Chapter Summaries

Lin Aotian revealed that humanity had become an Eighth Order Technological Civilization with Dark Energy capabilities rivaling a Tenth Order civilization. The councilors unanimously chose to abandon Plan Three and leave humanity’s advance through the Bosnia Supercluster undisturbed.

• Lin Aotian explained that Plan Three would lead its strongest civilizations into another survival-of-the-fittest stage after they broke through the current blockade.
• Lin Aotian told the councilors that humanity had reached the Eighth Order and could rival a Tenth Order civilization in Dark Energy.
• Lin Aotian warned that humanity’s arrival in the Bosnia Supercluster would likely disrupt Plan Three and asked whether the council should intervene.
• The councilors agreed that humanity had the best chance of reaching a God-tier Civilization and that Plan Three had made too little progress to justify preserving it.
• Lin Aotian announced that Plan Three of the God-Making Plan was completely abandoned.

The Crete Empire faced an invasion by an allied force of sixteen civilizations, while Lin Yu assured Charlie that a five-billion-ship Federation fleet would defeat them. The Federation fleet arrived in the Loert Star Domain, and its vice commander, Lin Kexin, prepared to gather the incoming ships before proceeding to the rendezvous point.

• Sixteen civilizations led by the Olson Union formed an allied force of more than thirty trillion warships after the Crete Empire refused to release their detained trade fleets.
• Lin Yu told the anxious Charlie that the Federation would strike first with a five-billion-warship fleet and instructed him to prepare forces to follow and clear the aftermath.
• A Crete Empire general reported that Federation ships had begun arriving through the ocean current, and Charlie ordered his border generals to join a virtual conference for combat assignments.
• Lin Kexin arrived in the Loert Star Domain aboard the new Luoshen and ordered the Dauntless Fleet to wait for its follow-up ships before heading to the rendezvous point.

Charlie told the Crete Empire’s Three Great Generals that the Human Federation would lead the fight against the sixteen-civilization coalition, while the Empire prepared to occupy territory and manage the aftermath. Lin Kexin’s fleet joined Lin Yu, and he assigned Zi Luo to gain experience in the coming interstellar war before she helped break the Current Mouth blockade.

• Charlie informed the Three Great Generals that a coalition of sixteen civilizations planned to attack the Crete Empire with three trillion warships.
• Charlie showed the generals the agreement with the Human Federation, convincing them that the Federation would fight while the Empire prepared to take territory.
• Lin Kexin’s five Dreadnought Legions passed through the Current Mouth and joined Lin Yu at the rendezvous point.
• Lin Kexin teased Lin Yu and Zi Luo about defeating the coalition with only two warships, but Lin Yu said they would avoid acting unless necessary.
• Lin Yu told Zi Luo to accompany the fleet and experience the coming interstellar war before addressing the Current Mouth blockade.

Lin Fan planned for Zi Luo to gain combat experience on selected battlefields rather than join the entire campaign. Meanwhile, the Olson Union-led fleet assembled to invade the Crete Empire, but an unknown force appeared as the fleet prepared to attack.

• Lin Fan decided that Zi Luo would be sent to selected battlefields to master her new power without fighting in the entire campaign.
• More than two trillion main-force warships from sixteen civilizations gathered in the Ranok System under Olson Union commander Sanhe Sen.
• The civilizations agreed on a preliminary plan to attack the Crete Empire after days of negotiation.
• Sanhe Sen received an emergency report that an unidentified fleet of about five billion warships had arrived through Hyperspace Navigation.
• Sanhe Sen ordered the alert fleets to intercept the unknown force and placed the entire United Fleet on Level One combat readiness.

Sanhe Sen used the Crete Empire’s surprise attack to unite the assembled civilizations and ordered General Paris to encircle its fleet. Meanwhile, Zi Luo prepared a wide-area Dark Energy attack against an approaching enemy force, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Sanhe Sen announced that the Crete Empire had attacked with five billion warships, prompting the assembled commanders to demand retaliation.
• Sanhe Sen revealed that one hundred billion warships had been assigned to sentry duty and showed projections of the unfamiliar Crete fleet.
• The assembled commanders speculated that the Crete Empire had found advanced warships in ancient ruins and asked General Paris to capture some for study.
• Lin Kexin ordered the Tarak to strike an approaching fifty-billion-ship enemy Super Attack Group, while Zi Luo prepared to deploy aboard the Vermilion Bird.
• Zi Luo used the Alpha Auxiliary Calculation Device to unleash a Diffusive Dark Energy Irradiation Wave toward the enemy fleet.

