Chapter Summaries

Lin Hai and Jing Yuan held a spar in which Jing Yuan’s supreme techniques failed to make Lin Hai budge, while Lin Hai’s first counterattack overwhelmed Jing Yuan’s defenses. Lin Hai continued pressing the General, leaving Fu Xuan stunned by the gap between their strength.

• Jing Yuan opened the spar with the Meridian-Sealing Finger, but Lin Hai stopped the attack effortlessly with two fingers.
• Jing Yuan unleashed the Thousand Illusion Cloud Hands and Divine Firmament Slash, but Lin Hai neutralized them and suffered only a faint red mark on his palm.
• Lin Hai closed in and struck Jing Yuan’s crossed arms with a hand blade, shattering his defenses and forcing him back several steps.
• Lin Hai followed with precise finger strikes while Jing Yuan used the Cloud Knights Combat Art to defend and counter.
• Fu Xuan watched as Jing Yuan was driven onto the defensive and struggled to keep pace with Lin Hai’s controlled attacks.

Lin Hai defeated Jing Yuan in their sparring match, then reached a provisional alliance framework between Belobog and the Xianzhou Luofu. He left by mysteriously vanishing, leaving Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan to reflect on the alliance and his unfathomable abilities.

• Lin Hai overwhelmed Jing Yuan with a punch before pulling it back, and Jing Yuan conceded the match.
• Jing Yuan agreed that an alliance with Lin Hai and Belobog could benefit the Xianzhou Luofu, and Lin Hai welcomed cooperation.
• Lin Hai, Jing Yuan, and Fu Xuan discussed principles for an alliance, including sovereignty, information sharing, trade, and dispute resolution.
• Lin Hai named Bronya as Belobog's authorized representative, with Seele assisting, while Jing Yuan promised Xianzhou representatives to negotiate the terms.
• Lin Hai vanished without a trace, startling Jing Yuan, who remarked that his methods were unfathomable.

Lin Hai reunited with Sparkle, then summoned The Herta to join them for coffee. Sparkle invited The Herta to play a new game that evening, and The Herta asked to hear the rules.

• Lin Hai returned to the hotel suite, where Sparkle greeted him in her damaged investigator's uniform, and they kissed.
• Lin Hai and Sparkle went to the hotel's café, shared coffee and dessert, and flirted together in a booth.
• Lin Hai suggested inviting The Herta for coffee, then summoned her beside the heated pool with the Contract Lucky Star.
• The Herta welcomed Lin Hai, and he brought her to the café, where Sparkle greeted her and the three shared coffee and conversation.
• Sparkle invited The Herta to play a new game with special uniforms that evening, and The Herta asked what kind of game she had in mind.

Lin Hai welcomed The Herta with a reserved pool and shared an intimate encounter with her. They later discussed his meeting and proposed alliance with the Xianzhou Luofu, leaving its terms for Bronya and Seele to finalize.

• Lin Hai showed The Herta a collection of swimsuits, and she chose a deep purple bikini before joining him in the pool.
• Lin Hai and The Herta kissed and shared an intimate encounter in the water.
• The Herta collected samples from unusual plants while walking through the garden with Lin Hai.
• Lin Hai told The Herta about meeting Fu Xuan and Jing Yuan, sparring with Jing Yuan, and reaching a preliminary agreement to form an alliance.
• The Herta assessed the alliance’s strategic benefits and risks, and Lin Hai said Bronya and Seele would handle its specific terms.

Lin Hai and The Herta learned a suggestive dance together, then kissed as their attraction overcame their restraint. They wandered into the hotel’s wedding display center, where The Herta chose a red Xiuhe Dress and Lin Hai bought it, leaving them embracing and kissing beneath the chandelier.

• Lin Hai showed The Herta a suggestive partner-dance tutorial, and they quickly learned its intimate movements.
• Lin Hai and The Herta danced together to the music, stopped to kiss, and let their passion take over.
• Lin Hai and The Herta wandered through the hotel until they reached the wedding display center.
• The Herta chose a traditional red Xiuhe Dress, and Lin Hai bought it for her.
• Lin Hai told The Herta he wanted to see her in the dress, and she drew him close and kissed him.

