Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan defeated Painted Skin with the Life Tree, but Seashell exhausted her soul power sealing the anomaly. After discovering Painted Skin’s hide was an Immortal Level treasure, Lu Yuan considered making Seashell clothes from it and wondered how to treat her without holding her back.

• The watching experts witnessed the Life Tree batter Painted Skin until it stopped fighting, and Old Cat told them they could join Sky City only as ordinary people.
• Lu Yuan emerged from his berserk state as black mist spread from his chest, but Seashell warned him to use Spirit Word before the Life Tree assimilated his soul.
• Seashell sealed Painted Skin’s weakened rule inside her Soul Gem and used Seal Resin, leaving her soul greatly diminished and in need of a long recovery.
• Lu Yuan inspected the devastated battlefield and found Painted Skin’s drained hide, which revealed its transformation, resistance, soul-nourishment, and immortality abilities at Immortal Level.
• Lu Yuan decided to make Seashell clothes from the hide to help her recover, while resolving not to ruin her future or become a scumbag.

During the month-long cold wave, Lu Yuan protected more than four hundred stranded people in exchange for studying their abilities, then returned to Green Field City’s treasure hunt after the weather improved. The Treasure Hunting Team discovered the survivors beneath the snow, beginning first contact between Human 18 Civilization and the local civilization.

• As the cold wave threatened the stranded warriors, several—including Grand Scholar Constantine and the city lords—gave Lu Yuan their God's Skills to study in return for Life Essence that kept them alive.
• After the cold wave lasted more than a month, Colonel Lu Ying led the expanded Treasure Hunting Team out to survey the frozen wilderness and collect extraordinary resources.
• The team found Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice and Essence of Snow before Lu Ying’s Treasure Hunting Eye led him to Lu Yuan, buried beneath the snow with hundreds of unconscious people.
• Lu Yuan explained that he had protected the people and studied their Extraordinary Abilities, and Lu Ying ordered the team to secure them and take them back to Green Field City.
• The Treasure Hunting Team summoned the Sky Fortress and transported the survivors, officially beginning contact between Human 18 Civilization and the local civilization.

Lu Yuan attacked the Bronze Coffin in the Imperial Mausoleum with Depleted Uranium Bombs while the Jin Family Five Brothers and the Sky Fortress evacuated children from the capital. The coffin’s occupant survived the first blast and fled underground, leaving Lu Yuan preparing to continue the bombardment as the rescue effort moved more than fifty thousand children.

• Lu Yuan sent the Sky Fortress to help the Jin Family Five Brothers transport children to safety, and they began evacuating babies from orphanages across the capital.
• Lu Yuan and Old Cat reasoned that the monsters kept children alive to raise them for the value of their Spirit Attribute.
• At the Imperial Mausoleum, Lu Yuan found a Bronze Coffin surrounded by a strange field and fired a Depleted Uranium Bomb at it.
• The first blast destroyed the coffin and its field, but a charred creature survived and crawled into an underground tomb, so Lu Yuan fired a second bomb and prepared more shells.
• The Jin Family Five Brothers sensed the radiation and hurried to load children aboard the Sky Fortress, which carried more than fifty tons as the rescue continued.

Lu Yuan strengthened the Twin Chinese Parasol Tree with Harvest Blessing, while Yunhai City recovered from Yao Drizzle’s attack and discovered that its remains could yield extraordinary materials. The chapter ended with the city’s people learning that a large piece of Yao Drizzle’s hide was Legendary Level+.

• Lu Yuan spoke with Lu Qingqing about their parents and her slow cultivation progress before she left.
• Lu Yuan used five Civilization Points to give the weakened Twin Chinese Parasol Tree Harvest Blessing, and he and Seashell judged that their civilization could now defeat Yao Drizzle.
• Yunhai City announced that a friendly city had supplied the weapon that repelled the anomaly, while soldiers and militia cleared snow and medical staff treated the mutated victims.
• The Twin Chinese Parasol Tree began absorbing Yao Drizzle’s bloodwater and rapidly grew new leaves, prompting scientists to bring it more bloodwater.
• Colonel Li Jun and Professor Zhang Hui examined Yao Drizzle’s remains and discovered that a carelessly cut piece of hide was Excellent Level, while the larger hide was Legendary Level+.

