Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• The resurrected army's offensive halts due to Lena's capture, as they only follow her commands.
• Kaisha and the Survivors discuss their dire situation and the need to venture into the Unknown Universe.
• Lena's restoration begins, requiring Wei Sina's vital blood, and Kaisha will examine Lena's consciousness for Carl's tampering.

Character Developments

• Kaisha: Shows concern for the Survivors' situation and determination to protect them.
• Hexi: Continues her research and remains worried about Carl and Lena.
• Wei Sina: Struggles with her mother's capture and the strange feeling about her blood donation.
• Lena: Will undergo intense pain during Kaisha's consciousness examination.
• Zhixin: Maintains a stoic demeanor despite her inner turmoil over Zhao Xin's fate.

Significant Themes

• The struggle for survival against overwhelming odds.
• The consequences of tampering with consciousness and memory.
• The pain of separation and loss of loved ones.

Character Interactions

• Kaisha and Hexi: Work together to restore Lena and discuss their dire situation.
• Wei Sina and Zhixin: Interact awkwardly due to Zhixin's emotional detachment.
• Kaisha and Lena: Kaisha will examine Lena's consciousness, causing her intense pain.
• Hexi and Zhixin: Hexi shows concern for Zhixin's emotional state, while Zhixin remains focused on her duty.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Hexi decides to lead a team to find Wei Zitong and Angel Yan, with Lena and Wei Sina joining her.
• Kaisha and Hexi plan to use the breakout team to escape and find Wei Zitong, knowing Karl will let them go but will also use them to locate his targets.
• Hexi, Lena, and Wei Sina undergo enhancements in Incubation Pods, with Hexi aiming to advance to a fifth-generation Divine Body.
• Kaisha uses the battle to absorb Void Energy from fallen Revived to fuel Hexi's advancement.
• Karl realizes Kaisha's plan and orders the Revived army to retreat, but it's too late as Hexi successfully advances.

Character Developments

• Hexi: Shows determination and strategic thinking in planning the breakout mission. She also demonstrates her scientific prowess by developing a device to absorb Void Energy.
• Lena: Joins the breakout team, showing courage and resolve despite her recent recovery. She understands Karl's intentions and provides valuable insights.
• Wei Sina: Joins her mother and Hexi on the mission, showing less concern for the situation and more focus on finding her father.
• Kaisha: Continues to strategize against Karl, using the battle to fuel Hexi's advancement. She shows a more playful side when taunting Karl.

Significant Themes

• Strategy and Planning: Both Kaisha and Hexi show strategic thinking in their plans, using the breakout team and the battle to their advantage.
• Power and Advancement: The absorption of Void Energy and Hexi's advancement highlight the importance of power and growth in the ongoing conflict.
• Sacrifice and Resolve: Characters like Lena and Hexi show determination and willingness to make sacrifices for the greater good.

Character Interactions

• Hexi and Kaisha: They work together, with Kaisha providing support for Hexi's advancement and Hexi developing the device to absorb Void Energy.
• Lena and Hexi: They discuss their plans and Lena provides valuable insights into Karl's intentions.
• Lena and Wei Sina: Mother and daughter join forces, with Lena showing concern for her daughter's safety but also understanding her desire to find her father.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The birth of another Fifth Generation God is sensed, giving hope to the survivors.
• Fourth Generation Gods attempt to force their way to Kaisha to demand ascension technology.
• Kaisha refuses and attacks, leading to a battle where many Fourth Generation Gods are killed.
• Lena and her mother successfully ascend to Fourth Generation Gods, strengthening Kaisha's position.
• Kaisha absorbs the energy of the killed gods to help Third Generation Gods advance.

Character Developments

• Kaisha demonstrates her power and resolve, willing to protect weaker survivors and punish those who threaten her.
• Lena and Wei Sina ascend to Fourth Generation Gods, gaining powerful domains.
• Some Fourth Generation Gods show cowardice and desperation, willing to beg for mercy when faced with death.

Significant Themes

• Power Dynamics: Kaisha's power and willingness to use it to protect the weak shift the balance, causing other gods to fear her.
• Survival and Hope: The birth of another Fifth Generation God gives survivors hope, but it's tempered by the reality of their situation.
• Sacrifice and Selfishness: Some gods are willing to sacrifice others for their own gain, while Kaisha is willing to make sacrifices to protect those weaker than herself.

Character Interactions

• Kaisha and the Fourth Generation Gods: Kaisha shows no mercy to those who threaten her or the weak, while the gods show cowardice and desperation when faced with her power.
• Lena and Wei Sina: They support each other and share excitement about their new powers.
• Kaisha, Lena, Hexi, and Wei Sina: They discuss their domains and express envy or admiration for each other's powers.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Kaisha gathers the breakout team to discuss their strategy.
• The team consists of Kaisha, Lena, Wei Sina, Hexi, and a dozen angels.
• The plan has four steps: breaking out, escaping along the way, shaking off Carl's surveillance, and finding Yan and the others.
• Hexi leads the team into the Void Plane, facing resistance and encountering a vast number of Resurrected.
• They engage in a fierce battle, with Lena using her Sun of Light powers to destroy the Resurrected.
• Du Qiangwei, commanding the Resurrected army, notices the breakout and sends more forces to intercept them.

