Chapter Summaries

Su Wen joined the Rebel Army and learned that the living God of Wealth had become its enemy, leaving him puzzled about the identity of this world's Divine Mandate Bearer. He met Li Tianxue, the Battle God's disciple, and gave her a crude message to pass to her master so the Battle God would recognize him.

• A wounded soldier told Su Wen that the God of Wealth had created the Martial Dao and was now a tyrant whom the Rebel Army opposed.
• The wounded soldier lost control of his qi and blood, but nearby soldiers subdued him and restored his composure.
• Su Wen enlisted as a Seventh Rank martial artist and followed a middle-aged captain to meet the general.
• Li Tianxue introduced herself as the Battle God's third disciple and inferred that Su Wen was her master's friend.
• Su Wen asked Li Tianxue to contact the Battle God and told her to pass along, "A Mental Gu Seed was planted in your asshole."

Su Wen learned more about the God of Wealth’s transformation and asked Li Tianxue about the Star God. Li Tianxue revealed that the God of Wealth had killed the Star God and Marshal Theater God, prompting the Battle God to found the Rebel Army.

• Li Tianxue reported that Su Wen was a demigod and described her mission to intercept fifty thousand soldiers of the God of Wealth Army Corps.
• Su Wen learned that the God of Wealth had changed drastically thirty years earlier and had activated the Star Grand Array without the Star God’s approval.
• Li Tianxue said she had crushed her only communication jade slip after sending her senior brother news about Su Wen and her master’s embarrassing past.
• Su Wen asked Li Tianxue what had happened to the Star God, and she told him that the God of Wealth had lured the Star God and Marshal Theater God into an ambush and killed them fifteen years earlier.
• Li Tianxue explained that the Battle God had founded the Rebel Army because of those killings.

Su Wen learned that the Wind God had betrayed the other Divine Mandate Bearers, while the Shadow God had exposed the God of Wealth’s abnormal behavior and died opposing the Tyrant God. Li Tianxue insisted that the Tyrant God was the changed God of Wealth, leaving Su Wen to confront the possibility that his old friend had become someone else.

• Su Wen learned from Li Tianxue that the Star God and Theater God had been killed by him, while the Wind God and Shadow God had killed each other.
• Li Tianxue explained that the Wind God supported the Tyrant God, while the Shadow God warned her master, helped spark the rebel army, and sacrificed herself to kill the Wind God.
• Su Wen reconsidered his assumptions about the Remnant Clan’s corruption and suspected that the Wind God’s sensitive mind had made him vulnerable to it.
• Su Wen reminisced about the Divine Mandate Bearers’ friendship and told Li Tianxue that her master used to sneak the Wind God’s snacks and drinks.
• Su Wen argued that the real God of Wealth had died thirty years earlier, but Li Tianxue said the God of Wealth’s power and brutality showed that he had changed.

Su Wen learned from Li Tianxue how the Martial Dao and military strength had changed, then watched the God of Wealth Army prepare for battle. Seeing its soldiers’ fervent faith in the God of Wealth, he worried they were serving an impostor and fighting their true leader’s allies.

• Su Wen asked Li Tianxue why Seventh Rank martial artists drew such amazement, and she explained that Ninth Rank was the Martial Dao’s limit while Seventh Rank was powerful in her army.
• Li Tianxue received orders to intercept fifty thousand God of Wealth Army soldiers and told Su Wen she would take him to find Eldest Senior Brother after the battle.
• Li Tianxue assembled her troops and sent Su Wen to the rear command post with two guards.
• Su Wen used a super-tier spell to watch the God of Wealth Army as its golden-robed commander rallied the soldiers to fight for the God of Wealth.
• Su Wen saw the soldiers’ intense devotion and feared they would be devastated to learn that their leader’s body had been seized.

Su Wen appeared on the battlefield to stop the God of Wealth Army and the Rebel Army from fighting, then revealed that he was the God of Wealth. The God of Wealth Army recognized him and knelt, while the Rebel Army remained stunned and mistakenly thought his reveal was a trick devised by Battle God.

• Li Tianxue ordered the Rebel Army to hold position when Su Wen appeared and commanded both sides to stop.
• The God of Wealth Army formed its array and attacked Su Wen, but he used Forbidden Magic to crush their souls without harming them.
• Su Wen suppressed the army's general and shattered the Sycee array, proving his authority as the God of Wealth.
• The general and the entire God of Wealth Army knelt and hailed Su Wen as their leader.
• The Rebel Army stared in confusion and assumed Su Wen's identity reveal was a strategy created by Battle God.

Su Wen revealed his identity as the true God of Wealth and reunited with the Battle God, who explained how a false God of Wealth had devastated Huaxia and its allies. Su Wen learned that his forces had been used to destroy former comrades and apologized for becoming, through the false god’s actions, a traitor to humanity.

