Chapter Summaries

Qin Ze discovered that the emperor’s amethyst was using the people’s faith to protect his Spirit, then entered the emperor’s dream and secured a pact to save the Amethyst Clan in exchange for the emperor’s Spirit. After the emperor signed, Qin Ze released his Spirit and left, and the maids discovered that the emperor had died.

• Qin Ze found that the emperor’s intact Spirit was being protected by the Power of Faith stored in his amethyst.
• Qin Ze realized the nobles’ declarations of faith in the second prince were connected to the Amethyst Tower and asked Miss Sword Case to help him enter the emperor’s dream.
• Qin Ze offered the emperor a pact: he would help the Amethyst Clan survive its hidden enemy in exchange for the emperor’s Spirit.
• The emperor accepted the pact, signed it, and learned that Qin Ze’s divine title was the Desolate God.
• Qin Ze drew the emperor’s Spirit out of his body and sent him on his final journey.
• The maids entered to care for the emperor and discovered that he had passed away.

At the grand mage’s birthday banquet, he challenged the second prince’s claim to power and argued that the Amethyst Empire could survive the Strange Gods only by joining the Myriad Races Alliance. He then turned to Clown, calling him Lin Zhiyuan and asking for his opinion.

• Clown attended the banquet alone while the grand mage searched the hall for someone he could not detect because Qin Ze was hidden in the Shelter Space.
• The nobles praised the second prince as the empire’s likely successor, and the grand mage had an outspoken noble dragged to the water dungeon for speaking as if the emperor were already dead.
• The second prince questioned the grand mage’s harsh punishment, and the grand mage made clear that the second prince had no right to declare himself emperor.
• The grand mage warned that no civilization could face the Strange Gods alone and urged the Amethyst Clan to join the Myriad Races Alliance.
• The grand mage addressed Clown as Your Excellency Lin Zhiyuan and asked what he thought.

At the grand mage’s birthday banquet, the emperor’s death appeared to clear the way for the second prince to seize the throne, but the last edict named the eldest prince, Rong An, as heir and the grand mage as regent. The second prince responded by killing the third prince and chamberlain and hiding the edict, while Qin Ze anticipated a meeting with Echo.

• The grand mage sought to bring the Amethyst Clan into the Myriad Races Alliance, while Qin Ze and his companions discussed the political struggle and the threat to the clan.
• The emperor’s death was announced by three bell tolls, and the second prince left the banquet believing the throne was his.
• The grand mage told Clown that the emperor’s death had ruined his plan to join the Alliance, and Clown relayed Qin Ze’s cryptic advice to watch the second prince raise his scarlet tower.
• Qin Ze revealed that the last edict did not name the second prince as heir and looked forward to meeting Echo.
• The last edict named Rong An as emperor and the grand mage as regent, but the second prince seized it, killed the third prince and chamberlain, and pretended to grieve.

After the second prince blamed the chief steward for the third prince’s death and the first prince’s condition, he sought to take the throne while the imperial will remained missing. Guided by Qin Ze, the grand mage agreed to the second prince’s coronation, scheduled alongside the faith transfer ceremony for the day after tomorrow.

• The second prince told the grand mage that the steward had killed the third prince and injured the first prince, while the imperial will remained missing.
• The grand mage found the first prince alive but in a vegetative state and could not find the imperial will on the steward’s body.
• The empire announced the steward’s treason and held funerals for the emperor and the third prince as Qin Ze watched the procession and discussed the second prince’s actions with his companions.
• Qin Ze told Clown to advise the grand mage to wait and give the second prince whatever he wanted.
• The second prince asked the grand mage about the first prince, then proposed ascending the throne until the imperial will was found.
• The grand mage agreed, and the second prince scheduled his coronation and the faith transfer ceremony for the day after tomorrow.

Qin Ze and his companions watched as the second prince prepared to receive the late emperor’s faith, while the Archmage discovered that the holy land had vanished. The faith transfer began, drawing faith from across the empire into the newly crowned emperor.

• Qin Ze realized how the faith transfer related to the tower’s faith, while the Archmage wondered where his teacup had gone.
• The second prince began his coronation procession and arrived at the Magic Academy to undergo the faith transfer ceremony.
• The second prince discovered the holy land had dried up and threatened the Archmage, who explained that it had disappeared suddenly.
• The second prince admitted he had traded for the holy land to build up powerful subordinates, then ordered the ceremony to continue.
• The Archmage activated the magic arrays, and the late emperor’s Amethyst crystal merged with the second prince’s as faith from across the empire gathered around him.

