Chapter Summaries

The Mother Bug mourned Di, watched the insects win a devastating three-month war, and then tried to take revenge on the dying Opium Poppy Tree. Seashell calmed it long enough for Lu Yuan to explain her need for a body, and the Mother Bug swallowed her infant body, a Life Fruit, and part of the Demon Spirit Essence before producing a tiny patterned fruit.

• The Opium Poppy Tree wounded the grieving Mother Bug, which refused to fight back and buried Di beside the home where its children had been born.
• The Mother Bug stood by Di's gravestone for three months while the insects won the war at enormous cost and survivors cocooned to evolve.
• The Mother Bug moved to kill the dying Opium Poppy Tree, but Seashell called to it through the Starry Sky Conch and briefly calmed it.
• The Mother Bug became hostile again, prompting Lu Yuan to teleport Seashell away; Seashell's voice then stopped it from pursuing them.
• Lu Yuan explained that Seashell needed a physical body, and the Mother Bug swallowed her infant body and a Life Fruit.
• At Seashell's urging, Lu Yuan gave the Mother Bug Demon Spirit Essence; it ate half, its belly swelled and burst, and a tiny patterned fruit rolled out.

Lu Yuan transferred his soul into the Life Tree to escape the limits of his human body, then struggled to move and communicate while adjusting to his new form. He contacted every Human City to share important information, leaving the leaders waiting for him to speak.

• Lu Yuan transferred his soul into the Life Tree and back into his human body, discovering the tree could hold his soul without the same ability limit.
• Lu Yuan learned to move the Life Tree with its roots, fell over, and used the Man-Eating Flower to swallow and spit out his human body while arguing with Old Cat.
• Old Wolf emerged from a cave, howled about its ruined body and abandoned harem, and joined Lu Yuan's group as they headed toward the volcano.
• Lu Yuan entered the sinkhole, cleaned and dressed his soulless human body, and called every Human City through the communicator.
• Lu Yuan told the connected representatives that he had important information and ordered them to be quiet.

Lu Yuan learned more about the Rat Rice Dam Civilization’s decline and heard Shu Huangfeng explain the value and history of a nearby Time Lock sinkhole. The ratfolk grew eager to befriend Lu Yuan after discovering he had killed the anomaly inside it, and the gathering ended with both civilizations sharing stories about Legendary equipment.

• Shu Huangfeng described the ratfolk’s stagnant population, dependence on Spiritual Essence, and need to trade, then offered Lu Yuan a premium for future human-made goods.
• Shu Huangfeng urged Lu Yuan to excavate a mountain containing a Time Lock sinkhole, explaining that it could preserve supplies and contain anomalies.
• Shu Huangfeng and the other purple-clad ratfolk reacted with shock when Lu Yuan revealed he had killed the anomaly guarding the sinkhole, and Lu Yuan recounted the battle while concealing the Life Tree’s role.
• Shu Huangfeng explained that Time Locks had been used to evade Era Disasters and that their occupants reemerged weak after the locks’ energy ran out.
• Lu Yuan considered whether humanity might one day choose the ratfolk’s survival strategy, while Shu Huangfeng said his people hoped to endure until future eras.
• The ratfolk and humans discussed the Rat Rice Dam Civilization’s five Artisan Masters and their past creations, and Lu Yuan showed them his Donkey Head Mask.

Lu Yuan welcomed Lu Qingqing and her companions into Meta Paradise, where they met Seashell and explored his vast dream world. He learned that Li Jun and the researchers had improved Extraordinary Tinder cultivation methods, though their work had already been surpassed by Lu Yuan’s decades of teaching.

• Lu Yuan invited Lu Qingqing and the others to visit him, and Li Jun transferred their spirit bodies into Meta Paradise.
• The group saw Lu Yuan’s enormous Life Tree and met Seashell, whom Lu Yuan introduced as his wife from the Green Field Civilization.
• Lu Yuan guided the visitors around Meta Paradise, where they tested simulated physical attributes and sampled virtual extraordinary fruits.
• Li Jun told Lu Yuan that the researchers had improved Extraordinary Tinder cultivation methods, and Lu Yuan realized their findings were outdated.

