Chapter Summaries

Reck welcomed his uncle Naz and the Wanda Civilization’s delegation to the Merrick First Governing Planet, where they witnessed Lister establish a new Galactic Federation and announce its constitution. The conference opened legal recognition and advancement paths to unregistered civilizations, while placing the new order under Lister and Boren’s leadership.

• Reck met Uncle Naz and guided the Wanda Civilization’s delegation into the immense conference hall, explaining that Lister would announce the new constitution there.
• Seven days later, Lister appeared at the founding conference beside Boren Leviathan and declared the first year of the Galactic Era and the reestablishment of the Galactic Federation.
• Lister abolished the old civilization ranking system, recognized unregistered civilizations as level-zero civilizations, and tied rankings to the evolution of each civilization’s strongest advanced lifeform.
• Lister restructured the Federation Military District around the Central Army and Civilization Armies, removing the Expeditionary Army from its system.
• Quint announced detailed rules during the three-day conference, and unregistered civilizations celebrated their new legal status as support for Lister surged.

Three years after the New Galactic Federation formed, Lister decided to establish a new cosmic power and launch an offensive against the Void Corridor as its agents continued probing the Merrick Star Region. The eighth act of the game then opened, placing players across three galaxies and making Lister the leader of the Undying Legions as the war approached.

• Naz and Colonel Reck observed a surge of civilizations applying for registration, while a black ship at the seventh docking port ruptured and released corrosive liquid that killed guards.
• Hoffman and Kavin uncovered Void Corridor agents using dissolving rhomboid crystals, and Reck stopped a parasitic infiltrator before its crystal destroyed it.
• Wang Yue, Lister, Boren, Hoffman, and Kavin concluded that the Void Corridor was searching for the moving Soul Barrier and agreed to form a new cosmic power and seek cooperation with the Order of the End.
• Three years later, Sariel told Lister that the first allied forces were assembled to attack a galaxy affiliated with the Void Corridor, and that the new power was about to be announced.
• The God's Rise game reopened with its eighth act, announced the New Galactic Federation's impending conflict with the Void Corridor, and made Lister the leader of the three Undying Legions after he accepted the main quest.

Lister sent a joint fleet toward the N7 Galaxy to declare his faction’s hostility to the Void Corridor. The Void Clan’s elders learned that Lister and Kavin both wielded Lord of World Annihilation-level power and debated how to respond, leaving them inclined to wake one of their three lords.

• Players spread across the three galaxies, gathered information, and discussed Count Merrick’s conquests as Lister spent his experience on passive abilities.
• Lister led more than ten thousand warships and allied forces from the Babylon and Divine Rise Galaxies toward the N7 Galaxy to begin a war with the Void Corridor.
• Damon told the Void Clan’s elders that Lister was a rank 21 Lord of World Annihilation who had killed Morris and assembled an army against them.
• Damon revealed that Kavin, a tier 19 figure from the Babylon Galaxy, also possessed Lord of World Annihilation-level combat power and was close to Lister.
• The elders weighed waking their three lords but feared that deploying all of them could provoke the other superpowers, so they considered waking one lord and seeking a temporary resolution.

Lister’s forces launched a probing invasion of the N7 Galaxy, where players fought the Void Clan and revealed their unusual ability to revive. Rhein and Damon realized Lister had brought an Undead Legion, while Lister watched the battle serve both as training for his troops and a way for the players to grow stronger.

• Lister ordered his fleet to advance in three groups, and the Mechanical Civilization’s vanguard broke through Void defenses in the Gamma-331 Star Region.
• Players battled Void warriors, and a Void mage’s attempt to enslave a heavy warrior failed before the War God of Jiangling Prefecture killed the mage.
• Damon identified warriors who looked alike and learned they were living beings who revived after death and grew stronger by killing enemies.
• Rhein and Damon recognized that Lister had brought an Undead Legion and two Lords of World Annihilation, and Rhein blamed Morris for provoking the conflict.
• The players kept reviving and fighting, gaining experience and levels as Lister watched them grow stronger while his forces trained against the Void Clan.

