Chapter Summaries

Lu Yao investigated Anubis and Dog City, then partnered with the Sleepless Civilization’s messenger to explore it. The Brain Worm returned with a Godhead and revealed that Dog City held over a hundred more, along with the Sacred Scarab, which wanted to trade with Lu Yao’s side.

• Song Shiyi gave Lu Yao access to the committee’s resource database, where he found records about Anubis and Dog City.
• Lu Yao agreed to co-own the Sleepless Civilization with the messenger, accepting a deal that gave him ninety percent of future proceeds and the messenger one Godhead from Dog City.
• Lu Yao promoted Mao Cao to Apostle and sent her to coordinate preparations with the partner’s Apostles.
• The Brain Worm entered Dog City and returned with a Godhead, which the messenger’s agent claimed under their agreement.
• The Brain Worm reported that Dog City contained over a hundred Godheads and members of the Curse Clan, and that the Sacred Scarab now ruled the city and wanted to trade with Lu Yao’s side.

The Brain Worm recounted its encounter with Sacred Scarab Kephri, who ruled Dog City and wanted feces to create undead warriors. Lu Yao began a trade that earned him a Godhead and Flame of Faith, then considered selling one of his two Godheads for more funds.

• The Brain Worm explained that Kephri, once symbiotic with the Subordinate God Kephri, controlled Dog City and possessed vast stores of Deity Corpses, Godheads, and Flame of Faith.
• The Brain Worm revealed that Kephri sought fresh feces as the life carrier for its [Undead Sealing Mud], and that it wanted to trade rather than exploit the Brain Worm.
• Lu Yao arranged a trial trade, and the Brain Worm exchanged a cart of fresh feces for 10,000 Flame of Faith under the agreed terms.
• Lu Yao assigned Mao Cao to manage feces collection and Dog City trade, and successive shipments earned him 1 Godhead and 1.66 million Flame of Faith.
• Kephri paused trade to raise Undead Warriors and fight powerful Stubborn monsters, while Lu Yao considered selling one of his two Godheads to increase his funds.

Lu Yao researched the market for Godheads, sold one on the Exchange for 16.55 million Flames, and bought a Secret Society Workshop that restored part of the Miniature Empire. The Messenger of the Gods explained why he had taken a Godhead and offered Lu Yao the Sleepless Civilization, leaving Lu Yao willing to continue their partnership.

• Lu Yao learned that Godheads were scarce strategic resources, then sold one through the Exchange for 16.55 million Flames.
• Lu Yao bought a Secret Society Workshop and placed it in the Abyss, where it merged with the Miniature Empire and restored his Apostle's Marks to 13.
• The Resurrection Kingdom expanded its livestock and planting industries to increase fresh manure production for Dog City.
• The Messenger of the Gods contacted Lu Yao and explained that he had used the Godhead to reclaim the Dream Weaver title from a self-aware rooster.
• The Messenger of the Gods offered Lu Yao the Sleepless Civilization in gratitude, and Lu Yao decided to continue working with him.

Charles investigated the Resurrection Kingdom for Kephri and concluded that God Yao was too powerful and dangerous to antagonize. Kephri chose cooperation, tasked Charles with future trade, and prepared to crush Dog City’s rebellion.

• Kephri sent Charles to observe the Brain Worm and assess the Resurrection Kingdom before deciding whether to fight or cooperate.
• Charles surveyed the kingdom’s army, cities, farms, and livestock, then recorded how its agriculture and animal husbandry sustained its people and resources.
• Charles learned from the Martyr God that the kingdom belonged to the Messenger of the Gods, while God Yao’s Apostle Mao Cao controlled it and the Brain Worm served as her assistant.
• After two months, Charles returned to Dog City with his records and a Yao Tribe gift, an Origami Avatar that Kephri recognized as a life-saving treasure.
• Charles warned Kephri that war with God Yao could bring catastrophic losses, and Kephri agreed to pursue cooperation instead.
• Kephri assigned Charles to handle further trade with the Brain Worm and announced that he would suppress Dog City’s rebels.

