Chapter Summaries

Rui encouraged Su Wen to believe that Dou might still be alive, then continued training him in the Battle-Style Secret Art while asking him to share what he knew about Dou. The River of Space-Time offered to erase Su Wen’s recorded deeds for a price, leaving him speechless.

• Rui told Su Wen that Dou might have survived exile and that the Remnant Clan's Will of the Universe might not be able to exile him again.
• Su Wen reflected that he knew more about Dou’s combat ability than Rui did, having experienced it firsthand, and worried about the long spans of time between epochs.
• Rui teased Su Wen about his earlier reply, then resumed his Battle-Style Secret Art training and required him to answer her actions while talking about Dou.
• Su Wen wondered whether to tell Rui the many private stories about Dou he had learned through the River of Space-Time.
• The River of Space-Time said it could erase Su Wen’s recorded deeds only if he paid part of his Wealth Source, and Su Wen was left speechless.

Su Wen dismissed the River of Space-Time’s demand for one hundred billion Wealth Source and began telling Rui about Battle Master. After five years of training, Rui identified hundreds of flaws in Su Wen’s combat ability, including six that he would have to solve himself because they involved his divine position and laws.

• The Narrator relayed that the River of Space-Time wanted one hundred billion Wealth Source to erase records of Su Wen’s embarrassing past, but Su Wen refused to pay.
• Su Wen decided to tell Rui what he knew about Battle Master, reasoning that he did not want to wrong her after all she had done for him.
• Five years later, Rui assessed Su Wen’s combat skills and praised his instincts, battlefield awareness, control, ruthlessness, and combat heart.
• Rui showed Su Wen a past fight with the Eagle of the Firmament and pointed out that his qi, blood, and soul power did not coordinate properly.
• Rui listed roughly eight hundred and twenty-four combat problems and offered solutions for most, but said Su Wen would have to handle six issues involving his divine position and laws himself.

Rui explained that the Incumbent Shadow God had severed the old cultivation systems after discovering the Remnant Clan’s schemes, gambling that the ninth era would create its own path. Su Wen realized Martial Dao had fulfilled that hope, though Rui doubted the Shadow God had caused the era’s incomplete divine positions or limits on potential.

• Su Wen asked Rui whether the Battle God could improve his combat strength through the Battle-Style Secret Art, and she said that training would have helped him lay a foundation before reaching Demigod rank.
• Rui explained that Divine Mandate Bearers in earlier eras awakened as True Gods or Demigods, while Su Wen’s era was the first she knew of in which they awakened below Demigod rank.
• Rui told Su Wen that the Incumbent Shadow God had discovered the Remnant Clan’s plot and forcibly severed the old cultivation systems in the Main Realm, triggering a struggle over cultivation systems centered on the ninth era.
• Rui revealed that she and Gu had used the divine aura left by True King Simu’s dispersed avatar to deduce the Shadow God’s plan, while protecting Su Wen from Simu’s ability to trace thoughts of him.
• Su Wen concluded that Martial Dao had fulfilled the Shadow God’s gamble, then asked whether the era’s weak awakenings and incomplete divine positions were also part of that plan.
• Rui said the Shadow God might have intended for the ninth era to start from zero, but probably had not caused the divine positions to be divided or Su Wen’s potential to be capped.

Su Wen learned that the Remnant Clan had banished Dou and that even the Will of the Universe might not be trustworthy, while Rui prepared to confront Dou over the many lovers she had learned about. Rui ended by setting aside her anger and hoping Dou would return.

• Rui warned Su Wen that he and Dou were the only true incumbent Grand Excellencies and urged him to distrust powers beyond his control, including the Will of the Universe.
• Su Wen considered whether the Will of the Universe was reliable and resolved to remain wary until the conflict was settled.
• Rui changed into green clothes and accessories after Little God of Wealth had told her stories revealing how many lovers Dou had had.
• Su Wen offered to record Rui's appearance and joined her in planning how to make Dou suffer when he returned.
• Rui concluded that Dou's former lovers were long gone and said she could overlook what she had learned if Dou came back.

Su Wen used the Space-Time Shop to spend Wealth Source on resurrection chances and upgrades for the Sub-Space-Time after Rui warned that his fortune had turned pitch-black. His fortune changed to azure, and Rui confirmed that the immediate danger had passed.

• Rui warned Su Wen that his fortune had turned pitch-black and urged him to leave soon.
• The combat secret realm Rui had created trembled and exploded, so she whisked Su Wen away.
• Su Wen summoned the Narrator and bought resurrection chances for the Star God, Shadow God, Wind God, and Theater God, among other benefits.
• Su Wen accepted the River of Space-Time's one-Wealth-Source offer for a Battle God resurrection chance and continued purchasing upgrades.
• Rui saw Su Wen's fortune turn entirely azure and told him that the extreme danger had disappeared.