Character Developments

• Kaisha entrusts the safety of the team to Hexi, revealing she has a way to leave if needed.
• Lena remains calm and confident in her Sun of Light powers.
• Wei Sina initially feels nervous but gains confidence from Lena's assurance.
• Hexi struggles with the unique challenges of the Void Plane but adapts her strategy.
• Du Qiangwei shows her ruthless and aggressive nature in commanding the Resurrected army.

Significant Themes

• The vast and deceptive nature of the Void Plane.
• The overwhelming power of the Resurrected army.
• The importance of adaptability and strategy in battle.
• The determination and resolve of the breakout team.

Character Interactions

• Kaisha and Hexi have a serious conversation about the mission and Hexi's role.
• Lena and Wei Sina interact playfully, with Lena boosting Wei Sina's confidence.
• Hexi and her team work together to face the Resurrected, with Lena taking the lead in combat.
• Du Qiangwei interacts with the Resurrected army, displaying her aggressive nature.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Hexi's breakout force and the Survivor army face overwhelming pressure from the revived army.
• Hexi expands her domain, materializing and eliminating many revived soldiers.
• Du Qiangwei briefly enters Hexi's domain, but retreats when her phantom body begins to materialize.
• Karl orders Du Qiangwei to follow Hexi's group, assisting her with the Great Clock's surveillance.
• Hexi senses two directions for the Sacred Knowledge Treasury, leading to a potential confusion in their escape plan.

Character Developments

• Hexi demonstrates her strength and strategic thinking, expanding her domain to materialize and eliminate revived soldiers.
• Du Qiangwei shows her loyalty to Karl, following his orders to pursue Hexi's group.
• Karl reveals his desire to capture Wei Zitong, sending Du Qiangwei and others to follow Hexi's group.
• Ge Xiaolun's true intentions are hinted at, revealing a hidden agenda against Du Qiangwei.

Significant Themes

• The power and danger of Hexi's domain, which can materialize phantom bodies, making them vulnerable.
• The struggle between Hexi's group and the revived army, with Hexi outsmarting Du Qiangwei.
• The manipulation and hidden agendas of Karl and Ge Xiaolun, highlighting the complexity of their motivations.

Character Interactions

• Hexi, Lena, and Wei Sina work together to clear out revived soldiers, demonstrating their teamwork and coordination.
• Du Qiangwei interacts with Karl, receiving orders and assistance from him.
• Du Qiangwei and Ge Xiaolun have a tense exchange, revealing Ge Xiaolun's hidden intentions and Du Qiangwei's disdain for him.
• Hexi, Lena, and Wei Sina discuss their escape plan, with Hexi leading them toward Yan's location.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Devourer Civilization's factions discuss their next move after Wei Zitong's victory.
• An official suggests that the angels might be fleeing from a destroyed civilization.
• Ates visits Angel City to ask about their origins.
• The Sacred Knowledge Treasury detects another active source, potentially Queen Kaisha or Carl.

Character Developments

• Ates becomes more cautious and respectful towards the angels after witnessing their power.
• Wei Zitong shows concern for the Devourer Civilization's safety, hinting at an impending threat.

Significant Themes

• The power dynamics between civilizations and the potential threats they pose to each other.
• The consequences of underestimating opponents, as seen through Ates's changed attitude.

Character Interactions

• Ates and Wei Zitong have a tense but informative conversation about the angels' origins.
• Yan shares crucial information with Wei Zitong about the Sacred Knowledge Treasury's detection.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Angel higher-ups gather in the Royal Palace Great Hall to discuss the impending threat of the Reviver Army and the Void Assimilation Field.
• Wei Zitong presents a plane-stabilizing device, the Plane Stabilizer, as a potential countermeasure against the Void Assimilation Field.
• Yinyue, the highest Research Officer, explains the device's principle and its current progress (85% complete in testing).
• Ates, representing the Devourer Civilization, is brought into the discussion and learns about the Reviver Army, the Void Assimilation Field, Carl, and Queen Kaisha.

Character Developments

• Wei Zitong demonstrates his leadership and strategic thinking by presenting a potential solution to the Reviver Army threat.
• Yinyue showcases her organizational and management skills in coordinating the research on the Plane Stabilizer.
• Ates exhibits curiosity and shock as he learns about the Reviver Army and the Void Assimilation Field, realizing the potential threat to his own civilization.

Significant Themes

• Survival and resilience in the face of overwhelming odds.
• The power of unity and cooperation among different civilizations.
• The consequences of unchecked ambition and research, as exemplified by Carl's actions.

Character Interactions

• Wei Zitong and Yinyue work together to present and explain the Plane Stabilizer to the Angel higher-ups.
• Ates interacts with the Angels, learning about their history and the threat they face, and is asked for his civilization's assistance in the research project.
• The Angels express their determination to face the Reviver Army and their desire for vengeance against Carl.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ates agrees to let angels use his star region as a pilot site for deploying plane stabilization devices.
• Wei Zitong signs an offensive and defensive alliance with Ates, agreeing to assist against other warlord forces in exchange for support in deploying the devices.
• Angels begin deploying plane stabilization devices, drawing crowds of curious Devourers.
• Wei Zitong promotes the Mental Translator to the Civilization Council to unite the Devourer Civilization against Carl's Resurrected Army.

