Chapter Summaries

Su Wen questioned a Demon Spirit woman about the God of Wealth and the eras, but realized she had used a fate treasure to trap him in conversation. She identified him as the God of Wealth, and a guardian Earth Deity appeared to help her kill him.

• Su Wen asked the woman about the God of Wealth's status and the Divine Mandate Bearers who served in different eras while secretly maintaining the Battle God's Power.
• The woman answered at length but avoided his main questions, and Su Wen tried to leave when he noticed the delay.
• The woman revealed that her fate treasure and her clan's influence had been meant to ensnare Su Wen, then addressed him as the God of Wealth.
• The surviving Demon Spirit clanspeople vanished, and Su Wen refined the Third Elder's corpse to gain 80,000 Wealth Source and increase his overall strength by eight percent.
• The woman called on Chen Liang, the Demon Witch Realm's guardian Earth Deity, to join her in killing Su Wen, and Chen Liang agreed.

The Theater God and Star God watched as Su Wen confronted the Demon Witch Realm’s Earth Deity and a Demigod from the Demon Spirit Clan. Su Wen secretly increased his strength with Add Money Mode, and the Demon Spirit Clan’s Demigod launched an ice attack as the battle began.

• The Theater God saw the battle through his divine artifact and contacted the Star God, who said the Martial God had anticipated the confrontation.
• The Star God told the Theater God that Su Wen could draw on power above the Theater God’s level, and both gods decided they could only trust him.
• Su Wen expected the Demon Witch Realm’s Earth Deity to betray him after the Demon Spirit Clan’s Demigod arrived.
• Su Wen refined treasures and Emperor Rank Limit corpses, raised his Wealth Source Points to two million, and boosted his overall strength by ninety percent.
• The Demon Spirit Clan’s Demigod unleashed a terrifying ice power and taunted Su Wen for giving her time to prepare.

Su Wen used his status as the God of Wealth to strike down the Demon Spirit Clan Demigod with two bows after the Demon Witch Clan Earth Deity’s curse backfired. The Holy Spirit Clan blocked the Demon Spirit Clan’s reinforcements and urged Su Wen to continue fighting the weakened Demigod.

• The Demon Witch Clan Earth Deity empowered himself through the Demon Witch Realm while Su Wen unleashed Tiger Fist against the Demon Spirit Clan Demigod.
• The Demon Witch Clan Earth Deity cursed the Heavenly Mandate Bearers and was weakened by the backlash, prompting the Demon Spirit Clan Demigod to attack Su Wen with her laws.
• Su Wen bowed to the Demon Spirit Clan Demigod, sending her flying and causing her divine ability to dissipate.
• Su Wen bowed a second time, and the Demon Spirit Clan Demigod was badly injured and called for her brother to save her.
• Three Holy Spirit Clan Demigods arrived and blocked the Demon Spirit Clan’s reinforcements while telling Su Wen to continue the battle.
• Su Wen accepted that using his fortune could have costs, then vanished to resume his fight with the weakened Demon Spirit Clan Demigod.

Su Wen’s martial arts left the Arrow Realms’ Emperor Rank Limit experts shaken, while the Star God and Theater God discussed using any means necessary to protect Huaxia and advance to demigod. On the North Korea battlefield, the Battle God sensed a breakthrough approaching but remained unaware of the larger danger as the Battle Fury Priest invoked a power-boosting rite.

• Su Wen used a dazzling succession of martial techniques in his demigod battle, impressing observers across the top-tier Arrow Realms.
• The Star God and Theater God discussed copying Su Wen’s cupped-fist bows and kowtows if those tactics could kill enemies, and the Star God considered sacrificing his chance at godhood to protect Huaxia.
• The Battle God felt his senses improve as inspiration surged and resolved to reach King Rank Second Transition.
• The Battle Fury Priest roared that he was a priest and summoned a blood-red pattern to empower his battle strength.
• The Battle God watched the Battle Fury Priest with suspicion, then hoped nothing serious had happened beyond the battlefield.

