Chapter Summaries

Su Wen secured the Insect Spirit Clan’s future alongside humanity and discussed Bai Zijun’s importance to the Martial Dao with the Theater God. He realized the River of Fate might be able to guarantee Bai Zijun’s birth and suspected he was close to discovering its true purpose.

• Su Wen tied the Insect Spirit Clan’s development to humanity, and Lan Lin and the other leaders pledged their loyalty to him.
• Su Wen told the Theater God that the Insect Spirit Clan could eventually produce God King-level powerhouses, and the Theater God agreed to protect the clan through revised laws.
• Su Wen explained Bai Zijun’s future contributions and the Wind God’s relationship with the Seventh Divine Maiden to the Theater God.
• The Theater God proposed finding a way to ensure Bai Zijun’s birth without interfering with the Wind God’s marriage, prompting Su Wen to consider the River of Fate’s power.
• Su Wen wondered whether the River of Fate could control future births and concluded that he might soon uncover its main line of business.

Su Wen paid the River of Fate to make Bai Zijun’s future birth certain, earning a ninety-percent discount by agreeing to criticize the River of Space-Time. He then decided not to interfere in Little Wind’s relationships and regretted his earlier promise, planning to verify the matter when they returned to that future space-time.

• Su Wen contacted the River of Fate, which offered to guarantee Bai Zijun’s birth for ten million Wealth Source if he agreed to disparage the River of Space-Time.
• The River of Fate completed the fate curve for Bai Zijun and canceled its employees’ vacation after detecting Su Wen’s curiosity about its main business.
• Su Wen wondered whether the River of Fate could deal with the Remnant Clan and how much Wealth Source such a request would cost.
• Su Wen told the Theater God to leave Little Wind’s affairs to him and stop arranging matches for him.
• Su Wen apologized to Little Wind who nurtured Destruction Gale and resolved to verify the earlier promise when they returned to that future space-time.

Su Wen and the Theater God discussed foreign Divine Mandate Bearers and the Theater God set off for Britain to recruit the God of Magic. Back at the organization, Su Wen persuaded the Battle God to take charge of provoking Li Wenze to help awaken the God of Fate, while he considered visiting demigod clans to gain more Wealth Source.

• The Theater God said he would not interfere if Little Wind and the Seventh Divine Maiden of the Nine-Tailed Clan found happiness, though he would confront the clan over its influence on its children.
• The Theater God left for Britain, intending to recruit the God of Magic, while withholding Insight Air Masses from other foreign Divine Mandate Bearers until their loyalty was confirmed.
• Su Wen told the Battle God that war against the Arrow Realm could begin within months, but said he planned to rest beforehand.
• The Battle God asked Su Wen to help target Li Wenze so the God of Fate's divine position could awaken, and Su Wen explained why his own past ties to Li Wenze made him unsuitable.
• The Battle God accepted the task, and Su Wen considered visiting the Demon Spirit Clan or other demigod clans to build up his Wealth Source.

Su Wen learned that the River of Space-Time was offering him a free Immortal Demigod limit-breaking service, but suspected it was trying to lure him into breaking his promise to the River of Fate. After Sycee reported the River of Space-Time’s generous compensation offer, Su Wen questioned whether the reward was worth the price of accepting it.

• Sycee told Su Wen that the River of Space-Time had offered him three days to claim a free Immortal Demigod limit-breaking service.
• Luobao warned that the offer was a scheme timed to exploit the River of Fate’s three-day absence, and Su Wen refused to do business with the River of Space-Time because he had promised not to for a month.
• Luobao speculated that the River of Fate might be preparing to fight the River of Space-Time, and Su Wen wondered whether the offer was meant to distract or unsettle it.
• Sycee reported that the River of Space-Time admitted its scheme and offered compensation, including two gifts, Space-Time Essence, and cooperation during Su Wen’s next trip to Sub-Space-Time No. 02.
• Su Wen asked whether receiving the compensation required him to claim the limit-breaking service within three days and told Sycee to ask the River of Space-Time whether the deal was worth it.

Su Wen negotiated with the River of Space-Time for ten chances to break a limit, and it agreed to his demand. After Luobao advised him to accept its gifts while the River of Fate was away, Su Wen prepared to collect them, still wondering why the two rivers coveted his Wealth Source.

• Sycee explained that the River of Space-Time never gave away gifts without expecting equal value in return, and urged Su Wen to seize the chance to fleece it back.
• Su Wen demanded ten chances to break a limit, and the River of Space-Time agreed to let him collect them.
• Luobao fell into a deep sleep, and Sycee guessed he was trying to contact the River of Fate.
• Luobao told Su Wen to accept the River of Space-Time's compensation and offered to explain the decision to the River of Fate when it returned in three days.
• Sycee questioned Luobao's cynical reasoning, and Luobao said he had learned it from Sycee.

