Chapter Summaries

After Bardock’s temporary Weak Ninth-Order transformation overwhelmed the heroes, civilizations studied the Super Saiyama breakthrough path. Cell used the Dragon Balls’ accumulated Wish Power to create a new threat, while Cybertron King Optimus Prime began his own route to power.

• Bardock’s Spirit Bomb attack failed because he twisted the laws around himself, but his unstable transformation ran out and he vanished, leaving Frieza, Cell, Cybertron King Optimus Prime, and the others afraid of his return.
• Xu Zhi explained that the Weak Ninth-Order path relied on Whole Clan bloodlines and Pixel Creatures breaking through with few cells before increasing their cell counts.
• Cybertron King Optimus Prime recognized that his spark race could use the same method, split his spark into six gems, and sent them away to cultivate.
• Cell realized that his many cells made the breakthrough difficult, then saw that the seven Black Star Dragon Balls could awaken using their accumulated Wish Power.
• Cell summoned Shenron and wished for it to fuse the gathered souls with the Dragon Ball cells and kill Bardock; Shenron accepted, and Cell predicted seven evil Dragon Ball Warriors would emerge within ten years.

Android 18 drove Bardock from Stone Planet, while the Super Saiyama People withdrew into seclusion and built their civilization under the World Line’s guidance. Their peaceful era ended when seven powerful warriors destroyed Saiyama Planet, after which Caroline awoke from her life journey with her soul-body fusion progress at fifty-four percent and a clearer path toward the Ninth-Order World.

• The Red Beetle Elder revealed that Android 18’s soul and memories had been implanted into a crystal body from the Land of Gems, and Android 18 later used the planet’s gathered qi to drive Bardock away.
• Stone Planet and the Super Saiyama People became the universe’s two great powers, then the Super Saiyama People secluded themselves under a Resource Stabilization Agreement that gave them forty percent of the universe’s resources.
• Hai Landong abdicated, the Super Saiyama People’s civilization advanced rapidly, and Bardock later faced seven ninth-order, dragon-scaled warriors above Saiyama Planet.
• The Super Saiyama People refused to retreat and fought until nearly all of them, including Bardock, died; they sent their newborns away before the planet was shattered.
• Xu Zhi watched the civilization’s history end, then Caroline awoke and explained that her life journey had matured her and raised her soul-body fusion progress to fifty-four percent.

Xu Zhi gave the twelve priests Angel Scepters to house the dead and help govern the universe, ushering in the Small Universe era. He then watched Di Qi investigate a colossal creature in a distant galaxy, which Meng Mei suggested they could try to kill.

• Xu Zhi gave the priests twelve Angel Scepters containing worlds that could hold the souls of the dead.
• The priests created bodies for the angels, who would help gods manage the universe and fight.
• Xu Zhi reflected that the Whole Clan could cultivate ninth-order worlds by starting with descendants who had few cells.
• Xu Zhi turned his attention to Di Qi, who showed Meng Mei a star map of a massive creature blocking a planet's light.
• Meng Mei identified the creature as a possible cosmic Cthulhu and suggested killing it.

Di Qi’s voyage revealed a mysterious giant octopus orbiting a star, and Meng Mei asked the forum to assess it. The forum identified it as a possible Dyson Sphere-like cosmic lifeform, leaving Meng Mei convinced it might belong to a terrifying high-order species.

• Xu Zhi secretly watched as Di Qi and Earth Mother examined an image of a giant octopus circling a star, the first extraterrestrial life Di Qi had encountered in seven thousand years.
• Di Qi asked Earth Mother to estimate the creature’s realm, but she said it was too distant to judge and consulted the external forum.
• Forum users discussed Di Qi’s plans to strengthen the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, expand his population, and resist the Three Pillar Gods.
• Meng Mei asked the forum about the unknown cosmic creature, and users estimated that it was about as large as Australia and compared its star-orbiting form to a Dyson Sphere.
• Meng Mei concluded that the octopus might be a high-order deity or a ninth-order cosmic beast with a formidable population, while Xu Zhi doubted that size necessarily meant strength.