Lu Yuan received a dream beacon from his younger sister, Lu Qingqing, and followed it toward the Chinese Parasol Tree Dream Realm in Yunhai City. There, Lu Qingqing and the soldiers faced a hostile tree that rejected their efforts to tame it.

• Lu Yuan studied how craftsmen could make masterpieces from ordinary materials while linking the Life Tree and Opium Poppy Tree’s dream abilities to create Meta Paradise.
• A withered Chinese Parasol Tree leaf carrying Lu Qingqing’s plea reached Lu Yuan, who called Seashell and followed the beacon with the Opium Poppy Tree’s power.
• In Yunhai City, Lu Qingqing and Li Ran waited as soldiers tried to approach the Twin Chinese Parasol Tree, hoping to tame it and share its dream energy.
• Li Jun reached the tree, but it blasted him and the others away with a Gale Wind and warned them with a sinister shadow and falling temperature.
• The battered soldiers cursed the tree for refusing humanity’s help and limiting its support to a few Favored Ones.

Lu Yuan presented the survey of the rift, revealing that it contained many insectoid populations and valuable mushroom resources, but also powerful ancient creatures. As humanity evacuated during a volcanic disturbance, the insectoid populations erupted into a massive war that left Lu Yuan fearing the survivors would grow into poison kings.

• Lu Yuan reported that the rift trapped more than three hundred insect species, contained at least twelve insectoid populations, and held valuable fungi that could strengthen humanity and provide inspiration.
• A Ratfolk Artisan offered up to two hundred Spiritual Rhyme for each Naked Colorful Cap Mushroom, while Lu Yuan said the fungi were too deep and dangerous to retrieve yet.
• Lu Yuan argued that humanity should not abandon the rift because its resources could raise millions of people to Level 7, then ordered an evacuation when alarms signaled an underground disturbance.
• The military evacuated scientists and valuable equipment to Sky Fortress while drones entered the rift to investigate the rising magma and insectoid melee.
• Lu Yuan watched the insect populations fight amid magma, acid, poison, and collapsing terrain, and realized that the battle might leave a small number of survivors strong enough to surpass their original limits.

Lu Yuan brought six ancient outsiders to Green Field City, where they assessed humanity’s strength and fortune and met the Little Mirage Dragon and Ratfolk Artisans. As night approached, the Little Mirage Dragon volunteered to protect the Little Grotto-heaven, while the guests settled in to enjoy a feast.

• Lu Yuan welcomed the outsiders aboard his spacecraft and brought them to Green Field City before nightfall.
• The outsiders examined the Little Mirage Dragon and learned that humanity’s fortune could help it grow.
• The outsiders toured the city and Little Grotto-heaven, wondering how humanity had defeated Demon of the Ruined Control.
• The Little Mirage Dragon told Lu Yuan it could protect the Little Grotto-heaven that night, and he agreed to let it handle the defense.
• Rat Gongye introduced himself to the outsiders, and they bonded over their shared status as survivors from earlier eras.
• Humanity served the visitors a feast, and several outsiders wept with happiness as they ate.

Lu Yuan fought Bai Diao, whose time-based ability let him move at extreme speed and age anything he touched. After Bai Diao repeatedly switched into new controlled bodies to attack, Lu Yuan remained unable to keep up, and the battle continued with his life in danger.

• Bai Diao struck Lu Yuan with a time-powered punch that rapidly aged his arm, and Lu Yuan suspected the ability required contact.
• Lu Yuan spread Life Tree parasitic seeds over Bai Diao’s body, but Bai Diao abandoned that body and possessed another birdman with Myriad Bodies.
• Bai Diao’s new body dodged Lu Yuan’s attack and landed a punch that aged Lu Yuan’s face, while the birdman died after burning through his lifespan.
• Seashell, Old Cat, and the others watched from the Different Dimension, alarmed by the threat posed by Bai Diao’s ability.
• Bai Diao switched into more birdmen and repeatedly landed time-powered punches, aging Lu Yuan further as the fight continued.

