Chapter Summaries

Du Guowei rejected the God of Wealth’s apology and affirmed that he saw him as the true founder of Martial Dao. The God of Wealth then left a message for his counterpart in the main space-time, urging him to keep fighting and promising to help Theater God fulfill his dream in a future timeline.

• The God of Wealth apologized to Du Guowei for taking credit for Martial Dao theories drawn from other space-times.
• Du Guowei insisted that the God of Wealth had nurtured and taught him, and declared that he deserved to be honored as Martial Ancestor.
• The God of Wealth reflected that this space-time mattered to those living in it, even though he could afford to fail as an explorer while his counterpart in the main space-time could not.
• The God of Wealth urged his counterpart to persevere against the Arrow Realm worlds and hostile deities, promising that fellow travelers would stand by him across timelines.
• The God of Wealth asked his counterpart to apologize to Theater God and promised to gather companions to help Theater God spread traditional opera culture.

Su Wen began collecting martial dao knowledge from the future and arranged for Du Guowei to come to the Imperial Capital. He learned that mask wearers started at the rank of major general, while Du Guowei suddenly felt as if he were having a heart attack.

• Su Wen read his future self’s message about gathering martial dao theories and began studying Du Guowei’s work through Wealth Disrupts Space-Time.
• Su Wen asked Theater God how to request help, then used the red telephone to summon Du Guowei and request a building in the Imperial Capital.
• Theater God told Su Wen that mask wearers began at major general and urged him to focus on strength and preparation for the battlefield.
• Mo Xiao Su asked whether he could wear a mask and become a general, and Theater God told him to complete Arrow Realm training first.
• At Imperial Capital Normal University, Du Guowei woke from dozing and wondered why he suddenly felt as if he were having a heart attack.

Du Guowei was taken from class to meet Su Wen, who revealed the existence of Martial Dao and asked for his opinion. Mistaking the meeting for a test to enter a hidden world, Du Guowei rambled on camera while Su Wen recorded what he considered the future grandmaster's embarrassing past.

• A soldier arrived at Du Guowei's lecture and escorted him away while a man in black asked the class to sign a confidentiality agreement.
• Su Wen met Du Guowei at a secret military-controlled facility and invited him to sit and talk.
• Su Wen asked what Du Guowei thought of the world and Martial Dao, then demonstrated qi and blood gathering in his palm.
• Du Guowei described Martial Dao as a path to immense power and mistakenly believed his answers would help him enter a hidden world.
• Su Wen recorded Du Guowei elaborating on his views, amused at the video he planned to keep as a record of the future grandmaster's embarrassing past.

Su Wen recruited Du Guowei to the newly established Martial Dao General Journal and invited the Theater God to become its deputy chief editor. The Theater God then told Su Wen that Britain's God of Magic was interested in both his Basic Body Tempering Method and the God of Wealth, and asked whether Su Wen wanted to meet him.

• Su Wen offered Du Guowei an editor position at the Martial Dao General Journal, and Du Guowei accepted after learning about the salary and benefits.
• Du Guowei signed the agreement and added Su Wen as a friend before preparing to start work soon.
• The Theater God asked whether Su Wen still planned to teach Xiao Su, and Su Wen said the Shadow God could learn through experience for now.
• Su Wen explained the journal's plans to promote and research Martial Dao, and the Theater God agreed to serve as deputy chief editor.
• The Theater God told Su Wen that Britain's God of Magic was interested in the Basic Body Tempering Method and the God of Wealth, then asked whether Su Wen wanted to meet him.

Su Wen worked for five days to prepare twelve foundational Martial Dao books while the Theater God arranged for the God of Magic to visit Huaxia and help with the Evil Spirit Insect Swarm. After finishing the books, Su Wen met the God of Magic, who had arrived and was enjoying noodles.