Lu Yuan defended Green Field City's Field Industrialization and offered to teach its forging techniques freely, then revealed his myth-level artisan achievements to persuade the Northern Frontier's civilizations. Rock Fist Shen Lu challenged him to create a field without Reverse Entropy Elements, unaware Lu Yuan had already made Farmer No. 1 without them.

• Lu Yuan announced that Green Field City would freely teach Field Industrialization and invited Northern Frontier artisans to study the Spirit Plant Field technique.
• Rock Fist Shen Lu accused humanity of seeking free labor, and Lu Yuan argued that civilizations needed to forge new paths rather than rely only on the Gear Codex.
• Lu Yuan declared himself strong enough to teach everyone and listed his achievements, including creating the Primal Myth of the Ninth Era.
• Rock Fist Shen Lu apologized after recognizing Lu Yuan as a Great Grandmaster, then wagered his life on Lu Yuan producing a field without Reverse Entropy Elements.
• The gathered humans and Blue Peng People realized Lu Yuan had already created Farmer No. 1 without Reverse Entropy Elements.

After reaching a vast flower-filled dryland, Lu Yuan suspected that the river concealed a Safe Zone and tried to attract its inhabitants’ attention. During a lucid dream, he entered the hidden zone and saw an empty alien city, leaving him unsure whether he was dreaming.

• Lu Yuan emerged from the Primeval Forest, admired the flower fields and waterfall, and rested beside the river with Old Cat and Old Wolf.
• Old Cat noticed that the river’s course and color seemed to change, and it suggested that a hidden Safe Zone might be nearby.
• Lu Yuan studied the river and displayed a damaged Metal Ball in hopes of prompting the hidden civilization to contact him, despite Old Cat’s warnings about danger and slow responses.
• Lu Yuan gathered wild vegetables and fish, cooked a meal, fed nearby marmots, and went to sleep wearing Leoric’s Mask.
• Lu Yuan’s consciousness crossed a rainbow-like barrier in a lucid dream and saw a silent alien city with pyramid towers, statues, fields, and a complete river.

After 52 years of growth, Lu Yuan showed the expanded Green Field City to Seashell and welcomed the Underground Alliance as they took possession of their new city. He rejected their invitation to remain in the fissure, choosing to set out on the 30th of next month, and the chapter ended with the civilizations sharing a banquet before their paths diverged.

• Lu Yuan rode Little Mirage Dragon over Green Field City and surveyed how the city and its inhabitants had grown over 52 years.
• Lu Yuan received the Underground Alliance’s delegation of more than five thousand people and escorted them as they inspected their newly built city.
• The Slant-Eye Clan Grand Elder urged Lu Yuan to stay for the fissure’s future harvests, but Lu Yuan said humanity would leave on the 30th of next month to seek a greater world.
• Lu Yuan explained that humanity could not grow complacent or let the next generation mistake the world for a peaceful place, while the Underground Alliance considered the costs of giving up its income.
• At the banquet, the Minotaur Chieftain vowed that his people would eventually set out, and Rat Gongye urged everyone to seize the moment; Lu Yuan grew drunk and sad about when they would meet again.

Lu Yuan agreed to explore the Lize Civilization’s other cities in exchange for their helicopter and the chance to find anomaly corpses, while the Lize leaders resolved to dismantle the Safe Zone and advance toward the Pangu Continent. The Undying Giant Turtle revealed that the Lize people’s ancestors had been captive egg-laying slaves, but the civilization chose to ignore its account and hold on to their shared resolve.

• Lu Yuan agreed to visit the other cities after Moxi offered him their wealth and arranged to dismantle a helicopter for transport.
• Lu Yuan asked about a nearby active volcano because he wanted to seek the materials needed to evolve his Eternal Body into an Eternal Tinder.
• The Lize leaders pledged to dismantle the Safe Zone within five to ten years and restore their ancestors’ glory.
• The Undying Giant Turtle claimed that blue-skinned, big-headed beings had imprisoned it and that the Lize ancestors had been bred to lay eggs for it to eat.
• The Lize people ignored the turtle’s revelation and repeated their pledge, while Lu Yuan and Old Cat laughed at the awkward scene.

Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ying led students on a solo wilderness treasure-hunting exercise to teach them self-reliance, but the children’s confidence collapsed when they lost contact with Sky City. After the soldiers brought them back, Lu Ying scolded them for failing to check their equipment, and the class learned how vulnerable a person was alone in the wilderness.

• Jin Dongliang watched the students receive Flying Snakes and argued with Rat Gongye about whether the experience class would help them.
• Lu Ying led the students off Sky City on their Flying Snakes, and Hai Peng admired the city before it vanished behind clouds.
• Hai Peng discovered that he had forgotten his Shell Earphones and could no longer contact his classmates as he descended into the wilderness.
• Hai Peng landed in tall grass, panicked when he could no longer see Sky City, and was knocked down after trying to disturb his tired Flying Snake while it ate.
• The soldiers retrieved the frightened students after a day and a night, and Lu Ying rebuked them for neglecting to check their backpacks.

Lu Yuan and Old Cat escaped the purple creatures emerging from the Flower Buds, but their runaway tricycle headed straight into a group of travelers. The chapter then introduced the Shali Clan’s desperate search for water in a five-year drought, led by Sha Sanjia toward the ruins of Sky City.

• Lu Yuan resisted the Flower Bud’s temptation and saw the High Priest’s enormous, flaming eye sockets in the purple mist.
• As purple creatures poured from the flower buds, Old Cat, Lu Yuan, and Seashell fled with the Undying Giant Turtle on their tricycle.
• Old Cat’s smoke bombs briefly confused the pursuing monsters, while Lu Yuan celebrated their escape and scolded the turtle.
• Lu Yuan discovered that the tricycle’s brakes had failed as a group leading camels approached the reservoir, and the travelers panicked at the sight of them.
• Sha Sanjia led twenty armed young men and several Bactrian camels from the Shali Clan to Sky City in search of water.
• Sha Sanjia’s team found that the nearby pond and canal had dried up, while powerful monsters controlled most remaining water sources.

Lu Yuan negotiated with Rat Rice Dam Civilization to trade Lize Civilization’s dangerous Seal Resin for Epic Level goods, then warned the lizard people about its risks. He agreed to take away the sealed ghost’s head and later retrieve its limbs, leaving Lize Civilization to divide the lucrative trade supplies.

• Old Scholar Rat Person suspected Lize Civilization had a ghost and urged the rat people to flee, but Lu Yuan explained the Earth Mother Goddess and negotiated a Seal Resin trade.
• Old Scholar Rat Person convinced the rat people that Seal Resin could be stored and resold profitably, and Shu Huangfeng offered Epic Level goods for it.
• Lu Yuan received Rat Rice Dam Civilization’s price list and found that many of its listed items had originally been forged by humans.
• Lu Yuan presented the offer at a Dream Conference, and Lize Civilization eagerly discussed selling its Seal Resin while Lu Yuan cautioned them about the danger.
• Governor Moxi asked Lu Yuan to warn Lize Civilization before the ghost’s head broke free, and Lu Yuan agreed to take its spaceship away and later retrieve its sealed limbs.

Lu Yuan learned about Turtle Civilization’s long history and the limits of civilizations on Pangu Continent, then studied a failed turtle egg to develop his Vegetable Garden plan. Through the egg’s memories, he witnessed the hatchling Bixi hide from an Era Disaster until it died inside its shell.

• Number 286 explained that Turtle Civilization had once reached Level Six and described how Level Five, Six, Seven, and Eight Civilizations differed.
• Lu Yuan considered using the Qiankun World to help forge a small life-supporting world, then found a rotten turtle egg that had become a Legendary Level Natural Oddity.
• Number 286 explained that the egg had belonged to a jing named Bixi, whose hatching coincided with an Era Disaster.
• Lu Yuan entered the egg’s memories and saw Bixi’s fellow hatchlings reach the sea while Bixi stayed inside its shell, frightened by the disaster.
• Bixi waited for the disaster to end but starved to death without ever seeing the outside world.

