Chapter Summaries

After deciding that Tracing Light would move Origin Star across the galaxy in a Great Expedition, Lin Yuan prepared to support it while managing the Elf Race’s politics. In Pure White Space, Su Luo retrieved the Death Rider’s life-draining authority and learned how costly it was to bring things back from the lower realm.

• Tracing Light prepared to move Origin Star, and Mu Ri stood on [Moon II] with the corrupted Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as the Great Expedition began to take shape.
• Lin Yuan reviewed Suguang Civilization’s trade records and explained that the Ming Dynasty should show Tracing Light a friendly attitude during its crisis.
• Lin Yuan told the Elf King’s guard to consult the Life Tree and the esteemed one above it if the Elf Race could not agree on a course of action.
• The guard informed Lin Yuan that his adult spouse had arrived and urged him to prepare for their wedding, prompting him to object to the royal family’s close-relative marriage custom.
• Su Luo retrieved the Death Rider’s authority from the moon and found that retrieving objects from the lower realm cost more Civilization Points than sending things down.

Su Luo absorbed the Death Rider’s Godhead to test the power and discovered it granted a dangerous temporary boost before damaging his body. He then showed Yun Xiaoxiao a star-system battlefield map, where they discussed the Zerg threat, Tracing Light’s prospects, and its powerful units.

• Su Luo identified the Death Rider’s condensed faith as a Godhead and absorbed it, unleashing a surge of power that multiplied his spirit and awakened [Power of All Beings].
• Su Luo ended the burst after his body began to dissipate, discarded the Godhead, and regenerated a transparent finger with Black Flame.
• Yun Xiaoxiao complained after Su Luo’s uncontrolled Heartfire burned her and the Machine Fortress during his experiment.
• Su Luo created a detailed star-system battlefield map showing the Gray Fog nearing Origin Star and the Zerg population spread across a third of the system.
• Yun Xiaoxiao doubted Tracing Light could withstand the Zerg and other civilizations, while Su Luo said Mu Ri and Tracing Light itself could contend with units of ultra-high combat power.

Origin Star began the Great Expedition by driving through a vast Zerg blockade, while Lin Yuan urged the Elf Race to join the fight and clashed with the Elf King over her past decisions. The Mother Tree intervened and announced that she would personally follow Origin Star despite the danger.

• Tracing Light launched Origin Star into the void with more than a million engines, while the Ling Sha Civilization and allied civilizations followed or evacuated.
• Tracing Light’s fleet and Origin Star’s weapons blasted through the Zerg’s Bridge Blocking swarm as the planet pressed onward.
• Lin Yuan proposed that the Elf Race join the battle, but the Elf King refused, citing the race’s need to relocate and its limited strength.
• Lin Yuan blamed the Elf King for the Elf Race’s losses and past decisions, and she broke down crying.
• The Mother Tree appeared and said she would personally follow Origin Star, despite the Elf King warning that hostile civilizations might attack.

Tracing Light’s Great Expedition was attacked by the Silver-White Fleet, which destroyed many warships before being annihilated by Tracing Light’s hidden fighters and mages. As Origin Star pressed on through the Zerg, Mu Ri struck from the moon, while Tracing Light prepared to conscript civilizations traveling behind it.

• The Life Tree, a mist-shrouded landmass, and several migrating civilizations followed Origin Star along the route Tracing Light had cleared.
• The Silver-White Fleet ambushed Tracing Light with weapons that disintegrated its warships, but nation-guarding mages, military experts, and special units destroyed the attackers after they had wrecked twelve hundred ships.
• Tracing Light’s commander called the journey the Great Expedition and ordered troops and cannon fodder conscripted from the civilizations behind them, naming thirty civilizations along the route as targets.
• Mu Ri woke on the moon with golden light in his eyes, and his Authority Sword cut through Zerg swarms and struck down a giant dragon.
• Origin Star continued its journey through the void as the Great Expedition began.

The unknown civilization behind the Silver-White Fleet chose to continue its attack on the Suguang Civilization, building a much larger fleet and adapting its tactics to counter Tracing Light. Meanwhile, Lawson claimed a cursed Godhead and declared himself the New Life Lord of Death.

• The Silver-White Fleet’s surviving civilization voted to keep attacking the Suguang Civilization and began building 5,000 weaker ships for a war of attrition.
• A Tracing Light commander learned that the Zerg were evolving on the battlefield, developing Spell-reflecting carapaces and shield-corroding spores, and ordered the Frontier Academy of Sciences to investigate them.
• The commander learned that two top-ten Ordinal Rank lords had gone to recruit civilizations behind the fleet and wondered whether Scholar would join the Great Expedition.
• Lawson, a survivor from a destroyed Mana-based civilization, revealed that he had gained a cursed Godhead and replaced his heart with a gray energy core.
• Lawson declared himself the New Life Lord of Death and the natural-born master of the dead.

