Chapter Summaries

Li Aoz defeated Yuhelai in a brutal fight and revealed that he knew Yuhelai’s identity as Zhu Baiya and the Entropy Lord’s plans. The chapter ended with Li Aoz snapping Yuhelai’s neck.

• Li Aoz beat Yuhelai with repeated punches, then poured Ether Concoction into his mouth to regenerate him.
• Yuhelai recovered and attacked Li Aoz with his sharpened Decay Blade while raging about the planet’s coming destruction.
• Li Aoz identified the Entropy Lord’s threat and exposed Yuhelai as Zhu Baiya, provoking him into a final attack.
• Yuhelai’s blade seemed to cut Li Aoz in two, but Li Aoz used Castling to appear behind him and punch through his chest.
• Li Aoz crushed Yuhelai’s lung, pinned him down, and snapped his neck.

Li Aoz killed Yuhelai and gained a new hunting target, Hidden Society Gaia, before flying back toward the gathering site. He discovered the storm had changed direction and learned from Du Zexin that preparations for the passengers would take at least another hour.

• Yuhelai used Zonia's shadow to attack Li Aoz, but Li Aoz struck the shadow and Yuhelai with overwhelming force.
• Yuhelai died while declaring that he still wanted to claim the Black Whale, and Li Aoz crushed his head.
• Li Aoz's kill upgraded his title to Bronze Hunter and revealed Hidden Society Gaia as a concealed target.
• Li Aoz flew toward the gathering site, realized the natural disaster was following him, and called Du Zexin.
• Du Zexin told Li Aoz that the Biochemical Pool needed more time and radiators to keep the passengers alive in space.

Li Aoz returned to the settlement and transferred his consciousness from his failing implanted body into his original body while the Heavenly Ring People closed in. With their bombardment underway, he reunited with Alexia and teased Caramel Snail, who offered him necklaces in hopes of getting a discount.

• Li Aoz raced back to the settlement, where Du Zexin prepared to transfer his consciousness into his original body.
• Li Aoz completed the transfer as his implanted body, True, suffered Gene Overload and was destroyed.
• The Heavenly Ring People began bombarding the players’ defenses shortly after Li Aoz woke in his original body.
• Alexia hugged Li Aoz, then rushed to save Caramel Snail after a shell left him critically injured.
• Caramel Snail praised Alexia, then offered Li Aoz two necklaces while asking for a discount on his Aoneng rental fee.

Alexia gave Li Aoz a book on genetic engineering found at Surut Palace, and the system identified it as advanced knowledge. Li Aoz concluded that an outside civilization may have planted it on Azure Planet to provoke the Entropy Lord, leaving him wary of hidden forces watching the planet.

• Alexia handed Li Aoz a book titled "Genetic Engineering" that had been found in the workers' offices at Surut Palace.
• Li Aoz's system identified the book as advanced knowledge and offered to teach it to eligible learners for 12,000 experience points.
• Li Aoz realized the book's language and publication history showed that it had not originated on Azure Planet or come from the Fiennes Federation.
• Li Aoz connected the book's arrival before the Malefic Calamity to the Entropy Lord's later eruption and considered that Azure Planet might have been deliberately framed.
• Li Aoz decided the planet's early move into space had exposed it to shadowy civilizations and forces that could threaten its future.

Li Aoz learned the advanced knowledge of Genetic Engineering as Alexia reflected on humanity’s dream of spaceflight and urged him to carry Azure Planet’s hopes into the universe. Amid the battle against Sky Ring, Li Aoz began a livestream to explain why he had taken responsibility for his recent actions.

• Li Aoz appraised and learned Genetic Engineering, which granted powerful gene-related abilities and profession-specific effects.
• Alexia praised Li Aoz’s crude spacecraft and told him that humanity’s dream of reaching space rested on him.
• As players fought Sky Ring’s bombardment in the Outland, Li Aoz decided he could do more than launch into space.
• Li Aoz opened a livestream, addressed people across Azure Planet’s nations, apologized to civilians affected by his actions, and began explaining his motives.

Li Aoz rallied ordinary people around humanity’s decision to enter space as the launch came under attack. With Gretvor, Alexia, and a mysterious white-haired woman intervening, the countdown reached ignition, leaving the launch’s fate uncertain.

