Chapter Summaries

Su Wen trained under the Battle Master in the battle scene, enduring attacks while learning combat techniques and gradually developing battle instincts. After a year, the Battle Master ended the training and said they would meet again in the next Sub-Space-Time.

• The Battle Master explained that repeated combat would raise Su Wen's strength and taught him to reflect on his unstable power and mistakes in battle.
• Su Wen asked the Battle Master to examine Martial Dao, and the Battle Master warned him to use the guidance only as a reference and forge his own path.
• Su Wen endured relentless attacks, healed automatically when his injuries became severe, and received the Battle Master's detailed advice.
• After a year of training, Su Wen could trade blows with battle figures of his rank and had killed one through instinctive combat.
• The Battle Master told Su Wen that his training time was ending, explained that his abilities could not be used in the Sub-Space-Time, and said they would meet again in the next Sub-Space-Time.

The Battle Master presented Su Wen with two Martial Dao cultivation systems, explaining how they could advance to the Emperor Rank and help the Ninth Epoch grow powerful. After the Battle Master vanished, Su Wen returned from the Trading Space and found the Battle God waiting for him.

• The Battle Master described the Martial Dao Secret Medicine System, which used restorative medicines and self-sacrifices to advance cultivators as far as the Emperor Rank.
• The Battle Master explained that the Spiritual Martial Arts System had greater potential and could reach the Emperor Rank High Stage, then urged Su Wen to treat the Sub-Space-Times well.
• Su Wen asked about the Battle Master's connection to the River of Fate and the True Gods of past epochs, but the Battle Master said he knew little and offered only a list of names before disappearing.
• Su Wen left the Trading Space after a year and wondered whether training with the Battle Master could restore the Battle God's former intelligence.
• The Battle God welcomed Su Wen back and said he had worried that Su Wen's prolonged stay meant he had been killed in the Trading Space.

Su Wen learned that the Battle God’s era had advanced Martial Dao research to King Rank and went with him to inspect a nearly indestructible structure found in the Oxygen Spirit Clan’s territory. The River of Space-Time identified it as a Remnant Clan Altar and warned Su Wen to stay away, but he resolved to investigate it before completing his resurrection order.

• Su Wen told the Battle God that he had met the first-era Battle God, who planned to train him to become invincible among those of the same rank.
• The Battle God explained that Du Guowei and Du Baihua had advanced spiritual martial arts beyond the Ninth Rank bottleneck to King Rank and promised to send Su Wen their research materials.
• The Battle God revealed that a strange, indestructible building had been found in the Oxygen Spirit Clan’s territory after the clan was wiped out.
• Su Wen and the Battle God traveled to a black-gold fortress, where Su Wen saw the structure: an old, decaying altar shaped like an inverted triangular prism.
• The River of Space-Time identified the structure as a Remnant Clan Altar and warned Su Wen that investigating it could put his life at risk.
• Su Wen focused on the altar and decided to test it before finishing his resurrection order.

Su Wen used his Refinement divine power on the Remnant Clan altar, awakening a powerful being who recognized him as the current God of Wealth and threatened to kill him. As pitch-black mist and a crushing force descended, a pillar of silver light struck down from above.

• Sycee told Su Wen that events in the Sub-Space-Time would not affect him in the Main Space-Time because the River of Space-Time would remove any lingering power when he returned.
• Su Wen told the Battle God to stand back and not risk himself if the altar's power became uncontrollable.
• Su Wen used his Refinement divine power to stimulate the Remnant Clan altar, hoping to refine it and gain Wealth Source.
• A pitch-black figure emerged from the altar, recognized Su Wen as the current God of Wealth, and declared that he had chosen the path to his death.
• The figure spread pitch-black mist and unleashed a force that froze space, but a pillar of silver light tore through space and descended toward it.

