Chapter Summaries

The Blazing Sun Fleet was ordered to abandon its original route and rush to Turgar through a Black Hole Channel after the Federation’s advance disrupted the Sun River Empire’s plans. At Jultus, Lin Fan learned that an enemy force had annihilated a ten-billion-warship Moy Race fleet in about ten minutes, and judged it powerful but no match for the Black Armor Fleet.

• The chapter explained that Dark Energy Crystals were scarce, and the Fario Civilization had equipped the Blazing Sun Fleet with only one for emergencies.
• Ermis received Commander Leon’s order to leave hyperspace and open a Black Hole Channel to reach Turgar as quickly as possible.
• Ortega reported that humanity had taken the Jultus Star Cluster and destroyed the Lothar Republic’s ten trillion warships, while Altra ordered news of a brief Black Hole Channel near Jultus broadcast across the Supercluster.
• Lin Fan’s forces at Jultus had gathered more than one hundred billion warships, including the Black Armor Fleet, the Nether Fleet, and part of the Moy Race fleet.
• Lin Fan learned that an enemy interception force had annihilated ten billion Moy Race warships in about ten minutes, and concluded that the enemy was strong but insignificant before the Black Armor Fleet.

The Black Armor Fleet moved to confront the Blazing Sun Fleet, whose prototype Black Hole Cavity Armor was far weaker than the Federation’s. Sophia planned a rotating formation to prove her tactical skill as Ermis recognized that her fleet’s armor technology was superior.

• Lin Fan ordered the Black Armor Fleet to attack the enemy and sent Wang Hai to dispatch a Nether Fleet strike group with Zi Ling.
• Ermis’s Blazing Sun Fleet destroyed a weak Moy Race force and waited in the Titus Star Cluster for the incoming enemy fleet.
• Ermis detected the Black Armor Fleet’s arrival and ordered his ships to engage, assuming their armor would protect them.
• Lin Fan’s experts assessed the Blazing Sun Fleet’s Black Hole Cavity Armor as a prototype with about twenty percent of the Black Armor Fleet’s defensive capability.
• Sophia rejected offers of Nether Fleet support and ordered her fleet into a four-group rotating formation so units could replenish their armor while others fought.
• Ermis recognized that the Black Armor Fleet also used Black Hole Cavity Armor and that its technology surpassed his own.

Sophia used the Black Armor Fleet’s superior armor and rotating formation to inflict heavy losses on the Blazing Sun Fleet, while Ermis’s attempt to copy her tactic backfired. As Ermis charged to force a melee, the previously idle Nether Fleet attacked the Blazing Sun Fleet.

• Sophia rotated the Black Armor Fleet’s sub-fleets to let their Black Hole Cavity Armor recover, destroying over a hundred thousand Blazing Sun Fleet warships at the cost of only several hundred of her own.
• Ermis copied Sophia’s formation, but the Blazing Sun Fleet’s inferior armor made the tactic ineffective and sharply reduced its damage against the Black Armor Fleet.
• Ermis ordered the Blazing Sun Fleet to abandon formation and charge into a melee, hoping to use its numerical advantage to disrupt Sophia’s deployment.
• Sophia prepared to change the Black Armor Fleet’s formation, but the Nether Fleet launched an attack against the Blazing Sun Fleet.

The Nether Fleet’s concentrated attacks devastated the Blazing Sun Fleet, while Zi Ling persuaded Sophia to coordinate with the Black Armor Fleet and avoid unnecessary casualties. When Ermis suspected the enemy belonged to a powerful civilization beyond the three Super Civilizations, he requested contact, and Airmia recognized Sophia and panicked before cutting the connection.

• The Nether Fleet destroyed more than thirty million Blazing Sun Fleet warships in its first barrage and another 35.49 million in its second.
• Zi Ling warned Sophia that the Blazing Sun Fleet would be vulnerable if it reached the Black Armor Fleet, and Sophia agreed to let the Nether Fleet keep attacking.
• Ermis’s deputy questioned whether their enemy really came from one of the three Super Civilizations, prompting Ermis to seek contact and claim he wanted to surrender.
• Sophia initially refused the Blazing Sun Fleet’s communication request but allowed it through when she heard they wanted to surrender.
• Airmia saw Sophia on the call, exclaimed “Alphart!”, and immediately cut off the communication.

