wines from the Virtual World Group.
• The True Flame Heavenly Venerable delightedly stored the wines, then sat with Chu Tiannan to drink Grand Fire Fox Wine.
• The True Flame Heavenly Venerable asked Chu Tiannan what had brought him back.

Chu Tiannan told True Flame Heavenly Venerable that he was going to the Ancestral Palace Divine Domain and asked him to look after his territories and Earth. The Five Emperors City Lord then revealed a secret duty to protect the Human Race, and Chu Tiannan agreed.

• Chu Tiannan told True Flame Heavenly Venerable that Desolate Heaven Throne was taking him to the Ancestral Palace Divine Domain to find the Supreme Will of the Universe.
• True Flame Heavenly Venerable agreed to watch over Chu Tiannan's Chaos Cosmic Nation and Earth while he was away, asking him to bring back wine.
• Chu Tiannan went to meet the Five Emperors City Lord, who was waiting with his Purple Emperor clone.
• The Five Emperors City Lord offered Chu Tiannan the choice to take on the secret duty of protecting the Human Race.
• Chu Tiannan agreed without hesitation to protect the Human Race.

The Five Emperors City Lord brought Chu Tiannan to the Human Race’s King's Temple and told him to take the long-empty Chaos Throne despite not yet reaching Throne Level. Lanjue Throne and Apocalypse Throne arrived to support the new member.

• The Five Emperors City Lord explained that past traitors had made him cautious, and Chu Tiannan said he understood.
• The Five Emperors City Lord led Chu Tiannan through a hidden passage into the Human Race’s King's Temple.
• The Five Emperors City Lord told Chu Tiannan to sit in the empty Chaos Throne, saying he had the right and the Virtual World Group’s backing.
• Lanjue Throne appeared and asked whether Chu Tiannan was the new Chaos.
• Apocalypse Throne arrived and learned that the group had gathered to welcome and support Chu Tiannan.

Chu Tiannan tested his strength against Lanjue Throne in a handshake, revealing that he cultivated both laws and the soul. They released their hands with Lanjue Throne impressed by Chu Tiannan’s ability.

• Lanjue Throne sensed that Chu Tiannan’s strength might rival his own, and the Five Emperors City Lord agreed that his disciple’s true power was formidable.
• Lanjue Throne proposed a handshake, and Chu Tiannan accepted after receiving the Five Emperors City Lord’s permission.
• Lanjue Throne used his ability to reverse spacetime and gained a slight advantage over Chu Tiannan.
• Chu Tiannan countered by channeling his power and soul will through their clasped hands, surprising Lanjue Throne with his dual cultivation.
• The two released their hands, and Chu Tiannan thanked Lanjue Throne for going easy on him.

Chu Tiannan learned that powerful figures had sensed an extraordinary force within him that even they could not identify. As more than thirty Human Race Throne powerhouses gathered in the King's Temple, he saw signs of rivalry among the five major powers.

• Lanjue Throne told Apocalypse Throne that he had not held back against Chu Tiannan and admitted he could not see through the power within him.
• The Five Emperors City Lord revealed that Chu Tiannan carried a power that seemed to transcend the Supreme Will of the Universe, though its nature remained unclear.
• More than thirty Cosmic Throne powerhouses arrived through Gates of Space-Time at the King's Temple.
• The Five Emperors City Lord introduced Chu Tiannan to the Virtual World Group's Throne powerhouses and explained their roles.
• Chu Tiannan observed the other major powers and concluded that the Human Race's five powers were not fully united.

The Five Emperors City Lord told Chu Tiannan that the Virtual World Group once had eleven Cosmic Throne powerhouses but had lost three, including Chaos Throne, Darkness, and Nether Throne. Axe Imperial Throne arrived and recognized the special power within Chu Tiannan, noting that the Supreme Will of the Universe had personally messaged him.

• Lanjue Throne said the Virtual World Group currently held eight Throne Level seats, the same number as the Death Arena, but had once possessed eleven.
• Chu Tiannan learned that the Virtual World Group lost three Cosmic Thrones in the Heavenly War of Destruction, including Chaos Throne and Darkness, while Nether Throne defected to the Dark Alliance.
• Chu Tiannan asked about the two remaining seniors, and the Five Emperors City Lord said one would arrive soon before turning silent.
• Axe Imperial Throne arrived carrying a massive azure-glowing axe, and the Five Emperors City Lord identified him as the Virtual World Group's strongest guardian.
• Axe Imperial Throne sensed special power within Chu Tiannan and said the Supreme Will of the Universe had a reason for messaging him personally.

After Chu Tiannan learned he had been chosen as the successor to the Chaos Lineage, Axe Imperial Throne welcomed him into the group and the others began discussing their missing eighth Throne. The story left Chu Tiannan shocked to learn that Battle Emperor Throne had killed a Human Race Throne Level powerhouse.

• Axe Imperial Throne warned Chu Tiannan not to become complacent and said he would call him Chaos until he became a Cosmic Throne.
• Axe Imperial Throne asked the Five Emperors City Lord whether there was news of the missing powerhouse, and the City Lord said he had searched the Cosmic Sea without finding any.
• Axe Imperial Throne argued that the missing powerhouse would never have committed the alleged act, though the evidence had seemed conclusive.
• Lanjue Throne told Chu Tiannan that the group's eighth Throne had been a legendary figure second only to Battle Emperor Throne.
• Lanjue Throne revealed that Battle Emperor Throne had killed a Human Race Throne Level powerhouse, violating a rule that such a killing without cause required the killer to pay with his life.

Chu Tiannan attended a gathering of Throne experts at the King's Temple and witnessed Axe Imperial Throne clash verbally with Cold Jade Throne. The Prophet Seat arrived and was introduced as an ancient, mysterious figure who rivaled the Five Emperors City Lord's teacher in age.

