Chapter Summaries

Lu Yao learned that Blood Hill had been used to seal the heart of the Dragon of Blood and that the revived Taisui was hunting worlds. Pasha restored the Nine Harmony Pillar, which confirmed that Taisui was approaching Blood Hill and triggered an urgent warning from the Simulator.

• Dragon Cat sensed an unfamiliar dragon and took Mao Cao to look for it, finding Pasha working on the Nine Harmony Pillar.
• Dragon Cat told Mao Cao that Blood Hill sealed the heart of the Dragon of Blood, whose heart had created the Blood Sea.
• Dragon Cat remembered that Taisui had revived and warned Pasha that repairing the pillar could draw it to them.
• Pasha finished restoring the Nine Harmony Pillar despite Dragon Cat's warning.
• Lu Yao checked the pillar and saw that its location confirmation pointed to Taisui, then the Simulator warned that Taisui was approaching.

Lu Yao discovered that Taisui was severely weakened, blind, and unable to accelerate in the Crawling Zone, so he used Continent Island as bait to tow it safely. When he fed Taisui a Grit World, he realized it produced Omnipotence Stones, revealing a valuable use for the creature.

• Lu Yao identified Taisui and saw that its abilities included Disarm, Devour, Immortal, and Life Furnace, though its attributes were hidden.
• Lu Yao fled at full speed and observed that Taisui moved slowly, followed the Nine Harmony Pillar, and devoured Grit Worlds it touched.
• Lu Yao concluded that Taisui was blind and injured, then decided to test the Dragon Race method of steering it with a Nine Harmony Pillar as bait.
• Lu Yao used Continent Island to lure Taisui, learning to maintain the chase while keeping a safe distance.
• When Taisui stopped following, Lu Yao fed it a Grit World, which restarted its pursuit of Continent Island.
• Lu Yao noticed that the fragments released after Taisui ate the Grit World were Omnipotence Stones and realized Taisui could extract them.

Lu Yao collected Omnipotence Stones from Taisui, transformed the Blood Clan’s Blood Sea Garden into a Wonder, and arranged for the War Cat Tribe to assist in Sand City. He then intercepted a golden Great Sui Spore and used an Apostle’s Mark on it, leaving its fate unresolved.

• Lu Yao gathered more than 10,000 Omnipotence Stones after feeding several Grit Worlds to Taisui.
• Lu Yao spent 5,000 Faith to turn the Blood Clan’s Blood Sea Garden into a Wonder.
• Pasha advised Marshal Huang that the War Cat Tribe could partner with martial cultivators, and Isabelle approved the tribe’s request to help elsewhere.
• Lu Yao opened a passage between Ice Lake City and Sand City, where War Cats joined the Box-Carrying Cacti as assistants and hunted shell cockroaches.
• Lu Yao spotted a golden sphere labeled Great Sui Spore, intercepted it with Continent Island, and dragged an Apostle’s Mark onto it.

Lu Yao watched the Great Sui Spore hatch into an indestructible Red Thorn Snake and learned it could act as Great Sui’s life coordinate in the Continent Island. He marked it as his tenth apostle, and after it gained Wisdom, he named it Chi Lian.

• Lu Yao assigned Slaimod’s Gezhi clone to watch the Great Sui Spore, then searched the committee website and learned about Wasteland No. 4’s dangerous body-part and memory effects.
• The Great Sui Spore hatched into a Red Thorn Snake with demigod status and the ability [Announce Great Sui], and it survived attacks from the island’s predators.
• Slaimod used the Beast Tamer’s Leash to tame the creature and discovered that its internal rules could merge with the world’s rules, allowing Great Sui to mark and locate the Continent Island.
• Lu Yao used an Apostle’s Mark on the Red Thorn Snake, making it his tenth apostle, and Slaimod taught it to control its instincts and follow Lu Yao.
• The new apostle gained Wisdom, took on a red-clad Pixelated Villager form, and Lu Yao named him Chi Lian.

Chi Lian resisted the Star God's influence and returned to lead the Red Thorn People, helping them build the City of Light and expand across the land. Years later, Zhao reported that Fishmen had revealed an underwater Temple and offered Chi Lian a shining Long Spear, while a Giant Clam carried the Temple on its back.

