Chapter Summaries

President Chuan Abao pushed to publicize the approaching sea monster and livestream an American military response, but his officials persuaded him to delay announcing it. He approved a joint attack with a nuclear fallback as Knight Astolfo carried the illusion of the monster toward the eastern Pacific coast.

• Chuan Abao celebrated the crisis and tried to announce that he would defend America, but Eshipo and the defense secretary blocked his phone from sending another tweet.
• The defense secretary warned Chuan Abao that a failed attack could bring casualties, public panic, and political damage, persuading him to reconsider a public livestream.
• The defense secretary proposed using a nuclear weapon if the conventional assault failed, while other security council members raised concerns about detection and preserving a specimen.
• Chuan Abao ordered a double-guarantee plan: confidential reporters would film a joint attack by all four military branches, which would be livestreamed if successful, with a nuclear strike as the fallback.
• The defense secretary agreed to convene an operations meeting, and America's war machine began to mobilize.
• Knight Astolfo continued across the eastern Pacific carrying the Mist Crystal and the illusion of a giant sea monster toward the United States.

The Starry Sky Council and the other great powers observed the deep-sea behemoth and debated how Kang De might defeat it, while Distant Harbor remained unaware of the danger. The chapter ended as a spatial gate opened over the sea and black cylinders began falling toward the monster.

• The Starry Sky Council connected its Beacon Tower System to the Azure Fleet's scout ship and saw the enormous behemoth surrounded by its young.
• The war leader proposed luring the behemoth toward land and assessed the weaknesses of Kang De's alchemy and weapons.
• The Grand Speaker learned that Distant Harbor had not begun evacuating and that residents had reported spies spreading rumors.
• The Grand Speaker wondered what Kang De was doing after leaving the Azure Fleet about forty minutes earlier.
• The councilors saw a dark spatial gate open in the sky as black cylinders came whistling down.

At the White House, experts argued that the giant sea creature should be studied, but the secretary of defense insisted on destroying it before the public learned of its approach to the mainland. As the American air strike began, the beast raised a purple energy shield against the falling bombs.

• Dr. Chandler identified the creature as an enormous octopus-like cephalopod and urged the military to investigate its origins and study it alive.
• The secretary of defense rejected Chandler’s pleas, arguing that the creature’s approach threatened the country and that public knowledge would trigger nationwide chaos.
• A Chuan asked whether the creature could be captured alive, then demanded to know when the promised air strike would begin.
• The secretary told A Chuan that more than two hundred MK 84 bombs would be dropped by a joint air strike group approaching the target.
• A Chuan watched and filmed as the bombers released their payload, and the creature raised its head and unfolded a dazzling purple energy shield.

The US military’s bombing strike failed to penetrate the behemoth’s purple shield, and Trump ordered a wider campaign to capture or destroy it before it reached American shores. At sea, Kang De redirected the American bombs through the White Mist World and unleashed them on the God of the Star Palace, who remained largely unharmed and challenged the Fire Thief to attack again.

• The US air strike group dropped more than two hundred MK 84 bombs on the behemoth, but a purple energy shield blocked the explosions.
• After learning that the shield had stopped every bomb, the secretary of defense persuaded Trump to capture the creature and study its technology.
• Trump grew alarmed that the behemoth might reach Los Angeles and threatened to use nuclear weapons if the military failed to stop it in time.
• Trump and the secretary of defense wondered whether the creature resembled someone, while the aircraft withdrew from the area.
• Horus told Kang De that they had blocked the first strike, and Kang De explained how he had diverted most of the bombs through the White Mist World.
• Kang De released nearly two hundred bombs onto the God of the Star Palace, whose orbiting boulders and regenerative body withstood the assault as he taunted the Fire Thief.

The rulers of the Empire, Starry Sky Council, and Silver Moon Council watched Kang De’s bombardment of the sea monster and weighed the threat he posed. As the elves debated an alliance and marriage with him, Kang De prepared to face the monster while Dong Tianming fumed that he had ignored his summons.