Su Wen summoned the Theater God and explained that Immortal Demigods had nine limits to break through before becoming True Gods. He then began helping the Theater God advance, and the Theater God’s first breakthrough erupted with powerful pressure.

• Su Wen summoned the Theater God from Britain with news of something good, causing him to leave the God of Magic in the middle of their discussion.
• The Theater God arrived at the organization’s office and mistakenly thought Su Wen meant to help him become a True God.
• Su Wen explained the nine Immortal Demigod limits and how each breakthrough strengthened the cultivator and their foundation.
• Su Wen began the Theater God’s first breakthrough by channeling the essence of space and time into him.
• The Theater God’s breakthrough released a powerful aura, while Su Wen used the Thunder Talisman to shield himself from its pressure.

After Theater God broke through his limit, Su Wen kept the Remnant Clan’s strength secret and urged him to focus on growing stronger. Star God, Wind God, and Shadow God also advanced, and the group discussed whether Battle God’s apparent lack of ambition might be part of his path to power.

• Theater God marveled at his new strength and asked Su Wen about the Remnant Clan, but Su Wen said he would explain more when their strength gap narrowed.
• Su Wen set Theater God a series of ambitious goals, from advancing every six months to eventually defeating the Remnant Clan.
• Su Wen helped Star God, Wind God, and Shadow God break through their limits, and Wind God asked whether he could tell Battle God about it.
• Theater God discouraged Wind God from showing off to Battle God, while Star God suggested Battle God relied less on his intelligence because his capable teammates handled other matters.
• Wind God and Mo Xiao Su argued that Battle God should focus on fighting while they managed everything else, leaving Star God and Theater God to wonder why earlier Battle Gods had not surpassed him.

Su Wen and the other Divine Mandate Bearers discussed the Battle God’s situation before the Ledger spirit revealed its wish to break from the God of Magic. The God of Magic arrived to speak with Su Wen and was shocked to learn that Su Wen had reached the Emperor Rank Limit.

• Su Wen considered the value of learning about the Eighth Epoch Battle God, while the Star God and Theater God analyzed the Battle God’s problem.
• The Wind God revealed that the Magic Book’s spirit called itself the Ledger and wanted Su Wen to use the name God of Wealth Skill for its abilities.
• The Ledger asked Su Wen to help it improve and said it could eventually develop God of Wealth Skills independently.
• The Theater God told Su Wen that the God of Magic was coming to ask him for guidance, and the Star God suggested leaving the Ledger out.
• The God of Magic arrived and remarked that Su Wen seemed able to protect himself, then learned that Su Wen had reached the Emperor Rank Limit.

The God of Magic asked about the Magic Book, but Su Wen's Ledger revealed that it had become a powerful artifact under the God of Wealth's care. After learning the Ledger was his former Magic Book, the God of Magic offered to join the organization and separate himself from Britain if necessary.

• The God of Magic asked Su Wen whether he no longer needed the Magic Book, and the Ledger reacted strongly to the idea of being returned.
• The Theater God diverted the God of Magic's suspicions while he examined the Ledger and wondered why it seemed familiar.
• The Theater God revealed that the Ledger was the Magic Book, and Su Wen confirmed it.
• The God of Magic offered to join the organization and said he would separate himself from Britain if a conflict arose.

The God of Magic signed the Star God’s contract, pledged his allegiance to the God of Wealth, and received the previous Sub-Space-Time God of Magic’s research. Later, Su Wen entered the Trading Space and awaited a heavyweight summoned through the River of Fate’s wish fulfillment, as an illusory figure accompanied by opera sounds began to appear.

• The Star God presented the God of Magic with a contract, and the God of Magic signed it in his own blood.
• Su Wen gave the newly joined God of Magic the previous Sub-Space-Time God of Magic’s theoretical research and notes.
• The God of Magic recognized his own handwriting in the notes, understood the implications, and swore allegiance to the God of Wealth.
• The River of Fate and Su Wen formed an alliance to harm the River of Space-Time, and the River of Space-Time copied their agreement with Su Wen.
• Su Wen entered the Trading Space and watched an illusory figure appear as opera sounds approached, wondering whether it was the Theater God of the Eighth Epoch.

Su Wen met Baili Chaoge, the Fifth Era’s True God on duty, who revealed that his era had joined forces with the Immortal Clan to destroy a third-party universe. Baili began showing Su Wen the Fifth Era’s war and warned him not to let earlier-era veterans interfere with the decisions of later True Gods.

• Su Wen recognized Baili Chaoge as the Theater God on duty, and Baili asked which era Su Wen came from and how many times their side had lost.
• Su Wen explained that he was the Ninth Era’s God of Wealth and that the Remnant Clan had invaded their rear after repeated defeats.
• Baili said the universe faced threats from other aging universes and recounted how the Fifth Era allied with the Immortal Clan to destroy a third-party universe.
• Su Wen questioned why he had never heard about that war, and Baili dismissed the First Era’s veterans as irrelevant to it.
• Baili told Su Wen to kill any Fifth Era veteran who tried to meddle in a later True God’s decisions, then showed him scenes from the war against the third-party universe.

