Chapter Summaries

Su Wen joined the government after receiving a God of Wealth status panel, then used his wealth ability to travel ten years into a war-ravaged future. After dying while searching a fallen soldier, he began returning to his own time.

• Su Wen accepted a government position after an officer offered deputy-section-chief benefits and a test of his abilities.
• The police tested Su Wen with a million in cash, which he absorbed to gain 0.1 wealth value.
• Su Wen spent his wealth value to disrupt space-time and was carried ten years into the future, where Huaxia had been consumed by war.
• Su Wen chose to investigate a dead compatriot and found a jade slip in the soldier’s armor.
• A nearby vicious beast attacked and killed Su Wen, but the power of wealth began returning his soul and true spirit to the present.

Su Wen learned that his first Rule Vector Mirror trial would begin that evening and received an official handbook to prepare. After the police dropped their attempt to recruit him, he returned to his room, where an alert forced a bloodstained jade fragment out of storage.

• Li Wenze questioned Su Wen about his abilities, arranged an assessment for the next day, and told him to return to the station at three in the afternoon.
• Li Wenze urged Su Wen to join the police system, then warned him that he would enter a Rule Vector Mirror that evening and gave him a handbook about surviving inside.
• Director Fu told Li Wenze that the God of Wealth had caught the attention of the highest authorities and that a specialist responsible for the God of Wealth would arrive.
• Su Wen checked his attribute panel, saw that his wealth source value was 0.3 and that Wealth Disrupts Space-Time was activated, then began reading the handbook.
• A notification warned Su Wen that an item's storage time was about to exceed his zeroth-tier limit, and a bloodstained jade fragment appeared in his hand.

Su Wen learned that the jade slip contained the future Body Refining Art, a foundation-building technique developed by Huaxia after the Rule Vector Mirror shattered and alien races invaded. He realized his time-traveling talent could let him bring future techniques back early, then a masked figure appeared and asked whether he knew the Star God.

• The bloodstained jade slip transmitted the Body Refining Art to Su Wen and crumbled into dust.
• Su Wen read Xu Zimin's postscript, which described the technique's development and the Star God's sacrifice of divine implements to support the research.
• Su Wen inferred that the Rule Vector Mirror would shatter in two years and that bringing future cultivation techniques back could strengthen Huaxia against the alien invasion.
• Su Wen reconsidered the unusual nature of his God of Wealth talents and remembered Li Wenze's advice to wait before revealing his abilities.
• A black-clad figure wearing a star-patterned mask appeared in Su Wen's rented room and asked, "You know me?"

The Star God gave Su Wen a star-powered chess piece to help him survive the Rule Vector Mirror trial, then Su Wen used his Wealth Source Points to strengthen his Body Refining Art. At eight o’clock, the trial began, and the Star God watched a mysterious instrument record Su Wen’s movements.

• The Star God warned Su Wen that his profession’s trial differed from ordinary trials and gave him a white chess piece containing a powerful star-powered attack.
• Su Wen examined his status panel and spent Wealth Source Points to advance the Body Refining Art, first to the entry stage and then to the proficient stage.
• The Star God observed Su Wen’s apparent ability to increase his physical strength by spending money and considered the God of Wealth’s potential.
• Su Wen read the trial booklet, prepared for the challenge, and entered the Rule Vector Mirror when the trial began.
• The Star God reappeared in Su Wen’s room and remarked on his movements as a purple instrument recorded them.

Su Wen entered the Heavenly Mandate Trial and learned that its tasks, ratings, and standards had all been canceled, leaving him free to explore and keep his gains. He discovered that killing Copper Coin Monkeys earned him Wealth Source Points and began hunting them near a mine, ending with the remaining monkeys silently watching him retreat.

• The trial interface canceled its tasks, ratings, and standards because Su Wen was the God of Wealth, and allowed him to explore freely and take out any gains.
• Su Wen found Copper Coin Monkeys mining at a cave and killed three of them by throwing stones.
• Su Wen learned that each Heavenly Mandate Copper Coin could be converted into Wealth Source Points and decided to grow stronger by hunting the monkeys.
• Su Wen lured more Copper Coin Monkeys away from the mine, killed them with stones, and collected their coins.
• After Su Wen killed another three monkeys and retreated, the Copper Coin Monkeys outside the mine fell into an eerie silence.