Su Wen asked Rui to prepare an Emperor Rank battle secret realm to train the Battle God, and Rui arranged to learn about his fighting style. The Battle God then told the Star God that Du Baihua resented how veterans and commanders treated the God of Wealth, and the Star God said he would handle the growing risk of conflict.

• Rui agreed to create a battle secret realm for training the Battle God and asked the Star God to arrange a meeting.
• The Battle God told the Star God that Du Baihua had complained about veterans and army commanders showing too little respect to the God of Wealth.
• The Star God explained that the older powerhouses had their own loyalties and that the God of Wealth lacked the strength to command their utmost respect.
• The Star God warned that openly placing the God of Wealth above everyone could lead to internal war and said he would address the matter later.

Star God explained why the previous epochs’ Divine Mandate Bearers owed no automatic allegiance to the reigning Majesty, while Rui encouraged him to seek justice for Su Wen. Star God gave Su Wen a Technology Bag containing two centuries of research and records, including details of overlooked or suppressed geniuses.

• Rui told Su Wen that the old Divine Mandate Bearers’ loyalty belonged to their own Majesties and that she had helped him because of her devotion to Dou.
• Su Wen accepted that respect depended on strength, and Star God argued that comrades of the same era should seek justice for the reigning Grand Majesty.
• Rui supported Star God’s choice and then chatted with him and Su Wen, who shared gossip about Battle Master.
• Star God handed Su Wen a spatial bag called the Technology Bag, containing technological theories, achievements, finished products, and intelligent systems.
• Star God told Su Wen that the bag’s thirty-eighth section listed leading scientists and talented people, including geniuses who had been suppressed or overlooked.

The Star God briefed Su Wen on the Insect Spirit Clan’s rapid growth and explained that Wealth Source might be accelerating its phantom beast transformations. Su Wen spent the next two years gathering Wealth Source across the Sub-Space-Time with the Star God, while the River of Space-Time’s rejection continued to threaten him.

• The Star God reported that 1.45 billion insect spirits had awakened their ancestral bloodlines, while one of the thirty-five demigod-level phantom beasts was nearing true godhood.
• Rui asked why phantom beasts were growing so quickly, and the Star God suggested that the on-duty God of Wealth’s Wealth Source had unusually powerful effects.
• The Star God described the Insect Spirit Clan’s promising branches and its fifth elder, who had advanced faster than the others after awakening.
• Su Wen said he wanted to practice gathering Wealth Source, and the Star God agreed to help him find some.
• Over the next two years, the Star God guided Su Wen to places where he could gather resources, and allied clans donated much of their wealth.
• The Star God became furious when some clans arranged exotic experiences for him and Su Wen during their lavish receptions.

Su Wen prepared to leave the Star God’s realm after discussing the danger posed by the Remnant Clan and the Battle God. The Star God explained that the Battle God’s death might bring back Rui’s beloved Dou, though possibly only as a destructive corpse, and Rui realized Su Wen had concealed this possibility from her.

• Su Wen decided it was time to leave and said goodbye to the Star God, while Rui reminded him that the recent Streaking Light Starfall had made his departure necessary.
• Su Wen asked the Star God to warn others about the Battle God and said killing him might be an option if circumstances demanded it.
• Su Wen explained that he had paid the River of Space-Time to transmit the Battle Master's return to the Main Space-Time if the Battle God died.
• Rui asked why they wanted the Battle God dead, and the Star God explained that his death might prompt the exiled Current Battle God to return.
• The Star God warned Rui that Dou might return as a corpse bent on destroying the fused universe, and Rui accused Su Wen of hiding this possibility because he feared she would kill the Battle God.

Su Wen told Rui that the Battle God’s death was tied to Dou’s return, and she agreed to follow their plan and wait. As space-time’s rejection threatened him, Rui told Su Wen to leave, and the River of Space-Time welcomed his return with a grand display.

• Su Wen stopped Rui from killing the Battle God, saying he still had a role to play.
• Rui deduced that Su Wen and the Star God had told her the truth so she could help guard the Battle God and prepare for anything unexpected.
• The Star God confirmed Rui’s reasoning, and Rui agreed to wait while she tried to erase the changes eight eras had brought upon her.
• When space-time’s rejection grew dangerous, Rui told Su Wen to return immediately.
• Su Wen reached out to the River of Space-Time, which formed a heavenly stairway and grand ceremony to welcome him back.