Lawson raised an immense Undead army and declared himself the protagonist of the war as the Suguang Civilization’s Great Expedition continued through a star system beset by Zerg, the Silver-White Fleet, and other threats. When a colossal broodmother nest and at least thirty thousand Silver-White ships appeared near Origin Star, Tracing Light’s commander ordered the fleet to prepare for battle and summoned His Majesty Mu Ri.

• Lawson resurrected countless Undead across a planet and proclaimed himself the protagonist of the war.
• The Suguang-led Great Expedition reached a third of its journey after six months of fighting Zerg, the Silver-White Fleet, and hostile civilizations.
• Tracing Light’s detectors spotted a moon-sized Zerg broodmother nest awakening deep within the swarm and consuming nearby bugs.
• At least thirty thousand Silver-White ships converged on Origin Star from multiple directions.
• Tracing Light’s commander ordered level-one combat readiness, called up the Nation-Guarding Mage Corps, demanded resources from the civilizations following behind, and told His Majesty Mu Ri to prepare.

Lin Yuan confronted the Elf King over her refusal to send more troops to help Tracing Light, then persuaded her that the Elf Race needed to respond to its dangerous position. The Life Tree gave Lin Yuan a month to quell Tracing Light’s anger before he could assume the Elf King’s authority, while the Elf King privately voiced suspicions about how much he knew.

• Lin Yuan argued that the Elf Race had to support Tracing Light, but the Elf King refused to send more troops.
• A terrifying will descended on the Life Tree, and the Elf King later told Lin Yuan that the Mother Tree had scolded her.
• Lin Yuan explained why the Elf Race needed to face its situation and criticized the Elf King’s leadership.
• The Life Tree offered Lin Yuan all the Elf King’s authority if he quelled Tracing Light’s anger within a month.
• After Lin Yuan left, the Elf King told the Life Tree she suspected his unusual familiarity with Tracing Light and said she would monitor him.

Lin Yuan arranged to ease Tracing Light’s anger by connecting it with the Undead and arguing that the Elf Race needed their military support. The Life Tree replaced the Elf King with Lin Yuan, who officially became leader of the Elf Race.

• For half a month, the Life Tree monitored Lin Yuan as he studied and avoided acting on his assignment to quell Tracing Light’s anger.
• Lin Yuan told his intelligent assistance system he intended to make only a token effort, but the system proposed establishing a connection to the Undead.
• After the deadline passed, Lin Yuan traveled to a remote debris field and returned with a skeleton linked to Lawson.
• The Elf King objected to cooperating with the Undead, but Lin Yuan argued that the Elf Race needed their military strength and logistical support.
• The Life Tree replaced the Elf King, and Lin Yuan officially became leader of the Elf Race in the 192nd year of Tracing Light.

As the Great Expedition neared its destination, Su Luo assessed the forces gathering for the galaxy-wide final battle and questioned why the Mechanical Civilization had focused its attacks on Tracing Light. He tasked Yun Xiaoxiao with fighting the Mechanical Civilization, leaving her doubtful about the risks and his promises of computing power.

• The Great Expedition reached ninety-eight percent of its route after devastating the galaxy, while Tracing Light and the Lord of the Undead prepared for the coming final battle near the Abyssal Depth Civilization's home territory.
• Su Luo considered the galaxy's ultra-high-end combat forces and asked Yun Xiaoxiao what other civilizations used Civilization Points for; she explained that Survivors could strengthen their civilizations or themselves and might enter battle directly.
• Su Luo questioned why the Mechanical Civilization had relentlessly attacked Tracing Light instead of targeting weaker civilizations, and Yun Xiaoxiao said their machine-ascended nature made them stubborn.
• Su Luo ordered Yun Xiaoxiao to enter the final battle and fight the Mechanical Civilization's fleets, promising that Tracing Light and he would provide computing power.
• Yun Xiaoxiao warned that the risk was enormous and accused Su Luo of making empty promises, while Su Luo told her to accept the risk.

Origin Star approached the Micro Black Hole as the Demon Prince hurled a blood-red planet toward it, drawing Mu Ri into a clash with the Demon Prince. As other forces entered battle, the former Elf King’s betrayal corrupted the Life Tree, while the Martial God faced the Loose Immortal and the Undead tide held back the Silver-White Fleet.

• The Demon Prince launched the blood-red planet toward Origin Star, and Mu Ri left the moon to meet him in battle.
• The Life Tree raised a barrier around the Elf Race, but the former Elf King turned to blood and infected the tree, shocking Lin Yuan.
• The Martial God set out for the front lines and encountered the Loose Immortal, who raised his sword to intercept him.
• The Undead tide pinned down the Silver-White Fleet as the blood-red and blue planets accelerated toward each other.

