Chapter Summaries

Lu Yao accepted Daisy’s ten-billion Psionic Energy payout, assigned her to assist Mao Cao in Resurrection Kingdom, and learned how the Spirit Harvester investment had produced its long-term returns. He inspected the Demon Association’s new Magic Guidance Monastery and tried to turn the missing Vasily into a Hero, but could not locate him.

• Daisy transferred her Psionic Energy to Lu Yao, and Salid explained how the Golden Gate investment in Spirit Harvester had accumulated its returns.
• Lu Yao told the Lord of Tides to rest, but the Lord of Tides insisted on continuing his investigations into the mining area.
• Lu Yao assigned Daisy to assist Mao Cao in Resurrection Kingdom and sent Salid to support the kingdom’s development.
• Lu Yao inspected the Magic Guidance Monastery, where Buer taught magic talismans and Bifrons’s team demonstrated a successful regional teleportation array.
• Bifrons explained the monastery’s Demonology and Magic Guide programs and described Vasily’s Rose Magic Talisman, then said Vasily had gone missing.
• Lu Yao accepted the prompt to make Vasily a Hero, but could not move the screen to locate him and opened the world backend to investigate.

Boluoke questioned Vasily’s former lover Yan Jing and his sister Yelena about the missing rune researcher’s past, ambitions, and last known whereabouts. Their accounts left Vasily’s disappearance unexplained, while Boluoke kept investigating whether he was an Illegal Demon.

• Boluoke met Yan Jing, who recalled Vasily’s habit of zoning out, their romance, and his experiments growing Rainbow Roses for his blind sister.
• Yan Jing said Vasily feared the Gods were growing tired and wanted to use Magic Runes to observe Lord Yao and surprise him.
• Boluoke told Yan Jing that Vasily had disappeared from a room at the Magic Guidance Monastery after five years there, leaving behind the Rose Magic Talisman.
• Boluoke questioned Yelena, who said she had last seen Vasily in December at a dried-flower exhibition, where he discussed the talisman’s ability to make spellcasting easier.
• Yelena urged Boluoke to investigate Yan Jing, while he declined to reveal who had hired him and arranged to keep in touch through their Wind Mothers.
• After leaving, Boluoke considered that Yan Jing had secretly funded Yelena’s treatment and Vasily’s monastery project, information supplied by his employer.

Boluoke investigated Vasily’s past by speaking with Yan Qing and Sota, learning about Vasily’s illness, his Rose Magic Talisman, and his belief that he needed to advance ahead of the gods. The chapter left Boluoke with clues about Vasily’s motives but no explanation for his disappearance.

• Yan Qing told Boluoke that Vasily wanted magic talismans to make spells easier for everyone and to earn money to cure his sister Yelena’s eyes.
• Yan Qing revealed that Vasily’s Blood Elf ancestry caused an incurable illness that made him space out and could damage his brain.
• Yan Qing named Sota as one of Vasily’s friends, and Boluoke questioned Sota about Vasily’s work and habits.
• Sota described Vasily’s plan for a Rose Magic Talisman modeled on a rose, which could let people use spells as easily as tending a flower.
• Sota explained that Vasily believed the gods might eventually leave their world and wanted to find a way to keep up with their will, partly because he thought it would be cool.

Boluoke investigated whether Vasily was an Illegal Demon and used his scent-tracking ability to follow Vasily’s traces across the world. He and Bifrons concluded that Vasily was not a demon but had an unprecedented spatial ability, and Bifrons decided to report the matter to the deity.

• Boluoke told Yan Qing that Vasily’s Rose Magic Talisman contained an unknown Demon Seal, while Yan Qing insisted Vasily had always been a good man.
• Bifrons revealed that the Demon Association had found the Demon Seal unusually vast and ordered Boluoke to track Vasily using [Scent Tracing Hall].
• Boluoke followed Vasily’s scent through numerous locations, finding it appeared in brief points without the trails typical of teleportation.
• Bifrons concluded that Vasily was not a demon and had used a new Spatial Ability Magic Talisman rather than a teleportation array or portal.
• Boluoke’s ability left him in a weakened puppy form for three years, and Bifrons offered him compensation and a possible position with the association or Detective Bureau.
• Bifrons said Vasily’s case needed to be reported to the deity, while Boluoke wondered where Vasily had gone.

