Chapter Summaries

Xu Zhi finished preparing the Lava World’s new technological civilization and replaced his Mirror Image Clone’s brain with a system-capable crystalline one. As Levi's traced his inherited memories during a risky operation, he witnessed humanity’s ancient origins and saw Xu Zhi raising two ape infants.

• Xu Zhi reclaimed the system chips from his assistants, destroyed the secret laboratory, and integrated a crystalline system brain into his Mirror Image Clone.
• By Year 131, Levi's had transformed Mocha City and human technology, but he feared the Levi's Consortium would be divided after his death.
• Levi's began a secret brain-transplant operation, hoping to obtain a new life, and experienced memories inherited from his father and ancestors.
• Levi's traced humanity’s evolution through ape-men and ancient creatures, while the doctors struggled to control his convulsions during surgery.
• Levi's witnessed Xu Zhi beside a Lava River, holding up two baby apes and speaking about playing Hearthstone.

Levi's witnessed a mysterious scene at humanity's origin, then awakened in the body of a brain-dead patient after a pineal gland transplant. After his apparent death shattered his consortium, he secretly built the Super Research Organization and later revealed himself under the name Levi's.

• Levi's saw a mysterious young man holding two infant apes and became unable to reconcile the scene with the Theory of Evolution.
• Levi's awoke in a young man's body after both parties' pineal glands had been transplanted and asked whether everything was ready.
• In Year 132 of the Empire, Levi's was declared dead, and the Western and Eastern Human Empires mourned him at a state funeral.
• Levi's Consortium collapsed, its factions fought over his dangerous research, and a Tunguska Earthquake killed many people.
• The Super Research Organization expanded, built a lava thermal power station and a secret route between the empires, then revealed itself to the public.
• In Year 143, a middle-aged man declared, "I am Levi's," dismissed accusations that he was an impostor, and disappeared into hiding.

Levi's used the Super Research Organization to introduce transformative technologies and became the dominant power in both Human Empires. After successive rebirths and years of research on the pineal gland, he created a computer and ushered in the age of computers.

• Levi's ignored rumors about his disappearance, secured territory and funding from both Human Empires, and named his secret research region Technology Area 51.
• At a science exposition, Levi's unveiled thirteen technologies, including color television, wireless signals, and lava-powered cars, astonishing scientists and media figures.
• After more than a decade of research, Levi's underwent a second rebirth, then later lived through a third life and became young again in Year 147 of the Empire.
• Levi's continued researching as his thinking slowed, and in Year 161 of the Empire he completed a large computer based on the human brain.
• Levi's emerged from his laboratory and announced a new civilization of electronic circuits and machinery, beginning the age of computers.

After resigning from his posts, Levi's led an elderly expedition into humanity's forbidden ancestral land to investigate human origins and the mysterious being from his past. Their live broadcast revealed a vast grassland and a gigantic bird, confirming that terrifying lifeforms inhabited the forbidden zone.

• Levi's announced that computers had begun spreading and reflected on the technological civilization he had built, while doubting he could survive another life.
• Levi's toured the two Human Empires, then resigned from his positions and announced an expedition to humanity's place of origin.
• Levi's promised a remote live broadcast to uncover humanity's history and origins, and prohibited anyone under twenty-five from joining the dangerous expedition.
• In Year 165 of the Empire, Levi's and a group of elderly experts emerged from a sealed underground cavern into a vast grassland.
• A gigantic bird resembling a Jurassic dinosaur flew overhead, shocking the expedition and the viewers watching the broadcast.

Humanity watched Levi's expedition enter the Origin World and establish a base amid giant beasts, while Xu Zhi observed the broadcast and considered introducing fantasy novels to their internet. After a week of exploration, the expedition suffered heavy casualties hunting low-level giant beasts.

• A monstrous bird flew over the Origin World as elderly explorers admired the landscape and prepared their equipment and underground base.
• The expedition led by Levi's was broadcast live, and people across the Western Human Empire reacted with astonishment to the mythical creatures.
• Xu Zhi watched the broadcast from a plaza and thought about posting Battle Through the Heavens online for the technologically advanced but fictionally unsophisticated society.
• Levi's expedition established a temporary base and encountered strange creatures, thrilling viewers watching the live coverage.
• After a week, the expedition's army hunted low-level giant beasts and suffered devastating losses.

Levi's livestreamed humanity's first encounters with intelligent magical beasts, learned about their power and C Language, and escaped when a Fifth-Order beast destroyed his research base. As he continued his research alone, the Saint Emperor Michael Qi appeared on Weibo and announced an invasion of humanity's world.

