Chapter Summaries

Su Wen gave Baili Chaoge a crystal containing insights from his future Transcendence, prompting Baili Chaoge to abandon his avatars and enter seclusion. After Baili Chaoge left, Su Wen contacted the Star God to discuss changing the martial arts exam.

• Su Wen summoned Baili Chaoge and offered him a Dao enlightenment crystal containing insights from five thousand years in the future.
• Baili Chaoge learned that he would achieve Transcendence and was stunned by the news.
• Baili Chaoge told Qin Xuerou about the future insights, and she urged him to withdraw his avatars and absorb them.
• Baili Chaoge thanked Su Wen and vanished to begin his seclusion.
• Su Wen sent the Star God a voice transmission proposing a new format for the martial arts exam.

Su Wen questioned the River of Space-Time’s motives and asked whether he could bring another person back from a Sub-Space-Time, while Luobao confronted Sycee over an old deception between the two rivers. The chapter left Su Wen asking whether that deception had caused him to awaken the wrong talent as the Incumbent God of Wealth.

• Su Wen told the Star God that the River of Fate had helped Martial Dao evolve and asked him to revise the martial arts exam.
• Su Wen considered using resources from Qiang to help the Current Battle God and Baili Chaoge reach Transcendence, then asked Sycee whether the River of Space-Time would grant him another return slot.
• Sycee said he would ask the River of Space-Time for another slot, prompting Su Wen to doubt his sincerity and decide to consult Luobao.
• Sycee accused the River of Fate of spending resources taken from the River of Space-Time, and Luobao appeared and cursed Sycee for slandering it.
• Su Wen inferred that the River of Space-Time had once betrayed a major agreement with the River of Fate and wondered whether the betrayal concerned his own development.
• Su Wen asked Luobao whether he should have awakened Money Breaks Yin and Yang instead of his current talent as the Incumbent God of Wealth.

Su Wen considered the River of Space-Time’s offer to resurrect the Incumbent Shadow God and discussed the revelations about the rivers with Star God. He then went to the Shadow God Armory in the Main Realm to bring Jiu Ying back to life.

• Sycee offered Su Wen a free slot to bring someone back from a future Sub-Space-Time if he resurrected the Incumbent Shadow God in the Main Space-Time through the River of Space-Time.
• Su Wen discussed the resurrection deal with Star God, who advised him that reviving one Incumbent True God was already a good outcome.
• Su Wen told Star God that the River of Space-Time and the River of Fate had apparently invested in him, and Star God said Su Wen might one day stand at the pinnacle of Chaos.
• Star God said he hoped to leave his duties behind someday and travel as an ordinary person, and Su Wen told him he would have the chance.
• Su Wen arrived at the Shadow God Armory in the Main Realm and called for Jiu Ying, his teacher who had taught him about the God of Wealth Mark.

Su Wen revived Jiu Ying, the Incumbent Shadow God, in the ninth epoch, and she learned that the path to Transcendence might be within reach with enough resources. Jiu Ying confirmed that her Undying Legion still existed, but it would take thousands of years to awaken them all.

• Jiu Ying returned to life in the present and thanked Su Wen, then played along when he showed off his achievement.
• Su Wen told Jiu Ying that the Incumbent God of Sleep might also return and that they could gather with Baili Chaoge for a meal.
• Jiu Ying learned that Baili Chaoge was comprehending insights into Transcendence, and Su Wen said sufficient resources could help her reach Transcendence too.
• Jiu Ying sensed that her Undying Legion was still present but dormant, and she estimated it would take a few thousand years to awaken them one by one.

Su Wen told Jiu Ying that Destruction threatened the world and asked her to lead the Undying Legion against the True Demon Universe while the soldiers awakened. He then questioned Ao Xiu about the Treasure Bowl’s hidden identity, revealing that Sycee and Luobao represented the River of Space-Time and the River of Fate.

• Su Wen explained Destruction’s threat to Jiu Ying, who agreed to take on the True Demon Universe and estimated the Undying Legion would awaken in a few hundred years.
• After Jiu Ying left, Su Wen summoned the Treasure Bowl and wondered what it represented alongside Sycee and Luobao.
• Su Wen called out Ao Xiu and asked whether he had noticed anything mysterious about the Treasure Bowl or knew Sycee and Luobao’s true identities.
• Su Wen told Ao Xiu that Sycee was the River of Space-Time and Luobao was the River of Fate, leaving Ao Xiu stunned.

Su Wen questioned Ao Xiu’s origins, received the Little Hammer of Fate from the River of Fate, and later took revenge on the Demon Prison Clan in another Sub-Space-Time. Ten years later, he returned to the Ninth Epoch’s Main Realm with the resurrected Incumbent God of Sleep.

