Chapter Summaries

Wind God’s spiritual imprint revealed his suffering as an undercover infiltrator, his intelligence about the Dragon Abyss Realm and Earth Deities, and his request that God of Wealth protect the Seventh Divine Maiden. After reading it, God of Wealth watched Battle God enter the Mountain and Sea Main Battlefield and begin fighting the enemy army.

• Wind God asked God of Wealth to end the infiltration plan in future space-times and let him defend the battlefield openly instead.
• Wind God revealed that Ao Xiu, a white Flood Dragon living in Three-Nine Spirit Lake on Mountain and River Avenue, had inherited God of Wealth’s god position, and said he had set a calamity in the Dragon Abyss Realm.
• Wind God explained how Earth Deities and Heavenly Officials were assigned to Arrow Realms and asked God of Wealth to treat the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, especially its Seventh Divine Maiden, kindly.
• God of Wealth read Wind God’s imprint and fell silent, while Dubhe gave him a sweet fruit drink before joining the battle.
• Battle God’s phantom vanished, then Battle God appeared on the Mountain and Sea Main Battlefield and summoned countless battle-body clones as fighting erupted.

Su Wen survived the destruction of the Mountain and Sea Main Battlefield only by paying ten thousand Wealth Source to bring back the future items, including twenty years of the future Star God's insights. He revealed the insights to the Star God as a surprise, potentially providing answers about the Star Grand Array's flaws.

• The Wind God's second personality unleashed a Destruction Gale that consumed the battlefield and killed Su Wen.
• The River of Space-Time offered to return Su Wen's future items for ten thousand Wealth Source, and Su Wen accepted.
• The River of Space-Time promised Su Wen a five percent discount on future purchases exceeding twenty thousand Wealth Source.
• Su Wen told the Star God he had gained a surprise that would reveal possible flaws in the Star Grand Array.
• Su Wen extracted the Star God's insights, revealing a mass of purple energy before the Star God, Battle God, and Theater God.

Su Wen gave the Star God a mass of his own insights, triggering a powerful breakthrough as the Theater God and Battle God asked whether Su Wen could buy insights for them too. The Theater God then asked how insight masses were measured and priced.

• Su Wen gave the Star God a purple mass of insights, which entered his forehead and sent him into a powerful state of comprehension.
• The Theater God recognized that the mass contained the Star God's own insights and asked Su Wen whether he could buy insights for him.
• Su Wen said he could buy the Theater God's insights as long as nothing unexpected happened to him, prompting the Theater God to ask about the cost of his funeral.
• The Battle God asked whether Su Wen could buy his insights too, and Su Wen agreed as long as he stayed safe and did not deliberately seek death.
• The Theater God asked Su Wen how insight masses were measured and how much each measure cost.

Su Wen explained that the Star God had traded the Layi Clan’s currency for twenty years of future insight, prompting the Theater God to recognize the bargain and consider raiding the Dragon Abyss Realm for wealth. As the Battle God planned to advance and gather currency from weaker Arrow Realms, the Theater God warned him that his careless words might be exposed to enemy diviners.

• Su Wen told the Theater God that the Star God had exchanged the Layi Clan’s monetary system for twenty years of insight, which the Theater God judged an exceptional bargain.
• The Theater God offered to visit the Dragon Abyss Realm, and Su Wen named Ao Xiu’s home at Three-Nine Spirit Lake on Mountain and River Avenue as a possible target.
• The Battle God said he would advance to King Rank by the end of the month and collect currency from weaker Arrow Realms.
• The Theater God privately warned Su Wen and the Battle God to speak carefully about major Arrow Realms because enemies might be able to eavesdrop or divine their plans.
• The Theater God told the Battle God that his weakness and careless speech made him easy to monitor, leaving the Battle God lamenting that his future seemed open for anyone to inspect.

Su Wen asked Theater God about the Holy Spirit Clan’s strength and learned that it could remain neutral because it was powerful, though it might side with the Arrow Realm if Su Wen lived. Theater God insisted Huaxia must protect Su Wen and prepare to deter its enemies, and Su Wen reaffirmed his commitment to their shared future.

• Su Wen asked Theater God how strong the Holy Spirit Clan was, and Theater God said its Limit Emperor Rank elders and mysterious abilities let it remain neutral despite pressure from the Arrow Realm and humans.
• Theater God described Huaxia’s divided forces and said the six God-Position Heavenly Mandate Bearers could deter other races if they grew stronger and united.
• Theater God warned Battle God that recklessly seeking a fight with the Holy Spirit Clan could doom Huaxia, though they would retaliate if their homeland faced destruction.
• Su Wen said the Holy Spirit Clan might keep leaning toward the Arrow Realm unless he was killed, and Theater God declared that Huaxia must protect him.
• Su Wen thanked Theater God and Battle God, pledged to help build their shared future, and looked forward to traveling with Theater God to promote traditional opera.

