Chapter Summaries

After Sky City’s successful trial voyage, Lu Yuan’s civilization earned the City Builder milestone and a Magic Cube Level Energy Converter that could collect Idealistic Energy. The chapter ended with the city preparing to leave the desert the next morning while its residents celebrated.

• Lu Yuan announced that Sky City would set sail toward the coast the next morning, and a voice awarded the civilization the City Builder milestone and 5,000 Milestone Points.
• A lightning strike delivered a Magic Cube Level Energy Converter, which Lu Yuan appraised and ordered the King Insects to move to the Opium Poppy Tree’s warehouse.
• Shamo and Sha Kaner told Lu Yuan that the Shali Clan had completed three milestones, prompting him to estimate that Human 18th Civilization had earned roughly 58,000 Civilization Points.
• Lu Yuan held a free public celebration, sharing food as residents cooked, ate, and joked together.
• Seashell fed Lu Yuan a stolen chicken drumstick, while the Undying Giant Turtle later noticed one was missing and Old Wolf fled under suspicion.

Lu Yuan joined forces with the Lize soldiers trapped in the limestone cave and used mint, fruit, and his Different Dimension to help them resist the monster. He taught them Extraordinary Tinder and received a small gift of minerals, while the Lize learned that their branch’s Tinder had already died.

• Lu Yuan met Ka Erfu and Taduo’s Lize soldiers, returned Li Lai’s booklet, and considered how to improve their chances of survival.
• Governor Lyon urged the Lize leadership not to assume Lu Yuan’s arrival would defeat the monster, while Taduo asked Lu Yuan for ways to protect the group.
• Lu Yuan gave the Lize soldiers mint and Ka Pu Fruit, and their belief that the items helped them feel clearer and made some Scarlet Eyeballs close.
• Lu Yuan led the group to a large boulder, set up a tent, and activated his Different Dimension to shield everyone from the monster.
• Lu Yuan began teaching the Lize soldiers Extraordinary Tinder, and Taduo learned through telepathy that the Seventh Branch’s Tinder had died.
• The Lize leadership promised to honor the survivors if they returned with the Tinder, and Taduo offered Lu Yuan a box of minerals and other accumulated items.

Lu Yuan used Astral Wind inside the Blood Gluttony Bag to slaughter the Infinite Qi powerhouses who had entered to kill him. As his life force drained and the bag neared bursting, he comprehended the Greedy Demon God’s heart of the strong and continued fighting.

• Lu Yuan discovered Astral Wind’s overwhelming destructive power but realized that it consumed his life force, and he considered ways to fuel or improve it.
• Outside the Blood Gluttony Bag, the Evil Dragon Emperor persuaded the sixteen Infinite Qi powerhouses to enter by promising to take them to the New World and binding the promise with the Mythical Oath Seal.
• The sixteen entered the bag, where Lu Yuan pretended to be weakened before unleashing Astral Wind and killing several of them.
• The remaining powerhouses repeatedly betrayed those who stepped forward to attack, while Lu Yuan used Astral Wind to overcome their defenses and destroy their souls.
• Lu Yuan comprehended the heart of the Greedy Demon God as he continued his assault, and the Blood Gluttony Bag swelled to a kilometer in size, close to bursting.

After losing contact with Lu Yuan, Yunhai City’s leaders planned to strengthen defenses and use supernatural abilities to search for him. His younger sister Lu Qingqing joined a team that linked their dreams, beginning the first attempt to locate him.

• Li Chunhong and the Yunhai City officials kept the Safe Zone active, resolved to rebuild industry and weapons, and agreed to treat Lu Yuan as alive while using God's Skill to find him.
• Professor Zhang warned Li Chunhong that food shortages might force weaker cities to deactivate their Safe Zones, and Li Chunhong promised to consider taking in talented refugees.
• Li Chunhong learned that Lu Qingqing had awakened Dream Induction and assigned her to the Pathfinding Plan with locator Li Lan and Dreamwalker Han Yue.
• Li Lan explained the mission to Lu Qingqing and Han Yue, then offered them priority access to the Extraordinary Tinder inheritance and their choice of university and major if they found Lu Yuan.
• Lu Qingqing wore her brother's clothes while hypnotists put her and Li Lan to sleep, and Han Yue eventually connected their dreams for their first search attempt.

