Recaps

Su Wen read about his future death and the lasting impact he had on the Martial Dao and the Wealth Dao, then wondered what being a God-Prefixed Heavenly Mandate Bearer entailed. After learning that Huaxia had entered a period of peace while border conflicts continued, he was approached by a man in white.

• Su Wen found the God of Wealth's memorial and read that he had died at twenty-five after being ambushed by nonhumans in the Imperial Capital.
• The memorial account described how Su Wen's teachings and writings founded the Martial Dao, and how martial artists and Heavenly Mandate Bearers vowed to avenge him.
• Su Wen questioned why Wealth Dao Heavenly Mandate Bearers and Wealth Spirit mourned and sought revenge for him, then considered the significance of God-Prefixed Heavenly Mandate Bearers.
• Su Wen learned that the Star God's actions had weakened the nonhumans, bringing peace to inland Huaxia even as war continued beyond its borders.
• A man in white leaped down and appeared in front of Su Wen.

Su Wen learned that Wealth Dao Heavenly Mandate Bearers were bound to the God of Wealth and could not advance beyond Ninth Rank without his permission. He granted Wealth Shadow permission to advance, but his divine authority attracted the River of Space-Time’s attention, which offered to look the other way for Wealth Source.

• Wealth Shadow recognized Su Wen as the God of Wealth and explained that Wealth Dao Heavenly Mandate Bearers needed his consent to advance beyond Ninth Rank.
• Su Wen realized Wealth Spirit’s madness came from the loss of the Wealth Dao Bearers’ path to promotion and wondered how other God-Prefixed Heavenly Mandate Bearers worked.
• Su Wen decided to focus on Martial Dao for strength and use the God of Wealth’s authority mainly to gather information.
• Wealth Shadow asked Su Wen for permission to break through the Ninth Rank limit, and Su Wen agreed.
• Su Wen’s divine authority drew the Gaze of the River of Space-Time, which offered to dispel its attention in exchange for Wealth Source.

Su Wen paid the River of Space-Time's toll to help Wealth Shadow break through beyond Ninth Rank, and Wealth Shadow took him to a secret base. As Su Wen learned about the Martial Dao’s stalled development, Wealth Shadow asked permission to tell his Wealth Dao friends that Su Wen had returned.

• Su Wen spent one Wealth Source Point to let his consent reach the future, helping Wealth Shadow break through the Ninth Rank limit.
• Wealth Shadow vanished with Su Wen before experts from various factions could reach them, then brought him to a secret base.
• Wealth Shadow showed Su Wen his collection of Martial Dao books, papers, insights, and body-tempering methods, and described how Heavenly Mandate Bearers viewed the Martial Dao.
• Su Wen concluded that the Martial Dao needed to grow beyond its Third Rank limit so humanity could better resist the Arrow Realm.
• Wealth Shadow asked Su Wen whether he could tell his Wealth Dao friends that Su Wen had returned.

Su Wen rejected Wealth Shadow’s offer to gather the Wealth Dao Heavenly Mandate Bearers, then learned numerous body tempering methods and fell asleep in the God of Wealth’s office. The Star God and Theater God discussed the dangers surrounding him and vowed to protect him to the death.

• Su Wen declined Wealth Shadow’s suggestion, choosing to keep his identity and affairs private despite the Wealth Dao Heavenly Mandate Bearers’ loyalty to the God of Wealth.
• Su Wen learned dozens of body tempering methods from the Martial Dao talismans, including those created by the Star God, Theater God, and Battle God.
• Su Wen decided not to spend Wealth Source Points helping the future Wealth Dao Heavenly Mandate Bearers, though he wondered whether he owed them hope after his death had left them unable to advance normally.
• Su Wen went to sleep in the God of Wealth’s office, confident that the Star God, Battle God, Wind God, and Theater God would keep him safe.
• The Star God and Theater God discussed their inability to foresee Su Wen’s future and the murderous danger around him, then agreed to protect him to the death.

Su Wen spent ten days in the future studying Martial Dao knowledge while Wealth Shadow’s breakthrough drew attention to his secret base. He chose to contact the Battle God, who arrived and removed his mask after confirming Su Wen was safe.

• Su Wen woke to messages recounting how he had studied martial techniques, theory books, and papers for ten days without eating.
• Wealth Shadow warned Su Wen that his secret base was at risk as people searched for him after news of his King Rank breakthrough spread.
• Su Wen chose to contact the Battle God and reveal that he had returned.
• Wealth Shadow reached the Battle God, and Su Wen called him “Big Brother Battle God,” causing the call to fall silent before it ended.
• The Battle God appeared through a tear in space, examined Su Wen, and removed his mask after confirming he was unharmed.