Su Wen entered the River of Space-Time’s receiving light after thanking Rui for protecting him, then learned that bringing his future devices back to Main Space-Time required Space-Time Essence. The River of Space-Time offered one piece for free and demanded 396,058,000,000 Wealth Source for the remaining seven.

• Su Wen bowed to Rui as he entered the receiving light, leaving the space-time beyond the reigning Grand Excellency’s reach.
• Rui promised to protect what Su Wen had entrusted to her and looked forward to his return, while Star God watched him depart in silence.
• The River of Space-Time’s inspection warned that Su Wen’s future items could disrupt Main Space-Time and began checking his cargo.
• The River of Space-Time agreed to escort Su Wen’s devices safely, providing one piece of Space-Time Essence and requiring him to obtain seven more.
• The River of Space-Time calculated that the seven pieces would cost 396,058,200,000 Wealth Source, then trimmed the amount to 396,058,000,000.

Su Wen bought seven pieces of Space-Time Essence and began his return to the Main Space-Time. Before leaving, he used the River of Space-Time’s free entertainment to shoot an arrow at the Remnant Clan Universe.

• Su Wen grumbled over the Space-Time Essence’s price but decided to buy it, reasoning that the trip’s gains were worth the cost.
• The River of Space-Time completed the transaction and began arranging Su Wen’s return to the Main Space-Time.
• The River of Space-Time offered Su Wen a free entertainment activity and created a Space-Time Divine Bow and arrows.
• Su Wen took aim at the Remnant Clan Universe and fired a space-time arrow into it.

True King Simu and the Remnant Clan’s other top combatants were struck by an undetectable Space-Time Arrow that transformed into a hand and repeatedly slapped them without causing lasting damage. At the Space-Time Retrieval Office, Su Wen concluded that the Space-Time Divine Bow could not harm them, though its attack had let him observe the Remnant Clan’s leaders and territories.

• True King Simu sensed a Space-Time Arrow too late to stop it, and it pierced him before hovering harmlessly in front of him.
• The arrow transformed into a hand that slapped True King Simu repeatedly, ignoring his defenses and inflicting injuries on his spirit.
• True King Simu summoned the universe’s rules against the hand, but the chains passed through it without effect.
• True King Simu heard that every Remnant Clan True King, including the Lord of the Immortal Clan, had suffered the same attack, and he chose to wait and see.
• Su Wen controlled the Space-Time Arrow at the Space-Time Retrieval Office, using it to humiliate the Remnant Clan’s top combatants and observe their forces.
• Su Wen questioned the Space-Time Divine Bow’s usefulness after seeing that it could not cause damage.

Su Wen used Wealth Source to make the Space-Time Arrow torment True King Simu, then sent Rui a warning that the Remnant Clan was weakened. The Frontier Battlefield mobilized for war as the Remnant Clan True Kings tried to divine the mastermind, while Su Wen watched without concern.

• Su Wen invested one million Wealth Source into the Space-Time Arrow tormenting True King Simu, making its slaps cause unbearable pain.
• A Space-Time Arrow delivered Su Wen's warning to Rui, who notified Gu about the Remnant Clan's turmoil.
• Gu confirmed that the Remnant Clan True Kings were suffering and joined Rui in preparing to probe their weakness.
• The Frontier Battlefield sounded its call to arms, and human experts mobilized for war against the Remnant Clan Universe.
• The Lord of the Remnant Clan rallied the True Kings and used a powerful divination formation to seek the mastermind behind the attacks.
• Su Wen learned of the divination attempt through the Space-Time Arrow and smiled, confident the Remnant Clan would not uncover the River of Space-Time.

Su Wen watched the River of Space-Time punish the Remnant Clan for divining against it, then returned to the Main Space-Time after helping create an opening for the besieged universe to counterattack. Back in the Martial God's office, he relished being home again.

• The River of Space-Time manifested a vast silver eye over the Remnant Clan Universe, grievously injuring its experts and causing the Lord of the Remnant Clan to suffer a devastating loss of cultivation when he stopped the divination.
• Su Wen used his remaining layoff quota and Space-Time Arrows to probe the Remnant Clan once more, then returned the Space-Time Divine Bow and entered the reception hall built for him.
• After the Remnant Clan's True Kings weakened, Gu confirmed that their top experts had suffered severe backlash and ordered the veterans and reserves to launch a counterattack.
• Su Wen returned to the Martial God's office in the Main Space-Time and happily stretched and moved around, grateful to be back home.