• Su Wen asked to skip the meeting so he could write a beginner's guide to Martial Dao, and the Theater God agreed while asking about the Evil Spirit Insect Swarm.
• Su Wen and the Theater God discussed bringing the God of Magic to Huaxia for noodles and enlisting his help, with the Theater God planning to visit Britain afterward.
• Su Wen spent five days writing twelve foundational Martial Dao books and sent them to be checked and formatted for printing.
• Su Wen checked that two months had passed in the future sub-space-time, where he was still studying Martial Dao under Du Guowei.
• Su Wen left his office and found the God of Magic eating hot-oil noodles beside the Theater God, who introduced them.

Su Wen sold his body-tempering method to the Western European Alliance and received magic scrolls from the God of Magic. He then traded information about supreme treasures for the God of Magic's magic book, and revealed where three treasures were held.

• Su Wen agreed to sell his body-tempering method to the Western European Alliance for fifty billion euros, and the God of Magic offered him a Light of Protection scroll.
• The Theater God pressed the God of Magic to give Su Wen ten more Light of Protection scrolls and five Divine Cone of Ice and Snow scrolls.
• The God of Magic asked Su Wen for information about supreme treasures, and Su Wen named the God of Magic's magic book as his price.
• The God of Magic gave Su Wen his black magic book after the Theater God urged him to accept the deal.
• Su Wen told the God of Magic that the Ghost Face Clan held one supreme treasure and the Fire Tree Clan held two.

Su Wen revealed the locations, defenses, and weaknesses of three supreme treasures to the God of Magic, who realized the information was worth far more than the magic book he had traded. The God of Magic left with new respect for Su Wen and the Theater God, while the Theater God recognized that his attempt to repay a favor had only created another debt.

• Su Wen told the God of Magic where the Fire Tree Clan's Tower of Fire Origin and Fire Cloud Orb were hidden, described their powers and weaknesses, and revealed that the Heavenly Grievance Tear rested on the Ghost Face Emperor's throne.
• The God of Magic and the Theater God were stunned by how precisely Su Wen knew the treasures' locations and defenses, and the Theater God regretted making the trade.
• Su Wen claimed his low strength and lack of money prevented him from predicting more, and the God of Magic concluded that money could buy even more detailed information from him.
• The God of Magic praised the Theater God for arranging the exchange and decided to preserve the favor Su Wen owed him, while the Theater God realized the God of Magic now owed him another favor.
• A dark portal appeared, and the Theater God identified the returning Shadow God before asking the God of Magic why he had not left after getting the information.

Mo Xiao Su returned from her Training Arrow Realm as the Shadow God, and the Theater God explained her shadow power and warned her to keep her abilities secret. Su Wen invited her to learn the Martial Dao, and she agreed after hearing how it could strengthen her body and soul; the Theater God then cautioned Su Wen to appeal to her in terms she could relate to.

• The Theater God sent the God of Magic away, and Mo Xiao Su emerged wearing the Shadow God mask.
• Mo Xiao Su told the Theater God that she had cleared Training Arrow Realm number eight and sensed power inside her shadow, which he said she might unlock at the fourth or seventh rank.
• The Theater God warned Mo Xiao Su not to reveal her innate abilities or divine abilities to outsiders.
• Su Wen asked Mo Xiao Su to learn the Martial Dao, and she challenged whether a third-rank martial artist could defeat an ordinary third-rank Heavenly Mandate Bearer.
• The Theater God explained that Martial Dao cultivation could strengthen Mo Xiao Su's body and soul, and she agreed to learn after getting used to her newly awakened divine ability.
• After Mo Xiao Su returned to her office, the Theater God advised Su Wen that abstract ideas like duty and progress would not persuade her to cultivate.

Su Wen warned the Theater God that the Wind God would betray them and lead Emperor Rank Anomalies in an attack that killed them both. The Theater God froze space-time as he tried to understand why he had spared the traitorous Wind God, but no backlash appeared.

