Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan and the others explored a Level Five Civilization ruin, where they learned that civilizations could earn Value Points by helping reinforce a seal containing an Era Disaster. Humanity refused to provide blood or malice for the sealing process, leaving Lu Yuan wary as the Octopus People angrily urged them to participate.

• The group examined the ruin’s advanced technologies and discovered that even valuable Level Four and Level Five items cost far more Value Points than civilizations could ordinarily earn.
• Lu Yuan learned from Solomon that the Ata Gang Civilization had negotiated a way to earn more Value Points by contributing to a secret task within the ruin.
• Solomon led the group to a sealed portion of the Era Disaster, where the Octopus People explained that a civilization’s history could help reinforce the seal.
• The Octopus People offered Value Points in exchange for every citizen’s blood sample or, through a less effective method, collected civilizational malice stored in a crystal ball.
• Lu Yuan decided humanity would gather information from other civilizations before accepting, and Guo Dafeng confirmed that the Octopus People’s anger appeared genuine.

Lu Yuan set out for Quincy City with Old Cat and the Undying Giant Turtle to rescue Jin Bote from a Nether. After arriving amid the Nether’s soul-attacking darkness, he decided to lure it away while the turtle dug through the ruins.

• Lu Yuan enlarged his body, gathered Spirit Speech Runes from Seashell, and set off with Old Cat and the Undying Giant Turtle.
• Lu Yuan used Space Blink to reach Quincy City, where the streets lay ruined beneath a spreading black mist.
• Old Cat identified Jin Bote’s likely location in the wreckage of an oval-shaped building three kilometers away.
• The Undying Giant Turtle warned Lu Yuan that the Nether attacked souls and could overwhelm them quickly.
• Lu Yuan proposed keeping the Nether occupied while the turtle drank Rainwater and dug Jin Bote out of the rubble.

Lu Yuan killed the remaining powerhouses trapped in the Blood Gluttony Bag, learned a little about the mysterious Fallen Ones and Abyssal Clan, then collapsed into a long sleep after securing their corpses and spoils. While he slept, the war against the Ancient Races continued for three years and nine months, ending in widespread destruction and fierce competition over the spoils.

• The remaining Infinite Qi wielders attacked the Blood Gluttony Bag and tried to escape, but Lu Yuan broke free, killed Blood Gluttony Ancestor, and slaughtered the fleeing enemies.
• The Ancient Insect and Xing joined the battle, while Evil Dragon Emperor begged for his life and warned Lu Yuan about the Fallen Ones, the Abyssal Clan, and the moon; Lu Yuan killed him anyway.
• Lu Yuan told Gui Wu to move more Ancient bloodlines to the rear base if the war was won, then returned to the Qiankun World with the corpses and Mythical Equipment before falling asleep beside the Life Tree.
• The war continued for three years and nine months as the civilizations breached the Ancient Races' small worlds, plundered their wealth, and sometimes fought among themselves over the spoils.

Lu Yuan demonstrated the power of becoming an Acquired Mythical, promised to share the knowledge behind Mythical Industrialization, and revealed part of the First Era’s history. After returning to New Century Fortress, he began explaining how becoming an Acquired Mythical changed his outlook and why ancient civilizations had declined.

• Lu Yuan announced his transformation, underwent tests that recorded his enormous size and Bloodline Power, and promised to make Mythical Industrialization materials public.
• Lu Yuan sent Li Datie into the Future Mirror to test whether a second Acquired Mythical could be created and began sharing his knowledge with the assembled leaders.
• Lu Yuan used mirages to reveal part of the First Era’s history, including the gray-robed people who promoted Infinite Qi and the suspected involvement of the gods.
• The Three Moons Civilization and the Neutrino Industrial Union discussed the revelations, the possibility of an approaching Era Disaster, and the failure of the Gear Civilization’s approach to compete with Mythical Industrialization.
• At New Century Fortress, Lu Yuan described the long-term perspective he had gained and said that the ancient civilizations declined mainly because of flaws in their system.

Lu Yuan learned that the Hou Tu Civilization might still be alive on the moon and resolved to advance the fight against God. After claiming the Era Fortress, he rallied the civilizations of the Ninth Era to prepare for the battle to retake the moon and develop technology tied to the World Will.

• Lu Yuan learned that the Nether Clan’s name could weaken God’s hold over Pangu’s Nirvana fruit, and that the Hou Tu Civilization had survivors on the moon.
• Lu Yuan recalled the Rubik’s Cube taken from the White-Haired God and suspected it was connected to the traitors.
• The Gear Civilization explained that the Seventh and Eighth Eras had fled to the Chaos Sea to nurture a stronger World Will for the Ninth Era.
• Lu Yuan emerged from the Hibernation Pod and announced that he had obtained the inheritance rights to the Era Fortress and would entrust its management to the Buzhou Alliance.
• Lu Yuan declared that the Starry Sky Port would support the battle to retake the moon rather than serve as an escape route.
• Lu Yuan urged the civilizations to cooperate, jointly study the port, and develop Idealistic Technology connected to the World Will and Aether Spirit-Core Network.

Lu Yuan accompanied Green Field City’s gifted children at the artisan evaluation and watched them learn from the knowledge competition’s top young artisan. He then discovered that Old Cat had secretly entered him in the Advanced Artisan Evaluation, where his old paper earned him first place and drew intense attention during his interview.

• Lu Yuan explained to the children how artisans from different civilizations earned respect and described the evaluation process and Humanity’s allies.
• Zhou Sirui scored 323 and Bei Tai scored 443 in the knowledge competition, then studied You’s first-place paper and resolved to work harder.
• The Advanced Artisan Evaluation results named Lu Yuan first with 942 points, though he had not known Old Cat submitted his work.
• Old Cat told Lu Yuan he had entered him to secure alliance funding, and Lu Yuan agreed to take part in the interview.
• Lu Yuan confirmed that he had independently written an old paper about Legendary Equipment and Civilization Fortune.
• Lu Yuan explained how he had forged Legendary Equipment without inspiration, astonishing artisans across the Meeting Rooms.