Chapter Summaries

Lu PingAn rejected the World's Will’s demand to either submit to Lady Lin or kill her, and instead chose a destiny aligned with his Life Bank: giving all lives chances to grow and resist fate. He left the story with a prayer for endless possibility and a peaceful path for all.

• Lu PingAn realized that the Maiden of the Forest was the Earth Goddess and that her evolution could lead to the world gaining conscious control over itself.
• The World's Will presented Lu PingAn with two destinies: submit to Lady Lin or kill her, but he rejected both.
• Lu PingAn understood that his Life Bank gave the weak opportunities to grow and oppose a destiny that made others mere stepping stones.
• Lu PingAn saw people suffering and regretting their lives, then recognized that he could only save himself.
• Lu PingAn prayed that life would have no dead ends, that mortals would keep striving, and that all would find peace.

Lu PingAn completed his transformation into a Tier 8 Life-type by integrating his rules and the Courtyard into a self-contained world. He made Lamp Flower and Phoenix Fire native residents of Earth, then emerged with the Earthly Heaven forming behind him.

• Lu PingAn realized his accumulated Logic, rules, and World Fragments had made creating his own divine kingdom possible.
• He recognized that the Courtyard had served as his foundation and that its Rule Buildings and World Fragments had supplied the materials for his world.
• Lu PingAn used his connection with the world to register Lamp Flower and Phoenix Fire as native residents of Earth.
• His Life Avatar and War Avatar fused into the Life and Death Dominator, giving him command of both life and death.
• Lu PingAn completed his Tier 8 transformation, and part of the Courtyard became the core of a newly formed Earthly Heaven.

Lu PingAn revealed his new water-themed domain in Ancient City, where the Crystal Tree, floating islands, and Sacred Fire Lamp Trees showed that his peaceful inner world could support supernatural life and suppress contamination. The Wishing Pool’s local registration reduced its price for ordinary people to one year of lifespan for a chance to become supernatural beings, leaving witnesses anticipating a rush of hopeful applicants.

• Lu PingAn showed Big Cat his tranquil water-themed domain, centered on a gigantic Crystal Tree and its streams, waterfalls, bridges, and floating islands.
• Witnesses judged the natural, peaceful landscape as evidence that Lu PingAn had little ambition and a calm disposition, easing concerns about his growing power.
• Lamp Trees took root and flourished throughout the domain, while their Sacred Fire suppressed contamination and helped supernatural beings avoid losing control.
• Ordinary people who approached the Wishing Pool learned that they could attempt to become supernatural beings for one year of lifespan, rather than the five or more years previously required.

Lu PingAn discovered that his Earth Courtyard was a divine offshoot capable of trading lifespan for healing and evolution, making it a world-changing resource. Wanjing rewarded Ancient City with directly governed status and a military district, while researchers harnessed the holy land for the Xuan Wu Plan; Lu PingAn focused on building Ancient Tree-class Battleships as the first prototype was completed and the front lines shifted.

• Lu PingAn realized the Mirror Courtyard was a division of himself and could continue operating even if he left Earth.
• Wanjing made Ancient City a directly governed municipality and ordered a nearby military district to protect the holy land and win Lu PingAn's support.
• Researchers discovered the Earth Courtyard could trade lifespan for healing and evolution, and Lu PingAn was added to the Xuan Wu Plan roster.
• Lu PingAn's application brought high-level researchers, Gardeners, and Healers to establish four national research institutes focused on the holy land.
• Lu PingAn devoted himself to manufacturing Ancient Tree-class Battleships, and the first prototype was completed as events changed on the front lines.

Lu PingAn learned that a multinational assault on the Aus ruins had failed after a dimensional trap killed at least five quasi-gods, worsening the ocean front. As the front line collapsed, he assessed Eastern Kingdom’s readiness and prepared to take a more active role in the defense.

• Lu PingAn returned to the front line and learned that the assault on the Aus ruins had failed, with at least five quasi-gods killed when the dimensional entrance expanded and swept the attackers into a foreign realm.
• Lu PingAn discovered that the assaulting countries had rejected Eastern Kingdom’s offer to form a united front, while Flower Flag had likely helped organize the attack.
• Lu PingAn learned that Eastern Kingdom had raised its military alert before the assault, suggesting it may have anticipated the trap, and he reviewed the damage from the resulting waves.
• Lu PingAn checked the arriving troops and warships, then learned that the Coast Guard might soon become a formally established military force as the front line’s collapse sped up the process.
• Lu PingAn received news that quasi-gods on Eight-Clawed’s side had also died and that intelligence about those high-level combatants had become available.

Lu PingAn returned to his military district as sea-beast attacks spread, only to be ordered to prioritize his survival and stay away from the fighting. After Sakurajima was struck and reinforcements were organized, warriors from Mercury 42 arrived, giving his district the personnel to act.

