Chapter Summaries

Huaxia began preparing to open Martial Dao to everyone, promoting it at home and abroad while ensuring the military stayed ahead and the public received supervised access to secret medicines. On New Year’s Eve, Theater God gave Wind God and Shadow God red envelopes and promised Battle God a special-training session after his watch in the Mystic Beast Realm.

• Star God advised Battle God to become better at reading people before vanishing from the office area.
• Huaxia mobilized its state apparatus to promote Martial Dao and sent advanced techniques and research to the military to preserve its advantage over civilians.
• Huaxia began releasing selected Martial Dao techniques internationally, warning countries that tried to freeload that they would lose access to future information.
• Meilina and other countries proposed forming a human alliance to gain access to Huaxia’s Martial Dao resources, but Huaxia gave no definite answer.
• After the New Year’s Eve reunion dinner, Theater God gave Wind God and Shadow God red envelopes and told them he would soon leave to watch over the Mystic Beast Realm.
• Battle God asked Theater God for a red envelope, received one, and learned that Theater God planned to give him special training upon returning.

Su Wen and the Divine Mandate Bearers played mahjong on New Year's Eve, using the Battle God's Mental Gu Seed incident as the stake. At midnight, Su Wen sent the River of Fate ten million Wealth Source as a New Year's gift, and it announced that it would give him two gifts in return.

• The Theater God left, and Little Wind took his place as the group began playing mahjong.
• The Battle God wagered that a win would erase the Mental Gu Seed incident, while the Star God, Su Wen, and the Wind God wagered to publicize it.
• The four played an increasingly intense game, and the Star God noticed that the Battle God's skills were improving.
• At midnight, Su Wen tipped the River of Fate ten million Wealth Source as a New Year's gift.
• The River of Fate thanked Su Wen and announced that it had decided to offer him two gifts.

The River of Fate gave Su Wen a year-long blessing that made him the master of fate and upgraded his resurrection opportunity with a chosen location and ten seconds of immunity. It also revealed that he could bring people to the first Sub-Space-Time, while Su Wen wondered whether its insults toward the River of Space-Time concealed important information.

• The River of Fate granted Su Wen a year-long blessing that kept misfortune away and steadily increased his fortune.
• The River of Fate offered to help Su Wen recover wealth from past God of Wealth orders if he later wanted to sever ties with the River of Space-Time.
• The River of Fate enhanced Su Wen’s resurrection opportunity, letting him choose where to revive and protecting him from attacks for ten seconds.
• The River of Fate said Su Wen could bring people to the first Sub-Space-Time to witness the era when the God of Wealth fell, and described its tiered fees.
• Su Wen considered the River of Fate’s claims and decided to stay alert in case its jabs at the River of Space-Time hid useful information.

Su Wen sent New Year red packets to the Divine Mandate Bearers, prompting Battle God to lament the organization’s lost access to the God of Wealth’s funds. After Theater God joked with the group about meeting his successor, Star God proposed an early gathering to address Su Wen’s constant shortage of money, and the group resumed mahjong with Su Wen claiming he might have drawn a heavenly hand.

• Battle God discovered that Theater God’s red packets had all been claimed, then watched Star God send one exclusively to Su Wen.
• Su Wen sent red packets to the Divine Mandate Bearers and reflected on the wealth he hoped to gain from returning to the Arrow Realm he had first entered.
• Theater God renamed Battle God the God of Wealth’s little sycophant, muted him, and described Shapeshifting Skye’s enthusiastic agreement to cooperate with his succession plans.
• Theater God explained to Wind God that he used divine sense to bring network access into the Mystic Beast Realm, then teased him about playing games there.
• Theater God asked whether Su Wen was still short of money, and Su Wen insisted that he was always short; Star God decided to arrange a gathering sooner.
• Star God had everyone put away their phones and resume mahjong, and Su Wen asked whether his hand counted as a heavenly hand.

