Chapter Summaries

Su Luo learned that Qing Yunnan could copy other survivors’ Talents and added him as a friend, while civilizations on separate battlefields faced new developments. Song Shige’s civilization was attacked by powerful creatures emerging from underground, leaving him searching for a way to stop the invasion.

• Su Luo asked Qing Yunnan about his Talent, and Qing Yunnan admitted that he could copy other survivors’ Talents at a cost.
• Su Luo and Qing Yunnan used Friend Slot Expansion Cards to add each other, then Qing Yunnan wondered how Su Luo had solved the population problem.
• Jiang Mengrui’s civilization, Heaven’s Gate, reached one million people after twenty years of development, and a new event announced prehistoric ruins.
• Song Shige saw the Barbarian Invasion event begin as powerful underground creatures emerged and devastated his civilization.
• Song Shige asked a blindfolded survivor whether such world-ending crises occurred on other battlefields, then returned his attention to Origin Star to devise a countermeasure.

Mu Ri discovered that his civilization panel was a tangible silver-white book, and touching it unleashed immense power, leading him to suspect he had inherited lost authority. In the Pure White Space, Su Luo prepared to begin a test with Kundina and asked Yun Xiaoxiao to collect data.

• Mu Ri reviewed the Suguang Civilization’s progress and saw that it still needed 80,000 more people to unlock its Golden Age.
• Mu Ri compared the panel with the gods guiding the other civilizations and wondered what the panel was.
• Mu Ri touched the silver-white book behind the panel, gained overwhelming strength, and shattered part of Changhe City’s wall.
• Mu Ri put the book back into his consciousness and reflected that he had gained lost authority.
• Kundina told Su Luo she had reached the maximum level, and Su Luo agreed to begin.
• Su Luo asked Yun Xiaoxiao to collect data and took out an enhanced Spell Recording Crystal.

Su Luo reviewed the Civilization Rankings and learned that Suguang Civilization still needed a population of more than five hundred thousand to qualify for the Steam Age. Meanwhile, a Suguang warship reached the Yunmeng Continent and introduced Ximo Civilization to the greater world, leaving Mu En facing questions about how his people had developed their steam engine.

• Su Luo checked the Civilization Rankings and found six civilizations listed, including Jiang Mengrui’s, while Suguang Civilization remained classified as late Iron Age because its population was too small.
• A Suguang sailor arrived at Ximo Civilization’s harbor aboard a steel warship after crossing the Endless Ocean from the Cangyuan Continent.
• The sailor told Mu En that Suguang Civilization had more than seven hundred thousand people, steam cars, railways, and airships, and that it had come to establish trade and survey the Yunmeng Continent.
• Mu En described Ximo Civilization’s population, early Steam Age development, and resources, then explained that his people had built their steam engine with God’s guidance.
• The sailor noticed that Ximo’s steam engine resembled those in Suguang Civilization and asked Mu En how they had built it.

A crewman from the Suguang Civilization learned that the man in black traded with the Dwarf Civilization and threatened to attack their port. Su Luo and the other survivors chose the Earth-Surging Demon Spring event, while Mu Ri received a quest warning that the crisis was returning.

• The crewman questioned the man in black about the Dwarf Civilization and demanded to know where its port was so he could attack it.
• Su Luo reviewed the Suguang Civilization’s growth and saw its ranking rise after it developed high-energy gunpowder.
• Su Luo proposed choosing the Earth-Surging Demon Spring event for its mana, and Qing Yunnan agreed.
• Mu Ri received the Earth-Surging Demon Spring quest, along with a Mana Converter and Basic Spell, and worried that another apocalyptic crisis had arrived too soon.

Mu Ri discovered that demonic beasts were pouring from fissures across the continent and prepared the Suguang Civilization to face them with new weapons and the Silver-White Book’s power. After defending Changhe City, he killed an intruder and learned that officials and military leaders were divided over whether he was a god’s incarnation or had stolen divine authority.

• Mu Ri saw demonic beasts emerging from fissures and ordered the workers to stop regular production and make what he taught them.
• Mu Ri confronted a giant wolf near Changhe City, defeated it with a punch, and began to understand how the Power of Faith could strengthen him.
• Workers mounted twenty steam-powered Fixed Cannons on Changhe City's walls, while Mu Ri fought beasts the cannons could not stop.
• Mu Ri burned a giant bear to ash with a golden pillar of fire after it attacked Changhe City's wall.
• Mu Ri killed a man who had entered his residence, then heard from his intelligence officer that officials and military leaders were split between the God Incarnation Faction and the Stealing Faction.

