Chapter Summaries

God Island’s defenders faced an overwhelming undead and Flying Demon assault, so the Shilin deployed the deadly Avengers, a force of identical female-looking mechanical soldiers built for explosive attacks. Their arrival left the battle poised to turn as the Avengers prepared to unleash their self-destructive combat skills.

• Undead and Flying Demons swarmed God Island while its turrets and fortress cannons struggled to hold them back.
• Representatives from Azeroth’s races, especially the dragon delegates, joined the defense and fought the attackers fiercely.
• The narrator recalled the racial representatives to their motherships as God Island opened its launch ports to deploy the Avengers.
• Identical female Shilin Apostles emerged carrying heavy Psionic Cannons, revealing themselves as the Avengers of Sandora’s famed Vengeance Legion.
• The narrator explained that the Avengers could overload their weapons with Frenzied Revenge and then destroy themselves with Glorious Suicide Bombing.
• The narrator learned that the Avengers were mindless mechanical puppets, making their use as disposable soldiers less troubling to him.

The Avengers devastated the enemy forces with overloaded weapons and self-destructing attacks, forcing the Mutant Demons to retreat. As the command crew suspected the enemy still had another plan, the Sky Fortress lost its Core Command Source and the Eternal-class ship finally activated.

• The Avengers entered Frenzied Revenge, unleashing ship-level firepower that slaughtered the enemy and then charging into dense formations to explode.
• The Mutant Demons retreated after seeing the Avengers self-destruct, while undead air units continued fighting.
• The narrator watched the battle in the Command Center and discovered that Little Pao Pao had wandered in because she was a Shilin Mainframe.
• Older Sister and Sandora suspected the enemy had another move, and Lin Xue saw a red sphere surrounded by fragments.
• A system alarm announced the loss of the Core Command Source, the Sky Fortress's emergency shutdown, and the fleet's loss of control.
• Siweisi reported that the Eternal-class enemy ship had activated.

The fleet’s command system failed while a Fallen Apostles’ warship charged its main cannon, leaving the fleet with only thirty minutes of backup energy. Sandora revealed that Bubble was trapped in a parallel dimension, and Asidda and Asidora arrived to try to reach her.

• The enormous enemy warship charged its Galaxy main cannon as Sandora explained that the fleet’s shields could hold for about thirty minutes.
• Sandora admitted to A Jun that she feared being separated from him, and he reassured her while concealing his own fear for their companions.
• Siweisi reported that the Core Command Source was unresponsive and the fleet’s backup energy was leaking.
• Sandora explained that Bubble was trapped in the dimensionally overlaid Central Machine Room after the enemy cut off her connection and invaded the fleet’s command computers.
• A Jun realized he had ordered the Sky Fortress converted from a Planet Orbital Cannon and blamed himself for its vulnerable design.
• Asidda and Asidora arrived to use their spatial abilities to shift the group into Bubble’s dimension.

Chen Jun, Qian Qian, and Little Pao Pao entered the Parallel Dimension to find Bubble and restore control of the Shilin fleet. They found Bubble outside the Mainframe Slot, unable to reconnect because a Highest Level Password had locked her out.

• Asidda and Asidora explained that shifting a Shilin Emperor doubled the energy cost, and Sandora chose to remain behind to command the fleet.
• Sandora insisted Little Pao Pao join the mission so she could coordinate the fleet if Bubble could not regain control, and Qian Qian volunteered for the final phase-shift slot.
• Asidda and Asidora shifted Chen Jun, Qian Qian, and Little Pao Pao into the Parallel Dimension, where they found the Central Machine Room empty and inactive.
• Little Pao Pao spotted the Shilin Mainframe Slot, and Chen Jun and Qian Qian found Bubble beside it playing a game.
• Bubble told Chen Jun that the fleet was paralyzed by program interference and that she had been forcibly ejected from the slot by a Highest Level Password.

Bubble explained that a hidden command had locked her out of the Mainframe Slot by exploiting the Shilin Mainframe’s processing overload, leaving the system and the forces it controlled in danger. As Bubble considered sacrificing her core to restore control, the chapter ended with Little Pao Pao screaming amid a burst of white light.

