Recaps

Xu Xiao investigated why the main world was ascending and discovered that laws from beyond its barrier were fueling the transformation and apocalypse. He found no breach, stopped draining small worlds for World Power, and sensed the karma of destroying them settle upon him.

• Xu Xiao noticed that the main world had gained laws and was beginning to ascend, and he suspected the apocalypse was part of that change.
• Xu Xiao used the Golden Pupil of Myriad Phenomena and World Power to analyze the planet and trace its transformation.
• Xu Xiao discovered that laws flowing in from other worlds were reviving Spiritual Energy and changing the main world's rules, with their effects concentrated most strongly on Earth.
• Xu Xiao searched the universe's dark side for a breach in the world barrier but found none, despite draining another Small Chiliocosm to fuel his investigation.
• Xu Xiao stopped using World Power to destroy small worlds after realizing that each destruction brought karma and could lead to rejection by worlds and the Great Dao.

Xu Xiao contributed fragments of his powers to the main world's elevation, hoping to gain its authority and eventually develop it into a Great Chiliocosm. He returned to the Great Tang Twin Dragons World and spent time with his women and extraordinary young children, reaffirming his resolve to grow stronger for his family.

• Xu Xiao discovered that the World-Crossing Gate could not seize the main world's authority, so he decided to help its elevation and seek authority afterward.
• Xu Xiao scattered portions of several of his powers and some World Power into the main world's fundamental rules, forming a connection with the world and its emerging World Will.
• Xu Xiao returned to his base in the Great Tang Twin Dragons World and spent time with his women.
• Xu Xiao embraced his young children, who were already above the Innate realm and possessed extraordinary abilities inherited from his bloodline.
• Xu Tianci materialized spirit milk with his mental power and offered it to Xu Xiao, who drank it before sending the children to rest.

Xu Xiao weighed when to enter the DC Universe and how to build forces while the main world approached its ascension. He tested whether a clone could travel independently, discovering that the World-Crossing Gate had grown powerful enough to transport living things and briefly manifest in the real world.

• Xu Xiao decided to delay stirring up trouble in the DC Universe until he had more power and a way to gather forces.
• Xu Xiao considered staying in the main world to prepare for its ascension and avoid obstructing the two children of destiny nearing Godhood.
• Xu Xiao created a clone from divine blood and a sliver of his true spirit origin, then tried sending it through the World-Crossing Gate alone.
• Xu Xiao discovered that the Gate carried both bodies together because they shared the same essence, and that slight differences between them were needed for independent travel.
• Xu Xiao learned that the World-Crossing Gate could now transport living things, briefly take physical form, and let all things pass through if he supplied enough power.

Xu Yuantui arrived in New York to seek out Vought International and encountered Homelander, whom he judged to be an ideal target for a Seed of Desire. The chapter ended with Xu Yuantui freezing Homelander in midair.

• Xu Xiao used Guangchengzi’s cast-off body and his own blood essence and consciousness to create the avatar Xu Yuantui.
• Xu Yuantui forced a young Black man to give him directions to Vought, then killed him and flew toward Manhattan.
• Xu Yuantui reached Vought International, where Homelander confronted him about entering private property.
• Xu Yuantui recognized Homelander as a suitable vessel for a Seed of Desire and froze him as he approached.

Xu Yuantui subdued Homelander, isolated him from Vought’s surveillance, and offered him the Seed of Desire in exchange for obedience. After wrestling with suspicion and temptation, Homelander accepted the deal.

• Xu Yuantui immobilized Homelander, carried him to the Vought Company rooftop, and cut power to prevent the company from spying on them.
• Xu Yuantui released Homelander and revealed the Seed of Desire, which stirred Homelander’s longing to heal the wounds of his childhood.
• Xu Yuantui offered Homelander the chance to act without concern for rules or approval, in exchange for obeying some of his orders.
• Homelander asked what the price was, then agreed to Xu Yuantui’s terms.

After Xu Yuantui gave Azu the Seed of Desire, Azu broke free of his restraints, slaughtered Vought employees, and called himself Ancestorlander. Xu Yuantui headed to the Soviet Union to seek out Soldier Boy, while the U.S. military prepared to take control of the superpowered beings.

