Chapter Summaries

Mingye created the Shore of the Other Shore beside the Nether River and exchanged Heavenly Dao Cores with Manju. With Mingye entering seclusion, Chen Mu returned to Source Wood City to pursue his own breakthrough in the Great Dao.

• Mingye used the Great Dao of Death and the Great Dao of the Netherworld to create the Shore of the Other Shore, a plane filled with spider lilies that guided the dead toward reincarnation.
• Mingye and Manju exchanged Heavenly Dao Cores inside a protective curtain of light, then began fusing with and comprehending their new cores.
• Chen Mu decided to return to the Pan Emperor Continent and break through in the Great Dao while Mingye refined the Nine Nether Netherworld's core.
• Chen Mu arrived at the Rune Research Institute's new headquarters on Jianmu Hill and noted that the landmass's dense energy made it a cultivation holy land.
• Chen Mu entered the institute's central hall, hoping to reach the True God Realm before Mingye emerged from seclusion.

Chen Mu comprehended the Great Dao of Particles, reached the True God Realm, and consolidated his cultivation before setting out to help the Chen Kingdom. At Black Tiger City, Chen Haoran fought off a huge pack of ancient vicious beasts, with more than thirty already slain as the beasts continued their charge.

• Chen Mu mastered the Great Dao of Particles and reached the True God Realm after nearly two years of seclusion.
• Chen Mu spent a week fusing the Great Dao with his plane, then left the Rune Research Institute to find Chen Haoran.
• More than sixty ancient vicious beasts charged toward Black Tiger City, and its city lord urgently requested the highest-level reinforcements.
• Chen Haoran appeared above the city gate in the God-Slaying God Battle Suit and charged into the beasts, killing more than a dozen in a few moves.
• Chen Haoran sped up and slew over thirty more beasts, while the remaining beasts continued charging toward Black Tiger City.

Chen Mu used his newly gained True God power to stop the ferocious beasts attacking Black Tiger City and told Chen Haoran to rest while he took over the Chen Kingdom’s defense. He then questioned Di Lin’s terms for handing the Wilderness to the Chen Kingdom.

• Chen Haoran failed to kill several wounded beasts before they smashed through Black Tiger City’s barrier and wall, but Chen Mu restrained them so Chen Haoran could finish them off.
• Chen Mu explained that the beasts had grown larger and learned to cooperate, making them harder to fight and more destructive.
• Chen Mu told Chen Haoran he had become a True God and would protect the Chen Kingdom, and Chen Haoran agreed to rest for two days.
• Chen Mu criticized Di Lin for neglecting the Wilderness and learned that Di Lin would hand it over while retaining control of the Demon Race and demanding thirty percent of the mineral proceeds.
• Chen Mu questioned what Di Lin would contribute and warned that he would not keep indulging Di Lin’s demands.

Chen Mu settled the terms of Di Lin’s proposed alliance and reflected on how ordinary people were adapting to the changed world. Meanwhile, Yin Zhan led the Hegemon Cavalry against a vicious beast lair, confident that Chen Kingdom reinforcements would arrive.

• Chen Mu set ten percent of the Wilderness’s mineral proceeds as the Chen Kingdom’s limit for Di Lin, while accepting that Di Lin could recruit members of the Demon Race there.
• Chen Haoran departed, and soldiers in Black Tiger City harvested the dead beasts’ remains for the treasury and the city’s defenders.
• Chen Mu observed that denser matter had made life harder for ordinary people, though many were adapting into martial artists, then vanished in a flash of blue light.
• Yin Zhan led ten thousand Hegemon Cavalry Soldiers to attack a vicious beast lair near Demon-Defending City and drew its beasts out of their mountain refuge.
• A God Level jackal-like beast attacked, but Yin Zhan used the Hegemon Shield formation to block it and urged his troops to hold until a Chen Kingdom god arrived.

Chen Mu used his Dharma Aspect True Bodies and Spirit Magnetic Network to help Yin Zhan’s Hegemon Cavalry defeat a beast horde, capturing a God Level jackal with Taotie blood. Three months later, the Battle Talisman Department celebrated the completion of its branch hall in Source Wood City as the beast threat eased.

