Chapter Summaries

Chi Lian and Nefeli helped Taixi investigate a mysterious fish in her home, and the Fish Spirit gave her Rock Control Technique so she could pursue swordsmanship. Lu Yao learned that the Mayfly Jar preserved the Stork Pattern Civilization’s abilities and then returned to the Yao Clan World, where new prompts about the Fire Vapor Tribe and a possible wonder appeared.

• Zhao welcomed the awakened Chi Lian as the King of Light while Taixi asked Nefeli for help with a fish haunting her house.
• Taixi explained that her father had died at sea, and she told Chi Lian and Nefeli about the fish that had vanished with her chicken.
• The Fish Spirit revealed itself, and Taixi confirmed that a Wild Dog—not the fish—had stolen her chicken.
• The Fish Spirit explained that Taixi’s father had entrusted her care to it and offered to teach her an ability in exchange for his beast-language talent.
• When Taixi asked for swordsmanship, the Fish Spirit taught her Rock Control Technique, which she used to make flying stone swords.
• Lu Yao recognized the Mayfly Jar as a storehouse of civilization and then saw prompts that the Fire Vapor Tribe had gained recognition and that Salt City Zoo was an available wonder embryo.

Xiao Ye lost his weekly pay when he gave it back to help Yan Bu keep his shop open, then accepted Shang Zi’s offer of work at her pet shop. There, he discovered the chained Steam Carriage was a talking Horsehead Man who offered him Omnipotence Stones to set him free, but Xiao Ye refused.

• Xiao Ye returned Yan Bu’s two City Bonds and urged him to keep the shop open, despite worrying that he would go hungry.
• Shang Zi offered Xiao Ye 140 Sea Shell Currency a week to handle the dangerous animals in her pet shop, and he accepted.
• Shang Zi showed Xiao Ye the chained Steam Carriage and told him to feed it coal so its condition would not worsen.
• The Steam Carriage spoke, transformed into a Horsehead Man, and offered Xiao Ye a chest of Omnipotence Stone if he released it.
• Xiao Ye refused to free the Horsehead Man, who then requested an elaborate meal of washed coal, heated Magic Oil, pine firewood, and rose petals.

Xiao Ye befriended Da Xiang, a proud but periodically frenzied Horsehead Man, and later freed him after learning that a Blue Rose could restrain Mutated Beasts’ instincts. After Yan Bu adopted Xiao Ye as Yan Ye, Yan Ye devoted his life to using Blue Roses to help Mutated Beasts gain control and join the Yao Tribe, while Da Xiang stayed by his side.

• Da Xiang told Xiao Ye that he was a distinguished creation of Shang Xun and Red Leaf, but Shang Zi revealed that he was an agricultural vehicle assembled from discarded parts of Four Seas and announced his sale to Salt City Zoo.
• Xiao Ye visited Da Xiang at the zoo, and a month later Yan Bu legally adopted Xiao Ye, revealed his inheritance, and bought Da Xiang from the zoo as a gift.
• Xiao Ye asked Yan Bu to release Da Xiang, and Da Xiang explained that a rare Blue Rose had helped it control its impulses before driving away in its carriage form.
• A month later, Xiao Ye redeemed Da Xiang again after it was caught stealing coal and kerosene, and Da Xiang took him to the Valley of Gods to seek Blue Roses.
• Yan Ye worked in the Rose Garden for twelve years and, with Pinkman’s guidance, cultivated the stable Calm Blue Rose and helped Mutated Beasts overcome their savage instincts.
• Yan Ye helped Bai Mu the Golden-Eyed Silver Dragon and Lan Bo the Ship Whale join the Yao Tribe, then continued traveling as the Wild Mage with Da Xiang at his side.

Lu Yao learned how the Yao Clan World adapted to Omnipotence Stone contamination, which halted extraordinary technology but encouraged biological research and cultivation. He watched Yan Ye tame an Aberrant with a Calm Blue Rose and continue his travels to teach Wisdom to Mutated Beasts.

