Chapter Summaries

Lu PingAn put Mei Yuge and the other young student soldiers through a brutal sea-survival exercise after realizing their rapid advancement had left them unprepared for combat. He and Guan Xinxian intensified the training while Lu PingAn watched Mei Yuge test her limits.

• Lu PingAn asked Mei Yuge about her treatment and pay before tying her and the other trainees beneath the ship as bait for hungry sea beasts.
• Lu PingAn and Guan Xinxian watched the trainees struggle, pulling some aboard briefly before tossing them back into the water.
• Lu PingAn explained that the young Professionals had advanced too quickly and lacked the foundations and combat experience needed for the battlefield.
• Guan Xinxian created a Great Vortex to make the trainees’ survival exercise more difficult.
• Lu PingAn focused on Mei Yuge as she tried to control the vortex, ordered Guan Xinxian to triple its speed, and considered bringing in more carnivorous sea beasts.

Lu PingAn put the new recruits through a brutal combat assessment before Guan Xinxian warned him that the Fishmen World likely had an awakened World's Will. The chapter ended with Guan presenting evidence that the world’s consciousness was actively influencing events.

• Lu PingAn tested the recruits’ combat readiness, repeatedly sending Mei Yuge back into the sea to continue training.
• After assessing the recruits, Lu PingAn left the remaining training to more suitable professionals and spoke privately with Guan Xinxian.
• Guan told Lu PingAn that the recruits had been progressing unusually smoothly and that treating the Long-Hand Tribe well seemed to improve their luck.
• Guan warned that an awakened World's Will could manipulate fate and use outsiders to further its own goals.
• Guan said he had evidence that there was over a ninety percent chance that the Fishmen World had an awakened World's Will.

Guan Xinxian showed Lu PingAn evidence that the world had awakened a clear self-awareness and was manipulating luck, prompting Lu PingAn to reconsider their plans and warn a few allies. The chapter left Lu PingAn wondering whether the Long-Hand Tribe’s ancient destruction had been caused by the world itself as well as outsiders.

• Guan Xinxian told Lu PingAn that systematic Lucky Cookie tests showed the Long-Hand Tribe had more luck than humans, while Fishmen had the least.
• Guan Xinxian’s records showed that killing Eight-Clawed invaders and advancing in rank increased luck, while using Spirit Holy Water potions reduced it.
• Lu PingAn recognized the patterns as evidence of the world’s targeted divine favor and wondered whether they should abandon their plans and return home.
• Lu PingAn told Guan Xinxian to keep the discovery secret except from Xia Qin and Xue En, whom he wanted prepared for possible advancement.
• Lu PingAn saw Long-Hand Tribe warriors training and wondered whether the world had helped destroy their ancient civilization as it replaced them.

Lu PingAn studied how the world's favor was changing and tried to develop Sacred Fire Demon Plants suited to the ocean world, but his experiments kept failing. As his group reached their destination, he considered recruiting more locals and seeking explanations from the powerful figures who had assigned him his task.

• Lu PingAn learned from Guan Xinxian's luck tests that killing Lava Clan warriors and producing Holy Fire System demon plants earned the world's favor, while the cat had extraordinary innate luck.
• Lu PingAn tried to adapt local seaweed with the Holy Fire Module, but the water-rich plants repeatedly failed or exploded.
• Lu PingAn realized the world lacked foundational fire rules, making it difficult for flame creatures to thrive and making ascension under the World's Will dangerous.
• Lu PingAn learned that his team's fortune was rising, especially among the Long-Hand Tribe, whose members were rapidly evolving and included experts nearing Tier 3.
• Lu PingAn considered recruiting more Long-Hand Tribe members as his group arrived at its destination.

Lu PingAn discovered a hidden underwater city and uncovered the history of the Abyss Insectoids’ ancestors, who had once ruled the world under the guidance of gods. The murals revealed that their civilization ended in a world-ending Great Flood.

• Lu PingAn followed the Water Sphere underwater, found a concealed Deep Sea Vortex, and entered a passage leading to an abandoned city.
• Lu PingAn explored the city and recognized its honeycomb buildings, murals, and hatchling graffiti as evidence of an advanced insectoid civilization.
• Big Cat pointed out that the murals showed no oceans, and Lu PingAn realized the city’s former inhabitants were the ancestors of the Abyss Insectoids.
• Lu PingAn sent Professionals to investigate the city, and they found a diary, bound remains, and graffiti that helped reconstruct its history.
• Lu PingAn learned that the insectoid ancestors had been guided by gods before a furious god unleashed a Great Flood that destroyed them.