• Lu PingAn rushed to his military district after receiving news of the emergency, leaving his Trading Ground and Log Battleship research to operate without his direct attention.
• An official warning ordered Lu PingAn to protect himself, and he realized the authorities considered him too valuable to risk losing.
• Lu PingAn learned that Sakurajima had been attacked and half its capital destroyed, and concluded the Eastern Kingdom had to help prevent the islands from becoming enemy outposts.
• Sea-beast and Fishmen attacks spread to more regions, while Flower Flag publicly accused the Eastern Kingdom of failing to act.
• Residents and battle-hardened warriors from Mercury 42 arrived at Lu PingAn's military district, and he recognized several old acquaintances among them.

Lu PingAn reflected on how the Otherworld invasion had shattered nations’ efforts to conceal the supernatural and accelerated the shift toward universal supernatural powers. The Eastern Kingdom had gained an early advantage, while New Woodland was poised to become a strategic stronghold.

• Lu PingAn noted that the invasion and the destruction of Aus had made supernatural threats impossible for most countries to conceal.
• The Otherworld invasion discredited conservatives and Secret Keepers, while the Eastern Kingdom’s Nirvana Plan had strengthened its supernatural forces despite new dangers.
• Flower Flag faced public anger after its promoted demigod heroes died, and looters emptied an arms store selling X Potions.
• The Eastern Kingdom distributed subsidized X Potions through official channels, making them available at reasonable prices.
• Flower Flag’s blame-shifting failed to change the public debate as evidence showed the Eastern Kingdom had previously urged other nations to join the Nirvana Plan.
• Lu PingAn saw the era of universal supernatural powers approaching and New Woodland emerging as a strategic stronghold.

Lu PingAn met Old Liu at Moon Dragon Island and learned that the Forest Goddess Church was considering unleashing monsters and toxins into the ocean, while Your Excellency Xiu Yi had backed the proposal. Old Liu also described the escalating counterattack on Eight-Clawed’s territory, leaving Lu PingAn to accept that harsher retaliation might be necessary.

• Lu PingAn met Old Liu at Moon Dragon Island, where Old Liu explained that the Forest Goddess Church had voted on a plan to release monsters and toxins into the ocean.
• Old Liu told Lu PingAn that Lady Lin had given him her vote, which could sway the undecided members, and that Your Excellency Xiu Yi supported the plan.
• Old Liu revealed that Your Excellency Xiu Yi had already sent her legion into Eight-Clawed’s world after destroying one of its connected Small Worlds.
• Old Liu explained that Earth’s forces were mounting a full-scale attack on Eight-Clawed’s territory to deter further threats to their homeland.
• Lu PingAn agreed that the response was extreme but concluded that greater extremism might be necessary.

After Aus's failed counterattack, Lu PingAn learned that enemy gods had created divine kingdoms within otherworldized regions and that Xiu Yi had disappeared under a tacitly accepted cover of official punishment. He investigated the Sea Tigers spreading through the oceans, bred new variants, and left Mercury 42 facing an even worse disaster as they fused with Abyss Insectoids.

• Aus's failed counterattack convinced many of its leaders that the Otherworld Invaders' forces were overwhelming, while further otherworld transformations made some regions impossible to reclaim.
• Lu PingAn learned that god-level creatures had expanded their own divine kingdoms within already otherworldized areas.
• The Forest Goddess Faction announced that Xiu Yi had gone missing, and authorities stripped the faction of territories and operating rights to publicly distance it from her actions.
• Lu PingAn captured and dissected Sea Tigers, discovering they were specialized oceanic biological weapons with toxins, electric shocks, and explosive blood.
• Lu PingAn bred new Sea Tiger subspecies, including Lamp Tree Parasite and Sacred Fire Seed, and released them into the sea.
• Sea Tigers developed even more extreme variants on Mercury 42, where they fused with Abyss Insectoids and created a new world disaster.

As the war spread across the northern and southern seas, Lu PingAn prepared the Third Military Region while recognizing that its hastily assembled forces were not ready for deployment. With the Southern Islands losing territory and high-level invaders entering the fighting, he continued building strength and awaited orders.

• Shuichi and the others answered the enemy army’s widespread attack by unleashing the wolves as demigods and Radical Faction members went missing or lost control.
• Lu PingAn checked the Long Dragon Military Region’s preparations, confirmed it had become the Third Military Region, and ordered continued reinforcements and troop training instead of naval drills.
• The First and Second Military Regions fought around Sakurajima while battles also spread through the southern waters, where Phantom Rays and Giant Soldiers attacked Southeast Asian nations.
• Lu PingAn concluded that the Third Military Region’s new ships and recruits were too unprepared for deployment, and he relied on Mercury 42 veterans while opening the Courtyard to help people become superhumans.
• Reports said that thirty percent of the Southern Islands’ territory had fallen as Otherworld Invaders committed more high-level combatants and Lu PingAn waited for the next orders.

