Chapter Summaries

Su Luo paused his lecture, revealed his students’ appearances, and questioned them about their backgrounds and confusion over Generalized Thermodynamics. He explained the concepts and criticized their poor understanding, then concluded that the students had not developed their intellect as far as they should have.

• Su Luo turned off the students’ [Image Concealment] and asked a student in white to identify himself and repeat his question about Generalized Thermodynamics and entropy.
• The student in white introduced himself as a Forbidden Spell archmage from [Senluo Weiduo Castle], sent by [Esmond] to study [Adrian]'s magic, and asked why adding energy could lower entropy.
• Su Luo surveyed the class and realized that many students, including [Demigods], struggled because their backgrounds and levels of knowledge varied widely.
• Su Luo explained Generalized Thermodynamics and told a student from [Moon God's Immortal Tears] that his [Otherworld Academic Ace System] was wrong about particles moving rapidly near absolute zero.
• Su Luo defended systems and other advantages as forms of cheats that changed with civilization’s development, then continued answering students’ questions.
• Su Luo felt the class had improved somewhat, but judged that the students had not reached the intellectual limits they should have achieved.

Su Luo delegated his first class to Zuo Guxian while he studied spacetime and methods of advancing to Demigod. After arranging an appraisal for the Aberrant Element, he accepted more teaching work and decided Zuo Guxian would teach nine more classes before they reconsidered their plans.

• Su Luo left his students to study independently and assigned Zuo Guxian to answer their questions as teaching assistant.
• Su Luo used the classroom and Dreamscape time acceleration to study spacetime theory and review methods of advancing to Demigod.
• After class, Zuo Guxian complained that he had handled the lesson while Su Luo stayed quiet, and Su Luo asked whether the students had learned anything.
• Su Luo submitted the Aberrant Element for an expedited appraisal report, paying an 800,000 deposit toward the expected fees.
• Su Luo checked the Teaching System and told Zuo Guxian to teach nine more classes before they decided whether to continue teaching or pursue their own studies.

Su Luo reviewed Demigod advancement paths while helping Zuo Guxian teach at Adrian Academy, and Zuo Guxian agreed that the String Civilization should formally enter the Sun System. After recording a resurrection point, Su Luo left to explore the academy and study the first advancement method, Body Foundation Advancement.

• Su Luo asked Zuo Guxian how he felt after teaching five classes, then offered him technology-based courses instead of difficult supernatural-system lessons.
• Zuo Guxian agreed with Layton’s proposal for the String Civilization to enter the Sun System and outlined plans to resume construction, deal with nearby civilizations, contact the Butterfly Civilization, and use a hidden Dark Star as a weapon.
• Su Luo forwarded Zuo Guxian’s proposals, gave Shang Yang and the baldy money for enrollment, and told them to enroll at Adrian Academy.
• Su Luo postponed his class, placed an upgraded Physical Configuration Backup Pod in the staff dormitory, and recorded a Resurrection point before leaving to explore the academy.
• Su Luo studied his Advancement Outline and began reviewing Body Foundation Advancement, which required all three Attributes to reach 32 points for complete Demigod advancement.

Su Luo studied the routes to [Demigod] advancement and chose to keep gathering knowledge rather than rush into advancement. At [Adrian Academy], he arranged for Yun Xiaoxiao to receive [Adrian's Blessing] so she could act as his adjudicator, then took his companions to the Library to study.

• Su Luo recorded the many ways to advance Strength and explained that [Transcendent Path Advancement] was far safer than [Body Foundation Advancement].
• Zuo Guxian asked whether Su Luo would pursue [Body Foundation Advancement] or the Mana side of [Transcendent Path Advancement], and Su Luo said their goal was to gain knowledge.
• Su Luo bought an [Adjudication Slot], but found that his clones and Observer could not serve as his designated Vassal.
• Yun Xiaoxiao volunteered, transformed into a silver-white cat under [Adrian's Blessing], and landed on Su Luo's shoulder.
• Su Luo loaded one million into [Adjudication] and teleported the group to the Library, where he sorted through purchased materials.
• Baldy asked why Su Luo had bought so many materials, and Su Luo told Yun Xiaoxiao to stop licking her fur in the Library.

Su Luo assigned Shang Yang and the bald man to infiltrate the work-study students and find research projects related to Demigod advancement, with Yun Xiaoxiao and Adjudication backing them. He then resumed studying advancement methods, focusing on the distinctions between technological and transcendent paths before turning to Mana advancement.

