Chapter Summaries

Li Deweidensi recognized Caramel Snail and learned that the ancient heroes had returned, while Li Aoz emerged to protect him and challenge the Machine World Councilor. Li Aoz summoned the Vivid Demon Iron Monarch Karachia and prepared to fight Ambra alongside Caramel Snail.

• Li Deweidensi slaughtered machine soldiers while Sophia Marlene fought the combined Armored Dragon Cybert without his help.
• Caramel Snail and Garryton encountered Li Deweidensi, who recognized Caramel Snail as Gio Seagull and learned that the heroes had returned in new forms.
• Caramel Snail accidentally provoked the Machine World Councilor, and Li Aoz arrived to shield him from its flames.
• Jannia activated the Vivid Demon Iron Monarch, enabling Li Aoz to control metal across the battlefield and summon Karachia.
• Li Aoz declared that he wanted the glory of defeating society and saving civilization, then faced Ambra with Caramel Snail.

Li Aoz defeated Ambra with his Final Scarlet attack after White Candle Star accepted him and granted him its blessing. As he savored the planet’s affection, the Fate Awakening Sword in his hand cracked.

• Li Aoz overwhelmed Ambra with a barrage of sword strikes and claimed that the world loved him.
• Li Aoz stacked his Aoneng sequences, reached the sky above White Candle Star, and declared that the world existed to be ruled by him.
• White Candle Star accepted Li Aoz and granted him unlimited stamina, rapid Mana recovery, and health regeneration within its atmosphere.
• Li Aoz used Final Scarlet to annihilate Ambra and devastate half of the Ostro Mountain Range.
• Li Aoz reflected on the fused councilors’ shared resurrection timer and felt White Candle Star’s affection before the Fate Awakening Sword cracked.

Li Aoz and the Heroic Soul Legion destroyed the Machine World factories and wiped out its citizens, but the Machine World Gate remained because the Society's corruption had spread across the planet. Sophia Marlene revealed that Li Deweidensi had to confront Mash Gergang and asked Li Aoz to give him the Fate Awakening Sword.

• Li Aoz reshaped the battlefield with Element Architecture and summoned elemental spirits to help destroy the machine army.
• Caramel Snail and the other players escaped after activating the factory's self-destruct sequence, completing their task.
• Li Aoz broke the ferrofluid barrier, and Sophia Marlene pointed out that the Machine World Gate remained despite the machines' defeat.
• Sophia explained that a Social Institution had corrupted idealistic people across the planet and said Li Deweidensi must confront Mash Gergang.
• Sophia recounted how Sharp Tooth Peak entrusted Li Deweidensi with the Fate Awakening Sword and taught him to protect Falicia's spirit and stand against the Society.
• The Fate Awakening Sword task appeared, and Sophia asked Li Aoz to hand the weapon to Li Deweidensi.

Li Deweidensi learned that wielding Jannia’s hidden power would erase him completely, but chose to take her into battle anyway. As Li Deweidensi and Karachia rushed toward the ring in the sky, Barkomon realized Bablushka was allied with the Society and attacked him.

• Fairy revealed that activating the Fate Awakening Sword’s Source Matter would consume Li Deweidensi’s life, soul, and history, and Jannia learned the cost of his fate.
• Li Deweidensi awakened, apologized to Jannia, and promised to take her into battle as he had vowed.
• Li Deweidensi gave Li Aoz the crimson cursed longsword and described Lioz as a pure god without selfish desires or emotions.
• Jannia left with Li Deweidensi, who donned Demon Armor and charged toward the ring in the sky with Karachia following.
• Barkomon deduced that Bablushka was colluding with the Society and attacked him, declaring that he would fulfill a Star Abyss citizen’s duty.

Li Deweidensi and Jannia pushed Karachia against the Machine World Gate, overcoming Mash Gergang’s attempt to stop them. As Li Deweidensi faded from the world, he admitted he did not want to disappear and watched the dawn with Jannia.

• Karachia advanced toward the Ring Gate, breaking apart its mechanical soldiers and absorbing their metal as Sophia Marlene explained Li Deweidensi’s final mission.
• Mash Gergang tried to halt Li Deweidensi with a powerful will, but Jannia purified the mechanical traces and urged him to keep advancing.
• Li Deweidensi and Karachia struck the Ring Gate and forced it back into the void, while the Fate Awakening Sword spread its eerie silver aura.
• Li Deweidensi began fading from the world and told Jannia he regretted disappearing, while she reminded him of her thousand years of loneliness.
• Li Deweidensi watched the dawn break and said that reality had a beautiful side too.

Li Deweidensi fulfilled his ancient vows and forced Mash Gergang’s Ring Gate back into the void, then disappeared as Jannia forgot who he was. The invasion ended, and Li Aoz received the rewards and honors for completing the battle.