Su Wen joined the Battle God in a raid on Arrow Realm No. 63 and rapidly gained Wealth Source by refining demonic spiders. As his experience reached its limit, he was forced to begin an irreversible advancement.

• Su Wen told the Battle God about his travels through space-time and asked him to take him across the border to kill nonhumans.
• The Battle God took Su Wen to Arrow Realm No. 63, where he slaughtered demonic spiders for Su Wen to refine.
• Wealth Shadow announced that the God of Wealth had returned and that the limit on Wealth Dao Heavenly Mandate Bearers had been lifted.
• Su Wen celebrated his growing Wealth Source and planned to recruit the Battle God and Star God to help him in future space-times.
• Su Wen's experience points reached 100 percent, triggering an irreversible God of Wealth advancement.

Su Wen learned that activating Wealth Disrupts Space-Time had advanced him to a second-rank God of Wealth, making future advancement more costly. After he spent thirty Wealth Source Points to appease the River of Space-Time, it granted him a gift that would purify his soul and true spirit when his journey through space-time ended.

• Su Wen realized that refining future Arrow Realm creatures could grant experience and force him to advance, increasing the cost of Wealth Disrupts Space-Time.
• The Battle God set up a barrier around Su Wen and planned to raise his rank by taking him to fight giant demonic spiders.
• Su Wen saw that he had 86.5 Wealth Source Points and regretted that earning them had caused his promotion.
• The River of Space-Time offered Su Wen three choices after his promotion drew its attention, and he chose to spend thirty Wealth Source Points.
• The River of Space-Time rewarded Su Wen with a gift that would cleanse his soul and true spirit when he was expelled from this world's space-time.

After advancing to second-tier God of Wealth, you learned that Bestowal could create Heavenly Mandate Bearers but came with strict limits. When hostile experts cornered you, the Battle God stalled them while you memorized their information, then killed you to prevent your capture.

• You unlocked Bestowal and learned it could grant Heavenly Mandate Professions to people strong enough to survive, but recipients could not surpass your tier.
• The Battle God explained that the previous God of Wealth had reached the sixth tier before refusing to advance and being killed, and urged you to prioritize your own survival.
• A group of powerful experts found you after your breakthrough, and the horned elder identified you as the returned God of Wealth.
• The Battle God traded insults with the experts to stall for time while you learned that the Dragon Abyss Clan sought to capture you and reclaim the divine seat.
• After you memorized the information, the Battle God tore you apart before the Dragon Abyss Clan could capture you.

Su Wen gained an immortal soul trait and protection against others seeing through his thoughts after using Wealth Disrupts Space-Time, but the River of Space-Time’s attention prevented him from using it again for twenty-five hours. He learned that Star God had detained Wealth Spirit after the latter acquired a vast sum of money, and went to meet him.

• The River of Space-Time transformed Su Wen’s soul and true spirit, granted them an immortal trait, and made his thoughts difficult to perceive.
• Su Wen’s status advanced to tier two, and he received twenty-five hours of doubled Wealth Source consumption for space-time matters.
• Theater God told Su Wen that Wealth Spirit had taken 42.5 billion from gray-area forces in Qindu and that Star God had stopped him before he could refine the money.
• Su Wen learned Wealth Spirit was being held in room B12 on the thirteenth floor while Star God tried to recruit him, and decided to visit.
• Su Wen rode the elevator to the thirteenth floor, where the workers recognized him and saluted.

Su Wen watched Star God question Wealth Spirit about joining the national organization and learned the organization would let him go if he refused. The chapter ended with Su Wen joining Star God’s lunch invitation, while Wealth Spirit stared at him in shock.

• Su Wen returned the soldiers’ salute and was deeply moved by their recognition.
• Su Wen and Battle God observed Wealth Spirit as Star God questioned him in room B12.
• Wealth Spirit admitted absorbing money and defended killing corrupt criminals, but refused to join the national organization.
• Star God told Wealth Spirit he would not be punished or coerced, though the money he absorbed would be turned over to the state.
• Star God said Wealth Spirit could leave after giving a statement, then invited Su Wen to lunch.
• Su Wen joked that Star God could treat him while Su Wen paid, and Wealth Spirit stared at Su Wen in disbelief.

