Chapter Summaries

Li Aoz helped Yawen overcome her insecurity and leave as Dai Yawen, determined to live for herself. After her departure, he learned that the Machine World Society threatened White Candle Star but chose to confront its forces, then activated a new racial growth modifier.

• Li Aoz told Yawen she did not need to be needed by others and urged her to live for herself and seek revenge against those who harmed her.
• Yawen cut her hair, burned it, and introduced herself as Dai Yawen before saying farewell to Li Aoz and teleporting away with Vierria.
• Vierria warned Li Aoz that Mash Gergang and the Machine World Society were approaching White Candle Star and urged him to flee.
• Li Aoz refused to abandon his people and land, and Vierria gave him a note with the descent ritual's location and information about the Society's forces.
• Li Aoz said he was immortal, removed his Colonial Armor headpiece, and activated the Architect Angel racial growth modifiers.

The Tabletop Game Club players brought supplies to devastated Trivella and completed their rescue quest, but Li Aoz warned them that Mash Gergang had infiltrated White Candle Star and might soon descend. He left them with the warning that Societies were not invincible.

• The magic train arrived in ruined Trivella, where the Tabletop Game Club players distributed supplies to the survivors and completed a disaster-relief quest.
• The players unlocked Trivella City Reputation, a City Hero title, and numerous Side Quests with valuable rewards.
• Li Aoz appeared above the train, settled the players' Rescue Lord Aoz quest, and gathered them in a closed room.
• Li Aoz explained that Crescent Moon's attack had left Trivella in ruins and helped the Night Butterfly Federation obtain fragments of the Eye of Discernment.
• Li Aoz revealed that Mash Gergang had infiltrated White Candle Star and could soon descend, then told the players that Societies were not invincible.

Li Aoz explained the Machine World Society’s invasion and asked the players to help destroy its councilors before White Candle Star was lost. When the players doubted they could handle the SS-rank quest, he revealed his Implant Equipment Vanguards and prepared to arm them for battle.

• Li Aoz described how the Machine World Society infiltrated civilizations and identified its councilors gathering on Austro Mountain.
• Li Aoz issued the players an SS-rank quest to annihilate the Machine World Council and defend White Candle Star.
• The players worried that their Alpha-rank strength was not enough to fight the councilors and questioned Li Aoz’s ability to help.
• Li Aoz revealed his specially produced Implant Equipment Vanguards and enhanced them with Remnant Moon and Bloodline Gravity genes.
• Li Aoz invited the players to put on the vanguards, and one player’s Eye of Truth warned that Li Aoz’s strength exceeded Zeta-rank.

Machine World Society's councilors oversaw their invasion of White Candle Star and argued over individuality, privilege, and the society's ideals. With star marrow extraction still underway and forty hours before Mash Gergang Saintess arrived, the councilors believed resistance was unlikely but Turing Hexadecimal warned of the remaining danger.

• Coulomb Torque reported that star marrow extraction was 7.8% complete and Mash Gergang Saintess would descend in forty hours.
• Watt Rivet Steel argued with Turing Hexadecimal over whether its magical mechanical body deserved special treatment, while Turing insisted individuality had to be erased for the collective.
• Machine World Society's factories converted captured humans into machine-soul citizens as its mechanical expansion covered the land around the Machine World Council.
• Coulomb Torque and Watt Rivet Steel celebrated the weakening of White Candle Star's defenders and condemned Crystal Tower Civilization, while Turing warned that powerful civilians might still organize resistance.

Coulomb Torque and the Machine World councilors believed their invasion of White Candle Star was unstoppable until Li Aoz appeared and froze time. Li Aoz began using Waning Moon’s Dimensional Strike against the councilors, leaving the battle underway.

• Coulomb Torque celebrated the Machine World Society’s invasion and welcomed the chance to take revenge on the civilization that had ruined his life.
• Watt Rivet Steel noticed an unknown object falling toward Austro Mountain, and the councilors activated their defenses.
• Watt Rivet Steel vanished after looking toward the falling object, while Turing Hexadecimal failed to identify what had happened.
• Li Aoz appeared beside Turing Hexadecimal and announced that he would send the Machine World councilors to the two-dimensional world.
• Coulomb Torque attacked Li Aoz, but Li Aoz froze spacetime and used Waning Moon’s Dimensional Strike.

Li Aoz ambushed the Machine World Council, trapping one councilor and disrupting its defenses, but Coulomb Torque escaped and defeated his attempt to stop it. As the meteor devastated the factory complex, Dragon Land City appeared amid the wreckage and began attacking the machine forces.

