Chapter Summaries

Humanity learned that ancient races had gathered civilizations in the Buzhou Ruins and agreed to attend their gathering, while Lu Yuan joined the delegation aboard an ancient spaceship. As the group traveled toward the ruins, Cang Min explained that the Space Tunnels could bring civilizations there but could not send them back out.

• Lu Yuan and Old Cat discussed humanity’s strength and the danger of drawing attention by revealing the Greedy Demon God.
• Turtle Gu Zi warned Lu Yuan about the possible motives of the ancient races, and a Crystal Person proposed that abandoned Heavenly Court Space Tunnels had transported cities to the Pangu Continent.
• Cang Min of the Ancient Dragon Lineage visited Green Field City, invited humanity to the Buzhou Gathering, and offered rewards for competing in his race’s arena.
• Humanity assembled a delegation of more than eighty people, and Lu Yuan merged with the Greedy Demon God before leaving with them aboard the Azure Lotus Spaceship.
• Cang Min told Lu Yuan that more than a thousand civilizations had reached the Buzhou Ruins, but the Space Tunnels could not send them back; the only known exit was a perilous ocean route to the southeast.

The Little Mirage Dragon sensed something strange offshore, and Lu Ying’s scouts detected a patterned radio signal that displayed unfamiliar writing and a map directly on their computer. After Translation Ability users interpreted the message as an invitation to trade, Lu Yuan ordered Green Field City into radio silence and prepared it to evacuate while the source and intentions of the alien civilization remained uncertain.

• The Little Mirage Dragon sensed something strange from the shore and pointed toward it, so Lu Ying sent five flying dragons and their scouts to investigate.
• The flying dragon squadron detected a patterned radio signal at high altitude and reported that it likely came from an Alien Civilization.
• Lu Ying found that the signal had caused unfamiliar writing and a coral reef map to appear directly on humanity’s computer, then ordered the network disconnected and sought a Translation Ability user.
• Lu Yuan ordered Green Field City into radio silence and prepared the city to evacuate after learning of the alien signal.
• A communications expert explained that the message invited passing civilizations to trade, but the signal’s weakness left it unclear whether the alien civilization had detected humanity or was broadcasting broadly.

After Green Field City emerged from the Different Dimension into a region of Pangu Continent filled with drifting meteors, Lu Yuan’s people defended the city and discovered signs of ancient ruins and powerful civilizations. The chapter ended with enormous Ancient Aliens arriving at a damaged city, while humanity prepared for possible contact or conflict.

• Lu Yuan shared the Heaven-Opening Forging Method with the Northern Frontier craftsmen before they returned to Green Field City as spatial turbulence began.
• Green Field City emerged beneath a sky full of meteors, and Hai Zhiyun and the other experts planned ways to protect the city from collisions.
• Reconnaissance revealed traces of past civilization, and Lu Yuan recognized half a blood-red character as part of the inscription for South Heaven Gate, identifying the area as the ruins of the Heavenly Court.
• A Flying Snake drone filmed a fast golden dragon boat carrying human-like statues, and Lu Yuan ordered further reconnaissance and cautious attempts to contact nearby civilizations.
• After a violent storm, a damaged Sky City appeared on a lake and crashed near the shore; giant dragon-headed Ancient Aliens then arrived by dragon boat.
• Lu Yuan and Lu Tiantian advised waiting to see whether the Ancient Aliens approached Green Field City, while the military prepared weapons and the city published its findings.

Lu Yuan learned that the nearest coastline lay fifteen hundred kilometers south, giving Sky City a possible route out of its water crisis. He announced the city’s destination and offered residents who could not adapt to modern life the chance to leave with supplies and help establishing a new home.

• Lu Yuan paid the exhausted King Insect Lu Da, sent him to rest, and stopped him from trying to kill the person who had treated Lu Yuan’s wound.
• Lu Da helped the Extractor store oil and water, while the other King Insects returned with news about the surrounding desert, an eastern abyss, and the ocean to the south.
• King Insect Lu Xiao reported that the nearest coastline was approximately fifteen hundred kilometers away, and Lu Yuan decided Sky City would head there after rising.
• Rumors about the ocean and the water supply spread through Green Field Town, and Lu Yuan confirmed that Sky City could rise in one or two months if nothing unexpected happened.
• Lu Yuan told the crowd that residents who wanted to leave could receive about a year’s worth of food, agricultural tools, and help establishing a new home.