• Levi's captured a Fourth-Order Merkel Beast, learned through their mind-to-mind communication about the Lava Great Domains, the Saint Emperor, and C Language, then shared the information with humanity in a livestream.
• After Levi's killed the beast and began studying its magic core, Xu Zhi released Weibo online, where people discussed the danger and hoped Levi's could help humanity resist.
• The slain beast's Fifth-Order father found and destroyed Levi's underground base, crushing the elderly unit as Levi's escaped with his research results in a lava aircraft.
• Levi's told viewers that magical beasts might track or investigate humans, then continued livestreaming his research and survival while humanity offered to assist through communications and research institutes.
• Saint Emperor Michael Qi posted on Weibo that he was preparing to invade humanity's world, drawing millions of followers and a flood of reactions from humans.

Xu Zhi discussed technological and extraordinary civilizations with Caroline as the Golden Dragon Mikaelqi invaded the Human Empires and devastated their forces. Levi's recognized Xu Zhi in a photograph and demanded a conversation with him, leaving their meeting imminent.

• Xu Zhi met Caroline at a Milk Tea Shop and explained the differences between technological civilization and a civilization ruled by powerful individuals.
• Saint Emperor Mikaelqi led an invasion through underground tunnels and used Weibo to demand human surrender, milk tea, novels, and women.
• The Human Empires fought back with overwhelming military firepower, but seventy thousand people died in less than half a month.
• Levi's tried to develop weapons powered by a fourth-rank magic core while evading Mikaelqi's agents.
• Levi's saw a photograph of Xu Zhi at the Milk Tea Shop, recognized him, and demanded a conversation as the moment was broadcast worldwide.

Xu Zhi met Levi's through a live broadcast as humanity faced an invasion by magical beasts and Levi's sought answers about humanity's origins. Levi's suspected that Xu Zhi was a deity who had remained in human society throughout history, leaving the world stunned.

• The media and soldiers surrounded Mia District after Levi's requested to speak with a mysterious person there.
• Xu Zhi realized that satellites had tracked him, while Caroline and the Milk Tea Shop's patrons reacted to the sudden attention.
• Kenny, leader of the Super Research Organization, entered the shop and connected Xu Zhi with Levi's by laptop.
• Levi's asked Xu Zhi who he was, how long he had lived among humans, and why humanity existed.
• Xu Zhi asked Levi's what he thought, and Levi's guessed that Xu Zhi was a deity responsible for humanity's existence.

Xu Zhi asked humanity to decide whether to accept gods and supernatural power, while Levi's rejected worship and insisted that the Ixdar People should pursue their own scientific future. The chapter ended with Levi's refusing Xu Zhi's offer.

• Xu Zhi asked Levi's and the Bōsōzoku to define what a god was, and a Lava Sect believer described the gods of his faith.
• Xu Zhi offered to act as a god and resolve the disaster if humanity chose to believe in gods, leaving the decision to Levi's.
• Levi's defined gods as powerful beings relative to humans, and Kenny stopped a Bōsōzoku man who attacked him.
• Levi's argued that the gods were the last survivors of a prehistoric civilization and that the Ixdar People could reach similar heights through science.
• Levi's told Xu Zhi that he refused to worship him or accept his offer to guide humanity.

Levi's refused Xu Zhi's offer of theological power, choosing to lead the Ixdar People along their own path of science despite the danger of extinction. Xu Zhi revealed his divine might, but Levi's renewed his commitment to technology, and the encounter was recorded as a turning point in Ixdar history.

• Levi's rejected Xu Zhi's offer and explained that the Ixdar People believed in science, machines, and their own ability to surpass prehistory.
• Xu Zhi revealed his power by surrounding himself with flames, freezing everyone nearby, and covering the city with scarlet clouds.
• Levi's stood by his refusal, told Kenny to record the moment, and declared that the Ixdar People would fight for their future.
• Xu Zhi wished the Ixdar People success, and Levi's thanked him for helping him commit himself to analyzing C Language through science.
• Xu Na photographed the encounter, and the Ixdar Chronicle later recorded that Levi's had met an Ancient God and refused his help.

After Xu Zhi vanished, the Ixdar People turned Levi's into their trusted leader, developed mechanical armor powered by demonic beasts’ magic cores, and rescued him from enemy territory. The war with Mikaelqi intensified after he was mocked and killed in an online game, but the Ixdar People’s relentless resistance forced him to retreat.