• Azu accepted the Seed of Desire and declared that he would stop being controlled by others and live as he pleased.
• Xu Yuantui ordered Azu to obtain complete information on Compound V within a week and keep the research personnel safe.
• Azu massacred people inside Vought, including his former supporters, and declared himself Ancestorlander.
• Xu Yuantui judged Azu's temperament too poor for him to become a great powerhouse and left to find Soldier Boy in the Soviet Union.
• After the White House alerted the Pentagon, military leaders saw Vought's crisis as a chance to bring superpowered beings under military control.

Xu Yuantui freed Soldier Boy from a secret laboratory on Kamchatka and overpowered him when he attacked the Russians. Soldier Boy agreed to cooperate with research into Compound V after Xu Yuantui offered him revenge and gave him a Seed of Desire.

• Xu Yuantui ordered the Russians to release Soldier Boy and provide the laboratory’s experiment records.
• Soldier Boy awoke, attacked the Russians, and prepared to fire his chest cannon at Xu Yuantui.
• Xu Yuantui suppressed Soldier Boy’s power, pierced his chest, and threatened him before letting him recover.
• Soldier Boy agreed to cooperate with Xu Yuantui’s research if he could take revenge on those who had imprisoned him.
• Xu Yuantui offered Soldier Boy a Seed of Desire, which Soldier Boy accepted and felt unleash new power.

Azu fled across an Idaho desert from military superhumans after attacking a base researching Compound V. The pursuit reached a city, where civilians' abuse fueled Azu's rage as Mike and the other superhumans prepared to kill him.

• Soldier Boy flew toward America after the Seed of Desire strengthened him, while Xu Yuantui followed to watch and check on Azu's mission.
• Azu raided a military base in Idaho to investigate Compound V, but five superhumans at the base and nine pursuing him joined forces against him.
• Azu fled across the desert as his pursuers received orders to kill him at any cost, even if civilians died.
• Azu hid on a crowded city street, where civilians recognized and insulted him, worsening his anger and restoring his strength.
• The military superhumans blasted Azu out of hiding, killing nearby civilians, and Mike approached him, believing he was exhausted and vulnerable.

Azu discovered that his anger and killing intent amplified his power, then killed Mike with a laser blast through his mouth and faced the remaining superhumans. As America descended into chaos, Soldier Boy and Xu Yuantui surveyed the burning city and moved toward their own goals.

• Azu used the power fueled by his fury to throw off five superhumans and resisted their laser attacks.
• Azu seized Mike, smashed him through buildings, and blasted his insides with lasers until he died.
• The other superhumans arrived and found Mike's smoking lower body as Azu turned to confront them.
• A secretary told the general that the first superhuman team had gone silent, and the general's confidence faltered.
• Soldier Boy and Xu Yuantui flew over a city consumed by fires and unrest, while Xu Yuantui contacted Xu Xiao about preaching the Dao of Desire.

Xu Yuantui let Soldier Boy pursue revenge while America descended into chaos from Azu’s attacks. Xu Xuanpin arrived to absorb the country’s desires and occupy the World Will, while Xu Yuantui collected Soldier Boy and headed toward Azu.

• Xu Yuantui gave Soldier Boy permission to pursue revenge, warning him not to escape afterward.
• Xu Yuantui reviewed reports of Azu’s attacks and the nationwide collapse of order, noting how the Seed of Desire had changed him.
• Xu Xuanpin arrived through a World-Crossing Gate, praised Xu Yuantui’s work, and began absorbing America’s desires.
• The World Will attacked Xu Xuanpin with lightning and a tsunami, but he continued absorbing desires as Xu Yuantui left.
• Xu Yuantui found Soldier Boy ruling a city after taking revenge on his former teammates and ordered him to come along.
• Soldier Boy obeyed Xu Yuantui, and the two flew toward Azu’s city.

Xu Yuantui collected Azu’s Compound V research and demanded that Azu join him for experiments and soldier production. Azu agreed after Xu Yuantui threatened Ryan, and they prepared to leave through a World-Crossing Gate.