• Chi Lian felt a distant star calling to him, but questioned its influence and sought guidance from the Green-robed Man in the Temple.
• The Green-robed Man urged Chi Lian to trust the Red Thorn People and work with them rather than struggle alone.
• Chi Lian returned to his people and declared that they would fill the night with light, prompting Zhao and the others to hail him as the King of Light.
• The Red Thorn Tribe built the City of Light, expanded into villages, and developed into the dominant people of the land.
• Zhao told Chi Lian that Fishmen had shown the Red Thorn People an underwater Temple and offered them a shining Long Spear, while a Giant Clam carried the Temple.

Chi Lian led the Red Thorn Tribe and the Fishmen to recover the old underwater Temple’s treasures and offered them to Lord Yao. As a black continent descended toward them, Slaimod warned that war was coming, while Lu Yao received the offerings in the Simulator.

• Chi Lian followed the Fishmen to the underwater Temple, where he found the Dragon Tooth Halberd lodged in a Giant Undersea Clam.
• Chi Lian ordered the Red Thorn Tribe to spend twelve years hauling the Giant Undersea Clam ashore, with help from the Fishmen.
• Chi Lian pulled the Dragon Tooth Halberd free, and the clam revealed the Turtle Pearl, which identified itself as part of Lord Hermit in the Rain’s treasures.
• Chi Lian brought the Bone of Divination, Dragon Tooth Hook, and Turtle Pearl to the Temple, where Slaimod praised his resolve and warned him to protect his people from the coming war.
• Lu Yao received Simulator notifications that the Red Thorn Tribe had invented the Star-Gazing Altar and that Chi Lian had offered him the three treasures.
• Lu Yao wondered where Chi Lian had found the treasures, which he had not seen in the world encyclopedia.

Lu Yao examined the Star-Gazing Altar and Hermit in the Rain’s three fishing treasures, learning that Hermit in the Rain had been a Brass Dragon and that Great Sui’s interference was slowing Continent Island’s time. As he prepared to use the Dragon Tooth Hook to observe Great Sui, the Ben Cavalry Army invaded Continent Island, and Lu Yao assembled forces to repel it.

• Lu Yao inspected the Star-Gazing Altar, Bone of Divination, Dragon Tooth Hook, and Turtle Pearl, and recognized the pearl as an Anomalous Object with self-awareness.
• Lu Yao asked the Turtle Pearl about Hermit in the Rain and learned that he had been a Brass Dragon.
• Lu Yao traced Continent Island’s slowing time flow to Great Sui’s interference with the Grit World’s rules.
• Lu Yao considered using the Dragon Tooth Hook and Turtle Pearl to fish for and observe Great Sui, but the Ben Cavalry Army’s arrow-shaped world rammed into Continent Island.
• Lu Yao ordered Slaimod to mobilize Sand City’s forces, sent Ju to command Sun-Forging Bay’s troops, and alerted the White God and the Sinister Legion of Four Directions City.

Zhao struggled to carry news of the invaders back to the King of Light, even after his body was destroyed, until Yao Tribe reinforcements rescued him. As the medical squad treated Zhao, powerful allies confronted the enemy forces and cornered a Cyclops Apostle.

• Zhao ran toward the Red Thorn Tribe while Black Great Birds and enemy warriors pursued him, but his body was destroyed and his ghost kept going.
• A wooden-sword-wielding Fu Jianli drove off the birds, while physician Bin Jiao treated Zhao and introduced him to Fu Jianyu.
• Zhao entered Bin Jiao's body for emergency care as Giant Beast Cavalry surrounded them and set Bin Jiao's potion box on fire.
• Bin Jiao unleashed a furious attack that killed more than forty cavalrymen and giant beasts, but a high-level Apostle carrying a giant axe arrived.
• Bulo and Zhunan joined Bin Jiao and Fu Jianli, and Hobart blocked the Cyclops's escape as the three powerful fighters attacked him.

Zhao reported the enemy’s forces to Chi Lian, who rallied the Red Thorn Tribe to train its Mimicry and defend its territory with Yao Tribe support. Bin Jiao joined the allied war effort as a medical squad leader and treated a captured enemy soldier, who became convinced the allies planned to conquer his world before Fu Jianli knocked him unconscious.