• Yin Zhan led the Hegemon Cavalry against the ferocious beasts, but the beasts began retreating before the cavalry could finish them off.
• Chen Mu arrived and used 108 Dharma Aspect True Bodies to hold the fleeing beasts while Yin Zhan’s forces killed them.
• Chen Mu restrained and incapacitated a God Level jackal with Taotie blood, sealed it alive, and stored it in his inner plane before leaving the remaining beasts to Yin Zhan.
• Chen Mu continued killing ferocious beasts across the Chen Kingdom, using the Spirit Magnetic Network to pursue and capture God Level beasts with near certainty.
• Three months later, Nangong Tong visited the completed Battle Talisman Department branch hall in Source Wood City and welcomed the chance for its members to cultivate there.
• The elders said Chen Mu’s campaign had reduced emergency calls, and they hoped the Chen Kingdom would return to peaceful life within a year or two.

Chen Mu reprimanded Nangong Tong for neglecting her cultivation, gave the Battle Talisman Department’s elders a path to godhood, and eased their battle duties for a year. More than three months later, Mingye finished refining the Nine Nether Netherworld’s core, and she and Chen Mu prepared to merge the realms and marry.

• Chen Mu told Nangong Tong to focus on cultivation, and she promised to devote most of her efforts to it.
• Chen Mu taught the three Battle Talisman Department elders his improved god-level cultivation method and reduced their battle duties for a year while increasing their benefits.
• More than three months later, Chen Mu returned to the Nine Nether Netherworld after his Primordial Spirit clone reported that Mingye was nearly finished refining its core.
• Mingye completed the refinement, removed the heavenly screen, and noticed that Chen Mu had entered the True God Realm.
• Manju said the Nine Nether Netherworld and Chen Kingdom would merge in about a year and told Mingye and Chen Mu to prepare for their wedding.

Chen Mu and Mingye helped the Chen Kingdom wipe out ferocious beasts, then connected the Nine Nether Netherworld to the kingdom through nineteen spacetime arrays. Their wedding brought the two realms closer, but a mysterious golden light appeared just as they were leaving the ceremony.

• Mingye used her Nine Nether clones to help Chen Mu and Chen Haoran clear ferocious beasts, more than doubling the Chen Kingdom’s extermination rate.
• Manju moved the Nine Nether Netherworld above the Chen Kingdom, and Chen Mu and the Rune Research Institute’s Array Department completed nineteen spacetime arrays linking the realms.
• Chen Mu set his wedding to Mingye for the eighth of the following month, and the Chen Kingdom celebrated their marriage at Wood Nether Hall.
• As Chen Mu and Mingye left the wedding ceremony for the bridal chamber, a golden light appeared above the residence with the faint outline of a figure inside.

Chen Mu married Mingye, and Master Yuanqing’s wedding gift strengthened the perceived alliance between the Chen Kingdom and the True Esoteric Buddhist Sect. After two years of rapid growth, Chen Mu turned toward the Wilderness, where Di Lin said ownership had to be negotiated with the Demon Emperor or exchanged for half the mineral resources.

• Master Yuanqing attended Chen Mu and Mingye’s wedding and planted a Divine Bodhi Tree as his gift.
• Chen Mu and Mingye entered the bridal chamber, and Yuanqing’s visit signaled a close relationship between the Chen Kingdom and the True Esoteric Buddhist Sect.
• Over the next two years, several Chen Kingdom experts advanced in cultivation, and the kingdom grew to more than twenty God Level experts while reducing the vicious beasts within its borders.
• Chen Mu shifted his attention to the Wilderness and appeared at a banquet with Di Lin and White Turtle in Ten Thousand Stars Pass.
• Di Lin told Chen Mu that he could not decide ownership of the Wilderness alone and demanded either half its mineral resources or negotiations with the Demon Emperor.