Lu Yuan found a way to recover his mental energy in the Boundless Realm by transferring his soul into the Qiankun World, allowing his treasure hunt to continue. Meanwhile, the anomalous people interrogated the Mirror Demon and brought five ancient snake people into the Immortal Palace, where they began considering cooperation.

• Lu Yuan used the Mountain Sea Meditation and the Life Tree’s Different Dimension to help the Black Shadow Demon recover, then sent his soul into the Qiankun World to rest.
• The anomalous people discussed how the Qiankun World’s rules could protect Lu Yuan from the Boundless Realm’s mental strain.
• The Mirror Demon offered a Divination Turtle Shell, and the Great Crystal Person learned that it could help locate people through bloodline resonance.
• Five ancient snake people entered the Immortal Palace and used their skills to torment the Mirror Demon until it revealed the turtle shell’s secrets.
• The five snake people toured the Immortal Palace, saw Lu Yuan’s relics and the Guai Mythical’s corpse, and left after showing interest in his progress.

Governor Lyon sent the Rize warriors into Pangu Continent with their most valuable relic to protect them and give them something to trade, while Lu Yuan faced a many-eyed creature in the forest. Lu Yuan killed the creature, but Old Cat warned that it was only a servant or clone, leaving the monster's true body at large.

• Governor Lyon ordered the Rize warriors to take the No. 1 Treasure Vault's jade-green relic with them, hoping it would protect them and provide bargaining power.
• The Rize warriors vanished into gray mist, leaving their weapons behind as Governor Lyon embraced them and urged them to return alive.
• Lu Yuan waited in the forest with Old Wolf and Old Cat, then spotted an infant-sized, five-eyed shadow watching him from a tree.
• The creature attacked Lu Yuan, who resisted its mental assault and fought it with his mask and sword while Old Cat struck it with a hidden flying needle.
• Lu Yuan split the blue-gray creature in two, but Old Cat said it was probably only a controlled servant or clone, and the Pioneer's Eye identified its abilities as Gravity Manipulation, Swift Flash, and Mental Spike.

Lu Yuan asked the six alien survivors whether humanity’s plan to escape with the Blue Peng People would disrupt their secret mission, and learned that bringing a damaged dream-focused demon could help. As night fell, Guai of the Spirit Shrine Eye approached the Little Grotto-heaven, and the aliens noticed a peeling brown-red mark on its arm.

• At the banquet, the aliens warned Lu Yuan that they had been selected by powerful civilizations for a secret mission and that learning its details could bring deadly attacks.
• Lu Yuan asked whether using the will of eight million Blue Peng People to influence the monster would affect the mission, then revealed that humanity had a severely damaged demon specialized in Dream Ability.
• The aliens judged that the demon could help humanity escape, but warned Lu Yuan not to injure or kill the monster and refused to discuss their secret further.
• After Lu Yuan received an alarm from Old Cat, he went to watch the Little Grotto-heaven as the nether emerged and wandered through the city.
• Guai of the Spirit Shrine Eye sensed the Little Grotto-heaven and swam toward it, while the aliens spotted a peeling brown-red mark on its left arm.

While Lu Yuan slept through the Mirror Brain’s creation, the Greedy Demon God grew vastly larger and sensed the laws connecting him to Qiankun World. He met the Pangu Phantom, received the Dao Transforms All Living Beings legacy, and awoke thirty-three years later to find the Era Disaster had not yet begun.

• As Lu Yuan slept, the Greedy Demon God’s body grew beyond the ten-thousand-meter limit, and he began sensing the unity of the world.
• Lu Yuan encountered the Pangu Phantom, who explained his pursuit of the Other Shore and his discovery of life’s meaning through creating Pangu Continent.
• The Pangu Phantom taught Lu Yuan that reaching the Other Shore involved recognizing the hidden meaning of the Chaos Sea and offered him the Dao Transforms All Living Beings method.
• Lu Yuan experienced the method as he became all living beings in his little world, and the Pangu Phantom warned him to learn from it without imitating it.
• Lu Yuan slept for thirty-three years, then contacted his support team and learned that the Era Disaster had not yet erupted.