After enduring a storm, Lu Yuan learned more about his attributes and planned to seek knowledge in the Civilization Ruins while securing food. His scavenging brought him useful tools and supplies, and he ended the day facing an old, sickly one-eyed wolf.

• Lu Yuan collected and boiled rainwater, then considered how to use spider parts for poison, needles, and fish traps.
• A new notification let Lu Yuan observe creature attributes, and he saw that his own four innate abilities came with an Extraordinary Level of 1.
• Lu Yuan decided to prioritize finding food while the Civilization Ruins' writing remained undeciphered, then set out scavenging the next morning.
• Lu Yuan found an intact storage bin, a sturdy vine, a heavy axe, a toolbox, glass containers, and plastic buckets.
• Lu Yuan buried two skeletons, one large and one small, before encountering an old one-eyed Pangu Gray Wolf whose attributes he observed.

Solomon told the Boar Demon and Stone Demon why he believed Lu Yuan and the Turtle Civilization could help their civilizations advance, and urged them to promote Field Industrialization. Lu Yuan returned to Green Field City with the Shield of Life and news of a way to extend his old comrades’ lives, while Old Cat demanded humanity’s share of his spoils.

• Solomon explained that the Turtle Civilization was a major power and argued that Lu Yuan’s achievements, artisans, and wealth made him worth relying on.
• Solomon urged the Boar Demon and Stone Demon to promote Field Industrialization, warning that the Ninth Era was short and their civilizations needed a historic opportunity to resist the Era Disaster.
• Lu Yuan returned to Green Field City, put the Black Shadow Demon into the Qiankun World, and told Little Mirage Dragon that he would soon make it travel the world.
• Lu Yuan gave Seashell a Shield of Life, and Old Cat confronted him about sharing the treasures he had acquired during his three-year absence.
• Old Cat reported that Green Field City was developing steadily, that the Octopus Aberrants were remnants of a Level Four Civilization, and that the ruins’ artificial intelligence had broken down.
• Lu Yuan greeted his aging companions and promised that he had found a way to extend their lives by sending them into the Turtle Temple.

Lu Yuan and Old Cat negotiated with the mirror demon while testing what it knew and wanted. After agreeing to trade a bowl of rice for glyph teachings, Lu Yuan considered the demon’s motives and eyed the resin treasures, but he and Old Cat remained wary of approaching the sealed ghost and demon.

• Lu Yuan and Old Cat discussed his failed adventure and used the Farsight Cornea to convince the Undying Giant Turtle that he had killed powerful anomalies.
• The mirror demon warned Lu Yuan that the sealed ghost could escape and destroy the civilization outside, then offered knowledge and power in exchange for food.
• Lu Yuan agreed to give the mirror demon a bowl of rice for basic glyph teachings, while questioning its motives and learning from the turtle that it had previously fed the demon an anomaly’s hand.
• Lu Yuan and Old Cat pretended to dismiss the deal and considered gathering the resin scattered around the room to pressure the demon.
• Lu Yuan hesitated to enter the room for the resin, and Old Cat suggested he use a pole to poke around near the sealed ghost and demon.

Five hundred years after the outside world began changing, civilizations across Pangu Continent developed along sharply different paths. In Yunhai City, Li Chunhong announced that humanity was ready to open the Safe Zone, and the chapter ended with citizens preparing to vote and the military conducting final checks.

• The Di Ge Civilization celebrated becoming a Level Three Civilization but debated how to address its shortage of God's Skills and its inability to seize them from others.
• A northern civilization discovered ruins linked to the Borderless Gate but halted exploration because it lacked the strength to investigate the dangerous realm.
• Two Steam Age civilizations in eastern Pangu Continent fought a devastating war that would end only with one side's extermination.
• Yunhai City evacuated residents into shelters as the Safe Zone's opening approached, while Li Chunhong explained that humanity had spent five years preparing for the dangers beyond it.
• Li Chunhong called on citizens to vote on lifting the Safe Zone, then ordered a final inspection of Yunhai City's weapons, heating systems, and Floating Fortress.