Lu Yuan began writing the Greedy Demon God Forging Compendium to share his knowledge of fields and crafting with other civilizations. Meanwhile, the Ulan Clan leaders considered selling their Civilization Points to Green Field City to fund purchases, while keeping the Dwarf Clan as a bargaining alternative.

• Lu Yuan demonstrated his Iron Block Field and proposed documenting field research and other crafting knowledge in a treatise for craftsmen across civilizations.
• Lu Yuan outlined plans for the Greedy Demon God Forging Compendium, including research on materials, Reverse Entropy Elements, and fields, and invited other craftsmen to contribute.
• Lu Yuan argued that abilities and materials could be developed into fields, giving a Tinder Field and Iron Block Field as potential tools for improving the Northern Frontier.
• Members of the Ulan Clan examined Green Field City's goods and debated how their cities could afford purchases, including whether to jointly invest in a Floating Fortress.
• Grand Scholar Constantine explained that Civilization Points represented a civilization's accumulated output and that the Ulan cities could have points from previously completed milestones.
• Ta Gang, Dao Gu, and the others decided to ask Green Field City about buying their Civilization Points and to approach the Dwarf Clan if Green Field City offered too little.

Lu Yuan realized the Donkey-Head Monster had lured Mother Bear and Old Wolf’s family into Fire Lizard Valley to draw him in, so he returned home to prepare for a fight. He remained determined to rescue them despite knowing little about the monster’s abilities.

• Lu Yuan considered attacking the Donkey-Head Monster with a ballista but concluded that he would need to fight at close range.
• Old Wolf led Lu Yuan to a cliff, where they saw its wife, pups, and a pack of wolves walking into the valley.
• Lu Yuan realized the intelligent Donkey-Head Monster had taken the wolves as hostages to lure him into its miasma-covered territory.
• Lu Yuan calmed Old Wolf, resisted the urge to charge into the valley, and promised to help save its family.
• Lu Yuan returned home, found a fresh scent of decay, and assessed what little he knew about the monster before preparing for battle.

Lu Yuan used a burst of high-level inspiration to seek a way to strengthen the Greedy Demon God, then realized Little Mirage Dragon’s Z Element could reconcile conflicting Willpower Rules. He decided to use World Tree Essence to cultivate an organ that produced a similar Reverse Entropy Element, and began the process outside Green Field City.

• Lu Yuan brought Seashell home and spent hours trying to design a domain for the Greedy Demon God, but he could not find an answer that met his expectations.
• Several artisans experienced bursts of inspiration as the Blue Peng People adjusted to their civilization’s collapse, while Lu Yuan discussed the Greedy Demon God’s weakness with Rat Gongye and the other ratfolk.
• Lu Yuan connected Little Mirage Dragon’s ability to balance ice and fire with Z Element, identifying it as a Reverse Entropy Element that could stabilize conflicting Willpower Rules.
• Lu Yuan proposed creating an organ in the Greedy Demon God to produce a similar element, then traded Rift Mushrooms for World Tree Essence through the Immortal Palace.
• Lu Yuan borrowed Seashell’s spiritual power, buried himself beyond Green Field City, and had a vine devour the World Tree Essence so he could begin cultivating the new organ.

Little Mirage Dragon discovered that the fishmen might be preparing to attack humanity, while a microscopic Ant Chip infiltrated Green Field City’s computers and used the industrial network to poison its residents. Lu Yuan began evacuating the city as he weighed whether the crisis came from an anomaly or the South Island Civilization.

• Little Mirage Dragon realized the fishmen might be controlled and preparing weapons, then fled to sound the alarm.
• A tiny Ant Chip detached from the Biochemical Reactor, evaded detection, and infiltrated a computer connected to Green Field City’s internet.
• The Ant Chip compromised automated factories, which produced paralytic gas and pumped it into residential districts.
• Sea Snail Miss woke Lu Yuan with a premonition that humanity faced destruction, and he assembled soldiers to investigate.
• Lu Yuan’s team discovered that nearly half the city’s residents had been paralyzed and that surveillance records had been erased.
• Lu Yuan considered a natural disaster, an intelligent calamity-level anomaly, or an attack by the South Island Civilization, then ordered everyone to shelter in the Central Shelter.

