Chapter Summaries

Saisiluo reflected on the disastrous raid that killed his teammates and left him stranded in the brutal orbital war around Galaxy Eye. As footsteps approached, he feared the Night Butterfly People had found him.

• Saisiluo recalled how acid, fire, disintegration magic, and ice had killed people in the war.
• Saisiluo blamed the commander after his assault team’s infiltration was exposed and mechanical Holy Knights hunted them through the clone center.
• Saisiluo’s team destroyed the clone center, but Xiao Luo Bu, the cook, and Shuya Kawoer died during the mission.
• Saisiluo regretted joining the military and thought about returning to White Candle Star as he watched the wider battle rage overhead.
• Saisiluo considered the brutal nature of orbital landing warfare and heard footsteps approaching, believing the Night Butterfly People had arrived.

Saisiluo recorded a farewell message to his mother while trapped in a desperate battle at Galaxy Eye. As enemy footsteps reached him, he unleashed a magic scroll and killed a Night Butterfly child soldier, leaving him confronted with the horror of what he had done.

• Saisiluo hid from approaching enemies and began recording a message to his mother as the battle raged nearby.
• He described his fear, his comrades’ sacrifice, and his wish that his mother not learn he was fighting at Galaxy Eye.
• Saisiluo repeated his plea in the Night Butterfly language as the enemy came within two meters.
• He tore open his magic scroll to attack the approaching soldier, then realized she was a young Zexia child soldier carrying a medical kit.
• The magic consumed the girl, leaving her dead as her blue scarf burned on a fighter’s wing.

Lioz entered the Galaxy Eye battlefield alone, where the Crystal Tower forces hoped he could turn the tide despite his Iota-rank. After accepting a near-impossible mission to destroy the enemy and aid trapped allies, he charged into a concentrated fleet barrage and activated Gravity Vortex to accelerate.

• Lioz crossed the Crystal Tower fleet’s blockade at extreme speed and plunged toward the Galaxy Eye’s central battlefield.
• Barkomon and Nastisha learned Lioz was approaching and doubted that an unsupported Iota-rank could defeat the Night Butterfly Kappa-rank forces.
• Lioz received the high-risk Savior Madonna mission, which required eliminating hostile forces and rescuing or supporting several allied units.
• Lioz discarded his communications antennas and accelerated through the first defensive line toward the battlefield.
• The Night Butterfly fleet concentrated its fire on Lioz, who invoked Sequence Nine, Gravity, and activated Gravity Vortex to accelerate.

Li Aoz tore through the Night Butterfly fleet with Aoneng Missiles and Shining Swords, then revealed fifty thousand Moonlight Followers as the enemy launched its ace mechs. He led his followers in a charge against fewer than one hundred elite pilots.

• Li Aoz accelerated through the Night Butterfly fleet and launched Aoneng Missiles at its ships and unmanned forces.
• Li Aoz used Shining Sword and Starfall · Meteor Impact to destroy mechs and rip apart a Hell-class cruiser.
• The Night Butterfly commanders regrouped and prepared their ace pilots, believing Li Aoz had slowed down or run out of fuel.
• Li Aoz summoned fifty thousand Moonlight Followers as the Night Butterfly ace mechs launched.
• Li Aoz rallied his followers and charged the ace mechs.

Li Aoz tore through the Night Butterfly fleet with his biomechanical armor, Moonlight Followers, nuclear attacks, and high-tier magic. The surviving pilots sought support, but the clergy ordered them to keep fighting, and they knelt before the priests.

• Li Aoz and fifty thousand Moonlight Followers broke a Night Butterfly warship apart and destroyed its fighters and launch rails.
• Li Aoz used Weak Force to turn his tentacles into uranium, then detonated them to overwhelm attacking fighters and kill an ejecting pilot.
• Li Aoz opened a massive Magic Guidebook and unleashed high-tier spells on the Night Butterfly fighters.
• Night Butterfly pilots complained to a priest that they lacked mechanics and high-level combat support, but he refused to spare help and told them to fight for their goddess.
• The pilots bowed before the clergy as the priests blessed them and urged them to believe in their fighters.

Li Aoz used Night Butterfly’s fighter assault to buy time and unleash 33,890 Aura Missiles across Galaxy Eye’s forces. The chapter left the enemy fleet under devastating, indiscriminate attack.

