Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan led a team to reclaim the Green Field Civilization’s city and preserve its heritage while the villagers established a new settlement. As they explored, they found fragile clothing, repairable textile machines, and hostile insects, while Lu Yuan revealed that Seashell’s insect eggs could become allies.

• The villagers began farming near the reservoir, gathered supplies, and watched as the Undying Giant Turtle helped plow the fields.
• Secretary-General Old Cat reflected on the need for rules and systems as Lu Yuan led more than a hundred militiamen into the city to recover the Green Field Civilization’s heritage.
• Lu Yuan introduced Seashell as the civilization’s last survivor and reminded the militiamen that she had saved their lives during the battle with the Opium Poppy Tree.
• The teams found thousands of fragile silk garments and textile machines, and Lu Yuan ordered the clothes collected and planned to repair the machines.
• Militiamen killed a centipede-like insect, and Lu Yuan explained that the insect eggs in the city belonged to Seashell and could help defend their civilization.
• Lu Yuan praised Guo Weiqiang’s bravery, then told the group to establish a system of rewards and punishments based on ability and performance.

Lu Yuan learned about the Green Field Civilization and planned a cautious long-term campaign of exploration and farming. The next morning, he tended to his animals and collected an egg from the Chicken Snake.

• Sea Snail Miss read Lu Yuan bizarre poetry from the Green Field Civilization, and Lu Yuan learned that the civilization was called the Green Field Civilization.
• Seashell showed Lu Yuan a map marking the Great Monastery, the Great Science Museum and library, and the city center where the Opium Poppy Tree had stood.
• Lu Yuan weighed the dangers of exploring the city center, counted his limited ammunition, and said he would plant the Life Tree, clear farmland, and explore gradually.
• Lu Yuan modified his tricycle by installing a Little High Cannon and two light machine guns.
• The next morning, Lu Yuan greeted the Chicken Snake, covered her head, and took an egg while she was guarding her clutch.

Li Jun reached Extraordinary Level 3, while Yunhai City and other human settlements struggled to develop resources and prepare to fight the Yao. Zhang Hui learned that contacting the missing Lu Yuan remained difficult, but Li Ran proposed using the Twin Chinese Parasol Tree’s dream ability to reach him.

• Li Jun completed tests showing that his Light Screen could block small-caliber bullets, then left to challenge the Twin Chinese Parasol Tree after reaching Level 3.
• Zhang Hui exchanged updates with representatives from other cities, learning about their uneven progress in distributing Extraordinary Tinder, rebuilding industry, and preparing weapons against the Yao.
• Zhang Hui told Li Chunhong that Li Jun had broken through, but they had received no news from Lu Yuan.
• Li Ran explained that Lu Yuan had not been heard from since returning to the Lize Civilization and leaving with weapons, and that thirty years had passed in outside time.
• Li Ran suggested using a Milestone Reward to contact Lu Yuan through the Twin Chinese Parasol Tree, whose Twin Dream Realm let people connect with it in dreams, though only a few Dream Ability Users had established a connection.

A strange spring appeared at the Snake People Palace, driving the Snake People to eat Mandala Fruit, age rapidly, and dissolve in its water. When a fragrant rain began falling, it triggered the same irresistible urge in Lu Yuan and nearby creatures, leaving him scrambling to get everyone to safety.

• A Long Rainbow appeared above the Snake People Palace, and a clear spring filled a dried-up fountain as the satellites were disrupted by Idealistic Radiation.
• White mist spread through the city, prompting the Snake People to eat Mandala Fruit, reproduce, age rapidly, and leap into the spring, where their bodies vanished.
• Lu Yuan and the others watched as more than half the Snake People population entered the water, while the remaining Snake People appeared to drink from it before nightfall.
• After a strange rain began, Lu Yuan felt compelled to seek the spring, and the Undying Giant Turtle started drinking the rainwater and running toward the palace.
• Lu Yuan used Gas Masks to resist the rain’s influence, subdued the rampaging Flying Dragon, and ordered everyone to hold their breath and take shelter in the Grotto-heaven.