Lu Yao learned that Vasily had created the Rose Magic Talisman and used a related invention to pursue his divine presence across worlds. After Lu Yao rescued and healed him, Vasily was allowed to continue developing the Divine Miracle Talisman in the Traveler world under a ban on returning to the Yao Clan Civilization.

• Bifrons explained that Vasily’s Rose Magic Talisman made magic easier to learn and use, and that Vasily’s unknown rune had tracked the places where Lu Yao’s will had appeared.
• Lu Yao sent Hisoka to investigate the Border Zone and learned that Hela had sealed the injured Vasily after he arrived in the Traveler world.
• Lu Yao sent Sekhmet to heal Vasily and bring him to the Temple, where Vasily apologized for pursuing him and explained how the Divine Miracle Talisman worked.
• Vasily described combining Magic Talismans, the Demon Seal, and the Shen Element to cross the Border Zone, and proposed improving the talisman with a stable channel.
• Lu Yao approved Vasily’s research in the Traveler world, while Isabelle barred him from returning to the Yao Clan Civilization until the Divine Miracle Talisman succeeded.
• A notification appeared that Apostle An was praying to Lu Yao.

Lu Yao learned that An had used the Spirit Archive to create a Scavenger Hydra workforce that was already gathering and recycling valuable materials. After approving its expansion into the Traveler world, Lu Yao declared a ten-year rest, though Slaimod reported finding a suitable Deity Candidate.

• Lu Yao questioned An about the Scavenger Hydras, and An explained how he had hatched and trained them to gather void resources for the Spirit Foundation Mythology.
• An reported that 113 Scavenger Hydras had begun earning revenue by collecting fragments and selling them to the Yao Clan World headquarters.
• Lu Yao ordered the Scavenger Group to stay within Cloud Temple's sphere of influence and provided the Spirit Archive with 200 million Power of Faith.
• An deployed 3.11 million Scavenger Hydras around Cloud Temple and asked to replicate the group in the Traveler world; Lu Yao approved and told him to coordinate with White God.
• Lu Yao announced that he would rest for ten years, and Slaimod reported finding a qualified Deity Candidate while offering to wait for Lu Yao's return.

Four Seas, a Rebooter and cosmic restaurant ship, cultivated the Cuisine Race and built Xiangke City into a neutral center for fine food and diplomacy. When Wuji called for urgent supplies as Sky Foundation fought after suffering damage from the Turbulent Tide, Four Seas faced pressure to ascend and enter the Pantheon.

• Four Seas told Groove it wanted to strengthen its foundation, grow its population, and research recipes before entering the Pantheon.
• Four Seas entered the Simulator and cultivated the Cuisine Race, teaching its people to seek meaning through creating and sharing fine food.
• Four Seas and the Cuisine Race built Xiangke City into a neutral dining city where Novice Gods bought meals and negotiated.
• Wuji notified Four Seas that Sky Foundation had been damaged by the Turbulent Tide and urgently needed its meals, ordering it to ascend and log into the Pantheon.

Four Seas prepared to ascend, but the other Novice Gods blocked it to preserve their access to Xiangke City's food. Wuji sent Sky Base forces to eliminate them, but a powerful stranger named Slaimod intervened and invited Four Seas to join him, revealing that he was the world's acting administrator.

• Four Seas prepared Xiangke City for Ascension, but the other Novice Gods threatened to stop it and demanded that it remain in the Fragmented World.
• Four Seas told Wuji about the blockade, and Wuji planned to locate it by having it reduce its dimension before Sky Base erased the other gods.
• Four Seas watched Sky Base Elite Soldiers attack the eight Novice Gods with Poor God Missiles and felt conflicted about losing its customers.
• Sky Base Elite Soldiers urged Four Seas to ascend, but Slaimod appeared and his Soldier Spirit slaughtered the attackers.
• Slaimod invited Four Seas to join his group and introduced himself as the acting administrator of the Fragmented World.