• Night Butterfly’s priests blessed the fighters, and pilots launched a coordinated assault on Li Aoz.
• Li Aoz let the fighters believe their attacks were wearing down his defenses while Death Link missiles diverted the damage.
• Night Butterfly’s fighters surrounded Li Aoz and continued their harassing attacks as their commanders believed victory was near.
• Li Aoz connected eight implant arms to his Neural Link and selected 33,890 Aura Missiles.
• Li Aoz fired the Aura Missiles at every target lacking friendly identification markings, devastating Night Butterfly’s forces.

Aura Missiles devastated Night Butterfly’s forces in Galaxy Eye, while the resulting shockwaves triggered panic among soldiers and alarmed the command staff. Marshal Du Fen Herman learned that Lioz Dominate had advanced to Iota-rank and was leading the attack, as Li Aoz continued destroying Night Butterfly ships.

• Aura Missiles struck ships across Galaxy Eye, and the explosions caused spatial tremors and dizziness among Night Butterfly personnel.
• The command staff reported that 87,000 soldiers had gone missing in five minutes and struggled to explain the scale of the losses.
• Marshal Du Fen Herman arrived and said the Temple of Annihilation had warned Night Butterfly to watch for Lioz Dominate.
• Herman remotely took control of fleet command and explained that Lioz had reached Iota-rank and slain a Kappa-rank Void Overlord.
• Li Aoz leaped between ships, blasted through their defenses, and destroyed more than a hundred Night Butterfly soldiers in their quarters.

Li Aoz continued his assault on Night Butterfly, killing soldiers and intercepting volunteers before discovering that Marshal Herman Du Fen had raised a Mechanical Legion from the wreckage. Li Aoz recognized Herman as a Mecha Necromancer and prepared to fight him.

• Li Aoz destroyed a ship and killed its fleeing, surrendering, and noncombatant crew, then attacked Night Butterfly soldiers trying to escape.
• Li Aoz intercepted a civilian rescue ship after a blue-haired girl begged him to spare the stranded soldiers, but let the civilians aboard go.
• Li Aoz checked his mission progress and noticed that the wreckage of the ships he had destroyed was gathering and reassembling.
• Marshal Herman Du Fen prayed over the fallen, and the officers' prayers revived ruined ships, mechas, and other machines as a Mechanical Legion.
• The Mechanical Legion attacked Li Aoz and his implanted bee hives, while Li Aoz recognized Herman's path and vowed to destroy the machines.

Li Aoz battled Night Butterfly’s forces after Du Fen Herman took command and used precise Mecha-Force control to cripple his bio-armor. As Li Aoz prepared to intercept the retreating survivors, Katon Lieutenant Colonel arrived in a silver-gray mech and found him hiding behind an asteroid.

• Du Fen Herman coordinated Night Butterfly’s mechs, trapping Li Aoz with a poisoned Assault Pod and nanomachines that dismantled much of his bio-armor.
• Li Aoz summoned the angel and Shadow Demon to free himself, then abandoned the armor parts being destroyed by the nanomachines.
• Du Fen Herman called in Katon Lieutenant Colonel while Li Aoz assessed the battlefield and planned to intercept Night Butterfly’s evacuation.
• Katon Lieutenant Colonel dodged Li Aoz’s Aura Missiles, destroyed them with holy missiles, and located Li Aoz behind an asteroid.

Katon unleashed the Anti-Object Cannon, tearing open Galaxy Eye and apparently annihilating Li Aoz, while Barkomon protected Crystal Tower’s forces from the blast’s aftereffects. Li Aoz then reappeared unharmed before Katon, crediting the gods and a powerful backer.

• Katon charged the rifle with antimatter and fired a devastating beam that destroyed planets and tore open the space between the Star Abysses.
• Crystal Tower’s commander teleported most of its forces back to base, where Barkomon used the Twisted Curse to calm the spatial turbulence.
• Barkomon recognized Katon’s Kappa-class mech and concluded that Du Fen Herman was likely directing the Night Butterfly forces.
• Katon explained that his mech’s power came from the Sanctuary’s Justification by Faith system and declared Crystal Tower’s resistance futile.
• Katon’s cannon shot subsided, and Li Aoz appeared to have vanished, prompting Meowzi to complain about the immediate use of an ultimate attack.
• Li Aoz reappeared before Katon without a scratch and said his survival was thanks to the gods and a powerful backer.

Li Aoz battled Katon, whose belief-powered mecha overwhelmed him despite his repeated revivals. He lured Katon into the Dark Star Territory, where he expected an evil god to be waiting.