• The Grand Speaker and the emperor considered whether their defenses could withstand a surprise attack like Kang De’s bombardment, and the emperor blamed Alex for making an enemy of him.
• The emperor privately considered killing Alex and giving Kang De his possessions if Kang De accepted the Empire’s proposal, while remaining wary of Kang De.
• Malegith took over the debate in the Silver Moon Council, argued for bringing Kang De into the Dusk Moon Dynasty through marriage, and agreed to an oath and contract despite the elders’ objections.
• Dairila confronted Malegith after the council, but Malegith predicted that the elders would change their minds and said Kang De intended to kill the sea monster without using a forbidden spell.
• Kang De told Hong San that the first strike had no effect and ordered him to prepare the magical devices for a purpose other than attacking the monster, then left through a Phase Gate.
• Dong Tianming complained that Kang De had ignored his summons to climb a mountain and set out to see what Kang De could do.

A Chuan and the U.S. military prepared a massive attack on Kang De’s sea-monster disguise while Kang De planned to evade the assault with the Paradox Element. In the other world, Dong Tianming watched Kang De confront the beast and dismissed his missile attack as an old trick.

• A Chuan blamed Kang De for the shield-like creature near the United States, but the secretary of defense warned that confronting him could open a dangerous second front.
• Kang De and Horus prepared to remove the illusion and slip away, knowing the Paradox Element’s shield could only protect them for so long and might destroy the Afu.
• Pentagon leaders discussed reviving the Iowa-class battleships, while U.S. forces readied carrier aircraft, submarines, and bombers for a major strike.
• A Chuan ordered the military to record the attack and prepare a B61 nuclear bomb if the beast came within five hundred kilometers of Los Angeles.
• Dong Tianming spotted Kang De approaching the sea monster and watched him launch cruise missiles through Phase Gates at the surrounding boulders.
• Dong Tianming judged Kang De’s use of firearms, explosions, and transportation techniques to be an old story.

The American fleet and air force launched a massive missile assault on Leviathan, but Kang De used the Paradox system to capture the missiles and turn them into weapons against the God of the Star Palace. After the bombardment failed to kill the beast, Kang De taunted it and challenged it to fight him.

• A Chuan ordered the American fleet to fire and told its commander to shout, “For Trump, for America!”
• The American fleet and air force launched hundreds of Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles at Leviathan, whose shield appeared before the missiles reached it.
• Kang De used Horus, the Fire Thief’s time art, and Akatum’s Phase Doors to intercept the missiles and leave Leviathan unharmed.
• Kang De returned to the other world and fired the captured missiles at the God of the Star Palace, wounding it but failing to overcome its regeneration.
• The emperor and the Silver Moon Council watched Kang De’s attack, while A Chuan demanded that the Pentagon use nuclear bombs.
• Kang De insulted the God of the Star Palace, raised his middle finger, and challenged it to fight him.

Kang De baited the God of the Star Palace into attacking, then turned the Pacific Ocean Fleet’s assault back on it. As the creature advanced toward the American coast, A Chuan authorized a nuclear strike, but Leviathan swallowed the bomb before it hit the sea.

• Kang De returned to Earth and sent a barrage of attacks toward the Pacific Ocean Fleet, while Horus questioned attacking servicemen who had helped them.
• A Chuan demanded a nuclear strike against the approaching monster, while the secretary of defense argued that America should capture it and study its energy shield.
• A Chuan used his threat to expose the Pentagon on Twitter to force the secretary of defense to accept a nuclear strike.
• A Chuan authorized the attack, and a B-2 bomber dropped a 340,000-ton bunker-busting nuclear bomb toward Leviathan.
• Leviathan rose from the ocean and swallowed the falling bomb, astonishing A Chuan and the officials watching the live footage.