Four Seas was invited to join the Yao Clan Civilization after Slaimod offered to arrange the supply of his special dishes to Sky Base. After the Yao Clan’s Mr. Taisui effortlessly consumed Sky Base’s arriving fleet, Four Seas accepted candidacy and resolved to improve his abilities and protect the Rebooters.

• Slaimod explained that Four Seas could join the Yao Clan Civilization without breaking his agreement to supply dishes to Sky Base, since the Yao Clan could transport the dishes for him.
• Slaimod brought Four Seas to a space platform, where they saw Sky Base’s Constellation Hunter and hundreds of Guardian Fighters arrive.
• Mr. Taisui enveloped the Constellation Hunter and its fighters in a white shadow and consumed them without resistance.
• Four Seas feared that he might be eaten next and immediately declared that he wanted to join the Yao Clan Civilization.
• Slaimod informed Four Seas that he had been selected as a deity candidate, though Lord Yao would make the final decision.
• Four Seas resolved to strengthen his abilities, help the Rebooters, and use his restaurant to impress the Yao Clan’s extraordinary customer.

After learning that a Myth group had attacked Four Seas’s world, Lu Yao recognized the Yao Clan’s vulnerability to long-range threats and decided to strengthen its defenses. Ghost Gulu recommended two powerful Void Spirit units, and Lu Yao chose to acquire them.

• Lu Yao’s mother warned him not to go watch the aftermath of a deadly workplace assault, and he reassured her.
• Lu Yao checked on Slaimod, who reported that Four Seas had developed a neutral cuisine civilization and produced specialized food with restorative effects.
• Slaimod explained that the Sky Base Myth had attacked Four Seas, but Taisui had appeared and eaten the invading forces.
• Lu Yao realized that the Cloud Temple system lacked strong defenses against attacks from the void and decided to address the danger.
• Lu Yao asked Ghost Gulu for the best available defensive equipment, and Ghost Gulu recommended the Arbiter and Concorde Void Spirits.
• Lu Yao decided to buy the recommended combat combination, which required Psionic Energy to activate.

Lu Yao bought two powerful but costly Void Spirits and learned how they worked while waiting for them to arrive. He then visited Xiangke City in the Fragmented World, where Sihai mistook his arrival for a restaurant order.

• Lu Yao paid 4,694,030 Psionic Energy for the Void Spirits Arbiter and Concorde, which would take 24 hours to dispatch and required enormous energy to operate.
• An, Baroye, Malik, and Salid explained the roles Void Spirits played in mythology, warfare, and commerce, and Lu Yao asked Spirit Duke about their classes and use.
• Lu Yao learned that Void Spirits could run in Low Consumption mode, had individual personalities, and required regular maintenance and a steady Psionic Energy supply.
• Lu Yao observed Xiangke City's food shops and restaurants and considered how Yao Clan Civilization technology could improve the city's food storage and infrastructure.
• Slaimod introduced Lu Yao to Sihai, who emerged from his Divine Statue and welcomed him to Four Seas Restaurant by asking what he wanted to eat.
• Lu Yao decided to visit the restaurant and personally judge Sihai's cooking, then called for Huang Jia to move out.

Lu Yao visited Xiangke City and discovered that Four Seas served powerful dishes, including one that restored Xing Tian by removing his weakness. Impressed by Four Seas’s abilities, Lu Yao recruited him into the Yao Clan Civilization and sampled his cooking.

• Lu Yao explored Xiangke City and noticed its careful sanitation, supported by Purifying Green Vines and organized garbage collection.
• Four Seas served Lu Yao two best-selling dishes, and explained that headless customers could eat through a tube connected to their bodies.
• Lu Yao fed Four Seas Meat Stew to Xing Tian, removing his weakness and restoring him to peak condition.
• Lu Yao hired Four Seas as a Deity Candidate, offered him one million Power of Faith, and advised him to remain a Novice God for now.
• Lu Yao ate the fried rice and meat stew, praised both dishes, and heard that they had been Four Seas’s most popular meals as a Dining Ship.

