Chapter Summaries

Li Aoz returned to school and contacted the woman Mordot had recommended while seeking a way to overcome his learning-related Negative Effect. Crescent Moon decided to pursue three pieces of Forbidden Knowledge on Trivella to obtain and sell a relic, then promised to take revenge on Du Zexin before leaving.

• Li Aoz returned to Water Moon Fort, contacted the Help-Study Association, and then got in touch with Mordot’s recommended contact.
• Romulus reported to Crescent Moon that Du Zexin had defeated Mo Zilan and taken his Aoneng.
• Mo Zilan told Crescent Moon that losing his Aoneng had freed him from the Sequence curse, and he urged his father to go home.
• Crescent Moon rejected withdrawal and revealed that three pieces of Forbidden Knowledge could be combined into a relic made from a fragment of the Destroyer Eye of Discernment.
• Crescent Moon planned to sell the relic to the Night Butterfly Federation and vowed to beat Du Zexin before leaving.

Li Aoz visited Wendy Destis to commission a potion that could recover his deepest memories, and she happened to have a suitable one ready. As Wendy explained her family’s ties to the Heroes Empire and the Fairy Spirit Planetary Belt, Li Aoz recognized that her account connected to places and powers he already knew.

• Li Aoz arrived at Wendy Destis’s luxurious student residence and asked her to make a potion for excavating his memories.
• Wendy agreed to help because of Mordot and assessed Li Aoz’s natal star and mental health before finding a suitable potion already on hand.
• Wendy rejected Li Aoz’s offer to pay in Dina and explained that her family used Ammonium Gold in the Heroes Empire.
• Wendy said the De Sitis Family operated in the Fairy Spirit Planetary Belt, which was under development by the Galaxy Civilization and its subordinate, the Fenes Federation.

Wendy explained how the Heroes Empire and the Layered Abyss’s Narrative-level Civilizations used subsidiary civilizations to expand while avoiding direct war. Li Aoz connected Azure Planet’s alien knowledge and the Entropy Lord to an imperial plan and concluded that the Maxwell Syndicate had planted the knowledge.

• Wendy told Li Aoz that Narrative-level Civilizations avoided open war and relied on subsidiary civilizations to expand their territories.
• Wendy explained that her De Sitis Family served the Empire and that she studied on White Candle Star because it was near the Fenes Federation’s patrol zone.
• Li Aoz recognized the Andromeda Planet Belt as the region containing Azure Planet and recalled that Alexia had discovered non-native genetic engineering knowledge there.
• Li Aoz reasoned that the Empire knew of the Entropy Lord and had planned to exploit Azure Planet’s strategic position and the Entropy Lord’s presence.
• Li Aoz ruled out the Empire, the Fenes Federation, Galaxy Civilization, and society as the source of Azure Planet’s advanced knowledge, and identified the Maxwell Syndicate as the remaining suspect.

Li Aoz obtained a memory potion and learned about Azure Planet’s destruction, then took it to recover memories of the Main Gods’ origins. His vision ended with a newborn god being ordered to die for Morphedria.

• Li Aoz decided he would approach the Heroes Empire to help resolve Azure Planet’s situation.
• Li Aoz ate beside Dia Lan, who wondered whether Tower Clan people usually ate as much as he did.
• Li Aoz took the Total Recall potion, removed his implanted head, and fell asleep.
• Li Aoz’s vision recounted how six ancient beings became the Main Gods and created gods to fight the Outer Abyss War.
• A newborn god numbered 10752 emerged in the Chaos Nursery on Homeworld Haynes and was ordered to take up its sword and die for Morphedria.

Newborn god 10752 was forced to the Yazama Estefan battlefield, where they witnessed the war between Star Abyss and the dragons before fighting a wounded dragon. After an interrupted system reconnection, 10752 returned to Star Abyss as Descender #10752, with the ID Li Si awaiting confirmation.

• 10752 argued that they needed training, weapons, authority, and a divine name before fighting, but the red-and-black sun sent them to Yazama Estefan anyway.
• 10752 walked a two-hundred-year Timeline and watched God Samurai die before arriving at the battlefield.
• Radiant Dragon and her dragons attacked Haynes, while Oshen and the sea beasts emerged from the sea of resentment to fight them.
• A wounded dragon transformed and lunged at 10752, who drew their longsword to counterattack.
• The system restarted and welcomed Descender #10752 back to Star Abyss, displaying the verified ID Li Si for confirmation.

