Chapter Summaries

Mingye and the Demon-Slaying Sword held Divine Lord Cangmu at bay while the Haotian Empire army pressed its assault on Flying Dragon Pass. With the Chen Kingdom’s defenses being overwhelmed, Chen Xuezhen deployed the Mecha Corps to turn the battle.

• Mingye used the Netherworld Pearl to attack Divine Lord Cangmu’s Primordial Spirit, giving the Demon-Slaying Sword a chance to strike his tree body.
• The Haotian Empire soldiers endured the defenders’ gunfire and reached the gates of Flying Dragon Pass, where their stronger close-combat assault began to suppress the Chen Kingdom troops.
• Chen Xuezhen judged that the city’s defenses were losing ground and ordered the Mecha Corps into battle.
• Five hundred standard-issue mecha, piloted by soldiers trained for years, rose from a concealed area of Flying Dragon Pass.

The Haotian Empire launched an all-out assault on Flying Dragon Pass after its reinforcements arrived, while the Mecha Corps helped the Chen Kingdom hold the wall. Chen Xuezhen coordinated the defenders and approved Chen Rufeng’s request to face the Tiger Vanguard Royal Cavalry.

• The Mecha Corps drove Haotian soldiers back from the wall, and Wen Dao ordered his vanguard to regroup until reinforcements arrived.
• Wen Dao observed Divine Lord Cangmu losing ground against A Huo, the Demon-Slaying Sword, and Mingye, then resolved to rely on his army.
• More than a million Haotian reinforcements arrived, and Wen Dao personally led them in a charge against Flying Dragon Pass.
• Chen Xuezhen issued coordinated orders to the defending regiments as the Haotian Empire began its all-out attack.
• Chen Xuezhen approved Chen Rufeng’s request to fight the Tiger Vanguard Royal Cavalry.

The Tiger Vanguard Royal Cavalry attacked Flying Dragon Pass, and the Five Elements Army met them with its battle formation. The Five Elements Army absorbed and reflected the Tiger Vanguard's attack, driving the giant white tiger back.

• Wen Dao ordered the Tiger Vanguard Royal Cavalry to charge Flying Dragon Pass, where Chen Rufeng prepared the Five Elements Army to defend the walls.
• The Tiger Vanguard manifested a colossal white tiger, while the Five Elements Army formed the Five Elements Divine Ring to confront it.
• The white tiger's attacks failed to penetrate the Five Elements disc, so the Tiger Vanguard fired its White Tiger Blazing Sun Wave.
• The Five Elements Army absorbed the beam with its Positive and Reverse Force Field Shield and reflected it, forcing the white tiger back five or six steps.
• The Five Elements Guards celebrated their counterattack as the chapter explained that Chen Mu had personally trained the Five Elements Army and equipped it with unconventional battle formation skills.

Chen Rufeng’s Five Elements Army used Mechanical Combination to fight the Tiger Vanguard Army, but its main cannon failed to harm the giant flaming tiger, which then revealed its hidden strength. As the defenders at Flying Dragon Pass began to falter, Chen Xuezhen ordered an orderly retreat from the pass.

• Chen Rufeng switched the Five Elements Army’s defense from the Water Phase Mirror to an Earth Phase Rock Wall, then ordered Mechanical Combination and assembled the troops into a giant mechanical warrior.
• The mechanical warrior fought the giant flaming tiger, but the heat began melting the city wall behind them.
• Chen Rufeng fired the mechanical warrior’s main cannon, yet the giant flaming tiger emerged unharmed and the Tiger Vanguard Army prepared to attack without holding back.
• Chen Xuezhen saw that the fighting at Flying Dragon Pass had turned against the defenders and ordered all troops to abandon the city defenses and withdraw in an orderly fashion.