Character Developments

• Ates: Realizes the severity of the threat posed by Carl's Resurrected Army and agrees to ally with the angels to protect his star region.
• Wei Zitong: Demonstrates his strategic thinking and determination to unite the Devourer Civilization against the Resurrected Army.

Significant Themes

• The threat of Carl's Resurrected Army and the need for unity among civilizations to combat it.
• The Devourer Civilization's vast population and Mental Power potential, which could be harnessed with the Mental Translator.

Character Interactions

• Ates and Wei Zitong: Form an alliance and discuss strategies to protect Ates's star region and unite the Devourer Civilization.
• Angels and Devourers: The angels draw crowds of curious Devourers as they deploy plane stabilization devices, highlighting the Devourers' fascination with the angels' beauty and otherworldliness.

Key plot points and events

• Ates fails to persuade most Devourer Civilization warlords to cooperate with the Angels against the coming Reviver Army. They fear outside interference more than a disaster that has not yet arrived. Wei Zitong’s proposal to distribute mental translators is rejected for similar reasons: the warlords suspect the technology could help outsiders stir rebellion.
• The Head of State recognizes that the fragmented civilization will unite only when faced with enormous shared gains—or immediate danger. He takes the warning seriously, but remains wary of the Angels’ motives.
• Wei Zitong reminds Ates that this is only the beginning and suggests he speak privately with the Head of State. Ates admits he trusts the Angels partly because he has already experienced their “invasion,” then jokes that he wants to marry an Angel. Their banter briefly makes onlookers think they have fallen out.
• In a private meeting, Ates tells the Head of State that Wei Zitong believes he can persuade the Devouring God to cooperate. The Head of State is shaken and interprets this as the real reason the Angels have not focused on winning over the warlords. Ates privately admits he invented the claim on the spot.
• Meanwhile, Wei Zitong attempts to contact the Central Star Zone’s Devouring God. The ancient creature’s consciousness is sluggish and chaotic. Injecting Void-related information provokes a surge of anger, but after Wei Zitong sends information about the Revivers and the Void Assimilation Field, the God falls back into silence. He gets no clear response.

Character developments and interactions

• Ates remains frustrated by the warlords’ resistance but persists. His humor with Wei Zitong shows their growing camaraderie, while his bluff to the Head of State reveals his willingness to improvise politically.
• Wei Zitong is pragmatic about the limits of persuasion and understands that force and urgency often shape political cooperation. His attempt to reach the Devouring God shows both his determination and the difficulty of the task.
• The Head of State is cautious rather than dismissive: he suspects the Angels may have ulterior motives, yet fears the Reviver threat may be real. Ates’s claim about contacting the Devouring God leaves him intrigued and alarmed.
• The warlord bosses remain suspicious and self-interested, dismissing warnings and treating Ates as gullible.

Significant themes

• Political fragmentation and self-interest: divided factions resist cooperation until their own interests or survival are directly threatened.
• Trust and persuasion: warnings alone are ineffective when listeners suspect manipulation; political influence depends on credibility and strength.
• The cost of delayed action: the leaders may wait until danger is undeniable, but by then resistance could be futile.
• Limits of communication: even a powerful mind like Wei Zitong’s struggles to connect with the ancient Devouring God, whose immense consciousness is slow, chaotic, and difficult to interpret.

Key plot points and events

• Wei Zitong realizes the Central Star Zone Devourer’s enormous body makes its thoughts extraordinarily slow. He concludes that fully awakening it would require an unsustainable supply of energy and could lead it to consume the Known Universe; extracting its thinking core is the more practical—but dangerous—option.
• He enters the Devourer’s vast consciousness to isolate that core, leaving his physical body limp and seemingly unconscious. His bodyguards move him to a lounge, while his safeguards are intended to return him to Angel City if he is endangered.
• Several warlord factions see Wei Zitong’s collapse as a chance to undermine Ates’s alliance with the Angels. Their guards attack Ates’s small security detail, hoping to make the Angels’ support of Ates falter.
• Ates is unavailable: he and the head of state have entered an altar and left their communicators behind. Ates’s chief bodyguard tries to hold off the attackers and calls for venue security, but the fighting escalates. The chief bodyguard is stabbed, and Ates’s guards are overwhelmed.
• Venue guards arrive and order the attackers to stop, but the warlord leaders feign innocence while their men keep advancing. Just as an attacker is about to stab Wei Zitong, an invisible force blasts him away.
• Wei Zitong awakens and begins reshaping nearby matter into a humanoid form. His success in separating the Devourer’s thinking core is implied.

Character developments and interactions

• Wei Zitong demonstrates confidence in his ability to withstand the Devourer’s consciousness, accepting the risk to pursue a solution. His body’s sudden collapse exposes how vulnerable he is during the process, but his awakening shows the procedure has succeeded and hints at formidable new control.
• Ates’s chief bodyguard shifts from anxious calculation to determined resistance, defending Wei Zitong despite knowing his own forces are badly outnumbered. His injury underscores his loyalty and the cost of protecting Ates’s alliance.
• The warlord leaders reveal themselves as self-interested and duplicitous: they exploit Wei Zitong’s apparent helplessness, use their guards as proxies, and pretend to order them to stop when challenged.
• Ates is absent at the critical moment, leaving his people exposed. His alliance with the Angels is the real political target of the attack.
• The venue guard captain tries to intervene but is constrained by limited authority and the attackers’ refusal to comply.

