Chapter Summaries

Lu Yao met with Mr. Smile in Wuyou Township to buy a psionic device and discuss the Void Mirror crisis. He refused to help transport worlds through the Mirror, but shared a way to strike it with the Red Void, leaving Wuyou Township with a promising lead and a favor owed to him.

• Milo told Lu Yao that Wuyou Township's renovation of Yanbian District was progressing smoothly and would replace Rome's failed plans with housing and Skyline Buildings.
• Mr. Smile sold Lu Yao a [Shaper] device for six million and asked him to help send worlds through gaps in the Void Mirror; Lu Yao declined.
• Lu Yao suggested using the Red Void to damage the Void Mirror, and Mr. Smile reported the intelligence to [Miss Golden], prompting Wuyou Township to begin plans to capture and move the Red Void.
• Mr. Smile said Wuyou Township and the Great Qin Empire had seized Rome's businesses and assets amid Rome's unpaid debts to several pantheons.
• Mr. Smile offered to let Lu Yao buy psionic devices at cost, and Lu Yao left Wuyou Township.

Lu Yao attended Great Qin’s anonymous auction and bought a Psionic Encapsulator and a mysterious Cave Heaven Treasure. The auction ended with him bidding for a chance to use Immortal Spirit Shi Boqiong, which was still trying to play a divination game with the deceased First Emperor.

• Lu Yao, Song Shiyi, and Isabelle entered Shuide Tower and exchanged bidding tags so they could recognize one another and speak normally.
• Song Shiyi explained that Rome and Wuyou Township used property ownership and secular degree tablets to send believers into Great Qin as Myth agents.
• Lu Yao won a Psionic Encapsulator for one hundred million Faith, securing his second psionic device and another Psionic Valve.
• Lu Yao won the Cave Heaven Treasure for one hundred million Faith after its description reminded him of Light Gold.
• Lu Yao declined to pursue the auction’s expensive Wonders and [Luobao Jinqian] after prices soared into the billions.
• Lu Yao bid for a chance to use Immortal Spirit Shi Boqiong, which the First Emperor had once used to divine Great Qin’s fate.

After the Game of Immortals was postponed until morning, Lu Yao upgraded his Spirit Altar Machine and examined a mysterious crystal rod before Zhao Zhenzhu took him to Xianyang’s nightlife. There, he discovered that Han Xiaoyu was the Martial God of Wealth and accepted her arena challenge.

• Lu Yao stored the items from the auction, decomposed the Shaper and Psionic Encapsulator into Psionic Valves, and upgraded his Spirit Altar Machine’s abilities to LV3.
• Lu Yao tested a thorned crystal rod that absorbed Flame of Faith without changing, then decided to bring it back for research.
• Zhao Zhenzhu visited Lu Yao on official business, saying the Imperial Guard Department wanted to build a relationship with him, and he asked her to show him Xianyang’s nightlife.
• Zhao Zhenzhu took Lu Yao and Isabelle to a venue hosting God's Wrath Battles, where Lu Yao recognized Han Xiaoyu among the spectators.
• Han Xiaoyu entered the arena to issue a challenge, and Zhao Zhenzhu identified her as the Martial God of Wealth; Lu Yao turned back and decided to fight her.

Lu Yao won a devastating one-strike victory over Han Xiaoyu in an underground arena, then regretted the enormous Faith cost and learned she had used her injuries to secure medical leave. He continued exploring Xianyang, bought Psionic Encapsulation Cards and a rare identification monocle at the Dark Market, and left with Zhao Zhenzhu and Isabelle.

• Lu Yao fought Han Xiaoyu in the octagonal cage and blasted the arena apart with lightning, while Han Xiaoyu vanished after saying she had medical insurance.
• Lu Yao left the arena with Zhao Zhenzhu and Isabelle, regretting the Faith he had spent and wondering what had happened to Han Xiaoyu.
• Zhao Zhenzhu took Lu Yao to the Dark Market, where he bought 103 Psionic Encapsulation Cards, including a Basic Interface Card.
• Song Shiyi told Lu Yao that Han Xiaoyu had suffered serious fractures, received treatment, and taken medical leave after their fight.
• Lu Yao learned Han Xiaoyu had previously wanted time off to attend Jacky Cheung's concert and suspected she had deliberately arranged the fight to get leave.
• Lu Yao bought a monocle that identified danger levels and targets, then told Zhao Zhenzhu they should head back.