Su Wen let Mo Xiao Su take his place in the mahjong game, where Star God outcalculated Battle God while Battle God believed he was making a comeback. Sycee then delivered the River of Space-Time’s New Year greeting and told Su Wen about its new service, which could accelerate an Immortal Demigod’s advancement to True Godhood.

• Su Wen won six mahjong rounds in a row through extraordinary luck before Battle God accused Star God of cheating for him.
• Battle God asked Xiao Ying to play in Su Wen’s place, but Su Wen handed his seat to Mo Xiao Su after she said she had mostly figured things out.
• Star God repeatedly calculated Battle God’s discards and won nine rounds in a row before deliberately losing one, leaving Battle God convinced his luck had turned.
• Sycee told Su Wen that the River of Space-Time had sent New Year’s greetings, and Su Wen received its golden card.
• Sycee explained that the River of Space-Time had launched Demigod Motive Power, a service that could shorten the path from Immortal Demigod to True Godhood.
• Su Wen considered using the service to help Theater God become a True God, though he recognized it would likely cost a fortune.

Su Wen learned that Immortal Demigods could repeatedly break through their limits with the River of Space-Time’s help, improving their chances of becoming True Gods at a steep Wealth Source cost. He suspected the Demigod clans pursuing him wanted to seize his power, then sent Sycee to challenge the River of Space-Time over a New Year’s gift.

• Sycee reported that Faith Demigods could not become True Gods, Divine Power Demigods had only a tiny chance, and Immortal Demigods could cross to the other shore and reach the True God realm.
• Sycee explained that Immortal Demigods could break through their limits up to nine times, and the River of Space-Time could help Su Wen and his comrades do so safely in exchange for Wealth Source.
• Su Wen realized that the Demigod clans serving the Eighth Epoch’s God of Wealth might be hunting him to seize what they needed to break through to the True God realm.
• Su Wen asked whether the River of Space-Time would give him a New Year’s gift, and Sycee relayed the river’s claim that it had let the River of Fate connect to its Sub-Space-Time for Su Wen’s benefit.
• Sycee called the River of Space-Time shameless for claiming it had backed down deliberately, then set out to argue with the rivers.

Su Wen learned that Sycee had secured a promise from the River of Space-Time to have the Star God of the Eighth Epoch guide the Star God during Su Wen’s first Sub-Space-Time exploration. He asked the Theater God about meeting his past self, but the Theater God refused to resurrect his lost family before the war was won and revealed that his entire household had already been destroyed in the Main Space-Time.

• Sycee told Su Wen that the River of Space-Time had promised to bring back the Star God of the Eighth Epoch to guide the Star God when Su Wen explored his first Sub-Space-Time.
• The Theater God arrived after finishing matters in the Mystic Beast Realm, and Su Wen asked whether he wanted to see his past self.
• The Theater God refused to have his loved ones resurrected before victory, fearing they would suffer and die again if the war was lost.
• The Theater God explained that his family and friends had all been killed and his home destroyed, leaving him the sole survivor.
• Su Wen realized the Theater God’s tragedies had already occurred in the Main Space-Time, explaining why his versions in other Sub-Space-Times had seemed untouched by misfortune.

Theater God explained to Su Wen how he had dealt with criticism and disorder among Heavenly Mandate Bearers, then warned him to keep his ability to resurrect people secret and resist being steered by public opinion. Su Wen questioned whether killing critics was the simplest solution, and Theater God admitted he had used that approach before while cautioning that it could harm innocents.

• Theater God told Su Wen that people had called him cruel for forcibly taking resources from the Mystic Beast Realm and using harsh methods against hypocritical Heavenly Mandate Bearers.
• Theater God described sending some Heavenly Mandate Bearers to the Arrow Realms and punishing those who attacked his family’s memory, then said he had left their affairs to Star God.
• Theater God warned Su Wen not to reveal that he could resurrect people and advised him to claim the cost was beyond what he could bear if the secret became known.
• Su Wen argued that killing those who stirred up public opinion was the simplest solution, and Theater God acknowledged that he had done so before.
• Theater God explained that killing could drag in people acting from sincere but misguided beliefs, and urged Su Wen to question opposing arguments without accepting their framing.

