Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo oversaw production of Space Amplifiers for a Space Connector that could let them escape the sealed Shi Gan Star System, while worrying about the growing crowd outside. Tu Yun, ruler of the Yun Zhou Civilization and a Top-Tier Armor Master, arrived seeking to bring his forces under Chen Mo’s command and asked about the gathered spaceships.

• Chen Mo learned that 570,000 Space Amplifiers had been produced and that manufacturing the required two million would take about sixty-five more days.
• Chen Mo worried that the beings and ships massing outside the Star System might mutiny before the Space Connector was ready.
• Shui Ling brought Tu Yun to meet Chen Mo and introduced him as the ruler of the Indigo-level Yun Zhou Civilization and a friend of her teacher.
• Tu Yun offered to place himself, five hundred Advanced Armor Masters, and their weapons under Chen Mo’s command, and Chen Mo accepted.
• Tu Yun asked whether Chen Mo was troubled by the spaceships gathered outside the Star System, and Chen Mo acknowledged that they were a concern.

Tu Yun introduced Chen Mo to a gifted strategist whose daughter had been left with severe brain damage after a spaceship accident. The strategist agreed to serve Chen Mo for one hundred years in exchange for hope that Chen Mo could develop a cure, leaving Chen Mo with a new potential adviser.

• Tu Yun brought Chen Mo to meet his retired friend, a silver-haired humanoid strategist, and explained that the strategist had refused to return to Yun Zhou Star.
• Tu Yun told Chen Mo that the strategist's wife had died in a spaceship accident and his daughter had suffered extensive brain necrosis.
• Chen Mo examined the case records and said he could not cure the daughter yet but believed he would develop a solution in the future.
• Chen Mo explained that he had independently developed Space Connector Technology and Space Curvature Spaceship Technology, and offered the strategist a chance to bet on his medical research.
• The strategist agreed to serve Chen Mo for one hundred years while Chen Mo pursued a cure, with the right to leave if Chen Mo failed or deceived him.

Chen Mo revealed to Lan that they had angered the Dark Forest and Ziwei Civilizations, then entrusted him with command of the Star System’s defenses and the recruitment of a long-term force. Lan accepted and prepared to address the hundreds of billions gathered outside, while Chen Mo named the force the Ant Army Group and disclosed Gray Twenty-One’s connection to the Superpower Potion.

• Chen Mo revealed his real identity to Lan and explained that they had killed warriors and an envoy from two God-level Civilizations.
• Lan agreed to stay with Chen Mo and asked to take command and deployment of the Star System; Chen Mo accepted and named him Lan’s boss.
• Lan asked whether Chen Mo wanted to recruit Mech Warriors and develop a lasting force, and Chen Mo chose that long-term plan.
• Chen Mo granted Lan authority over the Star System’s weapons and defenses, named their force the Ant Army Group, and told him Gray Twenty-One was tied to the superpower technology dispute.
• Chen Mo announced Lan’s new command role on Zong Tu Star, and Lan issued his first order to the lifeforms gathered outside the Star System.

Lan took command of the Star System’s defenses and turned the stranded population into a source of income while tightening security. As people flooded in to pay for shelter, Chen Mo focused on building the Space Connector, while upheaval loomed among the God-level Civilizations.

• Lan announced that stranded lives could enter the Star System for one hundred thousand star coins each, surrender their weapons, and serve temporarily if they could not pay.
• Tu Yun revealed to Shui Ling that Lan was the legendary Silver Hair, the strategist who had helped destroy the Great River Civilization.
• Lan ordered Tu Yun and Shui Ling to go outside the Star System and maintain order as people paid to enter.
• Crowds lined up to dock, and War Robots enforced the rules while surrendered weapons were converted for the Star System’s defense.
• One hundred million lives entered the Star System on the first day, bringing in ten trillion star coins, and Chen Mo turned his attention to manufacturing the Space Connector.

Black Eye Civilization attacked White Star Civilization’s hidden base to seize Demon Flame Civilization’s researchers, but the defenders revealed two Top-Tier Armor Masters and drove the battle into a fierce struggle. Dan watched from space after learning the attack had exposed a hidden problem, and he waited for both sides to weaken before intervening.

• Jiong Wu and Tu Er led two hundred Black Eye Civilization Mech Warriors in a surprise attack on White Star Civilization’s manor base.
• Fox Woman learned that Tu Er and Jiong Wu had attacked, ordered Shi Ming to assist Bai Lu, and left the planet by spaceship.
• Tu Er realized the defenders were stronger than expected as Jiong Wu was held back and Bai Lu fought Tu Er.
• Shi Ming arrived and destroyed more than a dozen Black Eye Civilization Mech Warriors with a single attack, shifting the battle in White Star Civilization’s favor.
• Tu Er ordered a retreat, but Shi Ming and Bai Lu pursued him and Jiong Wu while Dan watched from space and chose to wait until both sides were nearly spent.