• Su Wen suspected Ao Xiu had a remarkable origin and argued that he could not be an ordinary acquired spirit because he had become the Treasure Bowl’s spirit and inherited the God of Wealth’s Divine Seat.
• Su Wen asked Luobao for a gift from the River of Fate, and the River sent him the Little Hammer of Fate, which could attack enemies using his Wealth Source.
• Su Wen traveled to the Sub-Space-Time where the Demon Prison Clan had tortured him and slaughtered the clans involved in the war, while punishing the indifferent Demigod clans.
• Su Wen helped that Sub-Space-Time survive upheavals, tested Qiang, and used the Sub-Space-Time Wealth Source to resurrect the Incumbent God of Sleep.
• Ten years later, Su Wen returned with the Incumbent God of Sleep, who remarked that the Ninth Epoch’s Main Realm seemed peaceful and suited for resting.

Su Wen welcomed the Incumbent God of Sleep and left her to talk with Jiu Ying, while the Star God asked who he planned to resurrect next. Su Wen decided to pause the resurrections and focus on pooling their strength to help someone achieve Transcendence.

• Su Wen reassured the Incumbent God of Sleep that she could rest in the Ninth Epoch, though she admitted she missed the people of her own era.
• Jiu Ying met the Incumbent God of Sleep, and the two Incumbent True Gods introduced themselves and began chatting.
• Su Wen left Jiu Ying and the Incumbent God of Sleep alone and went to see the Star God and Baili Chaoge.
• The Star God asked Su Wen which Incumbent True God he would resurrect next, and he said they would postpone further resurrections.
• Su Wen explained that the Ninth Epoch had enough Incumbent True Gods for now and proposed pooling their strength to help the Current Battle God or someone else achieve Transcendence.

Su Wen and the Incumbent God of Sleep investigated the Ninth Era's sleeping God of Sleep and discovered a two-body plan involving the Eighth Era's God of Sleep. Jiu Ying revealed that her actions during the final battle had disrupted the awakening, and suggested that A Yuan may have loved a chaos wanderer.

• Su Wen decided to investigate the Will of the Qiang Beast Universe before opening a new Sub-Space-Time, and the Star God asked him to bring the Ninth Era's God of Sleep to visit after she awakened.
• Su Wen, the Incumbent God of Sleep, and Jiu Ying traveled to the Ninth Era God of Sleep's hidden resting place, where the Incumbent God of Sleep joined the two sleeping bodies together.
• Jiu Ying recognized faint auras connected to a chaos wanderer who had spent time with the Eighth Era's God of Sleep, A Yuan.
• The Incumbent God of Sleep explained that the two bodies held one soul and half of the God of Sleep's Divine Seat each, in a plan meant to revive the Eighth Era's God of Sleep and eventually awaken the Ninth Era's God of Sleep.
• Jiu Ying revealed that A Yuan had sacrificed everything to strengthen her during the final battle, disrupting the plan, and recalled that A Yuan had said she had not found true love.

Su Wen and Jiu Ying concluded that A Yuan’s romance with a Chaos traveler had damaged the Ninth Epoch, and the Incumbent God of Sleep vowed to take responsibility for the lineage. The Incumbent God of Sleep then reunited the sleeping girls and restored their divided Divine Seat, while preserving both consciousnesses and leaving them the choice to merge.

• Su Wen inferred that A Yuan had disrupted plans for the Ninth Epoch because she hoped to reunite with her Chaos-traveler lover.
• Jiu Ying confirmed that the Ninth Epoch had been caught in the fallout, and the Incumbent God of Sleep vowed to kill the Chaos traveler if they met.
• The Incumbent God of Sleep offered to train the Ninth Epoch God of Sleep and make up for her lost cultivation time, but Jiu Ying argued that she should bear responsibility instead.
• Su Wen suggested waking the Ninth Epoch God of Sleep, and the Incumbent God of Sleep began merging the two sleeping girls and restoring their Divine Seat.
• The Incumbent God of Sleep explained that she had preserved both girls’ consciousnesses and allowed them to choose whether to merge outside of battle.

Su Wen confirmed that Qiang genuinely wanted to cooperate after testing Qiang in several Sub-Space-Times, then brought Qiang to the God of Wealth's office in the Main Space-Time and explained the situation with Destruction and the timelines. The chapter ended with Su Wen asking Qiang to hand over the resources accumulated over countless years to help them attain Transcendence.

• Su Wen told the Star God that the Incumbent Shadow God and the Incumbent God of Sleep were competing to teach the God of Sleep, then explained how the God of Sleep's Divine Seat had been split.
• The God of Sleep awoke, learned about their situation from the Incumbent God of Sleep, and spoke briefly with Su Wen before he left.
• Su Wen tested Qiang's cooperation across three Sub-Space-Times and concluded that Qiang genuinely wanted to learn about Transcendence and draw closer to him.
• Su Wen and the Star God agreed to proceed cautiously in the Main Space-Time, and Su Wen went to the Qiang Beast Universe to meet Qiang.
• Su Wen brought Qiang to the God of Wealth's office, explained Destruction and the situation with the Sub-Space-Time and Main Space-Time, and asked Qiang for the resources accumulated over countless years.