• Azu brought Xu Yuantui the Compound V records and the scientists he had captured from Vought Company and secret military research institutes.
• Xu Yuantui verified the records, stored them in an alternate space, and ordered Azu to cooperate with experiments to produce a refined Compound V.
• Azu asked to remain with Ryan, but Xu Yuantui threatened to strip him of his powers and use Ryan as a test subject.
• Azu agreed to go with Xu Yuantui to protect Ryan, and Xu Yuantui promised not to experiment on Ryan beyond drawing some blood.
• Xu Yuantui opened a World-Crossing Gate and told Azu, Ryan, Soldier Boy, and the scientists to follow him to a new world.

Xu Xiao sent Xu Yuantui to gather vitality-related materials and cloning technology for Orochimaru’s Compound V research. Xu Yuantui arrived in a zombie-ravaged world and found Umbrella Corporation soldiers searching for a dangerous target.

• Xu Yuantui delivered Compound V research data and test subjects to Orochimaru in the world of Limitless.
• After more than half a year, Xu Xiao ordered Xu Yuantui to find viruses that could break genetic limits and rapid-cloning technology.
• Xu Yuantui crossed into a world without Spiritual Energy and recognized that science and technology were its main paths of development.
• Xu Yuantui arrived in a ruined city full of zombies as Umbrella Corporation soldiers searched for a dangerous target.

Xu Yuantui tracked down Umbrella personnel and later encountered Alice while she fought a Bio-Wyvern. After killing the monster with wind blades, he offered to take Alice to a completely peaceful world.

• Xu Yuantui found Umbrella helicopters, forced them to land safely, and approached their crews to ask questions.
• Alice heard soldiers nearby, but a Bio-Wyvern emerged from the ruins and attacked her before she could investigate.
• Alice lured the Bio-Wyvern into a ruined house, escaped, and climbed into an off-road vehicle.
• Xu Yuantui revealed himself in the vehicle, and Alice fired at him before demanding to know who he was.
• Xu Yuantui killed the attacking Bio-Wyvern with wind blades and told Alice he had come to save her.
• Xu Yuantui asked Alice whether she wanted to live in a completely peaceful world.

Xu Yuantui revealed that Alice was a clone and offered to help her uncover the truth behind the apocalypse. He used her blood to trace her original, Alicia Marcus, and brought Alice to the Hive, where he expected to find answers and valuable research.

• Alice rejected Xu Yuantui’s claim that he could take her to another world but agreed to hear his offer to find the culprit behind the apocalypse.
• Xu Yuantui explained that Alice was a clone created by Umbrella and described the Alice Project, leaving her shocked and distressed.
• Xu Yuantui took a drop of Alice’s blood and used a spell to trace her original, Alicia Marcus.
• Xu Yuantui carried Alice through the air to the Hive, where the blood’s trail led beneath the site and toward Alicia and other figures tied to the outbreak.
• Xu Yuantui said the Hive held the secrets Alice sought and the virus research, samples, and data he wanted.

Xu Yuantui breached the Umbrella base, restrained Wesker, and confronted Alicia Marcus with an offer to cure her progeria. He touched Alicia’s forehead as the base’s weapons aimed at him.

• Wesker learned that Alice and an unidentified man had appeared above the Hive and ordered the Hellhounds deployed.
• Xu Yuantui and Alice vanished from the cameras, then appeared inside the base after Xu Yuantui disabled its power with lightning.
• Xu Yuantui threatened the Red Queen, immobilized Wesker, and told her to summon Alicia Marcus.
• Xu Yuantui promised Alicia he could cure her progeria without dangerous experiments.
• The Red Queen aimed the base’s weapons at Xu Yuantui, but he reached Alicia and pressed a finger to her forehead.

Xu Yuantui cured Alicia in exchange for Umbrella’s virus research, samples, and the Red Queen, then gathered researchers and viral specimens from around the world. Three months later, Orochimaru presented the first generation of Symbiote troops at the USBM base, and their abilities were about to be demonstrated.

• Xu Yuantui restored Alicia’s health and youth, and she agreed to give him Umbrella’s research data, virus strains, and the Red Queen.
• The Red Queen transferred control to Xu Yuantui, compiled a list of living researchers, and was ordered to wake Dr. Isaacs.
• Xu Yuantui gathered Resident Evil’s scientific talent and rare virus samples, then took them to the main world and the Limitless world.
• Over the next three months, Orochimaru and the scientists developed the first generation of Symbiote troops at the USBM research base in San Francisco.
• Orochimaru introduced the restrained Symbiotes to Xu Yuantui, and his subordinates remotely released their restraints so they could demonstrate their powers.