• Li Deweidensi renewed his vows to protect the weak and uphold justice, humility, and loyalty, then blasted the Ring Gate back toward the void.
• As Jannia began forgetting Li Deweidensi, he reassured her that she would no longer be alone before fading away.
• Mash Gergang’s roar stopped, the Ring Gate vanished, and the Heroic Soul Legion retreated as dawn rose over the battlefield.
• Li Aoz completed the Witness: Fate Awakening event and received Li Deweidensi’s Cursed Abyss Crimson Blade, experience, a title, and a Heroic Soul Temple blueprint.
• Li Aoz’s Hunter rank rose to Silver, and he gained renown, White Candle Star legend, and the Myth specialty Star Charmer.

Li Aoz celebrated White Candle Star’s victory, negotiated a land lease with Sophia Marlene instead of paying for the Ghost Flowers destroyed in the battle, and asked her about Lioz. Sophia described Lioz’s power and followers, identifying his heroic dependents as the Starcallers.

• Li Aoz placed flowers before Jannia’s buried Fate Awakening Sword and counted only eleven of the twenty-five players he had brought back from Azure Planet.
• Li Aoz let the players loot the battlefield, then agreed to lease Sophia Marlene the cemetery of the Hero of Pharassia and nearby hills for two thousand years instead of paying for the Ghost Flowers.
• Li Aoz asked Sophia Marlene who Lioz was, and she explained that he had been Morphedria’s proxy, the ruler of Haynes, and the founder of the Pantheon.
• Sophia Marlene described Lioz’s loyal dependents as heroic saviors who fought against Society’s sieges.
• Sophia Marlene told Li Aoz that Lioz’s dependents and followers were called Starcallers.

Li Aoz realized that Li Aoz, Lioz, and Li Si were one being, though he remained unsure how their identities and reincarnation had come about. After hearing rumors that Lioz had destroyed entire civilizations, he decided to keep using Lioz's name when it benefited him while staying ready to disown the connection.

• Li Aoz connected his memories and concluded that Li Aoz, Lioz, and Li Si were the same being, with Lioz's followers having been Starcallers.
• Li Aoz set aside unanswered questions about his identity and resolved to use or abandon Lioz's name whenever it served his interests.
• Li Aoz asked Sophia Marlene about Lioz, and she recounted rumors that he had formed the Pantheon and exterminated the Dragon Kind and Titans.
• Sophia Marlene said Lioz had purged the Teknik Tribe, which escaped into the astral realm, and suggested that Xia Er Guiniya might know more.
• Sophia Marlene warned Li Aoz that Lioz's infamy could follow him if he claimed to be Lioz reincarnated.

Li Aoz learned that the Hidden Society had three secretive speakers, then welcomed the Crystal Tower mages and submitted to an interrogation. He admitted to the events surrounding Crescent Moon and the Machine World Society, claiming he had come to White Candle Star to study and settle down, leaving Nastisha stunned by his explanation.

• Sophia Marlene told Li Aoz that the Hidden Society had three speakers known as the Emperor, the Scholar, and the Collector, each able to conceal themselves within civilizations.
• After Sophia left, Li Aoz decided he would seek out Xia Er Guiniya, who had supplied the imitation Truth Drug.
• The Crystal Tower mages arrived, and Li Aoz told his players to stand down before cooperating with their restraints and questioning.
• Nastisha's mages confirmed Li Aoz's student registration, and Li Aoz admitted disguising himself, causing an elemental riot, fighting Crescent Moon, and appearing at the Machine World Society ruins.
• Li Aoz claimed he had gone to the academy to learn magic, earn graduation points, and qualify to settle in Trivella City, prompting Nastisha to ask if his actions had all been for immigration.

Li Aoz was tried for crimes committed before and during his fight against the Machine World Society, but his testimony, evidence, and contributions led to a lenient sentence and the legalization of Trustworthy Village. Dean Nastisha later explained that his detention protected him amid a wider war, then revealed that the Crystal Tower had sent no reinforcements.

• The court sentenced Li Aoz for his charges but reduced his prison term to zero for good behavior and major contributions, while keeping him detained until Trustworthy Village settled compensation.
• The Crystal Tower tacitly legalized Trustworthy Village as a rural administrative district, and Li Aoz expected to receive a lord's appointment after his release.
• Dean Nastisha visited Li Aoz, reproached him for disrupting her plan, and explained that the three Machine World councilors would be used to lure Mash Gergang into a black hole.
• Nastisha told Li Aoz that his detention could protect him and that Minister Barkomon was fighting the Night Butterfly People's Mechanical Legion, with a chance of capturing its Kappa-rank combatant alive.
• Li Aoz asked whether reinforcements had arrived, and Nastisha said the Crystal Tower had no troops to send.