Su Wen killed Copper Coin Monkeys in the training realm, raised his Body Refining Art to the mastered stage, and gained a dramatic increase in strength. He used Wealth Disrupts Space-Time to travel ten years into the future again, arriving at the Jiang City Battlefield.

• Su Wen killed the Copper Coin Monkeys that came after him and noticed their later attackers grew faster and stronger as their faces glowed red.
• After killing sixty-five Copper Coin Monkeys, Su Wen stopped fighting and used Wealth Source Points to raise his Body Refining Art to the mastered stage.
• Su Wen demonstrated his new strength by blasting a large pit into a stream with a breath of blood-qi.
• Su Wen activated Wealth Disrupts Space-Time and was carried ten years into the future.
• Su Wen found himself at the Jiang City Battlefield, where Jiang City was locked in a stalemate against other races.

Su Wen traveled into a war-torn future, tried to reach Jiang City, and was shot by guards after they mistook him for a spy. The River of Space-Time expelled him and imposed a stackable buff that doubled his space-time Wealth Source costs, leaving him anxious about making it through the next five hours without extending the penalty.

• Su Wen suspected the future had changed because the Star God had learned the Body Refining Art from him ten years early.
• Su Wen chose to retreat from a fierce battle rather than join it, and the narration criticized him for abandoning his compatriots.
• Su Wen reached Jiang City and waited near its unfamiliar gates to see how others entered.
• Jiang City's guards mistook Su Wen for a spy and shot him dead.
• The River of Space-Time expelled Su Wen and gave him a stackable buff that doubled his space-time Wealth Source expenditure.

Su Wen slaughtered Copper Coin Monkeys at the mine until his blood qi warned him of danger, so he fled before a black-armored ape army arrived. After using Wealth Disrupts Space-Time to travel ten years into the future, he entered Jiang City and discovered a memorial statue of himself, leaving him shocked to learn that he had died young.

• Su Wen charged into the mine and killed Copper Coin Monkeys until his experience reached 22.5%, when his blood qi warned him of danger.
• Su Wen collected the Heavenly Mandate Copper Coins, converted them into Wealth Source Points, and fled into the jungle before a black-armored ape army arrived.
• The silver-coin ape leading the army roared at the sight of the bodies, while Su Wen reflected on his plan to use future cultivation techniques to benefit the country and keep traveling into the future.
• After the Gaze of the River of Space-Time buff expired, Su Wen activated Wealth Disrupts Space-Time and traveled ten years forward.
• Su Wen entered Jiang City through its small gate and found a statue of himself with wreaths around it, indicating that people had recently held a memorial ceremony for him.

Su Wen discovered that he was destined to die at age 24 during an Arrow Realm exploration, only ten months away, and suspected his future death had been arranged. After learning updated martial skills in the future, he was caught in a supernatural energy upheaval and died, causing spacetime to expel his soul back to his own era.

• Su Wen examined his future statue and learned that he had died at age 24 during a secret realm exploration, becoming a celebrated founder of the martial path.
• Su Wen suspected foul play in the Arrow Realm exploration and wondered why the Body Refining Art had become known as the Basic Body Tempering Method.
• Su Wen visited the Azure Cloud Martial Arts School, where its master gave him skill-transmission talismans for an improved Basic Body Tempering Method and Tiger Fist.
• Su Wen began learning the future martial skills when a black beam erupted over Jiang City and unleashed dark energy.
• The energy upheaval caused Su Wen's qi and blood to reverse, and he died as spacetime rejected his soul and sent it back to his own era.

Su Wen replaced the Body Refining Art with the Basic Body Tempering Method 1.0, advanced to a first-tier lifeform, and perfected Tiger Fist. As he prepared to test his new strength, the Silver Coin Ape hurried toward the surge of qi and blood, and Su Wen noticed something to his left rear.

• Su Wen suspected a traitor inside Jiang City had helped cause the black-light attack that killed his future self, and he decided to spend Wealth Source Points on his own strength.
• Su Wen replaced the Body Refining Art with the Basic Body Tempering Method 1.0, triggering a transformation that made him a first-tier lifeform.
• The Silver Coin Ape noticed the distant surge of qi and blood and raced to investigate its connection to the dead slaves.
• Su Wen spent Wealth Source Points to improve Tiger Fist to the proficient stage, gaining a thorough grasp of the skill and its tiger-like striking force.
• Su Wen turned toward something behind him and vanished from his spot.