• Zhao described the enemy’s Giant Beast Cavalry, Black Great Birds, ash-covered warriors, Apostles, and God, and Chi Lian insisted the Red Thorn Tribe must fight for its own territory.
• Chi Lian trained the Red Thorn Tribe to use Mimicry against the invaders and urged them to imitate and surpass their enemies.
• Bin Jiao met Bamboo Tiger and learned that the Bamboo People were supporting the front with engineering while Lushan joined the combat troops as a commander.
• Slaimod assigned Bin Jiao’s medical squad to treat wounded fighters and rescue Ghosts at the front, where Ju God commanded the allied operation.
• Bin Jiao treated the surrendering cavalryman Dartini and brought him to the rear by Sky Lamp; Dartini accused the allies of plotting to conquer his world, and Fu Jianli knocked him unconscious.

Dartini lived as a prisoner in the Yao Clan camp, where Prince Wadiye mistook another prisoner's escape tunnel for his and tried to recruit him into the Restoration Army. After Dartini abandoned his own escape attempt and rescued the severely wounded swordsman Fu Jianbei, he confessed that he was a deserter and agreed to accompany Bin Jiao to the front line to help manage captured Ben Cavalry Army soldiers.

• Prince Wadiye wrongly accused Dartini of digging a tunnel, and Banu was arrested after Wadiye realized the tunnel belonged to him.
• Dartini decided to escape through the sea but gave up when he considered the man-eating fish and sea snakes.
• A badly wounded man climbed up Dartini's rope, and Dartini called for help; Bin Jiao identified him as Fu Jianbei, the swordsman who had killed Apostle Falbert.
• Dartini confessed to Bin Jiao that he had deserted the battlefield and admitted he had saved Fu Jianbei while trying to escape.
• Bin Jiao promised the war would soon end and asked Dartini to help manage prisoners at the front line, and Dartini agreed to go.

Dartini watched the Yao Tribe deploy its full force and crush the Ben Cavalry Army’s front line. As the Ben Cavalry Army’s Divine Kingdom fled, he realized he had lost his chance to return home and would have to make a life in the new world.

• Dartini and Banu discussed the prisoners’ chances of joining the Yao Tribe, while Banu explained that the Ben Cavalry Army’s retreat had left it at a strategic disadvantage.
• Ben Cavalry veterans debated possible ways to turn the battle around, but concluded that the Yao Tribe’s reserves and varied forces made victory unlikely.
• The Yao Tribe’s giant Bamboo Beasts, Bamboo Birds, Sky Lamps, steel chariots, Purple Roses, and Mud Warriors advanced and overwhelmed the Ben Cavalry Army.
• Lady Nefeli and the wounded Mountain Ring Python held the final position near the Divine Kingdom as the rest of the Ben Cavalry Army fled.
• King Ben’s Divine Kingdom rose into the clouds, abandoning the fighters behind, and Dartini accepted that he would have to live in the new world.

Nefeli, an Apostle of King Ben who collected resentment, abandoned the battlefield and transferred her millions of resentful spirits to Chi Lian, the King of Light. After she awoke as a Ghost in an unfamiliar Temple, she learned that King Ben and his Divine Kingdom had been destroyed and that Chi Lian had survived by copying her ability.

• Nefeli collected resentful spirits for King Ben and fought the Red Thorn Tribe, but King Ben fled the battlefield and left her behind.
• Nefeli met Chi Lian and warned him that her death could unleash her tens of millions of resentful spirits across the Divine Kingdom.
• Chi Lian chose to bear the spirits, and Nefeli transferred them to him; he rose into the sky and became a purple-black star as Nefeli's body burst apart.
• Nefeli awoke as a Ghost in a Temple, where Chi Lian thanked Isabelle for awakening her.
• Chi Lian told Nefeli that King Ben and his Divine Kingdom had been destroyed, then revealed that his tribe's Mimicry had let him copy her ability.

Lu Yao learned that the Ben Cavalry Army was a supply-starved roaming civilization serving The Fearless’s Civilization Chain, then destroyed its Divine Kingdom with a Grit Cannon salvo. King Ben’s Temple fled into the Void Universe, where Taisui caught and swallowed it.