Zi Luo’s Dark Energy strike devastated the United Fleet, while Sanhe Sen rallied its commanders by claiming the Crete Empire had only one such warship. As Sanhe Sen planned an encirclement, Zi Luo launched Vermilion Bird into the disordered fleet and opened fire with its Scatter-Type Dark Energy Rapid-Fire Cannon.

• Zi Luo’s Wide-Area Full Coverage Strike destroyed a vast section of the United Fleet, costing it at least 15 billion warships.
• Zi Luo ordered her forces to cover the Dauntless Fleet and forbade them from advancing without her orders.
• Sanhe Sen reassured the shaken commanders by claiming the Crete Empire had only one warship capable of such an attack.
• Sanhe Sen ordered the United Fleet to attack and assigned sixteen encirclement fleets to surround and destroy the special warship.
• Zi Luo piloted Vermilion Bird toward the disorganized alert fleet and unleashed a continuous barrage from its Scatter-Type Dark Energy Rapid-Fire Cannon.

Zi Luo and Lin Kexin trapped Paris's fleet in a converging field of fire while Sanhe Sen sent reinforcements toward the battlefield. The chapter ended as a second Diffusive Dark Energy Irradiation Wave engulfed more than ninety percent of Paris's remaining warships.

• Zi Luo used Vermilion Bird to bombard Paris's alert fleet, while Paris ordered his warships to close the distance and attack.
• Paris learned that the Crete Empire fleet had flanked him, and its first barrage destroyed at least one billion warships.
• Sanhe Sen ordered one hundred billion nearby warships to reinforce the alert fleet and prepare a pincer attack.
• Lin Kexin asked Zi Luo to help force Paris's fleet to converge, and Zi Luo agreed before withdrawing according to plan.
• Zi Luo and Lin Kexin formed a cylindrical fire net that herded Paris's warships into its center, where a second irradiation wave engulfed more than ninety percent of his remaining fleet.

Sanhe Sen misjudged Tarak’s withdrawal and ordered the United Fleet to close the gap, while Lin Kexin led the Dauntless Fleet into a direct engagement. The chapter ended with the Dauntless Fleet repeatedly striking the advancing enemy from beyond its firing range, beginning the operation to annihilate the United Fleet.

• Sanhe Sen realized the Super-giant Combat Vehicle had attacked the screening fleet and ordered an encirclement group to cut Tarak off from Crete’s other fleets.
• Tarak recovered the Vermilion Bird, opened a Hyperspace Window, and withdrew, prompting Sanhe Sen to redirect the encirclement group to block the enemy’s breakout route.
• Lin Kexin ordered the Dauntless Fleet to activate its Dark Energy Shields and advance without changing formation.
• After the United Fleet entered within 3 AU, Lin Kexin ordered the Dauntless Fleet to concentrate fire on the center of its formation.
• The Dauntless Fleet destroyed more than one billion United Fleet warships in its first volley and fired again ten seconds later from beyond the enemy’s 2 AU range.

The Dauntless Fleet withstood the United Fleet’s massive Spatial Attack and countered with Dark Energy fire that the Seventh Order warships could not stop. Sanhe Sen realized the enemy’s losses were negligible and that the United Fleet had at most five hours before it was destroyed.

• Sanhe Sen led the United Fleet through thirty minutes of Dark Energy attacks, losing more than three hundred billion warships before reaching firing range.
• The United Fleet unleashed a concentrated Spatial Attack on the Dauntless Fleet, creating severe spatial turbulence that blocked observation.
• The Dauntless Fleet fired back through the turbulence, destroying many United Fleet warships with accurately targeted attacks.
• Sanhe Sen learned that the Dauntless Fleet’s firepower density had not decreased and that the turbulence prevented the United Fleet from attacking it with Spatial weapons.
• The Dauntless Fleet launched another attack, and Sanhe Sen estimated that his fleet would be wiped out within five hours.

After the United Fleet was destroyed in the Ranok System, Revis’s Imperial forces arrived to secure the battlefield while Lin Kexin led the Dauntless Fleet to attack the remaining United Fleet forces. Alarmed by the Crete Empire’s apparent strength, Anit called for the seventh Overlord-level Summit.

• Revis and the two other Grand Generals arrived in the Ranok System and saw the wreckage of more than two trillion United Fleet warships.
• Lin Kexin told Revis to secure the battlefield and territory while her fleet attacked the United Fleet’s remaining forces in six satellite systems.
• Revis agreed to handle the aftermath, and the Dauntless Fleet split up to clear five satellite systems as the Nether Battleships took the sixth.
• Revis ordered hundreds of billions of Imperial warships to clear the shipping lanes within three days.
• Anit concluded that the United Fleet had been annihilated and summoned every overlord-level civilization to the seventh Overlord-level Summit.