After growing closer to The Herta, Lin Hai gained a massive increase in power from their contract and unleashed an aura that stirred a colossal storm beyond Belobog. The Silvermane Guards spotted the phenomenon and prepared to alert Bronya and Seele.

• Lin Hai and The Herta shared an intimate moment in their hotel suite before appearing together in the snowfield outside Belobog.
• Lin Hai and The Herta enjoyed their time together in the snowy wilderness, and their bond deepened.
• The Herta’s affection reached 95, granting Lin Hai Life Origin Sublimation and doubling his physique coefficient.
• Lin Hai released a trace of his aura, creating a towering tornado of ice and snow across the snowfield.
• The Silvermane Guards witnessed the storm and ordered squads to investigate while preparing to alert Lady Bronya and Commander Seele.

The Herta livestreamed Lin Hai’s immense power outside Belobog, drawing attention across the stars. Belobog’s leaders learned the storm was harmless and planned a celebration, while observers elsewhere reacted with awe and concern at Lin Hai’s growth.

• The Herta recorded Lin Hai standing amid the storm and broadcast the footage across the interstellar channel.
• A Silvermane Guards reconnaissance squad identified Lin Hai at the storm’s center and reported that the alarm was a false one.
• Bronya saw the livestream, spoke with Seele, and ordered Belobog to prepare a grand banquet for Lin Hai.
• Kafka watched the broadcast and judged Lin Hai’s power growth to be an evolution beyond a simple increase in strength.
• Firefly saw Lin Hai on the livestream and felt happy and proud of his increased strength.
• Fu Xuan tried to analyze the storm’s energy but found that her instruments could not measure most of it.

After the livestream revealed Lin Hai’s immense power, factions across the sea of stars reconsidered the threat and influence he posed. On Belobog’s snowfield, The Herta tested him in combat, but Lin Hai effortlessly absorbed and destroyed her strongest attack.

• Jing Yuan worried that Lin Hai’s growing power could upset the balance across the sea of stars.
• Himeko and March 7th watched the livestream and concluded that Lin Hai’s power required a reassessment.
• Topaz and Aventurine discarded the Corporation’s previous response plans and called for a new strategy.
• The Herta ended the livestream and agreed to help Lin Hai test his strength.
• The Herta attacked Lin Hai with increasingly powerful strikes, but he absorbed her first blow and countered her illusions with ease.
• The Herta unleashed her peak Emanator-level attack, and Lin Hai stopped and annihilated it with one hand.

After Lin Hai effortlessly stopped The Herta’s attack, Belobog celebrated his increased strength with a barbecue at Qlipoth Fort. Bronya led him to the bedroom, while Seele, The Herta, and the others continued the feast.

• Lin Hai steadied The Herta after neutralizing her attack, while Bronya and Seele arrived in time to witness his power.
• Bronya proposed a grand celebration, but Lin Hai asked for a private celebration with Bronya and Seele before everyone returned to Qlipoth Fort for a barbecue.
• Lin Hai, Bronya, Seele, and The Herta gathered around the grill and enjoyed food and conversation with the others.
• Lin Hai asked Bronya whether she had missed him, and she said she would prove it in the bedroom.
• Bronya took Lin Hai to the bedroom as Seele, The Herta, and the others pretended not to notice and continued eating.

Lin Hai and Bronya shared a tender, private evening as they discussed Belobog’s reconstruction and he washed her hair. Meanwhile, the Interastral Peace Corporation judged that it could not confront Lin Hai and sent Aventurine and Topaz to negotiate with him.

• Lin Hai thanked Bronya for her work rebuilding Belobog, and they discussed the city’s progress and the Corporation’s potential threat.
• Lin Hai washed Bronya’s hair and cared for her as she relaxed in his arms.
• The Corporation’s executives watched a recording of Lin Hai’s power and concluded that he had reached near-divine levels.
• After debating their options and reviewing projections, the executives voted to abandon hostile actions and recognize Lin Hai’s special jurisdiction near Jarilo-VI.
• The Corporation assigned Aventurine and Topaz to negotiate with Lin Hai, authorizing concessions to avoid war.