Su Wen watched the River of Space-Time instantly destroy a True God who had emerged from the Remnant Clan altar, then learned that the False God of Wealth might hold the answers he wanted. The River offered Su Wen a range of paid interrogation methods for the imprisoned False God and urged him to visit the Space-Time Prison with the Battle God.

• A silver pillar of light suppressed the pitch-black figure’s power and erased him, causing the Remnant Clan altar to collapse.
• Su Wen realized the River of Space-Time had killed the figure before he could question him or learn anything from his reaction.
• The River of Space-Time suggested interrogating the False God of Wealth and listed three paid punishments with different costs and chances of securing answers.
• Su Wen explained to the Battle God that the False God had likely used the Remnant Clan to possess him and had offered the local God of Wealth’s soul and true spirit.
• The Battle God said he had heard only eerie howling, leading Su Wen to conclude that only he had understood the Remnant Clan figure.
• The River of Space-Time encouraged Su Wen to complete the resurrection service and take the Battle God to the Space-Time Prison to interrogate the False God.

Su Wen learned that resurrecting the dead from the civil war would cost eighty million Wealth Source, with an additional Divine Mandate Bearer resurrection available for free after he spent one hundred million. The Battle God rallied the people to approve the resurrection, and their united wish reached Su Wen as he called on the dead to return.

• The River of Space-Time told Su Wen that resurrecting his local self would cost two billion Wealth Source and that other Divine Mandate Bearers cost progressively more, while a qualifying purchase granted one free resurrection.
• Su Wen asked the Battle God about the consequences of bringing back people whose families and lives had changed during the civil war.
• The Battle God declared across Huaxia that the civil war’s dead could be resurrected and asked the people whether they wanted their loved ones back.
• The Resistance Army and God of Wealth Army enthusiastically approved, and cries of agreement spread across the world.
• The people’s shared wish resonated with Su Wen, who called for the dead to rise and return.

Su Wen attempted to use his resurrection slot to summon the serving Shadow God of the Eighth Epoch, but the River of Space-Time warned that doing so could collapse the established order. The River of Fate intervened and offered to fulfill the request, plus grant Su Wen a chance to resurrect himself, if he transferred the order to it.

• The Star God returned and thanked Su Wen for resurrecting him.
• Su Wen chose the serving Shadow God of the Eighth Epoch as the target for his resurrection slot.
• The River of Space-Time warned Su Wen that resurrecting the Eighth Epoch Shadow God could collapse the order of space-time.
• The River of Fate condemned the River of Space-Time and offered to summon the Shadow God if Su Wen transferred his payment to it.
• The River of Fate offered Su Wen a personal resurrection chance and control over where he would return if he called the River of Space-Time a stupid river.
• Su Wen welcomed the River of Fate's offer and considered the insult a small matter.

Su Wen learned that the River of Space-Time had promised to resurrect the Eighth Epoch's presiding Shadow God, and it urged him to pretend their relationship had soured so the River of Fate might grant him more resurrection opportunities. The Shadow God appeared before Su Wen, Star God, and Battle God, leaving them to face the return of an ancient supreme commander.

• The River of Space-Time claimed it had located and removed the River of Fate's influence, then advised Su Wen to criticize it and secretly tip the River of Fate ten million Wealth Source.
• Su Wen recognized Luobao's attempt to frame the River of Space-Time's setback as a profitable arrangement and approved of the scheme.
• Su Wen told Star God and Battle God that the second resurrection would bring back the Eighth Epoch's presiding Shadow God, not Xiao Ying.
• Darkness covered the Main World as bells rang, and a powerful figure appeared before Su Wen, Star God, and Battle God.
• The Eighth Epoch's presiding Shadow God looked toward the sky, recognized the Ninth Epoch, and greeted the three gods.

Su Wen and the gods spoke with Jiu Ying, the Shadow God of the Eighth Epoch, about the River of Space-Time and the mysteries of the earlier epochs. Jiu Ying recalled their past war and apologized for leaving the Ninth Epoch to bear the consequences of their defeat, ending on the grim prospect that Su Wen’s farewell, “See you at the True God Cemetery,” might never come true.