Kang De launched a single B61-11 Earth-Penetrating Nuclear Bomb at the giant sea beast, revealing that his apparent retreat had concealed a devastating attack. The thermonuclear blast engulfed the beast and its surrounding monsters, while Dong Tianming fled toward Distant Harbor in terror.

• The emperor and the leaders of the Silver Moon Council and Tower of All-Seeing debated sending aid to Kang De after his first attacks seemed ineffective.
• Dairila urged the Silver Moon Council to support Kang De, but an elder opposed relying on him until the minister of war spotted something fleeing near the sea beast.
• Dong Tianming received a warning from Distant Harbor, sensed danger, saw his divination shell explode, and raced toward the harbor.
• Kang De launched a fast-moving boulder that carried a single alchemical bomb through the beast's repulsion field.
• Kang De's B61-11 detonated against the beast, triggering a thermonuclear explosion that engulfed the sea monster and its surrounding creatures.
• Dong Tianming looked back and saw a vast mushroom cloud rise above the burning sea.

Kang De’s thermonuclear bomb destroyed Lahma and triggered the Star Palace’s doomsday alarm, prompting the Gods of the Star Palace to restart their war preparations and move to retrieve him. The chapter ended with the Star Palace preparing to exterminate the mortal world while Distant Harbor waited anxiously for news.

• Kang De’s B61-11 thermonuclear bomb exploded over the sea, scorching Lahma and producing a mushroom cloud that stunned the rulers watching through their remote surveillance systems.
• The emperor saw the weapon’s destructive power and turned his curiosity toward hatred and killing intent, while the Silver Moon Council’s elders reacted with stunned silence.
• At Distant Harbor, Hong San and the military commanders waited for news until Dong Tianming arrived in panic, demanded to see Kang De, and vanished as a paper figure.
• Destroyer and the Gods of the Star Palace detected radiant radiation, declared that the doomsday clock had struck, and ordered the War Council and Extermination Mechanism restarted.
• Destroyer ordered the Starry Firmament Bridge activated and the Warband Guard sent to retrieve Lahma from the mortal world.

Kang De’s nuclear strike badly wounded Lahma but failed to kill him, and the Star Palace raised the Starry Firmament Bridge to begin its extermination campaign. As Kang De crossed back to Earth to attempt another move, Trump ordered more nuclear bombs dropped.

• Kang De and Horus saw the nuclear blast engulf Lahma, then watched starlight extinguish the flames and lift the wounded god toward the Star Palace.
• Apophis activated the Star Palace’s forces and ordered its warbands and weapons to prepare for an invasion of the mortal world.
• Lahma blamed Kang De’s nuclear weapon for ringing the Doomsday Clock, while Kang De, Malegith, and Dong Tianming prepared to face the arriving Star Palace forces.
• Malegith explained that the Starry Firmament Bridge destroyed outside interference, and Kang De opened a Phase Gate and crossed to Earth to try another plan.
• On A Fu’s bridge, Trump saw Lahma survive the nuclear blast and advance toward the west coast, then ordered the military to drop more nuclear bombs.

Trump ordered a nine-megaton W53 nuclear strike against the kraken, but the Starry Firmament Bridge transported the warhead to another world. Kang De and his allies used the weapon to destroy Hermes, Lahma, the Starfury Warband, and much of the bridge, while the resulting aurora left the mortal world unaware that the Star Palace’s invasion had been delayed.

• Trump rejected a second B-83 strike and ordered North America Strategic Command to launch a supposedly retired W53 warhead from a Titan II missile.
• The W53 struck the kraken’s shield and vanished with the monster into another world, where Malegith, Dong Tianming, Parrot, and Kang De prepared to pursue it.
• Kang De and his allies took the Knight Astolfo up the Starry Firmament Bridge, and Kang De used White Mist Element to help turn the damaged ship into a ball of light.
• Hermes led the Starfury Warband and Void Whales against the pursuing ship as Apophis ordered the Star Palace’s forces to attack the mortal world.
• Kang De triggered the Paradox-enhanced W53 inside a sealed space and directed its focused nuclear blast through a Phase Gate, annihilating Hermes, Lahma, and their forces.
• The blast shattered the Starry Firmament Bridge and damaged the Star Palace, while its light appeared across much of the planet as a brilliant aurora.

