Chapter Summaries

Lu Yao researched the Feathered Ones and learned from Song Shiyi that they were the Wan Qu Dwellers of ancient accounts and the Angels of Western legend. He returned to Outer Wan Qu and tried to anchor it, but the enormous cost drove him to confront the monster at its center instead.

• Lu Yao searched the committee database, found Wan Qu Dweller records, and compared their descriptions with the Feathered Ones he had encountered.
• Lu Yao contacted Song Shiyi, who was investigating near Lop Nur with Wei Yingxue, and learned that Wan Qu Dwellers were believed to be Feathered Ones and Western Angels.
• Song Shiyi's call was interrupted by a disaster creature overturning their vehicle and another emergency, but she completed her explanation before disconnecting.
• Lu Yao returned to Outer Wan Qu and attempted to connect the unnamed Fragmented World to the Tree of Sylvanus.
• Lu Yao saw that anchoring Outer Wan Qu would cost 181,109,421 Faith and decided to challenge the monster at the world's center.

Lu Yao lured Taisui to the new Wan Qu Kingdom, where it devoured the Leviathan guarding Outer Wan Qu Kingdom. After gathering the scattered Omnipotence Stones, Lu Yao found a figurine called the First Emperor's Terracotta Army where the Leviathan had vanished.

• Lu Yao fed Taisui Grit Worlds and drew it to the Ring of Worlds, while he and Tyrant escaped the Vortex World's pull with a damaged Grit World and collected three Wave-Riding Boats.
• Song Shiyi told Lu Yao that the Conch Boat was a living Anomalous Object and described the Feathered Ones and their ability to avoid identification.
• Taisui touched the Vortex World, dispelled its mist, and exposed the serpentine Leviathan coiled within its folded layers.
• Lu Yao identified the creature with True Sight Eye as a Leviathan with elemental immunity and the World-Coiling Serpent ability.
• Taisui seized and devoured the Leviathan, then fell back into a sleeping, digesting state as Lu Yao collected nearly 120,000 Omnipotence Stones.
• Lu Yao found a reddish-brown figurine where the Leviathan had disappeared and saw that it was named the First Emperor's Terracotta Army.

Lu Yao unsealed the Dianke Warrior and discovered a message from Conch, a Wan Qu Dweller who had once traveled between the within and beyond the heavens and known the First Emperor. Conch left Lu Yao a feather to identify his kind, and Lu Yao stored the warrior as a Wonder.

• Lu Yao spent Flame of Faith to unseal the Dianke Warrior and learned that it was one of the Twelve Golden Men, built for diplomacy and exchange.
• Lu Yao clicked the light circling the warrior and received a message from Conch, who introduced himself as a Wan Qu Dweller from beyond the heavens.
• Conch recalled meeting the First Emperor, described his search for eternal life and his journey into the within heavens, and said he had destroyed the passage before returning home.
• Conch left Lu Yao a feather that could identify others of his kind and wished him good luck.
• Lu Yao took the feather, stored the Dianke Warrior in Wonder, and saw his Apostle's Marks increase to 15.

After Taisui devoured Leviathan, it produced a Divine Nexus, which Lu Yao used alongside Divine Logic to weave a Mythological System for the Yao Tribe. The system was completed, increasing Lu Yao’s mythological reputation and faith spread while creating a chance for Mythical Items to emerge.

• Lu Yao collected Omnipotence Stones as Taisui expelled black smoke that condensed into a Divine Nexus.
• Lu Yao retreated aboard Cloud Temple, sent two Wave-Riding Boats to White Fortress for study, and stored the Vassal Warrior.
• Lu Yao activated Divine Logic and arranged six Mythological Wonders in his Mythological System.
• Lu Yao let the Simulator generate the Yao Tribe’s mythology, including tales of God Yao, the ancient tree, the Black Sun, the Dragon King, the Road Goddess, and Qianyuan Mountain.
• The Simulator completed Lu Yao’s Mythological System and increased his mythological reputation and the spread of faith, while making Mythical Items more likely to appear.