Significant themes

• The cost and limits of power: Awakening the Devourer would demand immense energy and threaten the entire universe, while the alternative risks Wei Zitong’s consciousness.
• Political opportunism and plausible deniability: The warlords exploit a crisis while avoiding direct responsibility, allowing them to disguise an attack as a guard-unit clash.
• Loyalty and vulnerability: Ates’s bodyguards risk their lives for their absent leader and his Angelic ally, while the supposed allies act against his interests.
• Transformation and control: Wei Zitong’s attempt to isolate the Devourer’s mind culminates in the reshaping of matter, signaling a possible new stage in his abilities.

Chapter 330: Cooperation with the Devouring God

Key plot points and events

• Wei Zitong awakens amid a tense gathering of Devourer Civilization leaders. When guards try to attack him, his power effortlessly knocks them aside and silently kills others, causing the assembled warlords and venue guards to panic and flee.
• The venue itself begins to deform, trapping and crushing people as the Devouring God’s consciousness core—appearing in an attendant’s uniform—reshapes the building and creates widespread chaos.
• Wei Zitong confronts the Devouring God, criticizing him for endangering his own subjects. The Devouring God argues that their internal conflicts make them unworthy of saving, especially with a greater disaster approaching.
• Their conversation turns to the Devouring God’s past encounters with outsiders. He remembers one called Hua Tong, who resembled Wei Zitong and cooperated with him roughly ten thousand years earlier, leaving behind some items.
• Wei Zitong offers a Void Engine, a Fourth Generation Divine Body, and a Celestial-Level Computer in exchange for seeing Hua Tong’s items. The Devouring God eagerly accepts the prospect of a deal, but Wei Zitong points out that he has not yet chosen which item he wants.

Character developments

• Wei Zitong remains controlled despite the violence around him, showing concern for the civilians and leaders caught in the chaos. He also carefully tests the Devouring God’s memories and motives, then uses a practical offer to pursue information about Hua Tong.
• The Devouring God is revealed as ancient, powerful, lazy, and mischievous. He prefers passively observing civilizations to actively consuming the universe, has poor recall from periods when his thinking core was removed, and is quick to become defensive about his past.
• The Devouring God’s willingness to bargain shows that, despite his dismissive attitude, he is curious about tools that could improve his abilities.

Character interactions

• Wei Zitong and the Devouring God trade sarcastic remarks, tease one another, and challenge each other to fight; Wei Zitong refuses because the Devouring God’s own realm would give him an unfair advantage.
• Wei Zitong probes the Devouring God about previous outsiders, especially whether he knew Carl. The Devouring God says he has not met Carl, or at least does not remember him, and identifies Hua Tong as his most recent remembered visitor.
• Meanwhile, the frightened warlords, personal guards, and venue staff abandon attempts to control Wei Zitong and flee the transforming venue.

Significant themes

• Power and political fragility: The leaders’ authority collapses as soon as they face a force they cannot control.
• Responsibility amid crisis: Wei Zitong questions the Devouring God’s willingness to let his subjects suffer, while the Devouring God sees their infighting as pointless in the face of a larger danger.
• Memory and history: The Devouring God’s incomplete recollections leave crucial gaps in the history of outsiders and past cooperation.
• Cooperation through exchange: The chapter ends with the possibility that practical mutual benefit can turn wary, antagonistic figures into partners.

Key plot points and events

• Wei Zitong negotiates with the Devouring God over a trade: the God wants every advanced device Wei Zitong has, but Wei insists on first inspecting the damaged item the God is offering in exchange.
• The Devouring God’s fleshy growth has covered the venue, trapping those outside while leaving the altar untouched. Wei realizes the Head of State is the God’s proxy and refuses to let the God kill the crowd, warning that he would be blamed.
• The God teleports Wei to the altar, where the Head of State and Ates are praying. The Head of State initially rejects the stranger’s identity, but the Devouring God reveals private knowledge from their past.
• To prove who he is, the God summons the White Ghost Apostle Mecha. It ignores the Head of State and kneels to the Devouring God, confirming the truth. The Head of State finally recognizes his deity and submits.
• The God orders the Head of State to deal with the unrest outside. Wei advises him to arrest the opposition and gradually consolidate power rather than massacre them.
• Wei also directs Ates to return to his territory and join the angels in a rapid campaign to absorb nearby rival star zones. Ates doubts his forces can manage it, but Wei promises wider support and frames the conflict as a rare chance to rise. Ates reluctantly agrees.

Character developments and interactions

• Wei Zitong remains sharp, skeptical, and politically pragmatic. He catches the God’s attempt to avoid revealing the trade item, restrains him from using indiscriminate violence, and takes charge of the political strategy.
• The Devouring God is boastful and childish in his banter with Wei, but his authority is undeniable. He and Wei treat one another as partners rather than master and servant.
• The Head of State shifts from disbelief and confidence to shock, fear, and renewed submission when the White Ghost Mecha confirms the God’s identity. He is then tasked with restoring control without triggering a wider war.
• Ates is alarmed that Wei can deal with the Devouring God as an equal and worries about having previously clashed with him. He is also tempted by the prospect of expanding his influence, ultimately accepting Wei’s risky plan.