Lu Yuan befriended the drought-stricken Shali Clan and learned about their origins before agreeing to spar with their strongest warrior, Sha Kaner. Lu Yuan discovered that Sha Kaner possessed several teachable abilities and defeated him in a brief exchange, leaving the Shali People to reckon with his strength.

• The Shali Clan accepted Lu Yuan’s oranges and gave him the elder’s feathered headband in return, then told him that twenty villages had been transported from their drought-stricken homeland into the desert.
• Lu Yuan explained that he had crossed the desert to search the ancient city for his ancestors’ treasure and knowledge, and warned the Shali People against migrating west.
• The Shali People saw Lu Yuan’s Chicken Snake and concluded that he must be stronger than the empire’s greatest expert.
• At the elder’s request, Sha Kaner challenged Lu Yuan to a spar, and Lu Yuan noticed that the Level 2 warrior had five supernatural abilities, including skills that might be taught to others.
• Sha Kaner attacked with his Iron Finger Seal and great strength, but Lu Yuan blocked his blows and kicked him into the air after Sha Kaner used Hardening.

Lu Yuan learned how civilization levels were classified and realized humanity was barely a Level One Civilization despite possessing a Sky City. After the city landed safely and its assets were inventoried, he prepared to trade what humanity could spare to build industrial capacity.

• Humanity’s inventory showed that most cities produced little Spiritual Charm, and craftsmen began practicing with reusable materials while saving rare resources.
• Lu Yuan learned that civilization ranks depended on technology and annual Spiritual Charm output, and that humanity’s Sky City did not make it a true Level Two Civilization.
• Sky City landed on a plain, and its systems remained mostly intact as citizens stepped outside and students began outdoor lessons near a river.
• Lu Yuan sent the King Bug to watch the students secretly and prevent them from being killed by predators.
• Old Cat brought Lu Yuan the completed asset inventory, which valued humanity’s tradable assets at roughly 1,000 units of Spiritual Charm.
• Old Cat warned Lu Yuan not to sell Painted Skin’s equipment because its leather could produce Mythical Equipment and exposing it could put them in danger.

Lu Yuan prepared a poisoned fish and a trap before entering the Fire Lizard’s territory, determined to risk his life in pursuit of supernatural power. Old Wolf stayed behind as Lu Yuan pushed the bait cart deeper into the canyon.

• Lu Yuan brought the 50-pound fish and his wolf companions to the canyon, where he had prepared a pit trap with steel spears, a vine net, and suspended boulders.
• Old Wolf tried to stop Lu Yuan from approaching the Fire Lizard, but Lu Yuan explained that his despair and desire for hope compelled him to face it.
• Lu Yuan shaved his hair and beard, then hid a Spider Venom Gland inside the fish and coated the trap’s spear tips with venom.
• Lu Yuan pushed the cart into the Fire Lizard’s territory while Old Wolf waited anxiously outside the canyon.

Lu Yuan and the people of Sky City successfully launched their ancient city, then completed a two-day test flight and landed near the villages. The city’s flight worked, but its immense weight meant its anti-gravity system had to remain partly active even on the ground.

• Lu Yuan ordered the civilians evacuated to nearby villages while the work groups prepared Sky City for takeoff.
• Lu Yuan began the countdown, and Sky City rose rapidly before its crew corrected the anti-gravity output and stabilized it.
• The evacuated villagers saw Sky City rise above the desert, and the people celebrated their success and the chance to leave the desert.
• Lu Yuan ordered the city to climb to 20,000 meters and proceed toward the villages as Shamo confirmed the generators and Power Grid were operating normally.
• Lu Yuan ordered inspections and a two-day official test flight, then Sky City descended and landed near the villages.
• The crew kept the anti-gravity system partly active because the ground could not safely bear Sky City’s full weight.

Lu Yuan fought Shu Huangfeng, the Golden-Clothed Rat King, while the Rat King weighed the risks of challenging a human civilization blessed with great fortune. The fight escalated as Lu Yuan revealed his spatial ability and Eternal Tinder, and it left Shu Huangfeng grabbing Lu Yuan after apparently catching him mid-attack.