The Chen Kingdom retreated from Flying Dragon Pass using its robots, missiles, and Spirit Magnetization Technology to cover its escape, while Chen Mu and his allies ended their fight with the Heavenly Realm’s Divine Lords. The Haotian Empire captured numerous border cities but failed to destroy the Chen Kingdom’s forces, and Long Bo ordered a search for its communications structures as he sought a way to counter its teleportation.

• The Chen Kingdom’s defenders withdrew from Flying Dragon Pass while its city defenses and robots held off the Haotian Empire’s forces.
• The Tiger Vanguard Army attacked the Five Elements Army, but Chen Rufeng teleported it away in blue particles, and Demon Spirit Missiles stopped the pursuit.
• Chen Mu ended his fight with Divine Lord Xuanji, who left with Divine Lord Cangmu after the battle at Flying Dragon Pass was decided.
• The Haotian Empire attacked dozens of border cities in Jing and Yi Provinces, capturing more than a dozen while the Chen Kingdom retreated with its military strength largely intact.
• Long Bo ordered a carpet search for Chen Kingdom communications structures and told Wen Dao to gradually take its territory while awaiting help from the Heavenly Realm.

Chen Mu ended the Chen Kingdom’s feigned retreat and ordered a counterattack against the Haotian Empire before leaving to seek his father. As Wen Dao’s forces advanced, unfamiliar Chen Kingdom legions appeared and inflicted heavy losses, leaving the Haotian army seeking orders to withdraw.

• Chen Mu told Chen Hongjie that he had been gathering battlefield data while the Chen Kingdom feigned weakness, then learned from White Turtle that Gu Ningbi would soon arrive.
• Chen Mu decided to begin a counterattack the next day and told Chen Hongjie he would leave to find his father; Chen Hongjie supported his decision.
• For three months after Flying Dragon Pass fell, Wen Dao led the Tiger Vanguard Royal Cavalry deep into Chen Kingdom territory while the Haotian army countered the Chen Kingdom’s known weapons.
• A scout warned Wen Dao that the Chen Kingdom was making frequent military movements, but Wen Dao dismissed the concern and continued his advance.
• Wen Dao received word that strange new Chen Kingdom legions had appeared, overwhelmed Haotian forces, and prompted units across the front to request permission to withdraw.

Wen Dao learned that the Chen Kingdom's new corps had turned the tide against the Haotian Empire and ordered a retreat, but A Huo's forces surrounded his army. The battle ended with A Huo defeating Wen Dao in a single exchange.

• Wen Dao learned about the Sniper Corps, Mutant Demon Beast Corps, and Spacetime Battle Talisman Corps, then ordered the Haotian armies to retreat.
• Wen Dao discovered that A Huo and more than a dozen Chen corps had surrounded his forces, but dismissed the threat and prepared to fight.
• The Mutant Demon Beast Corps, Robot Corps, Mecha Corps, and Sniper Corps attacked Wen Dao's army while the Five Elements Army clashed with the Tiger Vanguard Army.
• A Huo challenged Wen Dao, and Wen Dao used the Heavenly Emperor Tyrant Saber Slash against him.
• A Huo defeated Wen Dao in one exchange, leaving him gasping on the ground.

The Chen Kingdom defeated Wen Dao’s invasion and reclaimed its lost territory, while A Huo explained that the Heavenly Court—not the Haotian Empire—was their true opponent. Long Bo accepted the defeat as useful and planned to make the Heavenly Court intervene against the Chen Kingdom.

• A Huo fought Wen Dao’s forces, but the two Celestial Person Race guards stopped him from finishing Wen Dao, who then ordered his army to retreat.
• A Huo told Chen Rufeng that the Chen Kingdom had to avoid weakening the Haotian Empire too much, or the Heavenly Court might act against them.
• In less than two months, the Chen Kingdom reclaimed the occupied territory, strengthening its troops and producing new military talent during the war.
• Long Bo told Wen Dao that the Chen Kingdom likely had more strength than it had revealed, but Wen Dao insisted he could win with more troops and better preparation.
• Long Bo instructed Wen Dao to pretend he could not defeat the Chen Kingdom so the Heavenly Court would step in, while using the defeat to protect himself from blame.

