Chapter Summaries

Ronan learned that Wang Yu had been cultivated from a piece of the King of Firm Gold and that Li Wei engineered his abilities to improve mineral extraction in the Deep Blue World. The Martial Emperor’s remarks about Wang Yu and Bai Xinyan led Ronan to ask whether she arranged their marriage to control his value as a “golden finger.”

• Ronan identified the King of Firm Gold as a subordinate god of the Barren Ruins True God and reviewed the god’s history.
• The Martial Emperor explained that Wang Yu had been cultivated from a corpse piece of the King of Firm Gold, making him a case of parasitism by a higher rule fragment.
• The Martial Emperor revealed that Li Wei had developed Wang Yu’s abilities through Apocalypse Laboratory’s bloodline experiments for mining in the Deep Blue World.
• The Martial Emperor connected Wang Yu’s birth in 1970 with a dramatic rise in the extraction of ghost ore and origin mother, describing him as a golden finger for Li Wei.
• Ronan asked whether the Martial Emperor had arranged Bai Xinyan and Wang Yu’s marriage to gain control of Wang Yu’s mining value.

Ronan learned that Bai Xinyan had been part of the Martial Emperor’s experiment involving the Adamantine King, then decided to call off her marriage to Wang Yu. He turned to the Martial Emperor’s decision to reveal the route to the Thirteenth District and Outer Earth, and asked to learn more about the Adamantine King.

• The Martial Emperor told Ronan that Bai Xinyan was a Corpse Piece and that he had once hoped her union with Wang Yu might reveal how the Adamantine King’s abilities could be inherited or altered.
• The Martial Emperor said Bai Xinyan’s marriage did not need to proceed, and Ronan chose to call it off.
• Ronan considered how his decision reflected the Luo System’s control over Inner Earth and thanked the Martial Emperor.
• Ronan asked why the Martial Emperor had revealed the route to the Thirteenth District and Outer Earth to Wang Yu, and the Martial Emperor said Wang Yu had wanted it.
• Ronan admitted he knew little about the Adamantine King’s materials, so the Martial Emperor asked what he knew of Void Mineral Veins.

Ronan learned how Wang Yu helped Li Wei mine Void Mineral Veins and accelerate his assimilation of the Deep Blue World, then questioned the Martial Emperor about the Tattered Divine Cloak’s connection to Inner and Outer Earth. The Martial Emperor recognized the fear behind Ronan’s theory but did not confirm whether the Cloak’s rules underpinned their world.

• The Martial Emperor explained that Void Mineral Veins formed as Ancient God power degraded through the void, and Ronan realized Origin Mother could be a valuable fuel source.
• The Martial Emperor said Wang Yu used his ability to extract veins and could help Li Wei control how quickly he assimilated the Deep Blue World.
• Ronan speculated that Li Wei might have planned Wang Yu’s role and connected him to the King of Firm Gold’s Rule Fragments and the Thirteenth District.
• The Martial Emperor suggested that disturbances on Inner and Outer Earth could be controlled or channeled, prompting Ronan to ask whether the Tattered Divine Cloak’s rules supported their world.
• Raven entered when Ronan’s questions grew intense, and the Martial Emperor called his theory worthy of a Deity while noting the fear behind it.

Ronan pressed the Martial Emperor for answers about whether the Dream Divine Abomination had altered the underlying rules of Earth’s time-space. She revealed that his understanding of the Abomination’s history was incomplete, leaving him questioning how it could have appeared both in the Han Guang Star System and on Earth.

• Ronan asked the Martial Emperor whether his use of the Rule Framework had been acceptable, and she told him to turn the Twelve Kingdoms into the Thirteen Kingdoms.
• Ronan challenged the Martial Emperor to explain why the Dream Divine Abomination had appeared on Earth despite being associated with the Han Guang Star System.
• After a silence, the Martial Emperor said Ronan’s knowledge of the Sky Abyss Empire’s final years was lacking.
• The Martial Emperor asked which historical stage of the Dream Divine Abomination Ronan knew, from its existence as a Karmic Poison Living Entity to its supposed death at the hands of the Lord of Silent Extinction.
• The Martial Emperor questioned whether the Abomination’s supposed final stage was illusory, since it seemed to have appeared in both the Han Guang Star System and on Earth, while Ronan looked to Raven in confusion.