Xu Zhi sent the Reincarnation Governor toward the enormous octopus while the seven worlds entered a Buddhist and Taoist golden age. As Di Qi faced the Three Pillar Gods once more, Xu Zhi declared war on the Extraterrestrial Demon from the world of reincarnation.

• Xu Zhi reasoned that the huge octopus was probably no higher than a deity and decided to risk approaching it, carrying a spatial teleportation array.
• The Reincarnation Governor entered Ancient Wood Planet and traveled toward the octopus while Di Qi prepared to confront the Three Pillar Gods.
• The Great Zhou Dynasty rebuilt the Human Realm, and Buddhist and Taoist bloodlines joined the world's other paths as new sects and geniuses flourished.
• Over the following decades, Buddhist and Taoist leaders rose to power in the Heavenly Court, and later generations called the era the Pre-Myriad Gods and Buddhas Era.
• In year 114 of the Chongming Heavenly Court, the Three Pillar Gods descended again, and Di Qi prepared for battle.
• Xu Zhi summoned the Reincarnation Governor and declared that the world of reincarnation would wage war against the Extraterrestrial Demon.

Xu Zhi’s reincarnation forces discovered a colossal Starry Sky Demon beyond the domain and prepared to join the war between Di Qi and the Three Pillar Gods. The underworld opened a passage into the Sea of Stars, where the players and Zerg guards confronted the Great Octopus.

• The Reincarnation Governor told Shangguan Man and the underworld ministers about the gigantic Heavenly Emperor Realm demon beyond the domain.
• Xu Zhi explained that the Great Octopus belonged to the Starry Sky Demon race and that his world’s Heavenly Emperors had formidable bloodline talents and combat strength.
• The Reincarnation Governor ordered the underworld to enter the war through the Celestial Path, while Mao Tiao warned the players that the faction planned to raid Di Qi’s backyard.
• The Animal Path players formed alliances and prepared for the new battle, while experts from the Celestial Path, Human Path, and Dark Restricted Area debated whether to join.
• The underworld opened a passage into the Sea of Stars, and players charged alongside the Zerg guards toward the Great Octopus.
• The Great Octopus noticed the approaching forces and swept its tentacles toward them.

Xu Zhi learned that the eighth-order path was an ascension of thought-speed into high-dimensional space-time, and that Zerg naturally possessed this ability. As the enraged Great Octopus attacked, it mistook the gathered Heavenly Emperors for descendants of the world, leaving Xu Zhi and the players bewildered.

• The Great Octopus attacked the surrounding Heavenly Emperors, whose attacks seemed slow enough for them to evade easily.
• Xu Zhi learned from the Intelligent Sub-brain that the eighth-order path was the Path of Thought, which let beings enter high-dimensional space-time, and that Zerg naturally possessed this advantage.
• Xu Zhi realized that descendants of ancient gods inherited controllable high-dimensional thought-speed, while the Zerg remained accelerated at all times.
• The Great Octopus claimed that the gathered beings were descendants of ancient gods, then attacked them with golden-energy tentacles as they continued to evade.
• The Great Octopus suddenly declared that the beings were descendants of the world, while the players tried to guess what it meant.

Xu Zhi observed the Celestial Path and Human Path fighting the Cosmic Octopus, while its assumptions about their bloodlines revealed that they might descend from a Ninth-Order World. Reincarnation Governor demanded the battle end within an hour, and the Great Saints unleashed their honed Heavenly Emperor powers to pierce the octopus’s skull.

• Xu Zhi and the Intelligent Sub-brain discussed how descendants of a Ninth-Order World inherited parts of its cellular-fusion path and might possess precious law-infused organs and bones.
• The Cosmic Octopus called the combatants descendants of a world and attacked, prompting the Heavenly Emperors to fight back as players rushed in to exploit its enormous body for resources.
• The players failed to damage the octopus’s guarded head, so they massed at its rear, opened a wound, and began stripping its flesh and extracting its energy.
• Reincarnation Governor stepped forward and gave the battlefield one hour, terrifying the Cosmic Octopus and ending the combatants’ hesitation.
• The Great Saints revealed their formidable talents and pierced the Cosmic Octopus’s skull, leaving it stunned by how deeply they had tempered their Heavenly Emperor foundations.