Lu PingAn discovered that the World's Will may have guided and later destroyed the ancient insect civilization, then followed the Water Sphere to a holy temple and awakened the presence within its idol. A powerful being protected him and used his wooden mask to begin a deal with It.

• Lu PingAn considered whether the Abyssal Swarm's ancestors had fled the ancient flood, but Big Cat urged him to judge the present rather than untangle history.
• Lu PingAn and his companions found a temple containing statues of divine envoys, honored insectoids, and a hooded Holy Image that the Water Sphere pointed toward.
• Lu PingAn followed the Water Sphere beneath the idol, whose tremors spread through the city as buildings collapsed and an unseen presence turned its attention toward him.
• An aged voice invoked protection and teleported Lu PingAn and his group out of the square, leaving his wooden mask behind to face the presence in the idol.
• The powerful being addressed It and proposed a deal, while Lu PingAn realized he may have been used as a courier between them.

Lu PingAn witnessed a perilous encounter between Liu XiYan, Oboro Moon Lord, and a hostile planetary being, and nearly died after drawing its attention. Mr. Liu saved him, then revealed that the demigods had made a deal with the being and assigned Lu PingAn a role in their expanding transaction.

• Lu PingAn sensed the planetary being’s malice during its exchange with Liu XiYan, Oboro Moon Lord, and was nearly torn apart when it noticed him.
• Mr. Liu shielded Lu PingAn and explained that, to such powerful beings, his thoughts and feelings were like speaking directly to them.
• Mr. Liu revealed that human forces and the demigods had been exploiting the world through an agreement with the planetary being.
• Mr. Liu gave Lu PingAn a mission and made him a bargaining chip in the parties’ expanded transaction.
• Lu PingAn realized the deal might let him approach divine knowledge and suspected Mr. Liu planned to raise an incarnation to godhood in this world.

Lu PingAn learned from Mr. Liu how High-Tier Gardeners pursued “Integrating into Nature” by becoming part of an environment, and realized that Mr. Liu’s avatar and island-wide body were one existence. The chapter ended with Lu PingAn asking what it took to become a god and what he would gain from helping Mr. Liu.

• Lu PingAn used the time Mr. Liu owed him to ask about High-Tier Gardeners and the relationship between spirit and matter.
• Mr. Liu explained that Gardeners pursued “Integrating into Nature,” while Beast Tamers pursued “transcending nature,” and described how Gardeners could become inseparable from their environments.
• Lu PingAn connected Mr. Liu’s path to Dragon Moon Island, understanding that the island and every part of Mr. Liu were equally him.
• Mr. Liu said the World's Will was an evolutionary goal of higher Gardener ranks and offered Lu PingAn an introduction to a similar profession in Big Horde.
• Lu PingAn concluded that Mr. Liu had come to break free of Dragon Moon Island’s limits and pursue godhood, drawing Lu PingAn into a deal with the world's Creator God.
• Lu PingAn asked what conditions were needed to become a god and what reward he could expect as Mr. Liu’s hired hand.

After slaughtering the Fishmen and Lava Clan, Lu PingAn learned that the World's Will lured outsiders into war to absorb their bodies and foreign rules. It tasked him with rebuilding the Long-Hand Tribe, leaving him wary of the cruel fate it might arrange for them.

• Lu PingAn fought the Fishmen and Lava Clan with overwhelming strength, wiping out the Eight-Clawed Fishmen and sinking a warship with one punch.
• Lu PingAn asked Mr. Liu why the World's Will was exterminating native tribes, and Mr. Liu explained that Professionals carried foreign rules between worlds while dying outsiders nourished the New World.
• Mr. Liu suggested the World's Will might deliberately connect worlds and start Plane Wars to draw in more outsiders, and Big Cat noted that the arriving demigods belonged to the hard-to-kill Gardener line.
• Lu PingAn realized the World's Will might reward killing outsiders to encourage more deaths, though it could not freely cause mass casualties itself.
• The World's Will asked Lu PingAn to establish a nation for the Long-Hand Tribe, and a blue Water Sphere pointed him toward a new direction.
• The World's Will improved Lu PingAn's condition as a reward for his slaughter, while he feared the fate it might impose on the Long-Hand Tribe.

Lu'er and the Library slaves prepared to escape under No. 177’s leadership, but Ada betrayed them and the masters killed No. 177. A human arrived too late to save him, killed Ada and the masters, and wondered what to do now that the Savior was dead.

• Lu'er worked as a slave in Gui City’s Library and found hope in No. 177’s stories and plans for escape.
• No. 177 gathered the slaves to share their escape preparations, but Ada brought the masters to their meeting.
• No. 177 offered to serve the masters in exchange for his life, but they shot him and killed two more slaves.
• The masters named Ada the new leader, and he claimed Lu'er as his female while she tried to gather No. 177’s remains.
• A human appeared, killed Ada and the masters, and muttered that the Savior was dead.

