Chapter Summaries

Chen Mu fortified Source Wood City as seven True God Realm experts launched a coordinated assault, led by Heavenly King Linlang and Heavenly King Chiguo. He faced Long Ao head-on while A Huo arrived to engage Devil Master Kane, leaving the battle raging beneath the city's defensive array.

• Chen Mu gave Landuo blueprints for siege Rune Artifacts before sensing danger and activating Source Wood City's arrays.
• Seven True God Realm experts attacked Source Wood City, targeting its walls, towers, soldiers, and defensive array.
• Chen Mu appeared above the city and activated the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Heaven-Piercing Array to slow the attackers.
• Long Ao broke through the array and fought Chen Mu, who matched his blows.
• Devil Master Kane charged Chen Mu, but A Huo arrived and engaged him while Heavenly King Linlang urged the attackers to finish the battle quickly.

Long Ao summoned Heavenly Court reinforcements and revealed a grotto-heaven artifact carrying twelve Divine Lords, who trapped Chen Mu in their Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Grand Formation. Chen Mu rallied A Huo and his Spirit Magnetic Clones, while Chen Haoran and Mingye faced the other True God experts and Ancestor Tianhen threatened the Chen Kingdom.

• Yuanqing arrived and said he had come to deal with the Abyss Devil Race, not to join the conflict between the Heavenly Court and the Chen Kingdom.
• Long Ao opened a grotto-heaven passage and brought twelve of the Heavenly Court's Thirty-Six Divine Lords into Source Wood City.
• Long Ao ordered the twelve Divine Lords to surround Chen Mu, and they used the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Grand Formation to attack him.
• A Huo went to help Chen Mu, who summoned five Spirit Magnetic Clones and covered them with golden runes to withstand the formation.
• Chen Haoran and Mingye faced Heavenly King Linlang, Heavenly King Beixuan, and Ancestor Tianhen, who had joined Long Ao to claim the Chen Kingdom's wealth.

Chen Mu’s allies fought to protect Source Wood City’s defensive array while Devil Master Kane revealed that he saw the Chen Kingdom as a threat and ordered an attack on Chen Mu. Master Yuanqing intercepted the three Abyss Devil Gods, but Kane engaged him alone and sent his two subordinates after Chen Mu.

• Ancestor Tianhen attacked Source Wood City’s defensive array, but Little White Fox struck him with a mind attack and Ghost Sword Saint wounded him.
• Chen Duo, Little White Fox, Ghost Sword Saint, and Elder Ming worked together to pin Ancestor Tianhen down and prevent him from reaching the array foundations.
• Chen Mu warned Devil Master Kane not to attack, but Kane said the Chen Kingdom had become too dangerous to tolerate and charged at him with two Devil Gods.
• Master Yuanqing used the Six-Character Mantra to stagger the three Abyss Devil Gods and wound the weakest one.
• Devil Master Kane turned to fight Yuanqing and ordered his two subordinates to kill Chen Mu.

Chen Mu and A Huo fought Long Ao and the Heavenly Court’s forces, but their overwhelming numbers pushed Chen Mu close to revealing his ability to draw on the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao. Mingye severely wounded Heavenly King Beixuan with her Nether King’s Demise technique, but an Abyss Devil God and Beixuan kept her from reaching Chen Mu.

• Chen Mu and A Huo used the strength of their merged planes to fight Long Ao and the surrounding Heavenly Court experts.
• Long Ao punched through Chen Mu’s chest, but Chen Mu healed the wound using his limited store of origin cells.
• Chen Mu considered drawing on Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao power to escape, but feared that revealing the ability would make the three great factions target him.
• Mingye used Seven Nether Ultimates, seventh ultimate: Nether King’s Demise, to severely injure Heavenly King Beixuan.
• An Abyss Devil God joined Beixuan in restraining Mingye before she could reach Chen Mu.

Chen Mu and the defenders of Source Wood City turned the battle against the Heavenly Court after Manju broke through to the True God Realm and helped A Huo break the enemy formation. The Abyss Devil Race withdrew, and the Heavenly Court was driven into retreat after suffering heavy losses, leaving the Chen Kingdom poised to gain renown across the Pan Emperor Continent.