• Jiu Ying recognized that Su Wen and the others were in a Sub-Space-Time and explained that he had sensed the River of Space-Time’s influence in the Eighth Epoch.
• Su Wen told Jiu Ying that the First Epoch’s Battle God could travel into the past and interfere with events, then asked why the powerful Eighth Epoch had fallen and lost its cultivation system.
• Jiu Ying warned that discussing certain matters could expose them to karma and corruption, so the Star God asked him to focus on information they could safely learn and on the Eighth Epoch’s surviving foundations.
• Jiu Ying asked whether the Ninth Epoch’s Star God had urged Su Wen to replace the Heavenly Officials, Earth Deities, and garrison commanders left by the Eighth Epoch, recalling that his predecessor had made the same proposal in the past.
• Jiu Ying lamented that the Eighth Epoch had lost its war, recalled the Battle God’s predecessor holding back the Remnant Clan’s forces, and apologized for making the Ninth Epoch inherit their failure.
• Jiu Ying said Su Wen’s parting words, “See you at the True God Cemetery,” probably would not come true.

Jiu Ying taught Su Wen the God of Wealth Mark, a secret art that let him command those bound to the Eighth Era's God of Wealth. Su Wen tested it on the Phoenix Luan Clan and forced the entire clan to kneel, giving the Star God hope that the Main Space-Time could quickly unite its forces.

• Jiu Ying explained that safeguards had been placed on the Eighth Era's Heavenly Officials, Earth Deities, demigod clans, and Main Realm Guards so a successor could control them.
• With the Star God's approval, Su Wen accepted Jiu Ying's golden light and learned the God of Wealth Mark.
• Su Wen sensed those marked by the secret art and realized he could use it to command the Holy Spirit Clan and other former subordinates.
• Jiu Ying brought Su Wen and the Star God to the Phoenix Luan Clan, where Su Wen ordered five Phoenix Luans to kneel.
• The God of Wealth Mark forced the Phoenix Luan Clan throughout its residence to kneel, and the Star God welcomed the prospect of rapidly unifying the Main Space-Time's forces.

Su Wen realized the Remnant Clan might have concealed its strength while pretending to be weak, then discovered that Jiu Ying’s armory held thousands of powerful weapons from the Eighth Epoch. Jiu Ying suggested Su Wen might someday resurrect the Eighth Epoch’s God of Wealth, and Su Wen began planning how to obtain that predecessor’s knowledge of hidden reserves.

• Su Wen suspected the Remnant Clan had feigned weakness for epochs while infiltrating and planting hidden pieces for a decisive strike.
• Phoenix Luan Clan reinforcements arrived through Spatial Teleportation arrays and were forced to bow in worship to Su Wen.
• Jiu Ying led Su Wen and the others to a hidden armory and explained that several thousand weapons were stored there, though the Battle God's godhood could not open it.
• Su Wen saw that the armory contained weapons stronger than the Shadow Saber, and Jiu Ying said they had been gathered as a precaution and could count as Eighth Epoch reserves.
• Jiu Ying suggested Su Wen might try resurrecting his Eighth Epoch God of Wealth comrade, and Su Wen considered using the River of Space-Time, the Treasure Bowl, and the River of Fate to obtain information about the old reserves.

Jiu Ying taught Su Wen about the past epochs and proposed that the Rivers of Space-Time and Fate spanned the chaos, while Su Wen prepared for another Sub-Space-Time exploration. When Jiu Ying sensed danger approaching, she declared that she would protect him as the Shadow God.

• Jiu Ying showed Su Wen, Star God, and Battle God hidden treasuries, trial grounds, and inheritances, then recounted the True Gods who had held office in earlier epochs.
• Jiu Ying warned Su Wen to be wary of Heaven God and taught the group from her knowledge and records over two years.
• Jiu Ying proposed that the Rivers of Space-Time and Fate had ancient origins beyond any single universe, and Sycee and Luobao agreed with her theory.
• Su Wen accepted that the Rivers might operate on a higher plane and focused on strengthening himself and his allies before fighting the Remnant Clan.
• Jiu Ying sensed that Su Wen was nearing another Sub-Space-Time exploration and said she would shield him from the coming disaster as the Shadow God.