Duke Magmette and the Ratfolk Artisans watched Lu Yuan fight the Gui and discussed humanity’s strength, the danger of the Gui, and the Blue Roc Civilization’s future. Their conversation ended when signs suggested a Gui had reached Green Field City.

• Duke Magmette watched Lu Yuan rescue the Blue Peng Prince and learned from Rat Gongye that defeating a Gui required carefully sealing every fragment.
• Rat Gongye contacted Rat King Shu Huangfeng, who reacted with alarm when he heard that Lu Yuan had survived an encounter with a Gui.
• Rat Gongye warned Shu Huangfeng that Lu Yuan might have carved Seal Resin from his own flesh, and the king told him to caution Lu Yuan against revealing the ability.
• Magmette and Shu Huangfeng discussed the humans’ strength, the Blue Roc Civilization’s prospects, and the danger of the approaching Era Disaster.
• The lights flickered and the temperature fell as a Ratfolk Artisan announced that a Gui seemed to have come to Green Field City, prompting Shu Huangfeng to end the call.

Lu Yuan killed a juvenile Purgatory Demon Spider in the ruins and earned a unique milestone, despite nearly losing his life to the creature. He received a Storage Space ability and 5,000 civilization points, then wondered whether God had bugged out again.

• Lu Yuan dodged the Purgatory Demon Spider’s ambush by entering the Different Dimension, then attacked it with his Serpent Scale Axe because he was starving.
• Lu Yuan pinned the spider down and struck it repeatedly until it stopped moving, then decided its meat could be eaten.
• God announced that Lu Yuan’s civilization had achieved the Ninth Era First Hunter milestone by killing the high-level extraordinary lifeform, the Purgatory Demon Spider.
• Lu Yuan realized the spider was only a juvenile and suspected God had bugged out by awarding him the milestone so early.
• God granted Lu Yuan the Storage Space ability and awarded his civilization 5,000 milestone points, while Lu Yuan complained that he wanted a combat ability.

Lu Yuan charged through the monsters in Green Field Paradise to reach the Ascension Ceremony and save Seashell before she died. He fought his way to within one hundred meters of the ceremony site, still searching for her.

• Lu Yuan fired the Little High Cannon to alert Seashell while Old Cat and the Undying Giant Turtle drew the monsters' attention.
• Lu Yuan raced through the Flower Buds, using Seal Resin Smoke Bombs to disrupt the monsters as he headed for the ceremony site where Seashell was likely held.
• A Grand Elder attacked Lu Yuan with a hundred-meter Long Rainbow, but Lu Yuan blinked past him and knocked him away with a Rising Dragon Kick.
• Lu Yuan used a monster as a shield and charged through the dense tide, while the Little High Cannon and the Undying Giant Turtle helped divert the pursuing monsters.
• The Undying Giant Turtle was surrounded, giving Lu Yuan a chance to drink mixed juice and continue toward the ceremony site; he had one hundred meters left and enough mental energy for one more Space Blink.

The revived Ancient Race warriors turned on one another when Xing opposed restoring the Blood Sacrifice Rule, and he challenged the Evil Dragon Emperor to battle. Though the Ancient Insect supplied Xing with a weapon, the Dragon Emperor exploited Xing’s failing strength and shattered his legs, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Seventeen ancient warriors revived, learned that their races had vanished, and were urged by the Evil Dragon Emperor to restore the Blood Sacrifice Rule.
• Xing condemned blood sacrifice, killed an Ancient Race member, and burned the body to prevent the others from consuming its Blood Qi.
• After the Dragon Emperor challenged him, Xing attacked with a stone axe and shield, but the Dragon Subduing Mace destroyed both weapons.
• The Ancient Insect gave Xing Insect Steel, which he forged into a new axe and shield before resuming his fierce duel with the Dragon Emperor.
• Xing’s strength failed without blood sacrifice, and the Dragon Emperor smashed his legs with the Dragon Subduing Mace.