After preparing the Chen Kingdom for his absence, Chen Mu set out for Kunlun Heaven with Mingye, who left her Samsara Dream Realm behind to help the kingdom’s soldiers cultivate. The story left Chen Mu beginning his journey while the Chen Kingdom gained a way to accelerate its fighters’ training.

• Long Bo kept his troops in place and awaited reinforcements from the Heavenly Court, hoping the court and the Chen Kingdom would weaken each other.
• Chen Mu promised Gu Ningbi he would leave for Kunlun Heaven the next day, after finishing his preparations.
• Chen Mu entrusted Nangong Tong with leading the Battle Talisman Department while he was away.
• Mingye revealed that her Samsara Dream Realm could simulate the Pan Emperor Continent with time flowing up to a hundred times faster, giving the Chen Kingdom’s soldiers a new place to train.
• Chen Mu arranged for A Huo to manage use of the Samsara Dream Realm, then departed for Kunlun Heaven with Mingye.

Chen Mu and Gu Ningbi traveled toward Kunlun Heaven aboard Chen Mu’s space warship, discussing the perilous route and the realm’s situation. Chen Mu revealed that his missing father was likely there and that his father, not Chen Mu, was the current God-Slaying God, giving Gu Ningbi hope that Kunlun Heaven’s situation might be better than she feared.

• Chen Mu and Gu Ningbi rode his space warship through the dangerous astral winds toward Kunlun Heaven.
• Gu Ningbi sensed that the entrance lay a little over thirty thousand li ahead, and Chen Mu resumed cultivating during the long journey.
• Gu Ningbi asked why Chen Mu was going to Kunlun Heaven, and he told her that his missing father might be there.
• Chen Mu explained that his father was the current God-Slaying God, prompting Gu Ningbi to reconsider how dire Kunlun Heaven’s situation was.

Gu Ningbi told Chen Mu that the Heavenly Court planned to sacrifice the Heart of Pan Emperor and warned that the Heavenly Emperor would purge native clans after gaining power. With Divine Venerable Moyu’s Dharma body opening the Kunlun Heaven Gate, Gu Ningbi, Chen Mu, and Mingye entered Kunlun Heaven.

• Gu Ningbi explained that the Heavenly Court’s divine son had gained the ancient forebears’ support and planned to sacrifice the Heart of Pan Emperor.
• Gu Ningbi warned Chen Mu that the Heavenly Emperor would eliminate powerful native clans and revealed that her master was Divine Venerable Moyu.
• Chen Mu and Gu Ningbi agreed to stop the Heavenly Court’s plan and find Chen Mu’s father, Chen Haoran.
• Gu Ningbi gave Chen Mu Soul Clan cultivation journals as their space battleship flew through dangerous storms toward Kunlun Heaven.
• Gu Ningbi summoned Divine Venerable Moyu’s Dharma body, which opened the Kunlun Heaven Gate.
• Gu Ningbi entered the gate, and Chen Mu and Mingye followed her into Kunlun Heaven.

Chen Mu, Mingye, and Gu Ningbi entered the collapsing Kunlun Heaven Realm, learned about its dense restrictions and Primordial Power, and traveled toward its central region on Chen Mu’s mountain robot. On the third day, they found a group of demons attacking a young human, and Chen Mu asked Gu Ningbi whether they should intervene.

• Chen Mu and Mingye arrived in the Kunlun Heaven Realm with Gu Ningbi, who explained that the realm was collapsing and that its dense rules restricted flight and weakened attacks.
• Gu Ningbi told Chen Mu and Mingye that the realm’s Primordial Power could aid their cultivation, and Chen Mu gathered some of it to examine.
• Chen Mu unfolded a mountain-crawling robot, and the three traveled toward the central region while cultivating along the way.
• On the third day, Chen Mu heard fighting and drove the robot toward the sound to investigate.
• Chen Mu spotted more than a dozen animal-featured demons attacking a young human and handed Gu Ningbi the telescope to let her decide whether to save the victim.