• Tyrant reported that Omnipotence Stone contamination had created Mutated Beasts and the Fire Vapor Tribe, while contaminated reserves forced the Yao Clan to suspend much of its extraordinary technology.
• Tyrant described the population boom and the growth of cultivation and biological research as alternatives to equipment-based development.
• Pinkman introduced the Thousand Changes Paper Rose, a promising moldable material, and the Calm Blue Rose, which could stabilize the minds of Mutated Beasts.
• Philes reported White Fortress's research into Aberrants and explained that Yan Ye had helped naturalize Bai Mu and Lan Bo.
• Lu Yao observed Yan Ye, Da Xiang, and Bai Mu defeat the Flower Shell Beast, after which Yan Ye planted a Calm Blue Rose on it and began teaching it Wisdom.

Lu Yao watched Yan Ye become a Prophet and preach among the Mutated Beasts, then established the Wonderful Zoo as a Wonder. A Simulator notification revealed that the Yao Tribe had invented Temple Warriors, causing their faith in Lu Yao to surge by 3.78 million.

• Lu Yao promoted Yan Ye to Prophet, whose Evangelist path showed that knowledge and wisdom could lead to evolution without combat.
• Yan Ye encountered mutated creatures in the wilderness and paid Hunters to free a captured Carriage Man, which later returned with valuable parts as thanks.
• Lu Yao learned how the Omnipotence Stone’s pollution had transformed Yao Clan machines and altered the wilderness.
• Lu Yao converted the zoo behind the Museum of Old Days into the Wonderful Zoo, a Wonder that could encourage the rise of Biologists.
• The Simulator announced that the Yao Tribe had invented Temple Warriors, raising their knowledge, luck, reputation, and faith in Lu Yao by 3.78 million.

Buma recalled how his chess partnership with King of Chess led to a Sacred Contract that made him a Temple Warrior, then encountered another Holy Wish at the Museum of Old Days. The chapter left Buma identifying Mr. Long Ji as Mr. Why’s contractor.

• Buma visited the Museum of Old Days in Salt City while King of Chess urged him to return and play chess.
• Buma remembered how King of Chess challenged him for years before proposing a contract in which Buma would teach him chess in exchange for sharing his power.
• King of Chess revealed himself as an empty suit of armor, bound himself to Buma through a Sacred Contract, and made Buma his Temple Warrior.
• King of Chess explained that only three Holy Wishes existed and that Buma’s ability, Worldly Affairs are Like Chess, let him survey people and predict their actions.
• King of Chess sensed another Holy Wish at the Museum, and Buma recognized Mr. Long Ji as the Prophet contracted to Mr. Why.

Buma turned his chess and carving skills into a successful business, creating collectible old god statues and the popular Tribal Chess 2 with the King of Chess. When a panicked herd threatened nearby villages, Buma used [Worldly Affairs are Like Chess] to direct the Temple Warriors and earned Lord Yao’s Blessing.

• Buma carved a wooden statue of Demon Jack and confirmed with the King of Chess that selling old god figures would not be considered blasphemy.
• Buma’s old god carvings sold well, and he and the King of Chess created Tribal Chess: Old God Seal, which Inventor Muke endorsed as Tribal Chess 2.
• Buma built a prosperous life in Salt City while continuing to play chess and carve pieces.
• The King of Chess received a distress signal about a Flower Shell Beast and a panicked herd of Single-furnace Beasts threatening villages, so Buma went with it to help Black Forge and Fire Person.
• Buma used Omnivision and [Worldly Affairs are Like Chess] to guide Black Forge and the King of Chess in redirecting the herd and driving the Flower Shell Beast toward a safe route.
• After the crisis, Lord Yao restored Buma’s strength with a Blessing, and Buma vowed to fulfill his duties as a Temple Warrior.

Lu Yao reviewed the three Holy Wishes and their chosen contractors, seeing how the armor and people fought together against threats. He rewarded Buma for earning the King of Chess’s recognition, then checked on Salt City and found Jimmy sending two Ship Whales back to search for the Embankment Builder’s treasure.