Lan organized Chen Mo’s forces into a Star Fortress, assigning commanders and outlining the system’s defenses while Chen Mo prepared to focus on building the Space Connector. Meanwhile, Dan led his Mech Warriors down to the planet to join the battle.

• Lan introduced Hu Mu, Da Ma Zu, Poison Skin Woman, and Red Crab to Chen Mo and assigned them leadership, intelligence, and guard roles.
• Red Crab challenged Jing Ge, lost in a single blow, and agreed to follow Chen Mo’s arrangements.
• Lan showed Chen Mo the newly assembled forces and explained that the locked-down Shi Gan Star System could withstand most attacks from outside.
• Lan urged Chen Mo to focus on constructing the Space Connector.
• Dan put on his battle armor and led his Mech Warriors toward the planet to enter the battle.

Lan asked Chen Mo to design Standard War Armor and gave him materials on coordinated legion tactics, prompting Chen Mo to begin designing it. Meanwhile, Dan took control of Shi Gan Main Star, and Tong Qing’s arrival turned the conflict into an anticipated confrontation between the heirs of the Thunder God and Black Eye Civilizations.

• Lan scolded the hundred thousand Mech Warriors during drills and told them to train by squad, with penalties for the lowest-scoring team.
• Lan explained the need for Standard War Armor to Chen Mo, who requested design requirements and reference materials.
• Lan gave Chen Mo annotated videos and materials on top-tier legion tactics, and Chen Mo began designing war armor.
• News spread that Dan had injured White Star Civilization’s mysterious Mech Warrior, secured Demon Flame Civilization research personnel, and taken control of Shi Gan Main Star.
• The Ziwei Civilization and Nether Body Civilization announced their withdrawal from the conflict and offered to help refugees escape.
• Tong Qing arrived in the Shi Gan Star System, raising expectations of a confrontation with Dan.

After years without news of Chen Mo, Xiao Yu and Zhao Min learned he was alive but trapped in the sealed Shi Gan Star System and decided to wait without drawing the Ziwei Civilization’s attention. Meanwhile, Tong Qing investigated Chen Mo’s unidentified Star System, leaving the growing conflict among the great civilizations unresolved.

• Mo Nv found a Ziwei Civilization wanted notice showing Chen Mo, and Xiao Yu and Zhao Min recognized him and learned he had killed an envoy in the Shi Gan Star System.
• Mo Nv explained that a God-level Civilization had sealed the Shi Gan Star System, preventing Chen Mo from leaving without a Space Connector or the blockade being lifted.
• Xiao Yu and Zhao Min decided to keep the Ant Army Group hidden, wait for Chen Mo to return, and leave a message in Earth writing on the Universe Alliance network.
• Mo Nv reported rising tensions in the Shi Gan Star System over Demon Flame Civilization researchers held by the Thunder God Civilization, alongside a diplomatic break between the Black Eye and White Star Civilizations.
• After recovering from his injuries, Jiong Wu apologized to Tong Qing, who ordered an investigation into the unknown owner of Chen Mo’s Star System.

Chen Mo showed Lan three prototypes of Top-Tier Standard Armor and explained their capabilities and weaknesses. Lan was stunned by the weapons and technology, and the chapter ended with Chen Mo claiming he had developed the technologies himself and found them very simple.

• Chen Mo introduced Sharpshooter, a laser-focused armor built to destroy distant priority targets but weak at close range.
• Chen Mo showed Lan Galaxy Surfer, a stealthy, laser-reflecting close-combat armor suited to space but limited by its radar and atmospheric speed.
• Chen Mo demonstrated Berserker, which could fire ten thousand remotely detonated Antimatter Bullets in two seconds but quickly ran out of ammunition.
• Lan considered how the three armors could be used in legion tactics and was overwhelmed by their destructive power and cost.
• Lan asked Chen Mo about the technology, and Chen Mo said he had developed it all himself and considered it simple.

Chen Mo’s armor production drew attention across the Star System, while Tu Yun learned that Fu Kun had urged Shui Ling to befriend him. Tong Qing visited Chen Mo to propose an alliance against the Thunder God Civilization, but Chen Mo refused and Tong Qing raised two other matters.

• News spread that Chen Mo had independently developed three sets of Top-Tier Standard Armor, astonishing Tu Yun and the Star System’s forces.
• Tu Yun asked Shui Ling about Chen Mo, and she revealed that her teacher had told her to befriend him and preserve their friendship.
• Tong Qing arrived alone from the Black Eye Civilization and requested an audience with Chen Mo.
• Tong Qing offered Chen Mo a share of the Demon Flame Civilization’s Superpower Development Technology and any condition he wished in exchange for joining the fight against the Thunder God Civilization.
• Chen Mo refused to join Tong Qing’s war, and Tong Qing said he had two other matters to discuss.