Lu Yao discovered how the Yao Clan’s mythology had split into Creation and Miracle branches, while the Dragon Nest drew crowds seeking the hidden Dark Sun. The Messenger asked him to help fight The Wrigglers, but Lu Yao focused on a newly completed Off-road Rabbit set that evolved into a Mythical Item.

• Lu Yao examined the Divine Logic tree and saw the Yao Clan’s myths divided into Creation and Miracle branches.
• Pixelated Villagers demanded entry to the Dragon Nest to search for the Dark Sun, while the Ice Giant Elder and trained Dragonborn kept them out.
• The Messenger told Lu Yao that Seven Seas Demon had defected to The Wrigglers, exposing the Twin Snake Empire as three enemy Gods advanced, and asked for help.
• Lu Yao ignored the Messenger’s plea after Sand City invented the Field Reporter profession and Yazdan offered the final piece of the Off-road Rabbit set.
• The completed Off-road Rabbit Hero Three-piece Set triggered Divine Logic and evolved into a Mythical Item of the Yao Tribe.

Bai Ding left Crystal City for Sand City but found only work as a Rabbit Runner until Yazdan recruited him as an assistant Field Reporter. He accepted the new job, then learned their future assignments might take them into a war-torn empire.

• Bai Ding left Crystal City, where Jade Rabbits struggled to find work, and moved to Sand City hoping to start a different life.
• Bai Ding worked as a Rabbit Runner for Mina's Antique Shop, while Mina reassured him that his timid nature did not make him useless.
• Yazdan, a magician and chief Field Reporter for the Sand City Gazette Office, hired Bai Ding as his assistant because he ran quickly and could judge how news would affect people.
• Bai Ding quit his Rabbit Runner job and joined Yazdan, drawn by the work's good treatment and freedom to travel.
• Yazdan said a future reporting trip might take them to the war-torn Twin Snake Empire, and Bai Ding worried they might not return alive.

Bai Ding learned how Yazdan shaped Sand City Daily’s truthful reporting to influence the Shell Person tribes, leading to Ke Yuan’s death and the tribe’s rapid integration with Sand City. Yazdan then assigned Bai Ding to lead an interview in Sanilo about a serial killer from Bai Ding’s hometown.

• Yazdan and Bai Ding interviewed Shell Person chieftain Ke Yuan about his faith, his people’s customs, and his plans to reform the tribes.
• Yazdan prepared a report emphasizing Ke Yuan’s opposition to corruption and harsh tribal customs, and explained to Bai Ding how the paper could serve the Yao Tribe’s interests.
• Sand City Daily’s first issue sold out, and seven days later Shell Person leaders rebelled against Ke Yuan, who was killed.
• Sand City sent aid teams to the Shell Person tribes, and within a year the people had been integrated with Sand City and their old chief-and-tribe system had collapsed.
• Yazdan told Bai Ding to lead an investigation in Sanilo into a serial murder case involving a Jade Rabbit from Crystal City.

Bai Ding investigated the murders of four Jade Rabbit gang leaders and learned that Yue Mu had been acquitted despite suspicious evidence. After Yue Mu passed Yazdan the identity-concealing Off-road Rabbit headpiece, Bai Ding understood that Sanilo’s authorities and residents preferred the gang’s removal to uncovering the killer’s identity, then prayed before the group’s planned journey to the Twin Snake Empire.

• Bai Ding interviewed Yue Mu in prison, where Yue Mu denied killing the four brothers and described the conflicts between local and outsider Jade Rabbits.
• Yazdan explained that the evidence was insufficient to convict Yue Mu, and Yue Mu was released after three months in prison.
• Bai Ding investigated the victims and found that the four brothers had bullied local and outsider Jade Rabbits, while relations between the groups improved after their deaths.
• Yue Mu gave Bai Ding a box for Yazdan, who identified its white rabbit headpiece as the identity-concealing final piece of the Off-road Rabbit Hero Three-piece Set.
• Yazdan said the killer’s identity mattered less than the brothers’ absence, and he and Bai Ding took the headpiece to the Temple to return it to its rightful master.
• Bai Ding prayed to Lord Yao for a smooth journey to the Twin Snake Empire.