Lu Yuan left the defense of Sky City to seek out the enemy commander, hoping to stop the attacks threatening the Opium Poppy Tree. With Old Cat and Seashell accompanying him, he flew toward the Mandala Empire aboard Sky Fortress, preparing for the unknown battle ahead.

• As aerial monsters dropped fuel onto the Opium Poppy Tree, Lu Yuan decided to infiltrate the enemy rear and kill whoever was directing the attack.
• Old Cat volunteered to accompany Lu Yuan, and Seashell offered to enter her Soul Gem so she could help him resist mental interference.
• Lu Yuan visited the Central Shelter, reassured the commanders, and promised Old Wolf he would play with it after the war.
• Lu Yuan placed the Brilliant Spirit Crystal on Seashell's forehead leaf, then teleported to the insect warehouse and summoned Sky Fortress and an Invisible Insect.
• Lu Yuan used Domination to ride Sky Fortress toward the Mandala Empire, while Old Cat helped him prepare a Depleted Uranium Bomb and he considered Seashell's immense spiritual power.

Lu Yuan discovered how to use Earth Vein Power to fuse his Eternal Body and Extraordinary Tinder, then prepared to test the method near a volcano. He lay on Hot Dry Rock wearing the Fire Lizard Set as its High Temperature Resistance ability began to activate.

• Lu Yuan and Lu Qingqing joked after he explained his transformation, while Old Cat admitted that bullying the Sacred King had made it feel alive.
• Lu Yuan's group traveled by speedboat to the volcano, where he searched for a way to fuse his abilities.
• Lu Yuan's group caught an Extraordinary Volcano Rat, and Old Cat secretly followed it back to its burrow to observe how it recovered.
• Old Cat reported that the rat absorbed Earth Vein Power by resting on Hot Dry Rock, and explained that High Temperature Resistance acted as a catalyst.
• Lu Yuan found Hot Dry Rock, put on the Fire Lizard Set, and lay on the scorching stone as the Extraordinary Tinder stirred the set's High Temperature Resistance.

Lu Yuan told the Shali Clan that they could choose whether to stay in Sky City or leave, and the community split over whether to follow him toward Human Civilization or rebuild their clan. Most skilled workers and God's Skill Users chose to stay with Lu Yuan, while about three thousand prepared to leave.

• Lu Yuan announced that Sky City belonged to Sea Snail Miss and gave the Shali Clan a choice between staying and leaving; Old Cat approved of screening the population.
• Lu Yuan inspected the nearly completed inner ring, where Shamo and the workers continued repairs and stockpiled supplies for their journey.
• Shamo rejected the elders' demand that he return to the Shali Clan, arguing that their ancestors would want them to improve their lives.
• Sha Kaner and Shamo offered their wages to support the elders' plans, while Sha Sanli urged everyone to respect each person's choice.
• The Shali Clan split, with roughly eight thousand following Lu Yuan and three thousand choosing to rebuild the clan; Lu Yuan wished the departing group well.

Lu Yuan endured a brutal siege while fusing [Steel], [Complete Spiritualization], and [Hurricane] into the new Mythical ability [Stong Gale]. After awakening, he broke free of the [Blood Gluttony Bag] and began overwhelming its user, while the ancient powerhouses struggled to contain him.

• Lu Yuan and the Ancient Insect were badly injured as ancient powerhouses bound them with [Mythical: Thousand Mechanism Threads] and attacked.
• Lu Yuan lost consciousness while his abilities fused, and the Ancient Insect fought desperately to protect him until [Xing] arrived and blocked the attackers.
• Lu Yuan's subconscious unleashed [Stong Gale], killing the Void Clan elder and swallowing part of the corpse before he completed the fusion and gained the world's recognition for creating a Mythical.
• Lu Yuan sent the rest of the mosquito corpse to the Qiankun World, where its vines absorbed the ancient bloodline.
• The Blood Glutton Clan Strongman trapped Lu Yuan inside [Mythical: Blood Gluttony Bag], but Lu Yuan used [Stong Gale] to break its restraints and began tearing through it as the others poured in Blood Qi.