• Li Tianxue realized Su Wen was the true God of Wealth, and the Battle God arrived to verify his identity.
• The Battle God asked Su Wen to resume his original appearance, recognized him, and welcomed him back as the God of Wealth.
• The Battle God urged Su Wen to tell the God of Wealth Army that their revered leader was a false god and described how Wealth Dao Demigods had been used against their former allies.
• The Battle God recounted how the false God of Wealth had orchestrated the deaths of the Star God and the Theater God and depleted Huaxia’s strength.
• Su Wen learned that humanity’s once-unified alliance had been brought to the brink of collapse and apologized for the devastation caused in his name.

Su Wen and Battle God discussed the tragedy caused by the False God of Wealth and the dangers of letting one side grow too powerful. Su Wen summoned the God of Wealth Army and waited for its leaders and Wealth Dao Demigods, while the Rebel Army also rushed to the scene; he planned to confront the False God of Wealth without putting the soldiers at risk.

• Battle God told Su Wen that fanatical worship and unchecked power had caused the tragedy, and advised the Main Space-Time to develop in balance before going to the front lines.
• Su Wen asked Battle God how he had endured being left alone to defend Huaxia, and Battle God said he would protect the land despite his painful memories.
• Su Wen asked the fifty thousand God of Wealth Army soldiers to obey him and spread word that he was waiting for their leaders and Wealth Dao Demigods.
• The news reached the Rebel Army, whose departments prepared to attack Su Wen, but they learned that Battle God was with him and rushed over to protect their leader.
• The God of Wealth Army and Rebel Army arrived and were bewildered to see Su Wen and Battle God speaking amicably despite years of fighting.
• Su Wen explained that he would not expose the False God of Wealth by endangering the fifty thousand soldiers, and said he would face the threat with Battle God at his side.

Su Wen and the Battle God discussed the Star God's motives and the cost of treating Sub-Space-Times as experiments, then the Battle God explained the Martial Dao's stagnation and the False God of Wealth's ties to the ruined Oxygen Spirit Clan. Their conversation was interrupted when a Wealth Dao Demigod appeared and angrily denounced someone as an impostor.

• Su Wen challenged the Battle God's belief that the Star God's absolute trust in him had caused the crisis, arguing the Star God may have had a deeper purpose.
• The Battle God admitted that using Sub-Space-Times to improve the Main Space-Time was selfish from their perspective, but said he had only blamed himself for failing to prevent the tragedies.
• The Battle God told Su Wen that Martial Dao had reached Ninth Rank seventy years earlier, but the False God of Wealth had banned further research after taking power.
• The Battle God said the False God of Wealth had aided the Oxygen Spirit Clan for decades and might be an Oxygen Spirit Clan member who seized the True God on duty's body.
• A golden figure arrived amid Wealth Dao phenomena, and a furious voice accused someone of impersonating its god.

Su Wen revealed himself to Du Baihua as the true God of Wealth from the past and said the God of Wealth in this space-time had been killed and replaced. Du Baihua began summoning Wealth Dao allies as Su Wen explained how he had arrived.

• Battle God warned Su Wen that Du Baihua was strong before Du Baihua appeared and accused Battle God of slandering their god.
• Su Wen used his authority over Du Baihua’s Heavenly Mandate Profession to force him down and silence him.
• Su Wen told Du Baihua that the current God of Wealth was a fake and ordered him to summon every Wealth Dao Demigod and Heavenly Mandate Bearer.
• Du Baihua obeyed and began sending messages, convinced that Su Wen was his true teacher and the God of Wealth.
• Su Wen explained that he had come from the past and that the God of Wealth of Du Baihua’s space-time had died completely.

Su Wen learned how the False God of Wealth manipulated Du Guowei and the Wealth Dao Demigods into killing the Star God and the Theater God. He also discovered that the Wind God and the Shadow God died seven years earlier, and the Battle God warned that the Seventh Epoch might have influenced Xiao Ying.

• Su Wen forced the arriving Wealth Dao Demigods to land and challenged Du Guowei over following the False God of Wealth’s orders.
• Du Guowei recounted how the False God of Wealth blocked communication and tricked the Wealth Dao Demigods into fighting the Star God and the Theater God, leaving them with grievous losses.
• Su Wen realized that the False God of Wealth had exploited his knowledge of Huaxia and the Star Grand Array to engineer the tragedy.
• Su Wen asked Du Guowei about the great battle seven years earlier and learned it was the battle in which the Wind God and the Shadow God died.
• The Battle God explained that Xiao Ying had uncovered information about the False God of Wealth and warned Su Wen to investigate whether the Seventh Epoch had influenced Xiao Ying.