As Su Wen battled the Demon Spirit Clan, the Holy Spirit Clan Demigods speculated about his identity and tried to make him withdraw. Disgusted by their hypocrisy, Su Wen proposed that he and the Demon Spirit Clan kill all three Holy Spirit Clan Demigods, leaving the Demon Spirit Clan stunned.

• The Demon Spirit Clan Demigods confronted the Holy Spirit Clan Demigods, who insisted that no Demigod would fall while they watched Su Wen's battle.
• The Holy Spirit Clan Demigods theorized that Su Wen might be the Martial God disguised as the God of Wealth and suspected the Divine Mandate Bearers were concealing the real God of Wealth.
• The Holy Spirit Clan Demigods surrounded Su Wen with golden pillars and urged him to withdraw his power, claiming it was for everyone's safety.
• Su Wen remembered the Holy Spirit Clan's past schemes against him and Huaxia, and found their false concern more repugnant than the Demon Spirit Clan's open hostility.
• Su Wen asked the Demon Spirit Clan Demigods to join him in killing every Holy Spirit Clan Demigod on the battlefield, leaving them bewildered.

Su Wen refined his resources, advanced to the Fourth Rank, and used Blessing to empower the Battle God's Power before breaking the Holy Spirit Clan's prison. He left the Demon Witch Realm's Earth Deity dead and his soul in hand as the realm began to collapse.

• Su Wen refined his stored resources and Little Sycee gave him two million Wealth Source, increasing his overall strength by 500 percent.
• Su Wen advanced to the Fourth Rank and used Blessing to strengthen the Battle God's Power after extending its duration.
• The hammer-wielding Demon Spirit Clan Demigod joined Su Wen and sent one Holy Spirit Clan Demigod flying as Su Wen shattered the imprisoning light.
• The burly Demon Spirit Clan Demigod engaged another Holy Spirit Clan Demigod while Su Wen attacked the Demon Witch Realm's Earth Deity.
• Su Wen blew up the Earth Deity's body and seized his soul as the Demon Witch Realm began to fracture.

Su Wen overwhelmed the handsome youth, who detonated himself to send a warning back to his clan. A golden light escaped into the Holy Spirit Realm, and Su Wen struck its Black Tortoise protective formation with Tiger Fist.

• Su Wen used Tiger Fist and relentless blows to batter the handsome youth, who mistook him for the Martial God and pleaded to be spared.
• The handsome youth decided to self-destruct and send a wisp of his soul back to his clan, but Su Wen kept attacking because he did not recognize the signs of the coming explosion.
• The handsome youth detonated himself, unleashing a blast that made the heavens mourn and sent a golden light racing toward the Holy Spirit Realm.
• Su Wen gathered the bloody mist left by the youth and pursued the golden light, but it reached the Holy Spirit Realm and activated a Black Tortoise protective formation.
• Su Wen gathered his power into Tiger Fist and struck the formation surrounding the Holy Spirit Realm.

Su Wen defeated the Demon Spirit Clan Demigods, captured two Holy Spirit Clan Demigods, and returned to Huaxia with a fortune in Wealth Source. Star God proposed publicizing Su Wen’s strength, while Su Wen wondered whether the Arrow Realm’s greater trend was approaching.

• Su Wen found two Holy Spirit Clan Demigods fleeing toward their sealed realm and persuaded them to seal their own power so he could capture them.
• Theater God watched Su Wen fight the Demigods and realized the Martial God had become powerful enough to protect Huaxia, while Star God proposed sharing a projection of the battle.
• Su Wen returned to Huaxia with the two captured Demigods after suppressing their bodies, souls, and true spirits with seals and a new controlling martial technique.
• Su Wen gained five million Wealth Source by refining the Demon Witch Realm’s remaining Arrow Realm and stopped attacking the Holy Spirit Realm’s formation when the Black Chains of Rules appeared.
• Su Wen reached the office area, saw Battle God, and asked whether he had already dealt with the Arrow Realm rift on the North Korean battlefield.