Su Wen discussed the fifth epoch’s war with Baili Chaoge, who revealed that his universe had not yet failed and was still in its prime. Their conversation turned to Baili Chaoge’s strength compared with the Battle God, and Su Wen claimed he might beat him in a friendly spar.

• Su Wen considered how the ninth epoch and the universe’s remaining chances might relate to the Incumbent Star God and planned to seek contact with the Will of the Universe.
• Baili Chaoge described his fifth epoch’s plan to deal with the third universe, recover for ten million years, and then wage war on the Remnant Clan.
• When Su Wen asked how the fifth epoch had failed, Baili Chaoge said it had not failed and that the epoch was still at its height.
• Baili Chaoge said the Battle God would die in a life-and-death fight against him, though he could not beat him in combat alone.
• Su Wen claimed he might beat the Battle God in a friendly spar at the same realm, prompting Baili Chaoge to ask him to teach him how.

Su Wen told Baili Chaoge about learning the Battle-Style Secret Art from the First Epoch's Current Battle God, and Baili asked him to investigate the Second Epoch's Incumbent Star God. Baili then recalled how the Fifth Epoch's Battle God had surprised the other Divine Mandate Bearers, before asking Su Wen how he had persuaded his comrade to give up drinking and dating.

• Su Wen told Baili Chaoge how the First Epoch's Current Battle God had trained him and taught him the Battle-Style Secret Art, while concealing his time travel and communication with the River of Space-Time.
• Baili Chaoge said he suspected the Second Epoch's Incumbent Star God had made hidden plans and asked Su Wen to speak with him if he got the chance.
• Su Wen offered to demonstrate the Battle-Style Secret Art, and Baili Chaoge teased him that he had really wanted an excuse to beat up the Battle God.
• Baili Chaoge showed Su Wen a preserved scene of the Fifth Epoch's Battle God challenging the Star God's plan at a meeting about the Remnant Clan and proposing an idea that succeeded.
• Baili Chaoge explained that he and the Star God had given the Battle God tasks to make him think more, while Su Wen argued that a Battle God focused only on combat might decide a war.
• After Su Wen said his comrade had quit drinking and making friends with women until victory, Baili Chaoge excitedly asked him to share how he had managed it.

Su Wen explained to Baili Chaoge how the Battle God had been manipulated, then asked why the Fifth Epoch had not addressed the Remnant Clan’s control over cultivation systems. Baili Chaoge revealed that he had forged a path of his own and believed the Fifth Epoch could defeat the Remnant Clan by striking down its leaders, leaving Su Wen to reflect that the Fifth Epoch’s eventual failure showed the limits of that approach.

• Su Wen recounted the schemes that had targeted the Battle God, including the Mental Gu Seed and Si Mengxue’s betrayal.
• Baili Chaoge said the Eighth Epoch’s discovery about cultivation systems was already known in the Fifth Epoch.
• Baili Chaoge explained that his father, a Wealth Ghost and Heavenly Mandate Bearer, had created the Daoist Canon Secret Library for him to study.
• Baili Chaoge said his unique cultivation path awakened his divine seat as the Incumbent Theater God and made the Remnant Clan’s cultivation-system schemes ineffective against him.
• Baili Chaoge argued that the Fifth Epoch could end the crisis by defeating the Remnant Clan’s upper ranks, while Su Wen concluded that the Fifth Epoch’s failure made his path of Martial Dao for all living beings essential.

Su Wen offered Baili Chaoge the Ninth Epoch’s cultivation system, but Baili refused and chose to persist with the Fifth Epoch’s path against the Remnant Clan. The two Incumbent True Gods accepted that each epoch had to follow its own path, leaving Baili determined to fight for victory in his own time.

• Baili Chaoge admitted that his philosophy had failed, but said Su Wen could still learn from the Fifth Epoch’s experience.
• Su Wen joked that Baili would not become an old fossil because Incumbent True Gods did not survive into the next epoch.
• Su Wen offered Baili the prototype of the Ninth Epoch’s cultivation system, but Baili cut him off and refused it.
• Baili said the Fifth Epoch’s policies had been in place for hundreds of millions of years and declared that he would keep fighting the Remnant Clan rather than accept defeat.
• Su Wen reflected that Baili would not change a philosophy he had followed for ages, just as Su Wen would persist in advancing the Martial Dao.
• Baili explained that he feared the Ninth Epoch’s path would emerge too early and harm Su Wen, then said each epoch had its own path and he might still win in his own time.