Chen Mu, Gu Ningbi, and Mingye rescued Di Yun, the last surviving heir of the Di Clan Tribe, from the Moon Glint Clan’s demons and learned that his tribe had been attacked. The group set out together for the Primordial Beginning Mountain Range while Chen Mu modified their crawler robot, reflecting on Kunlun Heaven’s strength and impending collapse.

• Gu Ningbi recognized Di Yun under attack by Moon Glint Clan demons, and she, Chen Mu, and Mingye defeated the demons and rescued him.
• Di Yun told Gu Ningbi that attackers had killed his father and devastated the Di Clan Tribe, and he suspected the Celestial Person Race had arranged the attack.
• Chen Mu and his companions drove off the demons pursuing them, then agreed to let Di Yun join their journey to the Primordial Beginning Mountain Range.
• Chen Mu volunteered to keep watch and began modifying the crawler robot to make room for Di Yun.
• As Chen Mu worked, he considered how Kunlun Heaven’s dense environment surpassed the Pan Emperor Continent and regretted that Kunlun Heaven was destined to collapse.

Chen Mu and his companions traveled deeper into Kunlun Heaven, escaped an encounter with the Ice Chi King, and reached a market to gather supplies and information. After trading for materials, Chen Mu went with Mingye to inspect a street slave sale.

• Chen Mu used Dharma Power to help the modified crawling robot evade the Ice Chi King's ice attacks and escape.
• Di Yun told Chen Mu that the Ice Chi King was an Innate God and that more than a hundred Innate Gods might live in Kunlun Heaven.
• Following Di Yun's guidance, the group traveled along a main road toward a market jointly managed by several powerful tribes.
• Chen Mu paid two World Crystals to enter the market and traded for materials he needed.
• Chen Mu noticed a crowd watching a slave sale and went to look with Mingye.

Chen Mu and Mingye observed a slave auction in Kunlun Heaven while the Heavenly Court discussed the Chen Kingdom. Heavenly King Linlang recognized Chen Mu as the Might-Distant General who had thwarted his plans in the Nine Nether Netherworld and received permission to attack the Chen Kingdom.

• Chen Mu and Mingye watched Kunlun Heaven's slave auction and discussed the strength and prices of its native beings.
• Divine Lord Xuanji reported to the Heavenly Emperor about the Chen Kingdom and its conflict with the Heavenly Court.
• Heavenly King Linlang questioned Divine Lord Xuanji about Chen Mu and examined the Chen Kingdom's Rune Artifacts.
• Heavenly King Linlang compared the Chen Kingdom's Rune Gun with his own and concluded that Chen Mu was the Might-Distant General who had frustrated his invasion of the Nine Nether Netherworld.
• The Heavenly Emperor authorized Heavenly King Linlang to deal with the Chen Kingdom, instructing him to act quickly and keep the search for the Heart of Pan Emperor as the priority.

While observing a slave market in the Kunlun Heaven Realm, Chen Mu discovered that slave contracts weakened over time and decided to buy a young Innate Lifeform. He left with the savage boy, intending to take him as a disciple and see whether an Innate Lifeform could cultivate his Battle Talisman Master system.

• Chen Mu realized that slave contracts lost their power over time, while Mingye warned him that the slaves could be dangerous and the contracts unreliable.
• A slave trader presented a fierce young savage captured in the Primordial Beginning Mountain Range and explained that he had a strong chance of reaching the Yuan Formation Stage as an adult.
• Chen Mu bid for the little savage and bought him for one thousand eight hundred World Crystals.
• The slave trader transferred the contract rune and warned Chen Mu that the boy often hurt people besides his master.
• Chen Mu left the slave market with the boy and told Mingye he planned to take him as a disciple and test whether he could cultivate the Battle Talisman Master system.