Xu Yuantui inspected Orochimaru’s super-soldier experiments and discovered that one test subject had developed a new power, then warned Orochimaru against hiding results. After supplying him with materials from several worlds, Xu Yuantui watched the main world’s ascension near its climax, where its first God was about to be born.

• Orochimaru showed Xu Yuantui second-generation super soldiers and described their rapid transformation and spread.
• One prisoner used a power that resonated with the outside world to defeat and kill his opponent, and Orochimaru said only one of a hundred test subjects had developed it.
• Xu Yuantui demanded better research results within a year and warned Orochimaru not to conceal discoveries or manipulate him.
• Xu Yuantui brought Orochimaru viruses and other materials from Prototype, The Strain, Hellsing, and Tokyo Ghoul.
• As the main world’s transformation reached its peak, Xu Xiao watched a distant battle from Vanguard City and concluded that the world’s first God would soon be born.

Zhang Qiang led humanity’s final battle against the seventh-tier Kun Dragon, which threatened to evolve into an eighth-tier beast. Gravely wounded and alone inside the creature, he reached its crystal core as its ascension began and prepared to sacrifice himself to stop it.

• Zhang Qiang and the Human Alliance fought the Kun Dragon for seven days, and Zhang Qiang broke through to the seventh tier as the beast neared another evolution.
• The battle continued until the forty-ninth day, leaving the other sixth-tier fighters dead and Zhang Qiang gravely wounded.
• Zhang Qiang fought through the Kun Dragon’s body toward its crystal core, but the beast began its transformation before he could reach it.
• Zhang Qiang reached the core but lacked the strength to overcome its defenses, so he burned everything he had left and charged in to interrupt the ascension.

Xu Xiao watched Zhang Qiang and the Kun Dragon contend during the main world's ascension, then seized the first Godhood and claimed about thirty percent of the world's authority. He left resolved to investigate the world's laws and strengthen his true body.

• Xu Xiao watched Zhang Qiang sacrifice his flesh and blood to enter the Kun Dragon's crystal core, where their wills contested control of its evolution.
• As the Kun Dragon began ascending, Xu Xiao appeared and used Xu Xuanpin's divinity to present himself as the main world's first God.
• Xu Xiao drew the World Authority away from the Kun Dragon and gained a connection to the main world and control over roughly thirty percent of its authority.
• Xu Xiao sensed the world's laws taking root and Spiritual Energy flowing in from the Sea of Worlds, then considered how Spiritual Energy could be depleted.
• Xu Xiao returned the Divinity of Desire to Xu Xuanpin, assessed his own combat abilities, and decided to strengthen his true body and investigate the main world's laws and its connection to the World-Crossing Gate.

Xu Xiao discovered that the hole in the world barrier was unrelated to his World-Crossing Gate and worried it could expose the main world to outside threats. He then visited Orochimaru in the world of Limitless to review progress on the cannon fodder plan and prepare for the planned invasion of the DC Universe.

• Xu Xiao found a seven-colored opening in the world barrier but could neither investigate beyond it nor pass through.
• Xu Xiao concluded that the opening might let the world's essence escape or attract invaders, and resolved to strengthen the main world before attempting to repair the barrier.
• Xu Xiao considered developing the main world into a multiverse and exploring other worlds with multiple timelines.
• Xu Xiao visited Orochimaru after two years and joked about Orochimaru's failed attempt to be clever.
• Xu Xiao reviewed Orochimaru's progress on the cannon fodder plan and new ability research, intending to begin the DC Universe invasion once the plan met his standards.

Orochimaru showed Xu Xiao three levels of super soldiers and explained their abilities and limitations. The Resonator’s Force-like power awakened a dormant law in Limitless, and Xu Xiao planned to pursue that power while his forces prepared for an invasion.