Lister’s fleet faced the Void Corridor’s full assault, which destroyed his warships and overwhelmed the players with elite Void Clan forces. Curtis, a Lord of Xumi, confronted Lister, but outside powers gathered nearby and Curtis hesitated as he sensed them watching.

• Damon ordered his forces to withdraw, while the Undying Legion breached the third war zone and players received a contribution leaderboard.
• A month later, Lister learned that other factions were monitoring the N7 Galaxy as his activities in the Void Corridor drew attention.
• The Void Corridor launched a surprise attack, destroying Lister’s fleet and killing most players with powerful Void Crystals.
• Lister realized the attacking Void Clan forces were elite fighters far stronger than the players, and Curtis appeared on the battlefield as a Lord of Xumi.
• Curtis challenged Lister over the conflict, but Lister revealed that hostile World-Ending Level powers were watching nearby, causing Curtis to look toward them and hesitate.

Lister easily broke Curtis's planar prison, then wounded him with a soul-cutting saber strike as other World-Ending experts arrived. The new arrivals formed opposing camps around the battlefield, while Lister kept his blade ready amid their dispute over whether the fighting should stop.

• Curtis trapped Lister in a three-layer Otherworldly Cage, but Lister broke through its soul attacks with a knee strike and shattered the remaining layers with his saber.
• Lister challenged Curtis and cut through his Thousandfold Mirror Images, striking his soul and leaving him badly wounded.
• The crystal-crowned woman from the Emerald Royal Court protected Curtis, while Kaos of the Order of the End joined Lister and praised his soul-cutting attacks.
• Grand Duke Alkas called for the fighting to end, and Ruler Two invoked the Pan-Universal Civilization Convention before Kaos rejected its authority.
• Lister watched the factions trade accusations and spread his Killing Intent Wave across the battlefield as the powerhouses settled into a three-way standoff.

Lister ended the battle in the N7 Star Sector by negotiating a truce with the Void Corridor and securing the Gray Domain Galaxy. His devastating saber technique made his faction known across the universe, while both the Emerald Royal Court and the Void Corridor began preparing for a confrontation tied to the Seed of Eternity in 407 years.

• Lister told the gathered World Annihilation experts to leave, but Curtis, Aiselyn, and Kaos argued over whether the fighting should continue until Grand Duke Arkas intervened.
• Lister demanded that the Void Corridor withdraw its intelligence agents from three galaxies and give him the Gray Domain Galaxy, while Curtis insisted that the conflict remain limited to Overlord Tier and the sides signed a blood contract.
• Aiselyn warned Lister that the Emerald Royal Court would oppose him over the Seed of Eternity, and the players continued fighting after the experts departed.
• Footage of Lister's slash spread across the universe, establishing his reputation as a newly risen World Annihilation expert and prompting talk of his faction becoming the eighth superpower.
• The Emerald Royal Court's elders ordered Aiselyn to monitor Lister and restrict his faction's growth, while Curtis directed the Void Corridor to prepare for a future battle and continue researching the Undying Legion.

After Lister’s victory spread across the universe, Hegemons flocked to the Milky Way to seek an alliance with his rising power. Lister welcomed the assembled powers and left them waiting in awe as he arrived at the Galactic Council Center.

• Ewaer learned that Lister had already reached World Annihilation at the previous Hegemon meeting, regretted rejecting an alliance, and decided to travel to the Milky Way.
• Lister discussed the likely threat from the Emerald Royal Court while Hoffman and Kavin debated how many forces to station in the Gray Domain Galaxy.
• Sariel reported that an unidentified fleet from the Extreme Cold Galaxy had arrived, and Lister ordered the visitors admitted and sent to the Third Governing Star.
• Naz and Reck managed the crowded arrivals as Overlord Tier representatives from seventeen galaxies gathered to meet Lister.
• Ewaer joined the waiting Hegemons, and the Lord of Qingteng announced that Lister would soon arrive.
• Lister entered the hall through condensed killing intent crystals, surveyed the assembled Hegemons, and thanked them for coming.