Chen Mu secured a deal with Di Lin to give the Demon Realm ten percent of the Wilderness’s mineral income while reporting it as fifty percent. At a Chen Kingdom meeting, Chen Mu warned that the Heavenly Emperor might have ambushed Insect Emperor Sala and planned to travel with Mingye to seek a way to use the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao against him.

• Chen Mu rejected Di Lin’s demand for half the Wilderness’s mineral income, but White Turtle proposed secretly paying ten percent while claiming it was fifty percent, and Di Lin agreed.
• Chen Hongjie celebrated Chen Mu’s negotiation, saying the Chen Kingdom could send troops into the Wilderness to hunt ferocious beasts.
• Chen Mu told Chen Haoran, Chen Hongjie, Mingye, White Turtle, and Manju that the Heavenly Court, Abyss Devil Race, and Sala Insect Race had seized about twenty, fifteen, and five percent of the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao fragments, respectively.
• Chen Mu suspected the Heavenly Emperor had ambushed Insect Emperor Sala and feared the Heavenly Emperor might attack the Chen Kingdom after refining his fragments.
• Chen Haoran estimated that refining the fragments could take decades, and Chen Mu announced that he would travel among the people with Mingye to seek a way to wield the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao.

After Chen Mu and Mingye left the East Sea without gaining insight, they traveled to Central Province and entered Jade-Gazing City, where ferocious beasts had forced the residents into an underground shelter. They helped a sick child recover and remained in the shelter as her injured father returned with supplies.

• Chen Mu ended the meeting after arranging affairs for his travels, then spent a year exploring the East Sea with Mingye before deciding to head for Central Province.
• Chen Mu and Mingye entered Jade-Gazing City and learned from a patrolling soldier that ferocious beasts had driven its residents into hiding.
• The soldier led Chen Mu and Mingye to the underground shelter, where they found survivors living in cramped, unpleasant conditions.
• Mingye gave a Marching Pill to a mother whose daughter had suffered a fever for several days, and the girl soon recovered.
• The girl's husband returned covered in injuries but carrying food and water, and he was relieved to find his daughter well.

Chen Mu settled into Jade-Gazing City as a low-paid talisman maker and became close with Xu Shi, who struggled to provide for his daughter. After Xu Shi despaired over Nannan’s lack of cultivation aptitude, Chen Mu suggested moving to the Chen Kingdom, but Xu Shi warned that seeking refuge abroad was treason.

• Xu Shi thanked Chen Mu for saving his daughter and told him that Heavenly Court forces were expected to rescue Jade-Gazing City.
• The heavenly soldiers slew the ferocious beasts, and Chen Mu accepted Xu Shi’s invitation to visit his home and find work.
• Chen Mu became a talisman maker, bought a courtyard near Xu Shi, and lived in Jade-Gazing City for half a year.
• Xu Shi borrowed Spirit Stones to pay for Nannan’s foundation-establishing pill, but she showed no aptitude for cultivation.
• Chen Mu urged Xu Shi to move with him to the Chen Kingdom, and Xu Shi warned that fleeing to a foreign country was treason.

After witnessing a poor boy forced to work and worship Immortal Xuanji, Chen Mu realized that humanity’s pure hearts could awaken the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao and wrote the Dragon-Like Scripture. He passed its teachings to the boy and Xu Shi, then returned with Mingye to the Chen Kingdom.

• Chen Mu visited a slum in Wangyue City and saw a boy beaten by his father for refusing to worship Immortal Xuanji.
• Chen Mu realized the Human Clan could awaken the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao by recovering their pure hearts and began writing the Dragon-Like Scripture.
• Chen Mu remained in the void for nearly a year while Mingye stood guard.
• Chen Mu gave the boy a divine sense containing the scripture, and the boy cultivated it, gaining vigor and strength.
• Chen Mu found Xu Shi in Jade-Gazing City and sent him a divine sense containing an inheritance.
• Chen Mu and Mingye slipped into the void and returned to the Chen Kingdom.