Lu Yuan fought through the Mist Demon’s curse and the coordinated attacks of three demons, capturing all of them alive with the Eternal Tinder. The turtlefolk watched in astonishment as he proved his overwhelming strength and craftsmanship, leaving Gui Wu to ask what they thought of their new Demon Sect Leader.

• Lu Yuan searched the mist, endured a curse triggered by an infant-shaped stone, and used Hurricane to map the mist and locate hidden demons.
• A Blood Demon, a Soundwave Demon, and the Mist Demon attacked Lu Yuan together, but he resisted their powers while tracking them with Hurricane.
• Lu Yuan exploited the Blood Demon’s intangibility weakness and sealed it with the Eternal Tinder, then located and captured the Soundwave Demon.
• Lu Yuan used the Blood Demon’s power through a crafted leaf to trace the Mist Demon’s curse and capture it, bringing all three demons under control.
• The turtlefolk marveled at Lu Yuan’s victory and craftsmanship, and Gui Wu asked them what they thought of the new Demon Sect Leader.

After the Human Alliance agreed to give Green Field City most or all of a mythical item in exchange for aid, Old Cat prepared a major deployment to support them in the gamble fight. Green Field City's forces marched out as the Red Bull Alliance and Yan Snake Civilization turned their attention toward humanity.

• Lu Ying told the Human Alliance leaders that Green Field City had only one light-curtain use remaining, and the leaders discussed the gamble fight and the Alliance’s fragile unity.
• Moke Hochul offered Green Field City an eighty-percent stake, while New York City offered to trade its entire stake for knowledge and wealth; Old Cat promised to deploy troops without mentioning the mythical item.
• Old Cat ordered a force including the Great Mirage Dragon, powered armor, spacecraft, and more than four hundred thousand insects to assemble, then led them toward the battlefield.
• The Red Bull Alliance and Yan Snake Civilization deployed their Flesh Puppets, Giant Snake Armor, and other forces, and both chose to target humanity first.
• The Human Alliance leaders watched anxiously as the two enemy civilizations’ fortresses disrupted the battlefield, while Green Field City’s soldiers waited for their reinforcements.

Lu Yuan and his allies searched for the Advanced Ruins while the Insectoid Legion fought to hold off the enemy. After Lu Ying nearly destroyed his soul to locate the ruins, Lu Yuan led a team into a deep-sea spaceship, where they found signs that the true culprit waited behind a sealed door.

• Lu Ying forcibly fused the Explorer's Eye with his Treasure Hunting Eye, locating a deep-sea ruin before his eyes burst and his soul suffered severe damage.
• Lu Yuan ordered the Sky Fortress to support the Insectoid Legion and took Sha Kaner, two other soldiers, and Little Mirage Dragon to the ruins.
• Little Mirage Dragon carried them through the dark ocean to a glowing structure eleven thousand meters below the surface.
• Lu Yuan's team discovered a massive Flying Saucer embedded in the ocean floor and entered through a hole in its hull.
• The team followed strange signals through the waterless interior until a Hume Instrument detected supernatural fluctuations beyond a heavy metal door.

Lu Yuan learned that the Ancient Races had taken the Lize Civilization’s Blood Brick and were pressing civilizations to restore the Blood Sacrifice Rule. At the Lushu gathering, the civilizations faced a year to decide whether to accept a plan that promised rapid strength but threatened mass slaughter.

• Taduo told Lu Yuan that the Ancient Race had taken the Lize Civilization’s Blood Brick, and Lu Yuan warned that it could represent the civilization’s bloodline and legitimacy.
• Humanity strengthened its defenses and learned from Taduo that more civilizations were pledging allegiance to the Ancient Races and that revived beings from Weaver’s Mucus were causing trouble.
• Lu Yuan and Taduo visited the Lushu Clan’s trading market, where the Lu Shu Elder said the Ninth Era might end within two thousand years and the Ancient Races wanted the Blood Sacrifice Rule restored.
• The Lu Shu Elder explained that restoring the rule could greatly increase blood-sacrifice benefits and accelerate civilization development, while risking widespread slaughter.
• Taduo and the leader of the Three Moons Civilization questioned the plan, but the Lu Shu Elder warned that refusal would be dangerous and demanded an answer at the Buzhou Gathering one year later.