Mu Ri evacuated Changhe City as the Suguang Civilization struggled against magical beasts, then established a Mana Converter and steam-armored forces that began turning the tide. In the Pure White Space, Su Luo explained the civilization’s technological path to Han Song, whose Pingyun Civilization was holding steady, and suggested buying Suguang’s Mana Converter products later.

• Mu Ri learned that the intruder who tried to steal his blood belonged to the God Incarnation Faction, then ordered an evacuation meeting.
• Three days later, Mu Ri began evacuating Changhe City, leaving the elderly, sick, and others unable to travel in fortified basements while leading the rest toward the coast.
• As people died from magical beasts, violence, and illness, Mu Ri pressed on until the Suguang Civilization built a Mana Converter that let people draw mana and learn spells.
• Half a year later, fifty Steam Armored Soldiers routed more than two hundred magical beasts with mana-strengthened armor and steam-powered chainswords.
• Han Song saw the Steam Armored Soldiers in the Pure White Space and asked Su Luo about Suguang’s development, while Su Luo explained that Mu Ri was advancing step by step to earn Civilization Points.
• Han Song said the Pingyun Civilization faced fewer magical beasts and was stable, and Su Luo suggested it could later buy finished Mana Converter products from the Suguang Civilization.

Su Luo proposed keeping time flow at its minimum during Origin Star’s [Earth-Surging Demon Spring] event and increasing it afterward, while Mu Ri struggled with a religious sect that saw him as a God’s incarnation. Three years into the event, Mu Ri discovered that his bare hand had crushed a stone desk, though he had used neither the Silver-White Book nor a God’s authority.

• Qing Yunnan and Beiximo argued for slowing time during the coming event, while Yashan and [Fog] opposed it; Su Luo proposed a compromise to keep the minimum rate during the event and raise it afterward.
• The God Incarnation Faction grew into a sect that worshipped Mu Ri, who questioned its representative and heard that humans were nobler than Gods and would one day help him in return.
• During the three-year [Earth-Surging Demon Spring] event, the Suguang Civilization developed steam armor, Spellcasters, and new weapons while considering a move to reclaim Changhe City.
• Mu Ri crushed a corner of his stone desk with his bare hand and confirmed he had not used the Silver-White Book or a God’s authority.

Mu Ri discovered that the God Incarnation Faction’s faith had granted him real strength, and Su Luo upgraded his [Power of All Beings]. After five years of devastation, the demonic beasts vanished just as Suguang Civilization prepared to launch its final counterattack, and the panel announced that the crisis-ending mission was complete.

• Mu Ri connected his sudden increase in strength to the followers’ faith in him and the Silver-White Book.
• Su Luo realized that faith was empowering Mu Ri and spent civilization points to upgrade his [Power of All Beings].
• Over five years, Mana transformed Origin Star while the Suguang Civilization lost people and fought the demonic beasts.
• Mu Ri led a massive Suguang army toward the fissures to begin a counterattack, but the demonic beasts disappeared overnight.
• Mu Ri’s panel announced that the ordinary mission to end the demonic beast crisis was completed.

After the magical beast crisis ended, Mu Ri ordered the Suguang Civilization's army to seize and garrison the mana fissures, while Su Luo tested an improved level 40 spell and continued working with Kundina and Yun Xiaoxiao. Mu Ri noticed his hand had become translucent, and Su Luo brought Machine Fortress out to keep Yun Xiaoxiao company.

• Mu Ri received confirmation that the magical beast crisis was over, but refused to demobilize the army and instead ordered it to seize the fissures and build a new city beside one.
• Mu Ri noticed that the hand holding his sword had become partly transparent.
• Su Luo had Kundina learn his improved blue level 40 Frost World spell, which advanced to purple level 1 after she used Skill Experience Stones.
• Kundina explained that Purple Skills could not be quickly leveled with Skill Experience Stones, so Su Luo agreed to keep recording other blue spells.
• Su Luo brought Machine Fortress out to play with Yun Xiaoxiao while Kundina and Yun Xiaoxiao continued recording spell data.

Su Luo saw the Suguang Civilization rise through mana-powered technology while its population kept it from advancing beyond the Late Steam Age. Mu Ri launched its first ocean-going fleet to explore the other continents, and the chapter ended as the fleet approached the Yunmeng Continent and learned about its human and dwarf civilizations.

• Su Luo saw Jiang Mengrui’s civilization lead the rankings in the Early Information Age while the Suguang Civilization remained in the Late Steam Age because its population had only just reached one million.
• Mu Ri oversaw the Suguang Civilization’s expansion of Magic Spring Ore mines and prepared to explore the other continents.
• In Civilization Year 49, Mu Ri sent fifteen warships from Changhe Port, declaring that Tracing Light had come.
• The fleet crossed the Endless Ocean toward the Yunmeng Continent, where its captain learned about the Ximo and Linyuan Civilizations and the Dwarf Civilization.