Chen Mu returned to the Chen Kingdom, arranged for the Dragon-Like Scripture to be taught throughout the realm, and helped address its rising threat from vicious beasts. After clearing the beasts and discovering he could sense the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao’s power, he left Mingye in charge and began secluded research into how to use it.

• Chen Mu asked Chen Hongjie to spread the Dragon-Like Scripture so everyone in the Chen Kingdom could practice it.
• Chen Hongjie told Chen Mu that Chen Mu’s Second Brother had taken the God-Slaying God Legion and seven Void God Realm experts into the Wilderness, while A Huo had recently reached the True God Realm.
• Chen Mu assessed the Upper Origin Legion’s battle formation and told Chen Hongjie he would have Di Qingsong improve its training before the decisive battle with the Heavenly Court.
• Chen Mu and Mingye cleared the vicious beasts from the Chen Kingdom over the following months while Chen Mu supervised the scripture’s teaching.
• Chen Mu sensed one percent of the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao’s power but found he could only call upon it outside his body.
• Chen Mu assigned Mingye to clear the remaining beasts and entered secluded cultivation to research the Heavenly Dao’s power.

After five years in seclusion, Chen Mu emerged with greater mastery of the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao as the Chen Kingdom prepared to counterattack the Haotian Empire. The kingdom planned to launch its attack in two months, relying on Chen Mu to defend it from Heavenly Emperor Haoyu.

• Chen Mu ended his five-year seclusion after sensing about twenty percent of the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao's power and realizing the Dragon-Like Scripture had reached a spreading bottleneck in the Chen Kingdom.
• Chen Hongjie told the Spirit Network gathering that the Haotian Empire had nearly eliminated its ferocious beasts and might soon attack the Dragon-Toppling Society, which could hold out for only two months without aid.
• Chen Haoran proposed a counterattack against the Haotian Empire, and Chen Mu agreed, saying the Chen Kingdom had recovered its strength and could redeploy forces from the Wilderness.
• Chen Hongjie asked whether Chen Mu could protect the kingdom from Heavenly Emperor Haoyu, and Chen Mu estimated a thirty percent chance of protecting everyone.
• Chen Haoran began adjusting troop deployments for an attack in two months, while Chen Mu returned to researching the spread of the Dragon-Like Scripture.

The Chen Kingdom’s surprise invasion seized much of Yang Province before the Haotian Empire recovered and counterattacked. At Guangling City, Chen Haoran and Han Xiao’s armies struggled against the city’s formidable defenses and the Kun Force Battle Division, while Chen Haoran waited for Chen Mu’s intervention.

• The Chen Kingdom launched a five-pronged attack on the Haotian Empire and captured many cities, taking nearly half of Yang Province before the empire mounted a counterattack.
• Chen Haoran and Han Xiao spent five days attacking Guangling City without progress, and Chen Haoran refused to use missiles before the right moment.
• Chen Haoran’s God-Slaying God Legion and Han Xiao’s Rushing Thunder Legion attacked the city’s west and south gates in coordination.
• The Kun Force Battle Division and Guangling City’s defensive array repelled the assault, and the Chen Kingdom’s armies withdrew after suffering heavy casualties.

Chen Haoran launched the Chen Kingdom’s final assault on Guangling City, fighting Heavenly King Linlang while his armies and siege Rune Artifacts pressed toward the walls. The siege weapons came under concentrated fire, and more than ten were destroyed as the battle continued.

• Chen Haoran’s army breached Guangling City’s southern wall in an earlier attack, but the Kun Force Battle Division drove Han Xiao’s Rushing Thunder Legion back.
• After reinforcements and large siege Rune Artifacts arrived, Chen Haoran began the final assault and fought Heavenly King Linlang above the city.
• Five Chen Kingdom Void God Realm experts attacked, while three divine lords from Guangling City met them in battle.
• The Chen Kingdom’s armies advanced behind Talisman Puppet robot shields as both sides exchanged fire and Guangling City’s defenses attacked the invaders.
• When the siege Rune Artifacts approached within three kilometers of the gate, Guangling City concentrated its fire on them and destroyed more than ten.