The Heavenly Emperors and their followers looted the Cosmic Octopus’s body while Xu Zhi watched, then captured its soul to question it about ancient history and bloodlines. Di Qi returned to find his long-sought discovery dead and plundered, with mocking verses written across its corpse.

• The Cosmic Octopus lost consciousness as the Heavenly Emperors excavated its flesh from within, and its body went limp when it died.
• The saints and tens of thousands of Heavenly Emperors rapidly harvested the octopus’s body, while Xu Zhi observed and let them gather its energy.
• After the allotted hour, Xu Zhi closed the spatial tunnel, and You Mountain Governor questioned the captured octopus soul about bloodlines and hidden history.
• Di Qi sensed that his discovery had been taken from him, flew into a rage, and returned to Ancient Wood Planet.
• Di Qi found the octopus’s shattered corpse covered in mocking verses and fell silent.

The Six Paths of Reincarnation were flooded with spiritual energy from Great Octopus’s remains, and its captors questioned it about ancient gods and worlds. Yuan Qinghua revealed that the inhabitants and reincarnation itself came from the remnant of a ninth-order being, then astonished Great Octopus with claims about the God of Creation.

• The Six Paths’ spiritual energy surged after the major sects concentrated energy from Great Octopus’s flesh and blood, astounding the inhabitants.
• Great Octopus mocked the saints as primitive beings with powerful bloodlines, while they inferred that their talents came from eighth- and ninth-order ancestry.
• Li Sansheng explained reincarnation and its underworld to Great Octopus, which became frightened and wondered whether reincarnation true names were their Law Organs.
• Yuan Qinghua said the inhabitants were beings evolved from the flesh-and-blood Law Organs of a ninth-order remnant, and that reincarnation was formed from that remnant.
• Yuan Qinghua described a war among ninth-order beings and the God of Creation, leaving Great Octopus convinced it had encountered the universe’s ultimate mysteries.

Yuan Qinghua intimidated the Great Octopus with claims about a vast cosmic war, then introduced the martial path to the gathered experts. When the Great Octopus revealed that martial and soul paths were common techniques in its world, Yuan Qinghua pretended to know them already and asked it to explain their branches.

• Yuan Qinghua convinced the Great Octopus that it had entered a high-dimensional realm where forces near the Ninth Order were at war, and secretly posted about intimidating it.
• Yuan Qinghua told the Celestial Path and Human Path experts that three worlds were fighting and introduced the martial path as a new cultivation system.
• The Great Octopus asked whether Yuan Qinghua had previously cultivated more advanced bloodline techniques, prompting him to bluff that his group had mastered them already.
• Yuan Qinghua asked the Great Octopus to describe ordinary techniques that required no bloodline, and it named the martial path and the soul path.
• The Great Octopus recited the techniques and their branches while Xu Zhi observed from the shadows and considered how the soul path differed from witchcraft.

Xu Zhi learned from Galway United that martial arts and soul arts were the foundations of cosmic cultivation, while Yuan Qinghua explained the terrifying civilizations and impending war to the Great Sages. Galway United remained imprisoned but eagerly studied soul cultivation, as players celebrated the newly connected worlds.

• The Great Octopus explained martial arts and soul arts, and Xu Zhi realized that extraordinary bloodline techniques had evolved from those foundational systems.
• Yuan Qinghua urged the Great Sages to cultivate five systems and described the Three Pillar Gods, Di Qi, and the All-God race to them and Galway United.
• Galway United marveled at the high-dimensional civilizations and the coming galactic war, while Xu Zhi reflected on the destruction the conflict had caused in his orchard.
• After the Great Sages departed, Yuan Qinghua sealed the valley, promised to teach Galway United soul arts, and gave it a tablet filled with educational material.
• Players flooded the Wizard Community forum with accounts of the war and their gains after the Online Game connected with the worlds of Spore Evolution players.