• Li Aoz delivered a speech announcing the mission to space and introduced the working-class players who would become humanity’s first astronauts.
• As the countdown began, a Longfang attacked the launch platform, but Gretvor blocked its laser and declared his loyalty to the people rather than the Ring King.
• Alexia stopped another Mobile Armor from striking the Biochemical Pool, while a third launched missiles at the gantry.
• Li Aoz used Threading the Needle to halt the missiles, and a mysterious white-haired woman appeared and said she wanted to go with him.
• Du Zexin pressed the ignition button as Heavenly Ring Warriors approached.

Li Aoz and the Future Watch crew blasted through the Malefic Calamity, restoring sunlight to Azure Planet, but their ascent remained in danger as the Calamity gathered around them. Du Zexin sacrificed his reactor to propel them onward, and Li Aoz reached space in a transformed suit of armor.

• Li Aoz launched the Future Watch toward the Malefic Calamity while the ground crews watched and the passengers celebrated.
• Li Aoz stacked his abilities, cut open the Esha Sky Curtain, and hurled a Hydrogen Bomb into the Malefic Calamity.
• The Hydrogen Bomb exploded, clearing the sky and exposing sunlight to the people of Azure Planet for the first time in generations.
• Li Aoz and Du Zexin discovered that Malefic Calamity particles had contaminated the engine, and Du Zexin detonated the reactor to accelerate the ship.
• Li Aoz stacked his abilities again, escaped the Esha Clouds, and transformed as he entered space.

Li Aoz received the Omega-class Aoneng Calamity after the Black Sun Rising quest settled, then departed Azure Planet with the Biochemical Pool and its sleeping players. He changed his destination toward Galaxy's Eye, leaving the Temple of Annihilation for a later journey.

• The Black Sun Rising quest settled, granting Li Aoz the Omega-class Aoneng Calamity.
• Li Aoz flew away from Azure Planet in Lioz's Armor, taking the Biochemical Pool while the players inside hibernated.
• Li Aoz used Death Link to protect the Biochemical Pool and accelerated through space with gravity and Pegasus Force.
• Li Aoz raised his possible speed to 90% of light speed and revised his travel plan.
• Li Aoz considered the three Narrative-level Civilizations in Layer Abyss: United Company, Temple of Annihilation, and Heroes Empire.

Li Aoz flew through space toward a Temple of Annihilation planet, hoping to use a stargate to secure identities for himself and the players. After three months of travel, he discovered that his supposedly quiet route was actually a battlefield between interstellar civilizations.

• Li Aoz chose to avoid the Heroes Empire for now and head toward territory controlled by the Temple of Annihilation, where he could trade Spirit Maggots for passage.
• Li Aoz flew at near-light speed and considered how to advance his Mutant class, deciding that returning to the Fiennes Federation for an Echoer inheritance would take too long and be too risky.
• Li Aoz decided to reach a stargate first and register identities for himself and the players so they would not remain unprotected illegal residents.
• Li Aoz followed a familiar route after leaving the Morey Star System and flew for three months without encountering traffic controls or other ships.
• Li Aoz realized the route had not yet been properly tested in the current era and found himself amid a fierce interstellar battle, with fleets and superhumans fighting near a flagship.

Li Aoz encountered a rare war between the Crystal Tower Civilization and the Night Butterfly Federation, where Archer Duken Monser’s golden dragon overwhelmed the assault fleet. The Night Butterfly Federation mistook Li Aoz for an attacker and launched torpedoes, forcing him to flee through the heart of the battlefield.

• Archer Duken Monser transformed into a golden dragon and destroyed the assault fleet with a single punch that shattered a planet.
• Li Aoz recognized the dragon as Archer Duken Monser and realized he had stumbled into a rare battle between two minor civilizations.
• Li Aoz slowed down and considered using Aura of Goodwill to make contact, uncertain whether the skill would work without a Charisma check.
• The Night Butterfly Federation commander ordered an unknown target without an identification signal to be shot down, and two Neutron Torpedoes targeted Li Aoz.
• Li Aoz realized Aura of Goodwill would not help without a check and accelerated toward the battlefield’s center to escape.