Su Wen brought two Holy Spirit Clan Demigods back to the organization, where the Battle God questioned their titles and learned that Xiao Ying was revered as the Shadow God. The Battle God then told Su Wen he suspected something was wrong with the Battle Fury Priest he had met in North Korea.

• The Battle God asked Su Wen about the Arrow Realm, and Su Wen said he had rescued someone in the Demon Witch Realm, killed its Earth Deity and a Holy Spirit Clan Demigod, and brought back two Holy Spirit Clan Demigods.
• The Battle God learned that Xiao Ying was the Shadow God and questioned why the Demigods called her His Exalted Highness but addressed him only as Your Highness.
• Su Wen introduced the Battle God to Zi Wu and the other Demigod, while he considered what the titles might reveal about the Shadow God and the two clans.
• The Battle God complained that the titles were not merely forms of address, then told Su Wen he had met the Battle Fury Priest in North Korea and felt a lingering chill during their fighting.
• The Battle God said the Star God had sent him to ask Su Wen whether something was wrong with the Battle Fury Priest.

Su Wen showed Battle God a projection of his future self killing Martial God, making Battle God understand why Martial God had treated him harshly. After Star God proposed sharing footage of the Demigod battle, Su Wen agreed, and Battle God decided to go kill the Battle Fury Priest.

• Su Wen sent two Holy Spirit Clan Demigods into the Treasure Bowl and showed Battle God a projection of his future self killing Martial God.
• Battle God apologized to Su Wen, while Star God explained that great strength could become a calamity if enemies used it against their own people.
• Star God proposed circulating Theater God's recorded footage of the battle against the Demigods, and Su Wen supported the plan to use it against the Arrow Realm.
• Battle God and Wind God wondered why Su Wen had forgiven Battle God without another beating, and Wind God suggested Battle God might have already compensated him in the future.
• Battle God summoned a blood-colored spear and announced he would kill the Battle Fury Priest, prompting Star God to object to the reckless plan.

The Star God planned to turn the Battle Fury Priest’s infiltration into an opportunity and outlined how to remove the Mental Gu Seed by destroying the Weili Clan and Flower Calamity Clan. After the Wind God left to pursue King Rank and prepare a Martial Dao lesson, Su Wen returned to the Martial God's office and decided to travel fifty years into the future to seek Physical Immortality from Black River.

• The Star God told the Battle God to keep the Battle Fury Priest alive for now, explained his plan to eliminate the Weili Clan and Flower Calamity Clan, and warned the Battle God not to alert his sworn brothers.
• The Wind God asked about his next task, and the Star God assigned him to reach King Rank and give a spectacular Martial Dao lesson at the National University of Defense Technology.
• The Wind God left for the Arrow Realm, eager to prepare for his future lesson, while the Star God departed after acknowledging Su Wen.
• The Battle God lamented his misfortune, and Su Wen encouraged him before returning to the Martial God's office.
• Su Wen reflected on the strength of Demigods and considered trading with Black River for Physical Immortality.
• Su Wen used Wealth Disrupts Space-Time to travel fifty years into the future.

Su Wen and Sycee discovered that Su Wen had survived sixty years, then Su Wen arrived in a future God of Wealth Realm and learned how the God of Wealth had shaped Martial Dao. The account ended with Martial Dao breaking through to the Eighth Rank in 2079.

• Su Wen and Sycee tried to predict how long he had lived, but detection showed that he had survived only sixty years.
• Su Wen traveled to the future and arrived safely in the God of Wealth Realm above Huaxia's Imperial Capital.
• Su Wen saw that the Star God had established the realm and that its residents widely wore God of Wealth masks.
• Su Wen read inscriptions honoring the God of Wealth and recounting how Du Guowei had visited with his disciples to present his new Martial Dao theory.
• Martial Dao researchers honored the God of Wealth, while masters and geniuses advanced the discipline to the Eighth Rank in 2079.