Su Wen and Baili Chaoge discussed the possibility of gathering the nine Incumbent True Gods and fighting together across space-time. Baili Chaoge showed Su Wen a vast collection of treasures and offered to teach him, leaving them poised to discuss skills suited to their roles.

• Baili Chaoge said Su Wen’s ability to summon him made it seem possible that the Incumbent True Gods might reunite beyond their own epochs.
• Su Wen proposed finding a way to bring Baili Chaoge and the others to the Ninth Epoch to fight their enemies, and Baili Chaoge considered the idea a far-fetched hope.
• Baili Chaoge displayed the many treasures and divine artifacts he could bring into the Trading Space and invited Su Wen to choose what he needed.
• Baili Chaoge offered to teach Su Wen something, but Su Wen said his combat talent was poor.
• Baili Chaoge clarified that he meant to teach Su Wen something other than combat, since they were the God of Wealth and the Theater God.

Baili Chaoge explained that the Incumbent Theater God drew power from all cultural imagination and could bring imagined figures to life. After learning about the Ninth Epoch’s troubles, he offered to attack Su Wen’s enemies’ ancestors, then reacted with disbelief when Su Wen said the Holy Spirit Clan had already been wiped out and its strongest member was a demigod.

• Baili Chaoge showed Su Wen mythic scenes and explained how cultural imagination fueled the Incumbent Theater God’s power.
• Su Wen told Baili Chaoge about the Ninth Epoch’s Theater God and the destruction of his home and family.
• Baili Chaoge vowed to kill the ancestors of the Remnant Clan responsible and asked Su Wen to name other enemies.
• Su Wen named the Holy Spirit Clan, and Baili Chaoge asked about its origins, standing, and strongest members.
• Su Wen revealed that the Holy Spirit Clan had already been wiped out and that its strongest member had been a demigod, shocking Baili Chaoge.

Su Wen received advice and two pearls from Baili Chaoge, the Fifth Epoch Incumbent Theater God, before their trade ended. Afterward, Luobao relayed that the River of Fate had arranged the meeting and Su Wen offered to curse the River of Space-Time, possibly with Sycee.

• Baili Chaoge learned that Demigods counted as high-end combat power in Su Wen’s Ninth Epoch and judged Su Wen’s situation more dangerous than he had expected.
• Baili Chaoge gave Su Wen two pearls containing avatars of his divine sense, one for study or a comrade and one as a life-saving item.
• The Trading Space announced the trade’s completion, and Baili Chaoge disappeared.
• Su Wen stored the life-saving pearl in his sea of consciousness and thanked Baili Chaoge for it.
• Luobao told Su Wen that the River of Fate had arranged for the Fifth Epoch Theater God to visit instead of the Eighth Epoch Theater God.
• Su Wen asked whether the River of Fate wanted him and Sycee to curse the River of Space-Time together.

Su Wen followed the River of Fate’s wishes and joined Sycee in cursing the River of Space-Time, while Theater God and Wind God mistook the outburst for evidence of a vast conspiracy. Su Wen left the office pleased with the rewards he had secured, and Theater God resolved to tell Star God and the others what he believed Su Wen had endured for them.

• Luobao conveyed the River of Fate’s desire for Su Wen to curse the River of Space-Time, and Su Wen decided to comply.
• Su Wen summoned Sycee, and the two began cursing the River of Space-Time from the Martial God’s office.
• Theater God sealed Wind God’s mouth when he nearly named the target, then concluded that Su Wen had been drawn into a dangerous conflict with the Space-Time Maintainer.
• Theater God urged Wind God to focus on cultivation and ordered him to inform Star God and the others about the burdens he believed Su Wen carried.
• Su Wen emerged from the office pleased, having earned the River of Fate’s satisfaction and secured Black River’s promise of 666 Wealth Sources and 888 Wealth Sources.

Su Wen gave Theater God a training bead from Baili Chaoge, while Theater God privately believed Su Wen had entered a dangerous conflict with the Space-Time Maintainer and urged Wind God to help save him. In the Demon Spirit Realm, the clan’s leaders feared the Divine Mandate Bearers’ rising power, until a vast rift opened above their realm.

• Su Wen noticed Theater God’s troubled mood, but Theater God concealed his concerns rather than explain them.
• Su Wen gave Theater God the training bead Baili Chaoge had passed to him, and Theater God reacted with violent coughing after misreading it as a gesture tied to Su Wen’s suspected allegiance to the Space-Time Maintainer’s opponent.
• After Su Wen left, Theater God told Wind God they had to save Su Wen from a deadly vortex, and Wind God solemnly agreed to help.
• In the Demon Spirit Realm, leaders gathered to discuss the threat posed by the Main Realm’s Divine Mandate Bearers and feared Su Wen might come after them.
• A thousand-meter-long black rift suddenly tore open above the Demon Spirit Realm.