• Li Aoz used Crimson Moon to seal Turing Hexadecimal in two-dimensional space, then fought Coulomb Torque with gravity and a dimensional barrier.
• Li Aoz collapsed the barrier onto the mechanical troops and tried to intercept Coulomb Torque, but the councilor deflected the meteor and escaped his attack.
• The meteor struck the Machine World Council's factories, killing workers and wrecking production facilities as the surviving machines regrouped.
• Dragon Land City emerged from the meteor's impact site, crushed a miner machine, and withstood heavy fire from autonomous war machines.
• Dragon Land City activated Crimson Moon: Dimensional Bombardment and fired a bright ring at the machines.

Dragon Land City and the players used Li Aoz’s Implant Equipment Vanguards to devastate the Machine World forces, but their numbers continued to swell. Li Aoz planned to lure Councilor Coulomb Torque into a fight, leaving the players to keep advancing if it avoided him.

• Dragon Land City used Gravity Wall to crush autonomous machine soldiers and received cross-rank rewards.
• Xi Oxi and the other players joined the assault, using their Implant Equipment Vanguards to destroy enemies and two factories.
• The players celebrated their newfound power and credited Li Aoz for equipping them.
• Li Aoz observed that the Machine World’s factories could keep producing enemies and estimated the fight would take at least seventy-two hours.
• Li Aoz set a trap for Coulomb Torque, planning to intercept it while the players pushed toward the Machine World Council.

Barkomon overwhelmed Bablushka and entered Curse Mode, threatening to drag them both into the Boundary Abyss. After learning that the Night Butterfly Federation had secured two fragments of the Eye of Discernment and that the Machine World Society had invaded White Candle Star, Bablushka chose to keep fighting and stall Barkomon.

• Barkomon taunted Bablushka after overpowering him in their battle.
• Barkomon declared that victory was meaningless and entered Curse Mode, unleashing a torrent of distorted energy.
• Bablushka learned that his forces had secured Lyle Swindler's Scam Art and Lyle Swindler's Whisper, and that Mash Gergang had invaded White Candle Star.
• Bablushka decided to hold Barkomon back and transformed with Boundary Abyss Curse - Eccentric Bending.
• Barkomon and Bablushka resumed their fight, warping the universe around them as their attacks collided.

Commander Wu’s aide ordered a withdrawal after the Bravo Squad’s annihilation and the loss of the Teleportation Tower, while Li Aoz fought Coulomb Torque and claimed to be the reincarnated Lioz. Coulomb Torque was reconstructed after Li Aoz decapitated it and declared that Lioz could not possibly reincarnate.

• Commander Wu’s aide learned that the Bravo Squad had been annihilated and ordered his forces to withdraw without the Destiny Card.
• Li Aoz repeatedly defeated Coulomb Torque, but worried that his limited mana and lack of a second Zeta-rank ally would leave him unable to win.
• Coulomb Torque demanded to know who Li Aoz was after sensing four Sequence Authorities within him.
• Li Aoz named himself as several identities, including the reincarnated Lioz, and beheaded Coulomb Torque.
• Coulomb Torque and the fallen Machine World citizens reassembled, and Coulomb Torque mocked Li Aoz’s claim, insisting that Lioz could not reincarnate.

Li Aoz learned from Coulomb Torque that Gaia had killed Lioz and devoured the infant Morphedria, while the Qiqiao Network had concealed the history of the Hidden Society. As Coulomb Torque prepared to attack, Li Aoz reminded him that he had already killed him nine times and announced that the tenth was next.

• Li Aoz realized that the Qiqiao Network had suppressed information about Gaia and the Hidden Society.
• Coulomb Torque explained that Gaia had led the societies in resisting Star Abyss rule and had eventually killed Lioz after their billion-year battle.
• Coulomb Torque claimed that the Outer Universe and its warriors were far stronger than the people of Star Abyss, and that Li Aoz could not be Lioz's reincarnation.
• Coulomb Torque reinforced his body and surrounded the Implant Equipment Vanguard with mechanical tides as Li Aoz recovered mana.
• Li Aoz told Coulomb Torque that he had killed him nine times, mocked his loyalty to society, and said he would kill him a tenth time.

Li Aoz fought Coulomb Torque, whose Quantum Lockdown disabled his dimensional movement and left him under a relentless barrage. He used Death Link and Sever Life to survive a decapitation, then combined his abilities to crush Coulomb Torque and achieve his tenth Senator extermination.

• Coulomb Torque dodged Li Aoz's attacks, trapped him with ferrofluid, and used Quantum Lockdown to disable his displacement abilities for 42 hours.
• The Machine World AI adapted its units to Li Aoz, and their sustained bombardment drove his health and mana dangerously low.
• Li Aoz used Death Link and Sever Life, endured the bombardment, and transferred its damage to thousands of turrets, destroying them.
• Coulomb Torque outmaneuvered Jannia, severed Li Aoz's arms, and decapitated him, but Li Aoz's tentacles drained its life force and restored his body.
• Li Aoz used Heavenly Pull and Radiant Moon Azure Fall to flatten Coulomb Torque, completing his tenth Senator extermination.