Origin Star avoided colliding with the blood-colored planet after [Moon I] struck it, while Mu Ri and the Demon Prince began fighting as their allies clashed elsewhere. At the Life Tree, Lin Yuan watched its corruption worsen and realized he might fail to secure it.

• The person in charge sent [Moon I] crashing into the blood-colored planet, shattering the moon and deflecting the planet from a direct collision with Origin Star.
• Mu Ri and the Demon Prince fought one-on-one as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse engaged the destruction-type civilizations' units, and weapons poured from the blood-colored planet toward Tracing Light's army.
• The Loose Immortal blocked the Martial God, who stopped trying to break through and settled into a standoff.
• Lin Yuan stood on a rotting branch as dark green corruption consumed the Life Tree and grew furious over the Elf Race's repeated manipulation.

Lin Yuan agreed that the elves would become Tracing Light’s vassals, and the Life Tree renewed itself by burning its remaining power. As the silver-white fleet broke through the undead tide, Lawson decided to join the fight, while the Demon Prince and Mu Ri continued their fierce duel.

• Lin Yuan accepted the Life Tree’s offer and promised that the elves would become Tracing Light’s vassals after the battle.
• The Life Tree consumed its power to renew itself, then allowed silver-white energy from Lin Yuan to attach to it.
• The silver-white fleet analyzed the undead tide’s weaknesses and began breaking through, forcing Lawson to weigh the consequences of Tracing Light losing.
• Lawson decided he would not let the fleet prevail and gathered gray light as he prepared to enter the battle himself.
• The Demon Prince and Mu Ri fought between the two planets, each assessing the other’s strength, and the Demon Prince asked Mu Ri if he had an undying body.

Mu Ri confronted the Demon Prince and recognized the Zerg connection, but A Mu Yingdou fused with the Demon Prince to create a powerful Bio-Armor. After introducing himself as a Gold Badge Survivor, A Mu Yingdou charged toward Mu Ri and demanded that his superior appear.

• Mu Ri told the Demon Prince he had sensed the Zerg Hive’s aura and vowed to keep him there.
• A Mu Yingdou revealed that he had sent a Great Demon Egg into the world and that the Demon Prince had grown from it as part of a plan with an allied civilization.
• A Mu Yingdou used a ruby crystal and his Talent to fuse a flesh-and-metal construct with the Demon Prince, transforming him into a three-meter-tall Bio-Armor.
• A Mu Yingdou introduced himself to Mu Ri as a Gold Badge Survivor from Ruins Survival and called for the one above Mu Ri.
• A Mu Yingdou charged across the Life Tree’s branches and shouted, “Ultimate Rider Kick!”

Su Luo strengthened Mu Ri by fusing the Four Horsemen’s Godheads into him as the Demon Prince joined the battle in person. Mu Ri confronted A Mu Yingdou with the new powers, but the demon armor blocked his first attack as the fight continued.

• Su Luo and Yun Xiaoxiao watched the Demon Prince’s armored form battle Mu Ri, and Su Luo judged that Mu Ri could only hold his own against the Demon Prince’s direct intervention.
• Su Luo shattered the Four Horsemen’s Godheads and sent their powers into Mu Ri, strengthening him to suppress his enemies.
• Lawson’s undead tide failed to stop the accelerating silver-white fleet, so he left the fight after spotting a tiny figure rushing toward the ships.
• A Mu Yingdou attacked Mu Ri while the Life Tree tried to hold him back, but Mu Ri awoke and blocked the blow.
• Mu Ri invoked the powers of death, plague, war, and famine, but A Mu Yingdou’s demon armor resisted the death attack.

Mu Ri’s relentless assault finally shattered A Mu Yingdou’s armor, triggering his Last Resort talent as the battle continued. Meanwhile, Yun Xiaoxiao held back the silver-white fleet until Tracing Light’s fleet arrived to reinforce her.

• Mu Ri and A Mu Yingdou traded brutal blows while the Life Tree watched and Lawson summoned more undead.
• Tracing Light’s fleet went to help Yun Xiaoxiao, while Origin Star’s forces cleared Zerg and prepared a firepower barrage against A Mu Yingdou.
• Mu Ri landed a final punch that cracked A Mu Yingdou’s armor, and its pieces disintegrated under the incomplete mark.
• A Mu Yingdou revealed an ordinary hand, tore apart the ruined armor, and triggered his Last Resort talent.
• Yun Xiaoxiao strained to jam the silver-white fleet’s communications and weapons, then relaxed when Tracing Light’s fleet and allied reinforcements approached.