• Axe Imperial Throne told Chu Tiannan that the missing Rift Space Throne had been killed and urged him to take his seat.
• Chu Tiannan sat on Chaos's throne, prompting Cold Jade Throne to question why a lord from the Virtual World Group had been admitted to the King's Temple.
• Axe Imperial Throne challenged Cold Jade Throne, and she dismissed him as a busybody.
• Axe Imperial Throne rose as if ready to fight, but another arrival urged the gathered experts not to start a fight before Desolate Heaven Throne arrived.
• The Prophet Seat of the Papal Palace entered through the spacetime gate, and the Five Emperors City Lord told Chu Tiannan that the elder rivaled his teacher in age.

Prophet Seat stopped Axe Imperial Throne and Cold Jade Throne from disrupting the meeting, and Desolate Heaven Throne called for a vote on Chaos Lord joining the King's Temple. The chapter ended as the experts were asked to raise their hands in favor.

• Prophet Seat rebuked Axe Imperial Throne and Cold Jade Throne and ordered the Five Emperors City Lord to remove anyone who kept disrupting the meeting.
• Axe Imperial Throne and Cold Jade Throne admitted they were wrong and sat down.
• Desolate Heaven Throne arrived and learned Prophet Seat was representing two elders in secluded cultivation.
• Desolate Heaven Throne called on those who supported Chaos Lord joining the King's Temple to raise their hands.

The Human Race's leaders voted on whether to admit Chaos Lord into the King's Temple, with the major factions divided over his membership. Prophet Seat cast three votes in favor, leaving the outcome in Desolate Heaven Throne's hands.

• Desolate Heaven Throne called for a vote on Chaos Lord's admission, and Five Emperors City Lord and Axe Imperial Throne voted in favor.
• The Virtual World Group voted unanimously for Chaos Lord, while the Cosmic Knight Alliance unanimously opposed him.
• The Cosmic Galaxy Bank and Western Heaven Papal Palace split their votes, bringing the tally to an even balance.
• Prophet Seat cast his own vote and the votes representing Xiantian Throne and Xianjue Throne in favor.
• Everyone turned to Desolate Heaven Throne as Cold Jade Throne expected him to oppose the motion.

Desolate Heaven Throne cast a unanimous vote in favor of admitting Chu Tiannan to the King's Temple, prompting Cold Jade Throne to challenge the decision and demand that Nightmare Throne be admitted as well. Desolate Heaven Throne agreed to explain his reasoning and asked Five Emperors City Lord to play the earlier footage.

• Desolate Heaven Throne announced that the entire Death Arena had voted in favor of Chu Tiannan entering the King's Temple.
• Cold Jade Throne objected, arguing that Chu Tiannan was only a Cosmic Lord and demanding that Nightmare Throne be admitted too.
• Five Emperors City Lord told Chu Tiannan that Nightmare Throne was tied to a private matter involving Desolate Heaven Throne, but offered no further explanation.
• Desolate Heaven Throne challenged Cold Jade Throne, who remained unconvinced and gained Heavenly Dragon Throne's support.
• Desolate Heaven Throne said he would explain why he wanted a Cosmic Lord in the King's Temple and asked Five Emperors City Lord to play the earlier footage.

At a Human Race gathering, the Five Emperors City Lord revealed a message from the Supreme Will of the Universe warning that the Apostle had arrived and a second Heavenly War of Destruction was coming. Chu Tiannan accepted that he now bore responsibility for protecting the people of the Chaos Cosmic Nation.

• The Five Emperors City Lord showed footage of the Supreme Will of the Universe warning about the Apostle and Chaos.
• The Heavenly Dragon Throne and the Prophet Seat recognized the warning and reacted with alarm.
• The Desolate Heaven Throne explained that the Apostle’s arrival meant a second Heavenly War of Destruction would occur in their generation.
• The Five Emperors City Lord assured Chu Tiannan that the King's Temple members would unite to defend their race.
• Chu Tiannan resolved to protect the lives under his care across the Chaos Cosmic Nation.

The Human Race Supreme Hall and King's Temple discussed plans for the coming Heavenly War of Destruction and the race’s survival. The Five Emperors City Lord proposed training Chu Tiannan in the Universe Supreme Divine Domain and preserving a Pure Land World as a fallback, leaving the gathered Throne Level powerhouses to consider the plans.

• The Heavenly Dragon Throne apologized to Chu Tiannan for his earlier disrespect and that of his subordinates.
• The Desolate Heaven Throne asked the Five Emperors City Lord to explain the plans.
• The Five Emperors City Lord proposed using the Human Race’s resources to help Chu Tiannan become a Universe Strongest before the Heavenly War of Destruction.
• The Five Emperors City Lord revealed that he and the Desolate Heaven Throne had found and hidden the coordinates of a vast Pure Land World as a refuge if the Human Race lost the war.
• The gathered powerhouses fell silent as they weighed the two plans.

The Five Emperors City Lord faced doubts from the universe’s powerhouses about committing the Human Race’s resources to Chaos Lord. With Desolate Heaven Throne backing him but demanding evidence, the City Lord prepared to reveal the Heavenly God Race.

• Demon Walker Throne asked the Five Emperors City Lord about the first plan’s chances of success, and the City Lord said he was willing to believe in Chaos Lord.
• Heavenly Dragon Throne and other powerhouses questioned the risks of investing the Human Race’s resources in Chaos Lord without proof.
• Desolate Heaven Throne pledged all of Death Arena’s resources to the Five Emperors City Lord and urged him to provide evidence to convince the others.
• The Five Emperors City Lord asked Chu Tiannan for permission to make something public, and Chu Tiannan agreed.
• The Five Emperors City Lord announced, “The Heavenly God Race!”