• Xu Zhi disappeared from the Milk Tea Shop, and reporters interviewed the Bōsōzoku and Caroline as the crowd celebrated witnessing a god.
• Three months later, Mikaelqi resumed attacking humanity, while a reclusive researcher discovered how C Language could alter magic cores and created designs for mechanical weapons.
• The two Human Empires built magic-core-powered mechanical armor, shifting the battlefield, and the Human Redemption Plan sent elite soldiers to retrieve Levi's from enemy territory.
• Levi's returned to the modern city, and in Imperial Year 167 the empires founded Mechanical Armor academies as online novels, games, and Internet Cafes flourished.
• In Imperial Year 168, Mikaelqi asked humans to top up his Legend of Demonic Beasts account, then players surrounded and killed his character after City PK Mode was activated; the game permanently banned him.
• Mikaelqi launched a renewed war over the online-game incident, but after losing 130,000 troops against the Ixdar People, he withdrew his forces from the conflict.

Levi's completed the Mechanical Magic Era and reflected on the people and personal hopes he had left behind. After choosing not to extend his life, he died peacefully while Xu Zhi listened, and Xu Zhi honored him with a vast phantom in the sky above the mechanical city.

• By the 179th year of the Empire, Levi's had developed Mechanical Revolution, and the Ixdar People used Little Wind Rat magical cores to power demonic energy vehicles and machines.
• In the 181st year, Levi's visited the graves of his father, Kenny, and his former disciples, remembering how he had outlived them all.
• Xu Zhi met Levi's at the cemetery, where Levi's recalled his lost first love, his exhausting research career, and his wish to die rather than keep pursuing more time.
• After speaking with Xu Zhi throughout the afternoon, Levi's peacefully died in his wheelchair.
• Xu Zhi raised a colossal image of Levi's above the mechanical city, and the Ixdar People recognized and mourned him.

After Levi's died, the grieving Ixdar People launched a desperate counteroffensive into the Ancient Lava Land, ignoring Mikaelqi’s pleas for peace and alliance. The war devastated their population, leaving later generations to remember it as “The Day After Tomorrow of God.”

• Levi's died peacefully at the end of his natural lifespan, and the Super Ancient God visited him one last time.
• The Ixdar People mourned Levi's by racing through their cities, while elderly scientists and citizens questioned whether they could carry on without him.
• Grief drove Ixdar elders to start a war and lead a counteroffensive into the Ancient Lava Land.
• Saint Emperor Michael Qi condemned the attack and Mikaelqi repeatedly offered negotiations and an alliance, but the Ixdar People continued fighting.
• The war killed nearly all of the older generation and reduced the modern Ixdar population by forty percent; later archaeologists linked it to the phrase “The Day After Tomorrow of God.”

After Levi's death, humanity honored his wish and buried him without studying his brain, while Xu Zhi explored the expanding Ancient Lava Land and its many supernatural races. He introduced Fenba to computers and games before receiving a call from human society and leaving to respond.

• Humanity held a guarded burial ceremony for Levi's at Mikia Cemetery, refusing to desecrate his body despite the knowledge his brain might yield.
• Xu Zhi explored the Ancient Lava Land, observing its supernatural races and considering the world's potential to produce Ninth-Order lifeforms.
• Xu Zhi visited Fenba's Sun God Palace and gave Fenba a computer loaded with an offline game.
• Xu Zhi told Fenba that lifeforms could develop more of their brains and run games in their minds, prompting Fenba to imagine the possibility.
• Xu Zhi received a call from a special person in human society and left Fenba to answer it.

Caroline reunited with Xu Zhi and showed him her breakthrough in controlling demonic beasts through C Language contracts. After Xu Zhi kissed her forehead, she awakened, learned humanity’s origin, and returned to a young body.

• Caroline called Xu Zhi, and he appeared at her home to meet her over milk tea.
• Caroline demonstrated how her C Language contract and electrical signals let her command a Little Wind Rat.
• Xu Zhi praised Caroline’s research and asked whether she still wanted to pursue life science.
• Xu Zhi kissed Caroline’s forehead, triggering a powerful awakening that accelerated her thoughts and revealed humanity’s origin.
• Caroline discovered that she had become young again.

Xu Zhi observed how Caroline’s ambitions had helped transform the Ixdar People into a technological civilization where Mechanical Armor was widespread, then worried about what would happen if the disruptive players from his world entered it. He left the question of when to let them in unresolved while imagining the chaos they might cause and the secrets they could uncover.