Lu Yao bought the Road Goddess's Crossroads and used its signposts to connect the Yao Clan with the Resurrection Kingdom and an area near the Sleepless Civilization. He tested its ability to redirect World Cannons, striking the Twin Snake Empire and proving the wonder could serve as a strategic weapon.

• The Brain Worm began delivering smaller, regular shipments to Dog City, and Lu Yao's faith reserves rose to 48.84 million.
• Lu Yao searched the Exchange for a strategic Mythological Wonder and bought the Road Goddess's Crossroads for 29.94 million.
• Lu Yao anchored one signpost outside Salt City and confirmed that people could travel between there and Sand City.
• Lu Yao anchored a second signpost in the Resurrection Kingdom's Temple, and Mao Cao and the Brain Worm tested the passage between the kingdom and Sand City.
• Lu Yao anchored the final signpost in the mist near the Sleepless Civilization and redirected three Grit World Cannons through the crossroads.
• Lu Yao examined the damaged Twin Snake Empire and concluded that the crossroads could let the Yao Clan strike it from beyond the mist.

Lu Yao watched the Resurrection Kingdom’s Bone Artisans create White Bone Charles and learned that the real Charles would record the kingdom’s history. The Yao Tribe founded the Yao Kingdom, and Lu Yao named the new age the Crystal Structure Era.

• The Bone Artisans built White Bone Charles and gave it to Charles, who accepted the gift.
• Lu Yao noticed Charles’s Writer attribute and sent Mao Cao to ask about his writing.
• Charles agreed to document the Resurrection Kingdom’s history truthfully and set off for Kencheng with his staff.
• Lu Yao founded the Yao Kingdom with Yao City as its capital.
• Lu Yao named the new era the Crystal Structure Era.

Andre and Alyosha were conscripted to support the Resurrection Kingdom during a war against an unknown enemy, where Andre built defenses and befriended Charles. After two years of anxious preparation, God Yao declared the war over and the kingdom returned to normal life.

• Andre learned that the Temple Society had assigned him to lead a mage team building a Mage Tower in the Resurrection Kingdom, and Alyosha joined as a physician.
• In the kingdom, Andre and the other Yao Clan support teams built Mage Towers and Ghost Lighthouses while the Skeleton Knights guarded against an enemy whose attacks could threaten entire worlds.
• Andre asked Mao Cao about the enemy and learned that the war order came from the Title God, while Mao Cao promised to protect the Yao Clan members.
• Andre befriended Charles, an Undead Warrior documenting the kingdom, and continued supporting its defenses through two years of wartime readiness.
• King Raymond announced that God Yao had declared the war over, and the Resurrection Kingdom resumed normal production and labor.

Raymond unexpectedly won the election and became king of the Resurrection Kingdom, then struggled to fulfill his promise to provide Bone Horses before preparing for a possible war against an unknown enemy. When the Twin Snake Empire’s Apostle Bu En asked him to shelter Baron Fellick, Raymond refused to grant the exiled noble special treatment, insisting that ability—not status—would earn kingdom resources.

• Raymond entered the final stage of the election, defeated farmer Stefan, and became king after voters favored his promise of Bone Horses.
• Raymond found the kingdom lacked enough bones to provide every household with a Bone Horse, so he arranged for Craftsmen to make public carriage services instead.
• Apostle Appia warned Raymond that an unidentified enemy had devastated Iron Fort and Sweet City with two small worlds, prompting the Resurrection Kingdom to enter war readiness.
• Mao Cao brought Yao Tribe reinforcements and Apostle Bu En, who asked Raymond to shelter Baron Fellick, the Iron Duke’s second son.
• Raymond refused to fund Fellick as an exiled noble and told him to demonstrate his engineering abilities to earn support.
• Mao Cao assured Raymond that Lord Yao would protect the kingdom, and Raymond resolved to let Fellick’s talents speak for themselves.