Lu Yuan visited humanity’s newly leased small world, where officials were restoring its bloodline-dependent crops and developing valuable resources. He reunited with Old Cat, learned humanity’s postwar wealth and future revenue were soaring, and ended the chapter lamenting that he had no money of his own.

• Lu Yuan entered the Evil Dragon Clan’s barren small world with Seashell and learned that its rare plants depended on ancient bloodlines that had largely disappeared after the war.
• Lu Yuan reunited with Lu Tiantian and the researchers in Green Field City, where they explained their efforts to propagate Dragon Grape Rice and cultivate other valuable plants.
• Lu Yuan learned that Dragon Grape Rice could generate substantial revenue, while Dragon Crystal Trees and Falling Blossom Bloodwood offered valuable materials for shields and willpower protection.
• Seashell suggested that Lu Yuan use Ling Yan’s abilities to farm his own world, and Lu Yuan asked Lu Tiantian to give him plants once mass production began.
• Lu Yuan toured the developing small world with Girl and complained to Seashell that he had no money to embezzle.
• Old Cat arrived, embraced Lu Yuan, and reported that humanity was worth one million Spiritual Charms and expected annual fiscal revenue above ten thousand Spiritual Charms.

Lu Yuan secured the Ancient Insect as a powerful ally for humanity’s looming conflict with the Ancient Races, promising it a share of the Greedy God Temple’s profits. The Ancient Insect arrived at the Buzhou Ruins with a small insect army, where Green Field officials welcomed it as a major reinforcement.

• Lu Yuan learned that the Turtle Civilization would send limited reinforcements in seven to ten months but would not reveal its strongest technology or command its supported civilizations.
• Lu Yuan recruited the Ancient Insect by offering it a share of the Greedy God Temple’s profits, and the Ancient Insect agreed to fight after deciding the rewards were worth the risk.
• The Ancient Insect regenerated its Immortal-level horn, transformed into a Golden Scarab, and agreed to let the Civilization Support Foundation manage its earnings.
• The Ancient Insect gathered more than twenty King Bugs and over a thousand breeding insects, while Lu Yuan promised Green Field City would provide food for a growing army.
• Lu Yuan and the Ancient Insect traveled to the Buzhou Ruins with the insect warriors, where Green Field officials and military leaders welcomed the powerful ally.

As the ghost raced toward Quincy City, Jin Bote rallied the Blue Roc Civilization to unite their minds in a Dream Network while Royal Guard pilots launched a desperate nuclear attack. The Hydrogen Bombs destroyed the aircraft and the surrounding land, leaving the Blue Roc Civilization’s fate seemingly erased.

• Lu Yuan and the scientists determined that the ghost was heading for Quincy City at extraordinary speed.
• Jin Bote urged the Blue Roc People to drink Rainwater and connect their consciousnesses through a Dream Network, using a Mandala Fruit to resist the ghost’s influence.
• Royal Guard soldiers insisted on fighting, and Major General Cassini led five fighter jets carrying Hydrogen Bombs toward the ghost.
• The ghost destroyed four aircraft and missiles detonated short of their target, prompting Cassini to manually activate his high-yield Hydrogen Bomb.
• Cassini’s Hydrogen Bomb and the falling nuclear weapons triggered massive explosions that leveled the battlefield and consumed the Blue Peng People pilots.

Lu Yuan subdued the Chinese Parasol Tree in Yunhai City's Dream Realm and introduced himself to the frightened people there. After they realized he was Lu Qingqing's older brother and the friendly force they had contacted, they greeted him and began to recover from the encounter.

• Lu Yuan used Domination to subdue the Chinese Parasol Tree, letting the people in the Dream Realm absorb its energy.
• Lu Yuan appeared before the group, but Li Jun mistook his blurred, vine-backed form for an anomaly and ordered everyone to flee.
• Lu Yuan bound Li Jun and explained that he was Lu Yuan, while soldiers recognized his words and recalled the dream letter.
• Lu Qingqing confirmed she had sent two Chinese Parasol Tree Leaves, and Lu Yuan said he had received only one.
• Li Jun introduced himself as Yunhai City's first Extraordinary Level 3 warrior, and Lu Yuan released him and asked whether he was injured.