After recovering memories of his previous life as True, Li Aoz discovered that he could switch his identity to his old Star Abyss player account. He planned to use that identity to learn forbidden knowledge and overcome his limitations, leaving his studies on hold while he tested the idea.

• Li Aoz woke from memories of Morphedria and found that his system had regained a player identity switch option for True.
• He checked the date and confirmed it matched the morning he had first registered for Star Abyss as Li Si.
• Li Aoz switched to True on the official website and found a newly created account with no past activity.
• He reasoned that another consciousness had created the account and took a Truth Drug to keep his own mind stable.
• Li Aoz realized he could use True to learn supernatural knowledge that Li Aoz could not retain, and requested half a month of leave to test the plan.

Li Aoz created an alternate account to pursue his goals on Azure Planet and descended into Star Abyss as a retired Red Arrow soldier. He awakened as Private Second Class Isaac Maxim just as his military service ended.

• Li Aoz secured his home, logged into Star Abyss, and answered the account’s questions to find a suitable summoned individual.
• Li Aoz set goals to study White Candle Star’s extraordinary knowledge, improve the Overlord Class’s standing, investigate the Maxwell Syndicate, and develop his alternate account.
• Li Aoz customized his character as an ordinary mixed-blood Red Arrow person and descended, sensing Sequence Aura strengthening his soul.
• At the 22nd Field Battalion, Major Enstein watched veterans complete their service and noticed Private Second Class Isaac Maxim sitting motionless by a flower bed.
• Isaac awakened after Enstein found he was not breathing, asked who he was, and then agreed that it was time to go home.

Li Aoz boarded a train in Isaac Maxim’s body, reviewed the retired soldier’s history and abilities, and chose the Martial Artist Path. As the Malefic Calamity continued to spread, Li Aoz watched the skyline and reflected that the Entropy Lord had not expected an escapee to return.

• Li Aoz reviewed Isaac Maxim’s identity and learned that he had retired early from military service because of a congenital illness.
• Li Aoz examined Isaac’s family portrait and personal panel, including his military skills, talents, and wishes to visit his family and join an imperial operation.
• Li Aoz decided to develop Isaac along the Martial Artist Path as a powerful alternate character.
• A comrade asked Li Aoz to take a photo with him, and Li Aoz agreed.
• Li Aoz watched the worsening Malefic Calamity spread across the skyline and thought about returning despite the Entropy Lord’s expectations.

Li Aoz followed Dai Weilin’s preparations for the coming Malefic Calamity, then used Isaac Maxim’s body to reconnect with Isaac’s family and discovered he could use his Azure Planet body to study. He planned to make the most of the extra time created by the difference in how time passed between White Candle Star and Azure Planet.

• Li Aoz recognized that Dai Weilin’s Underground City projects were meant to preserve people from the approaching Malefic Calamity.
• Li Aoz resolved to investigate Star Abyss and honor Isaac Maxim by treating Isaac’s family as his own.
• Li Aoz called his mother, Lena, and learned that Isaac’s sister Susanna had died from the family’s hereditary illness.
• Li Aoz spoke with Lena and the rest of the family by video call, promising to return home the following night.
• Li Aoz studied university material through his main body and discovered that both bodies shared knowledge and experience.
• Li Aoz calculated that fifteen days on White Candle Star gave him about four months on Azure Planet, enough time to study further.

Li Aoz secured three martial arts inheritances from Olavier and passed them to Isaac, who began cultivating the Baphomet Clan’s Aura Refinement Art. Isaac entered the [Destruction] path and chose to advance as a Martial Artist.

• Li Aoz contacted Olavier to find a martial arts inheritance for a newly trained Martial Artist, and Olavier sent him three manuals for free.
• Li Aoz used his Astral Echoer ability to share the Baphomet Clan Secret Transmission: Aura Refinement Art, Gathering Qi Fist, and Demon Spirit Fluctuation with Isaac.
• Isaac learned that the Baphomet Clan’s Aura Refinement Art could strengthen bloodlines and compensate for genetic flaws, though it produced demonic aura.
• Isaac comprehended the art and refined aura from his cells aboard the train, officially entering the [Destruction] path.
• Isaac chose the Martial Artist path over Assassin and Ranger.

Li Aoz chose the Martial Artist class, cultivated Aura aboard the train, and caught up on what had happened to his friends and the Red Squad. At the carriage connection, he encountered an imitation of himself and attacked it.