Su Wen killed the Silver Coin Ape and raided the mine, slaughtering its Copper Coin and Black Coin Monkeys to gain wealth source. After clearing the mine, he received a mission to destroy the Monkey Kingdom subsidiary mine’s core and retake it.

• Su Wen sensed danger and killed the Silver Coin Ape with a single punch, gaining experience and converting its Heavenly Mandate Silver Coin into wealth source.
• Su Wen considered the possible value of gold coins and recalled that he had died exploring an Arrow Realm, so he chose to investigate the mine before seeking stronger enemies.
• Su Wen spotted armed Black Coin Monkeys guarding the mine and inferred that the monkeys had an organized hierarchy and that more troops might be nearby.
• Su Wen charged the mine and used Tiger Fist to kill the Black Coin Monkeys and Copper Coin Monkeys, converting their coins into wealth source.
• After Su Wen killed the last Copper Coin Monkey, a notification told him to destroy the core of the Monkey Kingdom’s subsidiary mine and retake it.

Su Wen occupied a Monkey Kingdom auxiliary mine and discovered it produced Wealth Source, while a warning from above stopped the kingdom’s ruler from personally interfering. He then improved the Basic Body Tempering Method to its limit and prepared to investigate how it affected the future.

• Su Wen occupied the mine, which was revealed to produce one Wealth Source per day, and realized that controlling more veins could bring great wealth.
• An old monkey in the Monkey Kingdom ordered its leaders to gather after seeing the golden pillar, but a powerful voice warned that the God of Wealth was undergoing a trial and interferers would die.
• The old monkey ordered a black-armored squadron to retake the mining area, limiting the attack to avoid provoking the power above.
• Su Wen used Wealth Source to improve the Basic Body Tempering Method, reaching its transformation realm and learning that further improvement required breaking its limit.
• Su Wen decided not to spend more Wealth Source on the method and planned to test whether merely knowing it would change the future.

Su Wen arrived ten years in the future and learned that nonhumans had invaded Huaxia after the Rule Arrow Realm shattered, while his future self had died exploring an Arrow Realm. A taxi driver took him to the Martial Dao Library, where suspicion that he was a disguised nonhuman spy brought Li Dong to the scene.

• Su Wen realized that Jiang City was peaceful because the Basic Body Tempering Method 1.0 and Tiger Fist had helped prepare for the future war.
• A taxi driver told Su Wen that the Rule Arrow Realm had shattered seven years earlier, nonhumans had invaded Huaxia, and Su Wen had died exploring an Arrow Realm.
• Su Wen asked how his future self had died and fell silent when the driver said he had perished in an Arrow Realm.
• The driver took Su Wen to the Martial Dao Library, where a statue bore Su Wen's face, and offered him a free ride because of his resemblance to the founder of martial dao.
• At the library entrance, the driver reported Su Wen as a possible nonhuman spy, and the guard sounded the alarm.
• Li Dong arrived, recognized Su Wen's face, and became furious at the suspected nonhuman for imitating his idol.

Su Wen learned from his future biography that his martial dao innovations inspired later breakthroughs, while his death remained suspicious. Li Dong let him consult the Martial Dao Library under supervision, and Su Wen began studying Du Guowei’s work so he could take the Qi and Blood Resonance Technique back to the past.

• Su Wen read his future biography and learned that Star God commanded the Mountain and Sea Main Battlefield, Du Guowei developed the Qi and Blood Resonance Technique, and Du Baihua vowed to uncover the truth behind Su Wen’s death.
• Su Wen considered Du Guowei a genuine martial dao master and recognized the Qi and Blood Resonance Technique as the key to producing second-tier martial artists.
• Li Dong watched Su Wen study the biography and agreed to let him read the Martial Dao Library’s internal collection, provided he stayed beside him.
• Su Wen began reading Du Guowei’s martial dao articles and learned the Qi and Blood Resonance Technique through a technique transmission talisman.

Su Wen studied the reformed Basic Body Tempering Method 2.0 and learned Baguazhang after reading Du Guowei’s analysis. He decided to preserve as much of Du Guowei’s martial dao research as possible before his journey through spacetime ended.

• Su Wen learned the Basic Body Tempering Method 2.0 and chose to keep examining future martial skills and theories.
• Su Wen struggled to understand Baguazhang’s Daoist explanations, while Li Dong suspected that he was an otherkind disguised as Su Wen.
• Su Wen read Du Guowei’s analysis of Baguazhang and learned the martial skill.
• Su Wen examined Du Guowei’s profile, admired his work, and planned to read his articles to bring his insights back to the past.