Su Wen learned more about the Theater God’s concerns over the Holy Spirit Clan and approved a sample run of martial dao books. After the Theater God demonstrated his ability to absorb their contents at a glance, he directed Su Wen to the God of Magic’s spellbook, where Su Wen found magic that could enhance memory.

• Su Wen clasped hands with the Theater God, and the Battle God joined their laughter after being drawn into the exchange.
• The Theater God explained why Su Wen’s earlier remarks about the Holy Spirit Clan had made him tense, as Su Wen considered how poor the Theater God seemed beside the River of Space-Time.
• Su Wen inspected the military’s hundred sample sets of martial dao books and approved printing them in the same format.
• The Theater God read all twelve books in moments and told Su Wen that memory skills depended on talent and class, then suggested searching the magic book for memory-enhancing spells.
• Su Wen opened the God of Magic’s spellbook, found spells including Memory Enhancement and Instant Memorization, and learned that the latter could endanger a soul that was not strong enough.

Su Wen and Theater God welcomed Wind God back from the Arrow Realm and encouraged him to study Martial Dao, while Theater God tempted him with the chance to show off at school. Their discussion ended when Star God’s epiphany unleashed a pillar of starlight, and Theater God shielded everyone.

• Su Wen celebrated finding the Instant Memorization spell and decided its soul-strength requirement was safe to ignore because of his memories and the River of Space-Time’s protection.
• Theater God said Wind God had returned from the Arrow Realm stronger, likely at Ninth Rank, and teased Battle God about being the same rank.
• Theater God gave Wind God twelve Martial Dao theory books and invited him to join the Martial Dao General Journal as a deputy editor-in-chief.
• Su Wen told Wind God he could treat Martial Dao as optional, but Theater God persuaded him that studying early would let him solve problems in class and show off.
• A pillar of starlight struck down during Star God’s epiphany, and Theater God used the Theater Dao to protect everyone before Star God descended.

After the Star God finished his enlightenment, he prepared to repair the Star Grand Array and lead Su Wen and the Battle God to an Arrow Realm. The Theater God gave Su Wen a Martial God Mask and the Battle God a wooden sword for their plan to make the Arrow Realm believe Su Wen had died.

• The Star God restored the ruined office area and said his new insight might let him reach Emperor Rank after the expedition.
• The Battle God asked Su Wen to help him gain insight in the future, and Su Wen agreed.
• The Star God told Su Wen and the Battle God to choose an Arrow Realm while he repaired the Star Grand Array.
• Su Wen chose an earth-deity-governed realm as the best place to make the Arrow Realm side believe he had died.
• The Theater God gave Su Wen the Martial God Mask and instructed him to put it on during the staged death, while the Battle God used a wooden sword to stop anyone from spying on them.
• The Battle God followed the Theater God's instructions, then wondered whether the Theater God considered him a simpleton.

As Star God upgraded the Star Grand Array, Theater God explained Huaxia’s plan to prepare the public for the coming war with the Arrow Realms. After Star God described the array’s improved ability to detect and rescue newly awakened God-Prefixed Heavenly Mandate Bearers, Su Wen chose Demon Capital No. 9 Arrow Realm as his destination and left with Star God.

• Theater God told Battle God to focus on fighting and growing stronger while others handled complicated tasks.
• The Star Grand Array caused Huaxia’s sky to darken as Star God adjusted it, and Theater God outlined plans to gradually reveal the Arrow Realms to the public.
• Su Wen said Huaxia should reveal the truth gradually, using footage of battles, sacrifices, and heroism if time became short.
• Star God appeared and explained that the upgraded array could detect divinity at the moment a God-Prefixed Heavenly Mandate Bearer awakened and teleport them to safety if they were in danger.
• Su Wen chose the No. 9 Arrow Realm in Demon Capital, where the Evil Spirit Insect Swarm was, and Star God took him there, leaving Battle God behind.

Su Wen, Battle God, and Star God entered the Demon Capital’s No. 9 Arrow Realm, where an earth deity was on duty. After Star God left them to carry out their plan, Su Wen and Battle God headed toward an insect nest and prepared to explore the realm.

• Theater God used a disguise to enter the Dragon Abyss Realm, while Wind God stayed behind to play games.
• Star God explained to Su Wen that a grand array protected the Demon Capital’s No. 9 Arrow Realm instead of soldiers, and recalled Battle God’s old plan to develop land near an Arrow Realm entrance.
• Su Wen, Battle God, and Star God entered the realm and learned that an earth deity was on duty there.
• Battle God explained that the Evil Spirit Insect Swarm’s Fel Energy gave it strong vitality and let it drain vitality from other beings.
• Battle God spotted a medium-sized insect nest two or three hundred kilometers away, and Su Wen asked him where it was.