Lu Yuan and the others assessed the growing threat from God, the worsening Chaos Wind, and the need to attack the moon before the coming Era Disaster. As the Ninth Era’s dangers became clear, Lu Yuan examined seven Absolute Abilities from the Mirror Brain and considered whether he could claim the power of Undefeated.

• Lu Yuan showed the Golden Giant to the others and explained that Pangu’s Hand imitated one of its arms, while the Greedy Demon God had likely reached the Eternal level.
• Turtle Gu Zi reported that the Chaos Wind was worsening in the Boundless Realm, that civilizations were disappearing, and that God might be spreading dangerous knowledge to hasten the Era Disaster.
• Lu Yuan and the others concluded that they had to prepare for a lunar campaign despite suspecting it could be a trap, since the Era Disaster would leave them weaker and without room to fight.
• Lu Yuan reviewed the Ninth Era’s map and records of low-level civilizations, then reflected on the responsibility of protecting them from extinction.
• Lu Yuan took out the seven Absolute Abilities sent by the Mirror Brain and considered the demanding conditions for gaining Undefeated.

After contracting influenza, Lu Yuan used his Extraordinary Tinder to rapidly reduce his fever and recover. He then learned that his new Eternal Body ability would keep his bodily functions at their peak, leaving him relieved but still lamenting that he could not return to Earth.

• Lu Yuan washed after killing the Fire Lizard, fed the Mother Wolves, and went to sleep while they guarded the camp.
• Lu Yuan woke with a high fever and appraised himself, discovering that he had early-stage influenza.
• Lu Yuan used his Extraordinary Tinder to nourish his lungs and respiratory system, reducing his fever and easing his symptoms within hours.
• Lu Yuan examined Eternal Body and learned that it increased his lifespan, enabled limb regeneration, and prevented his physical abilities from declining or aging before his lifespan ended.
• Lu Yuan celebrated his recovery and new ability but lamented that living longer on Pangu Continent would not let him return to Earth.

After sleeping for thirty-three years, Lu Yuan woke as a colossal Greedy Demon God and learned how his allies had advanced their civilization and prepared for the coming war with the gods. He revealed that he had met Pangu’s phantom and received the Dao of Dao Transforms All Living Beings, leaving the Immortal Palace stunned.

• Lu Yuan awakened in the Qiankun World, found his immense body endangered the lives on it, and used Dao Transforms All Living Beings to revive elsewhere without harming them.
• Lu Yuan returned to Green Field City, reunited with his family, and met his allies at the Immortal Palace after thirty-three years away.
• Old Cat described Green Field City’s weapons, Pangu’s Hand, the Starry Sky Port, and the disappearance of countless civilizations, which suggested the gods were harvesting life.
• Lu Yuan revealed that his Mirror Brain had enhanced his control over his body and that he could command one hundred powerful vines.
• Lu Yuan told the Immortal Palace that he had met Pangu’s phantom and received Dao Transforms All Living Beings, but warned that Pangu himself was dead and could not resolve the Era Disaster.

A Mythical-level treasure emerged beneath Human Alliance territory, drawing the Yan Snake Civilization and the Red Bull Alliance toward a possible war. Though Lu Yuan hesitated to involve Green Field City, Old Cat ordered its forces to protect the Human Alliance and mediate the conflict.

• The Yan Snake Civilization and the Red Bull Alliance mobilized their armies to seize the treasure, while the Human Alliance prepared for war.
• Human Alliance leaders debated whether to yield or fight, then agreed to seek help from Green Field City and discuss sharing the treasure.
• Lu Yuan learned that the underground discovery might be Mythical-level, but Old Cat confronted him about keeping it for himself.
• Yunhai City soldiers asked Lu Yuan to shelter and relayed Li Chunhong's request to speak with him.
• Lu Yuan recalled Green Field City's delegation to the Green Field Knight as its members watched the smoke and glow rising from the fissure.
• Old Cat ordered Green Field City’s forces to protect Human Alliance lives and property and mediate the conflict.