• Su Luo ordered Shang Yang and the bald man to investigate work-study students' Demigod advancement research projects because he needed resources and hoped to earn money.
• Shang Yang and the bald man doubted they could handle the work-study students, and they argued over the intelligence of people and dogs.
• Su Luo assigned Yun Xiaoxiao's Adjudication to accompany them, then used his authority to eject the three from the Library.
• Yun Xiaoxiao said whipping them had cost thirty thousand, while Shang Yang and the bald man complained about the beating.
• Su Luo reopened the Advancement Outline and reviewed how technological advancement related to the transcendent path, then moved on to Mana advancement methods.

Su Luo studied advancement paths across mana and Martial Dao, finding that many shared underlying principles despite their different forms. An unexpected visitor appeared across from him in the Library of [Adrian Academy] and asked him to explain his view of their similarities.

• Su Luo reviewed the mainstream Mana—Elemental Orthodoxy Path and judged its risk of elemental assimilation to be flawed.
• Su Luo studied the Mana—Self-Consistent Path, also called [Secondhand Cup], and connected its Small World concept to the Heavenly Dao and the forty-nine Fruit Positions.
• Su Luo examined Martial Dao advancement paths, including Resonance and Idealist, and noted how their principles differed from or remained unknown to him.
• A stranger appeared in the seat across from Su Luo, despite every Library seat being an independent space and Su Luo having driven everyone out.
• Su Luo explained that different advancement paths resembled trails up the same mountain, then recognized the stranger and felt a cold sweat trickle down.

Su Luo met Notherland in the Career Advancement Dungeon and learned that the [Eye of Guixu] was a form of identification. After she vanished, he decided to contact Joyce of the West Thirty-Fourth Courtyard and resumed reviewing advancement paths, finding the Cultivation-Enlightenment Path promising.

• Su Luo found Notherland waiting across from him in the Career Advancement Dungeon and asked what the [Eye of Guixu] did.
• Notherland said the [Eye of Guixu] was a form of identification and told Su Luo to contact Joyce of the West Thirty-Fourth Courtyard.
• Notherland vanished, and Su Luo inferred that the Morningstar Wizard might be connected to Joyce and that the [Eye of Guixu] had not caused the white cat to mistake him for an expert.
• Su Luo asked Yun Xiaoxiao to find Joyce, then returned to reading the Advancement Outline.
• Su Luo examined the Cultivation-Enlightenment Path and concluded that it could lead to the Cultivation-Self-Consistent Path.

Su Luo studied cultivation and faith-based paths, learning that faith required World Authority and that the gods of Divine Court World had monopolized most of it. After spending nearly all his funds, he told Yun Xiaoxiao the sobering news, and she sent Shang Yang and Baldy to gather information at the West Thirty-Fourth Courtyard without giving them money.

• Su Luo studied several cultivation paths, including Merit and Karma, then compared the Elder Gods and New Gods faith paths.
• Su Luo concluded that faith required World Authority, and learned that the fifteen chief gods of Divine Court World had monopolized nearly all the world's powers.
• Su Luo found that he could not afford more research after spending nearly all his 1.34 billion, so he informed Yun Xiaoxiao and went to class.
• Yun Xiaoxiao told Shang Yang and Baldy to gather information at the West Thirty-Fourth Courtyard, where they planned to use her lecturer's authority to disguise themselves.
• When Shang Yang asked for funding, Yun Xiaoxiao refused and told them to support themselves, leaving them joking that they might as well sell themselves.

Yun Xiaoxiao, Shang Yang, and Baldy sought money and a route to the West Thirty-Fourth Courtyard, while Su Luo asked Zuo Guxian about developing Source Essence through the Mana—Elemental Orthodox Path. The group set out to investigate Work-Study Students’ advancement and find someone assigned by the Scholar, as Su Luo described a plan to combine multiple Paths.

• Shang Yang proposed borrowing money after Yun Xiaoxiao revealed she had only nine hundred and seventy thousand, and Baldy joked about finding other ways to earn it.
• Shang Yang led Baldy and Yun Xiaoxiao to the Adrian Heaven and Earth Bank, where the floating book barred Shang Yang and Baldy as new students.
• A Work-Study Student named Mendel offered Shang Yang and Baldy a loan, then fled when someone accused him of lending research funding.
• Yun Xiaoxiao borrowed ten million, and Shang Yang found a teleportation route to the West Thirty-Fourth Courtyard for their search into Work-Study Students’ advancement and the Scholar’s assigned person.
• Su Luo asked Zuo Guxian about using Source Essence for the Mana—Elemental Orthodox Path, then outlined a plan to combine several Paths and pursue the Mana—Self-Consistent Path.

Su Luo reviewed his advancement plans and the Dreamscape’s growing capabilities, then began using a simulated world to investigate the Self-Consistent Path. The chapter ended as he created a lightless world and left its evolution to unfold.