Ancient Insect joined the Crystal People in establishing the Ninth Era Development Foundation and set out to support other civilizations. Meanwhile, Human 18 Civilization launched True Dream, welcomed Blue Roc Civilization elites, and began exploring how dream technology could advance humanity.

• Ancient Insect agreed to work with the Crystal People and the Underground Alliance, then founded the Ninth Era Development Foundation with them.
• Ancient Insect left the Underground Alliance to pursue opportunities, and members of the Slant-Eye Clan and Minotaur Clan hurried after him.
• Lu Yuan watched Little Mirage Dragon and the Undying Giant Turtle grow while Human 18 Civilization prepared to move most of its population into True Dream.
• Lu Yuan and Green Field officials gathered a million people, explained the dream plan, and introduced 5,000 Blue Roc Civilization elites led by Jin Bote.
• Human 18 Civilization placed 740,000 people in True Dream, where Lu Yuan tested its features and discussed dream science and a possible connection to Pangu Continent's World Will with Seashell.

Lu Yuan shared limited advice on advancing an Extraordinary Tinder, then caught up with Lu Qingqing and discussed long-distance communication. He frightened her with a staged Man-Eating Flower attack and spent half an hour coaxing her afterward.

• Lu Yuan described two ways to advance an Extraordinary Tinder while keeping the Spirit Devourer method secret.
• Lu Yuan privately contacted Lu Qingqing, asked her to find a reliable way to communicate, and learned Yunhai City was developing a Dream Seed.
• Lu Qingqing teased Lu Yuan about the teachers on his hard drive, and he turned the conversation around by lecturing her about dating and sex education.
• Lu Yuan staged a grotesque scene in which a Man-Eating Flower swallowed him and Old Cat, terrifying Lu Qingqing into screaming and falling to the floor.
• Lu Yuan revealed the prank and tried to reassure Lu Qingqing, but she remained angry with him.

Lu Yuan and the Green Field City researchers watched Seashell use Information Retrospection to reveal how the Source Fire Civilization prepared for the Era Disaster. The recovered memories showed that the civilization’s plan failed to protect it, and the disaster began as the Mirage Cloud Dragon and its caretaker watched a meteor shower fill the sky.

• Lu Yuan held a meeting where scientists took the Source Fire corpses for study, and Seashell presented historical images retrieved with her mirror.
• The recovered meeting showed the Source Fire Civilization learning that the Era Disaster was near and deciding to shelter inside the World Great Furnace while delaying its eruption.
• The Source Fire People devoted their resources to a vast sealing project, hoping the volcano’s isolation and power would help them survive until the next era.
• A second recovered image showed a winged caretaker warning the Mirage Cloud Dragon to hide in the crater and describing her uncertainty about the future.
• The caretaker photographed the Mirage Cloud Dragon as she sang, then a meteor shower appeared and the Era Disaster began.

Lu Yuan investigated reports of demon remains and suspected a natural disaster had infiltrated the city, prompting a secret search for the possessed. After another demon shell was found in a giant lake, he realized the region might hold repeated demon deaths and rebirths, leaving the threat unresolved.

• Lu Yuan asked Hai Zhiyun to secretly use the supercomputer cluster to search the city's population for anomalies and warned her not to alert anyone.
• Lu Tiantian explained that completed possession was difficult to detect and suggested testing suspects with a sudden mental attack, while Lu Yuan worried about harming innocent people.
• Lu Yuan told Sea Snail Miss to hide inside the Opium Poppy Tree and search for suspicious targets as Hai Zhiyun's analysis continued.
• Old Cat and the diplomats began friendly preliminary exchanges with the Blue Roc Civilization and discussed the Snake People Palace, which both groups believed offered a way out.
• A Scout Sickle reported a huge bat-like corpse in a lake, and Lu Yuan sent Little Mirage Dragon to retrieve it.
• Lu Yuan identified the corpse as an ancient, worthless demon shell and concluded that the lake's low elevation explained why demon remains accumulated there, while he remained unsure whether one demon or many were involved.