Lu PingAn rescued the Long-Hand Tribe slaves after discovering that Prince, the apparent savior, had been killed. He learned that Prince’s death resulted from a clash of fortune involving 313, whose despairing presence showed an even stronger sign of destiny, and left the chapter questioning the powers that toyed with them.

• Lu PingAn found Prince dead and learned that the Lava Clan slave had been betrayed before he could lead the Long-Hand Tribe to a better future.
• Lu PingAn rescued the enslaved Long-Hand Tribe members and discovered that his compass pointed toward 313, who clung to Prince’s mangled body in despair.
• Lu PingAn provoked 313 into responding by mocking Prince’s supposed interest in her, then brought her and the other slaves into the Courtyard.
• Lu PingAn learned that the betrayer had killed Prince after Prince refused to hand 313 over to him, and that their conflicting fortunes had forced Prince into a fatal choice.
• Lu PingAn accused the powers behind fate of treating Children of Destiny as toys.

Lu PingAn revealed to Lu'er that the World's Will had shaped her and her people’s suffering, then offered her a choice of Awakenings to pursue revenge. Lu'er accepted the dangerous path of corruption by chaos, and Lu PingAn began the process.

• Lu PingAn told Lu'er that the World's Will had arranged her people’s fates and suspected she had cursed No. 177 to death.
• Lu'er questioned whether his revelations were true, then believed him and murmured that she wanted revenge.
• Lu PingAn explained that Lu'er would need power and might have to act as the World's Will’s savior while concealing her hatred.
• Lu PingAn offered Lu'er an X Potion or a perilous Awakening through corruption by contamination, and she fixed her gaze on him as he gave her the dangerous option.

Lu PingAn rejected the Forest Goddess Church’s assumptions about fate and decided to train a Long-Hand Tribe Savior on his own terms. He sent Cat Cat to assess the girl while his team prepared to recruit survivors and build a culture for the tribe’s revival.

• Lu PingAn told Big Cat that his deal with It was not a fair transaction because It lacked an independent self, and he planned to choose an anti-Savior of his own.
• Lu PingAn decided to assess the girl’s potential, recruit more Long-Hand Tribe members, and train a Savior and her future guards and legions.
• Lu PingAn sent Cat Cat to check on the girl, train her if she was suitable, and kill her if she could not be helped.
• Cat Cat went to see the girl, while Lu PingAn trusted her instincts and explained that she could relate to the girl as a fellow Avenger.
• Lu PingAn and his team headed toward another target and began upgrading their facilities, with Lu PingAn proposing that human culture fill gaps in the Long-Hand Tribe’s lost traditions.

Lu PingAn showed Lu'er and the other survivors a promotional film of Ancient City, prompting Lu'er to ask whether her world could become similarly prosperous. He explained that the world’s ruler was trying to evolve by cultivating native deities, and the chapter left Lu'er determined to resist despite the ruler’s overwhelming power.

• Lu PingAn replayed an Ancient City promotional video at Lu'er's request, and the Long-Hand Tribe and Fishmen watched the peaceful city in silence.
• Lu'er asked whether her world could ever become like the city, and Lu PingAn said its ruler would prevent development while He remained in control.
• Lu PingAn guessed that the ruler was imitating the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Gods and wanted to evolve by cultivating native deities.
• Lu PingAn explained that the ruler’s deal required support for the native races and the cultivation of new deities, leaving Lu'er furious at being treated as a tool.
• Lu PingAn told Lu'er that the natives were the ones who could make the ruler pay, and Lu'er vowed she would not give up.

Lu PingAn trained Long-Hand Tribe members into mercenaries while using movies and education to give them hope and a new sense of humanity. He asked Lu'er to consider a dangerous mission among the Abyss Insectoids, and she agreed to serve as an envoy.

• Lu PingAn expanded his mercenary operation, training Long-Hand Tribe members as sailors, soldiers, and spearmen before sending them to the market and battlefield.
• Lu PingAn realized that the movies showed the Long-Hand Tribe a life beyond slavery and survival, including schools and hospitals where children could grow up.
• Lu'er told Lu PingAn that the Long-Hand Tribe members working as mercenaries were thriving and had sent her grateful letters.
• Lu PingAn began Lu'er's sixth battlefield training session and offered her a mission to visit the Abyss Insectoids as an envoy.
• Lu'er accepted, saying that as an intermediary she might be able to gain the Abyss Insectoids' trust.