Significant themes

• Power and legitimacy: The Head of State’s authority is tied to the God and the mecha that once helped him rise; the same symbols now expose his diminished standing.
• Pragmatism over brute force: Wei favors gradual political control and coordinated campaigns over mass killing.
• Ambition and risk: Ates is persuaded to gamble on expansion as an opportunity for advancement, despite recognizing the danger.
• Unequal knowledge and perception: The Head of State and Ates struggle to accept that the God can appear in an unfamiliar form, while Wei understands the situation and directs events.

Key plot points

• The Devouring God releases his mental influence over the Devourer head of state, who immediately orders troops to seize control of the visitors’ escort fleets, claiming it is the god’s will. His guard captain recognizes that this risks war but obeys.
• Wei Zitong sends Ates back to Angel City by teleporting him directly from the altar. Angel Yan understands that Wei has an arrangement in motion and tells Ates to prepare, though Ates is too overwhelmed by the angels—and by Yan—to explain himself.
• Yan briefly visits her young son, whose latest progress delights her.
• The Devouring God disables the Apostle Mecha White Ghost and extracts a small black sphere from its core. Wei recognizes it as an engine encoded in the Void Plane, resembling his own Void Engine. He takes it and absorbs it into his body despite the Devouring God’s warning.
• The sphere triggers a major change in the Devourer universe: the void’s oppressive rules weaken, awakening other Devouring Gods and allowing Yan’s Void Engine and her connection to the Sacred Knowledge Treasury to strengthen. Wei vanishes from the Devouring God’s perception and enters an altered state.
• Wei experiences fragmented memories through another person’s perspective. The scenes reveal a figure called “A Tong,” who shares a history with He Xi, and later appears to be an Angel prince who argues for opening his civilization to outside knowledge. He refuses the throne but promises to bring advanced learning back to his people.

Character developments and interactions

• The Devourer head of state shifts from disorientation to decisive, potentially reckless action under the Devouring God’s influence.
• Wei Zitong acts boldly in taking the mysterious engine, then becomes an observer of memories that may reveal a hidden identity or past. He sees “A Tong” reject He Xi’s advances without recognizing them as such, and later resist inheriting the Angel throne.
• The Devouring God is confident in his ability to control events but becomes alarmed and regretful when the engine causes changes he cannot sense or predict.
• Yan shows authority toward Ates, then tenderness toward her son. Ates, meanwhile, is captivated by her and the angels, but intimidated by Yan and clearly has no chance with her.
• In the memories, A Tong and He Xi share a scholarly bond, while A Tong and his father, the Angel king, clash over whether isolation can protect the civilization. The king’s fear comes from past losses; A Tong’s concern is its long-term survival.

Significant themes

• Power and unintended consequences: Wei’s decision to absorb the engine reshapes the universe and unsettles even a powerful void-being.
• Isolation versus engagement: The Angel king sees seclusion as protection from superior, warlike powers; A Tong believes knowledge and openness are necessary for survival.
• Identity and memory: Wei’s disembodied perspective and the blurred faces leave the relationship between himself and “A Tong” uncertain, while suggesting that the engine has opened access to a past or alternate self.
• Knowledge as both connection and leverage: He Xi’s relationship with A Tong grows through study, while advanced knowledge becomes a potential lifeline for the Angel civilization.

Key plot points and events

• Hua Tong, the Angel King Hua Que’s eighth son, insists on leaving the isolated Angel Civilization. Though publicly imprisoned for defying the king, he and Hua Que secretly agree that he must go abroad to gain knowledge and help prepare their civilization for a dangerous future.
• Hua Tong’s brother Hua* shares his desire to expand outward, but for a very different reason: he wants power and conquest. Hua Que catches him speaking recklessly and punishes him, including sending his allies Sumali and Adahron to the borders.
• Hua Tong’s relationship with He Xi becomes apparent. Hua Que questions him about it, and Hua Tong admits he would be deeply reluctant to part from her, but maintains that their relationship will not disrupt the plan.
• To conceal Hua Tong’s departure, Hua Que stages his execution for treason. Hua Tong watches in disguise as He Xi, Kaisha, and others mourn him, then leaves without revealing that he is alive.
• The memory shifts to Hua Tong studying advanced mathematics with the Shenhe Civilization. He meets a young Carl, who admires him and hopes to become like him. Carl is still an enthusiastic, innocent student, though he already voices contempt for warlike civilizations.
• Attacks disrupt the academy, forcing its teachers and students to prepare to evacuate. Hua Tong tells his teacher that he intends to learn and then return to help his civilization.
• The teacher reveals that Hua Que has been murdered and Hua* has seized the throne. The new king is purging his opponents and abusing his power. The Hesi clan has been forced out of the royal court and relocated to the border regions. The chapter ends before Hua Tong responds.