• Bubble said an unknown command had shut down the Sky Fortress’s Core Computer and used a highest-level military cipher to lock her out of the Mainframe Slot.
• Bubble described how the command had been automatically executed while she was busy coordinating the fleet’s defenses.
• The narrator concluded that the enemy had overwhelmed the Shilin Mainframe with cannon fodder before issuing the command, and wondered whether Pandora or Sandora could be involved.
• Bubble said she could remove her core to bypass the system’s protections, but that doing so would erase her personality and thoughts.
• The narrator ordered Bubble not to sacrifice her life, just before a burst of white light interrupted them and Little Pao Pao screamed.

After Little Pao Pao entered the Crystal Prism, Bubble guided her in restoring the Central Machine Room and securing the last Shilin Mainframe. Just as the repair appeared complete, the narrator and Qian Qian spotted a Black Shadow in the Command Tower and pursued it.

• Little Pao Pao was drawn into the Crystal Prism, and the narrator and Bubble reassured her while Bubble explained how to accept authorized commands and reject dangerous ones.
• Little Pao Pao followed Bubble's instructions, allowing the Central Machine Room to reactivate and its Holographic Projector to show Sandora's fleet still holding against the enemy.
• The narrator noticed a Black Shadow near the command room, and he and Qian Qian left Bubble and Little Pao Pao behind to investigate within the Command Tower.
• While searching the corridor, the narrator teased Qian Qian about Bubble and Little Pao Pao, and Qian Qian reacted angrily to his thoughts.
• The Black Shadow suddenly flashed past, and Qian Qian struck at it with her time-stopping ability while the narrator remained frozen mid-leap.

A Jun and Qian Qian pursued a mysterious cloaked girl through the Command Tower, but she escaped Qian Qian’s time-control ability and led them to the top platform. There, she removed her hood after saying she could finally take something back, leaving her identity unrevealed.

• Qian Qian accidentally left A Jun frozen in midair, then forgot to release him until he fell to the ground.
• A cloaked girl appeared in the corridor, escaped Qian Qian’s time control with a red light, and vanished after A Jun crashed into a wall.
• A Jun and Qian Qian chased the fast-moving girl through the Command Tower, and Qian Qian realized she was deliberately leading them somewhere.
• A Jun and Qian Qian followed the girl onto the top platform, where she turned around and removed her hood after saying she could finally take something back.

A cloaked girl with Pandora’s face attacked A Jun and Qian Qian, then insisted that she was one of many Pandoras without a name. After revealing her confusion and longing for an identity, she asked A Jun to give her a name.

• The girl revealed a face identical to Pandora’s, claimed that many of them were Pandora, and attacked A Jun and Qian Qian.
• Qian Qian declared that the girl was not Pandora and demanded to know her name, while A Jun wondered whether she was behind the enemy’s intelligence and Lin Xue’s vision.
• The girl apologized for attacking, asked A Jun to come home with her, and then tried to keep him there as Qian Qian warned him of a missile.
• Qian Qian altered history to make the Devourer missile explode before it was fired, and the girl began repeating that she and many others were Pandora but had no names.
• The girl asked A Jun to give her a name so she could know who she was besides Pandora.

The narrator named the Cloak Girl Viska after she repeatedly called him Brother, and she clung to him while Qian Qian prepared to attack. Viska revealed that she had come to take the narrator back and reclaim what belonged to her from Pandora.

• The narrator resisted Qian Qian’s suggestion to attack the Cloak Girl and tried to choose a name for her.
• The narrator named the girl Viska, and she happily embraced him after her eyes turned gold.
• Qian Qian threatened Viska, but the narrator stopped her and said Viska meant no harm.
• Viska cried about many Pandoras waking up and killing one another, hinting at a deep connection to Pandora.
• The narrator asked why Viska had come, and she said she had come to take him back and reclaim everything that originally belonged to her from Pandora.

A Jun and Qian Qian tried to take Viska with them, but her shifting madness revealed a possible connection to Pandora-zero and a plan to use Viska as a resurrection shell. Viska escaped through a spatial gate, leaving them to return and ask Pandora about the secrets behind her.