Lu PingAn watched Lu'er set out alone to fight slavery and considered how his training and abilities had made her a formidable battlefield commander. He expected her struggle to be perilous, then turned to collect payment for raising her.

• Lu PingAn watched Lu'er leave by boat and accepted that she had chosen to challenge the world that enslaved her people.
• Lu PingAn reflected on how Lu'er had learned from his lessons and trusted him, despite the danger he believed she faced.
• Lu PingAn explained that his Revive ability had evolved Lu'er's innate ability, granting her the rule-based talent "look at me," which let her draw on her subordinates' mental strength.
• Lu PingAn recognized Lu'er as a natural Battlefield Commander whose strength could grow with her reputation and command.
• Lu'er set out to rob slave ships and rescue her people, carrying Lu PingAn's books, videotapes, and projector.
• Lu PingAn decided the commission of raising a savior was complete and prepared to collect his payment.

Lu PingAn discussed his work cultivating promising individuals with Liu XiYan, who was preparing to ascend as a god while negotiating with the World's Will over his divine offices. Lu PingAn received his requested rewards and learned that the plan to accelerate the seeds’ growth would begin as Liu XiYan approached ascension.

• Lu PingAn told Liu XiYan that his low-profile efforts to cultivate promising individuals had gone smoothly and attracted no attention.
• Liu XiYan praised Lu PingAn’s work, noting that several chosen individuals had gained more fortune than the World's Will expected.
• Liu XiYan explained that the World's Will wanted him to serve as the Guardian God of the Long-Hand Tribe and had offered him exclusive control over breeding, but he had refused the latter office.
• Lu PingAn accepted the goods the World's Will had sent as a reward for his contribution.
• Liu XiYan told Lu PingAn that the seeds would not need to grow for decades or centuries because the World's Will had a way to accelerate them.

Lu PingAn reached Silver High Rank in all attributes and received an offer of a Life Fruit if he helped the World's Will ascend him to godhood. As the world prepared to enter a new phase of war, Lu PingAn’s team was assigned to avoid the main battlefields and focus on cultivation and the seeds they had planted.

• Lu PingAn chewed Dragon Bone Wood, raised his Reflection to Silver High Rank, and gained Perfect Body (Edict).
• The World's Will offered Lu PingAn a Life Fruit and promised Spirit Holy Water if he succeeded in ascending to godhood.
• Lu PingAn learned that the Long-Hand Tribe questioned why their God of Guardianship was an Earthling, while his preaching effort struggled to win believers.
• Lu PingAn’s team received a new mission brief and chose to avoid the Eight Anchors’ battlefields while continuing cultivation.
• Lu PingAn learned that the plan was to sever the world's connection points, isolate it, and accelerate time by ten or twenty years.

Lu PingAn learned the Forest Goddess Church’s Sun-Swapping Plan, which would isolate foreign-realm connections and accelerate the world so the Long-Hand Tribe could multiply and produce heroes and New Gods. He had been invited to help cultivate young Long-Hand Tribe members, but saw the assignment as only a starting point.

• Lu PingAn questioned whether an entire world could be accelerated, then recognized that its time could theoretically be altered by changing its vibration frequency.
• Lu PingAn assessed the plan to establish high-level foreign realms as isolation zones, sever enemy world anchors, and let the World's Will temporarily exclude connected regions.
• Lu PingAn learned that the World's Will needed humanity’s help because foreign worlds were consuming its territory and its former means of resistance had been depleted.
• The Sun-Swapping Plan aimed to accelerate the world and give the Long-Hand Tribe time to grow to at least a hundred million people, enabling heroes and New Gods to emerge.
• Lu PingAn accepted the task of cultivating young Long-Hand Tribe members, while deciding that completing his assignment would not be enough for him.

Lu PingAn learned that Mercury 42’s World Will planned to accelerate time at great cost, forcing many powerful outsiders to leave while the planet prepared to use its life force to exploit the coming years. As the world’s Deep Vein Dragon Liquid flooded the seas and rapidly grew—or killed—living things, the Redemption began expanding, and someone from Lu PingAn’s group jumped into the water.

• Powerful consciousnesses discussed the World Will’s planned time acceleration and the order for most High-Level Professionals to leave Mercury 42.
• Lu PingAn learned that he had been marked for expulsion and heard the group discuss exploiting the world while its World Will slept.
• Lu PingAn examined Deep Vein Dragon Liquid as it flooded the sea, rapidly enlarging creatures that touched it before killing them through accelerated growth.
• Humans and Lu PingAn’s group collected the liquid, and the Redemption began growing rapidly after absorbing it.
• Someone from Lu PingAn’s group jumped into the pale purple seawater.