After the Crete Empire’s mysterious fleet annihilated the Sixteen Civilization United Fleet, Anit convened the seventh Overlord-level Summit and pushed the gathered civilizations to form a united expedition. The leaders ultimately agreed to send all their main-force fleets against the Crete Empire.

• Anit told the gathered leaders that the Crete Empire’s five-billion-warship fleet had destroyed more than two trillion ships in the Ranok System.
• The leaders voted on forming a Bosnia United Fleet, with seventy-eight civilizations initially supporting the expedition, twenty-one opposing it, and twenty-three undecided.
• Anit warned the opposing and undecided leaders that they had to join or be destroyed before the expedition began.
• As wavering and opposing leaders changed their votes, all 122 civilizations agreed to join the largest allied force in Bosnia’s history.
• Anit ordered every civilization to assemble and deploy all of its main-force fleets.

Lin Yu and Charlie learned that 122 civilizations had formed a vast united fleet, and Charlie suspected Anit had a secret weapon. When Anit contacted the Human Federation, Lin Yu discovered that the Heisen Republic leader had assembled the fleet not to attack him, but to present a pledge of allegiance.

• Charlie warned Lin Yu that the united fleet had more than a hundred trillion warships and that Anit might possess a weapon capable of threatening the Federation.
• A communication request arrived from an untraceable location in the Bosnia Supercluster, and Lin Yu ordered it connected.
• Anit appeared on the communication and realized that the Crete Empire had submitted to an advanced civilization led by Lin Yu.
• Lin Yu questioned Anit about assembling the civilizations to destroy him, and Anit said he had prepared a pledge of allegiance.

Anit explained that he had gathered the United Fleet as an offering to secure the Heisen Republic’s survival, after realizing the Federation was far too powerful to defeat. Lin Yu offered the Republic the same subordinate-civilization agreement as the Crete Empire, leaving Anit one chance to accept.

• Anit told Lin Yu that the Republic had found the working communication device in an ancient civilization outpost ruin and used it to contact the Federation.
• Lin Yu suggested the ruin belonged to at least a Ninth Order Civilization, startling Anit and Charlie with what that implied about the Federation.
• Anit admitted that he had gathered the United Fleet as a letter of allegiance because he knew resistance was futile.
• Anit asked Lin Yu to accept the Heisen Republic’s surrender so its civilization could survive.
• Lin Yu sent Anit the Subordinate Civilization Agreement and offered the Republic the same terms as the Crete Empire, with one chance to accept.

Anit accepted Lin Yu’s subordinate civilization agreement and joined the plan to conquer the Bosnia Supercluster. As the United Fleet prepared to attack the Crete Empire, the Heisen Republic secretly assembled with the Crete fleet and began a coordinated operation.

• Anit read the agreement’s terms, accepted subordination to Lin Yu, and discussed how to conquer the Bosnia Supercluster.
• The native civilizations assembled a fleet of 130 trillion warships and divided it into ten Super Attack Groups to surround the Crete Empire’s Hilderic Star Cluster.
• The Third Super Attack Group planned to pin down the Crete Empire’s fleet while the other groups attacked its home base.
• Selavio and other representatives complained that the Heisen Republic had not arrived at the assembly point, unaware that more than a trillion warships were gathered nearby.
• Revis told Solomon the operation could begin, and Solomon ordered the markers in the Lanling Star Cluster activated and the warships to enter Hyperspace Navigation.

Manlafu Particles disabled the Zero-Point Energy systems across the Third Super Attack Group, forcing its crews to abandon ship. As escape pods filled space, enemy warships emerged from Hyperspace Windows and attacked the stranded fleet.

• A warship’s core energy system failed, and its technical team found Manlafu Particles attached to the Zero-Point Energy system.
• The captain learned that a device in supplies from the Heisen Republic had dispersed the particles, and that the warship could not contact other ships or launch its fighters and Assault Ships.
• The captain ordered everyone except the bridge crew to evacuate in escape pods, and crews across the Third Super Attack Group abandoned their warships.
• Countless Hyperspace Windows opened, and enemy warships emerged and fired on the Third Super Attack Group.

Solomon and Lin Kexin’s forces destroyed the United Fleet’s first nine Super Attack Groups by paralyzing them with Manlafu Particles and preventing communications. The Tenth Super Attack Group’s commanders discovered they had lost contact with the others, then found their own ships disabled as an enormous fleet arrived to attack.