The Second Prince claimed the throne after the faith-blocking force disappeared and demanded the Magic Conch from the archmage. When the Second Prince invoked the Great Lord of Amethyst, the conch's seal broke, and he confronted Clown, who had caught it.

• The Second Prince received the capital's faith, declared himself king, and demanded the conch from the archmage.
• Dharma King realized that the Second Prince had dealt with Echo and that the archmage had used the Magic Conch to lure Pretty God to Clown's door.
• The archmage condemned the Second Prince for betraying the empire, while the Second Prince insisted his deals would secure a god's protection.
• The Second Prince invoked the Great Lord of Amethyst, and the faith seal on Qin Ze's conch vanished.
• Qin Ze threw the conch from the Shelter Space, Clown caught it, and the Second Prince accused Clown of being involved and threatened him.

The Second Prince used the Magic Conch to summon the God of Amethyst, allowing Echo to possess his body and enter the royal capital. Echo discovered that the Chaos Source had been stolen, then came face-to-face with Qin Ze.

• Clown threw the Magic Conch to the Second Prince, who blew it and broke the magic array around the Amethyst Tower.
• Faith gathered around the Second Prince, and Echo's power reached across the barrier between Chaos and the Abyss.
• Echo tricked the Second Prince by taking over his body while claiming he had fulfilled the transaction's terms.
• Qin Ze arranged for Captain to prepare a Tsar Bomba as Echo's Spirit continued transferring into the Second Prince.
• Echo found the sacred land's stream dried up and realized someone had stolen all the Chaos Source.
• Qin Ze emerged from the Shelter Space and greeted Echo as his good buddy.

Qin Ze confronted Echo after Echo seized the Amethyst emperor’s body, but left when Echo invoked their oath to act like strangers. Qin Ze returned and attacked Echo despite the Nonaggression Contract, which had been signed by a clone, and pressed him to stop dodging.

• Qin Ze appeared before Echo and the grand mage, then invoked the Mutual Defense Treaty after Echo claimed the Amethyst Empire was his.
• Echo declared the Amethyst Empire’s withdrawal from the Alliance and tried to crush the grand mage, but Qin Ze teleported him to safety.
• Echo reminded Qin Ze of their oath to act like strangers, and Qin Ze left before returning through the void.
• Echo showed Qin Ze the Nonaggression Contract and challenged him to strike, so Qin Ze attacked with his white bone sword.
• Echo dodged Qin Ze’s sword strikes and blamed Qin Ze for evading Heaven’s oversight, while Qin Ze revealed his golden divine markings and taunted Echo for dodging.

Qin Ze revealed his Star God form and prepared his forces to confront Echo as a beast tide poured into the royal capital. The Beasts of Burden squad joined the battle, while Echo’s returning Spirits and his control of Qin Ze’s heart remained threats.

• Qin Ze transformed into a colossal Star God, and his clones praised him while Brother Devour reported that the First Army was assembled but poorly trained.
• Qin Ze ordered the First Legion to keep training and told Dharma King to wake the Beasts of Burden Corps.
• Echo used his authority to crack Qin Ze’s surrendered heart, and Qin Ze pretended to be weakened so Echo would think he remained in control.
• Qin Ze attacked Echo, who opened a Tide Vortex and unleashed waves of exotic beasts across the royal capital.
• Qin Ze and the defenders fought the beast tide, while Dharma King brought the Beasts of Burden squad through a portal to join the battle.

The Beasts of Burden Legion and the Amethyst people fought back the invading beasts at the Magic Academy while Dharma King battled a king-level beast. Clown and Xiao Su faced three king-level beasts, and Clown launched a blood-red attack as a towering humanoid beast appeared behind Magic Young Married Woman.

• The clones used Self-Destruct Squad members as living projectiles to clear space, allowing the Beasts of Burden Legion to counterattack the beast horde.
• Dharma King transformed into a thunder beast, blasted through the horde, and fought a winged king-level exotic beast in close combat.
• The archmage told the royal capital that the new emperor had been possessed and urged the Amethyst people to fight alongside the Alliance.
• The Amethyst martial artists and imperial guards joined the battle, taking positions beside the Beasts of Burden Legion.
• Clown and Xiao Su were surrounded by three king-level exotic beasts, and a towering humanoid beast appeared behind Magic Young Married Woman as Clown unleashed Blood Kill.

Echo regained his complete Spirit and authority, then seized the Amethyst World's Power of Faith to overpower Qin Ze. Qin Ze revealed an amethyst mark and declared that there be light, causing dawn to break as the Bridge of Faith collapsed.