• Lu Yao read how pollution transformed three Sacred Mark Armors into Holy Wishes, and how Mr. Why eventually became Long Ji’s contracted companion after serving him for ten years.
• Lu Yao examined Fire Person’s partnership with Black Forge and its explosive combat ability.
• Lu Yao watched King of Chess and Buma help Black Forge and Fire Person drive dangerous beasts away from human settlements, then learned that Buma’s chess deduction determined the battlefield’s outcome.
• Lu Yao saw that Buma and King of Chess could merge into a Temple Warrior, and he gave Buma a point as a reward for earning the armor’s recognition.
• Lu Yao checked Salt City and found everything normal, then saw Jimmy scold two Ship Whales and send them out to search for the Embankment Builder’s treasure.

Lu Yao learned that the Embankment Builder’s stone tools predated its godhood and heard how Dragon Nest researchers traced the world’s origins to the Chaos Era. The chapter ended with Philes reporting the discovery of an underwater temple containing a chained, kneeling statue that appeared to depict an Evil God.

• Jimmy offered Lu Yao two stone tools made by the Embankment Builder, and he learned they provided Knowledge and Morale rather than Faith.
• Ju and Slaimod explained that the tools were likely made before the Embankment Builder became a god.
• The Snowman told Lu Yao that Ship Whales had found the tools while salvaging ruins beneath the sea and searching for more of the Embankment Builder’s treasures.
• Yao Tribe Archaeologists studied fossils and concluded that the earliest Progenitor Rose came from the world-swamp of the Chaos Era, while Pinkman recounted the Embankment Builder separating earth and water.
• Philes reported that Lan Bo and a squad of Maneater Crabs had found an underwater temple containing a strange statue bound in chains and kneeling as if punished.

Lu Yao explored a submerged temple and uncovered the Sea Walkers’ history, from their creation of the Heart of Elements to the Embankment Builder’s rise as a God. The account ended with the Sea Walkers blaming the Dark God for granting the Embankment Builder a Godhead and planting the seed of its destruction.

• Lu Yao sent the Blood Knight Nivd into an underwater temple inside a broken stone sphere.
• Lu Yao used the True Sight Eye to read the temple floor and discovered how the Sea Walkers collected World Stones and built the Sacred Round Tower to nurture the Heart of Elements.
• The Heart of Elements absorbed traces of life and shattered Ghosts from the Sea Walkers’ killing treasures, then birthed the headless, twelve-armed Embankment Builder.
• The Embankment Builder reshaped the world with twelve mud figures but remained a powerful monster without a Godhead.
• The Embankment Builder followed the Dark God’s black footprints, seized a shooting star, and fused with its Godhead to become the world’s only God.

Lu Yao learned that the Sea Walkers had created a second Sacred Round Tower, from which a Chaos Person had escaped. He found the Chaos Person living as a Mud Monkey with Yan Ye and watched it gain a rose, a robe, and the name Fahai.

• Dinar told Lu Yao that the Sea Walkers had tried to create a new Sacred Artifact, but their round tower vanished during an intervention.
• Lu Yao read the Sea Walkers’ clay tablet and learned they had created a second Sacred Round Tower to raise a successor who would not repeat the Embankment Builder’s betrayal.
• Lu Yao found a record saying a Chaos Person had awakened and left through the broken gap, then located it as a Mud Monkey with Yan Ye and Da Xiang.
• Lu Yao discovered the Mud Monkey could consume Polluted Omnipotence Stones, and Yan Ye planted a Calm Blue Rose on its head to help it develop Wisdom.
• The Mud Monkey followed Yan Ye, accepted a black robe, and was named Fahai.

Lu Yao used the Wishing Star to learn how ordinary people had adapted to Mutated Beasts and found that Yao City’s residents were living steadily beneath three suns. After sensing Real Universe overlaps through the growth of the Yao Tribe’s population, he discovered that Wasteland No. 4 was near his home and decided to consult Song Shiyi before investigating.