Lu Yuan ordered a cautious reconnaissance of a nearby civilization and prepared a mobile Floating Fortress for contact, wary of the danger posed by technological warfare. The team discovered a vast coral settlement inhabited by fish people, and ended by noticing that the reef appeared to move across the water.

• Lu Yuan suspended Sky City's drift and sent the Flying Brigade to locate the other civilization while warning them not to provoke it.
• Lu Tiantian and Shamo argued against wager matches, and Lu Yuan agreed that humanity lacked the protection needed to risk a war.
• Lu Yuan approved launching the Floating Fortress as a mobile headquarters for external contact, and a thousand soldiers and experts were selected.
• The Reconnaissance Team reported finding a coral-dwelling civilization five hundred kilometers away, hidden by a deliberately created bank of clouds and mist.
• Lu Yuan and the others studied photographs of the fish people and their immense reef, and a soldier noticed that the coral's position had shifted.

Lu Yuan prepared Human 18 Civilization and the Insectoid Legion to survive the anomaly near the Snake People Palace, while arranging for Green Field City to cooperate with the Blue Roc Civilization. The palace then moved to the grassland’s center, where Mandala Flowers spread and drove the animals into a mass exodus.

• Lu Yuan ordered the humans to prepare for collective hibernation and told the Insectoid Legion to put most of its forces to sleep, leaving only a small number awake.
• Professor Shamo reported that Green Field City had descended to five hundred meters, and Lu Yuan ordered it to move slowly toward the Blue Roc Civilization while keeping its concealment inscriptions active.
• Lu Yuan rejected the idea of attacking the Blue Peng People, arguing that war could make the anomaly target them and that the two civilizations should cooperate while maintaining a safe distance.
• Green Field City began moving toward the Blue Roc Civilization, and both civilizations launched hovering satellites to monitor the danger.
• On the fifth day, the Snake People Palace moved to the grassland’s center, and Mandala Flowers spread across the soil, beginning a great animal exodus.

Lu Yuan escaped the Serpentfolk Nether and brought Jin Bote, other Blue Peng People, and the Undying Giant Turtle back to Green Field City. He rested while humanity prepared the Dream Network and fortified the city, as the war remained unresolved.

• Lu Yuan returned to Quincy City, rescued Jin Bote and other Blue Peng People from the pit, and bound the Undying Giant Turtle before carrying them toward Green Field City.
• Hai Zhiyun warned that the injured Serpentfolk Nether was racing toward Quincy City, and Lu Yuan used Different Dimension to hide from it while fleeing.
• The Serpentfolk Nether rampaged across the wilderness but ultimately turned back toward Quincy City, allowing Lu Yuan to reach Green Field City with the captives and turtle.
• Lu Yuan released the Life Tree and expanded Different Dimension around the inner ring of Sky City, then entered a semi-dormant state to recover.
• Seashell hypnotized Lu Yuan so he could sleep, while Green Field City’s staff worked through the night to build a stronger Dream Network to affect the monster.

Lu Yuan taught humans in several civilizations the Lotus Ignition and Acupoint Resonance methods, while Yunhai City discovered that jade artifacts contained Mind Energy. After his first contact with Human Civilization left him reflecting on his fading memories, Lu Yuan searched the archives for information about the Donkey-Head Monster, a threat that could still attack him.

• Chalu questioned why he had to learn from Lu Yuan, and the High Priest told him Lu Yuan was a guide appointed by God.
• Lu Yuan taught the Acupoint Resonance Method and explained how to identify Mind Energy crystals from the Meida Civilization.
• Zhang Hui showed Li Chunhong several jade artifacts, and Yunhai City's talented people confirmed that they contained Mind Energy.
• Lu Yuan ended the lesson after the great iron sphere acknowledged that the listeners had received it.
• Lu Yuan tried to embrace human rituals but reflected on how his memories of ordinary life had faded.
• Lu Yuan remembered the Donkey-Head Monster could attack and searched the Data Center archives for information about it.