• The Theater God reflected on the need to let young Heavenly Mandate Bearers grow at their own pace, and Su Wen asked what he would do if a familiar person ambushed him amid an Anomaly attack.
• The Theater God isolated their conversation and deduced that the familiar attacker could only be the Wind God, since the Star God, Battle God, Su Wen, and God of Wealth were unlikely suspects.
• The Theater God warned Su Wen not to reveal too much, fearing that a detailed prediction could provoke space-time backlash and attract the attention of the maintainer of space-time order.
• Su Wen described a future battle in which the Wind God betrayed them and led Emperor Rank Anomalies to kill them, while the Theater God destroyed much of the Arrow Realm near the Imperial Capital without attacking the Wind God.
• The Theater God activated the Theatrical Phenomena World and froze space-time, but no backlash appeared, leaving Su Wen astonished by his strength.

The Theater God worried that the Holy Spirit Clan had deceived him with false information, but his concern eased when the Star God returned with spoils from the Layi Clan. Su Wen absorbed the Layi Clan's currency until it lost most of its value, and the Star God planned to leave other races resources so their economies could recover.

• The Theater God ended his Theatrical Phenomena World and vowed to confront the Holy Spirit Clan if its information proved false.
• The Star God returned from the Layi Clan and told the Theater God that he and the God of Freedom had seized two supreme treasures, the secret vault, and three layers of land.
• The Star God gave the Layi Clan's currency to Su Wen, who absorbed it for Wealth Source until its value plummeted.
• The Theater God asked whether the Star God had wiped out the Layi Clan, and the Star God said they had avoided doing so to prevent damaging relations with other Arrow Realms.
• The Star God suggested storing the remaining banknotes until the Layi Clan's economy recovered, then asked how much Su Wen had given the God of Magic for his magic book.

The Star God and Theater God gave Su Wen treasures to protect him during his planned exploration of the Arrow Realm, which he knew had been deadly in previous timelines. Su Wen promised the Star God a shocking surprise, and the Theater God then raised the warning that Little Wind would one day lead the Outsiders to kill him.

• The Star God examined the magic book and gave Su Wen a star core to power its forbidden spells, advising him to ask the God of Magic for six Hearts of Elements.
• The Theater God gave Su Wen the Four Symbols Mirror, which could attack, defend, store energy, and conceal his aura.
• Su Wen accepted the gifts and resolved to be cautious when exploring the dangerous Arrow Realm, especially in the main spacetime.
• Su Wen promised the Star God a big surprise in a few days, leaving the Theater God hopeful that he would receive one too.
• The Theater God asked the Star God what he thought of Su Wen's warning that Little Wind would lead the Outsiders to surround and kill him.

Su Wen, the Star God, and the Theater God examined the doubts surrounding the Wind God's future defection and considered whether he had only pretended to betray Huaxia to obtain valuable information. The Theater God explained how an ancient contract could leave him vulnerable, but the reason that might justify the Wind God's actions remained unknown.

• Su Wen described what he had learned about the Wind God's future role in helping the other races surround and kill the Theater God.
• The Star God and the Theater God questioned why the Wind God would truly defect, given the cost and lack of an apparent benefit.
• Su Wen said he believed the Wind God had infiltrated the other races to uncover useful information, rather than genuinely betraying Huaxia.
• The Theater God argued that the Wind God's actions might make sense if the information was valuable enough to justify risking the lives of two God-Prefixed Heavenly Mandate Bearers.
• The Theater God explained that an ancient contract restricted his interference in battles and could leave him exposed if his false Martial God identity for Su Wen were discovered.
• The Theater God said the contract had bought Huaxia years of peace, allowing the God of Wealth to awaken.

Su Wen learned that Theater God had created the Martial God identity to protect their plans, and Star God arranged for Su Wen to fake the God of Wealth’s death in the Arrow Realm. Su Wen agreed to advance to the next rank for the deception, while Star God revised their plan to have Battle God accompany him openly and enter secretly himself.