Character developments and interactions

• Hua Tong: Revealed as a dutiful but independent prince, willing to leave his home for the sake of its future. His feelings for He Xi are strong, but he accepts a painful separation to carry out the plan.
• Hua Que: Publicly stern but privately supportive of Hua Tong’s mission. His staged execution allows Hua Tong to leave without exposing the king’s support.
• Hua:* A rival prince whose ambitions center on dominance and expansion, unlike Hua Tong’s concern for preparedness and development.
• He Xi: Remains devoted to Hua Tong and visits him despite his confinement. Her flirtatious teasing hints at their closeness, and she is devastated by his apparent execution.
• Young Carl: Appears as Hua Tong’s junior at the academy—bright, admiring, and idealistic, though already hostile to the violence of ordinary civilizations. His future as the Death God makes this early gentleness especially striking.
• Hua Tong’s teacher: Upholds scholarly restraint, arguing that scholars should seek truth rather than intervene in civilizations’ struggles.

Significant themes

• Isolation versus engagement: The Angels’ fear-driven seclusion may leave them helpless against outside threats; Hua Tong argues for preparation and contact.
• Duty and sacrifice: Hua Tong gives up his place at home and hides his survival, even as he watches loved ones grieve.
• Power and ambition: Hua*’s ascent shows how political turmoil can turn expansionist ambition into repression and personal abuse.
• Knowledge and intervention: The chapter contrasts Hua Tong’s intention to use learning for his people with his teacher’s belief that scholars should not forcibly steer civilizations.
• Foreshadowing: Young Carl’s idealism sharply contrasts with the destructive figure he later becomes, while the upheaval hints at the dangers Hua Tong hoped to avert.

Key plot points and events

• Unable to let go of He Xi—and driven by the deaths of his parents in the coup—Hua Tong decides to return to the Angel Civilization. Jilan respects his choice and sends a research team with him, including Carl. Hua Tong also hopes to bring the Super Seminary there.
• During the journey, Carl asks about angel wings and learns they come from gene engines and are associated with genetic enhancement, historically more accessible to aristocrats. Carl wishes he could get an angel engine, but Hua Tong warns that it would be incompatible with his genes.
• At the Angel Nebula’s border, Hua Tong reveals himself to a fleet loyal to He Xi. The soldiers recognize him as the supposedly dead Eighth Prince and report his return.
• The chapter outlines the conflict between He Xi’s Hesi clan and Hua*’s regime. After seizing power, Hua* established a patriarchal order that subordinates women. He Xi rejects his legitimacy and has resisted repeated offensives, though her clan is badly weakened.
• Hua*’s envoy, Kunpeng, demands that He Xi surrender her royal title and periodically serve Hua*. She refuses, warning that Hesi will fight back with the strength of its ancient foundations.
• He Xi secretly learns that Hua Tong has returned and is overjoyed, but keeps the news quiet because his survival must remain concealed. She orders a trusted guard to bring him and his party in discreetly.
• While waiting at the border, Carl chats freely with a Hesi officer and reveals information about the Super Seminary. Hua Tong points out that both Carl and the officer assumed certain details were not secret. Carl recognizes his mistake and promises to be more careful.

Character developments and interactions

• Hua Tong returns with grief, personal vengeance, and a desire to challenge his brother’s rule. He is also shown as a thoughtful mentor, teaching Carl both about angel technology and the need for discretion.
• Carl is curious and enthusiastic, especially about wings and gene engines, but learns that innocent conversation can expose sensitive information.
• He Xi shifts from a formidable, uncompromising ruler during negotiations to an openly emotional figure when she hears Hua Tong is alive. Her joy is tempered by political caution.
• Kunpeng attempts to pressure He Xi on behalf of Hua*, but underestimates her resolve.
• Jilan supports Hua Tong by letting him leave and providing an escort rather than trying to hold him back.

Significant themes

• Loss and loyalty: Hua Tong’s return is driven by both the loss of his parents and his bond with He Xi.
• Power and gender: Hua*’s male-dominated order contrasts with He Xi’s leadership and resistance.
• Assumptions and secrecy: The exchange between Hua Tong and Carl shows how unexamined assumptions can lead to accidental disclosures.
• Inheritance and resilience: Though weakened, Hesi draws confidence from its long history and collective strength.

Plot points and events

• Hua Tong returns to Yunyuan Star with Carl and other Super Seminary scholars. He Xi welcomes him cautiously, then angrily confronts him for faking his death and leaving her to suffer for years.
• He Xi’s outburst is partly staged to convince Liang*—a noblewoman hiding from Hua*’s persecution—that Hua Tong still belongs to her. After Hua Tong embraces He Xi, Liang* witnesses the scene and leaves in tears.
• Carl is immediately smitten with Liang*. She teases him about his Angel-engine research and suggests she may need his work someday. Before departing to help her sister Kaisha, Liang* argues that the Angels must rely on more advanced outsiders to challenge Hua*.
• Inspired by Liang* and supported by He Xi, Carl throws himself into researching Angel gene engines. He Xi joins the project, while Hua Tong secretly rallies the factions his father left behind. These efforts ease pressure on He Xi and Kaisha, whose forces are being worn down by constant fighting.
• After prolonged, relentless work, Carl emerges exhausted and claims he is close to success. He refuses Hua Tong’s order to rest, saying he wants to grow wings and find Liang*—then collapses.