• As time in the dimension began to resume, A Jun invited Viska to come home with him, and Qian Qian agreed that keeping her close could provide intelligence about the Fallen Apostle.
• Viska rejected the offer, erupted into a barrage of attacks aimed around A Jun and Qian Qian, and shouted that she would take everything from Pandora-zero and become the only true Pandora.
• A Jun and Qian Qian tried to calm Viska without harming her, but Qian Qian said Viska could interfere with energy and that stronger powers might erase her.
• Viska abruptly stopped attacking, calmly said goodbye, and promised to take A Jun and Qian Qian away from Pandora before leaving through a spatial gate.
• A Jun and Qian Qian decided to return and ask Pandora about the secrets surrounding her.

After the Shilin fleet won the battle, the narrator considered its losses and the danger of another ambush. He went to Pandora’s room to prepare to discuss the mysterious Black Pandora with her, but the chapter ended before he asked anything.

• The enemy forces retreated after the Shilin fleet defeated them, while the Eternal-class flagship escaped by Space Jump.
• The narrator and Qian Qian kept the Black Pandora’s identity secret and decided to tell Pandora after preparing her for the revelation.
• The narrator assessed the Shilin fleet’s casualties and worried that the enemy could ambush them again.
• Shilin Technicians redesigned the Central Machine Room’s controls, added defenses, and stationed elite guards there.
• The narrator went to Pandora’s room and told her he had a few things to ask.

Pandora explained the Undying Project and revealed that the Pandoras Viska had mentioned were spare bodies created for her. The chapter left the narrator realizing that Viska was one of Pandora’s stored substitute shells.

• The narrator asked Pandora whether she had sisters or knew Shilin Apostles who looked exactly like her.
• Pandora struggled with the question, then told the narrator that the others were her shells.
• Pandora explained that the Empire’s Undying Project gave selected High-Level Apostles spare bodies for resurrection.
• Pandora revealed that tens of thousands of her soulless bodies had been stored in Standby Mode inside a dead star.
• Pandora said the project was discontinued after a more reliable way to preserve souls was developed, but her shells were left intact.
• The narrator realized that Viska was one of Pandora’s substitute bodies.

Pandora explained how an Abyssal catastrophe and a malfunction in the Immortal system caused her dormant replacement bodies to slaughter one another, leaving Viska to awaken amid the wreckage. She revealed that Viska had secretly accessed her memories, and the chapter left the narrator understanding Viska’s twisted belief that Pandora had taken the family and happiness she longed for.

• Pandora recounted surviving an Abyssal ambush that destroyed her command and triggered the Immortal system while she was still alive.
• The system mistakenly activated all of Pandora’s replacement bodies, whose programming drove them to kill every other copy until the Testing Ground was destroyed.
• Pandora concluded that Viska developed self-awareness during the slaughter and that Abyssal corruption worsened her madness over millions of years.
• Pandora revealed that Viska had secretly scanned her memories, explaining how Viska learned their secrets and treated the narrator and Qian Qian as family.
• Pandora shut down the memory-upload port, while the narrator reasoned that Viska’s longing for Pandora’s happy life had warped into jealousy and a belief that Pandora had stolen it.

After learning about Viska’s tragic origin, the narrator struggled with whether to rescue her from the enemy camp. Lin Xue delivered a prophecy that a girl resembling Pandora would become crucial in the future, prompting the narrator to decide to help her.

• The narrator left Pandora to rest after hearing her account of the Immortals project and Viska’s clones.
• The narrator worried that Viska’s madness could endanger both camps and resolved that he wanted to save her if possible.
• Lin Xue appeared in cartoon pajamas, sparred with the narrator, and teased him about visiting Pandora’s room.
• Lin Xue prophesied that a past mistake would bring tragedy unless it was remedied.
• Lin Xue clarified that the narrator had to help a girl who looked like Pandora because she would become a decisive force in the future.
• The narrator took Lin Xue’s prophecy as a reason to make up his mind about acting.

The fleet reached the Eastern Continent after three days of enemy ambushes had delayed its crossing of the Endless Sea. The group discovered that Viska’s mysterious bond with Pandora had let the enemy track them, and they prepared to face a likely direct confrontation near the coast.

• Sikaro commanded the fleet’s defenses against more than a dozen ambushes, destroying seven Frost Dragon forces without losing a soldier.
• The group concluded that the enemy had deliberately stalled their journey and learned that Viska’s connection to Pandora revealed their location.
• The narrator told the others about Viska and her role in the Immortal project, and they agreed to prepare for a future encounter with her.
• As the Eastern Continent came into view, the narrator spotted a new group of enemy forces, while Lin Xue warned that interference was limiting her prophetic abilities.