Raymond’s farming invention was improved by Baron Fellick, who became beloved in the Resurrection Kingdom, but the empire later tried to force him back after his brother’s death. Raymond defended Baron’s right to stay, and after Bu En attacked him, the Brain Worm and Mao Cao killed the Apostle; Lord Yao’s blessing then made Raymond realize his reign would continue.

• Raymond invented Kengya, and after Baron Fellick redesigned it with a Long-tailed Truck, the new device plowed three times as much land and helped raise crop yields.
• Baron spent six years in the Resurrection Kingdom, where the Bone Ancestors came to call him the Duke of Harvest.
• After Duke Todd died of suspected poisoning, the empire sent Bu En to take Baron back to face an investigation and restore the duchy.
• Raymond asked Baron whether he wanted to stay, and Baron chose to become a citizen of the Resurrection Kingdom; Bu En then shattered Raymond’s Bone Scepter and seized him by the throat.
• The Brain Worm and Mao Cao intervened and killed Bu En, while Raymond declared that evil would be brought to justice.
• Lord Yao blessed Raymond with the power of Lead by Example, leaving him to continue as king despite his wish to abdicate.

Lu Yao watched the Yao Kingdom’s new theocratic government and crystal-based economic growth, then made King Raymond a Hero after he bravely protected Baron Fellick. Baron’s escape was tied to the Twin Snake Empire’s political and economic turmoil, and the chapter ended with new inventions and technology spreading through the Resurrection Kingdom.

• The Yao Kingdom established its Theocratic Council System, with Prophet Long Ji as Chief and Botu as Prime Minister, while crystal structures accelerated trade and technological development.
• Raymond defended Baron Fellick from Apostle Bu En, and the Brain Worm defeated Bu En before Lu Yao transformed Raymond into a Hero.
• Lu Yao learned that Baron Fellick’s father had sent him away to protect him from the Twin Snake Empire’s power struggles and the emperor’s attempt to install a puppet duke.
• The Dwarven Anvil Federation’s trade conflict and Lu Yao’s destruction of Iron Fort and Sweet City worsened the Twin Snake Empire’s economic and political unrest.
• Raymond and Baron Fellick invented Kengya, Baron taught the Resurrection Kingdom to use Goblin Gunpowder and Long-tailed Trucks, and Andre invented the Bone Mage Tower and the Bone Mage profession.

Lu Yao observed the Resurrection Kingdom adapting Goblin Technology and Bone Mage Towers to the Bone Ancestors, while Andre agreed to extend his support for five years. The chapter ended with Mao Cao asking Lu Yao to decide whether the Yao Tribe should sell a wide range of goods to Kephri of Dog City.

• Lu Yao inspected the explosive Kengya agricultural vehicle and watched Bone Ancestors rescue its injured driver, demonstrating how their bodies could be repaired after explosions.
• The Resurrection Kingdom began mass-producing Long-tailed Trucks because the Bone Ancestors could survive and recover from their frequent accidents.
• Lu Yao inspected the Bone Mage Tower, where Zierde and Buji discussed the need for more scholars and Ghost Lighthouses to train Bone Mages.
• Andre healed the injured Kengya driver and announced that the support team would remain in the kingdom for five years, prompting the Bone Mages to celebrate.
• Mao Cao summoned Lu Yao to the temple, where Charles requested permission for Kephri to buy many kinds of goods from the Yao Tribe in exchange for Flame of Faith.

After Menes revived and devastated Dog City, Charles and the defenders failed to stop him and withdrew. Kephri revealed that the Whistleblower’s Kinfolk had destroyed Menes’s seal and sent Charles to negotiate tribute with the Yao Tribe to keep Menes from attacking.

• Charles returned to Dog City and learned from Kephri that Menes had revived and crushed the city’s defenders.
• Charles joined Kekhan and the armies in battle against Menes and his mummy soldiers, but Menes shattered Kekhan’s body and Charles ordered a retreat.
• Kephri explained that Menes had awakened after a Whistleblower’s Kinfolk destroyed his seal, leaving Dog City threatened by Menes and the hidden Whistleblower.
• Kephri told Charles that Menes could be appeased with gifts and asked him to seek a new trade with the Yao Tribe.
• Charles agreed to negotiate with the Yao Tribe and obtain items to offer Menes.