A Mu Yingdou overwhelmed Mu Ri after emerging from the shattered armor, forcing Mu Ri to retreat toward the Undead Sea to restore his divine body. Lawson and the Life Tree tried to hold A Mu Yingdou back, but Lawson was crushed by his spiritual pressure.

• A Mu Yingdou emerged from the armor as the Zerg's energy gathered around him, then struck Mu Ri with a relentless barrage that tore a hole through his body.
• Mu Ri's divine body healed slowly, and he asked the Lord of the Undead and the Life Tree to stall A Mu Yingdou while he recovered.
• Mu Ri flew toward the Undead Sea and told Lawson to conceal him there as A Mu Yingdou pursued at a leisurely pace.
• Lawson and the Life Tree attacked A Mu Yingdou while Origin Star's firepower joined in, and Lawson charged forward to buy Mu Ri time.
• A Mu Yingdou's spiritual pressure overwhelmed Lawson, who felt his body cracking apart and saw a hand before him.

Mu Ri stole Lawson’s Godhead and used it to drain the Undead Sea, while Lawson realized he was only a pawn in the war. As the battlefield descended into chaos, A Mu Yingdou put on a specially forged suit of armor and prepared to continue fighting.

• Mu Ri tore Lawson’s Godhead from him and fled toward the Undead Sea, prompting Lawson to chase and beg for it back.
• A Mu Yingdou joined Lawson in attacking Mu Ri, while the Origin Star military systems, the Life Tree, the Zerg, and the uncontrolled undead turned the battlefield into chaos.
• Mu Ri vanished into the undead tide, which began turning to powder as Lawson lost his connection to his Godhead.
• A Scholar and Survivor of the Suguang Civilization appeared with a book resembling the Tracing Light flag and used Lawson’s Godhead to draw energy, authority, and faith.
• Lawson laughed as he realized he was a pawn in the war, while A Mu Yingdou summoned and assembled his specially forged armor.

A Mu Yingdou prepared to confront Scholar, whom [Silence] had identified as the greatest threat, and recalled how [Silence] had persuaded him to intervene. Their conversation revealed that [Silence] had tampered with A Mu Yingdou’s strongest ability and promised to make his civilization number one, but killing Scholar would doom them all.

• A Mu Yingdou activated his buffs and potions as Scholar gathered power amid the undead.
• A Mu Yingdou recalled [Silence] ordering him to intercept Scholar, the Survivor corresponding to the Suguang Civilization.
• A Mu Yingdou objected that his Demon Prince could not defeat the strange god and that using his Talent would require more energy than he possessed.
• [Silence] revealed that he had already tampered with the Demon Prince’s young form and urged A Mu Yingdou to trust their contract.
• [Silence] promised to make A Mu Yingdou’s civilization number one and said he could make Scholar die, but warned that the consequence would be everyone’s death.

Su Luo revealed that he had manipulated Lawson and Tracing Light’s plans, then used the Undead Sea and a Godhead to boost his power for a confrontation with A Mu Yingdou. His opening attack failed when A Mu Yingdou’s Rider Kick shattered Su Luo’s domain and sent him flying.

• Su Luo absorbed Power of Faith from the Lord of the Undead's Godhead and the Undead Sea, pushing his attributes sharply higher while his body began to corrode.
• Lawson realized Tracing Light had planned his involvement, and Su Luo admitted that he had set the events up.
• Su Luo activated his items, potions, and spirit-boosting Talent, then built the [Outer Circulation • Ten Thousand Laws Domain] while preparing to fight A Mu Yingdou.
• Su Luo and A Mu Yingdou charged at each other, and [Heartfire] ignited on A Mu Yingdou’s armor.
• A Mu Yingdou shouted, “Your stats are too low!” and struck Su Luo with a Rider Kick that shattered his domain and sent him flying backward.

Su Luo used the shattered outer circulation field to slow A Mu Yingdou while arranging for the Martial God to bring the Loose Immortal into the fight. He gave Observer the Lord of the Undead's Godhead and sent her to face A Mu Yingdou, while the Martial God pursued the fleeing Loose Immortal.

• A Mu Yingdou broke through Su Luo's outer circulation field, but the rainbow rings left behind slowed his pursuit.
• Su Luo ordered the Martial God to bring the Loose Immortal over, and the Martial God exposed the Loose Immortal's hiding place with a wave of Blood Qi.
• The Loose Immortal fled on a streak of sword light, and the Martial God chased him on a horse formed from Blood Qi, promising to force him back within five minutes.
• Su Luo handed Observer the Lord of the Undead's Godhead, which she fused with, then sent her to meet A Mu Yingdou.