The Sun River Empire mistook the human fleets for the long-vanished Alphart Civilization and unleashed God-Slaying Particles, which Zi Ling sensed could harm the origin of life. The human fleets destroyed the Blazing Sun Fleet, while Commander Leon received Ermis’s warning that the enemy was Alphart.

• Ermis recognized Sophia’s fleet as the Alphart Civilization and ordered Airmia to release God-Slaying Particles at maximum range.
• The God-Slaying Particles engulfed the Black Armor Fleet and the Nether Fleet, but the human ships survived.
• Zi Ling sensed that the light could damage the origin of life and destroyed Airmia’s flagship and about three hundred million Blazing Sun warships with a Dark Energy Matrix strike.
• The Black Armor and Nether Fleets attacked the scattered Blazing Sun forces, which fled in panic but were trapped by the Hyperspace Interference Device and wiped out.
• At Sun River Empire headquarters, Leon learned that Ermis’s signal had vanished and received Ermis’s message identifying the enemy as the Alphart Civilization.

Leon learned that the force attacking Turgar was the Alphart Civilization and that God-Slaying Particles had failed against it, while Lin Fan judged the particles harmless and ordered attacks to continue. The Anti-Sun River Alliance redirected its fleets toward Jultus to join the Alpharts, leaving the fronts quieter as its forces secretly converged there.

• Leon confirmed that an Eleventh Order Dark Energy User had attacked Turgar and learned that God-Slaying Particles had not affected the suspected Alphart fleet.
• Leon requested reinforcements and more high-order Dark Energy Users from the Sun River Empire.
• Lin Fan identified the God-Slaying Particles from Lin Aotian's earlier explanation, declared them harmless to his forces, and ordered Sophia and Zi Ling to continue their attacks.
• Lin Fan ordered Wang Hai to divide the remaining five Nether Fleet attack groups among 500 billion Moy Race warships each and strike nearby star clusters.
• Altra ordered the Anti-Sun River Alliance to concentrate its forces toward Jultus and open a passage to the Alphart Civilization.
• The Anti-Sun River Alliance withdrew from its main offensive and shifted to defense while fleets from across the fronts secretly converged on Jultus.

Nevitt feared humanity’s intervention would upset the war’s balance and threaten the Fario Civilization, but Korlak argued that humanity’s powerful fleet was likely too small to decide the war alone. Korlak proposed that the Fario Civilization ally with the Sun River Empire again in exchange for a Dark Energy Spring, and Nevitt considered the deal feasible.

• Nevitt received Turgar’s report about the new force and worried that the return of the Alphart Civilization had shifted the war against the Sun River Empire.
• Korlak pointed out that Turgar’s report identified the warships as belonging to humanity, leading Nevitt to realize they were not the Alphart Civilization.
• Nevitt argued that humanity’s fleet could still change the war because it had easily crushed the Sun River Empire’s secret super fleet.
• Korlak reasoned that humanity probably had only a limited number of such powerful warships and proposed that the Fario Civilization negotiate an alliance with the Sun River Empire.
• Korlak suggested demanding a Dark Energy Spring, and Nevitt decided the proposal could work.

After the Alphart Civilization’s return threatened the Sun River Empire, Amlet agreed to restore its alliance with the Fario Civilization in exchange for a Dark Energy Spring. The chapter ended with a Sun River Empire fleet secretly entering Turgar through Fario-held territory, disguised as reinforcements.

• Nevitt agreed with the Fario Civilization’s leader to seek an alliance with Amlet and request a Dark Energy Spring.
• Sarak explained to Amlet that the Fario Civilization had no choice but to ally with the Sun River Empire after the Alphart Civilization returned.
• Nevitt offered an offensive and defensive alliance in exchange for one Dark Energy Spring, and Amlet agreed after demanding Fario cooperation in a surprise attack at Turgar.
• Amlet arranged for the Sun River Empire fleet to pass through Fario-held territory toward Turgar.
• A fleet emerged from a Black Hole Channel in the Rhine Galaxy Cluster, and the Divine Radiance Civilization and Gem Empire mistook it for Fario reinforcements when it was actually the Sun River Empire’s fleet.