Lu Yuan learned that his victory had broken the idea of gods and might allow faith to create Acquired Mythicals, then spent three years recovering and preparing for the Supreme Artisan Competition. He brought his family and Human Alliance acquaintances to New Century Fortress, where he explained the Buzhou Alliance’s advanced technology and encouraged them with the Northern Frontier’s industrial potential.

• The Great Crystal Person and a Bat Person explained why Lu Yuan’s victory and individual identity gave him unusual advantages, while Turtle Gu Zi described how faith had once produced Acquired Mythicals.
• The Weaver chose to examine the changes in its soul and return to sleep, and Lu Yuan promised Old Cat he would still enter the Supreme Artisan Competition.
• Three years later, Lu Yuan toured the Kuxi Great Desert with his parents and Lu Qingqing, discussing their new lives and his upcoming competition.
• Lu Yuan traveled with his family and Human Alliance acquaintances, including Li Chunhong and Professor Edward, to New Century Fortress for a civilization conference.
• Lu Yuan showed the visitors the Buzhou Alliance’s antigravity fortress and described the high cost and industrial demands of building its engines.
• Lu Yuan told the Human Alliance leaders that the Northern Alliance could potentially develop the population and industry needed for similar technology.

The Underground Alliance chose a forging match to demonstrate its value to humanity, and Artisan Master Lu Lun faced Artisan Master Lu Yuan. As they prepared to compete, Lu Yuan explained that civilization’s fortune could shape a craftsman’s work, but personal fortune mattered more.

• The Ancient Insect agreed to help the Underground Alliance if disaster struck, then fell asleep as its condition worsened.
• Lu Lun volunteered for the second wager match, and the Alliance agreed to risk its national treasure rather than conceal its strength from humanity.
• The humans and the Underground Alliance waited nearly a day before Lu Lun arrived with apprentice craftsmen to face Lu Yuan in a forging contest using Inferior Level materials.
• Lu Lun asked Lu Yuan why he could forge powerful weapons but not other tools, and Lu Yuan attributed his specialization to the Underground Alliance’s need for weapons.
• Lu Yuan told Lu Lun that personal fortune mattered more than the fortune of civilization.

Lu Yuan learned that an S-rank Idealistic presence may be lurking in the Snake People Palace, then discovered a demon’s abandoned corpse and feared the immortal demon had possessed someone in Green Field City. He began monitoring the city, but could not tell whether anyone was possessed.

• Lu Yuan joked with Old Cat about the Blue Roc Civilization’s wager and told him not to start a war.
• Lu Yuan read a translated Blue Roc novel before the three King Insects returned from scouting the Snake People Palace.
• King Insect Lu Da reported that an inactive S-rank Idealistic presence had terrified the scouts, and showed Lu Yuan distorted images of the palace and its vacant-eyed snake people.
• Sky Fortress and the Valley Locusts brought Lu Yuan the corpse of a ten-meter stone-bodied creature that had once been possessed by a demon.
• Lu Yuan realized the demon might have revived and possessed someone, transferred his soul into the Greedy Demon God, and monitored everyone in Green Field City without finding a way to identify possession.

Lu Yuan helped Seashell become an Innate Mythical using Profound Yellow Qi, then returned to Green Field City as humanity celebrated his awakening and recovery. As he settled into a quiet routine, he read about the new generation and discovered several remarkable latent God's Skill users.

• Lu Yuan persuaded Seashell to become an Innate Mythical, and she accepted his offer of Profound Yellow Qi.
• Seashell absorbed the Profound Yellow Qi beneath the Life Tree and formed inside a growing crystal egg as her God's Skills began merging with her bloodline.
• Lu Yuan left Seashell to develop safely, publicly announced his awakening, and received visits from humans and diplomats.
• Lu Yuan resumed teaching and visiting the Innate Mythical Sea Snail Miss, who was slowly growing inside the egg.
• Lu Yuan read a report listing latent God's Skill users and was astonished by the exceptional abilities of children including Zhou Kong, Zhou Mingwen, and Zhou Sirui.