Lu Yuan asked scholars to discuss Human Civilization’s weaknesses and next technologies, prompting debate about AI, fusion, and the capabilities of other civilizations. They agreed to prioritize the Space-Time Tide Harmonization Conversion Combination, which could improve the accumulation of fortune.

• Hai Zhiyun argued that Human Civilization should expand weak AI to monitor finances and support fairer judicial decisions, while stronger computing capacity could aid industry and interstellar development.
• Hai Zhiyun explained that controllable nuclear fusion required the lost aether fiber conductor material used by the Source Fire Civilization, and that reconstructing it demanded more computing power.
• Hai Lanlan urged Human Civilization to strengthen its Level Three Technology foundations, which currently consisted of Spirit Speech Superposition Technology and Harvest Blessing.
• The scholars discussed the Source Fire Civilization’s volcano-control technology and the Green Field Civilization’s lost technologies, noting that control of Pangu Continent’s Earth Vein Power might develop into Level Four Technology.
• The group chose research into the Space-Time Tide Harmonization Conversion Combination as their first priority because it could increase the civilization’s fortune accumulation efficiency.

Lu Yuan investigated the tower’s seal and watched the ruin aliens use a civilization’s Blood Brick in a ritual that appeared to invoke a Bloodline Curse. He discovered Solomon and another demon arguing over their plans, then saw two more demons arrive near the tower.

• Lu Yuan used a strand of Eternal Tinder on the writhing flesh, making its agonized faces vanish.
• A pangolin delegation traded its Blood Brick for 66,500 Value Points, and the ritual caused the imprisoned flesh to convulse and the pangolins to bleed.
• The old Snake Person suspected the sealing ritual was a Bloodline Curse that harmed relatives and friends, while Lu Yuan questioned why World Will had not intervened.
• After the pangolins and ruin aliens departed, Lu Yuan spotted Solomon and a Black Shadow Demon inspecting the tower under a barrier that blocked surveillance.
• Solomon argued that demons should use civilization-building to escape Pangu Continent, while the Black Shadow Demon mocked his concern for ordinary civilizations.
• A crystalline stone-like demon and a towering, tusked boar-like demon arrived, bringing the gathering near the tower to four demons.

Lu Yuan fused Steel, Complete Spiritualization, and Hurricane into the new mythical ability Gale Wind while Ancient Insect and the others fought to protect him. After awakening and breaking free of a Mythical Blood Gluttony Bag, Lu Yuan faced the ancient powerhouses as his new power strained his body and soul.

• Lu Yuan endured the ancient powerhouses’ assault as his abilities began fusing, then lost consciousness while Gale Wind took shape.
• Ancient Insect and the demons defended Lu Yuan, and Headless Giant Xing arrived to block an attack as the Void Clan elder tried to kill him.
• Lu Yuan’s subconscious unleashed Gale Wind, suppressed the Void Clan elder’s ability, and killed him before the fusion completed.
• Lu Yuan awakened as the world recognized Gale Wind as a new myth, and his blood-red wind swept the enemies away; he also sent the mosquito corpse into the Qiankun World.
• The Blood Glutton Ancestor trapped Lu Yuan in the Blood Gluttony Bag, but Lu Yuan used Gale Wind to break its bindings and began tearing through it, forcing the other powerhouses to feed it more energy.

Lu Yuan’s people prepared to contact the approaching Blue Roc Civilization and negotiate over the Snake People Palace, while Lu Yuan stayed behind to protect Green Field City. The chapter introduced Blue Roc leader Jin Bote, whose city had been stranded on Pangu Continent for four years, as the two civilizations moved toward contact.

• Lu Tiantian proposed sending an electromagnetic greeting to the unknown civilization and letting it decide whether to propose a duel.
• Lu Yuan ordered a Floating Fortress and a delegation to establish contact, prioritizing escape from their predicament while insisting they retain leadership if the civilizations were comparably strong.
• The military and diplomats set out with Source Fire Mechas, equipment, and gifts, while Lu Yuan remained in Green Field City with the Greedy Demon God and Old Cat joined the mission in a Puppet Mecha.
• Jin Bote, the Fourth Prince of the Blue Roc Civilization, angrily lamented that Quincy City had been stranded on Pangu Continent for four years.
• Jin Bote recalled how he had restored order after a rebellion, investigated five Civilization Ruins, and developed supernatural science that let part of Quincy City float.
• Jin Bote inspired Quincy City’s residents with a speech about developing their idealist abilities and possibly returning to their home planet.