• Li Aoz chose the Martial Artist class, gained its Aura-related talent and skill, and cultivated until his Aura reached his Strength cap.
• Li Aoz ate in the dining car and reviewed news about Dai Weilin, Alexia, Sisron, the Red Squad, and Triangle Town, but found no news of Du Zexin.
• Li Aoz remembered Du Zexin’s backup plan and hoped his old friend was still alive.
• Li Aoz saw another Li Aoz reflected before him at the connection between train cars and punched the imitation.

Li Aoz killed an Imitation Human who had infiltrated his train, then considered how to build a Grand Narrative around the Overlord Class Path. The chapter ended with him settling on a plan to manufacture hype.

• Li Aoz beat and killed Qiawa, an Imitation Citizen who had disguised himself as Li Aoz, then disposed of the body outside the train.
• Li Aoz searched the carriage with an Eye of Truth and found no other Imitation Humans, then assessed his progress with vital energy.
• Li Aoz checked the player rankings and saw Ye Zhangjian, Yu Tianxiao, and Caramel Snail among the top Yanxia Zone players as interest in White Candle Star accounts grew.
• Li Aoz studied interstellar communication and Narrative-level Civilizations, identifying three conditions for creating a Grand Narrative around the Overlord Class.
• Li Aoz rejected two plans and chose to manufacture hype for the Overlord Class.

Li Aoz began promoting the Overlord Class by posing as an overconfident Martial Artist, then traveled to Isaac’s hometown near the White Obelisk. He learned how Li Aoz’s fame and the obelisk had transformed Eerga City, and arrived at Isaac’s country home, where a tabby cat watched him.

• Li Aoz planned to build interest in the Overlord Class by posting videos of himself as a Martial Artist and deliberately losing to Mutants.
• He posted on the forum that he had mastered the game after his first day and decided to visit Isaac’s hometown while continuing to level up.
• Li Aoz reached Eerga City and used Disguise Mode to ask a taxi driver why the area had become so lively.
• The driver explained that the White Obelisk awakened Aoneng in farm workers and that Li Aoz’s example helped turn the once-neglected city into a tourist destination.
• Li Aoz arrived at Isaac’s rural home, looked over the fields, and was greeted by a tabby cat on the fence.

Li Aoz returned to his family farm, reunited with his parents and brother, and spent ten days resting, studying, and cultivating while searching for players and possible Imitation Humans. A premade party finally contacted him and sent him coordinates, and he agreed to meet them.

• Li Aoz reunited with Franz, Lena, and Asimov, joked with them, and said he planned to stay home and pursue martial arts instead of attending college.
• Asimov noticed that Li Aoz had become remarkably sturdy and hoped to ask him for martial arts pointers.
• Li Aoz searched Red Arrow's forums for player teams and possible Imitation Humans, but found no suspicious pickup groups and received no immediate reply from the premade party.
• Li Aoz spent ten days visiting his sister's grave, studying, cultivating, and working on the farm while waiting for the party to respond.
• The premade party sent Li Aoz an address coordinate, and he agreed to come.

Li Aoz visited the White Obelisk, inspected its growing religious tourism and Path management, and used his authority to improve the Overlord Class Path and fund local development. He left planning to build Azure Planet’s Overlord Class into a powerful force over the next twenty years.

• Li Aoz arrived early at the White Obelisk rendezvous in disguise and found the area crowded with tourists who came to worship the gods rather than awaken Aoneng.
• Li Aoz touched the White Obelisk, granted himself Path Guardian authority, and reviewed the Path’s Aoneng rentals and follower numbers.
• Li Aoz gave Overlord Class followers Physical Enhancement at lv.5 and Natural Ignition at lv.15, while offering new players a choice between Gravity and Eye of Truth.
• Li Aoz spent the funding pool’s 2.1 million Galen on an agritourism complex and expanded the Holy Altar to attract immigrants.
• Li Aoz projected that Eerga City could reach four million residents in twenty years, including a large population of Overlord Class warriors, and vowed to make Azure Planet’s Overlord Class prosperous and powerful.

After making further progress on Azure Planet, Li Aoz joined the Xu Yu Tower squad and learned that his teammates followed an immersive playstyle that forbade party communications and game interfaces. The squad’s passionate defense of Star Abyss left Li Aoz smiling politely while privately resolving to punch Not Enough Wind and Rain.