Su Wen and the Battle God explored an Arrow Realm and found a medium-sized Evil Spirit Insect Swarm nest. After Su Wen accidentally teleported them into its center, he triggered a Heavenly Mandate Quest tied to the God of Wealth as the nest’s main insect appeared.

• Su Wen used Transcendent Thunder Eagle Eye to inspect the insect nest, became sickened by what he saw, and vomited.
• The Battle God collected Su Wen’s vomit and the surrounding soil so they would leave no bodily traces in the Arrow Realm.
• Su Wen and the Battle God planned to attack the nest with a super-tier Flame Meteor spell, but Su Wen’s spatial magic teleported them into its center.
• The Battle God prepared to fight the surrounding insects, but Su Wen stopped him after realizing he had triggered a Heavenly Mandate Quest.
• The nest’s enormous main insect appeared, and the quest instructed Su Wen to listen to its grievances.

Su Wen learned that the Insect Spirit Clan had been enslaved by the Snow Soul Clan and agreed to help free them, responding to a Heavenly Mandate Quest. The Insect Spirits accepted his proposal to ally with the Heavenly Mandate Bearers and brought him an ancient item.

• The Evil Spirit Mother Insect told Su Wen that the Snow Soul Clan had enslaved the Insect Spirit Clan for thousands of years and forced its members into labor and war.
• A Heavenly Mandate Quest asked Su Wen whether he would help the Insect Spirits, whose ancestors had allied with the Heavenly Mandate Bearers.
• Su Wen proposed that the Insect Spirit Clan fight alongside the Heavenly Mandate Bearers, and the Evil Spirit Mother Insect accepted but asked him to remove their enslavement contracts.
• The Star God promised to deal with the contracts, and Su Wen told the Insect Spirit Mother Insect he could free them, prompting the swarm to howl with excitement.
• The Evil Spirit Mother Insect said the Insect Spirit Clan would return an item preserved since ancient times, and a humanoid Insect Spirit arrived carrying a battered earthenware basin.

Su Wen received a mysterious clay basin as his Heavenly Mandate reward and went with Battle God to destroy a Snow Soul Clan encampment. After his experience filled and he began advancing, Star God instructed Battle God to attack him in disguise.

• Su Wen accepted the clay basin reward, and the insect spirit patriarch explained that it had been entrusted to the clan by a previous Heavenly Mandate Bearer and might awaken through Su Wen's power.
• The insect spirit patriarch asked Su Wen to kill Snow Soul Clan members stationed nearby, so Su Wen and Battle God followed a guide insect to their encampment.
• Su Wen destroyed the encampment with Meteor Fire Shower before Battle God could join the fight.
• Su Wen's second-rank experience filled, and he began advancing while Battle God stood guard.
• Star God told Battle God to use Change Form in the mask and attack Su Wen while disguised as someone else.

The Star God and Battle God staged Su Wen’s public death as the God of Wealth to conceal his survival and new identity as the Martial God. The Insect Spirit Clan mourned the apparent loss of their hope and planned to report the events to the Snow Soul Clan, while Su Wen was warned to keep wearing the Martial God Mask.

• The Battle God used the Theater God’s wooden sword to evade heavenly interference, then fought the Insect Spirit Clan Leader while pretending to attack Su Wen.
• A blood-robed figure cut Su Wen’s ascending body in two, creating the appearance that the God of Wealth had died, then escaped with the Battle God.
• The enraged Insect Spirit Clan Leader ordered her subordinate to report the God of Wealth’s death and request resources from the Snow Soul Clan.
• The Star God explained to Su Wen how they had staged the death and warned him not to remove the Martial God Mask until he reached Emperor Rank.
• The Battle God remarked that their plan had deceived the Insect Spirit Clan after it had tried to protect Su Wen.

The Star God planned a state funeral for the God of Wealth and discussed how to use it to prepare the public for revelations about the Arrow Realms and Heavenly Mandate Bearers. Su Wen agreed to attend as the Martial God, while the Star God warned that Arrow Realm beings studied human history and thought patterns to devise attacks.

• The Star God advised the Battle God to consult him, the Theater God, and the God of Wealth before making major personal decisions, and the Battle God agreed.
• The Star God told Su Wen that the state would hold a grand funeral for the God of Wealth the next day, with Su Wen attending as the Martial God.
• The Star God proposed using the funeral and the Martial Dao General Journal to introduce the Arrow Realms, Heavenly Mandate Bearers, body-tempering, and Martial Dao to the public.
• The Star God said the public announcement would call the God of Wealth a national hero who died for the country, while Heavenly Mandate Bearers would be told he died exploring No. 9 Arrow Realm in the Demon Capital on July 28, 2022.
• The Star God explained that Arrow Realm beings studied human books and arts to understand human thinking and might use those patterns to attack, prompting Su Wen to connect their research to the Mental Gu Seed planted in the Battle God.