Lin Fan revealed humanity’s connection to the Alphart Civilization and sought an alliance with Altra against the Sun River Empire. As Sun River fleets attacked Altra’s rear, evidence pointed toward the Fario Civilization’s involvement.

• Altra celebrated the anti-Sun River faction’s capture of the Kosol Star Cluster and welcomed Lin Fan, believing the Alphart Civilization had returned.
• Lin Fan explained that humanity was a branch of the Alphart Civilization and that the Alphart had left the Azure Dragon Universe to escape a threat to Energy Lifeforms.
• Altra learned that the Sun River Empire’s fleets had breached his rear defenses and were advancing toward the Lyra Galaxy.
• Altra suspected the Fario Civilization might be involved because a suspicious Black Hole Channel had recently appeared, but he doubted it had a reason to betray them.
• Altra’s subordinate reported that Sol and the other Fario members had left the Command Center that morning, claiming they were returning to their garrison.

After the Fario Civilization betrayed the Anti-Sun River Alliance, Lin Fan arranged a strategic withdrawal for the Divine Radiance Civilization and the Gem Empire, using the Federation’s Dark Energy Crystals to open Black Hole Channels. Leon expected the alliance to be trapped, but his forces detected massive Black Hole Channel activity in enemy territory.

• Altra told Lin Fan that the Fario Civilization had betrayed the alliance and let the Sun River Empire’s fleet into its rear.
• Lin Fan advised Altra to give up territory, withdraw the alliance’s fleets, and redeploy near the Federation instead of risking encirclement.
• Altra revealed that scarce Dark Energy Crystals limited the withdrawal, so Lin Fan offered to open ten Black Hole Channels for the retreat.
• Altra agreed to arrange evacuation points and thanked Lin Fan for the Federation’s help.
• Leon ordered his forces to maintain their standoff until the surprise attack fleet captured the enemy Command Center, believing the alliance could barely escape.
• A Sun River officer reported massive Black Hole Channel signatures in the alliance’s occupied territory.

Leon discovered that the Alliance had opened ten Black Hole Channels and was evacuating its fleets, exposing how badly the Sun River Empire’s intelligence had failed. After Leon and Sol realized the Alphart Civilization might be behind the channels, Leon ordered a retreat to defend the Liche Star Cluster, but learned its garrison was already under attack.

• Leon learned that ten Black Hole Channels had opened in Alliance territory and ordered the frontline fleets to attack while redirecting the raiding fleet.
• Leon discovered that the enemy’s defensive line consisted of empty Tier 90 warships and ordered his fleets to pursue the evacuating forces.
• Leon confronted Sol, who initially denied that the Alliance could have opened ten Black Hole Channels.
• Sol scanned the Turgar Supercluster and confirmed the ten reactions, then suggested the Alphart Civilization could have supplied the channels through the Jultus Star Cluster.
• Leon ordered the frontline fleets to retreat to the Liche Star Cluster and raised its alert level.
• Leon received word that the Liche garrison was under attack and had requested reinforcements.

Lin Fan's fleets crushed the defenders in the Liche Star Cluster and moved toward Kolt, while Leon prepared to use God-Slaying Particles against them. In Zero-Dimensional Space, Lin Hong continued transforming his energy as Farn tried to coax him into revealing what had changed.

• Lin Fan sent the Black Armor Fleet, Nether Fleet, and five trillion Moy Race warships into the Liche Star Cluster, where they destroyed most of its defending fleets before heading for Kolt.
• Lin Fan warned the Black Armor Fleet and Nether Fleet to withdraw if they remained exposed to God-Slaying Particles for more than half an hour.
• Leon trusted nearly a hundred God-Slaying Particle storage devices to stop the approaching fleets, unaware that the enemy was humanity rather than the Alphart Civilization.
• Lin Hong continued converting his energy into Zero while trapped with Farn in Zero-Dimensional Space, and Farn realized Lin Hong had begun evolving again.
• Lin Hong told Farn he would need at most another month to gain enough strength to break through the dimensional barrier, while Farn resorted to calling him “Big Brother Lin.”