Lu Yao learned how the White Rabbit Mask and the Gazette Office came about, then agreed to aid the Messenger of the Gods against the Twin Snake Empire’s advance forces. He destroyed the Whale Shark Kingdom and Sea Fortress with Grit Cannons and turned to claim concessions from the Messenger’s vassal civilizations.

• Lu Yao named the evolved Off-road Rabbit Hero set’s Mythical Item the White Rabbit Mask and learned how the Off-road Rabbit Headgear’s history led to its creation.
• Lu Yao learned that Field Reporters had triggered major social events and that Slaimod intended the Gazette Office to spread Yao Clan influence and gather intelligence abroad.
• Lu Yao agreed to help the Messenger of the Gods, whose allies faced the approaching Whale Shark Kingdom and Sea Fortress.
• Lu Yao fired 100 micro Grit-class World Cannons through the Road Goddess’s Crossroads, destroying both Divine Kingdoms and spending 5.14 million Flames of Faith.
• The Messenger agreed to pay later and offered Lu Yao a choice of vassal civilizations, so Lu Yao began considering what to claim.

Lu Yao merged the Anvil Federation with the Resurrection Kingdom to strengthen his civilization’s frontier and arranged an 8.4-million-Flame-of-Faith payment deal with Messenger. The Short-Beard Tribe initially protested their world’s transfer, but they welcomed their new kingdom after receiving beer and meat.

• Messenger described his vassal worlds, including the Windflow Realm, and advised Lu Yao to keep the Anvil Federation separate as an independent source of faith income.
• Lu Yao rejected Messenger’s advice and merged the Anvil Federation into the Resurrection Kingdom to encourage exchange and innovation between civilizations.
• Lu Yao and Messenger agreed that Messenger would pay him 700,000 Flame of Faith every 100 years for twelve installments.
• Messenger left to meet an envoy from The Wrigglers after reporting that their forces had retreated.
• The Short-Beard Tribe angrily asked Fei God why their world had been transferred, then celebrated and pledged loyalty to Lord Yao after the Resurrection Kingdom brought them beer and meat.

Lu Yao learned how the Anvil Federation’s Dwarves were divided and watched their newly invented barber profession flourish as they integrated into his kingdom. After Menes was captured and Kephri paid ninety million Flame of Faith, the Messenger of the Gods reported that The Wrigglers had backed down from the war and offered to trade goblins from the Twin Snake Empire.

• Mao Cao explained that the Goblin Merchants had helped fragment the Dwarves into fourteen autonomous ridges, while the Dwarves’ integration into Lu Yao’s kingdom proceeded smoothly.
• The Short-Beard Tribe discovered saltpeter and sulfur, invented barbering tools and hair dye, and established the Barber profession; Lu Yao watched Barber Storm give Dwarves satisfying haircuts.
• Mao Cao reported that Menes had been captured under Kephri’s control, and Charles delivered ninety million Flame of Faith from Dog City, raising Lu Yao’s reserves to 122.12 million.
• The Messenger of the Gods told Lu Yao that The Wrigglers had sent an Apostle to protest but would avoid escalating the conflict after Lu Yao’s strategic strike destroyed two Divine Kingdoms.
• The Messenger explained that the Twin Snake Empire was a replaceable economic tool and offered to give Lu Yao some goblins; Lu Yao then opened the Exchange in Low-Dimensional Game.

Belicha, an imperial technical officer and skilled thief, stole Resurrection Kingdom’s Kengya farming technology before being assigned to spy on Yao Kingdom reporters visiting the Twin Snake Empire. After impressing them with his expertise, he accepted a paid Field Reporter position writing about the empire, leaving him wondering how a thief had become a columnist Scholar.

• Belicha arrived in Resurrection Kingdom with the imperial delegation and stole the manufacturing technology for Kengya, but could not obtain the Heart-Saving Pill formula.
• At a diplomatic meeting, King Raymond rejected the Empire’s insinuations that the Yao Tribe was interfering in its internal affairs and walked out.
• The Empire ordered Belicha to spy on visiting reporters Yazdan and Bai Ding, threatening to send him to dig coal if he refused.
• Belicha discussed locks and metalworking with Bai Ding and Yazdan, impressing them with his knowledge.
• Bai Ding offered Belicha payment in Heart-Saving Pills for writing articles as a Field Reporter, and Belicha accepted.