Character developments and interactions

• He Xi moves from wary scrutiny and resentment toward reconciliation with Hua Tong. She later recognizes the strategic value of Carl’s work and becomes actively involved in it.
• Hua Tong balances personal guilt and affection for He Xi with political maneuvering against Hua*. He also tries to protect Carl from destroying himself through overwork.
• Carl shifts from an eager young scholar into an obsessive researcher, driven both by his feelings for Liang* and his ambition to fly with Angel-like wings.
• Liang* shows gratitude toward He Xi but remains determined to aid Kaisha. Her affection for Hua Tong is evident, though she masks it with humor as she leaves; she also encourages Carl’s research.
• He Xi and Liang* share a tentative, complicated bond: He Xi has sheltered Liang* out of loyalty to Kaisha, while Liang* hopes to earn He Xi’s genuine approval.

Significant themes

• Personal feelings and political strategy: He Xi’s staged reconciliation, Liang*’s departure, and the alliances forming against Hua* intertwine private relationships with public power struggles.
• Technology and dependence: The Angels may need the Super Seminary’s superior knowledge to overcome their enemies, but cultural distrust makes cooperation difficult.
• Ambition and its cost: Carl’s devotion to his research offers hope for the Angels, yet his self-neglect pushes him to physical collapse.
• Hope through alliances: Hua Tong’s return and the cooperation between Angel factions and outside scholars begin to shift the balance against Hua*.

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Key plot points and events

• He Xi takes over Carl’s research and secures a steady supply of gene engines for women. Kaisha uses them to build and train a large force of female Angel Elite Soldiers, while her agents infiltrate hostile factions as slaves.
• The Angel Civilization remains engulfed in brutal conflict between Hua*’s royal court and rival families. Carl, stranded in the Yunyuan Star System, longs for Liang* but fears entering the hostile, war-torn society.
• Liang* gathers powerful faction leaders around her through her influence and beauty, arranging for resources to be sent to Kaisha. She and Adahron—who betrayed Hua* to help her—discuss the danger ahead and his willingness to die for her.
• Kaisha and Liang* declare themselves queens: Kaisha as the Heavenly Blade King, and Liang* as the Heavenly King. Together with He Xi’s Heavenly Foundation forces, they become the Three Kings. Their rivals dismiss them as insignificant.
• Their supporters then strike from within: noble daughters overthrow their own families, female slaves revolt, and the Three Kings’ armies attack. The rebellion rapidly sweeps across half the Angel Nebula.
• At the Angry Sea Star System, the female armies suffer a severe defeat against Sumali’s elite forces. The newly trained soldiers lack battlefield experience, and many remain psychologically cowed by generations of male rule. He Xi struggles to hold the line.
• Adahron turns on the royal court’s forces with a surprise attack, while a huge slave army joins the female side. The counterattack defeats Hua*’s army; Hua* escapes wounded and Sumali is captured. The women take the royal court.
• Nearly a century of further wars follows. The male-dominated order collapses, though the victory comes at immense cost: millions of female angels die in battle, many more are abused or purged, and the male population also falls drastically.
• When Hua Tong’s remembered vision ends, he returns to the Super Seminary with Carl. Carl’s longing has given way to a distant, emotionally guarded manner.

Character developments and interactions

• Kaisha patiently builds military strength and alliances before openly challenging the old order.
• He Xi becomes a key organizer and commander, but her early decision to field an inexperienced female army exposes its vulnerability.
• Liang* openly exploits the attraction she inspires to secure political backing, while making clear that she prefers this transactional alliance to Hua*’s intention to enslave her.
• Adahron is both Liang*’s devoted lover and a crucial military ally. Though afraid of dying, he remains committed to her and eventually helps turn the battle.
• Hua Tong observes how his brother’s seizure of power helped intensify the gender conflict, and recognizes the risks in Kaisha’s timing.
• Carl remains fixated on Liang* but feels powerless to reach her; after witnessing the era’s upheaval, he returns changed and emotionally withdrawn.

Significant themes

• Revolution and retaliation: The struggle overturns a deeply entrenched hierarchy, but violence and vengeance perpetuate suffering on both sides.
• Power, gender, and exploitation: The chapter portrays slavery and abuse as institutionalized, while showing women turning the same systems of influence and alliance into tools of resistance.
• The cost of liberation: The new order is won through long wars, mass deaths, and atrocities, not through a clean or effortless victory.
• Preparation versus timing: Kaisha’s early offensive creates momentum but also exposes unseasoned troops and prompts harsher repression.
• Love and loyalty amid political conflict: Carl’s yearning for Liang* and Adahron’s devotion to her contrast with the ruthless calculations shaping the war.