Su Wen connected the universe’s cultivation system to the Remnant Clan and listened as the Theater God explained his past massacre and the loss of his family and friends. The Theater God rejected an offer to resurrect them for now and reassured Mo Xiao Su that he did not blame her for what happened in the Holy Spirit Realm.

• Su Wen recalled Jiu Ying’s account of how the Star God of the eighth era discovered similarities between their cultivation system and the Remnant Clan’s methods, leading the Shadow God to sever the system before the eighth era ended.
• The Theater God said he had killed Heavenly Mandate Bearers around the world after discovering that some had helped orchestrate the deaths of his family and friends, and he credited the God of Magic with standing by him.
• The Theater God’s composure broke as he admitted he felt he had let his loved ones down, while the Battle God and the others revealed they had overheard his story.
• The Theater God told the God of Wealth not to raise resurrecting his family and friends again until he came to ask for it himself.
• The Theater God told Mo Xiao Su that wanting her mother was not wrong and warned her that what happened in the Holy Spirit Realm must not happen again.

Su Wen prepared to take the Divine Mandate Bearers to a parallel world ten years in the future, but the River of Fate revealed that only the Star God and Theater God could accompany him to Sub-Space-Time No. 01. The chapter left Su Wen informing the Battle God, Wind God, and Mo Xiao Su that they could not go.

• Su Wen asked about the Battle God’s rank and explained that their planned journey would exclude him.
• Su Wen revealed that he could take everyone to a parallel world ten years in the future, and the Star God and Theater God realized his past acquisitions likely came from there.
• Su Wen received a large Wealth Flows In grant and learned that his Wealth Source had risen to 1.06 billion points.
• The River of Fate warned that the group’s luck would not follow them and selected Su Wen, the Star God, and Theater God for Sub-Space-Time No. 01.
• The River of Fate barred the Main Space-Time Battle God, Wind God, and Shadow God because their counterparts were still alive there, and Su Wen told the Battle God, Wind God, and Mo Xiao Su they could not go.

Su Wen, Star God, and Theater God entered a future Sub-Space-Time where the God of Wealth had never helped Huaxia and the Martial Dao had never emerged. Star God awakened the ruined Star Grand Array, drawing the wounded Battle God of that timeline into a confrontation, and Theater God subdued his avatar.

• Wind God stayed behind while Su Wen paid the toll and led Star God and Theater God through the Gate of Fate to the Arrow Realm.
• After reaching Sub-Space-Time 01, Su Wen explained that they had arrived in a future where he had played no role and the Martial Dao had never emerged.
• Star God summoned the broken Star Grand Array, which recognized him and responded to his presence.
• Theater God recognized the ruined battlefield as Jiang City and lamented how thoroughly the city had fallen.
• The local Battle God appeared in an avatar, mistook the newcomers for disguised enemies, and accused Star God of stealing authority over the Star Grand Array.
• Theater God pulled Battle God's avatar down and took control of it, leaving Battle God fearing that Huaxia faced destruction.

Theater God, Su Wen, and Star God revealed their origins in the Main Space-Time and demonstrated their power to the Battle God's apparition. After Su Wen explained that they had come to support this Sub-Space-Time, the Battle God began to believe them and learned how the Main Space-Time had risen with help from other Sub-Space-Times.

• Theater God summoned the Giant Ghost Realm Earth Deity and forced him to his knees, shocking the Battle God's apparition.
• Su Wen told the Battle God that they came from the Main Space-Time to support his Sub-Space-Time, and said Theater God had killed the Giant Ghost Realm Earth Deity in their world.
• God of Wealth ordered the Giant Ghost Realm Earth Deity to kneel, revealing that he recognized God of Wealth's Eighth Era mark.
• Su Wen explained how the Main Space-Time had changed and why its God of Wealth had died soon after awakening in this space-time.
• Star God announced that he had repaired the Star Grand Array, leaving its control core with the Battle God and restoring its ability to precisely kill anyone below the Emperor Rank.
• The Battle God sensed the repaired array and acknowledged the Main Space-Time's power as Su Wen credited this space-time's Star God and the rise of the Martial Dao with the Ninth Era's success.