The players discussed Di Qi’s battle with the Three Pillar Gods, then Yuan Qinghua described their raid on Di Qi’s forces and the players’ plans for the Animal Path. The chapter ended with the players intending to help the Great Octopus reach godhood so they could lure in its relatives and steal their energy.

• Online Forum users debated how the Three Pillar Gods might counter the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and whether they would target Caroline’s Small Universe.
• Yuan Qinghua announced that the players had returned after raiding Di Qi’s backyard and killing the Great Octopus.
• Yuan Qinghua explained that the Animal Path had become a new game expansion, but the players’ short lifespans meant they needed to reach godhood to keep playing.
• Yuan Qinghua said the players planned to cultivate the Great Octopus until its soul body reached godhood, then use its family connections to lure in relatives and loot their energy.

Xu Zhi visited the Animal Path and found that its inhabitants had turned it into a player-run world with sects, classes, and competing cultivation systems. He also learned that the Three Pillar Gods might invade the Small Universe World in roughly two hundred years, while the Great Octopus remained a target of the forum’s jokes.

• Forum members mocked the Great Octopus and debated the looming conflicts between the Seven Realms, Ancient Lava Land, and other worlds.
• Mount Akina Speed warned that the Three Pillar Gods might reach Caroline’s world and explained that Di Qi could follow them into the Small Universe World; Bai Xiaojun estimated its population could exceed three hundred billion within two hundred years.
• Xu Zhi considered how the Small Universe World’s abundant spiritual energy could help him ascend and decided to inspect the Animal Path and visit the Great Octopus.
• Xu Zhi and Shangguan Man arrived in the Animal Path, where a chimpanzee receptionist promoted the Electromagnetic Physics Buddha branch and argued with a flea-shaped Daoist about rival sects.
• Xu Zhi saw that players had built a bustling city and organized the Animal Path into competing factions, where Red Name Players still robbed and killed others.

Xu Zhi and Shangguan Man visited a restaurant in the Animal Path while local players argued over their competing Buddhist sects and technologies. Xu Zhi watched the Mechanical Buddhist Sect unveil a Gatling-style Buddhist staff and wondered whether ancient Buddhist legends had described real physics-based weapons.

• Players mistook Xu Zhi and Shangguan Man for tourists and argued over who would guide them around the city.
• Xu Zhi took Shangguan Man to a restaurant, ordered food, and invited the hesitant old woman to sit and eat.
• A Mechanical Buddhist Sect player demonstrated a Buddhist staff that transformed into a Gatling, startling a rival tiger player and the watching crowd.
• Players from rival Buddhist sects insulted each other's mechanical and electromagnetic weapons, aesthetics, and methods of converting demon beasts.
• Xu Zhi watched the dispute and concluded that the players' technologies matched ancient Buddhist legends too closely to dismiss as coincidence.

Xu Zhi learned that Asura Path radicals were developing a bloodline technique by preserving and reattaching organs gained through evolution. He and Shangguan Man recognized its promise and the danger of other Paths coveting Asura organs, then reached a hidden valley where heretics sold unusual organs and bloodlines.

• Xu Zhi paid a treant maid to explain the rival Buddhist sects and the radical heretics researching artificial organs.
• The treant maid described how Asura Warriors could preserve powerful organs from each evolutionary stage and reattach them later, potentially assembling extraordinary bloodline creatures.
• Xu Zhi realized the organ-reassembly method could become a powerful Asura bloodline technique, while noting that it would be difficult to develop a complete cultivation method.
• Shangguan Man warned that other Paths might hunt Asura Warriors for their organs, and Xu Zhi agreed that the technique could upset the balance between the Paths.
• Xu Zhi and Shangguan Man entered a secluded valley where heretics sold extraordinary bloodlines and organs, including Sharingan and Corpse Bone Vein talent.