• Su Wen reasoned that Wind God had likely staged an attack on Theater God and the God of Wealth to infiltrate the other races, though he acknowledged Wind God might truly have betrayed them.
• Theater God explained that he would create the Martial God identity and asked Su Wen to stage the God of Wealth’s fall in the Arrow Realm.
• Star God offered to accompany Su Wen and use the aura from his advancement to make the staged death convincing.
• Su Wen agreed to advance to the next rank, and Star God said an imitation of his divine authority aura could be used if necessary.
• Star God changed the plan so Battle God would accompany Su Wen openly while Star God slipped into the Arrow Realm carefully.

The Star God brought the Battle God back and asked him to protect the God of Wealth during an upcoming trip to the Arrow Realm, but the magic book left by the God of Magic meant the God of Wealth might not need his help. The Theater God’s warning about an opera prompted the others to suspect that the Battle God’s recent inspection tour had left an injustice unresolved, and he was unsure whether anyone had approached him.

• The Star God transported the Battle God back and asked him to accompany the God of Wealth into the Arrow Realm in a few days.
• The Star God explained that the God of Wealth would use the Martial God's identity, and the Battle God agreed to help conceal the plan and protect him.
• The Theater God revealed that the God of Magic had left behind his magic book, making the God of Wealth powerful enough that the Battle God might not be able to protect him.
• The Theater God asked whether the Battle God knew the opera White Silk Robe: Reading the Complaint, and the Star God linked its plot to the Battle God's recent inspection tour.
• Su Wen and the Star God asked whether anyone had appealed to the Battle God about an injustice, and the Battle God said he could not recall speaking to anyone during the tour.

The Star God used the Battle God’s blood to divine whether the warning in the opera excerpt concerned him, while Su Wen investigated the Battle God’s past scandals in the subspace-time. After Su Wen showed the excerpt to the Battle God, the Battle God fell silent, unable to remember what it might refer to.

• The Star God warned that the opera’s prediction likely did not concern the Battle God’s tour of Huaxia and asked whether it involved someone close to him.
• The Battle God gave the Star God blood for a divination as Su Wen searched the Wealth Disrupts Space-Time interface for stories about the Battle God.
• Cai Meng told Su Wen that the Battle God once got drunk at a celebration banquet and jumped into a trash can, then ordered the footage deleted.
• Su Wen played “The White Silk Robe: Reading the Petition” for Du Guowei and the others, who suggested asking the Battle God directly.
• The Wealth Ghost and the others contacted the Star God, and the Battle God sent a projection to the Martial Dao General Journal headquarters.
• Su Wen asked the Battle God about the opera excerpt, and the Battle God fell silent because he could not remember what it concerned.

God of Wealth told Su Wen and the others that Battle God would become friends with Tiansha, the Asura Race’s divine son, and urged them to prevent Tiansha’s downfall in a future civil war. Su Wen identified Tiansha as the figure in the operatic excerpt, while Battle God struggled to believe he would trust someone from the Arrow Realm again.

• Battle God recalled meeting Tiansha in the Arrow Realm and becoming his close companion after Tiansha defended him from Asura soldiers.
• Battle God recounted how Tiansha’s father’s return sparked a civil war in May of year thirty-one, ending with Tiansha sentenced for betraying the clan and the kin faction destroyed.
• Battle God asked Su Wen to help save Tiansha by drawing him away from the Asura Race around April of year thirty-one so that his Asura Battle Dao could reach completion.
• Su Wen told Star God that the excerpt concerned Tiansha, not Battle God, and explained the coming civil war to the group.
• Battle God doubted he would befriend an Arrow Realm being again, while Theater God warned him to reconsider his habit of making friends because war was coming.

Su Wen gave Star God permission to distribute his twelve books on Martial Dao theory, and the group discussed adding Martial Dao to school curricula. Star God also asked Su Wen to predict information about the Star Grand Array, leaving that request unanswered.