• Solomon’s fleet surrounded the Third Super Attack Group and jammed its communications while the paralyzed ships were destroyed.
• Lin Kexin’s Dauntless Fleet and supporting forces annihilated the Second Super Attack Group in two hours, then left for the next battlefield.
• Within a day, the United Fleet’s First through Ninth Super Attack Groups were destroyed, leaving only its weaker Tenth Super Attack Group.
• The Tenth Super Attack Group’s commanders realized they could not contact any of the other groups or their fleets’ home bases and decided to retreat.
• The commanders were ejected from the Virtual Combat Room as their warships lost detection capabilities, and an enormous fleet arrived and opened fire.

After the United Fleet was annihilated, Anit prepared to secure compensation for the Heisen Republic and used the fleet’s disappearance to unsettle the Bosnia Supercluster’s leaders. He then revealed that the Heisen Republic had discovered a well-preserved Starbase belonging to at least a Ninth Order Technological Civilization.

• The Tenth Super Attack Group was annihilated, completing the destruction of the United Fleet in just over a day.
• Lin Yu had arranged to compensate Anit’s Heisen Republic with spoils from at least five civilizations or contribution points for its costly poisoning tactic.
• Civilizations across the Bosnia Supercluster discovered they could not contact any ships in the United Fleet and feared the Crete Empire had destroyed it.
• Anit urged the 122 hegemon civilizations to prepare a fallback plan and argued that the fleet’s disappearance suggested it had been annihilated.
• Anit revealed that the Heisen Republic had found a well-preserved Starbase belonging to at least a Ninth Order Technological Civilization.

Anit claimed the Heisen Republic had found a Ninth Order Civilization fleet and promised to distribute its ships to allies who joined a final battle against the Crete Empire. When the allied fleets assembled at the Wilwo System Cluster, Anit revealed the story was fabricated and that the Heisen Republic and Crete Empire had lured them into a trap.

• Anit told the civilization leaders that the Heisen Republic possessed five billion intact warships and promised to distribute them according to each civilization’s contribution to the war.
• All 122 civilizations voted to join the decisive battle, and Anit ordered their fleets to gather at the Wilwo System Cluster in ten days.
• The allies confirmed that all ten missing Super Attack Groups had been annihilated and assembled their remaining fleets at Wilwo.
• When Lars demanded to know why the Heisen Republic’s fleet had not arrived, Anit admitted that the ruin and its fleet were invented to lure the civilizations into a trap with the Crete Empire.
• White energy erupted among the gathered fleets, destroying warships, and Lars recognized the attack as a Zero-Point Armament.

Lin Yu’s forces destroyed the United Fleet in the Wilwo System Cluster and prepared to sweep through the Bosnia Supercluster. Charlie and Anit agreed to complete the takeover within three months.

• Anit’s hidden Zero-Point Bombs and the ensuing strikes destroyed ninety-four percent of the United Fleet’s main force warships.
• Lin Yu ordered Zi Luo to attack the remaining main force fleets and sent Lin Kexin’s Dauntless Fleet with the Krat Empire and Heisen Republic fleets after the second-rate groups.
• Lin Kexin led the Dauntless Fleet into the enemy formation and ordered the allied fleets to fire on her, breaking the United Fleet’s second-rate groups.
• Lin Yu and Zi Luo routed the remaining main force fleets, and Lin Yu refused to acknowledge their surrender requests.
• Three hours later, Lin Yu’s forces destroyed the United Fleet’s final warship, and Charlie and Anit promised to take over the Bosnia Supercluster within three months.

After discovering that Purgatory lay beyond the Heres Current passage, Lin Fan considered how to keep the Federation expanding without attacking the uncertain Nilkenia Super Galaxy Cluster. Lin Yu proposed using the Bosnia Supercluster as a base for a second Interstellar Fleet headquarters, and Lin Fan prepared to bring the plan before the Federation’s upper echelon.

• Lin Fan learned that Purgatory forces were located in the Nilkenia Super Galaxy Cluster across the Heres Current passage and wondered how they had subjugated technological civilizations there.
• Lin Yu proposed making the Bosnia Supercluster a base for outward expansion and establishing the Interstellar Fleet’s second headquarters there.
• Lin Yu explained that expansion could provide territory for subordinate civilizations and support the Federation’s population growth.
• Lin Fan agreed to convene the Federation’s upper echelon to consider the proposal and told Lin Yu to prepare for a possible appointment as commander-in-chief of the second headquarters.