Kang De awoke after the nuclear lance strike and received the Crimson Scroll in the Sun God's domain, then discovered that the Afu had become a childlike ship girl. He returned to the White Mist World with Afu and Horus, where Parrot celebrated the spectacular destruction in the sky with him.

• Kang De met the Sun God's light in her domain and received the Crimson Scroll, which caused him to lose consciousness.
• Horus told Kang De that the Crimson Scroll had flown to him, and Kang De learned that the Afu had manifested as a human girl who called him Daddy.
• Afu asked Kang De to choose whether she should return as a warship or as a girl, and he apologized for having risked her destruction during the attack.
• Kang De took Afu and Horus through a Phase Gate, and the Divine Ring of Stellar Authority formed wings of light to carry him.
• Parrot caught Kang De in midair, and they celebrated the glowing sky as Kang De explained that he had turned a nine-megaton nuclear bomb into a shaped-charge armor-piercing shell.

Kang De celebrated the defeat of the Star Palace’s invasion and promised to help Cathay in exchange for its support against the Star Palace. After Dong Tianming joined him, Kang De planned to investigate the wreckage near the Broken Isles before leading everyone home.

• Malegith and Parrot praised Kang De for destroying the Starry Firmament Bridge, while Kang De realized the Star Palace would eventually return with a stronger invasion.
• Kang De proposed uniting the mortal world’s powers against the Star Palace and said he would replace leaders who refused to cooperate.
• Dong Tianming asked Kang De to aid Cathay, and Kang De agreed to help once he could while asking Cathay to join the fight against the Star Palace.
• Dong Tianming offered to enter Kang De’s service, and Kang De welcomed him while declaring that no one in his service would kneel.
• Kang De decided to send a fleet and scholars to investigate the wreckage near the Broken Isles, then told everyone to go home.

After destroying the deep-sea behemoth, Kang De returned to Distant Harbor and announced the end of the Battle of the Broken Isles. He claimed the islands, issued orders to secure and study them, and prepared to address the city and its refugees.

• Hong San and the gathered officials worried over the strange lights in the sky until Lily assured them Kang De was safe.
• Kang De returned victorious and declared the enemy destroyed and the danger to Distant Harbor over.
• Kang De ordered an exclusion zone, a combined fleet to patrol the Broken Isles, and Quilion to lead defenses there under his command.
• Kang De ordered Hong San to establish an ordnance and research center and recruit scholars to study the plunder from the islands.
• A Fu activated the citywide broadcast system, and Kang De began his address by saying, "I am Kang De."

Kang De announced Distant Harbor’s victory in the Broken Isles evacuation and urged its people to share the credit, welcoming the refugees as future citizens. The speech prompted reactions across the Empire, the councils, the Star Palace, and Earth, while Apophis prepared to intervene in the mortal world and the fate of Lahma’s scattered divine power remained unknown.

• Kang De broadcast the evacuation’s success, credited Distant Harbor’s people and allies for their work, and invited the refugees to make the city their home.
• Xuelier told Laisalin to seek work with Kang De and explained that she planned to offer seventy-five percent of her abilities as protection.
• The emperor ordered Kang De’s speech banned from circulation and declared that anyone who spread it would be executed.
• The Tower of All-Seeing learned that survivors of Yilan-Su'er wanted rescue, and the speaker promised to send help.
• Apophis learned the Star Palace had been badly damaged and ordered its followers to receive recovered technology to stir up the mortal world.
• A Chuan dispatched forces to investigate the disappearance of a nine-megaton nuclear warhead and a deep-sea monster, while particles of Lahma’s divine power drifted away through the sea.