Su Wen learned how the False God of Wealth had manipulated the God of Wealth Army and corrupted Wealth Dao Demigods through marriages to the Oxygen Spirit Clan. After stripping the demigods of their Heavenly Mandate Professions, he watched the Battle God move to capture the False God of Wealth.

• Du Guowei told Su Wen that demigods who married women of the Oxygen Spirit Clan had abandoned their doubts about the False God of Wealth.
• Du Guowei revealed that the False God of Wealth had purged opponents, split the God of Wealth Army, and arranged the marriages to the Oxygen Spirit Clan women.
• Su Wen told the Battle God to capture the False God of Wealth alive if possible.
• Su Wen used the God of Wealth's Bestowal authority to strip the Wealth Dao Demigods of their professions, reducing them to Ninth Rank martial artists.
• The Battle God vanished and reappeared behind the False God of Wealth as his spear prepared to strike.

The Battle God fought the False God of Wealth, who revealed his corrupting nature and claimed the world would protect him. Su Wen ordered the God of Wealth Army and the Resistance Army to unite and exterminate the Oxygen Spirit Clan, while the False God of Wealth warned that the human armies’ old hatred would eventually drive them to slaughter each other.

• The Battle God overwhelmed the False God of Wealth with his spear, and the False God abandoned his disguise and revealed his dark, corrosive power.
• The False God of Wealth claimed that the world would protect him because he had been born and nurtured there, prompting Su Wen to order the God of Wealth Army to destroy the Oxygen Spirit Clan.
• The Resistance Army joined the God of Wealth Army, and both forces swore to attack the Oxygen Spirit Clan together.
• Du Guowei and Du Baihua stayed behind to protect their teacher as the allied armies departed with several Demigods leading them.
• The False God of Wealth taunted Su Wen, predicting that the armies’ unresolved hatred would eventually make them turn against each other.

The False God of Wealth merged with Su Wen and threatened the Battle God, believing the possession made him untouchable. Su Wen stayed calm and called on the Narrator to deal with the intruder.

• The False God of Wealth reminded everyone that revenge over the dead could still destroy Huaxia, even after the truth was revealed.
• The False God of Wealth burned everything he had, releasing black light and scattering rays across the battlefield.
• The False God of Wealth entered Su Wen through the air and claimed he had become one with him, threatening to suppress Su Wen's consciousness unless the Battle God lowered his weapon and recalled his army.
• The Battle God tried to pour combat rule power into Su Wen, but Su Wen stopped him and said he had a way to handle the possession.
• Su Wen reasoned that the River of Space-Time would intervene if the False God of Wealth tried to return with him, then called for the Narrator.

Su Wen used the River of Space-Time to seal the False God of Wealth inside him, while the Narrator pitched a costly new service. The Battle God began to realize that his comrade’s luck and access to space-time power had declined, and recalled a conversation with Su Wen from a hundred years earlier.

• The Narrator offered Su Wen three options for dealing with the False God of Wealth, and Su Wen chose to have the River of Space-Time seal him away.
• The River of Space-Time intervened, trapping the False God of Wealth's consciousness and shielding Su Wen from its interference.
• The Narrator explained that the River of Space-Time had discounted its help because it anticipated Su Wen would soon spend a large sum, then promoted a new business experience for five hundred thousand Wealth Source.
• Su Wen told the Battle God that both his Main Space-Time self and his counterpart could call upon the River of Space-Time, though the counterpart's use would cost more.
• The Battle God asked whether Su Wen had unusually good luck and the River of Space-Time's blessings; Su Wen confirmed his luck surpassed most people's, including the Star God's and the Theater God's.
• The Battle God concluded that his comrade had lost his former luck and power, then began recalling what Su Wen had told him a hundred years earlier about their space-time explorations.

Su Wen agreed to seek a way to end the feud between the God of Wealth Army and the Rebel Army, and the River of Space-Time offered to resurrect the dead for a hefty payment. Using an aura given to him by the Battle God, Su Wen entered the Trading Space and met a man who looked exactly like the Battle God.

• The Battle God asked Su Wen whether he could resolve the blood feud between the God of Wealth Army and the Rebel Army, and Su Wen said he had a way.
• The Narrator relayed the River of Space-Time’s offer to resurrect the dead from the past thirty years in exchange for eighty million Wealth Source.
• The Battle God said that using space-time power had awakened information in his divine seat, then gave Su Wen a wisp of blood-gold aura to use as a guide.
• Su Wen activated his trading divine ability with the aura, and the Trading Space transformed into a boundless sea of blood.
• A young man who looked exactly like the Battle God appeared and greeted Su Wen as the one who came after.

Su Wen met Battle Master, a remnant of the First Era’s Battle God, who agreed to train him and explained how the divine positions chose their inheritors. Battle Master learned that the war had continued into the Ninth Era and questioned how the Remnant Clan had recovered after its apparent defeat.