Li Aoz crossed a fierce battle between the Crystal Tower and the Night Butterfly Federation, hoping to reach a Golden Dragon and escape the pursuing Neutron Torpedo. After surviving the torpedo’s blast and passing the dragon’s checks, he used a phantom to briefly misdirect it and gained a chance to flee.

• Li Aoz recalled the Crystal Tower and Night Butterfly Federation’s centuries-long war over Corinna and knew their unregistered Teleportation Nodes could offer a route out.
• Li Aoz raced toward the Golden Dragon as the Neutron Torpedo pursued him, then used gravity and Death Link to intercept it with two warship wrecks.
• The torpedo’s explosion inflicted severe radiation damage on Li Aoz and disabled Nomi’s Aoneng.
• The Golden Dragon Monk’s Dragon Gaze subjected Li Aoz to repeated checks, but Feat: Arbitrary helped him pass, and Aura of Goodwill kept Archer Duken Monser from attacking first.
• Li Aoz used Castling to send a phantom away as a decoy, briefly misleading the torpedo and creating an opening to escape.

Li Aoz escaped the space battle through an ancient Teleportation Node and arrived on White Candle Star. There, he discovered that Ya Wen’s eyes had changed, but she refused to explain why.

• The Golden Dragon Monk’s domain strengthened the Crystal Tower Civilization’s attacks as the Night Butterfly Federation prepared a Collapse Cannon strike.
• Li Aoz recorded the banned weapon’s use, then slipped behind the Crystal Tower fleet to locate Teleportation Node TP-190111.
• After checking for Void Energy leaks, Li Aoz entered the node and arrived on White Candle Star, where Lioz's Armor collapsed and the Biochemical Pool was damaged.
• Li Aoz opened the Biochemical Pool but found no players, then noticed Ya Wen beside him with pale hair and changed, web-threaded eyes.
• Ya Wen declined to explain her transformation, and Li Aoz introduced White Candle Star as a university planet rich in magical resources and pre-civilization ruins.

Medvi’s government struggled to contain the fallout from Li Aoz’s journey into space while Liu Zhidong and the Rose Army moved against her. Medvi was killed when her hovercar exploded, and Dai Weilin was freed and invited to help build a new Frostplate.

• Medvi blamed Allison Lutz and her officials for making Li Aoz a hero and warned that his example could unite the Outland People.
• Medvi discussed Dai Weilin’s family and sent Foreign Minister Liu Zhidong to deal with reporters before taking a call about her son’s embezzlement of 14.8 billion Derby.
• Liu Zhidong secretly coordinated with Jose Rediaz and the Zhengxu assault team, saying Frostplate needed a new leader to replace Medvi.
• Medvi boarded her Snow Wolf hovercar, which was destroyed by an electromagnetic pulse and crashed into her statue at the Heroine Memorial Hall.
• Demi Guersett and the Rose Army freed Dai Weilin, told him Medvi was dead, and asked him to help bring about a different world.

Li Aoz hid his base in the ruins and planned to find a magical body and legal identity by attending university on White Candle Star. Before leaving, he reassured Ya Wen that her life mattered and asked her to stay safe, leaving her to prepare the outpost for the Descenders.

• Li Aoz treated his Gene Damage, concealed the Biochemical Pool, and considered using the ruins as a base for smuggling and trade.
• He decided he needed a body with magical aptitude to gain an identity and work or study on White Candle Star, after abandoning his attempts to build a magical implant.
• Li Aoz told Ya Wen he was leaving to attend university and asked her to receive the Descenders, prompting her to begin building houses at the ruins.
• Ya Wen asked Li Aoz to return safely, and he told her to live for herself and her mission rather than surrender her freedom or define her worth by others' opinions.

Li Aoz left Ya Wen at the ruins and traveled to a village to find a candidate for Symbiotic Armor. He chose a blond bully as his target because impersonating him seemed easy and would hurt fewer people than taking over the life of a young man with a family and sweetheart.