Su Wen told Star God that Star God had founded the Martial Dao, but Star God credited Su Wen with spreading and advancing it. The group arrived at the Imperial Capital Battlefield, where Su Wen forced the 315 Arrow Realms’ armies to kneel and Theater God healed Huaxia’s wounded, leaving the Battle God welcoming his comrades home.

• Su Wen told Star God that he had been the founder of the Martial Dao, and Star God said Su Wen had brought it to the Main Space-Time and raised it to Emperor Rank.
• The Battle God asked Su Wen, Star God, and Theater God to help defend the Imperial Capital from a joint attack by 315 Arrow Realms, and Theater God agreed.
• Theater God destroyed the Giant Ghost Realm’s Earth Deity, and the group appeared above the Imperial Capital Battlefield.
• Su Wen used the God of Wealth Mark to force every Arrow Realm attacker to kneel before him.
• Theater God healed Huaxia’s wounded with milky-white rain, while Su Wen healed the Battle God.
• The Battle God clasped Su Wen’s hand and welcomed his comrades home.

Su Wen learned that the Battle God’s supposed allies, the Weili Clan and Flower Calamity Clan, had secretly weakened and cursed him with a Mental Gu Seed. After Su Wen killed the gathered Arrow Realm beings, the Theater God began purging the Battle God’s hidden afflictions, while the Star God planned to teach this world the Martial Dao before they left.

• Su Wen asked the Battle God about trustworthy allies in the Arrow Realm, and the Battle God named the Weili Clan and Flower Calamity Clan.
• The Theater God revealed that the two clans had planted a Mental Gu Seed in the Battle God and damaged his body with other hidden methods.
• After learning of the betrayal, the Battle God declared that he trusted no Arrow Realm allies, and Su Wen used the God of Wealth Mark to kill the prostrated Arrow Realm beings.
• The Theater God began removing the Battle God’s hidden afflictions, and the Battle God vowed never to trust outsiders again.
• The Star God told Su Wen and the Theater God to collect supplies from the Arrow Realm and announced that he would pass down the Martial Dao to help the world defend itself.

Su Wen reunited with the Holy Spirit Clan and demanded to visit their realm, while the Star God began teaching the Martial Dao to the people. The Holy Spirit Clan’s Demigods gathered to welcome Su Wen, who revealed he had an important matter to discuss with them.

• Su Wen gave the Star God a wisp of space-time power so he could decide when to receive the Eighth Epoch Star God’s guidance.
• Su Wen and the Star God recognized an approaching Holy Spirit Clan squad, and Su Wen claimed his authority as their God of Wealth and ordered them to take him to their clan.
• The Star God began passing down the new Martial Dao to the people while the Theater God continued purging poison from the Battle God.
• The Holy Spirit Clan mobilized to welcome Su Wen, and its Demigods gathered at the entrance to the Holy Spirit Realm.
• Su Wen recognized a Demigod he had once beaten to death, then told the gathered Demigods to kneel before hearing his important message.

Su Wen watched the demigod clans compete to win his favor, intending to visit their territories and profit from them. When he finally ordered them to kneel, the God of Wealth’s authority took hold of their bloodlines and souls.

• A Holy Spirit Clan demigod rejected Su Wen’s demand and offered to teach him etiquette while keeping him in the Holy Spirit Realm.
• A Cangwood Clan treant arrived, denounced the Holy Spirit Clan, and invited Su Wen to visit; Su Wen agreed.
• Representatives of six demigod clans gathered, each trying to win Su Wen’s favor while disparaging the others.
• Su Wen asked why the Demon Spirit Clan had not come, then promised the gathered demigods a gift and said he would forgive their offenses for now.
• Su Wen commanded the demigods to kneel, and the God of Wealth’s authority overwhelmed their bloodlines and souls.