• Yuanqing struck Devil Master Kane with a Buddhist seal, and an Abyss Devil God left Chen Mu’s fight to aid Kane.
• As Long Ao pressed Chen Mu, Manju broke through to the True God Realm and arrived, her other shore flower petals disrupting the Heavenly Court’s twelve Divine Lords.
• Chen Mu revealed openings in the Divine Lords’ formation, allowing A Huo to injure two of them and break the Heavenly Dipper Grand Formation.
• Long Ao urged Devil Master Kane to fight on, but Kane withdrew with the Abyss Devil Race, forcing Long Ao to order a retreat.
• Chen Mu activated Source Wood City’s formation to trap the Heavenly Court’s forces, and the Chen Kingdom killed two Divine Lords and severely injured half of them before Long Ao led the survivors out.
• The battle exposed the Heavenly Court’s alliance with the Abyss Devil Race, giving the Chen Kingdom a chance to spread the truth and restore its reputation.

After the Abyss Devil Race’s attack on Source Wood City shattered the pretense of peace, Chen Mu sent A Huo and Yin Zhan to annex Si Province while Chen Haoran occupied Yang Province. With the two provinces secured, Chen Mu negotiated a ten-thousand-year Bloodline Contract with the Saint Clan and Soul Clan, then offered to heal Gu Ningbi’s Divine Soul injuries.

• Chen Mu ordered A Huo and Yin Zhan to withdraw from Central Province and attack Si Province, which the Abyss Devil Race had largely abandoned.
• Yin Zhan divided the Hegemon Cavalry into three detachments, and Chen Kingdom’s forces steadily occupied Si Province while Chen Haoran took Yang Province.
• After about a year, Chen Kingdom completed its occupation of both provinces, gaining resources and a direct border with the Dragon-Toppling Society and the Far Northern Grassland.
• Moyu, Man Hong, Duan Tianlong, and Gu Ningbi visited Chen Mu, who proposed a ten-thousand-year Bloodline Contract between the God-Slaying God Clan, Saint Clan, and Soul Clan.
• Moyu and Man Hong accepted the contract, and the visitors discussed cultivation with Chen Mu and Mingye before leaving that evening.
• Gu Ningbi stayed behind, and Chen Mu said he was confident he could heal her Divine Soul injuries.

Duan Tianlong asked Chen Mu to help the Saint Soul Kingdom attack the Haotian Empire’s Qing and Xu provinces, and Chen Mu agreed to consider sending troops. After learning that Heavenly Emperor Haoyu had killed Insect Emperor Sala, Chen Mu decided to move quickly and spread the Dragon-Like Scripture through the provinces to prepare for Haoyu’s arrival.

• Duan Tianlong asked Chen Mu to lend the Chen Kingdom’s troops so the Saint Soul Kingdom could attack Qing and Xu provinces, offering to divide the conquered territory fairly.
• Chen Mu recognized that the joint campaign could benefit both kingdoms and said he would discuss the proposal with Third Uncle.
• White Turtle told Chen Mu that Heavenly Emperor Haoyu had killed Insect Emperor Sala and might soon descend upon the Pan Emperor Continent.
• Chen Mu resolved to send troops to the Saint Soul Kingdom and ensure the people of Qing and Xu provinces cultivated the Dragon-Like Scripture.

Chen Mu approved A Huo’s plan to attack the Crimson Devils Realm, a middle plane controlled by the Abyss Devil Race. The Chen Kingdom’s warships invaded the realm, where the devils mobilized to resist them.

• Chen Mu reflected on the Chen Kingdom’s position and the need for him to reach the Emperor Level by expanding his Battle Talisman Realm.
• A Huo reported that the Chen Kingdom had found the entrance to the Crimson Devils Realm, and Chen Mu authorized an immediate attack.
• Chen Kingdom warships emerged through a rift above Black Flame Mountain in the Crimson Devils Realm.
• Three stationed devil gods alerted the plane’s lord and led the realm’s forces to meet the invaders.
• Devil commanders attacked the warships with destructive fireballs, damaging their hulls despite their shields.