• Ya Wen admitted that following Li Aoz gave her purpose and teased him about leaving his supposed bride behind when he went into space.
• Li Aoz left Ya Wen, who promised to wait for him, and told her that alien universities had winter and summer breaks.
• After several days of travel, Li Aoz reached a rural village in the Magic Civilization and observed its residents.
• Li Aoz noticed a defiant black-haired youth with magical talent, but decided that taking over the youth's body would devastate his family and sweetheart.
• Li Aoz chose the parentless blond bully as his target because he expected the bully to be easy to impersonate.

Rio Dureito, a struggling villager jealous of his peers’ chances to become Spellcasters, was lured into the woods and attacked by Li Aoz. Li Aoz preserved Rio’s body and transferred his consciousness into it, leaving him with a new body.

• Rio brooded over his poor prospects and resented Luther Klin and the other villagers who were preparing for Magic Academy exams.
• After strange knocking led him outside, Rio followed footprints into the woods, believing Luther had set a prank with accomplices.
• An assassin ambushed Rio, but his strength let him dodge the sword and damage a rock face with a thrown stone.
• The assassin, Li Aoz, stabbed Rio in the throat, dragged him to a hidden Biochemical Pool, and kept him alive.
• Li Aoz contaminated Rio’s body and chose to use it as a backup body, then transferred his consciousness into it.

Li Aoz examined his new body as Rio Dureito, a Gamma-rank Thanatos Human, and discovered that White Candle Star’s elements favored him because of his high Charisma. He accepted that his low Intelligence would need work, but concluded that the powerful body could serve him through later ranks and had conveniently solved his undocumented status.

• Li Aoz felt White Candle Star’s magical currents and elements respond to him, earning the Elemental Bond buff.
• Li Aoz tested Rio’s powerful physique and watched his appearance improve as his Charisma reshaped the body.
• Li Aoz recognized that Rio’s 19 Intelligence was inadequate for White Candle Star and noted he could not transfer the Arbitrary and Autocratic specialty.
• Li Aoz decided to raise Intelligence while accepting that losing the specialty was worthwhile given the body’s strength and potential.
• Li Aoz concluded that using Rio’s socially isolated identity had solved his undocumented status without anyone mourning Rio’s disappearance.

Li Aoz sought a way to gain a Main Class and break the circular requirements for becoming a mage. He chose to pursue the Elementalist secondary class at a dangerous ruin on White Candle Star.

• Li Aoz took over Rio’s body but inherited only some of Rio’s memories, then put his original body into hibernation for repairs.
• Li Aoz decided to raise his intelligence by gaining attribute bonuses from secondary classes instead of relying on the Magic Qualification Exam.
• Li Aoz recalled a ruin on White Candle Star that could grant him the Elementalist class, which boosted both charisma and intelligence.
• Li Aoz chose the Hero of Pharassia ruin despite its level 95 challenge rating and recommendation for a large, experienced party.

Li Aoz used his knowledge of the Hero of Pharassia questline to investigate its possible ties to the Hidden Society, Gaia, and the C3 Luca-type Cosmic Human Race. He drilled directly into the ruins to bypass the quest, but a crimson sword struck moments after he landed.

• Li Aoz recalled the Hero of Pharassia questline and its clues about Falicia, the missing C3 Luca-type Cosmic Human Race members, and Sharp Tooth Peak.
• Li Aoz connected Falicia’s ancient fight against monsters to the Societies and decided the ruins might reveal a weakness of the Hidden Society, Gaia.
• Li Aoz used the Dust-Sealed Sanctuary’s Battleship Breaker to drill three hundred meters into the earth and reach the ruins without running the quest errands.
• Li Aoz fell into the ruins, rolled clear, and fled as a crimson sword slashed into the bluestone behind him.

Li Aoz escaped Li Deweidensi’s grasp and entered a moonlit garden, where Suofeiya confronted him for disturbing the fallen Blood of Human Sarakka Legion. The chapter ended as Suofeiya raised her sickle and prepared to fight.

• Li Aoz fled Li Deweidensi through a shortcut while the knight summoned grasping arms and Spirit Wraiths.
• Li Aoz emerged into a garden where Suofeiya sang a tragic song beside human-faced sunflowers.
• Suofeiya said the garden belonged to the fallen Blood of Human Sarakka Legion and refused to let Li Aoz disturb their rest.
• Suofeiya picked up a sickle and readied herself to fight Li Aoz.