Lu Yuan showed his allies the Qiankun World's growing reserves, including the insect race, innate plants, and newly born dragons, while discussing how its resources could help civilizations in the future. After inspecting the world’s creatures and reflecting on its cycle of life and death, Lu Yuan and Seashell prepared to return home.

• Lu Yuan visited the insect nest, praised the insects’ progress, and told the insect kings to alert him when valuable new insects evolved.
• Lu Yuan and his allies inspected giant innate plants, and Old Cat learned that the White Lotus and other treasures could provide valuable materials and extend Lu Yuan’s lifespan.
• Lu Yuan discovered a White Cloud Dragon beside Big Gold and teased Big Gold about its companion before Old Cat proposed studying the dragon’s bloodline.
• Lu Yuan’s group visited the Turtle Temple, where they saw Old Wolf leading a wolf pack and learned that several creatures had evolved through its influence.
• Lu Yuan explained that accelerating time in the growing Qiankun World had become too costly and discussed the Yin World’s fading existence with the aliens.
• After the aliens departed, Lu Yuan and Seashell played with the two dragons before preparing to return home.

Diggedit used Yao Drizzle to destroy London City and headed for Paris City, while Yunhai City uncovered his Domination plot. The revelation spread among the surviving cities, triggering panic and unrest as Yao Drizzle continued its advance.

• Diggedit ordered Yao Drizzle to attack London City, where the president failed to launch the nuclear weapons and the city was destroyed.
• Diggedit fed corpses to Yao Drizzle in an attempt to Dominate it permanently, then chose Paris City as the next target.
• Yunhai City's leaders and Professor Zhang Hui investigated London's lack of resistance and suspected that the leaders of other cities had been Dominated.
• A Sydney City pilot described how his city had become authoritarian and forced its people to work and open the Safe Zone.
• Zhang Hui and Li Chunhong connected the events to the Domination ability and identified Diggedit as the likely mastermind.
• Yunhai City broadcast warnings about Domination to other cities, provoking panic, coups, and desperate attempts to find the Dominated as Yao Drizzle approached.

After months of studying glyphs, Lu Yuan created concealment and reinforcement marks that helped his companions cross the Great Desert unnoticed. They discovered a gigantic, long-dead monster tree crawling with insects, and as they prepared to leave, an unknown voice asked to travel with them.

• Lu Yuan woke after a month of intense study, realized he had forgotten to give his companions water, and then created Stealth and Sturdy Glyphs for their tricycle, clothes, and weapons.
• Lu Yuan and his companions entered the Great Desert at night and relied on the glyphs to avoid the many powerful insects fighting across the sands.
• Lu Yuan's Explorer's Eye revealed a three-thousand-meter-tall dead tree whose lingering emotions were absorbed by the Eternal Tinder.
• Lu Yuan and his companions concluded that the anomaly monster had died over two thousand years earlier and left the insect-infested corpse behind as they changed direction toward Sky City.
• As the group prepared to leave, an unfamiliar voice asked the travelers to take it with them.

Lu Yuan searched the ruined city for food, encountered dangerous creatures and a giant Man-Eating Flower, and found a shelter whose mechanical door he opened using Pioneer's Eye. The chapter left him poised to enter the shelter in hopes of finding food or survivors.

• Lu Yuan found a broken trash can, drove off a horned leopard by throwing a soda can, and kept his distance from a huge insect nest.
• Lu Yuan discovered a giant Man-Eating Flower and watched it seize and devour a bird, then left without obtaining its fruit.
• Lu Yuan picked up 42 foul-tasting berries and swallowed them despite their awful flavor because he was starving.
• Lu Yuan found extensive city ruins, uncovered a gold necklace, and left it behind because he could not carry the extra weight.
• Lu Yuan chose a large, sturdy building that he suspected was a shelter and opened its mechanical door with the code Pioneer's Eye revealed.