After Four Seas became Lu Yao’s seventeenth Subordinate God, Lu Yao received two powerful Void Spirits, Concorde and Arbiter, and assigned them to protect the Yao Clan Civilization. A new prayer from Ju hinted that the Void Eye investigation had made progress.

• Lu Yao checked Four Seas’s abilities, learned it had discovered rice cultivated by another Novice God, and gave it 1,000,000 Flame of Faith to find ingredients and develop dishes.
• Lu Yao collected the Void Spirit figurines Concorde and Arbiter, whose abilities included world-rule control, law disruption, and judgment.
• Lu Yao awakened the Void Spirits in Cloud Temple and learned that Concorde was steady while Arbiter was playful and asked for more vacation time.
• Lu Yao brought the Void Spirits to the Yao Clan World, granted their requests for flowers and fish, and entrusted Tyrant with their daily care and their role in protecting the civilization.
• Lu Yao received a prayer from Ju suggesting that progress had been made with the Void Eye.

Lu Yao learned that Ju’s research into the Void Eye had uncovered the Lone Element, an unusual substance that could stabilize and control Shen Elements and improve Yao Clan technology. The Dark Star Lord challenged Lu Yao to another duel, and Lu Yao prepared to test his new equipment.

• Ju reported that modified Long-Distance Voyage Airships had replaced Grit Worlds as probes for studying the Void Eye.
• Ju explained that the Void Eye was a collapsing cavity in space and that current research could not capture or recreate it.
• Ju revealed that the Void Eye ejected a rare substance called the Lone Element, which could not be detected by the Simulator or recorded by the world’s rules.
• Ju said the Yao Clan had learned to use the Lone Element to control Shen Elements and improve phase dissolution cannons, airships, and material processing.
• The Dark Star Lord demanded another duel with Lu Yao, who eagerly readied his new Yao-style equipment.

Lu Yao prepared to test the Arbiter against the Dark Star Lord, but its appearance convinced the Dark Star Lord to surrender and become his 18th Subordinate God. The Dark Star Lord explained its origins and ambitions, then revealed a warning from an ancient Star Lord echo: beware the Fallen Servants and do not agree to the Zodiacal Orbit.

• Lu Yao projected the weakened Arbiter near the Dark Star and began preparing its Judgment Declaration, but the Dark Star Lord surrendered before the fight began.
• The Dark Star Lord recounted how an Immortal-Class Void Spirit had once gravely injured it, and Lu Yao ordered it to either fight or submit.
• The Dark Star Lord submitted, integrated with a Godhead to demonstrate its sincerity, and became Lu Yao's 18th Subordinate God.
• Lu Yao examined the Dark Star Lord's abilities and learned it was an infant-stage Star Lord that had deliberately settled near the Repulsion Zone to grow safely.
• The Dark Star Lord explained that Star Lords joined the Spirit Race to reach the Truth Side, then shared an ancient warning: beware the Fallen Servants and do not agree to the Zodiacal Orbit.

Lu Yao learned how the Dark Star Lord created dark stars and arranged an alliance to develop Dark Descendants in the Resurrection Kingdom. After accepting Sky Foundation Mythology's apology, he tested the Arbiter on a nearby Red Void and wondered if the blast had revealed a Void Eye.

• The Dark Star Lord explained that it built dark stars by carefully screening and placing Dark Descendants, and asked Lu Yao to expand the Dark Sun channel.
• Lu Yao and Mao Cao agreed to open a Dark Descendant class-change channel in the Resurrection Kingdom and formed an alliance with the Dark Star Civilization.
• Slaimod reported that Wuji of Sky Foundation had come to apologize, and the Messenger told Lu Yao that Sky Foundation had brought a damaged Psionic Encapsulator as a gift.
• Lu Yao accepted the apology and the gift, then asked the Messenger about threats that might give him a reason to use the Arbiter.
• The Messenger identified a Red Void near the Resurrection Kingdom as a potential danger, so Lu Yao fired the Arbiter's Ring of Truth at it and destroyed it.
• Lu Yao noticed that the destroyed Red Void resembled a Void Eye.