Lu Yao entered the Immortal Spirit Game’s “Know Thyself, Know Thy Enemy” trial, where Miracles were forbidden and the number of powers he could use was determined by a dice roll. After summoning Xing Tian to defeat three Soldier Spirits, he faced more enemies emerging from the darkness.

• Lu Yao used the Identifier to inspect Isabelle and himself, learning that his Psionic Energy reaction included the value of his Flames of Faith and World Stones.
• Song Shiyi invited Lu Yao to join a committee bureau, but he declined and asked about Han Xiaoyu, who had gone to a Jacky Cheung concert after leaving the ICU.
• Lu Yao entered the Immortal Spirit Game and activated “Know Thyself, Know Thy Enemy,” which barred Miracles and placed him in a combat arena.
• Three Level 199 Soldier Spirits appeared, and the game’s dice limited Lu Yao to one use of an item, Wonder, or ability.
• Lu Yao unsealed the Weeping Blood Amber and summoned Xing Tian, who defeated the three Soldier Spirits and left behind their Soldier Tokens.
• The arena expanded and more Soldier Spirits emerged, so Lu Yao ordered Xing Tian to keep fighting.

Han Xiaoyu explained that she had lost to Huang Jia without holding back and welcomed a two-month vacation. In the Know Thyself, Know Thy Enemy challenge, Lu Yao seized a strategic point, assembled an army of Soldier Spirits, defeated a powerful captain, and chose to leave with his spoils.

• Han Xiaoyu told the director that Huang Jia had defeated her despite her full effort, then celebrated her two-month vacation and wondered whether she could beat him with unlimited authorization.
• Lu Yao observed Xing Tian battle the Soldier Spirits and collected Soldier Tokens as their fighting expanded the accessible area.
• Lu Yao captured and repaired a strategic point, then used it to revive Soldier Spirits and discovered he could command them.
• Lu Yao used Xing Tian to handle the enemy waves while his revived soldiers defended the bunker, eventually collecting 101 Soldier Tokens.
• A captain Soldier Spirit used Psionic Bombardment to wound Xing Tian before Xing Tian killed it, ending the round with Lu Yao rated Brigadier General.
• Lu Yao stored the revived soldiers as Soldier Tokens, collected the captain’s token, and chose not to begin the next round so he could return.

After enduring Shi Boqiong for more than three hours, Lu Yao publicly described the challenge and shared advice while concealing parts of his experience. Bai Qi later judged that Huang Jia was at least Colonel Tier and might rival the First Emperor’s former level, leaving Zhao Zhenzhu newly excited about his strength.

• Lu Yao returned from Shi Boqiong, and Zhao Zhenzhu and the committee learned he had stayed inside longer than anyone since Bai Qi.
• Lu Yao agreed to answer questions after resting, then described the Soldier Spirits, Soldier Tokens, and tactics for surviving Shi Boqiong.
• During the public Q&A, Lu Yao advised everyone to attack the Soldier Spirits immediately and prepare stronger combat abilities.
• Bai Qi privately asked Lu Yao whether his rating was lieutenant or colonel, then invited him to fight together sometime.
• Zhao Zhenzhu asked Bai Qi to assess Huang Jia, and Bai Qi concluded that Huang Jia was far stronger than him and perhaps close to the First Emperor’s former level.

Lu Yao accepted the committee’s offer to join the Sleeping Dragon Talent Program and learned about humanity’s ancient Tablet People and the dangers of the Border Zone. Before he left, Great Qin granted him the Hidden Dragon Lord title, and he returned home with new gifts and a military tally to work on.

• Lu Yao agreed to coordinate with Song Shiyi after she offered him the committee’s Sleeping Dragon Talent Program benefits.
• Ding Hanzhen explained that the Border Zone was dangerous and described the Tablet People, ancient humans whose ruins remained there.
• Ding Hanzhen warned Lu Yao to beware of Feathered Ones and Demons in the Border Zone, but Lu Yao thought Xing Tian would be formidable there.
• Zhao Zhenzhu delivered the emperor’s edict granting Lu Yao the Hidden Dragon Lord title, a stipend, a Summer Palace residence, a Tiger Tally, and two Psionic Encapsulators.
• Lu Yao thanked Great Qin’s representatives and departed with Isabelle to work on the military tally.