Lister recruited neighboring Hegemons into his new force and declared that they would seize the surrounding galaxies, starting with Gebeier’s Bloodred Galaxy. As Lister’s army prepared to attack, the Void Corridor refused to defend Gebeier, and Lister revealed the chained Kaos to his uneasy commanders.

• Lister marked out a territory spanning a couple dozen galaxies and told the gathered Hegemons that they could join his new force or leave.
• Lister named Gebeier and the Bloodred Galaxy as the first target of the purge, and Ewaer, the Crimson Archbishop, and the other Hegemons agreed to join.
• Gebeier learned that the new force was assembling to attack him and demanded that the Void Corridor honor its mutual-defense agreement.
• Damon refused to intervene in the Overlord Tier conflict, citing the agreements with Lister and the rules restricting World Annihilation powerhouses.
• Three months later, Lister’s army arrived at the Bloodred Galaxy, and Lister announced that war would begin in three days.
• When Archbishop Tunan questioned the risk of fighting the Void Corridor’s ally, Lister projected an image of the chained Kaos.

Lister refused Gebeier’s surrender and ordered the extermination of the Bloodred Galaxy to continue. Meanwhile, Major General Qi investigated a newly discovered barrier in the Angis Galaxy, where rival factions arrived to claim the mysterious Eye of Ashes.

• Ewaer and Crimson observed the undead legion’s rapid growth and discussed its potential role in Lister’s new faction.
• Archbishop Tunan reported that Gebeier wanted to surrender, but Lister ordered Ewaer to continue the extermination.
• Lister reassured Wang Yue about her chances of reaching Overlord Tier before she brought him a report about a new barrier in the Angis Galaxy.
• Major General Qi’s fleet investigated the barrier near the Eye of Ashes, where a volunteer vanished and energy readings proved unusually high.
• Qi’s first officer reported that the Anton Defense Corps, the Hegelis Chamber of Commerce, the Grayrock Church, and other factions had arrived.

Major General Qi rescued the Thirty-Seventh Army soldier from the factions fighting over the Eye of Ashes, then called in the Undying Legion to hold off the attackers. As the players overwhelmed the enemy fleets, Juya and the other leaders realized they were facing an undead army.

• Major General Qi faced more than a dozen factions that attacked his fleet and demanded access to the Eye of Ashes barrier.
• When the barrier reopened, a Thirty-Seventh Army soldier emerged with his combat power raised from C-rank to A-rank, prompting Juya and the others to try to seize him.
• Major General Qi unleashed Blood Erosion: Hunter, pulled the soldier to his cruiser, and escaped using Blood Phase Jump.
• Major General Qi ordered the Undying Legion to take over the battlefield and hold the factions until Lord Lister arrived.
• The Undying Legion players attacked the enemy ships, and Juya realized that warriors he had killed were returning to battle.
• Leina identified the attackers as the Undead Legion, leaving Juya stunned that Lister commanded an entire legion of undead.

Lister arrived at the Eye of Ashes, annihilated the forces attacking its barrier, and forced the surviving faction leaders to accept Milky Way rule over the Angis Galaxy. He completed the players’ side quest and brought Major General Qi and the sergeant to the barrier, asking how they had entered.

• Juya, Leina, and the other faction leaders attacked the Eye of Ashes barrier while their forces fought the Undead Legion and players for three days.
• Lister arrived with a small fleet and used Killing Intent Release and the Shadowless Blade to destroy most of the attackers, including Juya and several fleeing faction leaders.
• Lister spared the remaining leaders but declared that the Angis Galaxy belonged to the Milky Way Galaxy and forbade them from leaving it.
• Leina and the other surviving faction leaders knelt and accepted Lister’s command, while the players received notice that their side quest was complete.
• Lister brought Major General Qi and the sergeant to the Eye of Ashes and asked how they had entered.

Lister entered the Eye of Ashes barrier, where accelerated time and enhanced training helped him break through the bottleneck in his combat skills. He raised Merrick Saber Technique and Flash to SSS rank before continuing his training in the barrier.