• Lu Yao examined the Ben Cavalry Army’s Scout Birds, Camel Beast cavalry, and Ash Warriors, and concluded their military strength and supplies were limited.
• Ju analyzed the Ben Cavalry Army as an aggressive roaming civilization, and Slaimod explained how Title Gods’ Civilization Chains exploited subordinate worlds.
• Lu Yao decided to defeat and capture the Ben Cavalry Army’s world, but King Ben abruptly retreated and abandoned his troops and Apostle.
• Lu Yao fired thirty micro Grit-class World Cannons, and four hits shattered the Ben Cavalry Army’s Divine Kingdom.
• King Ben’s escaping Temple collided with Taisui, who caught and swallowed it as King Ben’s nearby faith vanished.

After King Ben died, Chi Lian gained Nefeli’s Vengeful Spirit Robe and learned that Great Sui had created him to find worlds for its descent. Nefeli pushed him to accept his origins and make use of his good fortune, while she resolved to pursue a new goal under Lu Yao; Lu Yao then prepared to fish for Taisui.

• Lu Yao collected more than 7,000 Omnipotence Stones from the defeated Ben Cavalry Army and learned that Taisui produced only stones when it devoured a Divine Kingdom.
• Nefeli gave her 43 million Vengeful Spirits to Chi Lian, who copied her Vengeful Spirit Robe through his Transformation Technique and formed a white Mountain Ring Python.
• Nefeli explained how vengeful spirits amplified resentment and challenged Chi Lian over his reluctance to face the Star God and his origins.
• Chi Lian called Great Sui’s name and discovered that Great Sui had created him to find worlds where it could descend.
• Nefeli urged Chi Lian to value his blessings and encouraged herself to pursue becoming a Hero and Prophet under Lu Yao.
• Lu Yao watched Chi Lian and Nefeli settle into their new roles, then prepared to fish for Taisui.

Lu Yao sent Chi Lian and the Dragon Tooth Hook inside Taisui by hiding the hook in a bait Grit World, hoping to observe the Star God's interior. Chi Lian landed safely and set the hook, while Lu Yao discovered a surviving Kindling Item in the rubble and wondered whether Chi Lian could bring it back.

• Lu Yao's allies discussed using a Grit World as bait and sending Chi Lian to investigate Taisui alongside the Dragon Tooth Hook.
• Chi Lian agreed to the dangerous mission, arranged for Zhao to lead the Red Thorn Tribe, and said farewell to Nefeli.
• Ju selected a suitable Grit World, and Slaimod and Isabelle hid the Dragon Tooth Hook beneath its surface.
• Lu Yao launched the bait world toward Taisui, which grasped it, examined it, and eventually swallowed it with Chi Lian and the hook inside.
• Chi Lian landed in a block-built pit within Taisui, secured the Dragon Tooth Hook, and realized he had been born there.
• Lu Yao spotted a Thorn Piercer Gauntlet LV3 among the rubble and wondered whether Chi Lian could bring back items from inside Taisui.

Chi Lian explored a Cyst inside Taisui, recovered three treasures, and was guided back to the Temple by Lord Yao. He awoke to find the City of Light transformed after sixty years had passed.

• Chi Lian resisted Taisui’s influence and discovered that he was inside a Cyst where Taisui decomposed the matter it devoured.
• Chi Lian found a Thorn Piercer Gauntlet and a King's Order Sword Talisman among the rubble, then retrieved a cracked pottery jar from the Cyst’s depths.
• As Taisui’s influence overwhelmed Chi Lian, he carried the three treasures out with the Mountain Ring Python and drifted through the Void Universe.
• Chi Lian awoke in the Temple, where Slaimod told him that Lord Yao had guided him back and that his recovered items had been offered as Sacrificial Offerings.
• Chi Lian saw Nefeli and the changed City of Light, then learned that sixty years had passed since he left.

After waking from his journey through Taisui, Chi Lian learned from Nefeli that sixty years had passed on Continent Island and that his people had built the Sun Kingdom while awaiting his return. Nefeli welcomed him as king, and Chi Lian faced the future with renewed clarity despite Taisui’s whispers.