Aventurine and Topaz set out for Belobog to pursue peaceful coexistence with Lin Hai’s rising power. Meanwhile, six women relaxed together at an Underworld hot spring, discussed Lin Hai, and chose sleepwear, ending their outing in a cheerful lounge.

• Aventurine and Topaz accepted their mission and departed for Jarilo-VI to offer Belobog a plea for peace.
• Seele and Bronya discussed the Underworld’s reconstruction and Lin Hai’s increased power while bathing with The Herta, Kafka, Cipher, and Firefly.
• Kafka teased the group about Lin Hai, and Sparkle proposed admiring each other’s figures.
• The Herta gave serious assessments of the women’s physiques, prompting laughter and playful protests.
• The women finished their soak, chose new sleepwear, and gathered in the lounge to chat and laugh.

Lin Hai showed Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan the overwhelming strength behind his plan to attack the Interastral Peace Corporation, and Jing Yuan agreed to join him. The Xianzhou Luofu broadcast Lin Hai’s declaration of all-out war across the starry sea, ending with a demonstration that erased a planet.

• Lin Hai and Fu Xuan arrived at the Seat of Divine Foresight, where Lin Hai told Jing Yuan he intended to attack the Interastral Peace Corporation.
• Lin Hai released his aura, devastating the garden and overwhelming Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan with his power.
• Jing Yuan accepted Lin Hai’s strength as sufficient reason to change the Xianzhou Luofu’s strategy and join the war declaration.
• Jing Yuan ordered the declaration broadcast, while Fu Xuan used the Divination Commission’s authority to maximize its reach.
• Lin Hai declared all-out war on the Interastral Peace Corporation and demonstrated his power by erasing a distant planet.

Lin Hai declared all-out war on the Interastral Peace Corporation and demonstrated his power by erasing a planet from existence. Topaz and Aventurine argued over whether to retreat or approach Belobog, while the women in the Underworld reacted with shock and excitement.

• Topaz and Aventurine received Lin Hai’s forced broadcast declaring war on the Interastral Peace Corporation and watched him destroy Shattered Star III.
• The Corporation’s technicians traced the broadcast’s core identifier to the Xianzhou Alliance’s Luofu and confirmed that the planet had truly disappeared.
• Aventurine urged Topaz to continue to Belobog and investigate Lin Hai firsthand, but Topaz insisted they return the intelligence to Corporation headquarters.
• Seele, Bronya, Sparkle, and Kafka heard Lin Hai’s declaration in the Underworld and reacted with surprise, awe, and excitement.

After Lin Hai’s declaration of war against the Interastral Peace Corporation, he appeared at the Underworld hot spring, where the seven women showed their support and asked about the plan. He told them to let the declaration’s impact build while they rested and prepared, then praised each woman before they kissed him in turn.

• The Herta analyzed Lin Hai’s power and found it had grown severalfold and could interfere with Imaginary Law.
• Seele and Firefly felt their power grow stronger, while Sparkle explained that the Contract Lucky Star fed them strength from Lin Hai’s affection.
• Lin Hai used the Contract Lucky Star to cross space and appear before The Herta, Sparkle, and the others.
• The seven women praised Lin Hai’s declaration of war, and he said they would wait for its impact to spread before striking after they had rested and prepared.
• Lin Hai described what he found beautiful about each woman, and they took turns kissing him.

Phantylia, disguised as an attendant at the Underworld hot spring lounge, tried to escape after spying on Lin Hai and the women, but he exposed her and demanded a reason to spare her. She offered herself in exchange for her life, and Lin Hai accepted, leaving them together in a pavilion in the bamboo grove.

• Phantylia watched Lin Hai with the women from a hidden corner of the corridor and decided to report his condition and movements.
• Lin Hai appeared in front of Phantylia, saw through her disguise, and demanded one reason to let her go.
• Phantylia revealed herself and offered to exchange her body for her life, and Lin Hai agreed.
• Lin Hai led Phantylia to a pavilion in the bamboo grove, where she went into his arms and kissed him.
• Lin Hai kissed Phantylia and began kissing her neck, while she surrendered to the unfamiliar attraction she felt.

After Lin Hai formed a Contract Lucky Star with Phantylia, its power strengthened her and revealed that his favor could rapidly develop her potential. Phantylia willingly sought more of his favor, leaving Lin Hai poised to join her in the hot spring.