• Orochimaru presented the Symbiotes, whose stable powers reached about 70% of Homelander’s strength but required regular Compound Eight injections.
• Orochimaru demonstrated an Aberrant, whose superior strength, mutation, and control over a force field revealed a power that resonated with the world.
• Xu Xiao recognized the Aberrant’s ability as resembling the Force from Star Wars and welcomed the chance to explore that power.
• Orochimaru introduced the Resonator, a rare, difficult-to-create super soldier with demigod-level potential, regeneration, a Kagune, and skill with the Force.
• Orochimaru said the three super-soldier classes and Polluters could support a world invasion, while Xu Xiao planned to visit other worlds as his forces grew.

Xu Xiao arrived at the Tianxia Society to investigate the Wind and Cloud World while keeping his identity hidden. He bound a Myriad Worlds Martial Arts System to the young Duan Lang, setting his fate on a new path.

• Xu Xiao reflected on the Wind and Cloud World's mysterious origins and decided to learn about its powerful beings through Feng, Yun, and other key figures.
• Xu Xiao used his Divine Sense to locate Xiongba, Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, and Duan Lang at the Tianxia Society.
• Xu Xiao secretly sent his Divine Sense into Duan Lang's mind and bound the Myriad Worlds Martial Arts System to him.
• Duan Lang heard the system's voice while sweeping, concealed the strange experience from the overseer, and wondered whether the system could teach him stronger martial arts.

Duan Lang accepted Xu Xiao’s system, began cultivating its martial arts, and rose from servant to a young hall master. Xu Xiao’s interventions accelerated the rival powers’ preparations for war, leaving the Wind and Cloud world headed toward an unpredictable struggle.

• Duan Lang accepted the system’s mission to become a member of the Heaven and Earth Society and received the Six Meridian Divine Sword-Shao Shang Sword Manual.
• Duan Lang trained in the Sun-Eclipsing Sword Technique while secretly studying the Six Meridian Divine Sword, determined to prove his talent.
• Xu Xiao left a trace of Divine Sense in Duan Lang’s mind, sought out other lucky ones, and worked to speed up events in the martial world.
• Five years later, Jue Wushen ordered Dongying’s warships prepared for an early invasion of the Central Plains.
• Duan Lang became the youngest hall master in the Tianxia Society, while the Sword Saint, Jian Chen, and Heaven’s Gate also gained prominence.
• Xu Xiao’s actions pushed the Wind and Cloud world away from Feng and Yun’s story and toward a struggle among competing powers.

Xiongba worried about the Tianxia Society’s uncertain position and questioned whether Wind and Cloud could fulfill Mud Buddha’s prophecy. Meanwhile, Duan Lang ignored Xiongba’s orders and went to explore Lingyun Cave for a system reward, hoping to gain enough power to stand on his own.

• Xiongba discussed the growing tensions with Peerless City and compared Wind and Cloud’s achievements unfavorably with Duan Lang’s.
• Wen Chouchou told Xiongba that Duan Lang had not reported back from investigating the mysterious force, and Xiongba ordered him recalled if no news came within ten days.
• Xiongba examined a secret letter bearing the words “Dongying” and “island.”
• Duan Lang arrived near Leshan and set aside Xiongba’s investigation assignment to pursue the system task of exploring Lingyun Cave.
• Duan Lang hoped the task’s reward would strengthen him enough to escape Xiongba’s control and pursue greater power.

Duan Lang explored Lingyun Cave and found the Fire Qilin Sword and Blood Bodhi, gaining a powerful weapon and rapidly increasing his Internal Energy. Xu Xiao watched from afar and planned to disrupt the Millennial Great Calamity by strengthening both the Central Plains and Dongying before the destined protagonists had grown up.

• Duan Lang cautiously explored Lingyun Cave, marking the passages as he went.
• Duan Lang found the Fire Qilin Sword beside a skeleton and replaced his system-rewarded sword with the Duan family heirloom.
• Xu Xiao observed Duan Lang through the system and reflected on how his interference might disrupt fate and the Millennial Great Calamity.
• Duan Lang found Blood Bodhi in a place where the Fire Qilin had once stopped and ate one, causing his Internal Energy to rise.
• Duan Lang greedily ate more Blood Bodhi, consuming resources that had belonged to Nie Feng.