After recovering from his trip to Great Qin, Lu Yao tested his new Soldier Spirits and learned how their formations strengthened them. He also discovered the Yao Tribe’s Elemental Magic Realm, an energy-production world that Black Forge had built, and left it honored as an apostle.

• Lu Yao added a Psionic Valve to the Spirit Altar Machine, raising Annihilation to LV4, but abandoned asking the Dark Star Lord for a Dark Star to test it on.
• Lu Yao summoned Soldier Spirits from his Soldier Tokens and confirmed that Psionic Bombardment could lock onto a target and deal 20 million points of damage.
• Lu Yao asked Baroye about the Spirit People and learned the roles of Spirit Soldiers, farmer spirits, Worker Spirits, merchant spirits, and Soldier Spirits.
• Lu Yao formed his 101 Soldier Spirits into a lieutenant squad, gaining a formation bonus to their damage, defense, and speed.
• Lu Yao investigated the Elemental Magic Realm, where Black Forge explained that 420 connected Elemental Magic Wells supplied energy at one hundredth the previous production cost.
• Lu Yao placed the Apostle’s Mark above Black Forge, and Black Forge vowed to continue its work.

Lu Yao oversaw the Yao Tribe’s Elemental Magic Realm and learned about its dangers and protective measures, while the Apostles advanced portable Cold Cicada weapons and gathered resources for further research. The chapter ended when an unknown lizardman entered Kunlun, apparently searching for Queen Mother of the West.

• Lu Yao turned the Elemental Magic Realm into a Yao Tribe Wonder, and Black Forge explained the risks of a possible collapse and how Forbidden Stone and Breathing Soil protected workers from magic-energy pollution.
• At the Arcane Research Institute, Norland demonstrated Cold Cicada, a portable weapon derived from the Crystal Structure Phase Dissolution Cannon, and explained its development and safety features to Lu Yao.
• Philes reported progress on the Breathing Soil Project, including mines, refining furnaces, Shen Element collection, and resources sufficient for many cannons or Cold Cicadas.
• Lu Yao gave Philes a crystal stick from Great Qin to analyze for a possible connection to Breathing Soil.
• After an unknown visitor repeatedly requested entry to Kunlun, Lu Yao opened the golden door and discovered an enormous lizard-headed intruder asking whether Queen Mother of the West was there.

Lu Yao cleared Kunlun of Old Gods and learned that Atum could grow stronger by devouring them, though the power cost it its Wisdom. He welcomed Hisoka, who explained the Righteous Lizardmen’s survival and found that the Kunlun projections had led him to one of Kunlun’s ancient gates, then rewarded him with an Apostle’s Mark.

• Lu Yao used Xing Tian and Atum to clear the Old Gods from Kunlun, letting Atum devour them and increase its damage.
• Atum’s repeated use of Blood Eater permanently damaged its intelligence and caused it to lose the Wisdom ability.
• Isabelle freed Hisoka and told him that Queen Mother of the West had been watching over the Righteous Lizardmen.
• Hisoka recounted how the Righteous Lizardmen survived Nuogua attacks by adapting, multiplying, and launching raids on their enemies.
• Hisoka explained that Kunlun projections pointed in different directions and led him through Hao Mountain to Kunlun; Lu Yao discovered that they marked the ancient Nine Mountain Gates’ anchor points.
• Lu Yao bestowed the Apostle’s Mark on Hisoka to reward his courage and exploration.

Lu Yao ordered the Righteous Lizardmen to prepare to conquer the Nuogua and appointed the White God to establish a support base in the Leap Zone. After equipping the White God with a powerful army, Lu Yao checked on Xing Tian and found a mysterious Triple Crown on its neck.