Charles arranged a trade between Dog City and the Yao clan for novel goods that could keep Menes calm while Kephri worked to gain control of him. The Yao clan learned the goods were being used as tribute and offered to enter Dog City to eliminate Menes, leaving Charles caught between their willingness to help and Kephri’s plan.

• Charles investigated the Resurrection Kingdom’s goods, then negotiated with Brain Worm to buy a wide range of supplies as tribute for Menes.
• Menes accepted only novel offerings, and Kephri told Charles that he needed time to complete his symbiosis with Menes rather than unleash further chaos.
• Charles asked Mao Cao for help, and God Yao approved trade with the Yao clan at its listed prices.
• Menes became fascinated by Tribal Chess 2: Old God Seal, and Kephri paid two Godheads for the Yao clan’s civilization specialties.
• Mao Cao revealed that the Yao clan knew Menes was receiving the goods and offered to enter Dog City to eliminate him without disrupting its operations.

Lu Yao learned that Menes was pressuring Dog City and repeatedly challenged him through Tribal Chess 2. After discussing ways to help Kephri, Lu Yao accepted Menes’s challenge and chose the Yao Tribe’s chess expert, Buma, to represent him.

• Menes repeatedly challenged Lu Yao through Tribal Chess 2, and Lu Yao investigated his history and titles on the committee’s website.
• Lu Yao learned that Menes’s White City Battleground could grow stronger through repeated victories and that Menes had killed the former king after a dispute over his titles.
• Charles brought Lu Yao two Godheads and asked for help against Menes, while Lu Yao considered several plans to protect Dog City.
• Charles said Dog City could not be opened for Lu Yao to attack and asked him to provide personal aid against Menes.
• Lu Yao accepted Menes’s chess challenge and selected Buma, the Yao Tribe’s King of Chess, as his proxy.

Isabelle chose Buma to represent the Yao Tribe in Tribal Chess against Menes, and Buma defeated him through aggressive resource control and attacks. Menes repeatedly challenged Lu Yao and offered tribute, while Lu Yao freed the enslaved Undead Warrior Dolius and prepared to test how far Menes’s growing suppression rate would go.

• Isabelle told Buma he would represent the Yao Tribe in Tribal Chess, and Lu Yao selected him as commander for the match against Menes.
• Buma hired neutral units and gathered resources while Menes fortified his base, then Buma’s mercenaries defeated Menes’s archers and trapped him inside his base.
• Buma’s forces destroyed Menes’s base, earning victory and a tribute of the Undead Warrior Dolius, while Menes’s suppression rate against Lu Yao rose to 100%.
• Lu Yao sent the Brain Worm to retrieve Dolius from Dog City, then lifted the Slave Seal and assigned Dolius to Mao Cao’s Resurrection Kingdom forces.
• Menes challenged Lu Yao again and offered Ekes as tribute after another defeat, raising his suppression rate to 2%; Lu Yao sent Buma back into battle and wondered whether repeated losses could eventually make Menes instantly die against Yao Clan units.

Lu Yao learned how Menes had survived in Dog City and accepted Yazdan, a Yellow-robed Magician and former Whistleblower agent, after removing his Kinfolk trait and Slave Seal. Menes eventually stopped dueling Buma, so Lu Yao planned to send King of Chess into Dog City to keep collecting Menes’s offerings.

• Buma defeated Menes in twelve Tribal Chess battles, and Menes offered Lu Yao twelve Undead Warriors.
• Lu Yao refused an Undead Warrior and accepted Yazdan, then removed Yazdan’s Kinfolk trait and Slave Seal.
• Yazdan explained that he had been sent to Dog City by Lord Whistleblower to gather intelligence and search for the remains of the Old God Set.
• Yazdan said he had opened Menes’s tomb to lure out the Lord of Strength, but Menes had captured and enslaved him.
• Lu Yao collected Menes’s many trophy offerings until Menes stopped seeking duels after his 98th defeat.
• Lu Yao decided to send the living armor King of Chess into Dog City to visit Menes.