Nastisha explained how the Galaxy Eye Campaign devastated both civilizations and warned Li Aoz that White Candle Star would no longer be an educational holy land. She took Dia Lan to care for her, gave Li Aoz a Magic Guidebook containing a Sequence Aura synthesis formula, and Li Aoz logged into Star Abyss as Zhen.

• Li Aoz learned from Nastisha that the Galaxy Eye Campaign killed most of both civilizations’ Zeta-rank forces in five months and consumed centuries of reserves.
• Nastisha told Li Aoz to resume his studies after detention and stay out of trouble, while hinting that White Candle Star’s future had changed.
• Li Aoz brought out Dia Lan in infant form, and Nastisha examined her and took her to study her growth needs.
• Nastisha gave Li Aoz a Magic Guidebook whose authority spell was Dark Radiance—O. B. Zobea, and Li Aoz recognized that it contained a Sequence Aura synthesis formula.
• Li Aoz transferred his consciousness and logged into Star Abyss as Zhen.

Isaac Maxim woke after a strange village gathering and felt that the Empire’s growing prosperity concealed an approaching war. Li Aoz took over Isaac’s body, checked his records, and planned to study Authority Spells while in the detention center.

• Isaac woke hungover and recalled that officials and scientists had supplied the villagers with unfamiliar alcohol that left everyone unusually euphoric.
• Isaac reflected on the Empire’s recent gains and suspected that war was approaching, though he could not tell who the enemy would be.
• Li Aoz arrived in Isaac’s body and tried to pet Huru, but the cat treated him like a stranger and escaped.
• Li Aoz checked Isaac’s system records and found that Zhen #10752’s Descendant identity had prevented Isaac from advancing further.
• Li Aoz considered how recruited characters lived when their players logged out and decided to review the situation and study Authority Spells during his time in detention.

After returning to Azure Planet, Li Aoz managed Isaac’s affairs, considered how the Lai Anding Medical Protocol might relate to his reincarnation, and embraced his desire to claim the Star Abyss as his new home. He deciphered the formula for Sequence 13: Darklight and planned another trip to Nethermark Humanity.

• Li Aoz upgraded Isaac’s skills, dealt with unwanted recruitment offers by claiming he had no ID card, and considered opening a route to bring Azure Planet players to White Candle Star.
• While resting, Li Aoz connected his reincarnation and the players’ revivals to the Lai Anding Medical Protocol, then declared that he intended to rule the Star Abyss.
• Li Aoz reflected on his attachments to people and life in the Star Abyss, deciding that he wanted the love and devotion of everything around him.
• Ten days after returning to Azure Planet, Li Aoz deciphered the combination formula for Sequence 13: Darklight and recognized that Nethermark Professor seemed to possess most of its component Aoneng.
• Li Aoz decided to visit Nethermark Humanity again.

Li Aoz inspected the White Obelisk and reviewed the growth and doctrines of the Holy Monument Religion while seeking the Aoneng needed to assemble Sequence 13: Darklight. He identified Zonia as a possible source of Shadow Assault and contacted Mr. Gretvor about overthrowing Sky Ring’s king and restoring the republic.

• Li Aoz visited the White Obelisk and assessed the Holy Monument Religion’s growing congregation, its divine authorities, and its need to recruit veterans as combatants.
• Li Aoz reviewed the Aoneng synthesis requirements for Darklight and found that Shadow Assault and Sequence 90: Absolute Dark Matter were still missing.
• Li Aoz recalled that Zonia, Yuhelai’s sister, possessed Shadow Assault and remembered that the Hidden Society that had turned Ya Wen into a tailor was still active.
• Li Aoz decided he would have to travel to Sky Ring to find Absolute Dark Matter and called Mr. Gretvor to ask if he would help overthrow the king and restore the republic.

Yagyu Soji, a disgruntled Hojo Conglomerate employee, wished for Sky Ring to change while taking a rooftop break. He discovered the capital in ruins and heard Gretwar Night Song announce the Red Fan Army’s takeover and the end of the Ring King’s rule.

• Yagyu complained about Sky Ring’s punishing overtime culture as his employee badge monitored his movements.
• Yagyu wished for people to live better lives and wondered what the moon looked like.
• Yagyu opened the rooftop door and found Beitiao Building split apart and the surrounding capital devastated.
• Yagyu’s badge broadcast Gretwar Night Song announcing that the Red Fan Army had captured Qiongan Capital and taken Ring King Minamoto Shoichi and Prime Minister Park Jeong-sun prisoner.
• Gretwar announced a provisional government, new elections, and the end of the Ring King’s seventeen-hundred-year rule.