• Xu Zhi reflected on Caroline’s goal of using technology to develop extraordinary power and turn the Ixdar People into a divine race.
• Xu Zhi walked through the futuristic streets and saw Mechanical Armor becoming popular, with the Mechanical Revolution game preparing ordinary people for military service.
• Xu Zhi played Mechanical Revolution, lost eight matches, and decided he might someday commission a space-capable mech of his own.
• Xu Zhi returned to his world and considered whether to let the troublemaking creatures into the Ixdar world, worrying that they would disrupt its internet culture.
• Xu Zhi imagined awakened Ixdar People discovering his ancestral message about playing Hearthstone, which could lead players and researchers to suspect that gods lived on Earth.

Xu Zhi announced the sixth internal test of the Spore Evolution Sandbox, opening new player and Wizard Community slots as he prepared for the future Lava World. Applications poured in, and Xu Zhi noticed a strange paper proposing lifeforms that could control time.

• Xu Zhi decided to delay admitting new players briefly while the Ixdar People continued developing and he prepared for the Lava World.
• Xu Zhi announced version 0.6, opening thirty internal test slots, eliminating the bottom eighty of the previous 240 players, and expanding Wizard Community roles by 500.
• Players celebrated the new test and mourned the eliminations as Xu Zhi told the Zerg Sub-brain to consider any unusual or promising species papers, including food-related ones.
• Xu Zhi demanded applications that day, and tens of thousands of papers arrived within an hour.
• Xu Zhi reviewed the submissions and found a paper titled "On the Feasibility of Overclocked Thinking Lifeforms: Species That Control Time."

Xu Zhi learned that Thought Super-Frequency let advanced civilizations experience time far faster than lower civilizations, though the Zerg already possessed this trait. He decided the human researcher’s proposed species would not work but chose to recruit him for his talent.

• Xu Zhi reread a medical student’s paper proposing a species whose accelerated thoughts would make external time seem slower.
• The Zerg Sub-brain explained that advanced civilizations could use Thought Super-Frequency to move and act while lower civilizations appeared frozen.
• Xu Zhi realized that even a low-level fighter from an advanced civilization could devastate Earth by exploiting the time difference.
• The Zerg Sub-brain described the thought-speed limits of Level Eight and Level Nine civilizations and said the Zerg could accelerate both thought and bodily cells.
• Xu Zhi concluded the proposed species could not improve on the Zerg’s innate ability, but decided to let the researcher in because he was talented.

Xu Zhi reviewed new species applications, approved a shape-shifting Painted Skin creature for the Lava World, and opened the sixth public test. He then observed the Lava World, where Beast Tamers were emerging but remained far behind energy mechanics.

• Xu Zhi learned from the Zerg Sub-brain that advanced civilizations used Thought Super-Frequency Technology to counter the Zerg’s accelerated thinking.
• Xu Zhi reviewed a Disguise Demon blueprint for a balloon-like creature that could imitate lifeforms and take on specialized forms, and decided to send it to the Lava World rather than the already chaotic Barren Ancient World.
• Xu Zhi finished approving applications, and the sixth test opened as new players logged into the Evolution Sandbox.
• In the Empire, Beast Tamers began gaining public attention by raising magical beasts as companions.
• By Year 190, Beast Tamers had expanded but still could not rival energy mechanics, since magical beasts were less practical and vulnerable to injury.

Caroline revealed her Life Science research at a major exposition, convincing humanity and Saint Emperor Michael Qi that she could represent the Ixdar People in an alliance. As she and Mikaelqi prepared to sign an equal Demonic Beast Contract, Mikaelqi interrupted to demand that someone top up his gaming account.

• After the Ixdar People and Mikaelqi suffered heavy losses, Caroline proposed using equal Demonic Beast Contracts to secure an alliance against their enemies.
• Caroline claimed she possessed godlike wisdom and an irreplaceable role in human society, sparking intense media attention and public excitement.
• Caroline invited humans and high-ranking demonic beasts to a scientific exposition where Beast Tamers demonstrated Life Science advances, including temporary strength boosts, healing, and medical effects.
• Caroline declared that Life Science could eventually reveal the code of life and make every Ixdar a godlike being, winning recognition from humanity's leaders.
• Saint Emperor Michael Qi agreed to sign an equal Demonic Beast Contract with Caroline as humanity's representative, but Mikaelqi interrupted to demand a top-up for his gaming account.