A Yao Tribe envoy called King of Chess arrived in Dog City to challenge Menes, who fled because King of Chess’s presence triggered the weakness caused by Menes’s title. Kephri explained the danger and negotiated Yao Tribe assistance, and Mao Cao confirmed that Lord Yao had agreed to help capture Menes.

• A scout reported that King of Chess, a black-armored Yao Tribe envoy, had arrived to teach Menes a lesson and could predict the enemy’s moves.
• King of Chess met Menes, who immediately fled toward his original tomb and hid from pursuit.
• Charles told Kephri that King of Chess’s presence weakened Menes, and Kephri explained that Menes’s title made him vulnerable after repeated defeats by Lord Yao.
• Kephri decided to negotiate with the Yao Tribe for help controlling Menes, and Charles offered 100 million Flame of Faith for permanent control.
• Mao Cao consulted Lord Yao, then agreed to cooperate with Charles in capturing Menes.

Lu Yao accepted Kephri’s offer to capture Menes and organized the Ghost Realm and Bamboo Gourd Country as independent vassal civilizations within the Yao Clan. As he explored the next green-point world, he discovered a saucer-shaped flying object circling a Vortex World.

• Lu Yao agreed to Kephri’s 100-million-Faith deal for Menes, received the first payment, and found the Yao Tribe’s new personal panels in use across Resurrection Kingdom.
• Lu Yao learned that the Ghost Realm and Bamboo Gourd Country wanted to join the Yao Kingdom after migration and cultural influence from the Yao Tribe had strained their societies.
• Slaimod described the two countries’ situation, and Lu Yao accepted them as independent vassal civilizations, assigning the Ghost Realm to cultivate undead labor and Bamboo Gourd Country to grow cash crops.
• The Ghost Realm and Bamboo Gourd Country developed fanatical worship of Lu Yao, increasing his Faith by about 800,000.
• Lu Yao used Pathfinder to reach the next green-point world and spotted a saucer-shaped object circling a small Vortex World.

Lu Yao entered a dangerous Vortex World where spells were ineffective and explored its collapsing surface with Tyrant. He found a damaged Wave-Riding Boat made by the Wan Qu Dwellers, recognized it from historical records, and climbed inside to investigate.

• Lu Yao tested Grit Worlds and launched a medium-sized one carrying himself, the Yellow Turban Warrior, and Tyrant toward the Vortex World.
• Lu Yao discovered that spells failed in the world, but his Miracles still worked as he and Tyrant crossed the flowing, barren terrain.
• Meteorites battered the world as Lu Yao used Miracles to protect himself and Tyrant while they searched for unusual traces.
• Tyrant spotted an object lodged in a crack in the sky, and Lu Yao pulled it down with Hurricane.
• Lu Yao identified the damaged object as a Wave-Riding Boat and found records linking it to the Wan Qu Dwellers and First Emperor Qin.
• Lu Yao climbed into the Wave-Riding Boat to inspect its interior.

Lu Yao discovered an intact Wave-Riding Boat guided by a Miracle left by Xu Xiake, then read Xu Xiake’s account of the abandoned passage known as Outer Wan Qu. The travelogue revealed that a dangerous treasure lay deep underground, and Lu Yao decided to investigate it.

• Tyrant spotted a second Wave-Riding Boat drifting in the air, and Lu Yao pulled it down with [Hurricane].
• A red-light bird emerged from the boat, guided Lu Yao toward it, and then disappeared; Tyrant entered the vessel and confirmed it was safe.
• Lu Yao found Xu Xiake’s travelogue, which identified the boats as creature-like shells used by the Wan Qu Dwellers and described how abandoned boats hunted outsiders.
• Xu Xiake concluded that the region was land belonging to Wan Qu, not Wan Qu Kingdom, and warned that a treasure deep in the earth was guarded by monsters.
• After reading about the treasure and the danger of disturbing the region’s balance, Lu Yao decided to dig underground.