Tong Qing negotiated to buy Chen Mo’s Star System, offering money and technology instead of territory after Chen Mo refused to sell the war armor. Chen Mo agreed to transfer the system’s defenses after sixteen days, while Dan revealed that the conflict had changed because someone had arrived.

• Tong Qing offered a Supercluster for Chen Mo’s Star System and one hundred thousand sets of Standard War Armor, but Chen Mo agreed to sell only the system and demanded star coins and technology.
• Tong Qing offered seven thousand five hundred trillion star coins and thirty top-tier technologies for the Star System and the Space Connector, promising not to reverse-engineer it.
• Chen Mo set a sixteen-day deadline for Tong Qing to prepare payment and said his group would leave the Shi Gan Star System once control of its defenses was transferred.
• Dan told Lei Ting that Chen Mo’s defenses were exceptionally strong and ordered him to take Superpower Development data back to the home planet, while Dan stayed behind because someone had arrived.
• Lan and Mo Nv No. 2 began coordinating preparations across Chen Mo’s Star System.

Chen Mo completed the evacuation of the Shi Gan Star System, traded control of its stellar weapon system to Tong Qing, and prepared to depart through the Space Connector. As the fleet began its jump, Lan warned that the coming conflict between Tong Qing and Dan could bring major upheaval.

• Lan enforced strict evacuation rules, and the Super Artificial Intelligence organized over a hundred billion refugees while troublemakers and later intruders were killed.
• Chen Mo halted Antimatter and Dark Matter production, dismantled the factories, and armed the Hu Mu Group and Da Mo Group with the first three hundred thousand sets of Standard War Armor.
• On the sixteenth day, Tong Qing paid Chen Mo seventy quadrillion star coins and provided data for thirty top-tier technologies in exchange for the stellar weapon control system.
• Chen Mo ordered Mo Nv No. 2 to activate the Space Connector, and Lan instructed the millions of transport ships to enter autonomous driving before departure.
• Lan told Chen Mo that Tong Qing and Dan were evenly matched rivals whose conflict could intensify as great chaos approached, while Chen Mo and Tong Qing watched each other across the void.

Chen Mo’s fleet escaped the Shi Gan Star System through the Space Connector and regrouped in the Stone Pattern Galaxy. With his followers gathered, Chen Mo chose to head for the Pisces-Cetus Supercluster Complex, where he said his home was.

• Da Mo Group’s vanguard entered the Space Connector, confirmed the fleet’s location in the Stone Pattern Galaxy, and led the other ships out of the Shi Gan Star System.
• After Chen Mo’s final ship departed, the weapons systems command center self-destructed its installed Super Artificial Intelligence and transferred control to Tong Qing, who ordered the fleet monitored.
• Chen Mo freed the transport ships, leaving eight hundred Space Curvature Spaceships and three million followers with him.
• Tu Yun and Shui Ling thanked Chen Mo and departed to return to their civilizations, while Lan stayed with Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo told Lan they would develop in the Pisces-Cetus Supercluster Complex, explaining that it was his home.

Tong Qing activated the Space Stirrer, trapping the Shi Gan Star System in spreading spatial turbulence and provoking threats from four God-level Civilizations against the Black Eye Civilization. Meanwhile, Chen Mo approached the Milky Way Galaxy, revealed his true appearance to his crew, and prepared to return to Earth.

• Tong Qing deployed the Space Stirrer, disrupting the Space Connector and sealing off the Shi Gan Star System and nearby systems.
• The Thunder God, White Star, Ziwei, and Nether Body Civilizations pressured the Black Eye Civilization to stop Tong Qing, while Hei · Wei Fu Luo Yun angrily condemned his unauthorized action.
• Chen Mo's fleet reached Virgo's Sixth Quadrant, and Mo Nv No. 2 reported that one more jump would bring them to the Milky Way Galaxy.
• Chen Mo changed back to his human appearance, and Lan, Little Female Beast, Jing Ge, and Gray Twenty-One revealed their original appearances as well.
• Da Ma Zu recognized Chen Mo as the wanted figure from Shi Gan Star, and Poison Skin Woman confirmed his identity.
• Chen Mo told Mo Nv to prepare a jump to the Milky Way Galaxy.

After eight years away, Chen Mo found Blue Star and returned to the Solar System, where the Ant Army Group’s defenses initially warned his fleet to stop. He reunited with Mo Nv by video call and learned his family was well, then contacted Wushuang, who broke down in tears at seeing him.