• Katon's attack killed Li Aoz after all 1,800 checks from his special Medical Protocol failed.
• Li Aoz fought back, but Du Fen Herman used magnetic interference and coordinates to help Katon thwart his attacks and keep firing.
• Katon enhanced his mecha with qi and relentlessly pursued Li Aoz, whose health recovered after he passed 420 checks.
• Li Aoz decided Katon was afraid to let him return to the main battlefield and lured him toward the Dark Star Territory.
• Herman ordered Katon to continue the pursuit, and Li Aoz entered the territory expecting the evil god who had crawled up from Boundary Abyss.

Dia Lan briefed the White Candle Fleet that Lioz and Katon had been missing for thirty-eight hours and that the Galaxy Eye front had entered a ceasefire. She defended her loyalty to White Candle Star, then met N4 as the specialist arrived to discuss recovering Lioz’s equipment.

• Dia Lan told Darian that Lioz and Katon were missing in the Dark Star Territory and that both fleets had halted their movements.
• Dia Lan explained that she had returned to White Candle Star because it was her homeland and the place where she could fulfill her responsibilities.
• Darian suggested Dia Lan tacitly accepted rumors linking her to Lioz, and she said such gossip distracted the public from war and politics.
• N4 arrived and told Darian which of Lioz’s equipment could be recovered, including the passwords for the VCL Pneumatic Tool and Samoro Bacteria System.
• Dia Lan and N4 traded barbs over N4’s identity and eligibility to work or reside on White Candle Star.

While Darian and Dia Lan learned that Mirrid trusted Li Aoz and had undergone a health examination, N4 discovered that Mirrid was pregnant with an enormous number of children. The chapter ended with N4 estimating that Mirrid and Li Aoz would have at least 14.8 million healthy offspring, enough to create a new civilization.

• Darian interrupted N4 and Dia Lan's argument to ask about Qualia-Direction, and N4 said Mirrid had been sleeping while trusting Li Aoz to survive.
• Mirrid brought N4 the results of her health examination, and N4 reacted with shock before killing her Zeta-rank body and summoning her Yotta-rank true body.
• N4 explained that Mirrid was an Origin Species whose kind normally could not reproduce or increase in number.
• N4 announced that Mirrid was pregnant and that testing had detected more than 233.3 billion developing individuals.
• N4 estimated that Mirrid and Li Aoz would have at least 14.8 million healthy children and had created a new civilization.

Li Aoz trapped Katon Lieutenant Colonel in a gravitational anomaly, sealed the Dark Star Territory, and confirmed that the Golden Dragon Monk was alive. After completing his mission, Li Aoz drew rewards that prompted him to consider helping Xiajian Jing and recruiting Gretwor Nightong before returning to Azure Planet.

• Katon Lieutenant Colonel fell into the Dark Star Territory’s gravitational vortex, while Li Aoz revealed he could control gravity and had lured Katon there.
• Li Aoz sealed the Dark Star Territory and sensed that the Golden Dragon Monk was still alive, then spent two natural days exploring until he found a way out.
• Li Aoz completed the “Savior Madonna” mission and received three random rewards, including a Super-Large Experience Pack and Aoneng Ascension Fluid.
• Li Aoz considered using the fluid to resolve Xiajian Jing’s ability problem and persuade Gretwor Nightong to join his team.
• Li Aoz decided he needed to return to Azure Planet and settle everything.

Lioz tried to change his luck by spinning the roulette wheel, but instead gained a mechanic persona and the title “Savior Madonna,” along with powers that made others favor him and obey his calls for salvation. As the Grand Narrative spread across the human world, the map of Layer Abyss began to unfold.

• Lioz reflected on Azure Planet’s remarkable talents and resolved to overcome the mechanic’s bad luck that had repeatedly ruined his plans.
• Lioz spun the roulette wheel and obtained the Persona Deduction for Night Butterfly Mechanic Amanda, adding Mechanic to his secondary professions.
• Lioz received the title “Savior Madonna,” which granted him powers to compel and redeem enemies and to lead a Salvation War without suffering its usual consequences.
• Lioz’s Aura of Goodwill upgraded into Sublime Soul, making people across civilizations favor him and granting him elite status wherever he went.
• The narration described the Grand Narrative’s influence on civilization and noted that the map of Layer Abyss was slowly unfolding.

After a brief ceasefire, Crystal Tower forces learned that Lioz had defeated Lieutenant Colonel Katon and ended the Galaxy Eye war. Lioz announced victory across the region and called for the liberation of occupied planets, leaving soldiers and civilians caught up in a wave of celebration.