Chen Mu freed the little savage from his slave contract and offered to take him as a disciple. The little savage fled, then caught up with Chen Mu the next morning and accepted him as his master as they headed toward the Primordial Beginning Mountain Range.

• Di Yun and Gu Ningbi examined the little savage and warned Chen Mu that his hatred might make him difficult to guide.
• Chen Mu released the little savage from the slave contract and offered to teach him as his disciple, but the little savage fled the waystation.
• Chen Mu and his companions left the market the next morning on the crawling robot, while the little savage followed behind.
• The little savage chased after the group, knelt before Chen Mu, and eagerly agreed to become his disciple.
• Chen Mu noticed fresh bloody marks on the little savage and suspected he had encountered danger after leaving.

Chen Mu named the stone-born savage Lingming, made him his disciple, and led his group into the dangerous Primordial Beginning Mountain Range to investigate the Heavenly Court’s plot. They camped beneath a recent sword mark that Gu Ningbi believed had been left by someone who became a god, while Chen Mu began preparing specialized Rune Artifact tools.

• Chen Mu named the little savage Lingming, accepted him as his disciple, and gave him an educational auxiliary Rune Artifact.
• Chen Mu led the group toward the Primordial Beginning Mountain Range, and Di Yun persuaded them to avoid his nearby tribe’s lands because Heavenly Court scouts might be there.
• The group entered the mountain range, where the origin power was dense but impure, and Di Yun and Gu Ningbi warned everyone to avoid disturbing the sleeping fiendish spirits.
• Chen Mu suggested they find a safe place to rest while he made tools suited to the mountain range, and the group set up camp beneath a cliff carved with a sword-marked character for “heart.”
• Gu Ningbi judged that the fresh sword mark carried the true meaning of the Great Dao and had likely been left by someone who became a god; Chen Mu regretted that A Huo was not there to study it.
• Chen Mu set up his workbench and analytical equipment beneath the cliff and began working.

Chen Mu’s group prepared to cross the Primordial Beginning Mountain Range while Lingming studied under his auxiliary intelligence and asked to become a Talisman Master. After their journey began smoothly, Chen Mu decided to capture an outer-reach vicious spirit for study.

• Lingming studied advanced knowledge, ate the meat Mingye offered, and began speaking more fluently.
• Chen Mu made detection, concealment, and attack Rune Artifacts, switching to Soul Magnetic Waves because Spiritual Power interference blocked Spirit Magnetic Waves.
• Lingming asked Chen Mu to teach him the Battle Talisman Master path, and Chen Mu promised to teach him formally after they escaped the mountain range.
• At dawn, Chen Mu’s party of five followed Lingming deeper into the range and used the detection radar to avoid vicious spirits.
• Mingye suggested confronting a vicious spirit, and Chen Mu decided to capture one in the outer reaches despite Di Yun and Gu Ningbi’s concerns.

Chen Mu captured a powerful headless vicious spirit and stored it in his embryonic world for analysis. The group continued through the Primordial Beginning Mountain Range, stopped short of Jianmu Hill’s deadly God-Slaying God Domain, and followed its edge to search for the Heavenly Court’s people.

• Chen Mu bound the headless vicious spirit, cut off the buried blood-colored energy sustaining it, and sealed it inside the embryonic world.
• Gu Ningbi explained that vicious spirits were driven by unresolved obsessions, while Chen Mu said the battle had provided useful data.
• Gu Ningbi showed Chen Mu and Mingye the ruined World Crystal Mountain, and Di Yun urged the group to continue into the Primordial Beginning Mountain Range.
• Di Yun stopped the group before Jianmu Hill because the God-Slaying God Domain made entering without a god’s protection deadly.
• Gu Ningbi redirected the group along Jianmu Hill’s edge to search for the Heavenly Court’s people, and Chen Mu’s detection radar guided their progress.