Wealth Spirit agreed to join the state, and Star God and Su Wen tested how the God of Wealth's feelings affected his summoning abilities. Wealth Spirit then asked to summon creatures beside Su Wen, awaiting his answer.

• Wealth Spirit reversed his decision and signed an agreement to serve the state, and Star God promised to assign him to a team.
• Wealth Spirit explained that Su Wen's presence lowered summoning costs and improved the chances of summoning powerful creatures.
• Star God had Su Wen deliberately feel disgust toward Wealth Spirit, and Wealth Spirit's summoning conditions worsened while he felt physically and emotionally distressed.
• Wealth Spirit asked whether he could summon creatures near Su Wen, and Star God told him to ask the God of Wealth directly.
• Wealth Spirit looked to Su Wen hopefully for an answer.

Su Wen showed Wealth Spirit his support, then brought new body tempering methods to the Star God and Theater God. The Star God entered a powerful epiphany, and Su Wen offered the Theater God another method.

• Su Wen told Wealth Spirit he could contact him if he needed anything, and Wealth Spirit eagerly embraced his connection to the God of Wealth.
• The Star God told Su Wen that the trading team had valued his body tempering methods and invited various countries to a demonstration, with the trading platform set to launch soon.
• Su Wen offered to show the Star God his newly obtained body tempering methods, and the Star God hurried him to the office area to show the Theater God as well.
• Su Wen demonstrated a method with qi and blood, prompting the Star God to record it with purple clocks and enter an intense epiphany.
• Su Wen asked the Theater God whether he wanted to see another new body tempering method.

Su Wen demonstrated the Theater God Body Tempering Method, prompting the Theater God to gain new insights and the Star God to finish his sudden enlightenment. The Star God then warned that he had foreseen the Battle God weeping in the rain amid bloodshed.

• Su Wen demonstrated the Theater God Body Tempering Method and explained how it let practitioners imitate others’ fighting styles and combat talents.
• The Theater God watched the method and gained several sparks of inspiration, while the Battle God quietly waited for the others to finish.
• The Star God and the Theater God ended their meditation, and the Star God thanked Su Wen for what he had gained.
• The Star God told the Battle God that the stars had shown him scenes of bloodshed and a grave warning.
• The Star God revealed that he had seen the Battle God standing in the rain in tears.

The Star God revealed a vision of the Battle God crying at a state funeral in year twenty-four, warning that one of their group might die and that danger was approaching. Su Wen suspected the funeral could be his or the Star God’s, and the Star God urged him to be careful as Su Wen began to share another thought.

• The Star God described a vision of the Battle God standing in the rain and crying at a crowded state funeral in year twenty-four.
• The Battle God asked how the Star God knew he was crying, and the Star God explained that he had rejected an umbrella despite being able to stop the rain.
• The Star God warned that one of their group might fall and told the Battle God to watch for unusual movements from the Arrow Realm.
• Su Wen considered that the funeral might be his own or the Star God’s, since both had died in twenty-four in the previous timeline.
• The Star God warned Su Wen that his future was filled with killing intent and that year twenty-four might bring his first great calamity.
• Su Wen looked at the Star God and said he had another thought.

The Star God asked the Theater God to divine whether he would face danger around 2024, but the Theater God could not predict his future. The Theater God warned Su Wen that the Evil Spirit Insect Swarm and the Layi Clan were sources of danger, and the Star God and Battle God considered confronting them.

• Su Wen suggested that the Star God's blood-red vision might foreshadow his death, and the Star God asked the Theater God to divine his future.
• The Theater God failed to predict the Star God's fate, warning that forcing a prediction could cause unexpected changes.
• The Theater God told Su Wen that his dangers involved the Evil Spirit Insect Swarm and the Layi Clan, and Su Wen identified both threats.
• The Star God said he would visit the threats' worlds, while the Battle God volunteered to go with him.
• The Star God and Theater God told the Battle God he was too weak to confront the Layi Clan, so the Battle God set King Rank as his year-end goal.

Su Wen revealed that he had comprehended more than twenty body tempering methods, including methods tailored to the Star God, Theater God, and Battle God. The Theater God then asked whether Su Wen had also comprehended a method related to Little Wind.