The Chen Kingdom invaded the Crimson Devils Realm, where its warships and gods fought the realm’s defenders as the planar passage expanded. The Crimson Flame Devil Master joined the battle, but Chen Kingdom legions emerged in force and overwhelmed the devil army.

• The Chen Kingdom’s warships scattered to make room for the rift, then opened fire and inflicted heavy casualties on the devils.
• A Huo emerged from the passage and slaughtered devils before the three devil gods reached Black Flame Mountain and attacked him.
• Chen Duo, Little White, and Nangong Tong joined the battle, with Chen Duo driving one devil god back and the other two gods tying down another.
• The Crimson Flame Devil Master struck A Huo, but A Huo and the Demon-Slaying Sword legion held him back.
• The Crimson Flame Devil Master ordered the devils to destroy the passage, but another Chen Kingdom legion emerged and routed the forces sent to surround it.

The Chen Kingdom’s army overwhelmed the Crimson Devils Realm, forcing the Crimson Flame Devil Master to seek help from the Abyss Devil Emperor. Chen Mu destroyed the Crimson Devils Realm’s Heavenly Dao Core and blocked the Emperor’s attack, declaring that the Battle Talisman Realm’s Heavenly Dao protected him.

• The Crimson Flame Devil Master retreated from Black Flame Mountain as the two realms’ Heavenly Daos merged, and Chen Duo and A Huo celebrated the Battle Talisman Realm’s advantage.
• Over the next half year, the Chen Kingdom’s mass-produced Rune Artifacts and returning pilots steadily battered the Crimson Devils Realm’s forces until they reached the Crimson Devil Temple.
• The Crimson Flame Devil Master asked the Abyss Devil Emperor for help, and three days later A Huo stopped him at the Crimson Flame Temple as the Chen Kingdom army arrived.
• The Abyss Devil Emperor attacked A Huo, Chen Duo, and their forces with heavenly devil phantoms, but Chen Mu bound the phantoms with rune chains.
• Chen Mu confronted the Abyss Devil Emperor and destroyed the Heavenly Dao Core inside the Crimson Flame Temple with two particle missiles.
• The Abyss Devil Emperor punched Chen Mu, who blocked the blow and said the Battle Talisman Realm’s Heavenly Dao protected him.

Chen Mu drove the Abyss Devil Emperor from the Crimson Devils Realm, but the Devil Emperor responded by arranging an alliance with Heavenly Emperor Haoyu against the Chen Kingdom. The two emperors agreed to attack the Chen Kingdom’s imperial capital in about half a year, while Haoyu summoned the heavenly kings to prepare.

• The Abyss Devil Emperor threatened to attack the Chen Kingdom, then abandoned the Crimson Devils Realm and took its God Level experts with him as the remaining warriors fled.
• Chen Mu discussed the Abyss Devil Emperor’s likely retaliation with A Huo, then returned to the Chen Kingdom while A Huo and Chen Duo stayed behind to finish matters.
• The Abyss Devil Emperor visited Heavenly Emperor Haoyu in the High Heaven Palace and proposed joining forces to destroy the Chen Kingdom.
• Heavenly Emperor Haoyu agreed to attack the Chen Kingdom’s imperial capital with the Abyss Devil Emperor in about half a year.
• After the Abyss Devil Emperor departed, Heavenly Emperor Haoyu ordered a divine general to summon all the heavenly kings to the High Heaven Palace.

After the Battle Talisman Realm advanced by devouring the Crimson Devils Realm, Chen Mu continued searching for planes to consume. The Abyss Devil Emperor and Heavenly Emperor Haoyu arrived in Source Wood City, and their attack on Chen Mu began.