Lin Hong told Farn that he was converting his energy into Zero Energy, prompting Farn to investigate Zero-Dimensional Space for the source of the transformation. At Kolt, the Moy Race and Nether fleets reinforced the Black Armor Fleet, but the Sun River Empire began spreading God-Slaying Particles across the battlefield, and Sophia ordered her forces to keep fighting as a countdown began.

• Lin Hong told Farn about Zero Energy but said he did not know how the conversion worked, and Farn began sensing Zero-Dimensional Space for clues.
• The Sun River Empire’s main fleet threatened to overwhelm the Black Armor Fleet until Moy Race reinforcements freed the Nether Fleet to join the battle.
• Commander Leon ordered the frontline fleet to disperse God-Slaying Particles over the enemy fleets at Kolt.
• The Moy Race fleet fought a much larger Tenth Order Civilization fleet while the Black Armor and Nether fleets suppressed the Sun River Empire’s main fleet.
• Sophia saw the God-Slaying Particles spread from more than ten points and ordered a thirty-minute countdown while telling her forces to keep attacking.

The Sun River Empire’s God-Slaying Particles failed to disable the enemy fleet, shaking its soldiers and leaving Leon close to despair. His adjutant helped him realize the enemy might not be the Alphart Civilization, and Leon concluded that the Fario Civilization’s defection made sense only if it knew the truth; he ordered an urgent report to Amles.

• The Sun River Empire’s fleet found that God-Slaying Particles did not affect the enemy, and its return fire weakened as soldiers began to panic.
• Leon received the battlefield report and feared the Empire had lost its only weapon against the Alphart Civilization.
• Leon’s adjutant pointed out that the enemy’s strength seemed weaker than the Alphart’s and that it fought using warships, unlike the energy-form Alphart.
• Leon realized that the enemy might not be the Alphart Civilization, despite its appearance and advanced technology.
• Leon and his adjutant reasoned that the Fario Civilization’s defection suggested it knew the enemy was not the Alphart and sought to preserve the balance of power while reclaiming its Dark Energy Spring.
• Leon ordered his adjutant to contact Amles immediately with the discovery.

Amles and Leon decided to gather overwhelming numbers to defeat the unknown civilization in Turgar. Leon ordered subordinate civilizations to delay the enemy as cannon fodder while Imperial fleets assembled, leaving the battered Kolt fleet set to withdraw once the Kosa Republic arrived.

• Amles learned from Leon that Nevitt had deceived the Sun River Empire and approved a plan to defeat the unknown civilization through a decisive battle backed by numerical superiority.
• Amles ordered two additional corps-level fleets, totaling six trillion warships, redeployed to Turgar despite the risk of losing territory elsewhere.
• Leon ordered Imperial fleets to abandon their missions and assemble, while nearby subordinate civilizations were sent to Kolt to delay the enemy at any cost.
• Leon ordered the Imperial fleet at Kolt to withdraw after the Kosa Republic took over the battlefield, and the adjutant reported that fourteen civilizations and 950,000 warships would arrive within twenty-four hours.

As the Sun River Empire gathered its fleets at Kolt, Lin Fan told Altra that the Federation could not win a frontal battle alone and asked for his help. Lin Fan revealed that the Federation had three peak-level Eleventh Order Dark Energy Manipulators and a 500-person Tenth Order legion, leaving Altra to consider the force they could bring to the battle.

• The Sun River Empire used fleets from nearby civilizations to hold up Lin Fan’s forces at Kolt while its main battleships withdrew to assemble.
• Altra warned Lin Fan that enemy fleets were gathering near Kolt, and Lin Fan explained that a quick assault on the star cluster would be difficult.
• Lin Fan proposed that the Alliance seize the Sun River Empire’s other star clusters while its forces were concentrated at Kolt and Serseral.
• Lin Fan asked Altra to join the battle at Kolt, and Altra cautioned that his strength alone could not change the outcome.
• Lin Fan revealed that the Federation had three peak-level Eleventh Order Dark Energy Manipulators and a 500-person Tenth Order Dark Energy Manipulator Legion.