Milo guided Sky Foundation through its attempt to appease God Yao, while refusing its request for aid in the war against Aztec Mythology. After God Yao accepted the gift and ended the dispute, Milo witnessed a Crown Head transform a Red Void into a Void Eye and was discovered.

• Milo told Wuji that God Yao was powerful but unlikely to pursue Sky Foundation after it sent a damaged Psionic Encapsulator as a gift.
• Wuji asked Milo for aid against Aztec Mythology, but Milo said Wuyou Township would not intervene and wanted Sky Foundation weakened before buying in.
• Wuji received word that God Yao had accepted the gift and said the matter ended there.
• Milo sensed an immense power near a newly born Red Void and went to investigate, warning Wuji not to observe the entity directly.
• Milo saw a Crown Head breathe a ring of mist that erased the Red Void and left behind a Void Eye.
• The Crown Head noticed Milo, shattering his vision and blurring his consciousness.

Milo learned that the terrifying Grinning Crown attacking Red Void was God Yao’s true form, then watched Messenger of the Gods arrange trade talks between Yao Clan Civilization and Sky Foundation. After Milo reported the encounter to Mr. Smile, Mr. Smile recognized God Yao as a True-Class and took Milo to find Miss Golden.

• Milo realized that Grinning Crown was God Yao’s true body and that its attack on Red Void was connected to Sky Foundation’s earlier provocation.
• Messenger of the Gods confirmed God Yao’s involvement indirectly and offered Sky Foundation trade in specially made food and other goods.
• Wuji apologized for Sky Foundation’s actions and agreed to report the proposed trade and a possible meeting with Count Zero.
• Milo returned to Wuyou Township and showed Mr. Smile the damaged Divine Persona Totem recording Grinning Crown.
• Mr. Smile identified God Yao as a True-Class and took Milo to find Miss Golden so he could renew his proposal to invest in God Yao.

Lu Yao confirmed that the Ring of Truth could transform Crimson Void into a Void Eye and opened more for research and mining. The Dark Star Lord then revealed that an old Void Eye had opened a breach into the Ruined Hill, where an Immortal-Class Void Spirit had sunk, giving Lu Yao a possible lead to pursue.

• Lu Yao asked the Dark Star Lord and Ju to examine a Void Eye he had created from Crimson Void using the Ring of Truth, and both confirmed it was effectively identical to a natural Void Eye.
• The Messenger of the Gods asked Lu Yao to intervene in the war against Sky Foundation Mythology, but Lu Yao declined to mediate and agreed only to trade with Sky Foundation.
• Lu Yao tested the Ring of Truth on three Grit Worlds, but it decomposed them without creating a Vortex World, Crimson Void, or Void Eye.
• At Ju's request, Lu Yao created eight more Void Eyes, bringing the total to ten for Lone Element mining and research.
• The Dark Star Lord recalled that a previous Void Eye had damaged the Ruined Hill and let an Immortal-Class Void Spirit slip into it, and suggested Lu Yao might be able to draw the spirit back out.

Lu Yao searched for a Void Spirit and used Void Eyes to excavate the Sea of Breathing Soil, revealing a vast crystal structure that held a frozen Void Spirit. He and the Dark Star Lord freed a large section of the structure, and Ju offered a way to extract the objects inside it.

• Lu Yao learned that Void Spirits were rare, then asked the Dark Star Lord to locate a missing one beneath the Sea of Breathing Soil.
• Lu Yao bombarded the sea with Void Eyes and discovered crystal formations that resembled the crystal rods from Great Qin, ordering the Dark Star Lord and Ju to collect fragments.
• Lu Yao intensified the bombardment and found the Void Spirit frozen beneath a vast crystal ridge alongside a One-Armed Giant and other objects.
• Lu Yao used a ring-shaped Void Eye to cut a section of the crystal ridge free, and the Dark Star Lord's dark stars carried it out.
• Lu Yao saw a One-Armed Giant, a giant red hook connected to a Silver Chain, and a red question mark inside the extracted crystal, and Ju said it had a way to retrieve them.