• Lister learned that Godi had entered the Eye of Ashes using a meteorite key, and Major General Qi explained that the meteorite matched the barrier’s material.
• Major General Qi ordered the soldiers to search for more keys, and they found over ten meteorites in half a day.
• Lister used a key to enter the Eye of Ashes barrier and discovered that time passed 1,080 times faster inside while active-skill training was greatly enhanced.
• Lister trained for nine years inside the barrier, realized that killing intent was an extension of saber technique, and raised Merrick Saber Technique from SS rank to SSS rank.
• Lister continued training Flash, reconstructed space using his saber soul as an anchor, and raised Flash from SS rank to SSS rank.

Lister upgraded Knee Strike, secured the Eye of Ashes as a training ground, and distributed keys to his allies. Meanwhile, Crimson stopped Gebeier’s self-destruction and revealed a looming danger tied to the Seed of Eternity; two years later, Lister used Soul Crystals to remove the upgrade limits on Robust Soul and Saber Soul Mastery.

• Lister upgraded Knee Strike to Grade SS, left the barrier, and designated the Eye of Ashes a restricted training zone.
• Lister gave Major General Siegfried two keys and planned to let his allies and leading players train inside the time-dilated barrier.
• Gebeier tried to incite the Hegemons against Lister and then trigger a self-destruction using the Void Insignia, but Crimson reversed the energy and destroyed him.
• Crimson warned Ewaer that trouble was coming from the Eternal Sea of Trees and that other forces would hunt those who fled.
• Two years later, Lister absorbed one thousand Soul Crystals inside the Soul Barrier, endured a severe assault on his identity, and lifted the upgrade limits on Robust Soul and Saber Soul Mastery.

Lister recovered inside the soul barrier, reached level 230, and organized the Hegemon's Trial to train promising contenders from three galaxies. As fleets arrived for the competition, Chen Shanqiang discovered players were selling places on team rosters before the trial began.

• Lister recovered from his injuries, spent his experience points to reach level 230, and found that improving Saber Soul Mastery required high-purity Soul Crystals.
• Lister announced the Conqueror's Trial for qualified contenders from the Milky Way, Babylon, and Divine Rise Galaxies, offering Soul Crystals and entry keys to the Eye of Ashes Barrier as rewards.
• Lister gave Boren Leviathan 200 Soul Crystals, invited Leviathan Civilization experts to compete, and set aside resources for Wang Yue, Hoffman, and Roland.
• A month later, fleets carrying players and native experts arrived in the Milky Way for the Hegemon's Trial, and the returning top players drew crowds on Merrick Ninth Administrative Planet.
• Chen Shanqiang found first-tier players advertising guaranteed Soul Crystal rewards and chances at barrier entry keys in exchange for real-world payments, and realized they were selling team competition spots.

Lister learned that Kavin Dill had encountered the Star Machine Civilization at the Ancient Machine Kingdom ruins and went there himself while leaving the Hegemon's Trial in progress. Kavin activated the ruins, found the Ancient Machine Holy Grail, and faced Ruler Two, who offered him a chance to leave before they fought.

• Quint told Lister that Kavin Dill's personal guard had reported an encounter with the Star Machine Civilization, and Lister decided to go to the Ancient Machine Kingdom ruins himself.
• Kavin Dill explored the ruins while his first personal guard monitored the Star Machine Civilization forces following them.
• Kavin activated the Ancient Machine Kingdom's defenses and found the Ancient Machine Holy Grail, a relic that could restructure mechanical lifeforms and bodies.
• Ruler Two appeared before Kavin, criticized the Church of Mechanical Truth and its humanlike mechanical lifeforms, and warned Kavin to leave or face a fight.

Kavin battled Ruler Two over the Ancient Machine Holy Grail inside the Ancient Machine Kingdom ruins, while Aiselyn watched from afar, hoping their conflict would weaken rival factions. Kavin claimed the Holy Grail and uncovered evidence that the Star Machine Civilization had abandoned the Ancient Machine Kingdom before its destruction, as Ruler Two prepared to attack him without restraint.