• Su Wen showed the Battle God his body tempering method, and the Battle God entered an epiphany.
• The Theater God sent the Battle God into his Theatrical Phenomena World so the others could continue talking without disturbing him.
• The Star God and Theater God discussed their belief that Su Wen’s methods might come from their future cultivation and chose not to ask about his talent directly.
• Su Wen said he had comprehended a little over twenty body tempering methods and described the Star God, Theater God, Battle God, Mechanical, and Life methods.
• Su Wen explained that different peoples and regions had developed localized body tempering methods after the Basic Body Tempering Method proved unsuitable for many foreign cultivators.
• The Theater God asked Su Wen whether he had comprehended a body tempering method related to Little Wind.

Su Wen agreed to let the Star God arrange a quick sale of his body-tempering methods to Meilina’s God of Freedom, while the Theater God and Star God discussed giving the young Wind God more Martial Dao homework. The God of Freedom arrived in Huaxia, and the Star God prepared to negotiate on Su Wen’s behalf.

• The Star God and Theater God decided that the Wind God needed more Martial Dao theory, and the Theater God planned to add it to his homework.
• The Star God offered to connect Su Wen with Meilina’s God of Freedom to trade his body-tempering methods quickly for payment and valuable favors, and Su Wen agreed.
• The Theater God said he could also contact Britain’s God of Magic, and the Star God began summoning the God of Freedom.
• The Star God told Su Wen to signal his opinion of the price with his eyebrows and said he would lead the negotiation.
• The God of Freedom stepped out of the star array and asked the Star God whether he had been whispering secrets to someone.

The Star God showed the God of Freedom the Basic Body Tempering Method and negotiated a deal for it. When she tried to revise the agreement after learning Su Wen had created it, the Star God demanded that she owe him a favor, and he revealed Su Wen's profession.

• The God of Freedom, Ruisina, arrived and asked Su Wen whether he was the person the Star God had mentioned.
• The Star God displayed the Basic Body Tempering Method, and the God of Freedom recognized its value for strengthening Heavenly Mandate Bearers.
• The God of Freedom proposed exchanging fifty billion US dollars, battery application technology, and precision machine-tool techniques for the method.
• The Star God accepted her offer and required her to owe Su Wen a favor in return.
• The God of Freedom tried to add Meilina's cutting-edge chip technology to the trade, but the Star God refused and identified Su Wen as the God of Wealth.

The Star God and the God of Freedom completed a trade involving a cultivation technique, US dollars, and technical support, while Su Wen learned gossip about their past from the Theater God. The Star God then invited the God of Freedom to investigate a coming treasure in the Layi Clan's Arrow Realm, and she raised concerns about changes in the Arrow Realms chosen for training.

• The Star God gave the God of Freedom a cultivation technique in exchange for fifty billion US dollars, technical support, and a favor.
• Su Wen asked the Theater God about the Star God and the God of Freedom, and learned that she had once pursued and tried to force herself on the Star God.
• The God of Freedom realized the trade was chiefly intended to secure US dollars for the God of Wealth and build goodwill with him.
• The Star God told the God of Freedom that a supreme treasure would soon appear among the Layi Clan in No. 36 Arrow Realm, and she agreed to go with him.
• The God of Freedom asked whether the training Arrow Realms chosen by Huaxia's newly awakened Heavenly Mandate Bearers had recently increased in number.

The Star God explained that rising Training Arrow Realm numbers indicated more hostile worlds that humanity might eventually face, then learned that Su Wen’s number was 73,248. The Star God and the Theater God were left stunned as laughter from a nearby sealed space revealed someone had gained insight into the Battle Divine Ability.

• The God of Freedom told the Star God and the Theater God that a Heavenly Mandate Bearer had reached Training Arrow Realm No. 1,476 in Meilina, and asked the Star God to help if a crisis came.
• The Star God agreed to go with Ruisina to the Layi Clan the next day, then sent the God of Freedom away with a star formation.
• The Star God explained to Su Wen that higher Training Arrow Realm numbers meant more potential hostile worlds, and the Theater God warned that a great war could break out if the balance shifted.
• The Theater God noticed Su Wen’s reaction, and Su Wen revealed that his Training Arrow Realm number was 73,248, leaving the Star God and the Theater God speechless.
• Someone in a nearby sealed space laughed and said they had finally gained some understanding of the Method of Combat and the Art of Battle within the Battle Divine Ability.

The Battle God experienced an epiphany and celebrated his new understanding, but learned that Su Wen’s Training Arrow Realm was numbered 73,248, far beyond what the group had expected. The God-Prefixed Heavenly Mandate Bearers steadied themselves by trusting in their ability to grow stronger, while the Wind God wondered why they were laughing.