• Nefeli told Chi Lian how tea leaves she discovered had become the City of Light’s major trade specialty and transformed the city.
• Nefeli recounted how Chi Lian’s movements inside Taisui slowed over time, how he vanished from the Turtle Pearl’s projection, and how the Red Thorn Tribe eventually stopped watching for him.
• Nefeli explained that Chi Lian returned to the Continent Island after another thirty-six years had passed and remained unconscious for two years before waking.
• Nefeli told Chi Lian that Zhao governed the Sun Kingdom as Archon and was away overseeing a funeral using the Stork-Fish Ephemera Jar.
• Nefeli welcomed Chi Lian back as king, and Chi Lian thanked Lord Yao and resolved not to be lost anymore.

Lu Yao watched Chi Lian risk his life exploring Taisui while the Continent Island prospered through Nefeli’s discovery of tea and the founding of the Sun Kingdom. The Era Update then classified Omnipotence Stones as polluted or pure, warning that polluted stones would cause mutations throughout the world.

• Chi Lian’s motion, life, and Mana Points continued to decline inside Taisui, while Lu Yao could only guide him roughly.
• Nefeli discovered tea and its uses, earning Hero status and helping the City of Light attract merchants and buyers.
• Camel Beasts helped the Red Thorn Tribe discover medicinal herbs, and trade and cultural exchange expanded between the City of Light, Sand City, and the Jiaoren.
• Zhao united the Red Thorn Tribe, the Jiaoren, and the Benqi People into the Sun Kingdom, with the King of Light as its ruler, bringing Lu Yao 160,000 faith.
• After Chi Lian’s third day inside Taisui, the Era Update introduced polluted and pure Omnipotence Stones and warned that polluted stones would cause mutations across the world.

After the Era Update, Lu Yao examined the Pixel World’s growing population and the changes to Omnipotence Stones before receiving Chi Lian and the treasures he recovered from Taisui. He placed the Stork-Fish Ephemera Jar in the City of Light, where it became the center of a new burial site and awakened a Bird Spirit that began recounting the Stork Pattern Clan’s history.

• Lu Yao found that the Pixel World’s population had risen to 1.88 million and learned that time could purify Polluted Omnipotence Stones through assimilation by the new world’s Rule Power.
• Lu Yao brought the weakened Chi Lian back from Taisui after Chi Lian escaped with the Mountain Ring Python.
• Chi Lian offered Lu Yao the Thorn Piercer Gauntlet, the King's Order Sword Talisman, and the Stork-Fish Ephemera Jar.
• Lu Yao gave the King's Order Sword Talisman to Ju, who recognized it as a high-precision sensor for improving biological algorithms.
• Lu Yao placed the Stork-Fish Ephemera Jar in the City of Light, where Zhao oversaw a burial ceremony and the Bird Spirit awakened.
• The Bird Spirit began telling the people of the City of Light about the Stork Pattern Clan and its dealings with the Watcher.

Lu Yao recorded the Bird Spirit’s account of the Stork Pattern Tribe, from its origins as Kunpeng’s descendants to its civilization’s destruction when Taisui captured their world. The Bird Spirit vanished after finishing the history, leaving only the broken [Stork Bird Mayfly Jar] and its stories of the past.

• Lu Yao organized the Bird Spirit’s account, which traced the Stork Pattern Tribe’s origins to Kunpeng and its first Burial Spirit to the Ghost of a dead Kun.
• The Stork Pattern Tribe built the Mountains Civilization, developed Pot Burial, and used the [Stork Bird Mayfly Jar] to protect the dead and bind their civilization together.
• When [Watcher] invaded, the Stork Pattern Tribe defeated his forces and killed five Apostles, but later faced a much larger army led by two Demigods.
• The tribe’s plea for help awakened the [Stork Bird Mayfly Jar], whose resonance gathered power from civilizations across many worlds and drove [Watcher]’s people away.
• The Stork Pattern Civilization later mastered resonance and Burial Spirits, but Taisui captured their world and destroyed it, leaving the broken jar and the Bird Spirit.
• The Bird Spirit finished its account, thanked the spectators, and flew away.