Lin Fan prepared a surprise attack to destroy the Sun River Empire’s Black Hole Channels while its fleets gathered at Serseral. As the Solar Alliance prepared to strike, Leon dismissed reports of attacks on other star clusters and kept his focus on Kolt.

• Lin Fan told Altra that 504 elite Dark Energy Manipulators would attack Serseral through a Black Hole Channel and destroy the channels used by the Sun River Empire’s assembling fleets.
• Zi Ling and Zi Luo arrived, and Altra learned that Lin Fan was also a peak Eleventh Order Dark Energy Manipulator who had begun reaching an unknown realm beyond it.
• Altra organized the Alliance’s forces while Lin Fan’s bridge crew monitored the Black Hole Channels in Turgar and waited for an opening.
• At Serseral, Leon learned that the Sun River Empire’s fleets were assembling through five Black Hole Channels and that Kolt’s defenders could hold for a day.
• Leon dismissed the Alliance’s advances on Sun River Empire star clusters as unimportant and ordered his forces to concentrate on Kolt.

As the Sun River Empire gathered its fleets at Serseral, Lin Fan led a surprise mission through a Black Hole Channel to strike at the empire’s forces. He discussed humanity’s Dark Energy Mechs with Altra and offered the Divine Radiance Civilization finished products, but not the technology.

• Leon gathered fleets at Serseral through seven Black Hole Channels, confident that his forces could defend against humanity.
• Lin Fan ordered Zero Ship to open a Black Hole Channel from Jultes to Serseral and set off with the warship.
• After the ship entered Black Hole Cavity Space, Lin Fan left Liang Xue in command and went to the hangar to join the waiting pilots.
• Lin Fan told Altra that Dark Energy Mechs greatly boosted lower-order users and could raise them by a major realm.
• Altra asked whether the Divine Radiance Civilization could obtain the mech technology, and Lin Fan offered to provide finished products only.

Leon’s fleet detected an unknown warship emerging from a Black Hole Channel and failed to destroy it with a massive barrage. The Zero Ship revealed its omnidirectional absolute defense and deployed a formidable Dark Energy User force, while Leon resolved to rely on his overwhelming numbers.

• Leon confirmed the unknown Black Hole Channel was not being used by the scheduled reinforcement fleets and ordered his forces to destroy its exit.
• The enemy warship emerged, survived attacks from more than a hundred million ships, and was identified as the Zero Ship protected by an omnidirectional absolute defense barrier.
• The chapter explained that Lin Fan’s Zero Ship used Dark Energy Crystals to sustain the barrier, a technology Li Lizhi had developed under Lin Fan’s instruction not to worry about its cost.
• Leon’s subordinates reported that the enemy had deployed 500 Tenth Order and four Eleventh Order Dark Energy Manipulators, including Altra and three unidentified figures.
• Leon dismissed his fear and pointed to his fleet of more than 400 billion warships and the three reinforcement forces due in three hours.

Lin Fan’s forces drew the Sun River Empire’s fire while Liang Xue used the Federation’s particle-amplification technology to destroy a Black Hole Channel. Leon initially suspected an accident as fleets vanished into Black Hole Cavity Space, but a second channel destabilized and he ordered an urgent investigation into enemy involvement.

• Lin Fan directed Liang Xue to act after the enemy shifted its firepower toward his group of Dark Energy Users.
• Liang Xue ordered the Federation fleet to fire Black Hole Particle amplification beams at the seven Black Hole Channel exits.
• The first beam intensified the Black Hole Cavity Particles, triggering the universe’s rejection mechanism and destroying the channel.
• Leon learned that nearly a trillion warships had been lost inside Black Hole Cavity Space and questioned what had caused the channel to collapse.
• A second Black Hole Channel began destabilizing, and Leon ordered an immediate investigation into the unknown civilization’s possible attack.