Su Wen collected Qiang Beast Universe’s supplies in the Main Space-Time while arranging for the Current Battle God to arrive as backup. The Current Battle God then asked whether he could one day rescue his Main Space-Time self from the Land of Nirvana.

• Su Wen accepted Qiang’s universe origin and told him to focus on producing basic supplies for the next hundred thousand years in exchange for future guidance on Transcendence.
• Su Wen collected Qiang Beast Universe’s supplies and refined them into Wealth Source.
• After his Wealth Source increased by three points, Su Wen paid Sycee to bring the Current Battle God from the Sub-Space-Time and complete his Soul and True Spirit Transcendence during the journey.
• The Current Battle God arrived in the Main Space-Time, concealed his aura near Su Wen, and learned about Qiang and the situation there.
• The Current Battle God asked Su Wen whether he might someday enter the Land of Nirvana and rescue his Main Space-Time self.

Su Wen and the Current Battle God discussed the risks and cost of bringing another version of the Battle God into the Main Space-Time, then finished collecting resources from Qiang's universe. After returning to the Divine Fate Universe, Su Wen introduced the Current Battle God to the other incumbent gods and praised the Battle God lineage for its cost-effective Transcendence.

• Su Wen learned from the River of Fate that two versions of the Current Battle God meeting could cause a costly causal upheaval, so he advised against bringing his Main Space-Time self over for now.
• Over five years, Su Wen moved most of Qiang's universe resources and then left after arranging for Qiang to organize the rest in a storage space.
• The Current Battle God said he had hoped Qiang would attack so he could test his newly Transcended powers, while Su Wen reminded him that Qiang was more useful as an ally.
• Qiang watched Su Wen and the Current Battle God leave and admitted that It envied Divine Fate's chance to achieve Transcendence.
• Su Wen introduced the Current Battle God to Baili Chaoge, Jiu Ying, and the Incumbent God of Sleep, then joked that the Battle God lineage's Transcendence was exceptionally cheap.

Su Wen and the other Incumbent True Gods summoned the Incumbent Star God from the Supreme Space, startling Divine Fate with their gathering. The Current Battle God and Baili Chaoge broke into the Supreme Space to retrieve him, leaving Divine Fate stunned by the Battle God's power.

• Jiu Ying and the Current Battle God said they wanted to meet the Incumbent Star God, and Su Wen agreed it was time to bring him back.
• Su Wen and four other Incumbent True Gods released their rules across the Main Realm to alert the Incumbent Star God and shake Divine Fate's origin.
• Divine Fate descended and was bewildered to find five Incumbent True Gods gathered in one epoch.
• The Current Battle God located the Supreme Space's entrance and told Su Wen that he and Baili Chaoge would retrieve the Incumbent Star God.
• The Current Battle God took Baili Chaoge and forced his way into the Supreme Space, astonishing Divine Fate with his strength.

The Current Battle God and Baili Chaoge rescued the Incumbent Star God from the Supreme Space and brought him back to the Main Realm. Immortal Dao recognized the Current Battle God and began wondering whether the Land of Nirvana held a great opportunity, while Su Wen welcomed the Star God back and Baili Chaoge destroyed Divine Fate’s wisp of thought.

• The Current Battle God broke into the Supreme Space with Baili Chaoge, shattered the other universes’ probing thoughts with a roar, and attacked Immortal Dao.
• The Current Battle God found the Incumbent Star God, destroyed the rules restraining him, and took him away with Baili Chaoge and the Incumbent Theater God.
• Immortal Dao identified the intruder as the Current Battle God but kept his knowledge from the other universes, then wondered whether the Land of Nirvana contained a great opportunity.
• The Current Battle God and Baili Chaoge returned to the Main Realm with the Incumbent Star God less than a minute later.
• Su Wen welcomed the Incumbent Star God, and Baili Chaoge shattered Divine Fate’s wisp of thought.

Su Wen restored the Incumbent Star God's memories, and the Incumbent Star God immediately began True Spirit Transcendence. The group then agreed to ask the River of Space-Time and the River of Fate whether Divine Fate's Will of the Universe could be erased and replaced.

• Su Wen used the Incumbent Star God's star-based divine ability to awaken the Incumbent Star God's lost memories.
• The Incumbent Star God regained his memories and began True Spirit Transcendence as soon as he returned.
• The Star God proposed erasing Divine Fate's Will of the Universe and taking its authority, and Jiu Ying agreed.
• The Incumbent God of Sleep questioned whether living beings had created such a foolish will, while Jiu Ying recalled her comrades' deaths.
• Baili Chaoge said they should give Divine Fate a dignified way out and send it into oblivion.