Su Wen returned to the organization with the Star God and Battle God, then examined the clay basin awarded by his Heavenly Mandate Quest. He discovered that its golden glow might only come from his Wealth Source, and began wondering whether Sycee's personality could help explain the basin.

• The Battle God asked the Star God to avoid mentioning an awkward body part when discussing the Mental Gu Seed, and the Star God agreed to speak with the Theater God.
• The Star God, Battle God, and Su Wen returned to the office, where the Wind God asked about their quick return and learned that the God of Wealth's funeral would be held the next day.
• Su Wen decided to move into the Martial God's office while keeping the God of Wealth's office for a spirit tablet to commemorate fallen versions of the God of Wealth.
• Su Wen showed Sycee the clay basin and asked whether it was the Treasure Bowl, but Sycee said it did not resemble that divine artifact and could not sense the God of Wealth's aura in it.
• Su Wen infused the clay basin with the Wealth Source, making it flash gold, but Sycee explained that any object blessed with the Wealth Source could glow that way.
• Su Wen remembered Sycee's personality description and suspected it might offer a way to investigate the clay basin.

Su Wen questioned Sycee about his secret stash and learned that awakening the possibly dormant Treasure Bowl could endanger Sycee unless his divinity grew stronger. After spending 30,000 Wealth Source and raising Sycee's divinity to four points, Su Wen decided to gather more Wealth Source before attempting the awakening.

• Su Wen asked Sycee about his secret stash, and Sycee explained that the clay basin might be the Treasure Bowl but awakening it could destroy his remaining divinity.
• Su Wen warned Sycee not to conceal important information again and spent 30,000 Wealth Source raising Sycee's divinity by two points, to four.
• Sycee denied skimming Wealth Source and explained that he could gather small amounts of it, though storing it with him would only strengthen his power.
• Su Wen decided to raise Sycee's divinity to at least six points before attempting to awaken the Treasure Bowl.
• Su Wen spent ten billion U.S. dollars and ten billion euros, and his Wealth Source balance began to change.

Su Wen watched Sycee advance to the intermediate stage and unlock Space-Time Projection, which turned future space-time descriptions into audiovisual scenes at a steep cost. He decided to use the new ability to investigate a brand-new sub-space-time.

• Su Wen saw that Sycee had reached five divinity after spending Wealth Source Points to feed it, and waited as it began advancing.
• Sycee completed its advancement and explained that Space-Time Projection could show scenes from a future space-time, with the River of Space-Time charging based on the span and amount of footage.
• Su Wen learned that projecting his previous four-plus months would cost five thousand Wealth Source Points after a first-use discount, and declined to view it.
• Su Wen asked Sycee to activate Wealth Disrupts Space-Time so he could use Space-Time Projection to investigate a brand-new sub-space-time.

Su Wen traveled thirty years into the future and found the Imperial Capital devastated by war, then received a huge fortune from the Theater God’s raid on the Dragon Abyss Realm. After gaining 450,000 Wealth Source Points, Su Wen looked into a cage containing a white flood dragon.

• Su Wen extended his traversal to thirty years and arrived in a tense, impoverished Imperial Capital whose residents avoided him.
• Su Wen projected a vision of the future and saw a gray sky, patched clothing, and blood-red lights flying toward the city’s outskirts.
• The Theater God returned from the Dragon Abyss Realm with wealth taken from its emperor’s treasury and the royal capital’s mansions.
• Su Wen refined the stolen currency and raised his Wealth Source total to 450,000, enough to pursue awakening the Treasure Bowl.
• The Theater God showed Su Wen a large black cage containing a white flood dragon.

Su Wen learned that Ao Xiu was destined to inherit his God of Wealth position and considered killing him to prevent future trouble. After Ao Xiu described his extraordinary luck and displayed his many treasures, Su Wen and the Theater God wondered if he was a dragon of heavenly mandate.

• The Theater God revealed that he had captured Ao Xiu, the Flood Dragon who lived at the Three-Nine Spirit Lake, and brought him to Su Wen.
• Su Wen used the magic book to let Ao Xiu understand their language, then revealed that Ao Xiu would succeed him after his death.
• The Theater God urged Su Wen to kill Ao Xiu, but Su Wen asked him to explain his abilities before deciding whether to spare him.
• Ao Xiu recounted how his birth and misfortunes had coincided with others’ gains, and described repeatedly finding experts and rare treasures through luck.
• Ao Xiu showed them his collection and explained the stories behind it, leaving Su Wen and the Theater God wondering whether he was a dragon of heavenly mandate.