The Suguang Civilization seized Ximo Port and demanded trade with Ximo in exchange for breaking its ties with the Dwarf Civilization. The dwarves declared war, but Suguang’s fleet repeatedly destroyed their ports and ships, leaving the dwarven leaders furious.

• The Suguang captain ordered his fleet to seize Ximo Port and told his first mate to contact Ximo’s leaders about doing business.
• Suguang’s fleet bombarded Ximo Port, captured it without casualties, and demanded the Dwarf Civilization’s Magic Spring Ore and an end to Ximo’s ties with the dwarves.
• After hearing about the attack, the dwarven consul declared that the Dwarf Empire would go to war.
• Suguang’s fleet destroyed a dwarven port and most of the dwarves’ ships before departing ahead of reinforcements.
• After the dwarves rebuilt the port and recovered their remaining ships, Suguang returned and bombed the port and ships again, prompting the dwarven leaders to rage at the repeated attacks.

The Suguang Civilization used its fleet, trade, and technology transfers to bring the Dwarf Civilization under its influence, while Mu Ri avoided outright war because he feared the dwarves’ God. In the eightieth year of the civilization calendar, Origin Star entered globalization and Suguang advanced to the Late Electronic Age after its population exceeded three million.

• The Dwarf Civilization developed a fast, armored vessel that sank a Tracing Light capital ship, but Tracing Light returned days later with a more advanced fleet and restored its blockade.
• Three years later, the dwarves gave Tracing Light control of three Magic Spring Ore mines in exchange for maritime access, trade, and technical assistance, becoming dependent on its factories and technology.
• Guan Ziyang recognized that Tracing Light’s approach could turn the Dwarf Civilization into a supplier of raw materials and a market for its goods, while [Fog] made no response.
• Mu Ri refused to launch an all-out war against the dwarves because they had a God, and privately admitted he feared provoking divine intervention.
• Mu Ri noticed the Fission achievement and considered the possibility of developing a powerful weapon.
• In the eightieth year of the civilization calendar, Origin Star entered the age of globalization, and the Suguang Civilization reached the Late Electronic Age after its population surpassed three million.

Mu Ri reflected on the Suguang Civilization’s control of the world and the human feelings he had lost, then took a nuclear bomb toward the Dwarf Civilization. Meanwhile, Su Luo decoded the previous civilization’s dream-based teleportation technology and successfully tested it on a Soul Servant.

• Mu Ri surveyed the Suguang Civilization’s cities and resource control as he considered the population required to reach the Information Age.
• Mu Ri realized that his transformed body and the power of faith had eroded his human needs and emotions, but accepted the change as a price for humanity.
• Mu Ri retrieved a fifty-kiloton nuclear bomb from a secret underground base and flew toward the Dwarf Civilization on the Yunmeng Continent.
• Su Luo finished analyzing the beam from the tower and learned how dreams could teleport energy entities across space.
• Su Luo tested the technology by sending energy through his dream and producing a small flame from a Soul Servant.

Su Luo observed a brief change in [Mist] as Origin Star’s civilizations expanded and Mu Ri’s reputation as a living god spread. A new world-ending Disaster of Faith mission appeared, awakening Mu Ri after ten years of sleep while white mist held him fast.

• Su Luo noticed that some of the mist around [Mist] had briefly disappeared and wondered whether the deity had sent part of itself down to Origin Star.
• Mu Ri’s survival after carrying a nuclear bomb to the Dwarf Civilization’s capital made the God Incarnation Faction surge, and the Linyuan Civilization shifted its faith from Guan Ziyang to Mu Ri.
• The Emberland Civilization joined the world system, and its biological report confirmed that its people were human and entitled to equal rights.
• A maritime civilization joined the world market while Origin Star’s nations focused on launching satellites.
• A Disaster of Faith mission appeared, and its advance reward was Nameless Fire.
• The panel’s notification woke Mu Ri in Changhe City after ten years of sleep, though white mist still bound him.

After ten years asleep, Mu Ri awoke free of the white mist and learned that Origin Star had entered a fragile peace and the Dwarf Empire had collapsed. As he ordered an investigation into the world’s religious sects, Su Luo detected strange activity on Moon II beneath the planet’s veil of faith.

• A black flame freed Mu Ri from the white mist, revealed his godlike powers and attributes, and prompted him to summon the minister of military affairs.
• The retired minister showed Mu Ri the satellites filling the sky and reported the moon landings, the peace treaty, and the dissolution of the Dwarf Empire.
• Mu Ri ordered the current national leader summoned and requested a detailed report on every religious sect in the world.
• Su Luo observed Moon II shaking erratically and saw the faint power of faith spread across Origin Star.