Su Wen learned that an individual cultivator could not easily become a universe’s Will and wield its authority, while the Divine Fate Universe could potentially be refined into an avatar. He proposed a more ambitious alternative and asked the Star God to try guiding the universe toward Transcendence.

• Sycee and Luobao explained that outside forces could not make an individual cultivator the Will of the Universe, since possessing a universe’s power would violate the chaos’s order.
• Su Wen asked about Wealth Sources, and Luobao assured him that the explanation was free and the River of Space-Time would not play tricks.
• Su Wen told the others what he had learned, and Baili Chaoge offered their help if Su Wen chose to refine the Divine Fate Universe into an avatar.
• Su Wen proposed helping the Divine Fate Universe achieve Transcendence for the sake of its living beings and asked the Star God to attempt that path.

The Incumbent Star God completed his true spirit’s transcendence, revealed that his name was Yuan Yu, and agreed that Star would attempt to become the Will of the Universe. After everyone settled into their roles for the coming battles, Su Wen asked Sycee to open the next Sub-Space-Time to investigate problems in the future.

• Star said Yuan Yu would be a better candidate to replace the Will of the Universe, but Su Wen encouraged Star to take the role.
• Yuan Yu completed his true spirit’s transcendence, introduced himself by name, and explained that he had already found his own path to transcendence.
• Sycee told Su Wen that outside help could protect Star during the possession struggle but could not ensure his compatibility with the universe.
• Star accepted the plan to possess the Divine Fate Universe, and Su Wen promised to check the future for possible complications.
• Everyone took up their assigned duties, while Star handed responsibilities to Yuan Yu and prepared for the possession struggle.
• Su Wen told Sycee to open the next Sub-Space-Time because Wealth Disrupts Space-Time indicated that future problems remained.

Su Wen learned that his Sub-Space-Time self had spent the past hundred thousand years fighting Destruction alongside the other Incumbent True Gods, then decided it was time to die and bring his life to a proper close. The Star God invited Su Wen to see the Divine Fate Universe’s origin.

• Su Wen appeared above the Main Realm and received information about events from the past hundred thousand years.
• The Current Battle God fought Destruction for five thousand years to protect the Qiang Beast Universe, and Yuan Yu joined after achieving threefold transcendence.
• Baili Chaoge and Jiu Ying joined the battle, followed by the Incumbent God of Sleep, who attacked Destruction with a sledgehammer in dreams.
• Destruction called for help, and the Incumbent God of Wealth decided to enter the Martial God's office and die after a hundred thousand years of life.
• The Star God invited Su Wen to view the Divine Fate Universe’s origin.

Su Wen visited the Land of the Origin of the Universe and learned about its cultivation resources, which made him condemn Divine Fate for withholding them. The Star God gave him crystals to deliver to counterparts in the Main Space-Time and set aside the Wealth Dao rules for his cultivation.

• The Star God clarified that they wanted Su Wen to visit the Land of the Origin of the Universe and cultivate there, not take the Origin itself.
• The Star God showed Su Wen the land’s resources and opportunities, including innate mysterious yellow qi and rule origins, and Su Wen declared that Divine Fate deserved to die for keeping them hidden.
• The Star God revealed that Divine Fate and the Star God had destroyed many resources in their clash and that Qiang had concealed additional supplies from Su Wen.
• Su Wen and the Star God discussed why Divine Fate had withheld resources despite the universe’s crisis, and Su Wen blamed Divine Fate for its own downfall.
• The Star God gave Su Wen Dao comprehension crystals from the Incumbent True Gods and a memory crystal, asking him to deliver them to their counterparts in the Main Space-Time.
• The Star God moved the Wealth Dao rules nearby and invited Su Wen to cultivate there.

Su Wen spent a thousand years immersed in comprehending the Wealth Dao at the universe’s origin, where the Star God drew the myriad Daos around him. He awoke with greater mastery of the Wealth Dao, while the Star God planned to turn the origin into a cultivation ground for soldiers with outstanding military merit.

• Su Wen set aside his distractions and began cultivating before the origin of the Wealth Dao rules.
• The Star God gathered the myriad Daos around Su Wen and considered creating a cultivation sanctuary where access would be based on military merit.
• After a thousand years, Su Wen’s cultivation ended amid violent rumbling and cosmic phenomena.
• Su Wen told the Star God that his mastery of the Wealth Dao had improved through insights from his experiences across the Sub-Space-Times and Main Space-Time.
• The Star God confirmed that Su Wen had cultivated for a thousand years, and Su Wen reflected that such uninterrupted cultivation was only safe in this Sub-Space-Time.