Belicha’s articles on theft and other subjects made him popular with Yao Clan readers, while his work for the Twin Snake Empire’s Diplomatic Minister led him to steal Yazdan’s right arm. After the minister was executed, Belicha found refuge with the Yao Tribe and became a Distinguished Scholar, whose writing helped open debate during the empire’s turmoil.

• Belicha’s article on locks and stealing drew praise, requests, challenges, and complaints from readers, so he decided to write about Copper and Iron Drawing instead.
• The Diplomatic Minister ordered Belicha to steal Yazdan’s metal right hand, and Belicha prayed to Lord Yao before carrying out the theft.
• Belicha discovered that the minister had been executed for treason, then confessed to Yazdan and Bai Ding, who agreed to protect him and keep him as a Field Reporter.
• Belicha published technical and social articles, gained the title of Distinguished Scholar, and was repeatedly arrested and questioned by imperial soldiers.
• After Belicha’s article on atheism caused alarm, the Apostle reprimanded him, and Belicha returned to writing about prisons and criminals.
• Years later, Belicha said that the controversy had helped young people take part in rebuilding the empire, which he loved despite not belonging to the Yao Clan.

Lu Yao bought the Civilization Colossus and installed it in Sand City, unlocking a reputation ranking and titles. He discovered that the foreign scholar Belicha had earned the Yao Tribe’s respect by sharing knowledge, and Belicha had just begun teaching them atheism.

• Lu Yao considered buying Niflheim but passed on it after purchasing the Deer Island Divine Palace, which let mortals challenge gods and marry them if they won.
• Lu Yao bought the Civilization Colossus and placed it in Sand City, where it revealed reputation rankings, led by Tribal Chess.
• Lu Yao found Belicha, a foreigner from the Windflow Realm, ranked tenth for teaching the Yao Tribe various skills and technologies.
• Lu Yao unlocked Belicha’s [Distinguished Scholar] title, which let him contact nearby Apostles, Prophets, or Heroes through meditation.
• A prompt revealed that Belicha had begun teaching the Yao Tribe atheism, prompting Lu Yao to open the entry.

Lu Yao read Belicha’s article on atheism, then heard Slaimod apologize for the controversy it caused. Lu Yao placed Deer Island Divine Palace in the Resurrection Kingdom, where villagers began dreaming of marrying the gods, while he discovered that nobody had a crush on him.

• Lu Yao read Belicha’s article describing different kinds of atheists and reflected on how people’s beliefs changed over time, recalling Yu Yao’s attempt to understand the gods.
• Slaimod apologized to Lu Yao because the atheism report had sparked protests from the Twin Snake Empire and other worlds, even as Belicha’s reputation soared.
• Lu Yao reassured Slaimod, defended the Sand City Daily’s freedom to publish, and placed Deer Island Divine Palace in the Resurrection Kingdom as a chance for people to approach a god.
• Bone Ancestors and other villagers gathered at Deer Island Divine Palace and talked about becoming strong enough to marry the Martyr God or the Fei God.
• Lu Yao observed that villagers admired the White God, King Wuji, and Ju God, but nobody wanted to marry him because they saw him as a benevolent elder.

Lu Yao watched Xidar lose to the Martyr God, then learned that Theodore had defeated and married her. He added the Divine Palace and Civilization Colossus to his myth and discovered that Colossus Totems could trade technologies across civilizations, leaving him eager to spread more of them.

• Xidar challenged the Martyr God but could not break through her defense, and she defeated him before sparing his life.
• Zikard reported on Xidar's duel, then recorded that Theodore defeated the Martyr God and married her.
• Lu Yao inspected the marriage amulet and added the Divine Palace and Civilization Colossus to his mythological system.
• Lu Yao placed a Colossus Totem outside Resurrection Kingdom and loaded it with Irrigation, Navigation, and Astrology.
• Fei God bought Navigation, and the Twin Snake Empire traded Cartography for Astrology, giving the Yao Tribe a new technology.