• Landuo showed Chen Mu the latest three thousand plane detectors, and he approved them for deployment.
• Chen Mu sensed the Abyss Devil Emperor and Heavenly Emperor Haoyu approaching Source Wood City and alerted the Chen Kingdom's senior figures.
• Chen Mu and his allies confronted the two Emperors, who denied having joined forces but agreed that Heavenly Emperor Haoyu would attack Chen Mu.
• Heavenly Emperor Haoyu struck Chen Mu, who blocked the first blow with Spirit Magnetic Network armor and summoned the World-Creation Five Elements Army.
• Heavenly Emperor Haoyu's true body smashed into the army's shield, destroying more than a hundred soldiers, but Chen Mu replaced them and faced another attack.

Chen Mu and the Chen Kingdom’s experts fought Heavenly Emperor Haoyu and the Abyss Devil Emperor, who wielded the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao. Chen Mu revealed a scripture that let him wield more than forty percent of its power and protect his allies, leaving the two enemies unable to harm them.

• Chen Haoran drew the Heaven-Defying Sword and the Emotion-Severing Sword, then joined A Huo, White Turtle, Chen Duo, and Mingye in attacking the Abyss Devil Emperor.
• The Abyss Devil Emperor used ten percent of the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao to knock the five True God Realm fighters away, and Chen Mu rescued them with the Spirit Magnetic Network System Grand Array.
• Heavenly Emperor Haoyu tried to seize Chen Mu with the Heavenly Dao’s power, but Chen Mu broke free and began gathering the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao through the Dragon-Like Scripture.
• Heavenly Emperor Haoyu and the Abyss Devil Emperor unleashed more than twenty percent of the Heavenly Dao’s power against Chen Mu, but nine illusory true dragons emerged from his scripture and shielded him.
• The Abyss Devil Emperor attacked Mingye, but a true dragon blocked his palm, and Chen Mu declared that no one could kill the people he wanted to protect.

Chen Mu used the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao to protect the Chen Kingdom, but Heavenly Emperor Haoyu discovered that its power could not hurt him. Haoyu then revealed his trap, captured the Abyss Devil Emperor in the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Grand Formation, and admitted he had lured him to the Pan Emperor Continent.

• Heavenly Emperor Haoyu tested Chen Mu with an attack and realized Chen Mu's Heavenly Dao power was almost entirely defensive.
• Chen Mu struck Haoyu with the Five Elements Heavenly Saber, but Haoyu judged the attack too weak to threaten him.
• The Abyss Devil Emperor attacked Chen Haoran, Mingye, and the others while Haoyu moved to strike the Chen Kingdom's imperial palace, but Chen Mu split into two figures and blocked both attacks.
• Heavenly Emperor Haoyu seized the Abyss Devil Emperor and trapped him in the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Grand Formation, where thirty-six God Level experts appeared.
• The Abyss Devil Emperor realized Haoyu had lured him to the Pan Emperor Continent, and Haoyu admitted he had planned to capture him before destroying the Chen Kingdom.

Heavenly Emperor Haoyu trapped the Abyss Devil Emperor and consumed his Heavenly Dao fragments while using the Power of Faith to sacrifice people across Central Province. After seeing the scale of the slaughter, Chen Mu ordered an assault on Central Province and prepared to bring the Battle Talisman Realm down for a final battle with the Heavenly Court.

• Heavenly Emperor Haoyu summoned Long Ao and had his people begin, while the Abyss Devil Emperor burned the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao origin and attacked the Heavenly Dipper Grand Formation.
• Heavenly Emperor Haoyu subdued the Abyss Devil Emperor and absorbed golden flames, taking in his Heavenly Dao fragments.
• Chen Mu used the Spirit Magnetic Network to discover that the Heavenly Emperor was burning faithful people across Central Province to extract Heavenly Dao fragments.
• Chen Mu estimated that the Heavenly Emperor could soon surpass him in Heavenly Dao power and ordered his forces to attack Central Province and drive out the Celestial Person Race.
• Chen Mu showed Chen Haoran, Mingye, A Huo, and the others the mass sacrifice, prompting Chen Haoran and the others to mobilize their legions.
• Chen Mu decided to bring down the Battle Talisman Realm and prepare for a final battle with the Heavenly Court.