The Chen Kingdom used a hidden Structural Reassembly Talisman to rebuild its siege cannon and blast open Guangling City's gate. With rune warships taking control of the skies, Heavenly King Linlang ordered his forces to abandon the city, leaving Yang Province close to falling to the Chen Kingdom.

• The Chen Kingdom's army advanced on Guangling City while its soldiers secretly pushed the destroyed siege-artifact components toward the gate.
• The components reassembled into Chen Mu's Directed Particle Fusion Cannon, which fired repeatedly and cracked Guangling City's gate despite its defensive formation.
• Chen Kingdom soldiers used thousands of protective talismans to shield the cannon from Guangling City's concentrated counterfire.
• The cannon destroyed the gate, and Chen Kingdom soldiers poured into the city to fight in its streets.
• Hundreds of Chen Kingdom rune warships descended after many of the city's defensive weapons were disabled and seized control of the skies.
• Heavenly King Linlang ordered his army to abandon Guangling City while he covered its retreat from Chen Haoran.

Chen Rufeng led the Five Elements Army in a full-scale assault on Rising Sun Pass, where the Tiger Vanguard Royal Cavalry defended the Haotian Empire. The Five Elements Army’s coordinated five-unit formation halted the cavalry’s counterattack and forced it onto the defensive.

• Chen Rufeng ordered the Five Elements Army to launch a full-scale assault on Rising Sun Pass after surrounding it for over a month.
• The Chen Kingdom’s forces advanced behind Talisman Puppet robots while warships and siege weapons bombarded the pass’s walls and bunkers.
• The Tiger Vanguard Royal Cavalry formed a giant flaming tiger and charged toward the Chen Kingdom’s main warships.
• The Five Elements Army blocked the flaming tiger with an earthen shield, then attacked it with coordinated strikes from its five elemental units.
• The Tiger Vanguard Royal Cavalry leader was shocked by the Five Elements Army’s synchronization and ordered another attack.
• The Five Elements Army’s five units worked together to drive the Tiger Vanguard Royal Cavalry onto the defensive.

Chen Rufeng's Five Elements Army nearly defeated the Tiger Vanguard Royal Cavalry before Heavenly King Beixuan intervened. Mingye blocked Beixuan's attack and challenged her, and the two began a battle that left its outcome unresolved.

• Chen Rufeng led the Five Elements Army in its Five Directions Return to Emptiness Slaughter formation, trapping the exhausted Tiger Vanguard Royal Cavalry.
• Heavenly King Beixuan disrupted the formation with a black full moon, then shot a black arrow at the regrouping Five Elements Army.
• Mingye intercepted Beixuan's arrow with the Netherworld Pearl and sent it back, forcing Beixuan to defend herself.
• Beixuan warned Mingye that Heavenly Emperor Haoyu would threaten the Nine Nether Netherworld, while Mingye rejected her offer to join the Heavenly Court.
• Mingye attacked Beixuan with a seven-colored river, and the two exchanged blows while the surrounding forces kept their distance.

The Chen Kingdom captured Rising Sun Pass, leaving the Haotian Empire’s forces in retreat and exposing nearly a hundred prosperous cities. In Heavenly Emperor City, Long Ao confronted the Chen Kingdom’s alarming military production and decided to speak with old acquaintances.

• The Chen Kingdom’s Five Elements Army defeated the Tiger Vanguard Royal Cavalry, destroyed Rising Sun Pass’s bunkers, and broke through its gates at the cost of three main warships.
• Heavenly King Beixuan covered her soldiers’ retreat as Rising Sun Pass fell to the Chen Kingdom.
• Long Bo urged Long Ao to request another Heavenly King’s help, but Long Ao said the Heavenly Court could not easily spare more forces from its other territories.
• Long Bo reported that the Chen Kingdom likely produced its own talismans, though his agents had failed to uncover its operations.
• Long Ao recognized that the Chen Kingdom’s rapid armament production threatened the Heavenly Court and turned west, deciding to speak with his old acquaintances.