The narrator and the Shilin Legion faced a disciplined army of demons fused with Shilin machinery, while Lin Xue remained unable to see into the enemy-held Undercity. After Siweisi empowered the fleet with War Summons, both sides launched into battle.

• The narrator examined the grotesque demon-Shilin hybrids and recognized them as a disciplined elite force.
• Sandora assessed the hybrids, and the Shilin Legion prepared for battle.
• At the narrator's instruction, Siweisi activated War Summons, boosting the fleet's firepower.
• The enemy attacked as an Electromagnetic Cannon fired, and Pandora answered with a Psionic Barrage.
• The narrator and the others took to the sky and attacked the synthetic creatures.

A Jun and the allied warriors fought the Fallen Apostles’ Assembled Demons while gathering intelligence on the formidable enemies. The battle showed that coordinated squads of the mortal races could hold their own, and Sandora dismissed the demons as no immediate threat before asking what was for lunch.

• A Jun fought the Assembled Demons and found that they could keep attacking through devastating wounds unless their bodies were completely destroyed.
• A Lower Commander died in the fighting, and a reserve commander took over the squad through the Shilin Apostles’ command system.
• A Jun observed dragons and coordinated squads of mortal soldiers fighting the demons effectively, including by cooperating across races.
• Sandora said the allied races became far stronger when they joined forces, then used Mind Severance to make more than a dozen demons attack themselves.
• Sandora asked A Jun whether they were having Whole Roasted Whale for lunch.

The narrator watched Pandora, his sister, and Qian Qian fight the Assembled Demons with overwhelming firepower and strange, deadly superpowers. The three continued slaughtering the enemy across the battlefield, leaving the narrator awed by how terrifying Qian Qian had become.

• Pandora unleashed two Psionic Cannons, Photon Funnels, and missiles on the Assembled Demons, filling the battlefield around her with relentless bombardment.
• The narrator observed that Pandora had remained tiny despite her age and noted that she had finally been allowed to fight outside the command room.
• The narrator's sister floated above the battlefield and used Misfortune Transfer to make nearby Assembled Demons die in bizarre accidents.
• Qian Qian accelerated time to make demons' bodies rot away while keeping them conscious, causing her enemies to suffer for what felt like thousands of years.
• Qian Qian stopped charging demons by disrupting their muscles, slicing them into pieces, and then used Time Displacement to turn enemies' future attacks against them.

The leaders repelled an advance force of Assembled Demons and thwarted an ambush from space. The enemy’s commander emerged as a giant Varimathras, revealing that he had grown far more powerful.

• The narrator and the other leader-class fighters wiped out most of the Assembled Demons while Sikaro reinforced the motherships and Bubble activated the Dimension Barrier.
• Sandora ordered Pandora to scan the area, and Pandora detected a gravitational fault and fired her Space Cutting Cannon to disrupt an enemy Space Jump ambush.
• A huge figure emerged from parallel space, and the narrator, Pandora, Sandora, his sister, and Alaya attacked together as soon as it became vulnerable.
• The figure survived their combined assault and retaliated with a rain of Shadow Arrows, which Qian Qian slowed so the group could evade.
• The narrator recognized the giant Assembled Demon as Varimathras and realized that he was much more powerful than before.

Varimathras fought the narrator after destroying a crucial artifact and deciding to make up for his mistake through combat. Though his new weapons unleashed powerful attacks, the narrator deflected his laser barrage with psychic power, leaving Varimathras stunned.

• Varimathras regretted destroying the artifact entrusted to him and resolved to fight the Divine Envoys rather than face punishment.
• The narrator challenged Varimathras to a duel, and Varimathras accepted after mistaking the narrator’s gesture for a Protoss ritual.
• Varimathras charged, but the narrator used a Space Orbital Cannon before evading his explosive Shadow Arrow attack.
• Varimathras revealed energy arrays hidden in his wings and fired a sweeping barrage of lasers at the narrator.
• The narrator bent every laser away with psychic interference, leaving Varimathras staring in disbelief.