Su Wen read an account of the Seven-Five War and the God of Wealth’s sacrifice, which marked the beginning of the God of Wealth era. The account ended with Wealth Spirit protecting Zhao Shaoxue after his calls to destroy Arrow Realm and the plunderers provoked threats.

• Su Wen reflected that Martial Dao had advanced only one level in over fifty years, despite reaching an upper limit of Eighth Rank.
• The inscription recounted how the God of Wealth sacrificed his body, soul, and true spirit so the Star God could break through to Demigod and defeat Arrow Realm’s forces in the Seven-Five War.
• The Heavenly Mandate Bearer Committee and Martial Dao Association unanimously adopted a national policy commemorating the God of Wealth, ushering in the God of Wealth era.
• Star scholar Liu Wensong said the God of Wealth represented all the fallen heroes, while Wealth scholar Zhao Shaoxue declared that humanity could become truly strong only after destroying Arrow Realm and the plunderers.
• After Zhao Shaoxue faced threats and assassination attempts, Wealth Spirit announced that he would give Zhao an Emperor Rank High Stage guardian divine beast, and beast roars sounded throughout the Imperial Capital area.

Su Wen learned that the future battle involved demigod races and raiders from beyond the starry sky, and reasoned that his sacrifice had saved the Star God and others. The River of Space-Time offered Physical Immortality for thirty million Wealth Source, and Sycee proposed checking its Main Space-Time price.

• Su Wen inferred that he had sacrificed himself in the Sub-Space-Time because even billions in Wealth Source might not have been enough to buy Threefold Immortality for the Star God.
• Su Wen concluded that only the Battle God and Star God remained among Huaxia's Divine Mandate Bearers, and planned to sacrifice himself before the next great battle so the others could survive.
• The River of Space-Time claimed its prices were fair across space-times, then offered Physical Immortality for thirty million Wealth Source.
• Su Wen recognized the offer as the same sales pitch he had heard before and complained that the price had tripled from ten million.
• Sycee offered to contact the River of Space-Time in the Main Space-Time and ask what Physical Immortality would cost there.

Su Wen used the competition between the Main Space-Time and Sub-Space-Time Rivers of Space-Time to bargain for physical immortality. The Main Space-Time offered a lower price, while Su Wen pushed Black River’s price down to twenty-one million Wealth Source and remained intent on negotiating further.

• Sycee told Su Wen that the Main Space-Time River of Space-Time offered physical immortality for twenty-eight million Wealth Source, undercutting the Sub-Space-Time’s thirty-million price.
• Su Wen sent Sycee to haggle with the Main Space-Time while he negotiated with the Sub-Space-Time River of Space-Time.
• Su Wen demanded a price of twenty-five million from the Sub-Space-Time River, which countered with twenty-seven million; Sycee then reported that the Main Space-Time would accept twenty-five million.
• Su Wen urged Sycee to keep bargaining and declared that their counterattack against Black River’s monopoly had begun.
• Su Wen pressed the Sub-Space-Time price down from twenty-seven million to twenty-one million, dismissing the River of Space-Time’s protests.

Su Wen negotiated with the Rivers of Space-Time over the price of Physical Immortality, and the Sub-Space-Time offered it for fifteen million Wealth Source along with a free, highly immersive future journey. He chose to buy from the Sub-Space-Time and agreed to tip the Main Space-Time River of Space-Time for its help.

• Sycee told Su Wen that the Main Space-Time's final price for Physical Immortality was twenty million Wealth Source, less than the Sub-Space-Time's offer.
• Su Wen considered favoring the Main Space-Time but asked the Sub-Space-Time River of Space-Time to lower its price further.
• The Sub-Space-Time River of Space-Time offered Physical Immortality for fifteen million Wealth Source and promised Su Wen a free, highly immersive journey through space-time.
• The Main Space-Time River of Space-Time urged Su Wen to accept the Sub-Space-Time's offer and suggested a tip of one hundred thousand Wealth Source.
• Su Wen agreed to purchase from the Sub-Space-Time and authorized Sycee to tip the Main Space-Time River of Space-Time.