• Chen Mo located Blue Star in the Orion Arm and ordered his fleet to jump to the Solar System.
• The Ant Army Group warned Chen Mo’s fleet that the Solar System was closed, and Lan feared its formidable defenses.
• Chen Mo revealed that he had founded the Ant Army Group and asked Mo Nv to connect him by video call.
• Mo Nv joyfully welcomed Chen Mo home and told him that Xiao Yu, their seven-year-old son Chen Wu Ming, Zhao Min, and Wushuang were well.
• Chen Mo asked Mo Nv to keep his return secret and connect him to Wushuang, who wept when she saw him.

After eight years away, Chen Mo returned to Bin Hai City and reunited with Xiao Yu, Zhao Min, his children, and his parents. Xiao Yu later told him to go comfort Zhao Min too, acknowledging how much pressure she had borne while waiting for him.

• Chen Mo arrived at the family villa, where Wushuang and Mo Nv had prepared everyone for his return.
• Xiao Yu and Zhao Min recognized Chen Mo and threw themselves into his arms, while Wushuang and the rest of the family welcomed him home.
• Chen Mo held Wu Ming for the first time, promised to love him, and embraced his tearful parents.
• Xiao Yu and Zhao Min cooked dinner, and the family shared a joyful meal together.
• That night, Xiao Yu clung to Chen Mo, released the burdens she had carried, and reunited with him intimately.
• Xiao Yu told Chen Mo to go to Zhao Min, explaining that Zhao Min had borne much of the company's pressure while he was gone.

After years of waiting, Zhao Min finally reunited with Chen Mo as his partner, and the family welcomed her and Mo Nv. Mo Nv asked Chen Mo for a human body, and he promised to make one for her.

• Zhao Min looked through photos of herself with Chen Mo and cried until he entered her room and comforted her.
• Chen Mo and Zhao Min became intimate, and afterward Zhao Min sent him to Mo Nv’s room to “share the favor.”
• At breakfast, Xiao Yu welcomed Zhao Min into the family, and Chen Mo’s parents gave Zhao Min and Mo Nv red envelopes and jade bracelets.
• Xiao Yu invited Zhao Min and Mo Nv to make wishes, and Zhao Min asked to take wedding photos.
• Mo Nv asked for a human body, and Chen Mo promised he would make one for her.

Chen Mo returned to Earth and reunited his family with Jing Ge, Little Beast, and the Man Shan Tribe, promising to open a passage to the Small Universe. He put Lan in charge of the Ant Army Group’s defenses and revealed powerful weapons, mature superpower-development technology, and the Small Universe as further strategic advantages.

• The Ant Army Group announced Chen Mo’s return, and he introduced Jing Ge and Little Beast to He Xiaoyu, Zhao Min, and Mo Nv.
• Chen Mo contacted Tuo Li and the Man Shan Tribe, introduced the three women, and said construction of a Space Connector would begin so they could leave the Small Universe in about three months.
• Lan moved his daughter’s cryogenic pod into a protected chamber, then Chen Mo appointed him to lead the group’s defense against possible threats from the Ziwei Civilization and Dark Forest Civilization.
• Mo Nv showed Lan the Nether Crossing Space Weapon and revealed that Superpower Awakening and Development Technology had matured.
• Chen Mo told Lan that the Ant Army Group also possessed a Small Universe, leaving Lan stunned.

Chen Mo returned to the Ant Army Group and appointed Lan to lead its Armed Forces Department, with Wang Hai as his deputy. To introduce Lan’s command abilities and prepare the group for future conflicts, Chen Mo approved a five-part war simulation, which was ready to begin in virtual reality.

• Chen Mo gathered the Ant Army Group’s veterans and introduced Lan as the new head of the Armed Forces Department, with Wang Hai serving as his deputy.
• Xiao Yu proposed a war simulation to help Lan learn Wang Hai’s combat style and build his authority, and Chen Mo agreed.
• Chen Mo set up five simulation modes, from planetary warfare to universe warfare, with Mo Nv providing the virtual sandboxes and judging each result.
• The next day, the group’s senior executives and official observers entered the virtual reality world to watch the unprecedented war simulation.
• Chen Mo examined the vast cosmic sandbox as the others arrived, and the simulation was about to begin.

Lan faced Wang Hai’s strategists in a planetary war simulation designed to demonstrate her command ability and help her earn the Ant Army Group’s acceptance. As observers watched her Axis forces launch a rapid offensive, the chapter ended with a new move on the Pacific front.

• Lan reviewed Mo Nv’s war sandbox and agreed to demonstrate her abilities in a simulation against Wang Hai’s team.
• Wang Hai prepared his strategists and acknowledged that Lan’s experience could help them face large-scale cosmic warfare.
• The Ant Army Group’s executives and senior officials gathered to observe the five planned simulations, beginning with a World War II-style planetary war.
• The first simulation began with Wang Hai commanding the Allies and Lan commanding the Axis.
• Lan launched a faster, larger blitzkrieg than the historical German offensive, and observers noted that the Pacific front had also moved.