Li Aoz withdrew to recover from Gene Overload after failing to finish off the Zeta-rank councilman, leaving the players to defend their position. The Machine World Society’s Mash Gergang began descending, and the players chose to fight despite the risk of losing their characters permanently.

• Li Aoz refused Jannia’s plea to retreat, then had players carry him away after ordering them to seal the cave entrance.
• The players regrouped at a hidden location, where Li Aoz explained that he needed at least three hours to recover and the defenders had little chance of holding out that long.
• A gear-shaped gate opened in the sky, and the players received a warning that Mash Gergang’s Society could permanently delete characters and reset their progress.
• Mash Gergang’s message affected the players, who learned they could neither escape nor safely log out before the threat arrived.
• Dragon Land City decided the players should stream their stand and urged the group to fight until Li Aoz recovered.

After Trivella suffered catastrophic attacks, Luther struggled with grief and uncertainty before hearing a strange voice in his heart. In Trustworthy Village, Nikita grew uneasy about Lioz’s preparations for a possible battle, while Julian defended his loyalty to Lioz.

• News reports described the devastation in Trivella and the conflict between Barkomon and Governor Bablushka as Luther sat among the bodies, mourning the dead and hoping Lioz had survived.
• A mysterious voice in Luther’s heart began calling him to praise the soul of steel.
• Nikita helped Julian carry supplies in Trustworthy Village, then complained that Lioz had unexpectedly put the whole village to work.
• Nikita told Julian that Lioz’s preparations suggested a brutal battle was coming and urged him to take his daughter and flee.
• Julian said he trusted Lioz and wanted to repay him for saving their family and many refugees, while Nikita remained troubled by a familiar mechanical presence in the air.

Dragon Land City and the remaining players tried to evade Machine World Society's assault while escorting Li Aoz, but Coulomb Torque found them and revived Watt Rivet Steel and Turing Hexadecimal. As the attackers overwhelmed White Candle Star, Turing Hexadecimal explained that Mash Gergang sought the planet because of its unusual history and surviving descendants of the C3 Luca-type Cosmic Human Race.

• Dragon Land City led the players into tunnels beneath Waveform Mountain, where they fought on while viewers encouraged them through a livestream.
• Magdeburg Basketball urged the players to keep moving forward, but a bunker-buster killed him and left eight players alive.
• Coulomb Torque emerged from the Quantum Realm, killed another player, and reduced the survivors to seven.
• Coulomb Torque retrieved the cards containing Watt Rivet Steel and Turing Hexadecimal and freed both councilors.
• Watt Rivet Steel grew into a mountain-sized behemoth as Turing Hexadecimal revealed that Mash Gergang had targeted White Candle Star for its unusual planetary consciousness and surviving C3 Luca-type Cosmic Human Race descendants.

Coulomb Torque, Turing Hexadecimal, and Watt Rivet Steel assessed the attack on White Candle Star and prepared for Mash Gergang Saintess’s arrival. Coulomb Torque declared that he would destroy the world, with 1 hour and 43 minutes remaining before Mash Gergang’s main body descended.

• Turing Hexadecimal discovered that the Implant Equipment Vanguard came from another planet and could find no reliable information about Lioz.
• Coulomb Torque and Turing Hexadecimal discussed the attackers’ smuggling into White Candle Star and the Machine World Society’s preparations for Mash Gergang’s arrival.
• Turing Hexadecimal reported no Zeta-rank presences in the Western Hemisphere and identified Minister of Education Barkomon as the only Kappa-rank powerhouse in the East.
• Watt Rivet Steel bombarded Austro Mountain until he could no longer detect any Delta-rank vanguards.
• Coulomb Torque lamented that the snow and his sense of loss remained unchanged despite his mechanical body, then accused the planet of rejecting society and vowed to bring about the world’s end.

Dragon Land City and three players decided to keep fighting the Machine World Society despite devastating losses, while Li Aoz explained his plan to Jannia and revealed that Suofeiya was the reinforcements he had summoned. Suofeiya arrived at Ostro Mountain Range with an army of heroic spirits, facing the Society’s three councilors.

• Dragon Land City checked Li Aoz’s body, found only four players still ready to fight, and chose to hold on rather than retreat.
• Jannia confronted Li Aoz about risking his life, revealed her grief over losing past sword wielders, and urged him to flee.
• Li Aoz told Jannia that he understood the Machine World Society’s three races and had deliberately left its councilors alive so they would merge into one target for his reinforcements.
• Dragon Land City and the three remaining players ran out of ammunition, left their implant equipment, and advanced on the Mechanical Legion.
• Li Aoz revealed that his reinforcements were “Glimmerlake Fairy” Suofeiya, who arrived as a Zeta-rank Anomaly Class Deified Person.
• Suofeiya summoned an army of heroic spirits and called on the Hero of Pharassia to fight for the living as the three councilors confronted her.