• Phantylia reflected on her changed relationship with Lin Hai after their intimacy in the pavilion.
• Lin Hai formed a Contract Lucky Star whose connection to Phantylia was unusually strong.
• Lin Hai sent power through the Lucky Star, strengthening Phantylia and transforming her gray-flame power with a trace of dark gold.
• Lin Hai explained that his favor and closeness could help Phantylia grow stronger, and she eagerly asked him for more.
• Phantylia undressed, entered the hot spring, and invited Lin Hai to join her as they prepared to face the Interastral Peace Corporation.

The Herta moved the Herta Space Station to support Lin Hai and Belobog, sending the major powers into crisis and debate. As the station approached Jarilo-VI, Lin Hai relaxed beside The Herta while she prepared its orbital entry.

• The Herta announced that the Herta Space Station was changing course for Belobog and activating its highest-level scientific cooperation protocol in support of Lin Hai.
• Belobog celebrated the station's arrival, while Penacony's families argued over whether to support Belobog or avoid provoking the Corporation.
• Fu Xuan urged the Xianzhou Alliance to stand with Lin Hai, while Jing Yuan listened without revealing his thoughts.
• The Corporation's board split between calls for retaliation and warnings that fighting Lin Hai and The Herta would be suicidal.
• The Herta Space Station reached the vicinity of Jarilo-VI, and The Herta analyzed its orbital data while Lin Hai affectionately teased her.

Lin Hai summoned Phantylia to the Herta Space Station so The Herta could study how his contract power affected the Lord Ravager. Phantylia declared her willingness to do anything for greater power, and Lin Hai carried her into a private lounge, leaving The Herta flustered in the control room.

• Lin Hai told The Herta that he had brought Phantylia to heel and persuaded her to serve Belobog in a different way.
• The Herta grew eager to examine Phantylia's energy and its resonance with Lin Hai's contract power, so Lin Hai summoned her to the control room.
• Phantylia arrived, sensed The Herta's increased power, and obediently nestled beside Lin Hai when he beckoned.
• Lin Hai asked whether Phantylia would do anything to gain power, and she openly affirmed her ambition and submission.
• The Herta became embarrassed and protested that Lin Hai and Phantylia were distracting her from her research model.
• Lin Hai carried Phantylia into a private lounge and gently kissed her as she willingly offered herself to him.

Phantylia gained power through her bond with Lin Hai and transformed into Tingyun at his request. Lin Hai then returned to the Herta Space Station's control room, where The Herta scheduled their pleasure for after 23:00.

• Phantylia felt her power and origin grow stronger after her bond with Lin Hai.
• Lin Hai asked Phantylia to imitate Tingyun, and she transformed into the Foxian girl.
• Phantylia offered to serve Lin Hai in Tingyun's form, and he told her it depended on her performance.
• Lin Hai returned to the control room, where The Herta said the station's systems had let her sense what happened.
• Lin Hai asked whether The Herta would mind if Phantylia took her form, and The Herta said she did not care about that moral constraint.
• The Herta turned down Lin Hai's invitation for the moment and set their time together for after 23:00 standard time.

The Herta Space Station and the Xianzhou Luofu arrived above Belobog, publicly joining forces with Lin Hai and Bronya. As the gathering sparked panic and opportunism across the starry sea, Lin Hai dismissed the reactions and prepared to reshape its order.

• The Herta Space Station took orbit above Belobog, and the Xianzhou Luofu arrived soon after to answer the invitation.
• Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan landed at Qlipoth Fort, where Bronya and Lin Hai welcomed them alongside Seele, Sparkle, Cipher, Firefly, The Herta, and Tingyun, Phantylia in disguise.
• Jing Yuan and Bronya discussed cooperation at a grand banquet, while Fu Xuan and The Herta discussed energy matrices.
• Images of the banquet and the two vessels spread across the starry sea, prompting alarm at the Interastral Peace Corporation and debate in Penacony as smaller powers sought ties with Belobog.
• Lin Hai told Tingyun, Phantylia in disguise, that he did not care about the uproar as the alliance prepared to reshape the starry sea.