• Echo used the contract to evade Qin Ze while his Spirit completed its descent into the second prince.
• Echo restored his authority over the spatial gate and explained that he had stored Chaos Source and locked away the world's faith for his plan.
• Echo demanded that Qin Ze compensate him for consuming the Chaos Source, and Qin Ze revealed that he had been pretending to struggle.
• Echo split the Power of Faith into two tornadoes and used it to assert control over the Amethyst World.
• Qin Ze raised an amethyst mark and declared that there be light, bringing dawn and rapidly collapsing the Bridge of Faith.

Qin Ze turned the Amethyst Clan’s faith against Echo and exposed Echo’s mistaken belief that he possessed Qin Ze’s heart. After Echo’s escape route vanished, Qin Ze struck him down, and Echo realized Communion’s Balance Rule had disrupted space.

• Qin Ze used the contracted emperor’s Spirit to keep the Amethyst Clan’s faith and showed Echo his amethyst mark.
• Echo threatened to use Qin Ze’s heart fragment and blood essence to perform Spirit Descent, then offered to trade them for the Chaos Source and Power of Faith.
• Qin Ze attacked Echo, who attempted Spirit Descent but received the message that no such person was found.
• Qin Ze revealed that the heart fragment belonged to the person Echo had crushed earlier, while the disordered Space Rule erased Echo’s escape route.
• Qin Ze smashed Echo into a deep pit, and Echo recognized Communion’s Balance Rule as the cause of the spatial disorder.

Echo sacrificed more than a hundred thousand exotic beasts to gain a Chaos-formed body, then shattered the magic array suppressing the Dominator. As the Dominator began emerging and destroying the Amethyst World, Qin Ze stopped time.

• Qin Ze rejected Echo's offer to reveal the Mystery in the Womb and demanded his Soul Orb instead.
• Echo drew power from the exotic beasts, formed a Chaos-empowered body, and brushed past Qin Ze despite the disorderly Space Rule.
• Echo kicked apart the tower's base and shattered the magic array that suppressed the Dominator.
• The Dominator's Corruption overwhelmed the archmage and the others until Qin Ze's golden divine light purified it, strengthened by the Amethyst people's faith.
• A colossal black hand emerged from the earth as the Dominator awakened and split the royal capital; Qin Ze opened an eye behind himself and paused time across the world.

Qin Ze stopped Echo’s escape and defeated him after rewinding time with Star Eyes’ power, then offered to keep Echo’s Soul Orb temporarily in exchange for preserving his Spirit. Echo heard the terms and had yet to sign the contract.

• Qin Ze used Star Eyes’ borrowed Time Rule to rewind the damage and restore the seal, then struck Echo with a white greatsword as time resumed.
• Qin Ze and Captain hit Echo with mental attacks and an Eternal Life Spirit Bomb, while the golden dragon and Tree of Mind further battered and bound him.
• Echo gave up and admitted defeat, but warned Qin Ze that his Soul Orb would be impossible to find if his Spirit perished.
• Qin Ze threatened Echo and proposed using the Soul Orb until his undertaking was complete, promising to return it while keeping Echo’s Spirit intact.
• Qin Ze presented a prepared contract and told Echo to sign it and leave his fingerprint.

Qin Ze obtained Echo’s Soul Orb through a contract and promised to protect the Amethyst Clan, then began arranging for the eldest prince to take the throne. The chapter ended with Qin Ze awakening the prince from his vegetative state.

• Echo signed a contract with Qin Ze agreeing to hand over his Soul Orb, which Qin Ze retrieved using the Magic Conch.
• Qin Ze addressed the Amethyst Clan warriors, promised to protect them, and left with Echo.
• Qin Ze brought Echo to Clown’s residence and arranged for Old Xing to prepare materials for the Desolation-Imprisoning Formation.
• Qin Ze told the archmage to help the eldest prince take the throne and stabilize the empire, with the Raptor Legion staying to assist.
• Qin Ze scattered Smiley Face Pollen over the eldest prince, who slowly opened his eyes.

Qin Ze secured the Amethyst Empire's submission to the Alliance and assigned Clown to stabilize the clan after giving him Echo's Soul Orb. With Old Xing preparing a formation and the troops ready to march, Qin Ze set out to visit Echo.