Li Aoz overwhelmed the Sky Ring defenders in the parliament building with an array of Aoneng powers while promoting the Holy Monument Religion. As a Great Onmyoji confronted him with the Eight-Headed Dragon God’s power, Li Aoz prepared to fight him with one hand.

• Li Aoz breached the parliament building with the Red Squad, destroyed the defenders’ barricade, and identified himself as the Angel of Destruction serving Lord Lioz.
• A wounded Sky Ring soldier saw Li Aoz’s religious business card, and the Holy Monument Religion gained 119 believers.
• Li Aoz effortlessly defeated armed warriors, including a modified fighter whose Muramasa blade shattered against his defenses.
• Li Aoz froze the soldiers and their anti-tank missiles, leaving the Sky Ring forces convinced they could not defeat him.
• The Great Onmyoji confronted Li Aoz and summoned the Eight-Headed Dragon God’s power, while Li Aoz said his left hand would be enough to fight him.

Li Aoz liberated Qiongan Capital by defeating the remaining Heavenly Ring forces and then discussed the Red Squad’s plans for governing with Gretwar. He left the Heavenly Ring People to shape their own future, while setting the stage for a narrative of their own.

• Li Aoz killed the Gamma-rank Great Onmyoji Abe, causing most soldiers at the Parliament Building to surrender while a group of warriors charged him.
• Li Aoz used Sequence Nine · Gravity and Sequence 56: [Crescent Moon] to crush the charging warriors, then left Holy Monument Religion business cards for the captives.
• With the Parliament Building cleared, Li Aoz contacted Gretwar, who thanked Isaac Maxim for helping liberate Qiongan Capital.
• Gretwar explained his plans to consolidate the military and transform the Red Squad into a force representing the Heavenly Ring People, while warning that rival factions remained powerful.
• Li Aoz declined to intervene further in the Heavenly Ring’s political future and described gods and the Grand Narrative to Gretwar.
• Li Aoz saw achievement notifications appear and concluded that he wanted a narrative of his own.

Jiao Ziniu finished an exhausting Star Abyss session and rushed to meet Xia Yubing while learning about Azure Planet’s upcoming version update. Meanwhile, Li Aoz expanded the Holy Monument Religion and learned that Zonia had been found with the White Knight.

• Jiao Ziniu left his home in a hurry after VT reminded him of his appointment with Xia Yubing, despite not having showered or chosen a gift.
• Jiao Ziniu read forum posts about upheaval on Azure Planet and a version preview introducing new factions, origins, and a higher level cap.
• Li Aoz searched for information about Zonia, then offered a large reward for players to gather intelligence across Azure Planet.
• Li Aoz grew the Holy Monument Religion by attracting players and immigrants to the White Obelisk, increasing Eerga City's population, wealth, and housing prices.
• Li Aoz arranged extraordinary training and educational institutions for the growing population, including newborns with Aura Gene.
• Li Aoz learned that Zonia had been found with the White Knight and suspected the Hidden Society had operatives on Azure Planet.

White Shark and Bellringer Horst found and confronted the weakened former juror Igolai, hoping to bring him back into the Hidden Society. Igolai rejected their cause and warned that welcoming society would not bring true freedom.

• White Shark destroyed a lathe and dragged Igolai out of hiding, then mocked him for his weakened state after decades on Azure Planet.
• Igolai asked Horst why he and White Shark had come, and Horst explained that the Emperor's faction wanted to reorganize the Secret Council and reconnect with Mother Gaia.
• Horst argued that the Hidden Society could either wage war on the Star Abyss or coexist with civilizations while gradually eroding them.
• Igolai condemned society for devouring civilizations, while Horst and White Shark defended its benefits and compared it to life within civilization.
• Igolai recalled that he had once believed society's arrival would liberate them, but said that he had learned it would not.

Horst and White Shark threatened Igolai to learn the councilor’s whereabouts, but Isaac Maxim intervened and killed White Shark in a single blow. Li Aoz then summoned all twenty-four Physical Enhancement Aoneng and transformed into Doom Kong, preparing to attack the revived White Shark and Horst.

• Horst threatened to turn an infant into an apparatus unless Igolai revealed where the councilor had been sent, and White Shark showed Igolai the unfinished apparatus made from Sister Zonia.
• Isaac Maxim arrived and Igolai warned the survivors to flee from the newcomers’ Alpha Rank aura.
• Isaac killed White Shark with a single punch, but Horst used Evening Bell Announces Death to revive him.
• Li Aoz identified Horst as the one who had revived White Shark and decided to kill the pair before questioning them.
• Li Aoz took in all twenty-four Physical Enhancement Aoneng and transformed into the colossal Destruction Giant God, Doom Kong.