Ronan questioned the Martial Emperor about the Dream Divine Abomination and learned that Eunuch Lord and Great Lord Rong Chu had been involved in a tragedy during the Two Star Gate Battle. He suspected Liang Lu was the Martial Emperor’s information source and asked her to compile an account of the Han Guang Star System incidents, leaving the exchange with a new favor owed.

• Ronan challenged the Martial Emperor’s account of Eunuch Lord and his descendant, then recognized Great Lord Rong Chu as Eunuch Lord’s great-grandson.
• Ronan connected the two figures to the Two Star Gate Battle, the Dawn Blood Curse, and the strange events he had witnessed around Pupil Ring-28758 Asteroid.
• The Martial Emperor admitted that Liang Lu was her information source, but gave Ronan little detail about their relationship.
• Ronan asked the Martial Emperor to share everything she knew about the Dream Divine Abomination and the Han Guang Star System.
• The Martial Emperor agreed to compile a general outline and told Ronan that he owed her a favor.

After arranging to meet the Martial Emperor in person next Saturday, Ronan reviewed the information she had shared and organized it into categories. He noted several unanswered questions and possible leads to investigate, including Wang Yu, Luo Yuan, Liang Lu, and the Faith Power Green Plants.

• Ronan agreed to meet the Martial Emperor in East 725 District next Saturday and secured her approval for projects involving Master Xiu Shenyu, Xi City, and Fan City.
• Ronan opened the Virtual Work Area and sorted the Martial Emperor’s disclosures into categories, noting her Outer Earth identity and the risks governing Reclamation Corps explorations.
• Ronan identified Wang Yu’s God Rule Shards, his connection to Li Wei’s plans, and the setbacks expected in his marriage to Bai Xinyan as potential leads.
• Ronan considered what the Martial Emperor’s remarks suggested about the origins of Inner and Outer Earth and the Dream Divine Abomination, then glanced at Raven as she read his notes.
• Ronan recorded questions the Martial Emperor had avoided, including the Sea Green Flower on old Madam Ma Mingcai, Luo Yuan, and Liang Lu, and planned to probe them at their meeting.

Ronan examined clues about the Martial Emperor’s former status and reconsidered her account of the Father-Son Cannibalism, while continuing to manage the Mental Pollution affecting the Sanctuary. Exhausted after working through the night, he accepted Raven’s offer of help and went to sleep.

• Ronan inferred from Liang Lu’s dealings with the Martial Emperor that she had likely been a powerful figure outside the major Central Star Region factions, and he asked New Wildfire to search his memories for clues.
• Ronan revisited the Martial Emperor’s account of Father-Son Cannibalism and sensed that his own experience in the Testing Time-Space might connect to an unresolved clue.
• Ronan spent the night using the Self-Pruning Art to control Mental Pollution among tens of millions of Polluters because the Dream World could not yet handle them safely.
• Raven noticed Ronan’s exhaustion and urged him to sleep, and he offered to send her a copy of the Virtual Work Area materials.
• Ronan washed, changed into sleepwear, and fell asleep after his thoughts gradually faded.

Ronan experienced a lucid dream that resurfaced Chun Great Lord’s warning about the Dream Divine Abomination and clarified the deeper purpose of their agreement. He realized that fulfilling his promise to become a Special Node was part of Chun Great Lord’s experiment in confronting the Abomination.

• Ronan heard memories of Chun Great Lord explaining that the Dream Divine Abomination connected the Tian Yuan Remnants to dangerous outsiders.
• Ronan recognized the Virtual Work Area as the Testing Time-Space’s Chess Path interface and realized he was dreaming.
• Ronan identified Promise as the first path he had not chosen, recalling his agreement to become a Special Node for Chun Great Lord.
• Ronan reconsidered Chun Great Lord’s claim that the Special Node experiment would test their ability to prevail against the Dream Divine Abomination.
• Ronan recalled the exam requirements for becoming a Special Node, including adjusting his Form and Spirit Framework and enduring two frequencies of Interference Waves.