Jiu Ying revealed her slaughter avatar and left for the frontier battlefield as the Main Realm entered a period of rapid, peaceful growth under Su Wen and the Star God. As Su Wen’s bad luck worsened, he expected to return to the Main Space-Time soon, and the Star God encouraged him to keep crossing space-times to build toward victory.

• Jiu Ying transformed into her masked slaughter avatar, unleashed a world-shaking murderous aura, and departed for the frontier battlefield.
• The Star God and Battle God watched Jiu Ying leave and hoped to meet or fight beside her again.
• Su Wen and the Star God peacefully persuaded hostile races to join the Human Race Community Alliance, beginning what the histories called the first year of the Great Unification.
• Su Wen told the Star God that his luck had worsened and that he expected to return to the Main Space-Time within a day or two.
• The Star God urged Su Wen not to worry, arguing that each Sub-Space-Time grew stronger and that their victories could help the Main Space-Time defeat the Remnant Clan.
• Su Wen accepted the Star God’s reassurance and described each journey through space-time as a fantastical trip full of new experiences.

Su Wen considered whether to stay in the space-time that was rejecting him, while the River of Space-Time offered paid extensions and a lavish return ceremony. He chose to return, leaving with new information about Star God's heir in the Purple Firmament Clan.

• Sycee warned Su Wen that space-time's backlash could kill him, and Su Wen asked whether he could complain to the River of Space-Time for compensation.
• The River of Space-Time explained that the backlash was unavoidable and offered Su Wen paid options to extend his stay, along with skincare products and drinking water.
• Su Wen recalled that Star God's heir was the Purple Firmament Clan's second prince in the Purple River Royal Family of Arrow Realm number 4827.
• The River of Space-Time offered Su Wen a painless, high-profile return ceremony after he demanded an explanation.
• Su Wen found the ceremony appealing and reflected that the River of Space-Time and River of Fate seemed to have a deeper relationship than simple rivalry.

Su Wen chose to return to the Main Space-Time with the River of Space-Time’s escort, turning his departure into a grand display meant to deter the Remnant Clan. As he reached the higher-level plane, Narrator revealed an unidentified consciousness stored within him and asked whether he would pay Wealth Source to bring it back.

• Su Wen and Star God agreed that the River of Space-Time’s grand escort would deter the Remnant Clan, and Su Wen told Star God that Battle God’s complete death would bring back the God of Wealth on duty in the First Epoch.
• Su Wen announced that he would return to his own space-time and promised to bring help across space-time in the future.
• Sycee contacted the River of Space-Time, which created a heavenly staircase and spread awe-inspiring space-time phenomena across the heavens and the Domain Battlefield.
• Jiu Ying urged Su Wen to return to the main battlefield, while the people of the Main Realm mourned his departure and wished him well.
• Su Wen climbed the staircase and entered a higher-level plane, where Narrator asked whether he would pay Wealth Source to bring an unidentified consciousness from the Space-Time Prison back to the Main Space-Time.

Su Wen returned from the River of Space-Time, where its power had restored and strengthened him, and immediately broke through to King Rank. Meanwhile, the Battle God, Theater God, Wind God, and Star God discussed New Year red envelopes and the upcoming opening of the Mystic Beast Realm.

• The River of Space-Time sent Su Wen back to the Main Space-Time on a comfortable berth after he declined to revive the mysterious consciousness.
• Su Wen arrived at the Martial God's office, noticed his body and vital energy had grown stronger, and used Wealth Source to reach King Rank.
• The Battle God asked the Theater God for a New Year red envelope, then argued with the Wind God about how much each of them should receive.
• The Star God reminded the Theater God that the Mystic Beast Realm would open on New Year's Day, and the Theater God said he planned to meet Shapeshifting Skye.
• The Theater God declined the Star God's offer to accompany him, saying he would stay behind while the Martial God remained in seclusion and that he could handle the realm's strongest opponents alone.