• Lu Yao learned how the Nuogua threatened the Righteous Lizardmen and ordered Hisoka to tell Xishi to prepare to conquer them with Yao Clan support.
• Lu Yao assigned the White God to build a logistics base in the Leap Zone and gave it a billion Faith and authority over Yao Clan resources.
• The White God requested a powerful standing army and Marshal of the Long Cavalry to help secure the base and develop the Border Zone.
• Lu Yao gave the White God a Soldier Token formation, which delighted it as it prepared to choose personnel.
• Lu Yao checked on Xing Tian and found a Triple Crown on its neck bearing a message that called it the King of Kings and Sky God An.

Xishi faced escalating Nuogua attacks and debated whether to relocate or hold position, choosing to preserve the Righteous Lizardmen’s initiative. Hisoka returned with weapons and supplies from the Yao Clan Civilization, and Xishi ordered squads to train with the new equipment for an immediate offensive.

• Xishi learned that Nuogua forces had grown to seven hundred and were ambushing Righteous Lizardman squads, prompting Wang Lie and Mu Ken to argue over relocation and intelligence gathering.
• Xishi rejected a rushed retreat, insisting the Righteous Lizardmen maintain their formation while Wang Lie recruited Warriors and Mu Ken expanded logistics and dispersed bases.
• Hisoka returned with Longer and the first shipment of Yao Clan supplies, explaining that he had reached Lord White God through the Queen Mother Platform and established support through the Leap Zone.
• Hisoka presented healing and combat-enhancing medicines, communication aids, and Origami Avatars, while Longer demonstrated the defensive Insect Armor and the god-level Cold Cicada spear.
• Xishi ordered the first three squads to assemble, equip the new gear, and begin drills so they could strike before the Nuogua learned of the shipment.

After the Righteous Lizardmen killed their first adult Nuogua, Xishi visited Sky Abyss and reported their victories to White God. As the Nuogua launched an assault on the underground world, a mysterious Black-bodied Monster appeared and killed two Great Nuo in moments.

• Wang Zhen reported that the First Squad had killed four Nuogua and escaped an encirclement of 22 without casualties, and Mu Ken began examining the captured corpse.
• Three years later, Xishi visited Sky Abyss, where Longer explained the underground city's operations and revealed that the Righteous Lizardmen had killed 170 Nuogua.
• White God warned Xishi that 1,400 Nuogua were gathering, then announced that five Great Nuo and roughly 3,000 Nuogua were attacking Sky Abyss.
• Longer and Xishi prepared to defend the surface as the Great Nuo's bombardment killed Skeleton Warriors and set the ground ablaze.
• A Black-bodied Monster appeared and killed two Great Nuo with flashes of light, astonishing Xishi and Longer.

Xishi witnessed the Yao Clan's forces annihilate the Nuogua and learned how their disciplined Bone Ancestors fought. At the captured Great Nuo research site, Long Ji asked Longer to seize the Nuogua's world, and White God authorized two powerful Demons to join the expedition.

• Black-bodied warriors killed or captured the Great Nuo while the Yao Clan's flying weapons wiped out 3,211 adult Nuogua.
• Xishi watched the Bone Ancestors recover their skulls and heard Longer explain their combat experience, equipment, and strength as a legion.
• Xishi, Longer, and Long Ji examined two captured Great Nuo and studied the Shen Element in Nuogua Nuo Masks.
• Xishi told Long Ji that Nuogua raised Water Drum Kinfolk for food, while Longer explained that divine corpses from the Nuogua's world enabled Great Nuo to evolve.
• Long Ji asked Longer to capture the Nuogua's world, and Longer received White God's authorization to take the Demons Extinction Incarnation and Form of Sound with him.

Longer accompanied Kali and Xiu to a Nuogua world, where Kali and Crosell began fighting its vast population. After God Yao’s golden strike erased the Nuogua and their Lord Yang, Longer resolved to keep learning and follow the Yao Tribe’s lead.

• Kali threatened Longer while waiting for Xiu, who arrived in his Wanderer’s Chariot and accepted the Flame of Faith before taking them to the Nuogua gathering place.
• Xiu brought Kali and Longer to a world surrounded by Nuogua, then departed as the creatures swarmed toward them.
• Kali sealed the attackers’ combat abilities, and Crosell appeared, counted the Great Nuo and identified a Lord Yang within the world.
• Kali and Crosell used God Yao’s Stone Pillar to summon a golden meteor that erased the Nuogua in the world and made the Lord Yang’s aura vanish.
• Kali and Crosell hunted the fleeing Great Nuo while Longer considered God Yao’s power and resolved to learn from the Yao Tribe and lead the Trolls forward.