Su Wen raised his Martial Dao cultivation to Emperor Rank Limit and gained a law that strengthened him as he spent Wealth Source in battle. He told the Battle God that his future could be extraordinary, leaving the Battle God eager to hear how powerful he might become.

• Su Wen used Wealth Source to advance his Martial Dao to Emperor Rank Limit and gained the Martial Dao Law, which increased his qi and blood strength as he spent Wealth Source in battle.
• The Theater God explained that most of the gathered gods were clones and that the Battle God had recently reached Emperor Rank.
• Su Wen revealed his Emperor Rank Limit cultivation, then placed a Divine Talisman Against Scrying on the Battle God before the other gods withdrew their clones.
• The Battle God told Su Wen that Li Wenze had gone into the Arrow Realm to advance his rank, hoping to awaken fully.
• Su Wen said he had a way to address Li Wenze's situation but that the Battle God's future mattered more, and predicted the Battle God might surpass the First Epoch's Current Battle God.
• The Battle God excitedly asked whether his future self would unleash unprecedented power that made his enemies kneel.

Su Wen explained that the Battle God’s future strength would come from focusing solely on combat, then showed him the Demigod-level Insight Air Masses. The Battle God learned that his own Insight Air Mass was always free and concluded that this proved he was uniquely powerful.

• Su Wen told the Battle God that in the future he had seen, everyone else became a True God while the Battle God remained a Demigod.
• Su Wen said the Battle God could excel by concentrating on fighting while others handled everything else.
• Su Wen gave the Battle God a Demigod-level Battle God Air Mass, which the Battle God examined with interest.
• Su Wen displayed the Insight Air Masses of the Star God, Theater God, and other Divine Mandate Bearers, leaving the Battle God unimpressed with his own by comparison.
• The Battle God asked whether bringing back the Insight Air Masses cost Su Wen anything, and Su Wen said the Battle God was the only one in the free-of-charge category.
• The Battle God took Su Wen’s suggestion that this free treatment proved his power as evidence that he was destined to save all living beings.

Su Wen gave the Battle God the training plan devised by the Star God and Rui, and encouraged him to judge for himself whether the Battle-Style Secret Art would help. The Star God arrived and remarked that Su Wen’s outlook had changed, while the Battle God wondered when Su Wen had ever seemed bitter.

• Su Wen gave the Battle God the preliminary training plan for the Battle God, which the Star God and Rui had prepared.
• The Battle God used memory magic to absorb the plan and asked whether training in the Battle-Style Secret Art was necessary to reach the pinnacle of combat power.
• Su Wen told the Battle God to trust his instincts about the training and encouraged him to enjoy life and drink if he wished.
• The Star God appeared and said Su Wen’s outlook had changed since a period when he seemed bitter toward the world.
• The Battle God said Su Wen had always seemed happy to him and wondered whether he had missed that period while away fighting.

Su Wen told the Star God about the future technology, Martial Dao advances, and the Insect Spirit Clan, prompting Huaxia and the wider world to accelerate research and reforms. As new technologies and Martial Dao knowledge spread to the public, the authorities also revealed information about Arrow Realm ahead of an expected war.

• Su Wen sealed the Star God against detection and explained how the seal could summon its maker in a crisis.
• Su Wen told the Star God about the Insect Spirit Clan, information from the Sub-Space-Time, and his predictions for technological civilization and the Martial Dao.
• The Star God ordered Huaxia and the Human Alliance to act, while the Battle God resolved to train hard and surpass the Current Battle God.
• Huaxia gathered technological specialists to study future inventions and sent new Martial Dao research and techniques to the military.
• Technology and updated Martial Dao teachings spread through society as industries changed and authorities withdrew outdated materials.
• The authorities deliberately made information about Arrow Realm public as war approached.

Su Wen revealed that he was the God of Wealth and came to awaken the Insect Spirit Clan’s Phantom Beast bloodlines. As the clan’s evolution began, he planned to unite it with the Main Realm and make Insect Spirits available to humans through regulated spirit-summoning contracts.

• Su Wen visited the Insect Spirit Realm and told Queen Lan Lin that he had come to awaken her clan’s bloodlines.
• Lan Lin mistook his words for a taunt until Su Wen removed the Martial God Mask and revealed himself as the God of Wealth.
• Lan Lin realized his earlier fall had been staged and apologized, but Su Wen told her that her future potential justified his visit.
• At Su Wen’s signal, Lan Lin summoned the Insect Spirit swarms, and a golden array began awakening the bloodlines of selected insects.
• Su Wen planned for the Insect Spirit Clan to join the Main Realm, with first Insect Spirit contracts provided free through education and laws established to protect Insect Spirits.