• Zuo Guxian questioned whether Su Luo had the resources to advance along so many Paths, and Su Luo said he intended to gather resources and advance all at once.
• Zuo Guxian continued the lecture and reflected on Su Luo’s theories of Source and Transmigration, connecting them to quantum mechanics and the nature of the world.
• Xiao Luo reported that Su Luo had reached the seventh level of the Ruin Dream Technique with thirteen million Dreamscape Depth, while the Great Holy Spirit’s capabilities and Xiao Xiao Luo Kin continued to grow.
• Su Luo tested the Dreamscape Small World, set its simulation to maximum accuracy with one planet, and ordered the world’s Evolution to begin.
• Su Luo summoned a vast Fixed Star-level soul and formed a lightless, high-pressure world from Dreamscape rules, leaving its Evolution to determine what happened next.

Jiang Mengrui confronted Yunxiao Immortal Emperor in the [Boundless Sea], where he challenged her to a contest over their futures. As they watched the contest begin, Jiang Mengrui reflected on the limits and cost of luck, leaving her wary of powerful beings who could distort fate.

• Jiang Mengrui said the [Boundless Sea] Career Advancement Dungeon required her to control a region, but she sensed something important was happening there.
• Yunxiao Immortal Emperor arrived in the [Boundless Sea] and dismissed it while eyeing Jiang Mengrui as a potential victim.
• Jiang Mengrui proposed wagering their lives on a coin toss, but Yunxiao Immortal Emperor refused and demanded a contest to reclaim his future.
• Jiang Mengrui used the sea’s rules to send their fates into a false worldline where they would compete from the same starting point.
• Jiang Mengrui considered how luck altered probability and feared that powerful beings who could distort causality might exploit her.

Jiang Mengrui waited for the misfortune that balanced her extraordinary luck, while Tali Lang redefined his faith and became the Lord of Contracts. Su Luo reviewed Survivors’ advancement Dungeons and shared his Mana-side guide as Silver Badges debated how difficult it was to advance along an extraordinary path.

• Jiang Mengrui corrected the false worldline’s scales of victory and waited for her own misfortune to arrive.
• Tali Lang reflected on the meaning of Contracts and rejected a faith in which only believers were bound to fulfill obligations.
• Tali Lang declared that he would deny his God and define a new Lord, becoming the Lord of Contracts at the lost altar.
• Su Luo reviewed reports from class advancement Dungeons and arranged for the Mutual Aid Association to share his guide to extraordinary paths.
• Silver Badge Survivors discussed whether they could enter an advancement Dungeon before a Large Dungeon and complained about the time required to advance along the Elemental Path.

Su Luo took the Lecturer Free-Course Test at Adrian Academy so he could offer courses on advancement and potentially reach work-study students. He began answering the exam’s difficult questions, while Zuo Guxian wondered why the academy’s white cat treated him with respect.

• Su Luo watched Survivors discuss long-term growth and concluded that they finally had time to think beyond immediate survival.
• After Demigod Zuo finished his ten lectures, Su Luo went to take the Lecturer Free-Course Test to qualify to offer courses of his choice.
• The white cat receptionist recognized Su Luo and respectfully directed him to the test.
• Su Luo examined the challenging sandbox exam, which tested knowledge, creativity, and inspiration across multiple transcendent paths.
• Zuo Guxian asked why the white cat treated Su Luo so well, and Su Luo began answering questions about advancement concepts.

Black Ghost and the other debt-ridden Enshrined Ones entered London Ete's Theater Box, where an Outer God and a powerful actor transformed the city into an endless stage. The Enshrined Ones revealed their true forms and prepared to fight.

• Black Ghost read the mission briefing, which required the Enshrined Ones to kill three stage protagonists, lead the ending toward tragedy, and expel an Outer God.
• Black Ghost asked Song Shige how many missions he had left, but Song Shige did not answer.
• The Enshrined Ones arrived in the rainy streets of London Ete's Theater Box and noticed that the mission differed from their usual deployments.
• Black Ghost and the others spotted a top-hatted actor in the fog and a green eye watching from beyond the world.
• The actor attacked, transforming the city into an immense theater stage as the Enshrined Ones revealed their true forms.
• The battle began three seconds after the Enshrined Ones and the actor met.

After completing his mandatory quests, Song Shige waited in the Gray Fog and considered how to advance his powers. At Adrian Academy, Shang Yang and Baldy tried to meet work-study students at a bar while Su Luo prepared a course to attract them.