Ronan realized that the Dual Interference Node had been created to bring Eunuch Lord into the Two Star Gate Battle, but the plan had ended in disaster. As he probed the battlefield’s history, powerful beings noticed him, and he jolted awake from the dream.

• Ronan reasoned that the Dual Interference Node meant another Great Monarch had been expected to enter the battlefield.
• He entered a vision of the Cloud Top World and recognized Great Lord Rong Chu’s dying cry against Eunuch Lord.
• Ronan concluded that Eunuch Lord had used the Dual Interference Node to join the battle as part of a preplanned Tianyuan strategy.
• He considered whether the All Heavens Gods and the Six Heavens God Calamity had manipulated events through the Dream Divine Abomination.
• The Great Monarchs, gods, and Dominators observing Pupil Ring-28758 Asteroid turned their attention toward Ronan, and he awoke abruptly.

After approaching the Dream Divine Abomination in a dream, Ronan woke near collapse and used Magneto-Optical Mica to restore his body. He spoke with He Yueyin about the Anxia Line, the Blood Intent Ring Fortress, and Xiu Shenyu’s approved project as the storm continued outside.

• Ronan woke from a dream after nearing the Dream Divine Abomination, and the encounter had drained his body and damaged Magneto-Optical Mica’s expansion.
• Ronan had Magneto-Optical Mica feed him energy so he could recover enough to hide his skeletal appearance from his uncle and aunt.
• Ronan accepted He Yueyin’s Six Ears call and told her he had only suffered a nightmare.
• He Yueyin discussed new survey information about dangerous areas along the planned Anxia Line and proposed combining the survey with a Blood Intent Ring Fortress strike drill.
• Ronan told He Yueyin that the Martial Emperor had approved funding for the Blood Intent Ring Fortress and Xiu Shenyu’s project, and he urged her to let the project move forward.

After persuading He Yueyin to let Mister Bai handle Xiu Shenyu’s project for now, Ronan examined the strange relief in his overloaded information carriers. He realized the Dream Divine Abomination’s Ceremonial Ancient Script fragments had formed a more efficient framework for organizing the history of the Two Star Gate Battle, giving him a definite path to investigate the remnant game.

• Ronan persuaded He Yueyin to delay advancing Xiu Shenyu’s project and have Mister Bai communicate with him.
• After their call, Ronan felt pain and emptiness as the effects of Peak Crossing emerged, then noticed that pressure on his information carriers had eased.
• Ronan used the Mirror of Appraisal and saw Ceremonial Ancient Script symbols representing powerful beings and fragments of descriptive passages.
• Ronan recognized that the fragments formed an incomplete Starry Sky Remnant Game that organized information about the Two Star Gate Battle.
• Ronan concluded that the Dream Divine Abomination had collected and linked information through the Han Guang Star System and beyond, and that its scenes carried dangerous information and power imprints.
• Ronan realized he had found a definite way to investigate the remnant game.

After surviving the Dream Divine Abomination’s recording, Ronan considered how it could help him investigate the Sky Abyss Empire and the forces behind the Han Guang Star System without relying entirely on the Martial Emperor. At dinner, his family discussed the worldwide thunderstorm, and Ronan realized that Ma Mingcai had approached Luo Shuqing.

• Ronan concluded that the Dream Divine Abomination and the External Neuron were connected, and resolved to investigate further despite the danger of backlash.
• At dinner, Ronan told Aunt that he had slept through the thunderstorm and had only learned about it through emails.
• Mo Peng asked whether the thunderstorm had covered the world and who had caused it, while Ronan insisted he had not seen it himself.
• After Luo Shuqing remarked that others were struggling with the situation too, Ronan asked whether someone with the surname Yao or Ma had come to see her.
• Luo Shuqing questioned what difference the surname made, and Ronan guessed that it had been Ma.