• Shu Huangfeng used his Qi Observation Eye and realized Lu Yuan possessed terrifying fortune, but decided the Rat Rice Dam Civilization should fight rather than surrender.
• Shu Huangfeng summoned his Yellow Sand Domain and discarded his Blazing Fire Twin Swords, while Lu Yuan also dropped his weapon and received a stack of buffs from Seashell.
• Shu Huangfeng attacked at extreme speed, but Lu Yuan entered the Different Dimension and struck him with a powerful punch that deactivated Bronze Skin Stone Bones.
• Shu Huangfeng realized Lu Yuan's Tinder inflicted soul damage like an Eternal Tinder and regretted throwing away his Epic Level swords.
• Shu Huangfeng anticipated Lu Yuan's phasing maneuver, grabbed his arm after Lu Yuan reappeared, and tried to twist his shoulder into a joint lock.
• Lu Yuan laughed and said, "Perfect timing!!" as Shu Huangfeng restrained him.

Lu Yuan secretly reached the Man-Eating Flower and used his dagger to cut down a fruit-laden branch. After evading the awakened plant, he collected forty-two Rare-grade Natural Oddity fruits and a flower bud, then prepared to leave and feast.

• Old Wolf returned to howl for Lu Yuan, who continued digging toward the Man-Eating Flower.
• Lu Yuan reached the Man-Eating Flower and spotted its Strange Fruit of Life Force hanging high above the ground.
• Lu Yuan repeatedly threw his dagger to weaken a branch until it broke under the weight of snow and dropped its fruits.
• The Man-Eating Flower trembled and searched for its attacker, so Lu Yuan hid in the Different Dimension and waited for it to calm down.
• Lu Yuan gathered forty-two fruits and transferred a flower bud into his Storage Space.
• Lu Yuan celebrated after completing his objectives and declared that it was time to feast.

Lu Yuan chose the solitary Fire Lizard as his target for obtaining Extraordinary Tinder and spent two months preparing to hunt it. On his hundredth day in the wilderness, he caught the final bait and was ready to risk his life for a chance to return to the Extraordinary Path.

• After learning that killing a monster with Extraordinary Tinder could reignite his own path, Lu Yuan chose the Fire Lizard because it lived alone in a nearby rocky canyon and could breathe fire.
• Lu Yuan began preparing a deep trap with spears and nets, and set aside the Purgatory Demon Spider's Spider Venom Gland to poison the Fire Lizard.
• Over two months, Lu Yuan endured lonely, exhausting preparations while relying on his wolves for company.
• On his hundredth day, Lu Yuan caught a fifty-jin Big Black Fish, completing the bait he needed for the hunt.
• Lu Yuan wondered whether the Fire Lizard had Extraordinary Tinder and whether he could ever find other Human Compatriots, then prepared to face the hunt.

Professor Zhang Hui and other leaders discussed the Safe Zone’s time distortion and the supernatural dangers on Pangu Continent, then revealed that the cities’ meteorites had activated a Civilization Assistance Management Device. The device identified humanity as a branch civilization in the Ninth Era and listed milestones, including revoking the Safe Zone, before corrupted data left their meaning uncertain.

• Professor Edward explained that the Safe Zone blocked matter, accelerated time outside by a hundredfold, and could be revoked only by a population-wide vote, while Professor Zhang Hui added that some molecules could pass through.
• Professor Zhang Hui compared the Safe Zone to a safety declaration, and Li Chunhong asked the gathered civilizations to share information about Pangu Continent’s dangers.
• Leaders examined reports of a spreading supernatural phenomenon near Buenos Aires Sao Paulo and a contagious dandelion-like organism, while Li Chunhong and a colonel noted they had no nuclear weapons or means to build them yet.
• Professor Zhang Hui revealed that the cities’ meteorites had activated new functions and displayed information from a Civilization Assistance Management Device.
• The device identified the current civilization as Human Civilization—Branch * in the Ninth Era of Pangu Continent and listed milestones including becoming stable and revoking the Safe Zone, but its database was damaged.