Su Wen used the God of Wealth’s power to subdue the Demigod clans and ordered them to bring their valuables to him while the Theater God left to fight elsewhere. At the Imperial Capital, the Wind God heard how the returning gods had aided Huaxia and concluded that they might be ancestors from another space-time.

• Su Wen made the Demigod clans kneel and threatened them with extermination before ordering them to bring their clans’ valuables to him.
• The Theater God left the Holy Spirit Realm to take part in the fighting elsewhere.
• The Star God finished teaching the warriors near the Imperial Capital and departed using his space-time power.
• The Wind God arrived at the battlefield and asked the Battle God why his injuries had healed and the soldiers’ morale had improved.
• The Battle God recounted the Star God, Theater God, and God of Wealth’s arrival and actions to the Wind God.
• The Wind God reasoned that the three might be ancestors from another space-time and cited a Hidden Kill Clan record about their forebears still fighting in a distant place.

The Wind God doubted the Battle God's explanation about the Main and Sub-Space-Times, while Xing Ba, the Star God of the Eighth Epoch, revealed the reserves he had prepared for the Ninth Epoch. Xing Ba asked the Ninth Epoch Star God to tell the God of Wealth that changing more Eighth Epoch warriors might let them defeat the Remnant Clan after all.

• The Wind God questioned whether the three powerful figures could really be ancestors from the Main Space-Time, but the Battle God argued they would have no reason to lie.
• Xing Ba met the Star God of the Ninth Epoch and explained that the Eighth Epoch had realized it was doomed after Mo Ziling began shining on the battlefield.
• Xing Ba revealed hidden reserves, including Ink Star's puppets, Star Dao Guardians, powerful weapons, and safeguards to keep those forces loyal.
• Xing Ba explained that Mo Ziling's Heavenly Mandate Profession had been benchmarked against the God of Wealth of the Eighth Epoch, enabling Mo Ziling to become a True God within decades.
• Xing Ba asked the Star God to tell the God of Wealth to change more Eighth Epoch warriors so they could fight again and try to wipe out the Remnant Clan.

Xing Ba explained the Divine Mandate Bearers of the eighth epoch and described why the God of Sleep and God of Fate might still be hidden in the ninth. He also recounted suspicions surrounding the Heaven God, but said he did not believe she had betrayed them.

• The Star God agreed to pass Xing Ba’s words to the God of Wealth, who could influence the past as well as communicate with the future.
• Xing Ba explained that the Will of the Universe had selected nine Divine Mandate Bearers, one for each epoch, and outlined why the ninth epoch might have bearers with altered or similar divine positions.
• Xing Ba said the God of Sleep might still be sleeping to repair an incomplete divine position, while the God of Fate could be unaware of his own identity because his divine position concealed itself.
• Xing Ba advised the Star God to search among his own people for the God of Sleep and God of Fate, since the bearers usually appeared near the True God on duty and shared their country and ethnicity.
• Xing Ba recalled that the Heaven God’s behavior had prompted Jiu Ying to test her amid Remnant Clan infiltration, but said he did not believe the proud Heaven God would betray them.

The Star God questioned Xing Ba about the Eighth Era’s Divine Mandate Bearers and learned possible ways to identify the God of Sleep, while discovering how differently the eras had developed. After hearing the Ninth Era’s struggles, Xing Ba offered to let the Star God absorb and refine his descended divine sense.

• The Star God asked Xing Ba about the appearances of the God of Sleep, the God of Fate, and the Heaven God, and memorized the descriptions he received.
• Xing Ba explained how the Star God might identify the missing God of Sleep, including by searching for a clever girl who loved sleep and had vanished.
• The Star God revealed that the Ninth Era’s Divine Mandate Bearers were stuck at the Emperor Rank Limit, and Xing Ba realized he had mistaken their situation for being stuck at Demigod.
• The Star God told Xing Ba that most Arrow Realms had turned against them and that the Ninth Era had to find and summon divine-position inheritors while fighting to survive.
• Xing Ba accepted responsibility for the Ninth Era’s hardships and offered to sever his descended divine sense so the Star God could absorb its knowledge.