Ronan’s associates relayed how his remark had led the Yao Family to place Ma Mingcai under house arrest, then shared Yao Qiang’s account of his old smuggling operations. The discussion ended as Zhang Yingying introduced Ma Mingcai’s role in the records Ronan wanted to investigate.

• Zhang Yingying and Xie Junping told Ronan that Ma Mingcai had been isolated and put under house arrest after his remark, while Yao Qiang tried to reach him through intermediaries.
• Zhang Yingying explained that Yao Qiang had offered a general confession about his past business and his wife, Ma Mingcai.
• Zhang Yingying said Yao Qiang had shipped aberrant materials and occasionally transported people for financiers, including Cabin Lopez, whom he later identified as the general contractor.
• Zhang Yingying described routes through unofficial ports near Xia City, Ji City, and Ban City, as well as dangerous journeys into the Pacific Ocean.
• Zhang Yingying said Yao Qiang’s ledger recorded fewer than two hundred transactions from 1962 to 1977, involving about 340,000 people, and Ronan asked about other records.
• Zhang Yingying said the question of other people’s records led back to Yao Qiang’s wife.

Zhang Yingying and Xie Junping briefed Ronan on Ma Laotaitai’s network and her pursuit of Sea Green Flower technology, while Ronan concluded that the Yao Family’s information was enough to act on. He ordered a broad investigation and planned arrests to make Xia City understand the new authorities’ position on integrating the Outer and Inner Worlds.

• Zhang Yingying explained that Ma Laotaitai had retained the Ma Family’s shadowy connections and resources, possibly drawing closer to Old Elers’ associates.
• Xie Junping described Ma Laotaitai as cautious and conservative, then questioned why she had pursued Sea Green Flower technology so urgently.
• Zhang Yingying suggested that Yao Qiang had not provided useful clues about Luo Yuan, but Ronan said the Yao Family had already named people in its materials.
• Ronan ordered Zhang Yingying to notify President Ouyang and Sister Yueyin and arrange for the military and government to help question everyone named in the files who was still alive.
• Ronan told Zhang Yingying and Xie Junping that targeting the Yao Family would send Xia City a clear message about the integration of the Outer and Inner Worlds.

Ronan reviewed clues from Ma Mingcai’s dream and directed Zhang Yingying and Xie Junping to investigate Barty and Meng Qiutang, whose De Shang Mansion had housed Jack’s underground arena and private practice room. He left them to contact the relevant authorities while raising new questions about Jack’s connections and his claimed Burner technology.

• Ronan told Xie Junping to explain that he had spared the Yao Family’s dignity out of goodwill, but warned that the matter would soon expand and that further interference would not be forgiven.
• Ronan told Zhang Yingying to notify the Martial Emperor’s side before contacting Barty, who had served Old Elers and later served the Martial Emperor.
• Ronan pointed out that Meng Qiutang owned De Shang Mansion, where Jack had operated an underground fighting arena and rented an unusually well-equipped practice room on an upper floor.
• Ronan demanded an explanation from Meng Qiutang and Jack’s backers, including Quantum Corporation, about how Jack had obtained access and support.
• Ronan recalled clues from Ma Mingcai’s dream linking Jack to the Ma siblings, Old Elers, Yan Yongbo, and the destruction of the True Soul Order.
• Ronan reconsidered Jack’s claim that he had a Thirteenth District method for turning anyone into a Burner and recognized that the technology could be significant.

Ronan considered whether Jack had ties to Outer Earth and the Reclamation Corps, then ordered New Wildfire to search his database for information about Jack. As Ronan coordinated with Xia City officials to question the Yao Family’s targets, he prepared to use Dream Entry Method examinations and insisted they would sign his consent form.