Su Wen tipped the River of Space-Time with Wealth Source and discussed using the gesture to confuse enemies before making Sycee return to his studies. In the God of Wealth Realm, he watched a play about the Heavenly Officials’ Inspection Day and heard how they had attacked the Holy Spirit and Demon Spirit clans sixty years earlier.

• Su Wen used Wealth Source to tip the River of Space-Time, and Sycee explained that its power left no visible trace and suggested using it to mislead enemies.
• Su Wen asked whether Sycee had completed his film-history studies, prompting Sycee to hurry back to his desk.
• Su Wen entered the God of Wealth Realm and watched a play recounting how seventy Heavenly Officials left the Arrow Realm on October 15, 2022.
• A man wearing a God of Wealth mask accepted Su Wen’s Star Crystal and explained that thirty Heavenly Officials attacked the Holy Spirit Clan while forty attacked the Demon Spirit Clan.
• The man described the Heavenly Officials killing Demigods and destroying the clans’ formations before returning to the Arrow Realm.
• The man revealed that he was Zhongyuan Province’s 1980 college entrance examination top scorer and the only undergraduate in Martial God University’s Heavenly Official studies major.

Su Wen concluded that the Heavenly Officials’ October fifteenth patrol could give him and the Theater God a chance to target the wealthy Holy Spirit Clan. After the Theater God scolded the Battle God over his mistakes, the Battle God vowed to give up romance and alcohol, and Su Wen redirected their attention to the upcoming patrol.

• Su Wen reasoned that the Heavenly Officials had been watching him and that their patrol might let him exploit the Holy Spirit Clan’s defenses and treasures.
• The Theater God confronted the Battle God after reviewing footage of how outsiders had manipulated him, calling him unworthy of a Divine Mandate Bearer.
• The Battle God promised not to date or marry again and said he would never drink again.
• Su Wen reassured the Battle God and argued that he should not give up drinking, then told the Theater God about the Heavenly Officials’ October fifteenth patrol.
• The Theater God eagerly asked Su Wen to explain his plan to lie in wait near the Holy Spirit Clan.

Su Wen gave the Theater God the Heavenly Officials’ news and handed the Battle God a tragic Insight Air Mass to absorb. The Theater God received his own Insight Air Mass and went into seclusion, aiming to emerge before October fifteenth.

• Su Wen told the Theater God what he knew about the Heavenly Officials, and they agreed to prepare for a visit to the Holy Spirit Clan before October fifteenth.
• Su Wen gave the Battle God an extinction-tainted Insight Air Mass, and the Theater God urged him to absorb it and learn from his future self’s suffering.
• The Battle God took the Insight Air Mass to his office and entered seclusion, hoping to become wiser and better at recognizing schemes.
• Su Wen gave the Theater God an Insight Air Mass containing thirty years of insights, and the Theater God promised to leave seclusion before October fifteenth.
• The Theater God shared what he had learned among the Dream Aspect Clan, left Su Wen gifts from his friends, and vanished to begin his seclusion.

The God of Wealth spoke with Zhongyuan Province’s top scorer about Heavenly Official studies before hearing his complaints about exam-oriented Martial Dao education. The young man’s account led the God of Wealth to suspect that a rigid martial exam system, rather than the difficulty of higher ranks alone, was stifling Martial Dao progress.

• The God of Wealth agreed that research into the God of Wealth and his relationship with the Heavenly Officials was highly secret, and discussed it with the top scorer.
• The God of Wealth shifted the conversation to Martial Dao theory and education, prompting the top scorer to criticize the exam-oriented system.
• The top scorer described how Martial Dao training had consumed his childhood and argued that its rigid curricula and exam drills exhausted students instead of fostering creative thinkers.
• The top scorer questioned whether the martial exam selected geniuses or favored wealthy families, while opportunities for ordinary families narrowed.
• The God of Wealth reflected on the stagnation of Martial Dao theory and concluded that the exam system was causing talented cultivators to be lost, contrary to his original hopes.