• Aiselyn revealed that she had arranged for the Holy Grail to draw Kavin and Ruler Two into conflict, dismissing the elders’ fears that it might trigger the decisive battle early.
• Kavin challenged Ruler Two’s claim to the ruins, but Ruler Two invoked the Pan-Universal Civilization Regulations and attacked with a Mechanical Erosion Storm and an energy cannon.
• Kavin used the ruins’ defenses to hold off Ruler Two, then activated the Ancient Machine Holy Grail and authenticated himself as its new master.
• The Holy Grail showed Kavin that the Emerald Royal Court, the Void Corridor, and an unidentified faction had attacked the Ancient Machine Kingdom, while encrypted data revealed its mechanical technology.
• Ruler Two transformed into a colossal mechanical deity and demanded the Holy Grail, but Kavin declared that the Star Machine Civilization were deserters who would never be acknowledged by it.

Lister arrived as Kavin was near death from Ruler Two’s Mechanical Poison and overwhelmed the ruler with his newly gained tier 23 strength. After Ruler Two fled, Lister wounded Aiselyn, who departed after reaffirming that the Gray Domain Galaxy belonged to him.

• Ruler Two’s Mechanical Poison overwhelmed Kavin’s defenses, and the Ancient Machine Holy Grail activated to counter the poison while its energy began eroding Kavin.
• Ruler Two prepared to kill Kavin, but Lister emerged from a spatial rift and cut the mechanical spear apart with a giant saber strike.
• Lister revealed his tier 23 strength, severed Ruler Two’s mechanical idol arm and injured his soul, then demanded to know why he had entered the Gray Domain Galaxy.
• Ruler Two entered his second phase but broke apart into nanounits and fled when Lister prepared to attack again.
• Lister confronted Aiselyn and slashed her after she appeared, and she reaffirmed that the Gray Domain Galaxy was his before vanishing in falling petals.

Lister founded the Machine-Slaying Federation before delegations from the universe’s superpowers, demonstrating his immense strength with a slash that permanently damaged space. The ceremony established the Federation as a new power controlling thirty-six nearby galaxies, while the looming conflict between factions remained unresolved.

• Kaos tested Lister by seizing the Crimson Archbishop’s dark red book, but Lister freed it with a killing-intent slash and warned Kaos to behave at the ceremony.
• Delegations from the Star Machine Civilization, the Crimson Covenant, the Emerald Royal Court, the Spirit Remains Star Abyss, and the Eternal Night Royal Court arrived, while the Void Corridor sent no delegation.
• Lister appeared with Kavin and declared that the Machine-Slaying Federation had officially been founded.
• Lister swung a blade made of killing intent, overwhelming the gathered representatives and carving a vast spatial rift that could not recover.
• Lister displayed a map showing that the Federation controlled thirty-six galaxies near the Milky Way Galaxy.

The Machine-Slaying Federation was founded and began rapidly expanding, while Hunter reunited with his father, Powell, and brought seven meteorite keys back from the Eye of Ashes Barrier. As Lister and Kavin discussed the coming war and Kavin’s plans for the Star Machine Civilization, Hoffman advanced to the Overlord Tier but fell short of World Annihilation level.

• Lister rallied the Federation’s armies and allied forces, and representatives from 137 galaxies celebrated the founding of the Machine-Slaying Federation.
• The Federation began upgrading its core galaxies and facilities as Hunter escorted a shipment of tantalum dark alloy and secretly returned seven meteorite keys to the Merrick Civilization.
• Hunter called Powell Father after years of resentment, and Powell advised him to prepare for his fourth evolution and maintain his friendship with Sariel.
• Lister and Kavin agreed that Kavin would deal with the Star Machine Civilization after the war began in more than three hundred years, while avoiding action before then.
• Hoffman’s aura broke into the fourth class advancement as energy flowed into the temple, but Lister concluded that Hoffman had reached the Overlord Tier without attaining World Annihilation level.