• Ronan wondered whether Jack had learned his unusually detailed knowledge of the Babel Tower framework through contact with Outer Earth and the Reclamation Corps.
• Ronan ordered New Wildfire to search his memories for information about Jack, but New Wildfire found nothing.
• Ronan discussed the questioning plan with President Ouyang and Celestial Master Gao while Zhang Yingying showed Xie Junping around the Maintenance Team.
• The police agreed to bring the Yao Family’s targets to the station under the pretext of assisting with an investigation.
• Ronan explained that the targets would be required to consent to Dream Entry Method examinations for the following week, and he declared that they would sign the form.

Ronan discussed the Thirteenth District’s pressure and overlapping space-time with Ouyang Chen, considering experiments there involving Logic Boundaries and reality and illusion. The conversation ended when Zhang Yingying reported that Bai Xinyan would return to Xia City on Monday afternoon.

• Ouyang Chen said he supported Wall-Pushing measures and explained that Quantum Corporation had been tied to the investigation into Jack.
• Ronan said Jack’s knowledge of the Thirteenth District and Li Wei’s interest in it made the district his main reason for pursuing Jack.
• Ronan described the Thirteenth District as a Chaotic Land where multiple time-space environments overlapped and discussed its structure with Ouyang Chen.
• Ouyang Chen expressed interest in building a Logic Boundary in the Thirteenth District, and Ronan considered adding such experiments to a future research plan.
• Zhang Yingying told Ronan that Bai Xinyan would return to Xia City on Monday afternoon.

Zhang Yingying welcomed Bai Xinyan back to Xia City after her airship survived an Aberrant Species attack, and learned Bai had returned to oversee a project with Boss Ronan. The chapter left the project’s purpose and Bai’s private arrangements with Ronan unexplained.

• Zhang Yingying discussed with Bamboo Pole expanding the branch’s exercises and offering long-range airship escorts.
• Bai Xinyan arrived in Xia City with seven suitcases and told Zhang Yingying she planned to live there long-term.
• Bai Xinyan explained that she had received a sudden assignment shortly before traveling to Xia City.
• Hu Yuli greeted Bai Xinyan at the airport, and she clarified that her visit was not about corporate operations.
• Bai Xinyan revealed that she would oversee a collaboration between the Deep Blue Laboratory’s West Pacific Observation Center and Boss Ronan called the Aberration Era Great Reshaping.

Bai Xinyan arrived in Xia City to oversee Deep Blue Laboratory’s project and secured a week to deliver an evaluation report to Ronan. She told Zhang Yingying that her mission was already complete and the remaining work was only a formality.

• Bai Xinyan told Zhang Yingying that she had come to Xia City as an investor representative for Deep Blue Laboratory and described her role as coordinating with researchers and providing funding.
• Bai Xinyan called Ronan and explained that Xia City’s Spirit Web Wave interference had left the Observation Center’s project data incomplete.
• Ronan gave Bai Xinyan one week to submit a complete evaluation report before the branch’s financial meeting and asked her to send a copy to the Martial Emperor.
• Bai Xinyan and Zhang Yingying discussed Ronan’s changed position, Bai Xinyan’s past choices, and her plans to take a break while staying with Zhang Yingying.
• Bai Xinyan told Zhang Yingying that coming to Xia City meant her mission was already complete, leaving the rest as formalities.

Ronan considered why the Martial Emperor had revived the Aberration Era Great Reshaping project and planned to ask Li Wei and the Martial Emperor about their relationship. He began organizing information about the Calamity Era in a lucid dream, then went to Raven’s room.

• Ronan wondered whether the Martial Emperor had previously held up the Aberration Era Great Reshaping project and decided to ask about Li Wei and the Martial Emperor during his visit to Outer Earth.
• Ronan planned to advance the Anxia Line, reduce the Mental Pollution caused by the Cloak app, and organize the information he had gathered.
• Ronan chose Ceremonial Ancient Script and Lucid Dreaming to sort and record information about the great powers and events since the Calamity Era.
• Ronan entered a dream and arranged concepts such as the All Heavens Divine Kingdom, the Six Heavens God Calamity, and the Dream Divine Abomination in Dark Seclusion.
• Ronan opened the Virtual Work Area, reviewed his notes, then went to Raven’s room and opened the door.