Lu PingAn led a naval operation against Fishmen and rescued wealthy foreign refugees, while learning that the military had begun letting troops keep part of their spoils of war. He approved of continuing the rescue mission and accepted that some hostile figures might meet fatal accidents at sea.

• Lu PingAn burned the Fishmen attackers and sea beasts while complaining about being assigned overtime to rescue refugees and wealthy merchants.
• Catherine told Lu PingAn that he had thrown a refugee off the ship and had two others hung from the deck after they insulted him.
• Catherine explained that a new regulation gave military districts twenty percent of spoils of war, and Lu PingAn recognized it as a way to fund supernatural soldiers.
• Lu PingAn agreed to continue the rescue mission after seeing the sailors celebrate their expected shares of the wealthy refugees’ possessions.
• Lu PingAn read a list of people who had persecuted Eastern Kingdom People and remarked that some might capsize and drown at sea.

Lu PingAn opened his Courtyard to powerful Professionals, helping several advance or restore their life systems and building a reputation as a strategic resource. As wartime forces courted him and spoils strengthened his Courtyard, he discovered he could use its Rule Buildings to affect the outside world.

• Lu PingAn invited high-level combatants to use his Courtyard and recommended expensive Life Coins for those seeking to alter their life forms.
• Ye Siqi paid ten thousand points for a Diamond Coin, regained a stable life system, and promised Lu PingAn a favor; an unnamed Tier 9 demigod later credited the Courtyard with helping him advance.
• The Storm and Evil Cat God ascended to godhood, while Lu PingAn's successes attracted high-level customers, earned him influence, and brought invitations from six True God Churches.
• The Eastern Kingdom authorities gave Lu PingAn a list excluding certain dangerous individuals from his services, while his colleagues and the Rebirth Merchant Guild benefited from the customers' knowledge and connections.
• Spoils from other worlds strengthened the Courtyard's rules, and Lu PingAn realized he could mobilize its Rule Buildings to influence or attack the outside world.

After reaching Tier 8, Lu PingAn learned how Professionals at that level became enemies of the world and gained authority through their own systems of rules. He used his Land of Transaction domain to halt combat and protect civilians during a Fishmen invasion, then destroyed two powerful supernatural beings with Sacred Fire.

• Lu PingAn learned from other top-tier Professionals that Tier 8 was a rare threshold where multiple rules formed a system with authority beyond ordinary rules.
• The big shots explained that Tier 8 Professionals began resisting the world's restrictions, drew upon its foundation, and could materialize their wills as scepters and build physical worlds.
• As his Courtyard developed, Lu PingAn's buildings became scepters, and his domain allowed him to interfere directly with reality.
• During a Fishmen assault on civilians, Lu PingAn spread the Land of Transaction across a three-kilometer area and prohibited combat, allowing his legion to evacuate people.
• When a Phantom Ray and a lightning-covered Giant God appeared, Lu PingAn used Sacred Fire to kill both, exploiting his domain's rules while combat remained forbidden.
• The onlookers called Lu PingAn's domain even more shameless than the power of most Tier 9 demigods.

Lu PingAn refined his powers and expanded his role in the South Sea war, saving civilians and killing invaders as his reputation as Lu PingAn the Non-Killer spread. The battlefield stalemate finally broke, bringing a turning point that threatened countless lives.

• Lu PingAn discussed the limits of his Domain and began adapting the powers of his Rule Buildings and growing legion into a unified combat system.
• Testing showed that Lu PingAn’s upper limit had increased at least tenfold as he combined his abilities and resources.
• Lu PingAn traveled between South Sea battlefields, rescuing civilians and killing masked bandits and Otherworld invaders.
• The Third Military Region rotated in as the exhausted Fifth Military Region rested, giving Lu PingAn more chances to fight and witness the war’s cruelty.
• Lu PingAn’s Life Domain began to circulate through cycles of slaughter, accumulation, and release as he turned battlefields into War Reserves.
• The battlefield stalemate ended, signaling a turning point that would cost countless lives.

Lu PingAn’s crude wooden Log Battleships proved effective against Fishmen and sea beasts, prompting military regions to order more as the war shifted toward underwater combat. After a distant explosion rose over the ocean, he sent three ships to investigate while the rest of the fleet continued toward Sakurajima, which was reportedly facing a Country Destroyer-class threat.