Chapter 338: The Truth of the Devourer Universe

Key plot points and events

• Wei Zitong witnesses Hua Tong move beyond observing the rise of the female Angels: Hua Tong begins constructing an entire virtual universe, starting from a simple patch of blue light and shadow.
• While explaining motion, time, and relative rest, Hua Tong is interrupted by Carl. Carl argues that the Void could stop all motion and time, then reveals his real grievance: Hua Tong took him away from the Angel civilization, separating him from someone he loved.
• Carl insists he would sacrifice anything to remain with her. Hua Tong eventually promises to take him—and the Super Seminary—back when the time is right. After Carl leaves, Hua Tong records his behavior with a projection of the Great Clock and begins calculating possible futures.
• The calculation predicts a high probability that Carl will bring the Void into the Known Universe. Wei Zitong is shaken because he knows the devastation this future will cause, including the deaths of people close to him.
• Hua Tong develops a virtual universe using information about the Known Universe, then accelerates its evolution with the Great Clock’s computing power. Jilan admires the model and lends it additional resources.
• To prepare for a possible Void invasion, Hua Tong introduces a powerful creature able to adapt to both reality and the Void: the first Devourer.
• The simulated universe broadly follows the history recorded by the Devourer civilization. One earlier god-level civilization is destroyed after challenging the Devourers. The later Devourer civilization prospers by living on Devourers’ bodies, where stable, deliberately maintained environments support development.
• At around the universe’s 13.7-billion-year mark, the first Erectus civilization leaves its planet and explores space, working with its Devourer to gather resources. Hua Tong slows the simulation to study what happens next.

Character developments and interactions

• Hua Tong emerges as a brilliant, methodical researcher who can use the Great Clock and is willing to explore solutions to future dangers rather than immediately eliminate uncertain people. He is also emotionally inexperienced and keeps Carl at a distance despite understanding his pain.
• Carl has grown more serious and withdrawn since leaving the Angel Nebula. His resentment toward Hua Tong is rooted in being separated from the woman he loves, and his devotion to her is absolute. His fixation on the Void alarms Hua Tong.
• Wei Zitong shifts from detached observer to deeply distressed witness when he sees the prediction of Carl’s future actions and recalls the deaths they will cause.
• Jilan worries about Carl’s isolation, but also supports Hua Tong’s universe simulation once he sees its potential, redirecting computing power to help it.

Significant themes

• The chapter explores motion, time, and relative rest, questioning whether absolute stillness—and thus the end of time—is possible.
• It raises the tension between prediction and choice: Hua Tong’s model forecasts catastrophe, but he treats it as an experiment rather than a certain future.
• The creation of the Devourers blurs the line between simulation and reality, leaving Wei Zitong unsure whether the universe he observes is virtual.
• The Devourer civilization’s history suggests that civilizational progress can depend on coexistence and stable environments, while extreme advancement may provoke destruction.
• Personal attachment and grief shape larger events: Carl’s longing for his lost relationship fuels his conflict with Hua Tong and may have cosmic consequences.

Key plot points and events

• While researching the Devourer Universe, Hua Tong finds that the existing Great Clock cannot fully model the universe. His teacher, Jilan, explains that it was designed for broad research calculations, not precise universal deduction, and proposes building a smaller, complementary Great Clock with opposite principles.
• Hua Tong’s research is slowed by the Devourer Universe’s flaws, which he repeatedly patches using elements from the Known Universe. The simulated Devourers experience these interventions as invasions and forced experiments—a history that explains their enduring resentment toward outsiders.
• Hua Tong eventually bases the new system on a Gene Engine, combining a copy of the Great Clock’s data framework with ideas from the Anti-Void and Jilan’s “Power of the Divine River” research. The model succeeds, but it becomes so powerful that it effectively represents a universe and cannot safely exist in the Main Material Plane.
• Jilan orders Hua Tong to dismantle it before it is complete. They preserve only an incomplete engine containing the Anti-Void and Anti-Great Clock, with Jilan imposing ten permission levels. The highest levels would require someone to bear the computational burden of the entire Devourer Universe.
• Wei Zitong realizes that his own Void Engine may be derived from this dismantled system—and that the simulator he obtained from the Devouring God may be its missing component. The two parts begin merging, apparently placing him at risk of bearing the universe’s weight and suffering the unnamed catastrophic fate they discussed.
• The vision ends before Wei Zitong can learn more or intervene. Back in the present, the engine’s fusion and upgrade have begun. The Devourer God senses Wei Zitong’s overwhelming authority, becomes unable to resist, and kneels to welcome him as its returning god.

Character developments and interactions

• Hua Tong grows from a researcher relying on established models into a bold innovator, but he accepts that his breakthrough is too dangerous to remain intact.
• Jilan acts as both mentor and safeguard: he guides the project, recognizes its danger, orders its dismantling, and restricts the surviving engine with strict permission tiers.
• Wei Zitong shifts from observing the past to fearing that he is personally tied to its consequences. Despite his terror, he is especially concerned about rescuing Lena and the people he cares about from Carl.
• Carl appears as Jilan’s assistant on the sealed “Eternal Life of the Death God” project. His interest in it troubles Wei Zitong, while Hua Tong’s calculations suggest Carl may still become a future threat.
• The Devourer God moves from being a powerful entity to a helpless subject of Wei Zitong’s authority, mirroring the powerlessness it once imposed on others.

Significant themes

• Knowledge and danger: A discovery can be too consequential to use, even when it represents a historic breakthrough.
• The burden of power: Modeling an entire universe means carrying its immense computational and existential weight; no individual can safely bear it.
• Creation and control: The Devourer God’s submission to Wei Zitong reverses the relationship between creator, creation, and ruler.
• Humiliation and memory: The Devourers’ repeated exploitation by outsiders becomes a collective wound they preserve and avoid discussing.
• Fate and incomplete understanding: Wei Zitong recognizes a likely connection between his engine and the old experiment, but the vision ends before he can learn how to escape its consequences.