• Li Aoz submitted two project reports, while Hobbes and Lucite discussed the escalating war on White Candle Star.
• Li Aoz traveled through the fog to meet Not Enough Wind and Rain and Seeking Feather Fall, who confirmed Phantom Blade had recruited him.
• Not Enough Wind and Rain introduced the Xu Yu Tower squad and invited Li Aoz to join as a level 5 Martial Artist.
• Li Aoz suggested opening a voice channel, but Not Enough Wind and Rain explained that the squad disabled communications to preserve immersion with NPCs.
• Seeking Feather Fall passionately praised Star Abyss as the ninth art, and Li Aoz listened while privately plotting to punch Not Enough Wind and Rain.

Li Aoz met Joham Robbie and learned that the small GTB Bounty Hunter team planned to incite a rebellion and offer Azure Planet to the Entropy Sovereign. The chapter left Li Aoz confronting Joham as he recognized him as a future leader of the Entropy Annihilation Apostles.

• Li Aoz met Joham Robbie, who introduced him to Smith and Wellington as a trusted new companion.
• Joham asked Li Aoz what he thought of humanity and said he loved the world and wanted it to become better.
• Joham revealed contraband ammunition and an AE-150 Albatross unmanned aerial gunship controller, and named Du Zexin as the mechanic who had prepared it.
• Joham told Li Aoz that the team planned to surrender to the Entropy Sovereign and guide Azure Planet toward its end through entropy increase.
• Li Aoz recognized Joham as an early Electronic Immigrant who would later lead the Entropy Annihilation Apostles in an attack on the Imperial Capital of Red Arrow.

Li Aoz joined Qiao Hanmu’s operation to provoke civil war in Merva, while secretly using the White Obelisk to alert the authorities. His warning was initially dismissed, but reports of military activity near Merva suggested the threat was real.

• Li Aoz pretended to accept Qiao Hanmu’s offer and took a military rifle before joining his armed group heading into the Outland.
• Qiao Hanmu explained that his plan was to exploit Merva’s pro-Frostplate and pro-Red Arrow factions, ignite a civil war, and draw the two nations into conflict.
• Li Aoz used the White Obelisk to send a warning to Kadan Folich, who reported Qiao Hanmu’s planned operation to Officer Chris Vincent.
• Chris reported Kadan’s detailed intelligence to the Imperial Armed Department, but the duty officer dismissed it as a likely foreign deception.
• After receiving no response, Chris sent the warning to the Eerga City Mobile Brigade and the Pioneer Association.
• Twenty minutes later, the Eerga City border outpost detected fire-support signals coming from Merva, indicating that a military operation was underway.

Li Aoz interrupted Qiao Hanmu’s planned massacre at Castillo Station and revealed overwhelming power by killing him with a breath. He transformed into a towering giant and introduced himself to the surviving attackers as Destruction Giantgod · Doom Kong.

• Qiao Hanmu’s armed group emerged in the station waiting hall, but Li Aoz shot Qiao Hanmu before he could begin the attack.
• Qiao Hanmu questioned Li Aoz about what he wanted while his teammates surrounded him, and Li Aoz assembled a large set of Aoneng enhancements.
• Li Aoz removed his armor and activated the Physical Enhancement series and Bloodline authority, then blasted Qiao Hanmu apart with a breath.
• Not Enough Wind and Rain and the others fled through the windows, while Seeking Feather Fall accused Li Aoz of cheating and appealed to Qiqiao Network.
• Li Aoz expanded into a nearly fifty-meter giant, tore away the factory ceiling, and named himself Destruction Giantgod · Doom Kong.

After conquering the Goblin Nest, Ye Zhangjian and the players discovered a hidden laboratory tied to the game's Main Storyline. Caramel Snail found records about Doctor Laiwo Lushen and a child named Diya Lan Alexandra Juejin, leaving the players with a mystery behind the sealed door.

• Ye Zhangjian announced that the Trustworthy Village raid group had conquered the Goblin Nest, and Yu Tianxiao noted that it was Star Abyss's first regional conquest on an alien planet.
• The players discussed their progress and Alpha Rank promotion tasks before discovering a hidden dark-blue door deep inside the nest.
• Yu Tianxiao translated a tablet identifying Doctor Laiwo Lushen as a former Hidden Society councillor and describing a monster imprisoned behind the door.
• The players reset their respawn points and entered the door, finding a rundown laboratory with damaged instruments and golem puppets but no enemies.
• Caramel Snail read Doctor Laiwo Lushen's notes and found a photograph of the doctor with a strange girl labeled Diya Lan Alexandra Juejin.