• Su Wen asked whether the man was the First Era’s Battle God, and the man explained that he was a remnant of that Battle God’s power and divine sense, then offered to train Su Wen.
• Su Wen asked about Little River, and Battle Master confirmed it was the River of Space-Time; Su Wen recounted how it had repeatedly charged him Wealth Sources for time travel.
• Battle Master explained that the River of Space-Time had once allowed direct travel into the past, then recalled defeating the Remnant Clan and asked who had held the True God position in the Second Era.
• Su Wen answered that Star God had held office, and Battle Master wondered why the Remnant Clan had not been defeated after his exile.
• Su Wen asked whether Battle Master had left other contingencies, and Battle Master admitted he did not know his original self’s full arrangements.
• Battle Master explained that divine positions selected human inheritors, usually unborn babies, and that the positions’ influence could make successive bearers look alike.

Su Wen learned from the Battle Master that the Remnant Clan had infiltrated the universe and that the Ninth Epoch’s Battle God might be preventing a catastrophic return. The Battle Master suggested either his original self would return when the Battle God fell, or his indestructible corpse would, and Su Wen welcomed the possibility as a way to destroy their enemies.

• Su Wen explained the Arrow Realm and the Remnant Clan’s schemes to the Battle Master, who realized the Remnant Clan had been brought into the Divine Mandate Bearers’ path.
• The Battle Master revealed that he had awakened as a True God and warned that the Remnant Clan’s control of divine positions showed how deeply it had infiltrated the universe.
• The Battle Master asked whether the Ninth Epoch’s Battle God had ever truly died, and Su Wen explained that he had survived every apparent death across the Sub-Space-Times.
• The Battle Master guessed that his original self might return when the Ninth Epoch’s Battle God fell, or that his indestructible corpse might be drawn back to the universe and endanger everyone.
• Su Wen understood that the Battle God’s death could bring a force capable of destroying the Remnant Clan, and he grinned as the Battle Master wondered what he had endured.

Su Wen learned that the First Era Battle God's corpse might return after the current Battle God died and destroy both universes, and he felt relieved to have a mutual-destruction threat against the Remnant Clan. Battle Master then suggested the True Gods on duty might have hidden contingencies in the Main Space-Time, leaving Su Wen with the possibility of reserves beyond the Sub-Space-Times.

• Battle Master explained that the First Era Battle God's corpse might return when the current Battle God died, potentially destroying both universes.
• Su Wen celebrated the possibility of mutual destruction, seeing it as a deterrent against the Remnant Clan's schemes.
• Su Wen reflected on the despair he had witnessed in future Sub-Space-Times and on the Remnant Clan's preparations across many eras.
• Battle Master told Su Wen to ask the Second Era Star God about possible plans to turn the tables and devour the Remnant Clan Universe.
• Battle Master suggested that the True Gods' hidden contingencies might exist only in Su Wen's Main Space-Time, not in the past or future Sub-Space-Times.

Su Wen asked Battle Master whether all True Gods on duty could use the River of Space-Time, but Mo He demanded payment for Battle Master's years of boarding before answering. Outside, Battle God suspected the Remnant Clan had tampered with his divine position and ordered Du Guowei and Du Baihua to exterminate the Oxygen Spirit Clan.

• Su Wen asked Battle Master whether every True God on duty could borrow the River of Space-Time's power, and Battle Master said he only knew that he and Su Wen could.
• Battle Master suggested that Su Wen ask the River of Space-Time, but Mo He demanded that Su Wen settle Battle Master's boarding fee before answering.
• Su Wen told Battle Master about the bill, and Battle Master said the River of Space-Time had not acted this way before.
• Battle God felt an ominous chill and wondered whether the Remnant Clan had planted a scheme in his divine position.
• Battle God ordered Du Guowei and Du Baihua to join the war and wipe out the Oxygen Spirit Clan without sparing any living creature.

The Battle Master began training Su Wen in combat, criticizing his Martial God Fist Technique and promising to teach him the Battle-Style Secret Art. He kicked Su Wen into a battle scene to begin the grueling training, while the Battle God worried that the Remnant Clan was about to act.

• Du Guowei and Du Baihua bowed to the Battle God and vanished after he challenged their concern that he might harm the God of Wealth.
• The Battle God reflected on his growing unease, suspected the Remnant Clan might target them, and wondered whether their coming fall could help the Main Space-Time.
• The Battle Master told Su Wen to demonstrate his attacks, and Su Wen used the Martial God Fist Technique before being knocked down in a flurry of exchanges.
• The Battle Master criticized Su Wen's technique, learned that the Star God had taught it, and explained that combat proficiency could be cultivated regardless of one's system.
• The Battle Master introduced the Battle-Style Secret Art and kicked Su Wen into a battle scene, where he was to grow through combat against varied enemies.