• Lu Yao gathered wishes from the Yao Tribe and found that ordinary people often wanted Mutated Beasts for warmth, farming, and companionship.
• Lu Yao observed Hunters using a Single-furnace Beast to roast fish and feed it leaves and branches.
• Lu Yao discovered that Yao City and Sanilo had connected the Red Coral Mirage to the Ghost Lighthouse, while the mutated Light Crown flew over Yao City as a green sun.
• Lu Yao sensed red dots representing Real Universe interference zones and found that the nearest one matched the committee’s map of Wasteland No. 4.
• Lu Yao considered investigating the nearby overlap in the bicycle shed but decided to consult Song Shiyi first.

Song Shiyi and Wei Yingxue tracked down and captured the runaway Qian Yingluo at the zoo without harming the giant pandas. Song Shiyi also learned that Wasteland No. 4 had opened Low-Dimensional Game and agreed to investigate it further for Mary.

• Song Shiyi explained that the Qian Yingluo was hiding in the giant panda enclosure and had to be captured without frightening it or endangering the pandas.
• Wei Yingxue used Immortal Music and her Imprisonment Field to locate the Qian Yingluo and trap it in a photograph.
• Song Shiyi spoke with Mary about Wasteland No. 4, learned it had entered a new cycle and opened Low-Dimensional Game, and promised to send her more information.
• Song Shiyi and Wei Yingxue retrieved the trapped Qian Yingluo and stored it in a specially made box.
• Song Shiyi accepted Mary's invitation to dinner and recognized Wei Yingxue as Star Lord Lian Zhen.

Lu Yao learned how Wasteland No. 4’s Low-Dimensional Game worked and heard about the risks and rewards of sending in a God-Bestowed. After Song Shiyi gave Isabelle an entry ticket, Lu Yao chose Level 2 King of Chess Buma to scout the game.

• Song Shiyi explained that Wasteland No. 4 was a modified game world whose closed and entry periods imposed different rules on participants.
• Isabelle met Wei Yingxue, who hosted Star Lord Lian Zhen, and Song Shiyi explained the Beidou Star Lords’ rebirths and the Sky Chariot Project.
• Song Shiyi described how the game’s stages, difficulty, and irreversible losses varied with a God-Bestowed’s level, and gave Isabelle an entry ticket.
• Lu Yao decided to test the game with a low-level scout and selected Level 2 King of Chess Buma.

Lu Yao sent Buma, fused with the King of Chess as a Temple Warrior, into Tier 1 of the Low-Dimensional Game. Buma cleared Stage 1 and entered Stage 2 as Lu Yao began investing more Faith.

• Lu Yao used a Tier 1 Entry Ticket to send Buma into the Low-Dimensional Game, where the rules mortgaged Buma’s hair and required him to clear 50 stages for a Tier 1 achievement.
• Buma began Stage 1, defeated a Stone Monster with one punch, and found a bone that could be used to distract predators.
• Lu Yao invested the maximum 10,000 Faith, and Buma survived the night by defeating a large frog and giving his bone to a wolf to end their battle.
• Buma explored and fought his way to the exit, clearing Stage 1 with a normal completion and returning 11,000 Faith to Lu Yao.
• Lu Yao chose to continue, and the Faith investment limit rose to 20,000 in Stage 2.

Lu Yao watched Buma advance through the Low-Dimensional Game, where a trapped chest and the Blood Moon’s Hand of Avarice tested him. Buma defeated the Hand and gained helpful sandals, while Song Shiyi and Mingzai discussed how difficult the game had become for its other entrants.

• Buma cleared stages while Lu Yao and Isabelle speculated that the Low-Dimensional Game might collect God-Bestowed bodies and abilities for the world backend.
• A bomb inside a treasure chest dealt Buma 600 damage, prompting him to use Worldly Affairs are Like Chess to find safer routes through the stages.
• Song Shiyi warned Lu Yao that the Blood Moon’s Hand of Avarice could not be defeated and would revive, but Buma could not receive her message.
• After the Blood Moon began beyond Level 40, Buma fought back against the Hand of Avarice and defeated it, obtaining Straw Sandals that added one point to each Dice roll.
• Song Shiyi and Mingzai discussed Mary’s chances of surviving the difficult game, and Mingzai insisted that staying by Song Shiyi was his most important duty.