• The thirteenth wooden Log Battleship entered the ocean, and soldiers praised its durability and plant defenses against Fishmen.
• Military regions placed orders for Lu PingAn’s Ark ships, which served as floating defensive platforms despite their poor speed and armaments.
• Lu PingAn reflected that underwater enemies made conventional naval warfare ineffective and understood why the Extremist Faction wanted to drive them onto land.
• A mushroom cloud rose over the ocean, and Lu PingAn ordered three ships to divert toward the possible allies in danger.
• The rest of the joint fleet continued toward Sakurajima, whose calls for help reported a Country Destroyer-class threat.

Lu PingAn led the Third Fleet through a deadly interception, using his Warlord abilities to strengthen its fighters and help them defeat the ambushers. As the fleet reached Sakurajima, he discovered that the island had been split into at least four pieces and was under attack from foreign pirates.

• Lu PingAn ordered the fleet to attack the giant soldiers and Phantom Rays ambushing them from beneath the sea.
• Lu PingAn’s Warlord abilities strengthened the fleet’s warriors, who gained Black Flame enchantments as they killed the enemy.
• Fang Wen suggested that Mechanical Awakeners could transform battleships into large living machines, and one ship rammed a giant soldier before beginning to dismantle itself.
• Lu PingAn’s Beast God Statues offered temporary transformations and battlefield services, while he used Deferred Payment to save a severely injured fighter.
• The Third Fleet defeated the interception force and continued toward Sakurajima, where Lu PingAn saw that the island had been divided into at least four pieces and overrun by foreign pirates.

Lu PingAn led the Third Fleet into the flooded Harbor District of Hengyu City, where oceanic invaders and a powerful Hongduo Horned Dragon had trapped civilians. After ordering the fleet to reclaim the city, he went to rescue survivors, leaving the story with refugees following the miraculous safe zone he created.

• Lu PingAn ordered the Third Fleet to rescue civilians and clear oceanic creatures from the flooded city.
• Lu PingAn identified a Hongduo Horned Dragon blocking the harbor entrance, and the fleet’s combatants attacked it to free trapped ships.
• Lu PingAn decided to reclaim Hengyu City as a logistics base and told Lieutenant General Su to take command while he searched for survivors.
• Lu PingAn used his powers to create a safe woodland amid the floods, drawing refugees from their shelters and guiding them to safety.

After the Third Fleet rescued Hengyu City, Lu PingAn oversaw its recovery and helped reorganize the fleet while awaiting updates from other forces. The city’s heavy losses and the looming war left the next developments uncertain.

• Lu PingAn watched the refugees aboard Log Battleships as the Third Fleet completed the rescue and pacification of Hengyu City.
• The survivors numbered only fifty or sixty thousand out of the city’s original population of over four hundred thousand.
• Lieutenant General Su Yixin reported that the fleet was in good condition and the local shipyard could still be used, and Lu PingAn left routine decisions to him.
• Lu PingAn settled a dispute among high-level combatants by having them sell their spoils to the Courtyard for Life Points or auction physical items.
• The Third Fleet repaired and reinforced its ships and defenses while waiting for news from the First and Second Fleets.

As the Third Fleet faced overwhelming supernatural forces and the collapse of Sakurajima, Lu PingAn received orders to rescue civilians and evacuate with whatever valuable resources he could secure. He considered the Kusanagi Sword as the fleet prepared to withdraw before the enemy could tighten its siege.

• Lu PingAn studied a map showing Sakurajima sinking and at least three hundred Rule-level creatures, while Mei Yuge identified a network of powerful beings causing the supernatural storms.
• Lu PingAn learned that nearby sea beasts could not stop the invading legions and concluded that survival required winning first, whatever the consequences.
• After the Third Fleet finished reorganizing and began rescuing nearby cities, Lu PingAn received orders to evacuate civilians and withdraw before the enemy consolidated its strength.
• Lu PingAn saw a map marking important sites and treasures in Sakurajima, including locations connected to its ancient supernatural inheritances.
• Lu PingAn became interested in the Kusanagi Sword after hearing that its replicas had dragon-slaying and sun-aligned traits.

Lu PingAn agreed to help Shuichi plant dangerous seeds and eggs across the occupied Sakurajima to hinder the enemy from using it as a base. As the Eastern Kingdom prepared for a long war, the Third Fleet expanded its missions to include planting them, while Lu PingAn pursued further strategic targets with Shuichi’s intelligence.

• Lu PingAn judged that retaking the occupied island nation was unrealistic and that risking top fighters for it would cost too much.
• Shuichi asked Lu PingAn’s people to plant seeds and eggs that could impede the occupiers, explaining that her avatars and other transcendents could not cover enough ground.
• Lu PingAn advised preparing for war while protecting people’s livelihoods, then reviewed files on the destructive weapons and agreed to issue the order.
• The Third Fleet began splitting up to rescue people, retrieve listed items, and plant the seeds and eggs.
• Shuichi provided Lu PingAn with intelligence, and he agreed to send a ship toward the royal family after learning it possessed divine artifacts.