Xu Zhi and Shangguan Man explored the Asura Path’s bustling organ marketplace, where players traded evolved body parts and a rare blueprint-crafted eye drew wealthy bidders. Xu Zhi traced the blueprint maker to Pan Yuxian, only for Mountain Governor to appear and greet him as an old acquaintance.

• Shangguan Man examined the marketplace’s Spiritual Roots, bloodline organs, and secret shops while Xu Zhi explained why players traded organs despite their poor compatibility.
• Xu Zhi learned that the Asura Path included both ordinary organ traders and evil players who stole organs, and watched wealthy buyers bid millions of Sand Sculpture Coins for a rare Byakugan.
• Xu Zhi asked Shangguan Man to have Diting locate the expert behind the eye-evolution blueprint, and she led him to a valley of thatched huts.
• Xu Zhi recognized the Treant Woman grooming her roots as Pan Yuxian and connected her experience to the evolution blueprints.
• Mountain Governor appeared beside Xu Zhi and Shangguan Man and greeted Xu Zhi as an old acquaintance from the Celestial Path.

Xu Zhi met You Mountain Governor, who deduced that Xu Zhi was nearing godhood and asked when he would become immortal. Xu Zhi confirmed he would break through in this era, leaving You Mountain Governor, Shangguan Man, Pan Yuxian, and the livestream audience stunned.

• You Mountain Governor revealed that he had used avatars and probability calculations to find Xu Zhi in the Animal Path, where he had been waiting for the Reincarnation Governor to appear.
• You Mountain Governor accused Xu Zhi of monopolizing the path to immortality and forcing geniuses of past eras to die before becoming gods, while explaining that he had once fought Xu Zhi for reincarnation.
• You Mountain Governor admitted his fear and uncertainty about defeating Xu Zhi, then asked when Xu Zhi would become immortal.
• You Mountain Governor deduced that Xu Zhi was close to breaking through and might be preparing to face powerful beings from other worlds; Pan Yuxian livestreamed their conversation to the Wizard Community.
• Xu Zhi declared that he would break through in this era and stand alongside the giants of the other worlds.

You Mountain Governor learned that the immortal path would not fully return until a new era, then declared his plan to kill the Reincarnation Governor and renew it through one final gamble. The livestream viewers rallied around the prospect of a major battle as Xu Zhi watched to see what You Mountain Governor would do.

• You Mountain Governor questioned Xu Zhi about whether the immortal path would return in their era, while the livestream viewers speculated that the Reincarnation Governor was about to grow stronger.
• Xu Zhi explained that the immortal path would run through the world again in a new era, after the current generation died or waged another war and returned their energy through reincarnation.
• You Mountain Governor accepted that their era was the last before the immortal path's renewal and said they would proceed with their previous plan.
• You Mountain Governor announced that he intended to create a miracle by killing the sovereign who governed the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• The livestream viewers erupted and began organizing to join the coming battle against the Reincarnation Governor.

You Mountain Governor revealed his plan to overthrow the Era of Talents by imprisoning gifted people in Divine Power Fruits and depriving reincarnation of its access to the living world's secrets. After Xu Zhi compared his plan with Di Qi's history, You Mountain Governor offered the fruits and called on his allies to fight.

• You Mountain Governor explained that talents reflected extreme obsessions and flaws, and argued that ordinary people had greater potential than the gifted.
• You Mountain Governor revealed that he had imprisoned Form Emperor in a Bodhi fruit and planned to refine gifted people into Divine Power Fruits for ordinary people to use.
• The Long-Armed Ape and other Great Sages condemned You Mountain Governor, while Xu Zhi allowed them to deal with him as they wished.
• You Mountain Governor declared that talented people would be kept from learning the world's secrets, blinding reincarnation and helping the living oppose Xu Zhi.
• Xu Zhi recounted how Di Qi had overthrown the rule of the Innate Ancient Gods, and You Mountain Governor said he would accept bloodshed and blame to give the future to mortals.
• You Mountain Governor presented several dozen Divine Power Fruits and asked his allies to fight alongside him.