Lu Yao watched Buma tear through the game’s stages and defeat the final Gatekeeper without sacrificing him. After earning a perfect-clear settlement, Lu Yao faced a choice between two Exquisite Wonders.

• Buma repeatedly fought the Hand of Avarice until it gave him a bone and stopped attacking, then raced through the stages as Lu Yao read about natural disasters and found Halo’s old heroic deed in the committee archives.
• Buma reached Stage 50, where the game offered Lu Yao the choice to sacrifice him or awaken the Gatekeeper and fight.
• Lu Yao chose battle, and Buma used his superior stats and speed to defeat the Gatekeeper.
• The game awarded Lu Yao 550,000 faith and a perfect-clear settlement, offering him either the Bone Mound or the Golden Market.

Lu Yao asked Song Shiyi to compare the Bone Mound and Golden Market rewards, then chose to seek her advice while his game remained paused. Song Shiyi explained the wonders and learned Mary had cleared Tier 1; later, Mary sent Song Shiyi a Tier 2 Membership Card, which she gratefully accepted despite Mingzai’s suspicions.

• Lu Yao compared the Bone Mound’s ability to produce Bone Ancestors with the Golden Market’s appraisal function, then went to sleep without choosing either reward.
• Song Shiyi consulted the committee database and told Mary that Bone Mound was a low-rated, environmentally destructive wonder, while Golden Market was a useful trade standard that could reveal economic problems.
• Mingzai urged Song Shiyi to ask how Mary had cleared Tier 1, and Mary replied that they had chosen a suitable God-Bestowed unit and forced their way through.
• Song Shiyi checked committee records and discovered that only five people had cleared every Tier 1 stage in ten years.
• Mary sent Song Shiyi a golden Tier 2 Membership Card, and Song Shiyi accepted it after Mingzai warned that Mary might have ulterior motives.

Lu Yao completed the Low-Dimensional Game’s Tier 1 challenge, gaining the Golden Market, a new ability for Buma, and Level 2 Membership Cards that opened the real game. After giving one card to Song Shiyi, Lu Yao explored the game’s player data and learned more about its origins and competitive system.

• Lu Yao placed the Golden Market among his Wonders, and Buma chose the Carving Trick as his settlement reward.
• Buma returned to Salt City after thirteen years had passed in the Yao Clan World, where he learned that Mutated Beasts were now being raised outside cities.
• Lu Yao authenticated a Level 2 Membership Card and gave the spare card to Song Shiyi through Isabelle.
• Lu Yao entered the true Low-Dimensional Game and learned from Gulu that it was a Spirit Race experiment where civilizations served as stakes and Tier 1 challenges screened players.
• Lu Yao examined the Player Info data, comparing races’ suppression rates and finding that Bone Ancestors and Ghosts performed poorly as high-level units.

Lu Yao explored the game’s player information, leaderboard, Exchange, and Investment Center, learning about powerful gods and goods for sale. He bought a Bone Mound and reached a public gathering of living players through Gulu, his golden-starred representative.

• Lu Yao studied the Ghost evolution paths and checked the leaderboard, where Melancholy Goddess ranked first and Unknown had defeated her.
• Lu Yao looked up Whistleblower, Flayer, and The Fearless, then confirmed that God Yao had no listing.
• Lu Yao browsed the Exchange and found Qianyuan Mountain Golden Light Cave, Taiyi Zhenren’s Mythological Wonder, listed for 26 million Flame of Faith, but decided he could not afford it.
• Lu Yao bought a Bone Mound and then entered the Investment Center by directing Gulu, his representative.
• Lu Yao arrived in a hall where three silver-starred ghosts discussed investments, while Gulu’s golden star revealed that the gathering was a public channel of living players.