Lu Yuan and Seashell witnessed Di and Hui give their newborn daughter to the Green Field Civilization’s plan, then refuse to enter Green Field Paradise. The High Priest attacked Di to force the couple to surrender their spirits, revealing a mysterious threat at the ceremony’s final moment.

• Di and Hui chose not to flee with their child, deciding they could not betray the Green Field Civilization, and agreed to die after giving her to the civilization.
• The Green Field People and invited outsiders entered Flower Buds to upload their consciousness into Green Field Paradise, while the newborn’s soul was sealed inside a pale blue gem.
• After everyone else entered the virtual world, Di and Hui stayed behind to witness the god’s birth and refused the High Priest’s order to enter Green Field Paradise.
• The High Priest insisted their spirits were necessary and attacked Di with golden lightning, prompting Di to shield Hui and their daughter’s Soul Gem.
• Di demanded to know who the High Priest was, while the High Priest grinned and told him not to ask so much.

Lu Yuan found an Epic Level dress in the Boundless Realm and, excited by the prospect of looting more inheritances, set out with Solomon and the Black Shadow Demon to search its sealed rooms. After killing another monster and recovering valuable metals, they continued their search for Hero Remains while Solomon warned that the realm remained extremely dangerous.

• Lu Yuan discovered Cicero's Elegant Dress, an Epic Level item, and let the Black Shadow Demon wear it for protection.
• Lu Yuan renewed his determination to search the Boundless Realm for treasures and recruited Solomon and the Black Shadow Demon to help, promising them a share.
• Solomon explained that following a Bloodline Curse would be the best way to locate the Hero Remains, and he left behind a device to detect its arrival.
• Lu Yuan opened another Bronze Door, killed the octopus-like monster inside, and recovered a valuable mass of Legendary-grade metals.
• Lu Yuan and Solomon discussed dividing the metals, then continued toward the next room as Lu Yuan's mental energy drained in the dangerous realm.

The Lize Civilization announced plans to open its Safe Zones and build Sky Cities, prompting humanity to confront how far behind it had fallen. Diggedit pressured the cities he controlled to prepare for war, while Old Delhi’s leader discovered a possible defect in a key defense system.

• Li Chunhong joined a meeting where Governor Lyon announced that the Lize Civilization would open its Safe Zones in the second half of the year and build Sky Cities.
• The Lize representatives revealed their armed Floating Fortresses and said they would rely on the Opium Poppy Tree’s Dream Ability to communicate after leaving their Safe Zone.
• Diggedit berated the officials of ten dominated cities and ordered them to speed up their preparations, threatening to sacrifice the slowest city to gain power against the monster.
• The leader of Old Delhi inspected the Tabi High-Tech Production Base and urged its workers to develop a Floating Fortress despite corruption and shortages.
• A subordinate warned the Old Delhi leader that the Low Temperature Resistance Glyph Protection System might fail to meet standards, but he judged the displayed figures to be acceptable.

After Insectoid scouts found evidence of the Human Mother Civilization, Lu Yuan prepared a diplomatic mission and publicly discussed his hopes and concerns about meeting his birthplace. The Insectoid Legion then located a heavily guarded urban cluster hidden in a basin, leaving Lu Yuan's search poised for its next step.

• Old Cat told Lu Yuan that scouts had found a bottle in the Kuxi Desert bearing a familiar production date, and Lu Yuan sent Insectoids to search for the Human Mother Civilization.
• Old Cat advised Lu Yuan to bring his relatives to Green Field City and let Yunhai City govern itself, while their government announced the discovery and drew millions of volunteers.
• Lu Yuan told a television interviewer that he missed his parents, Younger Sister, and former life, while arguing that Green Field City's culture and institutions were superior to those of the Mother Civilization.
• Lu Yuan and his companions used Professor Hai Zhiyun's artificial intelligence to select a diplomatic team and prepared the costly Green Field Knight for the expedition.
• Elite Insectoids reported finding a hidden urban cluster in a basin, where yellow sand and white mist concealed the cities and extensive surveillance made further reconnaissance risky.