The Power of Faith gathered around a condensation nucleus on [Moon II], triggering an apocalypse as the moon stopped, fell, and released four strange lights. On Cangyuan Continent, Mu Ri confronted War, while a green curse descended upon the Dwarf Civilization.

• Su Luo investigated the activated Power of Faith and created a White Card with his [Storage Conversion] skill.
• [Moon II] stopped in orbit, disrupting the tides and causing disasters across Origin Star before it fell partway toward the planet and shrank.
• Four strands of green, red, gray, and black light descended, marking the start of the apocalypse.
• Mu Ri recognized the blood-red knight above Cangyuan Continent as War, while nuclear weapons failed to harm it and a world war began.
• A mass of rotten green pus descended over the divided Dwarf Civilization, rotting plants and dissolving living creatures.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse descended on Origin Star, bringing plague, war, famine, and death as Mu Ri struggled to protect his civilization. The Gods took measures to contain the crisis, but the disaster continued as the world endured alongside the Riders.

• The Pestilence Rider, War Rider, Famine Rider, and Death Rider appeared across Origin Star, killing millions and causing outbreaks, conflicts, starvation, and shortened lifespans.
• Mu Ri reviewed reports of the devastation, felt unable to respond, and ordered his country to close its borders and focus on protecting itself.
• Qing Yunnan divided the Mirror Civilization into one neutral nation and three smaller nations that fought proxy wars to divert the War Rider’s influence.
• Su Luo dealt with overpowered mana viruses and curses, while countries isolated themselves to limit the spread of plague.
• Countries cultivated new fields and researched artificial food as the Famine Rider destroyed crops, while people remained largely powerless against the Death Rider.
• Origin Star continued through the disaster with the Four Horsemen present, but the [Disaster of Faith] remained unresolved.

After the Gods killed or subdued the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Su Luo learned that the Riders would be reborn as long as civilization endured. He turned to developing his strength and studying faith-related knowledge while Origin Star awaited the next disaster.

• Food swallowed the Famine Rider, Yashan reshaped the Emberland Continent, and Guan Ziyang and Beiximo killed the Pestilence Rider.
• Kundina blinded the War Rider and then attacked them, while Su Luo joined Mu Ri's Nameless Fire with Black Flame to put the Death Rider to sleep.
• Han Song asked why the [Disaster of Faith] event had not ended, and Su Luo explained that the Horsemen's bodies had died but the Riders would be reborn from faith.
• Su Luo and the others discussed the threat of the Riders' return as civilization continued, then agreed to wait and take things one step at a time.
• Su Luo improved his Source Essence Circulation Technique and, after checking on Xiao Luo and the Blood Moon, returned to the Library to study faith-related knowledge.

After the Horsemen’s departure, nuclear weapons, powerful mages, and lingering plagues prevented the nations from reclaiming all their former territories, leaving thirty-seven governments divided. At a global conference in Changhe City, Mu Ri condemned humanity’s continuing conflicts and began to confront their cause.

• The principal nations reduced the number of countries from more than seventy to just over thirty, then halted their efforts because the remaining nations could inflict devastating losses.
• Three years later, the Gods killed the awakened Horsemen on the moon and sent them back into slumber.
• In the year 120 of the civilization calendar, Mu Ri learned that a rumor about the world being refreshed and meeting alien life had come directly from the Gods.
• Mu Ri arrived at Changhe City’s global political conference, where representatives from thirty-seven nations had gathered.
• Mu Ri criticized the assembly for allowing hunger, war, and plagues to persist after the War Rider’s departure, then raised his hand and caused someone below the podium to rise into the air.

Mu Ri killed a defector from Tracing Light, then revealed that Tracing Light had stopped a worldwide nuclear attack and could strike anywhere on Origin Star. He announced that only nine countries would be allowed to remain on the planet, while the chapter ended with Tracing Light battling Tongxiang Civilization for tenth place in the Civilization Rankings.

• Mu Ri burned the former Tracing Light official with the Nameless Fire and exposed his resentment over corruption and his desire for personal and family gain.
• The official declared that nuclear war had begun as his country launched missiles indiscriminately around the world.
• Tracing Light's global defenses intercepted every incoming nuclear missile, and Mu Ri showed that its missiles could also strike targets anywhere without causing casualties.
• Mu Ri announced that only nine countries could remain on Origin Star.
• On the ninth day of the third District War, Suguang Civilization and Tongxiang Civilization repeatedly traded tenth place on the Civilization Rankings, while Su Luo and Father Tali Lang wondered what was happening.