Chen Mu launched the Chen Kingdom’s final assault on Heavenly Emperor City, where his forces fought the Heavenly Court’s gods. After discovering that the God-Slaying Soul Seal let the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao attack, Chen Mu killed Heavenly King Linlang and pursued the fleeing gods.

• Chen Mu threatened Long Ao and began the assault with more than a hundred thousand particle missiles, which devastated Heavenly Emperor City’s defenses.
• Chen Mu’s forces stormed the city, and his Spirit Magnetic Network Clones joined the battle against the six Heavenly Kings and other Heavenly Court experts.
• Chen Mu activated the God-Slaying Soul Seal and hurled the Yimie Spear, sending the Heavenly Dao dragon’s shadow with it to pierce Heavenly King Linlang.
• Chen Mu killed the gravely wounded Heavenly King Linlang, and Heavenly King Qianying warned the Heavenly Court’s forces to flee.
• Chen Mu activated the God-Slaying Soul Seal in all his clones and pursued the fleeing gods.

Chen Mu let Heavenly Emperor Haoyu continue refining the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao, then used the Dragon-Like Scripture to transfer its power to Chen Haoran. Chen Haoran manifested the Pan Emperor’s overwhelming will and struck Haoyu down, but Chen Mu noticed that a new will had appeared inside Chen Haoran.

• Chen Mu’s Spirit Magnetic Network clones defeated the Heavenly Court forces in Heavenly Emperor City, killing three Heavenly Kings and many Void God Realm experts as the survivors fled toward the Nine Heavens Realm.
• Heavenly Emperor Haoyu stayed in Wood Source City to refine more of the Heavenly Dao’s power, determined to reach thirty percent before fleeing and returning to destroy the Chen Kingdom.
• Chen Mu attacked Haoyu with the Wentian Divine Spear, but Haoyu’s Heavenly Emperor Seal stopped the strike, so Chen Mu summoned Chen Haoran and told him to absorb the power he gave him.
• Chen Mu thrust the Dragon-Like Scripture into Chen Haoran, who felt himself become the Pan Emperor Continent and summoned a giant wielding an axe that struck Haoyu and made him bleed.
• Haoyu tried to flee, but Chen Haoran kicked him back down, while Chen Mu worried that a new will had appeared inside Chen Haoran.

Chen Haoran revealed that he was the awakened God King Pan Emperor and killed Heavenly Emperor Haoyu. He explained his origins to Chen Mu, who understood how the God-Slaying God and the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao had reunited, leaving Chen Haoran as the Pan Emperor Continent’s new heavenly lord.

• Chen Haoran defeated Heavenly Emperor Haoyu and killed him, then absorbed the Heavenly Dao power that dispersed from his body.
• Chen Haoran told Chen Mu that his memories had merged with those of God King Pan Emperor.
• Chen Haoran explained that the God-Slaying God had been part of his soul, created to guard his heart until he could awaken and understand himself.
• Chen Mu realized that his Dragon-Like Scripture had helped living beings understand themselves, allowing the Pan Emperor Heavenly Dao to merge with the God-Slaying Bloodline.
• Chen Mu congratulated Chen Haoran on entering the God King Realm.

Sixteen years later, Chen Mu conquered the Nine Heavens Realm and retired with Mingye to the old Chen Village. Five years after that, they raised their young son Xiaotian there, and Chen Mu began telling him about the Heavenly God Cave and Grandpa Turtle.

• Chen Mu's Battle Talisman Realm absorbed the Nine Nether Netherworld and the Abyss Devil Realm before conquering the Nine Heavens Realm, whose new Heavenly Lord, Ye Beihen, surrendered.
• Chen Mu and Mingye retired to the preserved site of old Chen Village on the Pan Emperor Continent.
• Xiaotian dragged a giant crocodile from a pool, claiming he was avenging his father for being bullied by it.
• Mingye stopped Xiaotian, and Chen Mu appeared to scold him for disturbing the local ecosystem.
• Xiaotian asked about the Heavenly God Cave, and Chen Mu led him toward it, recalling that he had met Grandpa Turtle there.