• Qin Ze introduced himself to the eldest prince as the Alliance's Head of State and told him to work with the archmage to rule the empire and join the Alliance.
• Qin Ze returned to the Magic Academy, praised the fighters, and gave Echo's Soul Orb to Clown.
• Qin Ze appointed Clown as the Alliance's ambassador to the Amethyst Clan and ordered him to stabilize the situation within five days, while Dharma King stayed to help.
• Old Xing arrived and began building the Desolation-Imprisoning Formation atop the Dominator's head.
• Clown showed Qin Ze the Amethyst Clan's ledger and said the troops would march the next morning to bring the remaining forces into line.
• After Echo's Soul Orb strengthened Clown and Qin Ze, Qin Ze decided to visit Echo.

Qin Ze trapped Echo in the Desolation-Imprisoning Formation and prepared to launch the island-hopping campaign. At the ice wall, Yue Sheng revealed that the Goddess of the Earth's power had vanished, and Qin Ze could no longer reach her.

• Qin Ze asked Echo how he contacted Hundred Eyes, and Echo agreed to notify him if Hundred Eyes reached out again.
• Qin Ze tricked Echo into entering the shattered Amethyst Tower, then sealed him inside the Desolation-Imprisoning Formation.
• Qin Ze learned from Second Sister that exotic beasts were crossing the sea and confirmed that the space portals and frontline supplies were ready.
• Qin Ze met Yue Sheng at the ice wall and explained how their islands and space portals would let the Second Legion advance toward the exotic beasts' defenses.
• Yue Sheng said he could no longer sense the Goddess of the Earth's power, and Qin Ze found that he could no longer reach her.
• Qin Ze and Yue Sheng decided to begin island-hopping against the new opponent.

Qin Ze led the Second Legion’s island-hopping counteroffensive toward the central ring, where the Goddess of the Earth was fighting Meng Die and the Strange Gods. As the beacon islands came under attack, Thousand Faces contacted Qin Ze with news about the situation.

• A Sheng warned Qin Ze that another Strange God might have awakened from the sea, and Qin Ze decided they needed to reach the Goddess of the Earth.
• Qin Ze rallied the Second Legion and launched the counteroffensive, while A Sheng raised beacon islands and Qin Ze planted space gates on them.
• Dark Tide attacked the advancing force with seawater, but Yue Sheng blocked it with his authority as the troops secured the islands.
• Exotic beasts emerged from the sea and attacked the last four beacon islands, where the garrisons fought them off as A Bing blessed the soldiers.
• Qin Ze saw a golden giant in the central ring crumbling under death rays and realized the Goddess of the Earth was holding Meng Die and the others back.
• Thousand Faces contacted Qin Ze and said he had learned the situation, offering to share the bad news and even worse news.

Qin Ze learned that Meng Die and the others were close to killing the Goddess of the Earth and planned to open the Tomb of the Gods, freeing the Sequence Strange Gods. He issued the Alliance’s level-one mobilization order and sent forces from across the member civilizations toward the front line.

• Thousand Faces told Qin Ze that Meng Die was leading an assault on the Goddess of the Earth and that Niuniu’s group planned to open the Tomb of the Gods.
• Yue Sheng identified the door as the Tomb of the Gods and warned Qin Ze not to count on the Star Gods, so Qin Ze recalled his forces and ordered a full mobilization.
• The Alliance Law Enforcement Team found strategic supplies missing from the Wing Clan civilization’s No. 7 transfer warehouse and executed the responsible supervisors.
• Dharma King ended the Amethyst Clan campaign and assembled the Ox and Horse Brigade, while Clown prepared the Magic Academy’s high-ranking mages to depart.
• Saber King led Lao Dao and the Human Race’s martial artists through the spatial gate toward their first official battle against an outside enemy.

Qin Ze and Yue Sheng completed the transoceanic bridge while the Second Legion sacrificed itself to defend the spatial gates. Qin Ze reached the opposite shore, but the Goddess of the Earth was nowhere to be found, and a pillar of golden light appeared near the Tomb of the Gods.

• Qin Ze and Yue Sheng built beacon islands across the sea as Blazing Sun Fire cleared exotic beasts from their path.
• Yan Miao joined the Second Legion on a beacon island and vowed to defend the spatial gates to the last man.
• Qin Ze assigned the First Legion to lead the beach assault, with the Third Army supporting it.
• Qin Ze planted the final spatial gate and reached the opposite shore as the bridge linked both coasts.
• Qin Ze could not locate the Goddess of the Earth, and Yue Sheng said she was likely near the Tomb of the Gods.
• A pillar of golden light rose in the distance and sent ripples beneath the dome.