After destroying the Starry Firmament Bridge and ending the immediate threat in the Broken Isles, Kang De returned to Tina and told her the fighting had paused. He left again for Earth, where his parents welcomed him home and he discovered a long list of missed calls tied to the nuclear blast.

• Kang De reunited with Tina in Danfeng Lucerne, confirmed that the Broken Isles crisis was resolved, and told her to warn Grand Duke Reknos to reject the emperor's proposal.
• Tina kissed Kang De and let him leave to handle an urgent matter, then asked Hilmeria to accompany her to Distant Harbor so she could make sure people there remembered something important.
• Kang De returned to Earth, where Teacher Li and Engineer Kang teased him and urged him to show off his teleportation, while Xiaoman agreed to go out for breakfast with him.
• Xiaoman told Kang De that An Youyi had gone to Europe after being shaken by the Xie Guangjun incident, and Kang De suggested that he and Xiaoman spend time together.
• Uncle Wang called and asked to speak with Kang De, who saw a long list of missed calls and realized people on Earth were investigating the 9.3-megaton nuclear explosion.

Kang De received a call from the Chinese government after a supernatural force stole two American nuclear warheads, and officials suspected his spatial abilities might be involved. After he denied responsibility and offered to help prevent a disaster, they invited him to the capital to discuss the crisis and his proposed ability-user base.

• Kang De teased Xiaoman by claiming the Beggars' Sect was a real secret society before Qin Mengjin called to ask where he had been.
• Qin Mengjin and military officials questioned Kang De about his whereabouts and his purchase of explosives, but he asserted his privacy and denied doing anything reckless.
• A senior general told Kang De that a supernatural force had lured the United States into launching two nuclear warheads, which then vanished without detonating.
• Kang De denied stealing the warheads, said he wanted to prevent a disaster, and learned that countries had activated their highest-level nuclear response plans.
• The general invited Kang De to the capital to discuss the crisis, his abilities, and his proposed base; Kang De told Xiaoman he had been summoned to Zhongnanhai.

Kang De arrived in the capital, where Qin Mengjin welcomed him and took him to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse’s restricted Building Eighteen. After settling in, he learned that military officials and superhumans would visit him, and he eagerly asked whether he could see the national superhuman training base.

• Kang De landed at Western Suburbs Airport and met Qin Mengjin, who had been assigned to handle his arrangements in the capital.
• Kang De and Qin Mengjin joked about his nationalist ambitions and agreed that recovering stolen treasures would be best if their owners returned them willingly.
• Qin Mengjin drove Kang De through the checkpoints to Building Eighteen at Diaoyutai, where he was formally received as the Warchief of the United Kingdom of Comora-Gambia.
• Kang De chose the Chinese-style presidential suite and asked Qin Mengjin what was planned for his visit.
• Qin Mengjin said military and Rocket Force officials would meet Kang De, and offered to take him to the nation's superhuman training base; Kang De excitedly called it Dragon Group headquarters.

Kang De settled into Diaoyutai’s Building 18 while Qin Mengjin considered the danger his powers posed to the world. After visiting Xiaoman, he returned for a meeting with six supernatural beings and saw an opportunity to explore how Earth’s military could use supernatural abilities.

• Kang De toured Building 18 as Qin Mengjin reflected on how governments feared his powers and discussed his arrangements for the upcoming military meeting.
• Kang De considered copying the guesthouse’s antiques, then took a mirrored vase home and joked about using it to scare his father.
• Kang De visited Xiaoman, shared a fantasy about showing off his Building 18 stay, and offered to take her to Paris another time.
• Kang De brought Diaoyutai snacks to Xiaoman’s home and played PS4 with her before leaving for the meeting.
• Kang De used Phoenix Eyes to inspect the arriving military vehicles and detected six supernatural beings, then welcomed the chance to discuss Earth’s use of their abilities.