• Black Ghost watched the Evil God flee, asked the Demon King whether his debt was paid, and was teleported out after completing his quests.
• Song Shige reviewed his gains and considered pursuing true damage as a path to advancing his Strength.
• Shang Yang and Baldy went to the Yin-Yang Dojo to seek work-study students, while Yun Xiaoxiao left to investigate a visiting lecturer.
• Su Luo passed Adrian Academy’s qualification exam and gained permission to offer courses freely.
• Su Luo opened a course on unorthodox, infinite-stacking Mana advancement for work-study students, then told Zuo Guxian to go to class.

Su Luo insisted on studying the flow of time, so Zuo Guxian agreed to teach him. At Adrian Academy, Cameron’s research team ran short of test subjects, and the richly dressed girl ordered the worst student in a newly announced course to become one.

• Su Luo told Zuo Guxian he needed to study the flow of time, and Zuo Guxian prepared to teach a course.
• Wang Fujian scolded Cameron for slacking during their project, and Cameron answered with insults.
• The richly dressed girl ordered the team to begin their seventy-sixth experiment and replace the missing test subject with one of them.
• Wang Fujian and the other Work-Study Students signed up for a course to avoid being chosen.
• Cameron named the course as [Mana-Unorthodox-Unlimited Stacking Attribute Advancement], and the richly dressed girl called its system a disorganized mess.

Su Luo began teaching his unexpectedly popular course on using Mana and Spells to stack basic Attributes, while assessing the work-study students and their unusual learning tools. He discovered that Cameron walked the Dreamscape Path and found Cameron’s Dream World afflicted by a Dreamscape Calamity.

• Su Luo’s course filled within half an hour, so he opened the class and introduced its theory, schedule, and individualized advancement plans.
• Wang Fujian, Cameron, and the other students used powerful personal tools and cheats to study the course material.
• Su Luo surveyed the students’ resources, reflected on the limits of cheats, and entered a Dreamscape to study.
• Su Luo sensed that one student also walked the Dreamscape Path and traced Cameron’s Anchor to his Dream World.
• Su Luo found Cameron’s green Dream World dripping with pus and identified it as a Dreamscape Calamity.

Su Luo taught an intensive class to Work-Study Students, then agreed to visit their laboratory after Zuo Guxian secured a one-billion payment. The chapter ended with Cameron revealing that sixteen-year-old Audrey was the vice dean’s mother.

• Su Luo let the students discuss after two hours of study, but most kept working through the difficult Knowledge on their own.
• Su Luo learned that the students belonged to the [Dual-Foundation Coordinated Advancement Experiment], which combined the [Mana-Infinite Life Path] and the [Mana-Pure Soul Path].
• After answering questions and supervising practical work, Su Luo randomly selected Wang Fujian and Cameron for individual advancement plans.
• Wang Fujian asked Su Luo to help with an urgent experiment, and Zuo Guxian agreed to a one-billion payment on Su Luo’s behalf.
• Audrey left for the laboratory, and Cameron revealed that the sixteen-year-old was the vice dean’s mother.

Su Luo investigated the Dual-Base Collaborative Advancement Laboratory and learned how its research group was developing a custom Mana advancement plan. He discovered that Audrey currently led the group.

• Zuo Guxian and Cameron discussed the neighboring college's young vice dean and her many identical mothers, while Wang Fujian explained that they had appeared at the Library with different strengths and Paths.
• Su Luo asked Wang Fujian for the Laboratory's key and coordinates, then ended class and speculated that the vice dean's mother had split herself into many avatars.
• Su Luo and Zuo Guxian arrived at the laboratory labeled the Nancun Groupmates Praise My Potency Research Group and Dual-Base Collaborative Advancement Laboratory.
• Wang Fujian told Su Luo that the laboratory was developing an advancement plan combining the Mana-Infinite Life Path with other Paths, and that Cameron was its main person in charge.
• Su Luo asked who led the Nancun Groupmates Praise My Potency Research Group, and Audrey raised her head and said that she was currently in charge.

Su Luo took over a laboratory experiment and used its abundant resources to advance his Constitution through the [Fallen God] method. He emerged with his rank updated to [Demigod] and a new skill, [Evolution-Scholar Path].

• Su Luo interrupted the experiment and volunteered to demonstrate Constitution advancement with and without Mana.
• Su Luo entered the experiment chamber while Kin Number One, Xiao Xiao Luo, operated the apparatus and explained his [Fallen God] advancement to the students.
• An unknown existence briefly took control of Audrey, inspected Xiao Xiao Luo’s attributes and belongings, and erased everyone’s memories of the encounter.
• Su Luo consumed the chamber’s vast supply of mass-energy while advancing his Constitution through the [Fallen God] method.
• Su Luo’s [Ten Thousand Worlds] panel updated his rank to [Demigod] and added [Evolution-Scholar Path] to his [Mastered Skills List].