Cumin Powder and Caramel Snail explained how they found Sophia Marlene, who joined the battle after they burned the garden she guarded. Sophia Marlene devastated the Machine World forces as Coulomb Torque realized Lioz might be trying to stop Mash Gergang’s descent entirely.

• Cumin Powder told Dragon Land City that the reinforcements were only four kilometers from Trustworthy Village, and Caramel Snail claimed Li Aoz had led them to Sophia Marlene in the Hero of Pharassia.
• Caramel Snail revealed that they burned the garden to draw Sophia Marlene away from the cemetery and Spectre Garden.
• Sophia Marlene attacked the Machine World legions, engulfed Watt Rivet Steel in ghostfire, and cleaved its body apart.
• Sophia Marlene killed Turing Hexadecimal and wounded Coulomb Torque with her scythe and death curse, forcing Coulomb Torque to replace its corrupted Saint Core.
• Coulomb Torque suspected Lioz intended to drive Mash Gergang out completely, while Turing Hexadecimal warned that Lioz might have more hidden plans and the councilors argued over their next move.

The Machine World councilors debated how to counter Sophia Marlene and Lioz before merging into the Magnetic Machine God, Ambra. As Ambra attacked, Warlord Li Deweidensi appeared and prepared to fight for his homeland.

• Turing Hexadecimal urged the councilors to disperse their forces and delay Mash Gergang's descent, while Watt Rivet Steel argued they should unite against Sophia Marlene.
• Coulomb Torque repeatedly attacked Sophia Marlene, but she defeated him as the Heroic Soul Legion held back the Machine World forces.
• With Mash Gergang's descent twenty-five minutes away, Coulomb Torque, Watt Rivet Steel, and Turing Hexadecimal combined their Saint Cores to form Ambra.
• Ambra charged Sophia Marlene with the Rule of Law Iron Fist, but an explosion struck the Machine World Council and interrupted his attack.
• Li Deweidensi emerged from the explosion, declared he had another chance to fight for his homeland, and raised his red sword against the councilors.

Sophia Marlene and the reinforcements battled Ambra and the Machine World Councilors while Li Deweidensi and the Implant Equipment Vanguards attacked from another direction. Coulomb Torque realized Lioz had arranged an information-gap trap that would let White Candle Star develop antibodies against the Society and eventually drive it from the universe.

• Li Deweidensi revealed his Epsilon-rank aura as Sophia Marlene declared that mortals were the true masters of the world and attacked Ambra.
• Ambra analyzed Sophia Marlene’s movements, split into three machines to evade her scythe, and counterattacked with a rocket punch and a transformed lance-knight form.
• Sophia Marlene unleashed a soul scream that shattered the snowy mountains and buried countless machine soldiers, but Ambra’s councilors continued attacking her in coordinated formations.
• Watt Rivet Steel and Turing Hexadecimal recognized that White Candle Star’s antibodies were beginning to develop, while Coulomb Torque found that Mash Gergang could no longer guide him.
• Caramel Snail and the others brought Implant Equipment Vanguards to reinforce the players, forcing the Machine World Councilors to divide their forces between Sophia Marlene and the opposing attackers.
• Coulomb Torque concluded that Lioz had used the information gap to trap the Society and give White Candle Star time to develop antibodies that could drive it out.

Coulomb Torque invoked the Mechanical Civilization Community Charter, unleashing a planetwide wave of social corrosion that transformed White Candle Star’s inhabitants into machines. As the Crystal Tower’s forces fought to contain the chaos, he called on Machine World citizens to join the mechanization of the world or become sacrifices.

• Coulomb Torque rejected surrender and ordered Turing Hexadecimal and Watt Rivet Steel to gather the legion and maximize the Saint Core’s output.
• Turing Hexadecimal handed Coulomb Torque the Mechanical Civilization Community Charter, whose activation shook White Candle Star and spread mechanization across the planet.
• Villagers in Trustworthy Village and Blue Chrysanthemum Village were transformed into machine-like creatures, and Andel attacked Jenny after hearing Mash Gergang’s voice.
• Nastisha and Ye Wangnan fought corrupted prospective citizens while Karl Rufus reported crises erupting across White Candle Star and Principal Durgen urged the mages to keep fighting.
• Coulomb Torque’s proclamation reached Crystal Tower citizens everywhere, demanding they join the Machine World cause or be sacrificed to mechanization.