Su Wen returned from a Sub-Space-Time as a King Rank martial artist with a wealth-based Martial Dao Law and shared news for his comrades. He left Battle God with two Insight Air Masses and began revealing information about Theater God and Star God’s concerns.

• Su Wen emerged from seclusion with 960 million Wealth Source points and a Martial Dao Law that grew stronger against wealthier enemies.
• Battle God invited the organization to a New Year’s Eve meal, and Su Wen reminded him that the group had gathered at the God of Wealth’s state funeral.
• Su Wen gave Battle God two Insight Air Masses, which Battle God accepted while wondering whose future trouble would lead to a beating.
• Su Wen told Theater God that the famous Shapeshifting Skye in the Mystic Beast Realm was not the real one.
• Su Wen told Star God that he had brought back information about the successor to the Star God’s divine position.

Su Wen told the Star God, Theater God, and Battle God what he knew about the Battle God’s role, raising fears that the ninth epoch’s inhabitants might be sacrifices. He proposed fully opening information about the Martial Dao and then confronted Zi Wu, who accused him of breaking his promise.

• Su Wen explained that the Battle God might be complete because the universe depended on him, and the Star God and Theater God considered what his death could mean for earlier epochs and the ninth epoch.
• Su Wen proposed opening information about the Martial Dao, Heavenly Mandate Bearers, and Arrow Realm, while withholding advanced cultivation methods at first.
• The Star God asked how Su Wen would prevent unrest, and Su Wen said he had several hundred tested policies to regulate the transition.
• Su Wen summoned Zi Wu, who accused him of breaking his promise after a dragon beat him again.
• Su Wen challenged Zi Wu’s claim that he had told the truth and used the God of Wealth Mark to command him to kneel.

Su Wen compelled Zi Wu to explain the Holy Spirit Clan’s history and learned that its rebellion began after a mysterious meteorite fragment led to internal conflict. After the Holy Spirit Realm’s destruction, Star God asked whether Su Wen would go home for the New Year, leaving him wondering if he could return to his family.

• Su Wen forced Zi Wu to kneel, prevented him from harming himself, and demanded an explanation for the Holy Spirit Clan’s betrayal.
• Zi Wu described how a black meteorite fragment with powerful rule fluctuations caused a dispute that escalated into a thousand years of resistance and the slaughter of the clan’s supposed traitors.
• Su Wen concluded the Holy Spirit Clan’s actions did not reflect meaningful knowledge of his larger mission and sent Zi Wu into the Treasure Bowl.
• Star God and Theater God discussed the possibility that the Holy Spirit Clan had become twisted or corrupted, and Theater God noted Su Wen’s ability could help resolve future conflicts.
• Star God asked Su Wen whether he would go home for the New Year, and Su Wen quietly asked whether he could return.

Su Wen chose not to return home for the New Year, accepting the sacrifices his comrades made to protect their families and country. Afterward, the Battle God asked whether Su Wen had seen who would cause trouble in the future, and the Star God explained that Su Wen had avoided answering because he might be the one at fault.

• The Star God explained that a puppet living Su Wen's ordinary life had kept his family reassured while Su Wen served as the God of Wealth.
• Su Wen asked about his comrades' families and decided that returning home could expose a vital weakness to the enemy, so he would stay away for the New Year.
• The Battle God waited for Su Wen and asked whether his future self would stir up trouble and get beaten.
• Su Wen avoided answering and offered to teach the Battle God a secret combat manual from the First Era instead.
• The Star God told the Battle God that Su Wen's silence might mean Su Wen himself caused a problem in the future and did not want to answer a question that sounded like a threat.