Lu Yuan led the defense against the Mandala Empire’s Human Skin Monsters, killing their Emperor after it nearly parasitized him. With the threat still looming and nearly a thousand villagers missing, he ordered preparations for war and set out to return to the Lize Civilization.

• The Human Skin Monsters used their voices to influence the defenders, but Lu Yuan knocked out the crazed soldiers and fought the flying monsters alongside the Insectoid Warriors.
• Lu Yuan pursued the fleeing skin balloons, killed several with his dagger, and fought the Emperor after it used its ability to wrap around him.
• Lu Yuan resisted the Emperor’s mental attack, beat it while they fell, and used Different Dimension to land safely with the nearly dead monster.
• King Insect Lu Da reported that the monsters were dead except for the captive and one creature swimming in the lake, and Lu Yuan ordered Seashell to use the highest level of Dream Ability on his prisoner.
• Sha Sanli and Sha Kaner realized they had been deceived, while Lu Yuan grieved for the nearly thousand villagers who had left and might have died.
• Lu Yuan ordered an immediate war mobilization, placed Old Cat in charge, and announced that he would return to the Lize Civilization.

Elder Sha Sanjia led a desperate expedition to Sky City’s reservoir, where an alluring voice drew villagers toward a deadly “Ascension Ceremony” and Lu Yuan’s group raced past on a purple tricycle. After escaping the pursuing creatures with some water, the villagers were confronted by the tricycle again as Sea Snail Miss greeted them.

• Sha Sanjia led twenty-two villagers and eight camels toward the reservoir, warning them not to sleep or follow the voices calling them to the center of Sky City.
• The villagers resisted the temptation with Gold Needles, but Lu Yuan’s group burst from the Black Mist on a tricycle as monsters pursued them.
• The tricycle vanished in a gust of wind, and the villagers fled with partially filled containers while watching the purple creatures return to the fog with transformed Shali Clan members among them.
• A young villager succumbed to the call of the Ascension Ceremony, so the others tied him up and beat him until he came around.
• Sha Sanjia spotted the tricycle pursuing them again, and the villagers formed their Iron Bucket Formation before Sea Snail Miss stopped and greeted them.

Two years after Green Field City awakened, Sky City had grown into a prosperous, well-equipped settlement as it continued across the ocean. The city’s fishing crew found the deep sea growing shallower, suggesting they might soon reach the far side of the continent.

• Lu Yuan failed to forge lifespan-extending equipment, then watched artisan Li DaTie attempt to create Legendary Equipment after gaining mid-level inspiration.
• Sky City continued its voyage, and humanity celebrated its second Spring Festival amid the city’s rapid growth.
• The Coral Island Breeding Center opened, expanding marine farming and raising extraordinary creatures for resources.
• Humanity advanced its military and industry by adapting South Island Civilization technology, while developing lifespan- and spirit-enhancing medicines.
• Lu Yuan returned from a fishing trip with Grape Grass and noted that the ocean’s depth had fallen from ten thousand meters to about one thousand.
• The fishing team speculated that the shallower waters meant Sky City was nearing the far side of the continent.

Lu Yuan challenged a powerful Donkey-Head Zombie while people in Yunhai City watched through a communicator and experienced its attribute-draining domain. The monster attacked the communicator, cutting off contact and leaving the observers terrified by the threat facing Pangu Continent.

• Lu Yuan moved the communicator into an air raid shelter and warned that he could no longer send materials because he was about to challenge a powerful enemy.
• Li Chunhong and the others witnessed the black domain transmitted through the communicator, and Xiao Guo identified it as an ability that drained attributes until its victims died.
• Lu Yuan placed torches around himself, then left the cave carrying a shield and dagger as the observers watched in fear.
• A Donkey-Head Zombie teleported behind Lu Yuan and grabbed him, but he broke free, kicked it into the fire, and continued fighting while its domain weakened him.
• The Donkey-Head Zombie teleported near the communicator and attacked through it, prompting Wang Zhenhao to demand that the machine be shut down.
• The screen disconnected from the Meida Civilization, and the people in Yunhai City were left panicked by the danger they had witnessed.