• The Battle God thanked Su Wen and celebrated experiencing an epiphany, saying he would even give up alcohol to please the God of Wealth.
• The Star God asked the Battle God about Su Wen’s Training Arrow Realm serial number, and the Theater God revealed it was 73,248.
• Su Wen confirmed the number, prompting the Battle God to worry that war with more than seventy thousand worlds was inevitable.
• The Theater God and Star God encouraged the group, arguing that repeated epiphanies and the experience energy from many Rule Arrow Realms could help them reach the pinnacle.
• The Battle God regained his confidence, and the four God-Prefixed Heavenly Mandate Bearers laughed together as the Wind God asked what had happened.

The Star God warned Su Wen that Heavenly Mandate Bearers could be forcibly conscripted into Rule Arrow Realms, though God-Prefixed Bearers could refuse. Su Wen also learned he could use the fifty billion US dollars he had earned and decided to absorb ten billion first to test the effects.

• The Star God confirmed the Layi Clan possessed a supreme treasure and agreed to join the God of Freedom on an expedition to their territory the next day.
• The Battle God asked whether the God of Freedom had gotten handsy with the Star God, so the Star God teleported him into the deep sea to patrol the Arrow Realms.
• The Theater God told Su Wen that he dealt with the Battle God’s insults by trapping him in his Theatrical Phenomena World for special training, but Su Wen declined to try it.
• The Star God explained that Heavenly Mandate Bearers could be forcibly conscripted into Rule Arrow Realms after prolonged inactivity, while God-Prefixed Bearers had the right to refuse.
• The Star God and Theater God told Su Wen he could spend the fifty billion US dollars he had earned, but advised him to absorb only ten billion at first.
• Su Wen agreed and began absorbing ten billion US dollars into Wealth Source Points.

After gaining more than six thousand Wealth Source Points, Su Wen learned from the Theater God about Heavenly Mandate Bearers and the Arrow Realm. The Theater God explained that Su Wen’s fate was too changeable to predict, while the Battle God remained the only one without a way to gather information.

• Su Wen saw that he had gained 6,056.5 Wealth Source Points, then received a notification that the River of Space-Time’s attention doubled his space-time-related Wealth Source consumption for ten hours.
• The Star God left to prepare Star Weapons for the next day’s battle and asked the Theater God to tell Su Wen about the Arrow Realm.
• The Theater God explained that anyone could become a Heavenly Mandate Bearer, though each bearer’s fate could be viewed as inevitable, like the prophecy in the tragedy of King Oedipus.
• Su Wen worried that the Theater God’s example might hint at his own future, but the Theater God assured him that Su Wen’s fate was too special and changeable to predict.
• Su Wen and the Theater God discussed how the Star God and Theater God could divine the Battle God’s future while neither could divine each other’s, leaving the Battle God confused by their hints.
• The Theater God said he might trade places with the Battle God, then admitted he likely would not have survived if he had fought in every battle.

The Theater God taught Su Wen about the Arrow Realms, Heavenly Mandate Quests, divine artifacts, and the ranks of Heavenly Mandate Bearers. Su Wen predicted that the portals would shatter and war would begin around the start of 2024, then returned to his office and examined his Sycee artifact.

• The Theater God explained the Arrow Realms, their relations with Huaxia, how Heavenly Mandate Quests awarded divine artifacts, and the ranks of Heavenly Mandate Bearers.
• Su Wen told the Theater God that the Rule Arrow Realm portals would shatter in 2024 and that war would begin around the start of the year.
• The Theater God reacted with disbelief and recognized the value of Su Wen's foreknowledge, while Su Wen said he could see the future because he had paid for it.
• The Theater God urged Su Wen to consider the Arrow Realm information while he made deductions about the coming war.
• Su Wen went to his office and inspected his God of Wealth divine artifact, Sycee, which could awaken new uses if he invested Wealth Source into it.

Su Wen invested two thousand Wealth Source in the Sycee until it transformed and revealed a spirit named Sycee. Sycee demonstrated that it could communicate with the River of Space-Time, leaving Su Wen shocked by its new ability.

• Su Wen repeatedly fed Wealth Source to the Sycee, spending two thousand before it entered transformation.
• The Sycee completed its ten-minute transformation and manifested as a miniature figure that introduced itself as Sycee.
• Su Wen questioned Sycee about its intelligence and whether it had skimmed his Wealth Source, and Sycee explained that it could sense his thoughts before taking form.
• Sycee revealed that it could communicate with the River of Space-Time, and Su Wen jumped to his feet in shock.