Su Wen met the Wind God in the future and grew suspicious when he tested him with strange sounds. After the Wind God killed Li Dong and bound Su Wen, Su Wen considered spending Wealth Source to force his return to the past.

• Su Wen read martial dao articles in the Martial Dao Library while Li Dong mistook him for the returned founder of martial dao.
• The Wind God greeted Su Wen warmly and spoke about the Star God, then tested him with strange sounds that Su Wen could not understand.
• Su Wen asked to meet the Star God, but the Wind God killed Li Dong after Su Wen again failed to respond to the strange sounds.
• Suspecting the Wind God was a traitor, Su Wen flipped a table at him and tried to kill himself by smashing his head against the floor.
• Su Wen broke through the library floor but survived, and the Wind God bound him with wind; Su Wen considered using Wealth Source to disrupt spacetime and return to the past.

After escaping the Wind God by forcibly returning through space-time, Su Wen hunted coin monkeys to replenish his wealth source and advanced to rank one. His advancement left him wondering why the Star God had not developed martial arts in the future space-time where Su Wen had worked as a laborer.

• Su Wen forcibly recalled himself from the Wind God, spent nearly all his wealth source, and received the Gaze of the River of Space-Time buff.
• Su Wen resolved to guard against the Wind God and considered recruiting allies among other Heavenly Mandate Bearers.
• Su Wen killed one hundred Black Coin Monkeys and one Silver Coin Monkey, then let another Silver Coin Monkey flee so he could follow it.
• Su Wen started his rank-one advancement after his experience points filled and realized martial arts cultivators evolved twice when ranking up.
• After completing his advancement, Su Wen wondered why the Star God had not researched martial arts cultivation techniques in the future space-time.

Su Wen discovered that his Refinement divine ability could turn a mineral vein into Wealth Source, then prepared to replace his cultivation method before exploring the Monkey Kingdom. In the Monkey Kingdom, an old monkey summoned the lone survivor of the squadron Su Wen had wiped out.

• Su Wen found that replacing Basic Body Tempering Method 1.0 with 2.0 required more Wealth Source than he had.
• Su Wen tested Refinement on a small mineral vein, which collapsed and yielded 10 Wealth Source.
• Su Wen considered refining supplies, enemies, curses, and toxins, and reflected on the dangers posed by other gods and races.
• Su Wen checked that he had 15.5 Wealth Source and decided to replace his cultivation method before exploring the Monkey Kingdom.
• An old monkey learned that nearly the entire squadron had been wiped out and ordered the Silver Coin Monkey survivor brought to him.
• The old monkey's palace turned cold and murderous when the Silver Coin Monkey entered.

The old monkey seized on Su Wen’s hidden cultivation energy as an excuse to prepare the Monkey Kingdom’s strongest fighters for a confrontation. After reaching tier two, Su Wen approached Monkey King City and found a rebellion already underway.

• The old monkey summoned the Generals of the Ten Directions and Eight Spirit Vein Masters, deciding the Monkey Kingdom’s future depended on their actions against the God of Wealth.
• Su Wen replaced his Basic Body Tempering Method 1.0 with version 2.0, spent twelve Wealth Source Points, and broke through to become a tier-two life-form.
• Su Wen traveled toward the Monkey Kingdom, killing patrolling Black Coin Monkeys for their Wealth Source along the way.
• Su Wen reached Monkey King City and saw Na Nulie fighting a golden figure as an ice-wielding warrior joined the attack.

Su Wen watched a deadly battle over Monkey King City and hesitated to enter, suspecting the fighting might be bait. The monkeys' plan to lure him inside took a darker turn when Na Nulie was nearly killed, and a new arrival announced the Monkey King was his close friend.

• Su Wen assessed the fighters' overwhelming strength and decided to watch from outside the city rather than risk entering.
• Na Nulie and the Monkey Kingdom's fighters battled above the city until Yesa joined Na Nulie's side and helped drive the others back.
• Su Wen noticed the city gates had been left undefended, suspected the battle might be a plot, and summoned the Star God's white stone while waiting to see what happened.
• The old monkey ordered the ancient-fan monkey to join the battle and intensify the beating so the fighters could lure Su Wen into the city.
• The monkeys admitted they were using their injuries as bait, then attacked Na Nulie until his head was split and he fell into the city.
• A savage voice announced that the speaker was a close friend of the Monkey King, leaving the old monkey deathly pale.