Lu Yao hired the Death God Hela to help the Righteous Lizardman clan adapt to the Border Zone, then discovered that the Star Mythology Archon An could be made his apostle. The chapter ended with An transformed and Baroye recovering after overheating while trying to find a way to capture the Spirit Soldier.

• Lu Yao offered four billion faith to hire a Death God for the Border Zone, and Halo recommended Hela because of her experience there.
• Lu Yao agreed to bring Hela to meet him, while Halo explained that Death Gods ultimately belonged to the Underworld and worked in other mythologies to gain influence.
• Lu Yao saw a three-tiered crown trying to persuade Xing Tian to become Sky God An, and identified it as the Mythological Archon of Star Mythology.
• Baroye recognized An as a high-ranking Spirit Soldier but could not explain how to capture it, so it searched the committee database while overheating.
• Lu Yao clicked on An, causing the Archon to become loyal and report to him, then used an Apostle's Mark to make An his apostle.
• Baroye's head caught fire from its frantic search, so Lu Yao stopped it and sent it back to the Void Universe World to recover.

Lu Yao learned how the First Law of the Old Gods regulated sealed Mythical Anchorages and heard how Enlil had seized Sky God An’s authority in Sumerian Mythology. He sent Kali and Crosell to help White God claim a Nuogua world, then discovered that the apparently barren world was actually a concealed Spirit Archive.

• Lu Yao assembled three Soldier Spirits through An’s Regal Governor ability and learned that Enlil had trapped An by raising the cohesion state of Star Observatory Heavenly Kingdom beyond its safe limit.
• An explained that the First Law of the Old Gods regulated overly solidified spaces and that Enlil had rebelled with the support of Tiamat and the Sumerian gods.
• Lu Yao learned that An could not rebuild Star Mythology without advanced Worker Spirits and merchant spirits, then received White God’s request for help against the Nuogua.
• Lu Yao sent Kali and Crosell to investigate and seize the Nuogua world, but Kali soon asked him for fire support.
• Lu Yao used Annihilation to wipe out the population of the rocky world, after which Crosell exposed its camouflage and identified it as the Spirit Archive.

Lu Yao recovered the Spirit Archive and discovered that it could manufacture life, then appointed An to manage it and tested how a Godhead affected the resulting Spirit Seekers. After deciding the Seekers were too costly to be useful, he ordered An to develop spirit bodies for the Yao Clan Civilization and learned Kali and Crosell had defeated Lord Yang.

• Lu Yao learned from An that the Spirit Archive Type III could customize lifeforms and appointed An to govern Spirit Foundation Mythology.
• The Spirit Archive produced a Spirit Seeker without a Godhead, which emerged with Stagnation and an abnormal reaction.
• Kali hired Xiu to transport the Spirit Archive from the Border Zone, and Crosell and Kali brought it to Hao Mountain before Lu Yao moved it into Cloud Temple's Ring of Worlds.
• Lu Yao added a Godhead to the Spirit Archive, and it created a normal Spirit Seeker without Stagnation or an abnormal reaction.
• Lu Yao judged Spirit Seekers too expensive and vulnerable, then ordered An to research spirit bodies suited to the Yao Clan Civilization.
• Kali and Crosell apologized for their risky approach and told Lu Yao that he had destroyed Lord Yang.

Lu Yao recruited the Great Nuo as vassals of the Yao Clan and arranged for Hela to protect the Righteous Lizardmen. With White God overseeing integration and supplies, he left the Border Zone forces to build their own future and logged off for a day off.

• Isabelle negotiated with the captured Great Nuo, which agreed to become a Yao Clan vassal in exchange for abundant Black Water Mites.
• White God explained that the Nuo lived in loose family groups and were driven by hunger, and offered to suppress any trouble with Soldier Spirits.
• Lu Yao decided to absorb the Nuo into the Righteous Lizardmen and left White God to plan their integration.
• Halo brought Hela to meet Lu Yao, and Hela agreed to protect the God-born for one hundred years and extend their lives as long as possible.
• Lu Yao provided Hela with a waypoint and logistical support through White God, then decided to take a day off.