• Saisiluo Duoxi recovered from the battle, received the White Lion Medal from General Barkomon, and watched new recruits arrive.
• Crystal Tower troops celebrated their victory with games and feasts during the ceasefire.
• The soldiers learned that Lioz had returned from the Dark Star Territory and defeated Primitive Man.
• Lioz proclaimed that Galaxy Eye's war was over and announced the defeat of the Night Butterfly Federation's forces.
• Lioz recounted the conflict's history, condemned the Night Butterfly Federation's actions, and called for the liberation of occupied planets and Corinna.
• The crowd answered Lioz's speech with a cry of “Long live!”

The Night Butterfly Federation’s leaders argued over their defeat at Galaxy Eye and decided to withdraw and negotiate with Crystal Tower. Governor Bablushka also ordered preparations for attacks on Crystal Tower’s civilians, leaving the conflict poised to escalate beyond the battlefield.

• Marshal Herman proposed a ceasefire and negotiations, but Bablushka resisted retreating from Galaxy Eye without an explanation for the President.
• Calwitz blamed Herman’s command failures for the defeat, while Gusman defended him and accused the Federation’s leadership of withholding weapons and ammunition.
• Bablushka silenced the argument and accepted that Night Butterfly had to withdraw, then recalled how Lioz had survived the destruction of White Candle Star and returned for revenge.
• Bablushka ordered preparations for talks with Crystal Tower in eighteen hours and proposed withdrawing from Galaxy Eye after a prisoner exchange.
• Bablushka vowed Night Butterfly would return and ordered attacks on Crystal Tower’s planets and civilians, with support from the Temple.

After the Night Butterfly Federation and Crystal Tower Civilization agreed to a four-year ceasefire, Li Aoz returned as a celebrated hero and White Candle Star gained a tourism boost. The Unclean Monk and Vadroff Wanliqi revealed that the decisive struggle between the Narrative Civilizations would unfold in Boundary Abyss.

• Bablushka urged the Night Butterfly soldiers to accept guilt for their invasion in exchange for glory, and they pledged themselves to the Night Butterfly.
• Calwitz announced a change in strategy and a prisoner exchange, while both sides attached Narrative Civilization calendar dates to their statements.
• Li Aoz told Imperial State reporters that he had entered the war personally to repay the Crystal Tower, and his appearance and actions boosted White Candle Star's tourism, employment, happiness, and legitimacy.
• The Crystal Tower Civilization and Night Butterfly Federation signed a four-year ceasefire, exchanged prisoners, and agreed on limits around Galaxy Eye and the Kirin Constellation.
• Vadroff Wanliqi met the Unclean Monk, who explained that Silent Uncontact had destabilized the Narrative Civilizations and identified Boundary Abyss as their decisive battlefield.

Li Aoz returned to White Candle Star and discussed his plans to explore the Realm Abyss with N4, who agreed to join his team. N4 then revealed that Mirrid was pregnant with more than 2.333 trillion conceived individuals, and Li Aoz suspected the cause was his Bloodline.

• Li Aoz returned to White Candle Star amid intense media attention and met N4 to discuss her hidden power and continued work on the planet.
• Li Aoz and N4 agreed that she would join his future Realm Abyss expedition, and he outlined the kinds of specialists he intended to recruit.
• N4 revealed test results showing that Mirrid was pregnant with more than 2.333 trillion individuals, of whom an estimated 14.8 million could survive by killing one another in the maternal environment.
• Li Aoz calmly questioned why so few could survive and, after reflecting on the pregnancy, concluded that his Bloodline was responsible.

Li Aoz realized Bloodline was not merely a physical enhancement but an authority over life, genes, and inheritance, and he connected its power to Nefes’s transformation after contact with his blood. To investigate what had caused that change, he opened a rift to another plane and sent marines through to capture its living creatures for experiments.

• Li Aoz studied Mirrid’s pregnancy report and concluded that Bloodline’s true scope was the continuation and inheritance of life.
• Li Aoz reconsidered Bloodline’s description and recognized that its Supreme trait could override bloodline and racial barriers, even for beings such as Origin Species.
• Li Aoz recalled that Nefes had gained emotions and humanity after contact with his blood, and inferred that Bloodline had transformed her.
• Li Aoz questioned whether the small amount of blood involved could explain Nefes’s transformation and went to the laboratory to investigate.
• Li Aoz opened a rift to a selected plane and ordered a squad of marines to capture its living creatures for experiments.