• Su Wen told Battle God not to distrust the Arrow Realm's beings automatically and warned him to pay attention to May of year thirty-one if he befriended Tiansha.
• Su Wen gave Star God permission to distribute his twelve books on Martial Dao theory, which he hoped would help develop the Martial Dao system.
• Star God praised Su Wen's contributions, and Theater God asked him to contact the Ministry of Education about adding Martial Dao theory to school curricula.
• Theater God, Star God, and Battle God agreed that Wind God should study Martial Dao theory alongside them.
• Star God explained that Martial God would be credited as the books' author to conceal Su Wen's role, then asked Su Wen to predict information about the Star Grand Array.

Su Wen gathered forty-eight Wealth Dao Heavenly Mandate Bearers and traveled to Arrow Realm No. 13 to refine nonhumans and gain experience. After learning that the Wind God had arrived at the Mountain and Sea Main Battlefield, he decided to go there and discover whether the Wind God was secretly helping the Main Space-Time.

• Su Wen asked the Battle God's phantom about the Mountain and Sea Main Battlefield and learned that its defenses faced a grave threat while the Battle God was occupied elsewhere.
• The Wealth Ghost offered to accompany Su Wen to an Arrow Realm, and forty-eight Wealth Dao Heavenly Mandate Bearers joined him as the Battle God's phantom stayed nearby.
• Su Wen and his group reached Arrow Realm No. 13, where the Heavenly Mandate Bearers slaughtered nonhumans and Su Wen refined them for experience and Wealth Source.
• The Wealth Ghost reported that the Wind God had appeared at the Mountain and Sea Main Battlefield with Wind Dao Heavenly Mandate Bearers, while the attacking nonhumans retreated.
• Su Wen decided to go to the Mountain and Sea Main Battlefield, and the Battle God's phantom supported his decision so they could learn whether the Wind God had truly betrayed humanity.

The God of Wealth arrived at the Mountain and Sea Main Battlefield to judge whether Wind God had betrayed Huaxia, and witnessed Wind God and Star God begin fighting. As otherworldly beings attacked the defense line, a voice asked whether the God of Wealth or Martial God was present.

• Star God used a star array to bring the God of Wealth to the Mountain and Sea Main Battlefield, where Dubhe introduced herself and escorted him to observe Wind God.
• Dubhe enhanced the God of Wealth’s vision, letting him see Star God’s forces facing Wind God and a hundred wind-path Heavenly Mandate Bearers, many of whom seemed mentally unstable.
• A wind-path Heavenly Mandate Bearer’s killing intent reached the God of Wealth, and Star God’s arrays unleashed a powerful attack that vanished before striking Wind God.
• Star God and Wind God vanished into the sky and began fighting as the otherworldly beings launched an assault on the Mountain and Sea Defense Line.
• Dubhe summoned a stellar blade and killed a gigantic flood dragon from the Dragon Abyss Clan, while an unseen voice asked whether the God of Wealth or Martial God was there.

The God of Wealth learned that the Holy Spirit Clan had founded an alliance devoted to killing him, then discovered that the Wind God’s mind had fractured after the deaths of the God of Wealth and Theater God. The Wind God’s mental imprint revealed his crushing guilt over killing the people he loved while carrying out their infiltration plan.

• The God of Wealth learned that the Holy Spirit Clan had used a fate-observing treasure to warn that the Arrow Realms would perish if he survived, and that the clan had secretly founded the alliance targeting him.
• The God of Wealth questioned the raspy voice, which claimed to be Destruction Gale and ranted about destroying the sinful world so a new one could be reborn.
• The Wind God’s madness gave way to a mental imprint he had left in his wind-source laws, which identified the voice as his second personality and addressed the God of Wealth as Big Brother.
• The Wind God explained that the deaths of the God of Wealth and Theater God had overwhelmed him with guilt despite being part of their infiltration plan.
• The Wind God confessed that he had killed his elder brother and forebear and declared that he did not deserve to be human.