Lu Yao launched 108 miniature Grit Worlds into the Vortex World in hopes of making contact with distant civilizations, then investigated the Sun Kingdom’s long-running closed-country experiment. He learned that Chi Lian had tested Gene Activation for decades, and ordered the Yao Tribe to begin developing and promoting the Gene Sequence system.

• Lu Yao sent 108 Colossus Totems aboard miniature Grit Worlds into the Vortex World, spending 3.348 million Flames of Faith on the attempt.
• Lu Yao visited Continent Island and found the Sun Kingdom had grown steadily through agriculture while its population had risen to about 212,000.
• Chi Lian and Nefeli discussed whether to end the Sun Kingdom’s 47-year Closed Country Policy and reveal their research into Gene Activation.
• Chi Lian told Lu Yao that a Fish Spirit had introduced Gene Activation, which could awaken varied Gene Sequences but carried risks, required medicinal assistance, and could not be used by some beings.
• After hearing that the Sun Kingdom’s trials had produced stable results, Lu Yao ordered immediate promotion and directed the Temple Society and White Fortress to develop suitable medicines.

Ji Shan taught Gene Activation in the Resurrection Kingdom, where the dead could not awaken Gene Sequences and most living locals showed little interest. After six years of experimentation, Xidar found a way for the Bone Ancestors to use Weed Monsters as flesh and blood, and unveiled their first Gene Sequence.

• Ji Shan struggled to teach Gene Activation to the Bone Ancestors and Dwarves, while documenting successful cases in a manual.
• With Ji Shan's guidance, Andre completed Gene Activation and awakened [Gene Sequence 2: Perception Enhancement].
• Xidar set out to create flesh and blood for the Bone Ancestors and repeatedly experimented with toxins and different materials.
• After six years, Xidar returned with Weed Monsters woven through his bones and explained how they formed flexible muscle-like fibers.
• Xidar transformed into a five-meter green giant and revealed the Bone Ancestors' [Gene Sequence 4: Flesh Swelling].

The Resurrection Kingdom intervened in the Twin Snake Empire’s civil war, and its Gene Sequence giants helped bring about the empire’s transformation into a merchant republic. Ji Shan received the divine power of [The Encourager] before leaving, while Yanjui became an Apostle.

• Ji Shan encouraged Bone Ancestors to persist with Gene Activation as the Twin Snake Empire descended into civil war and its Electors declared independence.
• The Spice Count brought the living emperor Toto Muller to the Resurrection Kingdom, and King Raymond sent Haros’s Arbitration Army to restore order.
• The Arbitration Army broke through enemy forces, with Xidar and three other commanders using [Gene Sequence 4: Flesh Swelling] to lead the Bone Ancestors’ giant assault.
• After the Highland Knights surrendered and the emperor returned, public opposition forced him to abdicate, and the empire became the Twin Serpent Merchant Republic.
• Ji Shan received [The Encourager] and told Xidar that the Bone Ancestors could achieve anything with patience before they fought as a send-off.
• At Pillar Mountain, Yanjui read a report about the Gene Sequence, became an Apostle, and prayed to the Heavenly Father and Savior as Nong Lei watched in surprise.

Lu Yao oversaw the spread of Gene Sequences, promoted Ji Shan, Yanjui, and Nefeli, and made Chi Lian a Subordinate God. The chapter ended when he encountered the battered Haro outside his residential complex and learned that a trash can had been tracking and ambushing him.

• Sand City led the Gene Activation effort, while the Yao Clan's main territory and Blood Hill progressed more cautiously.
• The Resurrection Kingdom discovered that Bone Ancestors could gain Gene Sequences by entering symbiosis with Weed Monsters, and Xidar led the first Bone Stalk Giants to victory in the Twin Snake Empire.
• Lu Yao awarded Ji Shan the title [The Encourager] and appointed Yanjui as an apostle in Ice Lake City.
• Lu Yao made Nefeli an apostle and elevated Chi Lian to the Subordinate God King of Light, leaving him to manage Continent Island with Nefeli.
• Lu Yao encountered the battered Haro outside his residential complex, where Haro blamed a trash can for tracking and ambushing him.